THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, ' FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1901.
A PLOT ON SHAK'S LIFE
HIS TWO "BROTHERS WERE AMONG
THE RINGLEADERS.
Son-In-Lia-ir on the Scaffold Revealed
the ajne of the Conspirators
Panic at Teheran.
LONDON, Oct 25. "News has been re
ceived here from Teheran," says a dis
patch Xrom St. Petersburg to the Daily
Mall, "of the discovery of a serious plot
against the life of the Shalk The leaders
of the conspiracy were the Shah's two
brothers, the Grand Vizier, Sadr Aasam,
and the Shah's son-in-law. The two
brothers have" been banished for life to
Ardebll. The son-in-law -was sentenced
to death, but on the scaffold his sentence
was mitigated by the Shah's firman to
flogging until he revealed all the names
of the conspirators.
"The Shah's favorite, Gavame, th6
was also concerned, was pardoned on the
scaffold, but died subsequently In prison.
The whole revolutionary party, together
with the higher priests, were in the plot,
and all will be beheaded or imprisoned for
life. There is a veritable panic among the
people at Teheran."
3TO BRITISH STEElL TRUST.
Iargrc English Companies Will Not
Combine.
LONDON, Oct 24. On the authority of
the secretary of one of the largest steel
companies in England a representative of
the Associated Press is able to say that
there will not be any steel trust formed
here. There may possibly be some com
binations of the smaller concerns, but the
steel trade of England is practically in
the hands of three firms and these con
cerns emphatically say that they contem
plate no amalgamation or absorption.
It appears that a firm of London brok
ers associated -with John R. Bartlett, of
New York, approached the leading
houses here, but received an emphatic re
fusal to agree to the proposition made.
Bolokow, Vaughn & Co., -whose capital
is 4,000,000, Informed the representative
of the Associated Press that whatever
success Mr. Bartlett might have with
bmailer concerns, he would not form any
thing that could in common sense be
called a trust without the Inclusion of
Guest, Keen & Co., with a capital of
over 3.000,000; Cammell & Co., with a
capital of 1,750,000 and Bolokow, Vaughn
& Co., all of whom agree in denying that
they intend to combine. Mr. Bartlett's
proposition is not taken seriously.
Representatives of Andrew Carnegie,
J. P. Morgan and others who would bd
likely to be affected IC such a trust were
within sight are all Ignorant of even Its
suggestion, and pointed out the futility of
endeavoring to amalgamate the large
&teel interest of England with such an
inadequate capital as the sum of 10,000,
000 mentioned in the reports in circula
tion. "While the inquiry made proved the in
correctness of the reports that the forma
tion of a trust was impending, they
elicited the opinion from a leadihg Eng
lish firm that eventually the Welsh manu
facturers would combine, probably under
the auspices of Guest, Keen & Co. But
even the Welsh combine. It was sald
would require more than 10,000,000 capi
tal, and it was added that such an amal
gamation would have little or no effect
on the Engirsh manufacturers.
COMPETITION IS SERIOUS.
British Railway Manager on the Re
Kult of His American Trip.
LONDON, Oct. 24. The Daily Mail pub
lishes an interview with Charles Bletter
man Elliott, general manager of the Cape
Government Railways, on the result of his
recent visit to the United States.
' American industrial competition is se
rious." sajs Mr. Elliott, "as Jt has only
Just begun. Splendid new machinery and
new methods are everywhere in prepara
tion, and work will be undertaken on such
n Tale as to make successful competition
difficult. My strong advice to the heajis
tf British rirms is to visit the United
States and see for themselves. What
Kreatly surprised me was the extent of
the use of automatic machinery, noth
ing like which is to oe seen in England."
After describing various large works
he visited In the United States, he goes
on to lefer to the use of American lo'co
moth'es on the Cape railways, explaining
that it was only urgent hurry which led
to thir employment, as the British firms
asked Tor 18 months, and the Ameri
c n but six to complete the orders.
Th Cane Town correspondent of the
Dally Mall, referring to attacks made in
London on Mr Elliott for giving orders
to the United States, says he has made
inquiries of the Cape Minister of Railways
and the managers of the companies con
cerned and is in a position to exonerate
Mr. Elliott.
"No orders were placed anywhere," the
correspondent asserts, "'except with the
sanction of the Cape Government, Mr.
Elliott's mission being simply one of in
quiry and advice. Tb.- Cape Goverhmeht
gave- a preference to the extent of 10 per
cent in price over foreigners for all goods
manufactured within the British Empire,
and only British inability to complete with
in the time limit led to the giving of
some orders to the United States."
GERMAN INSURANCE LAW.
Consul-General Mason's Favorahle
Report Can sen Astonishment.
