Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1901, Page 1

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Terms: 13 cents Der 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. FIGHT TO FINISH NOW Trust Officials Will Open Mills With Non-Union Men. NO PROSPECT OF ARBITRATION + in That Direction Have Produced No Result. Efforts ——_—. MILLS START UP TODAY eaten Special From a Staff Correspondent. PITTSBURG, Pa., August effort to compromise the strike has ma fested no result as yet. The steel trust is now to force the fighting. A policy is to be pursued toward the striker: Idle mills are to be started up as rapidly men can be brought in from other state Men on strike are to be paid off and their places declared vacant, to be filled hereafter with non-union men. The strong arm of the law is to be invoked to protect non-union men introduced into the mills. Three idle mills in this region were started up this morning. Nearly 200 city policemen were utilized as escort and guard at 4 o'clock this morning to open the Star tin mill in this city. The reserves from one station were required last night to keep down a threatened riot of striking Hungarlans at | ther mill. Great excitement exists in Keesport this morning over a threatened attempt to start the Demmler mills at that y there is to be steel trust officia 3 from this time on halting in their policy which, they declare, is to reopen their mills and operate them with non-union men. ey declare they will eventually accom- ‘ish this object and profess themselves to be indifferent to the time that may be required in which to do it. This is a bird’s- eye view of the situation at the opening of s this morning. tment in Business Circles. in busine Disappoi Great disappointment is expressed usiness circles over the seemingly certain ft of the arbitration scheme. The = nagers’ distrust of the ability of the Amalgamated board to carry out an agreement is believed to be the cause of the failure. Undoubtedly the most signifi- cant move on the board is the notification of rust managers to the men on strike to appear and receive their money in ad- vance of the regular pay day. The Na- al Tube Workers are to be paid off days in advance. The Milwaukee strik- have been notified that they will be including the withheld reserve Accompanying that ation of the superin- ntracts are now off and demand the right to employ ers id in full a of 5 was the ident that trust wi per cent. | | | | action, which will be general | thr the trust's mills, taken In con- | nect with the declared intention of the rt its mills wherever possible, d to forecast lively times for future. man connected with the steel trust will admit for a moment doubt of the out- come of the strike. All say that the st can nd it longer than the me: trust will control the price of 4 while the output is now the orders will have to be filled e time, and when they are filled it will at prices to sate for present compe Interesting Morning Scene. interesting scenes were witnessed the Union depot and along the route Star tin plate mills in Pittsburg 4 o'clock this morning. The gather- {150 policemen about the depot caused the announcement to be made that strike breakers were to be brought in. rhe news s read among the work- nen, and in a short time an enormous gathered about the depot. n bringing the strike breakers at 4:45 am. The police imme- rolled diately red a lane, and, surrounding the workers, escorted them to the Star where the fires had been started. strikers attempted no demonstration nee and were not permitted to ap- near enough to the new men to h them. The men will be housed in and fed o > premises. Demmler mills at McKeesport are in ess to start, and a game of strategy ed between the managers and strikers on ¢ le to get the strike id on the other hand to keep strike leaders are doing realizing vould probably as- Another mill at the t T re ts be the breakers in m out. their bes’ Tr viole plant was started up this morning, # breaker: aving been smug- gle@ in during the night. Reports from Trondale and Wellsville an ance great ex- nt among the strikers over threaten- ts to start up more mills. ice to Strike Leaders. authorities of Pittsburg efficers of the Amalgamated that they must instruct the ed attem fied the ation strikers, and especially the foreigners, that the right of non-t men to work will be enforced in this city, and that the strik- ers must net gather on nor obstruct the streets. This action ts considered important, as indicating that the attempts of the steel managers to start their mills will be afded by the police. It fs in contrast to the situa- tion at McKeesport, where the city author- ities lean to the side of the strikers. The Pittsburg police department has taken all precautions, it is said, necessary to handle any situation that may arise. The Amalgamated officials vehemently disavow intention on the part of the strik- ers to do violence, and say they will uphold the police in enforcement of the law. All recognize that the danger to be apprehend- ed is the ignorance and violence of the Huns and Slavs, most of whom cannot speak English, but who are usually quick to fight and are easily stampeded into an outbreak. N. O. M. WARNING TO FOREIGNERS. Alleged Ignorance of English Will Not Excuse Law Breaking. By Associated Press. PITTSBURG, Pa., August 22—The seven foreigners arrested for disturbing the peace at the Pennsylvania tube plant last evening were given a hearing by magistrate Mc- Garvey this morning, and severely repri- manded. All were discharged but one, who was fined for having a dangerous weapon in his possession when arrested. The mag- istrate requested the Amalgamated officials to imstruct the foreigners as to the rights of others, as well as how far they them- selves could go without breaking