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ENGLANDJSJTIRRED
Capture of the Steamer Ma
lacca Provokes Comment.
HELD UNDER PROTEST
ACTION OF RUSSIAN OFFICERS
INFLAMES THE ENGLISH.
Official Circles Realize Gravity of Sit
uation, but Will Await Rus
sia's Explanation.
PORT SAID. July 20,-The captured
Peninsula and Oriental steamer Malacca
(bound for l.lbau, on tlie Baltic) has arrived
here, manned by a Russian naval captain,
four officers, forty-five sailors and tire
men.
Members of the Malacca's crew were de
clared prisoners and no communication with
the shore was permitted. An armed guard
blocks the gangway of the vessel.
The British captain and passengers com
plain of the Russian treatment. The former
carried his protests to such length that he
was threatened with arrest unless he de
sisted.
The Malacca Is declared to have on board
no contraband articles for Japan. Her
cargo of 3,000 tons Includes forty tons ot
explosives f<>r Hong Kong.
The crew and passengers of the Penin
sular and Oriental steamer Malacca, seized
by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer St.
Petersburg in the Red sea, huve been land
ed here. The ship is detained by the au
thorities, who arc waiting instructions be
fore taking further action.
BRITISH FEELING AROUSED.
Government Will Await Fullest Infor
mation Before Acting.
BONDON, July 20.?The further details
received from Port Said today, describing
the situation on board the Peninsula and
Oriental Company's steamer Malacca,
seized In the Red sea by the Russian volun
teer fleet vessel St. Petersburg, fail to give
any reason for the seizure and only seive to
Inflame the British feeling. The officials of
ti e company reiterate their denial that the
Malacoa was carrying contraband of war,
and reassert that the explosives on board
were British government stores, consigned
to the naval commandr at Hong Kong.
In official circles, where the gravity of the
situation Is already fully realized, appre
hension Is felt at the Increasing excitement
In the country. There is no likelihood,
however, of any precipitate action. It Is
officially pointed out that the very fullest
Information must be obtain* d before the
government decides on Its course, especially
In view of the fact that, being the greatest
naval power In the world. Great Britain
cannot afford to create precedents for In
ternational usage which might hereafter
react unfavorably against herself.
Await Russian Explanation.
In the meantime, and until there Is direct
and explicit evidence of a contravention of
neutrality by the Malacca and the assump
tion by the Russian government of full re
sponsibility for the action of the command
ers of the Smolensk and St. Petersburg, ?
the Brlt'sh government, it is explained, can
only ft' k explanations of the Russian for
eign <flice regarding the nature of the
charges against the seized vessel. Subse
quent action necessarily will depend on
Russia's reply thereto
The talk of policing the Red sea by Brit
ish warships meets with no support In offi
cial quarters, where It is pointed out that
the commander of a warship would have
to ?utlsfy himself that u merchant ship de
siring convoy was not contravening the
neutrality regulations. If the commander
was satisfied In this respect, then there
would be no necessity for protecting the
Ship. If he did not receive satisfactory as
surances he would have no right to convoy
the vessel.
Newspaper Opinions.
The editorials continue to be heated, and
It Is openly suggested that Russia's action
was premeditated.
The Westminster Gazette says: "f'lreum
etances can be conceived in which Russia
might suppose it was absolutely necessary
to widen the lasue, so as to avoid defeat
at the hands of the yellow power."
The Westminster Gazette suggests that
the sortie of the Vladivostok squadron into
the Pacific may have for its object the in
terception of vessels bound from America
to Japan.
RUSSIA PREPARED TO REPLY.
BAtlsfled Through Espionage of Contra
band Rea Sea Traffic.
8T. PETERSBURG. July 20- .VIS p.m ?
Russia s* ems prepared for any representa
tions Great Britain may make on the sub
ject of stopping ships in the Red sea. It Is
Understood that before sending the cruiecrs
there the Russian authorities became satis
lied, through an elaborate system of es
pionage. that an Immense amount of con
traband was going from England through
the Bed sea to Japan, and they deeided to
stop the traffic.
It Is understood that if this traffic is
r.ow diverted to the Cajie route the Russian
admiralty is prepared to send ships to the
Cape of Good Hope. If Great Britain ob
jects to the passage of the Dardanelles by
more vessels of Uie volunteer fleet the ships
Intended for cruising off the Cape may be
? ent from the Baltic.
In this connection very Important devel
opments are believed to be imminent.
Will Release Merchantmen.
