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THE EVENING STll PTTBLT3HED DAILY, EXCEPT STJ.YDAY'. Bwewh Offior, 11th Street and Pean*ylTani? Avenne. The Evening Star Newgpnp^r Company. B. H. KAUFFMASN, Piw'? Trr York Office: Tribnne BaiMin*. Clriea<TO Office: Tribane Building. The Krenlns Star Is served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per wwk. or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter. 2 rents each. Py mail-anywhere in tho U.S. or Canada?postage prepaid?50cents per month. Saturday Star. 32 papes. $1 per year; with for eign pomtnfp* ad.led. *3.Go. (Entered at the Post Offlce at Washington, D. C.f aa second-class mail matter.) C7A11 mall subscriptions must he paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. fv to the influence The Star has on those who buv. That is the test. No. 15,347. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 5, 1902?SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. CUBAN RECIPROCITY Hearing Before Senate Com % mittee Today. HAVEMEYER RESUMES HIS VIEWS REGARDING THE SUGAR SITUATION. Tells About His Fight With the Beet Sugar Men in the Southwest. President Havt raeycr of the sugar relin Ir.g l nwnnT hMM'J hlii testimony con cerning the Cuban sugar situation before the Senate committee on relations with Cu ba t liay. 11, v.as interrogated by Senator Teller, who began the examination by ask ing for a statement of the Missouri river p. Ints at which the price of sugar was reduced last year f> r the purpose, as Mr. Havemeyer saiel. if regaining his market. Mr. Havemeyer gave the names of the points at which the reductions had been mail' last year: Kansas i*ity. Lincoln. Freir.' r.t. Omaha. Council l?li!ffs and Sioux City. These were the principal jobbing points, he said. Denver, St. Paul and Min neapolis had not been included, but the price in Denver was reduced in sympathy with the others. Speaking further of the rivalry at those places Mr. Havemever said that in the c. ntrai !s maiii bj the beet sugar men with the gr..cers they agreed to sell at lu points under the prices on cane sugar, lie ad mitted that this difference was usual and had existed r!ght along. "It was not the difference in price, he said, "that we complained of. but the more important feature, the exclusiveness of the centracts." He could n >t give the name of anv sugar factory making sir h a con tract. but said that the terms were made tar the beet factors "f the southwest. Of Colorado an.l Nebraska." he added. He hail never seen one of the contracts after it was signed, but he had seen the b.ank "Suppi'Sc." suggested Senator Teller, It should turn out that none of the contracts was ever signed?" "Mj* apprehension is that the contracts w< re perfected ar.d I acted upon that hy p ?hesis." , , "What did the beet sugar makers do when the contracts were violated?" "I don't kn <w; 1 had no communication with them." , ??j dd you lose money in your reduc ~wi did." . He said that he had no In tention ? f destroying the beet sugar in du'trv "It was." he said, "but not for the re'-ord. only a little southwestern scrap ar.d it did very litt'.e harm." Sugar Purchases in Cuba. Mr. Teller then returned to the question of sugar purchases in Cuba, and in response to Mmsti?.ns Mr. Hr.vemeyej made a de tailed explanation. He said that when sugar could be b-.ught cheaper at the out por-s than at Havana it was bought at thi se places. Si.?-iking of attacks upon the trust. Mr. HaVeneyer said mar. j- of them were made f, r the purpose Of gt tt ir.g in foreign sugars at a lower duty, to the injury of the beet industrv as well as t.. the injury of the Am rican K<tining Company. He Insisted that th. sugar company vv. uld have to pay as mu. h f. r Cuban sugar as it now pays even if th- proposed congressional conces sion should be made. "Suppose we should take the entire duty off of Cuban sugar would there be a reduc tion in the price of Cuban sugar.' ??Thire would not be until the volume of tt%- Cuban prod iction should approximate our . . ns::mp;icn 1'r.til then the Cubans would get the benefit.' "Suppose 'St per cent should be aeld< d to th. duty?" "The added expense would come out or the Cubans. The' price would be the Ham burg price plus the duty He added in this connection that the ap prehensions of the beet sugar men were "entirely fallacious." ? ? Responding to other inquiries. Mr. Ilave m>y. r said that his company makes no con tract with persons buying its sugar requir ing the ill tn Sell trust sugar exclusively. "That was tried some years ago." he said, "but the svst?m was abandoned." It h is been nis ? xn, rience. Mr. Have no ye-r said, answering Xir Teller, that th. storage of sugar IneTeaseel its cost. In six months storage would increase the cost half a cent a pound, and he said he ne ver bought any such extent that storage is ne cessary. Mr. Tell. r further qu- 'turned the witness as to where he* would obtain his sugar should th. Cuban crop not be marketed for s. veral months He replied that he would look t>i I'orto Itico and South Ame-rica. where the r. is an inexhaustible- quantity ol l>e. i 1 Miring the Spanish war tons w re import, el from South America. H said that th Cuoan planter is not In a financial condition to hold his crop in the e\ent of there- being no legislation until ne xt session. Effect of Tariff Concessions. Mr. Teller: "Suppose we- don't make any concesslon te> Cuba, where will the crop b market. d?" Mr. Havemeyer: "It will come right here and we- will get it anyhow.' "If we should reduce the- tariff on sugar per cent, would the consumer get any advantage- of that"'' "None whatever." Would the trust get any?" "Nun" whatever." Mr Havemeyer insisted that it was not in the |lower of the trust to get it if they saw lit. Iwause the price would immediate ly advance te? offset the- advantage. "But." said Senator Teller, "suppose you gay 'We will not pay you more rhan half of this ii.ncession anel we will take the other half!' The witness answe-reel that the price im mediately augments to the parity of bee-t sugar in be .nil. "Could the Cutean get as much for his sugar in Knglanei as in the- I'nited States?'' ??Just the difference in freight." Sugar From Hawaii. Mr Havemeyer contenile-d that sugar from th.