Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1897, Page 1

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CIVIL SERVICE LAW Power to pita Uiasbce Power to Remove Subordinates. eee DECISION IK WOODS V% GARY Full Text of the Opinion Rendered by Justice Cox. ———— GOVERNMENT SUSTAINED ——————— Justice Cox, sitting in the Equity Court, this morning decided the case of John G. Woods of Louisville, Ky., against the Post- master General and First Assistant Post- master General Perry S. Heath, holding that, notwithstanding the civil service act of January 16, 1883, and the rvles and regu- lations made thereunder, the pewer to ap- point lodged in the heads of the executive departments of the government confers in them the power to remove. The court held further that the only prohibition on such executive officers of the government in the matter of removal of inferior officers is that no one shall be removed for refusing to make political contributions. The decision of Justice Cox, which was fcreshadowed in The Star several days ago, was listened to by a throng which well filled the court room, and during the ba:f hour occupied in delivering his opinion he was given the closest attention by the members of the bar, the government offi- ci nd the many others present. In his opinion Justice Cox closely followed the ar-ument of District Attorney Davis, who sti mitted that the civil service act and the rulcs and regulations made thereunder, if eriorced, would be an interference by the lative with the executive branch of government. The court also sustained contention of the district attorney that Equity Court has no jurisdiction to en- the defenéants from removing the complainant. Text of the Opinion. The opiniin ef Justice Cox, which fully sets forth the facts and contentions in the >. is as follows: ‘The bill and amended bill in substance et forth that in June, 1893, the complain- ant was appointed superintendent of mails at the post office in Louisville, Ky., and “S ever since held the office and discharged the duties of the same and is still in pos- and it is worth to him more that without there having been int or charges made against end without giving him any notice of h charges or an opportunity to be in relation thereto, the defendants sued an order removing hira from hig position of superintendent of maiis and ointing one O'Donnell in his place; that proceeding is contrary to the civil cé rules promulgated by authority of the act of January 16, 1883, known as the civil service act, one of which, of the date of November 2, 1896, being clause three of Rule 2, provides that ‘No person in the civil service shall dismiss or be dismissed, or make any at- apt to procure the dismissal of, or in any ier change the official rank or com- sation of, any other person therein be- ause of his political or religious opinions ©: affiliations.” Another Clause. “Another of which, dated July 27, 1893, added the following to the foregoing, viz: ‘No removal shall be made from any posi- ticn subject to competitive examination ex- cept for just cause and upon written chorges filed with the head of the depart- ment or o.her appropriate officer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opporturity to make defense.” The complainant's office is within the ified executive civil service of the post service of the United States, and ject to competitive examination, and lainant believes, and, therefore, charges that the sole ground of the at- tempt to remeve him ts that he fs a demo- erat, and it is intended to appoint a re- publican to succeed him. He, therefore, ‘S an injunction against the proposed action cf the department. A demurrer was filed on the part of the defendant. Question of Jurisdiction. “On the authority of ex parte Sawyer, 124 U. S., 200, and the cases therein cited, I shall be compelled to hold that I have no jurisdiction as a court of equity to en- join the Postmaster General and the as- sistant postmaster general from removing the complainart from his position. “There is not entire unanimity among the federal judges on this subject. Two if not three of the justices of the Supreme Court dissented from the opinion as announced by Justice Gray, and ten years after that epinion delivered we find District Judge Jacks asserting the right of a com- Plainant to injunctive rellef in a case of attempted removal from the office of deputy marshal dn the very grounds of the present application. “The decision of the Supreme Court had no reference to the civil service act, for the office involved in that case was held under state authority and only related to the form of the relief sought. It has seemed to me that it would be more satis- factory that, instead of denying relief on the ground of jurisdiction only, I should give some attention to the civil Service act itself, and consider whether, if jurisdic- tion existed, the complainant would be entitled to relief. itutional Provision. “onstitution of the United States, in Section 2, clause 2, provides: ‘He (the President) shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present consent; and he shail nominate and, by and with the advice and ent of the Senate, shall appoint am- assadors, other public ministers and con- suls, Judges of the Supreme Court and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise pro- ed for, and which shall be established law, but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior offices as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.” “There does not appear to have been any act of Congress specially creating the othce of superintendent of mails,-but such officers evidently were appointed by the Postmaster General under his general au- thority to conduct the business