THE- MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, 'APRIL 22, 1902.
PALMA IN CUBA!
President-Elect in Land That
Exiled Him.
GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM
Gibara Harbor, the First Stopping:
Place, Gnlly Decorated With Na
tive and American Flns Pub
lic Ceremonies Held.
President-elect Palma, en route to
Havana, stops at Glbrara, and delivers
an address to the people. In which he
urges them to drop politics and work
for the development of the Island. Del
egations from all parts of the Island
were on hand to Join In the welcome to
the President-elect. He has now pro
ceeded on his way.
NEW YORK, April 21. General Tomas
Estrada Palma, President-elect of the
Cuban Republic, who arrived on the
steamer Admiral Farragut from Old
Point Comfort, Va., was greeted says a
Gibara, Cuba, dispatch to th eTribune,
with great enthusiasm. Gibara's popula
tion of 6000 was augmented by as many
more, who came from all parte of the Is
land, from Havana to Santiago, to pay
homage to a man they love. During the
voyage the weather was magnificent, and
General Palma's forebodings of seasick
ness were not realized.
When the steamer anchored in Gibara
harbor, a. salute of 21 guns greeted Gen
eral Palma. His face brightened at the
scene before him. How different v(as his
return to Cuba! He left in chains and
came back with his path literally strewn
with roses. The harbor was a kaleido
scope of color and animation. From every
craft flew the flag of Cuba Libre, and the
Stars and Stripes, Old friends who had
Joiown General Palma In the Ten Tears
War and had shared with him the hard
ships and sufferings of many campaigns,
came on board and embraced him. Many
-were in. tears. The vessel was soon
crowded with members of the committees
representing different cities, who came
out In steamers and launches, which
were decorated from stem to stern, fron
the mast to the water-line.
After a quarter of an hour of informal
talk. General Palma and his party were
taken ashore In a launch. It was when
he put his foot,on the pier that the pent
up enthusiasm of his companions broke
forth. There were rounds of cheers by
the natives as they crowded around their
President-elect which could have been
heard, clear across the bay. Major Ces
pedes spoke 'a few words of welcome and
then proposed "Three cheers for the first
President of the Cuban Republic." They
were given with a will.
with the village band playing the
Cuban hymn, a procession was formed to
the principal street, whence the Presi
dent-elect and members of the committee
ewere drawn In a carriage by a score of
suuwari. wuDans to tne -Jity Jtiau. Jvery
place of vantage along the route was
filled. Men, women and children crowded
and pushed to embrace and shake the
hands of the veteran.
Arches had been built across evprv
street which led to the City Half. Not
a house in alt- Gibara was without deco
ration in some kind of form. From every
one flew the flag of Cuba, dnd from al
most as many were displayed the flag
of the United States, while the red and
yellow colors of Spain were conspicuous
on Spanish houses. The Spaniards joined
in the welcome. Garlands of roses and
palms figured prominently in the decora
tions. A procession, headed by a detach-
iment of the Tenth United States Cav
alry, commanded by Lieutenant Hart,
and made up of local civic societies.
school children and women, proceeded
fwith the Palma party to the City Hall,
and then lined up on each side to allow
his carriage to pass. Every woman and
girl was armed with small bouquets,
which they threw Into the carriage.
General Palma sat with bared head,
bowing in response to the cheers? He
was deeply affected by the demonstra
tion. The ceremonies at the City Hall
consisted of speechmaking by the Mayor,
members of the Council. General Palma
and Gonzales de Quesada. Mayor Ces-
pedes spoke eloquently of the gratitude
that the CuBan people owed to General
Palma, and the honor of being the first
to receive the first 'Chief Executive of
Cuba Libre. His countrymen, he said,
trusted General Palma Implicitly, and
would aid him in every way toward a
successful administration of his office.
General Palma, In responding, spoke
with some difficulty, as he was almost
overcome by the reception given him.
