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VOL. XXIII.-NO. 319.
Hi
EXPENSE OF MANNING CRUISING
SHU'S IS LARGE AND
INCREASING
RIVAL BUREAU OF EOUiPMEBT
ANNUAL REPORT OF ITS CHIEF
TOUCHES UPON MANY
SUBJECTS
FOR A CABLE IN THE PACIFIC
T.he Navy Has Completed Its Sub
marine Survey and Reports
a Route That Is Entire
ly Feasible.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— report
of Admiral Bradford, chief of the naval
bureau of equipment, records unprece
dentedly large expenditures by cruising
ships during the last fiscal year and the
disbursment of large amounts for freight
involved in the transportation of stores.
Admiral Brandford sets forth the de
sirability of a naval station at Guam,
emphasizing the importance of the is
land as a naval base. He counts rapid
improvement work at the Cavite naval
station and the completion of a steel
"cold storage house at Pago Pago, on thi
island of Tutuila, Samoa. A new floating
dry dock for the naval station at Al
giers, La., Is to be completed by May,
1901.
The amount of coal being consumed
by the navy is increasing year by year
and its cost last year averaged nearly
$2 a ton more than during the fiscal
year of 1898. Admiral Bradford again
renews his recommendation for new
naval coal depots.
The bureau recommends the Installation
of the Marconi system of wireless tele
graphy on board of several ships of the
navy, providing it can be done at a reas
onable cost. Experiments In this system
of signalling have proven successful in
the main, in the trials made by ships
of the North Atlantic squadron, although
-quite a serious defect has been dis
covered. In the event that two vessels
using the system should attempt to sig
nal a single port or vessel simultaneous
ly, the receiving station or ship is found
to be unable to distinguish between the
messages sent to it.
TRANS PACIFIC CABLE.
The report says that the survey by the
United. States ship Nero for a trans-Pa
cific submarine telegraph cable to Hon
olulu and the Philippine islands was
most successful, and that a satisfactory
route for an all-American cable to con
nect the Pacific coast with the outlying
colonial possessions of the United States
in the Pacific and with China and Japan,
has been discovered, surveyed and
» mapped. The bureau is now ready to
lay the cable at any time.
The attention of the department is
- ".'tiled to the necessity for a survey of
the western Pacific ocean. Many re
ported "danger spots" appear on the
charts, whoso absolute danger is doubt
ful, thus giving rise to a great deal of
uncalled for solicitude among navigators.
Two parties, were sent to the field by
the naval observatory to witness the to
tal eclipse of the sun on May 28, i.OO
'♦he result says Admiral Bradford, was
- as a whole, successful, their being, how
ever, some failures with minor instru
ments. Attention is called to the fact
that another total eclipse of the sun
will occur May 17, 1901 which will be re
markable on account of the long dura
tion of the totality and of the high atti
tude of the sun. An estimate to enable
the observatory to send an expedition
to witness this eclipse will be submitted.
UNCLE SAM'S MAILS.
- postmaster General Smith Favors
Rural Free Delivery.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14,-Postmaster
General Emory Smith has framed his es
timates to be submitted to congress and
Will ask an aggregate of about $121,000,000
as the appropriation for the entire service
for the fiscal year ending June 30, IPO2.
This includes an estimate of $3,500,000 for
the rural free delivery service. By the
close of this fiscal year 4.300 rural free
delivery routes throughout the United
States will have been established and the
general extension contemplated for next
year will involve about 4,500 additional
routes. The success of the service so
far instituted has resulted in pans for a
very genera] extension next year. The
postmaster general together with other
officials is Investigating the feasibility ef
putting the sen ice in operation at every
point throughout the country not reached
by the regular free delivery services in
operation in the cities.
The postmaster general has designated
~ Postofflce Inspector John R. Harrison,
now postmaster of Havana, as the acting*
director genera] of posts in Cuba, pending
the absence of Director General Posnes.
who is convalescing in New York from
yellow fever and pneumonia. Mr. Harti
ton is from the St. Louis division.
MUST HAVE STAMPS.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Tells « Few Things.
WASHINGTON, Nov. M.-The commis
sioner of Interna] revenue In reply from
New York as to whether "revenue stamps
are required upon an assignment of f,
mortgage, executed and delivered subse
quent to July 1, 1898, the mortgage hay
„ ing been issued and recorded prior to that
date and therefore not taxable," has ren
dered a decision to the effect that "a tax
accrues on every assignment of a mort
gage based upon the amount of money
remaining secured thereby, upon a re
lease based upon the unexpired term; or,
a policy of life insurance based upon the
amount of insurance remaining in force
under the assignment; on a fire, marine
and casualty insurance policy, based upon
the unearned premium.'*
COMING LEGISLATION.
Senator Fairbanks Discusses the
Short Session Programme.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Senators
„ Piatt, of New York; Falrbank, of Indi
ana; Foraker, of Ohio, and Thurston, of
Nebraska, were at the White house to
day. Senator Fairbanks said that In his
judgment at the short session of congress
an army reorganization bill and the reap.
v, portlonment bill will certainly be pasted
and that the Nicaragua canal bill will
probably pass. Thomas Walsh, the Colo
rado mining millionaire, called to pay his
peels to the president.
