Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1905, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Business Office, 1ith Street and Pennsylvania Avenue The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMAN, President. New York Office: Tribune Buiiding. Chicago Ofer: Tsiz The Evening Star {s served to subscribers in the city arriers, on their own accd at 10 cents pet week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter, ach. By mail—anywhere in the U. pald—50 cents per month. 4, $1 per year; with fore ¢ Evening Star. ptlons must be paid in advance, made known on application. CUT THE RALUAY Japanese Impede Rus- sian Retreat North, TIE PASS INVESTED Report That Gen. Kuropatkin Will Be Shut Out. MOVE TOWARD MUKDEN RETORTED MIKADO’S TROOPS ALREADY OCCUPY CITY. Telegraphic and Railroad Communica- tion Northward Now Interrupted— Surrender of Russians Imminent. The Japanese apparently are clos- ing in to the north and west of Muk- den, and today’s dispatches make it clear that Field Marshal Oyama ‘ making desperate efforts to inte1- pose a strong force between the re- treating Russians and Tie Pass That he has in a measure succe a dispatch from Gen- eral Sakharoff, “several | fierce attacks were on our north front during last night,” and a Tokyo dispatch asserting that the Japanese had cut the railway north of Mukden. The fighting is now raging <round the ancient tombs, and under yest¢ is indicated I made day’s date General Kuropatkin re-| NEw YORK, March 9—A cablegram from e 2 > Japanese had as-| Paris say atch to the Matin from poy EES TAS ey St. Petersburg declares that there has been sumed the offensive toward Mukden from the north and northwest. The reports from Japanese sources indi- cate that the whole attacking line was advanced, and that the retreat of the Russians is in progress. St. Petersburg is without advices concerning the situation at mght fall today, but in official circles hoye seems to be centered in the belief that Kuropatkin will be able to ex- tricate his army and retreat saicly to the Tie Pass positions. Most of today’s dispatches relate to past operations and show tiat the fighting has been of a desperate character, with heavy losses on botin sides. TOKYO, March 9—4 p.m.—The Japanese ilway north of Mukden. have cut the Although the a tual extent of the suc gained by Field Marshal Oyama’s army Tokyo is already celebrating the victory. Flags are going up all over the city and crowds are on the streets, eagerly buying the extra editions of the local pa- pers, and congratulations are pouring into the office of the minister of war and to the staff headquarters. is rumored that General Kuropatkin’ off, and the capture of it is impossible to unknown, army It retre: hee at been partly insuring vy losses of supplie: cut risoners; but t An official announcement of the result of 2 Marsnal Oyama's pursiut of the Rus- s is expected here later today. To Preserve Sacred Places. Marshal Oyama, in an order directing the pursuit of the retreating Russians yester- day, prohibited his troops from: entering Mukden in masses, in order to preserve the respect of the tombs and sacred places of the erial Chinese household and to pro- tect the welfare of the inhabitants Japanese Forging Ahead. The he in the flelk “In the Singking (Yenden) direction our ter def arters of the Japanese armies follows: reported todd force ing the enemy at Magun- tan, is still pursuing him in the Sha river East of the railroad, the enemy line directio: signs of retreat, our whole a general attack from 7 and dislodged the enemy from his toward midnight pressing his force the » of the Hun river is in our h: right bank of the district west of the ailroad nds. Hun river the 1s continue. Pressing Toward Mukden. enemy in the hborhood of Yang- “The neig shi 1 Likuanpao still makes a The enemy made n resistance. counter-attacks, but we repulsed them, in- flicting heavy lo: Our force is now pr ing the enemy toward Mukden. “In the district north of Mukden, despite the « "s obstinate resistance, we have occupied Siaochitun, five miles northwest of east of Siaochitun, and Santaitse, five miles Jen; Pachiatzu, two miles north- Gen. Kuropatkin Reports Falling Bacs No. 16,237. tretchers and in carriages west of Ning- ngshihtun."” ntun, ni TIE PASS INVESTED. Gen, Kuropatkin’s Situation Now Most Critical. NIUCHWANG, March 9, via Tientsin.—It sported here that ‘Tie Pass has been in- ve the Japanese and that General Kuropatkin, paving alternative, will probably be forced to surrender within a is ed by no week. rhe ve not been reinforced from the direction of Harbin since March 1. Nogi’s army made a forced march ty-five miles daily, and, acting in conjunction with General Oku’s army, sur- rounded 80,000 Russians in the direction of and cut off their supplies. g Japanese armies passed a ns without giving it any the enveloping movement was completed, when they crushingly at- ed the Russians on all sides. Russi; until attention JAPANESE OFFENSIVE. Without Fighting. ST. PETERSBURG, March 9.