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OFFICIAL PAPER —OF THkl CITY OF ST. PAUL. VOL. XXIV.—NO. 201. NAVY SCANDALITOLDTHETRUTH DETRACTORS OF REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY ARE STILL BUSY WITH THEIR HAMMEHS V MACLAY AND HIS HISTORY Laud Sampson to the Skies, and Set Hl* Rival Down an Being Everything That In - Bad. WORK IS TO BE CENSORED WASHINGTON, July 19.—The secretary of the navy has decided that the third volume of Maclay's history of the Span ish-American war shall not be used as a text book at the naval academy unless tli. obnoxious language it contains in characterizing the action of Rear Ad mire! Schley shall be eliminated. . The secretary says that It would be mani festly improper to have a history contain, ing such intemperate language as a t< xt book tor the cadets. He will inform both Commander Walnwright, who is m com mand of the naval academy, and Mr. Maclay, the author of tho history, of in. decision. in this connection the secretary says that the proofs of the entire volume were hot submitted to him by the historian. He received only the proofs of the third chap ter, that rilalirg to the mcbilizajon d the He. is, which contained a summary of the orders which he, as secretary of the navy, hud issued in making the naval prepara tions for the war. That chapter was sat isfactory and lie returned it to Mr. Mac. lay with an Identification of nis ap proval. He says he never saw the ac count of the battle of Santiago and the criticisms of Rear Admiral Schley until after the book was published. Mr. Mac lay was appointed to ids present posi tion in the New York navy yard Aug. 23, '■•". having; been transferred from tha light house service. THE OTHER SIDE. BALTIMORE, Md., July 19.-Gen. Felix Agnus, publisher of the Baltimore Ameri can, has wired the following to President McKlnley: <o Vill'am McKinley, President, Canton, unto.—Maclay'a history of the navy is the standard in use at the naval acad ,'' ,ln the th,rd volume, Just issued, the i historian charges Rear Admiral B«-n.ey with being a coward, a liar a caitiff, an incompetent and insubordinate J-i an interview in the American this morning Maclay, the historian, who is a navy department clerk, classed as a laborer and attached to the Brooklyn navy yard says that proofs of this third volume, which should have told the most glorious story in all our naval annals wore submitted to Secretary Long and Admiral Sampson and approved by them in advance of publication; also that Long put him in his present position after he had read and approved this scurrilous attack upon Admiral Schley. These proofs were also submitted 'to Admiral Dewey, who refused to read them if aught were needed to convince any fair minded man that a clique in the navy ' department has conspired to traduce the I hero of Santiago and that the conspiracy ! was carried into execution while that 1 brave and gallant officer was suffering expatriation on the fever-infested coasts of Houth America, this should furnish it Will you, Mr. President, in view of all this, sit quietly by and permit these con spirators to continue their diabolical work? Every justice-loving American ap peals to you to intervene in the name and for the sake of fair play. Next to being right at all times, which no man ever was, the best thing is to find out as soon as possible that you are wrong and right yourself immediately. t^ .... . — —"Felix Agnus, Publisher Baltimore American." NORTHWESTERN HARBORS. WASHINGTON, July 19.-Capt. P. P Gail lard, in charge of river and harbor l improvements for the Duluth, Minn.. district, in his annual report recommends 11).- following appropriations In excess of $25,000 for the next fiscal year: Duluth. Minn., $459,727, to complete ex isting project. Ashland Wis.. 165,000, of which $50,000 is for continuing Improvement ■wTOiiS. *""*<"" 1 Michigan. $63,000, of which $60,000 is for improvement Harbor of refuge, at Grand" Marais, Michigan, $105,000. POSTAL REGULATIONS. Postmaster General Smith today issued two orders of importance to the rural mail service throughout the country. One is designed to. avoid the duplication of service in some sections by both star find rural free delivery service, and the other limits the private enterprises in which carriers may engage while per forming their official duties. : v The first order is as follows: "Ordered: Box delivery by star route carriers will not hereafter iv permitted over such portions of star routes as may have in operation the rural free de livery service; provided, however that an additional and, supplemental box de livery may bo performed by star route carriers when shown to be necessary and practicable and not Involving the de partment In any additional