the law. He then said: = “The recorder, the police and the magis- ates mean to maintain civic order at all costs. Hereafter I want it very clearly un- derstood any one who is arrested In con- nection with the strike disorders will be made to feel the utmost penalty of the law. The police department, myself, Director J. ©. Brown and Superintendent Leslie, no matter how our personal sympathies go, have but one duty to perform, and that is to protect the commonwealth, and this duty will be fulfilled at all hazards. Officers Will Do Their Duty. “Inspector Henry Whitehouse is an effi- cient officer and he and other officers are sent down to the various works to do their duty and they will do it. It is now the duty of the officers of the Amalgamated Association to Inform the men who have been arrested, tnd those not arrested that strikers must not congregate at the mills, at the street corners, or even on the streets, and that if they do'so, especially after this warning, it will be the duty of the magis- trates to impose on them the utmost pen- alty of the law. It is a disgraceful state of affairs when the police, as in this case, had to draw their revolvers to protect those whom they had arrested from being taken from the patrol wagon. The excuse that these men did not understand English will not count. On other and less important occasions they understand it very well, but when they get into trouble they plead as an excuse the fact that they are from a forelgn country, speaking a foreign tongue arid used to foreign laws. Let it be fully understood that the laws of this country, to which they have come to earn their bread are to be fully enforced at all hazards and that ignorance of them or of the guage will not be accepted as a ple Excitement in McKeexport. There was much excitement in McKees- port last night, especially about the Demm- ler tin plate works. Several hundred strikers assembled about | the plant to thwart any attempt to intro- duce non-union men, which was expected to take pf&ce during the night. There was a report circulated that the works would resume today, and the strik- ers kept up their vigilance until daylight this morning, but no non-union men were taken into the works and all is quiet there now. However, three furnaces were lighted yes- terday and everything points to an early resumption of operations. The plant is the pioneer in the tin plate industry in the United States, and when running full em- ploys about 500 men. The report that the Amalgamated Asso- | cfation will enter sufts against the operat- ing companies of the United States Steel Corporation, charging violation of the Pennsylvania law respecting the discharge of union labor. is denied by William J. Brennan, solicitor for the workers’ organi- zation, who said that the association will not seek to terminate the strike by litiga- tion or attack the legality of the United States Steel Corporation in the courts. Notices to the Strikers. Notices have been posted at the National Tube Works, McKeesport, requesting the strikers to call at the company offices to- morrow and Saturday and receive their money. The strikers are guessing as to what the move made by the company means. Many think that the company is through with the men, and an effort may be made to open the mills with new men in case the old employes do not return. It was reported at McKeesport that tho National Tube Company would ask every employe when he calls for his money whether he wants to return to work, and if enough men signify their intention to re- turn the mill will be started Monday, but the story could not be confirmed at the company’s office. An official of the tube works made the statement that the com- pany was receiving letters from all over the country from skilled workmen making application for positions. ‘The fires in the bar mill of the Painter plant were lighted this morning and prepa- rations made to start the mill. According to Manager Harper, many of the old men are back at_work and more are coming in each day. He expects to have the entire plant running next week. ——_++<—_—_ WORLD-WIDE COPPER COMBINE. Competition in Buying the Metal a Thing of of the Past. DENVER, Col., August 22.—The News says today: Mining men of the city ac- cept as true the reports that a world-wide copper combine has been formed, and that | competition in buying copper will no longer be known. The combine is said to have been effected between the Amaigamated, Calumet and Hecla, Senator Clark and the Rothschilds. Papers are believed to have been signed covering a long term of years. The con- solidation of interests will, it is said, be financed by the National City Bank of New York, which is to be made the depository for the consolidated concerns >. SAMUEL STRONG KILLED. Millionaire Mine Owner Shot in a Cripple Creek Saloon. CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., August 22— Samuel Strong, the millionaire mine owner, and former proprietor of the famous Strong mine at Victor, was shot and killed today by Grant Crumley, proprietor of a saloon and gambling house. Strong and three friends had visited the place where John Neville, Strong’s father- in-law, became engaged in an altercation with Crumley. Believing his father-in- law's life w endangered, Strong drew a revolver, Crumley stepped back of the bar, grasped a shotgun and discharged it at Strong’s head. The millionaire fell dead and Crumley surrendered to the police. + Mrs, Susan Field Very I OAKLAND, Cal., August 22.