X IDES IN THE ARMY.
Comparative Figure* Show n Per
centage of Decrease.
(WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Surgeon Gen.
oral Sternberg 'has prepared statistics,
making a comparison of cases of suicide:;
and homicide which occurred in the army
during the years of IjDS and 1S9:), com
pared with the ten years between 1&8 and
: —— - ":'"V^' .■.■•■•c'.-.TW-..-" ■- -. ". .'■■^..'.'.
1887. It shows that there were relatively
fewer homicides during those two years
than during the previous decade." The
average number of suicides per year in
an army of 27,116 j for the ten years was
17. The ratio per. thousand was .83. The
strength of the army in IS9B is given at
147,795, the average number of suicides,
38, and the per centage per thousand, .26.
The strength of the army In 1899 is given
at 105,660, and the number of .suicides at
30; ratio per thousand, .28 per cent.*'
During the ten years from- 1883 to ISST
the homicides are given at 5.5 per cent
and the ratio per 'thousand, .20 per cent.
For 1898, the number of homicides at 15
and the ratio per thousand, .13; foi iBJ9
the number of homicides, 13, and the ratio
per thousand, .22 per cent.
CENSUS OF ALASKA.
Native Population Reported in a Sad
State of Destitution.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The census
bureau recently completed the" enumera
tion of the district of Alaska. The
schedules have been received at the office,
and are how in process of tabulation.
The director of the census today gave
out the following statement with refer
ence to the work in the great territory:
"Mr. Samuel D. Dunham, who . had
charge of the work in the northern dis
trict, returned' to Washington a few
days ago and submitted, his financial re
port. He left Washington on this work
in May, 1899. •. „. - '.:,„_.
"The native and mixed population of
the northern district of Alaska is 12,652.
The most populous district with respect
to the native population ,Is the country
lying between the month of the Yukon
and the Kuskoquin rivers, and extend
ing back from the coast 100 miles. Mr.
Maurice Johnson, the- agent far this dis
trict, traveled over 2,000 miles with dog
teams during the winter and enumerated
3,013 persons, all of whom.were Indians.
The Indians in this region are probably
the most destitute people in the North
American,continent. Mr. Johnson reports
that from Dec. 1 to March 15 he visited
seventy-four interior villages, and during
the time saw but three fires burning in
the shades of dugouts. The poor creat
ares huddle together in their miserable
dwellings during-the long winter and sub
sist on frozen fish and a little seal oil,
which they secure on the coast during
the summer. The fur-bearing animals,
which formerly furnished them with nat
ural clothing, are nearly extinct, and
they have been forced to adopt the white
man's garb, and as thelt poverty prevents
them f 10m securing enough to cover their
nakedness there is great suffering from
the cold. The spiritual condition of these
neglected natives is no better than the
physical, as the missionaries devote their
attention to the more attractive fields in
the gold regions and along the river,
where their good work may be seen.
"The Nome district is the most pop
ulous in Northern Alaska. The enumer
ation showed a permanent white popu
lation on June 1 of 2,704. During the sum
mer about 18,000 people landed at Nome,
abcut 2,500 of these coming from Dawson.
About 12,000 have returned to their homes
in the States, leaving about 0,000 people
in the region contiguous to Nome. It 1-,
probable that' the population of the town
of Nome during "the winter'will be be
tween 4,00 and 5,000."
DECISION IS IMPORTANT.
United States Forestry Act Is Held
Unconstitutional.
FRESNO, Cal.j Nov. 14.—According to
a decision today by United States Dis
trict Judge Wellborn in the case of Lee
Blasingame, it is held that the act of
June 30, IS9B, authorizing the secretary of
the interior to make regulations for the
protection of forest reserves is uhcon*.
stitutional, because in effect it delegates
by congress legislative powere to an ad
ministrative officer.
The decision, it is claimed, practically
throws open to the sheep men all the
reservations, though they are still liable
in civil suits for damages for trespass
ing. United States Attorney Flint will
appeal. - »
New Presidential Ptistofflces.
WASHINGTON, Nov. . 14.—The follow
ing postoffices have been advanced from
fourth to third class, thus making them
subject to presidential appointment:
Minnesota—Hiwabik and Bird's Island.
lowaArlington.
South Dakota—lpswich and Parksnon.
Indians Have-Smallpox.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14—Indian Agent
Getchell, In charge of the Turtule moun
tain reservation in North Dakota, tele
graphs from Rolla, N. D., that three
more cases of smallpox have been de
veloped among the Indians there. Quar
antine must be established at once, he
reports. Fort Totten school is still re
ceiving pupils from Rolla. and it is
urged that this be stopped immediately.
Neely Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. -■ Senator
Piatt, of Connecticut, chairman of the
committee on relations with Cuba, has
called a meeting, of that committee for
next Friday under the resolution of the
last session of congress authorizing an
investigation of affairs in Cuba in con
nection with the developments m the
Neely case. '"V^
WHITE BACK IN MICHIGAN
ABSCOXDIXG . QUARTERMASTER
GENERAL WILL PLEAD GUILTY.
GxiAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 14—Wil
liam H. White, r .the absconding^. quarter
master general of the Michigan national
guard, returned to the city r tonight on
the late train from Chicago. It is stated
his relatives have made full reparation
for his defalcations and that he will, plead
guilty and throw himself upon the mercy
of the court. White has been in Sou.h
Africa and England.
00M PAUL REACHES SULZ
EX-PRESIDENT SAYS HIS HEALTH
IS GOOD. 1
SUEZ, Nov. 14.—The Dutch cruiser
Gelderland, with ex-President Kruger on
board, has arrived .. here. ....
Mr. Kruger remains secluded in his
cabin. His health is good.
A delegate of the Marseilles reception
committee boarded the Gelderland here,
but the eventual destination of the war
ship will be unknown until she arrive*
at Port Said, where she will coal.
Mr. Kruger received an ovation £.t the
German port of Dar-Es-Salaam.
INTERSTATE HEARING.
Commerce Commission Investigates
ndcrbilllng lit New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—The interstate
commerce commission opened a hearing
today in the general postoffic-i on the
complaint made by the Palmers' Dock
and the Hay.. Produce board of trade
against the Pennsylvania Railway com
pany. Fifteen days were given In which
to sum up the cases and present brie
and the case was adjourned. This hear
ing was followed by a general inquiry
into under-billing of merchan I'se. In an
effort on the part of the commission to
learn to what extent under-hi'.iing \v:is
practiced. Robert C. Stevenson, of the
Trunk Line association, was first called
and stated that he had found In New
York from 15,000 to 20,000 cases per riontl.
of misrepresentation in the description of
freight, whereby a lower rate was ob
tained than would be possible otherwise.
Mr. Stevenson testified that 5-per cent
of the merchandise shipped out of New
York was mlsdescribed so • that a lower
freight rate might bo described than the
shipper was entitled to. ' "\ '"'"[■■''
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1900.
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GERMAN PRESS INCLINED TO CRIT
ICISE WILHELM'S CHINESE
% POLICY
be says he mm MORE &mi
FINANCIAL BILL. INTRODUCED IN
THE REICHSTAG BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
LOAN OF $270,000,000 MARKS
Is Necessitated by the Extraordinary
Expenditure's to Sustain the
Prestige of Germany in
the Orient.
BERLIN, Nov. 14.— reichstag re
assembled today." The speech from the
throne dealt at considerable length on
the events in China, which have excited
such deep emotion among civilized peop:e,
.saying: ..; ", y? >.■;.-. .
"Fanatical hate and dark superstition,
incited by unscrupulous advisers of the
court, have driven misguided Chinese to
acts of atrocity against the outposts of
Western civilization and ' Christian wor
ship dwelling peacefully In their midst.
"My j minister died at the hand of an
assasin in a courageous attempt to over
come the rising peril. The foreigners
at the capital 'saw themselves" threatened,
life and limb. These things of horror
united the civilized community, where
otherwise there was a divergence. All
nations against which the unparalleled
onslaught was directed drew closer.
Their sons fought with one mind, should
er to shoulder, even as yonder standards
float side by side. So the governments
show themselves in council, united with
the sole wish to restore an orderly state
of things as speedily as possible, and
after the punishment of the chief cul
prits, avert a recurrence In the future
of such a disturbance of the peace of the
world.','
In announcing that the relations of
Germany with all the powers are good,
the speech recalls his majesty's so row
at the assaslnation of King Humbert of
Italy, saying he was "ray ally and dtar <
friend, who fell a victim to a damnable
outrage." -,;; : ■ -
The speech then continues: "I would
sooner j have consulted the reichstag on
the matter in China, but for the neces
sity for prompt action and the difficulty
of furnishing reliable information.
Whenever the reichstag could -form a
decision or estimate the expenditure re
quired, the government felt confident
that the representatives would not re
cuse their subsequent sanction to the
necessary expenditure."
FOR A CUSTOMS TARIFF.
Turning to domestic matters, his majes
ty said that in consequence of the natural
growth of the revenue and the increased
taxation voted last session, more abun
dant funds were available in almost
every branch of life in the empire, espe
cially for measures for the benefit of
workers and for the defense of the coun
try. A customs tariff, he added, would
probably be laid before the bundesrath
curing the present session. The spec -h
concluded by announcing various " bills
which would be Introduced.
Tne ceremony of opening the reichstag
occurred at noon in the Knights hall of
the Schloss, in the presence of the em
peror.
--vt the conclusion of the speech from
the throne, Emperor William was warm
ly cheered and Count yon Buelow, the'
imperial chancellor, formally declared the
session opened.
Several of the evening papers announce
that the German financial bill, sub
mitted to the federal council, shows that
to balance the. sum of 2,240,947,301 marks
will be required. The bill empowers the
'imperial chancellor to raise a loan of
97,286,384 marks and to issue treasury
bills to the amount of 175,000,000 marks
to strengthen the ordinary working capi
. tal of the imperial treasury.
A bill providing for a third supplemen
tary credit on account of the China ex
pedition will be submitted to the reich
stag. -
EXPLANATION AS TO CHINA.
