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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. JUNE 2Q,' 1901. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP DENVER HEARS OP A GIGANTIC RAILROAD SCHEME OX FOOT. Harrlman, Morgan nnd" Others to Turn Over Their "Lines to Uncle Sam for Ten Billions. DENVER. Colo., June 19. The Times says today: "A gigantic scheme, is under way to transfer the railroads of the United States to the Government.' A Western financier who returned today from New York, where he investigated the rumors afloat in financial circles, asserts that the re port of pending Government ownership is general. He declared that In a few years the Rockefeller, Harrlman, Vanderbllt, Gould and Morgan Interests 'would turn over to the Government "every line of Tailroad In the country, the Government to pay the total value of about JIO.000,000, 000, a string of banks to be controlled by the same Interests to finance the deal." COMMUNITY OP INTERESTS. Far-Renchlngr Plans Have Been Practically Completed. NEW YORK, June 18. The Herald says: Far-reaching plans involving the pacification and harmonization of the great railroad systems In the West and Northwest have practically been com pleted. On very high authority ,lt may, be stated r Flr6t There will be no further- consoli dation or passing of legal control of great railroad systems of the West." Second1 There vlll be no Interchange of securities-. Third There will be no change In the legal status of the St. Paul and the Northwestern systems. Fourth The great capitalists now In control of .the Union Pacific group, the Northern Pacific group, the St, Paul sys tem and the Northwestern system, have extended and solidified the community of Interest plan, and while not acting as a syndicate or a committee, will co-operate In a manner which will preserve peace. The arrangements will be strong er than, any of the old-time "genelemen's agreement." The great capitalists will be, in a measure, a general board of arbitra tion. Much hRs been heard within the last few days of a consolidation of the Union Pacific system and the St. Paul road in which the Chicago &. Northwestern was also Interested. It was stated that there was to be a purchase of the control of the St. Paul road in the Interests' of both the Union Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern In the pursuit of the com munity of Interest scheme. This, it Is authoritatively learned. Is not contem plated, but on the other hand a sufficient interest In the stock of the St. Paul road will be acquired by the syndicate of ar biters which will fully Insure the har mony of Interest plans now so nearly completed. The roads which will enter under the control- of the central manage ment are the Union Pacific roads, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul, the Chi cago & Northwestern on the one hand, and the Northern Pacific group, com posed of the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Chicago, Burlington- & Qulncy on the other. The binding link between these two Immense systems is the Northern Pacific. It Is expected that when the, names of the Northern Pacific's now directors are announced the full significance of the present far-reaching plans will be fully undprstood. Tod Resigns From Great Northern. NEW YORK. June 19. It was learned today that J. Kennedy Tod has resigned from the directorate of the Great North ern Railway, a property with which his firm has been, connected for many years. Mr. Tod was re-elected a director last year for a three-year term. His. resigna tion was offered three or four months ago, but escaped notice at that time. Whether any special significance attaches to his resignation could not be learned today. According to the Evening Post Mr. Tod's retirement conclded with the beginning of the heavy Burlington stock purchases in the Interest of J. J. Hill's plans to con trol that property. Mr. Tod's resigna tion leaves only two members of the Great Northern board who are not di rectly Identified with Mr. Hill personally, through relationship or service In the company. These two members are J. H. Schlff, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Henry W. Cannon, president of the Chase Na tional Bank, whose term expires this year. Trolley Syndlcnte Spreading: Out. CLEVELAND, O., June 19. The Leader says: "Nbt satisfied with Its recent conquests in the suburban railway field, the Everett Moore syndicate has gone after another Dig system of Interurban trolley lines. This, when they add It to their 1000 miles of tractions, will give them a clear sweep from Port Huron, Mich., to Pittsburg, Pa. Three states will be Included In the spider-like trail and more than 2.000,000 people will be within reach of the territory controlled by the system. Negotiations are under way, It Is said, by which the Mahoning electric system will be absorbed Dy the big syndicate. The Mahoning sys tem has about 40 miles of track passing through Warren, Miles and Youngstown. The present Pennsylvania terminus is at Greencastle, Pa. The company owns franchises and rights of way to Pitts burg." Republic & Grand Forks. NEW YORK, June 19. A contract has "just been signed in this city for a com plete outfit of rolling-stock. Including pressed-steel cars, locomotives and pas senger coaches, for the Republic & Grand Forks Railroad, In Washington. The road will be 4S miles long, and of standard "gauge. At Grand Forks it will connect with the Canadian Pacific "Railroad. The flrst trains will be run early In Novem ber If nothing occurs to Dlock the con