Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1901, Page 1

~ THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXQEPT SUNDAY. Basiness Office, Lith Street and Pecasylvaaia Aveans The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Nex York Office: 128 Tribuzs Baildicz. Chicaro Office: Boyze Building. ‘The Erening Star ts served to subscribers tn the etty by carriers, on thelr own account. at 10 cents ver week. or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter, 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the U.S. or Canada—postage prepald—0 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, §1 per year: with fore! staze . $3. (Butera at the — Since at Washington, D. O, as second-clast mail matter. [7 All mall subscriptions mast be paid in advance. Rates of advertising mace known op application. Ghe Z ny Star. | No. 15,099. WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1901-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance. The address may be changed as frequently as desired. Always give the last address, as well as the new one. MORGAN SPEAKS OUT | Father wen: Trust Makes a Positive Declaration. a THERE CAN BE NO COMPROMISE | Rumors That Animated Strike Situation Thus Denied. — R EQUALLY a= FIRM | SHAFF NEW YORK, July 19.—J. P. Morgan gave | positive denial today to the rumor of this | morning that the steel strike had been | settied. He made this statement to the | Associated Pres “There is not a word of truth in it. There | has been no settiement, and there can be | no compromise on such a question. The | position of the operating compan is | fectly simple and well understood, ar | far as I am concerned has my unqu | proval.” he Day at Pittsburg. SURG, Pa., July 10.—While ville, Ohio, was the pivotal point are which interest in the great strike was 1 yesterday on ac t of the la | eld there, two n the map now to which « ed i thi trike are Kine, points are Vandergrift, Pa., 4 Ville, Pa At Wellsvil unch it is in favor f the mills to full operation. Manager Smith ci to ¥ men at work, and he s will have a complete force by Me This may be a si statement en ut ithe Amalgamated people express sr bts that it wi ht with the and if he suc atention of zing t ey all f the i will be idle unize the men went to Duncansvil nest of some of the men, Ss ior to t 1 Asso- sing th om ned P. Mills. was nothir e religious dd resumpt w fing reg * n at rep b t McKeesport a Far Ps n= Monster Meeti de a. nto Ww d regarding men in t. and the strike lead- * men will not pay the notic That those | being meeting at | tomorrow night. Ar- | made to rkers ive a spe- i | 2 secret meet- by the men are t to ta 1 the e Fever. ng room ar © com- that for- » stack their tin, day and sorters > to do their own while they want y will be a 1 in the mill r the outl mger than at wing dissati k for closing any former at hav Overtares. ffer sald today that no by the United looking to a set- He said he had not nication whatever with M. Schwab or J. Pier- the strike was de- © was waiting for something to . and that he would not be the first to make the overtures. When asked as to what course he thought the manufacturers would adopt in fighting the workers, Mr. Shaffer said that he thought the Wellsvilfe situation was a suf- ficient answer to Us question. It is seen by this that the strike leader expects a hard fight and that he thinks the manufac- turers will make an effort to run their | n: | is found to be absolutely necessary in order ; | Stocks to speak of, and independent sheet | mills have two or three months’ business on nd, so that consumers will feel talking | this | the } mills with non-union men before they ask for a conference. Workers Must Pay the Cost. President Shaffer has not yet made a move toward extending the strike to other plants of the great steel combine. Extra easures will not likely be taken unless it to win. The contributions of the men at work are needed to carry on the strike. If a general strike was ordered the asso- ciation, among other donations, would lose the substantial one of $64,000 a month from the Federal Steel Company employes alone. The men employed in other plants owned by the steel corporation who would be affected by a general strike order are expected to make liberal contributions to > strike fund. A long strike is now expected in some A consumer of sheets, who had ced some large orders with the Am: a) for delivery dur- three months, has written to steel brokers and jobbers in this city to aid him in securing the sheets needed to meet his requirements. He added in ene of his letters that the combine informed him that his or ion for at least three months. s-the prediction that the strike continue for two months r could not receive atten- On this he vill Single Organization Aimed At. A telegram from Detroit stated that W. D. Mahone, president of the Street Rail- way Employes’ Association, had left that city for Pittsburg by request