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CONFERENCE FAILS
No Agreement Reached by Steel
Magnates and Union Officials.
ALL NEGOTIATIONS NOW OFF
Amalgamated Officials Start for
Pittsburg Tomorrow.
PKOBABLE OUTCOME
NETS' YORK. August 3.?The steel strike
conference held here today failed to arrive
at an agreement. The proposals made by
J Pierpont Morgan and Charles M. Schwab
through President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams of the Amalgamated Association
one week ago are still open, but the strik
ers' representatives showed no Inclination
to accept them.
The representatives of the strikers left
the conference at which they.have failed
to agree with the announcement that they
would go Into secret session themselves
later in the afternoon. It was admitted
that there might be action at the meeting
which would change the whole situation.
After the labor men went Into session In
the Stevens House a statement was given
out by one of their number that the prop
osition made by the United States Steel
Corporation would not be accepted, and that
there would be no further conference be
tween the corporation and the Amalga
mated Association unless It should be asked
for by the former. It was also said that
the Amalgamated representatives probably
would leave for Pittsburg tomorrow morn
ing.
Demand* of tlie Magnates.
NEW YORK. August 3?At the confer
ence of this morning Messrs. Morgan and
Schwab insisted upon the acceptance of
the terms offered by them on Saturday
last. President Shaffer and his associates
demanded further concessions in behalf
%of the union.
Neither side would give In and the con
ferees disagreed and parted leaving the
situation practically unchanged. President
Schwab went from the conference to the
office of J. P. Morgan, where he was clos
eted for a time with Robert Bacon. He
would not discuss the conference or the
strike situation.
So?jn after the adjournment of the con
ference I>. G. Reid of the American Tin
Plate Company was asked If Mr. Morgan
? had, as was reported, delivered an ulti
matum to the strikers, and he replied that
he did not wish to say anything which
would put Mr. Morgan In such a position.
He said, however, that the strikers" ex
ecutive committee had until 4 o'clock today
to decide whether they would accept the
only proposition ever made to them by the
United States steel corporation, which was
that the men should go back to work at
last year's scale of wages. This and no
other proposition, he said, had been or
would be made to the Amalgamated execu
tive committee.
SliafTer Sny* It is Serious.
President Shaffer at the close of the con
ference went to the Stevens House with
the other Amalgamated Association dele
gates. He was asked for a statement as
to what had been accomplished at the con
ference, but he declined to speak on the
subject further than to say:
"It's too serious a matter. I must sub
mit certain matters?understand me, not
propositions?to my men, before I can
speak " He would not say whether or not
there was to be another conference this
afternoon.
President Shaffer and his twelve asso
ciates of the executive board of the Amal
gamated Association reached New York at
8 o'clock this morning. The party divided
lip in order not to attract attention, and in
groups of twos and threes breakfasted at
different downtown restaurants.
It had been arranged that they should
confer with Mr. Morgan and the officials of
the steel companies at the office of the
United States steel corporation, in the Em
pire bjlldlng, at 10:30 o'clock, but it was
severa' minutes after that before the first
of the Amalgamated vice presidents ar
rived.
They waited around in the hallways for
their fellows, although the consulting room
in the office Qf the steel corporation was
open to them. They were prepared to dis
cuss almost anything except the steel
strike. When President Shaffer and Sec
retary Williams arrived the whole party
filed into Mr. Schwab's office. Mr. Morgan
had not yet arrived, but the conference
really began before he came.
Mr. Schwab Spoke First.
Mr. Sehwab spoke first and was talking
when Mr. Morgan, who camo with C. E.
Dawkins. his English partner, and Robert
Bacon, arrived. Mr. Morgan followed Mr.
Schwab in a brief address to the represen
tatives of labor, in which he outlined his
position and that of the corporation.
He restated the proposals made by him
self and Mr. Schwab on Saturday last and
said that they encompassed all that the
employers had to offer.
A general discussion followed, in which
the Amalgamated delegation insisted upon
greater concessions than those offered.
The discussion went into details as to
signing of the scale for certain mills, but
it was fruitless. Mr. Morgan and the steel
officials withdrew from the room to give
the labor delegates a chance to confer
privately.
in their absence President Shaffer and
his associates decided that they could not
accept the proposals of last Saturday, and
so informed the steel officials when they
returned. There was some general discus
sion of an unimportant nature, and tiio
conference adjourned.
Mr. M organ, Mr. Dawkins and Mr. Bacon
were the lirst to leave the building, and
they were followed within a few minutes
by the Amalgamated delegation. The lat
ter went at once to the Stevens House for
lunch.
President Shaffer would not say any
thing as to the result of the conference.
He said he and his companions were going
to crmfej* privately and might issue a
statement at 3 pr 4 o'clock. He said, how
ever. that he had no proposition to submit
to them.
AS VIEWED IN lMTTSBl'RG.
Disposition to Take Hopeful View of
the Conference.
PITTSBURG, Pa., August 3.?The re
moval of the seat of negotiations from this
olty to New York at the invitation of Mr.
J. P. Morgan has greatly relieved the
strain apan the public, which the ineffec
tive deliberations of the executive com
mittee had produced.
Everybody seems to look upor. this last
phase in the pending struggle between the
Amalgamated Association and the United
States Steel Corporation as a good omen.
Indeed, many are sanguine enough to ex
press themselves to the effect that it is
reallv the beginning of the end. These
hopeful deductions are made from the con
vincing tone contained in the message of
Mr. Morgan inviting the men to New York
city. One thing seems to be certain, and
that is that the result of today s confer
ence will mean peace or the extension of
the strike ~to all the constituent companies
of the United State* Steel Corporation.
From an authoritative source it was
stated that there would either be a set
tlement today or a general order would
go out to every man controlled by the
workers' union asking him to lay down
his tools and leave his place until the
combine realized the strength of its op
ponent. It waS learned this morning that
before the departure of the officials for
the east last night one of them advised
the workers in the Ohio mills that all.
would be wound up today, and to look
for telegrams tonight either ordering a gen
eral strlkein fhe mills Natlortal and
Republic mill* and in the v\l\ey fuiVaces
or a complete cessation of hostilities.