expenditure in those states in which the star route box delivery is now in operation the rural free delivery service will not hereafter be established over any road which must continue to be traversed as 1 a part of a star route, except in special and unavoidable cases, in which case. the tar route box delivery will be aban tinned." The other order says: '•Hereafter rural letter carriers shall net act as agents, salesmen or solicitors for express companies, letter box manu facturers, wholesale houses, corporations or '.ms, nor engage in any business or avocation which would interfere with th. proper performance of their official duties. They may act'as news agents sell newspapers or periodicals o n their own account, or accept and collect sub scr.rtions for the same. When carriers re-c -Ive newspapers or periodicals by ex press or by other means outside the mails, to be sold or delivered on their routes, they, as news agents, will be re quired to pay postage on such matter at the second-class rate of postage (1 cent per pound), except in the case of county papers, which are mailed free to sub scribers residing* in the county in which they are published. "This order is not intended to prohibit carriers from performing various private commissions for the accommodation of the patrons on their routes, so long as it does not Interfere with the regular and prompt performance of their duty." IMPORTS FROM PORTO RICO. . Commissioner Yerkes iof the internal revenue bureau at present is busily en gaged in devising a scheme for the col lection'of the internal revenue tax on cigars, cigarettes, rum, etc., brought into the- United States from Porto Rico after the president issues his proclamation de claring that free trade exists between the two countries. Under the existing laws. Internal revenue stamps can be "purchased only from collectors of internal revenue or their deputies, and as Porto Rico is not a collection district, no one there is au thorized to sell stamps,, and hence the difficulty in arranging a system by which exporters may procure -stamps without Inconvenience-. Another difficulty is en countered in the fact that cigars, brought In from Porto Rica not being subject to customs duties may be landed at any port Continued on Sixth Piiic. iiiii'iiiiiiiiiiifiinwiiiii'ifwiMii^iiMiiw Jmfw\ ■ ■ .-'•--,'•:■'' .'..•'. -. .-, -"' •'■-•.•• ■ I WHAT LORD ROSEBERY HAS TO SAY OF HIS MANIFESTO TO LIBERALS SHOT AT LIBERAL LEADER 7:5'-..'.^.. . " ISay* Vote of Confidence in Camp l>< I l-Ba niierinuii Was Nothing; More Nor Lckh Than Or ganized Hypocrisy. *' -. .... < --■ .-■ *- - - MARLBOROUGH IN A NEW ROLE LONDON, July 19.-<Speaking at the City Liberal club t'hls afternoon Lord Rosebery sad that his rectnt manifesto, in which he declared that the Liberal party could not exist under the present condition had been followed by such an extraordinary hullabaloo that he felt con vinced he had expressed in this manifesto the clear and exact truth in respect to the situation and not one of this allega tions j had been disproved or challenged. Lord Rosebery said he regarded this as conclusive proof that when the naked truth was told in the political world produced an amount of anguish, howling and misery which was unspeakable; that there was no political student who did not know in his heart what he had said represented not merely the absolute truth, but also common sense. The speaker said he wrote the mani festo because, after the meetings in Queen's hall and at the Reform club, unless some clear repudiation of the statements regarding the war were ma . it is impossible for the Liberal party to continue to exist as' a sound force, ap pealing to the highest sympathies of the country. On the question of the war, his lordship said his starting point was, that, in spite of the Jameson raid, and in spite of the South African committee, the Boers had Invaded the dominions of the late queen, and from that moment, al though he had criticised the methods of the government, yet on the main issue, to carry t/he war to a triumphant close, it will have his warmest support. NEW PARTY POSSIBLE. The fallings of the government should be the opportunity of the opposition. If the Liberals will not undertake the task, another party may be created for the purpose. Lord Rosebery said, however, that he does not despair of seeing the Liberal'party purged of all its ami-na tional sentiments; that tho country is rpe for a domestic programme and that he be lieves that the revolutionized Liberals will 1 yet breathe new life Into the dry bones of public office. As to the statement that he wlil not voluntarily return to the political arena, Lord Rosebery explained that this had been his attitude since his resignation. His lordship