Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Bob A tisk PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Peonsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by i Ne Com; ao Sn katremany 4 Prete Rew York Oflce, 49 Potter Building The Evening Star is served to s city by carriers, op their own account, at per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Uelted States or Conada—postage prepald—50 cents rer month. y Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with postage added. $3.00. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., ud-class mail matter.) mail subseriptions must be paid in advance. Avertising made known on application. No. 13,861. <=. WASHINGTON, D. 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1897—-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Advertising is not an expenst. * It is a business investment. If you want to invest your profitably you will * ahnagast your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. EXPECT AN UPRISING Americans in Hawaii Fear Trouble From the Japanese. STARS AND STRIPES ed 10 RAISE THE No More Residence Permits Will Be Granted to Chinese. NEGRO LABOR PREFERRED —__+—__—_ CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 4.—A special to the Cincinnati Erquirer from Massillon, Ohio, says: ‘The Hawaiian government decided on July 28 to issue no more’ six months’ -resi- denee permits to Chinese. This practical exclusion following the lines of American legislation means much to American la- borers. The foregoing fact, obtained from ndisputable authority by Watson H. Wy- man and mailed to San Francisco, was telegraphed to this city last night. Mr. Wyman also sends the following imvor- tant and exclusive information from Hun- olulu: To Import Negro Labor. “I am able to state that there is in con- templation a plan for stocking the tslands with colored laporers from the cane plan- tations of the United States. No white laborer can stand the canefield work, nor the work on the rice plantations, nor the humid climate here. It speaks volumes for the patriotism of tne {slands that they are ready to make .a ccntract today, when an- nexation is not even a certainty, that will result in the gradual diminution of Japan- ese labor, for, of course, as time pro- gresses and existing contracts expire, the laborers now under contract ean be de- ported and their places assumed by the overplus of Louisiana, Texas and Missis- sipi. “We are today advised that several Jap- anese vessels are under way for here and have it from a most creditable source that our steamer brought instructions to these in authority here that if the Japanese make the least move the American flag is to be raised instantly. Uprising is Expected. “It is fully felt here that this will precipi- tate an uprising among the 25,000 Japanese, who are well supplied with arms from the Naniwa, and who could then make it very unpleasant for the whites. There are now too many ef these and every man of them Would have to get out and shoot. @igned) “WATSON H. WYMAN.” ——_.__ NEW UNIVERSITY FOR CHINA. Its Object is to Promulgate Western Art and Literature. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 4.—Dr. John Freyer, professor of oriental lan- guages and literature of the State Univer- sity, has arrived from China, where he has been in consultation with high government Oificials about the founding of a great col- lege at Shanghai for the education of Chi- nese in western art, sciences and litera- ture. Dr. Freyer declined an offer to become the president of the institution, but consented to assist the project. It is intended that the institution will be an educational cen- t where the favored youth of the empire so to gain knowledge of the occidental jation. There is now at Tien Tsin an emic institution, but it is planned to a at Shanghai of a much higher ard. the nucieus of the Shanghai univer- a normal training school is now in op- eration, with thirty pupils, who are pre- paring to become instructors. ma civil ace have ee RHODES PAID NO INDEMNITY. Report That He Paid the Boers (250,- 000 Pounds Denied. LONDON, August 4—B. F. Hawkesly, counsel for Cecil Rhodes, in an interview today declared that the report circulated by the Morning Post of this city, to the ef- fect that Mr. Rhodes and Alfred Beit, the former resident director at Cape Town of | British South Africa Company, had ally paid the Transvaal government iy as Indemnity for the raid of Dr. L. Jameson and his followers into the Transvaal in December, 1895, is “all noa- ————— Ranchman Held as a Witness at El Plomo. PHOENIX, Ariz. August 4.—Gordon Hunsaker, one of the wealthiest pioneer Tanchers of the Salt River vailey, is being held a prisoner by the Mexican authorities at El Plomo in the state of Sonora. About @ month or more ago Hunsaker left Mesa City for the southern part of the territory to find and identify some cattle thieves. Some time before he had purchased a large herd of cattle from Indians. These’ cattle proved to have been stolen and Hun- saker was obliged to relinquish them to the owner. Then Hunsaker went with the Mexican authorities to El Plomo to arrest the Indian cattle thieves whom he had succeeded in locating. A fight ensued ia which one of the offi- cers was wounded. Hunsaker has been ar- rested and is held as a witness against the Indians and the Mexican authorities de- cline to release him until the trial is held. —————— FRANCE WILL ASK RECIPROCITY. Minister of Commerce Discusses the New Tariff. . PARIS, August 4.