Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 310i Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Bn Racrruann Freee Wew York Oficn, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers fn the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 ecnts per week, or 44 cents per month. ies at the ccunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Co ‘postage prepaid—50 cents er month, Porn! Quintuple Sheet tar, $1 per year, with neizn postage added, Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C, &s_seccnd-class mail matter.) TZ Ail mail subscriptions must be paid fn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. CANADA'S POSITION Interested in Other Matters Than the Seal Question. AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION Proposition to Settle All Questions at the Same Time. AMERICAN CONTENTION The Canadian officials determined today to meet the propositions for the immediate suspension of pelagic sealing with a coun- ter proposition for the establishment of a commission to arrange a general settlement not only of the Bering sea question, but of reciprocity, border immigation, north At- lantic fisheries and all pending questions between the United States and Canada. It Was stated authoritatively that this propo- sition would be submitted when the diplo- matic phases of the subject were taken up today. Whether it will tend toward an adjustment is doubtful. The contention of the American representatives is that the Bering sea question is the first thing to be disposed of, and that the suspension of pelagic sealing cannot be put off until ac- tion is matured on reciprocity, immigra- tion and the other subjects. But the Cana- dians are equally insistent that they shall not surrender on the stoppage of sealing without at the same time securing action on all the other subjects, which, to them, are of quite as much importance as the Bering sea question. An International Commission. Their suggestion of an international com- mission will therefore contemplate the as- sembling of duly authorized commissioners, to be appointed by the United States and by Great Britain, to consider all pending questions, and, if possible, negotiate a treaty covering a settlement of all of them. This plan necessarily implies the su: pension of action on the Bering sea que: tion for the present. On the part of the Canadians ther: of an immediate pelagic seal> ing. ssion would be to consider such a pension, and such an adjustment might time be arranged if reciprocal benefits nadians. The entire on is to avoid set- tling the Bering sea question unless the other questions are settled at the same time. it is understood that while : United States representatives have no jection to a commission they will insis th 2 pe ent, temporary if need be,of pelagic sealing. Seeretary Sherman's Letter. It developed today that Secretary Sher- man had written a letter to Sir Wilfrid Laurier which may have an important bearing on the Canadian negotiations. The letter is not made public, and all persons nizant of it are very reticent on the sub- ject. It is said this letter resulted from the divided responsibility of the officials here, Gen. Foster having charge of Bering sea, Secretary Gage of immigration, Mr. Kas- son of reciprocity, ete. While each of these officials was desirous of making friendly terms with the Canadians, there was no one person who could consider the subjects homogeneously, granting a concession on one subject for an equal concession on another subject. This condition being rec- ognized as an embarrassment to the nego- tations, it is understood that Mr. Sher- man’s letter to Sir Wilfrid facilitates a broader di: ion of the relations between the two i The B meeting began at 11 o'clock, today under the usual circum- stances of secrecy. Conference Closed. 3 The experts closed their conference with today’s session. They have agreed on a statement of facts concerning seal life, the condition and habits of the seals, etc., and such statement was signed by the four ex- perts, namely, Messrs. Hamlin and Jordan for the United States, Mr. Thompson for England. and Mr. Macoun for Canada, at the State Department late this afternoon. No action was taken by the experts on the subject of pelagic sealing, a question that bas been left open for the consideration of the diplomatic rep’ atives of G: Britain and the United States. shee Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am- bassador, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Louis Davies of ti a ministry had # conference with Gen. Foster, the United States repre: mtative, at the State Depart- ment late thi: afternoon, at which, it is understood, the subject of pelagic sealing Was considered in connection with the proposition that a commissicn be created Sine cOnsider commercial reciprocity “and other relations between the United States and Canada. as 3 ——-o+______ DEMANDS INVESTIGATION. Count Esterhazy Resents © Veiled Charges Against Him. PARIS, November 16.