of” President Shaffer, and that a conference woul be held in an endeavor to perfect a general fea n of all labor wu Mr. Shat- r denied that he had asked Mr. Mahone to come to Pittsburg and said there was no truth in the ma . He said that it was h ever, to federnte the men 2 United St steel corps organizat! By me n labor Hope to pit. oO one ituation at received at Amaiga- headquarter up to seem ¢ that re- that th to break the strike by starting the its th } e just been lost, and omplished attention will be mills where evidences of Rumors of a P PITTSBURG, Pa., Ju nference. -The Leader y that efforts are be- ew York to another conference between the m workers. It call wab Is V YORK, Schwab teel Corporation to diseuss for publica- . @ poliey which he has 2 began. His ed through de- today 2 steel strike rved al ty tal since secret “The president 1 pres- pkest ettlement. is week will ed ed ciation ed threate A on has cle Ame nd that orga mills of , the Am the ade union the et Steel Hoop of the ion. ie now offers any compromise and ed not cted without the no room for t ot yet in evi- y of tin plates and shee of the sheet com- independent mills have been r weeks, and th ttle or x » ex he Inde- it works ma. won thi of the striker. tripi Tin plate reduc 20 per cent e, and only 1 fraction of the remaining 10 per > for the market. all the American Stee Is but ¢ create: nd ri tles, nt of bars. due A cotton-tie mill of the n Steel and Wire Company in Cleveland will be started at once. capacity ) per cent of the Steel Corporation are in- volved in -the strike. Sharp Advances Looked For. ou ight adv: in the price sult of the . and advances that may be sharp are looked for in sheets and tin plates. Jobbers have no yas of bars as a r promptly the pinch of the shut downs. An accumulation of steel and of Bessemer iron will be once in c¢ 1 western plants, ready the steel market is ting this condition 24 Pittsburg are Quotattons be- nounced and independent ng mills will have the of lower prices market for finished to the demand upon them in t f of the year, and there is in situation another el |e ——_~++~-____ DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING. Frederick County Farmer Suffers Severe Loss. Special Dispatch to The gvenin re | FREDERICK, Ma., July 19.—Lightning | has been y ng havoc is county dur- ing the past few d Last night the barn on the farm of Mr. Emory L. Smith, sit- uated near Liberty, was struck and totally destroyed, with all the contents, by fire, which followed. Three horses were burned to death. The entire crop of wheat, about a thousand bushels, a large quantity of hay and a great many farming implements were u the flames. The loss 1s $4,000. Wednesday evening three and one barn were struck in | New Market district. c: age, but no loss of life. ——_ +e POSTPONES HOME-COMING. using great dam- Deadlock in Pekin Delays Mr. Rock- hill's Departure. PEKIN, July 19—United States Special Commissioner Rockhill has postponed his departure in consequence of the deadlock between the ministers. There are no signs of Great Britain's yielding on the question of the customs tariff. The Germans are erecting extensive brick barracks at Tien Tsin, SUNK BY A SQUALL|4N 'MPERIALISTIC Wealthy Philadelphian’s Pleasure Yacht Capsized, FIVE PERSONS WERE Colburn and His Two Daughters Victims. DROWNED Walter STORY OF A SURVIVOR EW HAVEN, Conn., July 19.—Five per- sons were drowned in the sound yesterday afternoon by the capsizing of the yawl- rigged yacht Venitzia of Philadelphia, at a point five miles east of Sands Point, near the New York and Connecticut line. Two only of those on board the yacht were rescued. The drowned are: Arthur C. Colburn, owner of the yacht, and his daughters Ida and Annette Col- burn of Philadelphia. Captain Flint of Brooklyn, N. Y., master of the yacht, and a sailor, name unknown. The others on board the ill-fated craft, Mrs. Walter T. Sprankle of Philadelphia, another daughter of the owner of the yacht, and the steward, James Stanbridge of New York, were rescued by the tug Gertrude, after clinging for two hours to the bottom of a capsized longboat. Captain Disregarded Saggestion. The yacht left Deleware City Monday morning, bound for Newport. Yesterday morr it started from Thompsonville, ntention being to put into Black t night and take on board husband, who was expected ng to th story of the steward, the accident hap 2 between 3 and 3:30 o'clock in fternoon. The sky was very i and the pward says he heard Mr. Colburn say to Capt. Flint that it would be weil to take in some of the light sails, but that the captain replied that the boat would stand all the wind that was coming. then had on all her i sails, including jibs, sti il and nil. Story of the Steward. Steward Stanbridge says he was in the galley preparing supper, when he heard an unusual fluttering of the jibs and felt the boat heel over. He, rushed deck and was about midships when the craft capsized. When he found