PARIS, July 20?Information reaching
governmental quarters here leads the offi
cials to believe that Russia will release the
British and German merchantmen selzt d
In the Red sea as a means of averting in
ternational complications.
Protest From the British.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 20, 0:35 p.m.?
Eir Charles Hardlnge, the British ambassa
dor to Russia, this afternoon, In behalf
of his government, presented a strong pro
test to Russia against the seizure In the
Red sea and detention of the Peninsular
and Oriental steamer Malacca, which was
carrying 3<iO tons of British government
?tores for the naval establishment at Hong
Kong, each case of which was marked
with the broad arrow, which is the govern
ment stamp.
The ambassador also presented a general
protest against the action of the Russian
volunteer fleet steamers in the Red sea.
Commons Will Support.
LONDON, July 20.?The opposition lend
ers in the house of commons have allow
ed It to be understood that they will be
prepared to support the government in Its
representations to Russia In regard to the
(.Continued on Eighth Page.)
MRS, MAYGRICK FIE
Liberated From Her English
Prison Home Today.
ON HER WAY TO FRANCE
LAST SIX MONTHS OF CONFINE
MENT AT A COUNTRY HOME.
Transfer Unprecedented Action?Story
of Trial and Conviction?
Years of Mediation.
TRURO, Cornwall, England, July 20.?
Mrs. Florence Maybrick is free. She left
here at 11:43 a.m. today on her way to
Fra nee.
Mrs. Mayforlck. who was Miss Florence
Elizabeth Chandler, a member of a well
known and prosperous southern family,
was married July 27. 1881. in St. James
Church Piccadilly, to James Maybrick of
Liverpool. She was then eighteen years
old. tier husband was over forty years of
age In the spring of 1889 Mr. Maybrick
became ill, and in a few days he died.
11N lirothers Investigated Ills death and
charged Mrs. Maybrick with the murder
of her husband. *
A leng trial followed, and a number of
doctors swore that the deceased died af
arsenical poisoning. The defense proved
that for twenty years Mr. Maybrick had
been a confirmed user of arsenic, and that
he daily took doses lanre enough to have
killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. May
bri-k wis eventually sentenced to death
b> the judge, Sir Fltzj imes Stephen, who
spoke for tw> days in charging the Jury.
He s lid it w is impossible for them to find
her not guilty in the face of the medical
evidei-ce. The judge died some time later
In a m.id house.
Unremitting Efforts.
From the time of Mrs. Maybrick's con
viciioti her mother, the Baroness de Roques,
was unremitting In her efforts in behalf
of tlif prisoner. She succeeded in having
the death sentence commuted to penal serv
Iturt ten life and finally has obtained the
fre. ilo.n of her daughter, to whose re
lea; " fi "in prison h* h;'d devoted her life.
Thi !? . roness was aided by influential
frieials on both sides of the Atlantic, in
1 lt*M after tin- death of Lord Russell of
i Klll'iv* ? n. chief justice of England, a let
ter whi.-h he had written to Mrs Maybrick
in IMCi was d.s "V.-n d. It showed he was
conven ed tii it she ought never to have
bee: convicted, and it has been generally
un. rst.iod thit all the recent American
am i.i.-s.:dors to the court of St. James have
dor- everything possible to obtain Mrs.
Maybrick's pardon.
Her Land Interests.
The fact of her piobable release was used
as a reason for securing the postponement
of a trial last year of law suits bearing on
Mrs. Maybrick's Interest in land in Ken
tucky, Virginia and West Virginia, until
she was able personally to testify. If she
was not able to testify in these suits Mrs
M lyhrick and her mother would have lost
all title and interest in the many thou
sands of acres of land involved in the
case. ?
on February 4 last Homo Secretary
Akers-Douglas, replying to a question la
the house of commons, confirmed the re
ports which had been in circulation that
Mrs. Maybrick had been removed from
Aylesbury prison to a convalescent home,
where she would remain until the summer,
when she would lie allowed her freedom.
The home secretary said a license had
been granted to Mrs. Maybrick under the
piual servitude acts.
Mediation of a Duchess.
The transfer of the prisoner from a penal
prison to a quiet country home constituted
an almost unprecedented action on the part
of the British authorities. It was due to
the mediation of the Duchess of Bedford,
who, as a visitor to Aylesbury prison for
many years, had taken a keen personal In
terest in Mrs. Maybrick, and finally suc
ceeded in obtaining the mitigation of her
punishment to the extent of her being al
lowed to spend the last s:x months of her
confinement outside the prison walls.