A memorandum accompanies the bill
explaining that the uprising in China was
at first such that its suppression could
be left to the Chinese government, but
it assumed a form menacing to the whole
foreign community. Its object was then
clear, namely, the exclusion of the whole
foreign element by a relght of terror.
It is added that the Chinese government,
if not unwilling, was at least incapable
of controlling the movement, and the
powers had to protect their subjects, the
military forces of all the powers partici
pating to an equal degree in the restora
tion of order. To stop international
military action now would bring about a
fresh sacrifice of time and the lives of
peaceful inhabitants. Nevertheless, the
object of such action was solely the res
toration of tranquility in China. Its
task did not go beyond the suppression
of open hostilities and all attacks upon
the inner life of China, not essentially
necessary, were being avoided.
The supplementary credit bill asks for
125,750,000 marks; It being assumed that
China will eventually pay all the costs
incurred by Germany.
The Liberal papers express dissatisfac
tion with the reasons adduced in the
speech from the throne for the emperor
not obtaining the sanction of the relch
stag before sending the Chinese expedi
tion. The Kreuz Zeitung, the organ of
t.ie Prussian junker squirarchy, while
approving the speech asserts that the
right will not be able to support the gov
ernment on every kind of question during
the session. „y' •"-v
The National Zeitung says: "Parlia
ment, of course, will grant the expendi-,
ture demanded, but it must clearly give
the government to understand that in the
future it expects different treatment."
This afternoon Emperor William went
to Silesia for a long trip.
EARTHQUAKE WAS SEVERE.
Many Thousand Buildings Were De-
stroyed in Colombia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— Russell,
United States charge at the Caracas,
reports that an earthquake in | Colombia
last month was very much more severe
than at first described. The people de
serted their houses and slept In the
streets, and between . 12,000 and 15,000
buildings were destroyed or damaged.
LETTER CARRIER MURDERED.
First Violation of United States
Postal Laws in Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— first in
fraction of the postal laws under the
American regime in Porto Rico is re
ported in a cablegram to the postoffice
department,. received from Inspector in
Charge Leatherman, at San Juan, an
nouncing, the arrest /of;," Antonio. Qui
nenes, for : assaulting Letter Carrier
Jose Major, with intent to rob. The as
sault occurred last Monday. The car
rier probably "will die, and Quinones
has been held under $10,000 bonds before
the grand jury. ; '■■■-':■ y
SCHOOLS IN PORTO RICO
ACCOMMODATIONS, NOW FOR TEN
PER CENT OF THE CHILDREN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—M. G. Brum
baugh, commissioner., of education . for
Porto Rico, says the school system now
In operation there includes SCO teachers
and 38,000 pupils. This is only a begin
ning, as there are. 300,000 children of
school age without school facilities,
most of whom would 'enroll if they
could. . Commissioner. Brumbaugh says
the hope of the island.is in the public
schools, and that the great illiteracy in
Porto Rico must be reduced. The schools
are not to be compared' with American
systems, but their transformation must
be gradual. The report ' says that the
present school law should be wholly
abrogated at the coming session of the
insular legislature, for many reasons,
and a new law passed." + A change in the
licensing of teachers is needed to pro
tect good teachers "from the competi
tions and 'machinations of worthless
teachers and from the j pernicious inter
ference of politicians." .... .
The report urges ■?■ closer supervision,
and qotes Dr. Groff^ :formerly acting
commissioner', as saying that the super
visors of the : schools-; were at first ex
soldiers, ex-teamsters, ex-packers and
other such men, and they had to teach
English in addition, but now they are
are men .as qualified^ as -',the salary can
commend, and the work requires their
entire time. There are: over 500 Ameri
can .teachers engaged in the schools,
and the demand is for more, provided
they know enough Spanish to instruct
the children in their native tongue.
Thousands of children in this island,
says the report, are half-clothed, half
fed and half-housed. At least SO per
cent of all the people' are illiterate, and
the crying need is schools to reduce the
appalling illiteracy. There.are no public
school buildings, and no public colleges
or universities. '-\ ■ ■:■ ■'" \.\ °
TO RECLAIM ARID LANDS
HALF A MILLION ACRES IN MON
TANA TO BE IRRIGATED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Two Impor
tant subjects to be discussed by the ir
rigation convention at ; Chicago next
week and to be urged .on congress this
session for appropriations are projects
for the irrgation of the arid lands of
of the Milk river valley in Montana,
and for furnishing a big reservoir plant
for the Pima and Maricopa Indians in
the Gula region in Arizona. The first
project is calculated to cost about $2,000,
--000 altogether. Already the summits of
the Rockies adjacent •to the Canadian
■border have been surveyed to ascertain
the area tributary to this point of di
version of water. It is stated that prob
ably half. a million acres of the arid
lands in the Milk river valley - will be
reached if the project Is executed. It
is proposed to build a canal beginning
from St. Mary's river, carrying the
water into the north, and subsequently
the south forks of, Milk river and out on
the plains to the east. Among other
things, it is claimed that the building
up of an agricultural country there will
furnish feed to winter Qa»i^auA>mmw
frequently die by....thousands-. in the cold
seasons. The National Irrigation con
gress will likely' ask'" an appropriation
of about. $250,000 -.to. begin the work.
