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No. 15,120. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1901?TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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DIVISION IN UNION
Some Amalgamated Members Are
Opposed to Strike.
SITUATION BROWS MORE SERIOUS
Stiikers Claim, However, That
They Are Gaining Steadily. O
MEN QUIT CARNEGIE MILLS
Special From a Staff Correspondent.
PITTSBURG, August 13.?With 53,000
striking men idle as a result of the strike
of the Amalgamated Association, not more
than one-fifth of which number are mem
bers of that association. The industrial
situation in western Pennsylvania and east
ern Ohio is growing acute. The remaining
four-fifths of the idle men cannot go
to work if they desire, because the one
fifth are the skilled steel and iron work
ers without whom the mills cannot be oper
ated. In the opinion of persons familar
with industrial affairs, it is no longer a
question of the success or failure of the
strike ordered by Shaffer. The real issi/e
now is, they say, whether the striking steel
workers will be taken back to work as
members of the Amalgamated Association
or whether they will be compelled to for
swear the union -before resuming their
places in the mills.
Information was telegraphed to The Star
yesterday of the movement Inaugurated to
provide a way for the return of the strik
ers without loss of union prestige. The
movement is gathering weight today, but
it is yet uncertain whether it will receive
sufficient encouragement from the steel
trust managers to warrant a continuance
of efforts.
I'eaeemitkern Are Handicapped.
The peacemakers are further handicapped
by the fact that their efforts have not re
ceived the indorsement of Shaffer and the
Amalgamated executive board. There is
a possibility that the negotiations may be
conducted entirely outside the strike man
agers. It is believed the possibility would
become probability If an Intimation could
be obtained from New York that the efforts
of the would-be negotiators are accept
able to the steel trust. There is a strong
sentiment in manufacturing as well as la
boring circles here against a policy of ex
termination on the part of the trust against
the union. The belief is well grounded in
all industrial circles that the trust will
make a mistake if it tries to utterly
crush the union at this time.
No cry, however, has come from the
strike managers. They have completely
tied up a number of important mills of the
trust and have succeeded in locking tight
the wheels in the great industrial plants
at Bel la ire, Newcastle and McKeesport.
They are satisfied with the situation, and
hope for overtures from the trust. Their
satisfaction is not shared by the more con
servative members of the Amalgamated
Association and it Is the latter class who
are looking for an early solution of the
problem.
Division* Among; Strike Managm.
The public is aware, of course, that there
have been divisions among the strike man
agers all along. They have cropped out
from time to time and the conservatives
took justification in their course from the
action of the wester^ men in refusing to
strike. The Shaffer element does not, it is
asserted in Pittsburg, represent the old
time spirit of the Amalgamated Associa
tion. ,
The Shafferites are regarded as a new
and radical faction. Introducing unfamiliar
tactics and policies into the action of the
association, and there is considerable re
sentment toward them on that account.
The old Amalgamated was a business or
ganization. formed to do business with
business men on a business basis. It kept
its word and fulfilled its contracts, demand
ing like treatment from those with whom
it dealt. The former officers, who repre
sented this spirit, are not in office now,
but they are still prominent in the associa
tion, and at this stage are beginning to ex
ert their influence.
Naturally, however, they are just as anx
ious to preserve the autonomy of their or
ganization as Shaffer and his lieutenants.
They profess to see in the trend of present
movements the possibility of the union be
ing wiped out unless a compromise can be
reached, and for that reason are willing to
consider the question of going back to work
on the old basis, trusting to the future to
conserve the welfare of the association.
But with Shaffer holding out for a strike
at one end and the steel trust at the other
end seemingly bent upon annihilation of
the association, doubts are expressed of
the success of the efforts.
1'roopect of Trouble.
In the meantime the trouble stage of the
strike seems to be drawing near. There is
unrest. dissatisfaction and bitterness
among the workers who are held out of
their places by the strike of the skilled
workmen. It Is only necessary for the
trust to obtain a few skilled workers In
each plant to start the mills going again.
Kfforts to do this, however, are regarded
as likely to result in collision and conflicts.
The American Sheet Steel Company has
made an important move in posting a no
tice inviting its former employes in certain
of th? plants to return to work by next
Thursday, guaranteeing them a year's em
ployment at the old rate of wages and de
claring that those who fall to respond by
Thursday will not be taken back later.
Today found a tightening of the strikers'
lines about Pittsburg. McKeesport and Bel
laire. the important and critical points.
The ranks of the idle men were swelled
last night and this morning to the number
of at least representing workmen who
were forced out of their places by the shut
ting down of other departments allied to
the mills on strike.
'"'"I)' In McKeesport.
Scenes in McKeesport this morning were
very lively. All the Idle men were on the
streets and about mills, the mayor having
refused to disperse the gathering, claiming
th~t they were orderly and holding, more
over, that the mills trespassed upon the
public streets more than did these work
ingmen. Several non-union men who came
in to get work In these mills were rounded I
up by the police and hustled out of town.
The strikers have the mills thoroughly
picketed to prevent the entrance of men
who desire to work. Violence is not used,
argument being sufficient in all cases thus
far to head off the workers not to persevere
In their efforts to enter the mills.
The river front of the mills is also well
guarded. Strike pickets in rowboata patrol
the river night and day and keep a close
watch on approaching boats.
