Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1905, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Desiness Office 11th Street and Penasylvanis Avense. ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 1H KAUFFMAN Pretest. : Mew York Offce: Tribune Building. Chicage Office: Tribune Building. ‘The kre tar, with the Sunday morning edi- ton te dell red ty carriers within the city at 50 tents per month; without the Sunday morning edt Hon at 46 cents per month. By mail. postage prepald: Daily, Sunday ‘ocladed, one month, 60 cents. Daily, Sunday «xcepted, one month, 50 cents, Saturday Star, one year, $1.00. Munday Bt. year, $1.50. Che Foe mW ‘Star. No. 16,360. WASHINGTON, D. C,, TUESDAY, JULY UH, 1905 SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Weather. Showers tonight and to» morrow; light southerly winds. SHOUVALOFE KILLE Russian Count Assassinated at Moscow Today. PREFECT OF THE POLICE SLAIN WHILE RECEIVING PE- TITIONERS AT HIS OFFICE. Assassin is a Peasant and is Not Iden- tified by Officials—He Was Arrested. MOSCOW, July 11.—Major General Count Shouvaloff, prefect of police here and for- attached to the ministry of the in- was assassinated this morning while One of the petitioners nd fired five times at the merly terior receiving petitions. drew a revolver prefect » fell dead. The assassin was arrested The assassin, who was dressed as a peas- ant, has not been identified. He was re- en arrested as a political suspect, but he m the poli tion before nination 1 ner petitioners had nd then, entering the nced toward Co’ a nte-room of in await ture t e ot received room, firing five shots at close ran; rough the body of the pre- A PURELY POLITICAL CRIME. Murder of Shouvaloff Discussed at St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, July 11—The ai ation of Pre t of Police Count Shu- valoff of Moscow today is constdered to be a purely political crime, as the count was and was regarded best type of the Russian of- rom one of the most fa- yet forty y ig oft He mous families in Ri The count was a son of Count Peter Shu- valoff, the statesman who represented Ru: s be ame nssia sia at the Berlin conference, was former! colonel the guard regiment known a the St. Petersburg and was one of Emperor nds. when he succeeded Nic personal As prefect of Ode: Gen ler who was extremely severe, aloff earned the esteem of all rm but lenient course, making him- Mar with the students. The im- ion exists that the count was killed order zemstovists will not be allowed to meet at Moscow July 19, although this act execution of the orders of the ied previous to the prefect of police. Martial Law at Tiflis. Martial law has been proclaimed in the town and district of Tifils, asia. TIFLIS, Caucasia, July he streets and squares are occupied by troops, but the city been q since the proclamation of martial law The Offic ette has resumed publi tion BATUM, Caucasta, July 11.—Business here is at a_ standstill he shops and with the exception of the imperial ank, are closed Martial Law Declared at Tiflis. July 11.—Th acasus cont Bloody Encounters. Ju nd striking shoemak- enty persons were k ¥ © today. The st © mi: the city & the lower- yrie- 11 streets Some SENTENCED FOR A SPY. French Resident Was Given Ten Years at Hard Labor. TOKYO, J fi the case of ( A nch resident w yesterday to years labor, on we Russian spy, aged in 0 telegraphed t Parisien. In effected a Bougouin re wspaper. iward by rail ertained and ed cay . division was news} \ reached its destination in r division was moved r The facts were reported to Capt. I Paris through the mail ’ t of various ar- ort Arthur and the were as in ed to Capt. Dela- cf a new division, ertain regiments inTokyo. their dis front and the recruit- ing of regiments at Sendai were ascertain- ed in Februa The dispatch of regiments from Yokoh: and disp; toyo were repor me manner. Sixth, formation of certain bodies at Hiroshima were reported to Capt. Delabry in the same manner. The presence of a fleet of thirty transports at a certain point in April was reported to Kessier at Shang- hal and cabled to Capt. Delabry. Additional information concerning the argo of transports was reported by letter. The judgment recites that Bougouin sent Maki, a Japanese clerk who acted as Bou- gxoutn'’s assistant, to Nagoya to ascertain the movements of troops. Maki confessed ult omment on the judgment says that rmation covered by counts two and ated to the movement northward Port Arthur Investing army after the tion of the fortress previous to the of Mukden. ‘he decision declares », the movements reported by agouin constituted tmportant military se- na the recruiting at Nagoya of regiments from Take: d to Capt. Delabry in the a Body Found and Sent Here. eclal Dispateh to The Star. ORFOLK, Va., July 11.—The body of William Smith of Washington, drowned from the ishing schooner Ada Ballinger, in this harbor Saturday night, and which CHICAGO STRIKE MOVE| FURTHER SPREAD OF THE TROU- BLE EXPECTED TODAY. CHICAGO, July 11.