—Count Esterhazy, who, it is said, answers the description “of a rich and titled officer, well known in Paris society," who had been requested to resign his commission in the army in con- sequence of the continued leaking of mili- tary secrets since Captain Dreyfus was deported, has written a letter to General Billot, the mirister for war, with regard to the alleged “infamous accusation.” He demands «an investigation and says that he is ready to reply to all the charges that may be brought against him. The minister for war, Gen. Billot, reply- ing to questions in the chamber of deputies today, said that M. Scheurer-Kestner, one of the vice presidents of the senate, who has been agitating for the reopening of the case of Alfred Dreyfus, had not considered it expedient to take legal action in the mai ter; but, the minister added, since the Drey- fus family had brought charges against an officer, the war department intended to de- mand of them that they justify their charges. Continuing, the minister of war remarked: “As the guardian of the honor of the army, I shall not fail to do my duty.” a FOUND A SAW. Might Have Been the One Used on Galdensuppe’s Body. NEW YORK, November 16—-A saw, which may be the implement with which William Guldensuppe’s corpse was dis- membered in the cottage at Woodside, L. 1. where he was murdered in June last, was brought to District Attorney Youngs at Long Island City today. It is said to have been found buried to the handle in groupd of the meadow lying batween Flushirg and College Point, where Mrs. Nack is said to have told the officers Sun- Gay that it was placed by Martin Thorn. The find was made by an Italian Jaborer and two young sons of Methven of Long Island City. The saw will be hen ‘s trial is reeumed - In @ special venire of 200 jurors will be issued tomorrow. District Attorney Youngs said today that Bis visit to Philadelphia yesterday been without result as to the that Thorn was at one time an inmate of Moyamensing prison. Advertising is not an expense, It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money, profitably you will therefore put 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. 13,950. ° WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NGVEMBER 16, 1897—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE FIGHT ON HANNA) HATRED OF ENGLAND|NO COMP:ROMIS EIDENIES THE MOTION Republican Leaders Oharged With Aiding the Combination. Complaints Against Senator Foraker and Gov. Bushneli—Tom Johnson Read Out of the Party. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 16.—Sen- ator Hauna will leave for New York this evening on a business, a1.d not a political, mission. He will be gone about a week. In his absence Col. Charles F. Dick will keep him posted on the movements of his enemies in Ohio. The anti-Hanna movement is badly in Peed of a leader to start the bolt which 1s predicted. They claim sufficient strength, and declare that twenty legislators will not abide by the Toledo pledge. Foraker men contend that Mr. Hanna will be defeated, and with defeat his power will be shat- tered. They believe Governor Bushnell will be elected, and that Mr. Foraker’s position will be so strergthened that, if he wishes, he can be the candidate of the republican party for President in 1900. If he does not wish this, he can at least be certain of re- election as senator. Charges Against Foraker. There is no concealment at Mr. Hanna's office of disgust at the annoyance to which the senator is to be subjected. Governor Bushnell and Senator Foraker, it is charged, are supporting the conspiracy against Mr. Hanna. They worked in perfect accord throughout the campaign. Their accord, it is claimed, did not look forward to the election of Mr. Hanna to the Senate, how- ever. Mr. Foraker, is said to have resisted every attempt of the state executive com- mittee throughout the campaign to send him to close districts, with one or two ex- ceptions. He spoke, it is charged, only in the counties which are safely republican and where it was desirable to get out a large vote for Governor Bushnell. In one day he received fifty telegrams from prom- inent republicans and members of the state committee asking him to speak in several counties which were in danger on the legis- lative ticket. A special train was offered him,. but he refused. He could neither be coerced nor coaxed. He spoke where he pleased, and, it is claimed, where it would not help Mr. Hanra. Everywhere he went two things are said to have been noticeable: First, renewed effort for Governor Bush- nell on the part of the senator's adherents. Second, a determined effort to defeat the legislative ticket except in the instances where the candidates ion ae legislature were safely pledged to fight Hanna. Governor Dsteelts loyalty to the legis- lative ticket, it is declared, was no greater than that of Mr. Foraker. Senator Foraker has recently demanded of President McKinley that the federal appointments in Ohio be filled at once. nator Hanna does not want this request omplied with, and it is presumed that the President will pay no attention to it. This denial of Mr. Foraker’s request will be the excuse for which Mr. Foraker is waiting to take a bolder stand against Senator Hanna. The names of Mr. Foster, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, and General Little of Xenia have been mentioned as senatorial candi- dates against Hanna. John R. McLean will probably be the democratic caucus nomi- nee. Tom Johnson Read Out of the Party. At a meeting of the Cuyahoga democracy last night resolutjons were adopted reading ex-Congressman Tom L. Johnson and John H. Farley out of the democratic party. Both these leaders were charged with treachery during the late campaign. Farley is ac- cused of supporting Senator Hanna and Johnson with having bolted Farley's candi- dacy for mayor last spring. Backs Up the Kurtz Interview. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Obkio, November 16.—The affidavit of E. K. Rife as to the authen- ticity of the Chas. L. Kurtz interview, ex- pressing hostility to Senator Hanna, which Mr. Kurtz has pronounced a fake, has caused great surprise here, because it has disclosed the fact that the author of the alleged interview is the €ditorial writer of the State Journal, the local republican organ. In the editorial columns of the Journal, Mr. Rife has been discrediting the interview, as well as all publications tending to show opposition in the republi- can party~to the return of Mr. Hanna to the Senate. —_.—___ VON RIEHL DEAD. Passing Away of a German Pablicist and Historian. MUNICH, November 17.—Prof. W. H. Von Riehl, the publicist and historian, is dead, ,aged seventy-five years. Prof. Von Riehl was the founder of the Gazette of Nassau, which journal was established in 1848. Subsequently he had editorial charge of the science and art de- partments of the Allgemeine Zeitung. In 1853 King Maximillian appointed him pro- fessor at the University of Munich. He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences of Munich in 1862. Prof. Richi was the author of a number of works, in- cluding “The History of Civilization,” “Studies of the Civilization of Three Cen- “The Enigmas of Life,” “Chamber “Types and Character of Musi- etc. He was manager of Bavaria, an important publication devoted to gev- graphy and ethnology, and since 1870 man- aged Historisches Taschenbuch, founded by Von Raumer. ——— THE POPE OBJECTS. Unwilling to Accept the Settlement of Manitoba School Question. LONDON, November 16.—The DaliyChron- icle today publishes the decision of the pope on the Manitcba school question, confirm- ing the Montreal Star’s version, plainly set- ting forth that his holiness does not the Laurier-Greenway settlement. — A THEATRICAL SUICIDE. Ed. Fink Drank Poison im Front of His Sweetheart’s House. CHICAGO, November 16.—Ed Fink, twen- ty years old, gaily waved at his sweetheart a hand containing a bottle of carbolic acid. “Hurrah! I'm off,” he shouted, and he drained the bottle of its contents, Fink stood opposite the home of Miss Minnie Petersen. She sat by her parlor window, watching her youthful lover, with whom she had quarreled. She saw him raise the bottle to his lips and heard his adieu. Then she saw him swallow the poison and fall. She rushed across the street and knelt un- til an ambulance came. Fink Bishop Doane Strongly and Unpar- ingly Denounces It. FRUIT OF EXTREME PARTY SPIRIT Suggested That Text Books of the Schools Are Responsible. AROUSING OF PREJUDICES Se ALBANY, November 16.—Bishop William Croswell Doane, in his annual address to the clergy of the diocese of Albany today, speaking of the relation of America to England inthe Lambeth conference, was very intense in his condemnation of what is called “jingoism.” Relating to the report upon the subject of international arbitra- tion, he said: “There can be no question that within the last two or three years, from various causes and with some fault on both sides, the minds of men have been accustomed to the thought of a possible resort to arms as the settlement of national questions be- tween England and America. Whatever may have been wrong and unwise in the utterances and attitude over there, you and I are not responsible for; but we are responsible, and must be held so, for the things that have been said and done, and for the spirit that has been roused in America, and which has in it inconceivable possibilities of horror. It is unfortunate with us that our public men are by the force of our constant political changes un- trained either in the arts or in the language of diplomacy. It is still more unfortunate when statesmen forget the art and lan- guage of courtesy. Always in an unamal- gamated civilization like ours, when we Rave not yet become one nation, but are a conglomerate of innumerable nationalities only in process of assimilation, there are two dangers, the one of assertions of old- time prejudices and antagonisms, which have no place in our soil, and no reference to our relations to any other country in the world; and the other the unpardonable po- litical device of pandering to some of these transplanted parties. The English Amazed. “The more mindful men in England look with amazement and astonishment on what sometimes seems to them the unbridled violence of our partisan newspapers, the feeling of hatred and dislike of England in America. I am sure of the absence of all such feeling among thoughtful people at home. With these extreme expressions of violence, the English government, the English people and the English pfess have been most patient; but unless we come to recognize