TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. APRIt 19, 1901'.
DECIDED NOT TO STRIKE
SETTTEMEJfT OP THE TROUBLE AT
THE SHEET STEEL PLANTS.
Both. Sld.cn Made Concessions and
"Work Will Be Resumed at Mc
Keeaport Today.
PITTSBDRG. April IS. There will be no
etrlke In the plants of the American Sheet
Steel Company. The trouble that broke
out In the W. Dewees Wood plant In ilc
Keesport last week, and which for a
time threatened to cause a general strike
of all union iron and steel workers In tfie
country, has been settled In an amicable
manner. The members of the general
executive board of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers
held a long session today. It started out
with a general feeling that a strike would
come, as the workers would not concede
the only point in dispute (reinstatement
of the men discharged, it is claimed for
Joining the union), and so far as could
be learned the officials of the American
Sheet Steel Company were equally deter
mined. During the morning session of the ex
ecutive board, John Jarrett, acting for
the American Sheet Steel Company, ap
peared with a proposition for the mem
bers to consider regarding a settlement of
the difficulty. In general, this proposition
was that all discharged from the Wood
plant should be reinstated, including Hol
loway,, and that all but Holloway should
return to work at once, Holloway to be
returned within 10 days. -The board in
sisted that Holloway should be treated
In the same manner as the others, and
finally Mr. Jarrett changed the proposition
to include Holloway after three days sus
pension, and the agreement was drawn up
and signed at 7 o'clock tonight, as fol
lows: "We have discovered, after a careful
examination of the points at issue that,
as usual, mistakes and misunderstandings
underlie the trouble at McKeesport, and
we reach the conclusion that It will be
to the advantage of all parties concerned
to start the Wood mill with the old em
ployes next Monday, April 22, 1901, and It
s further agreed that the contract with
reference to working conditions in the
mill and scale matters shall be observed
until July 1, 1901, .and In the meantime
Mr. Smith and Mr. Holloway shall have
a meeting to adjust any differences which
may exist between them.
"T. J. Shaffer, president A. A. I. S. & T.
W.; John Williams, secretary-treasurer A.
A I. S. & T. W.; John Jarrett, American
Sheet Steel Company."
In explanation of this agreement. It
was stated that the matter will remain
in exactly the same position as before
the trouble broke out. The organization
of the local of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation among the employes of the mill
will be continued, though the company
will not recognize it In any way in deal
ing with the men. The Amalgamated As
sociation officers stated that they did
not wish the company to recognize their
organization at present, and simply asked
the company to allow the men to do as
they pleased and act with freedom when
outside of the mill. The company offi
cials, on the other hand, say that so long
ns the local among their men does not
try to force recognition, and the men
work under the personal agreement with
them, they will not allow any feeling
against the men. Both sides are satisfied
and the strike that has existed for a
week has. In reality, accbrdlng to the offi
cers on both sides, been due to a misun
derstanding between the two sides to the
dispute.
The settlement will bring the matter to
n issue, it Is said, when the scale for
the coming year is brought up for settle
ment. The -union men will seek at that
time to have the Wood plant included In
the next scale agreement and the com
pany, it is believed, will be ready to
oppose this part of the agreement em--phatlealry-.
'Whetf asked tonight concern
ing this, the officials of the Amalgamated
Association said they would not cross a
bridge until they came to it. At the con
clusion of the conference this evening
the members of the executive board de
parted for their homes. There did not
seem -any disposition on the part of either
side of the dispute to claim a victory or
the better of the settlement.
PREVENTED BY SCHWAB.
How-thc Head of the Bijr Steel Com
bine Averted the Strike.
PITTSBURG, April IS. The Commercial
Gazette tomorrow, in Its treatment of the
McKeesport strike settlement, says:
"President Charles M. Shwab, of the
United States Steel Corporation, spent an
hour Wednesday In conference with Col
onel G. Watson French, vice-president of
the Republic Iron & Steel Company. When
Colonel French left the meeting of the ad
visory board of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers Wed
nesday afternoon, he did so promising
to use his best endeavors to put an end
to the strike Issue without forcing a
backdown from either side. The under
standing was that to do this he would
go beyond the Pittsburg powers of the
AJnerlcan Sheet Steel Company, operating
the Wood plant, and this he did.
"He went directly to the Carnegie build
ing. President Schwab, of the United
States Steel Corporation, was there, hav
ing returned during the afternoon from
a trip of inspection of the mills. The
serious situation in relation to the United
States Steel Corporation and the as
surance thaj:, President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated Association, would carry
out his threat, was presented to the new
executive of the greatest Industrial cor
poration in the world. It was presented
from the standpoint of an executive of
another corporation with $55,000,000 capi
tal, and who, during the threatened trou
ble of that company with the Association
of Metal Workers last Fall, -was the lead
ing representative of his company in its
wage settlement.