In the Arizona project it is proposed
to build about fifty miles up the river
beyond the present reservation, a reser
voir costing , in the neighborhood of
$1,500,000, which will supply not - only
those- only prosperous, but now dis
tressed Indians) as well as a large area
of public lands calculated to pay the
cost, of the entire project. • -*-.-
WAS IT THIr PLAGUE?
SAN FRANCISCANS .DON'T AGREE ON
CHINATOWN DISEASE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.-The Bul
letin publishes the report of the federal
quarantine officer, Kinyoun, in which he
states that from March 7 to Oct. . 4 ' there
have been 18 deaths '•'in'" San Francisco
from plague. ' The Bulletin says it is
well known that there : has not been a
single authenticated: case', of jfiague in
San Francisco.' Dr.' .1. M. -.Williamson, of
the San Francisco board of health says
there have been 21 or 22 cases of bubonic
plague in this city since'the first case
was discovered last March The last ens°
was reported en Nov. 3. The disease has
been, confined, almost entirely to the
Chinese quarter and all but two or three
of those afflicted were dead when they
were reported to the ,health department
Local quarantine was at once established
over the place where the death occurred
and every precaution-taken to prevent
the spread of the.-disease.
Since the first discovery by the local
board of health last March of what they
: called the plague; the San ' Francisco in
spectors have insisted that the health of.
ficlals were mistaken.
Statements were obtained from phy
sicians in which they said the Chinese
said to have died of plague suffered from
other diseases, the symptoms of which
had been mistaken by the health board
as those of the plague.
GERMANY AND UNCLE SAM
FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATU
LATES M'KINLEY.
BERLIN, Nov. 11—Baron yon Richth
offcn, minister of foreign affairs, made a
long call today. on United States. Amtas
sador White, in the course of which he
congratulated him upon the re-election o:
Mr. McKinley and. expressed, satisfaction
that a continuance of the present excel
lent relations between. Germany* and the
United States,, was- j thus .guaranteed.
United States Ambassador White and
Mrs. White entertained at dinner this
evening, Mr. . Grosvenor; of Washington,
and Mrs. Grosvenor, daughter of Prof.
Alexander Graham Bell. Prof, yon
Richthoffen, of the University of Berlin,
was present. -.-.■„ -
Newfoundland; ELECTION.
Three Liberals Are Chosen From the
Trinity District.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 14.—Completed
returns from Trinity district, in the colo
nial general election, shows the . success
of three Liberals, by ; a majority of 691.
The result in "this district represents the
most decided change of sentiment in me
whole contest. Trinity- having been car
ried by the Tories by nearly 1,400 at the
previous election. Burgee and St. Barbe
isles, the only remaining" districts, are
expected to declare their poll today.
-Karens Daly's Funeral."
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—The funeral of
Marcus .Daly will take place tomorrow
at 1:45 o'clock from St. Patrick's cathed
ral. The family and a few of the most
intimate friends of Mr. Daly will accom
pany the rbody to Greenwood cemetery,
where it will be placed in John W. Mack
ey' s mausoleum. ' Later a plot will -be
purchased', in" Greenwood and the body
will be Interred there. .",CL--:
TO IP LABOR IS
NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION IS
SUES AN INVITATION FROM
CHICAGO
bold a ami COSFERESCE
TO CONSIDER MEANS TO BRING
ABOUT CONCILIATION AND
ARBITRATION ..
LABOR MEN HAVE ACCEPTED
Leaders* of the Most Important Trade
Unions in the United States
Will Be Pres
ent.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14.— National Civic
Federation has issued the following an
nouncement, calling an annual confer
ence to consider the best means to secure
conciliation and arbitration in the set
tlement of industrial disputes: :
"No phase of our modern industrial de
velopment is more interesting than the
study and observation of the methods of
conciliation and ! arbitration as applied
during recent years to the adjustment of
difficulties and grievances that constant
ly arise between labor and capital.
"Strikes and lockouts are perhaps a
greater waste of human energy, and re
sponsible for a greater loss of wealth to
society as a whole than any other ob
structive factor connected with mod
ern industrialism.
"Public opinion itself has been indif
ferent and uniformed as to the require
ments of this new age with its rapid and
wonderful development in every depart
ment of our industrial life. Recognizing
the new claims arising from modern in
dustrial conditions, the National Civic
Federation will hold a national conference
in Chicago on Dec. 17 and 18 to consider
in all its bearings the principles of con
ciliation and arbitration.
"It is the object of the National Civic
Federation to make the coming confer
ence as practicable as possible by bring
ing together both the labor leaders and
leaders of Industry who are the most di
rectly concerned, and without whose good
will no system can be imposed. .
"The experience of the past will be
drawn upon, and a critical examination
of all methods for conciliation and arbi
tration at present in vogue will be made."
MANY WILL ATTEND.
Among those who have accepted an
invitation to participate are: Carroll D.
Wright, United Commissioner of labor;
E. Dana Durand,* secretary United States
Industrial commission; J. -M. Gilbert,
chairman of the New York, state board
of arbitration; Samuel Gompers, presi
dent American Federation of Labor; T. T.