—The Gaulois today publiskes an interview with the minister of commerce, M. Boucher, in which he is quoted as declaring that it “should not for @ moment he doubted that President Mc- Kinley will spontaneously grant to France 20 per cent tariff reduction, as permitted by the Dingley bill.” M. Boucher ts reported to have added: “It is, ef course, only on this condition that France will continue to grant the United States the customs concessions arranged as ® quid pro quo for the economic advantages | which have now disappeared. In asking for this reduction, France will cite the favors accorded to imports from the United Staies and the liberal legislation enabling Ameri- can insurance companies to operate in France in competition with the home com- pa ” +. W. B. P. PERHAM ARRESTED. Charged With Viv! = Contract Labor Law. PEORIA, IiL, August 4—W. B. P. Per- ham, grand secretary and treasurer of the Order of Railway Telegraphers of America, has been arrested on a charge of violating the federal statutes forbidding the im- portation of alien labor under contract. W. F. Rees, who recently resigned a clerkship In the general offices, is the com-: piainant in the case and A. S. McLellan is the man who it is claimed Mr. Perham imported to take his place. Mr. Perham Was taken before United States Commis- sioner Howe and gave bonds in the sum ot $500 for his appearance at the hearing, which was continued for ten days. Alien BRIGHTWOOD P. O. CONTEST Order Issued Giving Permission for Removal to Mr. Van Horn’s Store. ‘The Controversy Brought to an End by the Postmaster General— The Reasoi Assigned. An order was made out about noon today in th office of Fourth Assistant Postmas- ted General Bristow, authorizing Postmas- ter Van Horn to remove the office from Brightwood, where it is now located, to Brightwood Park. The affair is thus set- tled definitely in faver of Mr. Van Horn, and Brightwood residents-will have in fu- ttre to go a short distance further south for their mail. The distance is only about @ quarter of a mile beyond the location at present. It was intended that the matter be de- cided, one way or the other, several days ago, but on account cf the pressure of other business and the absence of the Postmaster General, on one or two occa- sions, it was postponed until yesterday, when it was to have been settled, but was again put off. until today. Postmaster General Gary came over from Baltimore a shert while before noon, and Gen. Bristow had a@ short conference with him, when the decision was promulgated by issuing the order. “The only reason we have had for putting it off so long,” said General Bristow, “was that, while it may have been an important thing to the people out there, they doubt- less did not understand that there were many just as important, or more important, things to be decided, which had arisen be- fore the Brightwood business came in evi- dence. The Rule of the Department. “We generally follow the rule of allowing the postmaster to locate the post office where it is most convenient for him and for the public. In this case Mr. Van Horn has a store, and it is fitting that he should want the post office there, and as it makes scarcely the slightest difference to the pat- rens, we acceded to his request. The dis- tance is only about three blocks. “Furthermore, the former postmaster at Brightwood had the office where it best sulted him, and in all justice, Mr. Van Horn should be given the same privilege. As I stated before, to do this is to follow the usual rule observed by the department, when the public suffers no inconvenience.” It is understood that the views of the Postmaster General and Gen. Bristow co- incided exactly in the matter. A Bitter Contest. The controversy which arose when new- ly-appointed Postmaster Van Horn an- nounced his intention of moving the office from Brightwood to Brightwood Park was a bitter one, carried on, on the one hand, by the postmaster and some of his con- stituents, and the Brightwood citizens, on the other. A mass meeting was held by the latter, at which resolutions were agopt- ed, and a committee appointed to wait up- on the Postmaster General, to see if he could not be induced to make an order compelling Mr. Van Horn to keep the post office at Brightwood. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow received the committee, heard what jt had to say in regard to its griev- ance, and assured the members that the department would fully investigate the case and decide it upon its merits. He intimated at that time, however, that the department generally allowed the postmaster to keep the office where it best suited him, if it did not interfere with the convenience of the public. Some of the committee visited Con- greseman McDonald of Montgomery county, under whose influence Mr. Van Horn was appointed to try ard induce him to persuade the postmaster not to make the removal. Petitions were circulated by Brightwood people, and influential persons persuaded to visit the department and argue against the removal. Free Delivery Not Desirable. The most recent move by the Brightwood people was the advocacy of the extension of the free delivery system to embrace Brightwood Park, in which case Bright- wood would*still retain the office, but this was not deemed best by the department. The order today effectually disposes of the matter, but whether Brightwood citi- zens still have cards up their sleeves, and will do something further, remains to be seen. They are certainly far from being satisfied with the result. —__. AT REST AT ARLINGTON. The Remains of Maj. Gregory Placed There Today. The remains of Maj. James F. Gregory. Corps of Engineers, who died in Cincinnati last Monday, arrived here this morning at o’clock over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and were buried in the Arlington cemetery with the full military honors of his rank. The funeral party from Cincin- nati consisted of Mrs. Gregory and her stepson, Mr. Charles McManus, and Lieut. Hart, Corps of Engineers, who was Maj. Gregory’s assistant in the engineering works on the Ohio river tributaries in Vir- ginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. A number of friends met the party at the de- pot and accompanied the remains to the cemetery. They were draped in the Amer- fean colors and carried on an .artillery caisson. The following named officers of the Corps of Engineers stationed in this city acted as honorary pallbearers: Col. Alexander MacKenzie, Col. Charles V. Al- len, Col. Theodore A. Bingham, Capt. George W. Gotthals, Capt. John Millis and Capt. Edward Burr. At the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge the funeral procession was met by a troop of the 6th Cavalry, headed by the regimental band, and escorted to the cem- etery, where the interment was made, with the usual military ceremonies and religious services. The grave is located near that of Lieut. Gen. Sheridan on the lawn in front of the mansion. Maj. Gregory served on the staff of the gallant cavalry com- mander for many years while in command of the army at Washington, and was after- ward engineer secretary of the light house board. ——————- o> THE MAINE COLLISION. Report of the Naval Board as to Re- sponsibility. The naval board appointed to determine the responsibility for the marine mix up in the East river, at New York, last Thure- day, when the battle ship Maine, in order to avoid sinking an exqursion steamboat, was forced to ram the pier at the foot of Jefferson street and sink a New Haven railroad float with ten laden cars, has con- cluded its work. In its report, which has reached the Navy Department, the board says that “the steamboat Isabella is re- sponsible for the lems ro was at feat im endeavoring to pass in the narrow in- terval between the Maine, the tug Jewett and Pier No. 46." : e 2+ _______ To Sail for Alaska. A telegram was received Adjutant General Brock at the War Department-to- self and Lieut. Richardson, also of the sth Infantry, at Seattle and saying that they ‘wilt sail on the steamer lea there?to- ihaceat] Aa il A GENUINE REFORM President McKinley's Civil Service Order Expertly Analyzed. PUTS THE SERVICE ON BED-ROCK ee Plain Views of the Secretary of the Nationat League. PRESSUREON THE PRESIDENT President McKinley’s recent order amend- ing the civil service rules marks ar! advance in the development of the reform, the im- portance of which can hardiy be overesti- mated. A statement of the changes it will effect in the existing system has been prepared by Mr. Geo. McAneny, secretary of the National Civil Service Reform League, for The Star. Mr. McAneny say: “The new rule requiring that no removal shall be made from a position subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges, of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense, will have a far-reaching application. It will apply to €very officer and employe in the depart- ments at Washington excepting officers confirmed by the Senate, certain attorneys in the Department of Justice, a few private secretaries and the common laborers. “In the great local offices, such as the New York custom house and post office, it will apply to all between the extremes of officers confirmed by the Senate and la- borers, except the principal deputy or as- sistant and the cashier. In the case of each office or employment affécted it will mean that the incumbent shall not be re- moved except for reasons having to do with the good of the service, that have nothing to do with politics or religion, and that may be safely put in writing. An office- having the power to remove will hesitate to assign reasons that are frivolous or un- just, and the officer or empioye, of what- ever rank, will enjoy a reasonable degrec of security so long as his services continue to be meritorious. On the other hand, it is a mistake to suppose that the discretion of the department head {s to be unduly limit- ed or that there will be the slightest diffi- culty in getting rid of an objectionable sub- ordinate. “The new rule provides for no form of trial. Nor is the action of the department