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THE MORNING OBEGONIAK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1902.
SIX NEW WAR SHIPS
Provided For by the Naval
Appropriation Bill.
DISPOSED OF BY THE SENATE
Turner, of WahIngrton, Makei an
Extended Argument la Favor of
the Nicaragua Canal Ques
tion of Title.
Another of the biff supply "bills of tho
Government was disposed of by the
Senate yesterday, the naval bill, carry
Ins mora than $T8,Q00,000, It Include
provisions for two flrst-class battle
ships, two flrst-class armored cruleers
and two gunboats, but strikes out tha
Hous provision that one of each shall
be built at Government yards.
"When consideration of the isthmian
canal question was resumed, Turner of
Washington delivered an extended ar
gument In eupport of the Nicaragua
route. He xnalnUlnd that the new
Panama Canal Company could not pass
a clear title to the Panama Canal Com
pany's rights, franchises and property
to the United States, and that if this
Government purchased it It would be
tv lth all Its Incumbrances.
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WASHINGTON, June 10. Shortly after
the Senate convened today Carmack in
troduced a resolution directing the com
mittee on civil service and retrenchments
to investigate the case of Rebecca J.
Taylor, a clerk in the War Department,
who was discharged for the alleged Tea
son of criticising the Administration's
Philippine policy in a communication to
the press. The committee was directed
to Investigate the reasons for her dis
charge. The resolution went over under
the rule.
Consideration of the naval appropriation
bill was then resumed, the pending
amendment being that providing for the
construction of two flrst-class battle
ships, two flrst-class armored cruisers and
two gunboats. Perkins, a member of the
committee on naval affairs, argued that
some of the vessels ought to be con
structed at Government navy-yards, and
ho urged that the admirably equipped
naval yards ought to be utilised. This
policy, he said, was- demanded by the la
bor unions.
Piatt of Connecticut asked If this was
a demand or a rpquest on the part of the
labor unions.
"I mean that it is a request," replied
Perkins. "They maintain that it is to
the Interest of the Government that the
navy-yard, belonging to the people, should
be utilized for building war vessels."
Perkins maintained that the Increased
cost of construction In Government yards,
on account of the -eight-hour law, was
more than offset by the immense salaries
paid the management In private yards.
In his opinion the Government could be
protected from excessive cost of ships by
the utilisation of the advantage of Gov
ernment yards.
At the conclusion of Perkins' speech,
without further comment, the committee
amendment as to the building of two each
of battle-shlpo, cruisers and gunboats was
agreed to. "Without further debate the
bill was passed.
The London dock charges bill was taken
up, and, after some minor amendments
had been adopted. Hale presented objec
tions to the measure.
Without action on the bill at 2:10 the
isthmian canal bill was laid before the
Senate, and Turner spoke in favor of the
construction of the Nicaragua Canal. He
said every political party stood committed
to the project, although there were some
selfish Interests opposed to It. These
might yet cause the country to let slip
the opportunity of the canal's construc
tion. The pathway of reason and common
sense led to the construction of tC canal
by the Nicaragua route. The last com
mission, in Its last report, had favored,
he said, "the second-hand, discredited
project at Panama," but the burden of
evidence was in favor of the Nicaragua
route. Every route, except those of Pan
ama and Nicaragua, had been eliminated
from consideration. "The Panama dere
lict," he said, "had disadvantages which
were overwhelming and insuperable,
'while the Nicaragua Canal presented no
difficulties that could not be overcome
with comparative ease."
Turner urged that there were no diplo
matic, legal or equitable difficulties in the
way of construction of the Nicaragua
Canal. He presented at great length the
difficulties in which the United States
might become Involved by an acquirement
of the rights, concessions and property
of the Panama Canal Company, saying
that it was manifest that this country
could not get clear title to the property,
based, as the sale would be, upon an in
sufficient order of a lower court of
France. Under no system of Jurispru
dence of which he had any knowledge
could the rights and property of the old
Panama Canal Company be disposed of
by the new company -without the old com
pany having been made a party to the
Judicial proceedings.
"I 6hould like to Inquire of the Sen
ator," said Fairbanks, "whether there
has been a confirmation of the order of
sale?"
"Not that I am aware," replied Turner.
"There has been no sale, and there could
be, therefore, no confirmation of It."
In .conclusion, Turner urged strongly
that by the construction of the Isthmian
canal the stifled and cramped infant in
dustries of the Pacific Coast would ob
tain an outlet for their products and
would be relieved of the "grossly unjust
discrimination lo which they, were now
subjected by the transcontinental rail
roads." The project furthermore would
promote National integrity and National
progress. He favored the House bill, say
ing he "believed that Its enactment was
the only method by which an Isthmian
canal could be constructed by the United
States.
Morgan discussed the legal difficulties
of acquiring the Panama Canal prop
erty and declared that the United States
could not buy the property without ac
quiring the encumbrances upon it.
A bill was passed appropriating $15,
B15 for the relief of the persons who
sustained damages by the explosion of
an ammunition chest of Battery F, Sec
ond United States Artillery, in Chlcaso
July 16, 1894.
The House bill providing for the protec
tion of the President was referred to the
Judiciary committee, although Hoar
chairman of that committee, thought It
would be impossible to get action on It
at this session, if the committee had to
consider it.
Then, after a brief executive session
the Senate, at 5:20 P. M., adjourned. '
Changing Japanese Alphabet.
