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AIRSHIP PROBLEM SOLVED
A French Aeronaut Invents a Dir
igible Ralloou
31 Uninont Conducts n Illicitly Suc
cessful Kxperimeni Xenr Paris
Alilctn HUe or Sink lit Will Ei
trndcil Trim to He tiivvn To tiny
PARIS July 12 Henry Deutsch having
offered a prize of 103000 francs for the
first successful self directing balloon
Santos Snmont experimented with his in
vention on the Champs de Mars As seen
from the Kim I Tower the result was ex
traordinary The balloon obeyed the
aeronauts will rising and sinking with
out difficulty The motor produced a noise
resembling that of an automobile
M Santos rumont gives a most inter
esting account of his journey He left St
Cloud at 3 oclock this morning Owing
to the trees there was only a small open
space that was available for his purpose
Men held the guide ropes of the balloon
until it reached the Longchamps race
course around which II Dumont steered
his cigar shaped balloon several times
Subsequently he extended his operations
around the Bois de Bologna He wished
then to return to St Cloud but his as
sistants shouted The Eiffel Tower to
ward which he proceeded
When close to the tower the steering
apparatus became disarranged and the
balloon rushed toward the lofty structure
threatening to collide with It M Du
mont however managed to steer the air
ship in a series of curves toward the
Trocadero when he descended to earth
and repaired the damage He then re
ascended and careened around the Kiffel
Tower and then went back to his start
ing point
Tomorrow there will be an official ex
periment before a technical committee
of the Aero Club comocsed of Prince
Rcland Bonaparte Count de la Vanx M
Caillett of the institute and MM
Deutsch and Bouquet
M Aime secretary of the Aero Club
who watched M Dumonts trip is quoted
as saying that without a doubt the prob
lem of aerial navigation has been solved
The airship came to the earth as easily
and lightly as a bird
EXPLAINED BY KITCHENER
He Says There Are Too Jinny En
RnRcmcnlK to Report
LONDON July 12 General Kitchener
sent a message to the War Office today
explaining his failure to report the en
gagement between 240 of his scouts and
400 of the enemy near Warm Baths early
last month He says that the Boers were
commanded by Pretorias not by Beyers
as had been stated In the press He con
tends that it would be Impossible to send
an account of each action owing to their
number The officer commanding in the
Warm Baths engagement gave the cor
respondents a rather glowing account of
the action In conclusion General Kitch
ener says
I do not approve of the Inclination to
inngnify every unimportant skirmish into
a British victory that exists in the press
and although I find It difficult to control
this I certainly do not encourage it In
any way
A MISHAP TO THE HYACINTH
forced Back to Gibraltar by n
Inj Feed Pipe
GIBRALTAR July 12 The British
cruiser Hyacinth which with her sister
ship the Minerva is undergoing a series
of tests to decide the relative merits of
the cylindrical and Belleville or water
tube boilers has returned here owing to
the bursting of her feed pipe She Is now
repairing
Her trip Is considered to have been sat
isfactory as she steamed at the rate of
elgnteen knots an hour for 103 hours The
Hyacinth is fitted with the Belleville boil
ers which are strongly opposed by some
of the British naval engineers
PETED BY THE CROWN PRINCE
The Hnrtford Officers lloyiilly En
tertnlnctl at Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN July 12 The presence
here of the United States training ship
Hartford has attracted much attention
The officers are feted by the authorities
and the populace
The Crcwn Prince gave a dinner for the
officers yesterday and in company with
the Crown Princess and other members of
the royal family he visited the Hartford
today
It Is said the visit of the Hartford Is
to prove the gbod will of the United States
and to dispose of the rumors of American
threats in connection with the purchase of
the Danish West Indies
DID NOT USE ILLEGAL MEANS
Ji Vienna Banker Aciuittetl of Un
lawfully Securing an Estate
VIENNA July 12 Albert Vogl who
was the proprietor of the largest exchange
office on the Grabon and who was ar
rested in March last on the charge of
unduly influencing Taubln a miser to
bequeath - his fortune to him was ac
quitted today Vogl was for a long time
a resident of the United States
The first charge against Vogl which
Judging from the above despatch was
withdrawn was that he had poisoned
Taubin who was supposed to have ver
bally bequeathed his property to him
Taubin lived in a squalid manner One
night a policeman took him home drunk
and bleeding A doctor who wax sum
moned said he was dying and advised
that some of his friends be brought
Vogl who had done business with Tau
bin was summoned aid he took with
him a lawyer and clerk Upon their ar
rival at the bedside the dying man It was
said had recovered sufficiently to say that
all his possessions should go to Vogl
after which he died almost Immediately
The bequest made In the presence of wit
nesses was legally regular and Vogl
came into possession of property to the
value of JJOOO
Taubfns Rusian relatives subsequently
jepresented to the police that Vogl had
poisoned the miser and they also declared
that Vogl was a ventriloquist and spoke
tho words bequeathing the property to
himself when Taubin was already dead
ONLY AMERICANS SUCCEED
Other Business Men In France Meet
Intc With Reverses
LONDON July 13 The Paris corre
spondent of the Daily Mall declares
that trade there is stagnant and that
failures arc frequent A large number of
