Morning Oregonian., August 31, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

THE MOKNING OKEGCTNTAN, JSATUJKOAiT, AUGUST 31, 1901.
DENIES THE INTERVIEW
ADMIRAL HOWISOS DID SOT CRITI
CISE SCHLEY'S CONDUCT.
Hi Letter to the Department-
ScUley's Counsel Not Satisfied
With It Slore "Witnesses.
WASHINGTON. Aug. SO.-Acting Sec
retary of the Navy Frank W. Hackett has
made public a letter received from Ad
miral Howlson. dated Yonkers, N. X-,
August 24, denying" the authenticity of the
interview attributed to him. In which he is
made to comment adversely on Admiral
Schley. The Acting Secretary has there
fore continued Admiral Howlgon as a
member of the Schley court of inquiry,
leaving the court itself to determine any
further question as to his competency.
A copy of Bear-Admiral Howison's let
ter has been sent to Rear-Admiral Schley.
The correspondence is as follows:
"Yonkers, N. Y.. Aug. 24. Dear Sir:
Owing to my detail as a member of the
court of inquiry, ordered to meet on Sep
tember 12 next, I find that many news
papers are giving me credit for having
served my country in the United States
Navy for nearly half a century with
honor. I see also that I am thought to
be objectionable as a member of ttiis
court of inquiry, it being stated that I
publicly expressed opinions on the conduct
of the battle of Santiago, while serving as
Commandant at the Boston Navy-Yard,
shortly after the result of that engage
ment was known. I believe the service
Knows as I do that I do not attempt to
make public speeches, write for maga
zines or papers or make public utter
ances on Navy or other subjects. It has
been impossible for me to avoid the vis
its and questions of representatives of
newspapers while serving at important
stations and at times when the Navy has
been to busily employed."
The letter here refers to the writer's
pleasant relations with newspaper men
at Marc Island, Boston and other stations,
and continues as follows:
"When the news of our Navy's suc
cess at Manila and again at Santiago
reached Boston the people there were not
behind the rest of the United States in
giving honor and praise to the Navy and
to the Commanders-in-Chief of the fleets.
The enthusiasm of the population In
praise and honor for the officers and men
sngaged at Santiago lasted for some time,
until later, when the troubles commenced
as to where the credit and honors should
go for the sucjeess of the engagement.
"it is no .news to "the ICavy to say that
where all do their duties, the first honors
for success go to the officer in chief com
mand. Censure for failure also belongs to
him.
"This newspaper cutting in question con
tains a statement that I had made a com
parison between Schley and Sampson, un
favorable to Schley. The word 'respect
, ed' as used by the reporter, is seldom or
never employed by Navy men in compar
ing the qualities possessed by oiacers, and
I ara sure I could never have said this
as he reports, nor said that Schley had
the reputation of being nervous and hot
headed in the Naval Academy.
"One may say that an officer stands
higher In his class, if true another may
stand higher in scientific attainments,
another be distinguished for eminent
diplomatic and social qualities, while
all under dlfccussion are of good stand
ing and proficient In their necessary pro
fessional calling.
"I have no recollection of the gentle
man representing the Boston Record, and
I do not approve of his public state
ment as mine. I cannot say that I have
not discussed with acquaintances matters
published in the newspapers relating to
our Navy's success as well as to the un
fortunate disputes so widely commented
on. There are few or no persons in the
Navy or in our country who have not
Gaily discussed these newspaper articles.
"From the papers it appears that Ad
miral Schley has strong doubts as to my
fitness to judge fairly this cate with Ad
mirals Dewey and Benham. As it is a
case of grave importance to those con
cerned and to the country. I .am desirous
fit giving my little help to clear away the
troubles. t '
"The duties of- members of courts-martial
ani courts of Inquiry are not sought
nor desired by officers. While I feel high
ly honored by the Department's selec
tion of myself for this duty, it is any
thing but a pleasant task to sit in judg
ment on brother officers. However,
neither the honor of the selection, nor the
unpleasantness of court duties, enter into
the reasons for my now writing to say to
you, personally, three things, viz.:
"First To reassure you that I am not
responsible for and did not give out such
an interview as 1s alleged in the dis
patches from Boston, and as stated in
the newspapers, to have been mentioned
by Admiral Schley in a recent letter to
the department.
"Second If the Department feels that
the cause of the Navy and justice -Rill
b better served by relieving me from
duty on the court. I am entirely ready
to withdraw, voluntarily, or to have the
Department relieve me upon its own
initiative.
"Third If on the other band, the de
partment, knowing all the circumstances.
desiree that T should perform the dutv
I am entirely ready to perform it and can,
upon my conscience and oath, do my duty
as a member of the court 'without par
tiality, as the law requires."
Mr. Hackett replied as follows:
"Washington, Aug. 26. 1S0L Dear Ad
miral: Your personal letter of the 24th
deserves an immediate reply. You say
substantially that there Is no foundation
for the statements attributed to you as
having been set forth in an Interview aft
erward published in the Boston Record,
and lately made the subject of a com
munication from Rear Admiral Schley
to the department You evidently have
read the correspondence between the Ad
miral and the department as published
last week in the newspapers. The de
partment, let me sjssure you, has no
purpose of relieving you of this duty.
It has implicit justice in your sense of
Justice and fair mlndedness.
