Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1904, Page 1

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HOPES FOR ACOUITTAL Nan Patterson’s Counsel Have a Oard Up Their Sleeve. MAN SAW SHOOTING couRT TO ADJOURN OVER THANKSGIVING UNTIL MONDAY. Coroner’s Physician Regarded Young’s Death a Suicide—Found Black Marks on Finger. SEW YORK, November 23.—When the trial of Nan Patterson was resumed today her attorney, Abraham Levy, declared that although the prosecution has erected several strong barriers, through which the defense will have to batter its way to se- cure the acquittal of Miss Patterson, he had no fear that they would not succeed. He asserted that he would. bring for- ward a witness who would tell a convinc- ing story of having actually seen the shooting, no matter how strong the ev!- dence of the people to the effect that no one was within range of vision of the cab when the fatal shot was fired. This witness was a passenger on a street car passing across West Broadway, a short distance from the scene of the tragedy, he said, and in his narrative he will swear from where he stood, though his nce Was but momentary, he saw Nan Patterson's companion in’ the cab grasping a revolver in his hand and struggling with the young woman, who Was endeavoring to wrest it from him. To Adjourn Until Monday. At the close of today's proceedings an adjournment will be taken until next Monday, ag {t is the custom of the court not to reconvene on a Friday after a holiday. Before the opening of today’s proceedings Mr. Rand announced that none of the most important witnesses would be called before Monday, and that the greater part of today would be taken up with the expert testi- mony of physicians and other witnesses by whom it will be attempted to prove that Young could not have shot himself. While vitally important to the tion's case, this testimony will the human interest motive that found in the narrative of Mrs, Yo: Millin, the bookmaker's former pd a dozen other witne S, prosecu- not have will be , John r, and Coroner's Physician Testifies. The skeleton which was brought into the Coroner’a the case Phy cour: yesterday for the use of in O'Hanlon in of the bullet which caused You death, was again brought into the court room when the trial was resumed The ghastly exhibit v witness stand when Mr. Le fense, continued the cross the coroner's physician, wl rupted by the adjou terday afternoon. Mr. Levy, in his cross-exs Dr. O'Hanlon back over the g in his direct testimony yest witness ribed in di which he performed on Young’ 3 “If you had regarded the case as one of homicide would you have made a more careful examination?” asked Mr. Levy “I did not so regard it then—as a case of hemicide.”* “Did you regard it as a case of suicide?” “I did,” the witness replied. Black Marks on Young’s Finger. Dr. O'Hanlon said that while performing the autopsy he found three black marks on the second finger of Young’s right hand and he stripped off pieces of skin, which were turned over to the district attorney. The witness was not permitted to answer @ question as to whether the black marks were made by gunpowder. Another question as to whether he found deseribing any indications of gunpowder when he ex- amined Nan Patterson’s hands soon after the shooting also met with an objection from the prosecution, and the court di- rected the witness not to answer. At the conclusion of Dr. O'Hanlon's examination | that part of his testimony in which he said that he considered the case to be one of suicide and not homicide, when he per- formed the autopsy, was stricken from the record on motion of Mr. Rand. Counsel for the defense took an exception to the ruling of Justice Davis on this point. HAVE A CONVINCING STORY. Passenger on Street Car Avers He Saw Tragedy. Byecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 23.—Though the prosecution has erected several strong bar- riers through which the counsel of Nan Patterson, in their effort to secure her ac- quittal of the charge of murdering Young, will have to batter thelr w if they at- tempt to found their defense upon the test!