concluded by saying that lie must proceed alone and plough his fur row alone; but that before he shall reach the end of his furrow, it is possible 1 « may find himself not alone.' Lord Rosebery said the vote of conii dence in Sir Henry Campbell : Bannerman, I the Liberal leader, passed at the Reform club meeting, was, in the Earl of Bi a ccrsfield's phrases, "Organized hy pocrisy." and that his reason for disturbing the Olympian repose cre ated by this vote of confidence was that the position is as perilous to ' the party as to tJhe present government. Til re is, he said, no impartial observer who remembers any government which had crowded such a frightful assemblage of error, weakness and wholesale blun ders into its administration,. j Lord Rosebery's remarks were greeted i with loud and prolonged cheers. KITCHENER IS LENIENT. Lord Kitchener has commuted the sen tence of death passed on thirty-four Boer prisoners to penal servitude fcr life at Bermuda. Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jameson landed at Southampton this afternoon from Cap« Colony. They were met by Alfred Belt, ■ the financier, and B. A. Hawksley, coun-J sel for the British South Africa company and other friends. Mr. Rhodes and Mr. I Belt declined to discuss South African questions, saying they were no longer j public men. The British transport Ranee has arrived at Hamilton, Bermuda, with'the second batch of Boer prisoners of war. The ! prisoners" number 519 men. The Ranee had a fair passage. • MARLBOROUGH'S LATEST. The Duke of Marlborough Is about to appear in a new role. There will occur .it Blenheim palace, the duke's seat, Woodstock, Oxford, Aug. 10, one Of tho largest political demonstrations of recent times. Its object is to celebrate the third Un'onlst victory in the elections, Three thousand delegates from the Con servative and the Liberal-Unionists par ties throughout the country will be pres ent, while the gathering in all will num ber about 7,000. Mr. Balfour and' Mr. Chamberlain will make addresses and the Duke of Marlborough will preside. The Duchess of Marlborough will entertain this throng at luncheon in a huge tent especially erected upon the historic giounds. All the Unionist members of the house of commons have been invited. FIVE MEETTHEIRDEATH THROUGH CAPSIZING OP YACHT IN - LONG ISLAND SOUND. NEW HAVEN, Conn., July Five, persons were drowned in the sound yes terday afternoon by the capsizing of the yawl-rigged yacht Venltzia, of Philadel phia, live- miles east of Bands Point, near the New York and Connecticut line. Two only of those on* board the yacht were rescued. The drowned are: ■ ARTHUR C. CODBUJJN, owner' of the yacht, and his daughters, . IDA and ANNETTE COLBURN, of Philadelphia. CAPT. FLINT, of 'Brooklyn, N. V., master of the yacht, and a , SAILOR, name unknown. Others on board: the ill-fated craft, Mrs. Walter T. Stankle, of Philadelphia, and daughter of the owner of the yacht, and the steward, Jrfmes Stanbrlige, of New York, were resceud by the tug Ger trude, after clinging for , two hours to the bottom of a capsized long boat. The yacht left Delaware City! Monday morning, bound for Newport v .Yesterday morning it started from Thompsonville, i S. 1., the Intention-. being to put Into Black Rock, Conn., last night and take on board Mrs. btankle's husband, who was expected there. The steward saw nothing of the others of the party after the disaster, and be lieves that some were carried under by the sails and .rigging, and that others were drowned in the cabin. The' yacht Venitsha was' built in .1880, at Mystic, Conn., and was elaborately finished and furnished. She was fifty feet long and had a tonnage of 31. :7 .;.'.. i*«- Drowned in. Er.u Claire River. EAU CLAIRE," Wis... July 19»-(Soecial > —The eight-year-old son of Thomas J.'eone- wis drowned while swimming in the Kan Claire river here th afternoon. *-■• 'o-i a- been recovered.' SATURDAY MORNING,; JULY 20, 1901. ' -. CONGRESS AT AN END FINAL ADJOURNMENT OP TRANS iSIISSIIISSIPPI CONVENTION' AT CRIPPLE CREEK INDORSEMENT FOR MR. SMITH Delegates Applaud Postmaster Gen eral's New Rules t: i-fgn ■-■! in fj Carriage of Second-Class i Mull Matter. * CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., July 19.