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( THE MOKNiyO OftEGONTAN. VDAY, ttPKITJ 15, 1901. FLOCKED TO CAPIZ PORM OP. PROVINCIAL GOVERff 5ttEXTr EXPLAINED, t It"" "VIIl Be Inaugurated Today" by Philippine ComjnlBslon Gen eral Desire lor Peaces r.T.C-dPJZUtP JZ -pcJM4J-l?e.3J.eo!pjB of this section of Panay.flocked to Caplz to day on foot and- Itr carriages to meet the members of the United States Philippine Commission and to attend -the explanation of the principles upon "which provincial government is to- be established here to morrow. Thousands were present at the meeting held In the theater. Representa tives of the natives assert that the Fed eralist 'movement, combined with the lib erality of the laws, being enacted "by the "commission, has caused the recent rapid jjaclflcation in the northern part of. the "island. The Province of .Captz has suffered greatly fr6ni worms, rinderpest and lo- -cusi plagues, and popular, .sentiment is lina'nrmously in favor of peace and civil government. -- , , ' TO ISTOP ABUSE OF MAILS. Jllove Against Papers Offering Pre miums Is Contemplated. WASHINGTON.' April 14. Having re peatedly failed to secure remedial legis lation from Congress to prevent abuses of theprlvileges of second-class mall mat ter, "the Postoffice" Department officials lhave under consideration the adoption of a proposed rule, "by "authority of the Post , jnasterGeneral, to bring about the desired reforms. "With this object in view, Ed rin C Madden, Third Assistant Postmaster-General, has addressed a long circular letter to about 405 publishers of newspa pers and periodicals, setting forth the ob jects sought to be accomplished by the proposed rule -and asking the following -questions: "In the judgment of those addressed, will a departmental rule be regarded as injurious to legitimate papers and peri odicals, which Trill stop absolutely all premium inducements, direct or Indirect and of "whatever character, lor subscrip 1 ftions? In other words, after a publisher 3ias used a price -on hls publication, any toonus- or premium given to the sub scriber ior any combination with anything except a second-class publication, shall vitiate that subscription in its relation to the second-class rates of postage." Mr. Madden adds: "It Is believed that such a rule as that proposed would be jof. great benefit to legitimate" journalism, .nd in a very large measure check this draf t upon the public treasury for private advantage with ao compensation or public benefit, through the elimination of an im mense number of publications, -which are wholly sustained in their second-class tatus by patronage induced by some ex traneous thing In conflict with the spirit of the law. Such a consummation has much of promise in the direction of bet ter postal facilities arid cheaper rates for t)thet classes of mall matter." The clrcujar aserts that the loss of reve liue to the Government from the abuses "of the privileges of second-class matter Is enormous, being estimated conservatively between $15,000,000 and 125,000,000 a yea. Existing regulations, nowever. faithfully administered, are Inadequate to accomp lish immediate reforms and the most pro lific means by which the law is circum vented remains undisturbed by regulation. Of the many means by -which publica tions not properly entitled to this favored postage rate spring into existence and thrive, no other, it is asserted by Mr. Madden, is so fruitful and Insidious as the permission, not of law or rule, but of uninterrupted practice, that subscrip tions maybe obtained by offers of premi ums or merchandise, chances tb draw prifces in guessing contests, and countless 'ingenious inventions of similar character. Circulations running into the thousands and into the millions, the circular says, 2iave been built up by this premium pro cess for publications which, upon actual merit, could command no public patron age whatever. Such subscriptions, ex cept in an occasional Instance, where some actually meritorious publication employs the plan, reesent in no liberal sense a public interest in the literature or In "the news to which it is claimed such pub lications are devoted. Mr. Madden asks that the matter be given prompt attention, and says the re. form proposed can scarcely be carried on successfully without the aid and loyal, owun i sue BUMiaara newspapers ana periodicals of the country. APPROVED BY ROOT. Revision and Codification of Army Regmlatlons; ' WASHINGTON, April 14. Secretary Hoot has approved the report of a re vision and codification of the Army regu lations prepared by a commission con ulstlng of Assistant Secretary of War Sanger; Lieutenant-Colonel Davis, of the Judge-Advocate-General's Department, and Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, of the Adjutant-General's Department This re vision and codification was necessary on account of the many changes that have been made in the Army regulations by law and general orders since the last book of regulations was printed; also by the changes of the conditions in the United States. One of the regulations, drawn in times when troops were sta tloneS oH theM frontiers of the United State's, -HinOwedr the commanding officer of a post