—A dispatch from General Kuropatkin, dated March 8, ‘On the right bank of the Hun river the enemy has assumed the offensive toward Mukden from the northwest and the north. The center and left flank of our armies have fallen back, without fighting, on th intrenched positions on the right bank of the Hun river. ‘Today the enemy north front, driving a s outposts from the villa two miles northwest of the village of Trent- attacked us on the malt detachment of san. During the fight Staff Colonel Sapolski, a Knight of the Order of St. George, was killed. He had distinguished himself by his gallantry. “The rssian po: been acks of the enemy on one of the i in the north near Mukden repulsed with heavy Japanese = the west front the enem ttacked our positions near the village of } tsan, s driven back. In the attack on our center we captured ge number of prisone: ere Was no fighting elsewhere during the day.” 1,000 Russian Convalescents. CHEFOO, March 9.—One thousand con- valescent Russian soldiers arrived here to- day. They will be transferred immediately to eamer bound for Od Le Telegraphic Service Suspended. Dispatch to The Evening Star. no telegraphic communication between St. Petersburg and Mukden for eleven hours. The Petit Paris nat the Japs have mounted two ries of sieg lery seven versts northwest of Mukden and others on the southwi Kuropatkin’s head- quarters are nine versts due north of Muk- den. RUSSIANS IN RETREAT. Left Armies Cut and Destroyed Rail- road Running North. WITH THE JAPANESE LEFT ARMIES, March 8, noon, via Fusan, March 9—The left armies have cut and destroyed the rail- road between Mukden and Tie Pass. De- tails are not obtainable at present. The Russians are in retreat over the northern roads. The left column of these armies is at Likampu, seven miles north of the Hun river and five miles west of the railroad, and has had a fierce fight with a Russian force thrice its number. The Russian cas- ualties number 10,000. The Russian center is retreating in great confusion. Position of Left Armies Unchanged. The day's fighting of the left armies, al- though severe, has not changed the situa- tion so far as those armies are concerned. WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1905—TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. SENATOR BATE DEAD Took Cold on Inauguration Day. PNEUMONIA DEVELOPED AND THE END CAME EARLY THIS MORNING. His Long and Varied Public Career— His Service in the War and in the Senate. Senator William Brimage Bate nessee died this morning in his at the Ebbitt House at 6:39 o'clock. Senator Bate’s death was brought on by a cold contracted on the 4th instant while on the inaugural stand at the east front of the Capitol. He w chilled, and was ill when he went home. the following Mon: Senator Wm. B. Bate. day, however, was able to attend the lon of the Send He v his com- mittee room in the subbasement of the old Capitol building 1 6 o'clock that evening. When he went home it was found that his cold was developing into pneumo- nia. From that time he remained in bed until the end came. He was able to throw off the attack of pneumonia so far as its he w effect on his lungs was concerned, but his heart was left in a very weak condition, and it that weakness that finally caused his death. At the bedside of Senator Bate when the end came were Mrs. Bate, Mr: mack, S xr Carmack; Mr. Robert W. senator's vate secretar Carmack is in islature is in ses- ‘Tennessee, sion. Senator Bate’s des toda great surprise, as it yond a small circle of the 5 s family and friends that he was ill. His Public Career. The death of Senator Bate terminates a long career in public life. Mr. Bate was born October 7, 2 near Castalian Springs, Tenn. ed an academic education, and when quite a youth served as second clerk on a steamboat between Nash- ville and New Or rved war me to the Senate not . throughout the in Louisiana and Tennessee year after he returned from eted to the ted from the and entered Senator Lebanon Bate gradu law school in 18; ‘The attack on Mukden from the northw! is gradually progressing. The R tof the railroad and near the Shakhe river seem to be gradually retreating. Russians’ Strong Resistance. The Japanese made two attacks today on the village at the angle of the railroad and the Hun river. The Russians are making a strong resistance in a dozen villages in this vicinity and are burning large quantities of supplies. + A movement of the Russians northward wes visible this afternoon. It is uncertain whether it is a retreat or a reinforcement of the right wing. The Japanese left’ armies advanced per- ceptibly across the plain in the direction of Mukden during the afternoon. A heavy artillery fire continues this evening. JAPANESE IN MUKDEN. Berlin Paper Prints Dispatch of Occu- pation Today. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 9.—The Berlin-Lokal Anzeiger prints a dispatch that the Jap- anese have occupied Mukden after hard nting. HEAVIEST LOSSES OF THE WAR. Peril of Kuropatkin’s Army is Admit- ted at St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, March 9, 2:30 p.m.