He began by proposing cheers for Cuba
Libre and for the United States. He said
the Cuban people should, with the in
auguration of their independent govern
ment, abandon politics and give their at
tention to the betterment and recon
struction of their country. It was his
ambition to bring the various "elements
together, so that they may all work to
one end the upbuilding of Cuba. He
promised to devote henceforth all his
time, knowledge and energy to bringing
About this result. He frequently was In
terrupted -with cries of "Viva Palma!
"Viva Cuba Libre!"
The Mayor then granted him the free
dom of the city. Senor de Quesada, in his
speech, said the happy union that now
exists between the two peoples was an
omen of future peace, and prosperity;
that their interests were so closely allied
that it was to be mutual In the personal
relations so apparent in the demonstra
tion. General Palma then held a public re
ception, and was overwhelmed with con
gratulations and goad wishes. The pro
cession reformed, and the party was es
corted to a private house, where the
people insisted on again hearing from
their President, who. addressed them
from the balcony. It was with reluc
tance that they dispersed when he with
drew for a few hours rest and confer
ence with his friends. There was little
of the former, however, for all day there
was a constant flow of visitors to pay
their respects In person. The exercises
culminated In the evening In a banquet
and- ball at the Union Club.
President-elect Palma and his party
left Gibara this afternoon for Holguln.
In an interview, Senor Palma said he
would combine Cuban postal and tele
grapn services under one head and make
General Fernando Figueredo director of
the united department. He' has decided
to appoint Juan Rios Rivera Chief of Cu
ban Customs; Carlps Zalmo Secretary of
State, and Senor Yero Secretary of In
struction. The President-elect said he re
garded the Spanish element In Cuba as
an indispensable factor in the happiness of
the future republic
Ratlibone Released on Ball.
HAVANA, April 2L Ex-Director of
Posts E. G. Rathbone has been released on
bail.
Entire Family Found Dead.
CHICAGO. April 21. Dead in a stuffy
bedroom in a crowded tenement quarter
in State street, the bodies of an entire
colored family, numbering seven persons,
were found tonight, gnawed by rats and
in an advanced state of decomposition. The
police incline to a theory of murder and
suicide by poison. The family is that of
Jones Butler, an upholsterer, and con
sisted of Butler, his wife and five cbll-
dren. They had been dead for eight days.
It Is believed despondency, due to condi
tions surrounding his .family; -who -were
in utter poverty, caused Butler to go in
sane and take the lives of all' seven.
RARE BIRDS' EGGS.
Many Difficulties Encountered
in
Collecting: TJkem.
Boston Herald.
Many beys are interested in oology, but
a peculiar fact In collecting birds eggs
Is the wide difference In value of the
eggs of the same family of birds. For
instance, there is the great family of
hawks. Some hawks' eggs are worth only
a few cents each, and other hawks' eggs
And a ready sale at $3, $5 and 7 each.
The eggs of a marsh hawk, a red-backed
hawk, and a copper hawlc. may be bought
for 20 cents each, and the broad-winged
hawks' eggs will bring ft each: theVrld
over. The eggs of Swainson's hawk and
the buff-breasted hawk ax' worth $1.50
each.
The osprey or fish hatwjf (Pandion hal
laetus) Is one of the most interesting
birds. Its nest Is found Tn Europe and
America, especially along the coast of
British Columbia, The birds are about
30 inches long and have" wings of an ex
tension of four and a half feet., The
osprey is a water fowl and lives on fish.
It builds a nest, often three feet and
sometimes four feet In diameter, in some
great spreading tree close beside a body
of water, generally an inlet or a marshy
bay from the" sea. The nest Is composed
of sticks of wood, branches of small
trees, reeds, sea moss and foliage. A
more slovenly builder is scarcely known
In bird architecture. The osprey some
times uses the same nest for several sea
sons, going South in Winter and return
ing in Summer. Five eggs are almost
always laid at one time. The male bird
assists in Incubation. He supplies the
female with food, and often takes a turn
at sitting on the eggs while Mme. Osprey
goes In search of her own meal.
The swallowtail kite was once observed
n Pennsylvania by Audubon, but these
hawks are never seen nowadays north of
Virginia, and seldom north of Georgia.