—The Trans-Mississjppl Commercial Congress finished its business today and adjourned to meet In St. Paul, Minn., at a time to be fixed by the executive committee. The attendance today was light. There was an address by William W. Bates, or' Denver, on "The National Need of Shipping of Our Own," in which he gave many reasons why the people of the United States ought to own the ship ping necessary to carry the foreign trade. It.siions indorsing the action of the postmaster general of the United States in forbidding the right of second class matter to certain publications, and urging adoption of a one-cent rate on letter. postage, which had been rejected by the resolutions committee as outside the. province of the congress, were taken up and adopted. - COMMITTEES NAMED. The following committees were an nounced; 'V Advisory Committee—H. R. Wihitmore, Missouri, chairman; A. S. Gavin, New Mexico; Dr. J. H. Neagle, California; Thomas Richardson, Texas; John Can field, Minnesota. Committee to Urge Upon Congress the Demands of This Organization— Brad ford Prince, New Mexico, chairman; li. R. Whitmore, Missouri; W. M. Bunker, California; Robert Graham, Colorado; William L. Cameron, Texas. Fremont Memorial Committee—Alver Adams, Colorado, chairman; S. L. Read ing, Kansas; Sidney Story, Louisiana; Or. J. H. Neagle, Colorado; J. R. Barnes, Utah. . . -'•••', Col. B. F. Montgomery, of Cripple Creek, suggested that as the object of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con gress, the National Irrigation Congress and the International Mining Congress are in many respects identical, they may well be merged into one organiza tion, so that with tdie .same expense to the members the sessions might be. longer, giving better, opportunity for ma ture consideration of questions coming before them. Upon his.motion,' the.pres ident appointed the following commit tee to confer with similar committees of other organizations with a view to consolidation: B. F. Montgomery," Col orado; H. R. Whitmore, "Missouri; L. Bradford Prince. New Mexico. Final adjournment of the business ses sions was then taken. Delegates to the congress went to Victor this afternoon, where-visits were made to some of the principal gold mines. C.H. BONN IS PRESIDENT ST .PAUL MAN BEAD OP NATIONAL STAGE EMPLOYES. TOLEDO, Ohio, July 19.—The annual convention of the National Alliance of Stage Employes adjourned tonight. Nsw officers were elected as follows: President. Charles H. Bonn, St. Paul;, first vice president, William Sanders, Co lumbus, Ohio; second vice president,. John XV. Buck, Cincinnati; - third vice presi dent. Frank J. Helntz, Rochester. Gen eral Secretary and Treasurer Leo .V,. Hart was selected as the- delegate to the con vention of the American Federation of Labor. The next convention will be held at Norfolk, Va., June 15, 1902. CHINESE ARE STARVING HORRIBLE REPORTS RECEIVED BY CONSUL IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 19.—Chow Tze, Chi nese consul in- New York, has forwarded to the Christian Herald the reports of the native commissioners appointed by the governor of Shan Si to assist in the work of relief. These reports detail the work of the relief committee through Shan SI. Near Michi City. they saw re fugees eating tree leaves and apparently enjoying them. Later they, saw hungry birds in the woods.,. lighting for dead bodies. In hundreds of Instances young girls, who had been sold were purchased by the relief commissioners and sent to the relief camps, and their families no tified. On one < day, May 18, sixty-seven girls were so'secured. At places sonic persons engaged in the traffic.were seized and put to death in iron cages, but the authorities seemed, powerless to put a stop to the practice. THE SECOND BATTLE OF SANTIAGO. Tin- Mud Fleet Attacks'. the Brooklyn. HEAT TAKES A NEW HOLD MERCURY TRIES TO CI. I Mil OCT OP THE THERMOMETER. Kansas Kiirmcrw Are Plowing Their Corn Field* Under,, and Xehrus i..-i Corn Im \o\v Eu duiiK'ered.. " , TOPEKA, Kan., July 19.—This has been an exceedingly hot day in Kansas. All the good effect,; of the local showers of the past week has been lost. The mer cury has ranged from 105 to 109. The air has resumed its former dryness, and as a result the heat was not so oppres sive. 7 '; . 1 . '''••'' ■'' '' '■ •-'•- ••"• » While the feeling of utter helplessness attendant upon the d'ftnight has passed, the people of. the state do-not attempt to deny that the fall crops-are In a des-. perate'condition.. ', f ,-.,// */--.,77 .Farmers are beginnings to plow the early ruined:corn fields and sow them in wheat arid alfalfa to make pasture for the stock in' the' fall and winter. But the ground is so hard and dry as to make ploughing practically impossible. Unless rain shall come soon, farmers will not be able to plow for regular fall wheat sowing. " ■■■■-. The Kansas river funning through To peka Is so dry that the green grass is growing in the center of the river bed and the stream can be walked across in some places. Most of the streams of the state, except the' larger ones, have gone -dry. and j there is. a poor prospect for stock water. OMAHA, Neb., July,-19.