Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can l found at the following (laces: KCW YORK Atcr House. CITICAGO Palm-r House. P. O. News Co., 211 Iearborn utreet. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Taclfic Hotel. CIN'CINNATI-J. R. Hawley & Co.. 1S4 Vine street. X-OLISVILLE C. T. Deerlng. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Bock Co.. 2lt Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Comrany, Union Depot. .Washington, p. c ris House, Ebbitt House and Willard's Hotel. A Sword for Lanton. The organization for the reception of donations to purchase a suitable testimonial for General Lawton has been perfected In Fort Wayne, an will be seen by a circular printed elsewhere on this page. The matter Is in the hands of a sponsible committee cf the Grand Army post to which General lawton belongs. The "White National Bank cf Fcrt Wayne. Ind., will receive donations and act as trustee of the funds. While the eppeil is made to the Grand Army, all admirer of General Lawton are invited to contribute and should feel free to send contributions. This should be done at once, and the Fourth or Jul;- week, during which, a year ago. Lawmen showed himself a successful leader at Santiago, will be a most appropriate season to forward contributions to the White National Bank, Fort Wayne, to purchase a fitting testimonial to an lndlanlan who has won the admiration of the country for his high soldierly qualities. The civilizing Influence of railroads is to be tested by the construction of a branch line into Clay county, Kentucky. It is hoped thus to end the Baker-Howard feud. Governor Pingree Is not in any sort of a trust, but he has a well-defined strike In his extensive shoo factory which may bring him into collision with a labor union. No wonder Oom Paul.. of the Transvaal, Lutes to give up the control of some of the territory he possesses when it yielded $-SS,-00,000 of gold last year and promises to easily exceed $100,000,000 this year. Complete statistics show that In the export cf American manufactures the month of May last was the third best In the history of the country. The report for June will probably show a still further Increase. As Governor Roosevelt is a good Republican, a good patriot and possessed of good political sense, nothing less could be expected of him than prompt repudiation of the idea that he Is a presidential possibility for lOtO. IBHBHMBHMSWSMMHMHBISW Xii the slanderous reports about killing prisoners In Luzon have been run down and found to be false. As no real American could believe one of his own kind would murder a prisoner of war the running down was unnecessary. The plan of the controller of the currency to increase the efficiency of national bank examinations is 0 obviously wite and the necessity of something of the kind has been demonstrated so often that the wonder is it was not adopted long ago. The fact that no new colored regiments will be organized for service in the Philippines need not deter colored men from enlisting, as there aro plenty of vacancies in the colored regiments already organized to which' they can be assigned. Ticse who are searching for the mother cr ' trusts should not assume that it la uf American parentage. It is of foreign birth and had no place in our political-Vaoaomy until transplanted t here from ESfW-Vrhe real mother of trusts Is not the protective tariff, but free-trade England. Whatever concessions the Transvaal government may make to outlanders will inure to the benefit of American residents, as well as to the British. Moreton Frewen. who is now In this country, says: "Johannesburg is swarming with American miners, mechanics and engineers. 'Four-fifths of all the machinery is American." July lis an Important day in government andtinanclal affairs. As the beginning of the fiscal year It marks the closing of old and the opening of new accounts, drawing on new appropriations, etc. An Immense amount of money will be paid out as interest and dividends, and the financial world ill experience a general bracing up. ; The Louisville Courier-Journal, after dedaring that the Democratic party In Kentucky Is everything it should not be, that its principles are abominable and that its leaders are utterly selfish and unscrupulous, pledges its efforts to elect King Goebel, and predicts that he -will not need the machinery of his election law to elect him. One of the most prominent sllverltcs who dcpaited from the Republican party in 1S36 was II. L. Loucks. of South Dakota. Last week, however, he cam back to the old party as a delegate to a Republican convention. The expansion sentiment In the new States which went for Bryan in 1& is bringing those who left the Republican party for sliver cr Populism back to the Republican ranks. Sixty vessels are now building on the Delaware, twenty-cne ot which are raerciant steamers for deep-sea service. Two of these are for the American transatlantic liny, three for the American Una to Australla. and fifteen for West Indian, South American and coastwise lines. One large battleship ard one large cruiser are being bdllt for Russia. This mui t be a solemn fact for the free-ship advocates, who would r.tva wads Me United States tributary to British ahipyardsTha Pir.gree 5-cent street-railway fare reise in Detroit has gone glimmering. It -- n-t tl price demanflcd by the com

panies. J15.000.000 or more, for cne-half that value in roads which blocked the way, but the perversity of Mr. lom Johnson In not being convinced by hU own logic lie was ure that the city could ray for and operate the roads on a 3-cent fare, and demonstrated It by arithmetic, but when he came to transferring his lines to-the city he wanted as security for the payment of the price a franchise running forty-cfgJit years, with fares limited to 5 cents. That proposition the Plngreo commission dared not accept. PRESIDENT 3PKINLEY AND TRUSTS. A published Interview with Gen. Lew Wallace reports hlra as saying in regard to the growth of trusts: I know nothing more reprehensible than the neglect whlcn has been shown this evil by the nationar.authorlties from President McKinley down. He has an attorney general who sits In his elegant office in the Capitol and sees the indignity multiply every day almost every hour-right under his eye?. The public will hold the President responsible tor the negllgenoe and indifference of his attorney general: The only hope In the future of action by the authorities is In the organization of all laboring men. General Wallace would not Intentionally do any person injustice, yet the foregoing Is unjust to the President and his attorney general in the implication that they are indifferent to the multiplication of trusts. As far as the President is concerned he is on record in opposition to tntm. The St. Louis platform did not contain any distinct allusion to trusts, but in bis inaugural address Mr. McKinley said: The declaration of the party now restored to power has been in the past that of "opposition to all combinations of capital organized in trusts, or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citizens," and it has supported "such legislation as will prevent the execution of all schemes to oppress the people by undue charges on their supplies, or by unjust rates for the transportation of their products to market." This purpose will be steadily pursued, both by the enforcement of the laws now in existence and the recommendation and support of such new statutes as may be necessary to carry them into effect. All that the President can do beyond declaring his personal sympathy with antitrust legislation is to see that whatever laws Congress may enact on the subject are enforced. He in not an autocrat to forbid the organization of trusts or a czar to dissolve them by an edict. The only federal law In existence on the subject, the Sherman law, passed in 1S0O, has been found to be of very restricted operation owing to the fact that under the Constitution It applies only to Interstate commerce. President Harrison, who was not more op