The feature which marp the strike situa
tion this morning appears to be the condi
tion of affairs at Wellsville, where it is re
ported "there was some shooting early to
day and wm? excitement among the people
at McKeesport. The trouble at Wellsville
is said to have been caused by a party of
100 strikers attacking a boarding house
where non-union men reside, while the dis
turbing element at McKeesport originated
from a report that the men at National
rolling mill and at the Boston Iron and
steel works were going to organize today
into a lodge of the Amalgamated Associa
tion. If this is true it would mean that
all the plants of the National Tube Com
pany will be idle and from 8,000 to 10,000
men out of work.
OFFICIAL WEATHER MEN
THEY WILL MKKT IN CONVENTION IN
MILWAUKEE.
Chief Moore Talks About the ComUg
Gathering? Delegates to Go
Prom Wuhington.
A convention of the official weather men
of the country Is to be held in Milwaukee,
Wis., from August 27 to 29. Chief Willi*
Moore of the weather bureau will preside
over the gathering, and has selected about
100 officials under his jurisdiction from vari
ous sections of the country as delegates.
The convention is the second to be held
since the establishment of the weather
bureau, the previous gathering being at
Omaha three years ago. It will be com
posed of the directors of climate and crop
sections?and each state is a section except
Delaware and Maryland, which are com
bined, and New England, which forms one
section?men in the service who have the
rank of local forecast official, which in
cludes men from all sections of the coun
try, besides Cuba and Porto Rico; the na
tional forecasters and professors locatcd
here, and representatives of the Canadian
and Mexican weather departments, both of
which co-operate with the United States
weather bureau.
First Meet In Chicago.
The delegates will first meet in Chicago,
from where they will go to Milwaukee in a
special train as the guests of the Chicago
and Northwestern railway. Milwaukee has
designated the Press Club of that city to
do the entertaining, the principal feature
of which will be a banquet at the Pfister
House at the close of the convention. It is
expected that Secretary Wilson will at
tend this banquet. Most of the members
of the convention will visit TBuffalo'either
before or after the meeting.
The selection of Milwaukee was made
largely to pay tribute to the memory of
Dr. Increase A. Lapham, who, together
^lth Prof. Cleveland Abbe, who* is now the
dean of the scientific staff and senior pro
fessor of the weathgr bureau, is credited
with being Its founder. Prof. Lapham
induced General Haibert E. Paine, a
member of Congress from Wisconsin, to
Introduce the first resolution In that body
regarding a national weather bureau, and
rwi carried the first appropriation of
$4J,000 for its maintenance. Prof. Lapham
was a native of Wisconsin, and his mem
ory is revered by all weather scientists.
Morning and afternoon sessions will be
held during the first two days of the con
vention. The afternoon of the last day
. ^ &lven t0 excursions and sightsee
ing. The sessions will be devoted to a
comparison of methods, the ventilating of
new ideas, and the discussion of conditions
existing In and the Important needs of
various sections of the country.
Chief Moore Talks.
In speaking of the convention and of the
workings of the weather bureau, Chief
Moore said to a Star reporter today: "The
daily forecast published generally in the
upper corner of the newspapers of the
country Is really the least of the work
of the weather bureau, yet it Is the work
by which that bureau Is generally Judged.
In predicting these minor local conditions,
one prediction in five is generally wrong.
The excellent work of the weather bureau,
however, is In forecasting the great marine
storms which destroy life and property;
In giving warning of the severe cold waves,
w hich are also destructive of property,
and In telling when the frosts are likely
to nip the oranges of Florida, or the gar
den truck of the farmera along the lower
Atlantic coast, or the cranberry crop of
v\ isconsin, or the tobacco fields of Ken
tucky and farther south. With the ex
ception of tornadoes,, the w?ather bureau
has been accurate in its prediction of big
storms, and its warnings at ports and
along the coasts, as well as on the great
lakes, have been the means of saving many
lives and much property.
It is for this service, an<i fqr the service
to the agriculturist, that its efforts are ap
preciated. An an evidence of this, the esti
mates for the support of the service which
have yearly gone before the congressional
committees have never been cut down, and
In many instances the amount has been
Increased until the last annual approprla
tion reached $1,100,000. Many applications
are being made to members of Congress by
the \ arlous Industries of the country every
year for further extensions of the service."
Washington Delegates.
Those who will attend the convention
from Washington are, besides Chief Moore,
Prof. Abbe, Prof. C. F. Marvin, mechanical
engineer; Prof. E. B. Garrlott, chief of the
forecast division; Prof. A. J. Henry, chief
of the meteorological records division; Prof
F. H. Bigelow, astronomer and mathema
tician; H. E. Williams, chief clerk of the
bureau; Dr. W F. P. Phillips, medico
climatologlst, who makes a special study
of the relation of climate to disease, and
the following chiefs of divisions: James
?h?> Church' Frank N. Cleaver
and J. H. Robinson. E. B. Calvert, Chief
Moore s private secretary, and Alexander
Ashley will also be members of the party
During the absence of the officials Dr.
Franklnfield will be the local forecast offi
cial on duty.
Two Naval Appointments.
These two appointments in the navy were
announced at the White House today:
William P. White, to be a lieutenant com
mander; Alfred A. Pratt, to be a lieutenant.
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.
A reference to the statement be
low will show that the circulation
sworn to is a bona-fide one.
It is easily possible for a news
paper with an elastic conscience to
pwell its legitimate circulation enor
mously, in order to deceive adver
tisers, by sending out thousands of
papers to newsstands which are re
turnable, and which are, in fact, re
turned. but nevertheless are In
cluded in what purports to be an
honest statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers, however,
Judge by results, and bogus circula
tions don't give them.
The family circulation of The Star
is many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper.
Circulation of The "Evenln* Star."
Saturday, July 27, 1901 ..36,352
Monday, July 29, 1901 30,048
Tuesday, July 30, 1901..... 30,134
Wednesday, July 31, 1901 30,256
Thursday, Aug. i, 1901 .... 30,079
Fbiday, Aug. 2, 1901 ? .39,808
^ 186,677
Daily average 31,118
I solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number of copies of
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday, August
2, 1961?that is, the number of copies ac
tually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed,
for valuable consideration, .to bona-fide pur
chasers or subscribers, and that the copies
so counted are nol returnable'to or remain
In the office unsold.