artisans are out of work
The only people who seem to be doing
anything are American speculators Their
advance agents spied out the land made
nlans and now American capitalists own
or control five sevenths of the electric
and tramway concerns in France
to Baltimore antl Return Via
ij O Saturday and Sunday
ulr 13 nd II tikets good fr return until M
Wing Monday Good on all trains except Koyal
jjarw rw
MRS HANNA IN NEW YORK
She ArrivvH Willi Her Children and
Will Suil Today
NEW YORK July 12 Mrs May Har
rington llanna who was the w Ife of Dan
iel R Hanna of Cleveland son of St nator
llanna until she secured a divorce from
him arrived in this city today on the
lake Shore Express which left Cleveland
the night before and carried her safely
away from an army of deputy sheriffs
who were trying to serve an injunction
restraining her from going to Europe
with her three sons
The Injunction was obtained by her for
mer husband who did not want a repe
tition of whnt happened last yeas- when
Mrs Hantia went to Europe with her
children and on her return presented a
bill of expenses for S931 saying that it
was for educating the- children which
expenses under the terms of the divorce
Mr Hanna Is obliged to pay Mr Hanna
demurrtd at pnyhig this bill and the mat
ter Is now In the courts
Mrs Hanna lately decided to go to Eu
rope again and before leaving Cleveland
she mortgaged for S000 the house Mr
Hanna had given her Just as she was
preparing to leave a sheriff arrived with
the Injunction but could not get in Mrs
Hanna got over the back fence and with
her children boarded the train Besides
her children Mrs Hanna was accom
panied by the Baroness De Pallandt who
has been a guest at her house in Cleve
land
Mr Hanna carried her right arm in a
sling She is said to have hurt it climb
ing the fence To reporters who were
waiting for her she denied that she was
Mrs Hanna She and the baroness and
the three boys were driven to the Savoy
Hotel Mrs Hanna registered as lrs
t
R W Jones children and maid Boston
The baroness was the only one to regis
ter from Cleveland She and Mrs Hanna
will sail for Europe tomorrow
Mrs Hanna was Carrie May Harring
ton daughter of J W Harrington a
coal operator of this city She met Mr
Hanna while he was a student at Kenyon
College in Ohio antl the two ran away
and were married Both were then under
age Mrs Hanna sued her husband for
divorce in 1S3S alleging neglect and ex
treme cruelty One of the charges made
by Mrs Hanna was that at a reception
Mr Hanna had given her a black eye
Mr Hanna did not put in any defence
His wife received SO0O a year alimony
and the custody of her three boys one of
whom is named for His grandfather
Senator Hanna In February of last year
Mr Hanna married Mrs Daisy Gordon
Maude of Cleveland who was also a di
vorcee
PlEVKLAXD Ohio July 12 Judge
Disnette of the Common Pleas Court to
day appointed Senator Hanna guardian of
his three grandchildren Mark A can
and Dan H Hanna the children of Dan
R Hanna and his divorced wife Mrs
May Harrington Hanna The children
were taken to New York on Thursday by
Mrs Hanna In his order appointing
Senator llama the judge ordered Mrs
Hanna to return the children to their
grandfather
PRINCE CHUNG SETS OUT
Stnrts on His Trip to Apologize to
Germany
PEKIN July 12 Prince Chun brother
of the Emperor who was appointed to go
to Germany to express regrets for the
assassination of Baron von Ketteler the
German Minister started on his journey
today He took a special train for Taku
whence he will proceed to Shanghai em
barking on July 20 on the German bat
tleship Bairn which will convey him to
Germany
Prince Chun arrived at the railway sta
tion on horseback altired In a gorgeous
royal yellow robe His suite and servants
formed aIong procession Dr Mumm von
SchwnrtzensteIn the German Minister
and a German guard of honor received
him
Mr Rockhill the American Special
Commissioner his secretary Mr Hub
bard Snillb and Fleming D Cheshire the
interpreter of the American Legation will
embark on the steamer Empress of Ja
pan which tails from Yokohama for the
United States on August 20 Mr Cheshire
who has resigned his position of Inter
preter after twenty Jive years service has
received from Li Hung Chang on behalf
of the Emperor the order of the Double
Dragon in recognition of his assistance
in settling the Chinese Japanese war
Gen Sir Alfred Gaselee who com
manded the Indian forces In China will
also sail on the Empress of Japan
ROBBED AN AMERICAN
Tivo Italians Arretted by the Mar
scllles Authorities
PARIS July 12 Two Italians Pascale
MIro and Carlo VHlonl have been arrested
at Marseilles on the charge of having
stolen the 112000 worth of jewelry that
was taken from the residence of John
Monroe the well known American banker
In this city
THE YACHT TOR THE KAISER
A WIImliiKton Del Ship aril May
Get the Contract
WILMINGTON Del luly 12 Max
Passchitz an attache of the German Em
bassy at Washington and Rudolph Lad
iner instructor of construction in the
Gt rman navy visited the shipyards of
the Harlan Ilolllngsworth Company
today The visit was In connection with
the prospective order for a new yacht to
be placed In this country uy Emperor
William
The Emperor now owns a yacht built
here originally for Chester W Chapln of
New York and he directed his agents to
Inspect American shipyards and t special
ly the one here
THE FINANCES OF CUBA
A Published Statement Showing- the
Sources tit Revenue
HAVANA July 12 The Secretary of
Finance lias published a statement show
ing that the taxes collected during the
first six months of 1901 by the finance de
partment amounted to a otal of 11000