—Mrs. Susan Field, widow of the late Justice Stephen J. Field of the United States 3upreme Court, is critically fll. Her sister, Mrs. Condit Smith, is hurrying from Washington to see her and several physicians have been in consultation in an endeavor to save her life. Mrs. Field is a sufferer from heart trou- ble and other complications. She is over seventy years of age. +++ Mrs. Beckham Improving. FRANKFORT, Ky., August 22—It was stated this morning that the condition of Mrs. Beckham, wife of Governor Beck- ham, was much improve. After a good night's rest, the patient's temperature fell to 100. Mrs. Beckham was reported yes- terday to be quite ill. ———_++<+___ Will Be Assistant Paymaster. Mr. Walter A. Greer, clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, has been not!- fled that he passed an examination he re- cently underwent for the billet of assistant Paymaster in the navy. Mr. Greer will receive his appointment to the service shortly. —————<02______ Fourth-Class Postmasters. The following fourth-class postmasters were appointed today: Maryland—C. E. 8. Ringgold, Kent Island. New York—W: L. Starks, Felts Mill Pennsylvania—D. S. McCurdy, Faunets- burg; R. E. Robinson, Walnu rr _ Government Receipts Today. National bank notes received today for redemption, $387,011 Government receipts ~From internal revenue, $837,688; eustoms, $750,300; miscellaneous, $76,795. Expendi- tures, $1,300,000, $$$ 0 Selected for a German Consulate. Jos. J. Langer of Nebraska has been se- lected for consul at Slingen, Germany, and his commission will be issued in a few days. HAD SHORT SESSION | WARNING AGAINST AMERICA/ DIVERGENT V Virginia Constitutional Convention Resumes Its Labors, IN SESSION BOT SIXTEEN MINUTES Senator Glass Still in Favor of Proclaiming Results. SUFFRAGE QUESTION THE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 22.—The con- stitutional convention resumed its labors teday after a recess of nearly three weeks. Sixty-eight members responded to their names when Secretary Button called the roll. The republican members were con- spicuous by their absence, only Delegate A. P. Gillespie of Tazewell being on guard. ‘The delegates appeared refreshed by the va- cation, many of -hem being tanned by sea- shore exposure, while those who went to the mountains had a healthy glow in their cheeks. For more than an hour the mem- bers exchanged greetings. For men who had just returned from va- cation they did not work long today, the session lasting just sixteen minutes. Pres- ident Goode was on hand, showing no ef- fects of his recent indisposition. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. P. B. Price of the Presbyterian Uhurch. The journal was approved and the convention was again at work. Presentation of Memorials. Mr. Watson of Nottoway presented a memorial from Concord Baptist Association protesting against the appropriation by any city, county or the state to any charity or institution not wholly under state control. Mr. O'Flaherty of Warren presented a memorial from the bar of Clarke county against a reduction of the term of county court clerks to four years, suggesting a term of eight years. The convention adopted the amendment to the rules offered by Senator Daniel provid- ing that when a resolution is pencing and an amendment is offered the tabling of such amendment should not carry or prejudice the original resolution. This was adopted. A communication was received from the secretary of the commonwealth in response to a resolution adopted by the convention calling for information as to the number of private corporations Going business in this state and the amount of capital invested and the taxation received from such corporations, There is no data in the office from which to ecmpile such report, and he has addressed letters to the various commissioners of the revenue with a view to obtaining such In- formation. An invitation was received from H. A. Carrington Camp, C. V., Smithville, inviting the convention to witness the un- veiling of the confederate monument at that place on Tuesday next. The conven- tion adjourned at 12:20 o'clock. Suffrage Committee Divided. The suffrage committee is still divided, the indications today being that when the committee reports there will be two re- ports, majority and minority. The rock upon which the committee splits is the “grandfather clause,” while the under- standing clause is causing no end of trou- ble. No one seems to know when the com- mittee wi report, all prophecies in that direction having failed. Only two things have been fixed—the poll tax and property qualifications. If the understanding clause is recommended and agreed to in addition to the two clauses named only about 10 per cent of the present negro voting popula- tion will exercise the right of the suffrage. Nothing was agreed upon at the meeting of the committee this morning. Contingent Fund Question. The report of the auditor of public ac- counts as to the expenditure of the contin- gent fund has not yet been submitted to the constitutional convention, and it will hardly be done for some time. The report has progressed sufficient to show to the satisfaction of the patron of the resolu- tion that there 1s no necessity for a fund in_excess of $5,000 annually. Just what the report will show when submitted is not known, though it is inti- mated that expenditures have been made by more than one governor which might be construed as tending to divert the fund from what the general public had been led to believe was the purpose of the fund, and the extraordinary expenditures are many of them of a comparatively recent date, embracing soap, flowers and other incidentals more conductive to pleasure than to comfort. That the report will make “good reading’ and would more or less em. barrass some of the men who have oc- cupied the executive mansion is the gen- eral impression. That it would be used as a political argument on the score of ex- travagant expenditures is conceded, and on all sides it is admitted that a mistake was made in adopting the resolution just at this time. In some quarters there is doubt as to whether the auditor's