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COUXT VOX KOTZIT9 DUEL VICTI3I SUCCOIDS TO HIS WOUND. Bloody Chapter Added to the Anonymous-Letter Incident That' lias Scandalized the Fatherland. CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS ANOTHER "SURD REMEDY" DISCOVERED 1Y A GERMAN PHYSICIAN. ' It Is Called Antlmlcrobla, Is Composed of Osone and Cod-Liver OH, and Is Said to Have Never Failed. POTSDAM, Prussia, April 11. Baron Von Schrader, master of ceremonies at the Prussian court, died to-day, his death being the result of injuries Inflicted by Count Von Kotze, formerly one of the court chamberlains, during a duel fought yesterday in the vicinity of Neues Palais at Potsdam. Baron Von Schrader was severely wounded in the abdomen at the time of the meeting on the field of honor, and his recovery from the injuries received was considered from the first doubtful, if not impossible. The death of the Baron will undoubtedly go a long ways towards reviving ihe great court anonymous letters scandals, which for years have furnished Germany,. and, in fact, all Europe, with a series of startling sensations. The arrest of Count Von Kotze for participating in this duel with Baron Von Schrader has already been ordered, and he has announced his willingness to surrender to the authorities. It is also stated that the affair will be seized on by the Liberals as an opportunity for making an interpellation in the Reichstag, the claim being made that the authorities knew well that the duel was about to take .place, but refused to Interfere. If the matter is given an airing in the German Parliament, as well as In the courts, the names of persons high in social and political life In Germany, in fact, of royalty itself, cannot be kept out of the case. The story of the arrest of Count Von Kotze, of (his Imprisonment on tho charge of writing letters over the signature of "AVer Bin Ich" ("Who Am I"), accusing trie 'Emperor of immorality, the account of the loss of tho diary of Princess Charlotte of Sate-Meindn-gen, the eldest sister of tho Emperor, the flight from Berlin of Dr. Fritz Friedman, the counsel for Von Kotze during his eventful trial, have all been told before. After Von Kotze's Imprisonment these anonymous letters were still received by royal personages, and this, taken in connection with other cir cumstances, led to the release from prison of the court chamberlain and his restoration, apparently, to royal favor. It has been re peatedly IntimateJ that Emperor William has secreily indorsed the sending out of whole sale challenges to the accusers of Von Kotze. me Tribune recently threw out of court a suit for slander which Von Kotze brought against Baron, Von Schrader. This 6ult fol lowed immediately after the first of the duels between Baron Von Schrader and Count Von Kotze, in which both of the combatants re ccived flesh -wounfls." T j officers of the two regiments of cavalry with which Baron Von Schrader and Count Von Kotze are connected, after having constituted themselves into courts of honor and duly investigated the charges of slander which Von Kotze brought against Von Schrader, decided that Von Schrader was entitled to an acquittal. More than this, they declared that Von Schrader was Justified in :his remarks, and they ep pealed to the Emperor to dismiss Von Kotze from the army. This verdict of the courts of honor was in dorsed by Prince Frederick of Ilohenzollern, the commander-in-chief of the garrison of iBerlln. Emperor WllHam. however, declined to ratify this verdict. Prince Frederick, ac cordlngly, resigned hls command, removing to Batavia, and stating that he could no longer associate with Count Von Kotze. Other members of the nobility followed the example of Prince Frederick, ind for a time there was a general exodus of princes from Berlin. Naturally, under tho circumstances, interest will bo centered in Che punishment to be meted out to Count Von Kotze, because of his duel with Baron Von 'Schrader, and be tiause of the unfortunate dea'th of the master of ceremonies at nhe Prussian court. Prospective French Duel. PAIUS, April 11. Prince Sagan has challenged M. Hermant, author of the play "Lamente." ItJs claimed that the trouble grew out of personal reflections cpntained in the play, and that Prince Sacran took excen tion to comments made in this connection. Prince Sagan a seconds will be General riant ana count uion. Maw COXSUSIPTIO.V CURE. A Youns PhyKiciun'a Discovery, for Which Much In jDlalmed. (Copyright, 1S06, by the Associated Press.) BERLIN, April 11. Intense interest has been aroused in medical and other circles 1 1 A . . - nere Dy tne announcement or a young physician, Erich Langheld, at the Interna tional Physicians' Congress, at Wiesbaden to-day, that he has discovered a new remedy for tubercolosis, named Antlmocrobla. Its principal Ingredients, it appears, are ozono and cod-liver oil, applied by subcutaneous injection. In the experiments of the past five years, he explained, the greatest difficulty to overcome was that of keeping