THE MOANING 0BEG0NIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1901.
VICTIMS OF FILIPINOS
LIST OF CASUALTIES SL'STAIIVED AT
BALAJfGIGA.
Members of the Ill-Fated Company
C, Ninth Infantry, Who Were
Massacred in Samar.
WASHINGTON, Oct 8. The list of cas
ualties sustained by the ill-fated Company
C. Ninth Infantry, In the massacre in
Samar, is given out in the following ca
blegram received at the War Department
late today, dated Manila, October 8:
"Casualties in the engagement at Bal.n
glga, Samar, September ZS (the wounded
Mill be reported as soon as received):
-Killed Sergeant John F. Martin, Ser-
eant James N. Randies, Corporal Henry
J. Scharer, Privates Joseph L Godon,
James N. Martin, John A. Aydelotte, By
ron Dent, Ell Fitzgerald, Charles E. Ster
ling, Robert S. Sproull, John R. Miller,
Richard Long, Joseph Turner, Gustave F
Schuitzler, Corporal Frank McCormack,
Private Prcat Peters, Private Leonard P.
5chle,r. Artificer Joseph R. Marr, Privates
Jameb F. McDermott, Charles E. Davis,.
Harry M. Wood, John Wannebo, Joseph
TClelnhample, Robert L. Booth, Guy C.
Dennis, John D. Armand, Little Armand,
George Bony, John D. Buhrer, James L.
Cain, Frank Vobayda, Charles Powers.
"Died from wounds Corporal Thomas
E. Balrd, Private Chris F. Relcard, Pri
vate Floyd J. Shoemaker.
"Missing (bodies probably burned when
insurgents deserted the town) Musician
John L. Covington, Privates Patrick J
Bobbins, Jerry J. Drlscoll, Evans South,
August F. Porszeng, Christian S. Wil
liams, Claude C Wlngo, also Hrry
Wright, Hospital Corps.
"Killed September 1, Basay, Samar
Company G, Ninth Infantry, Corporal
John L. Weiss, Private Charles L. Mc
Manus. "CHAFFEE."
At the War Department, it is said the
names of Joseph 1. Sodon, Gustave F
Schuitzler and John Wannebo are subject
to correction later. The three officers
killed in the fight are not mentioned in
today's dispatches, their deaths having
been reported In a dispatch sent several
days ago.
THE HEISTA1TO INVESTIGATION.
Meiklejohn Explained His Connec
tion "With the Henvp Company.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 When the
Senate committee on military affairs to
day resumed its investigation of the
harges against Lieutenant-Colonel Heis
tand, Thomas J. Mackey appeared as at
torney for Major Hawkes, the prosecut
ing witness. Ex-Assistant Secretary of
War George D. Meiklejohn, resuming his
testimony, detailed a conversation he
had with Hawkes in which the latter de
clared that unless he was appointed to
a position he would publish the details
of the hemp combination. Mr. Meiklejohn
told him that so far as he was concerned,
lie might do so. It was during this talk
that Hawkes told him of his controversy
with Flint, Eddy & Co., Hawkes express
ing the opinion that his appointment had
been revoked because of the controversy.
F. S. Brown, a clerk In the office of
the Auditor of the War Department, was
called to testify as to the auditing of a
dispatch Colonel Heistand had sent to
General Otis. It appeared that the dis
patch "was audited among others, the ag
gregate tolls of which were in excess of
53000. The account was certified to by
Adjutant-General Corbln. The records
showed that the cost of the Heistand
cablegram was 55S12 Prior to the state
ment of Brown, Mr. Needham, Heistand's
attorney, had Informed the committee
that it was Heistand's intention to pay
for the- cablegram to General Otis, and
for the reply thereto when the amount
had been ascertained.
General Corbln was recalled and ex
plained that lie had certified to the ac
curacy of the account as audited on the
report of a board of examiners -of ac
counts. Personally, he could not examine
every telegram involved in the account,
and dld not do so.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Carter, As
sistant Adjutant-General, testified that
every effort was- made "by the board of
examination to eliminate all messages
which "did not deal with official business.
He had, not seen the Heistand dispatch
himself.
No additional facts were developed dur
ing the cross-examination. Attorney
Mackay pressed a number of Questions as
to why Mr. Meiklejohn did not mark the
letters "Hawkes wrote. Copies of these
Icttters were In evidence, but not thn
oiiginals Meiklejohn said he might or
might not have received them. He dl
iccted them to be filed, but did not con
sider replies necessary. Mr. Mackey,
counsel for Hawkes, asked if the pro
posed hemp company was not abandoned
because Flint, Eddy & Co. had a mo
nopoly of the hemp husiness in the Phil
ippines, but Mr. Meiklejohn replied that
he never knew anything about Flint,
Eddy & Co.
The committee declined to permit coun
sel to ask questions designed! to bring
Secretary Root into their investigation.