—The mercury in Omaha today mounted to 99 and sev eral degrees higher at some points in the state. There were rains last night in three counties, but, {.hey did not cover a great area of corn growing country. The condition of that crop is beginning to alarm the farmers of a considerable por tion of the state, and unless general rains shall come soon, the damage will neces sarily great. The rainfall of the past week has In nowise been' general, but where it has occurred*' the j melting heat has been reduced. "'"' . ■'. LINCOLN, Neb., July*"l 9.— tempera ture mounted to 101. in Lincoln again to day. No rain fell anywhere in the state today. Grainmen place .the damage -to the. corn crop -thus -far at 30 per. cent and say that each', continued day of drought adds 5 per cent to the damage? The Platte river is very low &id'iin places entirely dry, and fish have taken refuge in the shallow pools, where-they are scooped out ordinary shovels. The state fish commissioner.will start out with the fish car tomorrow- and transfer as many fish as is possiblei't'6 other rivers. -'.'.' DULUTH, Minn-.; July 19.-The hot wave has the head of the Jakes in its grasp again today, and between the hours of 10 a. m. and 1 p. m., the temperature shot up 30 degrees. It registered 62 at 10 and 92 at 1. The maximum for .the day was 96. ■ -•'• . -:■;-"- -. yv ' BURLTNGTON7 lowa, July 19.— The mercury reached. 1027 by the government thermometer today/ No prospect of rain. - HOUSTON, Tex,, July 19.—Heavy rains are reported from many parts of Texas 'last night, today. and tonight. While the rain is not general ..nearly all sections have been reached. The - reports from Denton. Fort Worthy and Vernon, in Northern Texas, say that the down pour covered a wide area In the, vicinity of those towns. "r 7 . ' comsSHfinterest ; — 1 XORTHERN PACIfIjTC'DIRECTORS TO ELECT XEW SLATE NEXT WEEK. • - '■'?' i =777 •• NEW YORK; Jtiiy7 19.— " Commer cial Advertiser says: "It is expected that the directors of the Northern Pacific/railroad will meet early next week for the purpose of making the changes recommended by J.. P. .Morgan. The names of the men who are "to retire .from the present board to make way for Messrs. Hill, Harriman, ■•- Rockefeller, .Twombly and Rsa have not.yet been an nounced. There ate at least three men ..on the . board, who "■■: have 'not been very active In the company's affairs, and these .men will undoubtedly be among those to retire. ..~ .', "In furtherance, of the community of Interest idea It is .expected that some. im portant changes-#2ll occur in": the Union Pacific board v. ry sion* The election of a prominent'representative of. the Morgan Interest to that boptr^ is locked for. There' are now three Un^h-tPacitic directors. act ing temporarily,.?at j least' one • of whom, Gen. Thomas T. "Effkcrt. it is expected, will be elected petr.«anently in the Gould interest.. - - ,'■ ' '.-"IF* * ■**' - •■-?..' -". "It is not unlikely that one or two changes in . the AKhiscn j board will soon be made for the purpose of giving repre , sentation to powerful financial interests I that have lately become : Identified with this property." . .- . DEATH BY LIGHTNING POUR WORKMEN ARE IXSTAXTLY KILLED, THREE OTHE- MOR TALLY' INJURED SOUGHT REFUGE FROM STORM Eiil RoltM Struck Two Houaex In Which Lahore™ Hud Crowded to Encuiic DelnKi' of R:iln. GROVE CITY, Pa., July 19.-A fierce electric storm here this afternoon resulted in four deaths and severe injury to seven persons. The dead: . LUTHER CAMPBELL. HOWARD CORNELIUS. ANTON DARNESKA. MICHAEL ZACCAGIi. Probably fatally injured: Lin i 'ovi it. Edward Hosack. Oscar Covert. A section crew on the Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad were returning home from work when the storm came up. They left the railroad track and hasten ed^ to a deserted house at the Pinchalong mine for shelter. Hardly had they reached the shelter of the place when the house was struck by lightning. Luther Campbell, foreman of the crew, and Howard Cornelius, one of the sec tion men, were both struck by one bolt and Instantly killed. Campbell did not even have a mark showing where tie lightning struck him, but Cornelius was horribly burned. Lin Covert, Edward Hosack and Oscar Covert were also struck and rendered unconscious for eight hours from the same flash, and to night are all Jn a critical condition, and doctors say they may die. During the storm a house occupied by a, gang of Italians working on the new railroad a few miles south of this place was struck. There were several men crowded into the little cabin afraid to work or even speak, while the storm was raging so. The house was struck and almost totally destroyed. Darenska and Zaccagl were Instantly killed and sev eral of their companions were severely shocked, one or two of whom may die. ', Much other damage was done in this vicinity by the storm, which is said to have been one of the worst electrical displays ever witnessed. in this county. ONLY A PLEASUR? TRIP '-"■' '. .