posed to trusts than President McKinley, had to recognize the same limitations of the Constitution, and Attorney General Miller experienced the same difficulty in enforcing the Sherman law that Attorney General Griggs does. Nobody questions that the latter la a good lawyer, and in a letter addressed to a citizen of Pennsylvania a few months ago. he said: The Sherman trust act does not give the federal courts Jurisdiction over any combination constituting a restraint and monoDOly of trade, unless such trade is what la known as Interstate or international trade and commerce A combination or trust for the purpose of maintaining a monopoly lr. the manufacture of a necessary of life is not within the scope of the Sherman act, and cannot be suppressed by the federal courts. This was decided in 1S04. in the enpe of the United States against the combination of sugar companies. As a matter of fact, all of the companies which you refer to as now organizing for the purpose of spcuring complete or partial monopoly of different branches of manufacture are similar to the sugar combination and are not within the jurisdiction of the federal courts. If amenable to any law, they are amenable to the laws of the several States. This department never hesitates to prosecute unlawful combinations which affect Interstate commerce, and if you will examine the reports of the federal courts you will find very many cases of such prosecution, some effective and some ineffective. It is a popular error to assert that the attorney general of the United States has control of the corporations or combinations which engage in manufacture in the various States. This is entirely a matteT of State control, and unless the functions of interstate commerce are interfered with. I would be superofficious to attempt a crusade against affairs with which I have no business. No friend of the President should wish to see him or his attorney general Institute legal proceedings against trusts which the courts would not sustain and which would ubject them to the charge of not .understanding the limitations of federal and State law. It will be time enough to charge the President and his attorney general with Indifference to the growth of trusts under State laws when Congress shall have enacted a law under which they can bo reached. At present a trust organized under a State law can no more be reached by the federal law than the owner of a copyrightc-i book could be deprived of his profits by a proceeding instituted under a State law. UNWARRANTED CHARGES. - Mr. Morss, of the Sentinel, is entitled to credit for the courage he has displayed In his recent interviews in declaring that it is folly for the Democratic party to think of making the free and Independent coinage of silver in the ratio of 1 to 1 the issue of the campaign of 1900. It may be true that he is speaking for the bulk of the intelligent Democrats of Indiana and the central West. It may be that he has made the declaration after consultation with Indlanlans who believe with him. Nevertheless, it must be said of those intelligent Democrats that they have not seen tit to speak out as has Mr. Morss. They seem to lack the courage of their convictions. Whether they will have the courage to make a fight for a state organization and a delegation that will be hostile to 16 to 1 remains to be seen. The weakness of the position of Mr. Morss is that he favors the renomination of Mr. Bryan on a platform ignoring the silver issue of 1596. In the minds of the people Mr. Bryan is the exponent of the free coinage of silver. As the most strenuous advocate of that heresy he was nominated in 353$. It was because he made the speech he did In the convention which surpassed all others in the championship of 16 to 1 that he was nominated. If Mr. Bryan shall be nominated in 1900 upon a platform which ignores the silver question he will be regarded as standing for it Instead of a platform. In a campaign he could not be silent on the subject and be the Bryan who made himself a leader in 1SD6 on the silver issue. If it were necessary for Mr. Morss to assail trusts as the Issue to take the place of IS to 1 th?re can be no excuse for his declaration that the government, executive, legislative and Judicial, Is dominated byi trusts, because It is not true. The only instance where a trust has influenced legislation is In the sugar duty in the Gorman tariff. The indications are that a few Democratic senators, backed by a smaller number of Republicans, gave the Havemeyer trust what It asked for. The Interstate-commerce law of Mr. Cleveland's first term and the Sherman anti-trust act of the Harrison administration were designed to break down combinations to hamper trade md production. The Supreme Court of - tha United States has made, within two years, two sweeping anti-trust decisions. For ten years prior to 1S92 all the railroads west of the Missouri river were parties to an, organization to control the rates of transportation, thereby destroying competition

In 1SS2 Hon. TV. H. H, Miller, of this city attorney general, caused a suit to be begun against this traffic association on the ground that it was In contravention of the Sherman anti-trust law. in March, 1S37, the contention of the "attorney general was sustained by the Supreme Court and the association was dissolved. Last October the Supreme Court again made a decree dissolving- the Joint Traffic Association, estopping that organization, which extended over the railroads of a large part of the country, from adopting rules for the maintenance of agreed rates of fare and freight, on tha assumption that It would be in restraint of trade as set forth in the Sherman anti-trust law. Here are two Instances within a little more than two yean In which the Supremo Court has made decisions annulling combinations to control the charges of transportation over the larger part of the United States. Such Is the record of the highest Judicial tribunal in regard to trusts. With such a record the charge of Mr. Morss is, to put it mildly, unwarranted. A GREAT LADOIl TRUST.

