FRANCE AND HAYTI
W O H 8 T 8 F O R M O F W IN T E R .
J O K E R 18 F O U N D .
R ailroad T ra ffic S topped Thro ug hou t
P acific N o rth w est
Townsend Exposes T ric k e ry in 8 . P.
Land Grant S uit.
Portland, Mar. 15.— W hile no Ber-
Washington, March IS.— A t to
lous property damage has been re
day's meeting of-house public lands
ported, the heavy storm of wind and
raln'that has been raging without let
itself wholly with the' Fowler bill com mltUe’ alleged
pur-
Wednesday, March 18
up since Friday Is by all odds the
Washington, Match 18. — Senatoi and his reasons for opposing It, and chasers” of Oregon & California rail-
worst o f the past year. There are
makes no reference to either the road land and their counsel were
no prospectB o f early abatement and Rayner, of Maryland, announced to the Aldrich or the William s bill, the lat- heard at length in behalf Qf the
__
property »enate today the death of bit colleague, ter measure having been recommend-1
great
destruction
of
£ ..
throughout the northwest may re-1 William Pinkney Whyte. After adopt- ed by the Democratic members in a amendraent to the F “ “ 0“ resolution
suit, for the storm is general ing the usual resolutions, the senate minority report.
which would ostensibly validate prac-
throughout this entire region.
adjourned out of respect to the memory
In his report Mr. Burton says th a t(tically every sale heretofore made by
'Passenger traffic on the O. It. & of the late senator
he does not regard the passage o f the the railroads, but cross-questioning
N. has been completely tied up since
P resident o f Haytien Republic A c
Saturday afternoon us the result of
Washington, March 18.— General de d
Fe°sTrab.eb at fh V u m "
V
the
D T o w -e n d .
cuses French Legation o f H a r
who investigated the land grant
an enormous landslide at Wyeth. No bate on the pension appropriation bill
east
or
westbound
trains
have
been
-
-
Washington,
March
14.— A fter clearly developed the fact that the
continued for over four hours in the
boring Revolutionists.
sent through in 36 hours, and the
several weeks’ consideration, a pos- proposed
‘ ‘innocent
purchasers”
track w ill not be cleared before to house of representatives today. The
£ as tHfen draf,t- amendment contains a Joker which in
day, as huge masses of soft earth subject# discussed took a wide range— tal
ed ror presentation by the senate i
ni
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. ..
Paris, March 17.— The situation keep oozing down the mountain-side politics, finance, Ihe trusts and the committee on postofflees and post- reality wt)uld have f “ lly protected
between the Haytien government and as rapidly as the steam shovel is president’s last special message all re roads next week. The sub-committee ' the railroad company against any
Four easthound ceiving attention.
France has become acute and criti clearing It away.
appointed to decide upon the meas- suit which the department o f justice
cal.
The French Legation at Port passenger trains tried to get through
At 4:24 p. m. the heuae adjourned ure held its final meetings Saturday
Au Prince Is menaced and a general since 6 o'clock Saturday evening, but out of respect to the memory of the late afternoon, Postmaster-General Meyer might institute. The entire day was
massacre of the white residents of all were stalled, and had to be United States Senator W illiam Pinkney participating In an advisory capacity. devoted to the hearing, and on Sat
the Islands is feared. This Informa brought back to Portland.
The measure decided upon is a com urday Mr. Townsend w ill be heard in
Whyte, of Maryland.
Many of the passengers who had
tion was conveyed in an official dis
posite of the bills Introduced by Sen- behalf of the resolution as It passed
patch to the Foreign Office by M, left on one or the other of these
ator Carter of Montana chairman o f the genate and ln oppo8ltlon to all
T u e s d iy , M a rch 17.
Carteron, the French minister to trains were routed via the Northern
the sub-com m ltt«, by Senator Bur
Washington, March 17.— The sen kett of Nebraska and Senator Knox “ Innocent purchasers” amendments.
Hayti.