"It took time to convince the president
of the great Morgan company that he
should act and act promptly to stop the
McKeesport trouhle, and what would sub
sequently involve all of the mills of the
big company. Colonel French left Mr.
Schwab an hour after he had entered his
office. He went to his room In the Du
quesne Club. From there he called Presi
dent Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation, by telephone. Inviting him to
meet him. Mr. Shaffer joined Colonel
French shortly after 6:30 o'clock and left
him 15 minutes later. The Amalgamated
president was assured that another man
higher in his relations to the American
Sheet Steel Company and the United
States Steel Corporation would be heard
from with a new proposition for the set
tlement of the trouble. This was to be
before noon.
"At 11 o'clock John Jarrett, head of the
labor bureau of the American Sheet Steel
Company, appeared at the meeting of the
advisory board of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation. Through circuitous channels
President Schwab, of the United States
Steel Corporation, had practically passed
the -word to Mr. Jarrett to settle the
strike differences on the terms he saw
fit."
WAXT A LONGER DINNER HOUR.
Another Strike Has Started at Mc
Keesport. M'KEESPORT. Pa., April IS. After
safely passing through one labor trouble
MoKeesport has Just entered another.
At 7:30 o'clock tonight alj the hands em
ployed on the McKeesport connecting
railroad struck for a longer dinner hour.
The "men at present have to return to
work immediately after they are through
eating their midday meal, in aoout 45
minutes. The strike Includes the engi
neers, firemen and brakemen in the yards
of the National Tube Works rolling mills,
Monongahela blast furnaces and Monon
gahela. Steel Works of the National Tube
Qpmpany. numbering about 50 men. The
men are all members of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, and that organiza
tion is expected to back the men In their
demands. A committeeman who was ap
pointed to confer with the officials was
dismissed when he had stated the de
mands of the men. The action of the
railroad hands will cause the suspension
of the entire plant, and this will cause
10,000 men to be thrown out of employ
ment. Up to 9 o'clock tonight the plants
were all running, but It is thought work
will be suspended before morning.
Indiana Miners Invade Kentucky.
EVANSVIL.L.E, April 18. About 600 coal
miners gathered from Southern Indiana
points left here by steamboat for East
wood Landing, Ky., tonight, to endeavor
to close down the union mines in Western
Kentucky. The first point to which their
attention will be directed is Sebree, which
is about two miles from the point of land
ing. About 10 days ago the -United Mine
workers of America In Kentucky adopted
a new scale of wages which Is about 33
per cent below the Indiana scale adopted
at Terre Haute. The difference in wages
has caused a complete paralysis of the
mines in Southern Indiana. The objeqt of
the Indiana miners is to get the co-operation
of the Kentucky miners In an adjust
ment of the differences, both being com
petitors in the same field.
Drew the Color Line.
CHICAGO, April 18. The Tribune says:
"Bricklayers from Chicago and other
Northern cities have tied up building
operations on the new Statehouse at Jack
son, Miss., by striking because of the
presence of negro bricklayers on the work.
Advices of the trouble .were received by
Chicago labor leaders last night.
"There were but two negroes on the job,
and they are said to be non-union men,
while the Northern men are union; but
the trouble, it is said, Is due not so much
to union Ideas as to the color line. The
Northern men demanded the negroes be
discharged, and when the foreman re
fused to let them go, the white men quit
work."
Colliery Strike Settled.
SHAMOKIN, Pa., April 18 The strike
at the Natalie colliery ended today by the
return towork of the 1000 employes. In
side Superintendent James Bateman,
whom the men claimed was unfair In ad
Justing the wage scale, resigned last nlgnt.
It was chiefly for his dismissal that tho
men struck.
PENNSYLVANIA AND ATCHISON
Eastern Rpad Is Seeking: New Al
liance. NEW YORK. April 18. The Tribune
says:
"Representatives of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, It Is said on good
authority, will soon be elected to mem
bership in the board of directors of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Company. No Atchison securities appear
in the long list of stocks and bonds owned
by the Pennsylvania, but It Is understood
that heavy purchases of Atchison stocks,
principally the preferred, have been made
of late by Interests Identified with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The
latter road has long had close traf
fic relations with the Burlington, the two
companies Jointly owning and operating
the Toledo, Peoria &. Western Railway,
which connects the systems, but in view
of the increasing probability of the ac
quisition of the Burlington by the North
ern Pacific-Great Northern interests, in
Pennsylvania, it Is said, some time ago
began to make preparations for alliance
with another Western line, choosing the
Atchison. The latter road touches Kan
sas City, but does not extend to St. Louis,
which Is the Western terminus of the
Pennsylvania system, the two roads meet
ing only in Chicago.