In Pittsburg the same system of espion
age is maintained over the approaches to
the mills, whose men are on strike. It is
feared by the strikers that the first at
tempt to forcibly introduce workmen into
the mills will be made in Pittsburg, as the
manufacturers could receive better police
protection here than in McKeesport. These
Pittsburg mills furnish the material to be
finished by the McKeesport tube mills, and
if the Pittsburg shops could be started up
it would probably weaken the strength of
the strikers in McKeesport.
What the Leader* Say.
At strike headquarters today there were
no developments beyond the fact that one
of the executive board had started for
Chicago to plead with the non-striking Fed
eral Steel men to go out. Shaffer is main
taining* an air of confidence, and says
thefe will be a weakening hereabouts.
The reports this afternoon indicate that
about ft5,500 men are now idle as a result
of the strike. N. O. M.
STRIKERS MAKE SOME GAINS.
Trimt Official** Preparing to Break
Strike at PlttMburg.
By Associated Press.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. August IS.?Complete
returns from all of the strike centers have
not been received today, but as far as they
go. indicate that there has been but slight
change in conditions since yesterday. Dur
ing the night the strikers made further
gains from the National Tube Company, at
McKeesport, and seem to have somewhat
strengthened their position at Wheeling.
The Bellaire plant was closed last nisiit,
but a determined attempt will be made to
operate it today. The strikers are watch
ing the plant, and boast that they have It
tied up and are in a position to keep it ro.
Preparations are being made here to in
crease the number of men in the Lindsay
& McCutcheon mills, which have been op
erating with one non-union crew since last
week, and also to start the big Painter
mill, which has been idle since the first
order to strike went out.
The police here have shown that they will
make a d'etermined attempt to prevent
violence or disorder, and the steel man
agers regard this as a favorable point to
break into the strike with non-union men.
It is apparent that no plans have yet been
formed for attempts at resumption at Mc
Keesport or Wheeling, and it is believed
here that the companies whose plants are
either partly or completely crippled will
wait until the excitement at those two
points has subsided.
The American Tin Plate Company is
moving to resume work at some of its
plants and the officials here feel sure that
they will succeed.
Mayor Boyanton's Statement.
Mayor A. L. Boyanton of Niles has is
sued a statement in which he says that the
stories of attempts on the lives of the Lis
bon tin workers yesterday were exaggerat
ed.
Steel officials seen here today express
their complete satisfaction with the prog
ress they are making. They say that If
they could get protection for their men
and property at McKeesport and Wheeling
that the strike would be quickly ended.
They deny that the Amalgamated Associa
tion has gained any ground at the Pitts
burg plants of the Carnegie companv, and
insist that the group of big plants shown
to be with them on the general call are
still standing firm.
Assistant Secretary Tighe was missing
from the staff on duty at strike headquar
ters today, and rumor sent him to half a
dozen places. President Shaffer would not
say where he was. One story was that he
had gone to Chicago, and another that he
was at New Castle, from whence come
reports of a possible break In the Amalga
mated forces. President Shaffer said:
I "I am satisfied with the situation. I have
received no reports from Chicago and the
west. I will leave at 9:20 tomorrow morn
ing for Wheeling, and Rev. Fitz Williams
and Ben Davis are to go there with me.
I do not know when I will return from
Wheeling."
Shaffer Denle* a Rumor.
The assertion has been made here that
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated As
sociation was approached by a certain in
dependent steel man with a proposition to
aid him in continuing the strike against the
United States steel corporation in order
that they might get the rush orders of the
corporation. President Shaffer, when seen,
denied the story, saying "It is not true. I
would not be a party to such an agree
ment."
It is also said that the strikers of the
Painter's plant on the south side have
heard the rumor, and that they have noti
fied the management that they will return
to work just as soon as the plant can be
pui in shape for them.
Two of the strikers have made state
ments to newspaper men that they will go
to work In the morning, and that it means
that two of the mills In the plant will be
working in full. When Mr. Shaffer was
told this he said: "There is no truth in the
statements. I would know if It were true.
The men will go to work when they first
notify me."
About 150 of the boys on the day turn in
tne butt-welding department of the Na
tional Tube Works at McKeesport, Pa.,
joined the strikers this morning and it was
claimed that the rest of the turn would
come out before the close of the day. This
action, it is said, would force the closing
down of the entire department.
Many of the strikers assembled about the
tube works at McKeesport today and trou
ble is feared there. They are doing mis
sionary work among the men still at work,
and intercept them whenever they leave or
approach the works.
I nlon Sentiment at McKeesport.
A wave of unionism has swept over Mc
Keesport, and it bids fair to include men of
several callings. The painters met last
night and formed a union. It is announced
that over 100 joined the lodge and that
many more have declared themselves ready
to join at the next meeting. It la thought
that by the end of the week all the bar
tenders, teamsters, painters and carpenters
in McKeesport will have joined one of the
various labor organizations.
A call has been Issued for a meeting for
the organization of a senate of labor In
McKeesport Thursday evening. The ob
ject will be to combine all of the labor or
ganizations In McKeesport under one gen
eral advisory board. It is reported that
ihe McKeesport lodge of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen will also take a hand
in the strike. They will decide on a line
of action at a meeting this week.
