Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING | STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania — Cor. ue 8, by i Dy Te Wn RaUreMane Pee New York Olon, 40 Potter Building. ‘The Mrening Star ts served to subseribers in the city by curriors, om their own accouut, at 10 ecnis ies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Craada—postage prepald—30 cents er month, "Saterday Quintupte Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., 8 sec ud-clase mail matter.) E7 All mail sabscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Zvening Star. | No. 13,871. WASHINGTON, D. ©. MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CE NTS The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the _moment of going to press. A DECISION AWAITED Effect of the New Discriminating Duty. MAY HORT CANADIAN RAILWAYS Intentions of the Framers of the Clause. RETALIATION POSSIBLE eS The decision of the Attorney General with reference to the application of the dis- criminating duty of ten per cent on goods imported in foreign vessels not exempted from the provision through our treaty agreements is awaited with great interest, and the question presented is one of the most troublesome that Attorney Generai McKenna has to deal with. If the decision rendered is what appears to be expected, the consequences will be far-reaching, ard may lead to retaliation in some manner conceived to be most hurt- ful by Canada. The clause in the tariff bill which is presented for interpretation makes no pretense of dealing with the trans-continental railroad question. Yet, a decision one way or the other will affect that more than anything else. The clause provides “that a discriminat- ing duty of 10 per cent ad valorem, in ad- dition to duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected and paid on all goods, wares or merchandise which shall be im- ported in vessels not of the United States, or which, being the production or manu- facture of any foreign country not con- tiguous to the United States, shall come into the United States from such contiguous territory.” Then follows the provision which exempts from the discrimination herein described. vessels from countries entitied to the exemption by the provision of treaties with the United States. ‘This proviso so restricts the discriminating clause as to make it a matter of very littie significance as applied to importations di- rect to this country. ‘The clause which is making all the trou- ble—that providing for the application of the discrimination against goods not the product of contiguous country, but coming into the United States through contiguous country—has a significance of no conse- quence if applied only to shipments landed in a Canadian port, which, if landed in a United States port, would be exempt from the discrimination. If, however, the clause is made to apply to all goods transshipped through Canadian territory into the United States, the railroad question, which fs en- tirely foreign to this section of the tariff bill, becomes involved seriously. If gcods landed in San Francisco, not subj to the 10 per cent discrimination, and then shipped by the Canadian Paciti become subject to the discrimination upon again entering the United Siates, the vital application of the law bears upen the riv- alry between the transcontinental American railroads and the Canadian Pacific without reference to the question which the clause in the tariff law nominally deals with of the nationality of the vessel in which the goods are imnorted. Such an application of the law would render it a discriminat- ing duty against godds carried cn the Ca- radian roads, and will be apt, if adopted. to result in Canadian retaliation. The question is likely to lead to a serious con- tention, with serious results. On the face of it, the provision against goods coming through a contiguous country appears to have ‘been designed to prevent vessels subject to the discrimination from avoiding it by landing their goods in a Canadian port and transshipping them by Tail. It appears that the provision was made so as to compel the payment of the discriminating duty where it applied, whether the goods were originally landed in vessels in this country or in Canada, and to prevent an evasion of the law. Appar- ently, this was the purpose of Congress. Persons who had the clause inserted, however, may have had in view the broad- er application, or, finding the clause word- ed as it is, may simply have seized the opportunity to profit by ®s ambiguity. It the discrimination is applied tq all goods shipped over the Canadian road, regard- less of the nationality of the vessel in which they are imported, it will have the effect of Gutting off all transportation of goods for the United States over the Cani dian road, and this will probably be fol- jowed by a retaliatory provision by the government of Canada, fixing a disctim- ination against all foreign goods shipped over American roads in bond for Canada. Under such an interpretation of the law, if goods should be landed in San Fran- cisco in an