- Hawaiian Islands comes in free. RTid asked: "Why don't they gouge the ' Hawaiian out e.f all he has got?" Contitnu ing. he said there was no philanthropy that profits Hawaii that would not reflect in ' Mr Teller interjected the remark that sugar from Louisiana was free-, which hro'i'ht from the witness the statement that the trust did not get any of it below its parity He said that if the 20 per cent reduction was made the price would ad vance at once in Cuba. Mr Teller?"Sugar ought to drop that much unless you give the Cuban the ad vantage of the ?-oncession. ' "He g. ts the advantage of the concession, irrespective of us." Senator Teller Contradicted. "He don't unless you say he may," said Sir. Teller. "Well, you are wrong." answered Mr. Havemeyer. "1 am not. You have got the power to say 'We will pay Just what we have been, less th? concession." and If you say that he has got to take It." "You are wrong." ilr. Teller insisted that that was ex actly what he thought the trust would do and that the Cuban could not get any bene fit in this country unless the trust bought his sugar, but Mr. Havemeyer maintained that Senator Teller was wrong. "You have got tVi have the sugar," In quired Senator Teller. "Undoubtedly!" Mr. Teller stated that he might have some further questions to ask the witness, but in view of his desire to return to New York would consent to his being excused with the understanding that he would promptly come here again should his presence be deemed necessary. The committee then adjourned until to morrow morning, when Mr. Mott will be examined. DISBURSING CLERK BARROWS. Examination of His Accounts by Treasury Experts Concluded. The examination into the accounts of H. A. Barrows, who has been suspended from the office of disbursing clerk in the census bureau, was concluded today and the ex perts from the office of the controller of the treasury have returned to the Treasury Department. It is expected the board of experts will now prepare its report to the controller and that a copy of it may reach Director Merrlam of the census bureau some time about Wednesday. Nothing is known of the* conclusions to which the experts have come or of the method by which Mr. Barrows is said to have "doctored" his books. The treasury officers have been directed, they say, not to discuss the matter and the officials ot the census bureau abruptly refuse to do so. The office of the disbursing clerk is now under the control of Appointment Clerk Langley who is officially designated "Act ing Disbursing Clerk." A movement for the relief of Mr. B urows" family has been started in tho census bu reau and a considerable sum collected. Most of h.s associates subscribe without hesitation on the ground that Mr. Barrows j was one of the most considerate and cour i teous officials in the entire civil service ! and that his present misfortune should not ' bear any more heavily than necessary upon i him and his family. The total is variously | estimated at from to $_',<>:<>. Mr. Bar I rows remains at his home in Berwyn, Md., ; and refuses to discuss the matter. All action looking to the reimbursement | of the surety companies which bonded Mr. Barrows and to the possible punishment J of the suspended disbursing clerk is to wait | on the report of the treasury experts. Mr. j Barrows is reported to have made over to the local officers of the American Surety Company all his property, real and person al. but the aggregate is said to be consid j erably less than the amount of his alleged ! defalcation. ANXIETY OVER DUTCH QUEEN. Bulletin This Morning, However, Slightly More Reassuring. THE HAGUE, May 5.?A bulletin issued \ at Castle Loo this morning is as follows: As has been feared the Illness from which Queen Wilhelmina is suffering put an end. yesterday evening, to the hopes for a happy event, the realization whereof was expected in September next. All things considered, her majesty's con ! dition is satisfactory at the present mo ment. The more reassuring tone of this morn ing's official bulletin did little to allay the apprehensions of the public regarding the condition of the queen. The streets are dotted with despondent groups of people, anxiously discussing the exceedingly scant information permitted to leak out. The of fices of the official newspapers were be sieged with inquirers and surrounded by people awaiting bulletins. Telegrams of in quiry arrived from all parts of the world. All the foreign diplomatists either person ally called for news or sent their secreta ries to make inquiries about her majesty's health. A bulletin posted at Castle Loo at 2 p.m today announced that the condition or Queen Wilhelmina was satisfactory up to the present time. It transpires that the first disquieting s>mptorns in the queen's condition mani fested themselves during Saturday evening. An urgent summons was dispatched for an accoucheur, who remained at her majes 1 tv's bedside all night long and summoned Dr. Koessings and Professor Konwer, the ! gynecologist of Utrecht University, who ar rived at Castle Loo yesterday afternoon. : The symptoms of complications became more and more pronounced, and the coneli ! tion of the queen was considered extremely 1 grave. The queen mother and the prince i consort did not dare leave the bedside. To ward nightfall the patient became worse and suffered intense pain. The most criti j cal time was reached between 10:30 anel 11 p.m.. and there was no relaxation to the extreme suspense of all present in the sick room until the doctors, at about mid night. were able to announce that the ac couchment was over. This morning's statement that, in spite of great pain, her majesty's condition was relatively satisfactory, considerably lessen ed