Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899.

been taken by the department In appeals f?om the action of the bureau, the bureau was reversed In 317, and many of there were, ca?s In which the adverse action 1 ad been taken before April, 1S37. The commissioner expresses hl3 aatlifctloa with the results for the past ytar. No new rules of evidence have been introduced In the adjudication of claims, but the work has been accepted under prescribed rules of many years standing. In conclusion the commissioner statis that the pen-don laws are generous; that their Interpretation by the department ha9 always been liberal, and their administration by the bureau officials has been and Is now far more liberal than the generous laws, always giving the benefit of doubt in favor of the soldier. The treasury statement Issued this afternoon shows that the amount of net gold on hand was S217,8S0.G01. This Is the largest amount on hand at one time in the history of the department, the next largest amount having been $246,073,02, on Dec. SI, U'Ji. This situation Is accounted for by the fact that during the last two weeks or more the revenues o. the government, of which SO to 90 per cent, are paid In gold, have largely exceeded the expenditures. At New York, the customs receipts, with the exception of from 8 to 10 per cent., are all being paid in gold, and at other important points the excesa of gold has been nearly or quite as large. The receipts to-day exceeded the expenditures by tl.4ti0.GC3, and for the month the excess amounts to nearly $4,500,000. Since the first of July, however, a deficit 13 shown of $4,036,638. The total receipts for the month are $10,373,173, of which $30,548,607 came from customs, $24,237,0) from Internal revenue and $3,lS4,4Cti from miscellaneous source?. The expenditures amount to $13,513,000, of which $11,&S1,000 was charged to the War Department. H.5&8.000 to the navy, $13,130,000 to pensions, and the remainder to civil and miscellaneous. Interest and Indian accounts. For August last year the payments to the War Department amounted to $24,015,934. The recent success of the German minister, Mr. Von Mumm, In negotiating a parcels post convention with this country Is leading to inquiries from other governments. It Is understood Prance would welcome a similar parcels post treaty and that negotiations are likely to be opened at an early day. Thes British government likewise has taken steps looking to a treaty on the same lines as Germany and a cablegram asking for Information on several points was received at the Postoffice Department from the British postoffice. while the malls brought a request from M. Tower, the Britiar charge, now at Newport, for a copy of the German convention. "Dimes, quarter and half-dollars are being turned out by all the mints as rapidly as they can be produced," said an officer of the treasury to-day, "the demand for fractional currency and silver dollars being unprecedented. The requests do not come from one section of the country, but from every section. As fast as the coin can be minted it Is shipped to those who have called for it. Usually the demand for this currency does not begin until the autumn, but this year orders for large quantities have been coming In for more than four weeks. It is estimated that the orders received at the Treasury Department will average over $00,000 in fractional currency a day." Treasurer Roberts said that the demand wu due to the activity of business. On account of the steel famine, considerable difficulty Is "being experienced by the Navy Department ' in obtaining reasonable bids for work contemplated at navy yards and the construction of men-of-war is be

ing delayed. The Gas Engine Power Com pany, of New York, has specifically called the attention of the department to the difficulty of obtaining steel as a reason In support of It request that the time of the completion of the torpedo-boat Bailey be extended. Similar requests have been reeelvea from other warship constructors, and - they advance the same reason aa the cause cr delay. The secretary of the navy has directed that all estimates for the requirements of the naval service next yar shall be submitted by to-morrow, Sept. 1, thus giving him three months for co-ordinating them for submission to Congress. Accordingly the several naval bureaus have been active of late preparing their final figures and all the estimates with the exception of those relating to armor and, ordnance will be In hand to-morrow. They show In general a considerable Increase all along the line ow ing to the rapid development of the navy. the unprecedented amount of naval ship building now in progress, and the enlarged demands growing out of the war and the acquisition of new territory. The largest item is xis.ouu.ouQ, under the head or "increase of the navy," which Is said to be Xj.OOOjOOO more than any previous estimate under this head. It is due to the unusual - cumber of war ships now In course of con structlon, aggregating fifty-four in all classes, a total much in excess of the num ber under construction at any previous time In the history of the navy. These in clude eleven battle snips, four monitors, three armored cruisers, six protected cruis ers, thirty-three destroyers and torpedo boats, and several miscellaneous craft, submarine boats, etc. The item of "increase of the navy covers the work already au thorlzcd and now in course of construe tion. both in engineering and structural branches and Is concurred In by Admirals Illchborn and Melville, chiefs of the con struction and of the engineering bureaus. respectively. Admiral Melville will also make estimates for new engineering plants, equipment, tools, buildings, etc., at Norfolk, Port Royal. Port Orchard and Mare island. Cal. The plants are old and the requirements now made on them induce the chief engineer to recommend the most modern appliances . and such a remodeling of buildings as will orlng them up to date. Admiral Endicott. chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, will recommend two more large dry docks on the Atlantic sea board, one at New York and the other at Norfolk. The New York dock will take the WEATHER FORECAST. Generally Fair in Indiana on Friday and Saturday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Ohio Generally fair on Friday and Saturday, excert probably showers on Friday near the lakes; winds mostly fresh southerly. For Indiana and Illinois Generally fair Friday and Saturday; fresh southerly winds. Local Observations on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Pre. T a. m 50.09 Tl 87 Raat. 0.00 1 p. m 30.00 S3 7 South. 0.00 Maximum temperature. K; minimum temperature. 3. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total rainfall for Aug. 31: Temp. Pre. Normal 71 0.10 Mean 7 0.UO ivparture from normal 0.10 Departure since Au. 1 2.:i Departure since Jan. 1 171 1.44 Plus. C. F. It. WAPFENIIANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta, G& 70 w 7$ HUmarck. N. D 41 U 70 llufralo. N. Y 72 14 7S Calaffry. N. W. T 4 Ctlcago. Ill 71 b0 7 Cairo, lit 70 t S2 Cheyenne. Wjo W H 78 Cincinnati. O 70 $t i Concordia. Kan 4 92 4 Davenport, la 70 fcS 54 Dea Moines. Ia M hi M Calverton. Tex S 74 76 Helena. Mont 49 S3 Jacksonville. Fla 71 !) to Kintu City, Mo 70 ft 9 S2 Uttle Hock. Ark: 6J H 7 Marquette. Mich 60 CO 0 Memphis. Tenn 70 S3 Nashville. Tenn 70 3 71 New Orleans. La 74 84 7 fifw Tork. N. Y M 7 70 North Platte. New M S3 78 Oklahoma. IX T 70 93 & Omaha. Neb C M 7$ ntubur. Pa CS 92 ii JU AppeM, N. W. T 44 74 M RapM City. 8. D C3 82 S3 Fait Lake CUj, Utah 60 83 Ft. LmiSa, Mo 71 SO 86 ft. lul. Minn n 61 (4 Cprinsfleld. I!I 79 fcC feo ryrfntSiM, l!a 14 M so Vt-kturrT. 1HS M M 71 vrx:. D. O.... w 71