President Shaffer was not prepared to
make a statement as to the number of men*
affected by the strike and will not give one
out until he Is more fully Informed. He
would not talk on the refusal of the Fed
eral Steel Company employes to obey the
general strike order or what action would
be taken. It is reported that some repre
sentatives of the western lodges who
turned down the order to quit work would
come to headquarters with an explanation
of the action taken, but none came. Secre
tary Williams says the call for financial
aid which we8 sent out yesterday is al
ready meeting with responses. Manv
checks and sums of money were received
by him this morning.
Striker* Lose a Mill In Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 13.?The
American Tin Plate Company succeeded in
getting one mill out of the six at the Cres
cent works started this morning with non
union men. About twenty-five of the latter
arrived at the plant during the night and
early today. Mo*t of them came from
Monessen, Pa., and Irondale. Ohio. The
strikers declare that there is not to exceed
a half dozen experienced tin plate workers
among the new arrivals.
A large number of strikers and their
sympathizers were gathered near the plant
throughout the day, but beyond jeering the
non-union men who entered made no at
tempt to jft-event them from going to work.
FRAUDS ALLEGED
Undervaluations in Imported Jap
anese Silks.
MILLIONS LOST TO GOVERNMENT
Matter Said to Have Been Going
on for Years.
MR. ? PAULDING'S STATEMENT
Regarding the statement pubUshed in
New York this morning to the effect that
millions of dollars in customs duties had
been lost to the government through false
invoices as to weight and value of Japa
nese silks imported into the Lnited States
at that port. Assistant Secretary Spaulding
who has charge of customs affairs for the
Treasury Department, today said:
"About two weeks ago a man named
Beach and another whose name I have for
gotten cam? into my office and stated to me
that they had knowledge of the fact that
Silk Examiner Brown at New York was in
the pay of a prominent New York silk im
porting firm, receiving $8,000 ay^ras
compensation for undervaluing their silk
invoices, and that Brown also receive,} pay
from another silk concern They also
stated that large invoices of Japanese silks
were then on their way to New York, con
signed to these firms, and that they were
dally expected to arrive. I told them that
it was of the highest importance that they
give me the names of the Arms they had
charged with fraud in connection with
these importations and asked them ^o Put
their statement in writing. I assuiea
them that if they would give me a
definite fact or any information upon wMch
I might act I would start an Investigation
at once and that a letter to the appraiser
of the port embodying their statement
would be in the appraiser's hands the fol
lowing morning. They went away
that they would write out their statement
and would shortly return.
"They did return in the afternoon, out
stated that it would be necessary for them
to go back to New York, as they had found
that they did not have sufficient fata with
them upon which to base a specific state
ment of facts. I told them that asJf^V
were to return to New York I very nnuch
wished they would call on Appraiser ^ aKe
man the next morning and lay their facts
before him. and that I had ? doubt he
would give the matter consideration. This
they agreed to do and left the department,
and while I have heard nothing fuI^?r
from them I assume that
ed with the appraiser, especially as the de
jrai^nent has received a prellmlna'y report
fro-n Mr. W'akeman stating that he had
begun an investigation of alleged frauds
in connection with Japanese silk
tions Whether the investigation will de
velon anything of the magnitude indicated
In the published statementI have no PW
ent means of knowing, but I ami sure tne
matter will be probed to the bottom.
There is no doubt that, the department
will instruct Appraiser Wakeman to mak
a most thorough investigation of the whole
matter, and if the charges are true will
ascertain that fact.
Fraud* Alleged for Year*.
According to the New York story, the
frauds upon the government have been go
ing on for years, and several examiners of
silks have become wealthy as a result of
collusion with silk importing flrros. Not
only have examiners become rich, but the
oiiir importers who were engaged in tne
affair w^e able to undersell all their com
petitors and then make heavy profits from
their practice. It was this state of affairs
and the holding up of invoices that caused
complaint from Importers that something
WWhen Appraiser Wakeman received in
formation of what was alleged to be going
on he began to call in goods for examina
tion. If he was not given the name of the
firms that were said to be in collusion he
had to call in the goods of a number of
firms, so as to make a beginning. In ma^"
lng re-examinations much time had to be
taken, and this caused loud compaints.
In one Instance Mr. Wakeman called In
(roods and had them examined by a new
examiner. The latter returned a report
that the invoice was correct. Not satisfied
with this, Mr. Wakeman assigned another
examiner to the work and he reported
gross frauds, both as to weight and value.
It Is asserted that one invoice of goods
was assessed to?#e due customs amounting
to $44,000, when as a matter of fact the
dues to the government should have been
as much as $*0,0<>0. This gives an idea of
the amount of money that could be made
by transactions of the kind charged If offi
cials and Importers were Inclined to enter
into arrangements with each other.
Such frauds could probably be carried
out in Japanese silks better than in any
other class of goods. Under the tariff
schedule relating to silks goods that contain
more than 45 per cent of silk pay a duty of
S3 per pound, goods that contain between
30 and 45 per cent of silk pay $1.30 a pound
and goods that contain less than 30 per
cent pay either a specific rate of 90 cents a
pound or 50 per cent of their value to the
government. The opportunity for fraud is
present in invoicing both the quality and
weight. A high-grade silk can be invoiced
as of the lowest grade and the weight
could be put down at much less than the
real facts. There is always room for dif
ference of opinion between experts, how
ever, as to the classification of silks, and
that is one matter to be considered in con
nection with the charges that are now be
ing Investigated. If fraud is really discov
ered the law provides proper punishment
for importers and examiners, and In case
of legal proceedings much stress would be
laid on the question of classification.