of his de- partment, and his authority was recog- nized in several appropriation acts. Thus, in the appropriation act of 1889, chapter 874, 25 statutes, page S42, there is an ap- propriation for superintendents of mails, salary not exceeding 45 per cent of the salary of the postmaster, and also for assistant superintendents. And in a pr: vious year, 1878, there was an approp) tion for nine assistant superintendents of railway mail service, who shall receive each a salary of $2,500. (20 Stats., 140.) Authority for Appointments, “It may be assumed that under this legis- lation the Postmaster General was author- ized to make the appointments, and that those officers were of the class of inferior officers whose appointment could be vested by Congress in the head of the department. If the complainant is not in this category, then, as he was not appointed by the President by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate, he is holding his place ‘without any authority of law, and has no standing in court. subject of appointments and re- (Continued on Eighth Page.) WILL AGAIN BE GREEN Color of the Two-cent Postage Stamp to Be Changed. of Chief Johnson of the Bureau of Engraving and Recommendati. Printing Indorscd. Claude Johnson, chief of the bureau of engraving and printing, recently recom- mended to Secretary Gage and Postmaster General Gary that the color of the 2-cent stamp be changed from red to green, and Secretary Gage today indorsed the recom- mendation. Postmaster General Gary has informally done the same, and in a shert time the familiar old red stamp will make its departure, probably never to return. ‘he bureau has been printing the red stamps for about three years. Prior to the issue of the Columbian stamp, however, the red stamp had been sticking by letters for a good while. The Columbian stamp caused an interruption. The red stamp has come to be the most familiar &cvernment product in existence. Mr. Jobn- son had several reasons for recommending the change. He says that he considers red tco flashy for a government document, be- lieviag green to be more dignified and prop- er. Another strong reason is that the use of green will save the government money. As Secretary Gage belleves in economy where it can be properly applied, he readily consented to the change. It is estimated that the saving to the government will be between $8,000 and $10,000 a year. This is an amount the Secretary thinks worth sav- ing. Mr. Johnson states in his recommenda- tion that the green shows much clearer and more distinct than the red, and alto- gether makes a better-looking stamp. Mr. Jchnson has never before made a recom- mendation on the subject, but has always believed that a change should be made. The color to be used in the new stamp is of about the same shade as that used in silver certificates and greenback notes. The saving as between the inks partly comes about because the government buys jarge quantities of green ink, while the red ink is bought in small quantities. Green ink is used fer revenue stamps. The government is now printing about three biliion two-cent stamps yearly, a quantity which would seem to the ordinary person to be enormous. The question was discussed at the cabinet meeting today and Postmaster General Gary informally gave his sanction to the change, which will almost immediately go into ef- fect. The other members of the cabinet also approved of the change. ————— ee MRS, J. W. FIELD BURNED TO DEATH She Was an American Residing at East Grinstead, England. LONDON, September 14.—An American lady, Mrs. J. W. Field, residing at the Her- mitage, East Grinsted, Sussex, was burned to death today. Mrs. Field was in the habit of locking herself in her bed- room. At 3 o'clock this morning a servant heard Mrs. Field calling for help. Proceeding to the latter’s room, the servant found the apartment filled with smoke and was driven back. She made repeated efforts to save her mistress, but they were all futile. The house was gutted by fire and the remains of Mrs. Field were burned to a cinder. The body of Mrs. Field was found in her Ledroom, near a window from which she had apparently attempted to reach a roof below. ——— SILVER CREEK MINERS RESUME. One Thousand Idle Men Will Get Work Thereby. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 14.— Word comes from Akron that the miners of Silver Creek resumed this morning. This step puts 500 miners to work, and as many more at work in shops in Akron which had shit down on account of scarcity cf coal. Railroads are making preparations to handle the coal which it is believed will come fcrward with a rush inside of a week or ten days. It is probable that at the lower end of the lakes the coaling docks will be able to load all the boats re- quired, but at the upper end, where the docking facilities are not so good, it is ex- pected there will be much confusion and pessibly a blockade. Operators here ex- pect Pittsburg miners will vote to ignore the ten-day clause forced into the resolu- uon of settlement adopted at Columbus. In the event the miners do not formally declare this clause void as far as it af- tects them, the operators anticipate they will quietly report for work at the various mines anyhow. —— WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION. Secretary Dowling Will Continue to Serve National Republican League. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 14.