Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1901 — Page 1

NDIANAPOLIS. JOXJKNAI u i:ki.y i:tai:i.isiif.d izz. ! VOL. LI XO. 27(. IXDIAXAPOLIS. THURSDAY MORXIXG, OCTOBER 3, 1901 TEX PAGES. PRICE 2 CEXTS EVERYWHERE. P II-V

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PI El hi: fakes kwmik u ox oxi; of V tlesiiai 0.1 KsrioNs. r, to n Question of Personal Frlre nml Int rol n er n I.tter from (aptain took. HEÜIORY OF VIXEN'S CAPTAIN .XOlflP TO Till! TASK DEMA.XDED IIY II!! IXQIISITOHS. In eiome Very Essential Points, llnivIrtrr, He Urin Out Somr I Interesting Facts. . noIes of the famous loop AG IX PLAY AX IMPORTAXT PART ix tiik evidexce. Pojlhlllt of foaling nt Sea Aunin I Established Lieut. Doyle In llennl on lloth Sieles. I , WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-An interesting turf was" given to the Schley court of inqui'iV to-day by the introduction of the ttr! witness in Admiral Schley's behalf. Thl was Lieutenant James J. Doyle, who wa- a watch officer on board the flagship Ere klyn during the war with Spain. The fac that Lieutenant Doyle was put on the stajd dot not mean that the Navy Department has concluded the presentation of its jlde of -the case. Mr. Doyle was called by Jthe department, but a? it also had bei the purpose of Admiral Schley to lurjmon him. advantage was taken of his presence on the stand to question him as Hnj-riginal witness for "The Applicant." Ilcfwas under examination by Mr. Raynor in ihe interest of the admiral when the coi t adjourned for the day. 1 fore undergoing examination at Mr. Ra nor's hands IJeutenant Doyle, at Captal Iemly's request, explained his part in th battle of July 3 and his original entry in rhe ship's log concerning the famous loo and his alteration of that entry became he subsequently decided that his flr.4: entry had been erroneous. lieutenant Commander Sharp, who commaJuld the Vixen during the Spanish war. al.k gave his testimony during .the day. giving especial attention to notes of the batjtle of July 3. made by Lieutenant Harlovv of his ship. dmiral Evan. Captain Sigsbee and Corrtpoiidnt D.enald wer all recalled for th purpss of correcting their testimony as ?iven yesterday and all made additional statements. li formal proceedings of the day were fc'l'Mn with a, brief explanation of the larjfe chart of the southern coast of Cuba, whjch hangs on the wall of the courtroom. Thl explanation was made by Captain Lemly. who said that the chart had been prepared from data collected alnca the war with Spa.n, and was much more correct than former charts. Captain Parker, on behalf of Admiral Schley, said that with these explanations he was willing to accept the chart as authentic. Admiral Evans wa the nrst of the witnesses of yesterday who appeared for the purpose of making corrections In his testimony. Having made these corrections. Admiral Evans arose, and, formally addressing the court, said: "May it please the court, in connection with one of th questions asked me yesterady, unless Admiral Schley or his counsel object. I should like to make a statement and introduce a letter. If at any moment counsel object or Admiral Schley objects I will withdraw it and stop." Mr. Ray nor Could we look at the letter? "Certainly (handing it to Mr. Raynor.) It Is a matter entirely personal to me. sir. The wüy the question was put to me yesterday it put me In the position of having brugged on board tho Brooklyn of destroying the whole Spanish fleet. The Identical words were used In a, letter purporting to com from the Brooklyn and Polished In a Washington newspaper of Jiy 25, K. I immediately went to the editor of the paper to ascertain the author of such a letter, and he, after a great dejtl of trouble, ascertained that it was a wsman who hail given this information. Whether she was paid for it or not 1 could not rind out. At the same time I v.iote to Captain Cooke, of the Urooklyn, in'doslng the article, and there is his repi;'. I should like the letter to go in the testimony In connection with that question, as the words art? identically the words m:d in this scurrilous letter published in tLp newspaper." i MR. RAYNOR HEDGES. jfr. Raynor I do not object to any explanation at all that you may make. There ws nothing wrong in the question Itself? "The question was put to me as if I had stated that I had 'shot the bow off the Thann, raked this ship and knocked out another one. There is Captain Cook'j's letted denying that such a conversation took pljicc." Mr. Raynor The point i3 whether the conversation was between von and Com-m:-!ore Schley. Mr. Raynor said he would object to the presentation of the letter at this time, but rot at the proper time. He said th proper time for this will be when Captain t ok is on the stand. Captain Evans I withdraw It. :Mr. Raynor I am pedfect.'y willing you hall submit it at the proper time. After some further colloquy the incident Closed. Mr. Thomas Deinaid. the newspaper ror-ri-porident. when called to correct his teti'nony of yesterday, made a brief addl'n to his response to one of Admiral 1 f-wey's questions. The question put by I te admiral was whether he (Mr Deinaf le had heard Captain Philip give' orders t pack the engines when the two were om the bridge of th Texas during the battle of Santiago. Mr. IMnuide had replied that he might have heard the order and he might not. 'To-day he saij In explanation of this h'ltement: "Th next thing 1 heard was t range given, and just then the starb m twelve-Inch gun was tired almost V re and aft of the ship. 1 Jotted that fid went around the p.,rt fide of the conil'.g tower to se the captain. He might lfe given several orders at about that t'jne that I did not hear. Of course, I c not note everything 1 heard.' Lieutenant Commander Alexander M Sharp, who commanded the converted yacht Vixen during the Spanish war. was the first new witness of the day. He te-t.