or camp to issue arms and ammunition to .settlers for the purpose of self-preservation against the Indians. This was not made specific, and as the frontier of the United States has prac tically disappeared! -the -order could now be Interpreted to allow the issuance of arms to people in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba or Alaska. It was thought necessary to rescind "this regulation. The change from --a regimental to company organization of the artillery also has necessitated many changes. Some minor changes were? made regarding -payments of troops, and the transportt'Eervlce, as transports were not a-.part of the Army establishment when the old. regulations were drawn up, It is intended to have these new regulations printed at once and placed lnthe hands of all of the Army officers 'appointed and to be ap pointed under the reorganization law. Transport for dmue and Manila. VALLEJG. CaL - Aprll: 14. The naval transp6rUSolace "srtll .sail Tuesday for 1 Guam aria Manila, carrying a large cargo of provisions, clothing and stores. There is on 'board a large quantity of machinery, including a large Corliss engine, several huge boilers and shafting. Two 35-feet fiy -wheels add 30,000 pounds to her weight. These will be taken to Manila. For Guam there is a large quantity of provi sions and clothing, and 500 good-sized or ange trees. Fifty officers will go on the ship as passengers, A number of them will be-accompanled by their .wives. The Solace is weighted, down with old guns and chains taken along as ballast for the return Jrp. A large draft of sailors will arrive from tbe East Monday to take passage on the Solace. "Hat-Trimming;" Cases Settled. PHILADELPHIA, April 14. The Secord will .say tomorrow: "3&'e famous 'hat-trimming cases,' in volving about! $20,000;000. and which, since 1S84, aave "been the subject of a bitter, legal battle between the Government and a numberof merchants, have at last been settled. It "Is stated on high authority that a compromise has oeen affected through which the merchants interested will receive $4,000,000 irom the United States Treasury v full settlement of a much larger amount they 'claim to have been forced to pay in excess of legal du ties. The suits, which have engaged the attention of some of the best lawyers in the.United-States, were Drought by Meyer & Dickinson, Kohn, Aaier & Co., John Wanaraaker, Henry Tilge and other Phll adelphlans. These cases will. It Is said, be called up In the United States District Court Thursday, when judgment will be confessed against the Government for the amounts agreed upon. In other suits ver dicts will be taken in favor of the defendant." Transport From' Ma nils. SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. The trans port Thomas arrived from Manila tonight with 70 cabin passengers and 1644 mem bers of the Twenty-eighth and Thlrty fiSfch Regiments of Volunteers. CRISIS IN CAPITAL OP COREA. Kim Beheaded Because He Planned to Displace Heir to Throne. TACOMA, April 14. A sensational polit ical crisis exists In Seoul, capital of Corea. The news is brought tonight by the steamship Duke of Fife that the gov ernment beheaded Kim Tang Chun for planning to make the S9n of the Em peror's favorite mistress, Lady Om, heir to the throne, displacing the Prince Im perial, eon of the murdered Queen. The decapitated official was the leader of the Kim faction, which has been engaged for months In deadly rivalry with the Min faction, led by Mln Kongslk, for the dom ination of Corean. politics. The Mln fac tion learned . of the plot against the Prince Imperial, and a street fight be tween the two factions resulted. After Kim Tang Chun was beheaded, that clique gathered In such force that Mln Kongslk and his chief supporters were imprisoned, Mln being ordered banished for 15 years. Ku Won Chal, Minister of War, and another official, adherents of Kim Tang Chun, resigned, which precipi tated a Cabinet crisis. LI Chi Tong, Min ister of the household, and Governor Tim Tak Tong, of Kyonkide, were arrested for complicity in the same plot. It was planned to take Lady Om and her son away from Seoul and await a favorable opportunity to place the latter on the throne. Late tidings received at Toko hama from Seoul state that the crisis continues. HARRISON ON AMERICA. Strnclc With Deep Thinking; of Stu dents. LONDON, April 15. Ther Dally' Mall publishes an Interview today with Fred eric Harrison, president of the London posltlvist committee, regarding his re cent visit to the United States, in which he repeats in part his interview Thurs day last with a representative of the As sociated Press. "I am deeply Impressed," said Mr. Har rison to a Dally Mail representative, "by my American trip. I found a clear, in tellectual atmosphere, a broad tolerance and an universal hospitality which de lighted me. I was struck with the. evi dence of deep thinking exhibited by stu dents In the American universities. I vis ited many cities, but nowhere did I see a sign or hear a hint of animosity toward England." Mr. Harrison expressed the opinion that It was advtoSble for England to pay less attention to foreign affairs and more to her energetic commercial and Industrial competitors