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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1903.
Warrant for Former
Postal Official.
IS INDICTED FOR BRIBERY
Money Alleged to Have Been
Traced to Him.
DR1GGS ALSO 18 IMPLICATED
Search. Is Hot for ex-Chief of Sal
aries Division Brlato-rr Tried to
Keep A'ewi Secret and Hc
f uses to Discus It.
NBW YORK. July 17. A bench warrant
waa ""issued by Judge Thomas, in the
United States Circuit Court, Brooklyn, to
day for the arrest of George W. Beavers
on an indictment found by the Federal
grand Jury, which charges him with ac
cepting a bribe of $840. It is understood
that payments to Beavers were traced
back to the purchase by the Government
of the Brandt-Dent Cash Registering
Company. The postofflce inspectors found
that Beavers had a large account in the
Nassau Trust Company. Brooklyn, and
are said-to have discovered that checks
deposited there had been given by ex
Congressman Driggs.
The warrant has not yet been served,
and it was rumored that Mr. Beavers
could not be found. It was stated that he
would have until Monday to present him
self, and that an arrangement had been
made by his attorneys to enter a plea for
him at that time.
BRISTOW WILL NOT TALK.
Publication of Indictment Prema
ture, as Beavers Cannot Be Found.
WASHINGTON, July 17. The issuance
of a bench warrant for the arrest of
George W. Beavers, ex-chief of the Divis
ion of Salaries and Allowances of tho
Postofflce Department, Is the culmination
of an investigation "that has been in prog
ress at Intervals since his sudden resig
nation from office last Spring. A number
of matters affecting his administration
have been probed into, one of the first re
sults of which was the cancellation of 304C
promotions that had been passed on by
him to take effect at postofflces through
out the country during the present fiscal
year. Subsequently other matters were
taken up by the investigating officials.
The case oh which the present action of
the grand jury is based, it is said, is a
more recent development. The inspectors
have worked continuously on the investi
gation, and it is said that it is only within
the past two or three days that the evi
dence Anally was secured that furnished a
basis for action by the Federal grand
jury. Chie Postofflce Inspector Cochran
has made several mysterious trips to New
York in connection with the case, and In
spector Walter S. Mayer, of Chicago, who
worked up the case against August W.
Maohen, the former head of the free-de
livery service, has figured conspicuously
in obtaining the evidence placed In pos
session of the District Attorney at Brook
lyn. .
The authorities arc now searching for
Mr. Beavers to place him under arrest.
His present whereabouts are unknown.
The postal officials were chagrined to
learn of the publicity of the action of the
grand jury in advance of the serving of
the warrant. They regarded tho news as
premature, and declined to discuss the
matter, on the ground that It was not yet
ripe to make a statement. Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster-General Brlstow conferred
with several of his assistants Immediately
after be learned that the' action of the
grand jury had become known. Subse
quently he refused to answer all ques
tlons on the subject.
RAISES TECHXICAL POINT.
aiiller Denies Drlggx Was Congress
man When Bribed.
NEW YORK, July 17. United States
Judge Thomas, in Brooklyn, today listened
tc arguments by counsel on affidavits in
support of demurrers to four indictments
found by the Federal grand Jury against
George F. Miller, as New York agent of
the Brandt-Dean Automatic Cash Regis
ter Company, of Watertown, Wis., for the
procurement of a contract and payment
of moneys thereon, with ex-Congress
man E. H. Driggs, of Brooklyn, who was
indicted at the same time for his part
in automatic cashier transactions between
Miller and the United States Postofflce De
partment. Judge Thomas directed that
briefs be submitted on both sldes by Sep-
lemher x.
Counsel for Miller contend that at the
time of the procurement of the contract
Driggs had not been sworn in as a member
of Congress, but was a member-elect.
Judge Thomas said:
"It ought to be made reasonably clear
whether a member-elect of Congress is to
be considered a member of Congress."
JOIXT ARMY AXD NAVY BOARD.
Officers Appointed to Arrange for Co
Operation In Service.
WASHINGTON. July 17. Secretaries
Root and Moody today issued the follow
ing Joint order;
"The Department of War and the De
partment of the Navy have agreed upon
the formation of a joint board to be com
posed of four officers af the Army and four
officers of the Navy, to hold stated sessions
and such extraordinary sessions as shall
appear advisable for the purpose of con
ferring oipon, discussing and reaching com
mon conclusions regarding all matters call
ing for the co-operation of the two ser
vices. Any matters which seem to either
department to call for such consideration
jnay be referred by that department to the
board thus fprmed. All reports received
chall be made in duplicate, one to cach
department. All reports and proceedings
of the board shall be confidential. The
senior member of the board present will
preside at its meetings and the junior
member of the board present will act as
its recorder.