himself in the water he attempted to grasp one of the sails which lay on the water, but found that i was sinking, and he then swam for the yawl’s tender, which was bottom up. As he was supporting himseif at one end of the boat Mrs. Sprankle, who is an expert swimmer, hold of the other end, they 1 themselves thus until the tug Gertrude appeared, and the atten- tion of those cn board was attracted by picked up both were thor- , but have partly re on The aw nothing of the others of the party after the disaster, and be- lie that some were carried under by the sails and rigging and that others were in the cabin. yacht Venit drowned The as built in 1880, in Conn., and was elaborately fin- hed and furnished. She was fifty feet long, with a net tonnage of 31. Prominence of Victims. PHILADELPHIA, July iy.—Arthur T. Colburn, who, with his two daughters, Ida and Annette, was drowned by the capsizing of his yacht near Captains’ Island, in Long Island sound yesterday, was a wealth spice manufa¢turer of this city and an ex pert yachtsman. He was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia, and left here last Friday to join his yacl at New York to participate in the annual cruise of his club. He City, Del, where he tate. 0+ -—_ THE PERRY MEMORIAL. miral Rodgers Reports Regarding the Japanese Ceremonies. Secretary of the Navy today re- a cable from Admiral Rodgers reporting the un ng of the Perry mon- ument at Kurihama, Japan, on the Lith. The report states that five Japane ships were present at the ceremonie: the greatest courtesies were shown to the Americans. In addition to the New York, Admiral Rodgers’ flagship, the gunboa Yorktown and Bennington and the cruiser New Orleans were present. The moi ment commemorates the landing of the Perry expedition on Japanese soil, in 185 It was erected by the Japanese as a per- petual token of their gratitude to the man who first aroused them from their sleep. —$—$<e____ Additional Claims Filed. These claims have been filed with the Spanish treaty claims commission: Belen Montes de Herand, $184,600; proper- ty destroyed by Spanish troops. Fernando Pe 360, property de- stroyed b: n troops. West Company, $7,544.75; oll destroyed by Spaniards at Manzanillo. er ______ Turkey's New Tariff. The State Department has received from Minister Leishman at Constantinople a translation of a note from the Turkish min- ister of foreign affairs, announcing that the Turkish government has decided to put in force the regulations of the new customs tariff relative to gold and silver objects and precious stones arriving from abroad. These articles will be subjected to an entrance tax of from I per cent to 4 per cent. —_—_——_—<e.___ Major Booth’s Orders Changed. Maj. Chas. A. Booth, 7th Infantry, has been relieved from duty at Seattle, Wash., and ordered to Vancouver barracks, Wash., for assignment to duty, instead of going to join his regiment in Alaska, as originally ordered. or _____ Captains Change Stations. Capt. Lutz Wahl, 21st Infantry, has been relieved from recruiting duty at Denver, Col., and will proceed to New Orleans, La., to relieve Capt. Walter A. Thurston, 16th Infantry. Capt. Thurston will proceed to Denver, Col., for recruiting duty, relieving Lieut. George E. Price, 20th Infantry, of that duty. Lieut. Price will join his regi- ment. ce ____ Local Pensions. Pensions have been issued as follows to residents of the District of Columbia: Original, Dennis McCarthy, Soldiers’ Home, $17; increase, Michael Malley, Soldiers’ Home, $14; original widows’, &c., Annie B. Knight, $3; war with Spain (increase), Jas. J. McCarron, Soldiers’ Home, $10. or Proposed Railway in Dahomey. In a communication to the State Depart- ment, Consul Skinner at Marseilles says that formal announcement has been made of the formation of a corporation in that city for the exploitation of a railroad in Dahomey. .The capital of the company is fixed at 8,000,000 francs, or $1,544,000.‘ PLOT ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO OVER- THROW FRENCH REPUBLIC. Plan Includes Installation of Prince Leute Napoleon as ~*& Emperor, ~ 5 2 LONDON, July 19.—The Pall Mall Ga- zette today publishes a communication from its Paris correspondent, giving cir- cumstantial details of an alleged conspir- acy to overthrow the French republic and install Prince Louis Napoleon as emperor. The correspondent is assured that Septem- ber 14, upon which date the czar intends to promote Prince Louis to a full general- ship in the Russian army, has been select- ed as the occasion for a demonstration to support the claims of this prince, who is such a close friend of their Russian ally, by all the elements opposed to the present regime. The names of M. Deroulede, the Marquis de Lur Salaces and M. Marcel- Habert are mentioned. as the leading spirits of the movement, and several high func- tionaries of the present government are alleged to be assisting the movement with funds, + + 2____ BORAX FOR MEAT