J. WHIT, HERSON) -
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper .Company.
Subscribed and sworn to. before me tt?t?
third day of August, A. D. 1901.
JNO. G. ATHEY,
NoUrz Public, St Cm
COLUMBIA WINNER
Takes Second of the Three Races Off
Bateman'8 Point
INDEPEHDEKCE MADE GOOD SHOW
At Times the Boston Boat Bid
Fair to Win.
DETAILS OF THE RACE
BATEMAN'S POINT, 2:17 p.m.?Colum
bia wins, crossing the finish line at 2:16:50
p.m.
Independence crossed finish line at
2:17:37, Columbia winning on elapsed time
of 47 seconds, or on corrected time of 1
minute and 18 seconds, as seen from shore.
BATEMAN'S POINT, R. I., August 3.?
The southwest breeze of yesterday and
Thursday still continued this morning,
with perhaps added strength, when the Co
lumbia and Independence hoisted their
mainsails and prepared fof the sfecond race
In the August series of the Newport Yacht j
Racing Association.
The sky, however, was overcast and
there were sSfne Indications of rain. Still
the work of preparation went on, not only
on board the two 90-footers, but on the
three yawls Navahoe, Vigilant and Ailsa,
as well as on the schooners Elmina and
Qulsetta.
Those on the Independence, however,
seemed to move about a little more lively
and cheerfully, for at 8:30 o'clock It really
seemed as if the good ten or twelve-knot
breeze, for which all hands had earnestly
hoped, had finally arrived.
On shore the tail elms were bending un
der the strong pulfs, while even in the inner
harbor the water was quite rough. It took
some calculation on the part of the skip
per on each of .the yachts to determine
Just what club topsail to carry, but by !)
o'clock all had hoisted thefr smaller ones
and prepared for a blow:
The start of today's race was ordered as
usual at Brenton's reef lightship; and again
a triangular course of thirty miles, ten
miles to a side, was arranged. * >?
Wind Grows Fresher.
By 10 o'clock the wind at Brenton's reef
lightship had Increased to a twelve-knot
strength, and there was little indication
that the wind would subside before the
day was over. The tide began to turn, and
soon the sea increased, especially near the
lightship.
What the Independence with her peculiar
bow would do in the short chop was a mat
ter of conjecture until she made her ap
pearance, the first of the racers out of the
harbor. She ran out very fast under three
lower sails and her No. 3, or smallest cl 'b
topsail. She seemed to take the seas easily,
although there was considerable foam un
der her bow as she beat out, and every
time she came about she met the seas
bluntly. There was quite a little spray
coming aboard, and all the way out her lee
rail was under water. After getting out
to the lightship Capt. Haff found the wind
too strong for the club topsail on the In
dependence, and at 10:30 it was taken in
and preparations made to set the working
topsail.
The Columbia came out about ten min
utes after the Independence, carrying her
smallest club topsail. She seemed to ride ?
the seas a little better than the Boston
boat, although throwing little spray.
By 10:30 all the racers, including the
three yawls and the two schooners, had
come out of the harbor. About half a
dozen steam yachts. Including the Dream
er, with Mr. Lawson on board, also arrived
at the lightship about the same time. At
10:35 the Judges' boat set the signals for
the. course. It being Just the same as on
Thursday, ten miles southwest by south
or a beat to the first mark, then ten miles
due east, a broad run, then ten miles north
west to the finish. ?
The Race In Detail. 1
11:20 a.m.?The ninety-footers have start
ed. The Independence Is in a better posi
tion than on Thursday, crossing at the
eastern end near the flagship about thirty
seconds after the whistle sounded. The
Columbia was well astern and crossed
about thirty seconds later, near the flag
ship. Both boats went across the line on
the starboard tack and headed off shore,
the Independence in the lead. As the
yachts were not timed In crossing the line,
the Independence appeared to have the best
of the start.
11:34 a.m.?The Columbia has Just tacked
to port and heading for Point Judith, fol
lowed Immediately by the Independence.
The yachts held the starboard tack about
.eight minutes, during which time the In
dependence appeared to have outfooted the
Columbia considerably, but, on the other
hand, she did not point as high. At this
time It is impossible to tell which of the
two boats Is ahead, although the Inde
pendence appears to have a little the bet
ter of It:
1:55 p.m.?The yachts are now within five
miles of the finish, Columbia leading Inde
pendence by over a mile, but latter ap
pears to be gaining a little.
2:08 p.m.?The yachts are now about one
and a half miles from the finish, and the
Independence is about a quarter of a mile
astern. She Is steadily overhauling the Co
lumbia. but It is hardJy possible for her to
finish ahead.
Yawls Make a Poor Start.
The yawls made a bad mess of their start
ing, Vigilant and Navahoe crossing the
line ahead of the signal and having to come
back.
In the meantime the Allsa crossed and
succeeded in getting a good lead on the
other boats.
Noon?The Columbia has apparently Just
crossed the Independence's bow. To those
on shore It looked as If she crossed about
quarter mile ahead of Independence. '1 he
Columbia immediately swung round on the
Independence's weather bow, but soon
after made another tack off shore on the
starboard tack. They are now far down In
the haze, and It Is Impossible to follow
them accurately, but Just before noon It
looked as though the Columbia was leading.
POINT JUDITH, R. I., August 3.?The
Columbia turned the first mark at 12:41:30
and the Independence at 12:44:45, as timed
from shore.
Both boats headed eastward, the Colum
bia apparently a good mile or more In the
lead.
Wind northwest, about 10 knots.
BATEMAN'S POINT. August 3. 12:43
p.m.?The Columbia has continued to draw
away from the Independence, and It looks
now as if she had a good mile lead. She
is well to windward.
Of the yawls, the Allsa seemed to be
leading by about a quarter of a mile.
LAST DAY AT SHINNBCOCK HILLS.
Over Seventy Starters la the Open
Golf Handicap.
SHINNECOCK HILLS, L. I., August A.
?There were over seventy starters in the
open golf handicap this morning. This
handicap wound up the annual tourna
ment of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
The sky was overcast and the air was
slightly chilly, which was very acceptable
to the competing golfers. An early start
was made.