The announcement that the labor unions In Greater New York have taken preliminary measures for the organization of a great union of the 500,000 worklngmen of that city causes no comment, much less any expression of apprehension 'as to the result. A few years ago such a movement would have excited universal attention and apprehension in different quarters. Political leaders would have seen behind it a purpose to use that vast body of men for political purposes, but the experience of the past few years has been sucluas to allay all fears that labor organizations can be used for political purposes. The employers of labor would have seen in it a menace to their business, for the reason that such a large organization would be used to exact demands with which employers could not comply. Happily, experience has removed all causo for such fears, even If those Who arc leading In the movement h,ad not declared that the object of the organization is not to foment strikes, but to prevent them by the Influence which its extensive membership can employ to Insure arbitration. Furthermore, the. wider organization of labor is In accord with the Industrial development of the age. The concentration of capital in industrial enterprise Is very naturally followed by the concentration of labor. Such an organization of labor, in view of the concentration of capital, is natural if not necessary. In the sense that the concentration of capital to economize if not to control production Is a trust, the combination of thousands of laborers for self-protection and mutual advantage is a trust. In fact, any combination of labor to affect employment and regulate wages Is as much a trust as is a combination of a half-dozen producers to cheapen production, regulate sales and production. Probably Intelligent labor leaders understand this. At any rate, labor organizations are not found denouncing trusts generally. Kxcept in rare Instances, where those who have combined several plants under one control, and small factories which could not be operated at a profit have been closed, the employe has been benefited by the largo combinations like those of the Iron industries by an advance of wages. Consequently, no one need be astonished if organized labor docs not respond to the appeals of those who would make political capital out of trusts in the hope of creating for themselves a limited control of official positions. The revolt against the candidacy of Mr. Goebel in Kentucky is reported to be very general. Several prominent Democratic papers have bolted, but the most threatening revolt is that of the cx-Confederate veterans. Captain Boyd, president of the organization, declares that It will vote and work against Goebel because of his treachery to Captain Stone, a one-legged ex-Confederate. Probably more people will go fishing In Indiana to-day than on any previous day in the history of the State. Notwithstanding some local opposition to the law, and doubtless some violations, It has been fairly well observed and the expiration of the two months closed season will probably llnd the streams much better stocked than usual. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. When f She Do you think women should propose? He When did they quit? At the Summer Resort. "There seem to be too few men In the Philippines." "Huh! There are other places in the same predicament." The Whole Story. "You see, he said I was a fooL" "Yep." VAnd then I soaked htm." 'M'hm." "And that was where I proved it." Heartless Woman. "I dunno whether I shall ever take my wife to another ball game," said Mr. Ruhter. "Bother you too much?" "Oh, no: I have finally got her to a point where she understands the game pretty well, but when the umpire robbed us of a run she just laughed and said, 'Ain't that funny? " THE STATE PRESS. Now that the country is relieved from the free-silver nightmare the Democratic party is looking for some other nightmare to take its place. Warren Review. A citizen, discussing the smallpox subject, said all patients should bo carefully "canteened." and all their clothing burned If there was not danger from "Inheriting" the smoke. Corydon Republican. Colonel Bryan is to say his piece at Greenfield July 27. If he can secure the attendance of all the Democrats who are under Indictment over there for robbing the county he will have a great audience. Greensburg Review. A well-known gentleman In this city, who, as a guardian, is unable to keep his money loaned out promptly at 6 per cent., thinks that money is not so awfully scarce. Farmers are paying off mortgages instead of putting them on their property. Greenfield Republican. Those fellows who have been predicting that the tariff question would be eliminated from politics will see they have missed their guess when the Republican platform of 1900 is published. The Republican party never throws a vital principle over Its shoulder. Plalnfleld Progress, The local grain dealers are getting In new wheat every day now, for which they are paying 67 cent. Tho wheat coming in is generally of a better quality than has been grown in this part of the State for a number of years, and the yield will also average up quite well. Seymour Republican. Indiana Democrats are trying to discover where they are. The first peep at the situation reveals three well-developed faction?, two of which are enedavoring to pet the management of the party machinery, while tho other is paying no attention whatever to what is going on. Evansvillc Journal. The only thing now holding the Filipino army together la their belief that the American people do not Indorse the government and that Congress will repudiate the President. This impression ha been Instilled Into them by tho copperheads of this coun

try. As soon as Congress convenes they will realize that they , have been misled. Meanwhile every drop of .American blood shed will rest upon th heads of the traitors in this country. Clay. County Enterprise. For tho last eighteen months Angola, the county seat of Steuben county, with a population of about 2.500 people, has been without a retail saloon, and public sentiment has been growing against saloons continually from the time the nrst remonstrance was circulated under the Nicholson law amtll the present time. Alblcn New Era. Trustee Symmes, of Union township, states that the new poor law passed by the last Legislature will maki a saving of at least &) per cent. In this township In the poor expense. Taking the law over the entire county, this will mean a big saving in the expenses for the year, and it. is believed that the law will meet with popular approval when It has been thoroughly tested. Crawfordsville Journal. PEACE AND. QUIET REIGN

