The Saint Paul globe., September 14, 1898, Image 1

About The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905

Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN

                
VCI.. XXI.— NO. 257.
WEYLER IS ANGRY
DAI SED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SPANISH SENATE MICH AN
NOYANCE
BELL WAS BROKEN
RESTORING ORDER
urmv officers vigorously at.
tagkbd 11 v sf.nor
gonzai.es
WEYLER OPPRESSED,
CASTILLO NEGLECTED
Benor Sagasta t'hnrges the Discom
fiture of Spat it to the Character
of the Race, Admitting Lohn of
Prestige, hut Declaring That He
Has Done His Duty Hispano-
Americau Peui-e Protocol Adopted.
MADRID, Sept. 13.— There was an
other uproarious session of the senate ]
today. Count Almenas, referring to his
statement yesterday, giving the names
of the generals he recently said ought
to have tbeir sashes tied around their
necks Instead of around their waists,
naming Weyler, Blanco and Primo de
Riviera, after which he also Included
Admiral Cervera in the category, said
Gen. Linares was also incompetent and
ought to be arraigned. Thereupon Gen.
Weyler and others loudly protested
against these charges, and Gen. Wey
ler called on Count Almenas to name
those genrais who were accused of
failing to do their duty, and he added,
if the accusations were true and the
culprits could not be legally punished,
the generals would take the matter in
their own hands and inflict proper pun
ishment.
A great tumult ensued, the senators
Standing, shouting and threatening
each other. The president at first vain
ly strove to restore order, and broke
his bell In attempting to do so.
When the debate was resumed Senor
Gonzales attacked the army. He said
it had been worsted first by the insur
gents and then by the Americans. Con
tinuing, the speaker asked what had
become of the 200,000 men gent to Cuba.
He Mamed Gen. Weyler and the late
•vas del Castillo, asserting
that the latter was omnipotent while
In power, and might have done what
he pleased.
The premier, Senor Sagasta, reply
ing, said that neither Senor Canovas
del Castillo or himself had ruled long
enough to change the character of the
race, which was the true cause, he
claimed, of the disaster to Spain.
"We are," the premier said, "an
amalgamle country. We were attacked
when acting as an honest man would.
We defended ourselves. I have lost
my prestige, but It is because I believe
the path I am following ls the best."
WEYLER GROWS VIOLENT.
Gen. Weyler then made a speech of
great violence, which provoked such
an outburst that the premier had to
intervene, and called upon the general
t explain his policy. Gen. Weyler re
plied that he had not threatened the
government institutions, but only those
who had attacked the army.
The minister for war, Gen. Correa,
said the government alone was respon
sible.
The Duke of Tetuan, the former min
ister for foreign affairs, defended Senor
Canovas del Castillo, whereupon Senor
Gonzales made an attack upon the de
ceased premier, declaring the latter had
foreseen the loss of Cuba, and had
planned with Senor Sagasta to sign the
surrender. The loss of Cuba, Senor
Gonzales continued, was a just punish
ment for those who failed to profit by
the doctrine that the colonies should
not be governed by oppression. -
The senate then adjourned.
The Republicans, Carlists and bolting
Conservatives of the chamber of depu
have Issued a manifesto giving
their reasons for opposing the govern
ment. Its publication has been pro
hibited.
or Sagasta In an Interview today
said no claims advanced by the United
States after the peace proctocol was
signed or the cortes bureau met to elect
peace commissioners should be enter
tained.
Advices received from the Philippine
Islands say the insurgents would re
lease only a few of their prisoners. For
Instance, they will shortly set free the
Spanish civil employes who are In their
hands.
Maj. Gen. Merritt, it is said here, goeg
to Paris, empowered to ask, in the
name of the insurgents, an American
protectorate over the whole of the
Philippine Islands.
PROTOCOL ADOPTED.
The chamber of deputies considered
the protocol today in secret session, the
Republicans, Carlists and dissenting
Conseivatives being absent.
The president. Marquis de Veja Ar-
TODAYS BULLETIN.
Pago.
I— Wild Time ln Spanish Cortes.
Money Discussed at Omaha.
Iron Ore Rates Discussed.
British Ultimatum at Candla.
Oliver Payne's Splendid Gift.
2— Mrs. Yarnell Is Discharged.