CHICAGO, June 10. HadJJame HqsI, ed
itor of the Japanese-American "Weekly
New York, accompanied by five young
men of Japan, has arrived here from To
klo, and will remain in Chicago several
days. HadJJame Kosl says he has spent
four months in Japan promoting a move
ment for changing the Chinese characters
of the Japanese language to the English
alphabet.
"I use the 25 Roman letters," he said,
"in printing my paper and find that they
are applicable to our language. I hope
ultimately that the movement will result
in the universal use of the English lan
guage throughout Japan. The govern
ment has appointed a commission of 12
men to take the matter up." '
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UNTRUE, SAYS HAVEMEYER
Report That His Trust Controls Beet
Sugar Industry.
NEW YORK, JunTlO. Henry C. Have
meyer, president of the American Sugar
Refining Company, denied today a report
that his company had obtained a pre
ponderating interest in the beet sugar
industry in this country. The report had
It that Mr. Havemeyer had purchased the
controlling Interest in several beet sugar
factories In the "West and Northwest.
When this was called to his attention! he
Lsald:
"It is not my intention to tell the pub
lic in the newspapers the business af
fairs of the company. That report about
buying beet sugar interests was only
printed In the hope of bringing an avowal
from me. All I will say is that the state
ment to the effect that the American
Sugar Refining Company has a prepon
derating Interest In the beet sugar indus
try is utterly untrue."
"It is stated that you have purchased a
controlling Interest In five beet sugar fac
tories In the West."
"That Is untrue," Mr. Havemeyer said.
Rival of electrical Trust.
NEW YORK, June 10. The acquirement
of a large Interest In the Stanley Elec
tric Manufacturing Company by men who
control the traction companies of New
York and Philadelphia and the building
up of an enormous electrical business in
competition -with that of the General
'Electric Company and the Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Company will
attract the attention of the financial
world, the Tribune says, and adds:
"It is understood that control of the
Stanley Company has been taken over by
W. -C. Whitney, Thomas F. Ryan, Thomas
Dolan, and A. P. Wldener, and that the
company's plant at Plttsfield, Mass., Is
to be Increased to about six times its
present size within a few months."
The Stanley Company's capital 6tock
is $3,000,000. Mr. Whitney and the cap
italists associated with him were led to
acquire an Interest In the company, ac
cording to the Tribune,' because of the
difficulty in obtaining prompt delivery of
electrical supplies for their traction com
panies in Philadelphia and New Jersey.
Steel Trust Buying; Abroad.
BERLIN, June 10. The United States
Steel Corporation is negotiating for 20,000
tons of cpelgllsen at Siegen. A recent sale
of 6000 tons of spelgllsen having resulted
In heavy loss to the sellers, the latter are
now trying for better terms and the ne
gotiations to this end are delaying the sale
to the steel corporation.
ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS.
Indorse ex-Governor Clark for Sen
ator to Succeed Jones.
L.ITTe' ROCK, Ark., June 10. The
feature of (the Democratic Stato Conven
tion was the ovation to ex-Governor
James P. Clark, who was declared by the
convention to be the Democratic nominee
for United States Senator to succeed Sen.
ator Jones. The friends of Senator Jones
opposed the resolution, and it was stated
that Senator Jones demurred to the action
of the convention. The resolution was
adopted by a vote of 470 to 72, and the
formal declaration was then given on the
baslB of tha vote In the Democratic pri
mary elections of March 23 last, making
Clark the nominee for Senator.
Governor Jefferson Davis was unani
mously renominated. Governor Davis, in
addressing the convention and accepting
the nomination, announced himself a can
didate for United States Senator to suc
ceed Senator James H. Berry, whose term
expires In 1005.
Other nominations were made as fol
lows: Secretary of State. J. W. Crockett;
Attorney-General, G. F. Murphy; State
Treasurer, H, C Tipton; State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, J. N. Hln
mon; Auditor, C. T. Monroe; Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, B. B. Bat
tle; State Land Commissioner, F. R. Con
way; Railroad Commissioners, J. W. Phil
lips, B. B. Hudgins and J. E. Hampton;
Commissioner ot Mines, Manufactures and
Agriculture. H. V. Bradford.
The platform says: "We recognize the
Kansas City platform as the declaration
of the National Democratic party on Na
tional questions until supplanted by the
action of a succeeding National conven
tion, and as such we hereby declare a
general indorsement of the same."
On the question of trusts the platform
says: "Wc denounce the trusts and all
illegal combinations in restrain of trade
or that have for their purpose the control
of the markets or products ot the coun
try, and we request the passage of a law
similar to the King bill. In the Legis
lature, and "we pladge the Democratic
party to the passage of such laws as will
effectually prohibit the operation of all
such combinations in the State of Ar
kansas." Nominated for Congrens.
, FREMONT. Neb., June 10. The Repub
licans of the third Nebraska district to
day nominated J. J. McCarthy for Con
gress. CRESTON, la., June 10. W. P. Hepburn
was today renominated for Congress by
tho Republican Convention ot the Eighth
district.
HASTINGS, Neb.Tjune 10. The Fifth
District Republicans tonight nominated
Judge J. W. Morris for Congress.
Passed Stolen Bank Notes.