They are quite common in Louisiana and
are on the coast of Mexico and Lower
California. They are unusually suspicious
of man's approach. They are wonderful
flyers. They feed on the wing and chase
insects in the air for hours without alight
ing. With the exception of the frigate
bird, nothing In feathers lives so much
on the wing as the swallowtail kite hawk.
Its nest Is always among the foliage of
a tall tree, remote from any human habi
tation or haunts of other birds. They go
to bed late In the evening, and are among
the- earliest to take wing when dawn
comes. The swallowtail kite's eggs are
generally four in number, of greenish
white color, with a few irregular spots of
dark brown at the lower end. They are
valuable now, $90 being paid for two at
a sale not long since.
The egg of the golden eagle Is also be
coming valuable. A dozen years ago these
eggs could be bought in London and New
York for about $8 apiece. Two years ago
several golden eagle eggs 'were sold at
auction In San Francisco for $32 each.
The rocks and crags of the hills of the
little islands off the coast of California
were said to have been the eyries of thou
sands of golden eagles half a century
ago, but scarcely one of the birds now
remains to deck appropriately the land
scape. The hunter of golden eagles' eggs
earns every penny there Js In the seem
ingly large prices they command. InHhe
first place, even the man who goes after
golden eagles' eggs may not be able to
locate a nest of eggs for months, or even
several years. In the second place, the
eyrie of the golden eagle is placed on
the face of some cliff or towering crag.
The jiest Is made on a projecting shelf
or on some gnarled, stumped tree that
grows from a cleft In the rock. Almost
invariably the nest Is In a place Inaccessi
ble without extraordinary means and
great hazard of human life. The eggs
are generally whit, -with pale brown or
purplish blotches, and the size of a com
mon goose ese- Oologists believe that
the golden eagle will be extinct In North
America by the end of another generation.
The eggs of some common birds of the
present day have never been found.
There Is the robin snipe; its eggs have
never been seen. An English oologist
kept a man going up and down the coast
of Labrador for weeks purposely to get
a robin snipe's egg. But it was in vain.
The bird Is known by thousands of peo
ple, but It breeds so far North and so
remote from any civilization that no sci
entific observer can ever get to Its nest
'ere the young are hatched and have
taken to wing. The frigate bird, that is
so commonly seen at sea on the Pacific'
and off the West Indies, Is such a soli
tary bird and is so seldom In Its nest dur
ing the hours of daylight that Its egg fs
rare. It seems strange, but the eggs of
so well-known a bird as the sandpiper
have never been found, and are almost
priceless.
ABSENCE OF GRAY -HAIR.
A Stranger's Comment on Members
of the House of Representatives.
Washington Star.
"I visited the House of Representatives
the other day," remarked a stranger, "and
I was Impressed by one or two facts
which interested me.
"In this, one of the two great legisla
tive bodies of the United States, I ex
pected to see a great many, the majority,
in fact, of the members of venerable as
pect. I could but observe the absence of
gray heads among the Representatives.
In short, men of venerable aspect were so
largely in the minority that I was at
once struck with the fact. Most of the
members appeared to be young men, and
men in or under the age of middle life.
I pointed out many of the gentlemen on
the floor of youthful appearance, and
asked the doorkeeper If they were really
members of the House. He replied in all
Instances they were members, and seemed
surprised that I should ask the question.
I consider this fact a striking' Illustration
of the possibilities for the young man In
American political life. As I am a for
eigner, and used to seeing gray beards
in high legislative and executive positions
on the Continent, the .contrast was the
more noticeable. I was also Informed that
the bill under debate had been before
the House for several days, was bitterly
contested, and that much "feeling" ex
isted on either side. The "feeling" the
doorkeeper referred to was not observable
to me. If Americans consider the de
bates in the lower House to he 'animated,
they should see what a really 'animated
debate' amounts- to in the French Cham
ber of Deputies. They would experience
a change of mind.