Helm on Street Railway Taxew
Car Falnters in Session.
3— Loving Cup for Col. Shandrew.
Maj. Clark Is Blamed.
Northwest Railway Club Addresses.
m— Editoiinl.
Democrats Organizing Thoroughly.
6— <Spcrts.
Rain Prevents St. Paul Game.
Kansas City Wins Twice.
An Even Split at St. Joseph.
The Bis Golf Tourney.
Delaware Democrats Demand Reforms.
«— Cash Wheat In Chicago, 64c.
Bar Silver, 60^c.
7 — News of Minneapolis.
Notable Wedding In Stillwater.
•—Coat of Dakota Tracks.
Boiler Inspector and Fire Department.
-Cara of Urn State's Wards.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
mado, called Senor Ura to order for In
timating that Gen. Primo de Rivera
had enriched himself at the expense of
the treasury.
The chamber of deputies today adopt
ed the Hlspauo-Amerioan protocol. The
vote was 151 for and 148 against.
INQUIRY LOOKS DUBIOUS.
War Department Investigation May
Not Be Made.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.— The diffi
culty which is being experienced ln the
construction of the proposed commis
sion for the investigation of the staff
branches of the army during the war
with Spain has caused some discus
sion in military circles as to the pos
sibility of a failure of an investigation
by a commission. It developed that
there is a decided disapproval among
army offlcers of the proposition to have
the conduct of the war investigated by
a civil commission, which cannot be
clothed with any judicial authority.
The objection is not on account of any
prejudice against civil authorities in
terfering in military matters, but ls
due to the fact that testimony before a
commission not possessing judicial au
thority would be ln a manner volun
tary and would, lt is said, put offlcers
in the attitude of gratuitously giving
testimony which might be damaging
to individuals or to the administration
of the war department. Army officials
say lt would not be difficult to get all
Information obtainable about the cam
paign at Santiago, the conduct of medi
cal, quartermaster and commissary de
partments, if a tribunal or board was
organized to compel testimony, but that
officers will not jeopardize their own
Interests nor put themselves ln the at
titude of being voluntary Informers
when the composition of the commis
sion making the inquiry is not such as
to make it compulsory upon them to
tell what they may know. They say
lt will be Impossible for a commission
not having the power to compel testi
mony to get at the facts. Most offi
cers, they say, will make it a point of
honor as well as a matter of self
interest to decline to give testimony ot
any importance unless compelled to. If
the commission could compel testimony
an officer giving testimony that might
be damaging would have the excuse
that he had no choice but to tell what
he knew. In the absence of authority
to compel testimony the officer would
have a right to conceal or decline to
disclose any facts within his posses
sion.
CZAR'S PEACE PLAN.
It Would Probably Not Affect Amer
ican Military Establishment.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.— President
McKinley has not yet named a repre
sentative of the United States to at
tend the conference projected by the
czar for the purpose of securing a gen
eral disarmament of the great powers
of the world. In the answer returned
by him, however, to the invitation ex
tended by the Russian minister for for
eign affairs, which was transmitted by
Ambassador Hitchcock, the president
recently expressed his concurrence in
the sentiments so loftily set forth in
the Russian note, and promised, if the
conference is held, to have the United
States represented by some person. As
yet it is not possible to make a selec
tion, for it remains for the Russian
government to say whether or not lt
tegards the response made by the gov
ernments invited to participate as suf
ficient to warrant the holding of the
conference, lt is not believed at the
state department that the sending of
such a delegate would commit the
Unifed States government to any cer
tain line of policy beyond that specifi
cally set forth in the call, namely: To
engage to limit armament to certain
proportions. In this case our govern
ment would not even be called upon
to make a change in its establishment,
for it is believed that with the extra
troops called forward by the war and
still retained in the military service,
the quota that would be permitted the
United States would be far in excess
of the requirements, supposing it is
fixed ln proportion to the least number
of soldiers that any of the great Euro
pean military powers would insist upon
retaining as absolutely essential for
purely police service.
SENATOR DAVIS READY.
First of the Peace CommisHloners to
Join Secretary Day.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13— Senator
Davis, of Minnesota, was the first
member of the peace commission to
reach Washington after Secretary-
Day's arrival. He came alone, expect
ing to be joined by Mrs. Davis in New
York, just before the commission sails.