- mony of eye witnesses, they declared today that they would succeed. Mr. Levy asserted today that he would bring forward a witness who would tell a convincing story of having actually seen the shooting, no matter how sirong the evidence of people to the effect that no one Was within range of vision of ihe cab when the fatal shot was fired. This wit- ness was @ passenger on a street car passing across West Broadway, a short distance from the scene of the irageay. In his narration he will swear that from where he stood, though his glance was but momentary, he saw Nan Patterson's com- anion in the cab grasping a revolver in his and and struggling with the young woman, who was endeavoring t® wresc it from nim. At the ck of today's proceedings, nm adjournment will taken until Mond as it Is the tom of the court not to re- con on Friday after a holiday four 4 will lew the young woman rest from the strain of her ordeal. and she admits that the interlude will be exceed- ingly welcome to her. There are so many ghastly features in- yolved in the presentation of evidence that tax upon her nerves that after a rest she is sure she can face even a greater strain. She will have to undergo one next week, when the wifs of Young will take the stand and tell her story of her struggle to win her husband back to bis family. Yesterday Afternoon Proceedings. Yesterday the sensational trial settled Gown to the routine of building up the mountain of evidence that the prosecu- tion depends upon to overwhelm the show girl with the baby mouth and misty eyes. There are multitudes of witnesses, and as this is a case where the difference be- tween proven guilt and the uncertainty that means acquittal lies in the smallest details there is not one whose account fails of tremendous interest. The day was devoted to adducing the This ; minutiae of the®cab ride and the state- ments the woman made at the mome! when she {s assumed to have been lab ing under excitement that clothes her évery utterance with importance. This ‘was followed by the testimony Pf the first (Continued on Seventh Page.) MESSAGE TO CONGRESS The President Will Deal With Methods of Handling Trusts. FAVORS A STRONG NAVY LEGISLATION IN BEHALF OF OUT- LYING POSSESSIONS. Will Review Steps Taken to Forward the Movement for Arbitration of International Disputes. Not having decided what course he will pursue as to tariff revision, the President will not, as already stated, discuss the tariff in his forthcoming annual message to Congress. He will leave that for a special message to the present Congress or to an extra session, if he decides to call one. Next to the tariff in public interest will be the trusts and the existing methods of handling them, together with the laws covering them. The President has had a number of con- sultations with Attorney General Moody, Commissioner Garfield of the corporations bureau, Secretary Metcalf of the Depart- ment of Commerce and Labor and Senator Knox, former Attorney General. He has obtained much information from them, and some of this, with his views, will be incor- porated in his message. There is a statement, from a pretty good authority, that the President has decided to recommend, sooner or later, to Congress some changes in the laws that created the bureau of corporations. The President has given much study to the question of pub- lishing some of the figures obtained by this bureau as to the business of corporations. Both he and Mr. Garfield agree that it is a difficult matter to determine just what part of the reports that are gathered may safely and properly be made public, taking into consideration the interests of the public and the business concerns that are involved. The President is said to be not at all in- clined to the idea that all the facts that are gathered by the bureau as to the business of the big corporations shall be kept ex- clusively for the use of the President of the United States. He realizes that such a course would place in the hands of the President an immense power. It likewise gives to the party in power a great power. Just what the President may say along these lines, either in his coming message or in the future, cannot now be foreshadowed, reserving this part of the message tten toward the last. For a Strong Navy. The President will not miss the oppor- given him in his message to im- ss upon Congress his well-known views as to a continuation of the present policy of building up a strong, modern navy. He will urgently suggest to Congress that the policy be strengthened and put in position permanency so far as that 1s possible. t 1s one of his pet subjects. He has everal talks with Secretary Morton, with him. He will again urge the construction of a naval base in the Phillppines. He thinks it should be located in Subig bay The Isthmian Canal. The President will review the work that has been done during the year by the tsth- mian canal commission, and will make some recommendations along this line. He will present a report to Congress of*the commission showing the condition of the work to date and the prospects for future operations. His message will show that the commission {s not doing a great deal of actual shoveling of dirt, but it Is steadily engaged in scientifically calculating on just how much dirt is to be removed, and from what places it !s to be removed. When these calculations are completed the com- mission will be in shape to make contracts with contractors or to go ahead with the work strictly under government auspices. Review of Foreign Relations. A review of the foreign relations of the government will be a part of the Pres!