ABILENE, Tex., June 10. Jesse NIcklln,
Peter Fucher and Wyatt Hanks, the lat
ter a brother of O. C Hanks, the alleged
tralnrobber, who was killed while resist
ing arrest in San Antonio recently, have
been taken Into custody, charged with dis
posing of bank notes secured from a Great
Northern express train at Wagner, Mont.,
January 3, 190L The men are residents
of Callahan County, Texas, and It is de
clared that a number of the notes were
found In their possession. Nlcklfn is 6aid
to have confessed, stating that he was
to get one-half of the proceeds from tho
notes disposed of. m '
Credttmcn's Association.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 10. Tho sev
enth annual convention of the National
CredltmCa's Association met in this city
today with 300 delegates present. Tho
secretary, William A. Prendergast, of
New York, reported that the membership
of the association June 1 was 4000, an
increase of 422 over last year.
Routine business occupied the rest of
the afternoon session. Jt was voted to
continue tho publication of the Monthly
Bulletin in its present form. New York,
Denver and San Franclsco are desirous
of obtaining the convention in 1503, and a
lively fight is expected.
Ttv6 iCegroes Lynched.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 10. A mob of
about 50 masked men broke into tho Jail
about 1 o'clock this morning, secured two
negroes, took them to the outskirts of the
city, and hanged them to a tree, riddling
their bodies with bullets. The negroes
lynched were Barrls and James Gillespie,
charged with the murder of Miss Cornelia
Benson In Roan County. Monday. Gover
nor Aycock bad ordered out the Salisbury
military company to protect them.
Knights and Ladles of Security.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., June 10, The fifth
biennial of, the National Council. Knights
and Ladles of Security, met In Louisville
today. Delegates are present from all
parts of the United States.
Salaries of Cuban Lawmaker.
HAVANA, Jane 10. President Palma
has signed the bill fixing the silaries of
the members of the Cuban House and
Senate at 3000 a year,
ENACTING CLAUSECUT OUT
HOUSE DEFEATS "BILL TOJTRAXS
FEIt FOREST RESERVES.
Special Order Adopted lor Consider
ation of the Corliss Pacific
Cable BtIL
WASHINGTON. June 10. The House
today defeated tho bill to. transfer .cer
tain forest reserves to the Agricultural
Department and to authorize the Presi
dent to establish game and- fish preserves.
Its death was accomplished by striking
out the enacting clause. The motion was
made by Cannon, and was adopted 100
to 70. He claimed that the hill would
greatly increase the cost of administer
ing forest reserves, and declared that the
estimated receipts ot the next fiscal year
were already exceeded by the appropri
ations up to the present time by over J5L
000,000. The House then adopted a special order
for the consideration of tho Corliss Pa
cific cable bill by a vote of 108 to 73, and
for the remainder of the afternoon
listened to the author of the measure
argue In favor of its passage. Dalzell
(Ren. Pa.), who presented the rule, an
nounced th'at he was opposed to the Gov
ernment building a cable to the Philip
pines. He said ho favored the construc
tion of an American cable by American
capital, and gave notice that at tho
proper time ho would oiler as a substitute
a bill to authorize the President to con
tract "for the construction of a cable-under
certain conditions. The minority of the
commerce committee opposed the Corliss
bill on tho ground that the Commercial
Pacific Company Is now at work build
ing a cable which is to be laid by 1S0S.
The Proceedings.
Tho House, after preliminary business,
resumed consideration of the forest re
serves bill. Cannon, chairman of appro
priations committee, moved to atrlko out
the enacting clause of the bill. By unan
imous consent. Cannon, In connection
with his motion, mado a statement as to
tho status of revenues and expenditures.
He argued vigorously against the pro
posed transfer on the ground that It
would take the administration of 45,000,
'000 acres from a fully equipped Land Of
fice, and place it under an Inexperienced
division of the Agricultural Department,
creating a divided jurisdiction and ren
dering the service much more expensive
than at present. He said he had no criti
cism to pass upon the scientists of the
Agricultural Department, but he observed
sarcastically that the principal Industry
of many alleged scientists was to fasten
themselves to tho public teat. While the
President had recommended this trans
fer. Cannon said that "what he really bad
in mind was the increased efficiency of
forestry work in the United States. "I
am not a hero worshipper," said Cannon,
"but measured by his administration thus
far, I am abundantly thankful that
Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the great
President who was stricken down at Buf
falo. I believe In him."
As Cannon warmed up to his subject he
created some amusement by removing his
collar and necktie.
Cannon then made a statement regard
ing the expenditures and receipts of the
coming fiscal year. For the current year
the apparent surplus was $35,000,000; for
the coming year the estimated revenues
were $639,000,000, the regular appropriation
bills In their present status aggregated
$590,000,000; the permanent appropriations
were $69,000,000; the miscellaneous appro
priations. Including the omnibus public
building bills, were $10,000,000; the de
ficiencies already aggregated $21,000,000.
The apparent excess of appropriations
over expenditures already reached the
sum of $51,929,12$, This showing made no
provision for tho sinking fund ($54,000,000),
which could be paid or not It did not In
clude anything -for the Isthmian canal,
for the Pacific cable, for the omnibus
fish hatchery proposition, or a hundred
kindred appropriations.
It might be said that the Treasury con
tained a great surplus, observed Cannon
If any of the great pending enterprises
were undertaken the surplus would van
ish like the mist before the sun. Ho
said he dl dnot desire to be an alarmist,
but he adjured his colleagues to weigh
carefully appropriations before they al
lowed expenditures to march beyond
estimated recelptt. Every cent of reve
nue for the next fiscal year was neces
sary to pay expenses in sight. He ap
pealed to his colleagues not to pass a bill
like the pending measure, which would
certainly beget extravagance. "Let us
cut its head off," he said, "Just behind
the ears." (Applause and laughter.)