American vessel which would be exempt from any discrimination, those goods could not be shipped to Boston by way of the Canadian Pacific without hav- ing to pay the 10 per cent additional duty. The law provides that this shall not apply to importations in the usual course of strictly retail trade. If, however,’ goods of foreign production should be bought at wholesale in San Francisco by a wholesale merchant in Boston, and they should be shipped by the Caradian Pacific road, go- ing out of the United States into Canada, and from Canada, egain into the United States, they would be subject to the dis- criminating duty, whereas, if those same goods were shipped over the Great North- ern, the Northern Pacific or the Southern and Union Pacific, they would not be sub- Ject to the additional duty. 6 If the law ts interpreted by the Attorncy General so as to carry out the apparent intent of Congress simply to discriminate against vessels not of the United States, a not exempted by treaty, the questicn Will be come one of very little importance. But if a broader interpretation is given the added clause will become one of those cvriosities of legislation which result from the use of language which Congress, at the time of its enactment, does not under- Stand the meaning of. “5 —e—______ HOW CHINAMEN SLIP IN. feets of Officials to Break Up the Conspiracy. The alleged discovery by District Attorney Ciose of the northern district of New York of a conspiracy to evade the Chinese ex- clusion act is amusing to the secret serv- lee officials of the Treasury Department. They long ago made the discovery and are applying every remedy the law allows. It is probable there will be wholesale in- dictments for perjury, etc. Chinamen who arrive at Vancouver go to Montreal. They slip over the border into this country and find friends awaiting them. A friendly attorney secures their arrese and they are arcaigned before a commissioner, Then New York Chinamen appear and swear that.those under al- leged indictment are long-lost sons who were born in this country. The govern- = Fas no witnesses and the Chinamen £0 free. Mary Chinamen have Horn of New York in this way since Jan- ary. Hereafter the government will insist on time oa ome ineaned, Col'ectors have also been instructed not to recognize cer- Uficates of commissionera. ———__-e-______ ‘Treasurer Roberts Away. United States Treasurer Roberts has gone to New York on personal business. He ex- pects to return in about a week. Major Maline, , the assistant treasurer, is acting treasurer. . neous, $229,643. National bank notes re- ceived today for redemption, $229,643. crossed the upper | THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP| TQ) MAKE TEST CASE Rumors That Mr. Davis Will Soon Have-a Suocessor. Names Most Frequently Mentioned Are Those of Alphonse Hart and Charles Maurtce Smith. It is asserted by prominent members of the local bar that a change is to be made in the office of United States attorney for the District of Cclumtia upon the resump- tion of the sessions of the criminal branches of the District Supreme Court next October. The matter has been under discussion for several days past, and a prominent attorney, who is also an offive- holder, declared this afternoon to a Star reporter, with all the emphasis possible, that he knew the President had decided to make the change mentioned in October. It will be remembered that President Cleveland, upon the expiration of the term ef Mr. A. A. Birney as district attorney, nominated for that office Mr. Henry E. Davis of this city. The Senate, for reasons well known, failed to confirm the nomina- tion. The office of district attorney being without an occupant and the criminal affairs of the District reaching a rather serious condition as a result thereof, Con- gress passed a law giving authority to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to make a temporary appointment. The bill became a law withcut the President's signature, and the District Supreme Court Promptly appointed Mr. Davis. It was published shortly thereafter that he had been given to understand by the Depart- ment of Justice that he would be permitted to serve undisturbed throughout the term of four years. The Attorney General is quoted in the rumors as authority for the statement that the President will make a change in the office in October, and it is understocd that the several candidates for the place are working on that supposition. According to the attorneys who claim to know, the race is headed by Charles Maurice Smith of this city and Alphonso Hart, fermerly of Ohio, but who, for several years, has been locat- ed here. The friends of Mr. Hart and his opponents as wel! consider that his chances for receiving the aj-pointment are very strong indeed. He served at one time as lieutenant governor of the state of Ohio. He has been a representative in Congress from Ohio, and is an old practitioner of law. He served four years es solicitor of internal revenue during the Harrison ad- ministration and is an orator of the very highest class. He has been