PRESERVIN Decision Adverse to Packers Who Use the Drug in Business. CHICAGO, July -1%—Packers throughout the country will lose hundreds of thou- sands of dollars each year if a decision an- nounced by Judge Kohlsaat in the United States circuit court here be sustained in the higher courts. The court ruled t borax, used in preserving meat for shij ment, does not constitute the manufacture of a new article. For this reason, he held, the packers are not entitled to a rebate on the tariff duties paid under the act of 1897. The > was presented to the court in the suit of the Anglo-American Provision Company nst the United States. This a petition for a rebate of all but 1 cent on duties for importation of borax. —— FOREIGN WHEAT FIELDS. Reports Concerning ‘the Russian and Indian Crops. The State Department is in receipt of in- teresting reports concerffing the wheat crops of Russia and India! According to a report from, Consul General Holloway at St. Petersburg, there are good reascns to hope that the wheat harvest of 1901 will exceed that of 1900, The spring wheat is & the winter crop, the suffered heavily from various er, it is stated that the los more prom latter i in the winter crop willbe balanced by the amount of spring whea® sown. Consul General Patterson at Calcutta states that the wheat weld for India as a whole is estimated at about 5° 400 tens, about S14 per cent more than the decennial avera id this under adverse conditions, such as cold weather, hail, insects and rust. The export of wheat frem India this year, the consul general states, will probably be greatly increased, and may reach from 10, 600,000 to 15,000,000 bughéls. Consul Fee's stimate for this year 4s 16,680,000 tons, or 1,750,000 tons more than last year. The es- timated area of growifg wheat for the year 09,009 , being about 5,000,000 more than the previpus year. ee Pros’ RS APPOINTED. n of a Number of the dential Grade. The President has appointed the follow- ing postmasters: California—San Luis Obispo, 8. D. Bal- lon. Colorado—Lake City, William H. Ogle. Select Presi- Illinois—Bloomington, Jacob A. Behrer. Indiana—Boonville, William L. Bryan; Rushville, Homer Havens. Indian terri- apulpa, John Bayliss. Iowa— Francis Trunkey. KansaS—Council Grove, R. M. Armstrong, and Waverly, Harvey P. Donnell. Louisiana—New Or- leans, David C. Baldwin. Maryland—Poco- moke City, William M. Schoolfield. Mis- sissipp’ tchez, John P. Walworth. Mon- tana—Virginia City, James H. Powell. ew Mexico—Albuquerque, R.. W. Hopkins, and Clayton, John R. Guyer! New York—Les- fre, William H. Hill. Texas—Pilot t, Henry M. Carson. West. Virginia— sboro’, Benjamin W. Bee. Wyoming— ings—Dwight M. Thayer. 0 THE BOARD OF AWARDS. Cox Has Been Appointed Its Secretary. By action of the executive committee of the Pan-American exposition Mr. W. V. Cox of this city, who is the custodian of the government building at Buffalo, has been appointed secretary of the board of awards and ex-officio secretary of the su- perior jury ————-~<e2____. NEW ITALIAN AMBASSADOR. Marquis Malispina Will Come Here Early in September. Marquis Malispina, the new Italian am- bassador to the United States, has writ- ten to a friend in Washington that he will arrive here in the early part of September. This is rather earlier than was expected, and it is probably due to the desire to have the ambassador take in hand the sev- eral rather important international ques- tions which have arisen of late between Italy and the United States, including the levying of a differential duty on Italian sugar, the lynching of several Italians in Mississippi and the negotiation of an Ital- ian treaty of reciprocity. ;Baron Fava, the late ambassador, carried on the reciprocity negotiations to a. certain point, but they were suspended when the: Senate failed to ratify the British and Prench treaties. The negotiations are merely in abeyance, how- ever, and are not abandoned. The new ambassador 1s now at Rothe, where he has been in consultation with the officials since his arrival from Buenws\ Ayres, his last post. ; Personal Mention. Representative Woods gf California is preminently mentioned ‘py the republicans of that state as their“gapdidate for gov- ernor at the next election, It is said that Mr. Woods would be a ¥ety popular candi- date, but it is not néw}known whether or not he will consent to thetuse of his name, as he has yet a full term to serve in Con- gress. Mr. Robert Carson of'thé Library of Con- gress, brother of Major John M. Carson, is spending a vacation of two weeks with relatives at Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mr. Samuel Saks left the city Wednes- day for an extended trip to Canada, the great lakes and the Pan-American exposi- tion. He will be gone about six weeks. Messrs. J. William and Charles B. D. Walton of 326 A street northeast, are at the Washington, Asbury Park, N. J. Robert 8. Sharp-of the adjutant general's office leaves tonight for a trip to England and France. He Rhe Noordland to- morrow and will until'September. Mr. Dean Swift left the city yesterday for an extended trip mf e. Mr. -yincent B.. ins of New ork secretary of the ttan Copper Com- county, Ariz., spent yesterday in this city, Secretary Wilson. of the Department of Agriculture is expected to return to the city tomorrow, “A. Monk, EPWORTH LEAGUERS Christian Enthusiasm Marks San Francisco Gathering. COMPETITION FOR NEXT CONVENTION Several Cities Candidates, With Minneapolis Leading. THE PROGRAM TODAY Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ~ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 19.