LONDON. Oct. 24. The English insur
t ance companies are astonished at the re
cent report of Unltpd States Consul-Gen-eral
Mason, at Berlin, to the State Depart
ment at Washington, expressing the
opinion that under the new Imperial in
surance law of May 12 last, for the reg
ulation and control of insurance com
panies doing business in the German Em
pire, any well-organized, adequately cap
italized and competently managed for
e'gn insurance or security company will
be able to secure a concession to do busi
ness in Germany.
Meetings have been held in London- by
English companies who are contemplat
ing withdrawing from Germany. The
managers of these concerns informed a
representative of the Associated Press to
day that they are in exactly the same po
sition as the Americans, and that they re
gard "the alleged concessions made by
Germany in response to the United States'
protest as practically worthless and as
being so stringent as to be almost prohib
itive." They point to the fact that only
one American company is doing business
in Germanv. They also said that the time
limit In which foreign companies should
elect to accept or reject Germany's terms
expired this month, but they understood
It had been extended to 1902 on account
of the refusal of practically all the Eng
lish and American firms to accept them.
In the meanwhile the English firms
hope to secure the British Government's
assistance in alleviating what they con
sider to be the continued unfairness of
Germany's regulations governing foreign
Insurance companies. The English man
agers are apparently under the belief that
in this effort they would have the support
of a similar endeavor in the United States
on the part of the American concern.
TOBACCO WAR IN ENGLAND.
Movement on Foot to Boycott the
Americans.
NEW YORK, Oct 24. The London cor
respondent of the Herald cables the fol
lowing developments in the ""tobacco war'
in Great Britain:
"The service rendered to English trade
by Messrs. Wills, Player and the various
other manufacturers who resisted the
efforts of Mr. Duke, the head of the
American Tobacco Trust, to purchase
their business, is being everywhere ac
knowledged in the trade. Some who have
not studied the subject sufficiently oeep
have expressed the opinion that the Brit- j
ish amalgamation will have nothing to
fear if Mr. Djke is going to proceed on
the scale which prompted him to offer the
Messrs. Wills 9,000.000 ($45,000,000) fortheir
business, .but others point out that the
profits on this great Bristol concern are
equivalent to about ky per cent on the
9,000,000, while in buying up Ogderis,
Lld.i Mr. Duke gave, a price whicn
leaves him a return of only 4 per cent
c-n his money.
"Just after Mr. Duke bought Ogdens he
placed an order for 25 newclgarette ma
chines of a pattern already in use, each
capable of turning cut 25,000 cigarettes a
day. This order has now been cancelled
before delivery was- begun.
"An important fact In the war Is that
the Imperial Tobacco Company and the
amalgamated British firms hold nearly
all the chief trademarks. They repre
sent nearly 60 per cent of the beet trade,
and nearly 40 per cent of the coarser trade.
"The British Arms may soon offer tne
retailer the choice of selling only their
goods, or, at least, of refusing to sell the
American Company's goods. There are
difficulties in the way whJch are delaying
this step, but it is possible it will be adopt
ed as soon as a few more firms have come
into line."
RECASTING AUSTRIAN TARIFF.
Necessary, t6 . Meet Transoceanic
Competition.
VIENNA, Oct. 24. At a meeting of com
mittees representing Austrian agricultural
and manufacturing interests, held In Vi
enna last hight, to discuss measures for
coping with the transoceanic competition,
the following' resolution was adopted: .
"In view of the commercial policy of the
United States, and the example of Ger
many, a complete recasting of the Aus-tro-Hungarlart
clistoms tariff is advisable
in order to afford adequate and perma
nent protection to industry and agricul
ture, to facilitate the conclusion of la
vorable commercial conventions, and to
promote exportation.
"Following the example of IVe United
States, facilities offered by the customs
tariff for concessions should be turned
to advantage -in the case of every in
dividual state. Treaties should contain no
clause granting the most-favored nation
treatment In a general and unrestricted
sense; but clauses should be inserted
providing for reciprocity and equivalent
advantages."
A further resolution advocated the con
clusion of commercial treaties for long
periods wfcrre they would give sufficient
protection to home production, but recom
mended treaties for short periods with
the United States and the Argentine Re
public, urging In conclusion that the coun
tries of Central Europe should "unite for
a common defense against transoceanic
competition."
A Nctt Frich Opera.
PARIS Oct 24. The premier of St.
Saens' "Les Barbares," with words by
Victorien tiardou and Pierre GheUsI. was
given at the Opera la6t night The libret
to deals with the Invasion Df Italy by
barbarians In the first century before
Christ, Interweaving the love bf Mar
comlr, a barbarian chief, for Florla, a
Vestal virgin, who sacrifices her vows
and accepts his hand and heart Mafcomlr
saves the town of Orange from pillage
and massacre, the opera closing with a
superb march of the departing barbarians
and antique dance9 expressive of the joy
of the citizens at being relieved, of their
presence.