He made a brief call upon the presi
dent, and then had a short talk with
Secretary Day, Assistant Secretary
Moore and Acting Secretary of War
Meiklejohn. The senator did not know
just when the other members of the
commission might be expected in
Washington, and so could not say
when the first meeting would be held.
Tonight the senator was at the White
house, where he dined with the presi
dent. Commissioner Whitelaw Reid, of
New York, also reached the city to
night, coming by a very late train, and
stopped at the Shoreham. Senator
Frye Is scheduled to arrive tomorrow
night.
GIRL TURNED BURGLAR.
Canght ln nn Attempt to Steal Silk
From a Chlcagoi Store.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.— Miss M. L. de
Rochared, a young and pretty French
girl, ls locked up at the Harrison
street police station charged with at
tempted burglary.
Monday evening as the clerks of a
large department store were leaving
the establishment, Miss de Rochared
entered the store and concealed her
self under a counter. She remained
there without moving until 2 o'clock
this morning, when she made her way
into the silk department and packed
up $300 worth of silk, which she in
tended to carry out when the store
should be opened ln the morning. She
made too much noise, however, and
was caught by two of the watchmen.
The girl, who is well educated, has
been living ln a fashionable boarding
school on Drexel boulevard. Her fa
ther ls said to be a wealthy silk mer
chant of Paris, France, and she re
ceived from him every month a hand
some allowance. Extravagant habits,
and need of money to pay her debts,
caused the girl to turn burglar.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 14, 1898.
RATES FOR MESABA ORE
HEARING OP THE MINNESOTA IRON
ORE CASE IS RESUMED AT
CLEVELAND
TO CONTINUE SESSION TODAY
Many Prominent Men Present at the
Hearing Witnesses Testify Tbat
a Redaction of Rates Would Give
Eastern Furnace Men Their Ore
at a Considerable Redaction oi
Coat From the Former Price.
CLEVELAND, 0., Sept.— (Special.)—
The Minnesota railroad commission,
accompanied by a number of prominent
attorneys and railroad men from that
state, met in the office of Pickands,
Mather & Co., this morning:, to hear
testimony in the Minnesota iron ore
rate case, adjourned from St. Paul.
Among- those present today were the
three railroad commissioners of Min
nesota, their secretary; F. T. Gates, of
New York, personal representative of
John D. Rockefeller; J. L. Greatsinger,
president of the Duluth & Iron Range
railroad; W. J. Oioott, president of the
Lake Superior Consolidated mines; F.
B. Kellogg, G. Wellwcod Murray, of
New York; J. H. Chandler, of Chicago,
and J. B. Cotton, of Duluth, all of
whom were attorneys on the road's
side of the case, and W. "W. Bilhson,
of Duluth, attorney of the complainants
in the case.
This case was brought to Cleveland
for the purpose of securing testimony
on the part of iron ore men and sales
agents to the general effect that re
ductions in freights by the ore roads
of Minnesota would have no effect in
helping the independent mine owners,
who are supposed to have brought the
case, but would simply result in giving
the Eastern furnace men their ore at
a cost kes by just the reduction in
rates than it had been before.
In support of this testimony four wit
nesses were called. The flrst was H.
G. Dal ton, of the firm of Pickands,
Mather & Co., leading iron men in the
United States. He showed that of the
shipments from all Lake Superior
mines about half was by concerns that
not only mined, but smelted their own
ore. and that these parties were the
ones that made the prices of lake ores
by the simple effect of competition, no
body else bel/ng able to pay more for
ore than it cost these steel mak
ers. His experience in the past, Mr.
Dalton said, gave him confidence to be
lieve that for every reduction in costs
he would be able to gey a correspond
ing reduction in price he paid for ore.
He aIFO stated that a reduction in rates
covering the Minnesota ranges would
not stimulate the production of Mesaba
ores for the reason that as much of
that ore was now used as furnace men
were able to carry in their furnace
burdens, this anxiety of theirs to use
all possible ore being the result of the
difference in the price of Mesaba ore
as compared with old range ores,
amounting in the case of old range
ores of a similar chemical character
to 70 to 75 cents a ton. The , margin
of profit was very close and was get
ting closer every year, and if furnace
men could use more Mesaba ore at the
difference they would be most glad to
do so. It had been found in practice
that not more than 30 to 40 per cent of
Mesaba ore can be used in the blast
furnace owing to its physical composi
tion, as lt is likely to make trouble
and cause explosions if used in greater
quantity. He considered mining and
ore transportation both hazardous
branches of business for capital to en
gage in by reascm of changes that
might arise from year to year.