— — MRS. DAK HA.XX* SAYS SHE DIDN'T '7 111 X AWAY FROM HE It EX-HUBBY. : QUEENSTOWN, July 20.-Mrs. Daniel Hanna, who is a passenger on the Cunard liner Campania from New York for Liv erpool, when interviewed on the steamer in the Queenstown harbor by a repre sentative of the Associated Press, said her trip to Europe was entirely one of pleasure, and that Its duration would de pend on circumstances. She asserted that she was not aware of having left - New York City under sensational circum stances. Her two boys were with her and she ridiculed the supposition that they could be separated from her. She said she was indifferent to any steps that may be taken toward that end. Baroness de Palandt, who accompanies Mrs. Hanna, characterizes the report of Mrs. Hanna outwitting her husband and the detectives in New York as exagger ated. The party proceeded for Liverpool on the Canton. ' i— » CONSUL GENERAL IS DEAD. Rep resell His British Majesty!* Government on the Pacific Count. SAN FRANCISCO. July' 19.— W. Clay ton Pickorsgil'!. H. B. M.. consul general for' the" Pacific coast states and terri tories, died today at -a- sanitarium in Alameda, to Which he was conveyed on Sunday last- from his summer residence in the Santa Cruz mountains. Mr. Pickersgill had been seriously ill for tome months past, the result of a long residence in the malarial regions of Africa as consular* representative: of'the British government. Mr. ■ Plckersgill.stood off siege after siege of the coast fever," aided by a vigorous constitution,-which finally gave way under the strain, and he arrived her a prematurely aged man,' passing eventually as much a victim to the call to duty as the soldier who dies at his post. ■'*' ■•>•'•."' During his br'.cf residence here ' his marked business ability and the courtesy of his manner won an army of :friends' for him in all circles of lira PRICE TWO CENTS—<7 v j7Sft BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY Weather Forecast for St. Paul: Fair; Warmer.- I—Trying to Down Schley. Threat by Steel Til— \ Liberal* In Trouble. Killed by Llffhtnlnff. Conjure** nt an End. Too Many Electric Wire*. Laborer* Arc Scarce. Hot Weather to Continue. For Benefit of the Baths. New Chinese Wholesale House. —i.a Crosse Has <?ii<>Mt. News of the Northwest. Crops in the Northwest . Weekly Trade Review. Winnipeg- Twice Winner. —Editorial Comment. s—'Saints Beaten by lies Moines. Games in Ilia' letiffues. General Sporting; Information. . <i—New* of the Railroads. Globe Popular Wants. - * - ' -,'." '-, ''V.-.. -' '. 7—Grain and Provision .Markets. September Wheat, 0»c. Bar Silver, 58 I-Bc. Stocks Weak. B—Up to the Park Board. Ice Man Wins Out Lull in l'avina Hostilities. . THE WEATHER. Minnesota - Fair and warmer Saturday; fair and not so warm Sunday; fresh southwesterly winds, becoming north, westerly. Wisconsin— Saturday, with warm er • in northern portion; fair to brisk southwesterly winds. lowa—Fair and warm Saturday and Sunday; variable winds. North Dakota—Fair Saturday and Sun day; not so warm in western portion Saturday, and in eastern portion Sun day variable winds. South Dakota— and warm Satur day and Sunday; variable winds. Montana—Fair Saturday; not «<> warm in eastern portion Sunday; fair; winds mostly easterly. St. Paul — Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bu reau, Ft. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for tne twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest temper ature, 96; lowest temperature, 69; average temperature, 82; dally range, 26; barome ter, 29.93; humidity, 61; precipßatinn, 0; 7 p. m., temperature, 93; 7 p. m., wind, south; weather, clear. Yesterday's Temperatures ♦XpmTligh ' »BpmHigh Havre 88 SBi Huron 94 bl Pr. Albert ...80 82 Jacksonville .78 94 S. Current ...80 88.Kansas City.9B 100 Willlston 88 96 Marquette ...74 90 Alpena 68 70IMirmedosa ..si s-i Battleford ...74 76Montgomery .86 90 Bismarck ....94 ICO I Montreal ....68 74 Buffalo 74 7SiNashville ....88 92 Boston 72 78 New Orleans.7B 84 Calgary 70 76. New York.... «] Cheyenne ....88 02 Norfolk 78 84 Chicago 70 78 North Platte.92 96 Cincinnati ...80 90 Omaha 96 98 Cleveland ....74 78 Philadelphia .78 86 Davenport ...92 96 Pittsburg ....82 88 Dcs Moines ..94 98 Qu'Appelle ..78 84 Detroit 76 " 82' Frisco CO ' - 68" l Duluth 90 94 St. Louis ....91 98 Edmonton ...&"> 66 Salt Lake ...96 100 Galveston ....si gg S. St.-. Marie. 66 7, Grand Haven.7B 80 Washington .84 92 Gr*en Bay ...si 90 Winnipeg ....80 86 Helena 86 sol ..-.•'■ '. , ' ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin- Danger Gauge Change) in Stations. Line.. Reading. 