-'led that he had ai first fallen in wp'h te riving sepsadn :i on the morning of M;iy 2$. .ff l Menfiic-gos. He said the weather o"a it" cruise from l'ienfuegos to Santiago had b-en "squally." but It had not been S.Tfl'.clentlV bad to interfeje with the speed o the Vixen. The vessel had not. he aid "en In urgent need of coal on May 2. "if 1 had been." he said, "and received or !-r to cial. 1 should have tried to d so 1 hough it would have b-en an uncomfortable Job. because the Vixen was a verv fcmall sliio." Commander Sharp said that, notwithstanding he hail be. n on board the Urooklyn several times. 'ornnmd re Schley had r.err uiscus.s-il wit' him the retrograde movement toward iy Vet, lgun on May IS. Desrlidng the ervics of the Vixen durI. g the sb ge uf Santiago under Commodore fjhley. Commander Sharp said he had lieu place! on picket duty at the eastern tifi of the line on the night of May and had continued this duty afterward. He vas ahout two miles from shore, he nail Wid probably three rnlle- from the mouth

of th harlxtr. lie said the entire i!e t could not he discerned at night, and that the lirre line could only l.e discerned as a black mass in the distance. NIGHTS WERE VERV DARK. Mr. ilar.na-Could you have seen a vessel undertaking to pass out mar the shore un!or those conditions?" Commander Shari If she had shown no lights and mad- no noise 1 do not believe we could. Commander Sharp said the Vixen had carried Commodore Schley from the Urooklyn to the Massachusetts on May SI, before the beginning of the bombardment of the Colon, and that when he had asked what course he should pursue In the approaching action Lieutenant Sears had replied for the Commodore that Commander Sharp should keep hlri craft clear, us she was vulnerable and should not assume any risks. He thought the commodore had afterwards spoken to him to the same effect. Mr. Hanna Passing on to the battle of July 3. did you see any portion of the loop marie by the Urooklyn? "When I first saw the Urooklyn I think she was headed about south and swinging very rapidly under her port helm." , "Did you at any time have any conversation with any person, in the presence of Commodore Schley, with respect to the direction in which the Urooklyn turned on that occasion?' "Yes. sir." "State the circumstances of that conversation." "I took on board the Rrooklyn a copy of the notes taken by Lieutenant Harlow, the executive officer of the Vixen, dxtring the engagement and showed them to the commodore. The commodore was seated at his desk, as I now remember it, and at various times different officers came Into the commodore's cabin. Captain Cook was there, I think, at one time. The navigator of the Urooklyn. Lieutenant Hodgson, came in also. I think Commander Eaton was in at one time, and. if I am not mistaken. Captain Marker was in. I was talking to the commodore about those notes, and at one part of the conversation of the way that the helm of the Urooklyn had been put to form the so-called loop. I stated that tha helm was put to port. Lieutenant Hodgson ?Ioke up and said: " 'No. You are mistaken; the helm was put to starboard. I said. 'No. no. You put your helm to port.' He said. 'No. I can prove it to you. Look at this chart.' I said, 'I don't want to see the chart. You swung with the port helm. " "Was it conceded finally," asked Captain Lemly, "that the helm had been put to port to make the turn?" "I am not positive." was the reply, "but it Is my impression that it was." "Uy whom was the concession made?" "I do not remember." "Were there any instructions at that time to the navigator in regard to entries in the log?" "Not that I remember." "Did you see the Texas during the battle off Santiago?" asked Mr. llanna. THE TEXAS STOPPED. "I saw the Texas about the ilrst time I saw the Urooklyn," responded the witness. "She was southward and to westward of the Urooklyn. The Texa". was then apparently lying dead in the water. I remarked to ?omo officer standing near: 'The ship will never start, and those fellows will (con tTn u Eli "öxpX"g iTtTco L. ' ) SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE

TIIOISAXUS OF SEW CASES FROM APRIL 7 TO SEPT. '2. Yelloir l erer Institute to lie EatubIlshed Itnllnn Emigration Law Qnarnntlnc Restrict ions. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-Reports to the Marine Hospital Service from all parts of the world show a continued spread of the plague. In British East India during the week ended Aug. 2 last there were 2.612 new plague cases and 1,020 deaths recorded in the Bombay presidency, an increase of more than 2) deaths over the previous week. There were 136 plague deaths in the city of Bombay th.t week," and many others suspected. In Egypt the total number of bubonic plague cases from April 7 to Sept. 2 was IT2, with sixty deaths. In Queensland th; destruction of rats continues, but the official report shows thirty-two plague cases. Including ten deaths from Feb. 2S to July 6. In China, at the port and town of Swatau and neighboring districts, the plague is decreasing steadily. YELLOW FEVER IXSTITITE. One Will Be Entahllnlietl by the Murine Hospital Service. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-Acting Secretary Ppaulding. of the treasury, has approved x plan for a yellow-fever institute within the Marine Hospital Service, whose object wili be to collect facts and make investigations of the subject of yellow fever. The members, who are to be the medical officers of the service, and others specially qualified will be assigned to duty to one of four "sections." each section having a special list of topics for consideration. An executive board of bureau officers here will have oversight of all the investigations, enabling the machinery of the Institute to be operated here, while the actual work will he carried on by members at various places. Xetr Itnllnn Emigration Lnvr. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. A report 'to the Marine Hospital Service announces that, on Sept. 3, a new Italian emigration law took effect. It makes Naples. Genoa and Palermo the only Italian ports from which emigration will be permitted, Venice being taken off the list. Provision is made for supervision of emigration. Under the newlaw emigrants refused for any malady must be returned, without expense, to the Italian government, or the emigrants to the place where they live. or. if foreign to Italy, to the frontier by which they entered Italy for embarkment. Xo Qunrnntlne Discrimination. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-The Japanese government has been told courteously that tho United States officials had no intention to discriminate on account of race in making the personal examinations in quarantine at San Francisco and Honolulu, which have led to the filing of remonstrances by the former government. The quarantine rules are raid to have been based on purely geographic and sanitary conditions, and are not enforced toward Japanes with greater rigor than against other peoples. Hundred of Cases of Typhoid. MERLIN. Oct. 2. There is a typhoid epidemic in Gelsenklrchen. Westphalia. an.d the surrounding country. The number of cases ha swiftly Increased from 07 to "22. An official examination of the waterworks is being made. BEVERIDOE RETURNS. Indiana Junior Senator Arrive it Victoria I rem China. VICTORIA. U. C. Oct. 2.-Scnator Ueverldge. of Indiana, returned to-day on the Kaja Muni from a trip through Siberia. On the steamer was also Marquis Ito. former premier of Japan. Although in poor health, the marquis tnjoyed the oean voyage, and already feels better. He said that many things political in Japan are fast approaching a satisfactory basds and a short time before leaving Japan the marquis was the leader in the formation of a new party of progress culled the Sei Yu Kal. which is a calttlon of other and new elements, and although there was some frktlon among the members, the party is now In a firm position and will do much for Japan. The revised treaties are working moit satisfactorily. Japan Is now, h says, on mot friendly terms with every nation of the world, Russia inclUvted.

RETURN TO PEKING

IIINi:SK ( Ol KT TO ST.tnT OX ITS JOIRNEY VERY SOOX. Ilnte I Set n Hein; Oet. , and LI llnng ChniiK Sayn Arrhnl Will He Within Tho Months. THE GENTLE WORDS OF CHUN FOLLOWED IIY THE MASSACRE OF CiERMAX 31 1 SSI OX ARIES. Lord Kltehener Reports the Iloer Lossen In Recent Attacks on Strong: British Outposts. CAPTURED GUNS ARE RETAKEN LOXnoX PAPERS COXTIXIE THEIR PESSIMISTIC CO M M E X T. Ilnlsarlan Brigand Give Until Oet. S for Ransom of Mi Stone Flood Damage In Spain. PEKING, Oct. 2.-Dispatches from Si-Ngan-Fu announce that the Chinese court Is preparing to start about Oct. 6. The temporary palace there Is being dismantled and all the furnishings will be carried for use en route. The officials and servants will constitute a caravan numbering from 3.000 to 5,000 persons, with 1,200 carts and several thousands of horses and mules that have been collected in the Si-Ngan-Fu district. Two parties of officials already have started to make preparations along the line. The towns through which the court will pass are engaged in decorating temporary palaces and collecting supplies. The Emperor, or the Empress dowager In his name, has issued an edict strictly commanding the officials to pay for all supplies. The native papers report that several eunuchs have been beheaded for practicing extortion among the people. An imperial edict commands LI Hung Chang, as governor of the province of Chi-LI, to borrow TtiO.OuO taels from the other provinces to defray the expenses of the court's journey. Special local taxes are being levied, which the people, already Impoverished by bandits, foreign punitive expeditions and missionary indemnities, are ill able to "afford. Li Hung Chang said to-day: "The court will certainly arrive in Peking within two months." Despite such official statements many foreign officials here believe the Empress dowager fears the foreign troops are kept to entrap and punish her, and the theory is that she will pass the winter in Kai-Yuen-Fu. sending the Empörer to Peking. The continual broadside of reform edicts is the topic, of much varied comment. Those best able to judge of their sincerity or effectiveness withhold judgment. Prince Ching, conversing with foreign officials to-day. asserted that the Empress and the Empress dowager were agreed as to the necessity of changing the Chinese methods of government ami that steps for the enforcement of edicts would be taken as soon as the court returned to Peking. Unquestionably the reform movement is stronger among the upper classes than ever before. Prince Su. who was recently appointed collector of taxes on goods entering Peking an office heretofore considered worth lo0.0" teals per year has announced that he purposes to deposit all the collections In the treasury and to request the Emperor to pay him a fair salary. His subordinates resent this plan and Prince Su has been threatened with ' assassination. . Severe PiKhtinp; in China. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. The State Department received to-day a cablegram from United States Consul McYVade, at Canton, China, confirming the reported uprising in the Sing-Ling district. The dispatch follows: "General Wu, with l.uOO soldiers, routed Triad rebels in Sing-Ling district. Swatow, killing two hundred and capturing and decapitating many prisoners. German mission burned. German missionaries iled safely to Hong-Kong." This dispatch, taken in connection with previous advices the department has had from Minister Conger, leads to the belief that the Boxers have had nothing to do with the present outbreak, but that it is a local disturbance, growing out of tamine conditions, which the Chinese government can suppress. (I EXTLE WORDS OF CHl'X" Followed ly the X'ewn of Ihe Masnacre of Gerninn Missionaries. BERLIN, Oct. 2. Prince Chun, before leaving German territory, sent long dispatches to Emperor William, thanking him for the "gracious reception" extended to the expiatory mission, for the hospitality bestowed and the decoration conferred upon him. and expressing "a hope that the powerful German empire may promote the culture and development of China by a gracious show of mercy toward the Chinese dynasty, and that Germany will maintain the best of relations with China." He had scarcely got away when news arrived that the German mission station near Tiang-Tong had been devastated by rebels. The German consul in Canton immediately requested the Chinese authorities to take steps to punish the perpetrators of the outrage. The latest information as to the fate of the missionaries is that all but one escaped and reached Hong-Kong. China Rejects the Loot. BERLIN. Oct. 2. In view of the German action in removing astronomical instruments from Peking the semi-official North German Gazette to-day explains that, after the fir.al signatures of the per.ee protocol, Germany placed the Instruments at the disposal of China. The latter, however, in view of the trouble of reconvcying and re-erectlng the Instruments, renounced her claims to them. HEAVY BOER LOSSES. Kltehener Report on the Attack on KeLewlch at Moedvrll. LONDON, Oct. 2. Lord Kitchener to-day reports that two officers and thirty-one men were killed in an attack made on Col. Kekewich's camp at Moedwil. The Boers, who were underCommandants Delarey and Kemp, had fourteen officers and 114 men wounded, fter two hours' night fighting, when the Boers were driven off. Colonel Kekewlch was among the wounded. The Boer reverses at Moedwil occurred on Sept. 2".. The Boers are reported to have been one thousand strong. Lord Kitchener, in his dispatch, says the British repelled the attack with great vigor. Colonel Kekewlch was slightly wounded In two places. He say all ranks behaved extremely well.

The wounded were taken to Rustenburg. half way between Pretoria and Mafekir.g. Lord Kitchener eonfrrr.s the he ivy losses of the Boers, about 2T.0 killed and .'! wounded, during their attack on the forts Itila and Prospect. He says the guns recently captured at Vlakfonteln have been recovered from the Boers.

I'enMimint le London YleivK. LONDON. Oct. 3. "For months past we have been told." says the Daily Graphic this morning, "that if the Boers would only abandon their elusive tactics and conit to close quarters we should Fe what we should see. The Boers have taken us at our word and the results are certainly not encouraging." The chorus of dissatisfaction with the inertia of the government is daily gath--reing force. Winston Churchill. M. P.. speaking last night at Oldh im. described the situation in South Africa as "serious and disquieting." He said the war could not be ended by proclamations or threats, but onlv bv vigorous military operations. The Daily Mail find the Dally Chronicle comment on the fact that the huge British army is seemingly able only to remain ou the defensive. IlrlKfind Give I ntll Oet. S. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 2.-The brigands who carried off Miss Helen H. Stone, the American missionary, and her companion, Madame Tsilka, a Bulgarian lady. have tixed Oct. 8 as the limit of time for the payment of. the ransom, IllO.ooo. demanded for Miss Stone's release. The hiding place of the brigand has not yet been discovered and tha delay accorded by the abductors is taken to indicate that they consider their retrat quite secure. Pontal and Telegraph Receipts. BERLIN, Oct. 2. The receipts of the Imperial Postal and Telegraph Departments for the first five months of the present year aggregated 167,134.031 marks, or an increase of almost 9.000,0) marks over the receipts for the corresponding period of last year. This is regarded as remarkable in view of the reduction of railroad receipts. Holland Boat Launched at Harrow. JjONDON, Oct. 2. The first of five submarine boats of the Holland type building at Barrow-in-Furness for the British pov(CÖNTfN UE D0NHPAG Te2COLTi.T" TO PRISON FOR LIFE OI1ELL ASKED TO COM Ml'TK THE SEXTEXCE OF CZOLCiOCZ. Remarkable Ileqnent Contained In Tvro Letters Ileeelved the Governor of Xcw York. BURIAL OF THE BODY AT SEA THIS IS ALSO nEQl ESTE IX A PE ITIOX RECEIVED. Herr Most DUeharjEted at Xevr York Major Ilarriaon Prohibit the fioldman Address. ALBANY. N. Y., Oct. 2. Governor Odeil arrived in this, city to-day from Newburgh and when he reached the executive chamber he was surprised to find on his desk two letters requesting him to commute to life Imprisonment the sentence of Czolgocz, the murderer of President McKinley., One letter was