—A spread of the teamsters’ strike to over 400 drivers em- ployed by six package express concerns was scheduled for today as a result of the ac- tion of the teamsters’ joint council in de- elding that a sirike would be called against any firm making deliveries to strike-bound houses. The companies involved recently organ- ized the Chicago Cartage Company, for the purpose of making deliveries to strike- bound houses with non-union teamsters, In compliance with an injunction tssued against them by Judge Holdom. The scope of the ultimatum Issued by the Joint council also includes many team own. ers who have been delivering goods to “struck” houses with the aid of non-union ivers. A strike against these employers, ft was declared, would be called at once unless they d making such deliveries. SPST a TROUBLE OVER POWERS. Officials Arrested by United States Court Officers in Kentucky. CINCINNATI, O., July 11.—Jailor Ploeger and three other men are out on bail after thelr arrest by order of Mayor Helmhold of Newport, Ky. Policemen Flynn and Ratican are out on bafl, having been ar- rested, charged with resisting United States ona og officers in the discharge of their duty, the mayor himself was today bound o to appear in court Thursday and mak answer to charges of resisting United States officers. were ng the results of an attempt of some of friends of Caleb Powers, former seerctary of state of Ken- tuc under dictment for complicity in the murder of William Goebel, to furnish the cell which the prisoner was to occupy with more comforts than Ny fall to the lot of inmates of the Newport jail. In the fight which followed when the jailor refused to obey the mayor's orders to place Pe im a cell other than that pre- pared for Powers the mayor's front teeth were knocked out, revolvers were drawn and almost the entire police force of New- port was called into action. The jailor claims that the order of United States Judge Cochran, when that official assumed juris- diction in the Powers case and committed Powers to the Newport jail, gave direct control over the prisoner to the jailor and t the mayor had no right or authority in matter charges against the se men arrested with him is assault and ttery and resisting an officer. The war- rants against the mayor and the two po- licemen were issued by the United States commissioner, after consultation with the lor and the dists attorney, who first directed the United States marshal and the jailor to take Powers to his cell and try to leave him there. This was re ed by the two police- men, acting under orders from Mayor Helmhold, and the warrants w then issued by the commissioner. FUNSTON’S FATHER ARRESTED. Charged With Inflammatory Utter- ances in Iola, Kansas. IOLA, Kan., July 11.—E. H. Funston, formerly a member of Congress and father of Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, was ar- rested last night charged with inflamma- tory utterance Mr. Funston, in talking of the explosions which blew up three sa- loons, said the occurrence would have been avoioded if the officers had done their duty in enforcing the laws. Funston resisted the policeman who at- tempted to arrest him and a fight resulted. The policeman struck Funston, strapped him to a buggy and took him to jail. Later Funston was released, and he swore out a warrant for the policeman, The policeman charged that Funston came to town with a revolver and a rifle, that he bought cart- ridges and had them in his buggy when ar- rested. ——_.—___ NOTED EDUCATORS. Seventy-Fifth Annual Session of Amer- ican Instructors’ Institute. PORTLAND, Me., July 11.—The mem- bers of the American Institute of Instruc- tion today began the business of the seventy-fifth annual convention of the body. The sessions are being held in the city hall, and will continue until Thurs- day night. Many of the subjects to be treated affect important branches of pub- lic education and are of wide interest. Among those who have come to partict- pate in the convention are noted educators of the country, including President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University; J. W. Olsen, state superintendent of schools of Minnesota, and President Carroll D. Wright of Clark College, as well as representatives of allied interests, including Mrs. Frederick Scoff of Philadelphia, president of the Na- tienal Congress of Mothers; Miss Eva Perry Moore of St. Louis, president of the Na- tional Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and Miss W. O. Vallette of Goshen, Ind., of the education committee of the general Federation of Woman's Clubs. A general mee and two department sessions were held today Arthur D. Call, principal of the Second North School of Hartford, Conn., addressed the general session on “Present Notions About Ethical Instruction in Our Public Schools." Mr. Call said the notion has al- ways largely prevailed that ethics should not be taught to children; that elementary courses in moral science ‘are as useless in development of sound character as ology for developing digestion. Being greatly interested in the problem of ethics, he had put to at least five of the prominent educators