"On the recommendation of the provis
ional general staff of the Army, the -following
officers are detailed by the Secre
tary of War to serve on the board: Major
Generals B. M. Young, Henry C. Corbln,
BrJgadler-General TasTter H. Bliss, Briga
dier General Wallace F. Randolph.
"On the recommendation of the general
board of the Navy, the following' officers
are detailed by the Secretory of the Navy
to serve upon the board:' Admiral of the
Navy George Dewey, Rear-Admiral Henry
X Taylor. Captain John Plllsbury. Com
mander William J. Barnett"
RETIRED WITil UOXOR,
Many Colonels Made Generals as
Preliminary Step.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Secretary
Root today seat the following memoran
dum to the Adjutant-General for promo
tions of Colonelsto be Brigadier-Generals
on their retirement:
"By direction of the President, you -will
prepare commissions for the promotion
and retirement of the following officers,
with tjie understanding that each has ap
plied tor retirement and comes within the
provisions of the bill that passed the Sen
ate of the United States at its last ses
sion, namely, that each served creditably
fturlng the Civil War for not less than
one year, and has a total servlco of not
less than 35 years:
"John H. Page, Third Infantry; Will
lam Haskln, Artillery Corps; Charles W.
Miner, Sixth Infantry; James M. .Sanao,
Eighteenth Infantry; Charles F. Robe,
Ninth Infantry; Edward B. Atwood,
Quartermaster's Department; John Simp
son, Quartermaster's Department; Frank
G. Smith, Artillery Corps; George B. Rod
ney, Artillery Corps; Almond B. Wells,
First Cavalry; John B. Bubcock, Assist
ant Adjutant-General; Charles A. Cool-
idge. Seventh Infantry; Henry Lipplncott,
Medical Department; Cyrus R. Roberts,
Second Infantry; Milton Thompson,
Twenty-third Infantry; Carl A. Woodruff,
Artillery Corps; David H. Klnsey, Artil
lery Corps; John I Tlrnon, Artillery
Corps; James Miller, wenty-second In
fantry; David J. Cralgle, Eleventh In
fantry; Alphus H. Bowman, Twenty-fifth
Infantry: Edmund Rice, Nineteenth In
fantry; Theodore F. Forbes, Twenty-seventh
Infantry; Daniel D. Wheeler, Quar
termaster Department; James L. Cooper,
Fifth Infantry; James W. vReally, Ord
nance Department; John A. Kress, Ord
nance Department; Calvin Dewltt, Med
ical Department; Peter J. Clears", Medical
Department; Leon A. Mutlle, Twenty
fourth Infantry: Charles A. Woodruff,
Assistant Commissary-General.
"Colonel C. C. Carr, Fourth Cavalry, to
bo Brigadier-General and retired in serv
ice,"
The promotions are made through the
retirement of General Davis as- Major
General on July 2G and the promotion of
Brigadier-General Samuel S. Sumner to
be Major-General. It is stated at the de
partment that no more promotions of this
kind will be made. With the above pro
motions there remain in active service
below the rank of general officer only 77
officers who served in the Civil War.
General Carr, who has been promoted
from the Fourth Cavalry, will remain In
the samo service, and will be assigned to
command the Cavalry and Field Artillery
School at Fort Riley, Kan. There Is one
vacancy In tho list of Brigadier-Generals
for the permanent list that has not yet
been filled, but it Is expected that Colonel
Thomas Berry, Adjutant-General's De
partment, will be promoted to that place.
POLICY AS TO RURAL 3IAIL.
Rontcs Will Be Established Where
Most Families Are Served.
WASHINGTON, July 17. The Postofflco
Department today made public the follow
ing: 'There seems to be a wide misunder
standing as to the present attitude of the
department regarding rural free delivery.
The statement has been published quite
generally, particularly In the West, that
rural routes that do not handle 3000 pieces
of mall per month and supply 100 families I
are to be discontinued. It is not the pur
pose of the department to disturb routes
already established unless they are mani
festly unnecessary- There are now on file
in tho department petitions for more
routes that will supply more than 100 fami
lies than could be established with the
present appropriation. This being the
case, the department does not feel it right,
equicaoio or wise to estaoiiBn a route sup
plying less than 100 ramifies, the greatest
good to the greatest number being the
fundamental principle upon which rural
free Delivery is being established. As long-
as all of the routes that are asked for can
not be established because of the lack of
sufficient money, the routes that will sup
ply the greater number of families should
certainly have tho preference."
THREE TAKE A STEP UP.
Retirement of Miles Will Advnnce
Generals Younjr, Sumner and Wood.
WASHINGTON. July 17. The President
has given directions for the preparation
of commissions for the following promo
tions In the Army:
Major-General Young, to be Lieutenant-
General, vice Lieutenant-General Miles,
who retires August 8.
Brigadier-General S. S. Sumner, to be
Major-General, vice Major-General Davis,
to be retired July 26.