report will be sub- mitted at all, “as it would only tend to show that the constitutional convention has engaged in a rather small business.” There seems to be a disposition to let the matter rest where it is, the purpose of the resolu- tion having been accomplished in showing that $10,000 Is not required for the gover- nor’s contingent fund. Senator Glass’ Resolution. Senator Glass. of Lynchburg was in his seat today when the constitutional conven- tion was called to order. He was looking much improved and said he was feeling a good deal stronger than for some time. “No, I will not call up my resolution to- day providing for instructing the commit- tee on schedule to report no resolution which should provide for submitting the new constitution to an unabridged elec- torate,” said Mr. Glass. “I want the suf- frage clause proclaimed, and if that is not done I favor proclaiming the constitution outright. Sentiment is fast changing in this respect, and I would not be surprised +e see this course adopted by the conven- tion, ——+++—__. Perso Mention. Mr. W. F. Gottwals went last week to visit his grandparents in Canada, and on his way he will take in the Buffalo exposi- tion and Niagara Falls. Dr. Willis Pomeroy has returned after a short stay at Atlantic City. Dr. Walter A. Wells returned yesterday from Atlantic City. Dr. Wilfred M. Barton is making a two weeks’ stay at Saratoga. Charles Grant Williams of 708 Rhode Island avenue (champion of the Roque Club), and his brother, Albert Lincoln, af- ter spending a week at Cottage City, Mar- tha’s Vineyard), Mass., have gone to Nor- wich, Conn., to play in the annual roque tournament there. rr Addttional Arrests. The secret service bureau has received information of the arrest of F. W. Burke j-and Harry Connors in Portland, Ors. They are charged with using the mails for fraud- ulent purposes in securing some of the old New Brunswick, N. J., state bank notes, for the passing of which several men were recently arrested at San Francisco. Burke and Connors had passed a number of the notes, it is said, and secured their sup- plies by mail from the men who were ar- Fested in San Francisco, PROF. SUESS PREDICTS COMMERCIAL AGGRESSION BY Us. China, Russia and This Country, He Thinks, Will Be the “Three Units.” VIENNA, August 22—Prof. Edward Suess, the eminent publicist and paleon- tologist, has given an interview respecting the industrial and political preponderance of the United States that attracts much attention, especially as it confirms the anti- American views of continental manufac- turers and economists. ‘The professor, surveying international re- lations from the standpoint of a political philosopher, observes that while the French revolution was occasioned by the abuses of the privileged classes, the present situa- tion has been caused by a revolution of material conditions. The declining national sentiment should be replaced by a move- ment for the common defense of the cen- tral European states against the American trusts, which are moving to conquer the foreign markets more surely than they could be conquered by battle ships. ‘che American balance of trade has reached an unparalleled figure. It was a Serious ques- tion if the present political units of central Europe were strong enough to make an effective defense, taking into account the physical conditions. The present shifting of the center of gravity of the world’s forces would create three great units— China, Russia and America, © When China was equipped with railroads the people would find that she had the most capable merchants and the cheapest labor. Russia would have the largest army and be the greatest peasant state. European capital would flow to the United States and would be an important increase of her economic prosperity. : Of the three the United States had de- cidedly the lead. Its policy was commercial aggression beyond doubt, and states like the American union and Russia had gained far more in the way of the mobilization of their powers from the construction of ralfl- roade than such countries as Germany and ——+~-+—___ BITTER AGAINST LYNCHING. Delegates to Colored Men's Conven- tion Discuss Plerce City Riots, CHICAGO, August —Delegates to the second annual convention of the National Negro Business League, which is in session in Handel Hall, declare the lymehing at Pierce City, Mo., an act of madness, an atrocity. The fact that within a few hun- dred miles of Chicago the citizens of a town had proclaimed that no negro will be per- mitted hereafter to live or spend a night in the village astonished the delegates, Booker T. Washington, president of the league and leader of the convention, would not talk about the affair. He said it would be too difficult to express himself so that he would not be misunderstood. “It is a disgrace to American ctvilization that such atrocities are committed,” said Edward E. Cooper of Washington. “Look at the participants as individuals—the black who committed a crime against women and the white men who committed a crime against innocent blacks—do they not belong in the same sentence of condémpation? ket the law be carried out against. ‘bifenders as individuals and leave races’ and classes t enjoy the freedom which belongs to them. “The encroachments of the spirit of mob rule In the western country are certainly re- grettable,” said T. Thomas Fortune of New York. jut mob rule will meet {ts water- loo. The law, sooner or later, will assert itself, and it will be equally hard for thé negro murderer and: the white tyncher. ‘It is a mistake to make an individual erlme the basis for a race hatred,” said A. J. Johnson of Mobile, Ala. “It is Ignorance that makes a brute of the negro murderer, and it is ignorance that leads a white man to become a part of a murdering mob. ——+++__ TREASURE FROM NOME. Steamer Oregon Brings Gold to the Value of 3500,000. SEATTLE, Wash., August 22.