struction work now under way. The road will be used mainly to carry gold and sll ver ore from the mines In the Republic district, on the east slope of the Cas cades, to Canadian smelters at Grand Forks. Extending: the Crow's Nest Road. VICTORIA, B. C June 19. The Crow's Nest Southern Rallwav nnmnnnv Vino signed an agreement with the Provincial vjrovemraent xo duiio, unaer terms of the act passed at the last session of the Leg islature, the section of the railway in British Columbia of the line which is to connect the Crow's Nest coal mines with the Great isorthern Railway at Jennings, Mont. Although the company has two years In which to build the road, It says it will be completed by October next. There are 65 miles to buUd In British Co lumbia and 95 miles in Montana. The British Columbia Government will have control of rates. Denials by Bnrt. OMAHA, Neb., June 19. President Burt, of the Union Pacific Railway, denies the story from New York City to the effect that all executive and managerial "pow ers of the Southern Pacific system are to be invested In him, in addition to those of the Union Pacific already in his control. Mr. Burt further discredits any report that any absorption or connection, fur ther than now exists between the execu tive operations of the two Bystems, is contemplated. Striking: Trackmen Were Disorderly. VANCOUVER, B. C, June 19. The Btrike of the Canadian Pacific trackmen has been quiet and marked by no attempt at disorder until today, when it is re ported that striking section men at Rev elstoke, B. C, attacked their non-union substitutes. No serious Injury was done to either side. Officials of the company anticipate, an early settlement of the strike.' . Mellen Will Not Resign. NEW YORK, June 19. President Mel len. of the Northern Pacific, who Is In the city today, denied that he contemplates resigning from the presidency of the com pany. Mr. Mellen said tljat unless condi tions changed In a way that he could not foresee, he did not expect to resign from the presidency. He had received no Inti mation, he said, from the directors that his services were unsatisfactory. His resignation had not been asked for, and he had not thought of resigning. "Work on Extension Stopped. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 19. Several corps of surveyors in the employ of the Burlington Railroad who have been work-ing.-on the line of the proposed extension of the Guernsey branch of the road to Salt Lake have been called In, and all work has been stopped. It Is the Impres sion that the company has decided not to construct the extension. The Reporter Was Mistaken. TEW YORK, June 19. Louis W. Hill, a son of James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, sailed today with his wife on the steamship St. Paul. A reporter who Interviewed him last even ing mistook him for his father, and an nounced that the latter would sail on the St. Paul. James J. Hill Is now at his fishing lodge on the coast of Labrador, opposite Belle Isle. Stubbs' New Headquarters. SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, arrived from the East tonight. He confirmed the report that he had ac cepted the position of traffic manager ad viser of the Harrlman syndicate of rail roads. Mr. Stubbs will leave for Chicago In July. His headquarters will be In that' city. Master. Mechanics Meet. . SARATOGA, N. Y., June 19. The. Amer ican Railway Master Mechanics' Associa tion began its 34th annual convention here today. Reports were made by special committees on the relative merits of cast iron and steel-tired wheels, on 10-mlles statistics, and on the cost of running high speed passenger trains. RAPID TRANSIT ACTS. Supplemented by Two Bills. In the Pennsylvania Legislature. HARRISBURG. Pa., June 19. The House passed on special order today the two bills supplemental to the rapid-transit acts signed by the Governor recently. These bills passed the Senate last week. The one constituting the Governor, Sec retary of State and Attorney-General a board to pass on applications for rapid transit franchises was attacked by sever al anti-administration Republicans and Demccrats. Mr. Corey of Luzerne, a Re publican leader of what Is known as "the Insurgent element," said: "Two weeks ago the office of the Secre tary of the commonwealth presented a scene which will go down In history. There were a lot of hungry parasites and a lot of millionaires present in obedience to the orders they had received to raid the treasury. They carried away valuable franchises and now they propose to pre vent others from getting similar favors by placing the power to grant ithem. In the hands of a board." Mr. Corey said the people are opposed to the rapidity with which these bills are pascd by the Legislature. "The time will come," he concluded, "when the peo ple will sweep your Infernal machine off the face ttf the earth.'' Mr. Hall, Republican, of Alleghany, said this explanation Is a very poor cli max to what has already been enacted. Mr. Mavne, Democrat, of Lehigh, char acterized the legislation as Infamous and protested against Its passage. He said this Legislature has become a stench and by-word to the public, and that Its only chance fo redeem itself Is by defeating these bills. Mr. McClaln, Republican, of Lancaster, said In defense of the measure that many applications were made at the state de partment for charters that were to be used for purely speculative purposes and this bjll Is to prevent such speculation in charters. The bil pased by a vote of 105 to 65, receiving In Its favor ony two more than the requisite