officer subject to review by any other ex- ecutive authority. All that is required is that the reasons for his action shall be a matter of record, and that if the person re- moved wishes to be heard before his case is finally adjudicated he may have a fair op- portunity. Unless the reasons are suffi- cient the department officer will hesitate to file them, and if the person removed knows that they are good he will hesitate to dispute them. This is a very simple plan compared with the court-martial of the army or navy, or the elaborate and somewhat bothersome trial system of the municipal police and fire departments. That it is quite sufficient, however, both to protect the meritorious employes and to permit the maintenance of proper disci- pline has been proven by experience. A similar rule has‘ been in operation in the Post Office Department, applying to clerks and carriers, for three years past. There it has worked with absolute satisfaction. Has the Force of Law. “The new order has the force of law, and it goes into effect at once. Any officer who disobeys it must, under the provisions of elvil service rule 2, be dismissed from the service. The immediate result will be both to prevent all removals for political rea- sons, and to put a stop to the practice of putting out one man mereiy to make a Place for another who may happen to be eligible either for certification under the rules or for reinstatement. The adminis- tration has sinned a little in each of these respects, but the action of the President, coming thus early in his term, is the strongest possible guarantee for the future. “The new order will protect a certain number of political appointees of the pre- ceding administration, but not nearly so many as most people suppose—and none at all who are incompetent or unfit. The ex- tensions of May 6, 1896, covered 30,082 po- sitions; 5,063 of these were the employes of the navy yards who had been placed under merit rules by Secretary Tracy in 1891, and whose classification as pari of the general system was a mere formality; 5,025 were employes of the lignt house and life- saving services and other treasury branches that had been previously subject to separate examination systems, and were non-political; 2,061 were Ind‘ans employed in the Indian service and excepted from competition; 6,256 were mechanics, engi- neers, &c., in the engineering and ordnance ‘bureaus of the War Department, also non- pclitical, and 4,120 were pension examining strgeons, pafd by fees. Of the remaining 8,500, many other classes had not been affected by political changes. It may safely ‘be said that not more than 5,000 officers on the entire list had been appointed for Political reasons, and then classified, in- cluding the division chiefs. Of the positions classified before May, 1896, the most im- pertant were those in the government printing office. Sixty-nine per cent of those in that office at the date of classification had been left there by the preceding re- publicay public printer, Mr. Palmer. It is well that these facts should be understood clearly, not only because it is fairer to Mr. Cleveland, but in order that it may not be charged against Mr. McKinley that he Fas given his protection to any considerable number of employes who, from one point of view, might not be entitled to it. Reasonable Protection to Cleveland's Appeintees. “The fact that President McKinley has extended a reasonable protection to these appointees of Mr. Cleveland who do re- main in the service, ag well as to all others. seems to me in the highest degree credit- able. The whole subordinate service is now in a fair way to reach the basis of permanence and good discipline that is es- sential to the best administration, and the ident, in adding to the system of ap- pointment for merit the guarantee of re- tention for merit, hag made that basis pos- sible. He has done, in fact, what Mr. Cleveland, toward the close of his first term, declined to do. During the latter peo of 1887 a revision of the rules, chang- ing the plan of classification and extend- ing its scope, was by the civil service commission. When this revision was submitted to the President 1t contained the following: “Whenever a dismissal from the execu- tive civil service is made a written state- ment of the cause of the dismissal must be filed in the department or office from which the dismissal je and become @ part of the records of made the same recommesdatiqn to other Presidents, but it hag been left for Mr. McKinley to take the decisive step. A Most Important Announcement. “Of far greater cofsequence than the inclusion of new classes is the virtual an- nouncement the President makes. that the existing classification will remain practi- cally unimpaired. Dring the past five months the demand fora modifying order has been clamorous. ané@- unremitting. “Probably on ne other executive has so great an amount of pressure been brought in the hope of accomplishing a single ob- ject. How welt the pressure has been re- sisted is now quite apparent.Finally,by way of answer, we have the order of July 27. The Prestdent fulfills his. pledges Hterally. } He declares-that he will-maintain the law rather than weakerit, and that