—The steam- ship Oregon has reached this port from Nome. She had $500,000 worth of treasure on board. Her most prominent passenger was United States Attorney Joseph K. ‘Wood of Nome, who has been cited to ap- pear before the court of appeals at San Francisco to show cause why he is not in contempt of that tribunal in the matter of the McKenzie receivership litigation. The Oregon reports that the Roanoke, which left the north before the Oregon's departure and is expected to arrive in this port tomorrow, has among her passen- gers Judge Arthur Noyes, who is en route to Washington city to answer charges that have been preferred against him. The Oregon officers state that the steamer Charles D. Lane, which met disaster in the pers sea last July, is practically a total joss. The Oregon's officers also report the wreck, July 18, in the Arctic, near Point Smith, of the San Francisco whaler Gram- pus. No lives were lost. The vessel was caught in the ice and driven ashore. +--+ TORNADO AT ANADARKO, OKLA. Several Persons Reported: to Be Kill- ed and Injured. ANADARKO, Okla., August 22.—Further details of the tornado which-struck this city last night indicate that the storm was severe in the country districts where sev- eral persons were killed and injured and many buildings destroyed.» The loss in crops and live stock will be heavy. One report says that four persons were killed at a farm house a few miles distant. —_+~+-___ PROPOSED GERMAN PARIFF. Consul General Mason Sets Forth Its Features, The State Department has recetved from Consul General Mason at Berlina long re- port setting forth in detail the features of the proposed new German tariff; which will most materially affect United States prod- ucts. By far the most important of these is noted in the advances of from 50 to 300 per cent in the rates on food materials, meats and live animals, The present treaty rate on wheat of 8#cent#-would be imcreased under the new bill to $1.54 per 100 kilograms. The United States sent 465,933 metric tons of this Commodity to Germany last year. t As to American manufaet) athe most notable advances made by the new bill are in the rates on bicycles.and shoes. An American bicycle weighing about twenty- two pounds would pay $867: import duty instead of about $1.25, as at present. Shoes would pay about double their present rate. Mr. Mason states that public discussion of the tariff measure is confined to two points—the alleged inadequacy of the pro- posed duties on manufactured products and the effect which the heavy advances in the rates on food products matertals will have upon the non-agricult 4 julati Germany, igi gh. Rlackamiths Et rs. DENVER, Col., August $2—The National Railroad Master Blac! ths’ Association has elected these officers: it, W. H. Savage of Texas; frat: president, John L: Woodworth of Lima, iwol 01 IEWS Navy Department’s Declination of Admiral Schley’s Request. LATTER'S COUNSEL MAY PROTEST Interest in the Case Augmented by New Developments. SAMPSON TO BE CALLED It is now regarded in circles closely ob- servant of the situation as practically cer- tain that Rear Admiral Howison, notwith- standing the talk concerning his alleged disqualification, will serve as a member of the Schley court of inquiry. The matter of determining his qualifica- tion for such service will, according to the action of the Navy Department, announced yesterday by Acting Secretary Hackett, de- volve upon Admirals Dewey and Benham, tne two other members of the board. It is highly probable that Admiral Howison's service will be challenged by counsel for Admiral Schley when the court convenes, but Admiral Howison its expected to make a positive denial of the authenticity of the alleged interview with him, which was for- warded to the department by Admiral Schley, with a view to ascertaining its ac- curacy, in which event Admirals Dewey and Benham will decide that he is com- petent to serve upon the court. The action of the Navy Department in declining to submit a copy of the alleged interview to Admiral Howison for denial or confirmation was the subject of a great deal of discussion at the department today. Trend of Speculation. Some speculation was indulged in as to whether it would be the proper thing for Admiral Howison, in view of the uncertain opinion held by counsel for Admiral Schley as to his qualifications, to ask to be ex- cused from service on the board. This, however, Is entirely unlikely. Jt was stated today that on the contrary Admiral Howison would now feel it his duty to appear as a member of the board and state categorically whether the inter- view in question was authentic, leaving a decision on the subject to the discretion of his colleagues upon the court, which deci- sion will conclusively determine the sub- Ject of his competency When Admiral Howison’s service on the court 1s challenged by counsel for Admiral Schley, Admiral Howison will, of course, have no voice in the matter of determin. ing his own qualitications. Admirals Dewey and Benham will be the judges of the question, naval regulations containing a provision which vs that the court shall determine the qualifications of is own mem- bers. Some criticism has been evoked by the action of the department in declining to ask Admiral Howison whether the inter- view submitted to the department was cor- rect. It is held in some quarters that this proceeding was irregular. It is stated at the department, however, that the action taken was in entire accordance with the practices of the navy. The statement was made, in fact, that the request of Admiral Scbley’s counsel was entirely unprecedent- ed in the history cf the department. In past cases of courts of inquiry appointees for service have frequently been chal- lenged,, but