more than we do the reckless- ness of speech, the facility of rousing prejudices, and the danger of Provouing: even the most patient strength, we may bring about a state of things infinitely dis- graceful and infinitely dangerous to our Christianity and our civilization. “Just where the word ‘jingo’ came from matters not, nor where the ugly thing which it describes originated. I am quite well aware that he exists in England, and that the spirit which animates him is more or less lying dormant and ready to be reused; but nobody can doubt its preva- lence and its unlicensed utterances among us. It is the spirit of boastfulness, selfish- ness, arrogance, conceit. It is unworthy of our manhood and a discredit to our Chris- tianity. In an individual it is most odious to everybody with whom he comes in con- tact. The theory that the old revolution- ary spirit, which regarded England asa ty- rant, is kept alive by the study of our school books of history may have some weight. Text Books Possibly Wrong. “If it has, it is time that the school bceoks were correctea; so that children shall be taught that the Englend of a hundred years ago is a8 different from the England of today as the America of this century is different from the America of the revolu- tion. The theory that we are still sore and smarting under the prevalent English sym- pathy with the south during the civil war may have some weight. If it be true, sure- jy it is the sign of high-minded intelligence to recognize that in the outcome of that war we have become strong enough to for- give the people that misunderstood us. The more serious fact, which ought to be both restrained and rebuked, is that if we give protection in America to people from other lands who accounted themselves oppressed and injured by foreign governments when they were at home, we have the right to demand from them that they shall leave their quarrels behind them, and that in Arrerica there shall be no distinctions of German-Americans, or Irish-Americans, or Americans of any qualification whatever. And for that wretched. party spirit which, for the serving of temporary political ends, is capable of risking the permanent horrors of an alienation between two nations which are absolutely one, in origin, in character, in interest, in responsibility from God, in la. guage, in history and in religion, there ought to be at the polls, in the press, from the pulpit and the personal intercourse of intelligent men the sternest condemnation and the most incessant rebuke. “This is a matter in which men of intel- ligence and influence are deeply concerned. No greater outrage can be conceivable, and no more lasting and serious injury to all the best interests of humanity throughout the world, than the severance or even the straining of the close tie which binds America to England. A war would be only less a fratricidal war than our unfortunate rebellion; but the prevention of it must be not by the machinery of statecraft and cab- iret counsel, but by the cultivation of the true spirit and temper of the peoples of beth nations.” —_>__ HIGGINS ACQUITTED. Inability to Agree on Dorsey in the Bank Wrecking Case. LINCOLN, Neb., November 16:—At 2:30 o'clock this morning the jury in the Dor- sey bank wrecking case announced its in- ability to agree. Assistant Cashier Higgins, who was joint- ly indicted with Dorsey, was acquitted. Federal Judge Woolson discharged the jury. Dorsey was ordered to give a new bond for his second trial. The case is chiefly celebrated for its length of time in trial, consuming over a month of the time of the federal court. ‘The defendant, Frank M. Dorsey, is a brother of Representative William Dorsey of Fremont, and was cashier and manager of the First Nationai Bank of Ponca, Neb. ‘The case was given to the jury Thursday, and last night the court held an all night in jury agreement. | EY Ta uE The Attorney Geferal Decides Against Oleomargarine Offer. Prosecution of Dealers to Go on—Dis— trict: Attorneys {Notified Here Attorney General MeKenna has disap- Proved of. the, recommendation of the Treasury Department~ that the offer of $7,000 as a compromise in the oleomarga- rine cases be accepted. This decision reached the Secretary of the Treasury to- day, and means that the defendants, Messrs. Wilkins & Butler, will be prose- cuted to the full extent of the law. Commissioner Forman of the internal revenue bureau went -to New York last night and is not in the city. Acting Com- missioner Wilson said this afternoon that he would at once telegraph District Attor- ney Beck in Philadelphia to go on with the prosecution. Mr. Wilson said that his office had not recommended a compromise because there was a weak case against the defendants, but because it was thought that the payment of $7,000 would be suf- ficient punishment. -On the other hand, Mr. Wilson thought there was a strong case against the accused. District Attorney Davis will also be unoti- fied to proceed with the prosecution of the case here. - Attorney General MeKenna said-to a Star reporter this afternoon thut he did not think the case one for compromise, and upheld in every way the contentions of The Star. Received With Pleasure. When the news of the