sent by a man in Illinois and the other by a man In Maine. They were evidently written by cranks, in the opinion of the Governor, and no attention will be paid to them. "You may be assured that nothing will be done by me," said Governor Odtll. "to prevent the execution of Czolgocz on the day fixed by law." The Governor also received a petition that the body of the murderer, after the electrocution, be buried at sea. The Governor understands that the body must be surrendered to the condemned man's relatives if they claim it after death, and that they have charge of its disposition. IIA OF SILEXCE. Wisconsin Grand Army Men Forbidden to Speak CioIkoci'h X'nine. MADISON, Wis., Oct. 2. An order was issued to-day from the headquarters of the Department of Wisconsin, G. A. R., signed by A. H. De Graff, department commander, and E. B. Gray, assistant adjutant general, putting a ban of silence on the name of President McKinley's assassin. The order reads as follows: "Our friend, our comrade, our President is dead by the hand of an assassin whose name should never be pronounced by an American. Comrade William McKinley's earthly career closed at Buffalo, N. Y., at 2:P.o a. m. Sept. 14. inul." In brief, the idea is to have the criminal forgotten by the veterans, their children ancl grandchildren, so that the name of the assassin or details of the crime may never be commented upon. MOST DISCHARGED. .o Evidence I'non Which to Hold the X'ev York Anarchist. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. John Most, who was arrested Sept. 2. at Corona, L. I., on the charge of violating the section of the criminal code relating to unlawful assemblages, was discharged from custody today. The policemen told about the red flag that was found in the halb where Most was arrested, hut they were unable to öfter any evidence that Most had made an inflammatory speech or had done anything to incite riot or disorder. The nagistrate said there was no evidence on widen Most could be held, and accordingly discharged him. Goldmnn'n Speech Prohibited. CHICAGO, Oct. 2. Mayor Harrison today ordered the police to prevent Emma Goldman's lecture here to-morrow night. The Anarchist organ. Free Society, was issued to-day for the first time since the President was shot. In it neither the memory oJ the dead President nor the grief of the public Is respected or even considered. The leading article, a review of Czolgocz's crime, is by Emma Goldman. MALFEASANCE ALLEGED. f hlnißo Oil Inspector Aeensed of Itetniniug Some of HU Fern. CHICAGO. Oct. 2. Before the grand jury to-day charges were made under oath which involve Robert E. Burke, city oil inspector and secretary vX the Democratic county committee. From an agent of the Standard Oil Company came the statement that from 51S'o to t2K') Is collected iu fees annually by Mr. Burke as city oil inspector, while the controller's reports showthat but from JlO.ouo to $11.) reaches the city treasury each year, despite the law which requires that all fees shall be turned over. Xo More Ilond Purchases. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. -The secretary of the treasury announced to-day the intention of the Treasury Department to discontinue for the present purchases of bonds for the sinking fund. The amount of fjn,OOÖ.Oi). for which proposals were invited on Sept. 10, was reacned at noon to-d?.y.

BANKING INCREASE

EFFECT OF Till' NATIOXAL IIAXK LAW SINCE ITS PASSAGE. Increase In X'umher of 715 to !." 1. and In Capital of ::;.rs'HM t 01,S51,tt5. TENTH J )NG THE STATES cIXDIAXA'Sr OSITIOX AS DETER MIX JlV AEW IlAX7vS. Texan Lends In This Particular, lint Middle States as n Group Exceed AH Others. OF INTEREST TO INDIANIANS COL. Ill SSELL R. HAH II I SOX A CALLER OX THE PRESIDEXT. Col. Ransdell nnd Mr. Wishard ComIn; Home The Pneltle Cable Mr. Dean's Appointment. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The controller of the currency has prepared a summary of returns relating to the organization of national banks under the provisions of the national currency law as amended by the act of March Ii, 1W0. statistics being brought down to the close of September, 1001. During the eighteen and one-half months ended on Sept. 30 there were organized 715 banks with a capital of 3ti,5s2,000 and with deposits of bonds as security for circulation of flo.552,TDO. Included in the number of banks are 4s6 with a capital of under $50,000 each and aggregating capital stock of J12.747.0Ü0. Banks of capital of $50,00 or over were organized to the number of 229, the aggregate capital being $23,S5ö,0oft. While a limited number of the banks organized succeeded state or private banks placed in liquidation for the purpose of reorganization, ninety-nine with capital of $6,143.000 were conversions of state banks. Of the total number of conversions sixtyeight were with a capital of less than $50,003 and thirty-one with a capital of $50,000 or over. In number of organizations the MiddleStates lead with 224 and capital of $12,055.000. The Southern States organized 171. with capital of J!.2o.000; the Western States 151. with capital of $l.V.'5,ooo; the Eastern States 105, with capital of $7.5so.CM; the Pacific States, including Hawaii, twenty-two, with capital of $l,CS5,Oti. and the.ev England States twelve, with capital of 1X3 rt),'. In point of number of organizations Texas leads with 90 banks, followed by Pennsylvania with SO; Iowa, 53;' Ohio, 42; Illinois, 40; Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 37 each: Minnesota, 2S; New York, 27; Indiana, 23; Kansas, 21. nnd Nebraska. 