place cf the unsatisfactory timber docks, lloth docks will b of e-ranlte and concrete

and accommodate the largest war ship. The estimate will he about ii.z.uuu eacn. Admiral O'Nall's estimates on armor and ordnance will be held until his return, next Monday, aa he has been giving much personal attention to this Important item. The price of armor plate will nave to oe settled by Congress and a large quantity of armor authorized. The armor concerns re fused to bid on the 1200 fixed as tne limit of the cost by the last Congress, eo that further legisltalon is necersary in order to provida for the many ships now nearin completion. It Is understood Admiral O'Neil will recommend no stated figure, dui wi;i submit a mass of information on the er.st of armor and will direct his main efforts to securing the best class. Aside from the bureau estimates the sec retary of the navy wili prepare such estimate at he deems expedient for new ships. There is no intimation thus far as to what new shlDS will be recommended, rut the Impression prevail. In well-informed raval Quarters that the secretary will confine his recommendation to three six-thousand-ton, protected cruisers, to cost about Jl,2.V),ooo each. These were recorr.rninlcd lest 3 tar and were the only ships not authorized by Congreps. so that It Is thought i.ktly that the need of them win .tjai.i oe presenuo. mm Secretary Hay to-day entertained at breakfast Baron Sternberg, the German rep resentative on the Samoan commission. The baron is about. to sail for Berlin to confer with the authorities respecting Samoan matters. Mr. Von Mumm. the German minister, was with Secretary Hay to-day fcr some time. Naturally the conference related in some degree to the Samoan ques tion, but It Is Improbable that any joint steps will be taken in the matter for some weeks to come, though the State Depart ment Is Inclined to make the effort to have the treaty ready for submission to the Sen ate when Congress reconvenes. Prof. P. Lamson Scribner. chief of the agostrology division of the Agricultural Department, has Just returned frcm an ex tended tour of the Pacific coast and the Northwest, where he went to study the grasses and forage plants of these regions. The government has a grass farm at Walla vvaua, where extensive experiments are making with grasses available for the vast arid tracts of the West. The most startling condition Professor Scribner found was In the big cattle ranges on the public lands east of the Cascades in eastern Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho and Coloraco. These ranges are badly overstocked. and there has been, consequently, a great deterioration of grass upon them. Radical measures will be required to restore them to nrst-ciass condition as pasture lands, upon the advice of Professor Scribner Secretary Wilson, in his forthcoming annual report, will recommend that the government cease the policy of allowing free grazing v.xCl substitute a system of leases. This would place the land leased under the control cf the lessee and make It to his interest not to overstock hr range. As a further Incentive It is suggested that It might be well to give the lessee the preference when the land is soia. Hon. John Addison 'Porter, secretary to the President, has returned to the city aft er an absence of some months. He expects to resume his duties at the White House to morrow. e e An order has been Issued by the War Department establishing a sanitarium at Fort Bayard, N. M., for consumptives of the army. Acting Commissioner Williams, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, to-day rendered a decision to the effect that where leaf tobac co dealers transfer tobacco to themselves as manufacturers such transfer is not a sale within the meaning of the law, and therefore the quantity transferred is not to be taken into account In determining the amount of the special tax to be paid as leaf dealers. On the recommendation of the superintendent of the Military Academy the Presi dent has directed the summary dismissal from the service of the United States of Cadet Philip p. Smith, of the third class. "for harassing and annoying a fourth-class man." Smith was appointed to the academy rrom tne mn district 01 reorasKa in June. 1S97. In a memorandum in regard to the case given out at the War Department It is stated that "It Is the Intention of the secretary of war to Inflict the most summary and exemplary punishment upon all cadets of the Military Academy detected In hazing new cadets. The Commissary Department Is now buy ing coffee in Porto Rico for supplying the army In that Island and 'Cuba. This action has been taken as a measure of relief. Gen. Weston has approved the purchase of 84.000 pounds, Z 1,000 pounds going to Santiago, 13,000 to Havana and the balance to points where it may be needed. TWENTY-ROUND FIGHT. Tommy Ryan Given the Decision Over Jsc-i Moffatt. DUBUQUE, la,, Aug. 31. Tommy Ryan was given the decision over Jack Moffatt at the end of a twenty-round bout here to night. Ryan had his opponent going in the thirteenth round, and could have easily put tlm out. He let down, however, and made no attempt to end the fight. Ryan did not show a mark, while Moffatt's nose and mouth bled freely, and his breast and r.eck were well skinned from the constant jabbing ho received. The 6,000 spectators were disgusted because Ryan did not extend him self. Up to the thirteenth round the men gave a pretty exhibition. In the preliminary bout between George Kerwin. of Chicago, and James Sellers (colored), of Marshalltown. Ia., Sellers'a seconds threw up tne sponge at the end of the seventh round. It was a ridiculous exhlbitlon. Kerwin, as a ring freak, met his match and the spectators enjoyed their antics nugeiy. SEARCHING THE SWAM PS. Whites Roundlnf TJp Blacks in Gcor jjlo iceacs at Darien. DARIEN, Ga., Aug. 31. The negro rioters concerned In the Delagel affair are surren dering dally In small squads. The military posses are still searching the swamps for them and have come across several small parties who were trying to evade the law. Among those captured is John Smalls, a notorious negro, who went (through the country last Friday telling all the white women they had better commence praying, as all women and children wojIu be killed. Judge Seabrooke convened court at 10 o'clock this morning. The scenes around the courthouse vrere unusual In the extreme. Soldiers fully armed patrolled the streets for blocks around, and every man that Eassed was halted and made to state his usiness. The negro element was conspicuous by Its absence, only a few leaders of the recent Irregular movement being present. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. August Jernberg, a Chicago real estate dealer, has confessed bankruptcy, placing his liabilities at (1,433.137, without assets. At Garnett. Kan., yesterday. Harry Winans was killed by the explosion of a gas tank used in connection with a kinetoscope. His father, H. K. Wlnans, was burned from face to feet and will probably die. was killed and O. G. Klser. sheriff, wounded in the arm by Clem and Marcus Darnell while the latter were resisting arrest yes terday. The Darnell boys were wanted for horse stealing. At Coleman. Mich., yesterday John Melcher and llllam Graves fought over the action of Mclcher In closing up a piece of road which has been used as a highway. uraves Kined an unxnown man and mortal ly wouuoed Melcher. Henry Hofhelmer, formerly a member of the firm of Henry Hofhelmer, Son & Co., wholesale dealers In boots and shoes at Norfolk, Va.. has filed a petition in bank- . - X 1 W I u 1 1 1 . J ..it ..-i . - nominal assets, xzi.wu. Henry Hobart went to the home of Ma scn-in-law, north of Newark, O., and the two men soon became involved in a quarrel. Hobart pulled a revolver, shooting Keller in the breast. Keller drew a gun and hit Hobart through the heart, killing him in stantly. Rooker T. Washington, the noted colored educator, discussed the race problem last night in Charleston. W. Va., his birthplace. In response to an invitation extended by citizens several months ago. 110 was in troduced by former Governor McCorkle and Governor Atkinson. Governor RushneJl. of Ohio, accompanied bv Adiutant General Axllne. of that Statp. and a delegation of about thirty citizens of Marietta. O., arrived at Boston yesterday, and to-day they will present a silver service to the gunlniat Marietta, which Is at the Charleston navyyard. Had Complexions Need Charapitn'a Liquid Pearl. 50c A harmleia beauUUer, No caual lovely.

DRIVEN INTO THE HILLS

REBELS OF CEBU PUNISHED FOR AMBUSHING AMERICANS. City Guarded by Marine While the Soldiers Pursued the Enemy— Gen. Lawton's Work. MANILA, Aug. 31.—Dispatches just received from Cebu announce that the American troops under Colonel Bayless, with two field pieces, sallied cn Monday into the hills against a band of natives who recently ambushed four American soldiers and who have been generally troublesome. The American force fourd the natives Intrenched and drove them from their trench es further into the hills. There were no casualties on the American side, though there were some heat prostrations. The native loss Is not known. The United States cruiser Charleston landed men, who guarded the city during the absence of the troops. The Fourth Infantry, having prepared to give the Insurgents a warm reception, the latter have ceased their preparations for an attack on Imus. s GENERAL. LAWTOVS WORK. Ills Efforts to Establish Civil Govern ment In Towns Xear Manila. WASiiiNfiTON. Ausr. 21. General Lawton's course In extending municipal govern-' ment In the Philippines is explained in de tail in Manila newspapers Just received at the War Department. They state that the general has made a tour of many towns along the line of his division, including Santa Anna, Pandacan and San Felipe, and has established in each a complete system of civil government. The inhabitants of the towns are to have entire charge of affairs, according to Lawton's system. The general called before him the principal men of the towns, and after pointing out the general purposes and desires of the American gov ernment, had these natives designate a mayor, vice mayor and head men lor tne several wards. General Law ton explained to the inhabi tants that the United States government did not wish to meddle at all with local affairs and they were told to proceed with tax levies, to start schools and public improvements and to establish such civil olllces as they saw fit. The people were told that the tax money was to be expended at home and none of it contributed to the general government. General Lawton also established the first civil government at Balauag, Senor Guerro being installed as captain general. Local governments also have been put in force at Bacoor. Paranac and Las Plnas. VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS. Leas than KM) Offlcera to Me Named for New Regiments. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Adjutant Gen eral Corbin said to-day that there were less than one hundred appointments of volunteer officers yet to be made and they be longed mainly to the States of Wisconsin, California and Ohio. The quotas of other States are practically full. All the field commissions in the volunteer establishment have been distributed with the exception of one lieutenant colonelcy and ten major ities. The President has made a small list from which these appointments will be made and It is expected that the result will be announced in a few days. The Governors of the States which contributed colored troops to the volunteer army In the .Spanish war have been requested by the secretary or war to nominate company omcers for the colored volunteer regiment to be organized for service in the Philippines. Col. William r. uuvaii. or the Twenty-sixth infantry. most probably will have command of the proposed regiment. The other regimental officers will be secured from the regular service and there is a general understand ing that most of the company officers will be appointed rrom the colored regiments which rendered such gallant and efficient service in the battles of 1 Caney and San juan mil in tne Santiago campaign. AU Volunteers Will Soon Come Home. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. General Otis to-day Informed the War Department of the departure from Manila of the transport Para in the following dispatch: "Para sailed to-day; fourteen officers, forty-one enlisted and 921 discharged men, six ci vilians." Another dispatch from General Otis gives the dates of the sailing of the transports now at Manila and which will bring all the state volunteers in the Philippines to this country. The cable says: "Tartar sails Sept. 3: Pennsylvania, Sept. 6; Newport and Ohio, sept. 7." The state volunteers ye, remaining In the Philippines In the order In which they left san Francisco for Manlli are: First Wash ington, Twentieth Kansas, Third Tennessee, Fifty-first Iowa, trotn Nevada cavalry. First Wyoming Battevy. It is the policy of the War Department to have the troops return in the order in which they sailed, and these volunteers prorably will come on the ships above named in the same order. Volunteer Welcomed Home. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 31. At 9 o'clock this morning 1.3S8 officers and men of the Idaho, First North Dakota and First Wyoming regiments of volunteer Infantry, and a battalion of the Wyoming Light Artillery, which arrived yesterday from Ma nna, disembarked from the transport Grant at the Folsom-street wharf, and marched to the Presidio, where they will, remain In camp until mustered out of the service. The reception accorded the returning volunteers was hearty and noisy. The returning men were escorted by the First California Vol unteers and five batteries of the Third Artillery. At the head of each column rode the Governors of their respective States and their staffs, who later reviewed their respec tive organizations. An Editor's View of the Situation. LONDON, Sept. 1. The Dally Chronicle says, editorially, this morning: "If the United States are determined to conquer the Philippines by sheer force of arms they can and will do iti If, on the other hand. iney resolve to ruie tnis obstinate but interesting race by making them the roasters of their own destinies, the task is quite as mil r H within tholf ranira an1 wmi11 Invnlva a smauer expenditure or time and effort." Troops on the Valencia. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 31. The remain ing troopers of the Third Cavalry, number ing ninety men, under command of First lieutenant Johnstone, embarked to-day for Manila on the transport Victoria, which sailed for T.icoma. where her cargo will be completed. The Victoria carried two hun dred cavalry horses. HEAVY IMPORTATIONS. Customs Receipts at Nevr York Last Month "Were "13,780,471. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. The largest month for customs receipts that the New York custom house has had under the Dingley tariff law closed to-day. The cashier announced to-night $13,780,471 as the total receipts for the month, to-day's receipts being $637,543. The receipts fon the month of August were greater by $140,000 than any previous month under the present tariff law, last March being the record month before. "It 13 Just the general Increase In business that has caused the big importation this month. Ther is no special cause for it." said the cashier, when asked the signifi cance of the big figures. To Revise Customs Laivs. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. The secretary of the executive committee of the general commlttee appointed by the Merchants' Asso ciation at the suggestion of President 31cKlnley to revise the customs administrative act and the rules under which it is enforced, has received acceptances of appointment cn this committee from the following: A. R. Whitney, president of A. R. Whitney & Co., of New York, agents of the Carnegie Steel Company, as a representative of the iron and steel industry; George H. Barbour, vice president of the Michigan Stove Company, of Detroit, representing the stove manufacturers: John Wardlow, of the Sanchez & Hays Company, Tampa, Fla., representing the tobacco interest, and Pat-

rick O'Mara, of Peter Henderson & Co., of New York, representing the Importers and growers of seeds and bulbs.

NUMBER THIRTEEN. Part It Played In the Fate of a SelfMnrdered Cinclnnntlnn. CHICAGO. Aug. 31. The number "thir teen" entered conspicuously Into the fate of F. A. Rowland, a lumberman, who. killed himself to-day at the Grand Union Hotel. He came from Cincinnati Aug 13 and was assigned to Room 13 at the hotel. where he died. In his pockets were 13 pen nies and not any other money. During the day thirteen letters were delivered to him and he was discovered in a dying condition thirteen minutes after 1 o ciock ana breathed his last thirteen minutes later. Rowland handled hardwood lumber and Is said to have met severe business reverses. WILHELM HAS YIELDED WILL NOT PUNISH THOSE WHO DE FEATED THE CANAL DILL. Edict from Prince Von Hohenlohe to the Presidents of Prussian ProvincesGeneral Foreign News. BERLIN, Aug. 31. Prince Von Hohen lohe, the impercial chancellor and president of the Prussian Council of Ministers, has sent a strongly worded edict to all presidents of provinces throughout Prussia, re minding them of their duty to support the King's policy and measures, and pointing out that any attempt to fetter the action of the Prussian government could not be tolerated. The edict concludes with the following sentence: "I rhope that no further occasion will be given for the adoption of extreme measures." This Indicates that the government has abandoned the idea of punishing the presidents who opposed the 'canal bill by dis missal and is much - commented on as a complete yielding on the part of the government of Prusla, as well as the Emperor, to the Agrarians. Wheat Crop Deficient. VIENNA, Aug. 31. The Hungarian Min istry of Agriculture has Just issued fts an nual estimates of the world's harvest. This points to a considerable deficiency. While the stocks remaining from last year are much smaller than was generally supposed the wheat yield is 110.000.OUO hectolitres be low last year's yield and about 34.wo.0O0 short of the entire world's demand. The estimated yield of rye is 5.000.000 less than that of last year: of barley, 23,000,000 less, and of oats 35,000.000 less. The total deficien cy in all cereals is about 87,000,000 hecto litres. Cahlt Notes. The Argentine executive has introduced a bill into Congress fixing the conversion of the currency at the ratio or 44 gold centavos to a paper dollar. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies yester day rejected a motion to revise the consti tution, the vote standing 59 against 31. The motion was intended to pave the way for a universal suffrage bin. YELLOW FEVER AT KEY WEST Quarantine Declared by Texas Asralnst the South Florida City. AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 31.-State Health Of ficer Blunt to-night, on receipt of the information that there were two cases of yellow fever at Key West, declared a rigid state quarantine against that place and noti fied all Texas coast points to place In quar antine any ships coming from Key" West. The quarantine will be rigidly observed until all danger Is' passed. NEW YORK, Sept. L-A special to the Herald from Key West, Fla., says: "The State Board of Health, through Its local representative, Dr. Sweeting, to-day offi dally declared the existence of yellow fever at Key West. Two persons are pronounced to be suffering from the disease. They are Dennis L. Eagan, an attache of the cus toms house, and William M. Browder, spe cial agent of the Treasury Department. A boy named Cosgrove died during last night. Eagan is not expected to survive the night. Several other per sons are now down with fever which ex hibits symptoms similar to those cases al ready pronounced to be yellow fever. Con siderable excitement exists throughout the city among the unaccllmated, who are pre paring for a hurried departure. Every precaution is being taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of the disease." SHAMROCK'S MAINSAIL Set for a Few Minutes Yesterday, and Described as a Beauty. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-For Just fifteen minutes the yacht Shamrock had her main sail set to-day. The sail Is a beauty, with Its cloths running the regular way, from head to foot, and a high peak to it. Soon after breakfast the Shamrock's crew "turned to." They stretched the foot of the mainsail along the boom, then hauled the clew out and made it fast. There are eighteen hoops on the mast. These were next sized on, and after the foot of the sail had been fastened to the traveler the head of It was laced to the gaff, and at 12:15 the big sail was hoisted. It remained up Just long enough to satisfy captain nogartn that It needed no alterations. Then It was lowered and carefully covered by the crew. It will not be hoisted again, according to David Barry, Sir Thomas Linton's representative, until the arrival of Will Fife, the yacht's designer. He Is due here to-morrow on the Campania with the Shamrock's owner. The latter will not be taken off the steamer at quarantine. He will come to the city and go to the Fifth-avenue Hotel. The steam vacht Erin will go down the bay to meet her owner, and tne anamrocK may be towed to Sandy Hook to met him. The steamer. It is expected, will reach quaran m . f . tine before dark. FIGHT WITH YAQUIS. Mexican Soldier Killed by IndiansNo News from General Torres. HERMOSILIiO, Mexico, Aug. 3L A com pany of volunteers went from here this morning to Pltaya to Join Colonel Plenados's command and 'arrest the Yaquls who had destroyed tho telegraph lines to Potam. The troops met a band of eighty Yaquls and a short fght took place. In which one soldier was killed. Pctam and Torln, Gen. Torrcs's headquarteta, have been entirely cut off from communication with the out side world for the last five days, the Yaquls having burned a mile of telegraph poles. Volunteers continue to arrive daily in columns of one hundred or more, and a heavily guarded pack train of mules Is kept busy conveying new guns and ammunition rrom the launches at Meaano to ronn. Many natives who occupy huts near the edge of the town have become so alarmed that they carry their beds in near the heart of Pueblo to pass the night. Gen. Luis Torres has suspended hostilities till October, when cold weather will have set in and the troops will be better able to take care of themselves. By that time there will be three thousand more soldiers In the field. Ovrens Attacks 'Goebel. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 31. In the stead of Hon. Matt Adams, who was ill, Hon. W. C. Owens, ex-ccngressman of the Seventh district, opened the campaign here to night. His address was tart, defiant and In some instances bitterly personal towards Mr. Goebel. The speech created a sensa tion here and some fear it may lead to personal trouble. Harry Kelly, of Bloomlngton, and FranTfc Connor, of St. Louis, two young boys, were arrested by Detective Gerber and Patrolman 8toddard last night for petty larceny. One of them stole a rhiM's suit of clothes from the Star etore and the other a bolt of cheap . i , . . uuia xrom me uraner store.

CRAMP WORKS CLOSED

ANOTHER ALLEGED EFFORT TO INTI 31 ID ATE EMPLOYES Letter from the Company to General Wagner, of the G. A. R. Committee Cleveland Strike Outrages. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31. The William Ciamp Shipbuilding Company to-day sent a letter to General Louis Wagner, chair man of the general committee of the Grand Army encampment whlh begins here next week, announcing that the works are to be closed from Sept. 1 to 11. The communication states that "during the period of the National Encampment of the G. A. R. representatives of the company will be at the office to conduct visiting veterans through the works. The hours will be from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m." Recently there have been reports of diffi culties between the Cramps and their employers, and a few days ago the machinists and blacksmiths presented to the firm resolutions demanding a nine-hour workday and requesting the re-employment of discharged workmen. They named Sept. 1 as the date on which a reply would be expected. A se cret meeting was held to-night, attended by the machinists and blacksmiths employed at the yard. The action of the firm in closing the plant was regarded by the men as an effort to intimidate and prevent them from striking. The blacksmiths, numbering about two hundred, were laid off at noon to-day and the machinists were notified that similar action would be taken in their case at noon to-morrow. This greatly incensed the men, and, in order to forestall their discharge, they decided to strike at 10 o'clock. There are about five hundred machinists employed at Cramps. Following the notice that the works would be closed from the 1st to the 11th of September, representatives of the hull makers and brass workers called upon Charles H. Cramp and stated that these departments nad no complaint. They asked to be kept employed during the time of the Grand Army encampment. In explanation of the nrnrs action Charles H. Cramp said tonight he had received letters to-night from ail parts of the country asking that the veterans be permitted to visit the plant, and in order to show proper hospitality tne company nad decided to give the old soldiers an opportunity of visiting the yards at. their pleasure. WATCHING FOR DYNAMITERS. Police Determined to Catch Perpetra tors of Street-Car Outrages. CLEVELAND. Aug. 31. The persons in jured by the blowing up of a street car on Wilson avenue last night are not In a serious condition and will recover. By rea son of this last dynamite outrage the police have adopted a new course of aetlon which promises to be effective. A large number of patrolmen have been detailed for detective duty In citizens clothing, and with .them are operating the police detec tive force and squads -of operatives from several private detective agencies, not to mention scores of amateurs who are out for the liberal rewards that have been offered. Chief of Police Corner said to-day that he felt sure of being able to show definite results of the work of the police within twenty-four hours. An examination of the post where the ex plosion occurred and testimony of an ex pert on explosives who heard the report a snort distance away snow that nitro glycerin was the agent used in wrecking the car. The street-railway strikers denounce the outrage and say they would oner a reward for the arrest of the perpetrators if the state of their treasury would warrant it. Both Mayor Farley and President Everett. of the Big Consolidated Street-railway Com pany, are out or the city, but every effort is being made by their subordinates to hunt down the dynamiters. Window-Glass Manufacturers. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Aug. 3L A meeting of window-glass manufacturers of the country Is in session here for the purpose of discussing the wage question and the general situation. All the factories In the American Glass Cnmnnnv nnH n mninrltw tt iha Independent manufactories are represented. a Bu uuij viiuri is u?mg maue 10 prevent, an earlv rKiimntInn nf nnpratlnno o o it i claimed that overproduction would denloralDREYFUS CRIED. (Concluded from First Page.) confession for years? The witness says it was mere chance. I am surprised that the witness destroyed It Just the day after it was mentioned in the Chamber of Deputies. To this Caotaln Lebrun-itenauit repnea that at that time he considered the document he possessed was authentic, and a copy of It was made by M. Cavalgnac tho day before It was destroyed. M. Labori The court win oraw its own conclusions. Then, turning to the witness. M. Labori asked: "Who was the official who made the abusive remarks about you at the Elysee?" Captain Lebrun-Renault I have no idea. At this time M. Labtrl said he was much surprised that the witness had not referred to this abuse Derore tne court 01 cassation. When asked if he had any observations to make, Dreyfus replied: "Yes, my colonel, there were two rooms In the military school. I. was In the further one, and Captain Le-brun-Kenauit never left me. ie alone wai with me. It is possible Captain D'AtteL whom I did not know, or other officers entered the adjoining room. But I can al most rv.ear (for after five years 1 can oniy affirm matters upon which I am positive) that another officer entered the inner room.'' Colonel Jouaust to Captain Lebrun-Ken-ault Did Captain D'Attel enter the room you occupied with the accused? Captain Liebrun-uenauit captain u Auei spent five minutes In one of the rooms. Both of them were very small. Dreyfus I do not believe Captain u Attei or any other officer entered the Inner room. I do not remember that anyone but Renault was present. As regards the words I win rot repeat the conversation of Captain Ren ault nor the words he used. I will confine myself to repeating to the court what I said and the explanations I had the honor to give. My words were as follows: I am ii.nocent and I will cry it aloud to the whole people. The minister well knows It.' "I have already explained to tne court what I meant. It was the reply I had given to Colonel Du Paty de Clam when he visited me In prison, in the course of which I protested I was Innocent. I completed the declaration by a letter I wrote to the minister redeclaring that I was innocent. Col. Du Paty de Clam asked me whether I had not given unimportant documents In order to get mere Important ones In exchange for them. I replied, word for word: 'No,' that I wanted the matter cleared up and concluded with saying, 'But before two or three years my innocence would be acknowledged "The court will understand that. In the state of nervous agitation in which I naturally found myself, I did not fully express what was on my rr.lnd. Allow me." continued Dreyfus, "to express the emotion and surprise I feel to-day, after five years, when I see a witness who, hearing such words, beginning with a protest of innocence, reported them to his chiefs without asking the most concerned person for an explanation of them. These are proceedings in the face of which honest people can only express Indignation." Sensation. WHAT D'ATTEL TOLD ANTHERNE. Captain Antherne, who was present at the degradation of Dreyfus, was the next witness. He testified that on 'leaving the parade ground he met Captain D'Attel, who informed him that Dreyfus had made remarks In his presence, the meaning of which, to his mind, clearly was: First, a formal confession that he had delivered documents; second, an allegation that the documents were unimportant; third, that the prisoner's object was to obtain more important documents In exchange. Replying to Captain Antherne, the prisoner said that he had only one observation to make that hv maintained positively that he only spoke to Captain Lebrun-Renault, and that he had nothing to add to his reply to the lattter. Captain Lebrun-Renault. recalled, admitted that Captain D'Attel did not speak to the prisoner, but he added that, as D'Attel was In the room, which was very small, he heard the words uttered by Dreyfus. M. Laborl What is very certain la that Captain d'Attel made no report of the Incident to his chiefs. Geneial Mercier No. Lieutenant Colonel Guerln, whom General Saussler ordered to attend the degradation and report on it, was next examined. He said; "At about 7:iS n. m. I saw the prison van arrive. Dreyfus alighted and was taken to the office, where he was guarded ty Captain Ltsrua-iunauit, uccr lzzzi I

did not know at that time. At 8:53 the adjutant of the garrison relieved Captain Lebrun-Renault, with four artillerymen and a corporal, composing the guard which was to conduct the prisoner to the place of degradation. At that moment I was at the door of the building. Captain LebrunRenault, when relieved from d r. saw me and immediately began to relate ..at Dreyfus had said. The three statements which rtruck him. because of their Importance, remained so graven in my memory that I could not.forget them, namely: First, the prisoner's pride in the facings he had lost; second, his confession that he had delivered documents to a foreign power; third, that In three years Justice would be done him. A group of officers was standing near, and as Captain Lebrun-Renaulfs conversation was not confidential ar.d the statement he had made me was of great importance and interest to us. I begged him to repeat to the officers what he had Just told me. I must add that Captain D'Atter had been ordered to superintend matters, and his special duty required him to report everything wh!ch oecurml in the office of the adjutant while Dreyfus was there and while Dreyfus was conducted to the place of degradation. Throughout the ceremony the prisoner walked automatically. Afterwards, when he was conducted to the prison van, I stood, in company with some officers, in the passage Dreyfus traversed, and Dreyfus, addressing the officers, repeated that In three years Justice would be done him. He then entered the van and disappeared. After the ceremony I verbally reported to General Saussier the Incident of the morning, particularly the statements made by Dreyfus to Captain Lebrun-Rpnault. During the day Captain D'Attel also told M. Wunenburger. archivist ofthe parish headquarters, that Dreyfus had confessed." "NOT MY BUSINESS." . M. Demange How do you reconcile his protests of innocence with his alleged confession? Colonel Guerln That is not my business. M. Demange You reported the confession to General Saussler? Colonel Guerln Certainly. M. Demange Was it suggested that steps be taken to verify the alleged confession? Colonel Guerin I do not recollect. M. Demange So there was no attempt to Interrogate Dreyfus in regard to the alleged confession? Colonel Guerln The case had passed out of the