—Sec- retary Dowling of the National Republican League decided yesterday, after a confer- ence with Senator Hanna, not to resign. It seems the resignation was presented at the recent meeting in Chicago of the officers and directors of the National League. The officers adopted a resolution declaring that no circular letter sent out from the na- ticnal beadquarters should be considered official business unless it was signed by the president. The resolution was passed, it is said, be- cause Dowling had been acting without consulting the president. The moment the resolution was adopted the secretary re- signed. Col. Dick, secretary of the national republican committee, stated, this morning, that Dowling reconsidered his resignation yesterday, and will continue to serve. He lef: here this morning for Chicago. ag BRITISH GOODS IN THE LEAD. New English Blue Book Gives Replies of Colonial Governors. LONDON, September 14.—A blue book has been issued giving the replies of the colonial governors to the dispatch of the secretery of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in 1895, sent with the view of ascertaining the extent of the dis- placement of British goods by foreign goods. The main conclusions reached are that the British manufacturer is still su- preme in the best classes of goods, with the exception of machinery and tools of certain patterns, in supplying which the United States is most successful, although Canada is often a successful competitor in these lines. Foreign competition, it appears, is most noticeable in cheap imitations of British goods, which are most suitable for the greater portion of the colonial market and threaten to supplant the hetter class of trade. —_-.+ BOMBAY EDITOR IMPRISONED, arged With Inciting Native Popu- \ce lation to Riot and Revolt. BOMBAY, September 14.—Gangadhar.Ti- lak, the native member of the legislative council and partner of Eshoo’Madow Bal in publishing the newspaper Kesari, who was arrested with Bal on July 27 on the charge of inciting ‘the natives to disaffec- tion, was sentenced today to cighteen months’ imprisonment. Bal, who was the printer of the paper, was discharged, AT THE WHITE HOUSE Clearing Away the Accumulation of Routine Business. CONFERENCE WITH JUDGE DAY Claims of a Number of Candidates Presented. THE CABINET MEETING The warm weather today did not daunt the President, and he started in at work right after an early breakfast and kept at it vigorously aliday. It was hard work, too, 2nd gave him no moments of leisure. Con- siderable routine business had accumulated during the President’s six weeks’ absence from the capital and he devoted all his Spare time today in disposing of it. In this portion of the work he was aided ma- terially by Assistant Secretary Pruden and Executive Clerk Cortelyou. Before settling down to the business of the day the President signed the commis- sion of ex-Representative Daniel B. Hainer of Pennsylvania as United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania, and that was the only appointment made up to a late hour of the day. The President used the cabinet room as his business cffice today in preference to his regular office and received all his callers there. There was no particular signifi- cance in the change. It just happened that the President fancied the cabinet room to- day in preference to the other and having taken the desk there early in the morning concluded to remain there. Although the President denied himseli to the general public and office seekers as a class, a few of the latter managed to se- cure short interviews. The entire force of clerks and messen- gers was on duty, and it looked like old times to see the familiar faces of Charlie Leeffier at the door of the cabinet room and Arthur Simmons on duty at the door of the President's secretary. Conference With Assistant Secretary ~ Day. The President appeared at his Gesk short- ly before 9 o'clock, and managed to dis- pose of considerable correspondence before the tide of visitors set in. Judge Day, as- sistant secretary of state, was probably the most important visitor before the assem- bling of the cabinet. He arrived at 9:30 o'clock and was closeted with the President alone for nearly an hour. There is author- ity for the statement that his visit did not relate to prospective changes in the few remaining consulates to which appoint- ments are to be made. Judge Day himself said that there would be ne appointments of that class for the present. ‘The gossips had it that his visit to the President this morning related almost entirely to the Cuban troubles, and it is understood that the President indicated a desire to confer personally with Consul General Lee in re- gard to the matter. Gen. Lee ieft for Cov- ington, Va., yesterday afternoon to see his wife and family. It is said that Judge Day sent him a telegram this afternoon, saying that the President would he pleased to have him call upon him at the White House at his convenience later in the week. It is, therefore, probable that Gen. Lee will return to the city for the purpose of seeing the President Thursday or Fri- day. Claims of Candidates. During Judge Day’s conference a number of representatives and others gathered in the lobby, and the President devoted nearly an hour to listening to their representations in favor of certain candidates for offices which are either vacant or are still held by democrats. Among those who saw the President for a few minutes during this period were Representatives Sullov2y of New Hampshire, Danford of Ohio, Landis of Indiana and Wilson of New York, Yost of Virginia and ex-Representailve Murray of South Carolina. Mr. Powderly, commissioner general of immigration, and Mr. T. F. Lee, immigra- tion commissioner at New York, accom- panied Mr. J. J. Holland of Florida and urged the President to appoint him post- master at Jacksonville, Fla. United States Consul D. J. Partello of Sonneburg, Ger- many, called to pay his respects, as did also Col. Stricker.and A. L. Dalton of Mis- sissipp! and Mr. Hinckly Conn of Indiana. Several