21 Hours. St. Paul 14 6.4 —0.2 Davenport IB 5.4 0.0 La Crosse 10 6.6 —0.2 St. Louis ........30 10.3 —0.1 —Fall. River forecast till 8 p. m. Saturday: The Mississippi will continue falling slow ly in the vicinity of St. Paul. OCEAN LINERS. ■New York—Arrived: Columbia, Ham ! burg, Southampton and Cherbourg; Penn -1 land, Antwerp. Queenstown—ArrlveJ: Cymric, New j York for Liverpool. Hamburg -Arrived: Cymric, Now York. Lizard— Koenlgtn Luise, Nsw New York for Southampton and Bremen, Liverpool—Sailed: Taurlc, New York. Brown cad Passed: Campania, New York for Queenstown and Live pool. Genoa Arrived: Aller, New York, via Gibraltar and Naples. Cherbourg— Fuerst Bismarck (from Bremen and Southampton), New York. Ushant—Passed: Pentaur. San Fran cisco, via Guayaquil, for Hamburg. TRIAL OF R.S.FOSBURCH FOR MURDER OF HIS SISTER AT AT PITTSFIELD, .MASS. Stall' Produce* Testimony Thill Will Prove DauinaiiiK 1" the I'.\ ri-iiii to the CuuMe of the Defendant. PITTSBURG, Mass., July 19.—The Fos burgh manslaughter trial dragged along slowly today. The government won a decided victory over the defense when Judge Stevens announced that he would permit the offering of evidence as"to the result of tests made by experts to show tin: distance at which marks of powder from a revolver would be deposited on cloth, provided It was clearly proven by the government that the- revolver and the cartridges used In the test were similar in every respect to the ones with which it was argued the fatal shot was fired. The first bit of testimony of a sensa tional nature was the statement of Dr. Paddock, the medical examiner, to the effect that little Beatrice Fosburgh, who would bo the government. witness, told him that she had seen no burglars at all. although she was behind her sister, May. when the latter fell. Another feature v, as the emphatic statement of Dr. .Draper, the gun expert, to the effect that the shot which ended the life of May Fosburgh was held not more than eight Inches from her breast. * There were a number of witnesses for the'government who testified today, but the one from whom most was expected by those not connected with the cm ci lef of Police "Nichols, said but a few words. and those were ln explanation of testi mony of a previous witness. He will be called again. John P. Connor, a detective, proved a disappointment, because he ex plained he had been working on the can-> - solely from the point of view that the crime had been committed by burglars, and he did not connect; the defendant with It in any way. Testimony was given by a local hard ware dealer with reference, to the revol ver, which was sold to the defenJant, and of a Boston gun salesman, with regard to the carrying power of revolvers. The court adjourned over Saturday until .Mon •day morning and District Attorney Hay wood stated afterwards that he expected' to rest his case Monday night. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF ST. PAUL. MAY MOVE MILL THREAT OK THE STEEL TBI ST TO WORKMEN" AND HANTS AT WELLSVILLE PROGRESS OF STEEL STRIKE General Situation Between tUt - Con tending Factions in the Titanic ' Strnsjrle In Practically Unchanged . STRIKES IN MANY TRADES PITTSBURG, Pa., July 19.-The strike situation tonight la no) materially chang ed, although many rumors are In the a r to the effect thai a settlement of tho troubles Is imminent. Up to 10 p m none of these reports have been verified, and the conclusion reached ii that no settlement Is In sight. At the offices of the Carnegie com pany and at the he i Jquariera of the manufacturers the usual ti ence Is pre served concerning the condition of busi ness or th.- status of the strike. President.Shaffer, of the- Amalgamated association, however, expresses his en tire satisfaction with the progress of the battle and says the workers have gained steadily, while the manufa rave lost continually since last Monday. ii, says up to the present time the Amalga mated forces contemplate no change In their programme, being pi rfeetly satisfied with the showing their psople have made President Shaffer says the advance hi wages offered the the mill workers at McKeesport today, wh'l© seemingly large will not bring the pay up to the union scale. Commencing in a day or two, weekly bulletins will be Issued from Amalga mated headquarters, to give workers and strikers official news of the exact condi tion of strike affairs. TENSION AT u-|-:i.i BVU LE. From the storm center at Wellsville to night comes word that striking mill mm in that vicinity spent an uneasy, rest less day. There Is no longer any' doubt that the owners of the Wellsville plant of the American Sheet Steel company, have many of the town's largest mer chants back of them In th. ir light against the workmen, and much bitterness has resulted, Confionti d with v. ha- seems a certainty that if the present trouble go. s along much further, the Wellsville plant will be lifted an I brought across the line into Pennsylvania, grocers, clothing men and others, who for years have received , the wages of the mill workers In ex change for goods, are now trying to sln/v strikers that they are wrong and fool h in keeping up a light. 