Pacific, but It is doubtful if they
The latter part of last week, M. will succeed in getting through, be ate late this afternoon, without a of Pennsylvania. The Knox bill was
In
practically every argument
________________
_ dissenting voice, confirmed the nom- Introduced by request, and was
a number ___
of _____
heavy __________
slides have
Borno, the Haytien minister of state, cause
made it was notable that counsel laid
assured M. Carteron that Hayti occurred on that road between h ere!*na^ on o f John. McCourtr of Pendle- known as the Meyer measure, hav
ton. as district attorney for Oregon. ing been drawn under the direction far more stress upon the Interests of
would agre to allow the refugees and Tacoma.
the railroad company than upon the
Hood R iver people sat in darkness |thus terminating one of the longest of the Postmaster General.
who had taken asylum In the French
Interests o f their purported clients,
Consulates at GonufVes and St. Marc last night. Churches, hotels, and and most bitter patronage fights in
such homes as were provided, were the history o f Oregon.
to leave the island.
yet each one, when cross-questioned
Friday,
M
a
rch
13.
Mr. McCourt's commission will be
This morning there came the news Illuminated by kerosene lamps, lan
Washington, March 13.— Senator disavowed any Interest In the rail
o f the execution at Port Au Prince terns and ancient tallow dips. The made out Immediately and will prob
ably
be forwarded by mall tomor Fulton today introduced a resolution road company’s affairs. In connection
on Sunday of between 10 and 12 light and power plant was put out of
prominent persons on the charge of business early In the storm, and no row. Upon Its receipt he w ill take discharging the interstate commerce with the pleaB o f attorneys, it was
conspiracy against the government, trains went east or west during Sun the oath of office and, upon tele committee from further considera observed that General Land Agent
graphing the attorney general that tion of his hill regarding Increased
together with a cablegram from M. day.
Eberline, of the Southern Pacific,
The volume o f water rushing down he has done so, will be directed by railroad rates, having become satis-*
Carteron announcing that General
Nord Alexis the president of Hayti, Hood R iver is greater than at any wire to take full charge of the dis fled that Chairman Elkins is delib who blocked sales of railroad land in
erately trying to smother the meas and after 1902, was present, together
had not only refused to confirm the time since its power was harnessed. trict attorney's office.
ure by refusing to bring It to a vote.
assurances given M. Borno, but hud Only an intermittent telegraph and
with L. E. Payson, eastern counsel
Washington, March 17.— The sen Elkins, ln retalliatlon, had read in
flatly declined to permit the refugees telephone service was possible and
for the Harriman railroads, and Mr.
conditions promise to be worse to ate committee on finance today voted the senate a letter from Commis
in the consulates to depart.
unanimously to amend the Aldrich sioner Knapp, which he contended Rich, a New York banker, who holds
Eleven additional persons have day.
Pendleton Is also In a bad, if not financial bill by eliminating railroad was hostile to Fulton’s bill, but he $20,000,000 of the Oregon & Cali
taken asylum at the French Lega
sion’s report, which was inclosed,
tion.
The French cruiser Destrees In a very serious way, for the Uma bonds as security for national bank
and which was favorable to the bill fornia comapny’s bonds. Y et no one
is expected very soon at Gonalves, tilla river raged like a torrent all circulation. It also decided to amend
professing to represent the railroad
as amended.
where she will act in co-operation day yesterday and la rising at the the hill so as to retain the provision
Further debate was cut off when availed himself of the opportunity to
with the British and German ships rate o f four inches an hour, threat of the present law prohibiting the
ening the town with a flood as ser retirement by national banks of 2 o'clock arrived, as that hour had make a statement.
o f war now on their way to Hayti.
been fixed for a set speech on the
It Is understood here that France, ious as that which devastated It two more than $9,000,000 of circulation currency bill, but Fulton will present
Various counsel for purchasers of
in any one month. The committee
Germany and Great Britain are act years ago.
railroad land were requested to sug
W illam ette valley points are apt to discussed the proposition o f increas the commission's report and continue gest a form of amendment which
ing in accord <n this matter.
his fight.
