Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1903 — Page 4

THIS INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH 31. 1003.

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WA3HINGTON, D. C.-Rlggs House, Ebbitt House, Fairfax Hotel, WUiard Hotel. DENVER. Col. Louthaln & Jackson, Fifteenth and Lawrence streets. DAYTON, O. J. V. Wilkis, 23 South Jefferson street. COLUMBUS, O. Viaduct News Stand, 384 High ' street. The Cuban Senate has shown more Intelligent appreciation of the value of reciprocal trade between this country and Cuba than, the United States Senate has. The only way to keep a united and strong Republican party In the country, and particularly In cities, is to maintain a primary system safa against fraud and so open ' that all party men can vote for candidates. The murder in Orestes on Sunday mornins in a saloon was due to the fact that a man in jail for an assault with Intent to kill was released on an Inconsequential bond. The man who has the murder mania, after he has made one attempt upon human life, should not be allowed that liberty which will enable him to repeat the crime. The men who are interesting themselves In attempts to make the next City Council should bear In mind that the committee of an organization which to-day embraces the names of nearly 3,000 voters will inquire into the character and fitness of every nomine and report its findings for the In..jTormation of the members of the organlzatlotTTeTerred to. In deciding to call a special session of Congress to ratify the Cuban treaty within the time limit the President has shown that he does not believe In letting Important measures fall through inaction. As the session will not be called until next November it will not interfere materially with any congressman's summer vacation or with looking after fences. Gustavus F. Swift, president of the Swift Packing Company, who died in Chicago on Sunday, was a good "example of the selfxnade American, having risen from the position of a retail butcher to that of a captain of Industry and several times millionaire. -Many persons think the day for such phenomenally successful business careers has passed, but those who have achieved success say the opportunities are as great now as at any previous period. It Is somewhat surprising that discussion regarding the city's claim against the arsenal grounds for street and sewer improvements should not have brought out the fact that no such claim lies against the government. The act of the Legislature ceding to the general government Jurisdiction of f the arsenal grounds exempted them from taxation or assessment for any purpose whatever. The same exemption extends to all property owned by the national government la any State. A cablegram says that Count and Countess Waldersee,- of Germany, will sail during April for a visit to the United States. The count Is field marshal of the German army and has seen fifty-three years of service, and his wife Is an American woman, who has had more to do with German politics than any woman of her time, and is said to have more influence with the present Kaiser than any other woman at the court of Berlin. Though not a diplomatic one, their visit will have some International significance. The statistics of the business of the American Telephone and Telegraph' Company, which embraces the Bell system, shows that the number of telephones increased from 1,9S2,412 in 1000 to 3,1:0.320 at the close of 1302; the miles of wire increased from 1,334,209 .In 1300 to 2.413,750 in 1302; the number of employes from 32.S37 to 50.330; the number of dally messages from 5.CCS.9S5 In 1900 to 9.222.951 In 1902. The gross earnings were 513,277.457 In 1902, compared with $ll,606,$tt In 1501. No less than $37,376,520 was added to construction and real estate In 1902 by all the companies in the Bell system, and that Is only a part. The telephone and the electric railway are the surprises of these years. The ratification of the Cuban treaty will open a field for the extension of American trade, which our manufacturers should lose no time in entering. At present they have but a small share of Cuban trade. The report of the secretary of public works of the island shows the total value of all articles Imported into the Island between July 1 and Sept. 30 of last year to be $11,216.272. Of this 3D per cent, came from the United States, 42 per cent, came from Europe, IS per cent, from Central and South America and 1 per cent, from all other countries. It Is shown by detailed reports of the imports into the Island that the larger portion of the articles coming from the United States, perhaps 75 per cent.' Is provisions, flour and packing house products, trhfle all of that from Europe, practically, L manufactured stuffs and wines. Cuba

gets all Its dry goods from Europe, buying liberally of English mills the cloth that has been manufactured from Southern cotton grown within a few hours' run of the Cuban ports"! and which has been sent twice across the Atlantic In order to make the few miles from Key West to Havana. Cuba imports large Quantities of soap, beer, ready-made shoes, and Is beginning to import agricultural and milling machinery. All of these and other manufactures should come from the United States, and there Is no reason why Indiana manufacturers should not get their share of the trade. HAVE LABOR LEADERS CHANGED FRONT f Because the more prominent labor leaders have cordially approved the findings and the general report of the anthracite strike commission there is danger that the public, which has many things to think of, will forget the more important parts of that document True, the commission awarded the miners, nonunion and union men alike, an Increase of pay and a shorter day. That Is an advantage for which the consumer of coal must pay. This is the part of the report that is most emphasized, but, so far as It affects the future, it is of no consequence compared with the view of the commission on strikes, boycotts and the contractual relations of unions to corporations. It must not bo forgotten that the commission denounced the methods adopted by strikers to carry out their plans. It denounced all kinds of intimidation and Interference with men who desire to work in the places which strikers leave. The course pursued by the strikers In the coal region was severely condemned. The commission declared that the right to labor belonged to