WS OF THE WEEK
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SMALL FOR ARBITRATION.
Telia Oparaton President Roosevelt
Ciin End Strike.
ChlcftHO, Bopt. SJ-1. 'I liuvo positive
Inuldo ItiforiDiitlon that tho compnnloB
nro ready to nrhltintc, and I prodicfc to
you now tlinfc you will nil bo nt work
within ton days, and that victory will
bo youra."
Thin wnH tho information divert out
by rroHldont fi. J. Hnmll, of tho atrik
lug cotnmorclnl tolernphers, ut tho
boat nttondod mooting hold Binco tho
otrlko wuh declared. Thoro woro loiid
cries of "No arbitration" when i'roal
done fJmall botnn epoaking, but theso
grow woakor no ho Haul:
"I think I huvo heard that cry be
foro, but I want to nay BomothlnK on
tho ether sldo. If President Itooeevolt
should ask tho companies to arbitruto.
and they conBontod, what position
would it place you in If you refused?'
"I don't know that you will got a
chanco to arbitrate," ho eald as tho
crlos continuod. "If Colonol 0l6wry
his his way about lb you won't be glvon
tho chanco. Wo have had Homo bitter
oxperonco with arbitration, but If it
comes this timo with tho stamp of tho
Unitou HuiloH government on it I w
Hove wo can afford to accept il."
Although ho did not nay so. Presi
dent Small kovo tho Inference that Pres
ident Jtoopovolt was in a fair way to
ond tho strike, lie Bald it hud already
cost tho companion $12,000,000.
Chairmnn Wesley Itunsoll raid tho
cotton Krowors of tho Bouth aro clamor
ing for bettor telegraph facilities, and
that many Houlbcrn associations had
nproal(xl to President Koosovelt. The
situation, ho Bald, lookod decidedly
hopeful.
'M. J. Roldy, of Boston, and B. K.
Konenkamp, of Pittsburg, Imembors of
Uio national oxccutlvo board, said tho
strlko would bo over in two weeks.
HAGUE MEETING BARREN.
Delegations Go to Peace Conference
Without Preparations.
Tho Hague, Bopt. 24. After having
been In eosaion for over throo month1,
and adjurnmont probably a month in
tho distance, it la recognized gcnorally
and oven by tile most optimistic- in tho
peace movement, that tho second inter
national peace conference has bcon and
will bo at ita oonolnaion, barren of re
sults leading to permancat measures of
bonollt to uio pmce of tho world.
Even tho nronofiition for a futuro
meeting of Uio conforeuco, which was
unanimously adopted has Ixtcn eo a Her
od as to suppress Ita most important
part, namely, the periodicity of meet
ings, merely providing for tho culling
of a third conference, but establishing
nofhing wiUi regard to convening of the
future couforencos.
Tho prevailing opinion ai cxprosfiod
by ono of Uio leading delegates Ih that
tho alwenco of results iu tho conforonco
on tho great questions was duo to Uio
lack of preparation by all tho countrios
represented. Thin, ho raid, was espic-
ially striking in the caso of tho Ameri
can delegation, which waa supposed to
have ootno hero in complete necord with
Uio Latin-American countries.
HI8 VACATION DAYS OVER.
Prosldont Roosevelt Returns to Wash
ington and Hard Work.
Oyster Ikiy, L. I., Sept. 21. Presi
dent Roosovolt's summer vacation at
his Bagumore Hill homo will ond at 10
a. m. Wednesday, when he, with Mrs.
ItcHwovolt. members of tho family and
tho oxeuiitivo sluff, will tako u special
train for Washington.
During tho thrco and a half months
the president has occuplod tho honio
stoad ho bus had the quietest and at
the eamo timo tho busiest vacation he
has indulged in since ho became nn oc
ciimnt of tho Whlto House. Tho re
cords show thut ainco June 12 tho pres
ident has recoived 125 persons at Baga
moro Hill. Bomo of tho callors havo
Ixon distinguished foroigners and a fow
havo mado purely social calls, but tho
maiorily of thorn havo bcon olllciais on
strictly government business.