Mrs Maybrick's imprisonment was not
terminated with the clang of door*. the last
sound which remains in the ears of so
of her fellow prisoners who had pi needed
her to liberty from Aylesbury prison, where
she spent more than fourteen years or her
It closed before the arched doorway of
tie white convent of the Sisterhood of the
Epiphany in this little town, with the black
robed sisters softly uttering their blessings
and good wishes for her future.
Not Coming to America.
With two companions Mrs. Maybrick en
tered the carriage of Miss Dalrymple, sec
retary of the sisterhood, and was driven
rapidly to Staustell, a small station four
teen miles away, where, after exchanging
good-byes with her companions, she board
ed a train and started on her journey to
France. She will not go to America until
her presence there is considered impera
tively necessary.
The greatest secrccy was thrown about
Mrs. Maybrick's departure. Mother Supe
rior Julian of the convent said to a repre
sentative of the Associated Press that under
her instructions she must refer all inquirers
to the home office, others at the convent
were equally uncommunicative.
At the railroad station orders were Issued
forbidding the employes to discuss Mrs.
Maybrick or even to admit that she was at
the convent.
Crowds Watched the Gates.
The little town has taken deep Interest in
'his International figure. Crowds early
stood at the Iron gates of the grounds,
waiting for Mrs. Maybrick to appear, but
they were raiely rewarded, she going out
only when the road was reported clear.
When Mrs. Maybrick first arrived here
she was kept under strict surveillance, nev
er leaving the convent walls?even for a
walk In the grounds she would have to be
under the escort of one of the sisters Sub
sequently she was allowed to walk In the
quiet streets of this picturesque place and .n
the shady country lanes in the vicinity.
Those who have seen the published por
traits of Mrs. Maybrick soon got to recog
nize the black-robed woman, with black
bonnet and flowing strings, and gave her
kindly grtetlngs, which frequently passed
unnoticed. Mrs. Maybrick seeking so far as
possible to avoid the attention of the cu
rious. Her time at the convent was taken
up by sewing, reading and chatting with
the sisters, endearing herself to them by
many acts showing that even the many
years of servitude at Aylesbury prison had
been unable to stamp out her innate kindly
disposition.
Receiver for Directory Company.
TRENTON, N. J., July 20.?John A. Miller
of Newark was today appointed receiver
for the Holbrook Newark Directory Com
pany. Application for a receiver was made
by the Keasby Real Estate Association.
The liabilities and assets are not stated.
Horse Show Buildings Burned.
PHILADELPHIA. July 20.?All the build
ings used by the Philadelphia Horse Show
Association, on St. Martin's Oreen. Wls
sahickon Heights, a suburb, were destroyed
by fire today. The structures were frame
nad the monetary loss U small.
THE NOMINEES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CONFERENCE.
Copyright, 1004. l?y 1'ach Bros., New York.
WATCHING THE STRIKE
ROOSEVELT MANIFESTING DEEP
CONCERN IN LABOR CONTEST.
Sends a Special Agent of Department
of Commerce and Labor to Chi
cago to Investigate.
OYSTER BAT, L. I., July 20 -President
Ruoativelt is watching closely the develop
ments of the beef strike in Chicago, New
York and other cities. By his express di
rection Secretary Metcalf of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, through
special agents of the department, Is col
lecting all obtainable information regard
ing the strike for probable future use.
The President manifests concern over the
strike, affecting so appreciably one of the
great food traffics of the country, on
account of its possible political bearing,
but because of the serious financial strain
It Is putting on the beef consumers of the
United States. He deeply regrets, too,
that such conflict between the interests of
capital and labor should have been precipi
tated?a conflict that certainly will entail
serious loss to both sides.
Hopes for an Agreement.
It is known that the President regards
the situation as grave, lie hopes that an
agreement between the packers and their
men may be reached through negotiations
now pending, but lie is without definite in
formation on that point. No occasion yet
has arisen in the strike, and probably none
will arise, for either tiie President or any
department of the government to become
an active factor in the problem.
This has been one of the quietest week
days at Sagamore since the President be
gan his summer sojourn there. .VIr. Koose
velt, with members of his family, devoted
the entire early part of the day lo recrea
tion.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt took a
horseback ride, and later the President
pluyed chess for a while. A plunge in the
bay is one of the daily pleasures.