- dent's message, as Is usual {in all annual messages. This will show that at the pres- ent time the United States has the most cordial relations with all of the nations of the world, and that it has no particular- ly serious question pending for settlement. In this connection the President will dis- cuss some of the international features growing out of the war between Japan and Russia, and will refer to some of the offi- clal expressions of Secretary Hay on the subject of what constitutes contraband and kindred topics. Statehood for Territories. The President will not find it necessary to discuss the subject of statehood to any extent, as it Is pretty well understood that he gave his sanction to the rheasure pend- ing in Congress for the creation of two new state out of the four legally consttut- ed territories. This will proposes to make one state out of Arizona and New Mexico and one out of Indian territory and Okla- homa. Despite the republican program as to statehood, there will be a hard fight to prevent the carrying out of this plan. The people of Arizona are almost unanimously opposed to being put into a state with New Mexico, and there is considerable op- position to such a course in New Mextco, The people ef the Indian territory do not want to be attached to Oklahoma in a sin- gte state, largely because Oklahoma would be able to outvote them and take care of their own interests accordingly. One feature as to statehood which the President will touch upon in his message is that relating to the rights and privileges of Indians in the Indian territory. He will recommend that when the new state Is cre- ated laws shall be passed that will guar- antee the rights of the Indians in every spect and not leave them subject to the caprice of state legislation. Alaska. As to Alaska, the President will outline a policy of Mberal treatment for the people of that territory. It was largely through his influence that some laws were passed at the last session of Congress tending to the development of the territory, and che citizens there still look to him to help them in the coming session of Congress in pessing some of the pending bills. The principal measures are appropriations for the construction of roads to the interior, and for the creation of at least one more judictal district. The rights of the Indians will be touched upon in a most comprehensive manner by the President, who has taken a friendly in- terest in the red men for years, and wants to see them reach a state of independence and confidence. Insular Possessions. The Philippines will come in for a con- siderable portion of the President's mes- sage. He will refer to the demand that there should be a lower rate of duty on goods coming from the islands to this country. He will likewise ask for some legislation in the interests of Porto Rico. Behalf of Arbitration. The cause of international arbitration and the steps the President has taken within the last year to advance this meth- od ‘of settlement of disputes between olvi- RHAPS THE CZAR THINKS iT A JAP SHELL. lized nations part of the m While the Pre: will urge a larger and more modern he will do so upon the ground that it is @ safeguard against war and does not follow that this idea at confi with the pushing of internation2i arbitration where- ever possible. The condition of the tr the relations of c y, immigra- nd labor, s will re- dent. FALLING INTO OLD WAYS. Bad Sanitary Conditions in Cuban Cities Reported. Bad sanitary conditions in Santiago and other places in Cuba have at last become such a menace, not only to the health of Cuba, but that of the outside world, that the United States government has felt called on to address the Cuban govern- ment on the subj The United States charge at Havana has been instructed to call the attention of the Cuban govern- ment to this situation .and express the hope that prompt and’ thorough relief will be forthcoming. In a recent report received here the description of the con- dition of the streets in Santiago shows the seriousness of the condition. stated that there 1s practicaly no drain- age, and that water is allowed to stand in the streets for days at a time. The fact that President Palma in his recent mes- sage to the Cuban congress asked for an appropriations of $200,000 for improving the sanitation of such towns as needed it leads to the hope that the American rep- resentations on the subject may have