Senator Cockrell declaring all such mat
ters Improper, as Secretary Root was not
under investigation. Mr. Michener was
recalled to testify as to an alleged tele
phone communication "between him and
Meiklejohn relative to the Hawkes set
tlement. He denied any knowledge of
such a communication. Mr. Meiklejohn
had testified that he had no such com
munication. THE AEW CANAL TREATY.
2So Surrender of Principles by
Either Side.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. There has been
no surrender by England to the "United
States in the matter of the new isthmian
canal treaty, according to the
best authority here. It Is eQually true
thit the United States has sacrificed no
principles m these negotiations, and the
effect of contrary statements Is depre
cated as likely seriously to jeopardize the
chances of the consummation of the con
vention which shall finally and peacefully
settle an issue that has been a source
of danger for the past 50 years. It Is
said that what actually has happened is
that each side has preserved the underly
ing principle of the Clayton-Bulver
treaty, and the new convention will pro
aide for a waterway neutral at all times
and open to the commerce of the world.
The Clayton-Bulwer treaty, however,
drawn half a century ago, has proved to
be defective in mechanism for giving ef
fect to this purpose. The new treaty
simply provides this mechanism. England
is relieved from the guarantee, which, In
her case, was only troublesome and which,
being assumed by the United States in
toto, is quite as effective. As -viewed from
the American point of view, there was no
surrender on England's part in seeking
this relief, inasmuch as the above men
tioned principle is reiterated and affirmed
as binding upon the United States. As
for the torza of the treaty, it may be
staged that it embodies In substance the
amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, which were signed by the Senate
and beyond that the changes are believed
to be textual rather than substantial.
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WORK t)F THE BREVET BOARD.
Its Scope Enlarged to-Take In Span
Jtsh. IVnr Operations.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. The work of
the Army brevet board, headed by Gen
eral MacArthur. which wag begun today,
is to be comprehensive. Its scope has
been enlarged -greatly. While it was in
tended, originally that only brevets earned
in the Chinese and Philippine campaigns
should be considered, the board has been
charged to include the Spanish-American
War operations. All of the nominations
sent to the Senate 'last session recom
mending brevets for the Spanish War .ser
vice have been withdrawn and the pres-
ent board, consequently, will have a clear
field- This board may recommend also
the award of medals of honor. It Is
likely that a medal may be recommended
for bestowal upon Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt for distinguished gallantry in
the Santiago campaign. It Is -expected
that the Senate will act upon the brevet
nominations at the approaching .session.
No action on the part of Congress Is re
quired In the case of medals of honor,
the President being the final authority.
SHU Frauds Wot Large.
NEW 1'ORK.Oct. 8. The "journal or
Commerce says: After an exhaustive
Investigation covering every phase of the
case, United States Attorney Henry IS.
Burnett has written an opinion and filed
conclusions showing that the reports of
"so-called silk frauds" in the custom
house In this city were greatly exagger
ated. Several weeks ago it was feared
that the amounts lost to the Government
would Tun Into the millions. The Col
lector of Customs, however, acting upon
legal advice, has declined to seize the
merchandise covered by invoice No. 14,
367, which invoice was returned by the
appraiser as fraudulent. After an investi
gation of the circumstances surrounding
this case, it Is the opinion of the Collector
and the experts of his office that the
charge of fraudulent intent cannot be
sustained. Therefore, the goods are not
subject to seizure, and this being the
only question presented In regard to the
Invoice the entry will be liquidated in reg
ular course Invoice No. 1-4,367, which
was submitted with all the evidence to
the United States Attorney, who would
be the prosecuting attorney In case the
Collector made a se'zure, was regarded
by the Collector as one of the strongest
cases against the Importers."
Mortality Statistics.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. Statistics com
piled by the Marine Hospital Service for
1190 cities and towns in the United States
having a population of 1000 or more Indi
cate for the United States an. annual mor
tality for the last calendar year of 17.47
per 100Q of population, according to the
census of 1900. The population of these
cities and towns- aggregate 20,712,603, and
deaths from all causes In 1900 numbered
361.775. The annual mortality per 1000 of
estimated population Is 16.87. There were
"35.240 deaths from phthisis pulmonalls,
615 from smallpox, 71,007 from enteric
fever, 2S50 from measles, 2237 from scarlet
fever, SG99 from diphtheria and mem
branous croup, and 2237 from whooping
cough. The table shows North Dakota
with a death rate of 6.95 per lOOd of popu
lation, was the most healthy state In
the country.
The Russian Sugar Question.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from St. Peters
burg quotes Director of the Chancery of
the Ministry of Finance Shipoff as fol
lows, on behalf of M. De Wltte:
"The Inquiry of the Minister of Finance
concerning his views on the United States
eventually entering a course of more lib
eral commercial agreements was for
warded to Sotshl, In the Caucasus, where
the Minister Is temporarily staving. His
Excellency instructs me to state he will
be glad at any time to return to the
status quo ante the raising by the United
States of the duty on Russian sugar. In
order to give an answer regarding Rus
sia's attitude toward a more liberal com
mercial policy of the United States it
would be necessary to know what. In con
crete, this policy might consist in."