in the United States. Crown Prince William Honored. VIENNA, April 14. Crown Prince Fred erick William- of Germany arrived in Vienna this morning In acceptance of an invitation from Emperor Francis Joseph, who with the Austrian Archduke greeted him at the railway station. A large and enthusiastic concourse awaited his arrival. Subsequently, the Emperor received the Crown Prince In private audience and later returned his. visit. During the after noon, amid popular demonstration of the most friendly character, the Crown Prince drove to the Capuchin Mausoleum where, on behalf of Emperor William, he depos ited wreaths on the tombs of Empress Elizabeth, Crown Prince Rudolph and Archduke Albrecht. At 5 o'clock a state banquet, in his honor, was given at the Hofburg, attended by the members of the imperial house, the Ministers and the members of the diplomatic corps. A reception followed ,and then all attended a gala performance at the opera.. At the banquet the Emperor In propos ing a toast to the Crown Prince said he hoped the visit would knit still closer the personal and political relations of the two Imperial houses. The Crown Prince made a suitable acknowledgment. ART GALLERY FOR PRAGUE. Emperor Orders Its Establishment, and Makes Donation. VIENNA, April 15. Emperor Francis Jo seph has fulfilled a long-cherished desire of the Czech population of Bohemia by ordering the establishment at Prague of a modern art gallery toward the founda tion of which he has himself donated 2,000,000 crowns. In a letter announcing this, His Majesty expresses a hope that he may succeed in establishing peace In the land through the "conciliatory pow ers of art." He has also created eight new peers, all men of letters, or representatives of the learned and artistic professions. The list includes. In addition to Antontn Dvorak, the Bohemian composer, Yaros lav Vrohllczky. the Czech poet, and Pro fessor Gomperz, of the University of Vi enna, the translator' of the works of John Stuart Mill. Russlnn Easter Promotions. ST. PETERSBURG, April 14. The list of Russian Easter promotions and decora tions includes Count Lamsdorff, the For eign Minister and his assistant, Prince ObolenskI; Count Vonder Osten Sacken, Russian Ambassador to Germany: M. De Giers, Russian Minister to China; M. D'ls voisky, Russian Minister to Japan, and others Protests Cause Emperor to Act. BERLIN, April 14. Influenced by the protests of the Evangelical church coun cil and the Catholic bishops, Emperor William has withdrawn from the great hall of the blind asylum at Wusterhau sen the mosalo. portraits representing the Empress as St. Elizabeth, and himself as the saint's husband. Attempt to Destroy Convent. MADRID, April 14. Dispatches from Lisbon announce that an attempt was made to destroy by fire the Jeusit con vent at Avlro, Portugal, but the flames were extinguished by the police. The in cendiaries have not been discovered. No Increase in Progress of Plague. CAPE TOWN, April jl4. There Is no 'in crease In the progress of bubonic plague here, although there is-an average of five cases dally. Since the outbreak 392 cases have been 'officially reported, of which 152 have proved fatal. Russia Names Commission. ST. PETERSBURG, April 15. The Rus sian government has appointed a commis sion to settle the reorganization of the ad ministration of the Island of Saghalln in .the Sea of Okhotsk, and Its penal settle ments. Italian Snuadron Leaves Toulon. TOULON, April 14. The Italian squad ron, commanded by the Duke of Genoa, which participated in the Franco-Italian festivities here last week, sailed from Toulon this morning. Death Penalty for Opium Smoking;. LONDON, April 15. According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Mail, the Corean Government has promul gated a law enforcing the penalty of death for opium smoking. General Strike Decided Upon. GENOA, April 14. At a meeting of the dock laborers here today, a general strike was decided upon. This will have the ef fect of delaying many steamers. MRS. NATION ARRESTED .CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING THE' STREETS IX KANSAS CITY. Taken to Police Station In Patrol Wagron Furnished Bail, and Was Given Liberty, KANSAS CITY, April 14.-Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested in this city tonight on the charge of obstructing the street and hauled to the police station in a .fauui wagon, one was released on a cash bond of 6, and will be tried In the Police Court tomorrow morning. Mrs. Nation lectured In Kansas City, Kan., last night, and came over to the Missouri side this morning. She started on a tour of investigation among the down-town saloons this evening. A crowd of a thou sand men and boys followed her, and at LEIGH S. MBMgBB BBHBBKffljfffM mBBSmtSMamWsMxiSBm SEATTLE, April 14. Leigh S. J. Hunt, the Corean mining king., who intends establishing a newspaper in this city, will, it is said, bring suit against the Associated Press to compel it to furnish his newspaper with the same service as it now furnishes the Post-Intelligencer. He has placed his case in the hands of the law firm of Preston, Carr & Gilman, one of the leading law firms of the city and state. It Is not known yet in which court