Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1899, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCEPT AT THE STAR BUILDINGS. Te Bnsinese Office, 1109 Peansyivania Avaais. The Evenit Star Newspaper Company. 8, H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Few York Office: 52 Tribaae 3aildixg, London Office: Trafalgar Buildings, Trafalgar Square. as 4 to subweribers Im the at 10 cents jes at the enywbere in the prepaia—Se cents DAY, ening Star I arriers, on t Ber week. or 44 crits per 1 2 cents cach. By wa ‘States or Canada—postax month turday Quinteple Sheet Star. $1 per year; with e added, $3.08, tier at Washington, D. C.. ’ = must be palt In ndvance. wn on anpliention A MYSTERIOUS CASE > -- A Former Washingtonian Said to Have Been Murdered. HE IS DOCTOR CARLTON § UBER Queer Missives Received by His Friends in Richmond. PUZZLING FEATURES Se Special Dispatch to The Es RICHMOND, Va., June ing letter, written on sta lantie Hotel, Norfolk, las: night: “oF report that the body of Dr. Carl- ning Star. —The follow- ionery of the At- received here was as ton E. Uber was found near Lynn Haven Jast night. Dr. United States inspec from anklin street. Richmond, and at the time of his death was acting under orders of the United States secret service. A club with which the murder was committed was found near the body. Washin om, D. C. please copy. W. A. PEMBER’ “Deputy U. S. Marshal. Dr. r has for the past two months bearded and had an office at the above named number and h: been engaged in practice as a veterinary sur: on. Another 5) ngular Epistle. He made the acquaintance there of T. J. Garrett, an inspector at the W. R. Trigg shipbuilding yard, and they were com- rade: Mr. arrett also received a letter yesterday, written on Atlantic Hotel pa- per, as follows: . Ju » Isve. “My Dear Sent you a note from Oceana yester Have a dirty job with a dirty man tonight and have some misgivings about it. Hope you have not Worried about me. 1 will explain if 1 ever happens keep cool until you people or from h Look on the i roat in the Give im « been good to me in Richmond, and remember your old friend, Carlton E. Uber. ri “Lookout for tomorrow night or nev- er. The stuff in my office will pay my board bill, but walt until the last of the week.” at # o'clock on the n was seemingly be- y a doubt penned by the same hand that wrote the missive signed W.A. Pember- te an mpt had been made “back ha “to ¢ i the latter, d swear that the r received is Uber's har aid Mr. xamining the two he must have ten them. ems that Uher wrote both," he con- “but I can form no idea why h : He told me a was going to Norfolk to ation before the veterin- « intimated that for some d trouble. I insisted upon l away Sat . AS goon a the insi¢ |, and found t pac he -ard Prom at Oceana. iss JEWELS VALUABLE STOLEN. Chicago Detectives on SAN Fran- officers polic wired From here valley, leav R lert val were put on his t a package i for by Colored Men Want to Entiat. HICAGO, J P. S. Bomus, rge of the United States army re- Zz station, h asking pe recruits, and to res Fight With Chinese Highbinders. SAN JOSE, ( Juni -In a battle with h Ch at midnight Deputy Sheriff V. L. Bache was shot in the side and badly wounded. Sheriff Langford received word that six highbinders were coming from San Fran- to kill Lee On Poon, president of the ng Tong, and with several deputies was on the wat vhen a gang of Chine: appeared and opened fire, which was re- turned by the officers. Deputy Bache w: hit at the first volley. and it is thought that one of the Chinese was killed, but his body has not been found. Four of the highbind- ers were arrested. Che Hen g Star. WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1899-FOURTEEN PAGES. “TWO CENTS. Faulty Indictment Stops Trial of August Becker. The Chicago Butcher Charged With Wife Murder May Even- tually Go Free. CHICAGO, June —The trial of August Becker, the south side butcher, charged with having murdered and then dismem- bered and boiled the remains of his wife in order to leave him free to marry Ida Sutterlin, a seventeen-year-old girl with whom he had become infatuated, came to a sudden end today, when it was found that the indictment named Mrs. Becker as Elizabeth, when it should have been Therese. The court at once nolle prossed the indictment. The jury had been sworn in and the defense asked for a discharge of the prisoner on the ground that Becker had been placed in jeopardy, and, there- fore, he could not be tried again. The court denied the request, however, and a bench warrant was issued and Becker re- arrested. A new indictment will at once be drawn up. The discovery that the indict- ment faulty created somewhat of a sensation in the court room. Becker May Excape Trial. result may be, however, that Becker pe punishment, as the case is now in