Whilo visitors hnvo won ccmpnra-
tivoly fow, tho work which tho presi
dent has accomplished in other direc
tion has been groat. His annual mcs
sago to congress is practically com
pleted. Tho dooumont needs only fin
ishing touches, and but fow of them.
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Thirty-two Hurt In Wreck.
Washington, Bopt. 24. -Thirty-two
passengers were Injured, nono serious
ly, by the derailment of tho Oliattn-
nooga & Washington limited train on
tho Bouthorn railway, junt north of
Ryan's Biding, Virginia, early today.
A broken mil was the cause of tho ac
cident. Tho entlro train, composed of
a bagggao car, day couoh and throe
sleepers, lwlng almost destroyed by
tiro. A special train was quickly
mado up and proceoded to this city
with all tho passer gors of tho limltod.
Tho track whs blocked several hours,
Leased Wire Men to Remain.
New York, Bopt. 21. A determined
(Tort to nass n resolution calllnis cut
on strlko regardless of thoir contracts,
ull nowspaper wire and broker olllco
inomtors, was mado at a meeting of
the local tolographers' union today-
After u long dobato, tho resolution
which has beforo boen Introduced at
mootliiKS of tho strikers, wivb again
tabled, but It was nnld Inter with Uio
understanding that it would bo tnkon
up at a mooting tomorrow. ,
Moorish Camps Burned.
Oaaa Dlanon, Bopt. 24. Negotiations
for the oosentlon of hostilities having
failod, Gonoral Drude today rosumod
tho offonsivo, and burned tho Moorish
camps at Bid! Brahim, south of Oasa
SlanoA, and ulspoieed the tribesmen,
who offered but little resistance.
NEWS FROM THE
SEVERELY CfcNSUREa FRANCKE.
Uhlor 8ays Dakota Was Lost Through
Captain's Carelcssncs.
Washington, Bopt. 2(1. In an official
communication to Captain Km II
Franeke, who was commander of tho ill
fated steamship Dakota, wrecked on
Kinkone reef, coust of Japan, March 3
lust, Gcorgo Uhler, supervising inspect
or general ol tho steamship inspection
service, sovoroly censures him on ac
count of tho loss of tho ship. Tho local
board of steamstcat inspectors at Seat
tle had investigated tho wreck of tho
Dakota and suspended tho liconso of
Captain Franoko for two years. Tho
captain nppoalod to Supervising In
spector General Uhlor. Mr. Uhlor,
after having analyzed thoroughly tho
ovidonco adduced ut tho hearing, says
in his letter to Captain Francko:
"I am forced to the conclusion that
tho stranding of tho vossol and her sub
sequent total loss was duo entiroly to
your caroless and indifferent naviga
tion, as an hour bo foro tho disaster you
assumed charge of the watch and took
tho bridge and directed tho navigation
of tho ship yourself. "It Is evident
from tho testimony adduced at tho In
vestigation that a largo portion of tho
ship remained abovp tho wator many
days, and yot within two hours from
Uio timo tho ship struck alio was totally
abandonod, not a single man being left
aboard to protect her, and the Bhip loft
a. prey to thoao who looted hor without
restraint and without meeting any pro
test from any ono."
Wu Ting Fang Is Impeached.
Washington, Sept. 27. Secretary
Hoot today received a cablegram from
Minister Kockhill at Pekin notifying
him of tho appointment of Wu Ting
Fang us minister to Washington. Thoro
is reason to believe that unofficially
Bomo representations havo been mado
at the btato department within tho last
24 hours, Impeaching tho character of
tho proposed now minister, not only on
tho ground of his conduct when former
ly in Washington, but it is stated Mr.
Wu Ting Fang took advnntago of arf
abnormal state of affairs in Pekin to se
cure his reappointment to this post.
May Burn Alaska Coal.
Washington, Sept. 26. The lowest
bid for coal for the battleship fleot
whilo on tho Pacific coast was submit
ted today by tho Pacific Coal fc Trans
portation company, which offers to do-
livor 40,000 tons of Chignlk, Alaska,
coal at San Francisco, half at $8 to f 0
a ton, tho other half at $8 per ton, pro
vided tho department takes tho full
amount of the bid. This Ib cheaper
than tho department can buy and trans
port eithor Welsh or West Virginia
oal to San Frnniso, but tho Navy knows
nothing about Alaskan coal.