General Antonor Flmln, who led suffer considerably, though no great ing taxation on emergency circula
Elkins is not playing fair. His un would protect all innocent pur
the last revolt of Hayti, is among damage has been done so far and the tion outstanding more than six fairness will help Fulton, who is de chasers for value who are not guilty
the refugees under the French flag. train service on the Southern Pacific months. The rate under the bill as termined to figh t to the last ditch to of fraud. None of these amendments
The foreign office recognizes that the has been maintained without inter it now stands is 6 per cent. No ac get his bill before the senate. He made any distinction as to who these
general and his followers are revo ruption. The rainfall has been un tion was taken on this feature.
had an assurance tonight, however, purchasers might be.
lutionists but declines to hand them usually heavy throughout the valley
Mr. Townsend called attention to
that the subcommittee w ill report
Washington,
March
1
7
.—
The
and
all
tributaries
to
the
Willam
ette
over to the Haytten government on
the fact that In 1870 the East Side
his bill tomorrow.
the ground that there were no as are leaping up their banks steadily, western senators who stood out
Co. conveyed its entire grant to the
surances that the men would have a hour by hour, and are expected to against the railroad bond feature of
Washington, March 13.— The for Oregon & California Co., so that the
I the Aldrich currency bill won a sig-
legal trial. In this connection It was keep on rising for several days.
company,
under the proposed amend
A number of log booms In the nal victory today when the finance tification appropriation bill, which ments, could be regarded as a "p u r
explained that, according to French
w ill soon be reported to the house,
committee
adopted
an
amendment
Cowlitz
river
have
been
ripped
loose
tradition, any man who sought ref
chaser for value and without fraud.”
railroad
bonds from w ill make adequate provision for in The same is true o f the West Side
uge under the French flag should from their moorings and are hurling eliminating
among the securities that may be creasing the efficiency of the coast grant under the sale o f 1880. More
have at least temporary protection. down the river.
Between 3 o’clock Saturday after used as a basis for the Issue of na defenses along the Pacific coast. It over .there are two trust deeds of
The Temps has specials from Port
Is stated that the entire appropria
1881, which convey the entire land
Au Prince saying that the local sit noon and 6 p. m. yesterday the W il tional bank currency.
When the president consulted with tion, save what is necessary for grant to the preferred stockholders
uation Is grave. General Nord Alexis lamette river came up five feet at
maintenance of defenses on the A t
claims that the plot against him was Portland. There is a strong current the western men ten days ago he lantic coast, w ill be devoted to the without condition. Again the “ inno
hatched at the French Legation and running and indications point to a found many opposed to the railroad enlargement and Improvement o f the cent purchasers.”
clause,
including
Senators
an attack upon the Legation is fear steady rise for several days to come. | bond
On July 1, 1887, a $20,000,000
Pacific coast and insular defenses,
ed, the correspondent says, because Heavy rains have fallen throughout Borah. Bourne and Dixon, and upon several million dollars ln all. It is mortgage was given to the Union
probing
deeper
concluded
that
they
the
valley
and
all
tributary
streams
Trust Co.
Upon cross-examination
M. Carternon, the French minister,
were right. He then Informed Sen the intention of congress to make by Mr. Townsend it was admitted by
declines to deliver the refugees un are bank full.
During the 24 hours ending Sun ator Aldrich of their position and of the fortifications on the Pacific coast the attorneys that ,lf any of the
der the French agreement to the
day at 5 p. m. 1.82 inches of rain his concurrence and at Mr. Aldrich’s ln every way equal to the defenses of amendments
proposed
by
them
Haytien authorities.
the harbors on the Atlantic.
should be adopted, It would validate
A dispatch from Port Au Prince fell. Between noon Friday and last suggestion the committee acted to-
evening
the
precipitation
was
2.82
day.
all these conveyances and thus defeat
states that President Nord Alexis has
Th ursd ay, M a rch 12.
the entire suit of the government
consented to allow the refugees in inches. The amount of rainfall for
Washington, March 12.— The Lil- against the railroad company. Not
M onday, M a rc h 16.
the French Legation to leave the Is the 24 hours just passed has been
Washington,
March
16.— There ley submarine boat inquiry was be one amendment was proposed in the
land but that henceforth rebels tak exceeded for the month of March
of
“ innocent
purchasers”
ing refuge In the Consulates will be three times since the establishment was no executive session of the Sen gun In earnest today by a special name
of
a
weather
station
at
Portland.
In
ate this evening, therefore the nom house committee. Beginning at 10 which yvould not fu lly protect the
removed by force If they are not sur
o’clock
the
committee
continued
Its
1877
the
fall
was
2.35
inches.