"Should the counsel for Rear-Admiral
Schley proceed to offer to the court ob
jection to you. It will be for the court
itself to decide the question of your com
petency tc sit as a member.
"Were your letter official, Instead of
being merely personal, I should refer it
to the judge-advocate of the court, to be
laid befoie the court I would like to
ltnow if you have an objection to my
giving to the public your frank and man
ly lettor, in the event that it shall be de
sirable to do so.
"What you have said only confirms me
in the belief that the department has
bpen fortunate In selecting you as the
third member of the court
' Kindly accept the assurance of my
personal esteem," etc.
The correspondence was sent to Ad
miral Schley, who discussed It with his
counsel. Later in the day the following
announcement was made:
"Admiral Schley's counsel is entirely
dissatisfied with the position of Admiral
Howlson, as disclosed in his letter to
Acting Secretary Hackett made public
today."
The lawyers hold that it is not a com
prehensive denial of the statements at
tributed to Admiral Howison, nor, they
say, doe-s It disclose sufficiently the Ad
miral's freedom from bias. It Is probable
that they will set forth these objections
in a letter to the Actina Secretary of the
Navy.
The naval orders of today contain the
names of three persons designated as
witnesses in the coming inquiry. They
are- Lieutenant John Hood, of the Indi
ana, Lieutenant James G. Doyle, who,
according to a cablegram received today,
from Admiral Remey, at Cavlte, has been
detached from the New York and ordered
home, and Chaplain W. T. Helms, now
on the Buffalo, and ordered home Imme
diately.
Commander Richard Wainwrlght, super-
Intendent of the Naval Academy at An
napolis, spent some time -today in confer
ence with Captain Lemly, Judge Advocate
of the Schley court. In reference to the
testimony to be furnished by the Com
mandant who is one of the witnesses on
the Government list
Nothing has yet been heard by Acting
Secretary Hackett from Captain Forsythe
in answer to the Department's interrog
atory touching his reputed interview In
relation to the Schley case.
Mr. Hackett' s attenbvj has not yet
been directed formally to the publication
this morning ascribing certain expres
sions bearing on the Schley case to Rear
Admlral Watson, but when the matter
was referred to Informally, Mr. Hackett
Intimated that it is not one of sufficient
Importance to warrant letter-writing by
the Department.
The Navy Department has succeeded,
by means of its notice to the press yes
terday, in learning the whereabouts of
Gustaf E. Clason, who was the man at
the wheel on the Texas in the battle of
Santiago. Captain Lemley today received
a telephone message from a resident of
this city, giving him Clason's address,
which, however, was not made public.
Clason Located In Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Gustav Clason,
who was at the helm of the battleship
Texas the day of the battle of Santlgo,
and for whom the Judge-Advocate of the
Navy has been searching, lives In Brook
lyn. Clason is a Swede by birth and 35
years old. In an interview tonight he
said he expected to be called as a wit
ness before the . court of inquiry. Re
ferring to the movements of the vessel
July 3, he said:
"Commodore Schley posted the signal,
'The enemy Is escaping." All the ships
directed their course toward the enemy.
The Texas, Iowa and Gloucester were the
first to get down to business."
He also said that he had been anxious
for three years to tell all he knew about
that battle.
Admiral "Watson Threat.
, NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Rear-Admiral
John C. Watson is quoted in the World
as having said in the course of a private
conversation in Washington:
"If any Naval officer asserts that Ad
miral Schley is a coward and the fact
comes to my knowledge, I shall see that
the delinquent is given a chance to vin
dicate his opinion before a court-martial.
I shall prefer charges against such an
offender myself."
The remarks, according to the World's
correspondent were brought out as a
result of the detailing of some of the
charges brought against Rear-Admlral
Schley.
Foray-tixc Dcnie ilxc Interview.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 30. The Inquirer
tomorrow will say that Captain James
Forsythe, U. S. N., who has arrived home
from the West has practically denied the
authenticity of the alleged Interview in
a Kansas City newspaper regarding the
Sampson-Schley controversy.
POLICE INVESTIGATION.
Indictment Against Captain Herllliy
DIsmisbed.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. The Indictment
against Police Captain Herllhy, charging
him with neglect of .duty In that he
filled to close disorderly houses In his
precinct, was dismissed by Recorder
Goff today. In a decision on, a demurrer
to the Indictment entered by Herllhy.
The dismissal was granted with the un
derstanding that the case can be re
submitted to the grand jury. The de
murrer raised the .point that there were
110 specifications In the Indictment,
enumerating many disorderly houses,
and that If the case went to
trial each one would have to be proved.
This Is the point upheld by the Recorder.
Captain Thomas J. Diamond pleaded
not guilty to the indictment charging
him with neglect of duty. A motion fpr
a change of venue In this case will
come up in the Supreme Court next
Monday. Sergeant Shields. Wardman
Glennon and Detective Denny also
pleided not guilty to the Indictments
against them for neglect of iuty. The
date for trial was not fixed. Policeman
Edward O'Neill, who yesterday defied
Deputy Commissioner Devery, who, he
said, had transferred him five times be
cause be would not "stand for a shake
down," was questioned, today by Com
missioner Murphy as to the Identity of
the official of the department who had
demanded money to have him sent back
to his old precinct O'Neill refused
to say, but said it was before Colonel
Murphy was head of the department
The Chicago Detective Scandal.