Shaffer, president of Amalgamated Asso
ciation Iron, Steel and Tin - Workers;
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America; Frank P. Sar
gent, grand master workman of Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen; E. D. Ken
na, first vice president and general coun
sel of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad; Walter Fieldhouse, secretary"
and treasurer^ of the Association Western
'Manufacturers;^B.'^DougTa^'Wllsoh; vice
president... Internationall Association \' of
Machinists; James M. .Lynch, president
international Typographical. union; -Wal
ter L. : Pierce, president Metal Trades'
association; William H. Sayward, secre
tary National Association -of Builders;
oamuel B. Donnelly, ex-president of the
International Typographical union; Peter
J. McGuire, general secretary of United
Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners of
—merica; William H. Pfahler. representa
tive National Foundrymen's association,-
Philadelphia; D. A. Hayes, \ president
Glass Bottle Blowers* Association of the
United States and Canada, room - 930,
Witherspoon building, Philadelphia.
SOUTH CHINA REBELS.
UPRISING OF THE TRIADS HAS BE
■ \ " ' ■'" COME SERIOUS. '.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 2 (via Victoria, B.
C., Nov. ,14).— -rebellion in South
China had grown to an alarming extent.
The Triad party, in Kwang Tung had
been very active since the occupation of
Wei Chow. The imperial troops were
losing ground steadily, the rebels having
renewed the siege of Wei Chow. They
captured Same How. All districts »3
far as Namahan, on the frontier of
Kwang Tung and Kiang Si, have, risen.
The commodore of Kwang Tung, with
3,000 men, engaged 13,000 rebels at Tong
Kang Sien, on the 22d, but was defeated.
Three thousand troops from Can'.oi are
under orders to reinforce him. His po
sition was desperate. The officials and
public at Canton are in a state of panic.
The British consul at Canton reports
having received a round robin from the
reformers asking him to use his influence
to have foreigners leave the city, as
they are . desirous of capturing Canton
and- overthrowing the Mancha power.
COMING BACK TO PEKIN
RUMOR THAT THE CHINESE EM
PEROR WILL RETURN.
TIEN TSIN. Nov. 13.— is reported
that an imperial edict has been issued,
announcing that Emperor Kwang Su and
the empress dowager will return to Pekin.
A Russian column of 330 men, with four
guns which left here Nov. 4, returned
Nov. 9, having engaged the Chinese. At
Hsia Tsang the Russians fought 2,000 Chi,
nese troops, dispersing them and killing
200. The Russians had no casualties.
The population of the city of Tien Tsin
now reaches 600,0f0 Chinese and the allies
are strengthening the garrison as against
possible surprise. It is supposed that one
third of the inhabitants are Boxers.
ACADEMY BOYS REVOLT.
Kearney- College Ha* a Full-Fledged
Revolt.
OMAHA, Nov. 14.—A special to the
World-Herald, from Kearney, Neb., to
night gays: There was a large sized
mutiny at the Kearney Military academy
today which resulted in an entire change
of management of the school. - The
trouble was over a disagreement between
the principal,- Dr. . Chittenden, and Prof.
Russell, chief instructor, and resulted in
Russell resigning and leaving the school.
The teachers and pupils, to the number
of about forty, believing that Prof. Rus
sell had not been fairly dealt with, quit
the academy in a body and came down
town. The boys, who are nearly all non
residents of Kearney, had nowhere to go
and Russell obtained lodging for them at
a hotel and this morning began arrange
ments to open a school of his own. The
Kearney military academy is under the
, manage of the Episcopal church, and as
soon as Bishop Graves learned of the
trouble he immediately took steps to have
the matter adjusted, with the result. that
Dr. Chittenden resigned the management
of the school' and Prof. Russell was put
in charge. The latter, accompanied;- by
the boys and teachers, who had deserted,
went back to the " academy" "",. .*. / / w i
PRICE TWO CENTS—/ °? *'* to * ,
-,T j-vj—f five dCNTt... >
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair; Cold. ..
IHeavy Government Expense.
To Stop Labor War.
Blow at Divorces.
Carp at the Kaiser.
Senator Davis' Condition.
Christian Brothers* Anniversary.
Confidence Men Arrested.
Unitarian State Gathering.
3—Minneapolis Matters.
Northwest News.
-To Make Arbitration Compulsory
In Hands of Receiver.
Editorial Paire. ------
5— Sporting: News.
.. University Football Affairs.
State Political Gossip.
Threw Clours at Empress.
News of Railroads.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Popular Wants.
7—Markets of the World.
Chicago Dec. Wheat, 72 l-4c.
Bar Silver, 64e.
Stocks Firm.
B—Ln Local Labor Field.
Conference Committee Work.
News of the Courts.
Women's Good .Work.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK—Arrived: Majestic, Liver
pool; Westernland, Antwerp. Sailed:
St. Louis,. Southampton); Germanic,
Liverpool; Southward, Antwerp.
LONDON — Arrived: Menominee. New
York. --„-...
SOUTHAMPTON—SaiIed: Kaiser Wil
helm de Grosse.'New York, via Cher
bourg.
PLYMOUTH-Sailed: Capt. Frio, New
York. Arrived: Deutschland, from
New York for Hamburg. "
BOSTON — Sailed: Commonwealth,
Queenstown and Liverpool; Winlfredian,
Liverpool.