tft is said that there will be no connec
tion built between the two roads by ex
tension of the Pennsylvania system west
ward of St. Louis, and it is not believed
that any intention exists of obtaining con
trol of the Atchison by purchase of a
majority of the tetter's stock by the
Pennsylvania; -but it is said to be pos
sible that a traffic arrangement might
without great difficulty be arranged by
which traffic could be moved from ocean
to ocean over the Pennsylvania and the
Atchison with say one of the lines of the
St. Louis & San Francisco as the con
necting link."
HILL GOES HOME. '
Says Nothing Has Been Done in the
Bis Deals.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 18. President
James J. Hill, being asked by a repre
sentative of the Associated Press if he
had anything further to say touching
publications concerning the merging of
various railway corporations into one
great syndicate, said:
"Say to the Associated Press that I
have read the various statements pub
lished, and that where there is one clean
cut statement of facts there are about a
dozen statements of an erroneous char-
"It is true that several large railway
corporations are endeavoring to make
closer traffic arrangements, and that such
arrangements involve the Burlington but
up to the present time there has been
nothing consummated upon which to base
correct statements."
It is apparent that Mr. Hill has been
greatly annoyed by the coupling of many
railroads other than those with which
he has been dealing, and he did not hesi
tate to say that interviews which had
been given out by the heads of such
railroads were merely "guess work," and
contained little truth.
Mr. Hill left Seattle for St. Paul at
noon today, his visit to the Coast at
this time having been more for the pur
pose of keeping his promises to take the
party with him across the Continent than
anything else.
NEARING THE END.
Instructions and Arguments in the
Ripley Case.
FRANKFORT, Ky., April 18. Judge
Cantrlll today delivered his Instructions
to the jury in the case of Captain Garnet
Ripley, charged with being connected
with the Goebel assassination, and argu
ment of the case was begun. The in
structions are practically the same as
those given In the case of Caleb Powers.
The first holds that the defendant must
be found guilty 1 the charge that Rip
ley conspired with Taylor and others to
procure Goebel'e death, as alleged, has
been proved to the satisfaction of the
jury. The second says that If the jury
believes from the evidence, to the exclu
sion of a reasonable doubt, that the de
fendant and others conspired to commit
an unlawful act, and that, In conse
quence of that act, Goebel was mur
dered, he la still guilty of murder, though
the original object of the unlawful con
spiracy. The other instructions relate to
the credibility of co-consplrators as wit
nesses and to other minor points. The
court also added a ninth instruction,
which is to the effect that before the
defendant can be convicted the jury must
believe beyond all doubt that the de
fendant entered Into aconsplracy prior to
January 30 to procure and bring about
Goebel's death.
Judge P. W. Major made the first
speech for the defense. He said Goebel
was as foully murdered as any human
being ever was, but he believed with an
unalterable opinion that the defendant
was Innocent of any part In the con
spiracy, for he had only a passing ac
quaintance with Governor Taylor, and did
not even know any of the other alleged
conspirators.
Judge B. G. Williams made the argu
ment for the prosecution this afternoon.
Mr. O'Neal will close for the defense
tomorrow morning and Commonwealth's
Attorney Franklin will close for the com
monwealth In the afternoon.
A German savant points out that rural
postmen were in existence in Egypt 4000
years ago. t
SALE OF THE BURLINGTON
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE
REPORT.
Trvo Hundred Dollars Per Share
to Be Given by Great Northern
and Northern Pacific.
BOSTON, April 18. The first authorita
tive announcement concerning the nego
tiations for a purchase of he Chicago.
Burlington & Qulncy Railroad Company
by the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern railroad companies was given out to
night from the office of the Boston News
Bureau, In the form of a statement from
Director and ex-President Charles E. Per
kins, of the Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncy, as follows:
"Mr. Perkins says It was practically
settled this evening that a formal offer
of $200 per share will be made In the
Dromlo Johnson "Methlnks Yon
course of a week or two, payable In the
joint 4 per cent bonds of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific compa
nies, secured by a deposit of Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy stock in trust, and
that J. P. Morgan & Co., In behalf of a
syndicate, will offer to buy $50,000,000 of
the bonds at par. Mr. Perkins says that
personally he Is In favor of accepting the
proposition."
Decision in the Car Case.