such shape that the prisener's counsel are confident of a reversal by the supreme court if a verdict of guilty is returned. The 5 i been sworn in and part of the evidence of the first witness heard when the attorneys for the defense moved that the def j instructed to return a verdict of not guilty ast vidence produced related to the kil ing of one Therese Becker, while the in- dictment alleged that the defendant had murdered Elizabeth Becker. Other Points Raised. After an excited conference between the prosecuting attorneys the state moved that a le prossequi be entered and the de- fendant be held on a bench warrant. The defense made the point that if the state entered the nolle pressequi the court must order a verdict of not guilty. The state maintained that Becker had not been in jeopardy for the murder of Therese Becker. Judge Stein then entered a nolle prossequi and a bench warrant w! ued for Beck- er, Judge Stein sitting as a committing magistrate and hearing evidence relating to the case. In this proceeding the defense claims another error was committed. The witne were sworn by the clerk of the The will ¢: criminal court. 1t was held by the defense t Judge Stein sitting as a witne: should have sworn the . and jury this afternoon voted an- ainst Becker. The jurors “r were kept together, is again called for trial i of them will probably —_—_+ ROBBERS ARE RAMPANT. Recent Advicex Indicate Bold Law- lessnexs in Cuba. HAVANA, June 20.—Advices recet ‘re from Guanajay today say Maj. Jose 1 of the Cuban army, accused of in the recent safe robbery at eeded in escaping the ural police, pursued to a small country hou which he reached after dark. On the approach of the guards Aco: ta, who was at a well drinking, attempted to horse, but the guards fired dropped on his knees and beg- are his li taken ay jail, and he guards Kill him on the way there. On the promise of his life being spared, he said his y numbered y-nine, among whom, hi imed |. Carilio Doiz, d who we « chief of th i man of the Se ck have both di: that the nd there ar. organized a party m yajabos. Padre four returning halted by armed negroes mile Trom the shore, and ‘lied to surrender their fish and ulue on boart rurale a detachment of suring the hills in who nave been t district recently. The band i and has suc ursuers so far ssfully evac ¢ ys fifty-nine Cuban soldiers be PH HOLLINGER HANGED. ».—Joseph Hol- murderer, 5 in the Dauphin county jail for the murder of his w Hollinger went tot hout fear and died with- out struggle. He was an ignorant farmer, about fift old, and was separated from his wife for several months. Last sited her at the home of a r and tried to per uade her to re- She refused, and this so an- n that he knocked her down and her throat with a pocket knife. ht at his crime, and an hour tice of the peace e was brought to Har- risburg, and at his trial he admitted his crime and put in a plea of insanity. He promptly convicted, and the supreme ourt and the board of pardons have refused to overrule the jury's verdict. MEN WILL BE eut 50,000 IDLE. Effect of the the pected Shut-Down of nm Plate Mills. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 29—As a result of the failure to setle the tn-plate wage scale at the Chicago conference all the tin- te mills in the country are preparing to down, and tomorrow at midnight will be a general suspenston. Neariy 50,000 men will be thrown idle by the shut- down. How long it will last !s a matter of speculation. Circulars have been sent out lodges notifying them of the non- f the Chicago conference, and it 4 that the sentiment of the men fon will reach th local offi- - The rumors of % to be held Saturday, but officials would not talk on the there —— SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF. Suicide This Morning of Ex-1 F. Collier of Petersburg, PETDPRSBURG, Va., June 29.—Charles F. Collier, ex-member of the confederate con- gr nd formerly and for many mayor of this city, shot and killed himself +| instantly this morning at his residence here. He was seventy odd years old and infirm in health. —————e DROWNED IN THE MISSISSIPPI, Five Government Laborers in a Skiff That Overturned. CLERKSVILLE, Mo., June 29.