the ozone pure and easily available. Of the ninety cases of tubercolosis treated In the Moabit Hospital during the past year all have been cured. Professors Gerhardt and Znator fully confirmed the foregoing statement. From a high official of the Foreign Office it is learned that Emperor. villlara who arrived at Venice to-day, Is greatly pleased with his Italian trip. The official said: "His Majesty is convinced that the drelbund Is more than ever popular, both in Germany end Italy, and the numberless spontaneous tokens of sympathy evinced by the Italian people during the past fortnight clearly show that the drelbund has deep root in the nation's mind. Independent of any Cabinet crisis." The Emperor will return to Potsiam on April 29. After the fetes at Vienna he will go hunting in Baden and Thuringia. I According to present arrangements the new united states emDassaaor to Germany, Mr. Edwin F. Uhl, will be presented to the Emperor on April 30. For the convenience of the court a small electric railroad is now being built from the new palace to Wildpark . railroad station. His Majesty has made sketches for two battle paintings, one representing the outside of Sedan and the other the battle of Saint Privat, and has commissioned Carl Roechllng to paint them in oil on larere canvases. Roechling has gone to Metz rin order to study the scenes. The Prussian, government has sent the Diet an appropriation bill calling for the building of eighteen auxiliary railroads at a cost of G5.DO1.00O marics ana a bill calling fcr 3.COO.0OO marks with which to 'erect grain elevators as a relief measure for husbandry. . . According '(o official statistics nine thou sand land owners In. east Prussia, west Prussia and Pcnieranla are 70rth llSJCKCD, 1C1.100.CCO and T5::.c:5 cnrLa, rcr-cctlvcly;

but it appears they are Indebted 260,000.005 marks, 23,2S0.O0O marks and S67.80O.0OQ marks, respectively. ...

. Some sensation has been caused by an an onymous author, said to be a well-known offlcer of the general staff, who has published in the Hanoverian Courier a sharp attack directed against the Emperor in a protest against pensioning army officers en masse. The author declares there are now as many officers In retirement as in . ac tivity. That too manv tried and experienced offiecrs are lost to the army and that no vocation ln the whole empire to-day is as insecure as that of the officers from captain upwards, which has created widespread dissatisfaction in the army. ... The big Bismarck monument at Rudelsburg, Thuringia, erected by the German students, will be unveiled on May 23. Prince Bismarck, in conversation a few days ago, said: "I have always thought, regarding our colonies, that we ought always to secure the coasts first, by plantation, as the Dutch have done In Java, leav ing the interior undisturbed. But we have too many little Cortezes and Pizarros, who wish to win laurels." . The National Zeitung announces the resig nation of Dr. Peters as director of the Colonial Society, owing to the Inquiry into his conduct while imperial commissioner in Africa. An edict of the Secretary for the Interior, referring to naturalization, facilitates the reinstatement of former emigrants as German citizens, provided it does not conflict with their military obligations. ... The Schoenlank collection, one of the largest and most valuable German private collections of paintings, is to be sold on April 28 and 29. IA comprises 220 examples of the early Italian, German and Flemish schools, including a genuine Rembrandt and many Tenters, Ostrades, Rubens, Vandycks, Tltians, Veroneses and Cranachs. The German exports to America for the past three months have increased, when com pared with the same period of 1S95 Berlin, by $150,000, largely in clothing, gloves, etc.; Ham burg, by J1.6G6.222. For sugar alone the in crease was f(57,6ol. The exports from Breslau to America decreased $178,000, and those from Chemnitz Increased $421,462, chiefly in hosiery: Leipslc's exports increased $66,388, when compared with the same period last year. Americans intending to travel In Germany and Russia this summer are advised to ob tain passports at Washington, as the new rules make identification indlspenpable before tne passports are issued from tne American embassies ln Europe. Ibor day will be kept generally by the Socalists In Germany. A civil engineer named Encillon, of Urgeville, Lorraine, has been ar rested on the charge of lese majesty, and will be tried at Leipsic. WALLING TO SQUEAL REPORTED AGAIN THAT HE WILI, Tt'RX STATE'S EVIDENCE. Pronecutlon Claims to Have Evidence Showing- What Became of Pcurl llryann Hcmt, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CINCINNATI, April 11. The stry that Alonzo Walling will turn State's evidence at Jackson's trial and will afterwards plead guilty and receive a light sentence for helping the defense is again being circulated. There have been so many rumors to this effect that a reporter started out to-day to learn, if possible, what foundation they have. The