BREMEN—Arrived: Weimar, New York;
Tyre, New York.
CHERBOURG—: Graf Walder
see, from New York for Hamburg.
QUEENSTOWN — Arrived: Teutonic,
from New York for Liverpool.
NEW ENGLAND—Boston, for Liverpool
(and proceeded).
YET LIND IS THANKFUL
URGES THE. PEOPLE XOT TO FOR
GET NOV. 29.
Gov. Lind's recent defeat is not be
taryed by even a mournful measure in
his annual' Thank-giving proclamation,
which was issued yesterday, as follows:
The conditions that move the human
heart to gratitude have - been present
among our people during the past ye3,r
to an extent that makes the observance
of Thanksgiving day especially appro
priate. True. all sections and all classes
have not shared alike in the bounty. of
nature and in the rewards of honest in
dustry, .but, on the whole, the progress
of the state has. been surely and steadily
in the directitm-of-WECure and substantial
prosperity. Our city and. country districts
alike have been filling up with a thrifty
and desirable population; industries have
multiplied; our resources have been de
veloped; the soil in its fertility has add
ed abundantly to our- material wealth;
business has been active; labor and cap
ital have been fortunately- snared the se
rious and destructive conflicts between
master and servant, so - common else
where; commercial and agricultural dis
tress except in isolated places, have bjen
practically unknown Moreover, our in
stitutions of learning .have . flourished
with unaccustomed vigor and content
ment and happiness prevail generally
within our borders.
: Mindful of these blessings and in har
mony.with a time-honored custom, I do
therefore designate Thursday, the Sftth
day of November, as a day of public
thanksgiving, and urge its observance by
all our citizens in a manner befitting a
people grateful for the favors they enjoy
- In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of
the state to be hereto affixed, at the cap
itol. in the city. of St. Paul, this 14th iv
of November, A. D. 11*00. ...
"•'.."'. ',1./. —John" Lind, Governor.
-Attest: . v.-'•" —Albert Berg,
•*- ■ - ......Secretary of State.
VAN SANT WAS A GUEST
WAS ENTERTAINED BY . KNIGHTS
OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE.
The Mystic'Shriners at Osman Temple
last night entertained as their special
guest, Samuel R. Van Sant, who is him
self a member of the order. -
Preliminary to the regular -meeting of
the shrine in the evening, a brief informal
reception was tendered the distinguished
Winonan early in the evening. It had
been designed to extend this function into
a more elaborate affair, but the guest of
honor was a little late in reaening the
temple and the hospitalities were offered
without any pretenses of ceremony, which
did not, however, detract from the in
terest of the occasion.
Capt. Van Sant remained during the
session of the shrine later, to witness sev
eral pilgrims make their initial venture
across the desert and receive the port"
folio of the order. There were several
prominent membsrs of the order down
from Duluth.
A very elaborate banquet followed the
secret session, all the Shriners partici
pating heartily in" this part of the pro
gramme. The new members were given
the opportunity of relating their expe
riences on the "desert," and some excel
lent toasts were delivered.
SUBMARINE TELEPHONING.
Capt. Lorcher. Talks From. Ten Feet \
Under Water.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. l-t.-The Cour- •
ier Journal tomorrow will- say: "Capt.
Lorchor, standing under ten feet of water
in the Ohio river at Evansville, Tnd..
talked to a reporter in the Courier
Journal office last night over the long dis
tance telephone. He used, his own sub
marine telephone, which operated under a
pressure of about four pounds to the
square inch. The words of Capt. Lorchor
were easily audible. His conversation
with the men manning the air pumps on
the surface of the water was also very i
easily understood." _ . . j
SUSPECT GERMANS.
Pao Ting Fu Expedition Provoked
Chinese Unfriendliness.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 2 (via Victoria, B.
C., Nov. 14).— expedition to Pao Ting
Fu and the presence of a large German
force in Shan Tung province. Is having
the effect of turning Gov. Yuan Shi Xl
from friendliness for ' foreigners. He
has addressed a , note to .. LI Hung
Chang, telling his distrust of Germany
in- Van Tung. The allied , forces have
razed several -Boxer, villages. The Ger
mans took one at Yang Tsung and shot
_ all r theßoxers captured, after a drum
head ; court-martial. '.:
1111 ill
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
AND PERSONS WHO HAVE
BEEN DIVORCED
SIRRED OUT FROM THE FOLD
NEW AND STRICTER CANON RE
GARDING REMARRIAGE OF
OFFENDERS
REPORT MADE BY COMMITTEE
Will Come Up for Adoption and
Probably _ Become Part of
(lurch Law at Next
Conference.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14.-When the gen-
Cl nferf UCe of the Protestant Rpie,
copal church meets in San Francisco next
October, three, new canons on the sub
il^fi -marriasre and divorce will be
£ <£ ef°,\ l: he body for lts considera
tion Should these canons become. a law
of the Episcopal church through the ap,
proval of the general conference the . the
Episcopal church will have pronounced
Its anathema against divorce, and more
particularly against the remarrying of
divorced persons, while another parfv to
the divorce still is in life.
