Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 315, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 November 1902 — Page 4

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C Rlgg House. Ebbltt Hou: . Fairfax Hotel. Willard Hotel. DENVER. COL.-Louthain A- Jackson. Fifteenth and 'wrtnee streets. DAYTc-.V. O.-J. V. Wllkle. 39 South Jefferson streef. COLUMBUS, O. -Viaduct News Stand. S84 High street. One commendable trait In the character of Did Banne tt Hill is that he knows when' he has had a-plenty, and maintains a discr et silence. Now Mr. Coler Is charged with the defeat of hN party in New York because only !75,o of tha v.iOI campaign fund raca he a.d his father pledged themselves to raise 'in the event of his nomination was paid vtr to the committee. TIk late Democratic candidate for Governor in New York has sent a letter thanking; Tammany for "the splendid results achieved" in the city, and from all accounts he should write another thanking the May-at-home Republicans. The usually exact Brooklyn Eagle says that Iresldent Roosevelt is the first Presldent to have the House In accord with him the last year of his term since Andrew Jackson, when all the States were represented How about President McKinley? The SprlnghVld Republican is frank enough to admit that "the revival of the worn old tariff issu) as a trust monopoly issue does not strongly appeal to the pOf ular mind after the sorry experience of llfctt-1397." The people saw that the trunt monopoly Issue was simply a stalking horse for free trade. The decline In stocks in the speculative market since the election is not to be deplored, as It has not been sufficiently serious to affect the money market. The surprise is that stocks which do not pay dividends retain the prices they have comma!. ded. It is probable that the conservative policy of the New York banks has affected the speculation In all kinds of stocks. The Journal remarked a few days ago that It had never indorsed the asset and bra oh bank features of the Fowler currency bill. It stated what was true, and bow the Sentinel presents a few extracts and much comment, but in its column and a half it has not quoted a word from the Journal to snow that It ever favored that measure. In other words, it ha proved that its . wn charge was false, and Indulges in a few epithets that betray Its ill temper. The returns from Marion county do not Ter fy the statement of the Sentinel. W,lnesday morning, that Mr. Dunn ran LOG ahead of his ticket. Mr. Dunn's Vat! was 90.993. Exclusive of the Democratic candidates for treasurer and cor ner. Pattlson for auditor. Bailey for clefck, Clarke for prosecuting attorney, Sullivan for circuit judge, Cox for criminal Ju?e and Brown for superior judge, reCfed more votes than did Mr. Dunn, while tha plurality of Mr. Dunn's oppo lent waa next the largest In the county. 1 is only famine that threatena the country is a deficiency in locomotives and cars to- handle the traffic, the transportation being 50,000 cars In excess of the supply, an ' yet the railroad companies expended $2K000,000 on equipment in 1101, and the expenditure for that purpose the present 7r is estimated at WBa.000.000. During the pajkt two years. 150.000 cars were built, and ail the shops in the country cannot rill th-- orders. Th sum expended for power i I equipment the past year is over $1.000 a mile for every mile of railroad In the Uijted States. "Oas" Addicka. who prevented the election of a Republican United Statea Senat r In Delaware four years ago. and deadlo ked the last Legislature, depriving the StrAte of a senator, la reported to be very arjry because of an alleged understanding between the antl-Addlcks Republicans and the Democrats to elect Mr. Saulsbury, as a ! mocrat, and General Wilson, as a Republican, to the United States Senate. It 1 hoped that there is a basis for the r port. A Democrat was elected to the 1 ! j use because Addicka had a candidate Ct his own against the sitting Republican i mbers. . The Cleveland element and other factions 1m New York city hostile to Tammany make v, ry little show In the Democratic vote of Cds year. Mr. Van Wyck's vote In New Vork city in 18 was only 8.000 less than Mr. Coler. and Mr. Btanchfleld'a vote in 1 10 was only 2,000 toss. If all the elements tre united on Coler last week, they were lAearty all united on the Democratic candidates in ISIS and 1900. At any rate, the ele- ) ent that stood out. supposed to be the Cleveland and ultra-reform element. la i Inconsequential est In the State of New Turk- As before stated, the trouble In New