of Mrs. McKinley’s friends called during the morning to pay their respects, among the number being Dr. and Mrs. Bates, Col. Bingham, Maj. Heistand and Mrs. Day, wife of the assistant secretary of state. The last named accompanied Mrs, McKinley in a long drive about the city. Representative Wiisun’s visit to the Pres- ident this morning 1s understood to have related to his prospective appointment as postmaster at Brooklyn. He has accepted the tender of the appointment and will re- sign his seat in Congress to enable him to take charge of the off. Shortly after luncheon the President gave a special reception in the east room to the members of tne 20th Turner Regiment of New York Volunteers and the members of their families. Two Sessions of the Cabinet. The President was in conference with the members of his cabinet collectively nearly all day. There were two sessions, the frst beginning xt 11 o'clock and last- ing until 1:15 o'clock, when a recess was taken for luncheon. The second session began at 2.30 and was devoted to conferences with individual members of the cabinet in regard fo mat- ters in the various departments requiring immediate attention. Pest office business received consideration first. It is expected that some important an- nouncements will be made as a result of to- day’s deliberations. All the members of the cabinet were in attendance at both meet- ings with the exception of Secretary Long, and each took an active part in the discus- sions that arose over various questions of public business. Secretery Long is in New England. <3 Secretary Sherman was the first to greet the Presfdent in the cabinet room. Accom- panying him were Secretary Bliss and At- torney General Lepecanas § and following close behind them came. Postmaster Gen- eral Gary and Secretaries Gage and Wilson. Secretary Alger was the last to arrive. He walked with an effort and showed the effects of his recent sick spell. The principal question considered at the first session related to the case of Union Pacific railroad and the best plan of action in view of the decision of the United States court at Omaha providing for the sale of the railroad under forecls- ure proceedings. The matter was referrsd to the Attorney General for action, in ac- cordance with the views expressed by the President and those who agreed with him. it is expected that an announcement of the policy of the government in this matter ‘will be made within a few days. Thé con- troyersy in regard to the San Pedro harbor ‘Improvement was also considered, and it understood the Secretary of War was in- Structed to proceed with the work under aaeee jowigcona and Ma apply to Con gress at the next session for an appropria- tion for the completion of the approved prepare an opinion as te whether the decision called for any change in the existing civil service rule removals from office. The court the civil service law does executive to state the Cause of removal, and the question to be determined is whether that decision does not conflict with the recent action of the President in amending the civil service rules prohibit- ing removals except for cause. Other questions scheduled for considera- tion at today’s meeting related to the situe- tion in Cuba and Hawaii, but it is not be- lieved that any radical actiom was taken in_ either case. The reason for today’s protracted ses- sions is the President's desire to dispose of all pending business as soon as possible, in order that he may make a few weeks’ visit to New Ei before settling dow:1 to the work of the fall and winter. It is stated that he will remain in Washington all this week if necessary, but it is likely that he will find it convenient to start nerth by Friday afternocn. —_____+e+. TREASURY PROMOTIONS. A Number of Changes Subject to Fu- ture Examination. A number of promotions were ordered in the Treasury Department today. They are all subject, however, to future examina- tion. The examination room is undergoing repairs and js being fitted with new furni- ture. The examinations will be held when the work is completed. The promotions are as follows: In the Secretary's cffice—Alfred D. Carre, Missouri, from $1,600 to $1,800; E. C. Rob- inson, District of Columbia, $1,400 to $1,900; Miss J. G. Shearer, Peunsylvania, $000 to $1,000. Office of the auditor for Treasury De- partment—Walter L. Clift, Georgia, $1.00 to $1,800; Miss M. H. Brady, Illinois, $1,400 to $1.6 B. C. Sowerdell, District of Co- lumbia, $1,200 to $1,400; M. A. Wertz, Ohio, $1,000 to $1,200; Paul Ccok, Arkansas, $900 to $1,000; Mrs. J. A. Calder, New York, $840 to $900. Office of auditor for the Post Office De- partment—C. D. Merwin, Louisiana, $1,400 to $1,600; J. A. Cauldwell, New York, $1,200 to $1,400; Miss M. L. Cameron, Minnesota, $900 to $1,000. Office of the treasurer—W. H. Glascott, Wiscorsin, $1,600 to $1,800; A. D. Johnston, Kentucky, $1,400 to $1,600; B. W. Kepner, Illinois, $1,200 to $1,400; John R. Brown, District of Columbia, $1,000 to $1,200; Frank M. Skinrer, District of Columbia, $900 to $1,000; J. G. Harvey, Kentucky, $720 to $900; E. A. Haradcn, Minnesota, $660 to $720; Miss J. E. Topley, District of Colum- bia, $470 to $660. Office of the register—Miss M. R. Roach, District of Columbia, $) to $1,400; Ar- thur I. Clark, Pennsylvania, $1,000 to $1,200. Light house board—Miss Elizabeth Tilton, Maryland, $1,200 to $1,600. id Henry Ag Allen of Rockville, Md., has been reinstated as a watchmap. He is an old soldier and lost his place in 1883. Mrs. Amanda B. O'Connor and Mgs. Mary Robinson have been appointed charwomen. TO,TEST THE TEXKAS.; The Big Twelve-Inch Guns, to Be Fired Across the Beck, The bettle ship Texas has been opdered to sail from Hampton Roads for the Brooklyn navy