in each instance the challenge has been made after the assembling of the court, and not prior to the time of its meeting. No such request as that of Ad- miral Schley has ver been made upon the department before, and in establishing a precedent by referring the whole matter to the court for settlement, the department feels that it is following the sense of the rules of naval procedure. To the public mind, of course, the pres- ent case is vastly of more importance than anything of a similar nature which has oc- curred since the establishment of the Navy Department. From a strictly official view- point, however, the circumstances do not warrant the adoption of extraordinary methods of procedure and therefore the de- partment feels itself obliged to act in the same manner fn this as it would in any other and a less important case as viewed by the public. Of course, the action of Admiral Schley and his counsel in endeavoring to determine th qualifications of Admiral Howison will not in any sense of the word injure Ad- miral Schely’s prospects before the court if Admiral Howison denies the authenticity of the interview and is held qualified to scrve as a member of the court, Protest May Be Filed. It was said by a gentleman who is very close to Admiral Schley and familiar to a large extent with the case that the Navy Department placed a wrong construction upon Admiral Schley’s letter. This gentle- man said the request was merely an in- quiry and not a challenge, and was made simply to ascertain if there were proper grounds upon which to challenge Admiral Hewison’s fitness as a member of the court. “It was similar,” he remarked, “to the ccurse taken by attorneys in a trial in court where a jury is being impaneled. A talesman is asked, for instance, if he had read about the case under consideration, and if so if what he had read had so in- fluenced him that he could not give an un- biased verdict. Such questioning precedes a challenge and that is precisely the posi- tion occupied in relation to Admiral How!i- mon? There was an impression strongly preva- lent that the counsel for Admirai Schley would file a formal protest against the construction of the department, and the probability 1s that such will be done. How Long Will Inquiry Last? The duration of the sitting of the court of inquiry furnishes food for estimates. It is understood the court will convene each morning at 11 o’clock and adjourn at 3 p.m. It is understood that Captain Parker of Admiral Schley'’s counsel thinks two weeks will suffice for the hearing. A gentleman conversant with the scope the investiga- tion will take gives three months as his guess. It is belfeved the brief now being pre- pared by Mr. Jere M. Wilson and Attorney General Isador Rayner of Maryland will be voluminous. It will not be surprising if it is 50,000 words in length. Correspondent McDowell's Statement. Additional interest has been added to the case by the statement published in the Chicago News of August 10 over the signa- ture of Melvin McDowell, who was corre- spondent of the Chicago Record with the American army that invested Santiago. According to Mr. McDowell's article, he was told by Major Noble of General Shaf- ter’s staff that General Shafter was noti- fied July 2, 1898, by the French consul at Santiago that Cervera’s fleet would leave Santiago harbor next day, and that General Shafter had had this information wig- wagged to Admiral Sampson. In view of this statement it is believed that both Gen- eral Shafter and Major Noble will be sum- moned as witnesses. That Admiral Samp- son will be called upon to testify is no longer doubted. Admiral Schley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Rayner and Parker met again this: morning in Mr, Wilson's apartments at the Shore-. states that Admiral Schley disobeyed orders. This, it is said, will be based upon the text of the original cablegram sent by Admiral Schley, in which he stated that he regretted being unable to carry out the department's orders, and would have to proceed to Key West for coal by way of the Yucatan passage. The translation of the code, it is said, did not altogether cor- rectly follow the message. New Rules for Reporters. New rules in regard to the reception of Newspaper representatives were adopted at the Navy Department by Acting Secre- tary Hackett today. Heretofore tt has been Mr. Hackett’s practice to receive the newspaper men twice daily at his office, giving them free access to the ante room occupied by his secretary and stenogra- phers. Today, however, the door leading from this ante room to the adjoining cor- ridor of the department was locked, and all newspaper men who had business with Mr. Hackett were obliged to enter Secre- tary Long’s reception room nearby and submit their card and the nature of their business to either his secretary or one of his stenographers. Mr. Hackett announced this morning that hereafter when there was any news to be given out it would be builetined in the corridor next to his office. Counsel Sent For. Acting Secretary Hackett sent a mes- senger at 11 o'clock today to Admiral Schley’s counsel, requesting their presence at the Navy Department on an important matter. Messrs. Rayner and Wilson were in conference at the time this message was received, but proceeded to the Navy De- partment about 2 o'clock. They had al- ready framed a reply to Mr. Hackett's communication, expressing the depart- ment’s unwillingness to further question Admiral Howison’s qualifications as a member of the court of inquiry. However, this reply was withheld, pending the out- come of the conference with the acting secretary this afternoon. The admiral’s counsel are not satisfied with the stand the Navy Department has taken in the mat- ter. but are unwilling to state at present what line of action they will