Brigadier-General Leonard S. Wood, to
be Major-General, vice General Young,
to be promoted.
OFF LIKE A RACE HORSE.
Kearsarsc Starts to Break Record
Amid British Cheers.
PORTSMOUTH, England, July 17. The
American squadron, under command of
Rear-Admlral Cotton, which has been vis
iting British waters, left here this morn
ing, the Kearsarge en route for French
man's Bay, Me., and the other vessels
bound for Lisbon. Considerable enthusi
asm marked the departure of the Ameri
can ships. Salutes were fired and hearty
party cheers were exchanged by the
American and British sailors.
Valuation of Diamonds Raised.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Word has
reach! the Treasury Department that the
Board of General Appraisers has advanced
10 per cent the value of a lot of diamonds
Imported by a firm of Cincinnati Jewelers
and valued at about 5175,000. The conten
tion of the importers Tvas that they had
bought the diamonds at a bargain and
that the invoice correctly stated the price
paid. The Government, however, holds
that duties are assesed on the actual mar
ket value of goods imported and that duty
must be paid on that basis. There is no
appeal.
Will Ask Consent of All.
WASHINGTON. July 17. The Czar hav
ing signified his willingness to name tho
arbitrators who are to meet at The Hague
to settle the Venezuelan Indemnity Issue,
provided all parties concur In the request,
the State Department has communicated
with the London, Berlin and Rome For
eign Offices on the subject, suggesting that
they Join in the applications
Six Regiments Coming Home.
WASHINGTON. July 17. In carrying
out the programme for the reduction of the
force in the Philippines the Secretary of
War has directed that three regiments of
cavalry and three regiments of Infantry be
returned to the United States as soon as
transportation Is available. The regiments
havl's the longest service In the Philip
pines will be selected.
Sent' Back to Their Regiments.
WASHINGTON, July 17. The Secretary
of War has directed that all officers who
have been on detached duty for a period
of four years must return to their regi
ments or companies.
Secretary Hay Takes a Rest.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Secretary Hay
left today for his Summer home on Lake
Sunapee, N. H., where he win remain until
Autumn,
Paint and OH Burned.
DENVER. July 17. McPhee & McGln
nity's paint, oil, glats and sash warehouse
at Eighteenth and Wasee streets was de-
.estimated at $200,000. nearly covered by
Insurance.
HOW TO WIN THE 80YS
EPWORTH LEAGUERS DISCUSS THE
PROBLEM OP THE AGE.
Great Gathering: at Detroit Also
Hears About Christian Duty to Ne
grroes Attendance Beats Record.
DETROIT, July 17. Beginning with a
watch service at 6:30 o'clock, today's pro
gramme for the Epworth Leaguers who
are attending the sixth International con
vention comprised 13 meetings. Despite
the early hour there was a good attend
ance at the morning watch, which waj
presided over by Rev. S. B. Towne, of
Greencastle. Ind.
At 9 o'clock four departmental confer
ences began, which occupied the rest of
the morning. They were on spiritual
work, missionary work. Junior work and j
literary ana social wortc
At the junior conference. Rev. A. F.
McKenzIe, of Toronto, In his paper on
"The Problem of Our Big Boys and
Girls," points out the benefits of athletics
as an adjunct to the church and Sunday
school work among boys. Girls, too, he
declared, should have their exercise, les
sons In housekeeping, ctd., to help Inter
est them In their work.
The general topic of the three after
noon meetings in Epworth Auditorium,
Tent Ontario and the Detroit Opera
House was "Witnessing." Rev. George
A, Hough, of Los Angeles, discussed the
"Epworth League .nd the Boy Problem."
He said:
"There are four things that the church
ought to attempt to do for the boys. It
must train them in habits of Christian
conscience, it must aid them in the for
mation of Christian ideals. It must lead
them to personal consecration to Christ."
He declared that the boy problem will not
be solved until we understand the sub
ject. "The end should be developed, not
suppressed." he said.
At the headquarters of the reception
Republican Nominee for Gov
ernor of Kentucky, M. B.
Belknap, of Louisville.
committee It was said that there are to
day 23,000 delegates In the city. The record
for attendance heretofore was 21.000 at
San, Francisco two years ago.
There was no lessening of interest to-nlght)and.-four
meetings were held. Rev.
A. B Leonard, .of New York,-described
Africa as the land "that has been more
terribly blistered nnd peeled by the cru
elty and avarice of man than any other in
the world," and continued:
"Brothers without their consent as hu
man merchandise, liberated after two cen
turies of slavery by the exigencies of
war, they are now outcast socially and
politically, nnd even after trial by Jury
they are shot or hanged or burned at tho
stake, both In the North and South. Amer
ican Christians must see to it that the
negro shall have a fair chance In the race
of life In America."
