THE 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. All can
didates were trying to secure Babcock's
support, because he. as chairman of the
Republican Congressional committee, had
a great many members of the House un
der obligations to him, and they might
have felt like doing anything he wanted
in the speakership flght. It was at this
critical Juncture cf affairs that Babcock
announced his preference for Henderson,
carrying with it the Wisconsin delegation,
and a member of doubtful and wavering
votes. Henderson may remember this
and support Babcock's proposition.
Ibex Mine Case Settled.
DENVER. June lD.-Judge Hallett, In
the United States Court, has rendered
Judgment In the case of Munn Brothers
against the Ibex Mining Company, by
whlch the plaintiff may secure more than
$1,000,000 from the owners of the mines at
Leadvllle.
A curious accident happened at the office of
the Paris Aerophlle recently. During a thun
der storm the lightning entered the printing
office, struck the form which was being cor
rected and melted three pages of type.
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