of every state, territory and de- pendency of the United States the ques- tion: “Do you believe that direct and defin- ite instruction in ethfes is desirable in our public schools?” . he said, were as follows: A submerged 8 per cent gave it up. Thirty-five per cent said no. Fifty- seven per cent sald y Mr. Call declared that he was more convinced than ever of the supreme value to society of sane, healthy, enthusiastic ethically minded chers. Example, of course, outranks pre- cept in the teaching of morals. While evil thoughts cannot be killed, they can be largely supplanted. If virtue cannot be taught, there is teaching which ends in vir- tue. The object of ethical instruction 1s not that the mediocre may be discouraged from ambitious attempts and consoled in their mediocrity, but rather that youth may be brought to a consciousness that life is worthy of study—that right habits are the best possible investment. Arthur H. Chamberlain, professor of edu- cation, Throop Polytechnical Institute of Pasadena, Cal., spoke on the topic “Motive and Consent of the Elementary Curric- ulum.” —___ Negro Charged With Murder. MUSKEGEE, I. T., July 11.—Sam Mor- row, a negro, has been placed in jail here charged with having assaulted and then shot and killed Mary Coleman, a fifteen- year-old white girl. There is much excite- ment and talk of lynching. —— Ford Sold to Minneapolis. DETROIT, July 11.—Secretary Navin of the Detroit American League base ball club today announced that Pitcher Eugene washed ashore yesterday, bas been shipped | Ford has been sold to the Minneapolis club to Washington for interment, and will report there at once. ON SAKHALIN ISLAND Japanese Captured Cape No- toro and Hold It. IT COMMANDS STRAITS LIGHTHOUSE AND BUILDINGS WERE NOT DESTROYED. Vice Admiral Birileff f#:,cinted to Succeed Admiral Avellan as Head of Admirzlty. TOKYO, July partment has re from Admira! Kataoka: “Two cruisers and four torpedo boats left Karasxkorsk on July 10 with soidie on board for the purpose of landing and eceupying Cape Noioro. “After some bombardment the place was taken. The lighthouse and buildings were left undestroyed. ‘our prisoners were taken. pe Notoro is the most southerly point of Sakhalin island on La Perou raits, directly facing Cape Soya on the Japanese coast. It commands the str Birileff as Head of Admiralty. LONDON, July 11.—A dispatch to a news ney from St. P burg today an- nounces that Vice Admiral Birileff has te appointed head of the Ru: admiralty in succession to Admiral Avi who re- signed. Landed Over 12,000 Troops. NIKOLAIEVSK, Asiatic Russia, July 11. © Japanese have already landed over 12,000 troops at Korsakovsk, Island of Sak- halin. 11.1 p.m.—The navy de- rived the following report jan Han, THE NORWEGIAN THRONE. Offer to Prince Charles of Denmark Considered. LONDON, July 11.—The Associated Press is in a position to confirm the report that an offer of the Norwegian throne has been made to King Edward's son-in-law, Prince Charles of Denmark. The matter is still under consideration. It 1s understood that King Edward and the British government are favorable to the project, but much depends on King Oscar's attitude on the subj Consulta- tions are now going on. Prince Charles’ mother was a of the late King of Sweden. daughter SUICIDE AT ANNAPOLIS. John Johnson Killed Himself With a Pistol’s Bullet. Special Dispatch to The Star, ANNAPOLIS, Md@., July 11.—Mr. John Johnson, a well-known citizen of Annapolis and Anne Arundel county and a member of the Maryland Commandery cf the Con- federate Army, committed suicide at the residence of his brother, James I. Johnson, in Annapolis, at 5 o'clock this morning by firing one bullet from a 38-caliber revolver through his brain. The dead man was sixty-one years old. Death almost in- stantaneous. Mr. Johnson was a son of the late George and Henrietta Johnson of Annapolis. For twenty-five years he conducted a small sum- mer resort at Indian Landing, Severn river, Anne Arundel county. He had been in ill health for more than a year, brain trouble and nervousness being the cause of his failing. He had been living with his brother here for a year. Mr. Johnson fought {n the battle of Get- tysburg. He is survived by three brothers, among whom is Mr. George Jobnson of Washington. PROCEEDINGS POSTPONED. Officers of Defunct Bank Before a Chi- cago Court. CHICAGO, July 11.—Attorneys for cred- ftors of the First N Bank of Topeka, which failed July appeared today be- fore Judge S. H. Bethea in the United States district court here and announced post- ponement of a proposed attempt to tnstl- tute federal bankruptcy proceedings here against Charles J. Devlin, who owns two- thirds of the stock of the Topeka Bank. Judge Bethea had previously announced that bankruptcy proceedings were not con- sidered, but a showing was made that Dev- lin has property within the jurisdiction of the federal court of this district. It is said that Devlin owns property in a num- ber of Illinois counties and that efforts will be made to obtain the appointment of the same receivers for this property as for the property in Kansas City. ee TO OUST STANDARD OIL. Hearing in Missouri Court Resumed This Morning. KANSAS CITY, July 21.