Attorney Billson endeavored to show
that any reduction in costs of Mesaba
ores would vastly extend their use by
extending the radius of consumption,
and witness and attorney had a very
interesting sparring match, ln which
honors were easy, though the witness'
complete knowledge of the subject
stood him in good stead against one of
the most subtle cross-examinations
that has been heard ln court. Mr. Dal
ton stated that the point had been
reached ln the development of the min
ing business where the miner could get
no profit from his options, or must be
content with that meager profit that
furnace men are willing to give, rather
than himself hazard an investment in
mines. This condition, he claimed, had
been already reached on the Mesaba
range on account of the operation there
of mines by furnace interests. Mr.
Billson claimed that excessive profit
made by a mining company that was
hauling ores, on the haul, waa equiva
lent to a rebate, and that the outside
shipper suffered, and later in the day
was permitted to get answers to his
question as to what witnesses thought
of such a case. They considered re
bates wrong, but were not willing to
admit that there were rebates in effect
in this case.
H. B. Shields, of the Girard Furnace
company, the first experimenter In
smelting Mesaba ores, was called. He
had used 5 to 100 per cent of Mesaba
ores in his furnace, and had killed a
number of men by explosions in the
excessive use of the ore, and now con
sidered that 33 per cent was the most
economical mixture. He admitted that
excessive rates were discrimination,
but did not know that the rates com
plained of were excessive.
W. G. Mather, president of the Cleve
land Cliffs Iron company, one of the
largest, oldest and richest mining com
panies in the Lake Superior region, was
the next witness. He considered the
investments of the Minnesota ore roads
hazardous, and had been able to dis
pose of bonds of a road for ore hauling
only to mine stockholders even when
its freight was assured for a long pe
riod, and its rate of interest was 6 per
cent. He considered that Mesaba ores
could be used to 25 to 50 per cent of
the furnace mixture. He went Into a
technical consideration of rates, past
and present, and insisted that a reduc
tion in price of Mesaba ores, or of Ver
million, though that was only 10 per
cent of the total production, would
compel other mines to reduce corre
spondingly, and that nobody would
beneflt.
L. B. Miller, who haa charge of the
selling department of the ore firm of
Ogleby, Norton & Co., was the last wit
ness, and stated that he, last year,
made sales of nearly 8,000,000 tons of
ore. He showed why the percentage
of Mesaba ore ln the furnace was
small, and added that the great Du
queshe furnace, of the Carnegie Steel
oompany, built to urn alt least 76 per
cent of Mesaba ore, was not able to use
more than 85 per oent. He considered
the use of Mesaba to be limited by the
Character of the ore, and brought out
very clearly the faot that furnace men
would use all they could at the great
differential price. He did not consider
any further cheapening ln cost of Me
saba would greatly Increase its use for
the same reason. The control of mines
by furnace men, he said, was an added
factor in the low price for these ores,
and saw very little future for any pro
ducers ln that district. He said the
reduction in rates in the old ranges
this year and the lower vessel rates
were followed by a reduction in the
price of ores of 25 cents a ton.
At this point the hearing adjourned
till tomorrow.
CUBANS ARE RESTLESS.
Do Not Relish the Possibility of an
American Protectorate.
HAVANA, Sept. 13.— The presence
of Robert P. Porter, who ls in Havana
on a special commission from the
United States government to study tbe
financial and economic aspects of the
situation, is regarded with suspicion by
the party of free Cuba as indicating
the establishment of an American pol
icy of guardianship.