"I could also but remark upon the lim
ited space in the galleries allotted to the
general public, and I was Informed that
this space had been even 'more curtailed
during a reconstruction of the interior of
the chamber last Summer. I supposed, of
course, that the best part of the galleries
wbuld in this country be given over td the
public. At every door but two I was re
fused admission except upon. the produc
tion of a card or a personal identification
that I was a member of the diplomatic
corps or one of the official government
family. In the space allotted to the pub
lic there were not over 100 seats, if that
number. Of course, the seating capacity
of the galleries is not great, but the re
served space must take up over 90 per
cent, while I thought the opposite rule
would be found to be true."
"PeriV as Seen by Berlin Paper.
BERLIN, April 2L The Berliner Tage
blatt expresses the belief that, although
the profits of the German lines may tem
porarily Increase, it would be at the cost
of free government In the future, and the
exposure of German business to destruc
tion, which American foolhardlness and
American conceit of their greatness are
sure to bring about. The real American
peril, continues the Tageblatt. does not
lie In American competition, but In the
possibility of bold American financiers en
tangling German" business ia unsound
schemes.
MORGAN ALARMS BRITISH
PRESS MUCH PERTURBED OVER
' ' STEAMSHIP COMBINE.
Want to Be Friends "With America,
but "Object to Being: Swal
lowed Up.
i I
LONDON, April 2L What is called the
"Morganlzing" of the greater section of
the Atlantic ferry Is causing much per
turbation in Great Britain. The West
minster Gazette suggests it may be en
titled to the grave attention of the gov
ernment, as In some quarters It Is Insist
ed that Vthe vital Interests of the empire
in time of war may be Jeopardized by the
new arrangement," and almost In the
same breath the paper reiterates the argu
ment when the combination was first
mooted that It would be a powerful peace
factor between America and Great Britain,
for the great American financiers would
find It to their own Interests to use their
influence against war between the two
countries.
The Pall Mall Gazette thinks the ar-
CONDITION OF HOLLAND'S
i i
atJEEX WILHELMIIfA IN THE ROYAL COSTUME OF HER
COUNTRY.
THE HAGUE, April 21. The condition of Queen Wllhelmlna is unchanged.
Her physicians say It Is impossible to predict the date of the crisis In her Ill
ness. An extraordinary Cabinet council was held today. The meeting engendered
numerous rumors concerning a decision In the matter of the regency, but it Is
said upon good authority that this matter was not discussed at the council. It
Is reported that pne of the maids of the Queen's household has been attacked by
typhoid fever. The Queen mother burst Into- tears when she was first told her
daughter had typhoid fever. She seldom leaves the sick chamber.
LONDON, April 22. In a dispatch from Castle Loo, the correspondent of the
Sally Mail declares the Information vouchsafed the public minimizes the gralty
of Queen WUhelmlna's condition, and masnlfles her chances for recovery. The
grief-stricken nation, -which loiea the Queento the point of Idolatry, Is In a state
of terrible suspense, while the politicians are aghast at thf possibilities of a
fatal termination of her Illness.
rangements give the United States an j
enormous pull on the Atlantic, and that i
It is not creditable to Great Britain that j
English steamship lines should be dom-1
inated by Americans. I
The Dally Graphic and the Daily Mail J
display comparative unconcern in the mat- j
ter, the Graphic believing that beyond i
Increasing rates and pernaps cnecKing tne tning, in some respects, not to get every
growlng speed and luxury of the Atlantic j body in at the beginning, the idea being
passage, the combination will have little i that the present combine is quite big
effect. enough to start with, and It Is better to
The Daily Chronicle and the Dally News get It down to a practical working basis
see the utmost danger ahead, and anxious- before being too anxious to make a qlean
ly warn the British public to beware. The ' sweep."
