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THE MORNING OBEGONIA2f SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1902-
SHUT OUT VICIOUS
Friends of Immigration Bill
Are Heard.
TO WAIVE EDUCATIONAL TEST
Bat Sarprcnt Would Retain Head Tax
Mexican Peon, Who Are Virtual
ly Slave, SmuBKled In Need of
Guarding: Canadian Border.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. The hearing on
the Immigration bill . by the Senate com
mittee on immigration was concluded to
day. The testimony taken today was j
largely in the interest of legislation and a
willingness was manifested on the part of
the -important witnesses to mibmlt to the
elimination of the provision for an edu
cational test, should such action prove
necessary to secure the success of the bill.
Commissioner-General of Immigration
Sargent said that, while he would prefer
the retention of the educational require
ment, he recognized the fact that the
feature could bo sacrificed without de
stroying the efficacy of the bill. Mr. Sar
gent made an urgent plea for retention
of the ?3 head tax, saying that with the
Increased vigilance necessary, money
would bo required to meet the expenses
of the service.
He spoke especially of the necessity for
increased vigilance on the Mexican fron
tier, and said that he recently had secured
information bv personal observation of
the smuggling Into this country of a large
number of the most undesirable element
of Mexico, people who were willing to
work at from 25 cents to 35 cents per day.
These people, he eaid, were fed from
troughs, ai? hogs might be, and were
treated just as slaVes. They were find
ing employment In the mines of Colorado
and Xfw Mexico.
He declared that the .plea for unlimited
immigration is from the transportation
companies alone, and not from the manu
facturers and farmers. He had no general
fault to find 'with the transportation com
panies, but he nad complained of their
schemes to evade the law. On this ac
count, he appealed for Ironclad require
ment:. Among the 'more Important witnesses of
the day was Robert Watchorn. In charge
of the United States Immigration Inspec
tion service in Canada, with headquarters
at Montreal. He advocated the elimina
tion of the provision of the bill excepting
railroad lines entering the United States
from contiguous territory k from the pen
alty of bringing in Insane, diseased and
idiotic aliens. He also said the bill would
be Improved if all the provisions relating
to Canada should te stricken out, except
ing section 33, placing the entire regula
tion of border Immigration in "the hands
of the Immigration Bureau. He said that
at present the Canadian railroads coming
Into the United States are prompt In com
plying with the requirements of the In
spectors, but that this compliance was due
to the penalty imposed. without that
penalty It would be impossible to secure
their compliance.
He said that owing to the strict require
ments made by our law of steamship lines
coming into the United States, there had
been almost entire elimination of undesir
able immigrants landing at American
ports, but that the reverse was true of
Immigrants coming Into the Uhlted States
through Canada, the percentage of dis
eased persons coming through Canada be
ing 60. while thosa coming direct to the
United .States was only one-tenth of one
per cent. This! he said, -was the result
of design arid not of accident, the immi
gration agents in Europe furnishing
badges to immigrants showing them to be
diseased cr not.
Commissioner David -Healey, with head
quarters at Victoria", B. C, gave similar
testimony concerning the necessity for
guardin.g the Northwest frontier. lie spoke
especially of the danger from an invasion
of Japanese coolies. He said this threat
had been temporarily averted by an edict
issued by the Japanese Emperor, but he
predicted that as soon as the Japanese
authorities learn of the ease with which
the Immigrants from European countries
find access to the United States, they will
demand privileges the same as granted to
those countries.
H. H. Fuller, of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers, and James A: Sulli
van, representing the cloth engravers and
printers, asked for the passage of the bill
as it stands, and Richard K. Campbell,
Chief Inspector of the Immigration
Bureau, suggested a number of amend
ments looking to the improvement of the
administrative feature of the bill.
ARGUMENT ON EIGHT-HOUR BILL.