The two problems, independence and
annexation, are the chief topics dis
cussed, and the Idea of an American
protectorate, with military occupation,
is nowhere favorably considered. Ev
erywhere it is recognized that the
choice is between independence and an
nexation. Next month, at the head
quarters of the so-called Cuban gov
ernment, at Cubitas, province of Puer
to Principe, representatives of the dif
ferent corps of the Cuba army will
proceed to a presidential election and a
definite constitution for the govern
ment. Each army corps will elect del
egates, making a total erf forty-eight
delegates. There are two separate and
OLIVER H. PAYNES $1,500,000 MEDICAL COLLEGE GIFT TO CORNELL
4
Oliver H. Payne's gift of $1,500,000 for a
medical college to be under the direction of
Cornell university will give New York city
the greatest institution of this r-lass in Amer
ica. The building will be erected on the
block bounded by Twenty-seventh and Twen
ty-eighth streets and First avenue. Plans
have already been drawn for the structure,
which will be in the Renaissance style of
architecture, and of JoUet limestone and red
brick. The interior will be simple. Glazed
brick and tile, selected with special view to
fitness in a medical college, are to be used in
distinct wings of the Cuban army, one
strongly supporting the Cuban gov
ernment, and the other favoring Gen.
Maximo Gomez.
Already three presidential election
tickets are in the field. On the first are
the names of Bartolome Masso, for
president, and Mendez Capote for vice
president; on the second the names of
Mendez Capote for president, and Jose
Miguel Gomez for vice president; on
the third are Jose Miguel Gomez and
Pedro Betancourt, and on the fourth
Calixto Garcia and Jose Miguel Gomez.
At the camp of Jose Miguel Gomez, a
newspaper called La Nacion has been
published for some time. It is describ
ed as a strong advocate of "peace and
harmony," and carries with it the
moral Indorsement of Gen. Maximo
Gomez, who is understood to favor the
early disbandment of the Cuban troops
and the return to the arts of peace.
Gen. Maximo Gomez is still encamped
on the Nacez estate, at Ybitara, prov
ince of Santa Clara.
The American and Spanish evacua
tion commissioners decided that at
present they would discuss the merits
of the points to come under their con
sideration by letter, and only meet
later in joint session to discuss the de
tails. Therefore no joint sessions will
be held for some time.
Lieut. Ro'lban, of the Spanish army,
who acted for the Spanish government
at the time the American correspond
ents, Jones and Thrall, were released
at Cabanas last May and delivered to
the United States auxiliary gunboat
Maple, has been appointed official inter
preter to the Spanish commissioners.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 13.— An
uncontradicted report was received by
Gen. Lawton last night that Gen.
Maximo Gomez, the Insurgent com
mander-in-chief, has tendered his res
ignation of the command of the Cu
ban army to the Cuban government
at Camaguey, and that it has been
accepted. Gomez, it appears, has been
protesting against the Cuban govern
ment yielding the control of the affairs
of the island to the Americans, and
the explanation for resigning was his
disapproval of "passive submission to
conditions tending to the practical re
tirement of the Cuban republic, as
such, and the establishing of the abso
lute dominion of the United States."
POISONINGJSUSPECTED.
King: and Crown Prince of Corea
Taken 111 After Dinner.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 14. — Telegrams
from Seoul, capital oi Corea, report
that the king of Corea and the crown
prince were suddenly taken 111 after
dinner on Sunday last.
Poisoning is suspected. Both are re
covering. Eleven courtiers have been
arrested.
ENGLISH MEAN BUSINESS
ULrTIMATUM ISSUED TO THE TURK
ISH COMMANDER IN
CRETE
HOURS OF GRACE VERY BRIEF
Ringleader* of the Recent Outbreak
and Consequent Massacre Mast Re
Surrendered, Fort and Ramparta
Defending Candla Evacuated and
Mussulmans Disarmed, All Within
Two Days and Nights.
CANDIA, Isle of Crete, Sept. 13.—
Rear Admiral Gerald Noel, commander
of the British forces In Cretan waters,
today issued an ultimatum to Edhem
Pasha, the Turkish military governor
of Crete, demanding that within forty
eight hours he should deliver up the
ringleadeis of the recent outbreak and
massacre, surrender the fort and ram
parts defending the town and disarm
the Mussulmans' troops.
THREE WERE KILLED.
Carry-All Containing Thirteen Pas
sengers Struck by a Train.
"WICHITA, Kan.. Sept. 13.— Three
persons were killed outright and sev
eral seriously injured here tonight
when a Rock Island passenger tratn
struck a carry-all at the Douglass
avenue crossing. In the carry-all were
thirteen persons, on their way to Buf
falo Bill's show. The team was going
at a rapid pace, and the driver could
not stop at the crossing when he saw
the train was upon him.