instead of limiting its operation he will extend it where extension is practical. The gestion that Mr. McKinley settled on this policy only after he had noticed: the popu- lar disapproval with whieh reports of ‘uls intention to do otherwige had been re- eeived {s quite unfair to him. I have had several interviews with the President on this subject during the past few months. On the 2d day: of July,-a week before these reports were published, he assured me positively that no changes of serious character would he made,-and that the exceptions other than those recom- mended by the civil service commission would be confined to isolated cases in which, owing to peculigr circumstances, an exception might seem necessary: When T again saw him on the2ith he spoke in the same encouraging way, adding that he would seek to improve and extend the system rather than to restrict it. “I do not believe that at any time since the 4th of March the President has intend- ed to do anything but what he now has done. I believe, moreover, that with the order of July 27 as an earnest of Mr. Mc- Kirley’s disposition and purposes, it is to be expected that this administration will carry the reform of the-civil service very near to completion, and that for that ac- complishment it will be- remembered his- torically.”” MAJOR MOORE WILL REMAIN No Change Contemplated in the Superinten™ dency of Police. A New Head of the Detective Force May Be Named Within a Week. There is no doubt that: the police force will be reorganized to some extent within a short time, but Major Moore will retain his position. Commissioner Wight has be- come satisfied that the poor shpwing made by the police department in the past has not been due to Major Moore. He has found out for himself the. maay obstacles that have been put in the). way of the major, and has set about-te remove them. Commissioner Wight teok the occasion this morning to send for Major Moore and assure him of his friendship, amd convince him he had not considered a change in his office. ; Commissioner Wight .says- he does” not believe Major Moore has‘had a,fair chance to demonstrate his abiltty.to. govern a police force. It ts his purpose and desire to reorganize the force in accordance with the wishes of the major, and when, at length, the reorganization is complete, to turn {ts management over to him and give him the opportunity of showing what he could do if permitted to dictate changes, which he has always thought necessary for the good of the service. The lull’ which usually follows a storm ts the condition that is beginnfng to pervade the police force, after the accounts of pro- pesed changes. i From all appearances, there will be a new head of the detective department with- in a week. At first it was thought the place would be filled by an> outside man, but Commissioner Wight has found a p. liceman on the force whom every one be- Meves would make an ideal chief of d tectives. He has the strongest indorse- ments as to ability and integrity, and it is believed he will make a capital nead of this important department, ——_so—__ YELLOW FEVER. A Probable Rapid Incréase Among the Spanish gailors. In his last report to the surgeon general of the marine hospital service, Dr. Bruner, sanitary Inspector for the service at Ha- vana, dwells upon the probability of a rapid increase of yellow fever among the Spanish sailors. He says that up to recent date there were no cases among the sall- ors of the Spanish navy, but that lately several have appeared. He attributes this to the fact that some of the war ships have gone to the navy yard, which is in close proximity to the military hospital and the Tallapiedra wharf, which in bad condi- tion. ‘There are,” he says, “seven or eight war vessels now in the harbor, and their complement must aggregate 1,500 men, many of whom, I learn, are not acclimated. This being true they will be doubly exposed to the danger. of contracting the disease, being in close proximity to the worst in- fected wharves of the city.” He adds that the report from the military hospitals show that yellow fever ia décreasing. Dr. Ca- iainero, inspector at Santiago, says there are 2,000 Spanish soldiers sick there of various diseases. ee REVIVAL OF BUSINESS. What Ex-Senator Sanders Says of Things in the West. Ex-Senator Sanders of Montana, who has just arrived here from Helena, Mont., saya that there are signs of the revival of bus- inees.throughout the west. “The improve- ment,” he said, “is nof' great as yet, but till there is enough te show for itself, and there is a very stromg-and very general feeling cf hopefulness:-.and expectancy. This revival of hopeis what is really want- ed. The depression of the; couniry has been largely on account of @ mental con- dition. There has been no general falling off of the productiv. 