Charge of Disabling Battle-Ships Is
Indlprnantly Resented.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12. The Senate
committee on education and labor today
listened to an argument for and against
the eight-hour bill. James O'Connell, pres
ident of the Association of Machinists, re
ferred to a statement made yesterday by
J. H. Hull, assistant manager at Cramp's
shipyard, Philadelphia, to the effect that
members of the International Association
of Machinists had tried to destroy the
machinery of the battle-ship Alabama and
the transport Thomas while they were un
dergoing repairs in the Cramps' yards.
Mr. O'Connell said that nothing of the
kind had ever been brought to his atten
tion, and he did not believe it ever oc
curred.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, in an
argument in opposition to the bill, de
clared there were few men in the House
of Representatives willing to take the re
sponsibility of opposing any labor meas
ure, no matter whether they approvo It or
not. lest they be set down as enemies to
the laborlr.n class.
"That explains why," he said, "this bill
and preceding bills like it, even worse
than it is, passed the House by large ma
jorities." L. E. Payson, for the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company, referred to the
strike at Newport News in 1901. and said
that, when the battle-ship Illinois was
about to leave the yard on her trial trip,
word had gone forth from the labor
unions that she should not leave the yard
until the -union's terms were compiled
with. He vehemently exclaimed that it
was an act which, if the United States
had been at wr.r. would have been mis
prison of treason.
"Men suffered the loss of their lives for
less acts of culpability," said he. "than
were committed against our people In
June a year ago."
Samuel Gompers, president of -the Fed
eration of Labor, said he had been classed
as an agitator by the "cyclonic and ve
hement Judge Payson, "but It was the
agitator who made this country a Repub
lic, that abolished slavery and that saved
the children employed in the cotton mills
ln the Southern States. Mr. Gompers
vehemently denounced the charge made
that the International Association of Ma
chinists had attempted to precipitate a
strike in the Cramp shipyards during the
Spanish War, while Government warships
were being fitted out, and that some of the
labor men had attempted to tamper with
the machinery of a transport,
"It is not true," said Mr. Gompers, "that
the strike in the Cramp shipyards delayed
the departure of the Thomas for a week
or 10 days, but as a matter of fact it was
not during the Spanish-American War
but late in the year 189?."
He declared that if the House failed to
pass the bill, it would be back again in
the next Congress.
He Saves Both Job and. Conscience.
WASHINGTON. Dec 12. Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Ailes has disposed
of the case of EInier Pettlford, a colored
clerk In the Treasury Department, and a'
Seventh-Day Adventlst, who refused to do
work on Saturdays. Mr. Ailes. haB not
been, disposed to dismiss him. and finally
has concluded to transfer him to the Sixth
Auditor's office, where he will be put to
work assorting money orders. He will be
paid only for tho time he is actually employed.
HOUSE PASSES PENSION BILLS.
Lnruc Batch Goes Through Cattle
Dlneane Bill Comes Up Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12. The House de
voted today to consideration of private
pension bills. The calendar was cleared,
173 bills being paescd". None of them was
of special interest.
The bill to appropriate $1,000,000 for the
eradication of the foot and mouth disease
In New England was made a special order
for next Tuesday, with the understanding
that the Legislative features of the bill"
would be considered and that the appro
priation would be stricken out and would
be reported from the appropriation com
mittee. Mr. Cannon said that the appro
priation was now being considered "by that
committee.
The Legislative, executive and judicial
bill was reported and Mr. Bingham (Pa.)
gave notice that he would call it up to
morrow. The bill carries 126,930,453, an
Increase of $592,301 over the appropriation
for the current fiscal year.
An order was entered for a session Sun
day, February 1, 1203, to pay tribute to
the memory of the late Senator McMillan,
of Michigan.
NEW GOVERN3IENT BUILDINGS.
large Amount for Supreme Court
and Agriculture Departments.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12. The House
committee on public buildings and grounds
reported favorably the bill appropriating
$7,000,000 to purchase a site for a court of
justice bullclng for the accommodation of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
the Department of Justice, National Law
Library and International Tribunals. Tho
committee also, reported the bill, which
has passed the Senate, carrying $2,500,000
for the construction of a. new Department
of Agriculture building, but cut the limit
to $1,500,000.