At noon he began work in his library,
with Secretary I.ot-b. The President's per
sonal mail Is unusually heavy at this time
and he devotes considerable attention to it
each day. No appointments were made for
today, and no visitors, social or official,
are expected at Sagamore Hill.
? ?
SPENDS NIGHT IN DEBATE.
House of Commons Discussing Finance
Bill?No Adjournment.
LONDON, July 20.?The house of com
mons has been in session twenty-four hours
discussing tlie finance bill, and is still sit
ting. The whole Oght was spent In debate
and In marching to and from the division
rooms, voting on an endless round of
amendments, motions to report progress
and motions for adjournment.
Premier Balfour refused to consider an
adjournment, and freely used the closure,
insisting that the committee stage of the
bill must be finished before the house could
be permitted to rise.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DEAD.
Joseph T. Allyn of Norfolk Died After
Short Illness.
8pedal l>i?pntoh to The Evening Star.
NORFOLK, Va., July 2?.?Joseph T. Al
lyn, aged sixty-eight years, one of Nor
folk's wealthiest citizens, and a prominent
Virginia lawyer, died here today after a
short Illness. Bright's disease of the kid
neys was the direct cause of death.
Mr. Allyn was a captain in tl^e confeder
ate service, and amassed his fortune In the
practice of law after the close of the civil
war. He Is survived by a widow, three
daughters and one son. The funeral occurs
here tomorrow.
LOOKS LIKE FOUL PLAY
Body of Woman Found Dead in Her
Home.
NEW YORK, July 2<X?The body of Mrs.
Gertrude Kramer was found In her home,
on East 80th street, today under conditions
which led the police to believe the woman
was murdered. She had not been seen by
any of her neighbors since Monday, and
when an officer and the woman's brother
went to her home early today they found
the door to her apartments locked with a
padlock on the outside.
The door was forced, and Mrs. Kramer's
body wai found lying on a sofa. Marks on
her throat caused the police to start an In
vestigation on the theory that the woman
had been murdered.
They at once began a search for William
Murphy, a street car conductor, who had
lived In the Kramer apartments since Mrs.
Kramer and her husband separated, several
months ago.
GEORGIA TO SEND A BRIGADE.
Will Be Well Represented in the
Manassas Maneuvers.
Senator llacort of Georgia has made ar
rangements with Maj. Gen. Corbin. com
manding the Atlantic division, whereby the
' state of Georgia will be represented by a
! fUu brigade of its National Guard at the
maneuvers at Manassas, Va.. In September
i next. Under the original allotment of the
fund available among the various states
and territories Georgia could not send a
I full brigade at the expense of the federal
government. The approved quota of that
state was about 000 men short of brigade
strength. ? .
Alter consultation with Acting Secretary
Oliver and Maj Gen Corbin it was or
r.'riK'-d that the state should send a full
brigade o! Its troops to Manassas on condi
tion that the presence of the COO men in ex
cess of the state's quota should entail no
1 expense to the I'nited States beyond the
! amount originally allotted to the state,
i The transportation ahd subsistence ex
i uenses of the extra 0t? men will, therefore.
I be defrayed by the state,-an arrangement
which is understood to he entirely satisfac
I :..[v to the state authorities, who are par
I ticularly desirous of making a creditable
; showing on that occasion.
! TO STOP ALIEN ENLISTMENT.
A Tentative Regulation Prepared at
the Navy Department.
In accordance with the policy of the
Navy Department of Americanizing the
| i'nited States navy, Captain Pillsbury,
i acting chief of the bureau of navigation,
j and other officials of the Navy Depart
! ment are considering the advisability of
j making further restrictions to naval en
' lisiments. A tentative regulation on that
subject has been prepared for the action
of the Secretary of the Navy and stands
an excellent chance of adoption. It pro
vides as follows: ......
"Hereafter no aliens will be enlisted in
the naval service of the United States ex
cept those who may be entitled to re-en
listnient under the provisions of law re
lating to continuous service and except
ing also Asiatics on the Asiatic station,
who may be enlisted on the messman
branch to till vacnncles, but not to serve
elsewhere than on that station."
Navy Department Changes.
Changes In the Navy Department have
been announced as follows.
Appointments?Thos. J. Johnson, messen
ger boy. at $4<M> per annum, bureau of sup
plies and accounts; W. A. Brenner, copyist,
at JSWO per annum bureau of navigation.