York city, or rather In Greater New York, was that 60,000 or 70,000 Republicans did not vote. These figures force tne conclusion that the Cleveland following In New York and other States is of no account in a national campaign. Undoubtedly, It is very select, but so select that It counts for very little except In the expression of Its own goodness and superiority In a few addresses and editorials. a candid unnif. The Springfield (Mass. Republican, always for free trade, in a calm review of the results of the election a week ago, says: Above all It is plain that the revival of j the worn old tariff issue as a trust monopoly issue does not strongly appeal to the ular Aind after the sorry experience 1 The Tf'regoing is a candid and accurate I statement. As the campaign progressed every other issue was dropped by the Democrats except "the protective tariff as the mother of trusts." Imperialism and the Republican policy in the Philippines were dlsxcept by a few small orator watt were so fortunate as to find small and listless audience?. The Hearst papers cartooned protection as the mother of trusts, the Springfield Republican made it the burden of Its ably written editorials, the New York World denounced it with its astonishing ignorance of facts, the New York Evening Post, always for free trade, proved to its own satisfaction that nothing but the orthrow of the protective tariff could destroy trusts, while the New York Times laid aside its judicial temper in the treatment of current topics to assail with ferocity Senator Fairbanks as making an "exhibition of mental and moral pauperism" because he attributed the indifstrlal depression of 1893-1897 to the Gorman-Wilson tariff. In fact, all over the country wherever a newspaper or an orator was hostile to the Republican party they urged instant and radical tariff revision as the sure path to Democratic victory and the destruction of the trusts. The battle over, those who candidly review the results must come to the conclusion of the free-trade Springfield Republican that "the old tariff issue as a trust monopoly Isrue did not strongly appeal to the popular mind." Only In Greater New York was the Democratic strength apparently increased. Even the New Jersey district in which Mr. Cleveland made his one speech was lost to the Democracy. In all the Northern States there was an emphatic response to the position taken by the President in his addresses, and the position taken by the Indiana and Iowa platforms. Everywhere the Republicans believe in the principle of protection. They are not devoted to the schedules of the present tariff law. If any rate on a protective tariff can be shown to aid, not general industry or free competition, but some particular monopoly, that rate must be modified so far as is necessary to maintain the one purpose of a protective tariff the development and free competition of American industry. This view of the tariff has won the country over. The people were fooled in 1892, and the experience of 1893-1897 will not soon be forgotten. The opponents of protection may assail It. but as often as they do they will be defeated. As the Washington Post recently remarked, protection is the established policy of the Nation. Ill AT A FI SURAL. Whoever else In the Democratic party Is cast down by the event of last Tuesday, Mr. Watterson Is not. So far from that he makes it the topic of an exceedingly lively editorial in his paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal. In one part of it he declares that "the Democratic leaders must have done with hair-splitting and hair-pulling." He declares that the silver Issue was a fatal mistake "forced upon the Democracy by the Incompetency, if not the treachery, of Mr. Cleveland," which comes very near hair-pulling of a very vigorous character. After finding fault with about everything the Democratic leaders have done the Courier-Journal concludes as follows: The Democratic party has a clear field before it for 1904. In Mr. Gorman, at least. It has one national leader of surpassing wisdom and experience, a Democrat from the crown of his head to the soles of his f. et. He will presently resume his place in the counsels of the Nation. His word should pass for much with every thinking Democrat. He is not only a wise man. He is an upr.ght. courageous man, worth a dozen Hills or a thousand Clevelands. For the time being, at least. let us rally about Gorman, for. whether he leads us to victory or defeat, he will not lead us astray. If the Courier-Journal's brilliant editor Is not bent on having fun with the Democratic party, what can ho mean by giving out such declarations as the foregoing? The Courier-Journal knows that the one man In the country whom Mr. Cleveland and his followers hate with something more than a deadly hatred is Arthur Pue Gorman. During his last term Mr. Cleveland hnd a great many Democratic thorns piercing his ;! an, but the thorn that was particularly long and lacerating was senator Gorman, of Maryland. If anyone who takes an interest In public affairs has forgotten the Incidents attending the passage of the Gor-man-YVilson tariff bill he can easily refresh his memory and at the same time learn how deadly the hatred between man and man may become. And this is the man the Courier-Journal has selected to lead the party to victory. There are in the country a few thousan I youngish men who worship Mr. Cleveland as the greatest of American statesmen. In their blindness they bow before him, hall him as the matchless leader when he gives the signal, and hurry back into the Democratic ranks which they deserted during the period that Mr. üryan led the party. And now the Louisville Courier-Journal, well aware of these facts, '! declares that while Gorman is worth ten Hills, he is north a thousand Clevelands. The Courier-Journal wants no "halr-pull-lng," for that childish display of hostility Is too mild; It wants knives and bludgeons and navy pistols for Hill, and particularly for (ievtlaii'l. It names Gorman. -ll knowing that no prominent Democrat is so distrusted and hated by those who call themselvis reform Democrats. It accuses Mr. Cleveland of Incompetency or treachery, and. while hurling such epithets into the ranks of the Desbocracy, demands harmony and a return to Democratic simplicity! Can anyone doubt that Mr Watterson's paper is having fun with the blind, bewildered and stupefied Democratic party? The New York Press claims, after analysing the vote in that city, that Coler s large plurality was not due to Democratic gains, but to failure to get out the k. - publican vote. It says: "In the strongest aix Democratic Assembly districts in the whole city Coler's plurality over Udell was smaller than Van Wyck's plurality over Roosevelt in 1898." The Press say Coler got his big plurality In the Republican dlatrlcts, and he did not get it there by poll

ing a heavy vote, but because a large num- ! r of Republicans did not vote at all. The Press intim.it' s very strongly that the Republican local organization Is defective, and the New York Evening Post, probably a well informed and more outspoken, says: The fact is that local Republican organization is merely a shell. District headquarters are maintained, and the Assembly district leaders have lists of election district captains, who are supposed to do the work that is done by the Tammany I attains; but the whole show is kept up to enable the leaders to get patronage, federal, State and local The district leaders, with a few exceptions, know little about the voters of their districts and care less. They do not get down to the people, as tne Tammany leaders do. The Tammany leader is known to every man in his district, and the POO of the district always go to him when they are in trouble from poverty, drink or any other cause and they never ask in vain. '1. L. publican district leader, on the other hand, is known at his clubhouse and nowhere else. As a Tammany leader remarked to-day: "The Republicans are great at holding meetings and passing beautifully worded resolutions, but they don't know the .people, and don't bother about the people till about election time and then it's too late." If this Is even partly true it behooves the Republicans to see that before another election the local organisation is Improved so as to bring out the vote. They should learn from the enemy. If John Jacob Astor's turbine wheel patents should prove useful, as mechanical engineers think they a ill, his dedication of them to the public will have been a magnanimous act. Physicians and surgeons have sometimes devoted valuable discoveries and Inventions to the public welfare, but it has seldom been done outside of that