The States othur sources of revenue are
the postoflice which yields about 30000 a
month the signal service the -
from whhh Is SCOuO a mort the
customs These three v ire
managed by the ir
The - t it
radical nrgni -a y
an American i
encouraging -
frighten capita n
thus leave the I
that the paper
do
A committee n i i
draw up a new - i
law
3Irs rcfterNO
PORTLAND Me
son Davis the wIdo
has recovered fronvh
last night thought t
was able to leave her
Friday nntl Snturdii Sfoi 1
cuntlnim vln Pen
Hnilroiit
Between Washington and Ai
Ma St Isle City and Occa
round trip Tickets on sale for
and Saturdays B0d to returt
Tuesdav Delaware River rid
Untie City
Jlsajtwwu1
COLUMBIA AGAIN IN FIRST
The Independence Loses Her Top
mast Earlv in the Iiace
Friends of the Boston Hunt Say That
TTiis Cost Them the Contest The
Constitution Not Vet in Good Sail
ing Trim To Go Hack to Bristol
NEWPORT R I July 12 The breeze
for which the yachtsmen have been so
patiently waiting came today It blew
from the northeast by east and Its force
was estimated at from 12 to 15 knots It
was just what the- Independence jteople
had been wanting and they started oft
confident that the race would be won by
the Boston boat For a minute she cer
tainly did well some say that she was
passing the Columbia which was in the
lead and others that she was holding
that boat
Then the hauling part of the preventer
backstay parted This allowed the top
mast to buckle forward under the weight
of the wind In the big club topsail The
spar held for a moment ind then snapped
just above the cap of the mainmast The
big sail flapped about In the wind the
jib topsail fell into th water and dragged
for some minutes This was cleared away
and efforts wero made to get the top
sail in
This was a difficult job Captain Haft
kept the yacht sailing while Mates Halt
and Miller worked at the wreck For sev
eral minutes the yacht was held on her
course as best she could but nothing
could be done Then she bore off but
still the sail would not come down When
every other effort failed the Indepen
dence was headed Into Vie wind and she
lay there for five minutes while the sail
was lowered
Then she went off again after the Co
lumbia and Constitution but this time
she only had her mainsail jib and fort
Maysall and from the end of the gaff
the topsail sheet was trailing behind
Some said they were trolling for blue
fish It took twenty minutes to clear
away the wreckage and In spite of the
handicap the Independence was only six
minutes and fourteen seconds behind the
Constitution at the first mark The Co
lumbia was the leading boat and on the
reach of ten mileshad beaten the Con
stitution one mlnuteand thirty eight sec
onds
The Constitution had made a bad start
A tow had bothered her somewhat when
going for the line and then in order to
get over the line before the handicap
signal was fired she ran down to the lee
ward end She was handicapped twenty
one seconds When the accident hap
pened to the Independence the Constitu
tion had to keep off as the Independence
was steering wildly and bearing down on
the Constitution But for this interfer
ence she would have been much nearer to
the Columbia- than she was
The Columbia always was a wonder
when sailing with the wind just aft the
beam and in the race today she seemed
to be faster than ever before She made
a wonderful picture as she went through
the water Her sail drew well the yacht
laid over until Iter lee rail was awash
and a big piece of her bronze underbody
was laid out on the windward side
The Constitution stood up well and she
Of speed as she
too showed a rare turn
went through thewuter on the first legr
The Columbia made the ten miles In 4S
Intimites 13 seconds which is at the rate
i of 12 knots an houi The second leg
was a oeav 10 wmuai --
was really in better shape for
a turn to windward than the other
vachts They were lugging their topsails
The Independence maue a few long tacks
while the Columbia and Constitution were
lighting each other ull the way making
short hitches
They took no notice Of the Independence
and both vachts overstood the windward
mark by atIeUst four minutes The Con
stitution had closed up on the Columbia
but Captain Barr had the older boat In
the weather position and Captain Rhodes
had to wait forthe Coumbra before he
could stand for the mark This short
tacking and overstanding allowed the In
dependence to make tne Dest time on this
leg
The Constitution gained 1 minute 2C sec
onds on the Columbia and wasso close at
the second mark to the leading boat that
It was expected on the broad reach home
she would take the lead and win the race
by a small margin For a few- minutes
she fertainly picked up tut then the Co
lumbia drew away and crossed the line
a winner by 1 minute and 2 seconds
elapt cd time
On the last leg the Columoia gained 50
fconds on the Constit Jtlon while the In-
ependetice not having her club top
sail was dropped far behind losing 4
minutes 41 seconds to the Columbia The
Columbia over the whole course had beat
en the Independence 1U minutes 10 seconds
elapsed time On corrected time the Co
lumbia beat the Constitution 2 minutes 19
seconds and the Independence 10 minutes
44 seconds
After the yachts had come hack to their
moorings W B Duncan said that the
Constitution would go to Bristol to get
ready for the cruise of the New York
Yacht Club Speaking of the race he said
We were a little late at the start and
ran down to the lee end to try to get over
before the handicap gun Then we were
bothered by the accident to the Independ
ence and had to keep off again to avoid
a foul On the windward work the Con
stitution gained on the Columbia but