the anxiety of the queen's relatives and attendants. This feeling of relief was in creased by the departure of Professor Kon v.er from the castle and the wording of this afternoon's bulletin. MR. HANNA FEARS A STRIKE. Situation in the Coal Region is Very Critical. PHILADELPHIA. May, 5.?Senator Han na, who had been the guest of Clement A. Grlscom at the hitter's country seat in Haverford, a suburb, since Satjirelay, left for Washington at 10:20 ei'clock today over the Pennsylvania railroad^ Senator Hanna was in conference with A. J. Cassatt. pres ident of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, for more than an hour previous to his departure. When asked for an expression of opin ion concerning the situation in the anthra cite coal region the senator said: "I can add nothing pertinent to what I I have already said. The situation, as is ap | parent te> everyone, is very grave. It j would not. 1 think, be wise to eliscuss the | matter ne>w." Efforts to adjust the troubles of the min ers were referred to the conciliation com mittee. comprising members from the min ers and operators. They failed to reach an understanding. The matter now goes to a hoard of twenty-eight men. representing the anthra l cite workers, who will meet in Scranton i next Weelnesday. They have absolute power to deal with the situation, and the j indications are that a strike will be or dered. If a strike is ordered 147.000 anthracite co;>I work< rs will be affected. More than ::oo.o?'o bituminous coal workers may be involved. REBELS TAKE SANTO DOMINGO. President Jiminez Seeks Asylum in French Consulate. MONTE CHRISTI. Santo Domingo. May 5?Messengers under a flag of truce, who arrived yesterday at Puerto Plata, from San Domingo City, confirmed the reports of the capitulation of the Dominican capital, which took place Friday. It was also con firmed that President Jiminez sought refuge in the French consulate at San Domingo. The negotiations between the revolution ists and General Deschamps, the governor of Puerto Plata, for the surrender of that place have. It is further reported here, fall en through. The governor refuses to sur render without an order from the Dominican government. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL An Amount of $205,000 to Be Added. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AMENDMENT FOB IT OFFERED BY SENATOR ALLISON. He Explains Its Purpose and Its Pro posed Cost?Repairs to the Wliite House. When the sundry civil bill was under con sideration in the Senate this afternoon. Mr. Allison offered an amendment which had been adopted by the committee on appro priations Saturday afternoon, appropriating $205,000 for improvements at the White House. Of this amount $30,000 is for the construction of a one-story building south and -west of the White House, to be used as an office building by the President, to gether with $10,000 for furniture. The en trance to this building will be on the street opposite the State, W ar and Navy building. The office building is to be of brick painted white, and will have a high roof. It will contain the offices of the President, so that none of the clerical force will be retained in the White House itself. That will allow the present oflices of the President to be used for domestic purposes. The building can be constructed in three months' time. In order that the entire White House can be put in order and made to conform more nearly to its original plan in the interior, $1*15,000 is appropriated by the amendment. These amendments were adopted by the Senate. Mr. Allison's Statement. Mr. Allison made the following statement in recommending this appropriation: "A one-story temporary office building, approximately ISO by r,0 feet, can be erect ed In the space immediately west of the White House conservatory in such a man ner as to be not inharmonious with the White House. A driveway, with a turn, connecting with the main driveways in front of the White House, can be con structed. "The building' itself would be of brick, painted white. It woul<I have high ceil ings, and would be comfortable for work in summer. It would contain a cabinet room, a room for the President, a room for the secretary to the President, a room for one of the assistant seeretaritB to the President, a telegraph room, a room for the executive clerks, a room for the presa. toilet rooms and file rooms. The executive offices would thus occupy from ."0 to 75 per cent more* space than is now allowed to them. ,, , "The cost of the building itself would !>? not to exceed $.'<0,000, and it could be fin ished in ninety days from the time of be ginning. , "The furniture now used by the executive clerks in the White House is not suited for further use; and for the' furniture, rugs, etc., necessary for the new building, in addition to the furniture' which, for his toric rtasons, the President might see fit to transfer, will cost about $10,0*H). Repairs to the White House. "After as careful an examination of the White House as could be given while the house Is being occupied, it appears that it is necessary, first, to support the floors of the second story by placing a steel truss or trusses in the attic and hanging the floors therefrom. The attic itself should be provided with a stairway, access at present being by elevator only. The rooms on the second floor should be converted from of fices into chambers. "A new elevator should be provided for the house, and throughout the first floor the old beams should be relieved of the undue strain now placed upon them, a s'rain which makes certain of the rooms dangerous to the large number of people that frequently congregate in them. "In portions of the house the original trimmings, mantels and doors remain. These are of such a character as to indi cate pretty clearly the line on which the restoration in the house shall be conducted, the idea being to reinstate the house as it was originally built and to rid it of those excrescences which follow the