Chronicle, emphasizing the tremendous ' Anent possible refusal of the British
economic difficulty facing the nations In and Continental shareholders to ratify
the growth of the gigantic monopolies, ' the directors' action, the Associated
against which even a forceful man like Press Is authoritatively Informed that no
President Roosevelt Is practically helpless such contingency Is possible, as the cor
declares the shipping combination "Is a poratlon already owns a controlling in
menace," and points out three grave con- . terest In each line, and so far no lndl
slderatlons. The first is that the su- cations of discontent on the part of the
premacy of the British mercantile marine shareholders over the prospective conver
is practically annihilated. The second Is slon of their present securities have been
that there is good reason to believe that . noticed.
the Morgan party was forced Into the j Later in the day it was announced at
shipping business In order to save its other , the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. that the
undertakings, and that overcapitalization syndicate In control of the steamship corn-
may some day bring a collapse which
would seriously Involve the British trade,
while the third consideration, the Chron
icle declares to be still more momentous,
though It believes It to be Infinitely more
remote. "It Is a political question," says
the paper. "What would be England's po
sition in the event of war with America?"
The Chronicle dismisses the Idea that
such a trust would promote peace, and
expresses the hop'e that the good relations
between the two nations will depend upon
sometmng more staoie tnan tne seinsn in- i Morgan are .understood to be as follows:
terests of an utterly unscrupu.ous ring of FirstThe German lines are to have
monopolists Discussing the possibility of j such representatlon on the boarf of con
adoption of the ship subsidy bills. Inducing tml tQ prevent thelr be,ng. 0UtVoied by
all the principals in the company to fly i the Anglo-American Interests. The Ger
the American flag, the Chronicle asks man companles wlll thus preserve their
what- the British Admiralty is doing to Inaependence. and will no more be con
safeguard its rights over the subsidized, trolled by thelr associates than they wlll
White Star Line cruisers. The Times, in
an editorial of similar import, finds the
jubilations of the American papers not
pleasant reading, nor does it like the idea
of gentlemen like J. P. Morgan revolving
In their minds the future fate of such
ports as Liverpool and Southampton.
The Dally News says: "We are very
good friends with the United States, but
we don't want to be swallowed by them.
Doubtless the government wlll meet the
new situation by new enthusiasm for a
new Anglo-American alliance. We admire
this facility for making friends with the
prosperous, but we are inclined to think
our American cousins see through It. We
prefer the friendship of equal minds. If
it is true that American capital wlll con
trol the combination, the prospect bristles
with possibilities equally unpleasantboth
to Germany and Great Britain. We are
just as likely to be good friends if Great
Britain wakes up and earns the respect
of the United States by friendly but ef
fective competition."
NEW JERSEY CORPORATION.
Steamship Trn-t will File Articles
for $1BO,000,000 Capitalization.
NEW TORK, April 21 It Is stated that
the new company to control the Atlantic
steamship lines just combined, will be In
corporated In New Jersey with a capital
of about $150,000,000, says the Journal of
Commerce. The underwriting syndicate
i was organized on the basis of $100,000,000
stock and $44,000,000 In 4 per cent bonds.
The syndicate Is understood to be virtu
ally the same as the one which floated the
United States Steel Corporation. It was
to have expired on May 15. but has been
extended Indefinitely, and It is understood
that its profits are to constitute the first
assessment on account of the shipping
deal.
J. Pierpont Morgan, who was reported
to have left London Saturday, says a
World dispatch from London, deferred his
departure until Sunday. He has planned
to stay in Paris a few days, and then go
to Aix-les-Balns. He was accompanied
only by one of hs daughters, and nobody
was at the station to see him off".
ALLOTMENTS OF STOCK.
British Investors Fail .to Get as
Large a Share as Desired.
LONDON, April' 21. The allotments of
stock in the new shipping corporation
were all taken up by British members of
the syndicate at noon "today. What pro
portion was given to Europe the Morgans
decline to say, but evidently It was not
nearly so large as desired by the British
interests. J. P. Morgan is now in Paris,
but from other members of the firm the
Associated .Press correspondent learns
that the corporation will be run almost
exactly the same as the United States
Steel Corporation, each branch retaining
SOVEREIGN UNCHANGED.
'
Its Individuality, but being subject to the
control of the directing body.
Regarding the defection of the Cunard,
Allan, Anchor and French steamship
lines, the Morgan firm views are as fol-
lows:
"it remains to be seen whether they will
come In. We think It Is rather a good
blnation had closed the subscription books
here and abroad. No details as to allot
ments of stock are given.