now pursue. Probable Witnesses From Cuba. The controller of the treasury has re- ceived and answered the following request from the Secretary of the Navy: “Your opinion is requested as to whether the expenses of a civilian residing in Cuba, called upon to testify before a naval court of inquiry convened in the city of Wash- ington, can be paid in pursuance of the Provisions of article 1260, paragraph 2, United States navy regulations, or other- wise.” In his answer the controller says: “Article 57 of the articles for the govern- ment of the navy empowers courts of in- quiry, among other things, to summon witnesses and administer oaths. It was held in 1 Comp., Dec. 79, that civilian wit- nesses duly subpoenaed to attend before an army court-martial are entitled to the same compensation paid witnesses for at- tending before United States courts, as provided in section 848, Revised Statutes, and there is no reason why the same rule should not apply’to civilian witnesses sum- moned to attend before a naval court of inquiry. $1.50 a Day and Mileage. “In this Instance the witness appears to be out of the jurisdiction of the court, and fs not bound to obey its summons. If, however, he chooses to do so, I am of opin- fon and decide that his expenses may be paid in the same manner as those of a witness attending in obedience to a sub- poena before a United States court, or at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents for each day's attendance and five cents a mile going from and returning to his place of residence. If special arrangements are necessary to bring the witness within the jurisdiction of the court additional ex- penses properly incurred for that purpose may be allowed and paid.” It is understood that the inquiry referred to witnesses to be summoned in the Schley | court of inquiry. Mr. Rayner, Judge Wilson and Captain Parker were in consultation with Acting Secretary Hackett for over half an hour. At the close of the consultation it was stated that the talk related exclusively to a technicality bearing upon the forthcom- ing sessions of the court which was of no public interest whatever. It was stated that the matter of Admiral Howison’s fit- ness for service on the court was not dis- cussed at all. $$ LIEUT. DABNEY’S FUNERAL. Burial at Arlington With Military Honors. Funeral services were held at 9:30 o'clock this-morning at the Naval Hospital over the remains of Lieut. Albert Jouett Dabney, U. 8. N., retired, who died last Tuesday, af- ter an illness of over two months. The remains were interred at the Arlington na- tional cemetery. They were accompanied by a military escort, consisting of one com- pany of marines and a bodyguard of sailors from the Washington navy yard. The pallbearers were Lieutenant Commanders Scheutze, McCrae and Thomas and Lieuts. Norton, Coale and Royde. There were a large number of floral offerings sent by friends. At the cemetery military honors were performed at the grave. Lieutenant Dabney, although on the re- tired list, performed creditable active duty in the hydrographic office of the Navy De- partment up to a short time before his de- mise. He was born in Kentucky and ap- pointed to the Naval Academy from that state’ in 1867. He was appointed a Ifeuten- ant in 1882 and was placed on the retired list after three years’ service under the law providing for retirement in case of in- capacity resulting from incident of service. <0 ______ RESTRAINT OF CHINESE, Their Emigration to Mexico Through This Country to Be Guarded. The determination of the Treasury De- partment to take advantage of the.author- ity given by the Chinese exclusion act to regulate the transit through the United States of Chinese emigrants bound for other countries was today officially brought to the attention of the Chinese legation. The occasion presented itself when an at- tache of the legation called upon Assistant Secretary Taylor to lay before him a mes- sage received from the Chinese consul at San Francisco conveying the information that Chinese destined for Mexico had been refused the privilege of landing at that port. Mr. Taylor told the attache that the department had become convinced that most of the Chinese- who had gone into Mexico In the past two or three years had smuggled themselves back across the bor- der into the United States. He therefore announced that hereafter the department would refuse landing permission to Chinese bound for Mexico unless it could be abso- lutely satisfied of their good faith. rr MR. GEO. W. WISE WANTED. He Will Get $3,000 if He Can Be Lo- cated. ‘The officers of the Navy Mutual Aid As- sociation at the Navy Department are en- deavoring to locate Mr. George W. Wise, a relative of the late Commander Frederick ‘Wise of the navy, who died in Japan a few days ago. It appears that George W. Wise is the benefitiary of the late officer to the amount of about $3,000, which will be paid him by the association if he can be located. He formerly lived on Q street northwest, but has removed to some unknown. ‘The Mutua] Aid Association is a body com- posed of officers of the United States navy. te Steamship Arrival. at New York, Sardinian, from Glasgow. NO WAR EXISTS Condition of Affairs Between Colom- bia and Venezuela, DR. SILVA'S «RECENT ADVICES Revolutionists Defeated in Engage- ment Near Tomaco. IMPORTANT UTTERANCES Dr. Martinez Silva, the Colombian min- tster, today received an official letter from the minister of Colombia at Quito, Ecua- dor,-which reports an engagement near Tomaco 'n which a force of Colombian revolutionists was defeated and arms, ammunition and prisoners were taken. The letter also discloses the satisfactory condition of affairs between Ecuador and Colombia, and disposes of reports that an armed invasion by Ecuadorian troops was to be apprehended. The minister at