8-0! country. We have bes wpeducing as New York and Vermont. javy Club, staying in Ohio. on account of partisanship. }ordered to report to him as foreman this the Record office ————— = mae THE FALL CAMPAIGN|MUST Have Protectorate | DIGGERS COMING OUT Great Interest Centers in Two States ' Particularly. THESE ARE MARYLAND AND OHIO —— In These the Issues Are on National z Lines. THE FIGHT ON HANNA The campaigns in Maryland and Ohio this fall are goirg to assume the importance of a contest between the national parties. The national party organizations are involved in both contests. Though the Maryland platform is denominated a “‘straddle,” and is designed to let in some of the democrats of that state who are not in favor of free silver, yet if Mr. Gorman succeeds in elect- ing a democratic legislatufe to return him to the Senate it will be proclaimed a silver victory. Such a result is being worked for by the national organization whicn is re- sponsible for and is governed by the Chi- cego platform, which the Maryland con- venticn failed to indorse in terms. If Mary- Tard is recaptured by the democrats this fall, no matter upon what issue or by what sort of argument, it will be counted on to assist very materially in resuscitating the democratic party throughout the country. Republftcans Must Hold Their Ground. On the other hand, it is important to the republicans to hold the ground they have gained in the state and also to gain a seat in the United States Senate to contribute towards a majority in that body on which the administration can count for financial legislation. It is acknowledged that no financial legislation can be got out of this Congress, because there is no means of overcoming the adverse forces in the Sen- ate. If anything in the way of currency reform is to be accomplished during this administration, a sound money majority must be secured in the Senate by the Fifty- sixth Congress. While Mr. Gorman fs nominally a sound ™money man, he is a party man first of all, and it is well understood by republicans that he will not lend any assistance to se- cure currency reform such as the adminis- tration desires. While being in the attitude of not favoring the free coinage of silver, he will act with his party, which is com- mitted to free coinage. Ht is, therefore, deemed a thing as much to be desired that he should be succeeded by a republican as it would be if he were an acknowledged free silver man. ‘The democrats recognize this and are fighting to secure his return as earnestly as the republicans are fighting to unseat him, and with as much party interest at Stake as if he were a devotee of the Chi- cago platform. The Issue in Ohio. In Ohio, as in Maryland, the issue is both personal and political. The democrats re- gard it as of vital importance that Mr. Hanna should be defeated for the Serate. The desire to defeat him is greater than their necessity for a free silver senator in his place, and Hanna is held more in mind than are financial differences of opinion. It is not regarded as a matter that affects Ohi? alone, nor yet simply a seat in the Senate, but as invelving the prestige of the free silver party aggregation. Therefore, the democratic national committee is inter- ested to the uttermost in the struggle, and, not that committee alone, but all turee of the rational committees constructed on sil- ver lines are doing all in their power to encompies Mr. Hanna’s defeat. They are short of money as a national organization; but they are expected to be able to raise enough in the state and out to enable them to send the best speakers in the party to the state as soon as the campaign opens. Their great campaign orators will divide their time between Ohio and Maryland, those with silver always on their tongues Those Working for Hanna. The republicans intend that Mr. Hanna shall be returned to the Senate. The administration and the whole na- tional organization is interested that this should be accomplished. His defeat would be regarded as a severe blow to.the party— the most severe that could occur at this time. The campaign put up in his behaif will, therefore, be on about as broad a plan as if presidential electors, as well as a legislature, were to be chosen. Most of the best campaigners in the party will be in the state throughout the campaign, and it is reported even that the President may make one or two specches. It is announced from Cleveland that the following men of national reputation will take the stump for Mr. Hanna: Senators Allison, Burrows, Carter, Cullom, Fair- banks, Foraker, Frye, Gellinger, Gea Hawley, Hoar, Mason, Nelson, Spoone Thurston, Wellington, Lodge, Wilson and Wolcott. % Representatives Badccck of Wisconsin, Belknap of Iilincis, Bingham of Pennsyl- vania, EBoutelle of Maine, Bromwell ard Burton of Ohio, Cousins of Iowa, Dingley of Maine, Dolliver of Iowa, Foss of illi- nois, Gibson of Tennessee, Henderson of Iowa, Henry of “Texas, Hitt of Illinois, Hodker of New York, Hopkins of Illinois, Hull of Iowa, Johnson of North Dakotx, Johnson of Indiana, McCleary of Minne- sota, Mahany of New York, Payne of New York, Reed of Maine and Sherman of New York. —_—_-e-+—_____ PRINTING OFFICE CHANGES. What Capt. Brian Says About th: Proof Renders. . According to Capt. Henry T. Brian of the government printing office, there is no truth in the report that nine proof readers in the Record office have been removed They were morning, but simply because the work in xbeen finished, and he stated this alone necessitated the change. “Work in the Record office,” Capt. Brian Tf Annexation Fails Hawaii “Will Seek an Alliance Elsewhere. ; Views of Samuel Parker, Minister of Foreign Affairs | SAN FRANCISCO, August. 