every man, and that those who Interfere with that right are guilty of a crime. In the strongest language the boycott was denounced, the word itself being declared one of evil omen and unhappy origin. Neither should it be forgotten that the unions were not recognized in the settlement; far from that, the commission declared that under Its present status the union "does not present the most inviting inducements to the operators to enter Into contractual relations with it." In a word, all the unions have practiced and claimed for themselves was condemned by the anthracite commission, and that condemnation Presidents Gompers and Mitchell have fully approved in speech and writing, time and again. The strike is a conceded right, but what is the strike if the union cannot exercise positive methods in deterring others from working? Every considerable strike has culminated in intimidation, and not Infrequently in violence. No doubt the local labor leaders have noted with, dismay these admissions of national leaders, but they have maintained a discreet silence on the subject. If, however, a zealous local leader should call attention to the seeming surrender of President Gompers Involved In his approval of the report of the anthracite strike commission he will probably stir up a discussion that Will make interesting reading. Is it not fair to assume that President Gompers and other natlonaK leaders knew that they were tacitly condemning union methods in labor troubles when they so emphatically approved the report denouncing intimidation to enforce strikes and boycotts to force others to comply with unjust demands? Is It not possible that national leaders have discovered that some of the recent tyrannical actions, like expelling from unions members who Joined the national guard, and startling declarations of hostility to such institutions as the organized militia, are sure to array the patriotic sentiment of the country against any organizations that assume an attitude of hostility toward institutions recognized in the Federal Constitution and provided for by the laws as being essentJal to the public security? THE PROPOSED LEE STATUE. The question of allowing the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to be placed in the national statuary hall at "Washington is exciting some discussion. Perhaps It would have been better not to have raised the question, but being raised, it should be considered without passion and in a conciliatory spirit To begin with there is some doubt whether the United States has a right to reject any statu a State may offer. The law establishing a statuary hall authorizes the President to Invite each State to provide and furnish statues of two deceased persons who were citizens of the State, "illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services, such as each State may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration; and when so furnished the same shall be placed," etc. This leaves the choice of the persons to be commemorated entirely to the States, and does not reserve to the United States power of dictation or rejection. All that the United States has to do in the matter is to invite each of the States to contribute two statues, and, when they are furnished, to place them in the hall. But if Congress has a right to reject a statue offered by a State, should it reject that of General Lee If it is offered by Virginia? Of course, the only ground of objection Is the fact that General Lee commanded the Confederate army and fought against the Union. In all other respects, such as being a citizen of the State, etc., he fulfills the requirements of the law. Should he be excluded because of his participation in tho rebellion? The Journal thinks not. After the bloody chasm .las been so thoroughly bridged and after so much has been done towards burying the past an I cementing the Union it would seem untimely, unwise and ungenerous for the section that was victorious in the civil war to revive th9 animosities of that period and perhaps create new animosities in a new gjneratlon over a question that involves ro living interest and relates only to a lost cause. There is no sectionalism in art. The present generation of Americans view a good rlcture or statue of George III with as much interest as one of George Washington. Perhaps a hundred years hence Americans will be proud that the government was generous and magnanimous enough to permit a statue of the commander of the rebel army to be placed In the national capital, and if it Is a good one posterity will regard it wjth almost as much interest as they will that of the great gvneral of the Union armies who accepted his surrender at Appomattox. This view of the case applies whether General Lee was an original secessionist or not. That question has no bearing on the case. A writer in the Journal of yesterday attempted to prove that General Lee was an original secessionist On the contrary there is the best of reason for believing that fca was a Union man, .and

that he hoped Virginia would remain in the Union. lie did not resign his commission in the United States army until three days after Virginia had seceded. He was a Southern man, and went with his State. In a letter to a member of his family announcing his resignation he referred to his lifelong: devotion to the Union and expressed the hope that he might never have to draw his sword except In defense of his State. His first appointment was as commander of the Virginia forces, and In accepting it he said: "Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the aid of my native State, in whose behalf alone will I ever draw my sword." There Is not the slightest reason to believe that he was an original secessionist The correspondent of the Journal above referred to says: All the rebel soldiers were pardoned by an amnesty proclamation of the President, and resumed their citizenship on -taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. Other classes had to apply to Congress for amnesty before they could again become citizens. To this latter class General Lee belonged, but I cannot say that he ever had his disabilities removed and became a citizen of the United States again. I would like to know. General Lee made formal application for pardon June 17, 1S63, two months after the surrender. Even if he had not applied for pardon he would have come under the general amnesty proclamation issued