TERMS TO GERMANS.
Will "Vert Be Outvoted by Anglo
American Interests.
BERLIN, April 21. The general terms
under which the German steamship com
panies have joined the International
cfntimelifn nnmhlnotlnn ffrti "hxr .T P
control them,
Second A pro rata distribution of
profits, according to tonnage, will be
made. .
Third The German companies are to
share In the advantage derived fronf what
ever agreement the combination makes
with the American railroads.
Besides these principles, which broadly
.outline the basis of the contract under
which the union of the German lines is
brought about, reports of other ideas, less
easily understood, are in circulation.
These are based upon seemingly authori
tative information. One of these reports
Is that It Is the purpose of tho allied -lines
that the management of the combination
shall consist of three groups, of which
the Hamburg-American Steam Packet
Company and the North German Lloyd
Liner shall count for two, and the Anglo
American lines for one. The future work
ing of the combination appears to be pro
vided for by a system which Is largely
automatic, thus avoiding the possibility of
a conflict In management. Thej newspa
pers for the most part discuss the steam
ship agreement adversely.
American Mules for Cape Town.
NEW ORLEANS, April 21. The steam
ship Tampican cleared today with Amer
ican mures for Cape Town.
HAVANA, April 2L Elihu Root, Secre
tary of War, and his family, arrived here
today.
BLOW TO THE MERGER
(Continued from First Page.)
case of Washington against Northern Se
curities Company; also pleaBe present
greetings to Attorney-General Stratton.."
ACTIONS NOW PENDING.
Four Cases Asninst the Great Rail
road Merger.
' The various proceedings against the
Northern Securities Company have been
as follows:
First Upon January 27, 1902, the State of
Minnesota made application to the Su
preme Court of the United States to be
allowed to file a bljl of complaint against
the Northern Securities Company as sole
defendant. This was based upon the pro
vision of the Constitution of the United
States that the Supreme Court shall" have
original Jurisdiction of all suits by a
state against citizens of another state.
The claim asserted was that the organiza
tion of the Securities Company violated
certain statutes of Minnesota prohibiting
consolidation of parallel or competing rail
roads, and also combinations in" restraint
of trade or commerce, or Interfering with
open and free competition. Upon February
24, 1902, the Supreme Court denied the
application upon the ground that the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern
Railway Companies were necessary par
tics; that the court could, therefore, grant
no relief In their absence, and that If
they were Joined the Jurisdiction of the
court would be defeated 'because those
companies were citizens of Minnesota and
the court would have no power to enter
tain a suit by a state against Its own citi
zens. This proceeding is, therefore, at an
end.
Second Upon March 3, 1902, the Attorney-General
of the United 'States filed in
the Circuit Court -of the United States
for the District of Minnesota a petition
in i the name of the United States as
complainant against the Northern Securi
ties Company and the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railway Companies and
various Individual defendants, claiming
that the organization of the Securities
Company constituted a violation of the
act of Consress of July 2, 1S90, known
as the Sherman anti-trust act, upon the
ground that it was a combination in re
straint1 of trade or commerce among the
several states, and an -attempt to monop
olize a part of such trade or commerce.
Upon April 7 moat of the defendants filed
appearances In this case, and their an
swers win be due upon May 5.
Third Upon April 4, 1902, the State of
Minnesota Instituted a suit In the Dis
trict Court of Ramsey County, In that
state, against the Northern Securities
Company and tho Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railway Companies. The
grounds of this suit comprise those al
leged In the aforesaid application of the
State of Minnesota to the Supreme Court
of the United States, and also a claim
that the matter. Is within the Sherman
anti-trust act above mentioned. Inasmuch
as the Northern Securities Company Is not
within the Jurisdiction of the statet it
seems unlikely .that anything can be ac
complished by this suit.
Fourth Upon April 7, 1902, the State of
Washington made application to the Su
preme Court of the United States to be
allowed to file a bill of complaint against
the Northern Securities Company and the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern Rail
way Companies. This proposed bill Is sub
stantially Identical in Its allegations with
that sought to be filed In the Supreme
Court by the State of Minnesota, as above
stated, and the Attorney-General of the
State of "Minnesota Joins in It as counsel.