—The Washington district Epworth League party arrived in the convention city safely. The trip across the continent to the Pacific has been most delightful. Slight delay in reach- ing here was mostly caused by spending Monday in Salt Lake City. California ex- tended to our special train a most gener- cur welcome of fruit and flowers in pro- fusion, prescnted to us at towns along the route. The city is alive with leaguers and the convention promises great things. All of our party are quite well. We are set- tled at two hotels, the Repelier and the Russ House, the latter being our head- quarters. By Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—The second day of the international convention of the Epworth League was marked by cool, pleasant weather and an increased attend- ance, particularly of the local residents. The greatest attraction was, of course, the services at Mechanics’ Pavilion, with its long list of prominent speakers, good music by a large choir and the great pipe organ, with the additional attractions of ¢?«borate displays of California products. io ever, the Alhambra Theater and Meiropolitan Temple meetings were attended by as many delegates and residents as could find ac- commodations and the enthusiasm was just as great as in the larger building. The program at each of these three meetings was a most notable and interesting one. The visitors were astir early this morning and thousands attended the sunrise prayer meetings held at Grace, Central and First Methodist Episcopal church The inter- est and enthusiasm of the Epworth delc- gates seem to grow as the convention pro- gresses and many declared the present gathering to be the greatest the order has ever held. The competition of cities for the honor of entertaining the next convention of the league is growing keen. apolis, Detroit and Toronto With the chances somewh Minneapolis. The decision with the committee on resolutions, which will meet today or tomorrow for the pur- pose of selecting some one of the cities mentioned. St. Louis, Minne- e in the field, of atin favor rests entir Program for Today's Meeting. Following is the cfficial program for to- day's meetings: Mechanies’ .Pavilion—Morning _ session: Song service, devotional, Rev. O. E. Wat- son, Charlesten, S. C.. Addresses: “The Church and the Liquor Traffic,” Wm. H. Anderson, Springfield, M.; “The Church and the Workingmen,” Rev. J. Helms, ‘The Church and the Young Man, . T. E. E. Shore, Toronto, fhe Church and the Newspap James M. Buckley, New York Rev. LB! Scott, New itutional Church,” Rev. Beecher Pickard, Cleveland: “The Movement,” Rev. Frederick D. », Rochester, N. Y. Alhambra Devotion: Addre periled Sabbath Orleans; “The In Ward Men's , song service. Decatur, Ala. e Working: to, Canada; Rev. Louis; “The Chureh and Rev. E. E. He sh- ‘Our Imperiled Sabbath, : Randall, jr., Seattle, Wash. he Institutional Church,” Rev. S, Kauffman, Fall River, Mass. Other Addresses and Features. Mechanics’ Pavillon—Afternoon session: “Our English Bible and How to Rev. J. W. Bashford, Delaware, ystematic Benevolence,” Rev. 0. Knoxville, Tenn.; “Missionary Forward Movement in the League; Results Achieved,” Rey. J. W. Saunby, Medicine Hat, Northwest territory; “Missionary Forward Movement in the’ League; the Work Before Us,” Willis W. Cooper, Ke- nosha, Wis.; “Personal Work for Christ,” . W. E. Thompson, Little Rock, Ark. “Young Laymen as Soul Winners,” Edwari D. Soper, Harrisburg, Pa. ambra Theater—2:30 p.m. Addresses: ematic Benevolence,” Rev. R. 8. Cantine, Los Angeles; “‘Misstonary For- » St ward Movement in the League; Re- sults Achieved,” Rev. Joshua M. Frost, Bangor, Me.; ‘Missionary For- ward Movement in the League; the Work Before Us,” Rev. P. L. Cobb,’ Nashville; “Personal Work for Christ,” ‘Rev. C. T. Scott, Aylmer, Canada; “Young Laymen as Soul Winners,” E. T. Colton, Chicago; “Our English Bible and How to Use It,” Rey. J. W. Bashford, Delaware, Ohio. Metropolitan Hall—2:30 p.m.’ Addresses: “Systematic Benevolence,” Rev. G. 8S. Clendenin, Brockville, Ont.; “Missionary Forward Movement in the League; Results Achieved,” Rev. T. A. Moore, Hamilton, Ont.; “Missionary Forward Movement in the League; the Work Before Us,” Rev. F. B. Short, Wilmington, Del.; “Our En- glish Bible and How to Use It.” Rev. A. F. Watkins, Brook Haven, Miss.; “Per- sonal Work for Christ,” Rev. F. L. Thomp- son, Jackson, Mich.; “Young Laymen as Soul Winners,” Rey. W. A. Cooke, Cypress River, Manitoba. 