Water on Land Next Year.
Washington, Sept. 24. A part of
tho Umatilla irrigation project in Eaet
orn Oregon will be supplied with wator
during the soason of 1008, but tho pro
ject as n wholo may not bo ready for
cultivation until tho season following.
Tho Umatilla River Water Users' aseo
oiation recently forwarded to the Ore
gon delegation a letter indicating- some
uneasinccs because the project had no
been thrown open to eottlers this een-
son.
Henoy Put In Chargo Again.
Washington, Sept. 20. It was an
nounced today at Uio Department of
Justico that Special United States At
torney llonoy, who has been activo in
the California land fraud caecs has been
given chargo of somo ol the criminal
caecs growing out of tho land frauds in
Oregon. Other cases will bo conducted
by tho district att rney.
Sloop Snratrgt Not 8old.
Washington, Sept. 28. Only two
bids were recoived for tho sloop Sara
toga, which tho Navy department pro
posed Eolling, the highest bid, from
John II. Gregory, of Pertli Amboy,
$2,000. As tho department appraised
the vesfol at $4,300, It is probablo that
both blds.wlll bo rejected. No action
has yet boon taken.
No Objoctlon to Wu Ting Fang,
Washington, Sept. 28, President
Koosovelt announced today that ho as-
Htinicd thero would be no objection to
tho appointment of Wu Ting Fang as
Chinese minister to tho United States.
Ho added, howovor, that ho had not
formally taken tho matter up wiUi the
Stato department.
Call Central American Conference
Washington, Sept. 25. President
Roosovolt and Prosldont Diaz havo in
vited tho presidents of tho five Central
American ropublics to tend delegates to
u conforonco to bo hold In Vashlngton
m Novombor to agreo upon n plan lor
tho poacoublo sottlomont of all futuro
disputes between theso countries,
Root Starts for Mexico.
WiiHhinirton. Bent. 27. Secretary
Root loft at 3:30 this afternoon to visit
Prosldont Dins, of Mexico. Ho trav
eled in the private car Signot, attached
to n regular Pennsylvania railway
train. Accompanying him were Mis.
Root, Miss Root and Perclval Cassott,
his private soorotary.
Metcalf's Secretary Resigns.
Washington, Bopt. 25, Loon A.
Clark, private secretary to Serotory
Metecalf, lias resigned and will leave
hero Monday for Oakland, Oal., to de
vote himsolf to law. Mr. (Jlarlc has
boon aseoolated with Mr. Motcalf for
seven yean.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
I REDUCED RATE8 TO TROOPS.
Law May Bo Amended to Avoid Hard-
chip to Thorn.
Washington, Bept. 24. Tho War
department will recommend to congrers
at tho coming session that an amend
merit bo mado to tho railroad rata law,
permitting tho railroads to grant ro
ducod fare to mombors of families of
army officors und on listed men. Prior
to the pasBago of tho rate law, reduced
fares woro freuontly issued In such cas
es, but tho Intorsuito Commoreo com
mission has hold that the now law will
now prohibit a continuance of tho
practice.
This restriction has worked great
hardship on officers and men who havo
boon ordered to far distant posts. Thero
havo been casea whoro companies and
regiments stationed on tho Atlantic
coast have been ordered to Uio Philip
pines. Transportation across tho Pa
clfic is furnished by tho eovernmcnt.
but the men with families havo been
compelled to go into thoir pockets to
uio extent or about 1 100 for each mom
bcr of their family, and this is a tre
mendous tax, particularly upon non
commissioned omcers and enlisted men,
whoso families accompany them. Thero
would appear to bo considerable justice
in tho claim of theso men, for thoir
change of station is not of their choos
ing, but at Uio bidding of the depart
ment, and tho enactment of such on
amendment is not altogether improba-
010.
Prohibition for Washington.