Mr. Hunt will bring his suit. Rumor is that he will apply to Judge Hanford, of "the District .Court of Washing ton, for an order to compel -the Associated Press to furnish him with a service, while some of his friends say he will go to New Tork to com mence' his suit. v Mr. Hunt's friends in this city say that his new paper will not be is sued until some time in October. It, Is necessary first to erect a building, which Mr. Hunt has leased from J. W. Clise, and his plant will not be ready until October, even should the building be completed before that time. v o- ----o Twelfth and Walnut streets, where there are saloons on three corners, ,she was ar rested because the crowd following her blockaded the street. She roundly lec tured the saloon men whom she visited. SHOT AND KILLED BY NEGRO. Latter Shot Five Times by Dead White Man's Friends. HASTINGS, Fla., April 14. Julius E? kew, manager of the Armstrong Turpen tine Company, near here, was shot and killed by Jim Klrby, a negro, last night. Eskew had $150 on his person, and the negro wanted the money. After Eskew was dead, Kirby started toward the body for the purpose of robbing It, but was frightened away. He escaped Into the swamp, where he was captured with the aid of bloodhounds. While Sher iff Perry was waiting In the depot with tjie negro, to take him to St. Augustine, unknown parties fired through a window and put five bullets Into KIrby'e back. He thought he would die, and made a confession implicating Robert Lee, an other negro. Bloodhounds are now after Lee. Eskew was well and favorably known in Florida. The crime has created great excitement In Jones County, and there may be a double lynching. PASSED RAISED CHECKS. Clever Swindler Made a Heavy Haul , In Toronto. TORONTO, Ont., April 14. A clever bank swindler made a heavy "haul in Toronto Saturday, the total amount of which will not be known until the tellers and ledger keepers in various banks check up busi ness tomorrow. A stranger, claiming to live in Halifax, opened an account in the Imperial Bank Saturday morning, de positing J50. Shortly afterward he pre sented a check for $20, which was marked by the ledger-keeper. Shortly before 1 o'clock, during the rush preceding the close, this check, raised to $2455, was pre sented to the teller and cashed. ThP same procedure was adopted at the Bank of'Commerce, where a check, rgised from $20 to $2900. was cashed. It is helleveU several other banks were similarly victim ized. Ripley "Will Tnke tne Stand. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 14. The trial of Garnett D. Ripley, as an alleged con spirator in the murder of Governor Goe bel, will be resumed tomorrow. The de fendant will be the first witness for the defense. Ex-Governor Bradley and Judge Yost could not be seen today, but It Is known they have reaffirmed their state ments that Ripley does; not accompany his statements with any such explanation as Attorney O'Neal gave yesterday In out lining the case for the defense. There is a report that both Bradley and Yost in their testimony before the grand jury. told much more than they did on the stand last week. The prosecution asked them questions bearing on only the one point, and the defense did not cross-examine them. Evans Charged With Griffin's -Death. COLUMBIA, S. C, April 14'. The verdict of the Coroner's jury today was that John Griffin came to his death yesterday at the hands of Bernard Evans. There have been no further developments. Evans Is in jail and remains silent. His brother, the ex-Governor, and uncle, General Mart T. Gary, are here. Jevrs Favor Purchase of Palestine. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 14. Fifteen hundred Hebrews held a meeting today In the Interest of the Zionistic movement, and demonstrated approval of the plan wiich, It Is hoped, will restore the ancient prestige of the Jews as a nation. The plan Is to raise a fund sufficiently large to purchase the land of Palestine from the Turks and make it a haven for the op pressed Jews of every land. One of the branches of the organization is located in Milwaukee. Dr. Caro, of this city, one of the chief promoters of the movement, says the cause is to be prosecuted with fervor. PpMONA RAILROAD FIGHT. Citizens Still on Watch to Prevent Laying jot Rails. POMONA, Cal., April 14. Although 'the Southern Pacific Company made no fur ther move today toward occupying First street, the fact that more railroad .ties and rails arrived during the night would seem to indicate that the company has not given up the fight. The newly laid track is up to the barbed-wire fence hastily built yesterday to define the city's property, but It Is not a single inch over the line, and some of the city's watchers are ever present. All through the night the little fires, of the sentinels burned brightly along First street, and shifts of HtMHMMMMtHtHHMHte S J. HUNT eo o o -------- q men regularly took their turns keeping guard. Crowds of young men have heard of the contention, and are here from Sparria Lordsburg, Sandiemas, North Pomona and Claremont to take part in the melee If any trouble should arise. Nearly all are armed with clubs. Major J. W. F. Diss, right-of-way agent for the new Salt