— A veil is drawn over the progress of Gen. Kuropatkin’s heroie effort to extricate his beaten army, but the general staff insists that while he has been defeated, yet there has been no ster. The peril of the whole army, especially of the rear guard, s admitted, and Mukden may have been cuated during last night, although noth- ing definite has been received on this point. Yesterday Gen. Bilderling’s army, ‘which held the center, fell back upon the Hun river, clinging all the day desperately to Madyapu, at the apex southwest of the One of Gen. Linevitch's corps was hur- ly withdrawn during Wednesday night ad dispatched to the support of Gen. Kaul- bars’ hard-pressed forces, who were fight- ing off Gen. Nogi’s flanking legious west and northwest of the city. At the same time the remainder of Gen. Linevitch’s rmy fell back to the north bank of the Hun river, where it checked temporarily the pursuing ‘columns of Gen. Kuroki, who hemmed him in west, south and east. All day yesterday and last night wound- ed, munitions, baggaxe and stores streamed northward. ‘The railroad and the Man- darin road were almost blocked at the last north of Mukden. railroad north of Mukden. A second dispatch received from head- quarters today says: “Since yesterday the enemy has fre- quently and fierc@fy shelled our killed and wounded who were being removed on Our force destroyed the moment, notwithstanding the fact that an immense amount of stores, ete., was re- moved lasi week. The Russo-Chinese Bank removed to Tie Pass Sunday. The trains were run under the Japanese guns west- =. some projectiles reaching the rail- road. : Gen. Nogi, according to the Jatest au- z (Continued on Second Page. on at Gal- lected at- shville district term of office , but declined to upon the practice of his prof latin, Tenn., in 1 He wa torney general for the Nz years, and during hi for Congre: a presidential elector on the Breckinridge-Lane ticket. He entered the confederate army at the breaking out of the war as a private, and through the several grades of the ce until he became major general. He surrendered with the army of the Tennes- see in 1865. He was three times danger- ously wounded, and received several other wounds of a less serious nature. His serv- ice brought him many high honors, and he was regarded as one of the leading military commanders of the confederacy. Many of his admirers believed he was in line for promotion to the head of the confederate army had there been an opening. After the close of the war he returned to ‘Tennessee and resumed the practice of law. He was a delegate to the democratic na- tional convention in 1868, and served on the national democratic executive committee for Tennessee for twelve years. He was an elector for the state at large of the Tilden and Hendricks ticket in 1876. In 1882 Mr. Bate was elected governor of Tennes- see, and was re-elected in 1884 without op- position in his party. In January, 1887 he was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Senator Whitthorne. Service in the Senate. Senator Bate continued to serve his state in the Senate continuously ever since his first election, and last Saturday was again sworn in as a senator for the term ending March 4, 1911. During the past winter he represented the minority of the Senate in the statehood fight. He contended for a bill that would make many states as possible of the territories in the southwest. He was active during this entire fight, and in the last days of Congress he at- tempted to join his forces with those of the majority in order to bring about some sort of compromise that would at least permit a state to be made of Oklahoma and Indian territory. As one of the oldest members of the Serate and because of his illustrious career before he entered that body, Mr. Bate was held in high esteem. He was eilected a se beginning last Sa tor for the term turday after a very hard fight. His most powerful antagonist for the senatorship was ex-Governor McMillan. The legislature was tied up some days be- fore the election of Mr. Bate was assured. The legislature of Tennessee is now in session and will in a few days proceed to the election of a successor to Mr. Bate. His War Record. General Bate had a war record that placed him in the vanguard of the illustrious men who fought the battles of the confederacy. He rose to the rank of major genedal by sheer worth when there was a preference shown generally to graduates of West Point for the highest places in the army. What Lamar was to Mississippi, John C. Breckinridge to Kentucky or Ben Hill to Georgia, William B. Bate was to the state or Tennessee, or even more, as no one of those men served their people so long «us he. The fighters of either army who ~~ —“Gontinued on Bighth Page) CHARGES AGAINST KIRKMAN. Secretary Taft Declines to Accept the Officer’s Resignation, Secretary Taft has declined to accept the resignation of Captain George W. Kirk- man, 25th Infantry, now under trial by court-martial at Fort Niobrara, Neb., on cl s of scandalous