profession. The fiery Mr. Peter Arlund, the Louisville promoter, who got himself into the papers on Monday by his furious assault in a St. Louis hotel upon Colonel Moses YYetmore, the multi-millionaire of the Missouri metropolis, whom he charged with insulting Mrs. Arlund, then in the hotel, M ms also to have got himself Into a bad hole. Louisville papers which sent reporters to the Arlund residence to inquire about the matter were surprised to find Mrs. Arlund there and to hear from her that she had not been in St. Louis. A better position for the making of an explanation could hardly be found than the bottom of this hole. The superintendent of the United States Military Academy at Weit Point Is determined that the future generals of the army shall not lay the foundation of dyspepsia while young, if he can help It. Dinner hour for the cadets runs from 1 to 2 o'clock, of which about fifteen minute are consumed in marching to and from the mess hall. When it was found that the cadets were dispatching dinner In about twen:y-flve minutes the superintendent issued an order commanding them to sit forty minutes at table. As they will have to put in the time it is assumed they will eat more slowly. THE HUMORISTS. One Trouble. Philadelphia Press. "Of course," said Nuritch, self -complacently. "It's something to be a self-made man, but than it's got its drawbacks." "That's so," replied Peppery. "You can't blame It on anybody el.ie, for Instance." One Exeeptlon. Chicago Post. The orchestra that ordinarily worried the patrons of the restaurant at noon hour waa absent. "On a strike?" asked a diner. "All except the man with the drum," replied the manager. "He positively refuses to strike unless he gets more money." No Dream to Him. Chicago Tribune. "And here." mused the stranger, who wss strolling about Jackson Park and noting the various changes, "the world's fair was held! I can scarcely realize It. It seems like a dream." "Not to me." said the other man, with a vigorous blast on his nose. "Not to m. I was a stockholder in a world' b fair hotel." A Serions Affliction. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Minister made one mistake when he wuz preachln' Bill Brenimer's funeral sermon." "What was that. Abner?" "He said Bill alius seen hit duty afar off." "Didn't her "Dldn t he! Of course, he didn't. BUI wus the derndeat near-sighted feller In tha whole township!" Ilia Hobby. Washington Star. "But," said the bright and good-looking young woman, "haven't you any pursuit that you follow for the simple love of it in the hours when you are not at your office?" Tho great and powerful organiser of trusts stool for a moment abashed by the simple candor of a young girl. Then a ray of Inspiration swept over his countenance, and h answered: "Oh, yes. I'm a toln collector." Behind the Scenes. Judge. The Author i meekly) Could you advance me 120 on my royalty account? The Publisher Great Caesar! If you haven't got the nerve of your swash-buckling hero. The Author Hut you are advertising that 50,000 copies of my novl have been sold in advance. The Publisher I see you know how to read. The Author And how am I to keep up the appearance of a successful author? Th Publisher Go away back and hibernate for a month or so. and by that time we'll probably know how much you've cost us. TO PREVENT A MERGER. Snlt Aaalnst the Prudential Life nnd the Fidelity Trust Company. NEW YORK. Nov. 10. The suit brought by William Robotham and John Illingworth, of Newark, to restrain the merger of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America and the Fidelity Trust Company came up before Vice Chancellor Stephenson in Jersey City. The plaintiffs claim that the Prudential Company has no right under its charter to consolidate and that the Fidelity Trust has no legal right to enter into the scheme, because, as alleged, It has not been a dividend corporation for five years, as the law requires. The answer of United States Senator Dryden, the president of the insurance company, was submitted to the court by former Attorney General Briggs, and the case was then adjourned until Friday next. The anwet Bay that the policy of the insurance company in investing in the stock of the trust company was the result of mature deliberation. The trust company had regularly paid dividends on its capital stock for Bvi years preceding the time of the first purchase of Its stock by the PruU ntial Company, and has continued to py the aflM Benu-atdBuaUy. President Drvden denies that a sum exceeding 15.000,000 Is to be paid out of the insurance company's assets to the trust company for the purpose of having it paid over by the trust company to me principm ioes:nuiers or tne insurance company Mr. Dryden also denies that the insurance company intend to become engaged in the banking, trust, title or savings-bank business, and says that it proposes to limit its operations in the future, as in the past, to the business of life Insurance as at present conducted. Mr Dryden says he is the largest individual stockholder of the company and has its prosperity at heart. Exiled llnltlens. PORT At PRIM -K. Haiti. Nov. 10.General Juneau, the leading supporter of M. Flrmin, the exiled revolutionary leader, accompanied by eighty-three persons who had sought refuge in the consulate at Gonatves, has atarted for Jamaica on board th Cuban steamer Paloma,