LONG BRANCH, N. J., August 3.?The
all-comers' golf tournament for amateur
and professional players, which was begun
yesterday on the links of the Hollywood
Golf Club, will be concluded this afternoon
with the competition of a thirty-six-hole
Scotoh foursome, in which the twenty
pairs are competing.
The result will be decided by the best
ball of each team.
The leading scores turned In for the first
round were: *
A. G. Griffiths, Weattorook, and- R B.
Wilson, Saratoga, N. Y., 38; Robert Dow,
Powell ton Golf Club. Newbqrg. N.- Y., and
John Shippen of the Marine and Field Club,
Brooklyn,-SO;-Bernard Nichols, Boston, and'
Willie Norton, Deal Beach, N. J.. 40; Wil
lie Smith and WUlle Anderson, 40.
EHsa Williams was today convicted In
the Police Court of keeping ? disorderly
house, but Judge O" Donnelly upon her prom
ise to remove to another neighborhood, re
leased her on her personal bonds.
THE LEXXOX UROl'tiHT TO PORT.
>9 *'
Army TrM?pui!tr Picked by the
Stealer I?a??
The War Department has been informed
, that the trajMPort.) Lennox was picked up
by the steamer Iftgua and brought safely
to Snn Franrfaco. ;<?The department sent the
transport Slocum out in search of the Len
nox. but thanaccerttance of the services of
the laqua will pw^bably entitle the latter
vessel to safyage.'^
BAN FRANCISCO, August 3.?The trans
port Lennox lias been towed into San Fran
cisco harbor, by *Vhe steamer Ia^ua, &
coasting vesMl, Which picked the Lennox
n_ 8 '
The tugboat SloJdum, which started out
on a search Mfor thfe Lennox on Thursday,
has not yet Ween n&orted, and is doubtless
?till searching for'yie transport.
WILL Bt'II,'b AN ADDITION.
Moses A Sobs Preparing to Enlarge
AsoUitlea.
The housefurolahing establishment of W.
B. Moses & Son*-is to be enlarged by the
erection of a five-story addition, adjoining
the present F s\reet store. The firm has
obtained a lease for a term of years on tha
property knoiyn as Np. 1208 F street, which
will be rebuilt at once. With the acquisi
tion ;Of. this extra .space the establishment
will, occupy nearly half the square between
11th and 12th streets on F street. The new
bulling, will ljaye h&ndsome show win
dows and be elegantjy equipped throughout
as salesroonjs.
The first floor qf the new building will be
devoted, to the -display of art furniture.
Including French* cabinets. Sherltan, Chip
pendale, Heppleviie and gold and Yernis
Martin furniture'FYench and English wait
ing tables, curio and jewel cabinets, hall
clocks and exact reproductions of furniture
of all the famous periods in furnituremak
lng, colonial, empire, Italian and French
renaissance and Louis XIV, XV and XVI.
This will be an innovation in Washington
and will prove a,treat to lovers of the arts
in furniture.
The remaining floors of the new building
will be connected with the floors of the
main building, giving each floor 2,500
square feet more space for the display of
goods.
This establishment Is already one of the
largest of the kind in the country, but
their Immense local patronage, together
with heavy government contracts, which
they are constantly acquiring against com
petition from the largest manufacturers In
America, makef this space acquisition
necessary. ;r ?
NEGROES REPORTED COMING.
Excitement Canned Among tbe Strik
ers at McKeesport.
PITTSBURG, Pa., August 3.?A report
was received Ih ?'McKeesport today to the
vffeet that two car loads of negroes were
ccming from Virginia to take the place of
strikers at the Demmler tin plate mill. The
strikers called a meeting Immediately and
appointed a committee of twenty men to
go and meet the-train at Connellsville, and
if possible persuade the men to return to
Virginia. Great-excitement prevails in the
town, and trouble is feared if the commit
tee is unable to stop the negroes at Con
nellsville and they should come through to
McKeesport.
SHIP WRECKED OFF CAPE RACE. ?
East-Ronnd Vessel, Whose Captain Is
5t,,Noi?fed Tait.
ST. JOHNS)'? N.hF., August 3.?A second
shipwreck li&X been reported nine miles
west of Capg* Raj|? She is an eastbound
.ship, probably/ trqpi the southern states,
laden with .ctittaal* and a general cargo.
The messenger who brought the news for
got her name>- but the captain's name is
Talt. n-i '? 9- J
; ijtl ? ?
CLEA%IN4??HIS record.
, - 3! '
Late Retnrtti' W?pe Ont Some of Pay
master Kltsiljerald's Shortage.
Quite an ini#res?jjig case Is that of Henry
Cecil Fltzgeiptf.- -ftp Englishman, who was
appointed a Volunteer paymaster In the
American army during the war with Spain
and served.siyj^aifWully and well that when
It came tjme.tfor.&m to lejive the service
the War Department gave him an honor
able discharge--artd* released his bondsmen.
Then a "clcft'd cairie 'to obscure his good
record, an auditing official of the Treasury
Department-discovering Incongruities in his
accounts, and it was reported that Fitz
gerald was several thousand dollars short
in his returns.
An effort was made to locate him, but It
was found that he had sailed from New
York for Paris. Whether he heard of the
charges against him or not, he never re
turned to face them, and the impression
began to prevail that the government had
been defrauded.
Just this week, however, additional re
turns Of the former paymaster have come
to light which go far toward making up
the apparent deficit, and It Is believed that
further research wUl clear him entirely.
Meanwhile Fitzgerald's whereabouts re
main a mystery.
RULE OF HEALTH OFFICE.
Dealers In Milk Presumed to Know
What They Are Selling.
In the matter of holding dealers In milk
responsible for* the presence of formalde
hyde or other so-called preservative, the
health department, it is understood, takes
the stand that it 1s required under existing
law to assume that it is the business of
dealers in milk to know the character of
the article they are selling. The discovery
of preservatives is said to be comparatively
a simple matter, especially that of formalde
hyde. The fact that milk contains a pre
servative, It Is .pointed out, may be re
garded as certain if a sample exposed to
the atmosphere at an ordinary- summer
temperature, fails to sour within a reason
able length of titne. The chemical test for
formaldehyde Is described as one which
any intelligent man can learn to apply, at
a cost of but a fraction of a cent for each
sample tested. ^
FOR RUILDINGS AND DREDGING.