The dead are Mrs. Sarah Avery,
finishing. The building will have two en
trances, one to the main building and the
other to the dispensary, which forms an en
tirely separate department of the college.
The ground fi.or la io be partly occupied
by this latter department. Here will also
be waiting rooms, small operation theaters,
and many rooms for surgery. A large the
ater is planned to run through the first and
second floors.
The dispensary will share the second floor
with demonstrative theaters and different
workshops.
Wichita; Mrs. W. H. Ford, Wichita;
John Cherry, of Malvane.
Another woman, name unknown, was
probably fatally inju:ed.
Mrs. Charles Jones, wife of the chief
of police, had an ankle broken and a
thigh bone fractured.
BETTFR FEELING PREVAILS.
Americans and Filipinos Seek to
Avoid n Conflict.
LONDON, Sept. 14.— The Manila cor
respondent of the Times, telegraphing
Tuesday, says:
"A better feeling prevails between
the Americans and insurgents, prob
ably induced through the influence of
the insurgent leadeis assembled at
Maleos.
"Today Aguinaldo sent an officer to
ask permission to move a detachment
of troops from Londo, one of the sub
urbs of Manila. The request was
promptly granted, and a large detach
ment of insurgents evacuated Londo
this afternoon, marching through the
American lines ln the direction of the
water works and receiving proper mili
tary honors en route. Roth parties
seem anxious to avoid a conflict."
"ALL OUT."
Cnmp Thomas Finally Abandoned
hy I'nited States Troops.
CHICKAMAUGA, Chattanooga Na
tional Military Park, Ga., Sept. 13.—
The volunteer army at Camp Thomas
has been completely dissolved and
scattered. The last regiment, the Ninth
New York, is leaving for New York
this afternoon, going by the Cincinnati
Southern. Before the Ninth left they
marched to Gen. Breckinridge's head
quarters, headed by the regimental
band, playing national airs, where, on
behalf of the regiment, Col. Green ex
pressed acknowledgments to the gen
eral for the many courtesies that they
had received from him during his com
mand at the park.
Gen. Breckinridge responded that
though the New Yorkers were the last
of the army to get away from tho park,
they were by no means the least, either
a_3 to efficiency or military qualifica
tions.
The regiment carried all the sick
i i!lS_[.^{lH M!i_____l,.iiHlni:i____i : ira^t'fOl'MitS ;iifH iiilH UiiX >ii____ittl__.:iiiiHi ! i(J______ r«;__S. ?I!9L^&E-uU_e. MIS JSa
| WelGome the Third Regiment. * |
All ladies who are willing to assist in wel- I
■ B
I coming the Third United States regulars bach §
I fo St. Paul are urged to meet this morning at I
| 10 o'clock at 217 Summit avenue. AU are in
-1 vited to unite in this work. _
\wmmxx\mWMmmWMxmm
PRICB TWOJgNT3 H o ?v r fjj^
with them ln a special car. There were
only twenty-nine men in the hospitals
and all accompanied the regiment
home. Gen. Breckinridge received or
ders today to proceed to Knoxville,
where he is to remain one day.
NONE TO SPARE.
No More Troops Are to Be Mastered
Oat of Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Tremend
ous pressure is still being brought to
b*ar on the war department to have
more troops mustered out of the serv
ice. Efforts in this direction, however,
are of no avail. It is announced today
with increased emphasis, that there
will be no more troops mustered out.
The situation does not admit of any
further reduction ln the army, and
efforts are being made to put these
volunteers who are retained, in the
service as near as possible to the foot
ing of regulars in the matter of drill
and discipline, and every effort is be
ing made to eradicate the idea of in
dependence among the troops and to
bring them down to the strictest discip
line.
RELIEF CUTTER BEAR.
Commander Is Congratulated for
H«- no ii In it - Ice-Bound Whalers.