Registration of Havraiian Chinese.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. A report has
been received by Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Yerkes in regard to the
registration of Chinese residents of the
Hawaiian Islands, which was completed
to last June. The total number regis
tered, 28,825, exceeds the estimated Chi
nese population by about 6000. There were
17,482 on the Island of Oahu, 3907 of whom
were found in the City of Honolulu, but
as many persons traveled to the capital
to be registered, the figures for that
place are not accurate as showing per
manent residents. The others were dis
tributed as follows: Island of Hawaii,
4644; Island of Kauai, 3418; Island of
Maul, 33iS, and Island of Molokal, 33.
The total expenses amounted to 521,093,
or 72& cents for each person registered.
The Cabinet Meeting.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-Olily Attorney
General Knox, Postmaster-General Smith
and Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson at
tended today's Cabinet meeting. Nothing
important developed. The President has
already begun the preparation of his
message to Congress. It Is understood
that the Pacific cable question will come
up at the Cabinet meeting next Wednes
day. Before the Cabinet assembled the
Argentine Minister, Senor Don Garcia
Mero, presented his credentials to the
President Assistant Secretary Adea
made the presentation. The usual ex
pressions of good will were exchanged.
Ten Xevv Artillery Companies.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. The War De
partment has issued a general order or
ganizing 10 new companies of Coast ar
tillery to complete the artillery corps.
With three exceptions, these new com
panies are to be made up by transfers
of enlisted men from the old companies
stationed at the same port. The One Hun
dred and Twenty-sixth Cpmpany is to
be organised at Fort Worden. Wash.,
from the Thirty-third Company, Fort
Canby, Wash. This company Is to take
permanent station at Fort Warden,
where barracks and quarters" are now In
readiness.
England's "Paralysis."
BERLIN, Oct 8 The German press,
referring to the dispatches from Wash
ington, giving alleged Information as to
the new treaty between the United States
and Great Britain regarding the Nica
ragua Canal, point out that Great Brit
ain's renunciation of her rights under the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty without compen
sation Is a plain lllustratlpn of the paraly
sis produced by the war In South Africa.
-Presidential Appointments.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. The President
today made the following appointments:
War Captains. Artillery. Lawrence G.
Brown and Malcolm Young.
Navy Clifford H. West. Captain; George
H. Stafford, Lieutenant-Commander;
Raymond Stone, Lieutenant; John M.
Hudglns, Lieutenant.
Root in the Adirondack.
UTICA. N. Y.. Oct S Secretary of
War Root, his wife and daughter, are at
Whitney Reserve, Adlrondacks, where the
Secretary will remain until he Is better.
It Is expected that he will be away from
Washington at least two weeks.
STORM AT GAL VSTQN.
Again the Streets "Were Flooded
"With Water, This Time Fresh.
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 8. Galveston
was visited bythe heaviest rainfall in its
history today. The rain began last night
hut the storm which formed off Galveston
did not brealc until early this morning,
and from 3 A. M. until 3 P. M., the precipi
tation was tremendous. For the 14 hours
ending at 12:30 P. M., 14.0S inches ol water
fell. The rain was accompanied by wind,
which at ll:30 A. M. blew 42 miles an
hour from the east The streets wore in
undated and street-car traffic was stopped,
all business "being practically suspended.'
The damage cannot be estimated at this
time, "but It Is not believed to be heavy.
Some of the buildings were partlally
flooded by water backing over the streets.
The tide was only two feet above norl
maland there was no salt water In the
streets. The rain was local, extending
only along a portion of the Texas Coast
and Inland for 50 or 60 miles with less in
tensity. Stops the Cough
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ACCESSION OF NEW AMEER
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT RE
CEIVER QUIETLY.
England Considers That the Only Ele
ment of Danger Lies in His
Character.
LONDON, Oct. 9. "Native, reports as
sert," says a dispatch to the Times from
Simla', "that the accession of Hablb lUjjah
Khan has been officially annouricecr at
Jellalabafl and Dakka, and that the an
nouncement was received quietly."
THE AMEER'S SUCCESSOR.
Element of Danger to England Lies
in His Character."
NEW YORKtOct 8. Commenting upon
the possible developments In Asia as a re
sult of the death of the Ameer of Afghan
istan, the London correspondent ot the
Times says:
"The fact that the military strength of
Afghanistan has been so greatly devel
oped In the last 20 years as not regarded
as of itself a menace to the power of Great
Britain in the Orient. On the contrary. It
is regarded as encouraging, as enabling
the Afghans 'to repefinvasion. It is" said
that an army of 100,000 Afghans could be
raised and armed in' the latesjt manner.
The element of possible danger "lies in the
character of the new Ameer who may lend
an ear to the Russian tempter and con
nive at Invasion with an ulterior purpose.