If aval Orders.
Ensign D. W. Knox to Constellation,
Lieutenant J. F. Hubbard from connection
with training school for petty officers,
Newport training station, to Essex.
Lieut. Commander D. W. Coffman has
been ordered from the War College and to
the Essex as executive and navigator, upon
the arrival of that vessel at Newport.
Lieut. Commander W. McLean, from the
Mayflower to the Machias as executive of
ficer and navigator, instead of to the Es
sex. as heretofore directed.
Lieutenant H. C. Mustin, to the Norfolk
yard.
Lieutenant F. H. Clark, from the Machias
to the Franklin in connection with the crew
of the Illinois, and on board when that
vessel is placed in commission.
Passed Assistant Paymaster R. H. Woods,
to the New York yard.
Passed Assistant Paymaster D. Potter, to
the New York yard for temporary duty
September 10, to this city for temporary
duty in bureau of supplies and accounts
September 20, and thence to the Mare Is
land yard for temporary duty October L
Ensign Lloyd S. Shapley, from the Isla
de Cuba to the Frolic.
Ensign Adolphus E. Watson, from the
General Alava to the Frolic revoked; to
the Isla de Cuba.
Assistant Boatswain Helnrlch Seedorff,
from the Manila to the General Alava re
voked; to the Isla de Cuba.
Signal Corp* Operations.
General Greely cables the War Depart
ment that be has left Manila for another
tour of Inspection cf the signal corps oper
ations in the Philippines.
Major Glass ford of the Signal Corps will
sail from Seattle tonight to superintend
the laying of a cable from Juneau to Skag
way, Alaska.
GOT LITTLE BOOTY
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Robbera Hold Up Train on and
T. at Oaney, I. T,
TOOK ALL THE PASSSSERS HAS
The Express. Compaq Claims to
Have Lost Nothing.
BANDITS JOKE OVER JOB
DENISON, Texas, August IS.?Missouri,
Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 3,
south bound, was held up at Caney switch,
I. T., at 1:30 a.m. today by five men. Two
miles north of Caney two men crawjed over
the tender with pistols 1n hand, covered the
engineer and fireman and commanded them
to stop at Caney. The men were joined by
three others, and a fusillade of shots -fired
alongside the train, thoroughly alarmed
the crew and passengers.
Postal Clerk Tully was compelled to go
through the train, carrying a sack, in
which the valuables were thrown.
Every passenger was robbed, and then
the robbers turned their attention to the
express cars. Both safes were blown open
with dynamite and the contents secured.
The baggage car was practically wrecked.
The amount stolen is not yet known, al
though the robbers got some valuable jew
elry. They gave a diamond ring and a
shirt stud to Engineer Lanham.
Robbers Thought 14 a Joke.
After the work was done the robbers,
who seemed to injoy the situation, sat
around and laughed over the matter. The
whole affair was carried out without a
hitch, and it is believed that the bandits
were old hands at the business.
After holding the train two tiours the
robbers left, going east into the dense' bot
toms. The trainmen cut out the wrecked
car and ran down to the Caney station '
where they notified the officers in both di
rections.
Within two hours a United,States mar
shal's posse, with bloodhounds, were on the
trail, and it is rumored two of the men
have been captured, but the reports lack
verification.
The express company claims it lost noth
ing, and Conductor Dolan estimated the
passengers' loss at or about J200.
The country surrounding Caney Is grid
ironed with telephone wires, and if the rob
bers leave the bottoms they undoubtedly
will be arrested or killed.
TO GET CHICAGO MEN OUT.
Officer* of the Union Going There for
That Pnrpope.
CHICAGO, August 13.?The steel workers
In the mills at South Chicago will be asked
to reconsider their action in refusing to
comply with the order of President Shaffer
to strike.
Information has been received from Pitts
burg that the Supreme Lodge bf the Amal
gamated Association has sent Secretary
Tighe west in an attempt to get the Fed
eral Steel Company's ipen here to follow
the example of their eastern co-workers.
Mr. Tighe is well acquainted with many of
the representative members of the lodge
here, and for this reason was chosen by
President Shaffer for the mission. He will
arrive in Chicago today, and his orders are
to seek audiences with the officers of Lake
side Lodge, No. 2, and Commercial Lodge,
2' once- and arrange for meetings
? /????>n? J*"111 b? again gone Into
rl I" C Davis, the district vice
president, who resigned a few days ago,
t 8?rlke order went ,nto effect, has
fh^ro ?? L consult with the lodges
whlft.-J'lii not yet announced
whether they will strike or not.
CAPT. DIAMOND INDICTED.
New lork Police OAcer ChirKed With
Neglect of Dvtr.
NEW YORK, August 13 ?The grand Jury,
at the request of District Attorney Philbin.
today indicted Police Captain Thomas J.
Diamond on the charge of neglect of duty
as a public officer. A number of witnesses
were subpoenaed to give their testimony.
Among them were Lena Schmidt and Rosle
Greenberg the two women on whose evi
?Te u ardman Bissert was convicted.