—Five men were drowned today !n the Mississippi river a mile above hece by the overturning of a ckiff. They were government laborers en- gaged In the river improvement work. The dead are Wm. Hodge, Henry Howland, J. W. Phillips, Arncid Phillips and W. J. Jamison. What Senator Burrows Says of Their Alliance, A SOURCE OF SUPERIOR WEAKNESS The Governor is Known to Be Against the Administration. M’KINLEY SENTIMENT Senator Burrows of Michigan, who is now in Washington, said this morning that, in his judgment, there was not the slightest doubt that Senator McMillan would be re- elected to his present seat in the Senate. He thinks the conditions are such that if Secretary Alger were well informed he would see that the struggle he 1s appar- ently entering upon would be a hopeless effort. Senator Burrows has been an active and interested participant in Michigan po- litical affairs for thirty years, and his ac- quaintance with the people Is in no way theoretical. A Source of Weakness. “In my opinion,” said the senator in dis- cussing the coming fight in Michigan, “the alliance of Pingree and Alger is a source of superior weakness to the latter instead of an element of strength. Pingree is not as strong in the state now as he when I had my last senatorial campaign and was successful. At that time Pingree left noth- ing undone to defeat me. He made the senatorial contest the chief issue of the state legislative campaign and my defeat the primary object of the legislature. His senatorial candidate at that time was an experienced and resourceful politician who knew every inch of ground in the state. Despite all this, when the time came to count the votes, I easily had more than enough. Against the McKinley Sentiment. “Now, Pingree and Alger will go straight against one of the strongest and steadiest sentiments in the republicanism of the state. I refer to the strong McKinley sup- port in the state. Michigan thoroughly be- lieves in McKinley, and will let nothing in- tervene to divert from giving the strong- est possible indorsement of his administra- tion. nd don’t make a mi: point: When Aiger intrusts his political fot tunes with Pingree he becomes an anti- administration man in Michig: “After the publication of the so-called un- nding between the Secretary and the r, General Alger tried to relieve himself of its consequences here in Wash- ake on this one ington by declaring that he understood that Pingree a supporter of McKinley and the administration, or at least some- thing to that effect. Pingree promptly re- torted in effect that he was against the ad- ministration. Pingree’s Known Position. “In Michigan it is so well known that Pingree is against the national administra- tion that no one of any party or faction Therefore, when Pingree and fortunes Alger becomes opposed in Michigan to the ad- ministration of which he is a member. 1 have no information as to whether he will remain in the cabinet. “Neither would I attempt to say whether he can be an anti-administration man in Michigan and at the same time an admin- istration man fn Washington. Senator Burrows is here looking after some minor department matters. H will remain until tomorrow afternoon, when he will go to New York. There some day next week he will attend a meeting of one of the subcommittees of the finance commit- tee of the Senate. GIVING doubts it. e+ OUT WAR NEWS. A Stringent Order Ixnued Jutant General Some war secrets have evidently escaped from the innermost recesses of the adju- tant general's office without the knowledge or consent of Adjutant General Corbin, and as @ consequence he has promulgated the following ord “The attention y the Ad- of the adjutant general has been called to the frequent interrup- tions of business caused by persons not connected with this office calling directly on the clerks for this nec and unr nformation, arily interferes with the mittent attention to official imyperatively demanded of the clerical forca of this office, it is ordered that hereafter all clerks not chiefs of di visions will decline to furnish any inform clos business tion, unless so instructed by thelr respe ive chiefs or by one of the officers on duty in the adjutant ge I's office or by the ctetary or assistant secretary of war. ‘Chiefs of divisions ¥ best judgment in furns employes of the office with any information, and under no circumstances will newsp: per reporters be furnished with any data except when authorized by an officer of the adjutant general's office or by the Secre- tary or assistant secretary of war. Although not so stated, it is understood that this prohibitory order is due to re- cent public disclosures concerning the pur- poses of the administration in regard to the raising of volunteers for service in the Philippines. Plans to that end were being conducted with great secrecy, and it was not intended that they should become known for the present, or at least until they had progressed farther toward exe- cution. ee ee MR. ALGER'S PARAPET. Il exercise their hing persons not Army Officers to Make a Practical Test at Fort Washington. Secretary Alger is figuring to some ex- tent as an inventer, being responsible in a measure for a novel parapet which has been erected in experiment form at Fort Washington, Md. The Secretary, with Gen, Wi'son, chief of engineers, some of the members of the fortifications board and some other distinguished officials went down the Potomac this afternoon to make