Opening of Bids for Contemplated
Navy Yard Improvements.
Bids were opened at the Navy Depart
ment today for certain buildings, heating
plant, at the Boston navy yard, and dredg
ing at the . New York navy yard. The
bulldlnga were a ship fitter's shop and a
metal walkers' shop. The bids for build
ing both were as follows: Pennsylvania
Bridge Company,. Beaver Falls, Pa., $338,
017; F. G. Oobum and Co., Melrose, Mass.,
1327,500; Norcross Bros., Worcester. Mass..
$395,000; L. L. Leaeti of Chicago, $324,000;
Snare and Trieste of New York, $352,000;
D. H. Hayes Co. DL-Chtcago, $348,794; J. A.
Colson of ChaplEstoiC. Mass.. $370,000; Mead,
Mason and Co., Boston. $353,000.
For the shijj. filers' shop alone, R. A.
Griefen of Cnfcagc bid $173,000. The spec
ifications alfw ? uozen changes of the
plans and nftWfrrlalfc; -and the prices vary
considerably 'frtwfj1 ?ie figures above given
In places wH#?e ws-bidders have availed
of the opporfflfrlMW thus afforded.
There wer^^K^Wdders for the central
heating systSbl the Boston navy yard
as follows; General Fire Extinguisher Co.,
Providence,-ffW.^Wo bids, $26,720 and $25.
850; Bradlea'-jandslChatman. Boston, two
bids, $32,700, Lynch and Woodward.
Beaton, two bids, $33,179, $32,769; New York
Steamftttlng-lto' f of- --New York, one bid,
$34,750; Evans, AJijlral and Co., New York,
one bid. $33JW, -Francis A. Williams,
New York, .ope iJsl. $30,962.
For dredgWlLaOaremoving sand, silt, etc.,
Wallabout channeir New York navy yard,
R. G. Pack**-*and Co., New York, bid 27.7
cents per outy# measured In scows,
the W. H. Beard Dredging Co. of New
York, 21 cents; ,-Henry DuBols Sons Co.,
New "X*ork, 16 cents; and Morris and Cum
mlnga Dredging Co. of New York, 26%
cents. For removing crib work at the Cobb
dpclc, R. G. Packard aod Co., bid 21.4 cents
per cubic yard, Mewls and Cummlngs, 67%
cents, and the W* H. Beard Co., 40 cent*.
* His Servttej Highly Esteemed.
Civil Engineer P. C. Asserson, in charge
of the bureau ojyards and docks at the
New York navy^yard, has been notified by
the Jtfavy Department that his services are
of so .much value 'at the present time that
the department has been compelled to deny
his request to b* relieved from duty at the
aftd of the present year, Civil HSutfneer |
Asaerson has bee^-g&achcd- tq .the naval
service slnoe th? f ^ of the rebellion and
was regularly retired la January last.
THE THIRD MEMBER
Mr. Hackett Will Fill Vacancy ii
the Schley Court
THE SELECTION HAS BEEN MADE
Thought to Be Either Luce or
Ramsay.
PREPARATION OF THE CASE
Secretary Long has left the selection of
a successor to Rear Admiral Klmberiy aa
a member of the 8chley court of inquiry
entirely to the discretion of Acting Secre
tary Hackett. The latter has accepted
full responsibility In the matter and has
made a selection, but withholds the name
of the officer from the public until he is
fully assured of his entire willingness to
serve.
There is reason to believe that he has
selected either Rear Admiral Luce or Rear
Admiral Ramsay, both of whom are on the
retired list, with the probabilities in favor
of the first "named officer. The officer
selected Is not in the city, so It is said, and
was communicated with by telegram.
Acting Secretary Hackett fully expected
an answer from him today, but up to a
late hour this afternoon nothing had been
heard from him. In the absence of definite
information on the subject Mr. Hackett
positively declined to disclose hla Identity.
Departure of Capt. Lewly.
Judge Advocate General Lemly, who Is
charged with the preparation of the case
for the consideration of the court, left here
[ this afternoon on his annual vacation. He
will be gone about a month, and will spend
most of his time on the banks of the St.
I Lawrence.
j*,rea<Jy made arrangements for
the collection of the facts and lists of
witnesses necessary to fully inform the
court of the circumstances connected with
the matter under investigation.
All the record evidence will be supplied
by the bureau of navigation. It is now
being put In shape for submission to the
court.
,S Sa,d.,Jha* the Presentation of this
evidence will probably occupy not more
t^.weeks or a month's time at the
JT; 9 comparatively short time is
based upon the expectation that it will be
necessary to call only a few of the officers
who participated in the West Indian naval
campaign to establish most of the mater
ial facts called for by the precept.
The officials do not care for repetitions
or uncontroverted testimony, and they feel
that comparatively few of the naval officers
who were with the fleet really know very
much of the motives which inspired the
naval commanders in the movements which
the real basis of the charges against
Admiral Schley.
Duration of the Court.
The duration of the life of the court will
depend to a considerable extent upon the
line of action to be pursued by the counsel
for Admiral Schley. It is not known
whether he will have few or many witness
es. Much wilt depend upon the character
of the testimony against him.
During the absence of the judge advo
cate general the Navy Department will get
In touch with the witnesses whose testi
mony is necessary for . the prosecution of
the Investigation In order that they may
all be ready to appear promptly before the
court.
It is possible that It may become neces
sary to have the evidence of Admiral Cer
. ?OI2e ot the Principal officers of
the Spanish fleet to clear up controverted
points not otherwise possible of settlement.
Captain Parker of Admiral Schley's
counsel has gone to his home in New Jer
a . few, days- He expects to com
plete his examination of the records at the*
I Navy Department.
Instructions Issued to Pout masters.
Mr. Madden, third assistant postmaster
general, this afternoon issued directions to
postmasters In relation to the recently
amended regulations regarding second-class
rates for newspapers, and excluding cer
tain periodicals whose subscription list was
chiefly created through expectation of re
ceiving a premium.
\ Maccabees at River View.