Captain Barr overstood the mark and
the Constitution being the leeward boat
i t n rir t o m t fWi Ct tli ronnli In
we managed to do better but our head
sails were not setting veil Tlie consti
tution in not in shape yet but is Improv
ing and will do much better
Ex Commodore E 1 Morgan said that y
- I v x 1 I
me eoiumuui was iiiiii lij uw iutk to
be overhauled for the cruise Speaking
of the Constitution he said The new
yacht is a wonderful boat but wants lots
of hard racing to get her Into proper
shuoe The Columbia is going well and
this Is the only time we will have for
winning hen the Constitution get In
trim and her sails set well she will beat
the Columbia handily in almost any con
ditions
Those on the Independenc e were jubi
lant They were confident that the acci
dent lost the Boston boat the race and
but for the mishap the Independence
would have been leading at the first mark i
Tlie yaciit aiu captain Halt Is not
in trim yet but we art learning fast and
will soon be In shape to meet all comers
I dont know yet what our programme
will be but we shall at onco make re
pairs and then be ready to race all
comers
It was too lad our topmast went over
board said Mr Crownlnshleld for we
were satisfied with the weight of the
wind and were sailing a pood race I am
glad of one thing and thai is that my
topmast scheme Is nil right The wooden
spar was only stepped two feet In the
head of the stoel mast and had the pre
venter backstuy not given way would
certainly have won The accident was
due to the dialing of the pennant upon
the cleat to which it was nvide fat The
wire rope was spliced to a rnanllr hauling
line ana tlie preventer uacicstny was
made fast to a metal cleat at just the
lolnt where the splice came The jump of
he sea doubtless caused the splice to
it through While we were under full
II no one can question that our speed
i s greater than either of the other
yachts were leaving tho
on fast and were hauling on the Co-
ila every ten seconds
hat are the arrangements for the fu-
of the Independence
Innt renlly know was the reply
I depends on Mr Lawson If he
icJ to keep her In commission then
J - i go to work at once and rejialr
I tamo time making some changes
i io Hnriiers Ferry and Win
chester iJlOO
0 nation F nday July 11 S a m
leave TCimlicsU r C and Harpers
i tame day Its a grand opportu
historic grounds and jour rienda
WASHINGTON SATURDAY JULY 13 1001
We have another topmas on the barge
Penokee antl we can either step It under
the shears at Goat Island or do it from
the deck of the Independence We may
go to New London but the whol thing
tltpends upon Mr Lawsons decision and
I expect he will give mo his answer to
night or tomorrow morning Should the
Independence remain in commission we
will rerig the boat We will short n her
bowsprit and put on new heudsails as we
believe that such changes will give her a
better helm Then we will take out some
ballast to lighten her up and to get her
in shape to take a Hat easier
The Columbia crossed the finish line at
2033 the Constitution at 21060 and the
at 219ES
The Columbia had taken forty four
minutes one second to reach home the
Constitution forty four minutes fifty one
seconds and the Independence forty eight
minutes forty two seconds The speed of
tlie Columbia was a little better than 14ii
knots an hour and the Constitution was
a fraction sower On this leg of the
course the Independence was badly hand
icapped bv the loss of her club topsail
The performance of the Independence
has been freely discussed by yachtsmen
tonight and the best posted agreed that
under the conditions that prevailed today
she is a very fast yacht The accident vas
regretted by all as evervone wanted to
see what the yacht could do under weath
er conditions which those In charge of
the yacht claim are best suited to her
and which prevailed today
It is generally conceded that she can
reach faster than the Columbia or the
Constitution In a goeul breeze and smooth
sea and that consequently she would
have been the first to turn the outer
mark On the windward leg she Is not
thought to have much chance with the
Herreshoff boats and would have been
beaten by both of these on the second
leg No one cares to venture an opinion
as to which of the three would have fin
ished first If there had been no accident
There is some talk of a series of races
being arranged to follow the New York
Yacht Club cruise A sweepstakes has
been suggested and they are to be man
aged by the Newport Racing Association
Nothing definite has yet been arranged
THE FASTEST BOAT AFLOAT
Mr Inwson MnkKa Stntement Ilc
Uartlinc the Independence
NEWPORT R I July 12 Mr Lawson
Issued a statement tonight In which he
says
The Independence rides at anchor to
night the fastest ship that ever sailed
1 say this with no thought or Intention
to take from the Constitution and Co
lumbia and I think there Is no one who
would give to them more praise than I
I can unhesitatingly say thnt my be
lief which has never wavered in the abil
ity of the Independence to eventually
show her stern to anything afloat has
been strengthened by everything she has
done while at Netvport I do not wish
to make excuses for our defeats but 1
think it only fair to the boat to touch on
one vital point Her trip around the
Cape almost wrecked her and she went
Into her Newport races leaking very bad
ly
Through her first two races she car
ried tons of water Yachtsmen know the
significance or this After her second
race I had the Dreamers pump rigged
below the deck and during the last two
races she was only kept iree by pumping
at short Intervals
As my confidence In the boat Is as