CHICAGO. Aug. SO. The Civil Service
Commission resumed the investigation into
the city detective department scandals to
day by calling for trial Detectives John J.
Tracey and John Cramer, charged with
defrauding the State of Illinois, by re
ceiving money for an expense account in
the Larkins extradition case. The testi
mony given today was practically a repe
tition of the proceedings against Lieuten
ant Joyce. The decision has been ren
dered In the case against Joyce.
President Lindblom, of the Civil Service
Commission, announces that a sweeping
Investigation of the detective bureau will
begin about September 19.
TRACED TO ITALIANS.
Malaria
Introduced by
borers. Street La-
BOSTON, Aug. 20. In the annual report
of the State Board of Health, Secretary
S. W. Abbott says that during the p'ast
10 years every case of malaria investigat
ed in Massachusetts has been traced to
the presence in the neighborhood of Ital
ian laborers. Italy, it is well known, Is
cursed by malaria, says th8 report In a
previous report on the sanitary condi
tion of the Sudbury and Concord Rivers,
made to the General Court in May, the
Board stated plainly that there was noth
ing In the condition of the meadows near
those rivers to generate malaria. But
within the last 11 years 191 cases have
been reported In the distance of 10 miles
along the river from Saxonville, in a
population of about 500. Few cases, (he
board says, were reported below this
point previous to 1895, and not many until
1S9S, since which time It has prevailed In
Concord and BHIerica. In both cashes the
Board says:
"The evidence tends to show that it was
Introduced Into these towns by the la
borers engaged in digging up the streets
when constructing the water works and
sewerage systems. Upon the completion
of the works In BHIerica, the number of
cases rapidly diminished, while In Con
cord, the effect of the work continued
through last year, and we must wait
through another season to learn whether
It also diminishes here."
Propagating: the French. Langange.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Leon Berthaut
of the French Academy, left for France
on the liner L'AquItaine. M. Berthaut,
who as delegate of the Alliance Francalse
for the propagation of the French lan
guage had made a long visit to Canada,
said:
"I am more than satisfied with the re
sult of my mission. Our object Is to cre
ate local committees to propagate the
French language. Our work is not only
patriotic; it is -also commercial. In
learning our language, people will learn
pur history, and, learning our history,
they will learn to like us. Our propa
ganda will help France commercially:
we are too much the 6laves of Madame
Routine, and we let the German and Eng
lish influence abroad grow too strong."
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure anrt use that old and well-tried remedy,
Mrs. WInslow's Soblnc Syrup, for children
jux ui nain. cure wind colic and diarrhoe!
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS
COMMISSIONER HERMANN COM
' PLETES HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
Cosh. Receipts nncl Land Disposed Of-
Were Greater Than in Any
Former Year.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Hon: Blnger
Hermann. Commissioner of the General
Land Office, has completed his annual re
port, which shows that during the year
15,662,706 acres of the public domain were
disposed of, and that the receipts of the
office were $4,967,160. Jhe receipts exceed
ed those of last year by $592,402, and the
land disposals by 2,108.908 acres. The re
port embraces tabulated statements show
ing the business done In the land bffices
and at Washington. Referring to the In
crease Of business shown by the report,
Mr. Hermann says:
"When in my last annual report I called
attention to the remarkable showing made
In the tabulated statements of work then
done in this office of lands disposed of
and cash received for that year and
which far exceeded the record for many
years preceding, I confidently believed a
maximum had been reached. The cash
receipts were then $4,374,758, an Increase
of $1,509,621 over the previous- year, and
an Increase of $2,101,763 over that of the
year of 1S98. The land disposed of was
shown to be 13,453,827 acres in 1000. as
against 9,182.413 acres for 1S99. Of home
stead entries, 8,478,400 acres were shown
in that report, as against 6,177,587 acres
for the year before.
"The present report for the fiscal year
just closed greatly surpasses prior ex
hibits. There were 94S8 more final home
entries madp during the year just closad,
and covering 1,180,528 more acres than
for any one year since the passage of
the homestead act in 1862. Nearly one
fourth as many final entries of home
steads and acres in the year just closed
were made as in the entire 19 years fol
lowing that law.
"The record of original homestead en
tries made by settlers on the public do
main the past year is almost as great a
surprise. The entries numbered 6S.648, and
covered 9,497,275 acres, an increase over
the great year before of 7378 entries and of
1,018,566 acres. In original homestead en
tries, final homestead entries and com
muted homestead entries made in the last
fiscal year there were 111,390 entries, in all
embracing 15,455,057 acres, for actual bona
fide homes of American settlers."
All told, the Commissioner says, the
year just closed has been the best in 10
years, both in point of money receipts
and amount of land disposed of. There
was a surplus of $3,158,441 after paying
all the expenses of the land and forest
administration of the Government. The
patents on account of railroad grants
covered 2,470,804 acres.
The Commissioner says special efforts
were made by his office finally to close up
the swamp-land claims which still remain
on the part of the different states. LaBt
year 215 963 acres were patented, as against
98,923 this year. Swamp indemnity claims
rejected last year embraced 192,900 acres.
The report shows that there still remain
in the public domain 914,096,074 acres of
land which has not been appropriated, and
much of which has not been surveyed.