decision of the At- torney General was brought to those who have been interested in exposing these violations of the law general satisfaction was expressed. The opinion seemed to be entertained that this action would result not only in the judicial hearings of the cases against Wilkins, hut it would deter those who are now engaged in the violation of the law or who would have been en- couraged to ergage in this unlawful bus- ineses if the compromise had been accepted. It is also said that this*question had very largely become a national one, that the farmers all over the country were deeply interested in the cutcome. The Sec- retary of Agriculture, Mr. Wilson, who represents the farmers’ interests, threw his Influence unmistakably in faver of the re- jection of the compromise. COMMENCING THE WoRK & Installing the Underground Electric Systom on Fourteenth Stzeet. Today the actual work of installing the underground electric system on the lth street and Pennsylvanid#avenue lines of the Capital Traction,rodd was begun. A gang of men began this morning digging a trench between the twe trdcks of the road on 14th street extended above Florida avenue, where the feed-wire ducis are to be laid. The cars are being run an the west track, and the dirt from the trench is thrown on the east track and then hauled away by wagons. The cars leave the east track above V street by means of a switch, and ccntinue to a point above Florida avenue, where there is a turn-out. The cars going north wait there until the cars, which can be sighted at the top of the hill, coming south have passed. At the top of the hitt there is another switch, and travel is again resumed on the east track. It was at first thought that it would be necessary, to lay temporary tracks, but it is believed that this device will obviate the necessity; at least, it is the intention to give it @ trial. The pipes which will con- tain the feed wires are plied up along the side of the street, und the constant pass- ing of the wagons hauling away the dirt as it fs thrown out of the trench, as well as the group of mefi at work and the usual spectators, makes the scene in that loc ity a rather animated one.’ Altnough there are possibly a hundred men engaged on the work, there isvery little noice or confusion, and there is entire absence of the shouting and laughing which {fs apt to characterize a crowd of men engaged in work of this kind. The contractcr, Mr, Saxton, who did similar work on the Metropolitan road and also had the contract for laying the cable on the Capital Trattion system, and who also is doing gimflar work in New York, makes it one of the recuirements in employing men that’ they should re- frain from all nolsy demonstrations while they are at work. on the street. The rest- dents along the line ef the railroad, as well a sthe passersby, no doubt appreciate fully this sensible regulation, which is enforced so effectively by Mr. Saxton. THE GUNNBRY SERVICE. To Imercase the Class at the Wash- ington Navy* Yard. With a view to increaging the efficiency of th> gunnery service of the navy, Secre- tary Long has. decided to increase the class of seamen. gupners at the Washing- ton navy yard from thisty-four, its pres- ent number, to fifty, and to send the cruiser Lancaster to Port Royal, S. C., for duty in connection with the training of gun captains. She has gone to Boston for repairs. The monitor Amphitrite will also be used for similar service. She is now taking on coal at [ambert’s Point pre- paratory. to her de) ure for Port Royal, where @ target rangé was recently estab- lished by the officers, of the battle ship Maine... 2 a The class.of ‘gupners at the posed of con- innoem tinuous service men, ‘ices and for- ices. Th Ey of instruction r Which they are vesgels in commis- foes, distributed among sion, In his last, monthiyabtateqent in regard to the condition of wmeder construc- superintendent of the Military Academy, is in the city, under orders of the Secre- tary of War. He is at 1515 L street. neers, formerly-in charge of Potomac river Justice Cole Refuses Writ of Man- damus in Wedderburn Case. STATES: REASONS FOR HIS DECISION Holds That Disbarred Attorney Had Been Given Fair Hearing. AN APPEAL PROBABLE Judge Col>, sitting in Circuit Court No. 1, today refused to command the Secretary of the Interior, by writ of mandamus, to revoke his approval of the recommendetion of the commissioner of patents that John Wedderburn, the patent attorney, be dis- barred, and give Mr. Wedderburn an oral hearing before finaliy passing upon the commissioner's recommendation. In ren- dering his decision, Judge Cole held that the disbarred attorney had been given a full, fair hearing on the charges preferred against him, and that, therefore, his peti- tion for the writ of mandamus would have to be denied. Mr. Wedderburn’s attorneys, Messrs. R. Ress Perry and Jere M. Wilson, will probably carry the case to the Court of Appeals. Prior Proceedings. The readers of The Star have been made familiar with the filing of charges last sum- mer against Mr. Wedderburn, the long hearing before the assistant commisstoner of patents, the recommendation of the com- missioner of patents that he be disbarred, and with