Lacey (Rep. la.) replied to Cannon. He
Insisted that the tatter's criticism of the
pending bill was not Justified.
Cannon's motion to strlko out the enact
ing clause was carried, 66 to 47. The bill
was immediately roported to the House
With the recommendation that the enact
ing clause be stricken out and the recom
mendation was adopted, 100 to 70.
Dalzell (Rep. Pa.) then presented the
special order for the consideration of the
Pacific cable bill. By its terms four
hours wore to be allowed for general de
bate and any Pacific cable proposition
was made germane to it.
Adamson (Dem. Ga.) protested against
the adoption of the rule, and the build
ing of a cable by the Government. Ho
argued that the private company, which
had planned to lay a cable to the Philip
pines should be allowed to do so without
let or hindrance. He protested against the
Government entering into competition
with capital and labor engaged In private
enterprises.
Richardson (Dem. Ala.) also opposed
the adoption of tho rule.
ShackeMord (Dem. Mo.) advocated the
adoption of the rule.
Grosvenor (Rep. O.) said the committee
on rules bad no anxiety as to (he fate of
the Corliss bill. The rule left the door
wide open for any proposition which
might bo submitted.
Dalzell announced that he was opposed
to the construction of a Government cable.
The necessity for a cable all admitted.
The Administration was insistent in tho
Interest of economy that there should be
a cable connecting the United States di
rectly with our Insular possessions, but
he did not believe In Government owner
ship of the cable. The experience of for
eign countries as regards both railroads
and telegraphs -was against It? Nor did
he favor the proposition of the Commer
cial Pacific Company, of which Mr. Mac
kay is the head. His information, ho said,
was that English capital was behind that
company. Mr. Mackay might be a loyal
Amcrjcan. but It was many years since
he had lli'ed in America. He belonged
to that class of Ameriqana who were de
nominated expatriated Americana. Tho
Commercial Company, he said, proposed to
build a- cable In English workshops -with
British capital, and lay it with British
ships. He wanted an American cable,
built by American capital In American
shops, by American wage-earners, laid by
American shtpe under the American flag.
"You speak of Mr. Mackay as an expa
triated American," interrupted Newlands
(Pop. Nev.). "While Mr. Mackay's family
lives abroad, he resides in the United
states nearly oil the time."
"I retrace the statement," replied Dal
zell. "It Is -not material. Tho capital be
hind tho enterprise Is English."
Richardson (Dem. Ala.) here interposed
to deny the latter statement. He produced
an affidavit showing that Mr. Mackay
owned a majority of the shares of the
company.
"Where Is it proposed to make this ca
ble?" asked Dalzell.
"In England," replied Richardson, "and
at the proper time I will show why it is
tn be made there."
"That Is enough," said Dalzell. "That is
why I oppose the proposition of the Com
mercial Company "
Proceeding, he said- at the proper tlm
h would offer as a substitute for the bill1
the bUl recently Introduced in the Senate.
J, which he understood had been drawn by
the Attorney-General, by which the Presi
dent would be authorized to make a con
tract for the construction of a cable under
specific conditions. The rule was adopt
ed. 10S to 7S.
Consideration of the bill then began.
Corliss' was the first speaker. "This meas
ure," he said, "provides for a Government
cable uniting our islands with the Ameri
can continent. By Its terms the cable
shall be American-made, lald by American
ships and managed by the American Gov
irnment." He arguetLthat no one had a right to
lay a cabldVitbout the permission ot
Congress. He placed tho cost of construc
tion at not exceeding $10,000,000 and the
cost of operation at $400,000 per annum.
A Government survey of tho route already
had been made, he said, at an expense.
oi iuu,uw. ae estimated that me revenue
from commercial business alone would be
far In excess of the cost of operation.
Corliss presented to the House state
ments and. figures intended to show the
existence ot a cable monopoly and Its pur
poses. He presented the grants obtained
by thr Eastern Extension Cable Company
from China. Japan and the Spanish islands
In the Pacific. Including Guam, the Phil
ippines and Marshall Islands, to show that
this cable company bad control of cable
communication In the Far East and- con
trol ot 70,000 miles of submarine cables. It
had an exclusive monopoly In China, he
said, until 1330, and Its Spanish grant In
thA Philippines will run until 1940. He
contended that the Commercial Pacific
Cable Company, which proposed to lay a
cable to Hawaii, and thence to Manila,
was merely the American branch of the
Extension Cable monopoly.
Corliss dwelt on the effect upon our
military control in the Pacific should a
foreign corporation be permitted to own
this cable, and he argued that the only
way to break down the monopoly was for
the Government to own, construct and
operate the cable. Corliss denounced pri
vate cable monopolies and read letters
from Captain Squler, of the Signal Serv
ice, who, he said, had been, in charge of
tho cables in the Philippines for three
years, and from Admiral Bradford, on the
necessity of a Government cable and the 1
existence of a cable monopoly In the
East
A session was ordered Sunday, June 23.
at 11 4'clock for eulogies on the late Rep
resentative Cummlngs, of New York. At
5 o'clock the House adjourned.
RELIEF FOR CUBA?fS.
Republican Senators Have Not Ad
justed Their piffcreHces.
WASHINGTON, June 10. Tho question
of reciprocity between the United States
and Cuba was again today the subject of
many conferences between Republican
Senators. The advocates of straight re
duction maintain their position firmly and
are devoting themselves to an -effort to
convince their opponents slx. this is the
only legal and practical channel through
which aid can be given to tho Cubans,
They have definitely rejected the propo
sition for a rebate and an ultimate com
mercial treaty as being too slow and un
certain, and announce their determina
tion to prolong the session indefinitely, if
necessary, to accomplish their purpose.