2 Open Door and Free Pews. The Rev. Ward B. Pickard, D.D., of Cleveland, Ohio, in speaking of “The Instt- tutional Church,” said, in part: “The distinctive characteristics of the institutional church are {ts open door, free pews, plurality of workers and its provisions for teaching, for amusement and for systematic industrial work. “Institutional methods are an application of good business principles to the Lord's work. They are a protest against the policy of investing millions of money in buildings to be used only a fraction of the time. Even the devil would have to go out of trade if he adopted such a plan. The meth- ods of the church applied to trade or edu- cation would be suicidal. Buiid the church so that it can be used and then use it, is the business rule of church life. The, Epworth League, with its depart- ments, literary, social and charitable, is a sufficient foundation on which any chapter may begin institutional work. Expensive buildings, large revenue’ and a slum neigh- borhood are not needed for a beginning. Wesleyan evangelism seeks to save the whole man, not by any one method, but by all methods, not in any one community, but in all communities. “The crying demand of the hour is for consecrated personality. Money is more plentiful thi men. Wealth is easier to find than women. The Epworth Leasue must be the school where workers are to be trained to carry forward the social bet- terment movements of the age.” Duty of Church to Workingmen. The Rey. G. R. Turk of Toronto, Canada, spoke of “The Church of the Working Man.” He said in part; “The church must prove to the working man that she is his friend. She must heip } Steamship line, and was purchased by the him bear his burdens, and fight his battles against wrongs. The struggle of the nine- teenth century was for political freedom, while the struggie of the twentieth century is for industrial freedom. The church must help the working man in his fight for a weekly rest day. In Canada the church and organized labor have combined to this end. Labor councils have appointed com- mittees to co-operate with the Lord’s Day Alliance. The church must lock shields with the working man to put down the liquor traffic. We must kill the saloon or it will Kill us. The surroundings of the working man's home should be as safe as the boulevard “The places of worship must be within easy reach of the working man. By what Christ principle have many workingmen been forced into the mission halls? The church must pull down the money barriers, and cease flaunting silks and diamonds in the working man’s face. She must banish the dress circle from the sanctuary, and abolish the pew rent system, which is a monstrous barrier between the rich and the self-respecting poor. If labor and cap- ital are ever brought together, the church must do it by showing that’ within her Walls society is formed upon the manhood asis. Sabbath Observance. The Rev. B. Scott, D. D., of New Or- leans speke of “Our Imperiled Sabbath.” He said, in part: “There never was a time when the church and its auxiliaries needed to be more alert for on the observance of the Sabbath we are losing ground. It is easier by far to hold than regain lost ground. And not only | so, but the church and the individual mem- bers of the church are losing much to which they are otherwise entitled at the hands of the Master. The world is aggr: sive. the church too ready to compromise. Is it not the duty of every leaguer and every one interested in the triumph of the Gospel to assist in making the observance of the Sabbath one of the distinguishi marks of Christianity eer ——_++<.__ NEGOTIATIONS AT PEKIN. Commissioner Rockhill Tells Haw Been Accomplished. Special Commissioner Rockhill has pro- vided the State Department by cable with a brief statement of the present status of the negotiations at Pekin in the following terms: “Diplomatic corps at Pekin is en Saged in considering the Russian proposal for the eventful increase of the tariff (ma itime customs). A solution of the is hoped for. The indemnity fixed at 000,000 tacls and 4 per cent interest, bas been formally accepted, and Japan | waived preferential treatment. The for- | mal surrender of Pekin to the Chinese au- | thorities is expected to take place on the | 14th of August.” | | | What has The date mentioned is the anniversary of the relief of the legations by the interna- tional force. The Russian proposal re- ferred to is understood in substance to be an increase from 5 per cent to 10 per cent of the customs dues which the Chinese governme ¢ collect from the imp: 3 rt from foreign countri: It is further un- | derstood that this increase is not to tak effect at once, and perhaps not at all. It will deper the resources of China under thi em nd if it shat! be found th: t upon the heay indemnity can be