Lake road, is here, and this morning Ferd K. Rule, treasurer of the road, and another official came out from Los Angeles. Until a franchise 's granted the Salt Lake road, the fight must be between the city and the South ern Pacific, but when the trustees grant a franchise the Salt Lake, road will, be come an important factor in the fight. Probable Successor to Walker. TOPEKA, Kan., April n. Benjamin P. Cheney, of Boston, will,. In the opinion of some of the officials at the generat'offices here of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, succeed the late Aldace F. Walker as chairman of the executive committee of the railroad company. WILL GO INTO POLITICS. Nctv York Trades Unions Will Form Independent Labor Party. NEW YORK, April 14 For the first time since they were organized, the prin cipal trades unions in this city decided to day to go into politics, and start an inde pendent labor party. This decision was reached at a meeting of delegates from 21 unions represented In the. board of walk ing delegates held this aitcrnoon. Philip Wiensemer, of the Amalgamated Society of Plumbers and Gas Fitters, presided. The meeting was called on account of the recent decisions of the Court of Appeals declaring the prevailing rate of wages law and the state stone-dressing law unconsti tutional. The laws, the most radical of their kind that have yet oeen passed in the interest of labor, cost the labor unions many thousands of dollars in carrying on the agitation in their favor "and the an nulment Is admitted to be a severe blow to labo. Those who'cotiducted the agi tation say the city officials who were suo- pased to be most friendly to labor, did not stand by the, labor unions as they were expected to do, and that their pro fessions of friendship were not carried out in practice. Funeral of Aldace F. Walker. ifW YORK, April 14.-Funeral seri ices over the body of Aldace F. Walker, President of the Board of Directors of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail road, were held today at the West End Collegiate Church. The pall bearers were John G. McCullogh, of the ErieN Railroad; General H. L. Burnett, United States Dis trict Attorney; General E. H. Ripley, President Charles M. Hays, of the South ern Pacific; Victor Marawetz, George H. Haven, R. Summerhays and Frederick B. Jennings. After Ihe service the body, ac companied by the widow and other Imme diate members of the family, was taken to Rutland, Vt., for interment. 0 350,000 Fire In Blower Works. BOSTON, April J4.-The main building of the extensive blower works of the B. Fi Stertevant Company, in the Jamaica Plain district, was burned early this morning, causing a loss of $350,000. The concern manufactured various kinds of machinery and electric goods, as well as blowers. All patterns and plans were destroyed. The company had recently added $75,000 worth of tools and machin ery, and had a large amount of electrical work ready for shipment. It also had a big number of engines and blowers for the Government for use on battle-ships and cruisers In course of construction, all of which were destroyed. COMINGTRIPOFPRESIDENT CABINET MEMBERS ARE NOT EN . THUSL1STIC OVER IT. May" Try to Find Worlc to Keep Them at Capital McKlnley Is High ly Interested. WASHINGTON, April 9. While many Important public questions arise for set tlement from day to day and week to week, the coming trip of the President to the Pacific Coast engages more atten tion in many quarters than anything else at this time. It Is talked of day after day, and especially when different Senators artd Representatives from Western States call upon the President and invite him to visit their states. The President Is much interested In the trip more so than mem bers of the Cabinet and die others. who are to accompany him. The President looks forward to real enjoyment, and ex-' pects to see a great deal of country that he has never seen before, and see It under conditions which will be most favorable. I was talking with one of the officials who Is expected to accompany mm on the trip, and he said: "The President wants me to go, and I will have to go, unless I can get out of it. There ls no enjoyment In it for me. It means looking down a bass tuba all the time, from one place to another. The President Is the only man in the United States that enjoys that sort of thing." Evidently my friend had been around on these trips at some previous time In his career, for his allusion to "looking down a bass tuba" is familiar to .any body who has accompanied an excursion of a similar character. At every stopping-place there is -the city or village band standing close by the, Tear platform In the most prominent place of all the multitude, and the big bas3 tube Is turned up toward the distinguished visitors and Is belching forth horrible sounds that can only come from the throat of such an instrument. The average village brass band, on an -occasion of this kind is a good deal like the artists at a National convention always insisting upon, the best places and making themselves a general nuisance. Trying; to Avoid the Trip. While the President is looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to the com ing trip, it is evident