Bill for Reciprocity in Coal.
WASHING-TON. Dec 12. Representa
tive McCall, of Massachusetts, today In
troduced a bill authorizing the President
to enter Into a reciprocal agreement with
Great Britain whereby coal mined in the
United States may be shipped Into Can
ada free of duty and Canadian coal ad
mitted to the United States free.
Lleutcnnnt Ovren Dismissed.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12-The President
has approved the findings of the courtv
martial which found Lieutenant Owen
guilty of financial irregularities and ab
sence without leave. The sentence was
dismissal from the Navy. Owen was ap
pointed from this city.
Society nt the White House.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Mrs. Roosevelt
received Washington society this after
noon at a tea Jn the White House. It wa3
the first large social function of the Win
ter season at the White House, and was
attended by several hundred members 'of
resident and official society.
MERIT SYSTEM PREVAILS
Civil Service Reform Association
Says Influence No More Rules.
PHILADELPHIA7Dec. 12. The annual
meeting of the National Civil Service Re
form League ended today. These officers
were -elected: President. Daniel C. Gliman,
Baltimore; Vice-Presidents, Charles Francis
Adams, Boston; Joseph H. Choate, New
York; Grover Cleveland, Princeton;
Charles W. Eliot, Cambridge: Arthur L.
Hadley, New Haven; Henry C. Lea. Phil
adelphia; Seth, Low, "New York; . Franklin
MacVcaghy Chicago; Henry C. Potter.
D. D., New York: P. J. Ryan, p. D., Phil
adelphia; Henry A. Garfield, Cleveland.
The committee on resolutions presented
the following, which was adopted:
"The National Civil Service Reform
League congratulates the country on the
high character and ability 6f the National
Civil Service Commission; on the regula
tion of the labor service of the Federal
departments in Washington by the adop
tion of the registration system; on the
closing of the many back-door entrances
to the classified service by wise amend
ments to the civil service rules; on the
extension of the classification to the rural
free delivery service; on the adoption and
successful operation of the merit system
in the Federal sen-ice of Porto Rico, and
in all the service excepting schools in the
Philippines; on the promotions in the
diplomatic and Consular service, which, it
is hoped, will lead to the general adoption
of tho merit system in that branch of the
service. It urges the extension of the
application of the merit system to the
Consular service and Indian agencies.
"It "regrets .the defects In the admlnls
tratlon of the civil service system in
New York City, and urges veterans of the
Civil and Spanish Wars, and their friends
to oppose the bills called 'veterans' pref
erence bills.' "
GREAT SNOW STORM RAGES
Blizzard Sweeps Over Neb rn ska and
lo-rra All Nlskt.
OMAHA, Dec 12. The heaviest snow
storm of the year began this afternoon
and continued tonight. The fall is gen
eral throughout Nebraska and Western
Iowa, and in this city reached nearly the
proportions of a blizzard.
DEEP SNOW IN CASCADES.
i ...
Great Northern Switchback Is Buried
Eight Feet Deep.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 12. The old
switchback of the Great Northern cross
ing the Cascade Mountains is buried under
eight feet of snow. The tops of" the fir
trees are bent down with their burden of
snow. There has been a heavy fall or
snow in the eastern part of the state and
a particularly heavy fall in the mountains.
As a result all trains from the East ar
rive here late.
SILVER ISSUE IN MEXICO
Miners and Farmers Oppoee Adoption
of Gold Standard.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 12. The silver
Question continues to be one of the great
topics of public discussion It is now
certain that the silver miners and farm
ing classes will make common cause
agalnrt the adoption of the gold standard
Meantime all prices are being raised, and
there is much anxiety among the middle
classes, especially wage-earners and sal
aried men. The cost of living is consid
ered to be out pf proportion to Incomes.
French Banks Lose Deposits.
NEW YORK, Dec 1L The withdrawals
from the savings banks, nays a Paris dis
patch to the Times by way of London. In
the last 10 days have amounted to $2,000,000,
as against $500,000 deposited in the banks!