The music, which la, on the whole, of
the Wagnerian order, contains many har
monious and beautiful passages, but did
not seem to excite the enthusiasm of the
fashionable audience, which Included M.
and Mme. Loubet, although the critics
of. the morning papers admit the opera
was splendidly staged and finely Inter
preted by MM. Vaguet and Delmas and
Mmes. Hatto and Heglon in the principal
roles.
Jesnlt Fugitives In Austrln
NEW YORK, Oct 24. The Vienna cor
respondent of the London Times ahd New
York Times says the dread of reinforce
ments for the already formidable clerical
element by the arrival of Jesuits forced
to leave France is Indicated by questions
asked in the Reichrath. The Pan-Germans,
in particular, opposed the settle
ment of the Fench fugitives In Austria.
The government's reply was reassuring.
However, another 'protest has been
made, members of the same partypoint
lng out the supremacy of the Jesuits in
the Austrian church. The government Is
urged to follow the French example and
exercise greater control over the re
ligious orders. The correspondent says
the apprehensions thus expressed are
widespread.
Creditors Receive One Per Cent.
CASSEL, Prussia. Oct. 24. At a meeting
of the creditors of the Grain Drying Com
pany, which failed some time ago. the
receiver reported that after the payment
of 728.000 marks of preferred claifns. the
other creditors would only receive 1 per
cent on their claims, aggregating 177,000.
000 marks.
The receiver's examination also showed
that the directors had "doctored" the bal
ance sheets of the company from l95 to
1900,. creating artificial assets to the value
of 50.003,000 marks, and distributing divi
dends and bonuses to the amount of 21,
000,000 marks. It also appears that the
company had been kept afloat for years
with funds supplied by the Lelpzelger
Bank.
Gladstone's Reparation.
LONDON, Oct 24. John Morley, un
veiling a statue of Gladstone at, Manches
ter yesterday, said in the Course of an
eloquent eulogy:
"Gladstone misread the Clil War in
America, but he misread it In common
with nearly all the leading statesmen of
the time. Let us remember, however, that
no man was more ready to admit how
grievously he had erred, and that he made
the noblest reparation ever made for rash
words by the healing deed in the Geneva
arbitration, while the Alabama arbitration
inaugurated the first substantial precedent
for the substitution of reason for force."
Russia and Afghanistan.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 24. The Rus
sian Minister of War, General Kouro
patkine, when releasing six Afghans who
had been imprisoned on suspicion of be
ing spies, informed them, according to
a dispatch from Aasakabad, that Abdur
Rauman was dead and Hablb TJllah
reigned as his successor, adding 'the
Russians have always considered them
selves the friends of the Afghans, and
we wish to remain so In the present
change of government Report your
selves to the nearest chieftain and tell
him what you have heard from the Rus
sian Minister of War."
German Industrial Depression.
BERLIN, Oct 24. President von Gless
ler, of the Province of West Prussia,
haB called a convention in Dantzlc, Octo
ber 28, to discuss remedies for industrial
and agricultural distress. A deputation
from 600 unemployed persons has visited
the Burgomaster of Dantzlc to urge him
.to begin municipal work for the relief of
the unemployed.
New Ameer's Liberality.
NEW YORK, Oct 24. A dispatch from
Simla to the London Times and the New
York Times says it is reported that Ameer
Habib Ullah has made a liberal advance
to the merchants of Kabul for the pur
pose of stimulating trade and reviving the
former flourishing commerce with India,
which Ameer Abd-er Rahman's policy
practically destroyed.
Curzon Is Recovering.
LONDON, Oct 25. "Lord Curzon, who
has been suffering for a fortnight with
spinal neuralgia, is now recovering," says
the Simla fiorresponaent of the Daily
Mall, "and he will start November 4 on
t tour of Assam and Burmah. The ap
proach of winter Is rendering It Im
probable that there will be disturbances
in Afghanistan,"
SPANISH CABINET CRISIS
aiAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY Ji AVAL
OFFICER5' COMPLAINTS.
Admiral Valcarol Snbmits the Case
to the Q,neen Regent Other
Foreign Nevrfc.
MADRID, Oct. 24. The grievances p tne
Spanish naval officers, concerning which
Admiral Valcarel, Admlfal of the fleet,
recently submitted a memorandum to the
CJueen Regent, are the result of what they
regarded as a policy belittling the navy.
The officers object to the creation of civil
controllers of naval affairs' and credits.
They wish the government and Parlia
ment to declare, once f6r all, whethef thfe
existehce of the navy is necessary and If
It Ms, to provide fdr.it adequately. Most
or the newspapers severely censure Admi
ral Valcarel's action. The Imparclal de
clares that the Minister of Marine, the
Duke de Varague. lacks the energy to
maintain discipline in the navy.