WASHINGTON, April 18. The Inter
state Commerce Commission today an
nounced a decision In which it holds
that the Northern Pacific Company, if
it transports private cars of any class,
must transport all private cars occupied
for the same or similar purposes in like
manner and upon like terms. It says
that the defendant, hbwever, lawfully
may decline to haul private cars at all,
or It may haul private cars of one class
and refuse to haul others of a wholly
different class. The case decided Is that
of Spencer E. Carr against the Northern
Pacific, and is decided against Carr. The
complainant is a salesman, who uses a
private car on his trips, and on his first
trip between St. Paul and Portland, Or.,
was charged 15 round-trip fares, but on
subsequent trips was charged 15 local
fares from point to point, where he
stopped along the line.
-- DEL MONTE CONFERENCE.
Transcontinental Association Fixes
Rates for Various Conventions.
DEL MONTE, Cal., April 18. Contrary
to expectation, the Transcontinental Pas
senger Association will not get through
Its business before tomorrow noon. Work
was continued all day, with brief Inter
' missions at noon and the dinner hour,,
and a session was held tonight in an en
deavor to get through by noon tomorrow.
The principal business accomplished to
day was the fixing of rates for various
conventions during the year. The round
trip rate for the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo from San Francisco was fixed
at one standard first-class 30-day fare to
the Missouri River, plus one flrat-class
faro added to $1 from Missouri River
points to Buffalo. These tickets will be
sold June 3 and 4, July 3 and 4, August
22 and 23, and September 5 and 6, and
apply by all direct routes. An additional
rate of $12 50 Is made for tickets via the
Shasta route and the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation line, and an apportionate rate
is added for direct routes from other Cali
fornia points.
The same rates as above were fixed for
the Baptist Young People's International
Convention at Chicago and the National
Educational Association at Detroit In
July of this year. For the Grand Army
encampment at Cleveland, September 5
and 6; the Irrigation Congress at Colorado
Springs, July 6, and the Trans-MissisBlppl
exposition at Cripple Creek, Colo., July
17-20, one 30-day fare Is to be the excur
sion rate, with the same conditions as the
Pan-American exposition rates. The rates
for tho conclave of Modern Woodmen of
America at St. Paul, and of the Mystic
Shriners at Kansas City In June, are also
one 30-day fare. The return limit of tick
ets sold, according to rates made for the
Elks convention at Milwaukee, the Na
tional Educational Convention at Detroit
and the Knights Templar conclave at
Louisville, was today extended from 30 to
60 days. The Presbyterian General As
sembly and the Knights of Pythias con
clave, both to be held In San Francisco
In 1902, were discussed tonight, but noth
ing definite in the matter of rates was
reached.
APPEALED TO LAND OFFICE.
Harrlman Roads Want the Nevada
Trade Question Settled.
SALT LAKE, April 18. The Oregon
Short Line & Utah Northern and the
Utah, Nevada & California have, through
their attorneys, appealed from the decis
ion of the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office at Carson City,
deolarlng their rights to the Lincoln Coun
ty, Nevada, grade forfeited. The matter
nrr jroes to the Commissioner of the Gen
era: Land Office at Washington for final
settlement. It Is over this right of way
that the present fight between the Clark
and Harrlman Interests is being waged.
The appealing roads allege error on the
part of the Carson City officials In declar
ing the grade forfeited because it had
been abandoned. According to reports
from Nevada, the Clark interests and the
Short Line .forces are actively engaged In
pushing the work of construction, but no
further trouble has occurred.
HILL IN SEATTLE.
Says He Will at Once Build a Large
Union Depot.
SEATTLE, April 18. President James
J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway
Company, spent a few hours In the city
today. He announced his intention of
proceeding at once to erect a large union
depot and passenger station. While here
he conferred with the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and stated to him
and other gentlemen that work on the
depot will commence within a month.
He Interviewed a largp number, of busi
ness men, and discussed his plans for im-
provements In the railroad facilities at
Everett, where he proposes to make many
changes. Mr. Hill stated that the acqui
sition of the Burlington lines will be a
benefit to Washington and the Northwest
by serving as an outlet towards a large
spread of territory.
The Vacant Chairmanship.
NEW YORK, April 18. The executive
cemmittee of the Atchison Railway met
today, but look no action In Tegard to
filling the chairmanship made vacant
through the death of Aldace F. Walker.
It is said there is not likely to be an elec
tion to that office for some time. It Is
possible the office may be allowed to
lapse, or, at any rate, that one of the
directors will be elected, and the active
duties of the office divided among the
board committees.
Underwriting; Subscriptions Invited.
NEW YORK, April 18. The Evening
Post says:
"Some interest was aroused in banking
circles by the final decision to Issue a 4
per cent bond to take up Burlington, in
stead of the original Idea of putting out
OEMOCRATIC'PRESIBETIAL CANDIDATES
THE TWO DROMIOS.'