HE THIRSTED FOR BLOOD
Kins' Alexander's ex-Premier Com
pares Him With Cnliprula.
VIENNA, July 17. The Zukunft pub
lishes an article written by Georgevlch,
who was Premier In Servla at the time
of the late King Alexander's marriage
with Queen Draga, revealing facts which
show the late King's cruel character. The
ex-Pfemler compares King Alexander to
Caligula and asserts that he hired an as
sassin to kill his father. King Milan, be
cause the latter opposed his marriage.
This scheme proving a failure, he had all
the Radical leaders arrested, and gave or
ders that they should be shot, which would
have been done but for the intervention
of the Emperor of Austria.
KURDS RAID MOX ASTER Y.
Armenian Community Throvrn in
Panic by Bnndlts.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 17. Npws
has, reached here that tho Armenltsi
mnTinEtrrv nt- Surnaeon. near Erzinccan.
Turkish Armenia, has been pillaged by'
Kurds. A number of tho monks, the ad
vices say, were seriously injured, and all
portable property was carried off by the
robbers. The affair created a panic in
the district, and a similar panic prevails
in the District of Sassum, the scene of
the previous massacre, where another
one Is feared. Three villages already
have been abandoned by their Inhab
itants. COXSPinACY AGAIXST KIXG.
Portuguese Army Officers Accused of
Plotting: His Overthrow.
BERLIN. July 17. A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from Lisbon says that
a number of officers of the Fifth Portu
guese Infantry have been arrested on the
charge of conspiring agalhst King
Charles.
They will be tried by court-
martial. Suspicions of a widespread con
spiracy against the dynasty have been
entertained for some time, tne insti
gators being officers who were cashiered
some time ago. Other regiments are said
to have been affectea.
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PORT ARTHUR IMPREGNABLE.
Russian War Minister Defies Ene
mles to Capture It.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 17. A tele
cram received here from Port Arthur
says that upon the occasion of the laying
of the corner-stone of the cathedral there.
General Kuropatkln, the Russian War
Minister, made a speech in which he ex
pressed tho conviction that "Port' Arthur
is now becoming a fortress inaccessible
to all enemies no matter how great their
number or whence they come."
Russia Accepts Brussels Treaty.
BERLIN, July 17. The Brussels corre
spondent of the Magdeb'urglpche Zeltung
says that Russia, which did not accept the
Brussels peace convention, has now de
cided to abide by Its conditions, thus re
moving the last obstacle to the perfection
of the international arrangement
AnRlo-Americnn Friendship.
IX)NDON, July 17. The Tunes, pub
lished a three-column article this morn
ing from a correspondent who witnessed
j the meeting of the British and American
warships in 1S33, at Bermuda in 1S99, and
Portsmouth In 1503. The writer empha
sizes the continual growth of the affinity
between the two navies as a reflection
of the' ever-quickening amity of the two
nations.
Witnesses Accused of Perjury.
PARIS. July 17. Counsel for A. J. Mc
ranne and Luclen Maas. the witnesses of
the death of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair,
who were arrested on Wednesday on the
chargo of perjury as a result of informa
tion given to the judicial authorities of
the Department of the Seine that their
testimony was open to the suspicion of
having been inspired by a party to the
suit, has made a demand that their
clients be set at liberty. The provisional
examining magistrate has decided to ap
point experts to examine the reports of
the American procedure whereon the ar
rest of the witnesses Is based. Moranno
and Maas gave testimony In New York.
A number of letters written In French
and English were seized today at the
residences of the two prisoners. The
Magistrate Is awaiting- the translation of
the English documents, which It- Is
thought will demonstrate the Innocence
or guilt of the accused.
Ritchie on Fiscal Reform.
LONDON. July 17. The Right Hon.
Charles Ritchie, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, was the guest of honor at a din
ner given at the Mansion House tonight
by the Lord Mayor, Sir Marcus Samuel,
to tho bankers and merchants of Lon
don, and addressed the gathering briefly
nnd In general terms on the proposed fiscal
reform. He said It rested with those
desiring a change In the system under
which Great Britain was So prosperous
to show that the change was necessary
and desirable. He congratulated the
country on the condition of the sinking
fund, which, he said, In four years would
reach the unprecedented sum of $la,000,0w.
Japan's Great Gold Reserve.
LONDON. July 18. The Toklo corre
spondent of the Times says the Bank of
Japan's great gold reserve Is 173,000,000
yen, against 200,000,000 yen in notes, an
unprecedented situation. The rate of In
terest Is gradually fulling and new joint
stock undertakings are being floated. The
foreign trade for the half year shows a
large Increase In both Imports and ex
ports and the harvest prospects are favor
able. A strong conflict on the budget Is
anticipated.
She Condones Ills Offense.