prosecution has remained dumb as oysters whenever approached on tho subject, but a Campbell county official who is close to the rrosecution was found who substantially verifies the report. On promise that his name would not bo given he said to-day: "Alonzo Walling will undoubtedly be the big sensation of the Jackson murder trial. Not only will Walling be put on the witness stand in the Jackson trial, but he will tell the whole story of the killing of Pearl Bryan, implicating both Jackson and himself. It Is understood, however, that the evidence will convict Jackson, tho prosecutor prom--Islng in return immunity from punishment to Walling for turning State's evidence." It Is claimed first that the prosecution would never have consented to a severance of the cases had not some understanding been reached with Waiting's attorneys, and, secondly, it will be remembered that Jackson's attorneys did not want to indicate whether they wished a severance or not, when Colonel Washington, Walllng's attorney, quickly arose and demanded a severance, much to the apparent surprise of Jackson's attorneys. These rather significant conditions of affairs, to which may be added Walllng's serene manner all through the proceedings, at least give color to the story that he is to'getout of a very eerious predicament with, possibly a short term in the penitentiary. It is understood that Jackson's attorney. Colonel Crawford, is aware of the plan of campaign and will make a strong effort to weaken Walllng's testimony. The Times-Star claims to-night that it is in position to state that when Jackson is tried the mystery of the disposition of Pearl Bryan's head will be cleared away. The prosecution has absolute knowledge and proof of where the head was secreted as well as by whom It was disposed of and the time and exact manner of disposing of it. When this is testified to the case will be complete. Colonel Nelson admits that he has this testimony, but in fairness to the prosecution he asks that the details be withheld from publication. Colonel Nelson says he does not desire to give the defense any more information than is necessary, and for that reason the story of the disposition of the head will not be made public until the facts are testified to on the witness stana. Colonel Nelson says he has received a num ber of requests from ladles for tickets for Jackson's trial. In every case he has de clined to send them, oecause, ne says, the trial will not be a nt place ror laaies to be present. The colonel says mat ne will not mince words in his speech, and some of the language will be extremely harsh far ladies' ears. . . ... This mornlnf;' coionei urawioro, ror tne de fense, filed another batch of interrogatories. They are with regard to the reputation and cnaracier 01 aiiuojihswhi mc pugiust, win Wood's reputation at Greencastle, Scott Jackson's standing at college and the reputa tion of cab driver jacKSon ior truth and veracity. .... Friday - afternoon a Diooay cagger was found in a watering trough near where Jackton was arrested by detective Bulmer, and there is some suspicion that it may have belonged to Jackson. After a conference with Colonel Washington Friday, W. C. Shepherd, of Hamilton, decided to remain in the case, and will work as an ' associate of Colonel Washington's in the Walling trial. A great deal of the interest- in the coming trial of Scott Jackson will center about the attempt of the defense to break down the testimony of George Jackson, the colorder coachman. Attorney Crawford,' for Scott Jackson, will claim that the colored man, George Jackson, did not drive-Scott Jackson over to Fort Thomas. Attorney Orawford feels confident that he can prove that George Jackson did not drill on the night of the murder, but that he was at the Ewlngs's house til about 2 a. m. Saturday, Feb. 1, and that the coachman did not leave Cincinnati that night. Should this fail, however, Crawford has another resource, which is nothing less than to dis pute George Jackson's identification of Sctitt Jackson. Two newspaper reporters will testify that wl.en the coachman was taken to the iall and the prisoners ranged before him he rould not Dick out Scott Jackson. He lo cated Walling and then looked along the line for Jackson. He could not pick him ot. kThen he asked that all the prisoners rw,r.',n their hats. This was done, and vet George Jackson could not identify Scott Jackson. According to the testimony of thP newsDaper men George Jackson asked. as a last resort, that the prisoners be made to take off their nais. "Jackson did not wear his hat that nlrhL" he said. The order was given and the rrkontrs all teo-u on tneir nats. jaexson was a. mtle dower -than the rest, end ccme ens j'dlcj;, C::r30 Zz.z'zzz. cz.rr a hcrl t! o c

and quickly remove his hat. Then the coachman went over to him and said: "This is the man." Attorney Crawford claims that with testimony he will be able to show conclusively that George Jackson never saw Scott Jackson before the night he saw him at the Jail. "SVIliL SOT AFFILIATE.