Are My Glass and Not My Brother. I
a 34 per cent bond. Many bankers today
said they thought this change materially
simplified placing the bonds among Invest
ors. The absorption of $200,000,000 of new
railway capital by the bond market will
be an Interesting question at the present
time in any case, but it was stated that
the public will look with more favor upon
a. 4 per cent security than on one bear
ing 3 per cent interest. It was stated
this afternoon that underwriting sub
scriptions have been invited to tho $200,
000,000 new bonds to be Issued for Burling
ton, and that the underwriting price is
par, less the usual bankers' subscription."
Kansas City Terminal Sold.
KANSAS CITY, April 18.-The Winner
bridge .piers In the Missouri River at this
point and other terminal property of the
Kansas City & Atlantic Railroad were
sold at public auction at noon today to
Theodore C. Bates, of Worcester, Mass.,
for $100,000. The sale "was made to satis
fy a mortgage of about $700,000 held in
trust by the Massachusetts TruBt & Loan
Company, of Boston, and the property
was purchased in the interests of the
bondholders. Mr. Bates is at the head,
of an Eastern syndicate, which" controls
the property, and which will. It is said,
begin a reorganization of the terminal
that -will result In the building of a large
passenger station that will afford means
for an entrance Into Kansas City of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, the Chi
cago & Northwestern, and other railways.
Buying a Gulf Road.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18. The Ex
aminer says:
"The Pacific Improvement Company
Is negotiating for and in all prob
ability will soon purchase, the Mon
terey & Mexican Gulf Railway, In Mexi
co. It comprises 387 miles of road run
ning from. Trevlno by the way of Mon
terey to Tamplco, on the Gulf of Mexico.
The property will greatly strengthen the
Mexican International Road, now owned
by the Pacific Improvement ComDanv. bv
giving It a Gulf port and a profitable sye- I
tem of feeders in Northeastern Mexico.
The Monterey & Mexican Gulf is owned
by Belgian capitalists. Its acquisition as
a feeder to the Mexican International Is
thought by the knowing ones to be the
forerunner of the sale of both properties
to the Southern Pacific."
Southern Pacific Rumor Denied.
NEW YORK, April 18. The Evening
Post says:
The report that the Union Pacific in
terests, propose to call and retire South
ern Pacific collateral trust bonds, In or
der to segregate the Central Pacific Rail
road from the rest of the Southern Pa
cific, and merge it with the Union Pacific,
which was current at the time of the ab
sorption and again repeated today, la
authoritatively denied. One of the high
est Union Pacific interests said today:
''There is r.o ground for these reports.
3 he Southern Pacific will continue to be
operated as an entirety. There la no
thought of dividing the system."
A. & C. ' Leases Ilwaco Dock.
ASTORIA, Or., April IS. Superintendent
McGulre, of the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad, has secured a lease on the
Farmers' wharf at Ilwaco. This Is done
with the end in view of running a line of
steamers from Astoria to Ilwaco in con
nection with the trains to and from Port
land to handle the travel for Long
Beach during the Summer season.
Charter for CroTv'a Nest Pass Co.
OTTAWA, April 18. The railway com
mittee of the House of Commons today
granted a charter to the Crow's Nest Pass
Southern Railway Company. The com
pany will connect the extensive coal fields
of British Columbia with railroads In the
United States.
President's Neighbor Shot.
MINERVA, O., April 18. Andrew Mil
ler, a wealthy farmer, living half a mile
east of town, was shot when working In
his barn. He cannot live. Bloodhounds
from Canton have been put on the trail
of the assassin. No motive can be at
tributed for the deed unless an old
grudge. Miller stated a,few minutes after
the shooting that he believed he knew
his assailant. The .Miller, farm Joins
President McKlnley'e farm In the north
west corner of Columbian County.
Van Wyok Refused the New Charter.
NEW YORK, April 18. Mayor Van
Wyck tonight sent back to Albany by
special messenger the revised charter as
passed by the Legislature. With the
charter was the Mayor's veto and memo
randa, giving reasons why the City of
New York refused to accept it.
Rev. Hills Goes to Prison.
OMAHA, Neb., April IS. Rev. Hills, an
ex-professor In Puget Sound University
at Tacoma, must serve a term In the peni
tentiary for bigamy. The Supreme Court
today handed down a decision affirming
the ruling of the lower court, which was
to this effect.
CALLS IT .SCANDALOUS
CARTER'S 1AWYER WANTS RICH
ARDS' BRIEF STRICKEN OUT.