1 Pressure brought to ! ear a'ong this 1 tie | the strikers say, is energy wasted, as they are more determined tonight than before. They are more than angry with the mer chants. The Wellsvllte en have been considered excellent workmen and many of them have money Invested In proper.y here, so should the rn:il he taken to Vai dergrift, as it la threatened, they would suffer. Th. do not believe the promise which accompanies the threat tl at the • mill from Denlson, Ohio, will be brought to this pi ice In case the presmt troub'e IS settled .is true. The proposition has been put to tie strikers In a semi-offlc'al way that if tho strike shall be settled within a reasbhah c time the Dennlson mill will be brought here to Increase the re.~our.-es of tho place, and If the contest shall be long drawn out, the local plant will be re moved bodily to Van l< rgrlft, Pa. It re mains to be seen what effect this line of argument will have en the strikers. Mayor Dennis openly condemns the course of the merchants in the matter and says they tire going beyond their province In trying to Influence the work men. The plant was running today about one fourth full. The reports tonight that Apollo and Vannergrift, where the Amalgamated as sociation is making strenuous efforts to gain recruits, are that the situation is practically unchanged, but much uneasi ness Is felt. No official report has reached here con cerning the situation at Duncansvllls; PLATE PROM WALKS. The Pittsburg Leader prints the follow ing in reference to the reported nhortazo of tin piste: Word was received here today that a considerable shipment of Welsh plate Is now on the water en root.- to New York. It Is probable that a portion of this will come here, if the Shortage con tinues. It will be much more costly than the American make, but the exigencies of some of the local consumers are so Imperative that they will pay no atten tion to the cost, If long continued the strike is sure to be a good thing for the Welsh makers, whose trade for somi time has been in an apathetic condition. The American Tin Plate company has made no Increase In prices for the stock It has on hand, and cannot well do so on account of the contracts It cannot fill ever, with material that is now be ing worked up In the tin houses by the; finishers. This supply will he exhausted Within ten days at all plants, when tho stoppage in all but the Monei plant will .be complete. The members of the Tin Plate Workers' International Pro tective association will stop work. They have assured President Shaft. ■ of th.'r support and will refuse to work plate that may be turned out by new men. In this way this association, which has 12,000 members, and whose scale, aver aging a 10 per cent advance, was signed lecently, may be drawn Into the con flict." " STRIKE OF MINE FIREMEN. More Collieries Reported in Opera tion In l In- Wyoming Valley. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 19,-More mines were In operation ate! more coal was hoisted in the Wyoming Valley to day than on any day since the stationary firemen's strike began. Despite any aeticn that may be taken by the officers of the United Mine Workers as an asse>clatlon, the fact cannot be denied but that the United Mine Workers as a body are anx ious tO get back to work. How long then can be kept out by the executive heaei.j is extremely problemetlcal. The gains made by the companies today were ns follows: The Susquehanna Coal company, operating all the collsries in Nentuck. had more men at work than any previous day and their-output was large. The fire men at the Avondale mine of the^Lacka wanna company went back to their old posts and work at the mine will be ruph ed tomorrow. No. 8 collet of the" Erie company at PRtstoa resumed work this morning; 900 men aro employed there. The Pettibone colliery of the Lackawanna company found Itself able to start up nt noon and operations were resumed. No attempt at work, was made at any of the mines of. the Delaware & Hudson or the Lehigh & Wllkesbarre company. In the face of this change ln the situation the strikers are by no means discouraged. In an official statement Issued this evening It Is said that in the upper anthracite re gion the situation remains the same, with strong Indications of Increased wages for 1.1 luiicd on Third Paige.