conduct. The court has taken a recess until May 10 to await the arrival ofecertain evidence from the Philippines. Additional charges of a seri- character have been reeently filed at the department against Captain Kirkman, and these willbe referred to the present court for consideration in connection with the original charges. It was strongly intimated: by Secretary Taft today that Captain Kirkman’s mis- deeds were of too serious a character to justify his eseape from any punishment whatever would be the result of the acceptance of his resignation, and he said that it had therefore been decided to pr the charges against him with a view, ease of his conviction; to the infliction of punishment commensurate with his alleged offenses. WILL RETURN TO MANILA SOON. The Philippine Scouts Will Not Attend the Portland _ Exposition. It was announced at the War Depart- ment today that the battalion of Philip- pine Scouts which has been in this coun- try for nearly a year past. and which par- ticipated in the inaugural parade in this city, will return to, the Philippines on the transport Thomas, scheduled to sail from San Francisco on, the 31st instant. The battalion will remain at Fort Thomas un- til it is time to leave for San Francisco. Arrangements for the trip to the Philip- pines have been completed by Quarter- master General Humphrey. This action on the part of the War De- partment means that the Philippine Scouts will not attend the Lewis and Clark ex- position at Portland, Ore., this summer. ——— TENNESSEE SENATORSHIP. Judge Shields Mentioned as Neutral Man in the Contest. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. KNOXVILLE, Tenn... March Friends ef Judge John K..Shields, the east Ten- nessee member of the ‘state Supreme cour that at the proper time they will rge his name for United States senator, He is regarded as @ neutral man in the forthcoming conte: assert COLD WAVE COMING. Drop of 20 Degrees is Heralded at St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn.,, March 9.—A drop of twenty degrees in temperature before to- night is predicted by the local weather bu- reau. The.cold wave today reached Winni- peg, where it was ten degrees below zero. At Minnehaha it was.six below. POTOMAG-IS RISING. Within Four Feet-6f Being Beyond Its Ba CUMBERLAND, M@{PMarch’ §—The Po- tomac riyer below here is within four feet of belng beyond its bank: A heavy rain has béen falling all day, hastening the thaw of the heavy snow in the mountains. The small streams are swollen. The ice has broken between Cumberland and a point a few miles west of Little Orleans, but remains solid between the latter piace and dam No. 6 The river is rising rapidly. The great 28-mile gorge in the Cheat river from Rowlesburg, W. Va., held !n fear for some weeks lest it greatly injure the town, mov- ed out this morning without doing any damage. Will Break Up.Ice Packs. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 9.—Reports here this afternoon from Hancock, Wtl- lamsport and other points along the Poto- mac river show that the Potomac is rising rapidly, and there are grave fears of a dis- astrous freshet. In the entire upper region a heavy rain has been falling since yester- day. This and the melting of the snow is sending a volume of water into the river and its tributaries. If the rtse continues it will result in the breaking up of the ice packs. Officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal are deeply concerned for the safety of the canal banks. —————— REPUBLICANS SPLIT. Situation in Denver, Col., This Morn- ing. DENVER, Colo., Mareh 9.—When the general assembly met today to consider the gubernatorial contest, the republican ma- jority apparently was hopelessly split over the proposition to make former Governor Peabody's fight a party measure and to seat Peabody in place of Governor Adams. The Peabody leaders early in the day an- nounced their intention of forcing the is- sue to a final vote today. Should the re- port of Senator Alexander, declaring the election of governor to be null and void and declaring that Lieutenant Governor McDon- ald should succeed to that office be voted on first and defeated, :the anti-Peabody re- publicans will endeavor to defeat the three other reports from the contest committee. If this plan should succeed, a deadlock would be created and Alva Adams would remain as governor. When the joint, session of the general as- sembly met today, Representative B. J. Connell, a democratic-member of the com- mittee appointed to investigate bribery charges, protested against; the dilatory and secret manner in which the committee is proceeding. He moved that the committee be instruct- ed t@ pursue the investigation at once and to hold open sessions. Senator Cornfroth, chairman of the committee, defended the policy of secret sessions om the ground that in secret session members of the general assembly would mere readily give testi- mony regarding attempts to bribe them. He said he would not serve as chairman of @ committee unless: hearimgs could be held privately. The Brooklyn to Be Flagship. When the cruiser Newark, flagship of the Caribbean squadron, completes her tar- get practice at Pensacola she will proceed to Annapolis for the:use: of the midship- men under instruction, and. Rear Admiral Sigsbee, commanding the Caribbean squad- ron, ‘will transfer his,flag to the armored cruiser Brooklyn. Delaware Senatorship. DOVER, *Del., Mareh 9.