a practical test of this defensive work. The parapet is made up of a combination of steel rails and concrete, and it is claimed will prove far superior to the ordinary un- supported earthwork and concreted parapet. It was the intent to fire at the structure with some hea iber gun, comparing the effect of the shots with those directed upon a section of ordinary parapet near by. +0 = ENTITLED TO WATER. Acting Controller Mitchell's Decision Regarding the Columbia Hospital. Mr. L. P. Mitchell, the acting controller of the treasury, has decided, In enswer to a communication from John D, McChesney, treasurer of the Columbia Hospital for Women, that the institution is entitled to receive water free of charge. Mr. McChes- ney says that the District Commissioners have informed him that to execute the law it will be necessary to provide the institu- tion with a water meter, at a cost of $300, Mr. McChesney wants to know whether this charge is a proper one against the ap- propriation for “maintenance” of the insti- tution. According to the decision no meter will have to be put in, the controller hold- ing that the hospital is a government in- sutution. bs Subcommittee of Senate Finance Committee to Meet in New York, Not Known if the House Measure Hins Been Changed by Senator Aldrich, The subcommittee of the Senate finance committee which !s investigating the sub- ject of proposed currency reform during the recess of Congress will meet in New York the latter part of this week to take final ac- tion upon the currency bill which was re- cently drawn up by the House caucus com- mittee at Atlantic City. It will be remembered that there was a mecting of the Senate subcommittee a couple of weeks ago, at which the bill was informally discussed and was then passed over to Senater Aldrich, who was to ex- amine its provisions thoroughly. The infer- ence was that Mr. Aldrich would discuss the subjects treated in the bill with those persons whose advice and opinions would be valuable and would communicate the result to the subcommittee upon its reas- sembling. Changex Not Known, It is rot known yet what changes, if any, Senator Aldrich will recommend tn the original draft of the bill as presented by the House caucus committee. The general impression has been that the House mem- bers would acquiesce in the changes pro- posed by the senators and unanimous agree- ment reached upon the bill. So prevaleni is this opinion that there 1s already discussion of the method of hand- ling the bill when it is presented to the House. ‘here is a decided disinclination among the House leaders to submit the new measure to the committee on banking and currency, to which it would naturally be re- ferred in the ordinary course of business. ‘The reason for this §s the belief that cer- tain delay and embarrassment would follow its consideration by that committee. ‘Thirteen of the seventeen members of the old banking and currency committee were re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress and may reasonably expect to be appointed to their oid places on the committee. Expert- ence has proven the absolute impossibility of this committee. agreeing upon any kind of a currency bill in the past, and nothing miraculous has occurred to assure more harmonious action in the future. Therefore the reference of the new measure to that committee is unlikely. How to Dispose of tke Bill. The leaders of the House are considering another alternative for the disposal of the bill. The first thing, of course, will be to call a caucus of republicans and adopt the bill agreed upon between thedHouse caucus committee and the Senate conferees. Abso- lute unanimity w.ll be obtained, If possible, and there Is little doubt that it can be. Then the bill could be introduced and re- ferred to the committee on ways and means. It would be promptly reported back and the committee on rmles would re- port a special order for its comsideration in the House and the takisg of a vote within a specified time. ‘This, it is thought, may be the course pursued. ee ooo PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY. Ex-Representative Kerr Thinks the Majority is for Bryan and Silver. “There will be a sharp contest,” said ex- Representative Kerr of Pennsylvania, to a Star reporter today, ‘for the control of the Pennsylvania delegation to the next demo- cratic national convention. The regular democracy, the suppor of the Chicago platform, will select the majority of the delegates, In my opinion, but the gold demo: crats of Philadelphia. and the money centers will make a hard fight for supremacy in the delegation.” Mr. Kerr's attention was called to the recent statements that Colonel Guffey, the democratic nationalcommitteeman from Pennsylvania, had formed an alliance with Mr. Harrity, the gold democrat and former