AN OFFICIAL REMOVED

J l I I H. Ill M. II M niSMISSKD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Alabama Collector of Internal Reven in- Who Opposed Recognition of Xegroei. STATEMENT BY H. C. PAYNE BIX.H l RKUOYAL NOT A REFLECTION ON IIIS INTEGRITY. Dae Wholly to Ills D'ri tiuinntion in the Race Question nnd Dlareaard of Republican Principles. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. -Julian H. Bingham, collector of Internal revenue for the district of Alabama, has been removed from his office and Joseph O. Thompson appointed to succeed him. The change was made as a result of a political condition which recently arose in Alabama. Colored Republicans were excluded from participation in the Republican state convention and Collector Bingham was held responsible, at least in a measure, for their exclusion. Postmaster General Payne visited the White House to-dav and as he left the executive offices made public the following statement, defining the reason for the change: "The change in the office of collector of internal revenue for the district of Alabama in no wise reflects upon the integrity or ability of Mr. Bingham, the Incumbent of the office. It 1 one of those things which occasionally happens in politics. The position taken by the Republicans of Alabama at their recent state convention, as understood by the Republicans of the North, is looked upon a a perversion of the fundamental principles of the Republican party, and Mr. Bingham is, In a measure, held responsible for that action, hence the change. "Neither the administration nor the Republican party of the North will stand for the exclusion of any section of our people by reason of their race or color, when. In other respects, such persons have compiled with the laws and are eligible under the law to full and free participation in political action and are of a high standard of personal character. In other words, there are now a hundred colored men in Alabama who come up to the requirements of the recently adopted State Conatltution and are eligible for participation in political affairs, and the action of the Republican state convention In arbitrarily excluding them is not approved, no more than such action would be approved If It were taken in Ohio or Indiana." Mr. Thompson, the appointee, is a brother of Representative Thompaon, of Alabama. He is a Republican, although his brother represents a Democratic district. The President ha appointed John S. Webb postmaster ft Tuskegee. Ala., vice Joseph O. Thompson, appointed collector of Internal revenue of Alabama. ISLE OF PINES Di CHAOTIC STATE. Americans Appeal to President Roosevelt for Relief. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The question of

the possession of the Isle of Pines waa i brought directly to the attention of Pres!- t dent Roosevelt to-day. A delegation con- f SP'c,aI to the Indianapolis Journal, slstlng of J. H. Pearcy. J. H. Handall. J. T. TROY, N. Y.. Nov. 10.-This city is enterJ. Kenna and J. H. HUI. all citizens of the taining the general committee of the Metha ,,,!. T-i i.: odist Freedmen's Aid and Southern Aid

U nneu Mates, resiuing in tne iie ui jriuee, t ktfMssia . th Present hv Sena- ( 4 V til II ' i - - iv. ' WT SSI tor Cullom. of Illinois, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations. It was shown that the party represented more than three hundred citizens of the United States who have taken residence In the Isle of Pines. Many have made large investments in the Island in land and improvements, under the belief that the United States would control it. The President was informed that more than one-

half of the land of the island was owned " schools is about $375.000 per year. The chief by American citizens. business of the committee will be to deterAs a result of the turning over of the wv-jlj rhvi Isle of Pines to the republic of Cuba for mine how much each Methodist Church administrative purposes things are said by shall give toward this fund, and the amount the delegation to be in a chaotic state on? th t n u t appropriated to the schools, the island. There is not a notary public or. " w . a Judicial officer on the Island. The delega- Reports of Dr. M. C. B. Mason and Dr. tion is informed that the republic of Cuba W. P. Thlrkield, the corresponding secreclalms the island of Pinea and proposes to ' taries who nave ther headquarters in Cln-

hospital there. Such a course. ir pursued. the delegation indicated to the President. would wipe out every dollar invested in the I c 1 i , . 1 lr.,ci,K,i t Dr.nuavolt hon n ihn;

secretary of state to make a report on the- 2,000 ministers. In addition to the Income situation regarding the Isle of Pines as it j from the Methodist churches, which Is EÄ?. a?. tJT f W,td,ra?1 H i steadily Increasing, over 36.000 was conUnited States from Cuba and also on the ! 7 . .. .. . . government of that Island during the time ! tributed this year for building enterprises

the t'nited States was In control In Cuba. In an interview on the condition of affairs upon the Island Mr. T. J. Keenan. off Pittsburg, who Is president of the American Residents and Property Owners' Association of the island, said that the condition of affairs on the Island was so bad that t'nited States Minister Squires had . , i . - - a .1 . e A I I virtually auviseu a oeieKauoii ui .-m;is .i Pino Islanders who recently called on hlrrO in Havana, to take matters into their owrj hands and establish a provisional govern-f ment. Continuing. Mr. Keenan said: "Thu Isle of Pines is on the verge of anarchyhaving no governor, no courts or magis trates. no schools and no revenue. Al taxes and customs dues paid by the Island

era go into the Cuban treasury and not ft j dustrial plant under the care of the socent is expended for their benefit. All prop ! ciety. In it are taught the most expensive erty and other records are kept in Cubi forms of work in iron, wood, sloyd, archiand transfers of real-estate are rendered tectural drawing, building, etc. almost impossible by the enormous fees dei j "At Clark University a specialty will be manded by Cuban officials. Ail election made of agricultural training and more have been suspended and American inter - 1 than 400 acres owned by this society will be oats are absolutely unprotected, and yet ! brought under cultivation by the students.