—The ballot for United States senator today resulted as follows: Addicks, 13; Saulsbary, 13; Henry A. » 9; Richardson, Hughes, 4. Total vote, 44. Necessary to:.choice, S CHICAGO, March 9.—The™will of Dr. Peter Fahrney, filed in the a court here today, disposes of real te valued TO REPORT FAVORABLY Senate Committee’s Decision on Santo Domingo Treaty. VOTE ON PARTY LINES AMENDMENTS AGREED ON YES- TERDAY FORMALLY ADOPTED. Misapprehensions Regarding Negotia- tions Corrected by the Secre- tary of State. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions today agreed to report favorably the Santo Domingo treaty as amended. The vote was on party lines, every republican voting for the treaty and every democrat voting against it. All members of the com- mittee were present and the vote stood: For the treaty—Cullom. Frye, Lodge, Clark (Wyo.), Foraker, Spooner and Kean. Against the treaty—Morgan, Bacon, Mon- ey, Clark (Mont.) and McCreary There is one vacancy on the caused by the election of Senator to the vice presidency. All of the amendments agreed upon ye terday were formally adopted, and one ad- ditional amendment which was offered to- day was accepted. The latter was one of phraseology merely. It changes the last clause of article sev in which it is declared that the present tar- iff and port duties may not be reduced ex~- cept with the consent of the President of the United States long as the whole of the debt whi United States govern- ment takes charge of shall not have been committee, irbanks completely paid. In the original protocot the Dominic nment was prohibited from incre: s export duties or its pub- lic debt without like consent of this gov- That prov! been amended s follow “Said export duties or its public debt shall not be creased without the consent of the President of the United States. Mr. Morgan’s Resolution Rejected. Senator Morgan presented a resolution disclaiming the necessity for the application of the Monroe doctrine to the case of the Dominican government, and asked! to have it adopted by the committee and offered in the Senate for consideration. The sentiment in the committee was against the adoption of the resolution and it was voted down. It was understood that in voting not to report the resolution, the members did not express an opinion as to its merits, but that the sentiment of the Senate was shown by the amendments which strike out of the treaty all that part which seemed to define the Monroe doc- trine and give it specific application to the Santo Domingowesee: : The Division on Party Lines. The division of the Senate committee on party lines caused considerable gossip among senators as to whether that diyision would be followed in the Senate when the treaty is voted upon. No one felt author- ized to speak for the different parties, but the opinion was expressed that if the re- publicans should all stand for the treaty it was doubtful if the democrats would feel like taking the responsibility of defeating it, as they could do by a strict party vote. “As the Senate stands now there are fif- ty-six republicans and thirty-one demo- erats, with vacancies in. Delaware, Mis- souri and Tennessee. It is expected also that two republican senators, Burton and Mitchell, will not vote and will not be paired on this or any other matter coming before the Senate. As a two-thirds vote is necessary to ratify the treaty it will require fifty-eight votes to accomplish this end. The republican leaders in the Senate still lack assurance of the full support of their party in the Senate, but on the other hand have received intimations that a few votes may be secured from the democratic side of the chamber. The republican senators who do not give their complete assent base their opposition to the treaty largely upon the ground that it may prove a precedent in the future. They concede that the con- ditions in Santo Domingo are peculiarly exasperating, and agree that some relief appears necessary, but on the other hand they say that the step now contemplated may be used in the future as justification for a similar move in a case in which the demand is not so pressing. ‘To meet these objections it has been sug- gested that a resolution might be adopted by the Senate at the same time that a voe is taken upon the treaty which would set forth conditions in Santo Domingo and de- clare the opinion of the Senate that the action in the present instance is intended to stand alone and not to be used as a precedent. . A republican. members of the committee on foreign relations is the author of the suggestion, but it has not yet taken defi- nite shape, if indeed jt ever does. The de- sire is rather to secure such