Dec. 25, 1SC8. One may question the wisdom of the Virginia Legislature in offering to place the statue of Lee in Statuary Hall,. but If he Is Virginia's choice the United State should not object A great power can afford to be magnanimous. Rear Admiral G. Entwistle, who was on the flagship Olympia at the battle of Manila, submitted to a little Interview in St Louis a few days ago. Asked if the officers of Dewey's fleet realized when they sailed into the bay that they were to develop one of the most Important events In history, he replied: "No, we did not think much of that. Of course we knew there would be a great battle, but when a naval officer goes into a fight he does not think of history; he thinks of winning, and his mind Is occupied with the thought of how best to do his duty." It is probable that most of the great events and memorable utterances of history have Come about without any thought of their historical significance. Captain Lawrence's "Don't give up the ship;" Commodore Perry's "We have met the 'enemy and they are ours;" General Dlx's "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot," and Grant's "unconditional and Immediate surrender" and his "I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer," were not made for history. They were the natural utterances of men intent on doing a particular thing. Those persons who are regarding the nomination of Mr. Cleveland as a Democratic possibility are of that unfortunate class who can see no other opinions and conditions than those which are agreeable to them. In their small circle of associates Mr. Cleveland is the one man, and that settles It They cannot comprehend that a large part of the people are outside that little circle and have very different views. The report that Mr. Cleveland will decide whether he will be a candidate after he shall have visited Ohio, Illinois and Missouri is, at least amusing. What can he tell of the tens of thousands of Democratic voters in these States by the limited number of men he can see on a trip? Two men are impossibilties for the Democratic nomination, and they are Bryan and ClevelandImpossible because the nomination of either would mean defeat. Mr. Bryan'B friends are wise enough to see this and no longer talk of his candidacy, but a few of Mr. Cleveland's admirers seem to lack that quality of sense. The man who opposed the candidate of his party in two elections cannot be a candidate himself in the third. It Is not in the nature of things. The suspension of the textile mills In Lowell, Mass., is a tacit withdrawal of both sides with a view of seeing which can survive longest If there Is a full demand for the goods of the factories the loss of the corporations will be very large, but the greatest loss will fall upon the operatives, many of whom have savings bank accounts which they will live on as long äs they last Those who have no savings will be supported by collections made from unions. While this plan is preferable to a strike which involves violence, It Is not the. sensible method of adjusting differences. Now comes an English historical authority who says that Sir Walter Raleigh never crossed the Atlantic,-and, of course, never set foot in Virginia, though he sent two ships to spy out the land. If he never crossed the ocean what Is to become of the theory that he introduced tobacco into Europe? The next thing we know we may be asked to doubt the fine old story that he spread his cpstly mantle In the mud before Queen Elizabeth for her to step on. Some people have no regard for the truth of history. Zanesville, O., reports a woman who celebrated her one-hundredth birthday on Sunday by preparing dinner for a family reunion of four generations, having done her own marketing the night before. That is not a bad way to round out a life. THE HUMORISTS.

She Dyed. A fool there was and she dyed her hair (With a quarter's worth of dye). It used to be dark and she made it fair. But the dye was cheap and it did not wear. And whenever it rained the lady would swear. (Even as you and I.) New York American. Disposed Of. Chicago Tribune. "Professor," said the bad young man of the class, "the scientists tell us the anthracite supply of the world will be completely exhausted In a little over sixty years. What are we do for fuel then?" "My friend," replied the venerable man, "by .hat time, in all probability, you will have gone -where the fuel supply Is inexhaustible." Long-Felt Want. Talk 1 cheap, an" time is goin'. Honey, oh. my honey! What we want In this here country's Money! Momy! Money 1 This old world is sweet to live inRainy days, or sunny; What we want, to make It sweater's Money! Money! Money! Atlanta Constitution. Puxsled. Chicago Tribune. "Hare you met Miss Cuddle's father?" asked Mr. Ttlllt. "No," explained Mr. Asklt, "and I wish you would enlighten roe about him." "Enlighten you? Why, no enlightenment is needed. He Is a fine old man, if that's what you want to know." "I don't doubt that, but MUs Cuddle told me

he tad water on the brain, and what I want to know is whether he is an Invalid or a Prohibitionist"

Couldn't He Fooled. Kansas City Journal. "Did you hear of the booglaries, Maglnnls? Siven houses robbed in wan block." "Ol didn't hear a wurred about it. But I knew it had happened be the way the police wor supprlssin' all information in regard to it" Utilitarian Spring Poem. I care not for the violets nor the roses blooming fair; I care col for the songbirds that will carol everywhere; I care not for the fleecy clouds that high above us roll. But I'm waiting for the summer, when we don't use coal! I have no great affection for the butterflies and bees. And no special predilection for the sighing of the breeze. But I'm waiting for the June time with an allimpatient soul. For the radiant, restful summer, when we don't use coal! Washington Star. TO AVERT FUTURE WARS. Presidents) of Salvador and Costa Rica Favor Compulsory Arbitration. PANAMA, Colombia, March 30. Cable dispatches received here from San Salvador announce that President Cabrera, of Guatemala and President Escalone, of Salvador, had an interview on Sunday last on the high sea between Acajutla, Salvador and San Jose, Costa Rica, After six hours' conference the presidents separated, having arranged satisfactorily the differences between the two republics. President Escalon returned last night to San Salvador. The meeting between the two Presidents took