At the Cabinet council today, under the
presidency of the Queen Regent, the Val
carel memorandum was Incidentally dis
cussed, but apparently there was a fear
to probe the question thoroughly lest a
Cabinet crisis be provoked. Several pa
pers think a Ministerial crisis arising
out of the naval agitation already exists,
but that a declaration of the fact has
been postponed until the Premier, Serior
Sagasta, has recovered from his illness, i
RETIREMENT OF BULLER.
Brought About by Petticoat Influ
ence at the War Office.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Interesting de
tails concerning the enforced retirement
of Sir HeAvers Buller are given in a dis
patch from London to the Herald. It is
an open secret that what Is known as
"petticoat Influence" has been 'far too
strong at the War Office ever since the
Duke of Cambridge resigned, and the pres
ent Commander-in-Chief has not escaped
it. There are many people who are in
clined to applaud the speech of H. C.
Richards the night before last at North
ampton, who declared that If Lord Roberts
would leave bazaar openings to Lady
Roberts ahd take the staff selections and
War Office reforms into his own hands
there might be great reform at tlie War
Office.
It 18 doubtful if King Edward will ever
have to face a more painful dilemiria than
the one he encountered when Mr. Brod
rick and Lord Roberts had an audience
with him at Marlborough House, said h
member of the Kirig's household.
When the news reached Balmoral House
of General Buller's Westminster speech,
everybody in the household suspended
judgment until some sign was apparent
how the King regarded it. Ever since
General Buller's departure from Water
loo for the war, when the King then
Prince of Wales gave the cue to popu
lar opinion of the ex-Commander-In-Chief
with his parting salhte, "Good old BU1
ler," he has thus been spoken of.
Ever since his return to England it was
known" that the King had .hot changed his
opinion of his former "bon camarade."
The day- after the Westminster speech it
became bruited among the household that
the King still held his faith in the bluff
General and regarded his oratorical out
burst as merely a military- explosion ih
the face of bitter godding. So It becamje
an accepted conclusion that no matter
what the papers might say, the King
would stand by his former friend, even to
the extent of conferring "a peerage', as a
mark of personal friendship.
Some leakages of this opinion found their
way to the public press, and were trans
mitted to the War Office. It is said that
ever felnce General BUllef refused to cor
rect his Sptonkop -dispatch he has been
subjected to the bitter hostility of Lady
Roberts, who used every effort ,to force
her husband to demand his recall. With
in the last few days her antipathy has
found fresh vent, owing to his Westmin
ster speech. It Is said she Induced "Bobs"
to go to the War Office and demand of Mr.
Brodrlck that he Jssue an. order for Gen
eral Buller's resignation. 'Such an order
was Issued, but old Buller replied with a
flat refusal to resign. Then Lord Roberts
and Mr. Brodrlck put their heads together
and waited for the instant of the King's
return to London to lay before His Maj
esty the alternative o Buller's dismissal
or their resignation.
It was by no means a pleasant inter
view. At "first the King refused point
blank to countenance any such drastic
proceeding. He defended Buller right and
left and declared that such a prdvocatlon
as anonymous attacks was sufficient war
rant for such an explosion on the part of
the bluff old soldier, but Lord Roberts
and Mr. Brodrlck were equally stubborm
Lord Roberts threatened to resign ln
stanter unless a.xoyai mandate were is
sued for Buller's decapitation. To this
Mr. Brodrlck also added his intentloh td
release the seals of the War Office. The
latter threat would not have weighed for
a moment with the King but "Bobs' " pop
ularity Is a different matten His Maj
esty use.d every effort to Induce the Commander-in-Chief
to reconsider his deter
mination. Only when he finally discov
ered that this was out of the question
was the royal consent reluctantly given
to the order for General Buller's dismis
sal. I
May Call Out Volunteers.
LONDON, Oct 24. An error committed
by some of the provincial police has led
to the premature leaking out of the
fact that the War Office contemplates
the possibility of having to call out
every Volunteer in the country. The War
Office has distributed to the police offi
cers throughout the kingdom bills order
ing all reservists, military, yeomen and
volunteers to report themselves without
delay to headquarters with the view of
active service. These bills are. accom
panied by a letter ordering that the bills
be kept in a safe place until telegraphic
orders to post them up are received. The
police of Lancaster overlooked the letter
and posted the bills, causing widespread
perturbation.
Winston CJinrchiil's Speech.
LONDON, Oct 24. Winston Churchill.