Musicians Deride to Hold Aloof from Other Labor Organiration. WASHINGTON, April 11. Several controversies were settled at to-day's session of the National League of Musicians. The meeting ras a stormy one and lasted seven hours without recess. The maia contention was over the scheme to fix a uniform initiation fee of $5 iii all local societies for members entering from another eociety. There was a pronounced opposition, several railcal speeches being made, but the counsel of the friends of xhe measure finally prevailed and it was adopted by a. practically unanimous vote. Another warm discussion was precipitated by a proposed amendment to the ' league constitution forbidding the league to affiliate with any national labor organization. Speeches were made by some favoring the recent proposition of President Gompers, of the American Federation of Ldxr, for the league to Join that body. The motion for affiliation was declared unstltutional by President Bremer. The ruling was appealed from, and after a long controversy the scheme was discountenanced and the decision sustained. At to-night's session the question of membership insurance was up for discussion, and the establishment of an endowment fund for the order was decided upon. The convention adjourned sine die soon after midnight. RETURN OF WALLER THE EX-CO.XSIL DOES AOT SPARE THE FRENCH IX HIS STORY. Inhuman Treatment a to Food and Medical AttendanceAVIll Sue France for Damage. NEW YORK, April ll.-John L. Waller, late United States consul at Tamatave, Madagascar, was a second-class passenger on the Americn line steamer New York, which arrived to-day from Southampton. He stated to a reporter that he was released from prison in France on Feb. 20, exactly eleven months from the time he was sentenced at Madagascar. Mr. Waller declined to discuss his case at length, but said he felt confident of the ultimate Justification of his actions. He inquired anxiously as to tho health of his wife and family, who have been at Baltimore for the past two months. Mr. Waller said that while on the guard ship at Madagascar and during the passage to France, his treatment was simply inhuman, but that at the prison where he was confined in France his lot was no worse than that of ordinary prisoners. The food served lacked nutriment and he was obliged to purchase supplies outside, a concession granted by the prison authorities and for which he was very grateful. After giving an account of his troubles In Madagascar substantially as told in an interview cabled from London one week ago. Mr. Waller said: "I wish to contradict tho statement of the Secretary of State that there is evidence that I was well treated on the voyage from Madaacar." At the prison in Clairvaux Waller was taken violently ill and a doctor was summoned. This was one month after he had arrived in France. With $30 which his sister had sent him from Iowa, Waller was allowed to buy 10 cents worth of food a day. Bv writing to the French Minister of the IntAtrior Waller was allowed to take three baths in five months. He wrote to Embassador Eustls, tut tne rrencn neia the letter for twenty-five days. Other let- . ava o 1 c - nol i rn holnr- transferred to the orison at Nimes he became very in again anu neari died. For a long time the doctor reiusea to attend him. The food here, too, was miserable, he says. Mr. Waller got a note from Embassador ttustis on aov. ia, iojo, saying his pardon could be secured if he admitted the validity of- his conviction and i,,(hoi ait rinims atrainst the French government. He replied that he was main taining his rignt to inaemnuy. kju rcu. 1896, he received notice that his pardon had KMirpd. hut on the condition that he must not sue tne urenca government through the United States government, but in the French courts. Wiiio-- intpnns to o xo naiumore . tii-iv and thpn to Washington. Jle ...in icinio ni mans, dul ijc wni "CAl "V- . . . " - Wilt ilUb V4itn."'- 1 . .. . seek to recover his property in Madagascar and seek reparation irom iau neuwi tuvernment. THAT NEW YORK ROBBERY. An Understanding netween Young Trice and 111 Sweetheart. 1STRW YORK. April ll.-Officers to-day re covered from Emma Lyons, the sweetheart of Walter Price, the $1,950 of which the latter claimed to have been robbed yester day as he was carrying it from the Astor Place Bank to the manufacturing estab lishment where he was employed. Bth u- qtlA thp tHri have confessed. They had been living together for some time, and it Is said that they were married, thoujrh Price is but nineteen years old and had but $10 a week salary. The satchel containing the money was taken from Price's hand by the Klrl as they met on the street by preWC3 .1AlAtM.A - arrangement ana sne iook it to tueir iwm to await Price s coming. WESTERN RAILWAY MATTERS. Trouble Between the Colorado Mid land and the Denver fc Gulf. CHICAGO. April 11. A serious condition nrevalls In the passenger situation west of the Missouri river. It was hoped that the