national committeeman, “I take Colonel Guffey’s word for it,” re- plied Mr. Kerr, “that He is a supporter of Bryan and the Chicago platform. I will not believe that he has allied himself with any interest which would be inimical to Bryan and free silver.” Mr. Kerr said he was well aware of the gossip as to the efforts of the anti-silver democrats to control the next national con- vention. It was his opinion that possibly the Chicago platform might be modified in some respects, leaving the salient features untouched, but that whatever was done In this direction would be done by the friends of Bryan and silver and not by their en he majority of the democrat: will write that platform,” he said, majority is for silver and Bryan. The gossip referred to as prevailing In Pennsylvania is that the democratle na- tional committeeman, Colonel Guffey, who is credited with being the democratic leader in Pennsylvania at present, ts in a combina- tion with ‘Tammany, ex-Senator Gorman and the Illinois gold democrats to swing the three great delegations from New York, Pennsylvania and Illinofs into line at the next convention against Bryan and free sil- The statement has been persistently cireulated that the democratic leaders in Pennsylvania would join this movement and would control the ‘selectfon of delegates at the last moment so as to make the state representation in thé convention in har- mony with the New Yorkers. +e. ____ YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA. Gen. Brooke Reports Two More Fatal Casex Among the Troops. More yellow fever cases were reported to the War Department by G2n. Brooke at Havana this morning. Th3re were two deaths from that disease among the troops as follows: Musician James McCarthy, G, 5th Infantry, at Santilage, and Sergt. Hugh Letow, C, 8th Cavalry, at Puerto Principe. 0 —§_. Appointed Profesner/ at Brussels. Dr. Daniel Folkmar, formerty lecturer in scciology at the University of Chicago, has been appointed professor of ;anthropology at the new University of Brustels, Belgium, being one of the few native Americans who have held a foreign progessorship. He has also just received the title “doctor of so- cial sciences’’ (docteur es sciences sociales) from the university, His thesis, a large volume on philosophical anthropology, will shortly be published im both French and English, + e+ ___. Ansintant Secretary Alten'’s Trip. Assistant Secretary .Allen will leave Washington tomorrow. on ‘the Dolphin, Commander Southerland, form tour of tn- spection of the navy yards and stations on the Atlantic coast north of Norfolk. He will be absent abaut a month. The Dolphin will carry. mail intended for th2 officers and crew of the District Naval Bat- talion, now on the Prairie. It will be left for them on the Fern, which 1s now off Piney Point awaiting the return of the Prairie from its crulge to New London, It is calculated at the Navy Department that the Prairie wil} arrive at Piney Point next Monday, é ° Counterfetted Hulf Dollars, The secret service byfeau has received notification of the arrest pf ‘Phillp Hedrick and Agnes “at “Mayesville, Pa. They are charged with making and passing Gilver half dolless.. A SENSATIONAL CLOSE|PINGREF AND ALGER/CURRENCY REFORM BILL|AT THE WHITE HOUSE | RECRUITING For GEN. oris Senator Burrows Sees the President, } but Not About Michigan Politics. THE STATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION Presentation of the Jamaica Reci- procity Commission. PARDON THAT WAS TOO LATE Senator Burrows of Michigan, who Is with Senator McMillan in his fight for re- election against Secretary Alger, had a conference with dent McKinley this morning. There w: urally a belief that the Michigan political situation had been touch2d upon at the conference, but Sena- tor Burrows said to a r reporter on leaving: ‘Not a word was said on the sub- ject of Michigan politics. My visit was purely social. [ am on my way to New York to attend a meeting of the special Senate committee which is studying the question of currency Iegislatic for th2 coming session of Congre: This commit- tee will meet July 1. “All I care to say as to Michigan politics is that the state is unqualifiedly for the administration, and the man who is con- trary to this sentiment, directly or indi- rectly, singly or in alliance with others, will go duwn.”” The senator said he thought the Senate committee which meets in New York will give me attention to the tive features of th> tariff z enue taxation. The main quest ever, is that of making some changes in the currency laws. Jamaica Commission Presente Mr. Tower, the charge d'affaires of the British embassy, this morning presented to President McKinley the commiss:oners from Jamaica who are seeking reciprocity ar- Trangements with the United States. The commiss:oners are D. 