Promotions?S. T. Cabell, from clerk at
$1 000 per annum to clerk at $1,200 per an
num. bureau of supplies and accounts; Le
Hoy Kirkwood, from copyist at $900 per an
nu-n. to clerk at $1,0(10 per annum, bureau
of navigation; J. A. Stewart, from cop> ist
at $S40 per annum to copyist at $'JOO per
annum, bureau of navigation.
Resignation?Clarence Wiley, copyist, at
$S40 per annum, bureau of supplies and ac
counts.
To Confer With Secretary Hitchcock.
Mr. \V. Scott Smith, private secretary to
the Secretary of the Interior, has gone to
Boston, Mass., to confer with Seeretaiy
Hitchcock on matters relating to such offi
cial business as demands the personal at
tention of the Secretary. Mr. Hitchcock is
preparing to spend a week or more In NfW
Brunswick on a fishing expedition and de
sires to finish up all departmental matters
before he leaves. Mr. Smith will probably
be with the Secretary a week and will then
return to this city. While he Is away Mr.
Smith will probably spend a few days at his
old home in Portsmouth, N. H.. near which
place his family has taken a cottage for the
summer.
Chief Clerk Dawson at St. Louis.
The chief clerk of the Department of the
Interior, Mr. Edward M. Dawson, has gone
to St. Louis to attend to his duties as a
member of the board having in charge the
government's exhibit at the Louisiana pur
chase exposition. Mr. Dawson expects to be
away about ten days. He spoke enthusias
tically of the government's part of the big
show, as he saw it at the Opening and de
clared that It w is the only exhibit which
was complete at the time the doors of the
exposition were thrown open.
.Assistant Secretary Miller Returns.
Mr. Melville W. Miller, assistant secretary
of the Interior, has returned to his desk af
ter an absence of ten days, (n which time he
visited his old home in Indiana. Mr. Miller
took occasion, while he was at home, to at
tend a reunion of the members of his wife s
family on the occasion qf the birthday or
his mother-in-law, who is eighty-two years
of age. Mr. Miller will not take his regular
vacation until the return of Secretary
Hitchcock to the city in the fall
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The Scorpion arrived at Santo Domingo
City today.
The Ajax left Cavite yesterday for Woo
sung.
OVERHAULED STEAMER
VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON IS RE
PORTED ACTIVE AGAIN.
Vessel Captured East of Tsugaru
Straits?Tokyo Has Warned Ship
ping Along the Coast.
TOKYO, July 20?Noon?The Vladivostok
squadron has overhauled a Japanese steam
er eastward of Tsugaru straits. The name
of the vessel captured and Its fate have not
yet been learned.
Unaccompanied by Tcrpedo Boats.
The Russian Vladivostok squadron, un
accompanied by torpedo bo:i.ts, entered the
Pacific ocean today at 7 o'clock. Its desti
nation is unknown, but it is suggested that
It possibly plans to raid tl.e etist coast of
Japan, and then either return to Vladi
vostok. escaping to the southward, or at
tempt to form a junction with the Port Ar
thur fleet.
The squadron was discovered in the
Straits of Tsugaru at o'clock tills morn
ing, steaming rapidly eastward. At 3::;0
a.m. it was reported off Tappi cape, and at
7 a.m observers at H.ikodite discerned it
and reported to Tokyo that It was then
steaming to the east.
Merchantmen Seeking Cover.
Warnings have gone out to shipping abwjg
the eastern coast of Japan, and merchant
men are hurriedly seeking cover. It is ex
pected that most of the shipping will be
warned before the Russian vessels can In
flict serious damage if a raid is purposed.
Ordinarily a lack of coal would prevent
an extended cruise, but it is possible that
the Russians possess a collier at a rendez
vous in the Pacific ocean.
Discredited at Berlin.
BERI.IN, July 2?t.?The Hamburg-Ameri
can line has not received any Informa
tion tending to confirm the report, cabled
to the Daily Mail of London from Suez,
that the steamer Sambla of that line had
been captured by the Russians in the Red
sea. The officials of the line discredit the
report.
MERCHANTMAN RELEASED.
Jap Torpedo Boat Flotilla Is Pursuing
Russians.
TOKYO, Monday, July 18?3:30 p.m.?
(Delayed In transmission.)?The Ruslan
Vladivostok squadron has released the
seized merchantman and steamed east
ward. A Japanese torpedo boat flotilla
Is pursuing the squadron.