Since tho beginning of the year the with
drawals have exceeded the deposits bv
I25.S00.000.
Site for Military Camp.
WASHINGTON. Dec 12. Representative
Needham, of California, today Introduced
a bill appropriating $350,000 for tho pur
chape of a site -and the establishment of a
military camp for the United States Army
in Monterey and San Luis Obispo CcunIe3,
California.
Rcndine Official Dies of Injuries.
HARRISBTJRG, Pa., Dec. 12. George
W. Simmons, master mechanic of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad at Potts
vllle, who was struck by a railroad shifter
last night, died-todax.
CUBAN TREATY SIGNED
RECIPROCITY ARRANGED BY DIP
LOMATS AT HAVANA.
Uniform Reduction of 20 Per :Cent
With Special Rates by Each
Country on Many Products.
HAVANA, Dec. 12. A definite treaty of
commercial reciprocity between Cuba and
the United States was signed at 11 o'clock
last' night by General Bliss nnd Secre
taries Zaldo and Montes. It lacks only
the signatures of Secretary Hay and
Senor Quesada, and the approval- of the
United States and Cuban Senates to make
it operative.
Although the treaty provides for a uni
form reduction of 20 per cent from the
present tariff charces- on Cuban products
entering the United States, a parallel list
of products has been drawn up In which
is set forth the reduction on each item
made by Cuba and the United States -re-
PRESIDENT OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LEAGUE.
DANIEL COIT GILMAN, OF BALTIMORE.
spectlvely. It is impossible now to make
any material change in this list.
HAY. HURRIES COLOMBIA.
Calls for Quicker Action in Panama
Canal Negotiations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. At the in
stance of Secretary Hay, Dr. Herran, Co
lombian Charge d'Affaires, called at the
State Department to discuss the canal
treaty negotiations, that the Secretary
might be able to report the exacj. status
of the canal situation to the Cabinet, Dr.
Herran was unable to give the Secretary
any reply from the Bogota government
as to the price which Colombia will ac
cep for the lease.
It was explained to Dr. Herran that, in
view of the many other weighty diplo
matic matters pressing for attention at
this time, and the growing impatience at
the Capitol at the delay in the conclusion
of the canal convention, Immediate action
b- the Bogota government was impera
tive. Dr. Herran today cabled the Foreign
Office at Bogota the wishes of the Sta.te
Department, and called attention to seri
ous complications that may arise out of
the Venezuelan situation. v
TALK ABOUT PAYING.
(Continued from First Page.)
termcdiary. Hence there is no Intention
on the part of European powers to take
concerted or individual action."
The release "of the French steamer Oa
sun, seized by the Germans at La Guayra,
has not yet been reported to the For
eign Office, but the officials accept the
unofficial reports of her release, thus re
lieving the Incident of its gravity.
After an exchange of cable messages it
has been agreed to appoint -a distinguished
Spanish jurist as referee in the Franco
Venezuelan .arbitration. His name will
not be announced until the arbitrators as
semble at Caracas.
NO ORDERS TO SINK SHIPS.
Germans Say It Was Done, as Military
Measnrc.
BERLIN Dec. 12. As the result gX fresh
Inquiries made regarding the reported
sinking of Venezuelan vessels off La Guay
ra, the correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that the orders given
to .the German and British commanders
were to capture the vessels before Degln
ning the blockade. No orders were given
to sink them. If, however, any vessel hay
been sunk, it was a. military measure
necessary in carrying out the foregoing
orders. No report has yet been received
from Commodore Schroeder. the German
commander. A report was received from
Herr Pllgrim-Baltazzi as'follows:
"Four Venezuelan vessels captured. One
of them disabled. Two German vessels,
the VIneta and Panther, ana one English,
the Resolution (probably the Retribution),
participated In the seizure."