—Taking of testi- mony in the suit of the attorney general of Missouri to oust the Standard Oil Company from the state was resumed here today be- tore Judge Robert A. Anthony, the case having been transferred from St. Louis. Herbert S. Hadley, the attorney general, and two assistants represented the state. The defendants were represented by Frank Hagerman of Kansas City, Alfred D. I:ddy of Chicago and John D. Johnson and Charles Nagel, St. Louls. The state charges that the defendants have entered into a combination to control the price of oil, thereby destroying compe- tition. Judge Anthony was named special commissioner by the state supreme court to hear testimony and report findings in the case. ——_+___—_. CONVICT ON TRIAL. Charged With Being Accessory to Mur- der of Seven Men, SALPM, Ore., July 11.—Charles Monte, a convict in the penitentiary, is belng tried here on a charge of murder. Monte was jointly indicted with Harry Wright, now In the county jail, on the charge of having supplied the outlaws Tracy and Murrill with arms previous to their e scape from prison. As Tracy killed about seven men during his flight, two of them being guards of the penitentiary, Monte and Wright are charged with murder under a provision of the law which makes an ac- cessary before the fact a principal in the crime. Cen ea ea Chicago Voted a Franchise. CHICAGO, July 11.—The Chicago city council, by a vote of 58 to 13, has granted the Metropolitan elevated railway the ht to conduct a freight and express tation business for ten years. ELKS’ ANNUAL REUNION GRAND LODGE OPENING TODAY AT BUFFALO, N. Y. Executive Session Held to Receive Re- ports and fer the Election ef New Officers. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 11.—The Elks at- tending the nineteenth annual reunion of their order today began to combine business with pleasure. The opening session of the grand lodge at the Teck Theater and the preliminary contests of bands for rich prizes at the front were the features of the day's program. Attorney General Julius M. Mayer represented the governor at the opening session and welcomed the dele- gates to the te. Mayor Erastus C. Knight and Willard H. Ticknor, exalted ruler of the Buffalo Lodge, also made ad- dresses of welcome. William J. O'Brien, in, of Baltimore, grand exalted ruler, re- sponded. Following the open meet lodge went into executive the reports of officers and elect new officers for the en uing year. Winning Ticket Predicted. While several ed contests are on, emakers regard the following as. the Robert W. Brown, wd lecturing knight, Edward om, Mas red C. Robinson, ‘an , John K. Tener, Charle- roi, Pa. Grand trustee (three years), John D. O'Shea, Lynn, mass. rand tru (one year), Dr. W. H. Hay- Bu iland, Wash. The Financial Report. ial statement of the Grand O. Elks, presented by the urer, John K. Tenor of Char- ys that cash is on deposit to f $111,024. This sum is dis- ed in four funds—the general fund, containing $54,685; the, home fund, con- taining § the emergency fund, con- aining $4,048, and the reserve fund, con- taining $40,000. During the year $1000 has been added to the reserve fund. The per capital tax of ten cents, paid by the entire membership now over 200,000, for the maintenance of the Elk home at Bedford City, Va., for in- digent Elks, h: of property purchased. NEW WAR LOAN RUSH been paid, and $5 500 worth adjoining the home has been INDICATIONS THAT AMOUNT WILL BE OVERSUBSCRIBED. LONDON, July 11.—Since the hour they opened today the banks charged with the issue of the new Japanese loan of $150,000,- 000 have been rushed with applicants. The indications are that the loan will be heavily oversubscribed. The rush is even greater than on the occasion of the last loan. THE EQUITABLE CASE CHAIRMAN MORTON WARNS ALL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES. NEW YORK, July 11.—Chairman Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society de- clined today to talk about the publication of the testimony taken before Superintend- ent Hendricks. He was in conference with his legal advisers for a long time, and later devoted his attention to a mass of docu- ments collected by the experts now at work on the Equitable books. In a circular letter bearing yesterday's date Chairman Morton warns all officials and employes of the society not to discuss publicly the society's affairs. “In the future, when there is anything to be said, I will say it,” is the concluding statement of Mr. Morton’s letter. Chairman Morton announced this after- noon that he intended to retain the services of Second Vice President Gage §. Tarbell. He said he has a promise of Mr. Tarbell's happy co-operation in the reorganization of the society's business, and that Mr. Tar- bell’s promise, if carried out, will help in no small degree toward the recovery of much of the busmess that has been lost in the Jast half year. ————_.