8. Gideon, A. H. Miles, Balentine G. Bell afd H. A. Farqut on. Mr. Tower also introduced Max Mu.ler, the y second secretary of th i The Jamai oners did noi talk to the Pre their busin in th oOuntry ntatives-elect Wachier and Denny and saw the Pr nt ioday in an un commis- ident about Meutenant in the marine ps a son of Col. Frank Markoe of President's Western Trip. Senator Warren of Wyoming asked the President this morning whether he had abandoned his idea of a western trip this summer. The President told the Wyoming senator that he had not given up his idea of a trip, but that he had n. and had no date in view for also does not know where he will go. Pardon Came Too Late. “The pardon came too late” is touchingly illustrated in a case which the President has disposed of. Charies Littlebear was convicted in the Indian territory, in March, 1808, of stealing a horse and was sentenced to five years and two months in the Ohio penitentiary. In the cold prison cells he contracted disease. An was made for his pardon, and President looked over the papers ned them Tuesday afternoon. The wuthorities were telegraphed by the officials of tie De- partment of Justice, but answered unai Littlebear died Monday night. The President has granted a pardon to application the Wm. McDowell, who was conyicted in North Carolina, in 1807, of breaking Into a post office, and sentenced to four years in the Ohio penitent MeDowell is dying of consumption, and the pardon will allow him to go home. Policy of Southern Republicans. Representative Gibson of Tennessee was among the White House callers this m ing. When asked what would be the gen- eral policy of the southern republicans in the next House Mr. Gibson said to a Star reporter: “Nothing has yet been decided upon. We are not so strong as in the last House. I should favor awaiting the action of a party caucus in such matters as the shipping subsidy bill and being governed accordingly. The eastern men understand this question much betier than we do who are in the cenu better let them :e: tion we think has ¢ Mr. Gibsor repr ts one of the strc republican aisiricts in the United rivaling the distr ef Vermont in r can majorities. “Mine is a whi listrict,” said Mr. Gib only five nativ on this morning. -born negroes in one for exampie. Nearly ali the white ¢) of the south are republican.” When as if there was aay prospe cess in ‘Tenne aH) he a { it was excee: The principal reason for ouraging outlook, he said, was the fact that the democrats are in possession of the election machinery and can count to th Gibson believes that the civil service has been a great injury to the republican party in the :outh—an injury partially alleviated by the recen order. — May Ruy From the Subsistence De- partment. By direction of the Secretary of War. civillans employed with the army at rates of pay of $60 or more per month, and civi!- ians such as tailors, shoemakers ard laun- drymen, expressly employed for their ser- vices with the army, may be allowed at re- mote places or in the field where food can not otherwise be procured, to pur from the subsistence department, in limited quan- tities for their own use, fer cash at cost prices, such articles of the ration or of stores kept for sales to officers and enlisted men as can be spared from the supplies on hand. ——————— Appointed to a Clerkship. The Postmaster General today decided to appoint Mr. J. Edwin Wilson to a clerkship in the Post Office Department. Mr. Wilson was assistant postmaster of Washington during Postmaster Willett's term. He is a Washingtonian and son of the local banker, Jesse B. Wilson. ——— +6. Ambassador Sends Greeting. The German ambassador, Dr. von Holle- ben, has sent the following greeting to Fest President Beitmann for the golden jubilee Saengerfest now in session at Cincinnati: “To the North American Saengerbund I send on the occasion of its golden jubilee my sincere congratulations. May the re- freshing and character-ennobling songs of the fatherland, transplanted here from the old country, find still further in the s: ing sucieties of North America a true place of culture, for the renown of the old and for the best Interest of the new country. “HOLLEBEN, Imperial Ambassador,” z Naval Orders. Lieut. C. H. Mathews has been ordered to the Asiatic station, per the Solace. Assistant Surgeon F. M. Bogan, to the navy yard, Boston. The promotion of Lieut. Gunior grade) A. Althouse was announced at the Navy De- partment today. ae No Need of Haste in Sending Him New Organizations. Active Operations Will Be Delayed by the Rainy Season Anyway— ,Many Seek Commissions, The first volunteers to be raised for ser- vice in the Philippines will be those for the skeleton regiments being organized by Gen. Otis. Instructions have been prepared di- recting recruiting officers to make enlist- ments under the