Washington. Sent. 28 A dotfirmfn
ed effort will bo made next winter, it
is said, to bring about the enactment
by congress oi a law making Washing
ton a "dry town" in every sense of the
word. Information received hern In.
day from Norfolk, Virginia, whoro the
Anti-Baioon league of America has been
in session, to the effect that a cam
nalirn havint? aa it nhlect flip nrnAtrn.
tion of tho saloon from this city will bo
inaugurated at once by tho leagues and
other temperanco organisations in the
states, and that nressuro will bo
brouglit to bear upon senators and rep
resentatives irom many Bources, urging
them 'to vote for the nrononpd law fnr
total prohibition in Uio District ol Co
lumbia. Hepburn's Sensational Views.
Washington, Sept. 20. Representa
tive Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman of tho
house committee on interstate com
moreo and father of tho rate bill which
forced the senate to action in 1000, on
his return here from a trip to Europe.
"l do not boo, he said, "how any
man can have courage to invest in
American railway stocks after the way
they have been manipulated, after
$182,000,000 of indebtedness has been
soddlod on the Union Pacific, with
probably not more than $30,000,000 of
actual expenditure."
Harrlman Is Pirate.
Washington, Sept. 28. Congress
man Hepburn, of Iowa, in an Interview
criticising everybody, including Presi
dent Roosevelt, says the president is
backing the project for the deepening
of tho Mississippi, which is another
bchemo to raid the treasury. Ho re
ferred to h. II. Harrlman as a "finan
cial frerboter," and declared If congress
falls to enact legislation to regulate tho
stock issues in interstate corporations
thero will be nothing to check "the
Wall street sharks."
Bids for Coal for Warships.
Washington, Sept. 20. Bids were
opened at tho bureau of equipment of
tho Navy department for the transport
ing and supplying of coal for the ueo of
the Atlantic battleship fleet during its
coming voyage to the Pacific coast in
December. Tho proposals contemplate
the ahipment of a supply of this coal to
bo delivered at various pointi in the
West Indies, on tho South American
coast and at Magdalena bay and Mare
Island, at San Francisco.
Negroes Oppose Taft.
Washington, Sept. 25. A concerted
antl-Taft-Roosevelt movement among
negroes all over Uio couutry Is ularm
ing tho Taft supporters. Tho negroes
havo a pormanont organization and
branches have been formed In Balti
mcro, Philadelphia and New York.
W. Calvin Chase, a colored lawyer and
editor of Tho Bee, a Republican paper
published horo, is the leader of tho
movement.
Washington Wins Contest.
Washington, Sept. 27. The secre
tary of tho interior has decided in favor
of the state of Washington in the case
of that stato against a large number of
settlers involving about 50,000 acres of
valuable lands. , Thero wro Eeveral
classes of claimants, but tho secretary
held against all oxcopt those who had
Bottled on their land before tho Btate's
ooleotions were made.
Recruit Engineers to Limit.
Washington, Sept. 25. All Uio en
gineer companies in tho army are to be
recruited up to Uio maximum limit of
tho law. This action was decided upon
with a vlow to complying with a re
quest mado by Major General Leonard
Wood, commandor of the Phlllpplno
division, that two addltinul companlos
of onglnoer troops aro bo designated at
that station for sorvico.
Baker City to Have More Clerks.
Washington, Bopt. 27. Civil sor
vico examination for a postal olork and
letter carrier will bo hold at Bakor
Olty Octobor 10.
E8TABLI8H PRIZE COURT.
Hague Peace Conference Votes on
Great Tribunal.
Tho Hague, Sept. 23. The sixth
plenary sitting of tho pesco conforenco
leday attracted an unusually largo nu
dience. Tho mombots of tho Interna
tlonal Soismologlcal and Dairy con
grosses, which wcro meeting hero, wero
presont. In tho course of tho discus
hIoii regarding tho establishment of an
international prize court, Senor Ksteva
(Mexico; announced that the Mexican
delegation would now vote In favor of
tho proposition, as the modification
permitting a country Interested in a
caeo to havo ita own judge on Uio trl
bunal largaly does away with Uio objec
tionablo features of tho earlior propo
sition which ho said contravened the
principlo of the equality of nations.
Senor Esteva added that while Mexico
would support tho proposition to estab
lish a prize court, she did not withdraw
her opinion, repeatedly expressed,
against tho project to establish an In
ternational court of permanent arbitra
tion, if bas?d on a principle contrary
to the equity cf the states.