LONDON. July 17. It Is announced that
Countess Mabel Rusrell has forgiven and
become reconciled to her husband.
coachman named William Brown, who
married her last December under the title
of Prince Athrobald Stewart de Mona, a
Bavarian nobleman. Brown was arrested
last April charged with making a false
entry in the marriage register, pleaded
guilty of misdemeanor and was sentenced
to two days' Imprisonment.
Clilnn May Then Buy Arms.
PEKIN. July 17. The prohibition of tho
Importation of arms and ammunition Into
nina as proviaea oy tne protocol ex
pires In August without protest.
The ministers have decided that tho
prohibition Is useless and Ineffective, and
that the Chinese are capable of regulat
ing the Importation of war munitions. It
also Is admitted that they need arms In
order to restore order In the disturbed
province.
Russia Will Hold XIu Chvrnnpr.
LONDON, July 17. According to the
Times correspondent at Shanghai It Is the
opinion of Chinese officials that the Port
Arthur conference has not made the
evacuation of NIu Chwang any more
probable. A correspondent nt NIu
Chwang reports that on July 4 the Ru3
sian flag was again hoisted at the rail
way station of Klng-tse-Kau, the ter
minus of the Shanghal-Kwan line.
, Irish Land Bill Is Safe. .
LONDON. JuTyl7. The report, stage of
the Irish land 'bill was completed In tho
House 'of Commons this afternoon. The
measure will pass Its third reading Thurs
May and will then be sent to the House
of Lords, where no serious difficulties are
anticipated.
Hot Wenther Saves Russian Crops.
LONDON, July 18. The Standard's cor
respondent at Odessa says the sudden ces
satlon of the heavy rains, followed by
hot, ripening weather, has saved the
crops at the eleventh hour.
FORECLOSE ON SHIP TRUST
Beginning of Suit Will Start Fight
With Receiver.
NEW YORK, July 17. Judge KIrkpat
rick, sitting In the United States District
Court, signed an order on application of
counsel representing the Mercantile Trust
Company, of New York, permitting the
corporation to foreclose the $16,000,000
mortgage of the United States Shlpbulld
Ing Company, held by It as trustee for
bondholders.
The petition sets forth the default In
payment of Interest charges due early In
July. The petition may be filed withnny
United States District Court, and a day
will then be fixed for argument by coun
sel for and ogaHst the allowance of the
foreclosure. Receiver James Smith, Jr.
will open the suit.
The order permitting the filing .of the
petition has been anticipated by counsel
representing the locdver, and the legal
battle to prevent the foreclosure when It
takes place will be of a sensational na
ture. CAR COMPANY FAILS.
Receiver Appointed for Southern
Car Jfc Foundry Company.
TRENTON, N. J., july 17. Judge Fltz
patrick today appointed Thomas A. Gil
lespie, of West Orange. N. J., receiver of
the Southern Car & Foundry Company,
a New Jersey corporation, with plants at
Gadsden and Annlston, Ala., and Memphis,
and Lenora, Tenn. The liabilities connlst
of about $2,300,000 of floating debts. The
assets consist of $500,000, the value of the
plants, and $100,000 of material and sup
plies, the bulk of which has been pledged
for loans and warehouse receipts given to
cover the same. Judge Fltzpatrick also
made an order restraining the company
from doing buslncsa.
The company was Incorporated with a
capital of $3,500,000 and of the stock of
the company $765,000 worth Is owned by
the Standard Steel Car Company.
First Step for BIfc Reservoir.
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 17. The flrst Im
portant step in the movement to secure
the building of Tonto storage reservoir
under the provisions of the Hans-brough-Newlands
Irrigation act was com
pleted today. This step consisted In ex
ecuting liens to the Salt River Valley
Water Users' Association on every acre
of land to be Irrigated. Each acre, up to
tho Jlmlt of 160, will represent one share
of stock In the association, which, In turn,
will contract to pay back to the Govern
ment within ten years the cost of con
struction of the reservoir. The subscrip
tion books closed tonight. The total acre
age signed Is 195,000, with some contracts
yet to be received by mall. It is pur
posed to develop electric power at the
dam, thus furnishing means for pumping
water to lands not irrigated by the Tonto
reservoir.
Go Prepared.
In preparing for your summer outing a
nttle forethought may save you no ena of
trouble. Mr. John H. Manly, a dry goods
merchant -of Bellvllle. R. I., while packing
an outtlt for camping a few weeks on
Narragansett Bay, put in a bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy for emergency use. The
recond day In camp his little box was
taken with cramp colic The flrst dose of
this remedy gave relief and the "second
dose effected a cure. Think of the pain
and suffering this boy would have had to
endure without this remedy at hand to
relieve him. Such, coses often result fa
tally. For sale by all druggists.