* 7 ? s ?f tbe charge consists in Cap
tain Diamond's alleged neglect to report
.Lena Schmidt's disorderly house as a sus
picious place.
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PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
James E. Fitch a Reform School
Trustee.
President McKinley has made the follow
ing appointments:
Navy?James E. Cann, to be a pay in
spector; Ivan C. Wettengei, to be a lieu
tenant, Junior grade; Amon Bronson, Jr.,
to be a lieutenant, Junior grade.
Justice?James E. Fitch, to be a trustee
or the reform school of the District of Co
lumbia.
TO ACT AS RESERVOIRS.
Farmer* Urged to BuHd Three-Acre
Ponds on Their L*ads.
The Agricultural Department has received
a unique suggestion for -the prevention of
droughts, which, in the past, have done so
much to destroy crops, especially in the
west and the southwest, t The suggestion
has been made that every pl^ce of land of
eighty acres be provided with a pond cov
ering three acres, which, is claimed, will
act as a reservoir to store water during
times of great rainfall and diminish dan
ger from floods, at the same tjme providing
water for irrigation purposes. But there
wllJ? *t is declared by the advocate of the
method, be a still greater benefit from these
ponds. They will cause a great deal of
evaporation which will be returned to the
earth in the form of rain, and fn addition
the pond will give an ample supply of fish
for every farmer's family.
Senator Till ma* iaT thet'ity.
Senator Tillman of South Caro|faia was In
the city today, being on h?? WaJf to Chau
tauqua, N. Y., where he will de^hrer a lec
ture tomorrow on "Conditions a^d Tenden
cies of Our Times."
Mr. Tillman, when seen: ti(y a Star re
porter, said that Senator McLaurin is not
so strong In his state today as he was six
weeks ago. He was sure that if the pri
mary election for senator wefre to come off
in South Carolina now Mr. McLaurin could
not get more than 8.000 or 10,000 out of
95,000 votes. He didn't believe it w4TOld be
possible for him to get more than t9i0OO or
20,000 in the first primary a year hence, and
he was satisfied he could -voft be elected.
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Belgian Railroads Jprntspartng.
According to Consul' Geoeifi.1 Guenther at
Frankfort, Germany, in _a communication
to the State Department,?lhe management
of the Belgian government railroads con
templates a considerable increase of roll
ing stock in the near futures, la, addition
carH already advertised for in the
official gazette, a contract for serosal hun
hfleT!. ^ and 100 locomotives
wm be swarded unftyr the bid system.
BY FREDERICK'S SIDE
Remains of Ex-Empress Laid Away
at Friedenskirche.
AM IMPOSING CEREMONIAL
Members of British and German
Royal Families Present.
GENERAL PUBLIC SHUT OUT
POTSDAM, August 13.?The remains of
the Dowager Empress Frederick were in
terred today beside those of her husband,
in the mausoleum of Friedenskirche, near
Potsdam.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock this morning the
bells of all the churches in Potsdam were
tolled, with two intervals of rest. Shortly
before 10:30 o'clock Emperor William, the
other members of the imperial family and
the visiting princes assembled in the royal
hall at the Wild Park railroad station. The
high court officials, military dignitaries,
Count von Buelow and other members of
the cabinet, the Knights of the Black Eagle
and the members of the reichstag assem
bled at 10:'-i5 o'clock in an adjacent hall.
Special Train Arrives.
Soon after 10 o'clock the special train or
dered by the emperor to bring the invited
guests from Berlin reached Wild Park%sta
tion. Among the guests the foreign ambas
sadors made a striking figure, wearing
their highest official uniforms. The United
States ambassador, Andrew D. White, how
ever, was attired in simple black. He
looked pale and weak, and showed traces
of his recent bereavement by the death of
his son.
At 10:30 the signal was given that the
funeral train was approaching. Conversa
tion, which had hitherto been cariied on in
suppressed tones, entirely ceased, aad an
air of great solemnity possessed the com
pany. The train rolled in slowly an<i noise
lessly.
Twenty non-commissioned officers of the
dowager empress' Hussar Regiment, No. 2,
came forward and bore the coffin to the
royal hearse, which had in the meanwhile
arrived from the New Palace. Chamber
lains and courtiers with the royal insignia
participated in the transfer of the coffin
from the funeral car to the hearse.
Slowly and solemnly the procession
formed. Eight staff* officers seized the
reins of the eight splendid black horses at
tached to the hearfte, and four knights of
the Black Eagle took hold of the points of
the pall-cloth, while twelve royal chamber
lains held the supports of the canopy cover
ing the hearse, and four other courtiers
held the cords from the corners. Flunking
these, to the right and left were two staff
officers and twelve captains.
View of Public Shut Out.
The procession formed in the shady ave
nue extending from Wild Park to the Kew
Palace. The public had their only oppor
tunity to see the procession* but got only
the slightest view of it, although Immense
crowds had assembled upon the streets in
tersecting the road at right angles, and the
people strained their necks to get a glimpse
of the cortege. Preceding the hearse were
squadrons of soldiers and marshals bearing
the various lnsignias and orders of the
dead empress. Among them was General
Von Waldersee, who carried the dowager
empress' crown. Numerous members of
the imperial court and the court of the de
ceased empress also marched in the proces
sion. Following the hearse came Emperor
William, King Edward, the crown prince
of Germany, and the other royal princes
and royal personages.