___. DESERTER SURRENDERED. Man Who Filed Army Service Miscal- culated Time for Leniency. DETROIT, Mich., July 11.—George Baker, who deserted from the United States army at Fort Snelling, Minn, in July, 1903, has surrendered himself to the officers at Fort Wayne, Detroit. It 1s said that by a slight miscalculation Baker faces convic- tion and sentences for desertion. He was under the impression that his surrender would be followed immediately by a per- functory trial and his discharge, basing his expectations of leniency upon a law that when two years have passed after the expiration of a deserter’s enlistment, if he has been living in the United States under his own name, no sentence will be im- posed. Baker made the mistake of think- ing that the two years dated from the time of his desertion instead of from the expira- tion of his enlistment. The two years from the expiration of his enlistment will not be up for another month. He surrendered a month too soon to benefit by the law upon which he de- pended for his immediate’release. ———_>__<__ THE CODY DIVORCE SUIT. Buffalo Bill Directed Dismissal of Ap- peal for Daughter’s Sake, CHICAGO, July 11—A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Omaha, Neb., says: Dr. D. Frank Powell has received a cable- gram from Col. W. F. Cody directing him to dismiss the appeal in the Cody divorce sult. “Col. Cody dismissed the appeal,” said Dr. Powell, “at the earnest request of his only living child, Irma, the wife of Lieut. Ciarence Armstrong Stott of Fort Thomas, Georgia.” ee Window Glass Workers. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 11.—The western window glass jobbers will hold a meeting in Chicago on Thursday, July 13, and owing to the scarcity of window glass it is said prices will be advanced 10 per cent. A sim- ilar advance was made by the eastern win- dow glass jobbers at their meeting in New York last ‘week. THE PANAMA CANAL |220 “NEES “ENTOMBED Nothing Known of Its Pro- posed Transfer. TAFT'S DEEP INTEREST IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORK. t is One of Engineering and Would Naturally Stay Under the War Department. Nothing is known at either the State or War Department regarding the proposi- tion alleged to be under consideration by the President for the transfer of the work of constructing the Panama cana) from the War to the State Department. So far as known the officials of both depart- ments are opposed to the proposition, and candidly admit that they see no reason for it. “There is, id one official, “every reason why the work should be done by the War Department and none why It should be undertaken by the State De- partment. The canal zone is American territory, and building the canal is an en- gineering enterprise pure and simple. There are no international issues involv- ed and no occasion for the exercise of di- plomacy—that is, of course, so far as other countries are concerned. The only other country immediately concerned with the canal construction is the repub- lic of Panama, with which our relations are unusually close and harmonious. All Customs Questions Settled. “All the difficulties with Panama over customs questions which threatened in the early days of that republic have been successfully remedied, with every pros- pect of smooth sailing in the future. It is true that Gov. Magoon, governor of the canal zone, has also been appointed min- ister to Panama, but so far as I can see that is no reason why the construction work should be transferred to the State Department. The fact is, the duties of an American minister at Panama, which, you Know, is a very small country, are not very arduous or important under existing conditions. After a few months’ experi- ence in that capacity Mr. John Barrett recommended to the Presidamt that the diplomatic office be merged with the of- fice of civil governor of the zone. Gen. Davis of the army was governor at that time, and Mr. Barrett thought that as he was stationed there it would simplify ters if he were clothed with diplo- ie function: His recommendation in the interest of economy and good administration, and was adopted by the President, but was not put into effect for several months later. In the meantime Mr. Barrett had been transferred to Bo- gota as minister to Colombia, and Judge Magoon succeeded Gen. Davis as gov- ernor of the canal strip. So you see that the consolidation of the two offices is not ar entirely new scheme, and is now men- tioned for the first time as a reason why the canal work should be transferred to the State Department. But even from Ww that standpoint there is no logic in the project. Governor of Zone Nothing to Do With Construction. “As Is well known, the governor of the zone has no direct connection with the actual work of building the canal, which is en- tirely under the direction of another officer —Chief Engineer Stevens. The governor administers the laws relating to revenue, order, sanitation, ete., and his duties as minister are simply incidental. But to sum it all up, while Secretary Root would un- doubtedly be an excellent man to supervise