American citiens own nearly one-half o the island and are a majority of the taxi paying population." Wireless Telegraphy. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. Government control of all wireless telegraph station along the coasts of the Fmted States 1 recommended by Rear Admiral Royal P Bradford, chief of the bureau of equip, ment. in his annual report, the concluding portion of which was Issued to-day. For elgn governments. It Is pointed out, ar1' exercising careful supervision over th location of wireless stations within the?waters, thus insuring prompt transmission of messages at all times. Admlntl Bradford says it Is proposed to establish wireless telegraph stations for the purpose of instructing officers and men at Newpor. New York, San Francisco and proba bitother naval stations. In order to ascertain the effect of heat, which is said to be ii - Jurlous to the successful workings of wir.; less apparatus, a station will be eetal llshed at Key West. Fla.

Pardoned by the President. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. -The Pre. -dent to-day denied eighteen applications for pardon, granted three pardons to restore civil rights of petitioners who haw served out their terms of imprisonment, remitted one forfeited recognizance in tile District of Columbia, and granted oi e commutation of sentence and one padon. The pardon was granted to Heny W. Miller, who was convicted In the w em district of Arkansas of murder and -ln Feb. 2. 18. sentenced to be hanged. President Harrison. June 7. 1889. commuted ti sentence to imprisonment for life. a4d since that time the prisoner has been confined in the Ohio penitentiary. The President has granted him a full and unconditional pardon on the recommendation f the attorney general, who reached a favurabU conclusion after a careful examination of the papers and a conference with former Attorney General Miller, who recommended f i

a full pardon at the time President Harri

son granted the commutation. An Important Rnllna SvASHINOTON. Nov. 10. An opinion has btt n rendered by Attorney General Knox wich will have far-reaching effect upon medals of honor and certificates of merit. ft iiit In the opinion of former Attorney General Devens, who hld that a certincate of honor could not be granted to a man w,o was no longer In the service of the Ciltod State.. It did not apply to men w.o have been recommended for such certiorates previous to the time they left the ef-vtee. The opinion of General Devens has bu n practically ignored for many y.ars arjd certificates of merit have been lamed ur to th- present time to men who srrvt i in, the civil war. The latest opinion will pt!t an end to such certificates, not only for tti civil war. but also for the Spanish wkr and In most instances for service in th? Philippines, especially when performed bf volunteers. It is probable that an opinioil will be asked as to whether the ruling rding certificates of merit shall not aply to medals of honor. J Major Allen Fined asOO. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. A copy of a Äanlla paper received at the War Department gives an account of differences between Judge Ambler, who holds court In Manila, and Major Allen, who Is chief of tie constabulaiy. Some question arose o'er a habeas corpus proceeding in which 3kajor Allen failed to produce the two prisoners the juiige ordered brought into c.urt. Major Allen defended his course in a very sharp statement to the judge and tye Judge replied in another statement in ijhich he severely scored Major Allen and fined him $50o. He also said that if Major Allen should publish the statement which H9 (Allan) mad.- in the court it would subj't him to another fine of $200. Reserve Agcent Approved. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, j WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. The controller f the currency to-day approved the Col.imbla National Bank of Indianapolis as a r. serve agent for the First National Bank of Peru, Ind. 4 i 1 National Capital Notes. I WASHINGTON, Nov. lO.