hands of the military authorities, the prisoner having been handed over to the civil authorities. Dreyfus, when the usual question was put to him. said he had nothing to add to the reply he had made to Captain LebrunRenault. One of the Judges asked the witness whether M. Weyl. when attached to the army headquarters, had relations with Esterhazy, to which Colonel Guerln replied he believed that Weyl had known Bsterhaxy tor a long time. The Judge Do you think Esterhaxy knew the prisoner? Colonel Guerln I do not know. Dreyfus here remarked that he never knew Ksterhazy. Major De Mltry, of the hussars, testified to Captain Antoine telling him of the alleged confession of Dreyfus. Army Controller Peyrolle also testified that he heard of the confession from Col. Guerin. The latter, he added, introduced tho witness to Captain Lebrun-Renault on their way to the Zola trial. Resuming bis place on the stand. Major De Mltry said: "I said to Captain Lebrun-Renault. point blank: How is it the confession of Dreyfus was not reported to our President and premier when you were summoned to the Elysee?' Captain LebrunRenault replied: 'I did not report It, through a kind of apprehension, because, when in the ante-room, I heard some one say "Who Is this gendarme who is betraying professional secrets and feeding the press? He might smart for such Indiscretion." I reFlled: 'Renault, you have made a mistake, n your place I would have told the President.' " When called on to reply, Dreyfus declared he had never said his trial would be revised in three years. "I do not understand these words." said the prisoner. "I should be very grateful to you, my colonel, if, in the interest of truth, you would make public the letters which I wrote to the chief of the headquarters staff. It would then be seen in what terms I asked that an investigation should be made." Colonel Jouaust But why in three years? WHAT DREYFUS MEANT. Dreyfus I have already told the court that I told Colonel Du Paty de Clam the government had the means of Investigation, but that it required time to use them. I said, therefore, that before two or three years my innocence would be acknowledged. But I emphatically assert there was no sinister motive in mind, such as has been attached

to those words. Excitement. Note Dreyfus evidently referred to the general staff's suggestion that when he used the expression "three years," he knew that Esterhazy would then appear as a man of straw and try to take his (the prisoner's) place. Major Forzinetti. who was governor or the Cherche Midi prison while Dreyfus was con fined there, followed. He testified that while In prison Drej'fus always seemed to have the bearing of an innocent man and always asserted his innocence. The witness added that he told General De Boisdeffro that he believed Dreyfus was innocent. Continuing, Major Forzinetti said he waa intimate with Captain Lebrun-Renault and Captain D'Attel, but neither of them ever mentioned to him the alleged confession of Dreyfus. itepiying to M. uemange, the major said Colonel Du Paty de Clam asked him to surprise Dreyfus in his sleep in order to disturb him and catch him off his guard by throwing the light of a bright lamp on his face. The witness also recalled the despair of Dreyfus, after the conviction, and the regrets he expressed at not having resigned. lJreyrus, the major said, talked of committing suicide. When Dreyfus rose to reply he admitted that after his degradation he Intended to commit suicide, but, he added, that if he succeeded to endure the torture which would be inflicted It would be owing to his wife, who made him understand his duty. Commotion. M. Forzinetti corroborated this. He said Dreyfus's statement was quite correct. Captain Lebrun-Renault. recalled bv Col. Jouaust, said he did not tell Major Forzinetti of Dreyfus's confession because Gen. Rlsbourg, his commanding officer, had told him to hold his tongue. Then Roget advanced and denied that Major Forzinetti was on terms of Intimacy with Captain D'Attel. . General De Boisdeffro also asserted that there was inaccuracies in Major Forzlnetti's evidence. The general denied that the major ever declared to him that he -believed Dreyfus was innocent. Replying to M. Demange, Major Forzinetti said he adheres to all the evidence he had given before the Court of Cassation. At 11:25 a, m. the court adjourned for the day. WOULDN'T VOTK FOR BRYAN. Why Railroad Employes Opposed II I m in 'DO. New York Post. It is a fact well known and not denied that railroad employes of the United States generally opposed Bryan in 1S06. and this fact gave rise to the charge that the companies were working against the Democratic party. The charge was not true. The railroad companies do not and cannot influence the votes of their employes nor have thev any means of knowing how they vote. Nor would they do so if they could. The slightest sign of political interference would ba exposed and trumpeted everywhere to their disadvantage, and would be made the handle of attack upon them. There were reasons enough why the railroad hands of the country should oppose Bryan in 1830 of their own motive and Impulse. Railroad business was in a bad way at that time. Earnings wtre small, bankruptcies numerous, wages vere decreasing and many men lost their situations. These men pjerceived In every case that the interest on bonds had to.be raid in gold at 100 cents per dollar anyhow. Bryanlsm proposed that the railroad earnings should be collected In silver L e., in 50-cent dollars. It followed by logical sequence that if the railroads' earninrs vr cut In half while their outgo for fixed charges remained as great as ever, there would not be enough to go around and that the first cut would fall upon wages, as It always does. There were very few railroad employes who could not see this, and there is no doubt that those of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad were as keen to discern caiuae and effect as any others. Hence, it might appear that the companies themselves were trying to influence the votes of their employes, whereas the latter wre merely looking out for their own bread and butter, as they had a right to do and ought 10 uo. The American Langnagr, Springfield Republican. "William Archer's article on "America- in the rail Mall magazine have hitherto been tolerably saccharine in tone. It remains to be seen whether be can preserve the same suavity in the next article, wmch Is to deal with the American language. There Is nothing that fo enrages the ordinary Englishman as the' bare notion of a change being made In any detail of the English languaga without the ratification of the small proportion of Englishmen who are still living on the island. Of course. New York and Montreal ana Melbourne and Cal cutta are to accept meekly the latest cockney fashions of speech, without a protest. It La amusing to see the fury which possesses ths Athenaeum. Andrew Lans and W. li Henley, at the mere ctntlon cf ths Anrricn iizz"zz Cut IZi. Ai'cbc? tzz