yard, to be docked, on the 25th in- stant. Acting Secretary Rocaevelt has or- dered that on the way north the big-twelve- inch rifles in both turrets bé? fired across the deck of the ship. Thjs hag neyer been Gone, and Mr. Roosevelt regards iy as ex- pedient to settle at once all doubt that may exist as to the ability\of the ship to resist this severe strain, which is still one that may be imposed in battle. The Texas’ tur- rets are arranged diagonally, with the pur- pose of enabling all of the gums to be fired either fore and aft or across the decks. The fore and aft fire has been tried in a meas- ure, but the fear of starting the decks has caused the delay in testing the cross fire. Mr. Roosevelt will not be at all disappoint- ed if this test develops some weakness, but it is desirable that this be ascertained posi- tively in order that steps may be taken to correct the fault, if ore there be; and if the superstructure is injured or the decks be started under the gun's biast, the de- partment will not be surprised. a AWARDED TO DAGGETT. Decision on the Postal Card Con- tract. The Postmaster General today awarded to Albert Daggett of this city the contract for printing postal cards for the next four years. This contract is approximately for 650,000,000 postal cards, the contract price for the various classes aggregating about $650,000. Before awarding the contract, Third Assistant Postmaster General Mer- ritt visited Piedmont, W. Va., to investigate the character of the paper mill from which Mr. Daggett proposes to get his paper. He was satisfied that the facilities at the dis- 1 of the bidder were ample to carry out the contract, and upon his recommendation the Postmaster General today awarded the contract. Mr. Daggett will begin delivering the cards on December 1, the contract with the present contractor, Mr. Woolworth of Castleton, N. Y., expiring November 31. The kinds of cards and prices thereof to be furnished by Mr. Daggett are as fol- lows: : For single cards, large size, 3% by bts inches, to be made of paper according to the departmental sample, 23.95 cents a thousand cards. For single cards, small size, 215-16 by 415-16 inches, to be made of paper accord- ing to the departmental sample, 20 cents a thousand cards. For double, or reply cards, 5% by 6% inches, to be made of paper according to the departmental sample, 47 cents a thous- and double cards. 2 The estimated number of cards to be made is about two billions and a quarter. These cards will weigh twelve .million six hundred and fifty thousand pounds. —_—_-o-___—_ Personal Mention. Mr. Charles Hine, formerly of Washing- ton, who resigned fromi the army about two and a half years ago to enter the service of the “Big Four” railroad system, has just been advanced another step in that service. From yardmaster at Anderson; Ind,, where he has lately been stationed, he becomes chief clerk to the superintendent at Cleve- land, Ohio. Mr. Hine, who has been on a flying visit to his parents in Virgipia, left teday for his new post. - Mr. Alfred Darling Cushing Ras been vis- iting Mr. Abner McKinley of New York at his country home, Somerset, Pa., since the latter's return from Lake Champlain the 1st of September. Dr. J. H. has returned after a two months’ vacation in the Adirondacks. Commissioner-of Patents Butterwerth has returned to the city. Chief Clerk Bayly of the has returned from a vacat! spent at Ocean City. Lieutenant Colonel J. T. Haskell, 17th aS ES is at the Ebbitt Houge fog a few 8. iy Lieutenant Arthur Murray, ast. Agtillery, is at 2106 O street, on leave ot ‘absence. Lieutenant Commander W. W. Kimball has mopoxtet at the Navy Department for tempUrary duty. Lieutenant Commander Jas. M. Miller of the New York navy yard has reported at the Navy Department for examination for ion. Captain Lemly, 4 general of the navy, has secprnad from = month's es clerk to of lan office vacation in New a Colo: leteger, © Robert L. O’Brien, spondent of the = » ba returned NEW CASES OF FEVER One Reported From New Orleans and Four at Ocean Springs. QUARANTINE RULES TIGHTENING Physicians Think They Have the Disease Under Control. TROOPS GO TO ATLANTA NEW ORLEANS, September 14.—At noon today the board of health announced five additional suspected cases. These will be denitely classed later in the day, after the board of experts has made its examination. Reports from Ocean Springs say there have been four new cases. Surgeon Was- din, who {s ill, is doing well. The board of health, at 1 o'clock, an- nounced that one of today’s suspected cases was found extremely suspicious, another is still under investigation. Oth- ers were found to be harmless. As a general rule, the experts make their diagnosis in the daylight, so that the reports of new cases ure not to be expected until noon or later. No concealment is made of the expectation of the officials that possibly a dozen ecrses more will de- velop here, but the large medical staff now employed in fighting the disease are not less confident than they were at the start that they will finish yellow jack before frost comes, or at least keep him very ereegy. Existing Cases Improving. A majority of the existing cases are im- Proving, and fatal consequences are looked for in only one instance at present. ‘The authorities expect any other cases that appear to be sporadic, and if they are all as widely separated from each other as ¢re the present cases the health officers do not believe there will be any alarm in ‘he situation. The city is so tightly tied up now and so many hands are iifted against her tnat there is no longer any commotion created when this, that or another town institutes quarantine. Within a radius of 1,000 miles every town and hamlet has emphatically refused to