temporary fashion in the days when taste was not so well developed as it was at the time when the house was built and as it is today. There should be no changes from the origi nal structure of the house, nor any Inter ference with the architectural features of the exterior; but the building should be restored in such a dignifled and permanent manner as to be lasting. "It is impossible in so short a time to state in full all the items that are neces sary to be done in refitting the building, but a rough estimate of $165,000 is made, subject to such revision, either by way of decrease or increase, as may be found necessary on a detailed examination of the house. , . "The most economical practice of todaj in regard to such constructions and recon structions is to place the plans in the hands of a thoroughly competent and reliable builder and to hold him responsible for thorough work and completion within a given time, to have him submit the items of cost, and to receive a reasonable amount for his work. If Congress shall see fit to place tn the hands of the President the work of reinstating the White House, and give him the same authority that he has frequently exercised in connection with very much larger and more important pub lic works, the President is satisfied that the White House can be restored so as to be ready for occupancy in December next, at an expenditure which can be properly guarded and economically used. "In this connection it may he well to eftte that It is not contemplated to discon tinue the public access to the east room under the limitations which it is now visit ed nor is it proposed to make any such structural changes in the "White House as will eliminate any of its historical fea tures." EXPORTS FELL OFF. Commerce of Cuba for Eight Months Ending February 28. The insular division of the War Depart ment gave out for publication today a statement showing in comparative form the commerce of Cuba Jor the eight months ended February 28. 1!X?2 and 1901. It is shown that the total value of merchandise Imported during the stated period of 1002 was $44,H5?.:il4, as against $42,930,814 for the corresponding period of 1001. Export figures show $2S,4S7.22t> worth of merchan dise in 1002, and $154,008,270 in 1901. These returns show an increase of 4 per cent in imports and a decrease of 10 per cent in ex ports. Merchandise coming from the United States into the island aggregated $19,140,640 during the eight months ended February 28, 1902, a slight increase over the correspond ing period of 1901, while the exports from Cuba to the United States during the 1902 period amounted to $18,158,540, a decrease of about $3,000,000. The value of sugar shipments to the United States during Feb ruary of 1901 was $4,329,033, as compared with $1,385,487 worth for the corresponding month oX the present year. PRO-BOER RESOLUTION HEARING BY HOUSE FOREIGN" AF FAIRS COMMITTEE. National German Alliance Presents Petitions Signed by Over a Million Citizens. The subcommittee on the war in S^uth Africa of the House committee on foreign affairs today gave a hearing to a large delegation representing the National Ger man Alliance of this country in behalf of the resolution introduced in the House by Representative Burke expressing sympathy for the Boer republics. Two trunks full of petitions signed by over 1,000,000 citizens of this country urg ing action by Congress on the Burke reso lution were presented. The resolution reads: "Resolved, that the people of the United States feel a strong sympathy for the people of the South Afri can republic and the Orange Free State; that they are pained by the report of the. present sufferings of this Christian people, and unite in the hope that this declaration they feel their duty to make will be favor ably considered by the government of Great Britain in a settlement of their unfortunate differences. "Resolved, that it shall be the duty of the President of the United States to cjirimuni cate this resolution to the government of Great Britain." There was no mincing of words on the part of the delegation in stating what they wan ted. "Should you refuse to let this resolution go out of this committee," declared Or. C. J. Hexamer of Philadelphia*, president of the National German Alliance, as he ad dressed himself, as he said, to the republi cans on the committee: "Should you pigeon hole or bury it, I can assure you that you will lose the entire million votes of the German-American Alliance." Dr. Hexamer then explained that he did not state' this as a threat, but simply as a declaration emanating officially from the hfadcpiarters of the German-American Alli ance. Mr. Charles S" Keyser, also of Philadel phia. told the committee that not only were the Germans of the country united on the matter, but that the Irish vote of the coun try would be influenced by the action of the committee on the resolution. "All we want is to get this resolution reported to the House," he declared, "so that we may put that body on record." Mr. Keyser declared that five governors Of states were on record as pro-Boer sym pathizers, "and the next governor of Penn sylvania will be the man whose record shows him to be heartily In favor of the object of these resolutions." Mr. Van Ness of New York presented a brief setting forth the legal points involved in the question of the purchase of horses and mules by the British government in this country. Mr. Van Ness held that it was our duty to enforce neutrality treaties on our own shores. Mr. E. Fiank Carson, secretary of the National German Alliance, also submitted arguments in line with what Di. Hcxamor had said, and also filed a brief with the committee. Chairman Adams of the subcommittee made a statement at the conclusion of the hearing in which he assured ,'he delegation that the committee was glad to get the in formation presented and would give the same careful consideration. He said the question of neutrality violation was now being considered by the "Attorney General. The District of Columbia was represented | in the delegation by William L. Klterich, [ Gustave Bender, Kurt F. Voelekner, Wlll lam Feldhaus. Wolfgang Ruckdaeschel, | Karl Gundlach, Claus Schwartz. I SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN. Why Senator McLaurin Made His An nouncement. Another interesting political situation is impending in South Carolina. It would be a warm summer when South Carolina couldn't flush a spectacular and dramatic political campaign. The coming contest promises to be up to the average. Senator McLaurin's announcement that he will not be a candidate for the United States Senate before the coming primaries, which is published in another column, calls attention again to South Carolina affairs. It will probably serve to focus public notice on the unusual features attending the hold ing of the primaries. The primaries, which will be held in August, will be preceded by a democratic state convention, to be held the latter part of this month. That convention will, it is said, stipulate the conditions on which democrats will be permitted to vote at the primaries. If present indications are ful filled, the conditions will be so severe as to disfranchise every democrat in the state wiio does not subscribe to the doctrines of which Senator Tillman Is a representative. Democrats who do not agree with the views of which he is the most conspicuous ex ponent, will not be permitted to vote for members of the legislature on the demo cratic ticket. It is impossible for such men to vote the republican ticket in South Caro lina. They will just have to stay at home. Senator McLaurin will not be a candidate before the primaries. No democrat will be sent to the legislature who is not committed to a candidate who does not stand by the conditions under which the primaries will be held. It is not apparent, therefore, how Senator McLaurin can have one supporter in the legislature, lest he be a republican. His position will_ accentuate the methods of the "machine," doubtless, but no one can see any other comfort for him. There are several gentlemen who are ready to accept the stipulation of the con vention and go before the prlmariea^^Cx Representative John J. Hemphilil^Mr. Geo. Johnson. Representative Latimer, Rep resentative Elliott and Isaac M. Bryan are among the most prominent candidates for the Senate. ! t BEEF TRUST PROSEGUTION. Conferences With the Attorney General Over the Bill. S. H. Bethea, United States, attorney at j Chicago, and William A. Day, special as sistant attorney, are In the city, and yes terday and today had copierenccs with At torney General Knox on the subject of the beef combine. Mr. Bethea and Mr. Day presented to the Attorney General the text of a bill in equity which they had prepared under his instructions, and this was care fully gone over at today's conference. The Attorney General has revised the bill in a number of important particulars and it is now expected that it will be sent to Chicago some time eluring the present week to be filed in the office of the .clerk of the United States court there. After the bill has been filed it will be made public. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. F. P. Sargent to Be the Commissioner General of Immigration. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Frank P. Sar gent, Illinois, commissioner general of Im migration; Frank W. Tudker., collector of Internal revenue, district of Arkansas; William E. Bundy/Unitsdt States attorney, southern district of Oh?; (Craig W. Wads worth, third secretary of the embassy at London. Assistant surgeons, to be passed assist ant surgeons, marine hospital service?Tal- I iaferro Clark, Virginia; Hill Hastings, Kentucky; C. H. Lavinder, Virginia, | The Southern Post Offices Fight. OKLAHOMA JUDGESHIPS CANDIDATES PRESSING FOR DELEGATE FLYNN'S INFLUENCE. Live Stock Men Ask Consideration? Six Pardons Granted?Some Callers Today. President Roosevelt is being urged by a number of men from the state of Washing ton to withdraw from the Senate the nomi nation of Clarence E. Ide as collector of customs of the Puget Sound district of Washington. Back of this is a long story of politics, in which Senator Foster, ex Senator Wilson and others are involved. Ever since ex-Senator Wilson began to take part in the recommendation of candidates for office in his state and since some of his candidates have been appointed there has been considerable ill-feeling in the state. Mr. Ide was one of the friends of Air. Wil scn. After his nomination went to the Sen ate charges were filed against him of politi cal bribery. It was made by opponents, of course, and as a result the nomination has been held up in the Senate. The President has refused to withdraw the nomination, and did so again today when the case was presented to him by four prominent citi zens of Washington?B. D. Crocker of Walla Walla, Charles Bedford of Tacoma. Thomas H. Brents of Walla Walla and Thomas H. Cavanaugh of Olympia. Mr. Crocker was the man whose name was pre sented to the President by Senator Foster as his candidate for' this collectorship and who failed to receive the nomination. Ex Senator Wilson himself saw the President today, some time before the other visitors. Mr. Ide talked with the President Saturday. It is understood that the President takes the position that until it is shown conclu sively that the charges agairffet Mr. Ide are true he cannot and will not withdraw the hitter's name. The four Washington men came nil the way from Washington to light the nomination of Mr. Ide and will not hold back on account of the President's position. They have told the President that Mr. Ide stiould not have the position. Among the President's visitors today were Admirals I'pshur and Erlien. retired, and Passed Assistant Engineer II. E. Rhodes. Virginia Postmasters. The more important offices in Virginia having been disposed of, the republicans of that state are finding something to fight over in