place aboard the American steamer Costa Rica, and the object of it was to arrange some method of averting future wars between the republics of Guatemala and Salvador. President Cabrera and President Escalon arrived at an agreement to draw up a treaty of compulsory arbitration, which will be signed at San Jose, Costa Rica, by plenipotentiaries of the two countries. The governments of Guatemala and Salvador will then designate a SpanishAmerican government which will act as arbitrator In any future dispute. May Oppose the Canal Treaty. COLON, Columbia, March 30. It is rumored at Carthagena that General Pedro Nel Oshina, who was expelled from Colombia in October, 1901, when he was minister of war, because of an attempted conspiracy against the government has been elected senator for the Department of Antloqula, and also that Senor Caro, former President of Colombia and now candidate for the presidency, has been elected senator for the Department of Cauc.i. If these reports are correct both men are likely to prove strong opponents of the ratification of the Hay-Herran Panama canal convention. GALE ON THE COASTMuch Damage Alone the Virginia and North Carolina Shores. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. March 30. Heavy damage ashore and afloat was wrought by wind and water during the storm which has raged for the past twentyfour hours. The storm culminated to-day In a violent gale. The tide reached a danger point within two feet of the level of the floors of the piers and threatened to blng disaster to the property along the water front To venture out Into the raging seas was equivalent to attempting suicide and many seafaring men stayed on shore last night rather that risk their lives on the waves. The two-masted schooner William B. Hall, bound up the James river from Norfolk with 35.0U0 brick, sank at her anchorage. The captain and crew of two men, the latter negroes, were exposed to the storm in a small open boat for hours and were rescued by the Chesapeake & Ohio tug Alice, almost frozen. Two other deaths have been reported. The four-masted coal schooner Charles L. Davenport went ashore head-on at Old Point Comfort in the gale to-day. She will be a total loss. The crew landed safely. WILMINGTON, N. C, March 30. The lumber schooner John H. Buttrick went ashore during Sunday night's gale and is a total loss. The mate was washed overboard, but the captain, his wife and the crew of seven were rescued. CAPE HENRY, Va.. March 30. The lumber-laden schooner Benjamin Russell, Captain Cramer, went ashore to-day near Creed's Hill lifesaving station in Norih Carolina. The captain and crew of five men were rescued in the breeches buoy. PROTEST FROM CHINESE. They Object to Extortion of the Powers In Demanding Gold. SHANGHAI, March 30. The Bankers Commission met to-day and declined to forward the American silver Indemnity bond for sfgnature by the Chinese representatives on the ground that the term3 of the bond were Inconsistent with the commission's previous declarations regarding the indemnity. The American delegate insisted that Article VI of the Peking protocol clearly states it to be the commission's duty to effect all operations in conformity with the instructions sent ; by the powers to their delegates, and he announced his intention of forwarding the bond direct to the Chinese representatives for signature. All the viceroys and Governors in China have now united in a protest against the payment of the indemnity in gold. They declare that the sources of taxation are exhausted and that further extortion would impoverish the people, tend to excite revolt and hamper foreign trade. i MISS ROOSEVELT'S OUTINQ. President Daughter Rides Horseback In Northern Porto Rico. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 30. Miss Alice Roosevelt, Governor Hunt and their party returned here this morning by special train, having visited the towns on the north coast. Miss Roosevelt was received with great enthusiasm everywhere, the inhabitants vieing for the honor of having her as their guest. Much of the trip was made on horseback, which Miss Roosevelt said she greatly enjoyed. This evening Miss Roosevelt attended a reception given by Colonel James A. Buchanan and Captain Joseph Crabbs, of the Porto Rican regiment She will sail for New York on the steamer Coamo tomorrow. On returning the children will resume their studies at school. Mrs. Roosevelt will remain In Washington during the spring months, and when the President returns from his Western trip the family will go to Oyster Bay. for the summer. AN OLD-TIME BOAT RACE. Mark Twain Wants One, but Would Leave the 'BIowl'p" to Providence. NEW YORK. March 3). Mark Twain has recalled the days when he was pilot on the Mississippi river in a letter to David R. Francis, president of the St Louis exposition commfssloh, in response to Sir Thomas Upton's suggestion that a series of old-time steamboat races be made as a feature of the exposition. Mark Twain wants a genulrie reproduction of the old-time race with negro roustabout singers, the use of the torch basket rather than the searchlight, and the extinguishment of the latter-day government lights so that tho quality of the piloting would count where the boats are evenly matched In speed. "As a spectacle." writes Mark Twain, "nothing could add to it except an oldtime blow-up as the boats finished the home stretch. But this should not be arranged: It. Is better left tof Providence and prayer." j

AN INCREASE IN WAGES