The Solicitor-General, He Aserts
"Went Outside of the Record
Supreme Court Opinions.
WASHINGTON, April 18. In the United
States Court today. Judge J. M. Wilson,
representing Captain Oberlin M. Carter,
filed a motion for the court to strike from
Its files the brief of Solicitor-General
Richards, in that case, as "scandalous
and irrelevant." This motion Is based
upon the assertion that the Solicitor-General
goes outside of the record In his
brief. In the course of his statement in
support of the motion, Judge Wilson said
that the "only question Is whether the
court-martial that tried Captain Carter on
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ee by Yon I Am a Sweet-faced Youth"
certain charges and specifications had
jurisdiction to impose the penalty of Im
prisonment to which he is now being sub
jected In the penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan. He said he considered It necessary
to cite authorities on the question as to
whether a proceeding in habeas corpus
can be used as writ of error or appeal.
Hence there was no effort to secure a re
view of the case by the court. He then
took up the Solicitor-General's brief, say
ing: "The Solicitor-General, In his brief In
opposition, has taken occasion to make
some very broad assertions in regard to
the guilt of Captain Carter, not based
ujpon any matters appearing In the record,
but apparently based upon matters ap
pearing In some other proceeding In New
York before a Commissioner, to which
proceeding Carter was in no way a party,
and also, upon his own allegations that
the Government had discovered evidence
which would demonstrate that Carter and
others had defrauded the Government of
$2,169,159, and that Carter had personally
attended to the division of the money
between himself and others, and he en
ters upon a description of, the manner;
In which this division was made. How
the Solicitor-General got these alleged
facts or from whom he got them he doe3
not say, and upon what legal proceeding
he would attempt to Justify the Interjec
tion of matters of this kind In a pro
ceeding of this character, It Is Impossi
ble to conceive. I venture to say that he
will not pretend that the matters to
which allusion has been made were ever
procured in any proceeding wherein Cap
tain Carter had an opportunity to be
heard.
"In view of this broad denunciation of
Captain 'Carter by the Solicitor-General,
upon assertions of facts not found in any
record to which Captain Carter was In
any wise a party, and with reference to
matters not before this court, and which
have nothing whatever to do with the
question that is before the court. I trust
that I may, without transcending the
bounds of propriety, state that Captain
Carter denies the truth of these state
ments, asserts that he Is Innocent of the
offense with which the Solicitor-General
charges hlra, and that he is ready and
willing and anxious to try the ques
tion as to whether he Is or Is not guilty
of having conspired against the Govern
ment and embezzled Its money before any
civil tribunal anywhere and at any time
that the Government will afford him an
opportunity to be heard, and challenges
the Government to afford him such an
opportunity.
"I respectfully submit this brief paper,
because I thought I would not be doing
my duty toward Captain Carter if I per
mitted these most extraordinary state
ments, made In this most unusual way,
to stand upon the files of this court un
challenged, and I, therefore, move the
court to strike the 'brief of the Solicitor
General from the files as Irrelevent and
scandalous."
The court took the motion under ad
visement. Opinions in Divorce Cases.
The written opinion of Justice Gray,
on divorce cases passed on by the court
last Monday, became available today, thus
affording the first opportunity for inspec
tion of Justice Gray.'s language. Of these
three cases decided, only one, that of
Streltwolf vs. Streltwolf, dealt .with a
Dakota divorce case. In that case, the
husband, a resident of Brunswick, N. J.,
had visited North Dakota for three
weeks m May, 1897, and In August of
that year returned and instituted his
suit for divorce, three days after his ar
rival the second time, never having men
tioned his May visit to any of his friends
or relatives In the East. The decision
In this case, aside from the recital of. the.
history of it, was very brief, being In the
following words:
"The law of North Dakota requires a
domicile In good faith of the libellant
for 90 days as prerequisite to Jurisdiction
of a case of divorce. The facts in evi
dence required the finding that the husband-had
no bona fide domicile in the
State of North Dakota when he obtained
a divorce there, and It Is not pretended
that the wife had an Independent domi
cile In North Dakota, or was ever In that
state. The court of that state, therefore,
had no jurisdiction."
The other case In which an outside de
cree was negatived was that of Bell vs.
Bell, the parties to which resided in Erie
County, New York. The case originated
In 1894, and the husband, Frederick Bell,
resisted the wife's proceedings in the
Superior Court of Erie County for di
vorce with a decree of divorce which he
claimed to have secured from her In a
Pennsylvania court. The wife charged
that this decree was fraudulent, and the
court sustained the charge, holding that
Bell never had resided in Pennsylvania.