that several mem bers of the Cabinet and other officials who have been asked to accompany him are doing everything possible to avoid it. I heard one man who is-close to Sec retary Root sayr "The Secretary Is squirming. He don't like that sort of thing any betterthah-:f"do. and if there Is any excuse that will allow him to re main at home he will find it." A few days after this paragraph creeped into some of the papers, saying that the busi ness of the Secretary was so great that it was 'doubtful whether he would find time to get away with the President, and the Secretary himself made It quite plain that he would not, go If the business of his office was such tnat he could not get away. Secretary Gage also put forth a statement showing that it was impos sible for him to go. It will not be sur prising if some of the other Cabinet of ficials were too ill or found business which will not allow them to leave Wash ington at the time the President leaves. These men who do not want to go pre fer a quiet time rather than to swing around with the President and become a part of the Presidential retinue upon an occasion when the President is the wholething, and the Cabinet must natu rally be In the background. Of course, it will come down to a fine point, and the President will make it plain that he does not propose to go away on a trip of this kind with only two or three mem bers of his Cabinet, -when it was well un derstood thafe the whole Cabinet was to accompany him. If anything, of that klnd goes out from the White House to the various Cabinet officers, with an indica tion that the President means what he says, there will be a larger delegation of officials than is planned just now. Most of the Cabinet and other officers, would prefer to get away by themselves or among other scenes and outside of the constant official life, and outside of what may be called the McKlnley life. Odd Feature of Administration.' Rather an interesting if not curious feature of the present Administration Is the seeming excluslveness of the Presi dent and his official family. The Presi dent Is -not an exclusive individual, and does pot feel like excluding the general public very muoh but It happens that he Is of a sentimental turn of mind. He likes some places and home things, the people he knows well. While he i3 affable to those with whom he comes In contact day by day, and with new people, yet there Is a vast deal of sentiment connect ed with his old. home and his old associa tions. He has carried that into his Cab inet relations to. a large-extent, and likes to have his Cabinet and the wives of hi3 Cabinet Ministers around blm, and such other officers as have been close to him during the time he has been In the White House. All Winter long there have been Cab inet dinners arid Presidential dinners, and Cabinet parties and Presidential gather ings. All last Summer, while President McKlnley vas In Washington, he would have little dinners attended only by those members of the Cabinet and those close In official circles that he had been as sociated with. It has got to be well known In Washington social life that the Presi dent and members of the Cabinet are de sirous of remaining -by themselves as much as possible, and mingling little with the outside world. Nobody knows how far this extends among the members of the Cabinet, but it is evidently a part of the McKlnley regime, for even when the President was away last Summer, there would be little dinners in and about town attended only by Cabinet men and offi cials of high rank, without any other per son being present. It Is possible that Mrs. McKIniey's ill health has Induced this seeming exclusion. Naturally In her con dition she does not like to have too many acquaintances and prefers to meet only those whom she knows. Possibly It Is true that this Is more" satisfactory to the" President on his wife's account. At all events, the official family is made the social family In the present Administra tion as much as possible. Secretary Root a Hard Worker. If anybody should drift through the War Department between 6:30 'and . 7 o'clock each evening "he would find Sec retary Root still at work and a halt hour later" he would oftentimes find As sistant Secretary Sanger at his desk work ing" as hard as a man can work. Some times Secretary Root's hours are extend ed to 7:30 and 8 o'clock, "He has no more Idea o'f time than an Indian." said one of the high officials of the War Depart ment, who Is associated with the Secretary a great deal since he has been at the head of the War Department, and that Is literally true. Let any man get Into the Secretary's room and Interest him, and he pays no attention to any business that may be waiting his immediate attention. Let him get to talking with any man on a subject that interests himself and he pays no attention to the flight of time. He has no Idea when his lunch hour ap proaches. Neither does he regard the time for dinner. When he was 411 so long last Summer Mrs. Root endeavored to work a reform, especially after his return. Some body promptly Informed the Secretary when the time arrived that he should go tq his luncheon, and when he was once at home he had to spend a little