C, II. & D. TELEGRAPH OPERATORS GRANTED AX ADVANCE. Nearly All Employes of the Road Have Now Been Given from 5 to IS Per Cent. Retter Fay. LOWELL MILLS SHUT DOWN SEVEN LARGEST COTTON FACTORIES WERE IDLE YESTERDAY. Lawrence Hosiery Permitted to Run Amalgamated Glass Workers Kentucky Miners Granted Advance. CINCINNATI, March 30. After a conference of two weeks between the telegraph operators and the officials of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway the operators to-day were granted an increase of wages of from 8 to 9 per cent Several weeks ago the engineers, firemen and trainmen were granted increases. LOWELL'S LOCKOUT. Seven Largest Cotton Mills Shut Down Meetings of Unionists. LOWELL, Mass., March 30. Organized textile labor to-day showed Its strength in the shutdown of the seven largest cotton mills, and, not content with this, the Textile Council, the delegate body of the local unions, considered the advisability of compelling an even wider application of the shutdown order by bringing about a strike in the Lawrence hosiery. This hosiery was exempted from the strike order last week, the Knitters' Union being permitted to remain neutral, as it had shown that it had no grievance cither in wages or time schedule. The council tonight did not find the proposal well received and the outlook Is not favorable for a strike of the knitters. This incident was the chief one of the first day of the unprecedented shutdown of the big" cotton mills in Lowell. To-day operatives wore their best clothes and promenaded the sidewalks; no smoke came from the tall mill chimneys and there was an absence of the hum of industry which marks a rushing, bustling New England mill city. No trouble of any kind occurred at the mill gates, through which some operatives passed at different times, and nothing occurred on the streets or at the meeting places of the strikers to bring forth criticism. Labor unions met, some fourteen of them, and they were addressed either by their own officers or by prominent labor men of ,other bodies. A meeting was held in Loom Fixers' Hall with the idea of urging those who attended to lend their aid in making the strike operate against the Lawrence hosiery, in which nearly 3,500 persons are employed. The proposal to start a sympathetic strike, however, was not well received, and when the Textile Council, at its meeting, took up the same matter there was a lack of enthusiasm. The running of the hotrlery, it is said by labor men, may lead to some friction a little later, despite the permitted neutrality of the knitters. The Loom Fixers' Union has chosen walking delegates to visit other New England cities to inform unions of the situation in Lowell. The Greeks held a meeting and decided against joining the union or drawing any money from the union treasury. The persons at work in the mills to-day were chiefly those in the finishing rooms and the offices, and President Conroy said the council did not object to this. The council asserts that the strike order Is intended to stop manufacturing in all Its stages, and all reports show that nothing of this kind was done except at the hosiery. Metal Trades Federation Proposed. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 30. A general organization of employers or a movement to federate employers corresponding to the central labor bodies of the employes will be one of the works undertaken by the National Metal Trades Association, which will meet In Buffalo Aj?rll 1 and 2. The executive commitfee of the association met at the Iroquois Hotel to-day and began the preliminary work. "Our organization has given great encouragement to this federation movement," said E. F. Dubrul, of Cincinnati, vice president of the association. "Jn Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Minneapolis and about one hundred dJfferent places central bodies of employers are now flourishing. State federations of employers are planned the same as the trades unions, and eventually the emploxers will be well organized In their different bodies throughout the country." The association disapproves absolutely of strikes or lockouts. It will - neither treat with men who have struck, nor lend its support to employers who institute a lockout without first undertaking to arbitrate the difficulty on a fair and equitable basis. Amalgamated Glass Workers. CINCINNATI, March SO. The first annual convention of the Amalgamated Glass Workers' International Association of America was called to order here to-day by President John J. Morris, of St. Louis, About forty-five . delegates were present, representing thirty-eight local organizations and a membership of nearly three thousand men engaged In art glass production and in the beveling and silvering branches of the industry. The business of the convention will occupy several days. Committees were appointed and the day was devoted to organizing the work to be brought before the general body. One of the principal objects of the convention will be to adopt a minimum wage scale and to organize effort to better the conditions of the craft generally. Wages now vary from $12 to $20 a week, the length of the working: day varying greatly in different localities. The officers of the organization are: General president John J. Morris, St. Louis; general secretary, William Figolah, Chicago: general treasurer, J. J. Mlnwegen, Chicago. Advance for Kentucky Miners. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 30. There will be no strike in the coal fields of western Kentucky. This was the announcement made to-night by the representatives of the operators and miners of the district, who have been in conference here for the past few days, arranging a scale of wages for 11)03. The conference came to an end tonight, and at its conclusion a statement was given out to the effect that a 10 per cent, advance had been granted and accepted on mining, yardage and day labor. The minimum advance of the QUtside day laborers will be 12V4 per cent. The new scale will- be signed to-morrow, and the conferees will then leave for their homes. Must Settle with AH. riTTSBURG, March 30. "No settlement of the Tittsburg strike unless the American Bridge Company settles its strikes at all other points" Is the decision reached to-day by local No. 3 Bridge and Structural Iron Workers of Pittsburg. This announcement was made as an answer to the report that the New York officers of the bridge company had instructed its Pittsburg officers to treat with the union for the purpose of settling the strike. No work was done to-day by the bridge company on the Wabash bridge because of the heavy rain. The company has ninety-seven nonunion men In readiness for work to-morrow if the weather permits. Wage Question Unsettled. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 30.-After a lengthy conference the grievance committee of the trainmen of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the committee of the directors, who have been considering changes in the schedule, adjourned until Wednesday morning. In behalf of the men, Valentine Fltzpatrlck said that an understanding had been reached on many points, but the question of wages still remains unsettled. No statement was Issued by the road oflcials. President Hall de

claring that there was nothing to be said at the present stage of the proceedings.