M. P., In the course of a speech at Leices
ter, last night, which is much commented
on today, declares that the war in South
Africa has become "an unmitigated nui
sance." "The danger Is greater today than
It was two years ago,'' Mr. Churchill de
clared, "and the means of meeting ttin
strain are being seriously reduced." He
urges the government to "relieve Lord
Kitchener of the heavy detail work and
prepare for a rew campaign with a re
freshed army and a definite plan."
Settling the Dynamite Question.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24 The first move
in the direction of a settlement with the
Transvaal Dynamite Company, which Is
a German concern, an offer to supply
explosives at 30 shillings per case under
the figure ruling before the war, has
just been made, says the Tribune's Lon
don correspondent On the basis of the
rate of consumption of the explosive by
the Rand mines prior to the outbreak of
hostilities this would mean a saving of
about $2,250,000 a year.
Leyds' Vifcit a Failure.
LONDON, Oct 25, According to the St
Petersburg correspondent of the Times,
the recent visit of Dr. Leyds and M. van
der Hoeven, secretary of thp Transvaal
Legation In Brussels, with a view of per
suading Russia tD initiate a movement to
bring the South African issues before The
Hague court of arbitration, accomplished
nothing.
.Produce for Imperial Army;
NEW YORK, Oct 24. A dlspatchfrom
Montreal to the Evening Post says:
Shipments of produce for the Imperial
army in SoUth Africa are still Increasing
from Cahada. Through Lord Strath
cona's office in London, thfe Minister ol
Agriculture has made arrangements
whereby practically the whole of the oat
crop available for export from Alberta
can be delivered in South Africa on ac
count of the Wat" Office,
Russia's Opportunity. (
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. A dispatch from
Tokid t6 the London Times and New York
Times says that the Japanese papers
doubt whether GreSt Britain will oppose
Russia strenuously, but are convinced that
.British interests are menaced. The opin
ion Is expressed that Russia is seizing tne
opportunity furnished by the absehce of
the Japanese Ministers from Pekin and
St Petersburg and the departure or
Prince Chung from Pekln.
StrllEc Movement in Spain.
BARCELONA, Oct. 24. The anarchist
propaganda in favor of a general strike
Is proving fruitful In Spain. Leading an
archists assert that committees through
out the world, representing 8,020,000 work
ers, are only awaiting the signal to in
augurate the universal strike proposed
by the German workmen and approved by
the American and European committees.
Cohgress on Weights and Measures.
NEW YORK, OCt 24. A dispatch to
the London Times and the Nevf York
Times from Paris liays that, according to
M. Mlllerand, Minister of Commerce, the
third international congress on weights
and measured has solved the delicate prob
lem of the pfeelse determination of the
kilogram and has1 broached the Important
question of the numeration of yarns.
Lord Justice of Appeals Resigned.
LONDON, Oct 25. Sir John Rlgsby,
Lord Justice of Appeals, has resigned his
office.
BURNE5 AT THE STAKE.
Louisiana Negro Said He, Deserved
His Fate.
COLUMBIA, Miss., Oct. 24. A negro
named Bill Morris, who assaulted Mrs.
John Hall, at Balltown, La., was burned
at the Stake today. After being captured
he made an . effort to implicate others,
but they soon proved their innocence. He
was taken to the scene of fiis crime, tied
to a pine sapling with chains and hte
feet and hands chained to his body. Pine
knots and pine straw were piled about
the body and saturated with coal oil, and
the whole set on fire. The negro made
no outcry when the flames first reached
him,, and only when he was partly con
sumed did the spectator's notice any
movement on his part He made no resis
tance when belrg bound to the stake, and
said that he deserved his fate.
Mrs. Ball, while waltlncr on the nearo
In her husband's store, turned her back,
when the negrd seized her and dragged
her Into the toad. He beat his victim In
the head wlth.a pine knot and thoUght
he had killed her. Going back to the
store, he took all the money In the CasTi
diawer and put coil oil on his feet and on
his tracks when leaving. Mrs. Ball re
covered consciousness and crawled to
her father-in-law's house. He at once
gave the alarm and the neighborhood
commenced a search for the negro. He
wao found at his home, about fdUr miles
from the scene of the tragedy.
TRIAL OF CALEB POWERS.
Jim Howard to Bq Brought From the
Frankfort Jail to Teatifj.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oct. 24. When the
trial of Caleb Powers for complicity Ih
the Goebel murder was resumed today,
Attorney Smith, for Powers, asked for
an order to bring Jim Howard here from
the Frankfort jail to testify in the pris
oner's behalf. Howard was condemned
to death .for Goebel's murder, but was
granted a new trial. The Judge granted
the order for Howard's removal, but said
if Howard was not -here by the time the'
defehse closed, the court would not wait
for him.