paid out of the recelj under the present system, and due pro- | vision made for fu the f | rate of increase authoriz © This proposition is believ to be much less objectionable to Great Britain and Japan as well us to the United States than * original bare proposition to make an ab- solute and im te increase of the cus- toms duties to t extent proposed. ————$— 0 ______ SALE OF THE RAWLINS. ap Offer of $200,000 for the Vessel ed by the Government. Having failed to receive any bids for the purchase of the military transport Rawii at the appraised value of $250,000, the War | Department has accepted the offer of the Merchants and Miners’ Steamship Com- pany of Baltimore to pay $200,000 for that vessel. The Rawlins was formerly the steamer Yorktown of the Old Dominion Ac- navy at the outbreak of the S; for about $ , and converted into an auxiliary cruiser, under the name of the Resolute. After the close of the Spanish war she was transferred to the War De- | partment and converted into a transport, nish war under the name of the Rawlins. She will be turned over to the Merchants ar Miners’ Company at once, and resume her | duties as a merchantman. s understood | that she will be renamed the Pocehontas. | The quartermaster's department of the | army has decided upon the sale of two more vessels that have rendered good ser- vice in the transportation of troops and military supplies, but which are no longer | needed in the military service. These are the transports Terry and McPherson, both of which were formerly on the West In- dian line. The McPherson was wrecked on the coast of Cuba several®months ago and was badly damaged. Both of these vessels are in need of extensive repairs, and, con- sequently, will probably not realize much money. ore WILL STUDY OUR METHODS. Foreign Governments Inquiring in Regard to Increase of Our Exports. Some of the principal foreign establish- ments have received instructions to for- ward to their home governments full de- tails of the manner in which the United States extends its foreign commerce by means of , foreign agencies, commercial travelers, &c. The large increase of Amer- {ean exports has drawn the attention of foreign governments to the methods em- ployed on this side of the water to develop trade abroad. These methods have been the subject of a number of government publications dealing with the privile and opportunities of American commer agents in vari s European countries. this material is now transmission to foreign capitals, Where | similar progressive methods are under con- sideration. —_$_$—$_+<0n__ FREE TO THE MAILS, Al being collected for Publications of the Bureau of Ameri- can Republics. At the coming congress of American re- publics at Mexico steps will be taken to have all South American countries admit to their mails free of postage the publica- tions of the bureau of American republics in Washington. AltNough this bureau is conducted in Washington, it is supported by all of the American republics, so that it is considered proper that it should have the same free circulation of its publica- tions in southern countries as it has through the United States mails. Already a number of the southern republics have granted this free circulation, but as post- age is required in several of them the com- ing congress will be asked to give free mails throughout all America for mail bearing the bureau's frank. oo Movements of Nayal Vessels. The cruiser Chicago, which is the new flagship of the Buropean squadron, with Rear Admiral Cromwell aboard, has .ar- rived at St. Vincents, Cape Verde Islands. ‘Thé admiral has been in command of the South Atlantic station, and is enroute to take command of the European squadron. The Collier Brutus sailed: yesterday from Gibraltar for New York. The Chesapeake has sailed from New Bedford for Gardi- ner’s bay, and the Michigan from Buffalo for Harbor Springs, Mich. The hospital | | i= proble® | Ti | conference | chinists and MORE ILL-FEELING Stationary Firemen Hostile to United Mine Workers. STRUGGLE 70 CONTROL COAL STRIKE Situation Grows More Vigorous From Complications. SOME RETURN TO WORK eae Ses SCRANTON, Pa., July 19.—There is a se- rious comptication today in the strike of the stationary firemen. It arises from the order of the executive board of the United Mine Workers to those firemen who were enrolled in its membership and who stop- ped work to return to their places, and the determination of officers of the firemen’s organization to keep them away The morning opened with a show of new strength on the part of the strikers. They added several additional mines in the Lackawanna valley to the list of idie ones. Among these were three Delaware, Lack- awanna and Western Railroad Company mines in West Scranton, one Ontarto and Western railroad working at Priceburg and one at Archbald, two Delaware and Hud- son railroad collieries at Olyphant, and one of the Temple Iron Company's mines at Peckville. Firemen Return