the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the commissioner's recom- mendation. Following the Secretary's ap- proval of the commissioner's récommenda- Uion, counsel for Mr. Wedderburn filed a pe- tition for the writ of mandamus, claiming that he, in being deprived of the right to practice before the Department of the In- terior, had been dispossessed of a property right without due pro of law. They further contended that before approving the patent commissioner's recommendation of disbarment Mr. Wedderburn should have been given an opportunity to appear before the Secretary and show cause why the ap- proval should not be made. The matter fully ‘argued before Judge Cole s. days ago, and this morning, in disposing of the case, Judge jewing the contentions Uiat the relator, Mr. Wedder- med that the Secretary had no ake “such appro- val except upon notice to the relator, a contention, however, with whieh the judge said he could not agree. Then Judge Cole io the law applicable in such cases, and also to rule 9 of the department, saying that the real question in the case before him was whether rule 9, which had been follo; in the matter, was due pro- cess of law. He held that it was, and that the Secretary did not delegate to any subor- dinate officer any duty the law reserved §o him. It was apparent, 100, remarked the court, thet the Secretary did nct act in any perfunctory or arbitrary manner, it being clear to the court that he exercised his. judgment upon the whole case, including the evidence, arguments and recommenda- tions of the commissioner of patents. Review of the Charge. Cote said, after re of counsel, Reviewing the hearing upon the charges, Judge Cole said that Mr. Wedderburn was furnished with copies of the charges and given a hearing before the commissioner of patents, his attorneys also being given an opportunity to present their views orally and by printed briefs. Remarking that the United States Supreme Court has decided that due process of law need not neces- sarily be a trial before a court of law, or constitute proceedings as formal and exact- ing as those in a court of law, Judge Cole held that the order of disbarment was made only after the petitioner had enjoyed a full, fair hearing, and, therefore, in due process of law. The decis‘on of the commissioner of pat- ents, explained Judge Cole, was not a com- plaint on which the petitioner was entitled to a hearing before the Secretary, and the judge also remarked that the statutes do not provide that there shall be in such cases an oral hearing before an executive officer. The judge also referred to the fact that it was not contended that Mr. Wed- derburn has additional testimony to offer in his behalf. On the whole, Judge Cole said, in con- clusion, that he could not say that the re- fusal of the Secretary to hear oral argu- ments was oppressive, unjust or arbitrary, and therefore the petition for the writ of mandamus would be denied. —— AN IMMENSE CLAIM. In Involves 7,000,000 Acres of Land in the Northwest. An immense claim, embracing 7,090,000 acres of land in the northwest and includ- ing the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, was brought before Commissioner Hermann of the general land office today, and the assistance of the government in securing cfficial data was ca'led for. The ciaimants are C. B. Holloway of Holland, Ohio, and A. U. Gunn of Maumee, Ohio. They are now making an examination of the general land office records, with a view to securing copies of certified papers which they as- sert will establish their title to the lands claimed by them. Their ancestor, through whom they claim title, was Jonathan Car- ver, an Englishman, a well-known explorer in the last century. Carver lived among the Indians of the northwest, mostly in what is now Minnesota and Wisconsin, and for a time he. was adopted by some of the tribes, including the Nawdanissia, who made him chief, and for valuable services rendered, it is claimed by the heirs, pre- sented him the vast tract. ‘They assert that this tribal act wes ratified both by King George Ill and the Continental Con- gress. Gunn claims as t- of Carver, and Holloway's wife is the great- granddaughter. A representative of the heirs had a long interview with Land Com- missioner Hermann today, in which their cententions were explained. depart ment will render whatever assistance is Ecssible in the way of securing informa- ———_-e—_+___ Personal Mention. Maj. C. E. L. B. Davis, Corps of Engi- TWENTY-EIGHT ARRESTED Violators of the Alien Contract Labor Law to Be Deported. Result of Long Investigatio Commissioner Powderly—More Arrests Expected. by The most important work done by Com- missioner Powderly of the immigration bu- reau since his induction into office is the arrest in Tennesse andMississippi of a large number of contrac? laborers who arrived in this country in September and went to Mis- sissippi as stave cutters. Commissioner Powderly has Jong believed that hundreds of foreigners have been trought into this country in violation of the contract labor laws and have been sent to the stave-cutting and sumber camps in Tennesse, Mississippi, Arkansas and Loui- siana. He is confident the Violation of the