-Count Quftdt, i-harge d'affaires of the German embassy, Jailed at the White House to-day to Introduce to the President Prince Henry of Vless. The President received them in his Office In the executive building. The call tasted but a few moments, the visitor 'aerely desiring to pay their respects. J Secretary Hitchcock has received from fJovernor Dole, of Hawaii, a statement lenylng reports of illtreatment of several Jhousand Porto Ricans on Hawilan sugar plantations. Qnral Wood returned to Washington toay and at once resumed work on his report of occupation and government of Cuba. t The torpedo boat flotilla, consisting of Sorpedo boats Decatur, Bagley, Barney, Middle, Thornton and Wilkes, under com'uand of Lieutenant Lloyd H. Chandler, failed to-day for Cape Haitlen. Haiti, for rMayaguez on Its way to Culebra island. Mr. Wu. the Chinese minister, will be the truest of the Silk Association of America hnd the American Asiatic Association at H banquet to be given in New York Thursday night. The two organizations desired o entertain Mr. Wu at a farewell dinner ieparately, but as he Is to leave the country so soon they will give the dinner jointly. Controller R. J. Tracewell, who has been in Indiana for the past two weeks, Vaas returned. ' Solicitor of Internal Revenue A. W. Wishard has returned from his extended stay in Indiana. GREAT WORK IN THE SOUTH I I WHAT THE METHODIST FREEDMAVS AID SOCIETY IS DOING. Reports of Secretaries Submitted at the Meeting of the General Committee at Troy. I bociety. the opening session or which D began in ine wie-sireei inurcn. ja ic f bishop and committee men from the four a. j a . . a. i an . . teen general conference districts of the de nomination are present. This society maintains twenty-three schools for colored people and nineteen for whites scattered throughout Georgia, North and South Caro- ; lina, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Ari kansas, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and I Florida. The cost of supporting these clnnati, show that the schools of this society have, to date, handled over 200.000 students, 10,000 of whom are teachers and and special endowments. During the past two years $57,000 in cash has been received on the annuity plan and specially invested. Industrial training is receiving special attention, Irfrgely Increased appropriations having been made for that purpose. Over fftn tniUnt arp nnw rerrlvlne instruction i in the Industries Dr. Thlrkield. who made a tour of the j 8outh shortly before the meeting of the committee, reports as follow? "At Claflin University, Orangeburg, S. C, one of the largest and best equipped industrial buildings in the South is being completed. This is the most extensive lnSpecial attention will be given to training in the care of poultry, bees and live stock. "At Waiden University. Nashville. Tenn., the school of cookery is worthy of special mention, and the training of young colored people to be home-makers and bread-winners is carried on with success. "A new laboratory has just been completed at Meharry Medical College. Nashville. This institution had over 300 students last year In medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. The course in medicine Is four years and those holding diplomas are readily passed by the state boards. Sixty-five grad uated at the last commencement. The school has sent out nearly 00 trained phystcians more than one-half of all the col ored physicians who are now practicing in this country. "One of the best equipped halls for science has Just been completed and dedicated at Grant University, Athens, Tenn. A large part of th funds were contributed by a wealthy Pennsylvania gentleman. "Eighteen graduates of the Freedmen's Aid Society are now engaged In missionary work in Africa, under Bishop Hartzell, and many more .well-trained and equipped colored young men and women are ready to go aa soon as the money can be provided to send them." A telegram waa received to-day announcing that the Rev. Dr. William Runy.ci. one of the vie presidents of the board of managers, had died suddenly while preaching at New Richmond, O., last evening. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions on the death of Dr. Runyan. Accused of Promotina a Frnud. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 10. -Theodore Stegnsr, of this city, a well-known promotor. was to-day indicted by the grand Jury on the charge of promoting a mining fraud. The case was worked up by a local postoffice inspector aho presented evidence to the Jury tending to show that Stegner. who had advertised for sale shares in a copper mining company in Arizona, reported that the company owned four mines whereas it is alleged it controlled but one. Stegner has lived In Kansas City for the past twenty years. Btegner's company was known as the Pittsburg Copper Mining and Reducing Company, and was capitalised at 2,o,0U0.