So far there are no reports of defection
from the beet-BUgar ranks. There is talk
among them of another conference at an
early day.
Brooke Xot to Be Lleutenani-General
WASHINGTON. June 10. The House
committee on military affairs today voted
against making" a favorable report on the
bill which recently passed the Senate au
thorizing the advancement of the senior
Major-General ot tho Army, General
Brooke,, to the rank of Lleutenant-Gcn-eral.
and his retirement with that rank
The vote, which was seven to threer was
not on party lines. Members of the com
mittee said that the adverse action was
due to the course taken by the House
against the bill advancing Surgeon-General
Sternberg, and also because of oppo
sition within "the. committee to retire
ments at advanced grades
Army Promotions.
WASHINGTON. June 10. The President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate;
Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Au
gur, Colonel; Major Clarence A. Stedman,
Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain W. D. Beach,
Major; First Lieutenant Charles A. Stodt
er, Captain.
Infantry Lieutenant-Colonel C."H. No
ble, Colonel; Major John A. Baldwin, Lieutenant-Colonel;
Captain Abner Pickering,
Major; First Lieutenant Preston Brown,
Captain.
ACCEPTED A BRIBE.
Conviction In the Minneapolis Mu
nicipal Scandal.
MINNEAPOLIS. "Tune 10. Irwin A.
Gardner was found guilty tonight of hav
ing accepted a bribe as special officer to
firocure police protection for shark gam-,
ng. The specific charge was that Gard
ner had accepted 525 from Billy Edwards,
who since has been convicted of swin
dling. Gardner, however, is lost sight of
in the scandal that his conviction un
folds. He was the amanuensis of Mayor
Ames, and the prosecution sought to
show that such bribes as he accepted
were taken with at leist the connivance
of executive members of the city admin
istration. Police Chief Ames, brother of
the Mayor, is now under indictment and
will be placed on trial, within a few days.
The state's case rested on the testimony
of men who asserted that money was
regularly paid to Gardner and that he
distributed it among members of the ad
ministration, the consideration being im
munity from police interference, not only
of shark gaming but of various other
phases of crime, including social evil re
sorts. It was the claim of tho prosecution
that a complete system had been perfect
ed whereby the victims of the protected
criminals wero persuaded to leave town
after having been victimized. It is ajleged
that Detective Lorbeck, who wilj go to
(rial tomorrow under indictments for re
ceiving a bribe, was charged with the
task of getting rid of theso victims.
Tnylor Reprieve Extended,
COLUMBUS. O.. June 10. Governor
Nash today extended the reprieve of Mrs.
Frances Langworthy Taylor and her
daughter until October 10. This action is
taken to give them tho benefit of any
light that may be thrown on their case
by the trial of Clara Taylor, now under
arrest in Italy. Tho charge against all
three women is tho kidnaping of Baby
Margaret Taylor, who was brought homo
from Italy recently by her father.
Jessie Morrison's Third Trial.
ELDORADO," Kan., June 10. The third
trial of Jessie Morrison, who killed Mrs.
Olln Castje, at the tatter's home here In
June, 190V by cutting her throat with a
razor, was begun here today. The pris
oner cried when Judge Alkman refused a
change of venue. Attorneys for the de
fendant alleged prejudice.
7Vea;ro Murderer Pleads Guilty,
ST. LOUIS, June 10. By agreement of
counsel, William Strouther, the negro
Turkish bath attendant, who 'was arrested
last January for the murder of A, Dean
Cooper, pleaded guilty today, and will
serve 15 years in the state penitentiary.
Formal sentence will be pronounced later.
Conviction of Most Reaffirmed.
ALBANY. N. Y., June 10. The Court of
Appeals today unanimously affirmed tho
judgment of conviction of Johanrt Most,
who was convicted of publishing an Im
proper article in a paper owned by him,
and who was sentenced to one year im
prisonment in the New York Penitentiary.
Farmer Shot by Ills Son.
PRINCETON, Mo., June 10. Daniel
Porter, a wealthy farmer, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by his 18-year"
old son here today. A dispute arose as
to which should use the buggy.
REAL CAUSES OF STRIKE
COMMISSIONER "WRIGHT JTAS TIB
IXFORMATIOX HE .WANTED.
Conference With Coal-Mine Opera
tors at Nctt York Probability
of a General Strike.
NEW YORK, June 40. The Information
called for by President Roosevelt about
the coal strike has been secured and. will
soon be presented to him In the form of
an official report by Carroll D. Wright.
United States Comrnlslsoner of Labor.
The report will touch at the root of the
difficulty, and will explain the "real
causes' leading to the great Industrial
conflict, which causes have been Jealous
ly guarded by both sides. Mr! Wright
will not make any suggestions or recom
mendations. The information sought was
obtained In two interviews which occupied
in all but four hours. Monday night at
the Manhattan Hotel President Mitchell
made a presentment of the miners' con
troversy. Late today. In the office of the
Delaware & Hudson, President OUphant.
of the company; President Baer. of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and
President Thomas, of the Erie Company,
discussed the strike from the standpoint
of the operators. "
"I have practically completed the offl
'clal Investigation," said Commissioner
Wright tonight, "and will present my re
port as quickly as possible to President
Roosevelt. I have secured the informa
tion I desired, and was treated courteous
ly by tho representatives of both sides ot
the controversy. It will not be necessary
for me to go to the coal fields.'