4.—Advires received by the Belgic state that the Jap- anese government has decided to totally abolish the export duty from the com- mencement of the thirty-first fiscal year, on April next. The floods in Fukui are said to have in- volved damage to 4,300 houses. *. Samuel Parker, Who was minister of for- «ign affairs in Queen Liliuokalani’s cabi- net, arrived from Honolulu on the Belgic. He said: “If annexation is defeated Hawaii will put her foot down. She will then be ready to negotiate with Japan, Engiand or any other country. About one-fourth of the people of the islands are Japanese, many of them soldiers, it is rumored. I do not think Japan will do anything until the an- nexation and treaty questions have been settled by the United States.” According to latest native reports from Szechuan, the famine there is still at its height, and people are dying from starva- tion by hundreds every day. According to a Tokio paper, the Formos1 rebels seem in with the high officials of China, and their plan is to attack foreign offices and residences or otherwise molest foreigners, so as to start international trouble. ——.—__ A SUPREME COURT RUMOR. Justice Ficld’s Retirement and At- torney General McKenn: Promotion A ripple was created upon the summer day's stagnation in official circles today by the rimor that Associate Justice Field of the United States Supreme Court would retire in a few weeks, and that Attorney General McKenna would be appointed his successor, with Mr. Henry Hitchcock of St. Louis, president of the American Bar Association, to succeed him. No official confirmation could be obtained of any branch of this triple-headed rumor. The report of Justice Field’s retirement is periodical in its appearance, but this trip it is a little ahead of time. This is due to the fact, it is theught, that Jus- tice Field will complete upon August 16 the longest term of service of any member of ihe Supreme Court. He will exceed the record of Chief Justice Marshall by one Gey. It is known that Justice Field has long cherished the ambition to roll up the maximum number of years ever put in by any man who sat upon the Supreme berch. It is possible, therefore, that the ap- proach of the date upon which this am- bition is to be realized has caused the ancient rumor of his retirement to appear again with a fresh train of intended cor- roborative circumstances. Like the an- nouncement of the “positively last appear- ance” of the prima donna, however, the revivified rumor of the great jurist’s retire- ment is received with caution, especially in his absence from the city. In well informed circles the statement that Attorney General McKenna is to be appointed to fill the vacancy on the Su- premne bench, if it occurs, is received with a grain of salt, also. The assumption that because Justice Field represents the Pacific coast in the Supreme Court his successor shall be selected from the same section is said to be a violent one and con- trary to President McKinley’s expressed opinion. It is reported that the President has sald that since the creation of the Circuit Court of Appeals the majority of California’s cases are settled before they get to the Supreme Court and therefore the state has not such an interest in the Supreme Court as in former years. Attorney General McKenna, who is still in the city, although he expects to visit the President next week, professes to be unaware of either the intention of Justice Field to retire or of his ewn promotion in the event of the creation of a vacancy. In some quarters today the gossips held that Judge Day, assistant secretary of state, would be at the head of tite list of persons whom the President would take under consideration in the event that oc- casion should arise to fill any vacancies in high positions. a PLAYING DIPLOMACY. Japanese Trying to Best This Co: try tm the Hawalian Matter. The Japanese are playing dip!omacy with all their skill in an effort to get the best of this country in the Hawaiian matter. It was announced some days Ago that Japan would accept the proposition of Hawaii to submit to arbitration the ques- tion In dispute between those two coun- tries as to the landing of Japanese immi- grants. It appears now that the Japan- ese are trying to so shift this matter as to have arbitration conducted with the sanction of the United States, thereby fixing an implied obligation upon this coun- try to fulfill after annexation any condi- tions that might as 4 result of the arbitra- tion be imposed upon Hawaii. The State Department, however, is not goirg to place this country in such a posi- ticn, and whatever settlement is effected between Hawaii and Japan, if any, must be without any sort of relation to the question of annexation and cannot put any obligation upon this country. THE McCORD OLAIM. Its Settlement Again Being Pressed. Upon Peru. With the arrival in this country of the new Peruvian minister our government has begun to press again for a settlement of the old McCord claim aguinst Peru, which has been standing for nearly twelve years. Mr. McCord is an American railroad en- gineer and superintendent. He is from Pennsylvania, and is still iving in Pera. Strikers Make Further Inroads on De Armitt’s Force. OUTPUT REDUCED 10 42 CARS A DAY Normal Capacity of the Mines is About 340 Cars. STRIKERS PRESERVE ORDER ——— ee, PITTSBURG, Pa., August 4.