the desired effect. ee MARINES FOR THE ISTHMUS. Battalion Soon to Be Sent Down on the Prairie. A battalion of marires is being organized at the navy yard, League Island, for a tour of duty on the Isthmus of Panama. The narines now on the isthmus have been there over a year, and {t is not deemed wise to keep them there any longer. The U. 8.8. Prairle will take the newly or- ganized battalion to Colon and bring back the other battalion. The versel will start on her trip south when she completes her present service on the ccast of Massachu- setts in connection with the official trial of the armoreé cruiser Pennsylvania. Lieut. Col. Thomas N. Wood will have ccmmand of the new battalion and will be assisted by Capt. F. J. Schwable, assistant quartermaster; Capts. W. N. McKelvey, R. C. Berkeley and J. F, McGill, First Lieuts. H. D. F. Long, W. H. Pritchett, E. B. Miller and H. H. Kip and several younger officers. —+___ DEPARTMENTS TO BE CLOSED. Some Clerks Petitioned for a Half Holi- day Today. According to custom the executive depart- ‘ments wilt be closed. all day tomorrow in order that the employes may properly ob- serve the Thanksgiving holiday. In some of the departments petitions were sent to the Secretaries to close the offices this af- ternoon, thus giving a day and a half for the observance, but after a consultation among the heads of all departments it was decided not to grant the request. However, General Oliver, acting secretary of war, today authorized the bureau chiefs of the War Department to excuse at 8 o'clock this afternoon all the employes of thelr bureaus whose services can be spared without detriment to the public service. ——— ae PRESIDENT’S DAY AT ST. LOUIS. Perfecting Plans for an Indian Schools Foot Ball Game. ST. LOUIS, November 23.—The final ar- rangements for the foot ball game between the Haskell Indian School of Kansas and the Carlisle Indian School of Pennsylvania have been completed, and the contest will take place at the world’s fair stadium next Saturday, “President's day.” It will be the first time that the gridiron representatives of the two government schools have met, and an important feature occupy a wit the colors of the rival bagteensfecoere The game was arranged as one special attractions in his honor, _—— es Schooner and Crew Reported Lost. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star, LAUREL, Del., November 23.—Informa- tion received here says the schooner Judge Boyce, a four-master, which left Bath, Me., in ballast, where she had just been com- pleted, was lost in the reeent gale and that Capt, Manlove Hakridge and crew of ten were drowned. The boat wes owned and manned here, Details are lacking, : PROSPECTS IN SAN BOMINGO. Outlook led = as Peace for Better. Prospects for peace in the Dominican re- public for the next few months are better, according to a report recefveg atithe State Department today from Unitéd States Min- ‘ister Dawson at Santo Domifago. The min- ister reports that Candelarig?Rosa and all of the insurgents under hisseommand re- cently surrendered at Barah@na, and that they are to be tried by the government. The minister says he has been aggure@ that the revolutionists received no r surrender, although the g@v mander at Barahona 1s~sak them assurances of person: ity.. The representative business Monte Christi say they have no insure, rection, and point to the fa: at Gen. De- metrio Roderiguez, the prominent Jimenista leader, has agr to come to Santo Domingo for an amicable conference with President Morales. The latter has as- sured Minister Dawson that He anticipates no further serious disturbances.. The min- ister adds that the discussion about the re- cent arbitration awards Inéfaver. of an American concern is dying down. Evidence of quieter conditi@is at Port au Prince, Haiti, has come te the State De- partment in a report from John D. Torres, the United States vice consul.general there, who says that the German minister has se- cured licenses and patents forthe next year tor two large German commercial houses, in which Americans are interested. The li- censes of these concerns were withheld last year. + WILL BE ARBITRATED: Agreement Regarding the Micaragua- Costa Rica Boundary Dispute. Peace in northern Nicaragpa 4s assured by the recent decision of the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican governments to submit their boundary dispute to the King of Spain for arbitration, says Mr. Merry, United States minister to Costa Rigs, in’a report received at the State Department today. It is expected that Jose Dglores Gamez, “primero designado” to the presidency and the presiding officer of the Nicaraguan sen- ate, will present his governg "8 Ca, Madrid. Minister Merry Peporis thet the settlement of this di le: Will facili- tate the development of A: ‘concerns interested in that section. ~~ _————————— FOREST FIRE MENACES VILLAGE. —_—_4 Started by Spark From Tocomotive— Fears for Property. MONONGAHELA, Pa.? November 23.