the minor places, post offices in cluded. The post office at Culpeper is af fording contention now. Tne postmaster is R. L. Rosson, while the deputy is 1-ouis Whitestone. Several Virginia republicans who were at the White House today said that the republican organization of tha state has given its sanction and indorse ment to the candidacy of Mr. Whitestone. Notwithstanding the withdrawal of support by the state organization Postmaster Ros son is making a tight and has rallied to his support the backing of some of the strong est opponents of the machine. With this support and a record that he is not afraid of the postmaster hopes to get another term. The President is not taking as much per sonal interest in post office affairs as for merly. In the south the President has placed the disposition of these positions almost exclusively in the hands of Post master General Payne and refers all vis itors on this kind of business to the latter. Mr. Payne is perfectly familiar with po litical conditions in the south. Although he carries out the President's desires as to a class of men preferred in office, he gives as much weight as possible to the recom mendations of the organizations of the va rious southern states, especially in the states where there are organizations of some Influence and standing. In Virginia the organization has been strongly recog nized by the administration and its selec tions are not turned down except for par ticular reasons. Mr. Payne's work Is un derstood to be satisfactory to the southern republicans of real character and influence. Three Oklahoma Judgeships. Delegate Dennis Flynn of Oklahoma is more sought after now than any other member of Congress. The reason is plain when It Is stated that Delegate Flynn's patronage has been largely increased re cently. One Oklahoma judgeship is vacant by resignation, and Congress has provided for two new Judgeships, making three fine places on the bench. Naturally, Delegate Flynn hasn't any time at his own disposal. He belongs to the candidates for the Judge ships, and they are as many as were the Oklahoma applicants for positions in Roose velt's Rough Riders at the beginning of the Spanish war. Delegate Flynn is not at all pleased with this addition to his already extensive popularity. He is wise and diplo matic enough to know that when the three Judges have been selected there will be ugly feelings In the hearts of some of those who were sure that It was all Flynn's fault. Mr. Flynn is discounting dangerous possibilities of this kind by carefully ex plaining to the cohorts of candidates that the man who really disposes of the Judge ships is Attorney General Knox, inasmuch as Mr. Knox goes over ail applications by direction of the President, and -eports the result of his findings. Mr. Flynn was at the White House today with three of the leading candidates for the Judgships?J K. Beauchamp of Enid. J. E. Pancoast of Perry and F. E. Gillett of El Reno. Some of the Visitors. The annual outing of the 6th Pennsyl vania Eancers' Veterans' Association is now taking place, and the President today received the members of the association and their wives in the east room. The itin erary, of the association Includes Washing ton Mt. Vernon, Old Point Comfort and Williamsburg, Va. Representative Jones of Washington pre sented R. Scott of Spokane to the Prestdent. Mr. Scott saw the President in the interest of the establishment of a soldiers' home at Fort Sherman, Idaho. Representative Tongue of Oregon talked with the President about the bill giving a pension to veterans of the Indian wars of the northwest. This bill has passed the Senate three times, but there is difficulty in getting both houses to put it through. The President is favorable to the passage of the bill. Live Stock Men Ask Consideration. Former Representative Wm. M. Springer, representing the National Live Stock Asso ciation, called on President Roosevelt to day and presented to him a telegram from the president of the association, stating that the passage of the oleomargarine bill, the failure to consider the Grosvenor shoddy bill and the government's action against the beef packers are already producing heavv losses to live stock producers of the United States. The President Is urged to give Immediate consideration to these mat ters. He is also asked to veto the oleomar garine bill, which he has had In his posses sion some time. Mr. Springer explained that he did not know how the National Live Stock Associa tion stood with reference to the govern ment's suit against the liee-f trust, but he was confident that what the association most desired was prompt action, that the cattle raisers <?f the country might bo re lieved from the uncertainty of the present situation. Mr. Springer, on behalf of the association, made an argument to the President to show that the oleomargarine bill should not re ceive executive approval. President Grants Six Pardons. The President has denied ten applications for pardon, and has exercised executive clemency in the following six cases: Edwin Quesonberry, convicted in the western district of Virginia of removing and concealing distilled spirits upon which the tax had not been paid and sen tenced to pay a tine of $".!<?? and to be im prisoned for sixty days in Jail. The judge suspended execution of sentence in order that the prisoner might apply for pardon on account of extreme ill-health, and the President has granted a pardon on this ground. George M. Lohmann, convicted in the District of Columbia of keeping an open bar on the Sunday preceding inauguration day, l'.NU. and sentenced to pay a tine of The President has reduced the fine to $150 on the recommendation of the prose cuting attorney and trial judge. for the reason that the latter was the highest fine assessed against any other like offender on that occasion. Kaffaele Ciania was convicted in Now Jersey for being implicated in procuring false naturalization, anel sentenced Febru ary 1H, 1901. to two anel OM-balf >"< :;rs in the peniti ntiarv. He is pardoned on the ground that he- was an ignorant tool of an other Italian, who has l?in convicted anel is ne>w undergoing punishment. John H. Devlin, convicted in Colorado of stealing $.'