JOINT C03I3IISSIOVS EFFORTS IS SAMOA SUCCESSFUL. Farther Details of the Form of Government Proposed for the Islands Governor Instead of King. APIA, Samoa, June 16, via' San Francisco, June 30. Peace and quiet now reign In Samoa, In marked. contrast to the warlike scenes of two months ago. The arrival of the auxiliary cruiser Badger, May 13, with the international commission on board, caused a distinct change in affairs here. The commission lost no time but went to work immediately, electing Mr. Tripp chairman and Mr. Morgan secretary. The commission held interviews, first with King Tanu and then with Mataafa. Tanu was not at first recognized as king by the commission. Tanu and his chiefs readily , agreed to give up their. arms, and stated that they were prepared to accept and formal government the commission might recommend, even If the kingship was abolishe. The following day Mataafa and his party came alongside the Badger, singing songs and flying the Samoan Hag. The rebels were ordered to take down the flag, which they did.. The commissioners explained to the chief that they had come to make peace, and Mataafa said that he was tired of fighting as were his chiefs. He said his party would recognize any government fixed by the commission, but he hoped to have a king of Samoa, as it was an old established institution. Mataafa readily agreed to give up the guns held by his party, but insisted that as the the weapons were the private property of the natives they should receive compensation for them. The commissioners issued a proclamation stating that the guns would either be returned or proper payment made for them after all troubles had been settled. This, of course, means that payment will be made, as it would b? folly to return the weapons. Mataafa's party also asked If they could be represented by attorneys before the commission, but their request was declined. After the Mataafa men had turned in 1,800 rifles and the Tanu supporters 2.000 more, Tanu was Invited on board the Badger. There he was Informed that the commission supported the decision of Chief Justice Chambers and that Tanu had been king of Samoa ever since the decision had been rendered. Tanu said that he was willing to do anything for the good of Samoa and at the request of the commissioners, resigned his kingship to them. The commission Is now engaged in writing Its report. It will recommend the abolition of the office of president. Apia, a municipality. Is to be governed by its Council and a mayor. This will relieve the municipality of an official drawing a salary of $5,000 a year and who, in the past, has been only a source of friction In Apia. Tho judicial and diplomatic functions of the consuls will be greatly restricted and the commissioners recognize the fact that the Supreme Court and one law Is sufficient for the needs of Samoa. , Revenue will be raised by indirect da xa.tlcnby; means of Increased customs duties and the poll tax will be abolished.. The license and tax rates of Apia will remain as formerly under the treaty. The Supreme Court will remain as under the treaty. An administrator or governor will be appointed who will not be subject to any of the treaty powers. He Is to bo assisted by an executive council of three, one appointed by each of the three powers. This council will legislate for the Samoans and will be aided by a smalV bony ef representative Samoans. The governor will have the power of veto over all proposed laws. Chief Justice Chambers wishes to resign his position and return to the United States, but on the request of the commissioners ho has decided to remain. Many claims have been lodged at the different consulate for damages to property during the past few months. . While not empowered to take any action on these claims, the commissioners agreed that real hardships had been suffered and it Is understood that the commission will recommend that the threee powers each pay the losses caused to Its own subjects. On the evening of the Queen's birthday British representatives announced that never, under any circumstances, would Great Britain recognize Mataafa's claim to be king. Consuls Rose and Maxse are passengers on the steamer Mariposa for San Francisco. Some of the rebel dissatisfied with the proclamation providing for a provisional government, have declined to give up their rifles. Mataafa disclaims any responsibility for this action and says it is without his consent. THE LAWTON TESTIMONIAL, Ofllciul Circular of Slon S. Basil Post Requesting Contributions. Tlie appended circular has been issued by Slon S. Bass Post, No. 40, G. A. R., and will be sent to all G. A. R. organizations in Indiana: Headquarters Slon S. Bass Post, No. 40, Department of Indiana, cJ. A. R., FORT WAYNE,' Ind., June 20. im To Commander , Post No. . Department of Indiana: The comrades of the above-named post fully realize that we have within our post membership a man of more than ordinary qualifications as a soldier and a commanding officer. One who has done distinguished service for his country. in the civil war. again on the Western frontier and still more recently in Cuba and El Caney and Santiago, and is now pushing the insurgents to the wall In the Philippine isles with untiring energy and marked success. We need hardly to mention MaJ. Gen. II. W. Lawton. All know him. As to his loyalty, his bravery, his patriotIsm and his unceasing perseverance, which has crowned hlra with success and distinction, we need not stop to inform you. You are all doubtless familiar with his brilliant record. While in imminent peril at the front his post has tendered him resolutions of respect and encouragement. But we believe the time has come for a more substantial token of our appreciation of his merits. - - Therefore, believing that the G. A. R, should be first in the endeavor to secure a suitable testimonial or memorial, we, the appointed committee, have so arranged that every soldier, and citizen as well, of this department can contribute any amount they may desire,' and will give wllhngly, in honor of the man who has honored every soldier and citizen of his native State of Indiana. Any contribution for this fund should be sent to the White National Bank, of Fort Wayne, the management of this Institution having consented to act as trustee of the money. - Each post is to determine Its own method of collecting in its special locality. The committee request, when contributions are made through any G. A. R. post, the same be reported to the secretary of the committee. Yours in F. C. L.. LAWTON MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, H. C. M'MACKEN. Ch'm. I. N. MEDSKER, Sec'y. A. S. CO V ELL. A. V. KINTZ. GEORGE H ANN AN. OOI. J. W. WHITAKER. M. R. JOHNSON. The above circular is approved and authority given to send it to the posts of this department. WILLI Ail L. DUN LAP, . Department Commander. Official: R. M. SMOCK. Assistant Adjutant General. Says Kennedy It Innocent. SPRINGFIELD. Mo; Jiine 30.-WUHam Jennings, or "Bill" . Ryan, one of the convicted Macomb train -robbers, has made a written confession. In which .he declares: that Kennedy Is Innocent of the 'crime of which he hav been adjudged guilty. He also says that If Shephard . will , speak he can, corroborate thia : . -r: , . A . , .