This area includes the Territory of Alaska,
but not the Insular possessions.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
Long; List of Army Commissions
Signed Yesterday.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. The President
today made the following appointments:
Colonel Artillery Corps John L. Tler
non. Lieutenant-Colonels Artlllery-TGeorge S.
Grimes, John M. K. Davis.
Majors Artillery Alex B. Dyer, M.
Crawford, Garland N. Whistler, Albert S.
Cummins, Henry E. Reed.
Captains Artillery Philip R. Ward,
WInfleld S. Overton, Marvin C. Buckey,
Earle D. A. Pierce, Arthur S. Conklln,
Benjamin S. Koehler. James F. Brady.
Hugh L. Applewhite, Roderick- L. Car
michael, Andrew Moses. Thomas Q. Ash
burn, Samuel F. Bottoms, Willard D.
Newblll, Harold E. Cloke, Samuel C. Ves
tal, Thomas H. R. Mclntyre, Richard H.
McMaster.
First Lieutenants Artillery Gwynne R.
Hancock, Dan T. Moore, Clarence B.
Smith, Russell P. Reeder, Robert F. Mc
Millan, Godwin Ordway, Lynn S. Ed
wards, George M. Brooke, Hugh IC. Tay
lor, George Deiss, Alban Frotter, Spencer
M. Bowman, Charles R. Lawson, Gilbert
A. Youngberg, Francis A. Pope, Stanley
B. Hamilton, William P. Stockey, WIJHam
I. Westervelt, Edwin G. Davis, Fred K. L.
Buck, ,Jap P. Hopkins, LeRoy T. Hlllman,
Upton Biernle, Jr., Archibald H. Sunder
land, Clarence Deems Jr., Raymond H.
Fenner, Charles L. $. Frohwltter, Ed
ward P. Nones, Arthur P. Shyde, GUfford
C. Carson, Harry E. Mitchell, ErneBt E.
Allen, Fred C. Doyle. Pressley K. Brlce,
George R. Perkins, John McManus, Au
gustine Mclntyre, John B. Murphy, Frank
D. Edwards, George R. Greene, Robert M.
Elllcott Theodore H. Kech, Henry C.
Merriam, Raymond W. Brlggs, Harry C.
Williams.
Surgeons, rank of Major Eugene L.
Swift, Paul Shillc-ck.
First Lieutenants Porto Rlcan Provis
ional Regiment of Infantry Paul Wuttke,
Terence Hamil.
State Leng Hui, to be Interpreter to the
Legation and United States Consulate
General at Bangkok, Slam.
Justice George B. Adams, of 'New York,
to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of New York.
WOOD'S ENTRY ALL RIGHT.
Interior Department Decides the
Lawtpn Land Cane.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. In the con
test case of J. L. Gilbert against James
R. Wood, coming from the Lawton, O.
T., land district, and Involving entry No.
1, the acting Secretary of the Interior
has rendered a decision in the hearing
on the case. The charges upon whlci the
contest was founded were substantially
that Wood's entry was made In violation
of the homestead law by reason of its lo
cation on the south line of the town of
Lawton, and that the entry embraces a
tract a mile long and only a quarter of a
mile wide, and was so taken for specu
lative purposes and not for agricultural
purposes, and that the entry was made
at a time when there were a large num
ber of townsite settlers on the land who
occupied It for trade apd business pur
poses. The decision holds that the selec
tion and entry of land adjacent to the
town of Lawton was not In violation ot
the letter or spirit of the law, and that
the fact that there may have been al
leged townsite settlers on the land at the
time he made his entry does not affect
Wood's right of entry.
JUDGE HUMPHREYS' CASE.
Hearing of Charges Will Be Held
Next Week.
WASHINGTON, Aug. SO.-Judge Hum
phreys, of Honolulu, called at the Depart
ment of Justice today and had an Inter
view with Attorney-General Knox. The
Attorney-General has arrange for a
hearing of the charges against Judge
Humphreys to be held next Monday or
Tuesday. Judge Humphreys will be pres
ent, as also will be Frederick W, Hankey,
who represents those members of the
Honolulu bar who are antagonistic to the
Judge. At the conclusion of the hearing
the Attorney-General will take the ccase
under advisement and render his conclu
sions soon thereafter to the President.
GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO.
William P. Hunt, of Montana, Ap
pointed to the Place.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ,30. The President J
today appointed William P. Hunt, of Mon
tana, GoVernOr of .Porto Rico.
.DeLIma Case Disposed Of.
WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. Mr. Trace
.well, the Controller of the Treasury, has
rendered a decision which disposes of thd
famous DeLIma Porto Rlcan case. He
holds that under the recent decision of
the United States Supreme Court, the
judgmoiit obtained 'by DeLima & Co. for
$14,597 from the United States may be
paid -out of the general appropriation of
the treasury, without further action by
Congress. " i
The question at isstie was whether, in
view of the recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, this judgment
mightbe paid from" the general appropria
tion or should be carried to Congress for
a specific appropriation.
Secretary Root's Condition.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Secretary of
War Klilm Roic Is at 1 is- r's.dcnce in this
city, suffering- from an abscess. His phy
sicians say he is in no danger, and that
no operation will be necessary. Mrs. Root
said today that her husband needs a little
rest, and they will go tomorrow to South
ampton, L. I., for a few days.
,
Hoey Held" on Two Charges.