RUSSIA ANSWERS "NO"
(Continued from First Page.)
consideration of His Majestry. In that
case the petition will be at once for
warded to St. Petersburg.
"I avail myself, etc.
"You will report at the earliest possi
ble moment the execution of these In
structions. (Signed.) - HAY.
This was sent on July 15, and the same
day Mr. Riddle was Informed by the Rus
sian Minister for Foreign7 Affairs that in
view of the publications which had ap
peared In the newspapers the Russian
government wished to notify him that the
proposed petition would not. be received
under any circumstances, and that this
resolution of the Ruslan government was
taken Independently of any consideration
of the substance of the terms of the pe
tition. On the receipt of this information.
the Secretary of State addressed the fol
lowing letter to Messrs. Straus, Wolf
and Levi:
Sir I am directed by tho President to
acquaint you that this department Is in-
formed by ftoe American Embassy In St.
Petersburg that the Imperial government
of Russia has declined to receive or con-!
slder the petition In relation to the condi
tion of the Jews in Russia, which was
addressed to his majesty, the Emperor,
by a large number of citizens of the
United States, and which this department.
by direction of the President and at. your
request, undertook to transmit to Its high
destination. I am yours.
JOHN HAY.
Chiefs of the Xntlon Signed.
It Is believed that the petition waa al
most unexampled In the height and dig
nity of the signatures- attached to It.
Among them are:
Andrew D. White and Clifton L. Brcck-
enridge, formerly Minister to Russia;
Rufus W. Peckham. United States Su
preme Court; Senator Thomas Cr Piatt,
the Governors of Virginia; Georgia, Mis
sissippi, North Carolina, Louisiana and
Nebraska; the Chief Justices of all states
from which returns are in, a great num
ber of Congressmen, publicists, bankers,
Protestant and Catholic ministers. Mayors
of leading cities, prominent educators,
leaders of the bar, physicians, scholars.
manufacturer!;, etc
When the petition reaches Washington
tfie various pages will be bound together
In magnificent style In one volume and
delivered to Andrew Allen, Chief of the
Bureau of Rolls of the State Department,
forsafe keeping. v
HAS GAIXED ITS PURPOSE.
Despite Rejection, Petition Has
Shovrn Hoiv America Stands.
NEW YORK; July 17. Leon N. Levi,
when Informed by a representative of the
Associated Press of the action of Secre
tary of State Hay regarding the petition
to the Czar of Russia against the mas
sacre of Jews, made the following state
ment: "The answer made by Russia to Secre
tary Hay s note Is no surnrlso to me.
While, of course. It was within the ranco
of possibility that the Czar and his Min
isters would be moved by considerations
of humanity and expediency courteously
to receive -a petition from the American
people. It was well understood that prob-
aoiuties were all the other way. The
movement, however, has had all the good
effects In contemplation, arid more. It
has enabled the American Government
and people to make an. enduring record of
their views of the Klshlnef horror. It has
brought the emphatic expression of those
. vlim-a home, not only to the people of
Russia, but to tho. Russian Emperor and
his Ministers.
"The petition, being now an official doc
ument, will be preserved in the archives
of tho United States, and will forever
testify to the lofty humanity of tho peo
ple, which Is so splendidly represented by
tho signers, and of the President and his
official advisers. There, too. it will re
main as a witness that the friendship of
Russia for the United States was not
strong enough to permit respectful appeal-for
religious liberty, made by citizens
of this country.
"I am convinced, too, that the Influence
In Russia of the petition and of the agl
tatlon which preceded It will be powerful
and good.
"The number and character of the sign
ers of the petition stamp It as a convlnc
Ing demonstration of the religious toler
ance and sympathy of the American peo
pie. It Is doubtful If there has ,ever been
In this country such a representative writ
ten expression of opinion. And without
regard to racial, religious or political
affiliations, they have stood behind the
President in his manly and humane activ
ity. "The precise method of" conveying the
petition was never regarded by us as of
controlling Importance, and, when Russia
Indicated seml-officlally that It would be
unacceptable, we deemed It best for the
Interests of this country and of the Jews
In Russia to avcld a course that would
produce unnecessary Irritation. It was
therefore that wc, on our Initiative and
without any suggestion whatsoever, be
soucht President Roosevelt to alter his
decision to send the signed petition nnd
to transmit Its text Instead. I cannot be
too emphatic In declaring that at no time
has there been any disposition on the
President's pari to change the original
nlan. Every step taken wa3 most satis
factory to us and In accordance with our
requests."
ROOSEVELT XOT SURPRISED.
Expected Russia's Refusal, and Will
Make X.o Further Effort.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.a July 17. Presl
dent Roosevelt was not surprised that the"
Russian government should decline to re
celve the B'nal B'rlth petition, or any
other representation regarding the Klsh
lnef massacre. The action oi Russia naa
been forecasted unofficially.