number of votes. The count ing of a member not present as voting "aye" was chaenged, but the speaker said the vote did not effect the resut and no further action was taken. PROF. TREADWELLS SUIT. More Testimony In the Action Aprninnt Senator Clark. NEW YORK, June 19. Justice McLean continued taking testimony in the Su preme Court today in the suit brought by Professor George A. Treadwell against William A. Clark to recover 100 shares of the stock of the United Verde Copper Company. Charles M. Demund told of having gone with Professor Treadwell to see Senator Clark and of having made a formal demand for the return of the cer tificates. Professor Treadwell was re called. "Did you, from any source, receive any notice of the proposed sale of your stock?' was asked. '.'No, I did not." "Have you paid the balance of your bill to Thomas, the London grocer?" "No." "Did you authorize Thomas to dispose of your stock?" "I. did not." Counsel for the defendant renewed his motlonto dismiss the complaint and there followe'd a long legal argument. Court adjourned until tomorrow, with the argu ment unfinished. Inspection of Steel Plants. NEW YORK, June 19. The members of the executive committee of the United States Steel Corporation, who have just returned from their trip of Inspection, give a favorable account of the condition of the various properties visited. Thebe, Including the Federal Steel Company's plant, at Johnstown, the Lorain, as well as the Jollet Works, and the great mills at Pittsburg .and McKeesport belonging to the Carnegie and the National Tube com panies, In addition to several of the large mining properties In the Lake Superior region, were visited, and also the Con nellsvllle coal fields. Judge Gary said that It Is probably true that the United States Steel Company would not Bpend so much money this year In enlargements as was expended last year by the general companies, because the consolidation of the various prop erties has made it unnecessary to carry out several plans for extensions which had been decided upon by some of the In dividual companies. There Is, however, he said, considerable work to -be done under appropriations which were made some time ago by the constituent com panies. Would Violate Secrecy of Ballot. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 19. The Supreme Court has made absolute the writ of prohibition Issued against Judges of the St. Louis courts, who ordered a recount In four contested election cases. The Supreme Court declared that if the order of the Judges were compiled with the secrecy of the ballot would be vio lated. Widow Falls Into a Fortune. WICHITA, Kan., June 19. Mrs. Dr. Black, a poor widow, of this city, was notified tolay that she Is a beneficiary of the will of the late Judge .Leavenworth, of Stockton, Cal., to the amount of nearly $1,000,000. Mrs. Black's late husband was Judge Leavenworth's nephew. WORRYUNHINGED H1SIH1ND DEFENSE OP BARKER, ON TRIAL FOR SHOOTING REV. KELLER. . Minister's Relations With the Pris oner's Wife Said to Have Led to the Crime. NEW YORK, June 19. The fate of Thomas G. Barker, on trial at Jersey City for the attempted killing of Rev. John Keller, may go to the Jury tomor row. The defense had practically finished when the court rose this evening. Barker and his wife were upon the stand today. They told their story so far as the court would allow, answering the questions- of counsel for the defense, and although the record does not show It, Mr. Van Winkle, got reference to the alleged -'assault before the jury In one way and an other, though the nature of the assault was not brought out. The purpose of Barker's testimony was to show that, after having brooded for a period over what his wife had told him, he was in a morbid state of mind, and when he came Xace to- face with the min ister he was carried away by his feelings and began firing; that It was sudden, tempestuous and temporary Insanity, last ing but a moment, but long enough to cover the period of the shooting. Barker admitted that he bought the revolver at the time he -first heard the story, which worried him and caused him sleepless nights and great metal stress. He de nied, however, that he bought It for the purpose of shooting the clergyman. Mrs. Barker was a little nervous at first, bjnt this finally wore off. She calmly an swered the . questions of her husband's lawyers, and by the time .she was put under cross-examination appeared to be under -perfect self-control. Mrs. Mary Barker, wife of the defend ant, was called to the stand. She said she had been married to Barker for 14 years and had known Keller about 10 years. She said Keller was In the habit of visiting their home four or five times a week, and during these times he often dined with them. She said she remem bered April 19, 1899, and an occurrence at her home on that day in which Keller was concerned. Before Mrs. Barker could say anything further the County Prose cutor stopped her and objected to her giving further testimony In reference to what occurred at that time, on the ground that It was Irrelevant. This was the date on which it Is alleged by Mrs.