connected with a number of important law cases in thir city, both before the District Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. Additional weight is given to his candidacy by the report that President Mc- Kinley has promised Mr. Hart the appoint- ment in the event that he shall secure the indorsement of the local bar. Mr. Charles Maurice Smith, who is con- sidered the other leading candidate, is a well-known attorney and a District man in every sense of the word. His reputation is of the highest character, both as a-lawyer and as a man, and it is said that he is the choice of the majority of the District bar for the office in the event that a change is made. One rumor has it that District At- terney Davis, in speaking of the matter, remarked that if another man was to be appointed he was in favor of Mr. Smith. The latter is said to have the support of the older members of the bar, while Mr. Hart is being backed by the young lewyers. ——— LIGHTING THE NEW POST OFFICE. Bids for Electric Wire Conduits Soon to Be Opened. The Treasury Department will in a few days open bids for electric wire conduits for the first and second floors of the new Post office building. Specifications for the work have been sent out to local firms and the bids are being sent in. The work is to be done early to allow the new cement floors to be put down. It will also facili- tate the putting in of the electric light plant when the details of the changes in the upper floors by the architect’s office are determined. As soon as these plans are agreed upon J. E. Powell, inspector of electric lighting for the Treasury De- partment, will know how many lights are needed and can award the ¢ontract ac- cordingly. ——e—____ CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL. Building to Be Erected on Grounds ef Providence Hospital. The Commissioners have finally located one of the contagious hospitals. It is to be, as predicted several months ago in The Star, adjacent to Providence Hospital. Un- der the terms of the agreement between the hospital authorities and the Commis- sioners, the latter agree to erect on the grounds of the hospital an isolating build- ing for the treatment of minor contagious diseases. Upon the completion of the build- ing it is to be turned over to the hospital authorities subject to the condition that two-thirds of the capacity shall be reserved for the use of such poor patients as shall be sent there by the Commissioners. For each such patient the Commissioners agree to pay $250 per annum. Persons able to pay for treatment may make such arrangements for entering the building as shall be determined by those in charge, it being stipulated that said per- sons shall pay reasonable compensation, the privilege of selecting their own physician and nurses being permitted. The hospital agrees to always maintain a neutral zone of forty feet around said isolating building. ———— GARBAGE CONTRACT REApy. Plan for Collecting and Disposing of the City Refuse. The contract for the collection and dis- posal of the city’s garbage has been pre- pared according to the new plan, and will be signed today. As originally set forth exclusively in The Star, the new plan con- templates a reduction plant at a point qut- side of the District, in Virginia, on the banks of the Potomac. The garbage will be collected as at present and conveyed in carts to the foot —.——_—. Naval Orders. ‘The Navy Department has issued the fol- lerk J. B. Abbott, dointment on the Tietten- pedo station and to Baltimore a sen! pi mate. De Bel a pointed mate. : ph pi aia Se A Naval Cadets Home Again. ‘The Monongahela, with about 150 naval cadets on beard, has arrived off Fort Mon- pany’s houses. The situation is now crit- ical and an outbreak és likely to occur. HEARING EN INJUNCTION CASR. Strikers and Operntogs Testify -Be- fore Judges Stowe und Collier. PITTSBURG, Pa., August 16.—The hear- ing in the equity case of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co. against the United Mine Workers of America was called at 10 o'clock this morning in common pleas No. 1, before Judges Stowe and Collier. When court opened, Mr. Schoyer, on be- half of the plaintiff company, filed a motion to make the preliminary injunction per- manent, and Mr. Brennan made a counter mation to dissolve it. = Judge Stowe decided both motions out of order, and President De Armitt was called to the stand. His testimony did not ma- terially differ from the affidavits filed when the preliminary injunction was secured. Superintendent Thomas De Armitt, the next witness, described the marches of the strikers and their camps, and said that 200 or 300 of their men had told him they were fearful of personal injury or destruction of their property if they went to work. Superintendent Fisher of the Sandy Creek mine testified that he had been notified to stay in the house, or he would be “done up,” and that he had been shot at. ‘The witness refused to give the name“of his in- formant, and Judge Stowe said that any- thing that would tend to show that life or “property was endangered was competent. They