RURAL FREE DELIVERY

ROBERT J. VIIIVI REPORT O A POPILAR SERVICE. lie Sftys the System Haa Become Permanent Feature and Ha Created No Deficiency. ADMIRAL TAYLORS REPORT NAVY IS SAID TO BE IN A BAD WAY FOR LACK OF OFFICERS. Disposition of Warships General Crosier on the Im "Army Musket and Field Gun. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-The annual report of Robert J. Wynne, first assistant postmaster genera!, urges that in view of the success of the rural free delivery establishment and its future necessities, the recommendtlon for $12.655,800 in the estimates for that purpose is reason Able. The amount Is an Increase of a little more than $5,000,000 over the current fiscal year. To correct what the report considers the injustice of compelling a postmaster to pay part of his salary for clerk hire, Mr. Wynne urges legislation authorizing the Postofflce Department to make allowances for clerk hire at third-class postofflces when It Is satisfactorily shown that the postmaster, by devoting his time and attention to the office, is unable to transact the postofflce business. The advisability of erecting public buildings for the establishment of branch postoffices In cities is discussed and the plan Is indorsed as economical to the government. The report says the establishment and extension of pneumatic tube service will make it necessary to secure permanent sites for stations in the large cities. The report says an eort has been made to equalize the salaries of clerks in first and second-class postofflces by promotion of low-salaried but efficient clerks. At the larger first-class offices clerks are not now working In excess of eight hours a day, but it Is Impracticable in existing conditions to give clerks in the smaller offices eight hours continuous service. An effort. is being made to reduce their house to a fair basis. "In the city delivery aervice a plan Is proposed whereby in the larger cities subcarriers shall receive at least $30 a month and in the smaller cities $25 a month. Subcarriers cannot now count on a fixed income. Authority is asked to charter for a period of ten years (six years beyond the limit fixed by law) for the small swift steamer, constructed with special reference to handling mails to and from the great lakes steamers while passing at full speed. Thi3 service, begun several years ago at Detroit, has grown in efficiency and appreciation until it has become an almost Indispensable feature of lake navigation." The rural free delivery system, the report says, has become a permanent feature of the postal service and the service has increased the postal receipts and improved conditions wherever it has been put in operation. No deficiency, it is said, will be created by this service. It will be left to Congress to say whether establishment of routes already laid out shall be hastened and the installation of routes in course of investigation expedited. Additional appropriations must be made for this purpose. It is recommended that Congress make provision for a leave of absence with full pay for rural carriers, not to exceed fifteen days in a fiscal year. Extension to rural carriers of power to receive and register letters has proved so acceptable a benefit that It is purposed further to increase their usefulness by adding, under proper regulations, an extension of the money order system to rural routes. Rural carriers are now eminiwered to receipt for money orders. It is intended, after the first of January, next, to empower them also to pay money orders at the residences of known patrons of the routes. The maximum fee for a money order ($10o is 30 cents. It is recommended that the maximum be reduced to 25 cents, with proportionate reductions wherever the amount exceeds $50. NAVY NEEDS OFFICERS. Rear Admiral Tnylor Says There Are Not Enough for the Ships. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. -The most crying need of the navy, according to the annual report of Admiral T. C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of navigation, is more officers to man our warships. He declares that the preparations now going on for the mobilization of the fleet for the winter maneuvers in the Wet Indies has brought the department face to face with the critical condition due to lack of officers, which he says, has reached such a point as to be dangerous to the efficiency of the fleet. He says that the number of officers on our ships is less than the number on board the ships of other navies, although, aa a matter of fact, our ships require more officers than the ships of other navies because we are compelled to man our vessels with green crews, having little or no knowledge of sea life. He submits a table showing that the needs of the naval service require 1,900 officers, while the number on the navy list, including midshipmen after graduation is only 1.(61, or 577 short. This table is based upon the lowest possible number of officers needed on our battleships, seventeen, against an average number of officers for similar ships in foreign navies of thirty-three In England, twentysix In France and twenty in Germany. He figures that the vessels now authorized by Congress but not completed will require 498 additional officers, to which is to be added 25 per cent, for officers sick or on shore duty and 160 for casualties during the next four years, or a total for the vessels now building of 7R3. This number, added to the present shortage. 577. will give 1.360. The graduates from the Naval Academy during the next four years will be 356. leaving a total deficit July 1. 1906. of 1.006, not counting officers for auxiliaries who would be required In the event of hostilities. In addition to the Increase of midshipmen provided for by the last Congress. Admiral Taylor therefore reoommends a further increase of one midshipman for each member and delegate in the House and each senator, one from the District of Columbia and ten annually at large. He also recommends that the number of lieutenant commanders be increased 30, lieutenants (senior grade) 60, and lieutenants (Junior grade) and ensigns 350. A concentration of the naval force In two big fighting squadrons In the North Atlantic and Asiatic waters Is recommended. For the present, the report says, two squadrons are all that the present number of our battleships will permit. To carry out this policy Admiral Taylor proposes to transfer the battleships in the remaining squadrons to one or the other of these heavy squadrons and compose the Pacific, European and South Atlantic squadron entirely of cruisers. These changes will l"1 undertaken as soon as the winter maneuvers In the West Indies are concluded. After the resrrangement the distribution of ' the righting force of the navy win he as follows: North Atlantic station Kearsarge. ; Alabama, Massachusetts. Indiana. Maine, Illinois, Iowa and Texaa. This force rfhould be in the future maintained at not less than eight battleships. Caribbean division of North Atlantic station Olympia, Montgomery, Marietta, Machlas. Panther and Detroit. Asiatic station Kentucky. Oregon. Wisconsin. Monadnock and Monterey. The battleships in this squadron are to be increased to the number of six as soon as vessels of this class are commissioned. The cruiser division of the Asiatic station New Orleans. Yorktown. Wilmington, Helena Vickaburg. Princeton. Annapolis. Don Juan de Austria and Isla de Cuba. The Rainbow and a large gunboat division will, as heretofore, be attached to the squadron for service among the Islands and the rivers. Pacific station New York. Philadelphia. Boston. Marblehead and Ranger. European station Brooklyn, Chicago, Ban Francisco and Albany. South Atlantic station Newark, Atlanta and Naahvllle. It IS also proposed to form additional tor-(edo-boat flotUlas wlfh a destroyer as the adlng vessel, after the plan of th pres-

ent group new in the West Indies under the command of Lieutenant Chandler. a GEN. CROZIER'S REPORT.