- Barker that Keller assaulted her. Continuing, Mrs. Barker said that at different times sh.e had lent money to Mr. Kelllcr In sums from $10 to $20 without her husband knowing It. She said she had lent him In all about $83. Mrs. Barker was questioned as to her connection with the Trinity Mission, of which Keller was rector. "Why did you sever your connection with the mission?" "Because Mr. Keller outraged me," was the answer. The prosecutor objected vigorously, but Judge Blair let the question and answer stand. After that Mr. Van Winkle asked many questions as to the details of the oc currence referred to, but the court -would not permit the witness to answer. MOLINEUX CASE SUBMITTED. Argument by ex-Senator Hill for the State. BUFFALO N. Y., June 19. The argu ment of the appeal of Roland B. Mol Ineux, the alleged poisoner of Mrs. Kath erlne J. Adams, was resumed before the Court- of Appeals today. Ex-United States Senator David B. HU.1, for the peo ple, insisted that it-has been proven, by overwhelming evidence that Mollneux wrotTOie letters, and the address on the poison package,, and that his guilt, Is clearly established. , .He said It is not material who bought' the , bottle-holder, and drew attention to the fact that Zel lar, Mollneux's friend and assistant, had never set foot in New York after the ar rest. Mr. Hill dwelt upon the fact that Mollneux was & chemist, and asked, "Where was the man who had the oppor tunity that he had to poison his ene mies?" Mr. Hill said Mollneux was a sufferer from a malady which made him melan choly, reviewed the trouble at the Knick erbocker Club, and pictured Mollneux as plotting for revenge. He Insisted that every circumstance in the case linked Mollneux to the crime, including the fact that he had hired a lawyer and engaged a handwriting expert before suspicion against him had shaped itself. "The defense," he said, "went through the trial casting suspicion right and left, without reason or system, merely seek ing to avert it from their client." Mr. Hill asserted that under the tutor ship of Mr. Carvalho, expert In "writing, the accused learned to disguise his hand writing, and did disguise It In the writing he did for Expert Klngsley. Leaving out of consideration the expert testimony, Mr. Hill said the state had a complete chain of circumstantial evidence of the guilt of the accused. "We have," he said, "Mollneux's ac knowledgement of his malady, and we have that same description in the Mars- don blank. We have all the other direct x and circumstantial evidence that connects the prisoner directly." As to the Barnet case, the admissibility of testimony regarding which the defense disputes, Mr. Hill asserted that that case and the case of Mrs. Adams are so closely Interwoven that It Is Impossible to separ ate them. He also argued that the for gery of the names of Barnet and Cornish and the Interception of their mall was criminal. Mr. Hill discussed at length the law on the comparison of handwriting In crim inal cases and contended that the people had only exercised their rights at the trial. He ridiculed the- claim that there had been anything Involuntary In the prisoner's testimony at the Inquest. Re corder Goff, Mr. Hill said, had treated both the defense and prosecution fairly, threatening both Weeks and Osborne with contempt. . In closing, Mr. Hill pleaded that the case was one of Importance to the state; that the defendant had been fairly tried; that no substantial error had been committed and that no material fact had been excluded. Mr. Milburn said Mr. Hill had spoken as If to a jury and had Improperly stated certain features of the case. He again contended that the law had not been fol lowed In the admission of the handwriting testimony and that there had been error in admitting the Barnet testimony. When Mr. Milburn closed the case was for mally submitted. The decision will not be announced un til some months hence, when the court sits at Albany for the Fall term. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED. Accused of Complicity in the Shrevc port Murder. BHREVEPORT. La., June 19. Frank Smith, better known as "Prophet" Smith, and F. D. McLand, held at Benton for complicity In the murder of John Gray Foster, were taken out of jail by a mob tonight and strung up to a tree. They were left dangling side by side. The lynching occurred on the Arkansas road, about a mile and a half from the jail. .Both negroes made a statement before death, denying that they had anything to do with the killing. Smith, who was the head of the "Church of God" move ment in that section, and was blamed as being responsible for the sentiment against the whites which led to the death of Foster, died praying. McLand was si lent as he was strung up. As Smith was being led from the Jail prior to the exe cution, he was heard to say: "Lord, you promised to be with me now." About 200 armed men were In the mob and they overpowered the Sheriff and Jailer, taking J the keys away from them. The lynch- ers claimed that the, execution of these negroes was necessary to the preservation of the lives of the white men In this locality. Jessie Morrison's Trial. ELDORADO, Kan., June 19. Tie state today began its presentation to the jury of evidence bearing directly on the killing of Mrs. Olln Castle by Jessie Morrison, June 22, 1900. The dying declaration of Mrs. Castle, which stated that Jessie Morrison had called at fhe Castle house, opened a quarrel over a letter .from Mr. Castle and then attacked her with a razor, was read by Attorney Leydlg.- During the reading Miss Morrison's breast heaved and she gulped continually. Mrs. Emma R. Spangler told of hearing screams In the Castle house, and, on running to the scene, of seeing Mrs. Castle bleeding from wounds on her throat and breast, and her clothing "torn, lying on the floor, while Jessie Morrison stood over her. Mrs. Moberley and half a dozen other witnesses who followed corroborated the testimony of Mrs. "Spangler. Only testimony per taining to the killing was permitted by the court. T. A. Kramer, making the statement on behalf of Miss Morrison, this afternoon said that it would be shown that she killed Mrs. Castle In self-defense, and that the latter never gave up hope of life, and that, therefore,. the dying decla ration is not valid. Double Murder In Wyoming;, DENVER, June 19.