were here, he said, to find out if the conduct of the strikers’ was such as to eause the injunction to be continued. President Dolan was next called for ex- amination an? during his testiraony hé said that the strike was made at the re- quest of several operators. Among the number were James Shiel-ts, Capt. J. J. Steytler and Capt.. Blythe. These oper- ators, he said, told him that De Armitt wes ruining the wade, and the only thing that would save them from the sheriff and the miners from starvation was a strike. No one had told him to get De Armitt’s men out, but it was hoped te make the strike general. THE CHANGES TAKE EFFECT Transfers Are Made To Day in the Police Department. Striking Miners Will Ignore Perma- nent Injunction Against Marching. MEETING AT PITTSBURG TONIGHT Marred by Sensationalism. NO FACTIONS IN THE CHURCH His Visit to America is One of Rest and Recreation. A Few Men Return to Work in De - Armitt’s Mines. * WEST VIRGINIA MEN STRIKE FACTS SIMPLY STATED PITTSBURG, Pa., August 16.—A meeting of the officials of every labor organization in the city of Pittsburg has been called at the headquarters of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Iron and Steel Workers tonight to confer and take such action-as may be asked by the local officers of the United Mine Workers’ Union of America. In ease the temporary restraint put vpon the miners now in camp at Turtle Creek and the other mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co. as to marching and persuading the De Armitt men from working be made permanent, it is expected that the order of the court will be dis- obeyed, so that a test may be had, and the miners, under the leadership of President Patrick Dolan, Secretary Wm. Warner, Ed- ward McKay, Frank McKenna, Paul Trim- mer and Cameron Miller, will continue to march to the mines. Then it is expected the leaders, and per- haps many of the rank and file will be ar- rested. There will be no resistance made to the arrests, but in that case the strike will be without a head, and the meeting tonight is supposed to be for the purpose of selecting a number to take the places of those who may, in event of their being ar- rested for infringement of the orders ef the court, be kept in jail and unable to longer direct the movements of the strikers. Then an appeal is to be taken from the order causing the arrests to be made. Men Go Back te Work. Taking advantage of the suspension cf marching, a number of men went to work during the morning at the Oak Hill mine. They were gotten in by strategy, and the strikers were outwitted. Agents of the company have been at work among the strikers for over a week, and, although they have induced some to return, the re- gult has been disappointing. It was thougnt €nough men couid be procured to run the mine in full. The agents worked hard, but found abcut one-half of the men in full sympathy with the demand of 69 cents, while the remainder were afraid to go to work Although there was no mareh from Tur- tle Creek, a number of pickets were sent out, and, with the aid of field glasses, they sSaw twenty-four men enter the mine, und they returned to camp highly elated, think- ing the mine still badly. crippled. They knew nothing, however, of the entrances to the mine located near Monrveville, four miles away. Since the siege commenced that village has been guarded by two dep- utiles. The force was increased last night to fifteen men, and at daylight this mora- ing seventy diggers and day men were taken to Monrceville in wagons and sent into the mine through these entrances. Quiet at Sandy Creek. At Sandy Creek everything was quiet. The company claims a gain, while the strikers say but four men are working. About 200 men were working in Plum Creek mine. Before leaving for Pittsburg to attend the injunction hearing, Superintendent De Armitt said the talk of the company im- porting men was without foundation. He said the mines would be working full by Wednesday, if the court would make the injunction permanent, but if it should be dissolved the mines would be operated with a full force by Monday, he having promises from nearly all his men to return to work then. In anticipation of adverse action by the courts in the injunction proceedings, com- mittees have been sent out to secure-board- ing houses, so that the siege can be main- tained. It is proposed by the marchers to fill the houses of striking miners with men and keep them supplied with provisions. One hundred men will be quartered at Tur- tle Creek, the same number at Sandy Creek and 200 at Plum Creek. They will do picket duty and missionary work. No Evictions Today. There were no evictions up to noon, but it was reported that a number will be made before the close of the day. The threatened suits against the New York and Cleveland company for retaining the wages of their striking miners have been commenced. It is anticipated that about 150 suits will result. Each will be | for salaries ranging from $15 to $20, which represents two weeks’ pay. Three suits were entered before Alderman Toole to- day. The hearings