have any intercourse with the city. Drummers who are on the road are tied up in small towns, and no orders are coming in and the country people are at preseat paying no bills. This morning the Northeastern railway took off two of its trains. So much information has been telegraphed of the existence of the fever here, that rural towns no lorger care to see trains from New Orleans running through their towns. The passenger business has, there- fore, fallen off beceuse stops can be made at but few points south of Mason and Dixon's line and the Northeastern con- sidéred it best to reduce its quota of trains, The Southern Pacific took off two trains today, as it was predicted last night. Suffering From the Quarantine. Many people are suffering as a result of the quarantine regulations. At Alexandria two residents of that place, who had been to New Orleans and who had run the quarantine and gotten home, were ordered to leave Alexandria in two hours. A coun- cilman and a_ schéol teacher, who had managed to slip through the quarantine at the Rigolets, have been arrested in New Orleans and shipped hack to the de- tention point, where they will be isolated and detained for the full limit cf time. Among the places that have established quarantine is Port Eads, near the Passes, and even the pilots, who live in New Or- leans and bring steamships up the river. are meeting with some difficulties in trav- eling between Port Eads and New Orleans. Oil and coal men who go down the river to take orders from the ships have been notified that they will not be allowed to ‘stop at Port Eads, which remembers her experience with the fever in 1878. La- fayette, La., has stopped the Southern Pacific from changing its train crews at that point, for fear of the infection. The Southern Pacific announced this morning that it will sell no more tickets to Texas points. Physicianw’ Houses Quarantined. At the residences of Dr. Edward Me- Ginty and Dr. Lovell up town the same system of quarantine has been put into effect as at other infected points. Police officers warn people not to stop in the neighborhood, and sanitary officers have taken charge of the premises and surreund- ing piaces, and are thoroughly disinfecting them. Troops Fice From the Scourge. Special Ditpgtch to The Eveoing Star, ATLANTA, Ga., September 14.—The United States troops who have been rta- tioned at New Orleans will come as refu- gees to Atianta today. Yellow fever has seared the soldiers out of the crescent city and the authorities ordered the troops to Fort McPherson. They will come today with Col. J. W. Scully, who is quarter- master of this division. There are two bat- teries of the Ist Artillery, with about 200 men. The largest body of men will go di- rect to the barracks, where they will go into camp. News from Washington yesterday morn- ing was to the effect that the troops frora Jackson barracks at New Orleans would be sent to Chickamauga National Park, but a telegram received here later in the day was as follows: “Troops ordered to McPherson. I go with them. * J. W. SCULLY.” Colonel Scully telegraphed the officials at Washington that he deemed it advisable for the soldiers to be removed to a point where they would be beyond the danger of infection. There has been no fever or sick- ness in the Jackson barracks, but there are several cases reported close by which have caused alarm. Major Russell will be in command of the troops while they are sta- tioned here. The troops wili bring with them all arms, furniture and parapher- nalia of thejr camp. Guns, batteries and everything else will be brought. No Advices Received. No information in regard to the yellow fever situation on the Gulf of Mexico was received at the office of the surgeon gen- eral of the marine hospital before noon today. While the officials are generally dis- posed to accept the theory that no news 1s good news, they decline to speculat the situatior. cues —— OO PAUL DEPIERRE COMMITS SUICIDE. Former Vice Counsel of the French Republic at New Orleans. NEW YORK, September 14—Paul De- Plerre, formerly vice consul of the French republic at New Orleans, killed himself in his apartments here today by inhaling illu- minating gas. Depierre had intended to end his life yesterday. ~ The girl her from the act at that ae 4 The news "S$ conduct having the officers of the com- plans of the department. Capt. Carter was Zollowing words: McCord will be also arranged satisfactorily? attention of the legation recently accredited to Wasiington.” ported to the State Department that the cause of Pedro Manuel American citizen, arrested at Guines, Cuba, July 27 last, has reached another stage in the proceedings against him. The captain general has inhibited the cognizance of the case by military jurisdiction in favor of the civil jurisdiction, and has referred the case to the court of instruction of Guines. plainly indicate that the inventive minds of bicyclers are actively at work. There are a score of bicycle attachments among the articles patented. Among them is a bicycle shade holder and four patent tires for bicycles. David Miller, U. 8. Soldiers’ Home; Samuel Reeve, Hugh Dunning, John F. Dugan, David Turner, Lane. Charles W. Griffin, Baltimore; diers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Home, ‘ Fourth-class postmasters have been ap- Pointed as follows: CASE OF CAPTAIN CARTER QUIET AT HAZLETON Many Rumors of Trouble at Points Outside That City. eS Se MILITARY RESPOND 10 CALLS Inquiry to Be Made of His Work in Georgia. Alleged Departure From Authorized Plans of the Government—Board to I estigate. Causes Which Led Up to the Late Shooting Affray. The Secretary of War has appointed a board of engineer officers, comprising Col. Gillespie, Maj. Adams and Maj. Raymond, to proceed at once to Savannah, Ga., to in- vestigate certain reports that have come to the War Department to the effect that the work upon the river and harbor improve- ments on Savannah river and Cumberland sound, under the charge of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter of the engineer corps, has not been done in accordance with the project ef the department. It is expressly stated at the War Depart- ment that there is no statement of irregu- larity in the accounts of Capt. Carter, but merely a departure from the authorized MINERS BADLY TREATED — Special From a Staff Correspondent. HAZLETON, Pa. September 14.