The state rested Its case this afternoon,
after spending the day In introducing
witnesses who contradicted the witnesses
of the prosecution. The state concluded
its rebuttal testimony tonight. The de
fense will not introduce any witnesses ih
rebuttal. The jury will be taken to
Frankfort tomorrow to view the scehe
of the tragedy.
Mrs. Witwer Held Without Bail.
DAYTON, O., Oct. 24. Mrs. Mary Eelle
Witwer, charged with the murder of her
sister, Mrs. Anna C. Pugh. was last night
held to thfe Common Pleas Court without
.bail. She was unmoved by the announce
ment. SOUTH ANGRY AS EVER.
Worlc of Reconciliation All Thought
to Be Undone.
Special to Boston Herald.
Washington It is fortunate for Presi
dent Roosevelt that he has a lively senso
of humor. JUst now his sense of humor
is supposed to be sustaining him In the
face of the first upheaval bf public indig
nation since he became President. His
Invitation to Booker1 T. Washington to
dinner on Wednesday night hs appar
ently set all of the South aflame.
NThe fact, that the President of the
United States had a negro to dinner has
led all the Southern editors to denounce
him, all of the Southern Democrats, gold
and sliver, to utter unkind criticisms, and
even all of the Southern white Republl."
cans to shake their heads and say: "Well,
arty man has the right to Invite anybody
to dinner that he pleases, but I never
Invited a negro to dine with me."
The remarkable part of It is that Presi
dent Roosevelt a. few days ago was the
Idol of all of these Southern .editors and
Southerii Democrats. He had met them
all with the declaration that if he could
not get a gDod Republican for ofllce Irt
the South, he woUld do the next best
thing and take a Democrat. Thl idol of
Wednesday was shattered by Friday.
It is a serious question whether the
BOOker J. Washington incident has not
made it Impossible for the President to
build up a respectable white man's party
in the South, and destroyed all of the
splendid wofk of reconciliation that he
has accomplished In the first month of his
administration.
This incident has been the principal
topic of conversation today In every state
south of the Mason and Dixon's line. In
Washington, where Southern Influence
predominates and prejudice against race
Is extrpme, nothing else has been talked
about. Local newspapers are being flood
ed with letters, most of them criticising
the Presjdeiit, but some of them declar
ing that the writers are glad that the
President has had the courage to break
down the barriers of prejudice.
The President now ha,5 the negro Re
publicans angry with him on one hand,
and the white rrien angry on the other.
Most of the Southern white men say they
do not object to him Inviting any negro
to dinner In an official way. What they
do object to is the President making
ahy negi'o, no matter how eminent, hib
soclal equal by Inviting him to a family
dinner.
Not the slightest attention was paid
at the White HdUse today to the criti
cipms. It was Intimated, outside -the
White HoUse, that, if the Southern abuse
should continue, the President might In
vite Mr. Washington to dinner a second
time. The head of the Tuskegee Insti
tute came "here at the request of tne
white men of Alabama.
No perceptible difference In number of
Southern office-seekers was noticed at
the White House.
Pat Cro-nre n Mere Beginner.
. Washington Post.
After viewing the work of his Bulgar
ian contemporaries, It Is no wonder that
Pat Crowe wants to surrender and retire
from the business,
SAVE COST OF CENSUS
ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT
BUREAU SUGGESTED.
Director Merriam Says the Popula
tion of the United States in 1010
TVill Be 100,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Oct 24. ItIS exttefitta
Jhat the census committee of both houses
'of Congress at the coming session Will con
sider legislation looking to the establish
ment of a permanent census bureau. It
Is claimed atr the Census Office that ap
proximately ?750,TOO could be saved from
the cost of the next census, If the officials
could profit by the knowledge and ex
perience of the present census. A qUIht
quennlal manufacturing census also .has
been suggested.
Director Merriam today estimated that
the total population of the United States,
including the hew possessions, in 1910
would be about 100,000,000 people. The
work of the present census Is progres
sing rapidly and the first? volume of the
report on the population of the United
States will be out-In December and the
final report by July next The principal
reports, it is claimed, are being gotten
out dver three years ih advajice of the
usual time.
RETURNED -TO WASHINGTON.
President Wanted to Ride on the En
gine and Says He Will Next Time.
WASHINGTON, Oct 24. President
Roosevelt and party returned to Wash
ington at 10:30 A. M. to'day. Small crowds
gathered at several points along the line
from New Haven here and cheered the
train as It passedi Secretary Hay re
turned with the President from New
Haven. Besides those who went from
here Miss Alice Roosevelt joined the
party at- Fa,rmIngton, Conhs. Colonel
Bingham, the superintendent of public
buildings,, and Mrs. and Captain J. 0.
Greenway, sof the President's Rough
Riders, and of the Yale 'Varsley nine, also
came with the President The latter will
be the President's guest for a few days.