were fixed for next Satur- day and the outcome will be watched for with great interest, as it involves the le- gality of the iron-clad contract and the right to withhold the wages of the strik- ing employes. S Mass meetings were held at Harmony, ou the southwest branch of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, and the forty-five men at work were induced to come out. The march on the Westmcreland, Jefferson and Clearfield districts will be made this week. The first meeting will be held at Irwin tomorrow. TROUBLE FEARED AT HAZLETON. Archbishop John J. Keane is a guest of Rev. Father John F. Gloyd, at St. Patrick’s Parsonage, 10th and G streets northwest. He arrived yesterday from Baltimore and will remain here, with occasional visits elsewhere, until the middle of October. He is looking extremely well and greets his scores of callers with the same heartiness that has always characterized him since he began the career that has become so illus- trious as an assistant priest in St. Pat- rick’s parish. His visit to America is in pursuance of the intention he expressed when he was called to Rome, to spend his vacation each year in America and enjoy a renewal of association with his old friends and attend the meetings of the board of directors of the Catholic University, which is universally regarded as a living monu- ment to his genius. The pleasure with which he looked for- ward to his first return to his home has been marred in no small degree by an im- mense amount of newspaper gossip attrib- uting to his coming the inauguration of a war between the “factions” of the Roman Catholic ‘Church in this country. The Prelate is Indignant. “There are ro factions in the Roman Catholic Church,” he said to The Star reporter this morning, with marked em- phasis, “‘and I am grieved and hurt by the publication of sensational articles, which are utterly witheut foundation in every way, ard which are not only un- Kind, but are almcst indecent. It is very unfortunate that a gent'eman cannot pay a visit to the ccuntry he loves so dearly without being made the subject of a quan- tity of gossip that is simply pestiferous. I came, as I had always proposed, to see my friends and to attend the meeting at the Catholic University. I cannot help ex- pressing my indignation at the unwar- ranted manner in which so many of the newspapers Lave seen fit to place a dif- ferent purpose upen it.” Archbishop Keene said he was grateful to The Star fer the sensible course it had pursued throughcut. “How do you like your life in Rome?” asked the reporter. “I am delighted with it. The climate agrees with me. My duties are those that I love, and I am extremely well satis- fied. His Movements in Washington. Archbishop Keane dined yesterday at midday with Father Gloyd, Father McGee and Dr. Stafford at the parsonage, and spent the afternoon with his venerable | friend, Mrs. Barry, who has just passed her ninetieth birthday. He received many callers last night and this mérning and denied himself to none. Shortly before noon, in company with the Rev. Father, Gloyd, he drove to the Catholic University, where he dined with Dr. Garrican, vice rector of the university, and Mgr. McMahon. Sensational Speculation. The announcement in New York papers last week that Archbishop Keane had slighted Archbishop Corrigan on his ar- rival in New York and had been closeted with Archbishop Ireland was only another one of the false statements given publicity in connection with his visit. The facts are that Archbishop Keane as soon as he reach- ed New York and after being received by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ryan sent Mr. Horsey, an intimate friend, to the archi piscopal residence to see if Archbishop Cor- rigan or Bishop Foley were in the city. They were not, so Archbishop Keane's cards were left. Archbishop Ireland was in New York on his way to the Grand Army encampment at Buffalo, and the meeting between the two prelates, who are very old and intimate friends, was merely of a social character. Church matters were naturally talRed over, but there was noth- ing of special significance discussed. Equally unfounded are the broadcast as- sertions that Archbishop Keane is a candi- date for the succession to the late Arch- bishop Jannsens of New Orlanes. On the other hand, he has explicitly réquested that his name be not put in nomination for the position. In a word, the statements published in The Evening Star of last. Fri- day were, as they were declared to be, authoritative in every particular. — DOCKS FOR NAVAL VESSELS. A Project to Be Submitted to the Next Session of Congress. Admiral Bunce, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard; Commodore Chadwick, chjef of the equipment bureau, and Naval Constructor Dashiel were in confereace with Acting Secretary Roosevelt at the Navy Department today, considering in a general way the subject of dry docks for the naval vessels of the United States. The conference is preliminary to the prepara- tion of a project for dry docks to be sub- mitted to Congress at the next seasion. The