-A special to the News from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: A re port has Just reached here from Kem merer, Wyo., of a double killing Sunday, near Big Plney, In Uintah County. George Ecker, a returned Philippine soldier, about a ydar ago was charced with hav ing raisedi a check and fled the country. Recently, he returned and was located near Big Piney, 60 miles north of Kern merer, Sunday, Deputy Sheriff G. B. Hol den, of Uintah County, and Fred Rear don, a prominent merchant of Big Plney, attempted to arrest Ecker, who shot and killed Holden and mortally -wounded Rear don. He then fled to the mountains and Is being pursued by a posse of citizens under command of Sheriff James. Ecker probably will be lynched If captured. Violated Colorado Game Law. DENVER, June 19. The state game de partment unearthed a plot whereby n number of Denver and Colorado .Springs firms have combined and employed men to kill wild game out of season for their hides. Hundreds of dollars' worth of deer, elk and antelope hides have been seized and confiscated In the stores of L. A. Watkins & Co., M. Solomon & Co., J. L. Brown and E. J. McLean, and the pro prietors arrested. Arrests are also ex pected In Colorado Springs. Efforts are being made to apprehend the hunters. Heavy penalties are prescribed by the law for those violating game preserves statutes and the traffic In hides. American Money Counterfeited. MEXICO CITY. June 19. It Is estimated that 8000 American dollars have been counterfeited and sold at a heavy advance over their intrinsic value by the gang, with which Jose Frias Is charged with being connected. It is reported that an Immense number of American dollars have been coined In secret mints in Chi huahua and circulated In the United States. WinerOom Tragedy. FORT WORTH, Tex., June 19. Henry Moore, a foreman in the shops of the Fort Worth & Denver, road, shot and killed his wife and H. H. Russell In a wineroom In this city tonight. Moore traced his wife to a saloon and there found her with Russell. Negro' Preacher Lynched. LA GRANGE, N." C, June 19. D. B. Jones, a negro preacher, who, It Is al leged, attempted to commit an assault on Mrs. ' Davis, 'near Laf Grange, yesterday, was taken from the guardhouse Mere last flight and lynched. ' KIPLING'S LATEST POEM. "The Bridge Guard in the Karroo," Published in London Times of June 5. "And will supply details to guard the Blood Rivor bridge." District Orders Lines of Com munication. Sudden the desert changes The raw glare softens and clings. Till the aching Oudtshoorn ranges Stand up like the thrones of kings Ramparts of slaughter and peril Blazing, amazing aglow 'Twixt the sky-line's belting beryl And the wine-dark flats below. Royal the pageant closes, " "Lit by the last of the sun Opal and ash-of-roses, Cinnamon, umber and dun. The twilight swallows the thicket, , The -starlight reveals the ridge; The whistle shrills to the picket; "We are changing guard on the bridge. (Few, forgotten and lonely, Where the empty metals shine No, not combatants only Details guarding the line.) We sl'p through the broken panel Of fence by the ganger's shed "We drop to the waterless channel And the lean track overhead; We stumble on refuse rations The beef and the biscuit tins We take our appointed stations. And the endless night begins. We hear the Hottentot herders As the sheep click past to the fold And the click of the restless girders As the steel contracts in the cold Voices of Jackals calling, And. loud in the hush between, A morsel of dry earth falling From the flanks of the scarred ravine. And the solemn firmament marches, And the hosts of heaverl rise Framed through the iron arches Banded and barred by ties. , Till we hear the far track humming, And we see her headlight plain. And we gather and wait her coming The wonderful north-bound train. - (Few, forgotten an lonely Where the white car windows shine - No, not combatants only Details guarding the line.) Quick, ere the gift escape us. Out of the darkness wo reach For a handful of week-old papers And a mouthful of human speech! And the monstrous heaven rejoices, And the earth allows again, Meetings, greetings and voices Of women talking with men. So we return to our places. As out on the bridge she rolls; And the darkness covers our faces. And the darkness re-enters our souls. More than a little lonely "Where the lessening tail-lights shine. No. not combatants only Details guarding the line. Rockefeller's Gift to. Cornell. ITHACA, N. Y., June 19. At a meeting of the trustees of Cornell University to day, President Schurman presented a let ter from John D. Rockefeller, donating $250,000 to the university on condition that an -equal amount is contributed by others. The J300.000 when secured wlll be used In providing additional accommodations for instruction and research. Knights of Honor Adjonrn. MILWAUKEE, June 19. The supreme lodge, Knights of Honor, concluded Its session today by adopting the report of the committee on engrossed bills and In stalling the new corps of officers. OKLAHOMA LAND OPENING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS ANXIOUS TO GET IN. Assistant Commissioner Richards Says There Is No Evidence of Minerals in the Country. WASHINGTON, June 19. Ex-Governor