NOGAL.ES, Ariz., Aug. 30. United
States Commissioner George has held Col
lector of Customs Hoey on two charges
of accepting bribes and unlawfully per
mitting Chinese to enter the United
States. The charge of conspiracy, which
included the dead Inspector Josey, has
peon dismissed.
Yelovfstone "Weather Station.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30. Professor Wil
lis. L. More will leave tomorrow for Min
neapolis. "He will visit Yellowstone Park
for the purpose of making a report a9
to the 'feasibility of establishing a weather
station there, and will visit the Salt Lake,
Cheyenne ahd Denyer bureaus.
NEXT AT PITTSBURG.
The Scientists' Convention nt Denver
Adjourned.
DENVER, Au- 30. The American As
sociation for the Advancement of Science
closed its 50th annual convention today.
The council and such sections as may de
sire Will hold a, business meeting at Chi
cago the first week in January, 1902. The
next regular meeting 6f the association
will be held in Pittsburg, Pa., during the
week commencing June 25, 1902. The out
going committee recommends that the
meeting of 1903 be held at Washington
during the AM week In January. In the
interest or a movement purposing the
bringing together of all scientific bodies
in the United States In midwinter.
National Council of Women.
NEW YORK. Aug, SO. Marriage and di
vorce will be he subject for discussion
before the National Council of Women at
its convention InT Buffalo, beglnplng on
September 11 and lasting lor three days.
Among1 the speakers announced are Miss
Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna Shaw and
Mrs. Alice Parker Lesser; Senor Antonio
Galance. of South America, and May
Wright Sewell, president of the Interna
tional Council. Mrs. Peck, of Iowa, vice
president of the National Council, will
speak the-evenlng of September, 13, which
is the final day of the convention.
The National- Woman Suffrage Associa
tion will mjMeptember 9 and 10 at Buf
falo. Thedzdiscusslons will be confined
chiefly to 'thV Question: "Would the En
franchisement of" Women Advance the
Progree? of Civilization? If So, How?"
Lydla Avery Cqonley Ward, Illinois; Hen
ry B, Blackwell, Massachusetts; Elizabeth
Boynton Harbert, Illinois; Puiscllla T.
Pacljstaff, New York; Kate M. Gordon,
Louisiana Lucretia Blankenberg, Penn
sylvania, and Anna H. Shaw, of Penn
sylvania, -will be among the speakers.
The Fraternal Congress.
DETROIT Aug. 30. The National Fra
ternal CpngresB today decided to indorse
the proposed Fraternal building at the St.
Louis exposition, and recommended that
all fraternal socletjes contribute toward
it. The committee on fraternal ethics, in
Its report, which was adopted, severely
criticised the organizers and agents of
fraternal societies whb, In order to ad
vance the interests of their own society;
run down others.
End of the Conclave.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 30. The 28th
triennial conclave of Knights Templars
Is a thing of the past, and today out
going trains were laden, with homebound
passengers. The selection of San Fran
cisco as the next meeting place has met
with general approval. A supplementary
ball tonight for Knights who were unable
to gain admittance to the grand ball last
night was the last incident of the con
clave. Foresters of America.
BALTIMORE, Aug. SO. After select
ing. Providence, R. I., as the next place
of meeting In 1903, the convention of the
Foresters of America adjourned tonight.
Memorial exercises for the late Past Su
preme Chief Ranger Lewis Thome, who
died at Los Angeles on May 21, 1900, were
held.
GENERAL LUDLOW DEAD.
Victim of Consumption Contracted
in the Philippines.
NEW YORK, Aug. SO Brigadier-General
WUHam A. Ludlow, 'died at Convent,
N. J., of consumption today, at the house
of tMr. Grlscom. His illness was first no
ticed on his arrival m the Philippines in
May last. He was at once sent home In
the hope that the American climate would
restore him, and went at once to Convent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-General Lud
low's friends have known for some time
that his death was but a question of time.
While he was serving as Brigadier-General
of Volunteers he was Military Gov
ernor of Havana, and instituted many
reforms In the government of, that cily.
He was the Ideal soldier In appearance,
and was a map of great ability. He was
No. S on the list of Brigadier-Generals,
and had he lived was destined soon to
become a Major-General, and perhaps ulti
mately to command the Army. He was
a brother of Rear-Admlral NIcol Ludlow,
retired.
Marcos Kavnnttgh.
DES MOINES, la., Aug. SO. Marcus
Kavanagh, father of Judge Kavanagh,
of Chicago, died here la6t evening after
a short illness. He was born in Ireland
Irt 1S33. He was a railroad buljder, and
he constructed the Winterset & Des
Moines Railroad, the Indlanola line, a
large part of the Texas Pacific between
Long View and Dallas, and many other
roads In Iowa and Kansas.
John Xanlcenn.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30. John Lank
enu, the well-known philanthropist and
member of the Drexel family, died today
at his residence In this city, aged 84.
Attempt to Kill a Prospector.
MULLAN, Idaho, Aug. 30. Charles
Dancher, a prospector living In Dead
man's Gulch, was badly bruised this
morning by an explosion of dynamite,
fired for a malicious purpose. The dyna
mite was discharged at the end of the
log cabin in which Dancher was sleep
ing. A big hole was blown through the
logs. Dancher was sleeping on a cot
against the Inner wall, his head being
about two feet below the hole caused by
the explosion. His head was severely
bruised, the scalp being torn away to the
bone on one side. There are numerous
small cuts and bruises on his right arm
and left side. The Injured man walked
to town to have his wounds dressed. He
told the name of a suspected man to an
officer, who at once left for the scene.