necessity which compelled the In- diana to go to Halifax to be docked has aroused the Navy Department to the im- portance of having a system: of docks in this country which can be utilized for any of the war vessels. There have been many attempts in the past to secure better docking facilities for nuval vessels, but so far they have not been successful. Several plans for the building of large docks at different naval stations have been proposed, but none has The Promoticns and Reductions— Lieutenants Sent to Other Pre- cincts—New Chief Imspector. Several of the important changes and transfers in the police department went into effect today, and others will take place tomorrow. The Jieutenants who were transferred surrendered their precincts this morning. At the 8 dglock roll call they eaid farewell to the men who had served under them, and in egch jmstance the re- tiring official expressed his thanks to the members for their loyalty, and advised them to serve his succussor as well. Lieutenants Teeple and Vernon were the cnly ones who left their precincts for duty in another line, the former going to the sanitary office and the latter to headquar- ters. While Lieutenant. Vernon was re- duced, his new duties, with which he is so familiar, will be of vastly more importance to the department than the corfimand of a precinct. He will be detailed ih the offices of Major Moore and Capain Austin, and will act during the temporary absence of these officials. 5 Lieutenant Kenney, who was recently promoted, took charge of the eighth pre- cinct at 11 o’clock this’ morning, relieving Lieutenant Gessford, who wag transferred to the fifth precinct ar noon. Lieutenant McCathran, who was thus relieved, went to No. 9, relieving Lieutenant Heffner, who succeeds Lieutenant Teeple in the second precinct. \ All the men transferred are popular with the privates on the force, and the latter re- Bretted to lose their “old commanders.” In assuming their new commands the lieutenants had something pleasant to say to the men at’ the 1 o’clock roll call this afternoon, at the sante time assuring them that strict attention to duty would be re- quired, and informing them that petty jeal- ovsies will not be tolerated. Sergeant Kaucher was originally trans- ferred from the second to the fifth pre- cinct, but this order has been changed, and ufter cne day’s duty at the navy yard he will return to the second precinct and relieve Sergeant McTaggurt, who goes to Lieutenant Kenny’s command. Sergeant Montgomery will leave the eighth precinct to do duty under Lieu- tenant Gessford, while Tgeant Wright will go from the fith to the ninth precinct with his lieutenant. Sergeant Jordan will go from the ninth to the second precinct. Today Sergeant Jos. W: Mattingly was made lieutenant, and he will take charge of the detective office tomorrow as in- spector, succeeding Inspector Hollinberger, who will relieve Lieutenant Vernon as chief in the. fourth precinet. ‘ ——_—- Personal Mention. Commissioner of Immigration Powderly has gone to his home in Pennsylvania for a few days. : Mr. B. F. Peters, chief clerk of the Navy Department, has returned from a month’s outing at Casco bay, Maine. Major Kretz, superintendent of the Phil- adelphia mint, is in the city conferring with treasury officials. Controller of the Currency Eckels has gone on his annual vacation and will be ab- sent until about the ist gf October. Captain Wilde, naval secretary of the light house board, has returned from his vacation. Mr. John Tweedale, chief clerk of the War Department, has réturned to the city from a business visit to Becretary Alger at Lake Champlain. He saya the President and party are Keving a good time. They expect to Jeeveeiag Point for Buffalo on the 19th instant ’ Robert, Joseph and Calvin T. Milans are pours Foy at the Leckwood House, Har- Mr. Jno. L. Farre! ne for weeks’ yisit to Atiant Pas ore Mr. Harry E. Swan of this city, for a long time. of Goy. Oates of Ala- ‘Griends here, has Armed Deputies and Strikers ‘Likely to Clash at Any Time. HAZLETON, Pa., August 16.—Matters at the Lehigh and Wilkesbarrg collieries in the Honey Brook district are growing seri- ‘cus. Thirty-five drivers went out on Satur- day for an increase ip wages. This morn- ing 2,500 miners joined. them, and the usually quiet south-side towns are in a state of subdued excitement. The Italians gone to New ¥ork ite hi and Hungarians, which were the last to go | with an old and esi firm Tree out, are the most aggressive, and fears are | practice of the law. entertained that they cannot be controlled. | , Mr. and “Mrs. The men had no, organization, but a branch of the United Mine Workers’ Asso- ciation wag started this morning, and 600 ig no truth in af, Ted Ane : Edison ARCHBISHOP KEANE | FREEZE ON MOUNT TACOMA His Pleasure at Getting Home| "*"Y of Sigtt-Seem Canght in a Fien’e Storm. Their Provisions Give Out and They Narrowly Escape With Their Lives. TACOMA, Wash., August 16—J. KE. Mitchell and wife and Miss Jeanne Mc- Farlane of Sumner and Sergeant Will A. Hall of Puyallup were nearly starved and frozen to