conditons would be improved by the cessa tion of the strife between the Denver & Gulf and the Atchison, tout the demoraliza tion seems to have Increased since the fight was ended. The trouble now seems to be h.pn the Colorado Mliland and the Denver & Gulf. The rates most affected are V v - ' " - tho between Kansas City and Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Both roads, it Is claimed. hAve stocked the market with their tickets. which are being soli at prices below the tariff Both roads fcave made strong de- . i 4 1 . tiiav havA In flTiv manner manir-mo-is uidk ii w ' , v" plated the market. A special meeting of the transmissouri committee of the Western Pnwnrer Association win uc nu m a short time to see u t-w uuuuie vauuvi settled It was alleged to-day in divers quarters that the failure of the Western roads to reach an agreement on party rates was due to the indisposition of certain of the lines to tie themselves up to a strict maintenance of rates in connection with this class of Var-h road would erladlv see all the others, tied up. while it is left at liberty to take tho business. The fact 13 that all business is dull at present, and each road . ir otiTlniN to eet all the niLssenirers it can get hold of. There Is not a road that would not willingly carry large nartles- at reduced rates rather than see Siem go to a competitor. That is said to be the only reason of the failure to reach an agreement on uus jx"-j B. & O. OQcals Banqueted. CINCINNATI, O., April U. The Baltimore x, Ohio inspection party reached here to day and were tendered a dinner at the Queen City Club by citizens, in the party were President and Receiver J. K. Cowen, in DcMnt and Rpplvr Osmr CI. Mur ray, General Manager William M. Greene, Freight Traffic Manager C. S. Wight and t n Knonan. general acent at Indianapolis of the Central Slates Dispatch. President Cowen will return to Baltimore to-morrow night and the otners oy eanesay nigat. Xejrroes Driven Out of Tovrn. FLORENCE. Ala.. April 1L Several hundred furnace negroes were driven out of Sheilleld to-day. The negroes live in. Tu? cumbia, wnere mere - are several cases ol smallDox. This mornlns bheiueld cuaran-tint-d arair.st Tuscumbia. but the necrrof s disregarded the quarantine and went over to T7cr r.3 vlzmzu n?y were orusrea back. r"u" ."T to r?, e...eer3 cine with i - - - c:-V a r;vclv:r rl clrcvc tttn tack.

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spitewohk ad i'sfahixess al li:gi:d against mil moktox. The Secrriarr Is Snlcl to Hnvr "Got Even'. In HI I anal Manner, bat This He Vigorously Denies. SUIT FOR $100,000 DAMAGES CHICAGOAXS CLAIM TO HAVE IlEEX LIDCLED II V TI1K "FARMCri." Scandal Crowing Out of the Seed Con-trdcl-Mrnrflgua Canal Coramlslon ers Report Criticised. WASHINGTON, April 11. The recent closing of a contract for furnishing seeds for general distribution by the government has resulted ln the filing of charfics at tho Department of Agriculture by Breslan. Goodwin , & Co., a Chicago seed firm, against Secretary Morton. The allegations are that their bid, though lowest, was rc fused because the firm had urged the pass age of the resolution providing for the revival of the distribution of seeds, notwithstanding Secretary Morton's protfst; that reports furnished by officers to rhe department, to Secretary Morton, to Senator Proctor, of Vermont, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, and to Mr. Wadsworrh, chairman of the House committee, had been manipulated in order to show that the firm's seeds were below tho standard; that Assistant Secretary Dabney had insisted on the company, in case it re ceived the award, using the machines of the Brown Bag-filling Machine Company, and that Mr. Dabney had decided against the company because of the refusal to do this. It was alleged furthermore that the Secretary anJ his assistants had false-Jy stated that the company had refused to put its name on the seed packets. Secretary Mcrton and the other officials of the Agricultural Department make an absolute denial of the truth of the charges. and say the award of the seed conrract was based on the percentage of purity and germinative power of the seeds tested by the department last year at a time when there was no prospect of further distribution. Secretary Morton said to-day that when he found a distribution of common seeds was required by law heTcalled in Senator Proctor and Representative Wadsworth and asked them to go over the bls With him, and uvrt, after ctreful and de liberate consideration of all tie bids and of tho records k?pt by the department, It was decided, .Senator Proct " 'irst tnak? the suKeestlo:i. to oner D. :in.rcth & Co.. of Philadelph.. a 5umii srn-. if X70,U)0 to furnisa the vegetable se-ds, uri L.. May, of St. Paul, Minn.. to furnish the flower see ls. The IanJreth original bill was $78,000, ant the May hid half a cent per paper of nver heeds, ine two nrm.. niter Senator liuctor's suggestion had been adopted, were called