Speaking of the prospect of a general
strike of the miners, Commissioner Wright
expressed himself as follows:
"If the soft coal men who have signed
contracts should strike, they would be
violating their agreement, nnd thus put
their 'unions at a decided disadvantage
for the sympathy of tho public. This ac
tion would put tho unions on tha de
fensive in any arbitration that would fol
low the outbreak. None of the-strlkers
thus far were bound by contracts."
President Mitchell returned to Wllkes
barre tonight
. The presidents, of the cbal roads im
mediately affected by the strike made
public today letters and telegrams which
have. passed between the operators and
President Mitchell and other representa
tives of the United Mlneworkers. "The
President; of the United States," they
add, "having requested Mrr Wright, the
Commissioner of Labor, to investigate the
strike, the presidents of the coal com
panies have given him such facts as he
desired, including this correspondence, and
they are now given to the public"
The first letter on the list is that of
President Baer, of the Central Railroad
of New Jersey, dated Philadelphia, Feb
ruary 19, 1505. In this letter Mr. Baer
replies to a communication from Mr.
Mitchell, inviting the company to be rep
resented Qt joint conference of operat
ors and miners with the object of form
ing a wage scale, covering the anthracite
region for the year beginning April 1,
1S02. Mr. Baer, speaking for the com
panies which he represents, sets forth
many objections to the miners proposi
tion, and declines to Join In any confer
ence. The other presidents sent similar
letters.
Mr. Mitchell's Scranton dispatch of May
S to the operators states his desire to
avoid a long and disastrous conflict in
tho anthracite region, and then presents
the following propositions, which he said
the miners had authorized him to submit:
"First Inasmuch as tho anthracite op
erators have proposed to ontlnue tho
present wage scale for one year, and in
asmuch as the anthracite miners have
unanimously resolved to ask that an in
crease of 20 per cent 'should be ordered
on present prices to all men performing
contract work, that eight hours should
constitute a day's labor for all persons
employed by the hour, day or week, with
out any reduction in their present wage
rate, and that coal should be weighed
and paid for by weight wherever
practicable, and Inasmuch as In our recent
conferences the anthracite mlneworkers
and mine operators have failed to reach
an agreement upon any ot the questions
at issue, we propose that the Industrial
branch of the National Civic Federation
select a committee of five persons o arbi
trate and decide all or any of the ques
tions in dispute, the award of such board
Of arbitration to bo binding upon both
parties, and effective for a period of one
year.
"Second Should the above proposition
be unacceptable to you, we propose that
a committee composed of Archbishop Ire
land, Bishop Potter and one other person
whom these two may select, be authorized
to mako an Investigation into the wages
and conditions of employment existing in
the anthracite field, and if they decide
that the average annual wages received
by anthracite mlneworkers are sufficient
to enable them to live and maintain and
educate their families in a manner con
formable to established American stand
ards and consistent with American citi
zenship, we agree to withdraw our claims
for higher wages and more equitable con
ditions of employment, providing that the
anthracite mine operators agree to com
ply with any recommendations the above
committee may make affecting the earn
ings and conditions of labor of their em
ployes." Mr. Thomas replied that tho subject
"cannot practically be handled in the
manner suggested In your telegram." Mr.
Truesdale also says that the proposition
cannot be conceded.
Mr. Baer says: "We gave you the fig
ures showing the cost of mining and mar
keting coal and the sums realised there
from In the markets. In the hope of con
vincing you that It was absolutely Im
practicable to Increase wages. To your
suggestion that the price of coal shduld
be Increased to the public, our answer
was that this was not only undesirable,
but In view of the sharp competition of
bituminous coal, it was impossible.
"We offered to permit you or your ex
perts to examine our books to verify out
statements. Anthracite mining Is a busi
ness and not a religious, sentimental or
academic proposition. The laws organic,
lng the companies I represent in express
tetms impose the business management
on the president and directors. I could
not, if I would, delegate this business
management to dven such a highly re
spected body as the Civic Federation, nor
could I call to my aid as experts In the
mixed problems of business and philan
thropy the eminent prelates you have
named,"
Mr. OUphant also declined.
Burning Soft Coal.
NEW YORK, June 10. Assistant Corpo
ration Counsel Crosby, In charge of the
bureau for the collection ot penalties. Is
proceeding against about 40 of the large
office buildings in this city under the ordi
nance forbidding the use of soft coal. The
penalty is 350 for each violation, and where
the Department of Health has given notice
to stop the use of soft coal and it is
continued contrary to order, the penalty is
"Since the miners' strike the use of bi
tuminous coal has become general in the
city," said Captain Crosby. "We believe
that many people are taking advantage
of the coal strike as an excuseTforN burning
soft coal. There ara cqal regions in Can
ada, England and in the South, and there
is no reason why these supplies should not
bo drawn upon."
Improvement. n Virginia.
ROANOKE, Va., June 10. There Is some
Improvement tn the strike situation in the
Pocahontas Iield. Moro men returned to
work this morning, and It is estimated
that about 20 per cent of the regular force
was at work. No violence is reported in
the Pocahontas territory, and the operat
ors say they are satisfied with the out
look. There Is a complete tie-up In the
Flat Top district The men who had start
ed 'to work. Including the guards," havn
boen refused board, and others, were
warned "by the union men. not to go to
work.