death at the top of Mount Tacoma last week. They were held prisoners for three nights and four days by a storm. As the party was ascending the mountain the storm gathered and increased to a hurricane just as they scrambled over the mouth of the crater into a place of shelter. They remained huddled together during the first night and not an eye closed in sleep. The next day an attempt was made by the men to prepare to escape, but the wind blew them back from the crater’s rim. The second night was passed in a shel- tered ice cavern with the sulphur laden steam rising on all sides. Prunes and hard tack softened by the steam was the bill of fare, and before the morning of the fourth day every morsel had been devoured. in addition to the prospect of freezing to death the party was face to face with star- vation. The storm broke on the fourth day and all escaped. The Mitchell party reports that the Mazamas burned for firewood the big flag pole which Oscar Brown of Cle- Elum risked his life to carry to the top of the mountain five years ago. On this poie the largest American flag ever unfurled at a three-mile altitude was hung. Moun- tain climbers from all parts of the world carved their names on the flagstaff. —— REV. RODER MAY ACCEPT. Proposition to Start Indepei Charch in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 16.—The movement toward the establishment of an independent church in this city and the ex- pressed wish that the Rev. Wm. Rader should accept a call to the pulpit inas ex- cited considerable interest. Speaking on the subject Mr. Rader said: “As far as my own church and congrega- tion are concerned, there is really no rea- son why I should leave them. Should I leave the denomination, it wil! only be to labor in a still freer, wider field. My views naturally place me in sympathy with its aims and I may ultimately be a part of it.” lent —__ HIS CONDITION SATISFACTORY. Late Bulletin From Bedside of the Wounded Prince. PARIS, August 16.—12:30 p.m.—Prince Henri of Orleans, who was wounded in the lower part of the right side of the abdomen yesterday morning, in a duel fought in the Bois des Marechaux, a portion of the Bois de Vauoresson, near Paris, by the Count of Turin, nephew of the King of Italy, passed a quiet night. His condition is now considered by his physicians to be satis- factory. the Italian officer, who had challenged Prince Henri, but who gave way to the Count of Turin, has withdrawn hts challenge. 3 SS AERONAUT FELTS MISSING. Intimated That He Fled to Avot Proposed Aerial Flight. MANITOU, Col., August 16—Wm. B. Felts has mysteriously disappeared. His flying machine with which he was to have attempted the flight from Pike’s Peak to Colorado Springs is still housed in the top of the peak. There have been rumors that Felts’ nerve was becoming shaky, which were offset by statements from the pro- fessor that he was awaiting for a clear day. Felts went down the mountain side Fri- day, after stating that he was going for @ walk, since which time nothing has been seen or heard of him. His friends say he has probably lost his way in the wilde; ness west of the Peak, and may have fail- titel @ precipice and been killed or in- They have been searching for hit Friday. The majority, however, A Seg tical enough to believe that the professor ed not sufficient faith in his own inven- While they acknowledged that condi- tions have been unfavorable, they think the incident which has created so much excitement for the past two weeks is closed. ——.___ REGISTERING THE ATTORNEYS. Operation of the Rule Pro: ulgated by Commisssioner Butterworth. The rule lately promulgated by Commis- sioner of Patents Butterworth requiring at- torneys practicing before the patent oftice to register their names in that office has been responded to by over a hundred attor- neys, and names are now coming*at an average of twenty-five or thirty a day. Gales P. Moore of this city was the first attorney to register and Edith A. Green- wald-of New York is the only lady attorney who has sent in her name. It is beheved there are between 6,000 and 8,000 attorneys in the United States who occasionaliy have business before the United Siates patent office, and who will eventually have their names registered in the big book which was opened last week for the purpose. © The work of registering the attorneys ap- pears to be @ very popular move, as Com- missioner Butterworth has received many communications from attorneys approving his action. This is the first important move on the part ots commissioner looking to his bureau, and it is not likely that he will take further action until has provided Electric Light and Power Plant Re- paired and Started Up. PATERSON, N. J., August 16—By put- ting a large force of laborers at work the company managed OFF FOR SOUTH POLE Steamer Belgica, With Gerlach Party, Sails From Antwerp. SALOTED BY U. 8. & SAN FRANCISCO They Expect to Reach Graham's Land Next December. OBJECT OF EXPEDITION —___o—___ ANTWERP, August 16.