amendments to the treaty itself as will make it acceptable to two-thirds of the Senate, thus rendering the expedient of a special declaration un- necessary. Republicans say that there are at least three democratic senators who indi- cate a willingness to vote for the ratifica- tion of the treaty as it stands. Misapprehensions Corrected. The Secretary of State in conversation this morning with representatives of the press said: “I should like, if possible, to set at rest the confused, misleading and harmful re- ports concerning the negotiation not only of the Santo Domingo protocol now under consideration by the Senate of the United States, but also the instrument signed at Santo Domingo City on January 21 which is sometimes referred to as the Dillingham- Sanchez agreement. “It has been asserted, and persistently repeated, that the Department of State had knowledge of the existence of the agree- ment of January 21 prior to the announce- ment in the public press that such an in- strument had been signed at Santo Do- mingo City. “It has been further asserted that there was an intention and purpose on the part of the President and the Department of State which looked to the hasty carrying into effect of some important arrangement with the Dominican government, without duly submitting to the Senate for its advice and consent any instrument in the nature of a treaty or protocol. Neither the Presi- dent nor any of the officials of the State Department ever had any such intention or purpose. Nothing was known of the agree- ment of January 21 until it was learned, through the medium of the public press, that such an instrument had been signed in Santo Domingo City. It was then de- cided that, as many reports and rumors concerning the agreement were reaching the papers (some of which indicated that nego- tiation for the annexation of the island was proposed), it would be wise to make a statement concerning the matter to the public to allay any apprehension concern- ing the purpose of the administration. “When this statement was made on Jan- uary 22 only a brief abstract of the ar- rangemeng. which had been signed at Santo Domingo City had Leen communicated of- ficially to the department. — The Usual Course of Procedure, “The broad facts were indicated in the interview, together with the probable att!- | tude of the administration toward the prop- - osition. never for a moment templated that there would not be submitted to the United States Senate at the proper time for its consideration a portocol or treaty embodying the essential features of the agreement signed on the 2ist of Janu- ary at Santo Domingo City, which agre ment was signed at that time for the pur- pose of meeting the requirements of certain political conditions at Santo Domingo to avert further disorder and bloodshed. The action of our represen was approved. ative in this respect “When the full text of the agreement of January 21 reached Washington, the de- partment’s draft h is the protocol now before the Se as promptly considered, Domingo, later, red and to e it was signed some pre whe oO ‘No purpose of putting eit the agree- ment of Janua or the stocol now before the Senate, into pr al opera- tion without submitting it to the for app , was ever e: vined, sidered or discussed. The administrati proceeding in the usual and ordir way, ie, it was negotiating the through the asknowlec agenc and thought to be in proper form, submitted to the Senate a LIEUT. MOHN’S CASE. ment w: it was du Judge Advocate General Davis Re- viewing the Records. The record of the case of Second tenant Albert J. Mohn, 4th Cavatry, been received at the War Department and | is being reviewed by Judge Advocate Gen- | Lieu- has eral Davis prior to its submission to the President for final action. Lieutenant Mohn was recently d by court-mar- tial at St. 1 arious charges result- ing from hi to President Roose- will not be made public uniil the President has acted on the cas court ordered by the Presiden ther report goes to him rega of sult of the trial. Ordinarily court- cases are not refered to the action unless they involve the dismissal of the accused. —_—_.—___——_ MR. BRISTOW’S SUCCESSOR. No One Chosen for Fourth A Postmaster General. stant Postmaster General Cortelyou said today that a man for the office of fourth assistant postmaster general had not been yet de- ens, cided upon. It appears that W. who aspired to the place, has been seded by some one with a stronger on the favors of the administration, who that person is has not yet been made clear. There is a paucity of applications for the place, presumably b the incumbent has been already selected by the Postm4ster General from material with which he is fa- miliar through work already done for the service or services performed for the re- publican party. But Mr. Cortelyou makes assurances that the man has not been se- lected to fill the shoes of the recent Mr. Bristow. Itis understood qu:te broadly that “Jerr, Matthews, the secretary of the Vice Presi- dent, has’ declined the office, and the de- parture