The Foreign Office refuses to believe the
vessels were sunk, and will not credit the
report until confirmatory news is .received
officially from the German representatives
on the spot. At any rate, it Is added, if
the vcbscIs were sunk It Is the result of
joint action of both" squadrons, -and in con
sequence of resistance.
Nothing is known at the Foreign Office
here about the reported seizure of the
French steamer Ossun. If, as reported, a
British collier was seized by the Vene
zuelans at Porto Cabello, the Falk may
land marines and retake her. The naVal
orders published today Teport the German
schoolship Stosch as sailing from Curacao
yesterday for La Guayra.
The newspapers, which have been ab
sorbed for weeks over the political broils
in the Reichstag, now comment at length
editorially on the Venezuelan situation.
Generally speaking, they treat President
Castro's proceeding slightly, and' ridicule
the disproportion bf officers, in the Vene
zuelan army ."to the men. The papers
which treat the subject more seriously say
that, no matter how unpleasant the Vene
zuelan business 13 grpwJng,. it must be
seen through, otherwise it would be Im
possible for Germans to protect their con
cerns In that country. It Is added that
without Great Britain's participation the
came would not have been worth the risk
of incurring the ill-will of the United
States.
All the newspapers having government
leanings carefully bring outtho fact that
thanks are due to the United States for -its
resolute protection, through ' Minister
Bowen. of German and British subjects at
Caracas. Throughout the official press
there appear inspired reaffirmations of the
statement that Germany does not intend
the slightest Infringement of the Monroe
Doctrine as defined by the State Depart
ment at 'Washington.
VESSELS ONLY DISABLED.
'
And Germany Say British Helped to
Do the Work. '
- BERLIN, Dec. 12.-r-Presldent Castro's
public utterances and war preparations
are regarded in official quarters here as
"designed to see how far .the allies are
willing to go as a test of thp further at
titude of the administration at Washing
ton, and, above all, as efforts to unite his
own people and reconcile them to his dic
tatorship." The Foreign Office received a cablegram
yesterday from the German Charge
d'Affaires, Herr von Pllgrim-Baltazzi,
filed at La Guayra. This Is a sure indi
cation, the Foreign Office thinks, that thej
situation is not so tense as the press tele
grams represent It to be.
Regarding the reports that the Germans
wantonly destroyed the Venezuelan ves
sels, as reported at La Guayra, It is said
here that according to official advices re
ceived up to the present only one vessel
was disabled and none was sunk, and that
the British participated equally with the
Germans' In the" actlon-ftaken.
While the Marino -Mlnistery Is not con
sidering the immediate dispatch of rein
forcements, if it Is necessary to occupy a
port marines will be sent. The Navy De
partment garrisons the coast defenses,
and has at Its disposal 15 battalions of
marines, who are serving on shore.
Later in the day the following dispatch
was received here from Wlllemstad, Cu
racao: "The German" warships have embargoed
three Venezuelan ships and disabled a
fourth near La Guayra."
(The dispatch from Wlllemstad received
In Berlin probably refers to the Venezue
lan ships seized December 9" and reported
to have been sunk, early the next morn
ing off La Guayra.)
The dispatch referred to was semi-official,
andwas filed at Wlllemstad yester
day. The warships engaged In the affair
were the German cruisers Panther and
Vienta and the British cruiser Retribu
tion. CRISIS IS NOT SO SERIOUS.
London Pnpcrs Talk of United States
Guarantee for Venezuela.
LONDON, Dec. 13. The Venezuelan
crisis Is regarded less seriously here this
morning. Lord Lansdowne's speech Is
held to show that the situation Is In no
way alarming, and the opinion is ex
pressed that, while President Castro's re
quest for arbitration has come too late,
this step on his part is welcomed as a
proof of his anxiety to withdraw .from
his postiion.
The morning newspapers express vari
ous opinions as to the arbitration pro
posals, but there Is a general agreement
that, if by a guarantee made by the
United States or other means, Venezuela
could be (bound to carry out an award, no
reason exists why Great Britain should
refuse to consent to arbitration. It is be
lieved that neither Great Britain nor Ger.
many Is likely to accept the arbitration
proposal.