Affiliation with Canadian Miners. MASSILLON, O., March 30. The affiliation of the coal miners of Canada with those of the United States will be one of the sub" Jects for consideration at the coming session of the mine workers' officials in Indianapolis on April 6. National Vice President Lewl3 13 authority for the statement MIscellaneons Labor News. The employes of the Schuylkill Traction and Lake Side Railway, of Ashland. Pa., have been notified .that their wages will be Increased 10 cents a day from April 13. The men are now paid 16Vs cents an hour and when the increase goes into effect will receive 17 cents an hour. Two hundred carpenters' helpers engaged in the erection of stands on the new grounds of the American League baseball team went on strike Monday at New York. They claim that the contractors agreed to pay them $2 a day, but only paid them at the rate of $1.50 a day tor last week's work. All the cigar factories in Denver were closed Monday by a strike. Three hundred cigar makers quit work in sympathy with sixty tobacco strippers, all women, who had struck for an Increase In wages. The strippers have been receiving $$ to $10 a week. They want an increase of 23 per cent. Seventeen down-town restaurants at Denver, Col., were closed at noon Monday by a strike of 500 union cooks and waiters. The trouble arose over the employment of nonunion cooks at two restaurants that are members of the Restaurant Keepers' Association. Fully 2,000 people are inconvenienced. About nine hundred men employed at the Buffalo Dry Dock Company who have been on strike for several days returned to work Monday. The trouble between the dry dock company and the men has not yet been settled, but the men agreed to return to work while the troubles are being adjusted by an arbitration committee, which has been appointed. Furnace workers have agreed to accept the proposition of the operators in the Ironton, O., district for an increase of 25 cents a day for turn men and 15 cents for laborers. The men asked 15 per cent increase. This agreement will prevent an intended strike of 1,000 men on April 1. which would have paralyzed iron production throughout the Ironton section. All employes of the Mayler glass factory at Dubois, Pa., and the Fltzpatrlck plant at Falls Creek, Pa., are on strike. The men refused to accept a cut of 12V4 per cent. In wages which the company wanted to make. It is probable the factories at Reynoldsville, Brookville and New Bethlehem, and perhaps others among the Independent concerns in the Dubois field, will be compelled to close for the same reason. Frank Buchanan, of the National Association of Bridge and Structural Workers, has addressed a letter to contractors In New York, welcoming the formation of the International Association of Structural and Steel Erectors and submitting an Invitation to the contractors to meet the workers to prepare a plan of arbitration and trade agreement. "In this way," the letter concludes, "strikes and lockouts which affect the building industry and public generally can be greatly reduced." Representatives of the Carriage and Wagon Makers Association and the striking union workmen of Chicago have practically settled their differences by deciding to seek a settlement through arbitration on the question of wages, hours and the time limit of the agreement with the union. Recognition of the union, a walking delegate and other minor demands of the men were granted at the conference. The decision of the arbitration committee must be made by April 30. The molders' union and the foundrymen's association, representing all the plants in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, had an all-day conference at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on Monday and an agreement was reached by which the men receive an advance of 8 per cent. In wages, which 19 to remain in force one year from April L The demand made by the molders was for $2.73 as a minimum wage for nine hours' work. They were not granted the nine-hour day, but were given the advance for ten hours' work, which was finally accepted. They formerly received $2.58 for ten hours' work. Six of the striking motormen and conductors of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company at Waterbury were arrested Monday on the charge of assault with Intent to kill. They are accused of being concerned in an attack on a trolley car on the Waterville line on Feb. 26, when one of the nonunion employes of the company was beaten to Insensibility and left lying on the rails in front of an approaching car. The arrested men are Harry W. Warren, Clifford Vandermark. Willis Vandermark, David C. Marsh, Edward B. Winnegar and John McGulre. They were locked up, without bail, pending a hearing. MANY WILL BE FREED. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) file in the Department of Justice had been read counsel for Judge McMillan filed voluminous affidavits in contradiction of the charges. They supplemented these with a large number of letters and telegrams from citizens of tho Territory indicating that they had no confidence In the charges. The attorney general took the matter under consideration and It will be some days before a decision Is rendered. John G. Mlllburn, of Buffalo, an old friend, appeared as the legal representative of Judge McMillan and made an earnest argument in his behalf. Secretary Root, who, because of his acquaintance with Judge McMillan and friendship for him is Interested in the case, was present as an auditor merely. Ratifications to Be Exchanged. WASHINGTON, March 30. Ratifications of the Cuban reciprocity treaty will be exchanged at the State Department to-morrow morning. To-day Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister, called upon Secretary Hay and officially notified him of the ratification of the treaty by the Cuban Senate as reported in the news dispatches. As there is only one copy of the treaty in Washington, the other being en route from Havana, the exchange of ratifications" will be constructive rather than actual. Secretary Hay accepting as sufficient the assurance that the Cuban copy has been dispatched to Washington. No date has been set for the assembling of Congress to take action on the treaty. Two Store Counterfeit Notes. WASHINGTON, March 30,-The secret service to-day announced the discovery of two counterfeit notes. One Is a 13 sliver certificate of the series of 1S39, and is poorly executed, the. etched production on thin, soft paper, no attempt having been made to imitate the silk liber of the genunine. The other Is a $3 national bank note, reading "United States the Citizens' International Bank, New York, pay to the bearer on demand $3." It bears a portrait of Garfield. The seal appears to be that of some secret order. Thj note bears no signature, either' of the United States or of the bank officers. To Discuss Financial Relief Bill. WASHINGTON, March 30.-The subcommittee of the Senate committee on finance charged by a- Senate resolution to consider during the recess the framing of a financial measure for the relief of the country In case of financial stringency will meet In New York this week. This subcommittee consists of Senators Aldrich. chairman; Allison, Piatt of Connecticut and Spooner. It is not expected that the subcommittee at its first meeting will do more than go over the plans for a financial bill in a general way. Changes In the Land Office. WASHINGTON. March 30. A number of important changes have been made in the office of commissioner of the General Land Office. As a result of the accession of W. A. Richards to the office of commissioner. James T. Macey. of New York, becomes chief clerk; George F. Pollock, of Ohio, chief of the special service devislon, and A. B. White, of New Jersey, chief of the division of accounts. All these appointments are promotions. Mrs. Roosevelt Stormbound. WASHINGTON. March 30. Mrs. Roosevelt and her children, who are aboard the President's yacht Mayflower, en route to the Atlantic ocean, are stormbound at Riverside, about fifty miles down the Potomac river, where the vessel will remain until the weather clears. Divorce Declared Illegal. CLEVELAND. O.. March 30. A divorce secured by Walter B. Solomon a year ago to-day was declared illegal by Judge Babcock. Solomon had in the meantime married a second wife. Solomon's first wife appeared and convinced Judge Ilabcock that the cause, desertion, given by Solomon for seeking a divorce was untrue. The divorce case probably will be reopened. Solomon is a Buffalo (N. Y.) traveling man.