NATIONAL SAENGERFEST

NO IIITCn IN YESTERDAY'S CONCERTS AT CINCINNATI. Hall Crowded with People at the Evening: Entertainment Buffalo . Chosen as Nexl Place of Meeting. CINCINNATI. O.. June 30. Another night of typical June weather," with a temperature as bracing as mountain air, favored the German singers. Again the swiftly converging street cars conveyed the multitude to the Saengerfest Hall, on the hilltop, three miles from the courthouse, with marvelous speed. The assembling of such a great audience at such a distance from the business center of the .city and elevated to the hilltops was astonishing. The audience to-night was over 11.000. In addition to this the orchestra and chorus numbered nearly 4,000, making an assembly of about 15,000. The spectacle was one to prove an abounding love of song. Hundreds of devoted music lovers stood throughout the evening, unable to obtain seats. The programme was one of the most interesting cf the week. It presented the Saengerbund mas.s chorus, in which tho singers are numbered by thousands, in a number of attractive selections. Indeed, the great chorus held the stage the greater part of the evening. It is difficult to, describe the effect of such a volume of voices in such songs. No national lines limited the spheres of appreciation of the grand German vocalization. When the thirty-five hundred men arose at the conductor's signal the audience broke into applause. Then, as the great volume of sound filled every portion of the great hall and exhibited the most exact obedience to the conductor's will, as if all the voices were an instrument under his control, the listeners sat in mute admiration and wonder. How it was possible with but one mass- rehearsal lor Conductor Enrgott to produce such results was the question in tne mind of every listener. All of the chorus numbers were majestic, but the preference was given by the ajidlence to "Der Fruehling am Rhein." by Brew. It was repeated Dy sheer compulsion. It was a most striking contrast to bring a single voice to follow the mass chorus, as was done when Corlnne Moore Lawson, cf Cincinnati, tang the recitative and area from "Mireile," by Gounod. Yet tho single voice showed such purity and sweetness as to rais the question wnether the proposed banishment of soloists from future saengerfests will meet with popular approval. Mrs. Lawson was given an ovation. The same demonstration followed the effort or the other soloist. Miss Charlotta Maconda, who sang the mad scene from Donizetti's "Lucia." Mrs. Lawson sang with charming effect two other sorj. "Solvejg's Lied," by Grieg, and "Canzinetta," by Meyer-Helmund. The concert this afternoon bad the advantage of ideal' weather and attracted a large audience. Tho programme was a varied one. The orchestra, made up of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, reenforced by sixty men from the Thomas Orchestra, of Chicago, and directed by Louis Ehrgott, of Cincinnati, had four numbers. The Interesting "Don Juan" overture, by Mozart, Saint Saens's symphonic poem, the Weber-Berlioz "Invitation to the Dance" and Wagner's "Kaiser March." It was found that the more strident tones of tho later composers were better suited to tho capacity of the vast hall than the lighter vein of Mozart's overture. The work of the orchestra was superb In every instance and it was most rapturously applauded. Tha Milwaukee Musikvereln, Mr. Eugene LuenIng conductor, sang two numbers, "Come.. O Come, Veiled Beauty," by M. Hauptman, and "Die Prager Studenten," ' by L. Lenz, In both of which fine expression was shown, though in the piannissimo passages the hall was too large to vise the best effect. The other choral numbers were by the United Singers, of St. Louis, who sang "Wo Is the Gott," with a volume befitting their full numbers, and they responded to an encore. The soloists were Miss Sara Anderson, Mrs. Marshall Pease and Mr. George Hamlin. Miss Anderson sang with a voice that filled the hall Wagner's "Dich Theure HalleK" from Tannhauser. and with delicacy the aria "Lakme," by Dellbes. Mrs. Pease sang with much approbation the aria, "Oh. Love. Thy Help," from Saint Saens's "Samson and Delilah." Mr. Hamlin's number was the aria, "Durch die Walder," from Weber's "Der Ftieschuetz." He gave the aria wJth such pathos and. power as to win a hearty recall. The Buffalo society took the place on the programme made vacant by the return home of the Philadelphia Maennerchor. Their selection was mo?t warmly received, but they declined an imperative recall. During the interval between the afternoon and evening concerts there were volks fests at th Zoo and other gardens. A meetino of delegates of the Saengerbund was held to-day in Turner Hall. President Dciler in calling the body to -order gave the delegates a hearty welcome both on account of this being the fiftieth anniversary and ont account of the splendid success attending" the meeting in Cincinnati. Reports of officers were then heard. The treasurer showed total receipts. X3.401: expenditures, $1,6:2; balance on hand, $1.78$. The proposed rewi constitution was taken up and one or two paragraphs adopted, one of which prohibits the use of proxies for delegates from societies whose singers do not attend the saengerfest. A section was under consideration to change the rule so that saengerfests should be held but once In four years. The consideration of this was laid aside in order to choose the place for the saengerfest oC 1901. . Mayor DIehl, of Buffalo, presented the claims of that city so effectually that no other city was mentioned and Buffalo was chosen unanimously. The meeting then adjourned till 10 a. m. Saturday. Among those who were compelled to leave to-day on account of other engagements was Joseph S. Baernsteln. one of the soloists. His parts were omitted on the programme to-day, but he was not on the programme for tcr-morrow afternoon or evening. There were cdditional arrivals to-night for tho two great events to-morrow. William Oakley, an employe at the great hall, was seriously hurt to-day by falling, making the third in successive days to be injured at the hall. End of Milwaukee's Carnival. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, June 30. A fitting finale to Milwaukee's great midsummer carnival was the gorgeous pageant of twenty floats which moved from the ssecret "den" on the outskirts of the city downtown and through the principal streets. It has required a large corps of artists peveral months to prepare the designs and not until to-night was the secret unfolded to the full. The subjects of the floats embraced nature and the elements, the emotions and stories of myth and fable. ' REFORMERS TALK. John Laughlln Eulogizes the Republican Party and Is Interrupted. BUFFALO. N. Y.. June 30. Rev. . B. Fay Mills, of Boston, was chairman 'at this morning's session of the National Social and Political Conference. Tho subject for the day's discussion was "Reform Through Party Action." The morning question was "What Can the Parties Do?" Former State Senator John Laughlln presented the claims of the Republican party, which, he said, was born to meet a great emergency to free and elevate mankind; to unshackle 4.000,000 slaves. The Republican party had always been the friend of labor and the oppressed. "Never." called out some one. This called forth a rebuke from Chairman Mills, who advised the interrupter to retire or be more courteous. Continuing, the senator upheld the President and his policy In the Philippines. He declared he would-be rv -elected President In 1900 and that the Empire State, was going to present Governor Roosevelt to tho Nation In 1904 as its presidential candidate. E. 8. Thompson, editor of the New Era, published In Springfield, O., and. who is also national chairman of the Union Reform party of the Buckeye State, presented tho claims of that party. He said it stands simply and solely for direct legislation. Ira other words, government by the whole people and not by a party, which is but a part of tha people. George Fred Williams expressed his unbounded confidence in Democracy,, which, he said, was great enough to accommodate every reformer and every fad among them. Chairman Mills at this point called for Eugene V. Debs to speak for the Social Democratic party. Mr. Debs did not respond, and Mrs. Corinne B. Braun. of Chirago, was asked to represent the party. The necessity for the abolition of wage slavery was the keynote - of her address. She declared she was for the baf Ic toclal Istic idea, the whole of socialism. . - Jonn G. wooley, of Chicago, cpoz X r tps

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Prohibitionists. He attacked the Republican and the Democratic parties and Senators Hanna, Piatt and Quay, Richard Croker and others. His remarks became so sarcastic and pcathing that he was called to order. He referred to President McKinley as a good man, but "absolutely the creature of monopolies and plutocracy. Mr, Kennedy, of Blnghamton. took the platform and asked all those who were In favor of the United States withdrawing from the Philippines to stand. Almost everybody arose before the chairman could rap them down and declare Kennedy out of order. Chairman Mills shouted: "Take your seats," and then said: "The motion is lost." Kennedy's action was denounced by many. Mayor S. M. Jones, of Toledo, spoke briefly on public ownership. John W. Briendenthal, bank commissioner of Kansas, championed the cause of Populism. "We want.' he said, "a return' to the government of Lincoln for the people, of the people and by the people." Gen. E. C. Howard, of Chicago, of the silver reform party, took the platform and said he did not know what use there was for his party since he had heard what Mr. Williams had to say for the Democratic party. Prof. Richard Ely, of Cambridge, acknowledged being a mugwump, and said he would like as a Republican to vote for Dewey as President of the United States, and he led in a tremendous applause ana cheering for Dewey. ' WEDS AT EIGHTY-SIX. Rev. II. C. McCook, of the "Fighting' Family, Carries Mrs. E. D. S. Abbey PHILADELPHIA, June SO. Rev. Henry C. McCook, eighty-six years old, an eminent Presbyterian clergyman and scientist, and Mrs.- Eleanor D. S. Abbey were married last Tuesdaj. Dr. McCook belongs to the "Fighting McCook" family. During the civil war he aided In organizing the Forty-first Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, and served as its chaplain. During the war with Spain he visited Cuba as agent of the National Relief Commission and did splendid work in locating and marking the graves of American soldiers. CAPT. GLENN'S REPORT PROGRESS OF THE COOK INLET EXPEDITION IN ALASKA. Dogs and Sleds Useless on Aecount of Absence of Snow A Mild WinterReturn of Gold Seekers. WASHINGTON, June 30.-Assistant Sec retary of War Melkeljohn has received a report from Capt. Edwin F. Glenn, Twentyfifth Infantry, commanding the Cook inlet expedition, dated Tyoonook. Alaska, June 5, lfeC. in which he states that on June 4 ho started a detachment consisting of seven men to Knik station, properly supplied and equipped with rations to Oct. 31 next. The instructions delivered to tho men were to proceed to Eagle City by the valley of the Madanuska river. They were to proceed through such passes of the Alaskan range of mountains as might prove most practicable, and in case none was found west of Melkeljohn pass they were to go through It. This pass, Cptain Glenn thinks. 'can be easily reached from the trail followed Hy himself during the season of 1SS8. Captain Glenn also reports that when the detachment under charge of Lieut. J. S.' Ilerron landed at Portage bay, in Prince William sound, the snow had disappeared to such an extent it was impracticable to make use of his dogs and sledges to any advantage. On this account It proved impossible to go through to Knlk station passing to tho north side of Turnagaln. Arm. Tho dogs, sleds and two men were left at the cabin built at Portage bay by Captain Glenn's command during the past season and he" states that they will be brought to the main camp at Tyoonook by th first boat that puts in at that place. It Is further stated by Captain Glenn that the past winter was a very mild one, the lowest temperature reached at Knik station being thirty-three degrees below zero, yet the spring has been late. In compliance with instructions given last fall," Sergeant Yanert In charge at Knik station, surveyed and staked out a military reservation one mile square, upon