law has been going on for several years. He began an investigation early in the year and found sufficient proof of his con- victions. Different batches of fore:gners arrived at the ports during the year and gave their destination as Memphis, Tenn. A Party Followed. September 9 fifty Croatians, hailing from Croatia, in Austrian territory, arrived in Baltimore by the steamship Roland of the North German steamship line. The mani- fest of the ship gave their destination as Memphis. The fact was reported to the commissioner. Se soon as the party left for the south Commissioner Powderly de- tailed Special Inspeccor George E. Bald- win to follow them and make an inv tion. He was cided by other agents of th cepartment. The immigrants were taken to Memphis in a roundabout Way to escape detection. Mr. Baldwin, however, waited in Memphis until they arrived and followed che party to Mount Bayou, in Bolivar coun- ty, Miss. They were taken in charge by a man named Leo Mienkus and hustled eight> cen miles from the station to a camp in the wilds of Mississippi. Mr. Baldwin fol- lowed. His life was threatened, but he pluckily remained in iue neighborhood until he was convinced that the men had been brought over in violation of the immigration laws. Mr. Baldwin found it hard to get anybody to talk, all referring him to Mienkus, the “boss” of the numerous camps of stave cutters, The country was full of foreign- ers, mostly Austrians. Some of them had been there several years. Mr. Baldwin re- turned to washington and made a report to the commissioner. The investigation was continued by oth- ers. In the meantime several other batches of immigrants arrived in New York fro: the same section of Europe and gave thei destination as Memphis. One of th batches was detained and an investigation made by Commissioner Fitchie in New York, bringing out evidence that the men are sent over from Vienna by Leopold Kern. The nead man at this end of the line is Simon Kern, at New Orleans. They have agents scattered in all directions. These agents made it a practice to drill all the immigrants to prevent their telling anything, Twénty-Eight Arrested. Last week the Treasury Department swore out fifty warrants for the arrest of the party which landed at Baltimore. These warrants were placed in the hands of Inspector Baldwin and four other in- Spectors and they started for the Mississip- pi wilds last Saturday night. Arriving in Memphis yesterday, they found twenty- eight of the men they wanted in that city, the “boss” of the camp having let them go because he feared the consequence of keep- ing —--.u. The inspectors left last night for the stave camps to arrest the other men. When the whole party is secured the im- migrants will be put in a special car and taken back to Baltimore, to be deported. They will be sent back to Europe at the expense of the steamship company which brought them over. There will be no chance to escape deportation, as the war- rant of the Secretary of the Treasury is final. There is no appeal from the war- rant unless a man can show he is an American citizeh, or has been in this coun- try a year. After a year's residence a man cannot be sent back. Labor leaders at Memphis co-operated with Commissioner Powderly in the work now in hand. Milford Spohn, president of the Central Labor Union of this city, fur- nished Commissioner Powderly the names of several labor leaders in Memphis who would aid the officials. Since the fifty men landed in Baltimore in September probably a hundred others have arrived in this country and gone to the lumber camps. Information has just come that 132 immigrants supposed to be bound for the lumber camps arrived at Gal- veston a few days ago. The immigration bureau is looking into this and further ar- rests may follow. Criminal prosecutions have not begun against the men instrumental in bringing the laborers to this country, but it is hinied that this may follow. The foreigners get good pay in the lum- ber and stave camps. As stave cutters they make $4 and $5 a day. —e— HAS MADE A RECORD. Assistant Secretary Davis’ Large Number of Pension Decisions. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davis made what is perhaps the record of the de- partment in handing down four hundred decisions in pension cases today. One ot the most important was in the claim of Marshal Lawson, 10th Tennessee Cavalry, allowing increase to $50, where the pension bureau had refused any larger pension than $30 per month for epilepsy, resulting from concussion of the brain from shell explosion while in line of duty service. In consequence of the frequent and periodical epilepsy, it is claimed that the claimant needs frequent «nd periodical attendance VANCOUVER, B. C., November 16— ‘Word hes just been received here of a ter- i ba TWO CENTS. | no rival as an advertising med- ium, ICE-BOUND WHALERS How They Are to Be Relieved by Capt. Tuttle. TEXT OF SECRETARY GAGE'S ORDER a The First Effort to Be a Supply of Food. PLANS TO SECURE THAT en SS The orders under which the revenue cut- ter Bear will sail to the Arctic ocean, in an attempt to carry succor to icebound whalers, Lave been preparéa by Captain Shoemaker of the revenue cutter