20. With the exception of Vermont, the District of Columbia. Ctah, Nevada and Alaska one or more banks have been organized in every State and Territory of the L'nion. Notwithstanding the fact that the act of March 14, lyoo, permits the issue of circulating notes to the par value of bonds depositee! the banks have deposited bonds to the amount of a trifle less than 29 per cent, of the maximum. Since March It. 19o0, the number of banks In existence has increased from 3,617 to 4.251, the capital stock from $516.30S.WC to $661.851,6.15. bonds deposited from $244.611,570 to $320,721.930 and circulation secured by bonds and bv lawful money from $254.402.730 to $358,830,547, or a net increase of $104.427,817. x x A report on the work of the division of agrostology of the Department of Agriculture since its organization in 1S95 has been submitted to Secretary Wilson by Prof. Lamson Scribner, the government agrostologist. The report says that of the unoccupied public lands about S65.400.000 acres arc now regarded as fit only for grazing purposes, and in addition there are 124,300,000 acres of forest land, the greater portion of which is also used for grazing. The relation of the grazing industry to forest reserves, the water supply, erosion, etc., the report says, can be solved only by long and careful investigation of the facts and conditions prevailing. As a result of the field work already done the department has been enabled to recommend to farmers and stockmen throughout the country the forage crop adapted to their conditions and special requirements and to carry on experiments with introduced forage plants likely to prove valuable in any particular region. Within the United States are grown over one thousand species of grasses and perhaps one hundred or more other plants of sufficient forage value to Justify their investigation and cultivation. Recause they are native, says the report, they have been too often not only neglected but abused, and in some cases partially exterminated. Many of these Krasses have been shown by these investigations to take kindly to cultivation and produce much larger quantities of hay and pasture than ordinarily supposed. xxx The President to-day appointed Col. William H. Risbee a brigadier general of the regular armj He was recommended highly by Major Generai Lloyd Wheaton and Major General Arthur MacArthur for his recent service in the Philippine islands. He entered the service as a private of the Eighteenth Infantry in 1S61. and served through the civil war. Colonel Risbee was brevetted as first lieutenant for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Murfreesboro. Tenn.. and brevetted captain for gallant and meritorious services during the Atlanta campaign and at the battle of Jonesboro. Ga., in 1Mi4. He participated in the Santiago campaign and went to the. Philippines in 1M9. He will be retired on Jan. 2S, 1904. XXX Mr. George B. Cortelyou. secretary to the President, returned from Canton to-day ana resumed his duties at the White House. xxx Mrs. Roosevelt has appointed Miss Belle Hagner, daughter of Justice Hagner, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, her social secretary. Miss Hagner acted in the same capacity for Mrs. McKinley. xxx A preliminary report on the manufacturing industries of Arkansas. Issued by the Census Rureau to-day, shows the State has 4.744 manufacturing establishments, with a. total capital of $35. ". 640 and a total of $il,SS3.7S3 worth of products, including custom work and repairing. The number of establishments is 131 per cent, more than In 1W. The capital engaged in the industry tdiows an increase of more than 140 per cent., and the valuation of products OS per cent. The average number of wage earners Is 2;. 501; total wages. $$.06.21, and mlsceljaneous expenses. I1.4S2.779. The 171 manufacturing establishments In the city of Little Rock have a total capital of $3.431.3!3; employ 2.731 wage earners, drawing $1,3.4.722 in wages, and the valuation of products Is $4,4)6.232. XXX The controller of the treasury has sustained the auditor for the Interior Department in disallowing a claim for $441.172 and interest presented by John A. Rollins and James Glir.llan, as their share in attorneys'

made on Feb. 13. lv.O. Nawith a reprt'sentativ tion. of the Choctaw OF IXDIAXA IXTEREVr. SpanUh War Soldiers and the Government Personn! Xotes. Special to th In lianai li Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. ".Colonel Russell B. Harrison was one of the President's callers tc-day. He said he merely called to pay his respects and say that in the early future he would bring to his attention the circumstances under which he was relieved from the military s-ervlce. Colonel Harrison feels that a great injustice was done him and that it is only Just that a full investigation of the facts be made by competent authority. The Spanish war veterans adopted resolutions asking the government to inquire into the circumstances of his retirement from the army. Although Colonel Harrison does not put his cUim in words, it is thoroughly understood in Washington that he will seek a military appointment under the new administration. His case was pressed to conclusions last spring, and it was practically decided that nothing could be done for him. He feels that his case may be reopened now to advantage. xxx Colonel Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms' of the Senate, will leave for Indianapolis to-morrow. His present programme contemplates a busv few days. He will attend the wedding of a niece, vote at the city election and be present at a regimental reunion. The sergeant-at-arms has had a reasonably busy summer, as