in, tho offers accepted and the contracts signed, in is maae u.w more than the bits of the Chicago firm, but the action, the Secretary said, was based on the reliability, the facilities anl the efscntlal nearness to uashinKton or the Landreth company. Secretary Morton decline! to discuss the question further, saying that the bids were nvnde 1t oprn ' market, as required by law, and thut none was sealed. S?cretarv Morton added: We will be only too glad to have the fullest investigation possible of the matter. The complaining firm might have articles of Impeachment drawn uo aeainst me and broueht u: In Congress and the Question tested to the end. The landreth firm, which has been in business 114 years, and. unlike the t.hicapo company, grew its seeds, obligated itself in bonds to submit to a deduction irom ir.e amount paid for seed In precise proportion to failure of the seed to come up to the standard tests. This is the lirsrtinie in the history of the Agricultural Department that such a contract has been made." Mr. John N. Baldwin, of Council Bluff?, Ia.. coun?el for the seed company, and Mr. BrayIan, one of the firm, to-day retained. Messrs. Worthlneton & Larner. of tms city, ana in structed them to file a suit for $100.VX dam ages for libel. The suit will be baed on the published statement that the Northrup-Braf-lan-Goodwln Company was a "commi??ioa house, and that they would not put their names on the packets as a guarantee of tho worth of their seeds." The libel bill will state that this charee Is false and haa In jured the firm; that it has 15.W) acres of land ' - ... . . f M under cultivation in me growing oi seea and that at the time this statement was made the Secretary had the firm's offer to supply the seeds at JlO.OuO under Its bid if the Secretary woiiid permit us name to appear on each package. COST OF ARMOR PI.ATH. Senate Committee on nvnl Affair TlilnkH It In Too liluli. WASHINGTON, April ll.-The Senate committee on naval affairs held a session to-day for the purpose of considering t'.ie testimony which has been taken In connection with the armor plate Investigation. The only definite conclusion reached was not to Interfere with the Secretary of the Navy in making contracts for armor for the Kentucky and the Kearsarge. but to allow these to be given to private firms as heretofore The vessels are so far advanced in con struction that any Interference would cause delay in their completion, and this the committee Is not willing to be responsible for. The question of future contract?, espe cially on rhe war shipa authorized by tna pending naval appropriation dui, is tne cause of considerable concern to the com mittee. It fels tnat the price about JouO per ton which the government has been paying for armor plate is too hiph. but has not found a reasiDje way oi reaucini? u. ine Investigations have revealed tho fact that the cost of the manuiaciure or tne plate averages about $309 a ton. The manufactur ers make the plea, however, tnat tne work finished is not sufficient to keep them con stantly employed, and say that with contracts running constantly for five or ten years they could reduce the price, but not otherwise. It Is this state of affairs which led the committee to consider the advisabilitv of building a government plant, liie advice of the naval authorities has, how ever, been opposed to this course. An a consequence uhe committee is in somewnac of a quandary, and the result of Its dellberatlons is not yet in si.u un reierence to another branch of the committee's inquiry that touching on tie employment of naval officers by armor plate constructorsthe committee will, in all probability. teport a bill rcrmaaing navai omcera active or retired, to accept such employ ment. The opinion or a majonry or me committee appears to be that the custom Is prejudicial to the interests of the navy. inn MCAHAGLA CAXAL. Chief Engineer Menocal Attack thJ Special Comm!lona Report. WASHINGTON. April U.-Uerienant A. G. Menocal, U. S. N., the chief engineer of the Nicaragua Canal Company, appearel to day before the House committee on commerce, which is Investigating the question. Mr. Menocal fubnoitted a statement, a-hleh was in the nature of a review of the report of the commission sent to the Isthmus last summer. He said: "The company regards and has treated the project as a business en terprise, with a view to commercial requirements, technical success and financial results. The boar J entirely Ignores two of tht5e conditions, and cor.s'Jers it from the point cf unlimited expenditures, without any q jestioa of financial results, and provides bt-yor.d cmn.crcial requirements o! the prffent fcr drmands that can bonly nearly occasion 1. Mr. Menocal said that the beard Mad nvi.ie hasty trip throush the territory, teach::.only here and there the route cf the oarai. when it waj convenient, and it hail or.lv an irnperfret !:nci- cf th? r""'! editions cf r i :r. :: r-.i th t. rrU t'rt-ly (.- . 5 r"" . ,cj t j c: ;:r-