A dispatch from Tokyo, timed 10 a.m.
today, was received last night, announc
ing that the Russian armored cruisers
Rossia, Hurik and Gromboi of the Vladi
vostok squadron passed through the
Tsugar strait yesterday into the Pacific
ocean.
ENGLISH TARIFF COMMISSION.
Reports Reasons for the Decline of
British Industries.
LONDON, July 20 ?The report of Joseph
Chamberlain's tariff commission on the Iron
and steel trades arrives at the conclusion
that the decline of the British Iron and
steel industry is due to the fact that the
manufacturers of America and Germany
have secured control of the home marketB
by means of high tariffs and an organized
system regulating their export trade, that
they are In a position to dump their surplus
products on the British and other markets
Irrespective of cost, and that the dumping
could not be carried on except for the Brit
ish system of free Imports. The committee
expresses the opinion that the situation can
only be remedied by a system of tariffs ar
ranged as follows:
(a) A ^ il tariff consisting of a low
scale of <ii i"s for foreign countries admit
ting British wares on fair Terms.
(b) A preferential tariff, lower than the
general tariff, for the colonies, giving ade
quate preference to British manufacturers
and framed to secure freer trade within the
British empire.
(c) A maximum tariff consisting of com
paratively higher duties, but subject to re
duction by negotiation to the level of the
general tariff.
The report, which is signed by fifty-eight
commissioners, is very bulky and gives the
evidence of British manufacturers, the evi
dence given before the United States indus
trial commission on iron and steel indus
tries, the organization and working of Ger
man Kartells and a vast amount of statis
tics, etc.
Minister Russell Much Better.
Mr. Russell. United States minister to
Colombia, who Is III at his temporary home
In Rockville, was reported to be much Im
proved this morning, ajid It is said If he
continues t? improve he will soon be out of
danger.
TAKES A BACK SEAT
Washington Not Politically
Prominent Just Now.
LEADERS ARE AWAY
PREPARING TO MOVE THE RE
PUBLICAN PRESS BUREAU.
Government Printing Office Kept Busy
Turning Out Campaign Material
to Be Sent to the Voters.
Washington Is off the map these days, po
litically. "Nothing doing" is the word all
along the line. The President away, most
of the cabinet off snoozing in a hammock
somewhere; National Chairman Cortelyou
in Philadelphia, with his frying pan; Con
gressional Chairman Babcock at Atlantic
City with his fishing rod and a long, cool
glass of something.
Occasionally a sad-eyed congressman
wanders through the haif-desert-d h ills of
the departments, looking for stray bits of
patronage and rudely awakening the minor
heads of bureaus from their siestas. The
fountains splash lonesomely in the public
gardens; the big, shady thoroughfares are
deserted most of the day, save for an oc
casional officer clad in summer flannels or
white duck. Official and social Washington
are off to mountain or seashore or foieign
strand.
Sj that makes it pleasanter for those
still held in town by thrall of business or
duty. The big hotels uptown, with their
broad, high-ceillnged lobbies are cool and
inviting, but afe entertaining as guests
mainly foreigners on their way to the fair
or tourists breaking the journey eastward.
The street cars are not crowded and the
town looks mighty pretty and sweet to
people who have been in the sweltering,
smoky, restless west for a spell.
Hard Time for Correspondents.
Probably the only really unhappy pe >ple
astir are the bundled or more correspond
ents of out-of-town newspapers and the po
litical writers who feel it incumbent upon
them to make a showing. These busy spir
its lesent the subordination of the c ip.tal
to New York and Ksopus, anil are Jealous
cf the removal of puolie int rest to tliose
places. They are accustomed to imagining
the reading public reaching tor the paper
before breakfast to see what's doing in
Washington and as day after day goes by
and they cannot get a display head story
on the front page they regard the stuation
as mighty discouraging.
Senator Scott was a life-saver yester
day. but they could not work him over
today like German fried potatoes. From
the number of differently worded inter
views with him that went out last night,
all on the same topic, he must have done
nothing all day but talk. It is fearful to
contemplate what might happen If a
bunch of real live ones should come to
town.
Campaign Schemes Offered.
t'p at temporary republican national
headquarters Secretary Elmer Dover
finds nothing more strenous to do than to
meet the score of lithograph and button
men who come a-runnlng with their
schemes, hotfoot, every day. Some of
the lithographs that are offered are, as
works of art and designing, fearfully and
wonderfully made. There Is one entitled
"Our Terpetual Star" (that's Roosevelt).