! frotn a letter, anel sente need on Oct?>beT 21. l'.ml. to a year in the peniten tiary, Is pardoned on the ground that sev< n months in the penitentiary, in addition to the' time he was imprisoned in jail before trial, constitutes sufficient punishment. William 1 lagan was convicted in San Francisco of having in possession coun terfeit money and sentenced upon his plea e?f guilty to imprisonment for three years from Nove mber 4. l!?tl. This prisone r was implicate-el with many othe rs in having in possession and passing the geniune bark notes of the- old New Jersey State Hank "f New Brunswick, lie- ple ade d guilty ar.d his co-defendants de'murred tei the indictment on the ground that the> notes eif the old New Jersey State Bank were not counter feits of United States notes. The d< murrer was sustained anil Hagan's co-el. fem'.ants i were elischarged by the United States au thorities and turneel over to the- state au thorities for prosecution for fraud. Hagan is pardoned on the- ground taken by the trial judge that, however he may have offende-el against the- state laws, he commit ted ne> offense against the United States. Isaac Slone, convicted In Kentucky of murder and sentenceel November 2">. 1MC>, to imprisonment for life. His sentence is commuted to imprisonment for ten years, with allowances for good conduct, because circumstances show that he did not do the actual killing, anel he-cause ten years' Im prisonment is sufficient punishment. Postmaster at Savannah. President Roosivelt has decided to ap point Henry Blun. jr.. postmaster at Sa vannah. Ga., to succeed Postmaster Doyle. Blun served as a major in the war with Spain, and is said to be In harmony with the republican organization of his state. AGAINST MINNESOTA. Supreme Court Decision on Red Lake Indian Lands. The case of the original action of the state of Minnesota vs. Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department and Commis s'einer Hermann if the general land office was d<cide-d by the United States Supre me Court today, the opinion being delivered by Justice Brewer. The suit was brought by the state to restrain these officers of the Interior Department from selling the land included in sections Hi and ::<! in the old Red Lake Indian reservation, the state claiming those- lands urde r the grant teir school purposes. The decision was against the state, the court holding that ;is a.l the lands embraced in the res. rvat'on had been the property of the Indians they are en titled to the proceeds of the sale of t'.i- m. Justice Brewer today delivered the opin ion of the Supreme Court in the case of the Travelers' Insurance Company vs. the- st::t< of Connecticut, involving the state law lor the taxation of stock held by non-residents, sustaining the law. Justice Brown delivered an opinion in the case of the Carnegie Steel Company vs. the Cambria Iron Company, which, he said, involves the validity of the Jones patent for mixing molten pg metal. The opin'on was favorable to the Carnegie company and the case was remanded to the c-ircu t court of appeals for the third circuit tor further proceedings in accejrdar.ce with the 1 directions given by today's opin'on. The chief justice and Justices Harlan. Brewer and White united in a dissenting opinion which was delivered by Justice White. The case. wras an important one to the parties at interest, but turned entirely upon tech nicalities pertaining to the patent law. The court dismissed for want of jurisdic tion the proceeding of the New Orleans Water Company vs the state of Louisiana. Justice Peckham, who delivered the court's opinion, said there had been an effort to raise a federal epiestion in the case, bat it had not succeeded. THE VENICE ARRESTS. Court of Inquiry to Meet on the Chi cago. Secretary Moody today directed that a court of inquiry be convened on the U. S. K. Chicago, now at Trieste, Austria, to in vestigate the circumstances attending th1 arrest and imprisonment of Captain Wynne, U. S. M. C., and three other officers, at tached to that vessel at Venice several days ago. This action was tnken at the sugges tion of Captain Dayton, commanding the Chicago. Further proceedings in the mat ter will depend altogether upon the result of this official investigation. CHARGES DISMISSED. Action of Civil Service Commission in Lexington Post Office Case. The civil service commission has dis missed as utterly unsubstantiated and un proved a number of charges filed against the conduct of Assistant Postmaster Walker and others of the Lexington, Ky., post office, by S. Henry Sheehan. a dismissed employe. The charges alleged political as sessment of employes and participation of employes in party work. MUST BE DEPORTED. Effect of Supreme Court Decision Re garding Detained Chinese. The chief justice of the United States Su preme Court today rendered opinions in twe test cases affecting the transit of Chinamen through the United States to other coun tries, sustaining the action of the govern mental authorities in having them detained at San Francisco. There are sa'd to be forty or fifty Chinamen who have been thus' detained in San Francisco for the past four or five months, and who have been very restless under the restraint. The re sult of the decision will be the deportation to China of the Chinese detained. Distributed Among Sixty-Two Banks. Nearly three and one-half million dollars were distributed by the Secretary of the Treasury this morning among national banks In various parts of the country. Sixty-two banks were recognized as govern ment depositaries In widely different sec tions of the country. THREE BROKERS FAIL Result of Wild Speculation Last Week. SOME STOCKS SLUMP j STANDARD SHARES, HOWEVER, SOON RECOVERED LOSSES. Offenbach & Moore. Lock wood, Hurd & Co. and Henry Bros, the Victims. NEW YORK. May 5.?The dcvelopme'ii".? ?f the latter half of last wt > K in Wall street In connection with the slocks of the | Dominion Securities Company, the Rutland 1 Railroad Company ami the Hae-kensack i Meadows Company, resulted today in the j announcement in rapid succession of the suspension of stock t-x^haiiKi brokerage houses. The first firm to deelare inability ' to nit < t obligations was Offenbach ?