W. A Richards, Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, today con ferred with Secretary Hitchcock, Assist ant Secretary Ryan and Assistant Attor neyiGeneral Vandevanter, regarding con ditions at the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache and the Wichita reservations, in Oklahoma. .Mr. Richards has just returned from that country, where he superintend ed the marking of a county seat end town site, lines. Mr. Richards reports that there Is no evidence of minerals In that country. The water supply, he says, is gdod. He soys everything will bo ready for the opening, August 6. Governor Jen kin, of Oklahoma, who also is here, esti mated today that 100,000 people will seek the lands, although there can be only 13,506 entries. SAN FRANCSCO ARMY FRAUDS. General Shatter Says It Is a. Small Affair. WASHINGTON, June 19. The War De partment today "made public two tele grams relating to the commissary' frauds at San Francisco. The first Is a message from General Corbln to General Shafter, asking for information on the subject, and stating that "it ifc desirable from every point of view that detailed facts of any importance be given the department be fore being exploited In the newspapers." General Shatter's reply Is as follows: "Referring to your telegram today, I have refrained from making a report re garding Clothing seized by Colonel Maus, because the quantity was very small and It all appeared to have come from the same man, a junk dealer who did business Around the Presidio. The clothing had evidently been sold to this peddler by soldiers and recruits. The Junk man and his son have been arrested by the Federal authorities, and their case Is being con sidered by the Federal grand jury today. There Is no shortage In any of the de partments here. The seized clothing un doubtedly represents the accumulation of articles which have been sold from time to time during the past year or two by the thousands of soldiers Who have passed through San Francisco. "I do not regard this matter as. of any Importance, though . It has been widely exploited by the sensational newspapers. However, the seizure of these articles and the arrests made will have the effect, I think, of discouraging the purchase or sale of soldiers' wearing apparel in this vicinity hereafter. "Following Is an exact list of the arti cles seised: Blankets, 11 pairs; leggins, 5 pairs; blue flannel shirts, 48; blouse, 1; gauntlet gloves, 2 pairs; black calf shoes, 55 pairs; tan and russet shoes, 53 pairs. All these articles are now In the hands of the proper departments." STANDARD OIL METHODS. Affidavits to Be Printed by the In dustrial Commission. WASHINGTON, June 19. The Indus trial Commission has received and will print, as a part of Its permanent report, a number of affidavits making reply to the testimony given before the Commis sion, Jn 1899, by John D. Archbold, of the Standard OH' Company. These affidavits are by F. S. Monnett, ex-Attorney-General of .Ohio; M. L. Lockwood and others. Mr. Lockwood submits affidavits to sub statlate his statement before the com mission to the effect that the Standard Oil Company was at one time putting oil In tanks to he shipped to Germany for 2 cents a gallon, while people In Texas and Arkansas, where there was no com petition, were paying 25 cents a gallon. Mr. Archbold had said there is not a word of truth in this statement. Mr. Monnett' s statement is a general reply to Mr. Archbold's testimony, so far aB It applies to the operations of the Standard OH Company In Ohio. He says that not only the StandardC-U Company, but other-oil companies, like the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, the Ohio Oil Com pany and the Solar Refining Company connected with it, "each and every one have openly and notoriously violated their charter and have violated the statutes of the state criminally and civilly, and are now so violating them, and did not dare to come Into court and answer the charges of such violation." He asserts that the company has evaded Instead of investigated his bribery charges, and adds: - "That by their pipe-line charges and by means of their monopoly In transpor tation the Standard Oil corporations con tinue their monopoly In handling oil In Ohio, every consumer of oil In this state can verify by his pocket-book. The pub lie are Its victims; the little band of law violators owning the controlling shares are the beneficiaries of the plunder. The public stand aghast at their very boldness and defiance. The Government alone can check their abuses." Sale of Postage Stamps. ' NEW YORK, June 19. A statement has Just been Issued by the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington, a Tribune special says, "show ing the bfQcial estimated number of post age stamps distributed In the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1901. According to this statement the Is sue of" the year Includes 1,200,000,000 1-cent stamps, 3,500,000,000 2-cent stamps, and 309,236,000 of higher denominations. The total, Including special delivery 10-cent stamps, Is 5,116,236.000, against 4,377,727,000 for the' previous fiscal year. The number of stamp books Issued containing 12, 24 and 48 2-cent stamps is estimated at 3,400, 000, 1.220,000 and 42,500 respectively, mak. lng an additional total of 48,720,000. The estimate shows the Issue of postage due stamps to be 25,521,900, against 25,156.000 last year. The number of Pan-American stamps thus far Issued Is 259,500,000. The figures to show the face value of the postage stamps Issued this year have not yet been