—Now that the funerals are over and the pro: pect of immediate trouble is past, people are beginning to return to the tragedy of Friday and its causes. There are many in- teresting and some significant features of this part of the matter. In the first place, it must be remembered that the sheriff, in preventing the marching of the strikers, was not acting in conformity with any or- der of the court. No injunction had been issued here, as in the case of the West Virginia and Pennsylvania miners, to re- strain the men from marching upon the er- rand upon which these were bent wien fired on by the sheriff's posse. The sheriff, therefore, was acting entirely on his own reeponsibility. When he declared that the strikers were proposing to violate the law the assumption was based altogether upon his own opinion, and judging the from the past actions of the mea ccnnection, of course, he took into account their proceedings of a few hours previov in another place. The character of the men who formed the sheriff's deputation and who did the ll ing is an important element of ihe case The majority of the sheriff's party were yeung men about twenty-one y several being miners. Whether the the most of the deadly work, or the more mature men in the party sponsible for the terrible results can ne be ascertained. Irresponsible Youngsters Employed. The fact remains, however, that this sheriff, in making up a posse to undertake a task where moderation and wisdom should be as requisite as firmness and ccurage, saw fit to place Winchester rifles in the hands of a set of irresponsible youngsters, These young men were cruited from the offices and stores of } zicton. In most cases their names were obtained from the rolls of the corporations having offices in this city. They were subpoenaed, sworn in as deputy sheriffs and remained subject to a call for dut I saw one of these young fellows today, my attention having been drawn to him by the manner in which he was said to have spoken of his part in the affair. He Was quoted a> saying that when trouble became imminent, he singled out one miner, and when the shooting commenced, he fired at his heart, dropping his man and killing him. This deputy was a beardless,, cigarette- smoking stripling, and for his own pro- tection ought never to have been intrusted with a gun. There was another deputy with him who looked even younger and more irresponsible than this fellow. It is the impression in some quarters, however, that the youngsters did not do the worst of the shooting, but that it was done by members of the coal and iron po- lice, forming a section of the sheriff's party, apd who were accustomed to regard ing miners as their natural enemies and their lawful prey. Now that the people are turning again to the massacre, there is a great deal of taik about these irresponsible young deputies, and the sheriff's wisdom in employing them is sharply questioned on many sides. in charge of the river and harbor works in the vicinity of Savannah for about ten Years, and {it was in 1892 that he assumed charge of the improvement of the Savan- nah river and Cumberland sound, for which Congress had provided under the continu- ous contract plan. It is said at the War Department that he has secured the full depth of water at Savannah contemplated in the plan, while the Cumberland sound project is still under way. Capt. Carter was appointed military at- tache at London early in the present ad- ministration and subsequently was also made the engineer member of the Nicara- gua canal commission. At present he is in New York, in attendance upon the mezt- ing of that bedy, which was called for today. The chie: engineers, Gen, Wilson, learned of the charges that have been made of irregularity in the prosecution of the Georgia work while Capt, Carter was on his way home to the United States from Stockholm, where he attended the inter- national engineering congress as the rep- resentative of the United States. It was felt to be proper to defer bringing the matter to the attention of Secretary Alger until the officer had returned to this country, and had an opportunity to meet the charges. So it was not until Sat- urday that Secretary Alger was made ac- quainted with the facts, Captain Carter himseif going to his house, in company with General Wilson, for the purpose of talking over the matter. It is only fair to say that the captain enters a most em- phatic denial that he has done anything that was not in the interest of the ved States government. The board appointed to inquire into the matter, after the manner of a court of in- y, is composed of the ablest men in the ys. Col. Gillespie is president ssissippi river commission, station- ed at New York. Major Adams was for years the right-hand man of General Casey, when chief of engineers at Washington, and is also now stationed at New York, while Major Raymond has charge of the impor- tant works in Pennsylvania and the Dela- ware section. The officials at the War Department from Secretary Alger Gown are unwilling to dis- cuss the matter, but it is plain to be seen that his colleagues