- Mojtp. j Henry Bros. and I-orkwiod. Hurd & Co. | followed rapidly. Offenbach A- Moore were known principally as traders in what was known as "Webb-Meyer" securities, and the announcement was made Saturday that they had ex perl* need some difficulty In securing loans to enable them to carry stocks for the interests whicli they rep resented. On Saturday afternoon, however, a state ment w as made on lie half i f the firm to the effect that temporary nrrangcmt nts had been made and that it was hoped funds alight be obtained today to pay otT obliga tions and continue business. Today's sus pension shows, however, that these ho;?s were not realized. The offices of < ?ffenbaeh Moore Were not opened for business at ! all today. Mr. Cordon of Henry Bros., whose suspension followed that of Offen bach Ai Moore, was a director of the l?o minion Securities Company. Excitement on the Curb. On the curb, where non-stock ex. hange securities are trade el In, there was an t xeft ed group of traders trying to make sales tn Webb-Meyer stocks. Iiominlon securities, which sold last Friday at and on Sat urday at 70, was offt red today at 70, but the bt st bid w as ^o. Later it w as offered at 50 and the bid declined to 1". Hacken j sack Meadows was oflfertd at 4o, with no j bid. On Friday it sold at 70. Henry Brothers made' an announcement after their suspension to the effect that their embarrassmi nt would be but tempor ary; that they were solvent, and that they had suspended for the lime being in order to protect th"ir customers No statement of liabiWtics or assets ac companied the suspension notiets. and it was said such statements might not be ob tainable for several days Up to 11 o clock there had been no ser vice of the order of arnst obtained on Sat urday against A. I.. Meyer. Dr. Webb's Statement. Dr. W. Seward W< hb was in conference uuring the morning with A. 1.. Meyer, Henry L. Sprague, an atlornt y. ami lienja min P. Moore of Offenbach & Moore. Adriance Busch is the assignee for Henry Iirothers and E. T. Perrine is assignee lor Lockwood. llurd & Co. Neither ?.f the as signees has yet made a statement. Before noon call money eased off to h per ct nt. A ; canvass of the leading batiks of the tinanc al | district indicates that th< sc institutions have scarcely more than pass ng interest in the events of the morning. It is rt port ed. however, that a number of New Eng land banks hold Webb-M< yer securities as collateral. Announcement Is made that Dr. Webb has resigned fr'-m the International I'nwer directory. I'resiilent Iloadley said that the re signation will doubtless be accepted. Mr. Frail of the stock exchange firm Webb & l'rall made this statement on the authority, he said, of Dr. Webb: "All the Rutland railroad's preferred stock solel by I>r. WeMi last June, ceruu cates t?f which are still in his name anil amount to 12,.">00 shares, will be paid for in cash at ION by J. W. Davis & Co. of luO Broadway." Mr. Moore's Statement. Mr. Moore of the firm e>f Offenbach & Moore, when seen early this afternoon, said that no assignee had been appointed for his firm, and that the suspension would be only temporary. J. Edward Simmons, presielent of the Fourth National Bank, made this com ment : "1 consider this a goe.?el thing. It will re sult in conservatism Instead e>f the continu ance of wild S|>eculatlon. 1 think the storm has blown over." President Hendrix of the National Bank of Commerce expresseel himself in similar terms. H. J. Weir of the firm of Henry Brothers i & Company said that e>n Friday they re | ceived an order to buy shares of curb j stock, to be delivered to Offenbach ti Moore j today. The suspension eif that firm pre vented delivery, anel when the 4.?m? shares of stock was left on the hanels of Henry Brothers & Company this morning it tied up their entire capital and forceel the m to suspend temporarily. FIRE IN A BEDDING FACTORY. Two Employes Killed and Several Bad ly Injured. NEW YORK, May r>.?Two persems per ished and several were Injured today In a fire which gutteel the buileling Pearl street, occupied by the Eureka Be.tiling Company. The dead are: Emma Boltcher, nineteen years old. and John Lynch. The injured are: Ethel Me-Grath, burned, probably fatally; Katie Wadsworth, ce>n tusions of back and internal Injuries, caus ed by Jumping from fourth flemr; Annie Gilroy, sprains and bruises, caused by jumping freim fourth fletor. The tire started on the first floor near a pile of stair pads. A boy was sweeping some loose cotton over the flexir. and it is suppose-d that ho swept the stuff over a lighted cigar or cigarette stub. The cotton burst into a blaze, the stair pads were set afire and in an instant the fire spread throughout the first floor and mounted up ward. A panic ensued, and, disregarding the fire escapes, many of the employes jumped from rear windows to the roof of an ex tension. It was in this way that Miss Gilroy and Miss Wadsworth were hurt. The bodies of Miss Boltcher and Lynch were found on the top floor, death having resulted from burns and suffocation. Cleveland Painters Strike. CLEVELAND. May 5.?Between ??> and 500 union painters went on strike In this city texlay to enforce a demand made upon their employers for X"> cents an hour. The men have been receiving Z7cents an hour. President Palma's Family Off to Cuba. NEWBURG N. Y., May 5.*-Mrs. Estrada Palma, wife of President-elect Palma of Cuba, and her family left their home in Central Valley for Havana today. A dele gation of women of Central Valley accom panied them to New York.