—A forest fire, which was started bya railroad engine spark last Sunday on the hillside op- posite here, broke out afresh last night, and the flames now menace not only the tipple of the Mongah mine and. farm houses which le in the path of tlle Bfe, but the whole village of Axleton, —/ Axleton is at the foot of thé hill, about a half mile up the river from’ where the blaze is now raging, and besides. about. fitty houses, en : the: plant of the Liggett Ing and axle works, re; “TaSt™ yea from Allegheny, Pa. tay a at the edge of the woods an prey to the flames unlessttiie etfarts of tho fire-fighters are successful. Extreme: danger threat ‘farm houses and crops on the level at the top of the hill ”“Here men are no , inst \e in an : _ as op Se plow * up ‘A -streteh of @ mile a thigh hill- to save the company's prop smaller fires to meet the la Unprecedented Snowfallg in the Prov- inces—Remarkable fncidents. LONDON, November 23.=Unprecedented snowfalls continue in the B#tish provinces. Many places and villages everywhere in the north cation is delayed, and in trely stopped. te funerals being There are instances of snowbound between the } cemetery, and out of drifts schools. Even following another promising clue, the think they have made apd toward a solution of the mysterious: oner, whose name is sai@ to be Harry Barker, and who gives plano tuning as his trade, was found in the village of Channa- hon, eleven miles south of Jollet. In a general way he answered the description of “Dove,” the suspected slayer of Bate, ex- cept that he wore a suit of dark clothes. He denied that his name was “Dove, but admitted he was in a South Joliet boarding house Saturday night. From an unguarded remark the prisoner is said to have made the police think that if he is not identified as “Dove” he may give them valuable evidence regarding that man. In telling of his stop in the boarding house he said he had gone to a room in which a man lay in bed. When he opened the door the stranger buried his face in the bedclothes. The plano tuner says he then withdrew and saw no more of the mysterious person: On information that a stranger exactly fitting the description of “Dove” was seen at Rockdale, police from Joliet started for that town today. < Rockdale is three miles south of Joliet, to which city Foreman Nolan of the Rock Is- land coal yards telephoned early today that the suspect had been loitering around the village during the evening and later had started away, walking on the railway tracks, Nolan said the suspect wore a light over- coat and carried a canvas covered suit case. So sure was the foreman that the stranger was ‘Dove’ that he armed the section men and farmers near the village and the crowd started in pursuit, The first instance in which the name “Dove” appears to have been directly con- nected with the fugitive came to light to- day, when a package of cotton batting ad-.; dressed to ‘Mr. Dove” was found to have been delivered on Saturday at 208 Gardner street, Joliet, from a department store in Joliet. Late In the day a delivery wagon brought the package to the house. The package contained cotton batting such as is used by surgeons in stanching wounds. The package was declined, as no such person as Mr. Dove was known at the house. The parcel was returned to the de- partment store. There none of the clerks remembers the person who made the pur- chase. Suspect Declares Arrest an Outrage. JOLIET, Il, November 23.—Harry Barker, arrested last night as a suspect in the Bate murder mystery, was released today. Barker, who was arrested at Chan- nahon, a village southwest of Joliet, proved to. be an itinerant piano tuner. He says his arrest is an outrage. NEW OLD ‘WORLD ‘CONNECTION. Proposed Plans for Communication via SEATTLE,-Wash.; November 28—Cable and@_.telegraphtc communication with Si!