Then came the foreign ambassadors and
ministers and personages from the tm
peror's and empress* entourage, members
of the government and the parliamentary
bodies.
The procession moved through the t?ee
arched avenue to the palace, and then to
the park and to the Sans Souci garden, all
of which were closed rigidly against the
public, though a few newspaper men were
admitted by card.
When the procession started the bHls in
the Friedenskirche (Church of Peace) be
gan tolling and all the other bells in Pots
dam Joined in.
Ceremony at Mausoleum.
When the procession reached the mauso
leum. adjacent to the Friedenskirche, all
those in the procession in advance of the
hearse took up positions opposite the
church.
When the coffin was borne across the
threshold of the mausoleum the cathedral
choir from Berlin Intoned a solemn strophe.
Only the emperor and empress, the other
members of the imperial family, King Ed
ward Queen Alexandra and the other
members of the British royal party and
the princes of the highest rank entered the
mausoleum, which Is small.
Dr. Persius, the chaplain, offered a
prayer, after which the choir again sang.
When their majesties left the mausoleum
the procession dissolved.
The empress. Queen Alexandra and the
other ladles went In carriages direct from
Wild Park to the mausoleum.
Memorial Servloe In London.
LONDON, August 13.?A memorial ser
ivce was held today in the Chapel Royal,
St. James Palace, simultaneously with the
funeral of the Dowager Empress Frederick
at Potsdam. Among those present were
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord
Salisbury, the United States ambassador,
Mr. Choate; Sir Wm. Vernon-Harcourt and
Lady Harcourt, Lord and Lady Wolseley,
Lord Lansdowne, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain, Mr. A. J. Balfour and many
members of the diplomatic corps. As the
opening sentences of the service were
chanted a royal salute was fired In St.
James Park, followed by the firing of six
ty minute guns. ^
Dispatches from parts of the conti
nent announce the celebration of memorial
services in honor of the Dowager Empress
Frederick. Queen Wilhelmina, her husband
and the queen dowager of Holland at
tended the service In the -English church
at The Hague. Services were held at all
the capitals of the German states and
were mostly attended by the reigning
princes.
AMERICAN CLAIMS PRESENTED.
The South African Compensation
Commission In Session.
Some American claims are being pre
sented to the South African compensation
commission, now sitting in London. It is un
derstood they are those which were sent to
the State Department and forwarded to Am
bassador Choate. The ambassador was
asked to put these claims In the proper
channel for formal presentation, and he
was authorized to secure the services of
such counsel as might be necessary. It is
probable that Mr. Newton Crane, who is
referred to as counsel for the American
claimants, is acting under this authorisa
tion, or he may be looking after the in
dividual interests of the claimants. At this
distance and in the lack of any official
reports there is no disposition on the part
of the authorities here to discuss the ques
tions raised during the hearing of the
claims yesterday. The reported ruling that
certain claims for deportation could not be
allowed except as an act of grace might
present Issues on which suitable diplomatic
representation would be made when the
facts were officially communicated. Still,
Mr. Choate has not felt it necessary to
report by cable on the questions arising
aS-M0^hearing, and the Incidental points
will doubtless be fully met by him as they
are presented. \
THURSDAY'S TRIPLE LAlXfHIXd.
A Largr Parly of Nav&l Official* Will
Go.
Quite a large party of naval officials will
leave Washington at 11 o'clock Thursday
j morning for Sparrow's Point. Md? where
they will witness the launching of the
I three torpedo boat destroyers. Truxtun.
Whipple and Worden, built for the govern
ment by the Maryland Steel Company. The
. party will travel over the Pennsylvania
railroad, and will go in a special car.
Among tho.^e who will make the trip are
Naval Constructors Smith and Taylor. Mr.
| Darius Greene, Commander F. H. Bailey.
i R?mmell, Lieut. Commander
W M. Parks, Pro/. Chas. S. Smith. W. H.
| H. Smith. Admiral Endicott, Assistant
Judge Advocate Hanna, Lieutenant Veeder
and Civil Engineers T. O. Maxson, A. C.
C unningham and H. H. Rousseau.
The launching will take place at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, and the party is expected
t0rr?each the Po'nt shortly before 1 o'clock.
I These three latest additions to the United
States navy are considered to be very for
midable vessels of their type, and are rated
at high-speed faculties. They will be able
to travel at a rate of thirty knots an hour.
They are all alike. Each is 251? feet 6
1 inches long over all and 24X feet on the
trial load line. They are of 23 feet 3 inches
molded beam at the deck and 22 feet 0
I es,at the wat<?r line. The depth amid
I f , ,S J,S 14 fcet 8 inches, and the specified
trial displacement is about tons, with a
draft of 6 feet.
! *llss Isabella Truxtun of Norfolk is to
act as sponsor for the Truxtun. She is a
granddaughter of Commodore Truxtun
| after whom the boat is named. Mrs. Emilie
B. N. Worden of New York, who is related
by marriage to Admiral Worden, will be
sponsor for the vessel which is to bear his
??I71tV,T,he sponsor for the Whipple will be
Miss Elsie Pope of St. Paul, Minn.
GOLD MIXING IIV COREA.