oompleted, but the number pro duced exceeds all former records by over $1,500,000. Order for Smokeless Powder. WASHINGTON, June 19. The ordnance bureau of the War Department Is to con tract soon f6r 373,000 pounds of smokeless powder for the seacoast guns. Especial attention will be given to the selection of this powder, owing to trouble that has oc curred recently at San Francisco witli smokeless powder of the Navy. Cuban Election Frauds Not Serious. WASHINGTON, June 19. General Wood, in a communication to the Secretary of War, refers to alleged frauds and irregu larities in the municipal elections In Cuba, but in such a manner as to leave the im pression that he does not regard them as serious. Jnpnncne Curiosity. Ainslee's Magazine. The foreigner traveling In Japan Is soon made aware of the quality of curiosity. On every railroad platform he Is sur rounded by a crowd of people who, with their mouthB as wide open as their eyes In their effort to lose no detail of Interest, regard him slowly from head to foot, and comment upon him among themselves the while: These people may have seen hun. dreds of foreigners they may see them every day but they continue to act aj If they had never seen one before. I vl3lted some Americans In Toklo who had lived In the same house with the same Japanese neighbors for about a year. Yet each time that we went out to drive, the people in the little Japanese houses near by would tush to their windows and stand watching a5 eagerly as a small Yankee at the cirpus. This happened every day. It is always possible to tell whether a foreigner happens to be In his garden, for a good-sized crowd of Japanese gathered about the gate announces the important fact. I gave several talks and lectures to lichooi children and young men and women In Japan. They were Interpreted, I, of course, speaking In English, eo that half of the address was understood by only a few. Yet I have never seen aud iences more absolutely attentive. Not a word was lost, and the same concentra tion was shown while I was speaking as when the Interpreter was turning It Into Japanese. Little school children boys and girls sat drinking everything in, with their eyes popping out of their heads until I had finished. I never flattered myself that this was due to the fascination of my discourse, but merely to the great curiosity of my audience, their power of concentration, and their receptivity. FUTURE OF GERMANY. Emperor "William Says It Will Be Decided on the Sea. CUXHAVEN, June 19. At the conclu sion of the regatta held yesterday, on tho Lower Elbe, a dinner was given on board the Hamburg-American yacht Vic toria Lulse, at which Emperor William made a speech. His Majesty told his hearers that he deduced from recent events In China the guarantee that the peace of Europe was assured for long years to come, because of the mutual esteem and spirit of comradeship created by the united action of the allied con tingents. His Majesty, in reply to the Burgomaster's toast, said: "I express to all of you, comrades on the water, my delight, that It has been granted me once more to participate with you In the races of the North German Regatta Club. His magnificence In his brief, pithy speech has Just given us a picture of the progress made by our Fatherland In the domain of aquatic sports. My whole task in the future shall be to assure you that the seeds now sown shall spring up In peace and secur ity. Notwithstanding the fact that we, as yet, have not a Navy as we should have, we have won for ourselves a place in the sunshine and it will now be my task to take care this place remains In our undisputed possession, so that the sun's rays may shed fruitful effulgence over our trade and Intercourse abroad and industry and agriculture at home, and also on the yachting on our waters, for our future lies on the water. The more Germans go on the water, whether In yacht races or on voyages across the ocean, or In the service of the German flag, the better It is for us, for once the German has learned to keep an eye on the far horizon the pettiness surrounding him In his dally life disappears. If a man wants to get this broad and high view, a Hanseatic tour is surely the most suit able for him. "We have drawn our conclusions from what Emperor William the Great, and the great man whose monument we have Just unveiled, lefW us as their creation. Those conclusions consist In this that we start at the point at which old Hanse took leave because It lacked the vivifying and protecting power of the empire. May It, therefore, be the task of my house, In profound peace, to promote and protect .trade and commerce for long years to come. "I behold in the events of which China has been the scene and of which the present return of the troops marks the close, a guarantee that European peace is assured for long years to come, for the service performed by the individual contingents have called forth an appreci ation based on mutual esteem and com radeship which can only contribute to the maintenance of peace. I trust that profiting by this peace our Hanse towns will flourish, and that our new Hanse will mark out a path for winning and re taining new trade outlets. As the su preme head of tne empire. I can only re joice, over every Hanseatic man who goes fOrth with far-seeing ga"ze, seeking new points where we can knock in nails on which to hang our armor." Emperor William concluded with a eul ogy on the director-general of.Jhe Hamburg-American Line, Herr Albert Ballln, "who has gone out as a bold adventurer to make peaceful conquests whose