These possibilities have always caused
fears whenever the recent reports of the
Ameer's failing health have reached Eng
land." The London correspondent of the Trib
une says:
"The Ameer's strength of character and
the utility of his service In preserving
Afghanistan as a buffer state between
llval empires are generally recognized,.
sor lack the qualities so essential to the
peace of Asia. An old army officer Who
spent 30 years In India Is authority for the
statement that Abdurrahman was one of
the most remarkable men the Orient has
ever produced, and had the power of
gripping the Afghan tribes together and
maintaining the independence of his coun
try. " 'If his successor be a weak ruler,' he
remarked, 'there will be a break up of
the Afghan tribes, and Russian In
triguers will resume operations. But the
telegraphs and "railways are now on the
borders of Afghanistan and what happens
there cannot be concealed from Simla,
where there is a capable Viceroy who
knows both Afghanistan and Persia."
DR. KRAUSE REMANDED.
Arraigned in London on a Chargevof
High Treason.
LONDON. Oct. 8 Dr. Krause, the ex
Governor of Johannesburg, who was ar
rested September 2 on the charge of high
treason, was arraigned in the Extradi
tion Court at New street today and
charged with high treason and incitement
to murder. The former charge is in con
nection with the surrender of Johannes
burg, when, according to the public pros
ecutbr, Dr. Krause obtained from Lord
Roberts 24 hours' armistice on the plea
that street fighting would thereby be ob
viated, and utilized the period in getting
all the Boer fighters out of town and In
sending 180.000 to Pretprla. After Dr.
Krause had been paroled he went to Eu
rope and applied to Dr. Leyds, the agent
of the Transvaal, for money on account
of these services.
The prosecution Introduced evidence to
show that Dr. Krause was In communica
tion with Dr. Cornelius Boreeksman, the
public prosecutor of Johannesburg, who
was executed September 4 for treason, and
that he urged the necessltv far shooting
or otherwise disposing of Douglass Fos
ter, an English lawyer attached to Lord
Roberts' staff, who was very active
against the Boers. The prosecution In
troduced letters In which Dr. Krause de
scribed Lord Milner as ''an arch scoun
drel and an enemy of Boer national ex
istence, and a willing tool of the'jlngos,"
and advised the burghers to break theli
oaths and shoot traitors. The letters in
dicated that Dr. Krause acted os a chan
nel of communication between the Trans
vaal and the Boer Government In Hol
land. The prisoner was remanded.
STAGE THUNDER.
Ontbnrst of Indignation Against the
Salisbury Government.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Regardlng the
South Africa situation, the London rep
resentative of the Tribune cables:
"The guerrilla warfare against the Sal
isbury Government and the War Office s
still In progress, but what is described as
an outburst of popular indignation has a
suspicious sound of stage thunder- The
bullc of the criticism, comes from the Con
servative press, but it will not "be long
before Parliament reassembles arid all
these candid friends will be extolling the
stateepiartllke course of the Ministers and
the businesslike qualities of the 'Secretary
for War. A series of public meetings pro
testing against the unscientific methpds
of conducting the war would be more
significant than the complaints and grum
bling 'of regular party organs respecting
minor details. One of the sources or the
disturbance has been Lord "Kitchener's
"piano order," which has enabled caustic
writers to lampoon British officers as car
pet knights, fighting Botta to slow mualc.
The full text of that order has appeared
and tho truth is now known that the
superfluous baggage objected to by Lord
Kitchener as inconsistent with the mo
bility of flying columns was not ordinary
prvice equipment, but loot taken from
the houses of Boers, notably kitchen
ranges, furniture, harmoniums and
pianos, which ought io liave been left
behind when the llpes of communication
were reached.
CONFESSIONS UNDER TORTURE.
Turkish Authorities Trying to Ob
tain Information.
PARIS, Oct 8 A letter received by the
Havas Agency from Salonlca, dated Octo
ber 4, sajs;
"The American Consul here has just re
ceived orders to make the arrangement?
with the Vail (Governor)- for the payment
of the ransom of Miss Stone. The United
States will advance the money, afterward
settling with Turkey.
"The Turkish authorities have made nu
merous arrests arnong the Bulgarian pop
ulation, without distinction of lellgion, and
nearly all ha.ve been put to torture in the
hope of abstracting information. ' A
prisoner named Dimltrl said an under
standing existed between the Protestants
and the Macedonian committee, and thSt
Miss Stone was even acting in concert
with them with the view of obtaining
funds for a political-religious propaganda.
These declarations, wrung from Dimltrl
under torture, are valueless. What Is cer
tain is that the captain of the band des
ignated for the payment of the ransom a
place In proximity to the Roumanian fron
tier, which proves that he hopes to es
cape the Turkish, police, and that the Bul
garian police do not cause him anxiety.
"The condition of affairs is shown by tto
fact that five or six bands of brigands ot
12 or 15 jnen each have become so bold be
tween Strumitza and Kupri(i that the of
ficials of the Oriental Railroad have re
quested the military authorities to rein
force the troops guarding the track and
bridges." ?