Coiice?*lon for Twenty-Five Yearn
(?ranted to n Frenchman.
Consul General Allen, at Seoul, has in
formed the State Department that a conces
sion covering a gold-mining district has
been granted by the Corean government to
a French subject in fulfillment of a prom
ise made last December, which is similar
to the concessions granted to Americans,
Russians, Germans, British and Japanese.
The French concession lasts twenty-five
years from the date of commencement of
operations, which must be made within two
years. A royalty of 25 per cent net will
be paid to the Corean government after
the expense of development has been re
covered, but no import tax on neces
sary materials will be levied, and the pro
ducts of the mine will be exported free of
duty.
Mr. Allen says gold mining In .Corea
is now assuming considerable importance,
since it has been successfully prosecuted
by an American concern which operates
the Woonsan mines. The operations on
tnis mine at present sire confined to ciu.irtz
work, but the extensive placer deposits
will soon be worked. The output and
prospects of this mine are pronounced to
be entirely satisfactory. The consul gen
eral says the British mines are at present
the next in importance to the American
mines. He says much has been expended
upon them, but they are too new to be out
of the uevelopment period. The Germans
are actively working their district the
Japanese are opening up their mining dis
trict, but the Russians seem not to have
begun work upon their mining concessions
as yet, says the consul general in con
clusion.
CASE OF MISS JULIA YEW.
Detained at Lewlston Because She la
a Chinese.
Assistant Secretary Taylor, who has
charge of Immigration matters for the
Treasury Department, received a call today
from Mun Yew Chlng. one of the secre
taries and Interpreter of the Chinese lega
tion. Mr. Ching called in regard to the
case of Julia Yen, a highly educated Chi
nese girl, who has been detained at Lewis
ton. According to letters from Miss Yen's
brother in Hong Kong, she sailed from Chi
na recently with Bishop Graves and Miss
Martin, with whom she was associated In
missionary work in China. She came to
Victoria and went from there to Toronto,
from which she sought admission to this
country by way of Lewiston. She has a
brother in Pennsylvania, and he first noti
fied the Chinese legation of her detention.
Mr. Taylor has not received any official
notification of Miss Yen's detention, and
can take no action until he knows some
thing of the case. Miss Yen's brother in
Hong Kong, in a letter to the Chinese min
ister, thought Miss Yen could easily be ad
mitted to this country because she was
traveling with a bishop of the church, but
Mr. Ching was informed that this would
make no difference under the law.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S DISPENSARY.
Status of Its Relation to Wholesale
and Retail Licenses.
Mr. Yerkes, the commissioner of Internal
revenue, Is expected to render a decision
in a few days on the appeal taken by the
state of South Carolina against the Inter
nal revenue bureau's assessment of regu
lar wholesale and retail whisky licenses
against the dispensary of South Carolina
and its branches. The state has applied
for rebate of about J5.000 paid In taxes on
its main dispensary and the various coun
ty dispensaries. It is generally understood
that Mr. Yerlges will maintain that under
the revenue laws the South Carolina dis
pensary is Just as much liable to tax as
any wholesale liquor dealer, and that no
rebate will be allowed.
GERMAN REPORTED NEGOTIATIONS.
Alleged Attempt to Obtain an Island
on the Cuban Coast.
Cable reports stating that Germany is ne
gotiating for the purchase of a small Island
north of Nuevitas oh the Cuban coast ? are
not credited among State Department of
ficials, as it is pointed out that the treaty
of peace ceded small outlying islands, and
that in case a small island was owned by
a private citizen of Spain, as is said to
be the case in this negotiation, this private
citizen could not transfer It in such a man
ner that sovereignty would attach. The
matter has not come to the State Depart
ment in any official form
CONFESSED TO LARCENY.
An American Who Wanted Free
Transportation From England.
Ambassador Choate has telegraphed the
State Department that James MacDonald
has surrendered himself to the London po
lice, confessing to the larceny of ?900 from
a lumber company at Portland, Oreg. The
ambassador wishes to know If MacDonald's
extradition was desired. The department
thereupon telegraphed the governor of Ore
gon, as it was suspected this might be one
of the devices resorted to by individuals to
secure free transportation back to Amer
ica. The governor has replied that no com
plaint concerning MacDonald, or request
for extradition, has reached him. The am
bassador has been so advised and no extra
dition proceedings will be taken.
!m at
The following transfers have been made:
Col. Chambers McKibbin, from the 12th In
fantry to the^4th Infantry.
Col. John W. Bubb, from the 2Hh Infan
try to the 12th Infantry.
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No advertiser can look ovef
the columns of The Washington
Evening Star without being im
pressed by their wonderful com
prehensiveness. One would
think that it would be difficult to
find a retail merchant of any
standing at all in the capital city
who is not a regular advertiser
in The Star.?(From the Fourth
Estate, Aug. io, 1901.)
TRAFFIC UNHINDERED
Reassuring Report From the Isthmus
of Panama.
GENERAL SITUATION IS SATISFACTORY
Discussing Colombian Minister's
Departure From Caracas.
LEGATIONS AWAIT ADVICKS
NEW YORK. August 13.?Senor Arturo
de Brigard, consul general for Colombia In
this city, has received the following cable
dispatch from Acting Governor Arlstides
^rjona of Panama:
"Traffic continues unhindered. Predatory
warfare carried on around railroad has
produced no ularm. General situation Is
satisfactory."