strong as ever t will endeavor to ar
range as many races as possible for her
for the balance oL theseason and if I
am successful wfij JmmSdlately have her
put In good shape al NeW London ns I
do not care to risk two more trips around
the cape
SHAMROCKS ON EVEN TERMS
The New nonts Victory More Ap
parent Than Real
ROTHESAY July 12 The Shamrocks
left Rothesay Bay for another trial con
test shortly after 11 oclock this morning
The weather was clear and there was a
fresh westerly breeze Both boats car
ried jlbhead topsails and jib topsails over
a lowered working sail
They started with the wind abeam
with sheets close hauled Shamrock I led
by six lengths and with the advantage of
receiving first benefit of the off shore
wind rapidly increased the gap between
herself and the cup challenger Thus
with their booms Inboard but with the
wind fairly abeam they made for Bute
Sound
Below Ascog Shamrock II began to
shjw an Improvement In speed and closed
In on 2r rival but the breeze then soft
ened and shifted until It was ahead of
the boats and the challenger fell to lee
ward Under Garroch Head the wind
lulled and Shamrock I with her topsails
down gained ground
They fetchetl on the starboard tack for
Arran and the challenger although
pointing no higher sailed faster than the
old boat A scries of short tacks which
were not to the challengers ad mtage
followed After a beat of tjulte fifteen
miles they fetched the Erin the challen
ger at 20735 and tht Shamrock I 30 sec-
onds later
The two yachts then sailed back down
the wind in close company Shamrock II
being slightly ahead On the reach from
Garroch Head to Ascog she beat Sham
rock I over two minutes
Todays performance of the Shamrock
II was less pleasing than appears by the
times of the boats at the finish The
Shamrock I over reached before fetching
for the weather mark and thus tlie chal
lenger galnetl an adynntage not due to
her sailing qualities but to bad seaman
ship on the part of- the captain of her
competitor The- Shanjrock 1 worked
through the seas mori easily than the
challenger which caused her to gain on
the latter
SHOT HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF
Jealous v Causes a Double Trnujeily
in Slianiokin 1a
SIIAMOKIN Pa July 12 Solomon
Haas a barber returned i ime at Wil
burton early this morning and found his
wife In the kitchen He accused her of
being too friendly with male acquaint
ances She denied this ereupon he
drew a revolver and shqt her in the back
shattering the spinal column and causing
a fatal wound He thei fired a bullet
into his abdomen and era d to his bed
room to die
Hearing his wife scream for help he
returned to the kitchen to blow out her
brains but neighbors prevented him and
as they tried to wrest the weapon from
his grasp he shot himself through the
heart and dropped dead to the floor
Haas had been drinking heavily of late
and It Is believed was temporarily Insane
at the time of the tragedy Ills wife a
very pretty young Woman was a favorite
In the neighborhood
SHOT BY A HIDDEN FOE
A Airilnln Man Wounded by a
Wotild l Assassin
RICHMOND VaTuly 12 Robert Med
ley a prominent citizen of Amelia Coun
ty was the victim of a bold attempt at
assassination last night and barely es
caped being murdered He was seriously
Mounded and lost one arm
Mr Medley was aroused by knocks upon
his door and going out found a man who
enquired the way to a neighbors house
AVhllo giving the directions Mr Medley
was fired on the entire load of buckshot
taking effect It his left arm There Is
no clue to the would be assassin
Flynua Business College Sth and K
Business Shorthand Tjpewritlnff 25 a jear
Interest paid all deposits subject t tlit ck
Hanking deot Union Trust Storage Co Hit F
AFTER OCEAN SUPREMACY
Morgan Said to Be Planning a Vast
Commercial Trust
Alnilin to Control the Cnrrjing
TralKe of the World The Humored
Cause of the Conference Held In
New York The Interests Involved
PHILADELPHIA- July 12 Financiers
here are interested in a story which was
current tonight This was to the effect
that the recent conference in the office
of J Pierpont Morgan at which A J
Cassatt Senator M A Hanna and P A
B Widener and Clement A Griscom were
present was for the purpose of discuss
ing details for a combination of interests
greater in importance and perhaps
scnting a greater amount of capital than
the recent combination of steel Interests
The story here is that Morgans inten
tion in purchasing the Leyland Line of
steamships was the opening wedge In a
plan which contemplates tho control of
the traffic not only of the Atlantic but
the Pacific Ocean and the Great Lakes
of the United States The scheme con
templates the absorption of the Pacific
line of mall steamships the passage of
the ship subsidy act the carrying of
malls both to the Orient and Europe and
with that bounty as a backing a battle
for supremacy In the ocean carrying
trade
Vessels It Is said are to be built here
and tinder American registry and flying
the Stars nd StrlDCs are to make an
gresslve fight for the carrying trade of
the world Hongkong and Nagasaki are
mentlorieel as the terminals in the East
Northampton and Llverpoo In Europe
and New York the principal port in the
Western Hemisphere
The lines controlled by A J Cassatt
and Morgan in the Eastern part of the
United States J J Hill and his allies in
the West are to deliver goods to termi
nals on the Pacific and ship them thence
to China Japan and other countries on
that side of the globe and with the en
larged and increased number of vessels of
the American line control shipping from
points in the Eastern part of the United
States
A J Cassatt is on his way to Europe