In
ination
of
John
McCourt
as
District
railroad
company.
rendered.
work during the greater part of the
The dispatch says It appears that 1883 2:25 inches in 1902 1.85 inches. Attorney was not confirmed.
The judiciary committee today day. Representative L illey was heard
the situation Is likely to be still fur The rainfall was steady but at no
M R 8. RO O SEVELT A TTEN D S
at
length. He began his testimony
time
was
there
an
excessive
down
unanimously authorized Senator Ful
ther complicated.
Everyone dreads
ton to report the nomination favor by reading a long typewritten state
the possibility of a messacre of the pour.
The wind attained a velocity o f 52 ably. Under the senate rules the re- ment, a part of which was in the na- Guest at Convention on the W elfa re
Europeans by the Haytien troops on
miles ah hour at North Head and at port lies over for one day before the ture of an affidavit ln which he out
the arrival of the warships.
o f C h ild ren .
The dispatch declares that It, is Tatoosh Island. The general direc confirmation, unless immediate ac-1 lined his charges ln detail. When he
Washington, March 13.— The ap
understood that Germany will take tion was south and southwest. The tlon is necessary by conditions of the had completed this formal presenta-
action If the government executes storm is moving rapidly eastward service. The senate w ill undoubtedly tion he was questioned at length by pearance o f the first lady of the land
more rebels. President Nord Alexis, and this morning is raging over Brit confirm the nomination Wednesday. Representative Olmstead o f the com served to attract a large attendance
mittee. who was designated by
however, seems quite unmoved at ish Columbia. Storm warnings are
at today’s session of the first Inter
Washington, March 16.-— By the Chairman Boutell to perform that
»he prospect of a naval demonstra st 111 out over coast ports and strong
national congress on the welfare of
tion. The total number of men exe southerly winds are looked for today. vote of three to two, the subcommit-¡service.
Rain w ill continue, but not steadily tee of the senate committee on judi-
During the afternoon session. Rep the child which is being held under
cuted is not given.
as yesterday.
ciary today declared unconstitutional resentative Richmond P. Hobson tes- the auspices of the National Mothers’
all o f the
bills Intended to remove i11 fled that he had neen approached Congress. Mrs. Roosevelt, who Is a
Alia T rie s to Escape.
Elma, Wash., March 16.— Heavy, federal harriers against the states by a man representing the Electric
life member of the Mothers’ Society,
Denver. March 17.— An attempt
control of their police Boat Co., who told him that, if he was accompanied by Mrs. Cowles,
continuous rain has prevailed in the exercising
was made about 8:30 o ’clock today Chehalis valley for several days past. power for
the regulation of the 11- would support the claims of that wife o f Admiral Cowles, and sister of
by Giuseppe Alla, the condemned The Chehalis river, running over Its quor traffic. Hearings on these meas- company before congress, the com President Roosevelt, and her secre
murderer of Father Leo Heinrichs, banks, is still rising and the highest ures have been held covering almost pany could bring Influence to bear tary, Miss Hagner.
the entire present session, and t h e iuP °n Speaker Cgnnon to have him
The distinguished guest was ac
to escape from the county Jail, where water in many years is now expected bills were advocated by represnta-! iHobson) appointed on the commit-
and being prepared for. There was a
corded a most cordial welcome and
he has been under guard day and steady downpour o f heavy rain all tives of practically all the states .tee on naval affairs,
appeared to be deeply interested ln
Washington. March 12. By a tie the proceedings. In Introducing Mrs.
night. He made use of a razor blade through the night, and It continues where there is a strong prohibition
gentiment.
¡vote, a motion was lost today in the
with which he slashed the neck of a today unabated.
Roosevelt to the audience, Mrs.
The members of the subcommittee house committee on m ilitary affairs
"tru sty ” who was cleaning his cell,
Not a log wil'. be left in any of the
Schoff, o f Philadelphia, president of
and then made a rush to get away. creeks and rivers, every driving are Senators Knox, Nelson, Fulton, ¡ ,-° report favorably the Dawes bill the Mothers' Congress, declared “ It
creating a roll to be known as the
Th e "trusty,” despite his cut, rushed stream w ill be swept clean, so great Bacon and Rayner.