River View was occupied yesterday after
noon and evening by the knights and la
dles of the Maccabees of the District. It
was estimated that about 2.000 members of
the order enjoyed the pleasures of the river
ride and diversions of the resort on this
occasion. The officers of the various tents,
who composed the arrangement committee,'
were S. S. Foutz, Guy E. Padgett, G W
H Camp, W. H. Marsh, S. S. English. My
ron D. Baker and the Mesdames Mary Fry
Lulu S. Hammond, Liille P. Hayes, Mary
Anderson, Annie Luckie, Ladle Dawkins,
Nellie A. Rowe, Fanny P. Cary, Carrie
Griffin, A. Buxton and M. Robertson.
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Funeral of Andrew Vogelweyd.
Funeral services over the remains of
Andrew Vogelweyd, the young carpenter
who lost his life by falling from the apart
ment house being constructed at the cor
ner of 15th and L streets northwest, will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
from his late residence, 927 T street north
west. The deceased was connected with
the 14th street branch of the Central Union
Mission, and a memorial service will be
held in commemoration of his work there
some time in the near future.
Dies in Penitentiary.
Capt. Boardman received information this
afternoon of the death in the Moundsvlllo
penitentiary of Richard Douglass, a Dis
trict prisoner. Douglass was committed tho
11th of March to serve one year and a day
for adultery. He was arrested in January
by the police of the ninth precinct. The
cause of his death was not given. Rela
tives were notified of the man's death, and
the body will be shipped here If they claim
Detective Disabled.
Detective Michael M. Muller is confined
to his home suffering from an Injury to his
right foot. He stepped on a hail while on
a fishing trip yesterday, and a painful
wound was inflicted. It Is likely that he
will not be able, to return to duty.
Col. Andrews Acting Adjutant General 1
Lieut. Col. George Andrews of the ad
jutant general's department Is acting as
adjutant general of the army today in the
absence of Gen. Corbln and Col. Ward, the
next ranking officer. Col. Ward was called
away today by the illness of his wife, but
is expected to resume charge of the office
Monday. Col. Andrews succeeds to his
duties temporarily as the senior officer
present.
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Schools In the South.
From the Springfield Union.
About the only states left in the Union
which do not have compulsory school at
tendance are the southern states. Some
600 South Carolina teachers attending a
summer school at Columbia iiave put them
selves on record favoring such legislation
for. that state, following an appeal from
President Wilson of Converse College.
This, says the Columbia State, "commits
the educational forces of the state to the'
policy and Insures for It the active aid of
Intelligent and Influential men and women
In every county." But the negroT Force
education on the blacks? There Is the
rub. But for that the south would have
had compulsory education long ago, doubt
less. The school teachers seem to p??w
over this phase of the matter, but It will
become prominent when the question
comes up to the legislature.
Col.. H. O. Conde Dead.
BALLSTON, N. Y? August 8.?Col. Hen
ry Clay Conde died hers today, aged sixty
eight years. He served In the civil war as
colonel on the .staff of Gen. Nelson, par
ticipating in the" Kentucky and Tennessee
campaigns. ? ? - '
INSURGENT BROTHERHOOD
METHODS OF THE Ml'RDEROUS
KATIPLNAW,
Orders GItcb for Assassination?A
Chief Scatcacei to Death, bat Clem
ency U Shown bjr Mar Arthur.
Fructuoso Sembrano, a native Filipino,
was recently convicted by a military com
mission at Tarlac, Luzon, of violating the
rules of war and sen fenced to be hanged.
In reviewing the case Gen. MacArthur
?ays:
"It appears of record that the accused
had taken the oath of allegiance to and
the office of presldente, local of the Pueblo
of Corona, Tarlac. under the government
of the United States; that thereafter. In
secret ways, he devoted his abilities to
furthering the cause of the Insurrection,
until being suspected of treachery and
criminal misdeeds, he fled to the hills and
engaged in active warfare against the gov
ernment he had sworn to support
"for his fidelity to the Insurgent cause,
he was rewarded with the office of civil
and military governor of Pangasinan. In
his new capacity as an Insurgent chief, he
issued Instructions to his subordinate?,
from which the following extracts are
taken:?
" 'Also order all persons In your jurisdic
tion to employ great astuteness in trying
to capture arms from the enemy, and if
any of the enemy are In the habit of tak
ing a walk, your people must try to kill
him and take his arms. You will lmme?
diately advise me the name of the person
who captured the arms, that I may advise
our government. The money that may be
found on the enemy must be given to the
brother (Katlpunan), who obeyed this or
der. Return this order and comply. No
vember 14, 1900.'
(Translated from Ilocano).
" 'MOUNT BINGBATO, 9 Sept . 1COO.
" To the chief of the town of Pura:
" 'By this present I nominate you chief
of this town and you may from this date
order Its affairs and inhabitants. You will
follow strictly the following rules: 1. Make
out an act signed by all the brotherhood,
using their nicknames, that they will de
fend the cause of their mother country.
2. Cause all those to disappear who oppose
this measure, or who become traitors to
our holy cause. 7. The town that does not
revolt wtth us will be at once destroyed
and the people punished accordingly. 10.
All.secret spies will be killed (translated
murdered) or sent alive to this camp.'
"These thinly veiled orders to assassinate
unsuspecting victims, the evidence plainly
shows, had their intended effect, both upon
American soldiers and natives, and in at
least one specific instance the accused di
rectly instigated and caused the assassina
tion of a native policeman of Pura.
"That he Is guilty as charged there Is no
reasonable doubt.
"The sentence, approved by the depart
ment commander. Is confirmed, but Is com
muted to Imprisonment at hard labor for
the period of his natural life. The Presidio
de Manila is. designated as the place of
confinement, to which the prisoner will be
sent under proper guard."
Four Outlaws Convicted.
In another case it appeared that the ac
cused, Doroteo Orbino, Juan Seraloy, Do
mingoSeraloy and Jose Tambalgul, na
tives, were members of a band of outlaws
operating in the vicinity of Pozorrublo and
terrorizing the inhabitants into submis
sion to their rule by the assassination of
various members of the community. Dor
oteo Orbino. was a captain; Jose Tambal
gul. a lieutenant, and Juan Seraloy and
Domingo Seraloy, so-called soldiers of this
band.