Statements attributed to the Consuls
and other representatives of Venezuela In
other European cities all betray a stronger
feeling against Germany than against
Great Britain, as well as reliance upon
the United States to prevent any Anglo
German Invasion of Venezuela. The Ven
ezuelan Consul at Genoa Is credited with
the assertion that the armed intervention
of the United States would be certain to
follow such Invasion. f
A dispatch from Berlin to the Morning
Post says the British commander in Ven
ezuelan waters will, as senior officer, In
the future direct all joint action by the
Anglo-German fleet, after having consult
ed with Commodore Schroeder, the Ger
man commander. Germany has no Inten
tion of sending a force to the interior of
Venezuela. All German action, accord
ing to the correspondent, will bo confined
to tha ccasf. y
WHAT HAS UNITED. STATES DONE?
De Arm ond Asks Information as to
Government's Action.
WASHINGTON. Dec 12. Representative
De Armond, of Missouri, offered a reso
lution in the House today requesting the
Secretary of State to inform the House of
the nature and extent of the claims of
Great Britain and Germany against Ven
ezuela; whether the claims are disputed
by Venezuela, and what effort, If any,
and by whom, has been made to settle
peaceably by arbitration or otherwise the
matters subject of controversy: and with
what result, if any, with full particulars.
The Secretary of State is also asked as
to what part the .United States has take.n,
if any. in the controversy, and who, if
any, of the officers of lhe United States
havo been consulted by any of the par
ties to the controversy, nnd in regard to
what matter and with what result.
Further inquiry Is made of the State
Department as to what has been said or
done by the United States with relation
to the Monroe Doctrine and its duty and
respectful observance in the transactions
with referenco to the British and German
claims against Venezuela, and if in his
Judgment a firm assertion of the Monroe
Doctrine might bring about or aid in
bringing about a peaceful settlement and
preserve the Integrity of Venezuela.
Tho resolution was referred to the com
mittee on foreign affairs.
RECEIVED WITH FAVOR.
Bnt Cabinet Does Not Think Accept
" ance of Arbitration Likely.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Foreign af
fairs was the principal subject of discus
sion at the Cabinet meeting today. Ca
blegrams from Minister Bowen; at Cara
cas were read. The-request of President
Castro that Minister Bowen acU'as Inter
mediary in an effort to have the present
difficulty submitted to arbitration was re
ceived with favor, though some doubt was
expressed-whether Great-Britain and Ger
many at this stage would accept a pro
posal of arbitration.
Secretary Moody said, after the me'et
Ing, that this Government would not send,
at this time at least, any warships to
Venezuela. United States vessels are In
close proximity to Venezuela, but their
presence is not regarded now as neces
sary. MEXICO IS WATCHING.
To See How Far the Monroe Doctrine
Will Reach.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 12. El Impar
clal, the Liberal newspaper, in discussing
tho Venezuelan troubles, sees In the at
titude of Germany and England an at
tempt to try how far-reaching is the
shadow, for some threatening, for others
protecting, of the Monroe Doctrine. There
fore all eyes are now turned toward the
Capitol at Washington, for the situation
may perhaps become very difficult for the
American Government.
Tho Mexican Herald says that blood Is
thicker than water for the Latins aa well
as- for the Anglo-Celts, and that Latin
America looks on at the present crisis
with anxiety.
GERMANY'5 TRUE MOTIVE.
Veneasnclnn Envoy Says It Is
to
Check American Trade.
LONDON, Dec. 13. In a-dispatch from
Paris, the correspondent of the Daily Ex
press gives an Interview with Senor Mau
bourget, the Venezuelan representative In
Paris. Senor Maubourget said Germany's
true motive In urging Great Britain to
that country's present course was found
In the condition of trade.
"Americans have lately been pushing
German products out of the South Amer
ican republic," continued the Venezuelan
Envoy, "and Germany's Consular repre
sentatives in South America are constant
ly impressing this fact upon their govern
ment." MANNED BY" BRITISH. v
Captured Gunboats Now In Service
of Venezuela's Enemy.
PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad,
Dec. 12. The captured Venezuelan gun
boats are now manned by British sailors,
and are doing British work. The naviga
tion of the Orinoco has been reopened.
THE SICK AND THE DEAD
Confederate Veteran and Commis
sioner to Paris Exposition.
RIVERSIDE, Cal., Dec. 12,-James Har
vey Mathes, a prominent Southern author
and newspaper mati, died here last night.
For many years he was editor of the
Memphis Republic Ledger, and at one
time was on the staff of the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Ke was a member of
the Paris Exposition Commission, and
had served in the Confederate army as
Captain of volunteers. Mr. Mathes was
60 years old. Death was 'caused by con
sumption.
Juilpre Henry, of Missouri, Dead.
KANSAS CITY. De 12.4-Judge John
W. Henry died at his homo in this city
today after a long .Illness, aged 77 years
Judge Henry was formerly chief justice
of the State Supreme Court, and at the
time of his death was Judge of division
No. 2 of the Circuit Court at Kansas City.
He was one of the most widely known
jurists In the West.
Major Hancock Is 111.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Major John
Hancock, chief of the stationery division
of the Pension Bureau, father-in-law of
the director of the Census, and a relative
of General Wlnfield Scott Hancock, was
stricken with paralysis at his desk today,
and Is in a serious condition.
Judge Carter Dead.
SIOUX FALLS,. S. D. Dec. 12. Judge
Jarvls W. Carter, aged 72, former private
secretary of Governor Sheldon, and Dis
trict Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict of Dakota Territory, was found dead
In bed this morning. Death was caused
by heart failure.
John Van Home Is III.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec 12. John Van
Home, former vice-president of the West
ern Union Company, is seriously 111 of
neuralgia of the stomach at his homo in
Pewee Valley.
Vnnderbilt's Condition Unchanged
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. The condition of
Cornelius Vanderbllt, who 19 ill with ty
phoid fever, was reported tonight as un
changed. MOFFATT RAISES MONEY
Will Now Let Contractu for Xcw
Bond From Denver "West.
DENVER. Dec. 12. David H. Moffatt,
president of the Denver, Northwestern &
Pacific Railway Company, returned to
night from New. York, where he has been
completing the arrangements for financ
ing the project. In an interview Mr. Mof-
fatt said:
"Wc have succeeded in securing the
money to proceed with the construction of
the railway, and will let contracts at once
for the grading of the surveyed portion.
"In making our arrangements we have
met with active opposition from tho strong
financial combination controlling the roads
north of Denver. This, however, will not
prevent the building of the road."
Ilock Inland Train Wrecked.
FORT AVQRTH, Tex.. Dec. 12. A Rock
Island .north-bound passenger train ran
Into a broken rail near Tcrrill early to
day, and was badly wrecked. Engineer
George Clark and Fireman George Wells,
of Fort Worth, were killed. No passengers
were seriously hurt.
May Be Archbishop of Manila.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 12. It Is re
ported on good authority that Right Rev.
Mgr. Chase, of St. Peter's Church, of
Laredo, Tex., will be' appointed by Pope
Leo to the archbishopric of Manila, one
of the vacant dioceses in the Philippines.
Ladies'
Hands
My experience with
PEARLINE leads 4
me to think it milder
on the hands, and it
takes less of it than
of to soften hard
water. I am pleased
with results.
Mrs. Rev. S. E. V.
One of the Millions.
68S
MUCH COAL NOT PAID FOR
MINERS EXPLAIN SYSTEM OF EX
CESSIVE DOCKiNG.
Mitchell Describes Contract System
In the Bituminous Fields, Where
Earnings Are Much Higher.