and it was impossible to get any of thos
said to be Interested to confirm or deny
the story-
RICHARD R HUBBARD DEAD-
Ile Served ns Minister to Japan in
Clevelands First Term
TYLER Tex July 12 Richard R Hub
bard formerly Governor of Texas and ex
Minister of the United State to Japan
died at his home here today He was
in wauon county ua in jji ana
was graduated at Mercer University In
1S51 -He was graduated In the lawdr
partment at Harvard College in 1S52 Soon
afterward he removed to Texas and set
tled In Tyler
In 1S52 he canvassed the State In the
Interest of the Democratic party against
the Know Nothing organization In that
year ho was sent to the convention at
Cincinnati which nominated Mr Buch
anan for the Presidency He was ap
pointed by Mr Buchanan as United States
attorney for the western district of Tex
as and discharged the duties of that of
fice until 1S5S when he resigned and was
chosen to represent Smith County in the
Legislature
In 1SC0 he was a delegate from Tecas to
the Charleston Convention in which he
was a supporter of- Breckinridge and
Lane He favored secession and when
hostilities began he raised and command
ed the Twenty second Regiment of Texas
Infantry and served in the field until the
close of the war He was chosen by the
Democrats in 1S72 one of the electors for
the State at large on the Greely ticket
In 1S74 he was elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor and in 1STC he was made Governor
in consequence of the election of Gov
ernor Coke to the United States Senate
In 1SS1 he was sent as a delegate to the
Chicago convention which nominated
Cleveland for President and was chosen
temporary chairman of that assembly
President Cleveland during his first term
appointed Governor Hubbard as Minister
to Japan
Mr Hubbard was twice married His
first wife was Miss Eliza Hudson daugh
ter of a physician of Lafayette Ala and
his second wife was Miss Jane Roberts
of Smith County Tex Two daughters
survive him
MAY CHANGE THE CAPITAL
A Xgni Church to Face the Ken
tucky Governors Mansion
FRANKFORT Ky July 12 The trus
tees of the Colored Baptist Church
through the constable today served no
tice on Governor Beckhnm that they
would build a church across- the street
from the Governors mansion against the
protest of all the adjoining property own
ers and without the consent of the city
council
The legal notice set out the fact that
the trustees had acquired the property
for that purpose and had the right to do
so Governor Beckham is angry over the
matter and it is said that If the church
Is built will recommend that the Legisla
ture submit an amendment to the consti
tution providing for the removal of the
capital from Frankfort
TEXAS COTTON BENEFITED
Much Good lteHiiItinir From the
Timely Rainfalls
AUSTIN Tex July 12 The State De
partment of Agriculture has received re
ports from all parts of the cotton and
corn belt of Texas showing that the
rains of tlie last two days have been
General nnd that they are of vast benefit
tirthe agricultural interests
Jt is esumuieti iiiul toe tuumi
prospects have been increased fully 15 per
cent and that the corn yield has been In
creased not less than 10 per cent by these
seasonable rains
The cotton boll weevil which earlier in
the season threatened to make a heavy
Inroad c i the cotton field Is confining its
depredations to a few small localities
JOHNSON TO TAKE THE STUMP
The Mayor of Cleveland to Enter
the Fight
CLEVELAND Ohio July 12 Mayor
Tom L Johnson announced todny that lu
J would stump tne aiaic una iu
of the Democratic State ticKei v uera
fight wllfue waged in every county on the
tax question which in Mayor Johnsons
opinion Is the paramount issue of the
campaign
The omission of any reference to Mr
Bryan or free silver in the platform was
unintentional says Mr Johnson
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MAJOR STRONGS ESCAPADE
Registers Lady Hope ns Ills Wife nt
a California Hotel
SAN FRAXCISCO July 12 Social and
army circles here are much wrought up
over an escapade of Major Putnam Brad
lec Strong son of the late William L
Strong ex Mayor of New York City
Strong is now under orders for the Phil
ippines He has been staying here sever
al days at a fashionable hotel with Lady
Francis Hope formerly May Yohe the
actress
Major Strong registered at the Palace
Hotel under his real name but at the
California Hotel he registered as H L
Hastings and wife The wife was the
former actress whom he brought oer
from New York and exaectetl to take
with him to the Philippines Strong evi
dently thought he nail concealed his Iden
tity but reporters discovered his com
panion was Lady Francis Hope because
she wore some of the famous Hope Jewels
at dinner in the Palace grill room
Strong at first denied his identity when
run down fate last night Jjut he finally ad
mitted It and early this morning the Cal
ifornia Hotel people requested him and the
actress to leave the hotel They depart
ed with Strongs negro valet and twelve
trunks Lady Hope Is scheduled to sail on
the Nippon Jlaru on Wednesday and
Strong on the transport Grant on Tues
day
It is understood that the army author
ities will take up the case Strong Is
now in the Regular Array Major Strong
was In San Francisce when the first vol
unteers went to the Philippines and
served on the staff of Gen Wesley Merrltt
as assistant adjutant general He was
reported to be engaged to the late Prin
cess Kaullanl during a short stop that
the transport made at Honolulu and re
ports also came of his conquests at Ma
nila among the fair sex
May Yohe recently quarreled with Lord
Francis Hope In New York and he de
parted In a rage to London where he is