The proposition to establish an in
ternational prlzo court was ultimately
approved, Brazil alone casting a vote
against it. Russia, Japan, Slam, Von
ccuola, Turkey and Persia abstained
from voting.
On tho motion of President Nelldoff,
the resolution in regard to convening
the third peace conference, introduced
September 10, was unanimously adopt
ed, together with tho expression of
gratitude to Emperor Nicholas, as tho
initiator of the conference and to Queen
Wilhelmina for her hospitality.
Prior to the vote, M. Tsukui, head of
the Japanese delegation drew cordial
applause because of his expression of
appreciation of the personal initiative
of Emperor Nicholas in bringing about
tho meeting of Uio convention.
JOHN D. TO TE8TIFY.
Fedoral Government Wants to Know
of Standard Oil.
New York, Sept. 23. John D. Rock
efeller, genius extraordinary of the
gigantic Standard Oil trust, will bo
forced to take the witness stand and un
der oath divulge certain secrets of the
combination's history, which he, better
than any other, is able to render ac
curately. Other leading figures in the
trust, who, it was expected, would es-
capo tho ordeal, also will be called to
face Deputy Attorney General Frank
Bellegg's formidable inquisitorial bat
ter v.
Those in charge of the governmtint's
case in the Federal suit to dissolve
Standard Oil as a corporation violator
of the Sherman anti-trust law decided
today that the issuing of more eubpe
nas Ib necessary. Although Mr. Kel
logg would not tell who will be com
pelled to teetify, Uio fact remains that
the enly men in possession of many
much sought secrets who have not been
Bubpenaed are John D. Rockefeller,
William Rockefeller, W. H. Flagler,
Oliver H. Payne, John D. Archbold
and H. H. Bogers.
It is believed that, with the possible
exception of William Rockefeller and
H. II. Rogers, all theso men can be
forced to appear in court.. William
Rockefeller suddenly disappeared from
tho city the other day and Mr. Rogers
is declared to be in no condition to un
dergo examiation.
NO EFFORTS TO HIDE FACTS.
San Francisco Health Officials Will
Tell Truth About Plague.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. At a joint
meeting today of the Federal, Btato and
municipal authorities to discuss tho
bubonic plague situation, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved, That it be tho sense of
this meeting that the fullest authorized
publicity be given to the plague situa
tion in the city at all tirn&s; that the
newspapers bo requested to publish
such reports as may be furnished by
the department of public health; that
the interests of tho city are best served
by this course."
The decision henceforth to encourage
publicity ia in lino with the views
held from the beginning by the foderal
authorities.
The total number of verified cases of
plague to date is 39; doaUis, 22; un
verified suspects, 23.
Japan Excludes Foreigners.
London, Sept. 23. A dispatch to Uio
Times from Pekin today says that tho
labor troubles at Vancouver are being
followed with much interest in the Far
East, where an analogous problem haB
now arisen between China and Japan.
Japanese Imperial ordinance No. 325,
of July 27, 1800, vigorously forbids all
foreigners, whethor Europeans, Ameri
can or Chinese, from working in Japan
as laborors in argiculutral, fishing,
mlnlnc, manufacturing and other class
es of industry outside of the narrow
residential settlements.
Get After the Paper Trust.
New York, Sopt. 23. Members of
the American Newspaper Publishers'
association havo appointed a commit
tee and instructed it to call the atten
tion of ProHident Roosovelt to what the
association asserts is an unlawful com
bination of paper manufacturers to
keep up the price of white paper and
to demand relief from what Utey con
sider an oppressive burden. The ac
tion is the subject of numerous opin
ions hero from both sides.
Army of Shoeworknrs Out.
St. Louis, Bept. 23. A conservative
estimate places tho number of shoo fac
tory workors out hero, at 25,000. Tho
companies, at a meeting today, deoided
not to accode to any demands mado by
the strikers.
WILL PROTECT CHINA
President Roosevelt Cognizant ol
Japan's Game.
COREA ONLY A STEPPING STONE
Japan Blustered About School Ques
tion In California Only to Get
Free Hand In China.