Only a few people had gathered at the
station here, but a squad of police and de
tectives and Chief Wilkle. of the secret
service, with several officers, guarded the
approaches The President had break
fasted Carly and was In excellent spirit.
He was clad In a rohgh sack Coat and a
dark felt hat, and as he walked briskly,
down the long platform, smilingly ac
knowledged the greetings of the railway
employes. When he reached the engine
that puiled the train from Philadelphia,
he reached up his hand to the engineer
and fireirten.
"I wanted," he said to them, ''to get
out on the engine this morning, but I
did not know whether I Would be permit
ted tb. Now, the next time I take a trip
I want to ride on the engine."
Accompanied by Miss Roosevelt, Com
mander Cowles and Secretary Cortel
you, the President was driven directly to
the White House. He went Immediately
to his offices, where a largo accumulation
of business awaited him. and denied him
self to ail callers. "
AR3IY AND NAVY.
Appointments Made Yesterday by
President Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The President
today made the following appointments ih
the Army ahd Navv:
War-Colonel, Infantry, William Autrian;
Lieutenant-Colonels, Infantry, Charles B.
Hall, Joseph W. Duncan; First Lieuten
ant, Infantry, James R. Goodale; Second
Lieutenants, Infantry, George K. Wilson,
George C. Shaw, Frank R. Curtis Lleu-tenant-Colonel,
Ordnance Departmtnt,
Alman L. Varney; Major, Ordnance De
partment, lra MacNUtt; Captain. Ord
nance, John W Joyes; Captain, cavalry,
James S. Parker; Second Lieutenants.
Cavalry, Nathaniel M. Cartmell, Casper
W. Cole, Granville R. Fortiscue, Roland
B. Ellis, Richard B. Going, Frederick J.
Herman, Douglas H. Jacobs. Charles Rod
man Jones, Rudolph E. Smyzer; First
Lieutenants, Artillery Corps, Oscar D.
Weed, Louis F. Buck, Michael H. Barry,
Ernest R. Tlilon; Second Lieutenants, Ar
tillery Corps, William H. Burt, Alfred M.
Mason, William H. Wilson, John Mc
Bride, Jr. Second Lieutenants, Cavalry',
(by transfer from infantry), George E.
Price. Second Lieutenant, Infantry (by
transfer from cavalry), Wllford Twyman.
Provisional First Lieutenant, Philippine
Scouts, John Kennedy; Second Lieutenant
In Porto Rico provisional regiment, In
fantry, Ralph E". Gambell.
Navy Ensigns, Frank O. Branch, Henry
B. SoUle, Francis Martin.
LIMITATIONS ON ARBITRATION
Some Things Thnt Noliotly Will Re
fer Ont.
New York Journal of Commerce
The officials of the United States Steel
Corporation are reported to look with no
favor whatever upon the proposal to arbi
trate the strike, In spite of the suggestion
that two bishops and a university presi
dent might be induced to serve a6 arbi
trator!?. No one supposes that the two
bishops and the university president know
anything about the manufacture of steel,
but they are suggested as persons who are
well known for their high, character and
their dlstlnterestedness and open-minded-ness.
What more, It may be asked, can
be desired of arbitrators than these?
We have analyzed the nature or an ar
bitration before, but we proceed to do It
again because a great part of the com
munity entirely misunderstands the trans
adtioh, and a great many Intelligent and
well-meaning people feel that the attitude
of the Steel Corporation officials is
haughty and harsh, and that If there were
a propersplrlt on their part the contro
versy could be referred to disinterested
parties and a decision reached forthwith.
Wfe admit at the outset that the disin
terestedness of the two bishops and the
university president Is due to their Ignor
ance of the steel business. If they were
masters of that they would almost cer
tainly be Interested In the business either
as stockholders or as workmen, so that
Impartiality can only be secured at the
cost of technical knowledge. But Is riot
a court equally ignorant of the interior
nature of the business controversies that
come before It? Precisely. But and this
is the point habitually overlooked or
misunderstood there Is no analogy be
tween functions of a court and those of
an arbitration.
Proceedings before a court are not Vol
untary; one party, whldh feels Itself ag
grieved, bompels the other to come Into
court. The dourt heed not uriderstand
the steel business, or the talsln business,
or the railroad business, because and
here Is another vital distinction It is
not empowered to use Its own judgment;
it is simply empowered to enforce certain
fixed rules which we call laws. Even a
court of equity cannot take a thousand
dollars from John Doe and give It to Rich
ard Roe on the ground that Doe would
not miss the money and Roe needs it very
much; there are fixed rules governing
even the administration of equity.
What law or rule will anyone pretend
governs such a controversy as that be
tween the Steel Corporation and the strik
ers? Is there any agreement that has
been broken, except by the strikers who
were under contract? None. Are there
any established customs to which the
claims on both sides can be referred?