from the city today of Mr. Edens juclines to the inference that he is out of the game, even though it was understood that he had a strong lever in Senator Cul- lom. There is plenty of available material for the office, but it is quite possible that the material which the general public might class as available would not meet with the requirements according to the views of the Postmaster General or the President. Charles A. Conrard, for a long time the chief clerk to Mr. Bristow, is still acting as fourth assistant, and has been perform- ing his duties in a manner which has won the approbation of the officials of the de- partment. But Mr. Conrard is a practical- ly unknown quantity in national polities, and the man who assumes the reins of power in that office must be a man who has made a mark for himself and who has been of use to the party. It is a valuable office and must be filled by a tried laborer in the cause of the party. A few days may deter- mine the selection, and it may be a yet more considerable time before the right man shall have been found. It depends entirely upon Postmaster General Cortel- you and the approval of the President, and it may be that a dark horse will enter the race and cross the wire ahead of all com- petitors. but +. PRAISE FOR BLUEJACKETS. Everyone Returned to the Ship After the Inaugural Parade Sober. The bluejackets who were brought to Washington on the cruiser Prairie to take part in the inauguration established a record of which the officials of the Navy Department are proud. During the stay of that ship in this vicinity over 400 of her crew were given shore liberty to see the sights of the national capital. In the words of a naval officer at the department: “Every one of these men returned to the ship clean and sober, there not being a single straggler and the ship sailed away with her full complement.” SENATOR CARMACK AFFECTED Learned of His Colleague’s Death at Knoxville. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 9.—Senator Carmack passed through here this morn- ing en route from Memphis to Washington. When informed of the death of Senator Bate he was deeply affected. He said: “I called on Senator Bate just before I left Washington, and he was ill, but I did not apprehend the worst. His death is a great shock to me. In his death the state has lost a great man, one who was at all times patriotic and loyal to his native state. I loved and honored him. He was my friend. I can’t say what effect his death will have on politics in Tennessee. Time only can tell this.” en Indians’ Attorneys to Be Paid. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a warrant for $750,000 in favor of Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish, lawyers residing in the Indian Territory, as fees for services rendered by them to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The Secretary of the Interior declined to approve the claim on the ground that it was excessive. Congress however, directed the payment on the show- ing that it was regular and in accordance with the contract with the Indians. ———_.______ ‘West Point Board of Visitors. Secretary Taft today announced that the following named gentlemen have been ap- pointed by the President as members of the board of visitors to West Point Mili- tary Academ: Charles F. Brooker, Connecticut; Col. Dudley Evans, New York; Dr. George L. Magruder, Washington, D. C.; Franklin ‘Murphy, New Jersey; Speaker J. G. Can- non, Illinois; Col. Wm. F. Prosser, Wash- Angton; John F. Schroers, Missouri. Lost and Found. Every day lost articles are recovered by advertising in The Star. The rate is 1 cent a word if inserted 3 times, in 15 words or more, NEW YORK STRIKERS Marked Improvement in Op- eration of Subway Trains. OTHER CHANGES SLIGHT LABOR LEADERS HOLD SIGNIFI- CANT CONFERENCE. Deny, However, That They Are Con- nected With the Strike—Await- ing Developments. NEW YORK, Mare of the third a With the opening men's strik improvement in tl in the subway. Othe noted. Traffic on the line d and 2d aven st till. In fact, no . | operated during the rs on the i aven ne, while 0} where ttempt was made to resume the service, ning went wro' 1 for half an hour ime 1 ns passed en point. Qui an ib of ‘ains ra- velt that certain officers had conspired to | Quite @ number of litint : force him from the army, and that it was 1 bat lat ‘ ‘i were Jong impossible for him to obtain justice in the kGaiaye and the plat oan ane Department of the to which he ca is attached. The off to make | Crowded. any defense to the m On the surface lines the jam that has because of the refusal of the court to per-| prevailed morning and night since Monday mit him to subpena witn from Rome, | was in evidence ry inch of space in Italy and other distant points out si uauhie ager i Raina CMs anTisan PAMinou Chie aataat the southbound cars was take hile boy expected to pri them. Lieutenant | bung on by the window led; nd sup- Mohn refused to do t, and said that | ported themselves i precari ysitions: as he could not have all the witnesses