The railroad referred to in this message
is that owned by the Panama Railroad
Company, for the protection of which
President J. Edward Simmons has asked
this government to send a warship.
Consul General De Brigard characterized
as untrue the assertion by the revolution
ists that they have 8,000 men under arms
In the department of Panama.
"It Is also untrue," he said, "thtit the
government has done nothing to conciliate
the liberals. The president has Issued sev
eral decrees guaranteeing freedom.
"The government does not, as has been
stated, persecute the families of the revolu
tionists. In fact, the family of General
Uribe Is In Bogota now enjoying the same
privileges as mine would were they there."
The steamer Alene has Just arrived from
Savanilla and Cartagena. One of her offi
cers said:
"Very little news Is permitted to get out,
although It is known on the coast that
some desperate fighting has recently taken
place In the interior."
Colombian Legation Depart*.
A dispatch from Willemstad. Curacao,
yesterday, says: The Colombian legation
left Caracas today.
Whether the Colombian minister has
actually left Venezuela, as reported In a
press dispatch from Willemstad. Is not
known here. The departure of the minis
ter would be in line with what was for
shadowed when the American charge d'af
faires. Mr. Russell, asked for authority to
represent Colombia In case the minister
withdrew. But the officials here are dis
posed to accept with much allowance state
ments coming from Willemstad.
Mr. Herran, the Colombian charge d af
faires at Washington, received a letter
this morning from the Colombian consul
general at New York, stating that the lat
ter has just received a cablegram front the
acting governor of Panama, saving thit
the guerrilla bands thereabouts are giving
no uneasiness. The governor, according to
recent advices, has gone to Cartagena for
soldiers and supplies. Other than this. Mr.
Herran's official mall, which reached hira
this morning, gave no information to throw
light on the situation In South America
In the absence of official advices the
only construction which the Colombian le
fatlon can place upon the reported wlth
rawal of the Colombian minister, Senar
Rico, and his legation staff from Caracas.
Is that, having found his position in the
Venezuelan capital unendurable, perhaps
threatened by mob violence, which is gen
erally rampant during such exciting times,
he has left for the Colombian capital,
where he can better co-operate with the
officials there than through the medium of
telegraphic or mall correspondence.
Mr. Pulldo Wltbont Advlees.
Mr. Pulldo, the Venezuelan charge, re
turned to Washington last night from ?
Capon Springs, but he, too, states that he
has received absolutely no advices from
his government.
Both of these officials feel sure that, un
less there is an Interruption In their te
spective lines of communication, i iey
would be Immediately advised if the situa
tion had assumed the aspect of actual ^*ar
between the two countries. But still they
both seem to regard the absence of official
advices from their countries, not as Indi
cating that there are no developments, but
as due to some unexplainable tardiness in
advising them.
No Word From the War?hli?.
The Navy Department had no word this
morning from either the Iowa, which whs
preparing to leave the Puget sound yester
day for Panama via San Francisco, or from
the Machias, which is at Norfolk on her
way to Colon. The latter is taking on am
munition, and the department telegraphed
asking when she would be ready to Ball.
The department believes that the delay
will not be over two days at the most.
Lieutenant Commander Nathan Sargent
will remain In command of the Machias.
Much reliance is placed, both by the >-a\y
and State Departments, upon the tact and
good judgment of this officer In any situa
tion which may arise. He was in com
mand of the Scorpion at La Guayra during
the trouble In Venezuela some time ago,
and acquitted himself with much credit.
He is thoroughly familiar with West In
dian waters and with South American af
Gen. Urlbe's Manifesto.
The attention of officials has been at
tracted to the manifesto Issued by Gen.
Urlbe Urlbe. leader of the Colombian revo
lutionists, declaring for a "greater Colom
bia," and although nothing of an official
character has been received on the sub
iect yet it appears to bear out the Idea?
held for some time as to the scope of the
present trouble. According to the mani
festo. Uribe Uribe is seeking to unlte the
interests of Colombia. Venezuela and Ecua
dor The reports which have come from
time to tlme'stating that Uribe Uribe had
visited President Castro at Caracas appear
to bear out this view that there la co-op
eration In the present movement. JVhlle
the manifesto has come under the eye or
the officials here and has been noted1 as an
Interesting development leading In the prob
able explanation of the movement, >et
there Is an entire lack of official Informa
tion concerning the progress of affairs.
Personal Mention.
Chief Clerk Peters of the Navy Depart
ment has returned to the city from Cap*
May.
Mrs. R. Dorsey Mohun, Miss Laura Mo
hun and Master Reginald Mohun are
booked to sail on the Kensington, which
will leave New York tomorrow noon.
Judge A. O. Wright of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Is In the city and stopping at the Ebbttt
House.
Criticisms of a Gonial.
No representations have been made to the
State Department relative to the critical
utterances of one of the consular repre
sentatives of a foreign government, sta
tioned at New Orleans. Press reports giv
ing these criticisms have come under the
eye of the officials, but It is said that no
attention will be paid to them, unless they
are brought before the department in some
fcrmal manner.
A cable from General Chaffee announces,
the arrival of the transport Grant at Ma
nila, with all well on board. Among the
passengers was General Ludlngton, chief
quartermaster.