SCRANTON. Pa., Dec. 12. The greater
part of today's serslon of the Anthracite
Strike Commission was taken up in pre
senting cumulative testimony on matters
that already have been heard by the com
mission. This testimony tended to show
that there had been excessive .docking:
that many men were discriminated against
Because they went on strike rather than
do the work of strikers; that they are
paid one price for mine cars of all sizes;
tnat tney do not get paid for all the coal
mined; that they should ave the clght-
nour aay Because the mines are un
healthy and dangerous, and that they
ought to receive higher wages.
President Mitchell was the last witness
of the afternoon and occupied the stand
for an hour. He submitted in evidence the
contract between the union and several
coal operators in Illinois, which is some
what similar to the' contracts had with the
operators in Indiana, Ohio and Western
and Central Pennsylvania, in all sections
of which eight hours constitute a day's
.work. He then presented comparative
figures, which showed that company men
in the bituminous regions earned from 40
to 50 per cent more than company men
in the anthracite fields, and the former
work only eight hours a day. Company
men are not contract miners and are paid
by the day. His figures were gathered
by his own officers and they were gen
erally higher than those submitted to the
commission by the Delaware & Hudson
Company.
Mr. Mitchell gave a history of the efforts
made by the union to prevent the late
strike, all of which have been given to
the public from time to time during the
last 10 months. This was done so that it
would bo on record before the commission.
Chairman Gray asked Mr. Mitchell what
wns done by the miners to adjust griev
ances during the Interval between the two
great strikes and Mr. Mitchell replied that
he did not know of any company refusing,
to hold conferences with its own men, but
he did know that in most cases the at
tempt to adjust grievances proved a fail
ure. In some Instances the company
officials had refused to see district officers
of- the union.
Mr. Mitchell further stated that the
operators had refused the proposition for
collective bargaining or collective agree
ments, but that Chairman Thomas, of the
Erie Company, early In 1901, agreed to
treat with his employes through a com
mittee or representative.
Oeneral Wilson, before Mitchell left the
stand, asked him what was the initial
cause of the strike, and he replied that it
was originated by the men who thought
they had grievances, and conventions were
called" by the district officers at their re
quest. Tho Delaware & Hudson's statistics are
the only ones officially before the com
mission, and an investigation by the com
pany's accountants late this afternoon
showed that they contained many crrora
which will be corrected.
The attorneys- for the miners do not
expect to close their case until the early
part of next week, probably Tuesday.
The representatives of the coal companies
are considering the "advisability of joining
hands in presenting their opening argu
ment, and having only one joint address.
Instead of each company presenting a
separate one.
The calling of witnesses for the miners
was immediately resumed when the morn
ing session of the commission opened. The
first witness wss Edward RIdgeway, for
merly a company docking boss In the
employ of the Temple Coal and Iron Com
pany. He said he was a member of the
union, and did not know It was contrary
to the rules for a company docking boss
to belong to the union. He said that nine
years ago he was told by the mine fore
man that he must dock a certain percent
age, no matter whether the coal wan. clean
or full of dirt. Thl3 percentage ranged
from 5 to 8 per cent. After the union had
a check docking -bess appointed, the per
centage fell to 1.97 per cent.
John McLone, a check weigher for the
union, gave .figures which showed that
the men at the No. 5 colliery of the Penn
sylvania Coal Company mined 15,183 more
tons of coal from April, "1901, to April, 1902,
than they had been paid for. He explained
this by saying there was moro than 2240
pounds of clean coal in the miner's ton
of 2700 pounds. He gave figures to show
that the average monthly wages of the
miner's laborer was ?27 72, and the miner's
wages $34 77. The accuracy of his figures
was questioned by the companies' attor
ney, and McLone was temporarily with
drawn from the stand by the miners' law
yers. William Mates, a miner for the Lehigh
& Wllkesbarre Coal Company, was the
first witness to complain against the sys
tem In vogue In determining how much
rock, slate and coal Is In a car at the
"dourthouse," which la a place at the
colliery where the contents of a mine car
are .tested. He said the system is inac
curate. Lighthouse for Alanlca.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Senator Per
kins has Introduced a bill appropriating
$350,000 for lighthouses In Alaska.
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