The information of Russia's declination
was received here last night in a long tel
ecram from Secretary Hay. Towards mid
nicht the President nt to the Secretary
an extended reply. Thecontent3of neither
message are disclosed although It is known
that the President requested Secretary
Hay to make public the action of this
Government respecting the incident. Pres
ident Roosevelt has no statement to make
at this time regarding the matter. What
ever information the Administration may
care to make public concerning It will be
given out by the State Department m
Washington.
It Is unlikely that further efforts will
be made to Induce the Russian govern
ment to receive the petition. It Is certain
that after so frank and unequivocal a re
fusal to receive the petition. Russia would
regard the bringing of preasure to bear
upon her to Induce her acceptance of the
representation as an act of unfriendliness.
A3 the actual presentation of the peti
tion Involved no question of principle, and
substantially the result hoped for by the
promotion of the movement concerning
the Klshlnef outrages had been achieved
by calling Russia's attention to the peti
tion, the probabilities are that the Inci
dent will be considered as closed.
Zionists Must Disband.
NEW YORK. July 17. According to the
Russian correspondent of" a Jewish paper
published here, Russia, In its efforts to
suppress the Zionist movement, will here
after enjoin the promoters from holding
meetings to advocate their cause and col
lect money. All existing organizations
will have to disband and cease their activ
ities. The reason for this attitude on the part
of the government Is explained by the cor
respondent In a statement attributed to a
member of -the Russian Ministry, to the
effect that It has been found "Instead of
centering all their efforts upon the colo
nization of Jews in Palestine, the Zionists
have created a world power for the pur
pone of strengthening their position in
the lands where they live."
RESPITE TO BESIEGED.
Armistice at Cludad Bolivar Extend
ed Americans to the Rescue.
SOLEDAD, Venezuela, July 16. Tho
armistice arranged between General
jGomez, commanding the troops of the
Venezuela government, and the revolution
ary forces at Cludad Bolivar, commanded
by General Rolando, which was to have
expired at midnight today, has been ex
tended until midnight Monday. The United
States gunboat Bancroft passed Cludad
Bolivar today.
SOLEDAD, Venezuela. July 17. 7 A. M.
Notwithstanding that the armistice termi
nated at midnight, no engagement between
tho government forces and the rebels has
taken place up to the present hour. Gen
eral Gomez has completed the investment
of Cludad Bolivar, and none can now leave
tho city.
Lieutenant-Commander Culver, com
manding the United States gunboat Ban
croft, after a long conference with the
commanding officer of the Venezuelan
squadron, decided to take under his protec
tion all the river steamers belonging to
the American Orinoco Steamship Company
which were recently seized by the revolu
tionists at Cludad Bolivar. He also re
quested the women and children of tha
Amerlran rinrl ntlir fnrofem nnlnnlott nt
Cludad Bolivar to take refuge In the
steamers In order to escape the dangers of
the siege, the shelling of the town and a
po.HsIble battle. In accordance with Lieu
tenant-Commander Culver's Invitation,
many women and children, a number of
whom were of German nationality, em
barked early today on the American
steamers, which, flying the American flag
and escorted by the Bancroft, left In the
direction of San Felix, probably on the
way to the Island of Trinidad.
Meat, milk and other provisions are al
ready scarce In the besieged town. The
British Consul yesterday paid $150 for a
cow. The swift current running In the
Orinoco River as the result of heavy rains
prevents direct communication with Sole-
dnd and Ciudad Bolivar. The revolution
ists have also destroyed the means of
transportation between the two towns.
President of Chile on Tour.
NEW YORK. July 17. It Is reported in
political circles that President Rlesco In
tends to take a trip to Europe in order
to leave PctYro Monett at the head of af
fairs as Vice-President, cables the Her
ald's correspondent at Valparaiso, -Chile.
Rleeco'3 task iff regarded as most difficult.
His adherents arc few In Congress, the
majority In that body being -partisans of
Senor Montt, the defeated candidate for
President.
Cnbnn Exhibit at the Fair.
NEW YORK, July 17. The House has
passed the bill conceding a credit of $S0,-
000 for representation at the St. Louis Ex
position, says a Tribuno dispatch from
Havana. Tho Senato passed a bill ad
mitting free of duty paper for newspa
pers when It Is Imported direct by the
consumer
Bubonic Plague Spreading:.
NEW YORK, July 17. Reports from
Iqulque say the bubonic plague Is again
Increasing, says a dispatch from the
Herald correspondent at Valparaiso, Chile.
Five, cases appeared on Wednesday.
Thirty-three persons are ill with smallpox
In Antofagasta.
ROW BETWEEN TOWNS.
Had Much to Do With Minister
Blair's Resignation.
VANCOUVER. B. C. July. 17. The res
ignation of the Minister of Railways, .Hon.