leisure there. Then later some member of the family came down to the War Depart ment at 4 or 4:30 and Insisted that he should go home. Just now Mrs. Root is out of town, and this Is not kept up, so the Secretary works all of the time when he feels like It, and he alwayB seems to feel like it. As to Assistant Secretary Sanger, he is determined to learn everything there Is about his duties as Assistant Secretary of War. He summons his private secre tary, the chief clerk, the appointment clerk or any other official In the depart ment who has knowledge of something that he wants to learn, and he keeps that person with him until he has mastered the entire subject. He takes half a day some times to learn the details of some par ticular thing which probably would not keep him five minutes In the future be cause he has learned all about It. The As sistant Secretary Is determined to master every feature of the War Department business. It Is rather hard on those clerks that have to stay until 7 o'clock at night when other clerks are all out at 4, but the Assistant Secretary, no more than his chief, has any Idea of time when he has work to do. And just now he Is working very hard to grasp the details as well as the larger business Interests of the department, so as to be able to take up the duties of the Secretary when Mr. Root is absent. AH Do Not Stay. As a contrast to the hard work which Secretary Root and Assistant Secretary Sanger do, and the overtime they work, together with the overtime that many clerks have to work with them. Is the prompt departure at 4 o'clock of nearly the entire clerical force of all the depart ments. One of the high officials in the department, who Is sometimes called upon to work late hours, speaking of this, said: "Outside of three or four men In my Im mediate office, there Is nobody who can be found at a'mlnute after 4 o'clock. I cannot send for a paper or an Important document one or two minutes after the clock has struck 4, for none of the clerks are available. They drop their work on the tlck'of the watch.but I notice they are never so anxious to get to work at 9 o'clock. They are tho most prompt in dividuals to depart, but are not eo anx ious to be here when work begins. The average Government employe has no more Interest In the Government work than a block of stone. He thinks only of how much he can get out of the Government, and how little he can do. Ot course, these clerks are not required to work beyond that time, and possibly the men who work long after hours and work with the offi cials who stay here after hours will reap no special reward or benefit from It. In the ordinary business life men who are useful to the heads of departments and the proprietors and work late hours are likely to secure advancement. The aver age Government clerk does not stand much show of advancement beyond 51S0O a year. Possibly In the case of a secre tary or an assistant secretary or some other officials- he could be taken with them Into business when a business op portunity offers. Only a few such In stances as that have occurred In my rec ollection. A former ex-prtvate secretary of General Alger was taken to Detroit with him and given a good business op portunity. The ex-private secretary to Dan Lamont was also given a chance to go Into business, an opportunity which has not proven so very successful, how ever. But the average Government clerk who remains In his office seldom has very much encouragement In the way of getting Into a better "business, and pos sibly they are not to be blamed if they do what is required of them between the "hours of 9 and 4. A little more attention to business In these hours would be of great advantage to the Government serv ice, but in a big institution like the Gov ernment, where place is looked upon as a perquisite, and the drawing of salary as a right which a person acquires so soon as he gets into the Government service, there Is some doubt whether any improve ment can be made." ARTHUR W. DUNN. ON THE BERLIN BOURSE. Papers Think American Overconfl den'ce a Danger for All the World. BERLIN. April 14. The American situa tion engaged extraordinary attention on tho Bourse last week, which began with a sharp fall, responding to New York. Nor was this recovered. The financial reviews today devote much space to conditions in Wall Street, the opinions expressed being somewhat divergent. "American specula tors," says the Vosslsche Zeltung, "are possessed with a degree of overconfldence, which Is a danger for all the world, nevertheless, many signs Indicate that the day of collapse Is near." The Frank furter Zeitung also returns to the subject, suggesting that New York's money rate foreshadows a culmination of the boom. adding: "There has been an excess of speculation in New York, which sooner or later must find Its corrective In a corresponding set back." The Berlin Tagesblatt believes that "the New York movement ha3 en tered a critical phase." On the other hand, the National Zeltung, which takes a different view, says: "It would be a grave error to overlook the fact that a magnificent Impulse is throbbing In American business life. A crisis cannot soon be expected." Speculators, however, are