The subject of marriage and divorce
came in for a good deal of attention at
the hands of the general Episcopal con
ference of 1898. So much in fact that a
committee of twelve was appointed for
the purpose of taking the matter under
consideration and make such recom
mendation to the next conference of that
body, as would pave the way for changes
in the present tenets of the church on
these subjects.
This committee, after having met a
year ago, when, it failed to reach an
agreement looking toward reform, again
went into session today. At the- close
of this session it was announced that the
conference of the committee had been
adjourned sine die and that three canons
dealing with the subject .of the confer
ence had been drafted.
( The first canon adopted is '-"entitled"*
"Holy matrimony and impediments there,
to." The full text of this canon is as
follows:
MATRIMONY DEFINED.
Section 1—(A) Holy matrimony Is an
estate of life which for the purposes of
this canon is sufficiently defined In the
form appointed for the solemnization of
matrimony in this church. (B) The sol
emnization of holy matrimony is a serv
ice where the mutual consent of the par
ties is given in the presence of a minis
ter, who then pronounces them in the
name of the Holy Trinity to be man and
wife. ■•■-'.. .- • • "
RULES LAID DOWN. 7
Sec. 2—This section defines the impedi
ments of . consanguinity and affinity as.
stated in the books of Leviticus and
Deuteronomy. The second canon draft
ed deals . with ' the subject of the "Sol
emnization of < holy matrimony." It in
subdivided in four sections, as* follow.' ••
Section .I—lt shall be the duty of all
ministers? of this church ' to conform to
the civil -authorities relating to mar
riage. .. - r
Sec.. 2—Every minister who shall sol
emnize a marriage, shall without delay
make such record of same as may be
required by the law of this church and
civil authority.
Sec.. 3—No minister shall solemnize
marriage without the presence of wit
nesses, nor without witnesses to whom
the parties are personally known exceot
in a case in which it is impossible for such
Witnesses to be secured. No minister
shall solemnize the marriage of any per
son not Identified to his satisfaction
Sec. 4—No minister shall solemnize
marriage between any. two persons un
less, nor until, by inquiry, he shall have
satisfied himself that neither party has
been or is the husband or wife of any
person living unless the former marriage
was armuled by decree of some court of
competent jurisdiction- for cause exist
ing before such former marriage.
MAY NOT REMARRY.
The third canon goes one step further
and excludes from all means of grace
within the dispensation of the church a' y
divorced . person who shall have remar
ried and be living with, husband or wUe
as the case may be while the other party
to the divorce still Is In life. This canon
is subdivided into three sections, as fol
lows: . .-'•:■-'.
Section 1. No person divirced for caus
es arising after marriage and marrying
again during the lifetime of the other
party to the divorce shall be admitted
to baptism or confirmation or receive
holy communion, except when penitent
and separated from the other party to
the subsequent marriage, or when peni
tent and in immediate danger or' death,
but -this canon shall not apply to the
Innocent party in a divorce for the c.iuse
of adultery.
Sec. 2. No person shall be denied bap
tism or confirmation or the holy com
munion until after the minister shall
have given to the person due and suffi
cient notice of such intended denial and
of the right of appeal therefrom as
here and after permitted.
Sec. .'!. This section provides for appeal
to the bishop if the diocese or mission
ary district, which. If he deems the
cause sufficient may take counsel with
two neighboring bishops and decide
whether there shall be any dispensation.
ADOPTION WAS UNANIMOUS;
The canons in this form were unani
mously adopted by those taking part in
the conference. The committee, when
appointed by the general conference of
1898, consisted of twelve members. Only
nine of these member's were present at
the meeting today, one having died and
two not having been heard from.
The committee was made up of an
equal number of clergymen and laymen.
Those present were:
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dlx, rector of Trinity
parish; Rev. Dr. Hoffman, of New York;
Rev. Dr. Mann, of St. Louis; Rev. Dr.
Fulton, of Philadelphia, and Rev. Dr.
Eccleston, of Baltimore.
The lay members of the committee,
who were present were:
Francis .A. Lewis, of Philadelphia-
Francis L. Stetson, of New York; Charles
H. Stanley, of Washington, and Judge
E. Bradford, of Wilmington, Del.
Dr. Morgan Dix presided, and Francis
A. Lewis, of Philadelphia, acted as sec
retary.
CZAR HAS TYPHOID FEVER
BELIEVED TUB IMPERIAL PATIENT
IS NOT, IN SERIOUS DANGER.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 14.—The at
tack of influenza from which the czar
has been suffering has now developed
symptoms of typhoid fever.
The indisposition of his majesty was
first announced Nov. 2, and presented the
usual symptoms until yesterday, when
his illness assumed the character .of
typhoid. Baron de Frederlchs, the mas
ter of the Imperial household, has Issued '
-the following bulletin:
"His majesty passed a good night. Hl*
general condition is satisfactory. Tem
perature, 101.6; pulse, 92. His head Is
clear, and the strength of the patient is
quite satisfactory. The diagnosis shows
typhoid, which, for the present, is pur
suing a thoroughly satisfactory course."
. FREDENSBURG. Denmark. Nov. 14.--
The czarevitch. Grand Duke George, pro
poses to return to Russia immediately.