to Work. . As an offset to this gain they lost the Dickson, a Delaware and Hudson mine in Scranton, the Erie and Keystone mines of the Hillside Coal and Iron Campany at Mayfield, controlled by the Erie railroad, 11 as the Glenwood mine at the same the Brisbin mine of the Lackawanna in Sc and the Old Forge of the Pennsylvania Coal Company sic, sled by the Erie Company. men went back at the Erie the other workings the affiliated with Company Collier nton at men to return we the United Mine V The situation created by these intensifies the hostility that is itself among these men as to which ele- ment shall control. How the United Mine Workers will deal with this qu only be answered by the decis' at Hazleton this ion n of the afternoon be- tween executive officers of districts Nos. 1, 7 and 9 of the organization. May He Settled Today. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 19.—The final outcome of the stationary firemen’s strike will depend upon the action of the three executive boards of United Mine Workers which meet at Hazelton this after- noon. If the United Mine Workers should @ecide that they are not bound to support the present strike it will probably collapse in twenty-four hours. On the other hand, if strong official support is given the strike it may last some time. There is no change in the situation in the Wyoming valley today. At the Susquehanna Coal Company's office it was reported that their cc at Nanticoke were in full operation with United Mine Workers boiler rooms. It was with great difficulty that suf- he eam kept at the Woodward run the n when the super- ked th neers, fire bosses mploye the place to go in charge of the fre room to assist, they refused promptly discharged. The same happened at } Delaware ‘and Hudson where the driver bosses were They refused and were dis- Strikers Gain Strength. READING, Pa., July 19.—The ers at the Philadelphia and Reading mpany shops here added to their ranks in an am- expected manner tod ght the in boilermaking of t mechanics strike mostly Fs otection at the hands of t compa special police. This morning they were put tc rk in the two depart- ments. A committee was sent by the stri ers to the company's offices to have the strangers taken out. This demand was re- fused and before 10 a.m. molders, ma- others, many of whom do not ui walked out in a body y brought lp man the m thirty-two gers and black- locom. f thos: for f nts shops where ses have The ny been en recru’ were gi belong to the The _foreigr hooted, and were marched out of the shop to their tempor- ary quart on the third floor of the plant. here they occupy a room about 200 by 40 feet In size, which has been fitted up for them to live in. In a case in the building, it is said, were stored forty-one Winchester rifles, ‘which had been used by the coal and iron police during the riots of 1877. ‘These weapons, it is stated, were taken from cases and stacked In the room occupied by the im- ported workmen The strike has assumed a more critics! stage than ever before. The locom shop is now badly crippled. ————— MUST EMPLOY UNIO} is win Otherwise Log-T; x Vexne Be Tied Up. BAY CITY, Mich., July 19.—Grand Pres- ident Ryan of the Lake Tugmen’s Protec- tive Association has arrived in the city. from Duluth, and after a conference with the local branch of the association regard- ing ihe employment of non-union men on the tugs of the Michigan Log Towing Company, of which Captain James Dawid- son is president, presented a demand to the company that ali non-union captains and engineers be replaced by union men by 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Capt. David- son was informed that unless his company acceded to the demand the entire fleet of lake vessels owned by himself individually would be tied up, through the refusal of union tug men to handle the Capt. Davidson says he matter under advisement and annou decision Saturday morning. ++ 2 PROCEEDINGS OF MACCABLES. of Medical Examination— Ladiex Raise Salaries. PORT HURON, Mich., July 19.—The Su- preme Tent, Knights of the Maccabees, has changed the system of medical exam- iners, so that hereafter in every city of over 25,000 population the supreme board of trustees will appoint as many imedical examiners as it pleases. At the final session of the Ladies of the Maccabees last night the salaries of the commander and record keeper were raised to $4,500 each and the salary of the finance keeper to $2,000. The per capita tax on all life members was abolished and the assessments have been increased slightly. = 2. Capt. Strong's Resignation Accepted. It was officially announced at the War Department today that the President had somes the resignation of Capt. Putuam Bi Strong, quartermaster, U. 8. A., to take effect July 15. ee Capt. Hayward Honorably Discharged Capt. Edwin P. Hayward, assistant sur- geon, volunteers, having tendered his resig- nation, has been honorably discharged to take effect at once. ah System