becoming skeptical, and Berlin sold Americans all week, particularly Northern Pacific. There Is some apprehension regarding the Amer ican situation. The German markets were unfavorably affected by various. factors. London Stock Exchange. LONDON. April 14. Activity on the Stock Exchange last week was practi cally confined to the American depart ment .and the mining stocks. There is a general Impression that it is advisable to await the forthcoming budget statement before entering upon fresh transactions. The markets on the whole keep firm In spite of the limited dealings, and of the settlement which passed' off without any trouble. The close of the week showed a fairly good tendency In all departments. Consols were steady, and finished one sixteenth better, In spite of the general ?xpectation that the. government will shortly announce Its Intentions to raise 50,000,000 by a new Issue. Foreigners were mostly higher, owing to the strength of the Paris Bourse which was favorably affected by the rumored copper deal. Americans were the active feature of the market throughout the week, although the changes were not so great as might have" been expected from the way prices fluctuated. Tuesday they opened from two to six points lower, but afterward recovered under moderate buying. The settlement showed that there is not much floating stock left in this market. Northern Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul have been especially scarce for delivery since the settlement. A gen eral improvement once established, the market closed firm. Among the Increases were Union Pacific 1. Northern Pacific 1. L. & N. 1, Southern Pacific 1, Atchison , Missouri, Kansas & Texas , Reading seconds , and most others from V to . Money was easy. Call loans, 2 to 3; fixtures, 3; three months' bills, 3$. Irish-Americans Will Not Help. LIMERICK, April 14. John Daly, of. Limerick, In the course of an address to a meeting here today, said his recent visit to Chicago has convincedahim that Irish Americans would contribute nothing to the fund of the party seeking the free dom of Ireland through Parliamentary agitation. He declared that It would not be desirable to pin faith to constitutional agitation at a time when England's power trembled In the balance. Funeral of Professor John A. Myers. LEXINGTON. Ky.. April 14. The body of Professor John A. Myers, a noted chem ist and scientist, who died at San Fran cisco last Monday .was buried here today. He was once a professor In Kentucky University, and later was connected with the West "Virginia Experiment Station. He was the representative In America of the Northern Nitrate Company, of Lon don, m IT IS BUBONIC PLAGUE AILMENT OF THE STUDENT AT ANJf ARBOR. Dean of Medicine Practically Ac knowledges as Much No Danger of Disease Spreading. CHICAGO, April 11. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Ann Arbor. Mich., says: Dr. Victor C. Vaughan. dean of the Medical Department, and one of the most noted bacteriologists in the country, ap peared before the State Board of Health yesterday, and practically acknowledged that the case of Student Charles B. Hare Is one of bubonic plague. He assured the board that there would be no spread of the disease, as ail precautions had been taken to prevent It, and the student will re cover. Dr. Novoy, who attends Hare, wears a germ-proof rubber garment that covers him from head to foot with two little eyeholes for sight. Whenever he goes into the contagious ward, he also In jects preventive doses of serum Into him self. Dr. Vaughan told the board that Hare contracted the disease by an accident al most Identical with that which occurred in Vienna in 1SBS. At that time Professor Nothajele and his assistant. Barlsch, were conducting bacteriological experi ments on bubonic plague baccllt. Barlsch caught the disease, and died as did also Dr. Mueller, who attended him. THE DEATH ROLL Colonel John U. Mustek. OMAHA. April 14. Colonel John R. Musick, author. Journalst and politician, died of heart failure at his apartments In this city today. Mr. Musick devoted the greater part of his life to writing histori cal stories for young people. He wns twice president of the Authors' Guild o New York City, and was several termi grand chancellor commander of tho Knights of Pythips for the State of Mis souri. His most ambitious work was tho "Columbia Historical Novels." In 12 vol umes. Sir Edward William Wilkin. LONDON. April 15.-Slr Edward Wil liam Wllklns, ex-chairman of the South eastern Railway, the Manchester, Shef field & Lincolnshire Railway and tho Metropolitan & East London Railway, died yesterday, aged nearly S2 ycar3. , Pioneer Oil Refiner. PITTSBURG. April 14. Henry Relneke, one of the pioneer oil refiners of Western Pennsylvania, and for 31 years president of Relneke. Wilson & Co., brass foundry and plumbers' supplies, died here today, aged 67 years Ex-Missouri Buslnens Man. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April H. John Bright man, one of the best-known business men of this city for many years, died at the state hospital for the insane here today of paresis, aged 65 years. Entile Kempln. BERLIN. April 14. 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