- beria,-the orient and the old-world coun- tries by way of Bering strait ts proposed by John Rosene, managing director of the Northeastern Siberian Company. He inti- mates that if the United States govern- ment will extend its Nome telegraph linc from Nome on to Cape Prince of Wales, and then establish the wireless system across Bering strait between Cape Prince of Wales and East Cape, the nearest point of the Siberian side, the intervening dis- tance being only from 28 to 85 miles, that the Northeastern Siberian Company will build an overland telegraph line across northeastern Siberia, for the whole of which it holds a concession from the Rus- sian imperial government, to a connection with the telegraph line extending the full length of the Trans-Siberian railway from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg. This would place, by means of existing cable connections, Japan, China, the Phil- the flames. | ippines, Korea, Manchuria and other far- east countries, as well as all those of the continent of Europe, in cable and tele- graphic communication with all points on the North and South American continents. It could be done, Mr. Rosene points out, at a .much- more reasonable telegraph and cable tariff than now obtain: Se Naval Movements, The converted cruiser Panther has been commissioned as an additional] recetving ship at the navy yard, League Island, Pa. The Raleigh has arrived at Cayite, the Marcellus at Guantanamo, the Rainbow at Cavite, the Winslow at New York, the Chi- ‘cago and Detroit at San Juan, the Petrel at San Diego, and the Morris, Stilletto, McKer and Shark: at’ Newport: : The Hartford left Hampton Roads yester- day for Newport. ‘The Columbia ard. the Dolphin sailed from Pensacola yesterday for » with Secre- tary Taft and party, Yankee has left Boston for Hampton Roads. a Another Arbitration Treaty Signed. Secretary Hay and Viscount de Alte, the Portuguese minister, this morning signed in the diplomatic room-of the State Depart- ment, an arbitration treaty between the u a Germany, VIEWS ON THE TARIFF The President is the Recipient of Many Opinions, WAS WRONGLY QUOTED SECRETARY SHAW SUGGESTS EX- TENDING DRAWBACK SYSTEM. Believes That Exporter of American Manufactures Would Be Thereby Materially Benefited. The President 1s absorbing. many views on the tariff. Between letters and tele- grams on the tariff and congratulations on the election the President !s forced to spend a good many hours each day dictat- ing answers to those who are so thought- ful as to express themselves to him per- sonally. It ts a: big undertaking. The President ts now trying to clear up the mass of correspondence that has been ac- cumulating since the election, so that when he returns from St. Louis he will get an opportunity to work upon his message and to talk with his visitors. The President talked with Eugene N. Foss of Massachusetts a few days ago. Mr. Foss advocated tafiff revision, and on leay- ing the White House declared that the elec-, tion of W. L. Douglas as governor of Mas-" sachusetts was due to his advocacy of tar- iff revision and reciprocity with Canada. The next day the President received a long telegram signed by business men of Boston declaring that this statement as to the election of Douglas was false in every par- t{eular. The President showed this tele- gram to some of his tariff revision callers @ day or two ago. ~ Mr. Foss Corrects Reports. Some interviews were sent out from Washington attributing to Mr. Foss certain expressions alleged to have been made to him by the President. Thére was so much talk all over the country about the reputed views of the President that Mr. Foss has sent the following telegram to the White House: “BOSTON, Mass., November 22, 1904. “Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: “Have not quoted you to any one. Evi- dently an expression of some of my own views has been wrongfully attributed to you. . N. FOSS.” Secretary Shaw’s Suggestions. Secretary Shaw has been one of the strongest stand-patters. . While still oppos- ed to tariff revision, he is not opposed to the amendment of a few schedules. He declines to mention any specific schedules, and admits that while he has in mind-two. or three which he thinks could be amended without danger, he would want to invest!- gate the matter with care before he recom- mended it, lest he might close a factory and turn the men into the street. fe is very strongly in favor of liberal- izing the drawback laws and believes that tne exporter of American manufactures can be materially aided thereby. He illustrates the application of the drawback law to tooa products by citing the fact that if tin plate is imported, manufactured into cans, filled-with American products and exported, a drawback is allowed. But manufactured cans" of ‘tin or glass cannot be imported, filled and exported, and a drawback allow- ed. There must be a manufacture from the material imported in order to allow the drawback. He thinks the drawback right can be safely extended, and its ap- plication simplified materially. Misquotations Corrected. Secretary Shaw sald today- “I yesterday discussed with a company of newspaper representatives the question of drawbacks, and authorized them to quote me as favorable to a much more lenient policy: In one or more papers 1 was slight- ly misquoted. Under the present law tin