COMMONWEALTH TAiUtlF BJLL.'
System of Bounties Proposed to En
courage Australinn'Industrles.
MELBOURNE, Oct. 8 In the' Federal
House of Representatives today, the com
monwealth tariff bill was introduced by
Son. Charles Cameron Kingston, Minister
of Trade and Commerce, who congratu-
lated the public that from this moment
free trade existed among, the states com
monwealth.'" Mr Kingston explained that
the -new tariff would "be on lines of modern
protection. It was proposed, he' said, to
"raise the necessary revenue, 9J30Q,000, as
follows: Two million, one hundred thou
sand pounds from customs and "excise du
ties on stimulants, and the remainder irom
import duties of three classes, fixed, com
poslte'and ad valorem.- He estimate's tht
2,363,000 woilld be raised by ad 'valorem
duties, at an average rate of 18.7 per
cent.
He also announcedthat the- government
intended to introduce a system of "bonuses
in order tD encoufa,ge the, establishment ot
new-industries,"cspeclally in the case of
locally smelted Iron apd locally made ma
chinery. The duties on corrugated and
galvanized Iron, Mr. Kingston asserted,
would be 30s per ton, and the duty on ag
ricultural machinery 15 per cent. With
reference to the bonuses he said that iu
the case of pig Iron the bonus would be
12s per ton on pig Iron from Australian
ore and Ss per ton op pig Iron from other
ore. The bonus on steel Ingots contain-
ing 50 per cent of pig iron made in Aus
tralia would be 12s per ton. These bonuses
will begin fn July, 1902, and will be pay
ahle only to works capable of producing
105,000 tons annually. They wilPbe lim
ited to 150,000 tons. The bonus on ma
chinery will be 25 per cent, and in the
case of reapers and blndera will faegln Immediately.
' Great Britain's Foreign Trade.
NEW YORK. Oct. S The comments on
the" subject of the Jpcreasing decline In
British" trade,' occasioned by American
competition, hris attracted the attention
of "Ro'tfert'Barretf-Flttiian. of "Nottingham,.
England, a commercial lawyer and mem
ber of the British bar. Mr. Fithian is in
this city, after spending several weeks
In Canada Investigating trade conditions
and studying various economic problems.
He will remain In this country for some
time on. a ljke mission. As to Great
Britain losing her commercial supremacy,
Mr. Flthlan said:
"The total of British exports and Im
ports during the past year Is the great
est volume of business ever transacted
by any country In the world, apd amounts
to an Increase of nearly $80,000,000 over the
preceding year, which Je more even than
that of the United States.-whose pros
perity is the marvel or ug all. I admit
that so far a the United Kingdom ie con
cerned, the increase is due mainly to im
ports, a large proportion of which com
posed foodstuffs. This Is the only thing
that gives Great Britain cause for anxiety,
for each year eho is becoming a dependent
upon tJv foreigner for her food supply,
but her colonies are amply able to provide
her with provisions for her increasing
population for the Increased cost only of
transportation."
Effect of German Tariff.
LONDON, Oct 8 The Vienna corre
spondent of the Times sends the opinion
of Professor Suess, the eminent Austrian
authority on political economy, and for
merly one of the Liberal leaders in the
Relchsrath, on the proposed German cus
toms tariff. Professor Suess says he ap
proves the presumable motive of the Ger
man Government to keep the peasant on
the land and check the flow toward the
towns. He asserts, however, that the tar
iff will not benefit the peasant, but that
the bulk of the profit will go to the corn
dealers and the landed proprietors. The
tariff will not nullify the positive attrac
tions of town life which bring country
men to the cities, and will not counteract
the demand for female servants, which is
largely supplied from the country.
Professor Suess says that the only way
to check the exodus from the country
would be to radically reform the privileges
pf the granl landowners and break up the
large estates'.
Ronntauian-Greeic Entente.
LONDON, Oct. 8. The Vienna corre
spondent of the Times says the long con
ferences last week between Emperor
Francis Joseph, Count Goluchowskl (Aus-tro-Hungarlan
Minister of Foreign Af
fairs), and King Charles of Roumanlq,
haveexciied much speculation. There are
many important matters of common Inter
est to Austria-Hungary and Roumania.
Since the two sovereigns last met a sub
stantial rapprochpient has been effected
between Roumania and Greece, partly un
der Austrian auspices. Roumania is be
lieved to be' bound to Astoria by a military
cpnventlon, and Roumania and Greece,
united in bonds of cordial Intimacy, says
the dispatch, constitute a fresh element
fayoring peace in the Balkan Peninsula.
Rnstla "Will Intervene.
LONDON, Oct. 8. The Brussels corre
spondent of the Times quotes a dispatch
sent by the Independence Beige, which
repeats the rumor that Russia will inter
vene in- the dispute "between Turkey and
France. The Porte Is said to "be willing
In exchange for Russia's assistance in ob
taining a friendly settlement to cede to
Russia the port of Burgas, 76 miles north
east of Adrianople, and only 10 hours'
steam from Constantinople. The rumor is
not confirmed. The cession of the port
would create a grave situation, giving
Russia virtual command ofv.the Black eSa
and enabling her to occupy Constantinople
at a few hours' notice.