NEAH BAY, Wash., Sept. 13.— The
revenue cutter Bear touched here on
her way down the coast. She has on
board Lieuts. Jarvis and Bertholf and
Dr. Call, composing the relief party,
and ninety-one members of the crews
of the vessels that were wrecked, In
cluding the crew of the schooner Louise
J. Kennedy.
When the men came aboard the Bear,
after she reached Cape Smythe, there
were 119 in all. Twelve of these ex
changed places with a number from
the Fearless, and eighteen shipped on
other vessels of the whaling fleet. Two
shipped on the Morning Light at Kot-
Laboratories, recitation rooms, amphi
theaters and private rooms for professors
will take up the third floor.
The fourth floor will contain workshops,
museum, dark room, bacteriology, labora
tory, operative surgery room. etc.
Dissecting rooms, proseoting room, chart
room, bone library, reading and study room,
professor's practical anatomy office", room
for demonstrators, and a section demon
stration theater are to be located on the fifth
floor, lighted by skylights.
zebue sound, three shipped on some of
the Yukon river steamers when they
reached St. Michael, and two others
shipped on the English ship Illala, at
Dutch Harbor.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.— Secretary
Gage today sent the following tele
gram of congratulation to Capt. Tut
tle, of the Bear:
Capt. Francis Tuttle, commanding United
States steaniahip Bear, Seattle, Wash.- The
department extends its thanks and congratu
lations to you, your officers and crew for the
successful issue of your own and the heroic
work of the overland expedition for the relief
of ice-bound whalers.
Welcome home. Read at muster.
— L. J. Gage, Secretary.
ANOTHER _BIG STRIKE.
Gold Seekers Report a Rich Find on
Pine t'rt ek.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Sept. 13.
— The steamer Earrallon arrived from
Alaska ports with about sixty passen
gers today. Among the passengers
were several direct from the Pine
Creek mining district. Reports from
that section are favorable for the fu
ture. Considerable excitement waa
created just before the parties left by
the discovery of remarkably rich
quartz on a ridge near the head wa
ters of Pine creek, and since the first
rush considerable quartz has been
found along the creek. The ledge is
said to be very rich, and is thought to
be the fountain head of the gold found
in Pine, Spruce and Birch creeks.
GUATEMALAN ELECTION.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera Chosen by
an Overwhelming Vote.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.— Minister
Hunter telegraphs the state department
from Guatemala under date of yester
day as follows:
"The election for president of Guate
mala held during the flrst seven days
of September resulted In the election
of Senor Manuel Estrada Cabrera, by
the largest majority ever given a pres
idential candidate in this republic. Two
candidates were voted for, Cabrera and
Castillo, both Liberals, and 316,500 votes
were cast. Of this unprecedentedly
large number, Cabrera received 315.93 C
and Castillo 564. Peace, good order and
an untrammelled exercise of the elec
tive franchise marked the entire elec
tion."
GOLD MD SILVER
DISTINGUISHED FINANCIERS DIS
CUSS THE MONEY OP THE
"WORLD
GOLD STANDARD
PRONOUNCED BEST
DANGER OP A LEGAL TENDER ACT
POINTED OUT AND EX
PLAINED'
HON. H. F. BARTINE
SPEAKS IN DEFENSE
Various Phases of the Money Ques
tion Considered From AH Stand
points Free Silver, Bimetallism
and Greenback Advocates Clashed
In the Same Category Gold Day
at Omaha Brings Out Able Papers.
«2n AH ,± SePt * 13 -° n * of th « ™>"t
distinguished gatherings of financial
students that ever assembled opened a
three days' session of the monetary
conference at the Nebraska building
exposition grounds, this morning. Hon
J. Sterling Morton is presiding today!
Horace White, of New York; Edward
Atkinson, Congressman Fowler, of New
Jersey; Editor P. H. Robinson, of the
Railway Age; Louis R. Ehrich, of Colo
rado Springs, former Senator Carey
of Wyoming, and Gov. Leslie H. Shaw'
of lowa, are to take part in the pro
pramme. Mr. Atkinson is not here,
owing to illness, his paper being read
by Mr. Morton.
Messrs. Warner, Towne, Bartine,
Weaver, Reynolds and other leaders
of the silver and paper money Bides
took part in the Joint debate today.
Shortly after 10 -o'clock, Mr. Mor
ton called the convention to order, and
without any unusual formality, beyond
a few words of explanation and wel
come, said:
"As president of the National Sound Money
league 1 call this assemblage to order.