section of the act of March 2 authorizing 35,000 volunteers. It is not believed there will be the least diffi- culty in obtaining these men, as the re- cruiting for the regular army has been so 1, and has about reached the limit authorized. It is probable t some time will elapse after the enlistment for the pro- visional army begins before the troops are sent to Manila, but me e they will be drilled and taught marksmanship in camp It is estimated tkat three months are quired to make soldiers of new re though among those that have b. for the regular army there are 1 have seen service in the state voluntee! and ha brief from in » re-enlisted after a ervice. The officers of the d a number of volunteers arn to the e after the home and the m ng or izations will desi pines for a sho: n opportuni men are able for the regiment by Gen. Otis. No Need for Haste. It is learned at the War Department that there is no actual rush about getting new organizations to Ge 1 Otis at ent time. The rainy s it is not believed that th ops will | availabie for service, excep -ve thos who have been on active duty. Th cruits that have been raised for the re r army in the Vhilipy have been in camp at the Presidio, California, 4 in target prac whi more ¢ ie volun- t also be driiled in ritie 4 The Transport Service. The transport service id to be nearly sufficient, though additional sh will be chartered temporarily if found available. This will only be done when there a a number of troops ready to send to Manila and rone of the regular transports are nnouncement that a portion of t ional army was to be sed 1a swarm of applications to War I tmeat by t fons in t rmy officers y regular for the ine s would give vilians thro they could ing si them. think factorily. fill the positi Will Charter Available Vessels. While the War Department is not making any extra effort to secure transports to take troops to Manila, yet it will charter ayait- able vessels if they are to be obtained, and the quartermaster in command at San Francisco will be ready to secure such v. men. Valencia, m: There are now on their wa home from M nila Newport and Indiana. car: ing rs and expected to arrive bet ila there ar ov, Morgan City, Warren 4 of carrying 278 offi : ted that tt state volun s to send them. a FIGURING ON THE DEF| th It is Now Caleulated That It Will Not Exceed $90,600,060. It is now calculated with ¢ confidence the Treasury Departn that the this fiseal year will he reduced ¢ neighborhood of $90,000,009, ais Which wiil be pleasing to all offi of the administration. Th 2 duction in the estimated deficit is account- ed for by a continuance of normal condi- tions in s and a heavy falling off in e during the expenditurs last week Ss are far below act that few r so to the are com- nditures, the ave! quisition fact that 2 aggregated $1 2.464, whil> the ex- were only 62.000, so far below pear insignitic 5 ing the ficit by long nd rs: de ng xe ne th omor- row’s ures will appear in the an- nual statement, thereby two days of receipts and one of expenditures. If the receipts average what the other days of the month the deticit w they have fo go ta $10,000,000, and p ibly to a lowe! stated at the treasury that the small yenditures are due to th ull the d oI ry ta run them to the ar ond are now making annual able money oft ing in. The: e do not appear of receipts and are used to day's expenditures, the payme ha already appeared in the expenditures. ————__++« NOT GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES. Gen, Wheeler, It Is the Gover General plan of taking part in the paign, and it i to enter the ra in Alabama. Wheeler aid. Will Try for rship of Algbama s abandon Philippin said that he has concluded for the gubernatorial chair Had it not been for General age and delicate health the Pre d his cam- ident wou'd undoubtediy have acceded to his wish for assignment to active military duty in the Philippines. —_——__—+ o +___ To Open the Omaka Exposition. Senator Hayward of Nebraska, in com- pany with the acting private secretary of the President, called upon the Postmaster General today and invited him to open the colonial exposition at Omaha July 3. Sec- retary Cortelyou informed the Postmaster General that the President would like to have him represent the administration. The Postmaster General accepted, and will ————= THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two wecks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should Sive the last address as well as the hew one. HONORS AT HARVARD Distinguished Men Receive Degrees and Make Addresses. REMARKS GF AMBASSADOR CAMBON o—_—_—— No Frontiers Circumscribe Domain of Art and Science. es GIFTS DURING PAST YEAR CAMBRIDG crowning event ment was the place in Memor June of Harvard's urmnt dinner, Hall after the graduation exercises yesterday. The guests included President Ellot, Ambassador Jules Cambon, Alexander Agassiz, General Leonard Woo vernor Roger Wolcott and Admiral W. T. Sampson. President t opened the speechmaking by reporting gifts of $1,250,000 to the c lege during the y followed in a brief Cambon was introdu 29.