--The strik- ing miners gcined another victory ut Plun Creek this morning ty inducing twenty more men to join the ranks. All of them were diggers. This leaves the mine work- ing with about half the force of yesterday. Committees are working industriousty in the houses of the miners. They first enliet the sympathy of the womea and then the mer are more easily induced to follow. The strikers are turning their attention en- trely to the diggers, knowing that if they come out the other employes will be forced to follow. On the other hand, the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal “0. is making every effort to keep the mines going. They claim that all the Plum Creek miners are work- ing, while the strikers say that not more than forty men are in the pit. The full force of that mine is 340 men. Before the campers came the uit was from 120 to 140 cars a day. nis output, however, was about forty cars above the averag> when the other mines are wo: output yesterday was thirt With twenty more men out toda: put is not expected to exceed tw Complete Shut Down Imminent. The complete closing of the mine m: expected in a very few days. The march to Pluin Creek mine commenced at 1 o'clock this morning b the campers at Center schoolhouse. T! were reinforced by !arge bodies from Sandy and Turtle Creek. The combined forces arrived ut the mine at 3 a.m., remaining until 6 o'clock, whea they marched back to camp, taking with them in trismph the twenty diggers wao came out. The campers at Sandy Creek had ttle to do. The mine is, to all intents and pur- poses, shut down. The output is not more than two cars a day. The capacity of the mine has been one hundred cars a day. The normal owtput, with the three mines ia operation, is seventy cars. There has been no change so far at Oak Hill. A statement made by the miners that only two men were working may be true. In that case the output of eight cars claimed for Monday and Tuesday will be decreased to one car. The extraordinary capacity of the mine is one hundred and twenty and the normal capacity ninety cars. The demonstration against De Armitt has had the effect of decreasing the capacity of three hundred and forty cars to forty-two cars, with the probability of it being further reduced. Marchers Out Early. ‘The campers at Turtle Creek were on the march at 3 a.m., and went to Oak Hill mine. They marched back at 6:30 a.m. and had breakfast. Camp life has been reduced to a system. One hundred men were sent to Plum Creek and three hundred sent home, leaving six hundred men in camp. They have divided into companies of one hundred each, under a lieutenant. Pro- visions .scem ‘to be plentiful. The camp will be policed by strikers, sworn in_by Burgess Teats as borough police. The hearing of President Dolan and the ether miners’ officials charged with riot and unlawful assemblage is set for 3 o'clock this afternoon. It is thought that the case will be dropped by the defend- ants giving bail for court and nollie pros. irg entered later. One of the notable features of the strike of the miners has been the absence of ef- fert by the operators to get their miners to work. There has been no meeting by them to consider the situation, nor have there been any attempts to start mines with new men. This was explained today by an operator, who said he is satisfied to have the sirike continue until January, as he has enough coal to last him, or can get it at prices which will enable him tu make profit. Markets Well Stocked. The lower river markets are reported to be well stocked with Pittsburg coal, and by reason of almost continuous navigation from January untii July large stocks have been accumulated in the New Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati markets, and no coul boat stage of water can be expected now before November. Scme of the rail operators have plenty of coal, one preducer claiming to have not less than 200,000 tons available for his contracts, and others can buy coal at a price almost as low as they can produce it. Ruling prices are 7% cents f. 0. b. cars at shipping point for run of the mine and $1 to $1.25 for screened coal. ———_—- MANY NOTABLES ABROAD. Liner St. Paul Takes Out Distin- guished List of Passengers. NEW YORK, August 4.—The American line steamship St. Paul sailed from this port today for Southampton. She had athong her passengers Senator 8. M. Cul- Yom of Illinois, Senator J. R. Hawley of Connecticut, Senator George Peabody Wet- more of Rhode Island and Representative John Dalzell of Pittsburg. Senator Culiom said he was on pleasure bent, and that he would be back in October. If our flag was up in Hawail he was glad of it; hoped it would not be taken down again. Other departures on the St. Paul werc Captain J. P. first vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad; Prof. 0.C. Marsh of Yale, Gen. Albert Ordway, Henry Diss- ton of Philadelphia and Dan Stuards, the fugilist’s “impressario.” —_—~_—_ PACIFIC. SQUADRON ACTIVE