at present
NEW YORK July 12 If Lady Francis
Hope is in San Francisco it is news to
here friends here She her
gave up apart
ments at 213 West Thirty fourth Street
several weeks ago and said she was going
to join her husband In EnglanU Major
Strong was frequently seen with Lady
Francis Hope while they were both in
this city
Lord and Iady Francis came here In
November last and the first xerson to
gret them at the steamship pier was
Major Strong Tho Hopes lived at the
Plaza Hotel until Lady Francis became a
member of the Giddy Throng company
at the Now York Theatre Then they
took apartments in Thirty fourth Street
About this time- It became noised about
that the- nopes had fallen out Then the
Duke of Newcastle came to this country
and he took his brother Lord Francis
Hope for a trip South When Lord Fran
cis Hope returned to this city he and his
wife evidently made up their differences
A few weeks later Lord Francis sailed
for England When the Gidcy Throng
closed its season Lady Francis had sev
eral music Tiall engagsments that took
her as far west as Chicago On her re
turn she declared that all the differences
with her husband had been patched up
and that she Intended to join him in England
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land soon
Before she was reported to have sailed
she spent considerable time in company
with Major Strong They were together
so frequently that the young mans at
tentions caused some talk which died
away however when Major Strong start
ed for the Philippines and Lady Francis
announced that she was going back to
England
Major Putnam Bradlee Strong yesterday
tendered his resignation by telegraph
from San Francisco and It was immedi
ately accepted by Secretary Root Cap
tain Strong is a son of the late William
L Strong ex Mayor of New York It
was stated that he desired to return to
New York to assist in the administration
of his familys business affairs which be
came somewhat involved through the fail
ure or tne tirm of William L Strong
Co following shortly after his fathers
death
A FAMOUS HUMORIST DEAD
Found Lifeless In Ills Home In
Brooklyn X Y
NEW YORK July 12 Robert Henry
Newell who with Petroleum V Nasby
Artemus J Ward Josh Billings and oth
ers made up the company of humorists
who relieved and softened with their jests
some of the grimness of the civil war
period was found dead In his home In
Brooklyn today
Mr Newells brothers wife Mrs C S
Newell allowed him to sleep In a room
In her house at 12S First Place He had
not been seen about his accustomed
haunts for ten days but nobody missed
him enough to ask for or to look for him
From the appearance- of the body it was
thought he must have died during the
recent hot spell
He was sixty five years old and eccen
tric in his last years His delight was to
visit the restaurants where he hud ap
preciative friends anil tell them of his
tocperlences as a newspaper correspondent
during the civil war and as one of those
who followed President Grant on his trip
around the world
Mr Newell was bon i this city He
was literary editor of the Mercury
from liff to 1S62 From 1S62 until Jk6 he
was a war correspondent and a contrib
utor to Northern periodicals of his fa
mous Washington letters signed Orpheus
C Kerr office- seeker He accompanied
Grant on his famous tour around the
world and subsequently made a similar
tour on his owi account
Among his best known productions are
Palace Beautiful and Other Poems
Versatlllf s Avery Gilben Clover
Fort An American Adaptation of Dick
ens Mvstery of Edwin Drood antl
The Weekly Doll
From lfC9 until Ik Mr Newell was an
editorial writer for The Xew York
World and editor of Hearth and
Home an Illustrated weekly
LOWER BATES PROMISED
Pmi Aiiierlenn Exposition Directors
Confer With Ilullwny OHclnls
BUFFALO July 12 Directors of tho
Pan American Exposition who went to
Xew York to confer with the railroad of
ficials returned today They saw Presi
dent Xewman of the New York Central
President Truesdale of the Lackawanna
and President Underwood of the Erie
and received assurances from all that
lower rates would be offered as an In
ducement to people to come to the expo
sition
For the celebration of Georgia Day to
morrow 117 Georgia editors came to town
this morning
Ocean Mfiiiuship Mox enicnt
xfav YORK July 12 Arrived Fried-
rtMi Der Grosse Bremen Island Copen
hagen Patricia Hamburg Arrived out
Germanic from New ork at Liverpool
Werra from New York at Naples Fuerst
Bismarck from New York at Hamburg
Taurlc from New York at Liverpool
La Champagne from New York at
Havre
alO To Iluffnlo and Return Via S10
Pennsylvania itnuroau
Special eTfursions will leave WashiiiRton 750
i ic 1 il rtl Annvf n 15 91 and
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STEEL WORKERS HOLD ODT
Further Concessions Said to Be
Offered at Pittsburg
Both Sides However Pledge Them
selves to Keep Silence Until the
Final Adjournment An AH Dny
Confcrence Ends Without Result
PITTSBURG July 12 The strike In the
steel Industry was not settled today Af
ter a confen nee lasting all day with a
short adjournment for luncheon the rep
resentatives of the steel manufacturers
and of the steel workers adjourned thla
evening to meet again tomorrow Both
sides are quite reticent an agreement
having been made between them not to
glvo out anything about the conference
until the final adjournment One of the
workers representatives said tonight
We are Just as far from a settlement
as we were when we parted lrithe last
week In June
Although both sides have agreed to si
lence there Is some leakage from tho
council chamber It is known that tho