Sustaining that decree. Justice Gray said:
"The question In this case is of the
validity of the divorce obtained by the
husband In Pennsylvania. No valid di
vorce from the bond of matrimony can
be decreed on constructive service by the
court of a state in which neither party
is domiciled. And by the law of Penn
sylvania every petitioner for a divorce
must have a bona fide residence within
the state for ope year next before the
filing of the petition. Therefore, the court
In Pennsylvania had no Jurisdiction of
the husband's suit for divorce, because
neither party hid a domicile In Pennsyl
vania, and the decree of divorce was en
titled to no faith and credit in New' York
or in another state."
The only case of the three In which
the court sustained the decree was that
of Atherton vs. Atherton. In that case
the record showed that the Atherton3
had resided in Kentucky, but that the
wife deserted her husband and returned
to her home In New York. The husband
brought suit in Kentucky, his lawyer
notifying or attempting to notify Mrs.
Atherton of the action by sending her a
copy of his petition through the mall. The
New York courts held the decree to be
invalid, but the decision was overruled.
Justice Gray said:
"In this case, the divorce in Kentucky
was by the court of the state which had
been the undoubted domicile of the hus
band, which was the only matrimonial
domicile of the husband and wife. The
single question to be decided is the validi
ty of that divorce, granted after such no
tice had been given as was required by
the statutes of Kentucky."
Continuing, the court held that there
had been due compliance with the law,
even though Mrs. Atherton had failed to
receive the letter Inclosing a copy of
the petition for divorce. "'The question,"
said Justice Gray, "In that connection,
is not whether she had actual notice of
the proceedings, but whether such reason
able steps had been taken to give her
notice as to bind her by the decree In
the state of the domicile. We are of the
opinion that the undisputed facts show
that such efforts were required by the
statutes of Kentucky and were actually
made to give the wife notice of the suit
filed in Kentucky, so as to make the
decree of the court there, granting divorce
upon the ground that she had abandoned
her husband, as binding on her as If
she had been served with notice In Ken
tucky, or had voluntarily appeared In
the suit. It established beyond contra
diction that she had abandoned her hus
band, and precluded her from asserting
that she left him on account of his cruel
treatment."
Justice Gray then conclued that as the
proceeding was regular, the decree Is en
titled to as great credit by the courts of
the State of New York as it received in
Kentucky.
Itinerary "Will Not Be Changed.
WASHINGTON, April 18. The itinerary
of the President's tour to the Pacific
Coast is now completed, and no further
appeals for changes In route or stops
will be considered. The party will "spend
Sunday, June 2, at Salt Lake City, as
originally planned.
Colonel Gllmore Retired.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-John C. Gll
more, Colonel In the Adjutant-General's
Department, was placed on the retired
list today by operation of law on account
of age.
DOES NOT MAKE DUDES.
Carlisle Indian School Warmly De
fended by a Student.
CARLISLE; Pa.. April 12. (To theEd
ltor.) In answer to the statement In your
paper made by Mr. Duncan, who Is now a
missionary among Alaskan Indians, I
make my opinions known from a Carlisle
Indian standpoint. This Christian gentle
man says that Carlisle makes the Indian
a dude. He also says that to Christianize
and educate Indians the best policy is to
keep them together as tribes. The gen
tleman in his bold statements has publicly
challenged and denounced the doctrines
of the Carlisle School, of which I am
now a student. His statement that the
Carlisle principles and doctrines make
the Indian a dude. I am unable to sanc
tion. In all my nine years as a member
of this school I have never seen any
students go out from It to be dudes.
He says that the trades taught at the
school have a tendency to make the In
dian a dude. If the raising of stock,
planting5 of corn, hauling of hay, milking
of cows, and planting of fields which Is
the main principle of Carlisle In solving
the Indian problem make a man a dude,
then he has taken a step that will make
him liable to an attack from thousands
of America's best farmers and citizens.
The trades taught at Carlisle are: Black
smlthlng, tailoring, printing, shoemaklng,
tinning, carpentering and the like. If
painting Is a form of dudism. then he
lays himself open to criticism from for
eign as well as the American Nation. If
he calls printing dudism, he has the
friends of Benjamin Franklin and lovers
of his trade to contend. If he calls black
smlthlng, tailoring, shoemaklng and tin
ning a nursery of dudism, he has Ameri
ca's best statesmen and citizens to meet
In the arena. If he calls carpentering an
occupation of the dude, he ha3 not only
thousands of the world's builders to fight,
but he has challenged the occupation and
mission of the Savior of men, of whom he
professes to teach.