------
¡volunteer retired list and placing Is due to President Roosevelt that
after him and pinioned him, and he Is the flood raging through Chehalis
thereon, with retired pay, the survlv- the Mothers’ Congress Idea has
was quickly overpowered with the county at this time. Logs that have
Washington, March 16.— The for-
spread to the uttermost part of the
help of Deputy Warden Carpen.
tificat
ions'
bill,
carrving
a
total
a
p
^
ln* volunteer o m e e r s o f t h e army civilized world.”
hung for years on gravel bars and
i *t
* me, «six
t ' navy and marine corps or tne civil
high banks w ill go down to the proprtation of $8,210,611, instead of,
war.
Estimates inHimteH
indicated that
that the
the
Im mense Pension A ppropriations
booms on Grays Irarbo*-
the $38,443,945 asked for by the first year's operation of such a law
C ham pions o f P acific Fleet.
war department, was reported today would cost the government $11,000,-
Washington. March 17.— For the
Mare Island, Cal., March 13.— It is
to the house committee on Appropria
second time the house will consider
F ire M akes 3 0 0 Idle.
000 .
learned here that the cruiser Msrylsnd,
the pension appropriation bill, that
Trinidad, Colo., March 16.— Fire, tions by Smith of the sub-committee
Captain Channcey Thomas, will (be
on appropriations.
The committee
mdasure having been taken up today
Washington,
March
12.—
The
sen
supposed to have been caused by felt that, aside from other consldera-
awarded the trophy for the best show
under an arrangement reached Just
ate committee on military affairs to-
ing made by battleship class vessels
to recommend an approprla- i . _ ___„ v,m o„thr.r-
before adjournment yesterday. The crowded electric wires, destroyed the tlons,
t
n
t
«a
s
non
nnn
;day
reported
favorably
a
bill
author-
f
, he armv
daring the recent practice at Magdalena
bill
appropriates
approximately coke washer, tipple, engine house tlon of $38,000,000 for fortifications I
nH o
h » ™ . ™ ! laboratory
ln h n r n t n r v o
o f the
. h e Col
Pol. at this tim e W o u l d be an action I 1* 1" « eXtr8 ° fflC e r 8 ,0r the a r n i y -
chemical
$150,864,000, the largest sum ever = and
The bill reported would add 651 hay. A ll ships of this class made a
the array distributed as better showing than at target practice
included in a pension appropriation orado Fuel & Iron Company's mine which might very reasonably be con-
at
Sopris,
five
miles
west
of
here
to
bill.
Some time was taken up by
SiX'.WSS?
fo llo w , among the gra d ,.: T h irty -.!; on the Eastern coast, the Maryland far
day,
entailing
a
loss
estimated
at
was
atlon
that
the
United
States
Langley, of Kentucky, in pleading
colonels, 54 lieutenant-colonels. 90 distancing all others. In practice with
for a pensionable status o f certain $150,000 and throwing 300 men out preparing against a war with that majors, 162 captains. 144 lieutenants six-inch guns the St. Louis made the
o f employment.
The flames were nation.
The amount recommended and 126 second lieutenaats.
Kentucky militiamen
highest average, with the Maryland and
first discovered on the third floor of by the committee is larger than any
Charleston makings second record with
the five-story frame building o f the which has been annually appro
N ations Sanding C ru ise rs.
coke washer, spreading rapidly to priated since the Spanlsh-American
a tie.
Im m ig ratio n T id e T u rn ed .
Berlin, March 17.— The German
the other structures. The office war.
New York, March 17.— Immlgra
Adm iralty has ordered the cruiser
was saved after desperateflghtlng
D eprived o f T h e ir Bonus.
tlon statistics compiled by steamship
Bremen, at present at Curacao, t<»:go
S atu rd ay, M a rc h 14.
companies and made public today
Helens. Mont., March 13.— Havlna
to Port Au Prince, Hayti, to be at
C hina S alutes Japan’s Flag.
Washington, March 14— Repreten- show that the tide of alien arrivals jyeen refused a dividend bonne for the
the disposal of the German minister
Toklo, March 16.— A satisfactory' tatlve Burton, of Ohio .submitted to in this country still remains at l ° w : time the East Helena smelter was shut
fo r the protection of German sub
.