Mines, la Good Condition.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 10. In the
absence of President Mitchell from strike
headquarters today, there was a dearth
of news from the miners' side. Not
withstanding reports to the con
trary, it is said on authority tho mines
are la as good condition as they were
when th strike ot the engineers, fire
men and pumpmen began. About 25 men
who wero engaged In fighting fire at the
Jersey mine of tho Delaware, Lackawana
& Western Company deserted their posts.
This Is said to be a zerious matter for
the company, which Is short of men.
"Way to Settle Denver Strike.
DENVER, June 10. The Contractors
and Material Men's Association tonight
proposed to the labor unions to go out of
existence as an organization if the unions
would dissolve the Building Trades Coun
cil Thl3 matter will have to be acted
upon by the 'unions, so that several days
will elapse before on answer can be made.
There are no other developments in the
building-strike situation.
Melters Quit Vork.
PITTSBURG. June 10. About CC0 melt
ers employed by the Crucible Steel Com
pany In Pittsburg and Aliquippa. Pa., have
quit work as a protest against tho present
wage rate. The company's melters in the
big plant at Laurencevllle also threaten
to strike, Frank B. Smith, generaLman
ager of the Crucible Company, says the
differences will be adjusted at once.
Detective Agency Busy.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., June 10. Prob
ably 5 per cent of the 12,000 miners In the
Norfolk & Western territory are at work
today. There has been no violence re
ported. A detective agency Is rushing
hundreds of men into the field to protect
property in the event of violence.
For Recognition of Union.
NEW YORK, June 10. Six hundred em
ployes of the Empire Bridge Company, of
Williamsburg, have struck for recognition
cf their txnlon. It Is said their action
will delay work on many bridges In the
West.
Threatened Strike on Great Northern
ST. PAUL, June 10. The masons and
blacksmiths employed in the Great
Northern shops here gave out a statement
tonight Jn which they say that unless the
company grants their demands by 10
o'clock tomorrow morning they will strike.
Moonshiners Wear JfeVr York.
NEW YORK, June 10. For the second
time within a week an illicit distillery has
been discovered near this city. Both
places were found by firemen called, to the
scene through alarms. The second
"still" was ln'a small house In the Bronx.
When, the firemen entered they found
two young children alone In the house.
Little trouble was experienced in quench
ing the fire. In a corner were found two
largo boilers and In another 40 barrels of
ivhlsky and mash. On a stove was a
quantity of "stuff" which might have
boiled over and caused the blaze.
The children told the police they lived
in the house with their mother, who was
emploed there as housekeeper. No Infor
mation could be obtained from them as to
the proprietors of the place, and no ar
rests were made.
Shortstop Overdraws His Pay.
ST. PAUL, June 10. Danny Shea, short
stop of tha American Association team,
was arrested last night as he was taking
a train for San Francisco, where he ex
pected to join Captain Sh'ugart's bill
team, on a charge of securing money by
false pretenses. The local management
believes that be proposed to jump his con.
tract and claimed that he had drawn $150
more than wis due. He was arraigned
In court today and' after a conference
with Captain Kelly he pleaded guilty of
breaking" the "lumber jack law," paid a
fine of $25 nnd promised to repay $133 23
.which he had overdrawn. He will be al
lowed to Join the Sin Francisco team
without .further trouble.
Convicted of Bribery
GRAND RAPIDS, June 10. Attorney
Thomas M. McGarry was today convicted
by a Jury In the Allegan Circuit Court at
Allegan of the charge of bribery in con
nection With tho Lake Michigan water
supply scandal. He was granted a change
of venue on the ground that he could not
secure a fair trial in this city. The trial
has been In progress for four weeks, and
conviction was practically on the same
testimony that convicted ex-City Attorney
L. K. Salisbury and H. A. Taylor, the
Eastern capitalist, who furnished the
funds.
Arrest of a Promoter.
NEW YORK, June 10. On a charge ot
grand larceny, Joseph J. O'Toole, a pro
moter, has been arrested here on Infor
mation furnished by the police of Paris.
The complainant was Charles E. Mackey,
of this city, who alleges that O'Toole and
a man known As Vezet got from him
25,000 francs for an interest in a mine
which he avers does not exist In the
Waldorf-Astoria, on Sunday, Mackey said
he saw O'Toole and he at once comznunlr
cated with the Parisian police, who asked
the local bureau to arrest O'Toole.
Chinaman Strung: Up.
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo., June 10. Loul
Sing, a Chinese, was strung up to a tree
twice by a mob, and threatened with
death If he did not leave town, never to
return. Tho cause of the mob's wratfj
was because of the Chinaman's efforts to
run away with a white girl named Nel
lie Merchen. It Is not believed the China
man suffered severely, other thatwbeing
cut around, the neck with the ropa and
knocked down twice.
En Route to Oyster Bny.
NEW YORK, June 10. The Government
dispatch-boat Dolphin, with, Mrs. Roose
velt and the youngqst children of the
President, came into the harbor tonight
from Washington. Tho Dolphin will stop
here to enablo Mrs. Roosevelt to do some
shopping in the city until 'some time to
morrow, when It will proceed up Long
Island Sound to Oyster Bay.
At the Cabinet Meotlpgr.
WASHINGTON. June 10. Secretaries
Hitchcock and Wilson, having returned
to the city, 'various matters relating to
their departments were discussed by the
Cabinet today, and in view of the Presi
dent's leaving for West Point tonight.
Secretary Root brought up a number of
matters, connected with the War Depart
ment. President Goes to "West Point.