Crops in Roumania.
LONDON, Oct. 0 "The harvest in Rou
mania is not as good as was expected,"
siys a dispatch to the Times from Galats,
''owing to the recent rainy weather, which'
has reduced tle value of the crops about
30 per cent. Wheat, barley and oaf?, how
ever, show about the average crop, al
though deficient in quality. Prices are
still very low, mainly owing to the ma
nipulation of the market by American
speculators. A magnlfirent maize harvest
Is expected If the piescnt fine weather
continues."
NorTfeglnn Army Estimates.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Oct". 8 There
is somp comment here at Vra large total
of the extraordinary army estimates pro
posed by the Cabinet. The expenditures
include 1,180,000 kroner for the defense of
the land approaches to Christiania, ?1,40U,
000 kronpr for quick-firing guns, SOO.OCO
kroner additional to be expended on forts
near the town, and 120,000 kroner to de
fray the expenses of laying mines near
Bergen. The ordinary army estimates are
14.0CO.C0O kroner.
Roberts A(h iies Patience.
LONDON, Oct. 8 Lord Roberts, after
distributing medals to the troops today,
alluded to South African affairs. The
government, he said, relied on Lord Kitch
ener, w;hose every renuest for men, horses
and stores lvid been complied with. He
exhorted the people to be patient.
Discredits Cnrlist Rumors.
PARIS, Oct. 8 Baron Saingaren, the
Carlist leader, who, is now in this city,
discredits the reports from Spain of the
imminence of a Carlist uprising.. He Eays
Don Carlos' at present favors peace.
Russian Line to Khornsaan.
LONDON. Oct. 9. The Times says that
it learns that Russia has deolded to begin
the corstructlon of a railway to connect
the trans-Ca-plan line with the Persian
Province of Khorassah.
V
Norton's Exequatur Granted.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 8. An irade
Just issued grants the exequatur of Thom
as Hi .Norton, of Cincinnati, as United
States Consul at Karput, so long withheld
by the Turkish Government.
Railways in Congo.
BRUSSELS, Oct 8. It is announced
that the Government of the Congo is
about to begin the construction of 1000
kilometers of railway in the upper Congo
district.
Carnegie's Offer to Waterford.
LONDON, Oct. 8. Andrew Carnegie has
offered the City of Waterford, Ireland
5000 with which to build a library,.
THE BATTLE CHARTS
(Continued from First Paget) .
ning close along a pointtseve'mlleJpwes'
of Santiago:" x . . jgE
"Did you see the Brooklyn, when y6ul
came-pn deck?"
"I did."
"Where was she at the time?"
"She was about as far out on our port
bow, relatively bpeakfng.'as the Spanish
shlDS'were on our starboard bow."
"Had she completed the turn at-that.
time?"
"I do not know. She did not make any
turn after that,-and always kept on to the
westward. At that time I dldnpf knqw
anything about a turn."
"You did not see what Is known as the
loop?" "" ""
"I did not."
Details of the Chase.
Lieutenant ' Bristol then detailed the
part the Texas played in the battle,
giving the" details of the chase up the
Cuban coast. Mr. Hanna inquired:
"From the position you occupied dur
ing the chase, could you or not deter
mine which Qf your vessels was lead
ing? What did you estimate as their
relative positions?"
Comparatively, the distance to the Colon
ranged from about S1 or four miles up to
five or six miles at the end of the chase.
She drew away frpm us slowly. The
Brooklyn and Oregon were considerably
closer to us than the Colon. The Oregon
was- closer than the Brooklyn, jo that
the Brooklyn "vyas loading as regards the
distance from us that she was out on our
bow."
In response to questions by Mr. Raynor,
Lieutenant Bristol said he had made his
chart because of his interest- in the battle,
and had prepared 11 a few days after the
battle, and stated that "to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the chart is right"
Mr. Raynor called attention to the fact
that the' witness had said at the begin
ning of the battle the Brooklyn was head
ing northeast, while Lieutenant-Commander
Hodgson, who had been aboard the
Brooklyn, had said the vessel was head
ing northwest. "Which Is right?" he
asked
T believe I am rigt,' the witness re
plied. "You both can't be right."
"That is right, too."
At Raynor's request, the witness made
measurements showing that, according to
his nhrt at the beginning of the fight off
Santiago, the nearest Spanish ship to the
Brooklyn wa 3300 yards. Mr. itaynor
asked:
"How can you reconcile that with the
statement of Lieutenant-Commander
Hodgson that the range at the time of the
turn of the Brooklyn was 1400 yards?" '
"I cannot reconcile my statement with
that of Lieutenant-Commander Hodgson."
"Then those tvto statements are perfect-,
ly Irreconcilable?"