which buildings were erected and provisions made for stock and provender. Captain Glenn states that he has constructed at Tyoonook a store house 20x22 feet to accommodate tho stores of the command and protect them from the rain and snow. He has also got out the logs for a building 20x26 feet for quarters and further storage. In view of the foregoing facts. Captain Glenn recommends that such animals as may be brought back safely from the Interior be left at Tyoonook and Knik Inlet, with the smallest number of men necessary to take proper care of them and the stores. Captain Glenn requests Instruction as to the disposition of the steamer Duchesnay in case she is used in navigating the Sushltna and Yentno rivers with safety. It is thought that she can be safely put on temporary ways constructed at Tyoonook and will require only the services of a watchman left at the present camp. The Duchesnay, Capt. Glenn states, had Just returned from the Knik arm. having made the distance, 140 miles, in eleven hours, beside unloading her cargo within that time. This was done, he says, under little steam or at little more than half speed, and Captain Glenn proceeded to at onca load her for her first trip up the Sushitna. Captain Glenn further states that Sergeant William Yanert. who is a veteran in Alaskan exploration, and who was to take charge of a detachment for operations in the interior of Alaska, declined to re-enlist for further duty in Alaska, so that he has been forced to place the detachment sent up the Madanuska river In charge of Mr. Griffith, one of his topographers. He also states that the mall steamer Dora has arrived for a short stay. The health of the command, he says, has been excellent with the exception of one case of rheumatism. RETURN OF KLONDIKERS. Two Men Reported to Have Cleared 230,000 This Season. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., June 30. The steamer Farralon, which arrived - to-day from the north, had 110 Alaskan passengers and 500 pounds of gold dust in the purser's safe. Among her passengers were George and Charles Werden, who cleared up $230,000 on their claims in Eldorado this season. E. L. Prentice, purser of the Yukon steamer W. K. Merwin, reports that lower river boats have cut rates and are still selling tickets from Dawson, via St. Michael's, to San Francisco for $113, which Is the rate on the upper river from Dawson to White Horse. Most of the gold dust will be shipped by the steam yacht route as insurance can be obtained by that route only. Conditions at Atlln. SEATTLE. Wash., June 30. Advices from the Atlln mining district are to the effect that Judge Irvin, who was sent into the district by the British Columbia government to straighten out the tangle caused by the alien exclusion act, has arrived there and has settled many disputes over locations. He has decided that the original stakes located before the passage of the exclusion act shall stand whether the local authorities be American or Canadians. Several Canadian claim jumpers have been imprisoned. Ross Humber, of Victoria, a late arrival, says: "The condition of affairs at Atlln is very serious. Nearly 4.500 men are in the district doing nothing. Many have run out of provisions and money. Only a few of the claims are turning out at all. I would not give over $3,000 for the best claim in the district. While I am a Canadian, I condemn in the strongest terms the action of the provincial government In keeping the country closed up. Americans should be thankful that the alien law kept them out' t Hanged for Stealing. VICTORIA. B. C. June CO. Arrivals from Dawson bring news of a reported lynching at Cape Nome. A German, whose name Is not given, stole $3,000 in gold dust from a miner's cabin. He was arrested by a number of mlnenj, to whom he confessed the robbery. The committee hanged him. Drought Back Little Gold. VICTORIA. - B.;C. June 20. The steamer City of Seattle arrived to-day from Alaska with eighty Klondlkers and a small amount of gold dust aboard. Ike Schwartz, of Portland. Ore., is credited with E5,C). H. Stevens and wife $10,000 and Blake c Conrad $15,CC3i

GEN. LUDLOW PROTESTS

SAYS FACTS ABOUT YELLOW FEVER ARE NOT SUPPRESSED. Not a Single Case of the Disease tift Havana General Brooke Not to Be Succeeded by It. I. rorttr. HAVANA. June .-General Ludlow, military governor of Havana, in the courte of an official communication to Governor General Brooke, complains of statements occasionally printed In American newspapers regarding the existence of yellow fever here, which intimates that the authorities have reasons of their own for concealing tha actual facts of the case. The particular statements to which he refers appeared ten days or so ago, one cf which asserted that persons who had just returned from Havana declared that there was more yellowfever In Cuba than it was the policy of th administration to allow the public to know of. and the other that, notwithstanding tha denials of American authorities In Havana. there were fifteen cases of yellow fever hero on June 2. Both statements General Ludlow says arc entirely without foundation. Extreme care is taken to procure reports regarding all cases known or suspected. Every case Is watched with the utmost caro by from three to five physicians, and there is absolutely no ground for believing, he declares, that he is not in possession of every individual fact relating to contagious or infectious diseases in the city of HavanaIn tho course of his communication. Gen. Ludlow alleges that It is altogether Impossible tor him to understand why such statements are made or what motive underlies the frequent intimations of this nature. "There is not an atom of truth in these statements'Tontlnues the letter, "and concealment would be as stupid as it might ba criminal. Every case that can possibly ba considered a suspect is so treated; and it often happens that a case is under treatment for several days, in consequence of tha divided opinion of the doctors. Neither or June 2 hor to-day is there a single caso of yellow fever In Havana." Commenting on this communication to tha governor general, General Ludlow said to--day; "The present health. conditions In Havana are extraordinarily good; and I cannot understand why any one who