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Commissioner Peck, of the Tarls exposition, started this evening for Chicago, after a succesful conference with the leading mining men ot Cripple Creek. The object of his mission was to secure the pledge of a million dollars' worth of bullion for exhibition from one district of the United States, to be urcd in the national display at Paris. He positively stated that there would be no fantastic ngures of women actresses or anything else of that order, but that this would be the only group dlp)ay of gold from the entire country. It will be shaped as a pyramid, and be transported from Denver to the Atlantic coast by special train, guarded by United States troops, and thence be conveyed across the water in a war vessel. The proposition met with the heartiest wipnort of the miners. Three mills will contribute over $9U0.0U0. The bullion must bear tho mint mark of the government, and the assurance is given that the pyramid will be solid. The government assumes all the risk, and guarantees the return of the gold. TOLEDO JONES OUTWITTED. IlallTray Tracks I, Id Through, the City Without Ills Consent. TOLEDO. O...Aug. 3L The Shore L4ne and Manufacturers' Railroad to-night scored on Mayor Jones, who has been righting against a franchise being given them, by laying their tracks into the city and running an engine over them. "With about one hundred men the road was laid over the disputed four blocks and an engine was run over it, thus preventing any injunction prorperiin? whlrh mla-ht nimc. It- Is not known whether the men were employed by ' the Shore line or the Manufacturers' line, but It is understood they are fighting for a common purpose. Tho franchise Is wortli easily a half million. . Dictating to a Linotype Chicago Evening Post. "I found a new thing the last time I was out West," said a Ia Salle street Insurance man. "I have a friend In the newspaper business in a little city on the Mississippi river, and he wanted me to go around town with him In the evening. Then he went to the newspaper office and walked upstairs, and I climbed up with him. He led the way Into the composing room, and there were three type-setting machines, such as are used here in the city offices. He went to one of the men and stood beside him, talking, while I looked at the curious mechanism and generally amused myself. "I noticed that the man at the machine did not seem to pay particular attention to my friend. He sat there and pegged away at the keys, and only occasionally did he seem to hear, for only once or twice did he look up from his manipulation. Then my friend came to me, aid said we would go to the hotel and smoke a cigar and talk IX over before going to bed. I asked him If he didn't have to write and turn in his copy. or something of that kind, and what do you tmnK ne told me? lie nad been dictating to that machine. Think of that! He hadn't made a line of copy. He simply had his notes, and he looked through them, standing there by the side of the type-setting machine, and talked as he would to a stenographer; and that operator put his burning thoughts Into hot lead, and had them downstairs In the pressroom by the time we were on the street. I call that one of the triumphs of science." "What do you think the man at the machine thought of it?" asked a listener. "Oh, I suppose he would just as soon listen as read." "And n copy reader?" "No nothing between the 'chlel amang ye takln' notfk' nd the gentleman who manipulates the silent messengers of thought. About Rennei. London Letter. My private letters from Rennes tell me that the American papers are also demanding much space for their correspondents. and with the admirable special service of the Associated Press you are doubtless not lacking very much In Dreyfus news. I do not see, however, that anybody seems to know anything in particular about the city of Rennes. It Is by no means the little provincial town it Is generally supposed to be. On the contrary, it has 70,000 inhabitants and a large manufacturing population, the particular industries being butter and beer making, linen weaving and sail making. It is also a great center for rrintlng machinery and the episcopal see of one of the French archbishops. Nor must It be forgotten that Rennes is the capital of the province of Brittany and was formerly the parliament town. Rennes is now the headquarters of the Tenth Army Corps and one of the principal military depots In France. The present city dates only from the middle of the eighteenth, century, the old town having been almost entirely destroyed by fire in 173d. The River Vllalne divides Rennes, and It was while about to cross the Saint Georges bridge that M. Laborl was shot. Tse for the Bicycle. Philadelphia Telegraph. The bicycle has been put to another practical use. showing that it is anything but a "toy." The New Yoik street-cleaning department made experiments with it yesterday In the work of gathering waste paper and other light material littering the roadways. They were entirely successful, and the days of the old-fashioned "bag carrier" are undoubtedly numbered. It Is strange. Indeed, that this Innovation in street cleaning was not long ago thought of. The bike Is employed in such a variety of light business purposes that no one any longer disputes Its usefulness and value as a labor saver. Biz Lot of Money. New York Letter. The seventy thousand tourists fho went to Europe are coming back in great droves. Ocean craft of every description are crowded to their utmost limit, and the pressure for passage was never so great, according to the New York offices. This has been a record-breaking year In the number of Americans taking foreign trips and also in the matter of expenditures abroad. In previous big years it has ben estimated that Americans spent $. O.OOi) to STt.flno.ftO in Great Britain and on the continent, but this year the American hegira stands for a much larger aggregate sum than this. Vacation Schools. Washington Post. The vacation schools are likely to become a permanent feature of the system of city educational effort. In New York, this summer, over eight thousand children were In daily attendance. The girls wer taught cooking, nursing, housekeeping and sewing; the boys, toymaking, carving, carpentry and other light mechanical work. Sketching classes were formed and out-of-town trips made, to the great dellKht and Instruction of the youngsters. In Chicago the schools were equally successful. pi.toQ having been spent in their maintenance. Louie. Chicago Record. It Is hardly probable that the presence of the army worm is due to the military spirit abroad in the land. If that were the case there would be also a navy worm coir.? around helping itself to whatever It liked best. 1 Prompt Response, Judge. Philanthropist Have you any tur'fzttsr.s to make as to how this prison could ba Irsproved ? Convict T.rvy. cert! P:ra c"'tt to o Crs c-ra r.t crcry vizlzT?.