OVATION TO OEN. BOOTH

SALVATION ARMY COMMANDER WELCOMED BACK TO LONDON. Sir iieorge Clarke and Other WellKnown Persons Among the 10,000 Packed In Albert Halt DEWEY INCIDENT CLOSED GERMANS SATISFIED WITH THE ADMIRAL'S EXPLANATION. Retaliatory Slap by Count Von Re venllow-at the United States Navy Attempt to Shoot a Novelist. LONDON, March 30. London accorded General William Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, a great welcome home at the Albert Hall to-night The Immense auditorium was packed from the floor to the roof. There was not a vacant seat In the building, which has & capacity of 9,600 persons, and in spite of the rainy night hundreds were turned awty from the door. The audience included Sir Edward Clarke, Sir George Newnes, Lady Tender, Lady Murray, seven metropolitan mayor and mayoresses, the Right Hon. IL IL Asqulth and a number of other member of the House of Commons, while two boxes were filled with members of the Stock Exchange. Ambassador Choate and other guests of prominence, who were .unable to attend, sent messages of regret. The organizer of the demonstration, with a keen eye to effect, decked hundreds of officers of the Salvation Army with broad scarfs, shawls and head dresses of brilliant colors, thus forming great blocks of color against the background of more soberly clad spectators. Four hundred uniformed musicians, drawn from the Salvation Army bands in London, were massed around the massive organ at the end of the hall. General Booth's appearance on the platform was the signal for a remarkable demonstration. The audience rose as one man, fluttering handkerchiefs and programmes and cheering for several minutes, while the bands and the organ added a harmonious note to this thunderous welcome. The white-bearded veteran, accompanied by Mrs. Booth and the international headquarters staff, stood bowing until the uproar ceased. A spectacular feature of the meeting followed In the review of the various departments of the Salvation Army. These marched across the stage, saluting the general as they passed, each department bearing a distinctive banner and wearing costumes according to various branches of work in which the members were engaged. In this review were included the editorial and printing house staff, the foreign converts, Hindoos, Zulus, Soudanese, Japanese, Chinese, all in their native costumes, cadets, field officers, slum workers, men, women and children from the slums before and after their rescue, soldiers sailors, representatives of the various trades taught in the army homes, colonists who are training for foreign settlements and many others. General Booth's speech was frequently Interrupted by applause. "Fellow-workers." he said In part, "I can report well of the army both in the United States and Canada. The Salvailon Army has made great and real progrtMs in America since. my last visit, and 1 see striking promise of the' creation on that continent of one of the most powerful sections of the army." The general spoke touchlngly on the reception accorded to him throughout America, and the reference he made to the kindliness of his reception by President Roosevelt and the distinction shown him as the representative jot the Salvation Army by .1 TT.Il.J L- . A . -1 I . . me uiuitu owii.es uiifeiesa evoseu reptiaieu applause. "I like the American," Bald Gen. Booth, "and I believe he likes me. He is willing to risk something to gain bis end and " does not let prejudice or tradition stand in his way. The meeting concluded with an exhibition of moving pictures of Incidents in General Booth's American tour. ' DEWEY'S INTERVIEW. The Admiral's Explanation Satisfactory to the German Foreign Office. BERLIN, March 30. The Foreign Office here is fully satisfied with the explanations Admiral Dewey made to "President Roosevelt regarding the interview with the admiral which appeared recently in a Newark, N. J., paper and In which the German navy and the German Emperor were mentioned. No communication on the subject has passed between the Foreign Office and the German embassy at Washington, because the officials here from the beginning felt certain that if Admiral Dewey had been correctly reported the government of the United States would do everything proper on its own initiative without any reminder from here. Count Von Reventlow, in the Ttgeblatt to-day, compares the German and American navies. He says Germany s first squadron is homogeneous and always ready for instant service. "It could," he adds, "smash Dewey's heterogeneous assemblage, which had not a single modern, armored cruiser." The count regards the American maneuvers as generally childish, and as always resulting in defeats of the hostile fleets, the naval commanders therefore gaining large newspaper glory. Count Von Reventlow refers to the "poor marksmasshlp of the West Indian fleet." to Its insufficient number of officers and men, and to the low morals of the navy, as indicated by the numerous desertions, and says he believes 'the United States will some day have a fine fleet, but she has not one yet" MARCEL FREVOST SHOT AT. Two Bullets Fired at the French Novelist by a. Woman. PARIS, March 30. Marcel Prevost, novelist, this afternoon was about to enter the office of the Society of Men of Letters, In the Rue Rougemont, where the election of officers for the coming year was about to be held. Mile. Emma Touret, a stylishlydresed woman, alighted quickly from a carriage and fired two shots from a revolver at him, at the same time calling him by name. Both shots missed, and the woman was about to fire a third time, when M. Prevost disarmed her. Sh was taken temporarily Into custody, and explained that she had known M. Prevost In London some time ago. His avoldrfnce of her since that time had prompted her to seek to avertge herself, but she did not intend to kill the novelist. M. Prevost refused to follow up the matter, and Mile. Touret was set at liberty. It Is said the woman's brother vainly tried to force a duel on M. Prevost. Marcel Prevost was elected president of the Society of Men of Letters at the election which followed the shooting. MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS. The Sheridan Ready to Leave San Francisco The Kllpntrlck at Manila. SAN FRANCISCO. March ). The transport Sheridan, leaing on Wednesday, will take the Thirteenth Cavalry and the Eighteenth Infantry to Manila. Brig. Gen. W. P. Randall, accompanied by his aid. Lieutenant Allison, will also leave on the steamer. General Randall will, on his arrival in Manila, receive the command of one of the departments of the Philippines, probably that of the Vlsayas. Lieut. A. S. Conger, who was ald-de-carop on the staff of General Hughes, will also be a passenger. A number of wives, including the wife of General Randall, will accompany their husbands to the islands. WASHINGTON. March 30.-General Davis has advised the adjutant general that the transport Kllpatrick arrived at tlinlla to-dav.