I am afraid Mr. Duncan has never
learned the true principle of Carlisle and
Its ways of educating the Indian, or he
would never dare to make such state
ments. The fundamental principle of Carlisle !s
the "outing system," which throws the
Indian 'Individually among the best civil
ization of the white man. It places tho
Indian as a competitor with the white
man, so he must struggle and keep up
with the white man or be drowned, and
I have yet to find a case where the Indian
was not able to compete with his white
brother when given the opportunity. The
Carlisle Indian goes out on the farms of
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and has
made a reputation that Is unequaled by
any race, and he can today receive em
ployment there in preference to the white
or black man. Carlisle stands ready to
meet the best workers the United States
can produce, and If her pupils are only
given the chance, will retreat for no one
In any line, but as long as the reserva
tion system exists, and the .so-called mis
sionaries exert their influence to keep
the Indians together as tribes, the Indian
will never rise until the resurrection of
the dead. The day and boarding- schools
that have been established upon the
reservation have been great hindrances
to the Indian's advancement, because they
keep the Indian under tribal Influences.
If you want your son to become a black
smith, you would not put him under the
Instruction of a tailor. If you want him
to become a miner, you would not put
him upon a ship to plow the ocean. If
you want him to learn the French lan
guage, you would not send him where
only German Is taught. No! It would be
absurd. Then how do you expect the
Indian to learn the white man's civiliza
tion, language and mode of living when
you pen him up on a reservation, where
he sees nothing but the way3 of hl3 an
cestors and a few money-craving white
men?
What would the Anglo-Saxon race be
today if It had not emerged from Its na
tive home and sought wider experience?
It would be where the Indian is now.
But what has been the result of Its going
far and wide for knowledge? Why, It has
established upon the Western Continent,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from
the North Pole to the Gulf of Mexico, a
government that stands for liberty. Jus
tice, and independence, and whose em
blem, the "Stars and Stripes," floats In
every quarter of the globe, and no nation
on earth dare tear It down. Then why
not give the Indian the same chance.
Throw aside the reservations, with the
schools, whether Government or sectarian,
and expose the Indian to the best civ
ilization; push the Indian out among the
white people, and into the public schools
of the land, and then In a short time
the curse of the Indian problem will van
ish from the pages of American history.
When the reservation system Is broken
up and the Indian Is pushed out Into the
civilization of America, then the divine
mission of the United States for the In
dian will be fulfilled. And when thi3
comes to pass, it will be for the general
welfare of the red man.
SAMUEL A". MIIiLER.
From Stockbrldge, Wis.
PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA
APPEARS IN THE INSANE ASYLUM
AT DUNWITCH.
The Disease Wan Cnrried to the In
stitution by Rats Spread of the
Epidemic at Cape Toivn.
VANCOUVER, B. C, April 18. Bubonic
plague has broken out In an Australian
insane asylum. The steamer Aorangl,
from Sydney, brings news of fresh "out
breaks of plague at Brisbane and Perth.
The serious phase fa the appearance of
the bubonic plague In the Dunwich In
sane Asylum, where there are 1000 In
mates. Nearly all the Inmates are said to
be aged or Incurable, so the outbreak hus
aroused the gravest apprehension. Dun
wich Is on Stradbrook. Island, and is the
asylum for the entire state. The afflicted
patients have been Isolated. The carry
ing of the plague to the asylum Is as
cribed to rats and to destroy infected
vermin all sewers in the Australian cities
are being fumigated, with the result that
thousands of dead rats have been washed
out.
New Coses at Cape Toivn.
CAPE TOWN, April 18. Ten new cases
of bubonic plague. Including two Europe
ans, were officially reported today. Two
additional deaths have occurred.
LONDON-. April 18. Official advices to
the Colonial Office regarding the progress
of the bubonic plague in South Africa,
show that prior to April 13 there had
been 41 cases of the disease among per
sons under military and naval control In
Cape Colony.
Academy of Science.
WASHINGTON, April 18. The National
Academy of Science today elected Arnold
Hague, of this city, home secretary, and
also five new members: E. M. Moore. Chi
cago; Edward H. Nichols, of Cornell Uni
versity; George F. Becker, of this city;
Joseph McK. Cattell and T. M Prudden.
of New York.
Cotton-Planter' Crime.
CHICAGO. April 18. Charles H".
Sweeney, a wealthy cotton-planter of
Greenville, Ky., early today shot and
killed his wife, and then blew out his
brains in the Dubuque flats, in Rush
street. The tragedy was the result of
domestic difficulties.
Baron Fava Retired.
ROME, April 18. Yesterday King Vic
tor Emmanuel signed the royal decree
placing Baron Fava. late Italian Ambas
sador to the United States, on the retired
list, and appointing Marquis Carbonara
dl Malasplna his successor at Washing
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