ELEVEN .WERE KILLED
RESULT OF THE DERAILING OF A
NEW YORK TRAIN.
Of the Many Injured Passengers,
Three May Not Survive the Night
Other Accidents.
NEWARK, N. Y., Aug. 30. The wreck
of the southbound passenger train on the
Bay division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road (Northern Central) last night has
resulted, up to tonight in the deaths of
.11 persons. Following Is a corrected list
of the dead:
REV. DR. A. PARK BURGESS, Syra
cuse. MRS. A. PARK BURGESS, Syracuse.
FRANCIS BURLEIGH. Newark, N. Y.
MRS. JAMES W. FORD, Newark, N. Y.
MRS. ANNA KANE, Elmira.
WILLIAM MEAGHER. Sodus Point.
HOWARD TUBBS, Elmira.
MRS. L. H. HOOD; Seneca Falls.
MRS. C. H. BRADLEY, Seneca Falls.
MRS. ELIZABETH TODD, Newark,
N. Y.
MRS. C. G. EDWARDS. St. PauL
The injured in this city are doing as
well as can be expected.
Mrs. A. D. Burnham and Mrs. William
Lemunyon, of Port Gibson, and Mrs.
Rose Edwards, of Newark, are very low.
Rev. A. Park Burges3 was widely known
throughout Central New York as a great
opponent of saloons. Of the remaining
Injured in the hospitals In Rochester. It
Is feared three cannot survive the night.
They are: E. B. Bradley, Seneca Falls;
Mrs. E. A. Hare, Greenfield, Mass., and
Mrs. Elizabeth White, Newark.
BITTEN BY A BABOON.
Omaha Newspaper Man Perhaps Fa
tally Injured.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 30. William A.
Plxley, amusement editor of a local pa
per, was today perhaps fatally Injured by
having his flesh lacerated by a maddened
baboon. Mr. PIxley was visiting the
dressing tent of a dog and pony show, ac
companied by his sister. The baboon,
known as "Jim Robinson," attacked PIx
ley without warning, biting him several
times and opening the flesh in gaping
wounds. The Pasteur treatment was at
once administered to prevent the spread
of the poison caused by the. animal's
teeth. The management of the show say
the baboon took- exception to the pres
ence of a lady in the tent.
Victim of Rio G'rnnde Accident.
DURANGO, Colo., Aug. 30. Harley Mc
coy, who was Injured in the Rio Grande
wreck near Chama, N. M., yesterday, died
at ' 1:50 o'clock this morning at Mercy
Hospital in this city. McCoy who was at
one time an active Denver politician,
served several years in the Canon City
penitentiary for the murder of Captain
Hawley of the Denver police, in lb91 in a
quarrel which had its inception In a po
litical fight in the State Assembly.
Race Track Stables Bnrned.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30. Fire at the Fair
Grounds race track today consumed about
a dozen stables, valued at ?55W, and burned
to death a number of valuable racehorses.
Great excitement prevailed during the
fire. Horses were .turned loose and ran
away In every direction. It is Impossible
tonight to learn all the names of the ani
mals consumed, but It Is known that
Tom Crowell, Miss Faustus and Silent
Brook met their death.
n Iovra Town Destroyed.
DES MOINES, la., Aug. 30. The busi
ness section of Scranton, Green County,
40 miles north of here, was destroyed by
fire at midnight, The fire started In Most
ler & Gibson' Hvery stable. Loss esti
mated at $60,000, with little insurance.
Fatal Tenement House Fire.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Four persons
were killed and seven severely Injured In
a tenement ilr In Brooklyn tonight.
ELUDED HIS PURSUERS.
No Trace of Francii, the Negro, Who
Murdered Miss Henderson.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 30. Will Francis,
the negro who assaulted and murdered
Miss Mary Henderson, Tuesday afternoon.
Is still at large, and his pursuers reluc
tantly admit that he has eluded them and
probably left the country. Every clue
has been traced to an unsuccessful conclu
sion, and Interest In the case Is now at a
low ebb. Today, Sheriff Koch, of Wer
rensburg, began a systematic search in
the various negro settlements of Johnson
County. Posses went from Warrensburg,
Centervlew, Holden and Odessa, and all of
the negro strongholds were visited, but
when the searchers reported tonight they
knew no more about the whereabouts of
Francis than before they started this
morning. Sheriff Koch, with a large posse,
visited the brakes of Blackwater again
today. They took the bloodhounds and
tramped through the jungles along this
creek for hours, following the method
which is customary in wolf hunts, of cov
ering every foot of ground. The task was
tedious, but the men were anxious either
to find Francis or dispel the theory that
he was hiding along the banks of Black
water Creek, which has been the popular
idea from the first
Tonight, word was received at Holden
that a negro who corresponds to the de
scription of Francis was seen at the
Sankey schoolhouse, 2V6 miles southwest
of Holden. It was reported that the ne
gro has been .staying in the deserted
Bchoolhouse, and hud asked for food at
the home of Harlar Smith, a farmer near
there. A posse from Holden started at
once for the Sankey schoolhouse.