service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and will be mailed to Capt. Tut- tle, who will command the Bear. The or- ders are directed to him at Seattle, Capt. Tuttle thinks he will be ready to sail by the 23d. Captain Shoemaker is receiving many tel- ‘grams from volunteers who want to go with the Bear. The orders to Capt. Tuttle are lengthy, but are of deep interest. They are as fol- lows: Text of the Order. Sir: The best information obtainable gives the assurance of truth to the reports that a fleet of eight whaling vessels is icebound in the Arctic ocean, somewhere in the vi- cinity of Point Barrow, and that the 265 persons who were, at last accounts, on board those vessels are in all probability in dire distress. These conditions call for prompt and energetic action, looking to the relief of the imprisoned whalemen. i, therefore, has been determined to send an expedition to the rescue. Believing that your long experience in arctic work, your familiarity with the re- ‘ion of Arctic Alaska, from Point Barrow, and the coast line washed by the Bering sea, from which you but recently returned; your known ability and reputation as an able and competent officer, all especially fit you for the trust, you have been selected to comm: the rclief expedition. Your ship, the Bear, will be officered by a com- petent body of men, and manned by a crew of your own ection. The ship will be fully eq ed, fitted and provisioned for the perilous work in view r such it must be, under the most favorable jitions, An Overiand Expedition. It is, of course, well understood that at this advanced season of the year the route to the Arctic ocean through Bering strait will be closed to you, and, because of this known condition, you will not attempt it. Therefore your efforts will be directed to establishing communication by means of an overland expedition with the whaling fleet, not only for the purpose of succoring its people, but to cheer them with the in- formation that their relief and ultimate rescue Will be effected as soon as the condi- tions in Bering strait will permit your com- mand to advance. With this purpose steadily in view, you will prepare an expedition composed of at least two commissioned Officers and one forward or petty officer of your command to undertake, from a landing that yeu will ect, the journey overiand to Point Bar- You will assign an officer to the charge of this expedition, furnishing him with written instructions for the govern- ment of his party, which your judgment and discretion will dictate as most likely to further the success of the undertaking. This party should be prepared while you are en reute, and be ready upon leaving Unalaska, bound north, to take advantage of the first opportunity afforded for land- ing. They should be ampiy provided and fully equipped for arctic travel to success- fully accomplish the trying journey and work which will be antad of them from the landing point. You will make your own selection from the personnel of your command (volunteers preferred) of the offi- cers whom you will deem best fitted, phy- sically and otherwise, to encounter the hardships incident to the trip in view. In this connection the names of Lieuts. Cochran, Dodge and Hamlet and Boat- swain Jordan Thurber are suggested for your consideration. There are several plans deemed feasible, all leading to the same end, by the adop- tion and execution of some one of which the primary purpose of the expedition, as above given, can be accomplished. The first znd great need of the whalemen will probably be food. It is believed that the only practicable method of geiting it to them is to drive it on the hoof. To effect this object and the other ends set forth above it is proposed: First. That leaving Unalaska you proceed north with your command to Cape Nome, passing between Nunnivak and St. Mathews Islands tin sight of Nunnivak); thence north be- tween St. Lawrence Island and the coast of Alaska, carefully noting the extent and cond.tion of the ice, if any is met, keeping weli over to the mainland, the object being to ascertain where there is ice, or indica- tions of it, in Norton sound. If the way is clear, or you can by any means land the party on the north shore of Norton sound, between Cape Nome and Cape Prince of Wales, natives can be com- municated with at ‘either Cape Nome, Sledge Island, Point Rodney or Point Spen- cer. Should a landing be effected at any point named or near it a quantity of pro- visions, previously made ready, should be landed and cached there, to be afterward conveyed by the natives to the reindeer station at Port Clarence and left in care of Mr. Brevig. From the point of landing will begin the overland expedition, from your command, above dwelt upon, and the officer placed in charg? of it should be fully instructed upon the followiag general lines: 1. Communicate as quickly as possible with W. T. Lopp, at Cape Prince of Wales, with a native named Artisarlook (general- ly known ar Charley) at Point Rodney. Failing these, then with Kitelson, superin- tendent, government Reindeer station at ik. is suggested that a reindeer might carry a light pack of say forty pounds. : ay El : i é I : fj fh i i , k : i i i i ; if : i it i i