San Francisco, Sept. 24. That the
Japaneso question has not been settled
but is merely in ita infancy Ib the be
lief of a largo number of naval officers
who havo arrived at San Francisco with
Uio advance guard of tho fleet that is to
bo mobilized in Pacific waters. Ac
cording to these authorities, the fleet
has been ordered to tho Pacific not so
much as a warning to Japan for her
past actions as for a floating protest
against her contemplated seizure of
China. In fact, thoso naval men inter
pret that tho presence of the fleet on
this side of the continent as a message
to Japan clearly Baying: "Thou shalt
not steal China."
Theso authorities bring forward a
number of interesting facts to support
their contention. In Uio first place
they point out that a treaty existed be
tween the United States and Corea
which was the nearest thing to an alli
ance that the United States has under
taken. This treaty under a possible
construction pledged the American
government to protect Corea against
just such a coup as Japan has carried
to a successful conclusion. It is said
that immediately after the Portsmouth
treaty was signed, in which, by the
way, Japan guaranteed the independ
ence of Corea, the island empire busied
herself tying tho hands of all the big
European powers by means of treaties
and alliances. The United States gov
ernment was the only big power with
the exception of Germany not included
in this arrangement.
Tho naval officers above referred to
give it as their opinion that the ill feel
ing stirred up between the United
States and Japan was the work of tho
Japanese government. While Japan
was belligerently protesting against the
attitude of the Californians toward the
Japanese, it was doing nothing more or
less, r.cording to the authorities cited.
than holding America at a distance
with one hand while with tie other it
was choking tho life out of Corea.
Tho naval officers hold that as soon
as Japan took possession of Corea Mr.
Roosevelt was convinced that the next
move w.ould involve China, and accord
ingly began preparations for active in
terference. The United States sat
quietly by wjiile Japan put Corea in
its back pocket. It will not sit quietly
by if Japan makes the effort to deal in
the same manner with China.
The big fleet of warships to be gath
ered on the. Pacific coast will serve to
remind Japan that the entity of China
is one of the carJnial foreign policies of
the American government. To just
what lengths the country will go to
preserve Uie Chinese empire from Ja
pan is yet to be determined.
LAST TECHNICALITY FAILS.
Supreme Court Upholds Indictments
of Accused Bribers.
San Franiecco, Sept. 24. The state
Supreme court late yefcterday rendered
a decision upholding the validity'of the
so-called Oliver grand jury. On this
decision depended the fate of the in
dictments found subsequentto3.March
last.
The attack was mode on the grand
jury by William M. Abbott, of tho
United Railroads; Frank G. Drum,
John Martin and Eugene De Sabla, of
tho San Francisco Gas company, and
other defendants sto test the validity of
tho indictments charging them with
bribery. They contended that in Feb
ruary last the names for a now grand
jury were drawn and that, while the
Oliver jury had not been discharged,
Its powers lapeed with the first step
taken to impanel its successor.
Justice McFarland filed a dissenting
opinion.
Plague Not Epidemic.
San Francisco, Sept. 24. Dr. Rupert
Blue, marine hospital sorvico, and
President William Ophnls, of the city
board of health, today united in tho
following statement to tho press rela
tive to the bubonic plague situation:
"From our knowledge of plague, tho
prevention of a Buddon outbreak inopl
demio form can be predicted with
assurance, but a certain number of
cases will continuo to appear for a con
siderable period in spite of preventive
measures." No new cases appeared
today.
Several May Defend Cup.
New York, Sept.- 24. Preparations
for tho dofonse of tho America's cup
has begun. At least ono syndicate is
being organizod and possibly moro.
Everyono appears to be of Uio opinion
that tho management will bo vested in
E. D. Morgan. Thoso mentioned as
generous subscribers aro Edward II,
Harriman, Colonol Robort M. Thomp
son, O. K. G. Billings and Roy A. Ral
ney. Tho cost of produolng tho Reli
ance would bo upward of $500,000.
First Snow In Chicago.
Chicago, Sept. 24, A few flokos of
enow fell here late yesterday. Tho fall
waa not largo enough to bo recognized
by the weather buroau, but for eoveral
minutes It was plainly visible.