in the engineer corps have full confidence that Capt. Carter hus done nothing that affects his integrity. ———_+ e+ —____ REFUSE TO CARRY MONEY. Effect of Quarantine Regulations on the Express Companies, United States Treasurer Roberts has been notified that the express companies, owing to the quarantine regulations against New Orleans, refuse to carry shipments of money from the subtreasury in New Orleans to points in Texas, Alabama, Miss- issipp! and Arkansas usually supplied by that subtreasury. In consequence of this shipments of money have been ordered from the St. Louis subtreasury. About $19,000,000 is in the New Orleans subtreasury for use in the movement of the cotton crop. How long this will be pre- vented going through the regular channels is not known. ————__-e-______ BEARS IN YELLOWSTONE PARK. Gobin Resists Civil Processes. The sheriff came ck to Hazleton iast night, but stuck to Gen. Gobin's headquariers. He sured by the gen- eral that no civil action against him or bis deputies would be recognized or permitted ass as long as the troops were in control. One They Have Increvsed So as to Be An- | ROticeable Tact about this matier is that Beping: never a word of regret is heard from those x who took part in the massacre. If they Col. Young, U. 8. A., acting superintend- | entertain such a feeling in private, they do ent of the Yellowstone National Park, has made his report to the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897. He says the black bear have increased so’ rapidly as to become very annoying, and that at least a dozen bears might be dis- posed of to responsible zoological gardens for the expense of capturing them, which would be small. Of the 500 antelopes win- tering in the park 15 per cent have been killed by coyotes during the past winter, and he recommends the Killing of a part of the coyotes in the park. He says a sen- timent of hostility toward the park has grown up among people who live near it, as they object to the protection of wild beasts in their vicinity, but they cverlook not express it in public. fact, people hereabouts seem di twe classes as regards their attitude to- ward the ™miners—those who look upon them as fellow-men and th who, from association with them and familiarity with their disabilities, look upon them as cattle or animated shoveling and digging ma- chines. From the expressions I have heard, I am inclined to the belief that the latter view is the one principal! enter- tained by the mine owners and operators. Recent occurrences, however, are causing people to look a little further into the con- ditions and surroundings of the miners, and to take some account of the accumula- tion of grievances which they have put for- ward from time to ume. The tyranny of the advantage the park will become to the | the “company” store is one of them. It country at large, must be known that in the mines which $+ —______ have been closed down by the men the company or operator running the mine also conducts a store, at which the miners are compelled to buy all their goods at what- ever price the company sees fit to put upon them. This is against the state law, but that seems to cut liitle figure, as the sys- tem exists. It frequently happens that a miner may work for a month, earn $35 to $45, and on pay day find himself in debt to his employer. This is one of the boau- ties of the company store. 1 saw the time slip of an expert miner today, who had earned $84, which ts considered a phenom- enal wage; but even with this he was not able to keep ahead of the company store, for the storekeeper figured him out to be $13 in the company’s debt. Outrageous Prices Charged. Outrageous prices are charged. The miner pays the operator $2.75 a keg for blasting powder which costs 84 cents; he pays 35 cents for oil, which in the town, half a mile away, costs 18 cents; he pays 7 and § cents a pound for sugar, and every- thing be buys fs at a like exorbitant price. He must buy his tools, and pay the com- pany for their sharpening. The company requires him to buy > worth of coal each month in the winter, whether he wants to keep warm or not. He is docked 7% cents a month for the company doctor, and 25 cents a month for the priest. A recent state law taxes the employers of alien labor 3 cents a day per head. That is easy. The employers take it out of the miners’ wages, and a time slip I saw today had stamped upon it “Alien tax, 51 cents.” They rent tne company’s houses, of course. These little matters go to make up ‘he complaint which the miners are now mak- tng—that is, that they cannot earn enougn money to live upon. A man who can earn less of the company store system, which de- prives him of even the small economic ad. vantage which might come of cautiu: buying, it is not surprising that he feels tment. resen' Thoughtful people in these parts do not see any prospect for an early bettering of the unfortunate conditions existing. They say that.es Iong es this cheap foreign la- is Satisfactory Settlement Expected. United States Minister Neillat Lima, Peru, has sent the Secretary of State a copy of the Peruvian president’s message delivered August 12. One rather significant passage refers to the famous McCord case in the “The Ramsey case has heen honorably settled and doubtless the one relating to It naving been confided to the immediate ——— —-+ eo — The Case of Pedro Hernandez. Acting Consul General Springer has re- Hernandez, an —_- e—_—__-—_ Patents for Cycle Attachments. The weekly list of patents issued today ————————___ Pensions Recently Issued. Pensions have been granted as follows: District. of Columbia—Jacob Jacobson, Maryland—Etheridge Kent, Cumberland; Margaret Williston. ‘Virginia—Thomas Jones, National Sol- Ferdinand Elizabeth