These four accused, about March 10. 1900.
sequestrated, killed and beheaded with bo
los, two natives, Vicente de la Cruz and
Fellsardo Pasag, accused of being "Amerl
canistas," such charge being founded on
the fact that these victims had been In the
habit of supplying beef for the American
garrison. After the killing, these accused
forced several of the natives to carry the
bodies to an isolated spot, and cast them
into the mud on the banks of a stream,
where they were subsequently found and
identified. No denial of the deed is made
by these accused, three of them, simply
resting their defense upon the statement
that they were sdldlers of accused Doroteo
Orbino, and that they acted under his or
ders through personal fear.
Orbino was sentenced to death and the
other three prisoners to long terms of im
prisonment.
CLERK JO HA" McCAULL MISSING.
Hit Safe on Transport Egbert Short
95*453 in Cash.
Word was received at Seattle, Wash.,
from Victoria, B. C., yesterday of the al
leged defalcation of Quartermaster's Clerk
John McCaull and his disappearance from
the United States transport Egbert, on
which he was assigned to duty. The Eg
bert sailed from Seattle for Alaska July 31.
In the hurry of departure MoCaull was not
missed.
When it was found that he was not on
board Capt. George H. Penrose, the quar
termaster in command of the Egbert, Im
mediately made an Investigation, and as he
could not open the safe he had it blown
open. He found that all of the bills and
most of the gold except a few stray pieces
were missing. The shortage is stated to be
$5,463. There was $945 in silver In the
safe. A certificate of deposit on a Seattle
bank for $4,0(2 to the credit of Capt. P. H.
McCaull was found in a sealed envelope.
Building Permits Issued.
Building permits were Issued today as
follows:
Thos. M. Halslip, nine 2-story brick dwell
ings, 1924 to 1940 1st street northwest; cost,
$35,000.
C. M. Campbell, two-story brick office,
1411 Park street northwest; cost, $5,000.
Theo. T. Hull, two-story frame dwelling
on Providence street, Brookland; cost,
$2,500.
Johanna Copperthite, for repairs to 1411
32d street northwest; cost $600.
Washington Sanitary Improvement Co.,
for repairs in rear of 77 Bates street north
west; cost $100.
J. Stahl, for repairs to 313 12th street
southwest; cost $100.
. Home for Destitute Colored Women and
Children, for repairs at 8th and Irving
streets northwest; cost $690.
Body of Dead Inffmt Found.
The dead body of a colored male Infant
was found in the bushes at North Capitol
and Randolph streets this afternoon. There
is nothing about the condition of the body
to indicate foul play, and a certificate of
death from natural causes will probably be
given.
CONDENSED LOCALS. '
- Graham Degge, 1202 F street northeast,
?informed the police last night that there
was a supposed burglar in his house be
tween 1 and 2 o'clock Wednesday morning.
His mother heard the intruder and called
to him, burt he left the house without mak
ing any response. An entrance was ef
fected through the rear oellar door.
George Williams, colored, was treated at
the Emergency Hospital yesterday after
noon for a scalp wound received while
working near 7th and D streets. The ln
iury was caused by a hatchet falling on
ds head. After receiving' medical atten
tion he was able to go to his home, In Lin
wood court southwest.
Charles J. Leonard was today charged in
the PoHce' Court wRh making threats
against his wife, Leila Leonard. At the
request of the latter the accused was re
leased on personal bonds not to repeat the
' offense.
Thomas O. Hlser was today convicted In
the Police Court of vagrancy, and Judge
Mills sent him to the workhouse for four
months. It was stated that Hiser was at
one time an expert telegraph operator, but
for some time past has been an habitual
drunkard and has worked only nine days
in fifteen months.
An electric car struck a mule in front of
1009 North Capitol street this morning and
the was so seriously injured that
Humane -Officer Haynes ended Its life with
his revolver. It was owned by Albert John
son.
An overheated kiln at the brick yard of
Charles R. Monroe, 19th and B streets
southeast, about 10:8D o'clock this morning
caused a slight blase, which was quickly
extinguished. Not more than $20 damage
was doos.
FINANCE AND TRADE
Indications That the Goal Stocks Will
Gain Prominence.
SELLING OF ONION PACIFIC
Steel Shares Rather Stronger Than
on Yesterday.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch to Tbe Rrentng Star.
NEW YORK. August 8.?Opening prices
this morning reflected small fractional
changes from last night's closing prices,
none of which was significant. The
steel stocks were active and higher
as the result of yesterday's attempts to
end the strike and the conference In this
city today looking to a definite agreement.
The railroad list was far from uniform in
its action, some pressure being brought
to bear on the Pacific stocks. While others
were simply neglected. Union Pacific is
made heavy at every opportunity because
of the present prospect of getting only a 2
per cent dividend next week.
The constant reference to this routine
fact would indicate a desire to see the stock
sell lower. The entire board is not l/i har
mony with the latter view, however, and
supporting orders ere likely to appear on
the breaks.
Big Four Is being accumulated by Van
derbilt brokers on the prospect of a 4 per
cent guaranteed dividend- in the near fu
ture. Very little stock Is offering, and no
attempt is being made to force the prop
erty into prominence.
The street Is uniformly of the opinion
that the coal stocks are to be moved up
Into first place once the steel strike Is set
tled. As a result of this belief there are
daily additions to the long account in these
Issues. Closer relations between all the
coal properties are likely, and this prospect,
coupled with the advance in the price of
the commodity, is to be made the basis
for the proposed activity. Later in the
season the community of ownership scheme
will be revived for speculative effect. The
buying of Consolidated Gas was called
good, 3 per cent being added to first prloes
under moderate dealings.
A division of the company's surplus is
said to be in contemplation, and the specu
lative advance In the stock, interrupted by
the May panic, has been resumed.
People's Gas opened up over 1 per cent,
but failed to hold Its gain. St. Lawrence
and Adirondack gained 3 per cent under
pool buying. The movement In this prop
erty has never been contested and has
been unusually successful in consequence.
A speculative demand for the leather
shares forced an advance hi price*, but the
movement had little of a substantial na
ture behind it. Room traders had a monop
oly of all the business outside of the steel
stocks.