The only Important difference in the ap
plication is that the present claim depends
not upon Minnesota statutes, but upon
some constitutional provisions of the State
of Washington, and that the railway
companies are Joined as defendants, and,
as neither of them is a citizen of the State
of Washington, the question of parties and
of Jurisdiction, upon which the Supreme
Court acted in denying the motion of the
State of Minnesota, will, therefore, not
arise. One suit Is, therefore, now pend
ing instituted by the Attorney-General in
the name of the United States, for the
purpose of testing the question whether
the case comes within the Federal anti
trust act. Another suit Is pending in the
state courts of Minnesota upon the claim
that the case is within the statutes of
that state and also of the Federal anti
trust act. An application by the State
of Washington to be allowed to file an
original bill in the Supreme Court has
bean granted.
In addition to the above, an action was
brought last December In one -of the state
courts of Minnesota by one Peter Power
against the Northern Pacific Company,
alleging that said Power was the owner
of 100 shares of the common stock of the
company and seeking to enjoin the retire
ment of Its preferred stock. A prelimi
nary injunction was granted in the state
courts the case was removed by the com
pany to the United States Circuit Court,
and the injunction was vacated. The pre
ferred stock was all retired upon Janu
ary 1 last. Nevertheless, the plaintiff has
proceeded to take testimony, and the re
cent depositions of Messrs. Morgan, Schlff,
Steele and others were taken In this ac
tion. The case has no direct bearing upon
the standing of the Northern Securities
Company, but Is obviously being employed
as a means of procuring information for
use Jn the other cases, and is, therefore,
mentioned by way of explanation.
HOW MINNESOTA FEELS.
Now Scope and Power of State Laws
Will Be Tested.
ST. PAUL. AprIL 21. Both Governor
Van Sant and Attorney-General Douglas
gave expression of their great satisfaction
upon hearing of the action of the Federal
Supreme Court today In the so-called
merger case. Attorney-General Douglas
"said:
This is a great and decisive victory
for those who have contended that the
Supreme Court has primary jurisdiction
in such matters. Having prepared the
brief In the Washington case, I, of course,
am elated over the result. I think the
disposition on both sides is for a speedy
settlement of the propositions involved.
We will soon know whether or not state
enactments have force and effect in cases
like these.
"The action of the Supreme Court Is
particularly gratifying, because It will
afford an opportunity for the State of
Washington, which has statutes on this
, subject very similar to those of Minne
sota, to test tne scope ana power or state
laws to prevent or regulate such matters
as the consolidation 'Of parallel and com
peting lines of railroad. At the same
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time the action of tne Federal authorities
will make a test of the effectiveness of
the Federal statutes to regulate these
matters. The outcome of these two ac
tions will be of great interest to the pub
lic in general.
"As to our own suit, we shall make an
other move in that when vro have exam
ined all-the knotty problems Involved In
the question raised by the defendants."
OLDER THAN THE INCAS.
California Man Gathered Relics and
Explored Ruins in Peru.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Dr. Max Uhle, the University of Cali
fornia specialist engaged In exploring the
ancient ruins of Peru, has visited cities
and palaces never before seen by the eyes
of a white man, and gathered relics of
an American civilization stretching back
farther than Roman times. In the high-table-lands
of Central Peru Dx. Uhle has
stumbled across cities and tombs of a
people who" had long passed away when
Manco Capac established the famous line
of the Incas. He went to Peru to study
the remains of Incas whom Pizarro over
threw, but he has gone farther than his
first Intentions, and has found that the
Peruvian highlands have been inhabited
by others of no less interest than the
glittering monarchs who welcomed the
first Spaniards.
On the hill of Marca-Huamachuco. on
the eastern Cordillera of the Andes, Dr.
Uhle discovered the palaces and fortifi
cations of Princes who flourished and
declined and were conquered by the Incas.