many improvements have been undertaken in thef Senate wing of the Capitol. xxx An effort is being made to call off the investigation of the army and its conduct of the McKinley state funeral. The officers of the War Department are anxious that no Senate committee be appointed to look into the matter. Colonel Ransdell is entirely free from criticism in this matter, but even so would prefer that the whole thing be dropped without further action. He has shown a disposition from the start to avoid unpleasantness, even though he knew at times that things were not going for the best. At the Garfield state funeral there was unhappy confusion, 'this resulted in a law which placed the control of the Capitol, for ceremonious occasions, in the hands of the president of the Senate, who may delegate his power to others. In the absence of this delegation of power the Capitol is specifically under the control of the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. In this case there was no delegation of authority, and the army took upon itself all arrangements. This was a violation of the law, and if there had been no further mistakes the authorities would come in for censure. XXX A. W. Wishard, solicitor for the Internal Revenue Department, will leave for home to-morrow and remain until after the election. XXX There has developed w ithirr a daj or so a violent opposition to the granting of privileges to a private corporation for the laying of an American cable to Manila and Hawaii. For four congresses this matter has been up. It began with requests for a subsidy of a half million dollars annually for twenty years. The terms have been gradually reduced until now they are merely seeking landing privileges. Representative Corliss, who has fought for a government cable for years, came to-day to continue his fight. He told the President he had made his fight on account of the exorbitant demands by private companies. He said that if any responsible company would come with an oiTer to lay the line and give a " iector a n'nute cable and bärge 25 cents a word to Honolulu ami 33 cents to Manila the governn; ut could afford to consider the proposition. His protest may be the means of ho'ding back the grant for a time. xxx An interesting appointment was made at the White House to-day when John S. Dean received the place of district attorney of Kansas. To give him this place the President was compelled to reject the man urged by United States Senator Burton and plfase his old friend William Allen White. Attorney General Knox said he could not recommend Burton's man. and the President refused to appoint him without this recommendation. It is claimed, on the other hand, that the appointment of Dean is a blow at the straight Republican organization fn Kansas. Mulvane. the national committeeman, was against Dean. Be that as it may, the rejection of Rurton's candidate is attracting a great deal of attention here. NEWS FROM CAPT. TUTTLE COMMAXDEIt HAS PLACED FIFTEEN DRIFT CASKS OX ICE FLOES. Admiral Melville Is Pleased with the AVork of the Expedition and Recommends a. Medal of Honor. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. News has been received by Admiral Melville that Captain Francis Tuttle, the commanding officer of the revenue cutter Bear, placed fifteen of the Melville-Bryant drift casks on several of the largest ice floes to the northward and westward of Point Barrow. The first landing was effected Aug. 19, in latitude 72:10 north and longitude 166 west. Five casks were placed on this floe. As the southerly winds had driven the loose ice against the main pack, the placing of the casks on the main floe was a hazardous undertaking. Captain Tuttle then steamed along the edge of the pack in a northward and westward direction, and, reaching a solid Hoe in latitude 75:05 north, longitude 171:33 wst, placed four casks on that tloe, and later placed five more cas-ks on a floe in latitude 72:1S north and longitude 173:10 west. About this point the Ice trended to the southward and astward, making it extremely hazardous for Captain Tuttle to continue his work. Through necessity Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue marine service, was compelled this year to delay the departure of the Bear on her arctic cruise until a month after her regular starting time. Captain Tuttle. therefore, in Ins opinion, has done remarkably well In landing the Melville-Bryant drift casks on three separate floes. Admiral Melville is exceedingly pleased with the character of the work performed by the Bear and regards the work of Captain Tuttle as worthy of a medal of honor of the Treasury Department, if not of Congress. HAY MAY RESIGN. Clear-Cut Statement Made 1 Secretary Gnue ut Boulder. Col. BO ELDER. Col.. Oct. 2. Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the I'nited States treasury, arrived in the city to-day on his way to Camp Talcott. The secretary looks well and seems in good spirits. Speaking of the rumors of the Intention of Secretary Hay to retire from the Cabinet. Mr. Gage paid: "Secretary Hay is getting tired eif the business. lie Is a man of the strictest honor. He is very sensitive, however, and it hurts him. after he has worked hard, to be misrepresented, cartogned and lampooned. H is independently rieh, he can do as he wishs. go wherever he desires. He has few very Intimate friends and he would rather enjoy his life surround! by agreeable companion and his books than attend to the tiresome and changeless routine t the office o- secretary of state. I should not le surprised if he would son withdraw. Jf Tv. Root probably will be his utctsor."