the building of the canal, such work would appear to be entirely foreign to his new duties as the head of the State Department, to say nothing of the possible reflection on the capability of Secretary Taft involved in relieving him of an important engineering work inaugurated under his personal direc- tion, and as has been stated by the Presi- dent properly appertaining to the War De- partment.” Although the President may have changed his views on the subject, it Is certain that he originally considered the War Depart- ment the proper department to have direct supervision of the work of constructing the Panama canal. An executive order to that effect was issued May 9, 1904. In a letter to Secretary Taft of that date, placing the isthmian canal commission under the im- mediate direction of the Secretary of War, and defining the jurisdiction and functions of the commission, the President said in part: President’s Instructions. “It becomes my duty, under the statutes above referred to, to secure the active pros- ecution of the work of construction of the canal and its auxiliary works, through the isthmian canal commission, and in connec- tion with such work and in aid thereof to organize and conduct a temporary govern- ment of the zone, so as to maintain and pro- tect the Inhabitants thereof in the free en- joyment of their liberty, property and re- ligion. “Inasmuch as It ts impracticable for the President, with his other public duties, to Bive to the work of supervising the commis- sion’s construction of the canal and gov- ernment of the zone the personal attention which seems proper and necessary, and in- asmuch as the War Department is the de- partment which has always supervised the construction of the great civil works for improving the rivers and harbors of . the country and the extended military works of public defense, and as the said depart- ment has from time to time been charged with the supervision of the government of all the island possessions of the United States, and continues to supervise the gov- ernment of the Philippine Islands, I direct that all the work of the commission done by virtue of powers vested in me by the act of Congress approved June 28, 1902, in the digging, construction and completion of the canal, and all the governmental power in and over said canal zone and its appurtenant territory, which by virtue of the act of Congress approved April 28, 1904, and these instructions, shall be vested in said isthmian canal commission, shall be carried on or exercised under your super- vision and direction as Secretary of War.” Secretary Taft’s Interest. Secretary Taft has made a deep personal study of the canal question in all its as- pects and, to add to his store of general knowledge, made a visit to the cana} strip last fall and personally looked over the ground. He prepared the*instructions for the Walker commission, and when he found that they were not being satisfactorily exe- cuted he prepared a plan for reorganizing the commission and putting it on a more thorough working basis. The President adopted all his suggestions with the result that the commission was entirely reorgan- ized and plans adopted for the prompt,and vigorous prosecution of the work. Seere- tary Taft practically selected the member- ship of the commission, as well as all the consulting engineers, and put all the ma- chinery in motion before he started for the Philippines. Those in a position to know the facts say that if the Panama canal work is trans- ferred to the Department of State it will be found that the original tion to that end was made by Secretary Taft. EXPLOSION AT A COLLIERY NEAR CARDIFF, WALES, TODAY. CARDIFF, Wales, July 11.—An explosion occurred today at the Watertown colliery, Rhondda HIN, while 180 men were in the pit. Communication with them is cut off. A loud explosion was heard at noon, fol- lowed by the belching of clouds of smoke and dust from the colltery. The manager descended, but has not yet returned. It ts feared that the 180 entombed men were killed. —_-___. CONTRACT FOR ARMY COATS. a ee Report of Its Cancellation Without Foundation. The reported cancellation of a contract for 200,000 dregs coats being made for the army at the Schuylkill arsenal at Philadel- phia is without foundation, according to officials of the War Department. That there has been trouble at this rsenal for some time is freely admitted by officials of the department. the cause of the trouble being laid entirely to polities. A short Ume ago three cutters were dismissed by orders from the department and almost im- mediately a prominent Pennsylvania poll- tician appeared before Secretary Taft and demanded their reinstatement. ‘This de- mand was not acceded to. As a result of the recent shake-up in the administration of Philadelphia the officials betieve a bet- ter condition in the arsenal will prevail, It is stated that no investigation of this par- ticular contract is under ISTHMUS. Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens Now Here. Mr. Shonts, chairman of the Panama canal commission, and Mr. Stevens, ne appointed chief engineer of the Panama canal, are in Washington today. Mr. Stevens has entirely recovered from his re- cent indisposition. They both expect to leave here tomorrow night for New York and will be received by the President at Oyster Bay next Friday. They will leave for Panama on the 18th of this month and Mr. Stevens’ family will follow him in the fal. Mr. Stevens is now considering the question of filling the vacancies in the en- gineering corps and will familiarize bhim- self with the available material here before he inspects the forces at Panama, GOING TO THE MR. RUSSELL’S APPOINTMENT. Formal Announcement Made at the State Department. Formal “announcement made at State Department of the appointment William W. Russell of Maryland as minis- ter to Venezu: where he succeeds Mr. Bowen. Mr. Russell was formerly secre- tary of legation at Cara and was sent from there to Bogota as minister to Co- jombia, where he has been relieved by Mr. Barrett. Mr. Russell is now in this city, where he has been for several week, awaiting final instructions before starting for his post. It is expeced that he will visit Oyster Bay as svon as the President is prepared to re- ceive him, and it is possible he will confer also with Secretary Root in New York be- fore sailing for Venezuela. The relations between the governments of the United States and Venezuela are far from satis- factory, and it will be the object of Min- ister Russell to restore the entente cor- diale. is the of THE HOOKER HEARING. Defendant’s Counsel Prepared to Fight for Every Vantage. ALBANY, N, Y., July 11.—The state leg- islature in joint session tod began the hearing of the testimony relating to the charges made against Supreme Court Jus- tice Warren B. Hooker of Fredonia, wno 4s accused of misconduct in connection with post office appointments and of having pro- cured the entry of an improper and fraudu- lent judgment for the benefit of the post office building at Dunkirk, owned by him- self and State Tax Commissioner Lester F. Stearns. To these charges Justice Hook- er has entered a general denial, denying the inferences and implications of improper intentions in the facts alleged, and con- tending that, even if proved, they consti- tute no cause for his removal, and disput- ing the jurisdiction of the legislature in the premises. Justice Hooker's counsel made It plain at the outset that they Intended to fight for every detail of their client's rights under the procedure adopted. They challenged the right of the members of the assembly judiciary committee, which has already de- clared unanimously that Justice Hooker should be removed, to participate in the proceedings, but were overruled by Lieut. Gov. Bruce, the presiding officer. They completed the actual reading of the testimony taken before the assembly judiciary committee, objecting to the adop- tion of an agreed selection from the testi- mony. ee VENEZUELAN CONTRACT Accepted by Congress for Adjustment of Foreign Bonds. CARACAS, July 11.—The Venezuelan con- gress has accepted the contract signed June 7 in London by the representatives of Vene- zuela and of the Disconto-Gesselischaft, representing the German bondholders, and the council of foreign bondholders, repre- senting the British bondholders, for the set- tlement of the outstanding obligations of Venezuela. The contract provides for the per cent bonds to the amount of 1 bolivars, gold, redeemable within seven ye: = GOV. HERRICK AT PORTLAND. To Take Part in Celebration of Ohio Day. PORTLAND, Ore., July 11.—Gov. on T. Herrick of Ohio will arrive here to take part in the celebration of Ohfo day on Wednesday. The program for the day in- cludes addresses by President Goode of the Lewis and Clark exposition, Gen. Thomas M. Anderson and Gov. Herrick. ~~ This evening a banquet will be tendered the distinguished Ohioan by the Ohio So- ciety of Oregon. ————__. LAUNCH CUT IN TWO AND SUNK. One Man Fatally Hurt and Others Es- cape Drowning. NEW YORK, July 11.—One man was fa- tally hurt and six others had a narrow es- cape from drowning today when the tug Onelda ran down the forty-fyot naphtha launch Edna, owned by Nicholas Smith, in the upper bay off 2éth street, Brookiyn. Mr. h, the owner of the launch, was one of those on board at the time of the collision. He escaped injury. The launch was cut in two and sank. Otto Lindberg, one of the crew, was crushed in the coilision and is dying. The others were rescued by the crew of the tugboat. —=—=—=—=—=—=_=—===========[====="—X—_4 ULTRASECRETSESSION The Keep Commission at the G. P. 0. BY THE BLUE FLAME THE CHAIRMAN’S DEMONSTRA- TION OF CHEMISTRY. Pinchot’s Graphic Story of the Snake — Attempt at Somer- saults, There was another ultra-secret meeting: of the Keep commission the govern- ment printing office yesterday afternoon after the commission had adjourned for the day and the members apparently had gone home. Their reassemblage was an added mystery to the series of mysteries they have devised. They all left the building, and the employes of the big print shop were