None, The simplest case of dispute Is
over wages; one man offers a dollar and
a half; the other asks two dbliars. Can
It be referred to arbitration1? What is
tVere to arbitrate? There ls.no way of
fixing the price of corn except that "hig
gling of the market price" to which the
economists return after all their meta
physics. There is no other Way in which
wages can be fixed. But this controversy
Is not so simple as one over wages. It
relates to the relations to exist between
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the employers and organizations of the
employes. What can determine this ex
cept the dickering between the two par
tie's, each seeking all It can get and tak
ing what Jt has to. It confuses the Issue
to Import ethical considerations into the
matter and profess that one party ought
to do so and so and the other party ought
to do this and that. How Is any one going
to determine what a Kansas farmer ought
to take for his cornt "Wheat is the staff
of life, and a high price for It is a hard
ship to multitudes. But the farmer Is en
titled to all he can get for it. "Will any
one suggest that two blsbops and a uni
versity president ought to arbitrate be
tween the bread-eater and the farmer?
A town thinks it would be benefited by
having a rolling mill located within It.
May It demand a rolling mill of the Steel
Corporation, and In the event of a refusal
Jjdemand arbitration by two bishops and a
university presiaent.' a. wwn wsnes a.
public library; may"lt "demand that Mr.
Carnegie shal! submit to arbitrators the
question whether he shall grant the re
quest? If arbitration Is the application of
fixed rUles or well-defined principles to
the parties to a controversy it Is litigation,
and may be done by a court as well as by
a board; If It means that the arbitrators
shall determine what they think it would
be a godd thing for an employer to do, it
Is simply destroying the right of private
property and putting every man's busi
ness and possessions at the mercy of th
public. t
PAYMENT OF SALARIES.
The President Alone Receives nn In
dividual Warrant.
Washington Star.
The President Is tne only official of the
United States Government who is paid on
a direct Individual warrant from the
Treasury Department. All other officials
re paid by disbursing officers, who re
ceive lump sums for that purpose. The
Vice-President is paid by the Secretary
of the Senate. .Cabinet officers are paia
by disbursing officers of their departments.
Each month In the year the President re
ceives by mall a warrant covering the
money he has earned as his salary. It
really goes to him a few days before he
has earned it. Along In 1ST2 the officials
of the Controller's office prepared a num
ber of tables giving the monthly payments
to each salaried position under the Gov
ernment. By that system, as Is well
known, a man does not receive each
month one-twelfth of what he Is allowed
for the year.
His salary for the year Is divided into
four equal quarters, and each quarter Is
then distributed to him according to the
number of days fn a month. The salary
of a clerk rated at $900 a year is divided
according to the salary tables Into four
quarters of 5225 each. For the first quar
ter of the calendar year the clefk would
be paid J77 50 In January, which ha? SI
days; $70 in February, which has 2S days,
and $77 50 in March, with 31 days. It was
planned to pay the President on exactly
the same basis, his annual salary of $50,
000 being divided into four quarters ot
$12,5d0 each. For January the President
would receive $4303 60; for February,
$3SiS SO, and for March "$4305 60; but the
Treasury officials have never followed this
plan to the letter.
They divide the salary into four quar
ters of $12,500 each, and under, the law
could not under any circumstances ex
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practically the same salary every month
In the year, no matter whether the month
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months of each quarter the President's
check Is drawn for $4166 67, but the other
month sees the check reduced one cent, to
$4166 66. One of the clerks in the Book--kceping
and Warrants Division of the
Treasury forgot one quarter that he had
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the third chroK our ror "tho(ame- sum.
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The object of the carefnlly prepared sil
ary tables Is to protect the Government
against loss In case of the sudden death
of a clerk. In the case of a $DC0 clerk,
for Instance, it is pointed out that if he
were paid $75 each month in the year, ard
should die at the close ot a. month, his
successor might lose part of the salary
that ought to be his. In the case of a
$900 clerk dying at the close of the month
of February, after having received $T3
for that month, thp man o.'hn annndarfart
f him would receive much lcs3 than that for
tne montn of March, which has 21 days.
The Treasury officials make out the
President's check about the 25th or 26th
of each month. The check Is pay for that
entire month. The President receives It
about the 29th of each month. In Febru
ary It Is made out earlier, and la re
ceived by the President earlier. Under tho
Treasury system. If a President should die
at the end of February, after having re-r
celved his pay for that month, his suc
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rightfully belonged to him, because In
the division of salary the former Presi
dent had received more than his portion
In February. According to the salary
tables a President ought to be paid $4303 60
for January and March, and $3S58 80 for
February, but as It Is the President re
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does for January and March.
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