"Gentlemen, you have been convoked for
a patriotic purpose. That purpose is to can
didly discuss the money question, with the
intention of ascertaining the best currency
for conserving the prosperity, strength and
honor of the American republic.
"Three questions demanding your solution
are:
"1. Is it the fixed legal ratios enacted be
tween the coins which govern the relative
value of the metals in bullion? Or—
"2. Is it the relative value of the metals
in bullion which governs the relative value
of the coins?
•"3. If no single and separate state can
maintain a fixed legal ratio between the
metals when coined In unlimited quantities,
can an international agreement among the
principal mercantile countries of the world
do so?
"You enter upon this investigation with a
zealous Intention of finding the truth. Your
love of country prompts you to make this in
quiry aud to overthrow error and establish
truth.
"Mr. Edward Atkinson, the distinguished
economist and publicist of Boston, was pre
vented from attending because of ill-health.
Therefore he sent to me for presentation
on this occasion his paper entitled. 'Force
Bills, or Legal Tender.* And without further
prelude I proceed to read It"
VICE OF LEGAL TENDER.
Mr. Atkinson's paper dealt with the ques
tion of legal tender, saying good money needs
no act of legal tender. Only bad money
calls for an act of force or legal tender to
make people take lt whether they want lt
or not. He held that the so-called free coin
age, as proposed ln 1893, was nothing but a
pretext. Coinage consists in the manufacture
of round disc 3of metal certified In weight
and quality by the stamp of the government.
That exhausts the word. Free coinage could
be admitted of gold, silver, copper or nickel
if that were the end of the matter. The vice
of the free coinage policy Is hidden under the
name of legal tender. Legal tender acts were
born in fraud, and have been nursed in cor
ruption ever since. That is the record from
the dawn of financial history to the present
day. All legal tender acts or decrees. wl:h
the exception of these relating to subsidiary
coin, have been intended for one of two pur
poses. They have either been the acts or
decrees of absolute rulers or despotic govern
ments for the purpose of cheating their peo
ple and defrauding them of their earnings,
or else they have been acts for the collection
of a forced loan in the conduct of a war,
like our legal tender acts of 1361-62: or else
for the collection of a forced loan for the
purchase of silver under the Bland and Sher
man acts, which is now resting in noxious
desuetude in the vaults of the treasury of
the United States.
Money Is necessary to the conduct of com
merce. Commerce is the exchange of pro
ducts or services for mutual t;e;,efit.
Who Invented money? Ko one knows.
All exchange must flrst have been In t^.e na
ture of barter. Money is one of the great in
ventions of the world, corresponding to the
wheel, the making of fire, Che spinning of a
cord.
Mr. Atkinson then dealt with the history
of coinage. He pointed out that the great
bimetallism President Francis A. Walker,
defined money as "that which passt s freely
from hand to hand." Therefore his th<- >ry
of bimetallism was wholly opposed to his
own principle; the only kind of nun ey that
passes freely throughout the world being
money made of gold.
Cernuschi defined money as "the coin of
which the bullion is worth as much after
it Ib melted as it purported to be worth
ln the coin; all else bad money." The only
kind of coin in the world's market which is
worth as much after It Is melted is gold
coin.
The ad^cates of free silver, bimetallism
and greenbacks are alike misled by the
fallacy that all money is tbe creation of
law and that it is law that gives lt monetary
force. They have never studied economic
history. They appear to be incapable cf
dealing with the great facts of commerce.
They substitute theories and fallacies which
have been exploded over and over again in
the history of the world and which have
brought disaster whenever and wherever
adopted.
There was no debate on Mr. Atkin
son's paper, and Editor Horace White,
of the New York Evening Post, opened
the conference proper with a paper on
"The History of the Gold Standard."
Mr. White said that the pursuit of
bimetallism was like the pursuit of an
ignis fatuus. The nations, one after
another, had abandoned it, so that in
1893 all countries of any commercial
importance except four had adopted
the single gold standard. Tho tour
were India, Chili, Japan and Russia.
All four were thon silver standard
countries. All have since adopted the
gold standard, or have taken steps to
that end. The only nation that has
gone back from sold to silver is Spain,
and this has been in consequence of
her reet nt misfortunes. Mexico and
China are the only countries of any
Continued ou Tblrd I'utc.