.
.
.
__
__
_
-
,.
the
house his m inority report as a ebb, while the return of
jects or other foreigners.
| down, the Austrian employe* struck
*
'
.
.
member o f the banking and currency
Europe continues in unusual nun,
"
Tuesday and attacked with eluba and
announced this morning. China h^s committee, dissenting from the ma- |)(.ra
The figures disclose that " ’" for
C hina Releases T a tiu M a ru .
rocks the midnight shift when it start
Hongkong, March 17.— The Japan conceded all the Japanese demands. ¡Jority rep o rt, which recommended j every 50 Immigrants arriving In the
ese steamer Tatsu Maru,, which was She w ill purchase the arms and am -¡the passage o f the Fow ler currency ! I nlted States, 147 of the foreign ele- ed to work. Sheriff Shoemaker today
arrested five of the ringleaders. The
Mr. Burton's report concerns ment leave
seized by the Chinese customs auth munltion on board the Tatsu and bill.
men say they were discharged, after
orities at Macao for carrying arms w ill hoist the Japanese flag over the
working all hnt three days of the bonus
B ecom es Bank R eceiver.
and ammunition alleged to be In vessel. W h ile the flag Is being re-
B roaden 8c o p e o f S chools.
and
that . it . was a premeditated
tended for the use of Chinese revolu holsted a Chinese warship w ill fire
•Washington, March 19.— The res
Washington,
vv a c u m g t u n p
avim
Marth
vis
m
17.—
. • •
At " period,
.
__
tionists, was released today.
a salute. There Is a general feeling ignation o f J. H. Edwards, assistant meeting o f the advisory council and step for economical reasons,
o f relief In consequence of the set to the secretary o f the treasury in officers o f the national congress of
tlement o f the incident.
M alta W ill W alcom a Fleet.
charge of the financial bureau, which mothers held at the W hite House to
C hicago Closas S chool F ire tra p a .
was tendered some tim e ago, will day, at which President Roosevelt
Malta, March 17.— The announce
Chicago, March 13.— Because of vio
C on gratu lations F ro m K aiser.
take effect tomorrow, w^en L. A. presided, a letter was read from lations nf the fire ordinances the two
ment that the American fleet would
make a round-the-world trip has
London, March 16 -— A special dls-, Coolldge, who has been confirmed by Commissioner o f Education Brown, npper floors of the Ft. Agnes school
hlch
been received here with great inter patch to the Dally Mall from Berlin the senate, w ill take charge. Secre- Indorsing the movement for
were closed summarily yesterday by
est.
Should the fleet visit M a lta ,1 says that the Emperor sent warm tary Cortelyou said today that Mr. the congress has stood from the be- .. K
. .
T.
its reception w ill be In the hands of personal congratulations
to Presi-
Edwards had decided to accept the ginning, looking to the uso o f pub- tne pniiamg comm s in e r .
i ne oiner
the military authorities, as the Medl- dent Roosevelt on the arrival o f the receivership o f the New Amsterdam lie school buildings for meeting jmildings were declared to he In a con-
terranean fleet la absent from June fleet at Magdalena Bay ahead
o f bank, o f New York, which suspend- purposes to accomplish an extension dltion which menaced the safety of
to October.
schedule time.
ed during the late money stringency, of the Influence o f the schools
their occupant*.
AROUND THE WORLD
Peace Relations Badly Strained
by Revolutionists.
American Battleship Fleet Will
Make the Circuit.
PROTECTION OF REFUGEES CAUSE
LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO JULY 6
Disappointm ent on C oast— Fall T a rg e t
P ractice in
Philippine W e te rt
— Japan N o t on Route,
San Diego, Cal., March 14.— News
that the "Am erican battle fleet” Is
to undertake a tour o f the world
within two months after its arrival
at San Francisco on May 5 was
flashed by wireless telegraphy to the
16 battleships of Admiral Evans'
command at Magdalena Bay late
last night by the government station
on Point Loma. There is every rea
son to believe that It was received
oa board the vessels by officers and
crews alike with the greatest degree
o f satisfaction.