stays here only a few days should attempt to write the entire truth about Cuba, when ha must know that he has only a superficial idea of things and is probably wrong in every other sentence." La Lucha publishes a dispatch from Washington to-day. which says: "It is practically assured that General Brooke will ba sent to the Philippines command, with an Increased army, and that he will be succeeded here by a civil governor of Cuba, who will probably be Robert P. Porter." Headquarters has received no inttmatlonr of any such arrangement. If It be contemplated; but the dispatch has caused considerable comment. The English edition of tho paper wiu say editorially to-morrow: "While General Brooke has done as well as, and probably better, than most military men would have done in the samo position. ani while he has at all times evinced a desire to secure Justice and has succeeded In winning the confUenco of our people on all sides, it is nevertheless a fact that army llfo does not fit a man to assume a civil role, especially in such trying circumstances as exist here. A clvUian governor of Cuba is needed. Mr. Robert P. Porter, however, is believed to be prejudiced against the Cubans. They have no confidence in him and will protest against such an appointment as indicated in our Washington .ispatch. Cuba wants as governor an Amer.caii civilian of known ability, a man or undoubted Integrity and impartiality." The father of Senor Santa Maria, tha Spanish planter, who was killed by a stray bullet at Clcnfuegos during the recent affray between the Cubans and Americans, has arrived here and is seeking the services of an American lawyer with a view of securing Indemnity from the United States government. He asserts that his Fon was struck by a Krag-Jorgensen bullet and that the American pickets were the only armed men there, at the time carrying KragJorgensens. The capture, by the rural guard, of Major Jose Acosta. at Guanajay, followed by his confession of hi3 own guilt and his implication of others, seems to promise the discovery of the leaders of numerous recent raid in the Guanajay district. It now turns out that the proceeds of tho Fafe robbcrv at Mariel were some 14.00") gold and $l.r)0 in Spanish bank bills. Enrique Hernandez, one of the leaders, gave $1.W0 to Acosta. who changed it at Havana at 7 per cent. Acosta is thoroughly frightened and now keeps tha guards busy hunting the persons whom ha exposes. Three were caught to-day. He now says that the party participating in the recent-robberies numbered forty-three men. Porter Not to Succeed Drooke. WASHINGTON, June 30. The statement published In La Lucha that General Brooke is to be sent to the Philippines and will ba succeeded at Havana by Robert P. Porter was called to the attention of Secretary Alger to-night. He promptly denied the re port, saying in reply to a written inquiry that there was "not a word of truth in iL" HARRISON GREY OTIS. Soldier of Two Wars Who Mar Become Secretnrr of War. CHICAGO. June CO. Brig. Gen. Hanison Grey us. of Los Angeles. Cal., who Was with the Eighth Array Corps at Manila, and who saw nearly a year's fighting around that city, arrived In Chicago last night en route for Washington. He remained hera to-day and continued his journey eastward to-night. His visit to Washington will mark Ms muster out of the volunteer service. General Otis discussed the situation" in tha Philippines at considerable length and toolc the hopeful view that with the additional ttoops to be furnished the war would be terminated before tho next rainy season sets in. General Otis has been mentioned as the possible successor to General Alger as secretary of war. He Is an old soldier as well as'a newspaper man, and was a companlon-in-arms to President McKinley, coming out of tho war of the rebellion with the rank of colonel, while McKinley became only a major. Otis was legislative reporter for tha Ohio State Journal, of Columbus, when that paper was conducted by Comly & Francisco, in the seventies Otis was editor of the Santa Barbara Press until he was fwnt by President Hayes as government agent to tha Aleutian islands, off the coast of Alaska. About seventeen years ago he and Andy W. Francisco, formerly editor of the Ohio State. Journal, established the Los Angeles Times, which became famous by springing tha Sackvllle-West letter and precipitating that minister's recall to England. "Mr. Francisco was made collector of the port of Los Angeles by President McKinley and died In his office last fall. When war with Spain was declared Otis offered his services to the government and was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to Manila, the Tenth Regiment being in his brigade. His name has occasioned some confusion between his identity and that of MaJ. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, in command in Manila. Denial from General Otis. KANSAS CITY, June 30. The Journal tomorrow will print a telegram from Brig. Gen. Harrison Grey Otis, of Los Angeles, In which the Callfornlan states positively that there is no truth In the report that he Is on his way to Washington in connection with possible changes In the War Department. In answer to a direct query as to whether he had been called to Washington as a possible successor to Secretary Alger General Otis telegraphed from Chicago as follows: "I can aisposie of that rumor in few words. I am not on my way tc Washington in connection with that matter even remotely, and have never been an aspirant for that high honor, nor have I any information that my appointment to the secretaryship is being even considered by the President. I have been, a soldier in three wars now and am about to leave tha army to resume my private and journalistio pursuits. There Is no lack cf officers of my grade, experienced and capable officers, veteran soldiers llKo myself, to command all the troops now in service and all that may be raised under the law and the call of tha President for the suppression of the. Filipino rebellion. Mo recruiting etnees will, I predict, have to be opened for the enlistment of brigadier generals. Still. I hold myself ever ready to assume my share of ihe white man's, burden, whatever that share may be, whether private, public, civil rort military." ..