The bank statement reflects an increase
of $10,853,500 In loans as the result of sumo
special transactions outside of thu stock
market routine. The gain ln^awful money
during the week has been $2,275,000. mostly
in specie. The gain in money and the in
crease in loans are reflected by .an increase
of $12,073,700 in deposits. This latter in
crease calls for a larger reserve and the
surplus reserve is reduced $9?>3,225. The
latter item caused some Telling in various
parts of the room during the final dealings
and closing figures were under the best
in practically every Instance.
The market at the end of the week has
added nothing to its gpod features, and a
decline Is more than ever likely to precede
an advance. Next week should see an -end
of the deadlock in the steel strike, but the
August crop report, not due until next Sat
urday. will hang over the market and deter
buying, even should it fail to inspire sell
ing. The interior demand for money may
arise within a few days also and will In
spire caution. The vacation season will
contribute to the inertia, and commission
houses must remain In the background for
a further indefinite period. Io view of these
facts, positive incentive to buy Is wanting
and selling Is restricted only by fear.
FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Stock Market.
Furnished by W. B. Hlbbs & Co., bankers
and brokers, 1419 F st.. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thalmann & Co.. New York.
Open. High. Low. Clow.
Amalgamated Copper? 118K 113% 112% 112*4
Amer. Car A Founary... 29!^ 29% 29% 29%
Am. Car A Foundry,pfd.
American Sugar ?. 187% 157% 188 188%
American Tobacco ...... ?._ -
Atchison- ?.. 73% 78% 72% 72%
Atchison. pfd-... 94% 96% 94%
Baltimore A Ohio... _ 96% 96% 96% 96%
Baltimore Ohio, pfd - - _
Brook IrnRapid Transit. 76% VM 7W\ 76%
Chesapeake a Ohio?- 46% 46% 46% 46%
Chicago. B. A Q..._ ?
Chic, a Northwestern _
C. M. and 8t. Paul ?. lfiO^ 160% 169% lVi%
Cmcago. R. 1 A Paclflo- 187% 188 187 ?
Cnie. a G. Western 22% -'22% 22%
Col. Fuel and iron?..._ 93% 95% ?6>s
Consolidated Gas~.....~.. 220 228 220
Con. Tobacco- ..?_
Con. Tobacco, ofd ?...
Delaware a Hudson
Erie 87% 87% 57% 87%
Erie. 1st 66 66 66 66
General Electric? ....... ?..
Illinois Central 146 145% 14ft 145%
Louisville a Nashville? 101% 101% 101 101%
Metropolitan Traction? 166 166 169 166
Manhattan Kievated 117% 117% 117% 117%
Missouri Pacific ..... 97 97% 97 97
M., K. A T.. pfd _
National Lead Co - ........ ??
New Jersey Central- -
New York Central 151% 151% 150% 161
N Y..Ontario* Western- 33% 88% 38 83
Northern Pacific.- - ........
Northern Pacific, pfd_ ..
Pacific Mail 41 41 41
Pennsylvania K. R ... 144% 144% 144
People's tias_ 116% 11c? 114
PhUa A Reading,1st... 76% 76% 76%
Heading 2nds ?
Reading t om ?...
Poutbern Pacific?
Southern Railway....
Southern Railwav. pfd
T?txas Pacific..?
lenu. Coal and Iron
Lmon Pacific
Cnion Pacific pfd?
L' S. Leather
U R Leather, pfd
U.S.Rubber ?
U.6 Steel? ___
U.S.Steel.Dtd
Wabash pfd?
Western Union TeL
Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets*
CHICAGO, August 3.?Grain; .
Open. High. Low. Close.
Wheat?Sept 68% ?% 68 VI ""
Oct ?.... .... ....
Corn?Sept '67 88 56%
Oct 58
Oats-Sept 84% 35* 84%. 35-36%
Oct 35%
CHICAGO, August 3. ?Provisions;
Ops a. High. Low. Close.
Pork?Sept .?.?..?? ? ..... ...., ..... 14.27
Oct 14 83
T.arfl Sept ? ??? ? ??? ..m 8.77
Oct .' **?? S?82
Ribs &opt????????? ???*. se?? ? t?? 7.^5
Oct ?????**??? ???? ???? as ?? 8.00
NBW YORK. August 3.-Cotton:
Open. High. Low. Olos*.
September. 7.32 7.82 7.2T 7.29
October^? 7.87 7.87 7.84 7.34
December 7.37 7.88 7.37 7.88
January............... 7U2 7.48 7.40 7.42
ked.
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Government Bonds*
Bid. Aski
2 per cents, registered 107% 10
2 per cents, coupon "???? ixls .i!
3 per cents, registered, 1908-1928.... 108% li)9
8 per cents, coupon. 1908-1028
4 per cents, regUtere<|LH>07........ 113 113%
4 per cents, conpon. 1907.... 118 113%
4 per cents, registered. 1925 187 188
4 oer cents, coupon, 19143 187 188
4 per cents, conpon, It
5 per cents, registered.
5 per cents, coupon, 1904.........*. 107% 101
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, August 3.?Flour firm, unchanged]
receipts, 11,757 barrels; exports, 1,387 barrels.
Wheat firm; spot and the month. 71%s71\; Sep
tember, 72s72%; October. 73a 73 V; steamer No. t
red. 67%a07%; receipts, 408,188 bushels: exports,
527,511 bushels; southern hr sample, 60*73; south
era on grade. Q9a78. Cora dull and steady; spot
and the month, 58*58%; September. 58%; steamer
mixed. 07a67%-, receipts, 2,003 baehelsi exports,
none; scatbern white corn, 61; southern yellow
corn, 60. Oats firm; No. 2 white, 44s44% old; No.
S mixed, 41%a42 eld; receipts. 10,488 bushels; ex
ports. nene. Rye flrtor Ne. t nearby. 53s54; No. S
western, 55; receipts. 5,297 busb*ls; exports, none.
Hay flrsa; No. 1 tlsskty, $16 bid. Grala freights
n?let sad steady, uncbanasd. Batter firm, un
changed; fancy Imitation. 17al8{ faney creamery,
BaB; fancy ladle, 16al7; store packed. 12al4.
One sad coaxes grsnu