"A range of 1400 yards at the time of the
turn of the Brooklyn Is absolutely Ir
reconcilable. My idea Is that with a
stadimeter at 4000 yards it Is not an ac
curate instrument, and that is what they
state they took the measurements with.
Also, in smoke of battle it Is almost im
possible to take ranges accurately. It
was a good deal of. an estimate. Also I
have heard, I do not know how true It Is,
that the ranges on board the Brooklyn
were taken by an enlisted man. I do not
question the enlisted man's accuracy, ex
cept that I would think an officer's ac
curacy would be greater than that of an
tnllsted mart."
Mr. Raynor And those are the reasons
ou give now for accounting 'for these
wide divergences? You do not think the
stadimeter Is as accurate as it ought to
be?"
"Thohe are the reasons, X believe X had
alwajs in my mind for reconciling those
two'statements. Another reason for think
ing myself right was the speed of the
ship, w;h.Ich was given tp me as half
speed- Take It at full speed, her initial
position, and she could not arrive at a
certain point which would give her that
range, 1400 yardg."
Mr. Raynor Then the stadimeter Is not
to be relieu upon at all In comparison with
your observations, as I. understand it In
this instance?
An Unreliable Instrument.
"The stadimeter at 40C0 yards and, over s
well known to be inaccurate for measur
ing distances among officers of the Navy,
because the graduitlons are so close to
gether that a small error In observation
makes a large error In the result"
"Is It Inaccurate under 4000 yards?"
"It is more accurate under 4000 yards,
but if the instrument has not been cor
rected recently, It Is likely to err."
Air. Raynor Is it possible for the stadi
meter to have m ale a m.st ike of 50C0
yatds? Don't jou think If that Is the
case, it would be better to abolish that
instrument:
"I do not believe Mr. Hodgson took an
accurate observation. I don't want to
make that positive statement, but I do
want to make tho statement of what I
know In legard to th.e instrument. The
instrument, as I use it, Is accurate at
lower ranges and Inaccurate at higher
ranges "
Mr. Raynor then questioned the witness
as to the itay of the flying squadron at
,Cienfueg03 The latter said he had not
considered that they maintained a block
ade there. "We were merely lying off
that port" he said, "and at night any
thing could have passed In, so far as we
were concerned." .
Mr. Raynor then undertook to com
pare the estimate of the distances which
Commodore Schley's fleet went to the east
and west of Santiago harbor with that of
Captain Folgen Mr. Hanna suggested that
the practice of quoting from the testimony
of former witnesses, while not objection
able from a legal point of view, was cal
culated to produce delay, and, therefore,
was not desirable. When Mr. Hanna had
taken his seat, Mr. Raynor replied, refer
ring to Mr Hanna as hi3 "learned and
solemn friend." This characterization
brought Captain Lemly to his feet.
"This," he said, "Is eminently Improper.
All these left-handed compliments thrown
around are unubual."
Mr. Raynor I withdraw It.
Mr. Hanna It did not make me feel
solemn.
Mr. Raynor T would not object to your
calling me solemn.
Captain Lemly You are not solemn. I
call you funny. (Laughter.)
Mr. Raynor I don't call you at all fun
ny. (Laughter.)
Admiral Dewey, speaking for the court,
then .-aid as there were no legal obstacles
in the way of putting the question, it
could be asked. Lieutenant Bristol said,
In Teply:
"I do not agree with Captain Folder as
regards the facts that the ships were near
er in at night than they were In the day
time, because it is my firm recollection
now that they were farther out at night
than they were In the daytime.
The witness had rot concluded his testi
mony when the court, at 4 P. M., ad
journed for the day.
Admiral Schley Retired.
WASHINGTON, Oct S. Rear-Admiral
W. S. Schley ended his active career In
the Navy today, and tomorrow he will
go on the retired list-by operation of law
on account of, age. His retirement will
have no effect whatever upon the court
of inquiry.
Remedy for Anarchism.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Says the London
correspondent of the Tribune: A promi
nent official connected with criminal
prosecution Is authority for the statement
that America and England were respdn
slble for the failure of a recent conference
of police officials of European powers di
rected against anarchism.
"If our two countries," he remarked,
'had been willing to restrict the privi
lege of political asylum anarchism would
havbeen doomed, for Its advocates would
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and compelled to abandon their principles.
Anarchists will be found as long as Eng
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The eminent specialist quoted asserts
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. HO BEEF TRUST.
Packers Deny Rumors of Prospective
Consolidation.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8. B. Anderson Valen
tine, the treasurer of Armour & Co., to
day put a quietus on the reports of a
prospective consolidation of the leading
Spirits in the" big packing industry. He
disposed of the proposition, so far as his.
firm Is concerned, with the declaration
that Armour & Co. might expand, but
that they would never be absorbed. Rep
resentatives of Nelson, Morris & Co.,
Swift & Co. and the Hammonds, who, to
gether with Armour & Co , constitute tne
"big four," were equally emphatic. The
total absence of rivalry between these
concerns, amounting apparently to an un
derstanding, was admitted, but insistence
was made that this would jiot under any
circumstances lead to tho formation of a
practicaf trust In the beef trade. The re
ports of an intended consolidation were
based, It" appears, upon dispatches from
Sioux City, la.; Fort Worth, Tex., and
othr points, that Swift &. Co. and Armour
& Co. had jointly purchased sites for
stockyards.