Sheet and Steel Hoop companies represen
tatives have offered concessions One of
these the offer to pay scale wages In tho
non union mills with permission to the
Amalgamated Association to organize the
non union employes Into the union If
the men will consent to go wa3 stated
this morning The manufacturers went
even further today They offered to sign
for the mills that are doubtful that Is
claimed by both manufacturers and the
union and they even consented to give
up two undoubtedly union mills The
workers still demanded all or nothing
and they were still demanding it when the
conference adjourned
The outcome can only be conjectured and
a prediction of the result by anyone would
be mere guesswork Theodore Shaffer
President of the Amalgamated Associa
tion has already been quoted several times
a3 saying that the strike would be set
tled and the men would be at work again
Inside of two weeks from last Monday
but in view of his tenacious Insistence on
the unionizing of all mills it is now be
lieved that his prophecy was based on
his belief that the trust being behind
hand with orders would concede anything
he demanded
While it is possible that his view is well
founded his disappointment is net un
likely Still there are many men familiar
with the trade who think that Shaffer
can safely go to great lengths on account
of the enormous domestic demand for
steel products and the manufacturers de
sire to press their campaign In the for
eign jnorUct
BACK UNDER THE OID SCAEE
Striking- Machinists In Cincinnati
Ilctnrn to Wort
CINCINNATI July 12 About 3003 ma
chinists who went on strike May 20 agreed
today to return to work under the old
pay and conditions About 1000 are still
striking Chairman Geier ot the press
committee of the Cincinnati Metal Trades
Association manufacturers sa4 today
that In no instance has any member of tho
association made concession to the strik
ers to induce them to return to work
Thomas P Egan ot the J A Fay
Egan Company said A committee of
oUr old employes just left the office
When they asked on what terms we
would take them back I told them we
would consider thnt they had simply been
on a vacation We will not discriminate
against union men or those who have
been pushed to the front during the trou
ble There are no hard feelings
Several more injunction suits were filed
today In the United States courts to re
strain the strikers from interfering with
the business of the manufacturers
through picketing the -premises etc
NEW YORK July 12 The National
Civic Federation which tried unsuccess
fully a few days ago to arbitrate the
nine hour work day strike of the ma
chinists has got into a dispute with the
National Metal Trades Association The
trouble is over an official statement given
out by the officers of the Civic Federation
regarding their views on the machinists
strike In which it- Is said among other
things
The questions underlying the machin
ists strike are ot a far greater impor
tance to the Industrial future of this
country than the mere strike itself If
as many of the large and far seeing man
ufacturers and all students of the ques
tion concede the shorter hour day is com
ing is there any way through agreement
to usher it in by easy stages or must It
come through the revolutionary method
of strikes with all the attending distress
and too frequent bloodshed Some of the
best minds in the manufacturing world
today believe a plan can be worked out
The Industrial Committee of the National
Civic Federation is taking up the matter
and will hold a conference on the subject
in tlie fall at Pittsburg or Cleveland when
not only the shorter hour day will be
discussed from every standpoint but also
the other questions involved in the ma
chinists controversy which are met with
more or less In nearly all lines of in
dustry such as the piece system the lim
itation of work and apprenticeship re
strictions
There are a number of manufacturers
who are members of the Civic Federa
tion and today a letter was sent to
each of them containing a copy of the
statement and asking for an expression
of their views on the subject withoutde
lay At the headquarters of the National
Metal Trades Association it was stated
that a member of the association who was
in the Civic Federation has left that body
on account of the stand It has taken A
representative of the employers said
While there is no doubt that the Civic
Federation means well the issuing of this
statement should show that it couhl not
have arbitrated the strike fairly Under
the law a man could not serve on a jury
whose sympathies are on either side of
the case and here Is a body wanting to
arbitrate a strike which puts Ittelf on
record as sldlnsrwith the strikers
MAY END THE IRON STRIKE
Fnvorihle Terms OiTerert to the Men
nt It en din K
READING Pa July 12 Mr Smlnk
Vice President of the Reading Iron Com
pany this evening submitted a wage scale
to a committee representing the striking
iron workers This Was so favorable that
T II Flynn who Is In charge of tho
strike has called a general meeting of
ihe 2000 strikers for tomorrow night to
vote
It la believed the terms will be ratified
and the men agree to go to work as soon
as the company can get the plants ready
The strike has lasted two months
RECORD HEAT IN NEW ORLEANS
The Mercury Ite nlsters More Than
One Hundred Decrees
XEW ORLEAXS July 12 The temper
ature In Xew Orleans todny was the
highest in the records of the Weather
IJureau having reached 100 2 10 degrees
The previous warmest day was Sunday
August G 1SJH when the mercury reach
ed to M3 with a high rate ot molsturo
and Intense suffering
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