WASHINGTON, June 10. President
Roosevelt and party, who are going to
West Point to attend the centennial cel
ebration, left here over the Pennsylvania
road. They occupied a special train. The
President will return to the city Friday,
Suicide of an Artist.
NEW YORK, Juno 10. Gustav Gurks, a
well-known newspaper Illustrator, shot
and killed himself In his studio here to
day. He had been ill and broken down
by overwork of late. He came to this
city from Chicago several years ago.
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TORNADO IN THE NORTH
.SEVERAL LIVES LOST BY A STORM
IN MINNESOTA.
Tjvlster Dees Damage In Iorrn Ru
saor of a Tornado Near Blooming-ton,
HI.
ST. PAUL, June H. A tornado of
marked severity prevailed Monday even
ing over sections of Clay and Becker
Counties and across the southern portions
of the White Earth Indian reservation.
The region through which the storm pre
vailed la comparatively sparsely settled
and remote from telegraphic communica
tion, and details are meager. The list of
dead Includes tho following:
MRS. O. A. BERG, wife of a farmer
living near Voss, killed by falling tim
bers. Four children of Andrew Hole, living
north of Ulen, killed by the collapse of
their Some.
The storm seems to have first struck
northeast of tho town ot Ulen. in Clay
County, whence It; traveled southeasterly
across the northern part of Becker
County, striking the towns of Foss, At
lanta and "Walworth, along the lower edge
ot the White Earth reservation. At At
lanta a large Norwegian Lutheran church
was completely demolished and a number
ot other buildings were partly wrecked.
The. path of the storm was about VA miles
wide, and from 20 to 50 miles In length.
It has been Impossible- to verify the re
port from the White Earth Indian Agency
that 15 people were killed on the reserva
tion by the tornado.
The property damage from the storm Is
Toughly estimated at $100,000.
Tornado in Iowa.
DES MOINES. la., June 10. A tornado
struck the Northwestern Railway line one
mllo east of Jordan, 40 miles northeast of
Des Moines. Over a mile of telegraph
wire was blown down. The storm is said
to have been terrific in character. At
Grinnell a miniature repetition ot the cy
clone Of 1SS2 occurred, blowing off the
roofs of the new and old opera-houses and
a livery barn, doing more or less damage
to the property. No lives were lost.
At Oskaloosa a wind and rain storm did
much damage to property, partially un
roofing a business Nock, blowing down one
house and prostrating telephone and tele
graph wires. No one was injured.
Rumor of a Tornado.
CHICAGO, June 10. Reports of a tornado
near Bloomington are current. Neither
the telegraph companies nor the railroads
have any wires working into that city.
Communication was lost suddenly. The
completeness of the Interruption caused a
belief that the storm was one of excep
tional severity.
The area affected extends from Freeport,
111,, on tha west, to Clinton, 111., on the
south. The long-distance telephone wires
as well as those belonging to the tele
graph companies and the railroads, bava
been totally paralyzed.
Tracks in Kansas Under Water.
IOLA.-Xan.. June 10. The Missouri Pa
cific tracks here are under water. Passen
gers and mall from a train had to be
transferred in boats. Large stakes have
been driven into the ground at the ends
of the ties and large stones placed on the
track In an effort to keep it from being
washed away. The Santa Fe road lo also
experiencing trouble frpm the back-water.
The Philippine Church Question.
Chicago Tribune.
The attitude of the Vatican toward the
American commission which is to discuss
with the Catholic authorities the solution
of the church question in the Philippines
Is variously reported in the dispatches
from Rome. The Cardinal Secretary of
the Propaganda and the Cardinal Secre
tary of State are said to be opposed to
official recognition of Judge Taft and his
colleagues, because they have not been
endowed with formal diplomatic powers
by the President, and at the same time
from other sources It is reported that
tho Pop looks forward with pleasure to
the conference with Judge Taft and Bish
op O'Gorman- There may be though it
ii difficult t6 believe that such is the case
a disposition on the part of some of the
officials at Rome to combine the settle
ment of tho problems which face the
church and the government in tho Phil
ippines with the question of diplomatic
relations between the United States and
tho Vatican- If this disposition should
prevail during the discussion, it will se
riously interfere with tha work of tha
commission.
It is desirable that the work ot tha
church in civilizing the Filipino people
should be resumed, freed from the preju
dice which, the population has conceived
for the friars. At present the people are
almost without spiritual leaders. Tho
friars are unable to return to their par
ishes, because of the danger to their lives
and because of the probability of a
fresh outbreak if they were to do so. Tha
Filipinos draw a sharp line between tho
monastic orders and the' church. They
hate the friars, and they are devoted to
their religion. Many of tha native clergy
are unfitted by training or education to
look after their people without assistance
and supervision. Tho situation calls for
American priests, understanding the alms
and government of tho American people,
to carry on tha work in the Islands which
they have so successfully and so long
carried on in tho United States.
Judge Taft and Bishop O'Gorman ara
authorized to treat for the transfer of the
chUrch lands to the Insular government
and the withdrawal of the friars from the
Islands. The good judgment of the au
thorities at Rome should exclude from
tha conference any other question. If In
deed they have really intended to bring
up one ot-thls time.
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Women's Golf Tournament.
NEW YORK, June 10. Low score In the
qualifying round of the third annual tour
nament of the Women'c Metropolitan
Golf Association of Orange, N. J., today
yas made -by Miss E. W. Goffe, of the
Essex Country Club, whose 85-was the
only score under 90.
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