—The commence- which took ess and Amba: ed. Ambassador Cambon’s Speech. He spoke In French, and took oct to refer to the part he had taken in restor- and ng peace between the United States Spain and to thank Harvard for conf on him the degree of LL. D. said “I feel unabie to exp r Harvard Univ e vnferring upgn m r of laws. I fter to your university, the America, and I am touched when the thought which prompted honor upon stb) the am proud to the be had in view a higher aim t p sonal to me. cannot forget that a very long time . one of my predecessors, the Marquis la Luzerne. who, in 1781, represented in ntry King Louis XVI, was also y Harvard an honorary wr ok E At that time the United States had hardly emerged from tb role which insured your ir nde nee then lent you her stance, and your ersity inscribed the name of her rep- mtative among those of your honored That was over a century ago. Instrument of Humanitarian Idea. st year providence designated France to take the hand of your ac ary of yes- place It in yours and to clasp both in her o' chosen instru- ment of the lea which in- spired this act; by these feclings alone was I guic Allow me to thank you for personal ho; did in early you k shown Ss to Marquis de b reby testify once more friendship of our two na- da for myself, whose profession ly in contact with th Pp . itis a rare good f Ve myself in this atmosphere of | f the U t glorious s: @ son ing, the Sarbon There it Dante, in middie ages, came to pursue his studie jers circumscribed the aAmele thing more country. Ad XPLORER ANDRE DEADt Contents of Le Picked L N FRANCIS( Snid to Have Been Of Norway. », June 20.—H. s. Baron, formerly an eastern newspaper man, has written the following to the Associated Press from Wr ska, under date of June 24. Infc n received here eral days ago seemingly confirms the story that Andre, the arctic exple is dead rwegian, who was a pas n alie, a Seatt bound for Skagua showed a letter a to written by Andre tter bottle had been washed ashor: Norw n coast and dated May itude was given as 74 north leave in a few days. —_—_—_—__+e+— The Venezuelan Boundary, At the meeting of the Venezuelan arbitra- tion commission in, Paris today Sir Richard Webster, the British attorney general, con- tinued his presentation of the case of Great Britain. At the conclusion of Sir Richard Webster's speech the British rep- resentatives held a short meeting. This evening President Loubet will give a ball to all the commissioners, loon was somewhere to the w paving by: were the word > NORTH DAKOTA DIVORCES. S. Supreme Court May Determine Their Character. TRENTON, N.J., June who claims his 29.—August Streit- legal residence is Mandan, N. D., today took out a writ or error carrying to the United States Su- preme Court the decision of the New Jer- sey of errcrs and appeais rendered ast week setting aside a North Dakota di- yorce obtained by 8 from his wife, zabeth Streitwols of Brunswick, J. The assignment of error filed b itwols claims that the New Jersey ¢ ted the f ing full faith « the North De ew Jersey court was t Streitwois at the th w court divorce was a bona fide Jersey and that the North 2 had no jurisdiction in the ees SARAH AT STRAW Bernhardt Performs Hamlet at Shakexpeare’s Ho: LONDON, June 2.—Mm Rern- ‘dt and her y Rav » pore formance of “Hamlet” speare Memorial The at Str large and distinguished audi was 5 ent. Th? mayor ard corporation and a nhabltants met her arrival rated In ormance hardt with a ess Subseque! 8 in the neig > REVOLVERS, poe ty visit. varhood, ARMY Change In Their Caliber Stops Work of Making Cartridges. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 20.—The manufacture of cartridges and other munt- tions of war at the Frankford arsenal, this city, will stop tomorrow for a period of six weeks. in order that improvements may be introduced. Lately the military authori- ties at Washitigton determined to change the caliber of army revolvers to 45. To manufacture the new cartridges sev- eral impertant changes will have to be made at the arsenal. When work resumed in six weeks ft is said that employcs will net return to their respective p until sent for, A reduction will also be made in the force of clerks .employed in the offices at the arsenal. Only twelve or fifteen of the clerks, who are classed as “old hands” will be retained. = SSS ee Superintendent Andrews Re-Elected. CHICAGO, June 29.—E. Benjamin An- drews, formerly president of Brown Uni- versity, was last night re-elected superin tendeat of the Chicago public schools.