fruits our grandchildren will reap." Emperor William presented to Ballln his portrait, bearing an autograph dedi cation In these words: "To the far-seeing and tireless pathbreaker of our German commerce and export." TORPEDOES JffUST GO. They Will Not Hereafter Be Carried by Cruisers. WASHINGTON, June 14. The Navy Department has concluded that torpedoes do not properly belong on cruisers, and should not be, carried by those vessels. This decision was reached with regard to a number of cruisers which were recently designed, as well as to others which are under course of construction, and changes in the original plans will be made accord ingly. It Is held that the experiences of several cruisers during the Spanish War clearly demonstrated the lnadvlsablllty of carrying these instruments of warfare on such large ships. In some instances the torpedoes were launched through tubes Just above the water line, bow and stern; In others the tubes were submerged. On the new cruis ers referred to these tubes will be omit ted, except on those of the Maine class. The determination to do away with tor pedoes on the cruisers will, of course, leave more room aboard ship, which can be put to some other use. It will also leave free a certain number of officers and men assigned to torpedo duty, who can be used to better advantage In some other way. Perhaps one of the most material advan tages gained, however. Is this extra space. Time and again contractors who have un dertaken to build cruisers have com plained of the lack of space for the en gines which must be erected In the ships. It is believed that If the space vacated by the torpedoes can be turned over to the engine-rooms, this source of annoy ance will be obviated. That, at least, is the opinion of several large contractors who are now building cruisers for the Navy. Commuted Punishment of Students. ST. PETERSBURG, June 19. Profes sor Ott's bulletin says the .condition of the Czarina and her child is entirely sat isfactory. The Czar signalized the birth of his daughter by Issuing a ukase commut ing the punishment of the riotous students. Some of them are exempted from further military service, and others are credited with their period of punishment as part of their regular military service. To Revise Geneva Convention. BERNE, June 19. President M. Brenner announced today at a meeting of the Bundesrath that most of the signatories. Including the United States, had accepted an Invitation to a conference of the re vision of the Geneva convention. He said that he hopes the delegates will meet In 1902. Drown Endowment Fund Raised. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Juno 19. At the annual commencement at Brown Univer sity today announcement was made that the desired $2,000,000 endowment had been raised and was increasing every hour. The degree of Doctor of Laws was con ferred upon Lleutenant-General Nelson A. Miles. Furncsn-Alleh Liner Overdue. ST JOHNS. N. F.. June 19. The Fur-ness-Allan Line steamer Ullunda, Captain Chambers, which left Liverpool, June 4, for St. Johns dnd Halifax, Is now 15 days out. The Ullunda should have made the passage In eight days, and It Is feared that some accident has befallen her. HENDERSON NOT IN IT FIGHT ON BABCOCK MAY MEAN FIGHT ON SPEAKERSHIP. Present Committee on Ways and Means Is Against the Bab cock Bill. WASHINGTON. June 15. When the last Congress adjourned. It was all settled that David B. Henderson would be the next speaker of the House, and that the House would be organized almost exactly on the same basis as In the last Congress. A new element has sprung up which may result In some changes being- made, or Henderson may be compelled to make some concessions to the more conserva tive wing of the party. The fact that the protected interests have already begun a flght upon Babcock and those who be lieve with him. means that there will be a disturbance In the next House, and it may begin with the flght on the speaker ship. It is doubtful whether a sufficient num ber of Republicans of the House can be mustered to make a flght for speaker on the basis of tariff revision. In fact, it is more than probable that those who hold good committee places at present, or are looking for better places, will curry favor with Henderson as the sure means of re taining their present positions or better ing themselves when the new committees are appointed. Thus again patronage will cut more figure than principle. At the same time Babcock is a vigor ous sort of a man, and he may be able to bring Henderson around to a realiza tion of the necessity of doing something in the way of tariff revision, and Hender son may pledge himself to carry out such a programme. It is certain that his pres ent committee on ways and means would have to be radically changed or whipped around radically before it would consent to reporting the Babcock bill or any mod ification of it. It might liven things up a little to have a speakership contest on hand, growing out of a prorosed tariff re vision, and it is not Improbable that such will be the case. In the contest for-spcaker. when It was settled six or seven months In advance of the meeting of Congress that Hender son was to be the speaker, Babcock was the man that brought it about. The Wis consin delegation in the House was prac tically under Babcock's control. Hopkins of Illinois had the Illinois delegation be hind him. Sherman of New York was making a fight In different quarters. There was a possibility of a three-cornered fight of some magnitude. 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