Tho northeastern part of the hill, which is
almost 12.0C0 feet high, is called by the
Indians "El Castillo," because it was for
merly surrounded on all sides by a chain
of fortresses and was crowned by a strong
building on the summit. All the other
eminences of the ridge were covered with
buildings, courts and palaces. Some of
the buildings were square cornered, others
were rounded at the corners, a type char
acteristic of this province of Peru.
They were all built of broken stone,
taken from the native rock of the moun
tain, and Joined with admirable skill.
Long slabs formed the casings of the doors
and windows, and similar slabs were used
to strengthen the corners of the buildings.
Clay was used as mortar. Some of the
high walls are now remarkably well pre
sej'ed. Many of the buildings are round
or irregular oval structures, sometimes
re-presenting a whole fortress. Many such
buildings once stood within the summit
fortress of El Castillo. All the Inclosures
are surrounded by double walls joined
like a gallery and containing several floors
reached by ladders and opening into the
Inner court. Small square buildings stood
within.
Dr. Uhle found that the Inhabitants
were often In the habit of interring the
dead in the walls of the dwelling-houses.
These tombs were usually found by open
ing the walls three or four feet from the
ground. Sometimes they contained the
bones of as many as eight people. Other
tombs were discovered at the foot of
shelving rocks and In round or square
burial places on the plain. Beyond hu
man remains little was found In them.
On the Cerro Amaru Dr. Uhle found a
sculptured stone showing plainly that it
was meant to represent the head of a
wild beast, with head and tusk, eyes and
nose. This head, the Indians say, and
three others like it, which once existed
there, were the guards of three conical
sacrifice wells, Into which offerings were
thrown. One of these wells was drained
and yielded a quantity of beads and orna
ments. The head. Dr. Uhle believes, is
centuries older than the Incas.
CHANGE IN STEEL TRUST.
It Is to Become an Operating as Well
as Financial Concern.
PITTSBURG. April 21. The reorganiza
tion of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, the obliteration of the names of
the constituent corporations of the greater
one, and the change of Its purpose frdm a
purely financial concern to an operating
and manufacturing company, which shall
operate directly all the properties now
owned and controlled by Jt, is the latest
project of the financial and manufacturing
giants at the head of this enterprise. It
was learned today from excellent author
ity that the project is to be launched
during the present year, probably in July.
In short, the United States Steel Corpora
tion will become the practical and actual
manufacturing corporation, as well as the
financial head of all the great steel com
panies that It has absorbed. President
Charles M. Schwab will become the di
tector of all mills, railroads, coal and
coke plants, steamship lines and fur
naces. All of the various blanches will be
divided into departments. The buying
and selling wlll be under a single depart
ment, with the individual purchasing de
partments left in the hands of the differ
ent members of the committee. It is un
derstood that the same officials will con
trol 'the general company, with the same
board of directors and executive commit
tee, and the same oflfcials of the operating
department.
General Wood's Good Work.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Nothing could be more gratifying to
American self-respect than the enthusi
astic praise given to General Wood and
the American administration in Cuba by
Vasslll Verestchagin, the Russian painter
of battles, who has been In Cuba making
studies for a painting of the battle of San
Juan, with the President In the fore
ground. He Is certainly familiar with
horrors and he has seen subject popula
tions, and he knows something of the
difficulties of military administration
where the Intentions are of the best and
the alms are the highest. "The military
adminlstratlon of Cuba," he said, "is
something wonderful. General Wood Is
one of the few natural administrators. No
one can begin to form any idea of what
he has done until he goes there and sees
for himself. Hercules' task of cleaning
the Augean stables was a mere holiday
affair compared with General Wood's task
in Cuba." He has a poor opinion of the
Cubans, whom he describes as, politically,
mere children. He says they are not
grateful to Genera'l Wood, and that they
complain of the money he has spent to
free Havana from yellow fever. 'Well, it
was among people who had had greater
advantages than the Cubans that grati
tude was said to be a lively sense of fa
vors to be received. Complaining of the
Government Is a nearly universal disease?
and where the government Is the best
there is the most complaint. We will
hope for the best from the Cubans.
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