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EPISCOPAL COXYEXTIOX READY I'OH THE SESSIOX'S IUSIXESS. UUIinp Dudley, Kentucky, President of House of RIshopM Dr. Llndtey Chairman u( Deputies. IMPOSING INITIAL CEREMONY PROCESSION OF IlISIIOPS TO THE MORXIXG'S SEHYICES. Powerful Missionary Sermon Preached ly the Venerable Bishop Wistar Morris, of Oregon, ELABORATE MUSICAL SERVICE BISHOP Tl TTLE CELEnRAXT OP THE HOLY CO.MMl.MOX. Other Dignitaries Take Promlneiii. Part Majority of the Dloeesis Represented In the Meeting. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. The Triennial Convention of the Episcopal Church of America was formally organized to-day by the election of Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, as president and the Rev. S. Hart, of Middleton, Conn., secretary of the House f Bishops; Dr. John S. Llndsey, of Massachusetts, chairman, and Rev. Charles Hutchins, secretary, of the House of Deputies. No other business of Importance was transacted during the first business session of the convention, which did not assemble until late in the afternoon. The initial services in connection with the convention were held this morning at Trinity Church, where the delegates will bold all their sessions. Trinity Is one of the finest religious edifices on the Pacific coast, though a number of complaints have been made in regard to its acoustics. The most striking feature of the ceremonies and one that will long be remembered by all who saw it, was the solemn procession of bishops, attired in their gorgeous raiments. Thousands of people crowded the adjacent streets and, although the sidewalk surrounding the church was Inclosed with wire roie, the services of a squad of policemen was required to prevent any encroachment on the route of the procession. About seventy-live bishops participated and In their robea of office made an imjosing spectacle. After the prelate had entered the sacred edifice, the laity follov..', and In a leO moments there was scarcely standing room to be found, although extra galleries had been erected for the occasion. The services marking the religious consecration of tho convention were simple, but imposing. The holy communion was administered, Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri, being the celebrant. The epistle was read by Bishop Doane, of Albany, N. Y., and tho gospel by the Lord Bishop, of Newcatle; the sermon was delivered by the venerablo Bishop Wistar Morris, of Oregon.' It was a strong mlssionery plea from the text: "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught." and Joshua's words to the children of Israel, "How long are ye slack to go to rossess the land?" TO ALL THE WORLD. He declared that the mission of the church of Jesus Christ was to all nations, ranks and conditions. She is to launch out and cast her nets Into the deeps of Ignorance, poverty, unthrift, sorrow, shame and crushing grief; the deeps of avarice, too, as well as besotted wordliness and stolid, stupid indifference. It was for tho furtherance of this work by the ue of the best means that the members of the convention were gathered here in this, to the most of them, far off part of the country. As a resident of the Pacific coast for thirty years he felt that he spoke as one who knew its needs and Its promises, and was aware of the slackness of the church in coming out to possess this good land. The bishop quoted from a speen lately delivered by President Roosevelt at Denver, in which the. then Vice President showed how slow the statesmen of the early days of our country's history were to realize that the great West was to Income an inhabited and civilized land within any reasonable time. This Ignorance was reflected in the? church. Opportunities wer neglected because of it, und the consequent loss to the church is irreparable. Speaking of the suggestion from some quarters that the missionary organization needs reconstructing the bishop placed himself on record as an unbeliever in the necessity of radical reorganization. He said lie did not believe the church ever had a more efficient missionary administration than at present. It 1jS the old Mory. be added, of "seekloiC some one else on w honj to lay the Hama instead of taking it home to ourselve s" If all the clergy, bishops arid laity had don as well as a lew had done there would bav been no necessity for this cry for the reconstruction of our missionary system. The official offertory was read by ltlhop Nichols, of California, the collection King for general missions. The music was by the vested choir of the parish assisted by a large chorus, and was exceptionally tine. The service was Salnt-Saens's "Communion in B ITU," the introit N lng Gounod's "Enfold. Ye Portals Everlasting." Althoigti the; service was protracted until quite a late hour none left the church until It was concluded, and then with only expressions of ommend.tlion. During the noon recess the drawing for peats In the hall took pla e. The restjlt caused some? dissatisfaction, a some prominent delegates wire tiirowti into obscurity. New- York and Pennsylvania so. i i i i!y obtaining ior po.-ltions. This, howter," was remedied later. E M 1 N I :NT M EM B E RS. It was nearly 4 o'clock this afternoon when the Rev. Dr. Hute hins, seep tary of tho Inst house, brought the convention to order and calle d the roll. As expected, the result showed a very large attendance of both clergy and laity. Though many new names were heard, still there were Mich old members to answer to their limits as Dr. Huntington. Dr. John Fulton. Dr. Hodge s. Dr. Green. Dr. Fair. Dr. Brainepj. Dr. Fiske. Dr. McKim. Dr. Mack.ix -Sm't h. Dr. Cameron Mann. MaJ-r Hoojt. E. L. Davis. R. T. Paine, S. H. Moorehouse, Hon. J. M. Wool worth. CortUn.l S. Parker. J. Picrpont Morgan, W. B. Cutting. Oeorce i c. Thomas, John II. S. Stelncss and Judge L. B. Prince. The secretary announced that a majority of iMoeescS Were' represented, and the ir-"t ord r of business would be Co- organization of ihe boue. I r. ;reer. of New York. arse. and. after expressing the general regret of every one that Dr. Morgan lux was not present and could not be unanimously p-e lectctl. for he certainly wiuilj be. placed the Rev. William Huntington In nomination. Dr. William Hoeie. ,,j Maryland, nominated tin- Rev. .lohn S. Lindsay, of M.is-achu?etts. ami was emiled by Dr. Fulton, other nominations were Dr. Cameron Mann. Dr. Davenport and Dr. Ree F. Als op. in a short qeeeh Dr. II uutiuKton Jecliued the nomination, and then everI ddegates ar-nouned thai they Would .i;pMirt Dr. Lindsay, who.-e election foil. med by a decisive majority. The whole nuiabtr