Mr. Blair, continues to afford the sensa
tion in Canadian political circles. The
unofficial cause was no doubt a squabble
something on the lines of the everlasting
Scattle-Tacoma light. Halifax, Nova Sco
tia, and St. John, New Brunswick, are the
Tacoma and Seattle respectively of the
Canadian Atlantic coast. Hon. W. S.
Fielding, Minister of Finance, represents
Nova Scotia in the Cabinet at Ottawa,
while Mr Blair was the New Brunswick
representative. For years the two cities
have fought on the Winter port question,
each impressing on the government the
advantage It .vould be to have It as the
Winter terminus of any fast Atlantic line
subsidized by the nation.
St. John seemed to win on this, but w"hen
the Grand Trunk-Pacific scheme came
up it was the turn of Nova Scotia to crow.
Mr. Blair opposed the extension of the
Grand Trunk from Quebec to Moncton, N.
B., looking upon It as a clever move on
the part of his late colleague, Mr. Field
ing, to benefit Nova Scotia, In any case
the extension of the Grand Trunk to tho
Atlantic would have stimulated the jeal
ousy of Halifax and St. John; but Mr.
Fielding perceives that if the line is built
to Moncton its ultimate extension to Hall
fax Is only a matter of time. Mr. Blair
realized this, also, but his Nova Scotia
colleague had more Influence with the
Premier. Sir Wilfrid Laurler, than he, so
theNew Brunswick man concluded to
step out of a Cabinet in which he so os
tentatiously had to play second fiddle.
BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Abner McKInley has been seriously 111
at Somerset, Pa., from heat prostration,
but has recovered.
Albert Finch, a retired banker of New
York, whose country homo Is at Green
ville, Orange County, New Jersey, has
committed suicide by hanging.
The International Retail Clerks' con
vention at Zanesvllle, O., elected John
Bryan, of Albany, president; secretary
treasurer. Max Morris, of Denver.
Fire yesterday destroyed the Sabine
Hotel and natatorlum at Port Arthur,
Tex., the property of the Port Arthur
Towns,lte Company. Loss, $100,000; partly
insured.
Baroness de Vrlcre, only daughter of
the late Heyward Cutting, has married
Waldlmir de Constantinovltch, a Servian
Prince and a distant relation of the late
King Alexander.
William English Walling, grandson of
William English, the candidate for Vice
President In 1SS0, who has-been engaged
in charitable work in New York for the
last year, has broken down and gone on
a yachting cruise.
George S. Hllb, of Buffalo, convicted
before the Federal Court for smuggling
Chinese Into this country, has been fined
$250 and sent to Jail for six months
George Hudson, convicted of the same
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BOWLING MATCH BY WIRE
Olympic of San Francisco Wins First
Contest With Denver.
SAN FRANCISCoTTuly 17. The flrst of
a series of three telegraphic bowling
matches between the Olympic Athletic As
sociation of this city and the Denver Ath
letic Club of Denver were contested to
night, the former team rolling on the
Crescent alleys here, while the Colorado
ans bowled on the club's own alleys In
Denver. Direct telegraphic connection
was established between the two clubs,
and as each ball was delivered the result
was instantaneously flashed by wire.
The Olympic team scored, an, easy , vic
tory In tonight's match, taking two- out of
three games and rolling up a total of 2630
pins against 243S made by the Denvcrites.
Tonight's contest was a complete success,
and the Crescent aley was filled to Us
capacity with enthusiastic club members
and their friends, who cheered lustily aa
the local bowlers took the lead almost at
the very outset.
No date has been set for the second
match, but It will be decided within a few
days. The trophy will be the handsomest
over offered by athletic clubs for a contest
of this kind, and will be tendered to the
victors oy the members of the Olympic
and Denver Athletic Clubs.
Jndjce Brewer on Injunctions.
DES MOINES, la.. July 17. Judge David
Brewer, of the United States Supremo
Court, addressing the Iowa State Bar As
sociation here tonight, defended the power
of equitable injunction and lt3 exercise
before the Federal Courta and predicted
and advocated a wider scope for It. He
said:
"Unless the law Is to place Itself out of
harmony with the advancing civilization,
the right to prevent wrong should have an
enlarged rather than a restricted scope.
The necessity of government by Injunc
tion will eventually die out and It will be
felt by all that the power Is exercised only
when necessity arises and equity and
juotlce demands."
Implicated In a Swindle.
NEW YORK, July 17. Alfred R. Tongue,
52 years of age. an Englishman, living in
Brooklyn, has been arrested on a charge
of being Implicated In swindling opera
tions which cost the Commercial Union
Assurance Company, an English con
cern, having a branch office In this city,
many thousands of dollars, and the dis
covery of which led to the suicide of
George P. Osborne, one of Its oldest and
most trusted employes, at Portsmouth, N.
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