Admiral Evans, who w ill relin
quish command of the fleet during
Its forthcoming stay at San Fran
cisco, and who goes on the retired
list when he attains the age of 62
years ln August, was expecting some
official word from Washington on the
subject of the future movements o f
the fleet, and it was ln view o f this
and to enable the department to pre
pare Its program that he sent the
message the night of his arrival off
Magdalena Bay, to the effect that
the ships could start on any mission
at a day’s notice and were ln far bet
ter shape as to machinery and effi
ciency of crews than on the day o f
sailing from Hampton Roads.
Washington, March 14.— Adm iral
Evans’ battleship fleet, after leaving
San Francisco, w ill visit Hawaii, Sa
moa, Melbourne and Sydney, Austra
lia; the Philippines and return to
New York by way of the Suez Canal.
Secretary Metcalf announced the
future movements of the fleet after
the cabinet meeting today. It w ill
leave San Francisco on July 6 "fo r
our Pacific possessions,” as Mr. Met
calf styled It. The vessels w ill first
touch at Hawaii, where they w ill
coal. A fter that they w ill go to Sa
moa, follow ing with a visit to Aus
tralia. They w ill stop at the cities
of Melbourne and Sydney, the Invi
tation of the Australian government
to visit that country having been
supplemented by a more cordial one
from the British Ambassador, Mr.
Bryce.
Leaving the Australian waters, the
vessels are to go to Manila, and
while in the Philippines, the annual
fa ll target practice w ill he held.
Thence they w ill return to the United
States by way o f the Suez canal,
stopping only nt such ports as are
necessary for coaling purposes. The
date of their return to the States de
pends entirely upon the amount o f
time required for the target prac
tice ln the Philippines. The visit o f
the battleships to Puget Sound w ill
be made some time between the con
clusion of the grand review in San
Francisco Bay, on May 8. and the
date of the sailing over the Pacific.
Secretary Metcalf said that the
battleships would remain in San
Fra^jisco until May 22, during which
time they would fill their bunkers
with coal. According to the present
plan, the entire fleet will go up to
Puget Sound, and some of the ships
may be sent over to Vancouver, all
returning to San Francisco, however,
before departing for home. Admiral
Evans will retire In August by odter-
atlou o f law. Secretary Metcalf said
that no decision had yet been ar
rived at as to who would succeed
him In command o f the fleet on Its
voyage homeward.
Mr. Metcalf today made public a
copy o f a letter addressed to Secre
tary Root, March 2, by Ambassador
Bryce supplementing the Invitation
extended by Sir Alfred Deakln ln
behalf of the commonwealth of Aus
tralia for the battleships to visit that
country on their return to the United
States.
Orders were Issued at the navy de
partment today assigning officers to
duty In connection with fittin g out
the torpedo boats Davies, FaiYagut
and Fox. ‘
W arship s H avs a Racs.
San Francisco, March 14.— The
protected cruisers Charlestown, St.
Louis and Milwaukee, which arrived
from Mggdalena Bay today, utilized
a portion of their run up the Coast
tor an annual enduranoe test which
resulted In disaster for the Milwau
kee and the flagship Charleston. The
test requires a speed of 20 knots
maintained
for eight consecutive
hours. A ll went well for the first
few hours as the three white cruisers
dashed through the Santa Barbara
channel until suddenly the flagship
dropped behind, soon to be followed
ln misfortune hy the M ilwaukee,
C ru la s ra to tha D ry d o ck.
San Francisco, March 14.— The
protected cruisers Milwaukee and St.
Loula, attached to Adm iral Swin
burne’s fleet, arriving at this port
today», are to be placed ln ordinary
and w ill leave within a few days for
the Bremerton navy yard. This ac
tion will mean that only 75 men, a
line officer and some o f the machin
ists and engineers will be left on
each o f the two ships, and they w ill
all but be placed out o f commission
ln the north.
Q arm any T a k e s N otice.
Berlin, March 14.— The German
naval critics a r e ’ commenting upon
the wonderful feat of seamanship
displayed ln the 12.000-mlle voyage
o f the American battleship fleet tin
der the command o f Rear-Admiral
Evans and Its arrival at Magdalena
Bay four days ahead of Its scheduled
time without a ship being disabled.
They consider It proof o f excellent
material as well as of personnel.