A council of Francis' pursuers has al
ready decided that his punishment shall
be meted out at the stake. W. C.f Hyatt,
Miss Henderson's brother-in-law. approves
of this method of dealing with the negro.
Governor Dockery tqday offered a rewara
of ?300 for the capture of the murderer,
and the Johnson County officials offered a
reward of S100.
PLOT TO KILL A BISHOP.
Another Row in the Polish Catholic 1
Church in Chlcasro.
CHICAGO. Aupt. 30. Sensational testi
mony disclosing an alleged plot to Kill
Bishop Anton Kanlowski, of the Independw
ent Polish Catholic church, was Introduced
by the prosecution in Justice Martin's
court here today. Five of the bishop's
parishioners are defendants op a, charge
of conspiracy to defame th6 character of
the bishop and attempting to cause his
arrest. B. LewlndowskI, who had been
employed as watchman of the hospital
run In connection with the Bishop's
church, testified that Dr. SloanskI, thd
principal defendant, had plotted to get rirt
of Kanlowski in order to secure control
of the hospital. The conspiracy, it Is
charged, was entered Into a year ago last
Winter. Lewlndowski testified:
"Dr. SloanskI told me I had better kill
the bishop, so that he and these other
men could have the hospital. We were
in a saloon at the time, and he put $50
on the bar and told me to take that now.
Then he said I was to have 5350 when I
decided to do what he wanted. He said
also that he would give me a steady job
driving ,the ambulance, and that I would
have a uniform with brass buttons and
a horse."
The other defendants on trial are B.
Wadzinski. S. Sajowicz, H. Podgordski
and Joseph C. Izowski.
An Outrage in Texas.
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 30. Last night a
negro entered the house of Mrs. Shackle
ford, a white woman, within two squares
of the Sheriff's office at -McKlnney, 30
miles north, and attempted to assault her.
""'
FOE, SEPTEMBER
MKSk
VI
Thomas Nelson Pege,
X,2.flW,)iVWAf.VAMmn H .
She awoke and screamed, and the man
fled after a short struggle. Hundreds of
men are scouring Collin, Dallas and HUnt
Counties. The negroes of ATcKinney have
been given notice to leave the to-vm, and
there Is said to be a panic among them.
A serious race conflict Is feared. Mrs.
Shackleford is badly bruised about the
face, head, hands and arms as the result
of the struggle.
Negroen Demand Protection.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 30. An appeal
to President McKinley for protection for
the negroes who are being ljnched for
their crimes was formulated and Indorsed
by the Negro Territorial Baptist Sunday
School Convention in session In this city.
The convention does not attempt to ex
cuse their offenses, but asks the President
to use his executive power In securing
for them a fair trial In. the courts be
foie punishment is meted out.
Lnrlcs Granted-Habeas Corpn-.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Aug. 30.-Judge
Neville has granter a writ of habeas cor--pus
on the application of Joe Larks' at
torney, and the alleged murderer of Miss
Wild of Pierce City, will be brought be
fore the Green County Court next Mon
day to determine whether the 'Frisco por
ter is legally held fpr that crime, for
which three admittedly innocent men. have
been lynched-
Jewelry Store Burglarised. l
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. The Jewelry store
of Bernard J. Hagemann was entered
early this morning by safe-blowers, who
escaped with booty valued at nearly fSOOO.
NO pEACE CONFERENCE.
Steel Trust Offlclaln Know Nothing
of Simon Burns' Plans.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. It was stated at
the office of the United States Steel Cor
poration that no conference with Simon
Burns, of the Window-Glass Workers, or
any one else representing the Amalga
mated Association, had been arranged, or
that any conference was contemplated.
The report that President Shaffer, of th
Amalgamated Association, had presented
to C. M. Schwab, of the United States Steel
Corporation, a statement of modified term3,
could not be confirmed at the office of
the corporation. It was Intimated that
no communication of any kind had been
received from Mr. 'Shaffer, that none was
expected, and that if one were sent In it
would not receive 'official consideration.
The attitude of the Steel Corporation re
mains unchanged. The officers of the
company say there is nothing to arbitrate,
and that they will not treat with repre
sentatives of the strikers until they are
conylnced that they are negotiating with
responsible persons.
It wa3 rumored that J. Pierpont Mor
gan and some of his associates had ex
pressed their willingness to leave the set
tlement of the strike to Scth Low. As
Mr.- Morgan and Mr. Low are close
friends, the report was received with some
credence, but one of Mr. Morgan's part
ners promptly denied it.
Ralph M. Easly, secretary of the Na
tional Civic Federation, said last night
that no peace overtures had been made.
He repeated that the trouble has passed
the pqlnt where arbitration Is prac
ticable, yet, he still hoped that there
would be some way of bringing the con
tending forces together1.
Hoar's 75th Birthday.
WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 30. The
close of three-quarters of a century of
life flpds the senior United States Senator
from Massachusetts, George F Hoar,
in excellent health and as active as many
men 25 years hi3 junior. The venerable
statesman 'yesterday celebrated his 75th
birthday. He was congratulated by
friends and admirers In many of the
states of the Union. The Senator Is now
serving his fifth term as a member of
the Senate. During the Summer Mr. Hoar
has devoted part of his ,tlme to pleasure
and sightseeing, but his literary work has
Sot been neglected. He has also given
ome of his time to Clark University, and
other public matters.