plate can be imported, manufactured into cans, filled and exported, and the exporter will be entitled to a drawback; but neither tin cans, nor glass jars, nor barrels, nor boxes can be imported filled and drawback allowed. In other words, there must be a domestic manufacture from the imported material. Hides can be imported and mani factured into leather, and a drawback lowed when exported in the form of shoes, if properly traced, but the application of the law 18 so complicated that it renders it in some instances inoperative and value- less. I several ways in which the drawback law could be extended, but I did not intend to commit myself in favor of extending the law to the extreme limit. To illustrate, I am not prepared to advocate the allowance of a refund of the duty paid on Swedish iron ore when stoves construct- ed of American fron are exported. I used it as an extreme case.” ———— COL. BROWNLOW’S DISMISSAL. Fails to Obtain Redress From Civil Service Commission. Col. John B. Brownlow, who was re- cently dismissed from the service of the government by Postmaster General Wynne, acting under direction of the President, has brought the matter to the attention of the civil service commission, with a view to redress by that body. Col. Brownlow believed that his dismissal was in violation of the rules of the civil serv- ice, and, according to such belief, pro- tested against the action of the Postmas- ter General. The civil service commission has sent him the following reply: “The commission {s in receipt of your letter of November 39, stating that you were dismissed on November 15 from a clerkship, class three, in the office of the second assistant postmaster general; that you are firmly convinced that the charges upon which you were dismissed cannot be sustained, and that your dismissal was in violation of the civil service law. “In reply, you are informed that where a removal is made for any cause other than. one merely political or religious, which, in the opinion of the officer mak- ing the removal, will promote the effi- ciency of the service, the commission has no authority to interfere further than to see that the procedure required by the rule 1s observed. “Very respectfully, 3 (Signed) “JOHN ©, BLACK, “President.' Col. Brownlow today commented on the Gecision of the civil service commission as follows: “If an officer in the classified service of the government has no rights worthy of the investigation and protection of the commission except those relating to hir politics or religion, then it may be in- quired what in thousands of cases does the civil service amount to? If a man's rights are narrowed to religion and poll- ticg, what ection have that large class of persons in the classified service who have neither?” ——_—_- Funeral of Admiral Bartlett. “The funeral of the late Rear Admiral R. Bartlett, U, 8, N., retired, who died at St, Louts yesterday, will take place at ; R, I, The burial will be at Swan Pole coimsiery, Providence, on Saturday AT THE WHITE HOUSE Numerous Callers on the President Today. FATHER SCHELL HEARD CHARGES REGARDING INDIANS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. Gov. Brady of Alaska to Be Reappogt+- ed—Addresses by Members of the Cabinet. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, ebairman of the insular affairs committee of the House of Representatiy extended to President Roosevelt today his congratu- lations on the result of the election. The President told Mr. Cooper that the result in ne state was to him personally more sur- prising or gratifying than that in Wiscon- sin. He sald he had hoped to carry the gtate, but not by so unexpected a plurality as 130,000, Mr. Cooper. afterward said he had not taken up with the President any matters of legislation that might be considered the approaching session of Congress. expressed the belief that the woula pass this winter the measure passed by the House at the last session providing for ex- tensive public improveme in the Philip- pines in the form of highways, railroads, school house e. In Chairman ¢ opinion, the d nt of the is the material p: depends, in a er ment of this law not confer with tt ject of the tariff in r any form. Father Schell Sees the President. Rev. Father Joseph Schell, who bas made quite a stir in the west bec of his al- legations charging debauchery and swind- ling of Winnebago Indians, was introduced at the White House today by Edward Rosewater of the Omaha Bee. The Presi- dent talked a few minutes with the prest a written nt of the In- » investigated asked that later by official. urexu Of the Interior. Department. Mr. Rosewater was a guest of the President at luncheon in the afternoon, Father ell has procured the indict- ment