It Is a pictorial allegory of his life, re
plete with stirring scenes of battle and
bivouac; of peaceful conquests on field
and farm' stacks of books to represent
his literary labors; the White House In
the foreground: a dove of peace circling
over it, bearing the olive branch of arbi
tration, and beneath two crossed swords.
Eastern Secretary Coolidge, who is to
conduct the press bureau, is packing up
the scissors, paste pot, blue pencil and
wastebusket and will soon remove to New
York with his entire editorial parapher
nalia and the office cat. Just at present
he is suffering from an effusion of verse
sent in from many quarters by ambitious
poets who want to immortalize the candi
date and the party in song.
The Republican Handbook.
The campaign hand book, which is to
eclipse any previous effort, is being pre
pared by competent hands and will be on
the press as soon as President Roose
velt's letter of acceptance is ready. Edi
tors have been busy on the volume since
early spring, and it is to be a standard
work of statistics and valuable data.
Congressional C hnirm;in Btibcock will
move up to New York next week and open
headquarters for ...e congressional com
mittee in the St. James building 2>ith and
Broadway. Representative Overstreet sec
retary of the committee, is now in Indian
apolis, but will pass through Washington
next Friday evening on his way to New
York. Col. Dave Moore, who has been in
charge of the shipping department In the
Union building, will continue business at
the old stand getting out s|?eeciies from the
government printing office.
Government Printing Office Busy.
The government printing office has b<>en
very busy for weeks turning out speeches
for both the democratic and congressional
committees, and in a short time now the
postal facilities will be heavily taxed to
handle them, as they will go out under con
gressional franks, indications are that an
unusually large amount of frankable mat
ter will be handled in this campaign In
the closing days o? tne last session both
parties packed the Record with political
material intended for use in the campaign
The republicans especially w?re busy, and
Representative Grosvenor and Representa
tive McCleary got in enough matter to run
a campaign without any further ado. If nec
essary. The democrats made several simi
lar plans.
These "speeches" will be cut into sec
tions and shipped out under frank, the the
ory of the democratic and republican man
agers being that there is nothing more im
portant to the people or nothing upon
which the government has more right to
pay the freight than this information for
the guidance of the voters.
Not a Regular Army Officer.
War Department officials cannot Identify
the Col. George Wilson, who shot himself
In Paris, as an officer of the United States
army, either on the active or retired list.
It was stated today that no officer of the
army by the name of Wilson was in Paris,
and that, in fact, there is no Col. George
Wilson on the retired list of the army.
The list of field officers of volunteers and
militia wi?o served in the civil war con
tains the name of Uieut. Col. George Wil
son. 15th Wisconsin Infantry.
Personal Mention.
Mr. H. Wilson Petty of the government
printing office is spending his leave at Vir
ginia Beach, and will, before returning
home, visit his aunt, Mrs. Barclay, at
Portsmouth. Vs.
Mr. Jacob H. Happ leaves tomorrow
morning for Colonial Beach, Va., for a
brief visit.
CONFER OVER STRIKE
Packers and Strikers Renew
Attemot at Settlement.
WAS AGREED TO TODAY
JOINT CONFERENCE HELD AT
CITY OFFICES OF SWIFT & CO.
President Donnelly Declares Union la
Prepared to Carry on Long War?
Non-Unionists' Raise.
CHICAGO. July 20.?A Joint conference
this afternoon to attempt anew a settle
ment of the big stock yards strike was
agreed to by the packing house proprietors %
today. The agreement was reached at a
meeting in the stock yards office of Ar
mour Co., at which representatives of al!
the big packing houses were present.
The purpose of the mi eting was to con
sider an appeal made to the packers yes
terday by representatives of trades em
ployed in the packing houses, such as team
sters, engineers and electrieans, who might
be ii-Tifted l>y ?vj"nqthetle strike In aid
constitute the bulk of the army of men al
ready out.
It was decided by the packers that the
joint conference should be held at tin- city
offices of Swift & Co. this afternoon:
SETTLEMENT UNCERTAIN.
President Donnelly Dubious Over the
Outcome?Long War.
"It is impossible for the wisest men to
say when this strike will end," said I'resl
I dent Michael Donnelly of the striking
I butchers today Just before the puckers went
Into conference. Our terms are unaltera
able and the packers have made no con
cessions. We are prepared to carry on a
Ions war. but probably will not begin full
payment of strike benellts as I formerly an
nounced next Tuesday. However, every
striker and his family will be taken care
of. None shall go hungry We have J2fi0,
000 in our treasury and IB cents of 25 cents
per capita tax goes into the fund for de
fense. In addition, we have otters of aid
from the independent packers.