he! by placing thelr fect on narrow rails about desired he would not call any of them. tie “tottam.or ¢ The findings and tence of the court | "°C aston 4 ‘onditions we fav pany in th minutes ains spart 3 pat- da Gise cars, ed dur- ing the n limited to a few stic encounte : Heavy guard ined about the power vttempt Om the part of t ich the engle nee nen, so vital in the company’s oper May Ask Injunction. It has been decided by the strikers’ execu- tive eommittee to ask thy courts for an ine junction compelling the Interborough man- agement to restore emergency brake coras and other safety appliances alleged to have been removed from many cars when the strike was declared. In event of the com- pany's failure to restore these appliances the strikers declared they would ask the elty authorities to Interfere also. While General Manager Hedley states that fifty old men have returned to their work, the strike leaders declare not a man has deserted. During the night the ranks of the strike breakers were increased by 150 men, who were taken under guard to car barns in Harlem. Considerable sickness is reported among the men sheltered in the barns. A hospital physician who was called in the night to attend Frank Wittenberg of Philadelphia found him suffering from epliep After reating Wittenberg, who, he hought, would soon recover, the physician asserted that among the €00 men in the barn at le were in need of medical attend- y were, he . suffering from eased throats, fevers, colds or grip, ag- ed by the conditions under which they are livi Uptown New Yorkers had less trouble in reaching their pla of business in the lower end of the island today than any time since the strike on the subway and elevated. lines began. In the subway trains ran with frequency and regularity during the rush hours and the express service was in ef- fective operation. On the elevated lines the conditions were about the same as prevailed yesterday. The 6th avenue branch main- tained a fairly good service during the rush, but trains on the 9th avenue were run at ir- regular intervals. The East Side lines—the 2d and 3d avenue—did not fare so well, and apparently no effort was made to maintain anything like regular schedules. Confidence Partially Restored. That yesterday passed under strike condl- tions with no serious accident on the eles vated structure has had its effect In par- tially reassuring the public was evident to- day. Trains on the 6th avenue line particu- larly were jammed to their capacity, and frequently the unusual sight of men clinging to the roofs of elevated trains was seen, What might have resulted in a serious ac- cident to a 6th avenue elevated train was- ~ narrowly averted today when James Kerrie» gan, a strike-breaking motorman who was? in the moter box of the train, fell uncon= scious from illness. There was no other motorman on the n, and only the fact that Kerrigan had just shut off the power to stop at a nearby station prevented the train running wild, with results only to be conjectured. The sick man was taken to @ hospital. Although the Interborough company had a preparations to y off 3,000 strikers nd had notified the men to come to at adway for their pay, not one of the s had put in an ape pearance up to 10:30 o'clock this forenoon. The leaders of the strike movement took tho attitude of the men in this respect as prove ing beyond doubt their ! to the cause of the strikers. The le formally re- quested the men last night not to call for their pay today unless they really were in pressing need of funds. Officials in Conference. Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor; John Mitchell, president of the Urited Mine Workers of America and a vice president of the Amer« ican Federation of Labor; Thomas J. Kidd, also a vice president of the American Federation of Labor, and Wm. D. Mahon, president of the International Amalga- mated Association Electric and Street Railway Employes, met at the Ciarendon Hotel today and adjourned to the head- quarters of the American Federation of Labor for a conference. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Gomper members of the Na- tional Civic Federation. Before leaving the hotel both Mr. Gom- pers and Mr. Mitehell denied that they came to New York in connection with . et car men’s strike. 2 tchell said be did not come here in any connection whatever with the present railroad trouble and had not been invited to extend his influences to a set- tlement or otherwise. Mr. Gompers said that while he stands ready to do all he can to bring about a settlement of the strike, he has not been invited by anybody to do so. “My attl- tude andthe attitude of all the national leaders is to bring about a settlement If they ask us to do so,” said Mr. Gompera. “Whether I shall meet Grand Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers and hold a conference with bim or anybody else is a matter of the de= velopments during the day. Socialist Candidate for Mayor. * CHICAGO, March 9.—The socialist city — convention has nominated John Coiling for mayor.