—The steamer Belgica,with the Gerlache antarctic expedi- tion on board, sailed at 10 o'clock this morning. Crowds of people assembled to bid farewell to the explorers, who were heartily cheered as the Beigica left port. It is expected that the expedition will ar- rive at Graham's Land early in December. The crew cf the Belgica numbers twenty- one men. She has on board provisions for two years. Si ted by United States Warship. LONDON, August 16.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Antwerp says that the United States cruiser San Francisco saluted the departing Belgica. The following f-om the New York Times gives the origin and objects expected to be attained by Lieutenant Geriache in his trip to the south pole: Since the days of Cook and Kerguelen there have not been tore than a dozen ex- editions directed toward the south pole, where the attr: ions of peril and death in all degrees of suffering atd torture should be quite as fascinating as those which have drawn tLe explorer to the norta pole. The present LVelgian expedition was Planned and will be executed by a young Belgian lieutenant of engineer ho is reely thirty years of age—Adrien de Geriache. Young de Gerlache aiso holds a commission as in in the Belgian naval reserve. Whe: a mere youth he had acquired great knowledge in navigation and developed a passionate desire for ex- plorations, which circums:ances until the present time have not aliowed him to ex- ercise. How the Expedition Was Formed. He began, publishing his ideas concerning @ south pole expedition about a year ago through the Brussels press and in a num- ber of scientific pamphlets, and at last re- quested that a public fund be started to Gefray the necessary expenses of an ex- pedition. The sum asked for was $50,000, but up to the present only $43,400 has been received; that, however, did not prevent the young engineer from undertaking his enterprise. The journey by sea will be made In an ordinary wooden whaier, which will employ sails ordincrily, but which is to be propelled ty steam when the winds are contrary, when ice blocks the passage, or when bet- ter speed is desired. The whaler is of 203 tons burden, and has received the name of Belgica. She is strongly constructed, and her most exposed parts are fortified’ with an armor of oak planks. Two steel spurs, that may be manipulated by the whaler's engine, are arranged to be operated from her bow to cut a passage through the ice. There are also a captive balloon on board, from which observations will be made; a very valtable cabinet of scientific instru- ments, and a dark room, where photo- graphic plates m: be developed. It is Lieut. de Gerlache’s intention to take @ great quantity cf pictures representing phenomene in the ice ficids, that may be of an artistic as well us of a scientific value. Special attentjor. will be paid to the study cf the antarctic weter and atmospheric currents. The sceond in command of the expedi- tion is M. Lecointe, a Meutenant fn tne Beigian army, who has just finished a term of three years’ service in the French navy. Other inembers of Lieut. Gerlache’s staff are MM. Amundsen and Meciaerts, naval officers; Lieut. Danco of the artillery, who has charge of the magnetic observation: Dr. Racovitza, a Roumanian, who will make botanical and zoologica! studies, and M. Artosky, the well-known Polish scien- tist, who will conduct researches in meteor- clogy and oceanography. Twenty-two men make up the Beigica’s crew. The South Pole Itinerary. This is the general plan of the journey: The Belgica, after leaving Antwerp, Au- gust 18,will attempt to reach a point within the antarctic circle by October 30, when the summer season of that zone is full un- der way. The vessel will touch at the Ca- naries, at Rio de Janeiro, and at La Plata. A final stop will be made at the Falkland Islands, in the Straits of Magellan, in or- der to coal up for the final journey. The Belgica will then take her course toward Graham's Land, and will penctrate the sea of George IV as far as possible. When ice or land shall finally stop all progress by fea, the explorers will disembark, put on skis, pack their sledges and continue their journey south over the ice fields. At the approach of the winter season—that is, to- ward March, 1898—the Belgica will sail for Melbourne to reorganize her crew, if nec- essary, and to take in provisions and coal. She will then cruise in the south Pacific until the following summer, when, in Octo- ber, 1898, she will take her course toward Victoria land. The return voyage will be made in 1899 by way of Australia, the In- Cian ocean and the Suez canal. Some of the Problema to Be Solved. The list of scientific problems which the explorers on the Belgica will study for two years is very long; it includes observations and researches in oceanic hydrography, in terrestrial magnetism, in atmospheric elec- tricity, and in meteorology. It is a particu- lar aim of the voyage to find proof for antarctic phenomena which hitherto have rested solely on theory and hypothesis. At the fourth international geographical congress, held in London in July, 1895, it was resolved that “the explorations of the some of the