Aid Proffer From St. Lcuis.
"Many St. Louis packers have offered to
advance us financial aid to be paid on the
per capita basis.
"I exj>e< t to meet at the Sherman House
this afternoon the general committee of
! the various trades who met yesterday."
A "strike of strike breakers" has result
i ed in ?n Increase of wages to the nun
j union men employed to take the place of
; former employes in the packing houses.
' Three hundred and fifty laborers struck
for more wages. They had been getting
$3 a day. After a tifteen-minute strike
wages were Increased to $4 and $a a day.
It is reported that an agent of the United
States government has arrived in Chicago
to make an Investigation of the strike.
Complnint has been made. It Is said, by
western farmers and raisers of cattle that
11 to packers are violating a federal Injunc
tion In making special rates to large ship
pers.
Eliminated Sympathetic Feature.
Determined that they shall not be over
looked the 250 blacksmiths employed at
the yards liave submitted to the various
packers a demand of their own. They are
ready to go out and are anxious to help
the butchers, but they adopted a course
which eliminates the "sympathetic" fea
ture. Led by Daniel Sullivan, the business
agent of the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
and Blacksmiths' Helpers, the men met
today and voted to demand the following
scale of wages: Blacksmiths on heavy tires,
:S5 cents an hour; on ordinary tires, ,'13
cents; packing house repairs. 21 cents; car
work, 2-1 cents. It Is provided, too, that
j time ami a half shall be paid for overtime,
[ with double pay for Sunday and holiday
work.
The reply of the packers. It was expected,
I would come late today. The second week
of the big strike brings hope of a peaceful
j settlement. The packers assert that they
are dally Increasing their operations.
Armour & Co., Swift and Nelson Morris &
1 Co. declaring they intend t? kill an aggre
gate of H.OOO cattle before night The re
ceipts today consisted of cattle,
12,000 hogs and K.000 sheep.
TODAY'S CONFERENCE.
Representatives of Labor Meet Packcrs
and Discuss Situation.
CHICAGO. July 20. ? At the meeting of
the packers today In the ollices of Ar
mour & Co. at the stockyards there were
present Louts F. Swift and Kd ward Swift of
Swift .V Co., Arthur Meeker and Thomas
Connors of Armour & Co., Ira N. and Ed
ward Moiris of Nelson Morris & Co., J. B.
M.iurer of Sell warzschlld & Sulzberger, J.
P. Lyman and Samuel McLean of the Na
tional I'acking Company and Edward Til
den of Libby, McNeill & Libby.
These men also represent their respective
houses in the conference this afternoon.
Michael Donnelly was spokesman f'>r the
strikers.
The other unions and their reoresenta
tives are:
Packing House Teamsters' Union, George
1*. Golden; steam engineers, Mark M.
Pierce, firemen, J. \V. Morton aim F. \V.
Wall, coopers, Maurice O'Donnell; steam
fitters, J. H. Miller; stearntitters' helpers,
Phil Moran; electrical worki rs, Patrick Sul
livan; carpenters. James Kirby; car work
ers, C. C. Gaskins; millwrights and machin
ery erectors, J. H. Morman; blacksmiths,
Ltaniel Sullivan; horseshoers, T J Kelioy;
Cuicago Federation of Labor, Kdward D.
Nockels; American Federation of Labor, T.
I. Kuid.
Entire Situation Reviewed.
At today's meeting of the representa
tives of the various packing llrms the en
tire strike situation was talked over, and
it was agreed that the packers should ad
here to their original program?that their
new non-union men and the union men who
have deserted the strikers to return to
work should be retained in case a settle
ment were effected.
As soon as the consent of the packers to
a joint conference was known. President
Donnelly of the butchers' organization
called a meeting of labor chiefs to con
vene at the Sherman House prior to the
joint conference with the packers At this
session the federationists selected their
representatives to meet the packers at the
joint conference.
President Donnelly of tb? butchers'
union made the specific statement before
going into the joint conference this after
noon that the Independent packers and the
strikers were working hand in hand against
the "trust" packers.
Must Meet Them Half Way.
"Unless the packers meet us half way,"
he said, "they will find a hard business road
ahead. There is no prosjiect of peace today
that I can see. We have no further con
cessions to offer and we shall insist that all
the strikers be taken back to work."
It was Intimated by President Donnelly