Advantages of the Mew Army Musket and the Mew Field Gun. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. Gen. WUllasa Croiler. chief of the Ordnance Bureau, In his annual report to the secretary of war says the improved musket has been completed and tried with very satisfactory resuits, the various changes not only Improving th wnapon, but cheapening and accelerating the production. The rod bayonet is a featur of the new rifle. Its advantage is said to lie In th fact that It lightens the weight of the gun and dispenses with the bayonet and bayonet scabbard now in use, and In the place of which Intrenching tools may be carried by the soldier. The new piece weighs but a little less than nine and one-half pounds, considerably lighter than the German and the Mauser, yet it has greater velocity and greater penetration. It is noted that opinions differ as to the value of the rod bayonet. The construction of five thousand of the new muskets has been authorized. General Crozier embraces In hi report the conclusion of the board of ordnance and fortification on the several tests of the new system for a new field gun to show why the Ordnance Department model Is superior. He saya the bureau Is proceeding with the manufacture of field material from drawings which it ha? prepared concurrently with the development of knowledge by tests. Generally speaking, the new gun will have a calibre of three inches and wUl fire a projectile firing fifteen pounds with an Initial velocity of 1.70t feet per second. The breech mechanism will be of the Ordnance Department type with certain modifications for securing safety. The piece will have a recoil of from forty-five to forty-eight inches. Defects developed at the tests on the proving grounds are to be remedied. A new feature will be the bullet-proof shield witn which the pieces r to S provided. Capt. C. B. Wheeler is given credit for the design of the gun-carriage. Speaking of mounting guns and carriage General Crozier says that none of those tested have been found superior to the type now in use. Attention is called to the desirability of attaching electric motor to the disappearing gun carriages. Efforts are making by the bureau to increase the rapidit) of fire of seacoast guns by the introduction of automatic appliances for opening and closing the breech, and by the use of special devices for ramming projectile and Inserting powder charges. Reference is made to the dis usslon that has been had relative to the ue of the disappearing gun carriage and to the action of Congress and the determination of the matter by the Wat Department after tests by an army board which "recorded its opinion that the mechanical principles Involved in the chief elements o? movements of the HufflngionCrozier dlnppaajrtaff carriage aas admirably adapted to their purposes." MR. EGAN STILL MISSING NO TRACE OF THE MISSING GREAT NORTH ER I SUPERINTEND N T. May Be a Captive of Bandits or May Have Been Killed by a Montana Grlssly Bear. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 10,-No trace has been found of Superintendent B. F. Egan. of the Kalispel division of the Gr. al Northern Railroad, who was lost while hunting in the mountains near Belton last week. The fact that his body has not been found, and that he had been directed to fallow the compass north, leads to the theory that he may have gone some distance, and, perhaps, tumbled on to the abode of the bandits who last week held up and robbed the Northern Pacific train of several thousan J dollars. In such case It would not be likely that he would be allowed to escape. Whiles the country into which Mr. Egan went but a short distance from the railroad, it U one of the wildest regions In Amt rica, anil not even the Indians are familiar with it The bandit theory is given considerable credence, but It is possible that Mr. Kg. i has met with any of a doen accidents, l may have met a grizzly bear or some otlisr large animal and have been killed by It He may have got lost In the mountain-., an easy thing to do for any one ex pt U'i most expern need rangers, and perish 1 from cold. He may have fallen over a precipice and been killed or disabled, or iv; mav have shot himslf accidentally, if he were only lost in the mountains he mut have perished from hunger by this tinte unless he was fortunate enough to have killed some game. I It Is now over a week since Mr. Egam and a few friends went into the mountains near Kalispel to spend a few days in huning. The hunters took separate eours s, expecting to come together In camp In tle evening. Mr. Egan iailed to Join the other, and after waiting a reasonable time ."a search wa mdrt for him. He wa n;t found, and news of hia disappearance ws then spread among his friends. As marry men as could be spared from the road wf sent Into the mountains to explore evefy gorge and vallev and canon where it was thought likely the missing hunter couyd have straved. An engine was ?ent to phtrol the railroad tracks among the mountains where the hunting party had encamped, and the engineer was instructed to blow the whistle at frequent interval so the loat one could get hia bearings if Ue was still alive. Another party left Columbia Falls yesterday morning for Hungry Horse or.Vn, and will be out several days. It is now . most impossible to get through th country except on snow shoes, and parties Wio have gone into the South Fork country ha e been compelled to use them. Th return .f two parties now out Is anxiously await d. One went up to the cabin on Pyramid pi Ak and another into the South Fork country. It will be at least three days before they can make their report. PECULIAB WILL PROBATED. Van Dine Document Involves a Problem In Mathematics. JAMAICA. Ia L, Nov. 9.-The will of Abigail Van Dine. late of Jamaica. Uas been admitted to probate by Surrogate Daniel Noble, of Quecna county. It Is a peculiar document. The estate is valued at $12,000 real and $3,1 personal property, and is disposed of as follows: To her nephew. George Roe, are given two sofas; to his wife a round table und two pictures; to her nephew. Garret Van Dine, a large carved bureau; to Hitarn Miller a larg' chair, with claw feet, to William Miller a rocking chair, the said articles being in the dwelling house on her farm In Newton, now occupied by Jos-.ph Tompkins as a tenant. All other artlMes in said dwelling house are given to the six children Alice, Delia. Fannie. Addle Lister and Estelle os her niece. Maty 111 Me. The articles remaining at her home are given as follows. To Clara Rie. daughter of her nephew Roe. a watch and chain; to testatrix's brother. Garret an Dine, two silver tablespoons; to Brother William Van Dine the remainder of her silver spoons, and one aHd spread and irpet to each of the children of her broi 'u-r Cornelius- John R.. Theodore P.. Oarn t C and Mary H. Her clothing and whatever other eoods are eft she m to ine me dren of her niece. Mary Hlgbh share nd share alike. She gives her farm in - the town of Newtown, now occupied by -one Schneider, adjoining land of Mary Le I on the road to Flushing, to the children of her nephew, George W Roe. in sTJch a manner that Clara'a share there shall be $500 more in value than the ehu- of either of her brothers, the share of hdward and Allen to be equal. The farm is not to be sold or divided until Allen become of ge. and until hn It I to be kept up and be the home of-her nephew. George VV Roe. and his ehli 'ren and hi parents. Hannah M. and Wllüam H. Roe. shall share th home and he lake care of the aged. If they do not occupy the farm the Income Is to go to Firm, nevertheless The other farm in Newt-wn. adjoining the land .f Mary lver. on' the Hoffman boulevard and the road leading to Flushing, ia given to Iii children of her niece. Mary Higble. share and share alike. This farm Is not to be sold until the youngest becomes of age. and none of them to occupy the farm until they become of age. Tha income of this farm ia to be given te the niece and her children. To each of her executor she give $100.