of five men charged with swindling the Winnebagos. He has himself been in- dicted for forgery because of his activity in the case, but Mr. Rosewater and other “1 men are his friends and say see him through. The complain(s submitted to the President by Fat will probably be laid before Mr. Leupp, who will become commigs:oner of Indian_affairs January 1. In the mean- time Father Schell proposes to continue his crusade against the present treatment of the Indians and against the selling of whisky to them. Just outside of the res- ervations are many cheap saloons and low dives that profit from the government pay- ments to the Indians. Mr. Rosewater pro- poses to have the Nebraska legislature es- tablish a zone around the reservation with- in which no whisky ean be sold. Father Schell {s not here representing the Catholic Church in his fight, but as a pri- vate citizen. He has had some trouble with high officials of his own church during his charges as to the Winnebagoes. He ac- cused Archbishop A. Christie of Portland, Ore.,.and others of not acting properly in the handling of funds intrusted to them for use with the Indians. Addresses of Cabinet Members. Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois to- day presented to the President a committee of the Union League Club of Chicago, con- sisting of Wallace Heckman, president of the organization; Judge C. S. Cutting of the probate court and Mr. Sidley. The com- mittee desired to enlist the Influence of Mr. Roosevelt in an effort to induce John Hay, Secretary of State, to deliver an address before the Union League Club on Wash- ington’s birthday. The President informed the committee that Secretary Hay’s health was not such as to permit him to make ad- dresses in the near future, and he feit that the Secretary ought not to be called upon to deliver a speech. The President ex- pressed the wish, also, that members of the cabinet should not be requested to deliver addresses. ‘The members of the committee vo'eed the regret of the club, but acquiesced in the President's wish. Gov. Brady to Be Reappointed. ‘The announcement is made that the Pres- ident has decided to reappoint Gov. Brady governor of Alaska, There has been a fight on Gov. Brady for years, but some time since when a thorough investigation as to affairs in Alaska was made by W. A. ae the special representative of the Presl- dent, it did not develop anything derogatory to Gov. Brady, who has kept himself out of the entangling business and political alli- ances that make the administration of the government of Alaska so difficult. Gov, Brady has been a friend of the Alaska In- dians, and the religious organizations of the country have almost unanimously asked that he be kept in his office. The President Gets His Turkey. ‘The Thanksgiving dinner at the White House will be served at the usual hour, 7:30 o'clock, and there will be several guests of the President and his family. The centerpiece of the table will be a thirty- five-pound turkey, which arrived today and is being prepared for the oven, It Is said to be the finest specimen that has come to the White House for thirty years. Some time ago a fine live turkey was received at the White House from Minnesota, but it was such a beautiful bird that it was sent to Oyster Bay to be turned loose with the turkeys there. President’s Trip to St. Louis. President Roosevelt's trip to St. Louls for a day's visit to the exposition will be be- gun tomorrow night at midnight. The spe- cial train of three cars will go over the Pennsylvania road. In St. Louis the Pres- ident will be a guest of William H. Thormp- son, the treasurer of the exposition. The details of the trip will be made public to- morrow. Several members of the cabinet will accompany the President. The usual precautions of safegua: will be taken by the Pennsylvania road. ese constitute a special imspection of every foot of the road prior to the arrival of the train, together with a most careful inspection of the engine and cars. In addition to the inspection a “pilot” train will run just ahead of the presidential special from Washington to St. Louis and return. Some of the Day’s Callers. Senator Allee, who ts the representative of Edward Addicks in the management of Delaware politics, was at the White House to introduce Representative-elect Burton of Delaware. Senator Allee did not think it would be proper to talk in advance of the meeting of the new legislature about the election of a senator, or whether it was true that Eéward Addicks would again fall ot nis ambition to come to the Senate. epresentative Edward Morrell of Penn syivania paid his olen Seed and expresse¢ regret that the lican majority is Fennsylvania had not quite reached