Quito states that al- most all the revolutionary chiefs, who had fled from Colombia and taken refuge in Ecuador, had gone back to Colombia. Dr. Silva considers this an explanation of the recent press reports that a force from Ecuador was about to invade Colombia and fight a battle near Pasto. Concerning the engagement near Tomaco, the letter states that General Palasius, commandant of the city of Barbacoas, which had been recovered by the government, was in com- mand of the government forces. The revo- lutionary force was on its way to Tomaco, on the Island of Gaille, and suffered sur- prise and defeat, with the loss of arms, ammunition and numerous prisoners. Colombia and Venesuela. Reference to the map makes it evident that the engagement spoken of near To- maco is part of the same movement re- ferred to in press dispatches as going on near Pasto, as these two points are near together on the Colombian side of the frontier with Ecuador. Dr. Martinez Silva today discussed the dispatches received from President Castro of Venezuela, through his secretary, and from President Alfaro of Eequador. Dr. Silva spoke without criticism, and confined his remarks to pointing out certain essen- tial points which these messages from the two presidents made clear. “Coming from such high quarters,” said Dr. Silva, “it cannot be doubted that these messages afford excellent means of viewing the present situation of affairs from the standpoints of these two governments. The chief point to be noticed is that they do not treat war as existing. The message from President Alfaro expressly states that war between Colombia and Venezuela is improbable, and he adds that such conflicts as have occurred growing out of the union between the conservatives in both republics are of a transitory character. It is well to have the view of so high an authority on the improbability of war and on the transitory character of the party disturb- ances which have occurred, As this dis- patch from Quito is dated August 21, it | seems to-dispose of the reports of several days ago saying that af Ecquadorian army was about to invade: olombia and fight @ battle near Pasto. Evidently the president of Ecquador knows nothing of the immi- nence of such a confilct. “The dispatch from General Castro's sec- retary also indicates clearly that no war exists. It states that the conservatives of Colombia have resolved ‘to assist In a revo- lutionary movement against Venezuela and her government.’ From this it will be ob- served that the basis of the affair is @ revo- lutionary movement against Venezuela, and, of course, such a movement is an In- ternal affair of Venezuela with which Co- lombia has no concern. Altogether, the messages seem to be reassuring as to tho fact that no actual war in the sense a¢- cepted by international authorities exists or is probable. “I am perfectly sure that in the revolu- tion in Venezuela there.is not one Colom- bilan. I am also well informed that the Co- lombian authorities on the frontier have made the utmost effort to prevent Colom- bian territory from being made the base for revolutionary movements into Venez- uela. No Change Reported. “Consul General Gudger at Panama in- forms the State Department, under date of August 12, that there has been no change in the political situation on the isthmus, 80 far as he can observe, since his last report. — He states that the revolutionists are still within a short distance of the railroad line and that the government has made no ef- fort so far to dislodge them. For the week rgd his report a guard of fifty men ad been sent with each passenger train, but at the time of writing the guard had been withdrawn, owing to the objections raised by the company, the railroad offi- cials fearing it might invite attack. ae TEGELER’S CASE. Sentence Suspended Pending an Ap- peal. Mr. Hackett, the acting secretary of the navy, has decided to suspend sentence, pending an appeal, in the case of Robert G, Tegeler, the coal passer in the navy who was recently sentenced by naval court- martial to serve three months of military imprisonment for having disobeyed orders issued by Lieutenant Commander Sher- burne G. Hopkins of the District Naval Mi- Kitia. Mr. Hackett’s action was taken af- ter a thorough consideration of the case, Attorney Glassie, for Tegeler, having sub- mitted a brief in the matter and Mr. Hop- kins also having handed to the department a statement of facts in connection with the case. The reason for suspending sen. tence was that the Court of Appeals doea not convene for some time, and that if Tegeler were obi! to serve his sentence pending the appeal he would probably com- plete his term before a decision was reached by the higher court. It is pointed out that the Court of Appeals reverse the decision rendered by Justice Clabaugh denying Tegeler’s right to a writ of corpus designed to secure his permanent release. Under the rules of the department one month would be deducted from the sen- tence In the event of good behavior. T: ler will return to the performance of duties in the navy pending the disposition of the appeal. He has been in the custody, of Major Wood of the Marine Corps. or. Capt. Schley Denies an Interview. Capt. Thos. F. Schley, 284 Infantry, has made an official reply to the War Depart~ ment regarding the alleged interview cred+ {ted to him in the matter of the Schley, court of inquiry. Capt. Schley says that he bas had no interview and has talked for publication with no person. He says also that some remarks made by him in a pri- vate conversation were picked up, distorted and extended upon and the publication mis- represented what he said in a friendly con- versation with other gentlemen. The letter is ey, exonerat! view. i the State Department today, absent only one official ference with the President