Print Cloth Mills Combine.
NEW YORK, Oct. ,S The Journal of
Commerce prints the following: A report
Is current In cotton circles that a large
consolidation Into a new corporation of
Fall River print cloth mills Is about to be
announced. The report has taken the ap
parently specific form that the combina
tion will include virtually all the mills
exqept the Borden mills, and contem
plates, moreover, bleaching and printing
as a part of the new company's opera
tions. M. C. D. Borden, however, when
asked concerning the reported consolida
tion, declared that such an arrangement
would not be feasible, and when themat
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tion with the mills was brought to his at
tention he said he then felt absolutely
sure that no basis whatever existed for
the report. In local cotton goods circles
the report is believed to be founded upon
the fact that important stockholders In a
number of the mills have become finan
cially and actively Identified with the Al
len Print Works, of Providence, R. I. It
is expected the output of these mills will
be sent to the Allen Print Works for
printing, and In thl9 way the allied In
terests will be placed In nearly the same
position as Mr. Borden's mills.
CHICAQO DOCK FIRE
Quarter of a Million Dollars' Worth
of Coal Destroyed.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8. Shortly before mid
night Ore 9arjed on the d9cks of thG
Peabody Coal Company," at the foot of
Orleans street. The flames spread to
some freight sheds of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway, and to buildings
occupied by the Globe Lighting & Heat
ing Company and the Davidson marble
works. Twenty flatcars standing on the
tracks near by were consumed. The fire
Bpread thrpiigh the Peabody yards until
five acres of coal were in flames. The
loss on c6al Is estimated at more than
$250,000. The lire Is believed to have been
of incendiary origin. The loss of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway, the
GIobeLIght & Heating Company and
Davidson & Co. is about $25,C00 each.
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Chinese Gift to Colombia College.
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special mention of a gilt of $12,000 from
"Dean Lung," to be added to the gift of
$100000 anonymously made some time ago
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a department of Chinese language, liter
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first gift on record from a Chinaman to
a university of Western learning. Presi
dent Low says that the donor of the $100,
000 has been led to the belief that an
American university would be the best
agency through which to spread a thor
ough, knowledge of China among the peo
ple of the United States.
Marquis Ito at St. Panl.
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day, and will remain here for several
days. With the Marquis are his secre
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recently returned from a visit to Japan.
SEVE1T MILLIONS IN SIGHT
Remarkable Gold Discovery Report
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TUCSON, Ariz.. Oct. 8. Charles R. and
Porter W. Fleming, of this place, ar
rived here this afternoon from the Gal
luro Mountains, where they report a re
markable gold discovery. The rich find
Is located "O.mjles north of Tucson and the
vein of ore. according to the Flemings, Is
200 feet wide and 6000 feet In length. A
canyon cuts through the vein for 200 feet,
exposing the ore on either side the entire
length of the cut The Fleming brothers
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to the surface the outcropplngs of ore
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the enormous sum of $7,000,000.
Position of Beet Sugar Men.
PUEBLO, Colo., Oct 8 The Dally
Chieftain tomorrow will say:
"The position of the beet sugar manu
facturers In regard to the attack upon
their Industry by the cane sugar trust
Is given In a statement made by W. L.
Hartman. attorney for the National
Beet Sugar Company, whose refinery and
lands are at Sugar City. Colo. Mr. Hart
man siys the sugar mills will be run
right along the same as if the American
Sugar Refining Company's edict had not
been made, but the companies will not
sell their product at 3 cents a pound, a?
the trust Is attempting to force them to
do so. Instead they will store It, if
necessary, confident that they will not
have to hold It long. A combination of
all the beet sugar works Is Intimated by
Mr. Hartman."
May Be a Cause for "War.
LIMA. Peru. CIS. S. It is asserted here
on reliable authority that the greed of
Bolivia has been excited by the wealth
of the Santo Domingo mines, which are
the property of the Inca Mining Com
pany, an American organization. The
Bolivians declare that the mines are on
Bolivian territory. The Government of
Peru is determined to oppose this conten
tion firmly.
Earthquake at Sea.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Oct. S., via Gal
veston. Severe seismic disturbances,
caused by volcanic action In the Pacific,
raising the level of the ocean, occurred
at 9 o'clock last night. The Pacific Coa;t
of Nicaragua was flooded to a depth of
eight feet, and much damage was done.
Jewish Colony in Mexieo.
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 8. Dr. von Blow
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izing 63,000 Jews in thte republic, and that
he has bought 1,000,000 acres of land In
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