Vnnderhilt Fined for Fast Riding.
NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug. 20. W. K. Van
derbllt, Jr., was summoned to Police
Court tov.y and fined 510 and costs for
allowing his automobile to exceed the
speed fixed by the city ordinances. The
offense was commltteed on Ridge Road
Wednesday.
Chief of Police Richards, who yester
day had Foxhall Keene and Reginald
Vanderbllt fined for fast riding, was the
complainant Jn today's cse. The latest
"My mother was troubled
,with consumption for many
years. At last she was given
up to die. Then she tried
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and
was -speedily cured." TD P.
Jolly, Atoca, N, Y.
25c, 50c, 51.00.
J. C. AVER CO., Lowell. Mass.
M
zsan
THE UNITED STATES
'ARM Y-The First of Three
Historical Articles, by Gen.
Francis V. Greene. Illus
trated -by Howard Pyle,
R, F. Zogb&um, F. C. Yohn
THE POOR. IN SUM
MER, by 3R. A. Stevenson.
Fully illistra.ted
"A BURRO PUNCHER"-
by Wedter A. Wyckoff
ANOTHER RAFFLES
STORY, by E.W.Hornung
THE BEGUILING OF
THE BEARS-Hunting in
New Brunswick, by Fred
eric Irland. Illustrated
THE PINES OF LORY
Serial, by J. A. Mitchell
STORIES s.nd POEMS
by George W. Ccxble,
C. T.Brdy a.nd others
PRICE 25 CENTS
ij.jiui. JM.'.--..wn.i--u:.mnj ;i ;? ff rurgrgrrar' I
offender Droralsed that he would observe
the law hereafter.
Robert F. Maxwell and Charles Young
also were fined $10 each for overspeedlng
their automobiles. Maxwell Is chauffeur
for Frederick H. Bondict, of Stonaville,
and Younsr has charge of the automobile
owned by Louis Brugalve, of San Fran
cisco. t .
Interest In the Marten Cn.se.
NEW YORK, Aug. SO. Both German
and English journals display great inter
est In the military trial of Sergeant Mar
ten, says the London correspondent of
the Tribune. While it differs from the
Dreyfus case In dramatic Interest, and
underplot, It raises the same questions
Involved In the proceedings at Rennaa.
namely, whether military discipline ought
to be converted Into a fetich and exalted
above the abstract Justice, and whether
the court-martial can be allowed to force
a conviction on Inadequate grounds.
When Captain Kroslglk was fourfd mur
dered in barracks, after making the llvna
ff men under him miserable. Marten was
alternately acqututa and convicted when
the evidence merely Indicated that he
had failed to account for six minutes of
the day in question; that he expressed
no regret when InformPd of the murder..
and that he had been seen near the gun
rack sOme time before the shooting. Tha
German, press has taken up the prisoner's
case with great spirit, and insists upon
having either a commutation of thj soii
tence or a rehearing by the 'Supreme''
Court. ""
Stockyards Fire In Honolnlu.
SAN FR'ANCISCO, Aug. 30. The steam
er Solace brings the news that August 21
the bulldirgij of the stockyards company
Jn Honolulu wtre destroyed by flre, and
75 fine hovsi s wen burned to death. Thrqa
cottages were also consumed. The Ioaa
by the fire, which Is supposed to hye
been of Incendiary origin, was 510QJG0Q..
Timely rains have done much good to the
sugar plantations of Hawaii.
Trackmen's Strike Settled.'
WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. CO. The Cana
dian Pacific trackmen's strike was sec
tied at Montreal today. The wages will
be readjusted, the men taken back with
out prejudice and the -Brotherhood of
Trackmen recognized. The men. will re
turn to work Monday.
Caldas Returns to BrnzII.
HAVANA, Aug. 30. Dr. Caldas will re
turn to Brazil next week. The condition
of the last patient attacked by yellow
fever was serious last night, and If ha
dies an autopsy probably will be held
by the board preparing the report to the
Government.
Catholics Accept Settlement.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 30. The
Catholics have practically accepted the
terms for settlementaof the school ques
tion In Winnipeg, and Catholic schools
will come under the control of the Public
Board.
Cleveland at Carnegie Instltnte.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 30. Ex-President
Cleveland has consented to deliver an
oration on Founders' Day at the Carnegie
Institute. Thursday, November 7, at the
special request of Andrew Carnegie.
They are vitiated or morbid fluids cours
ing the veins and affecting the tissues.
Theyare commonly due to defective diges
tion but sometimes inherited.
How do they manifest themselves?
In many forms of cutaneous eruption,
salt rheum or eczema, pimples and bolls,
and in weakness, languor and general
debility.
How are they expelled ? By
1 2?-
whlch also builds up the system that has
suffered from them.
It Is the beat of all medicines for all
humors.
" " ' iJtii -ij- - i.-raw
Mllg 'ITT Li .
--"' ' ""Ti ' ' I '" '5S
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by these
Little Pills.
They also relieve Distress from Dyspep.
la. Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating.
A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea.
Drowsiness. Bad Taate in the Mouth,
Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TOR
PID LIVER. They Regulate the Bow
els. Purely Vegetable.
Small PHI. Small Dose. '
Small Price
s