breathing easily for the first time during the day Their secret meeting room was closed, the shades were drawn and the keyholes were calked in first-class fashion. Supreme silence reigned in that desert- ed chamber. Then there was a cloud of dense smoke in one corner of the room, It spread throughout the apartment like a flash, and, accompanied by sharp reports, the five high commission- ers were seen standing at their respective series of places about the long table. They looked at one another and all burst into hyste laughter. By gosh, Ke you a dandy!" ex- imed Mr. Hiteheock, when he had ned enough composure to speak. "That rked like a charm. That's the boss Way to meet hereafter. Chairman Keep on Chemistry. Chairman Keep was very self-possessed, He had the appearance of a man who had done a brillant thing and was so used to doing them that he felt but little pride in the ‘ompishment. He did not speak at once, but every member of the commission waited on his words in an attitude of ate tention approaching reverence. ‘Onct when I was a soy said the chairman, breaking the intense 1 made some experiments In c! They related to methods for the ation of material bodies through and it is needless to say they were ccessful. It wag a trifling matter for me, don’t you know. I simply dismissed them from my mind; but in our present dilemma, absolute secrecy is so essential to simply recalled the formula, and, gentlemen, you see the result. Hereafter the blue flash will be our sign of meeting.” ‘At the sign of the blue flash, so say us ! they shouted in chorus. “At the sign of the blue flash!” “Sh—h—h—b!” suming an 00k to the he subcommission on window shades and keyholes reported that every keyhole was stopped tightly with raw cotton The Cotton Scandal. the chairman. of extreme cau res ion. nat reminds me,”’ suggested Mr. Mure ray, “they did big business down there in the ment of Africulture with that cotton scandal. ‘Iw commission to that myself,’ field. mologist down there, because there are no files on him. Did you see how they con- ted Theodore Price, the cotton king, be- e knew he was even suspected y in the cotton scandal? That's call enterprt: And they can’t n't plenty of pub= Did yer see how the gave out. the of Theo- ‘tion and published it in 5,000 what I complain that there licity about it, too. Secre said Mr. Hitchcock, “that’s » President meant by publicity in relation to corporations. When you catch low publish it to the world.” e,”’ retorted Mr rfield. “That's ablicity.” “Hold on there, Garfield,” broke in Mr, Pinchot, the chief of the bureau of fo: “That's not what the President meant man who caught wolves, with his hands could never have meant thit. The man who refuses to shoot bird or animal except those that are pests never meant that. He couldn't have meant it “Pinchot is getting back in the tall timber * declared Mr. Murray, again, Pinchot’s Story of the Snake. “Well, I will tell you some of the things I have seen in the wilds of nature. Boys, you should never get so civilized that you can’t observe nature profitably. Not long ago I was out on one of my tramps in the tall timber, as you and becoming tired I rested myself on a fallen tree. I waa overcome with sleep. I do not know how, long I had slept there when I was awakens ed with a’start as {f some guardian spirit had called to me in alarm. Springing to my feet I was seized by a terrible spasm of fright, for there, abaut pounce 01 my throat, was a venomous snake. It ha come upon me without a sound. It ha given no warning. It would have sunken its poisoned fangs into my veins {n a mos ment and I would never have had a chance back or In any way to defend listening to thi graphic story reathed of the alr of the forest, looked about them on the floor, One or two of them drew q if afraid something would crawl up thel# trouser legs. 3 “For the love of Moses, Pinchot, don't give us any ‘more like that!” said Mr, Hiteheock “If the sonal in t s chairman, “L out of order. slared Mr, Pinchot as he looked at the chairman with a glare of defiance in his eyes. “I tell you, gentle~ men, that snake is not in himself offensive, It is only his methods that make him so. “The snake had a right under nature’ laws to attack me in order to secure food. I don’t complain of that. But his methods don’t appeal to me as those that I care to have engrafted on this commission. Why, not bring the men we are entrapping here, put them on the defensive, and let In the light of publicity on our proceedings, 80 that all men may see what we do day by day. Let them go on the defensive. Let us act openly. If they are scoundrels we'll catch them, and the entire public service will be made better by the dally news of how we are probing this great workshop.’ ‘The forester remained silent a few mo ments, as if waiting for some one to spe: put no one offering to break the awful stille; ness of the place. Turn Somersaults. “Pinchot,” said Mr. Garfield, “you know we are all bully; good fellows. We wouldn't injure any man who comes here. I think that yarn of yours is pretty tough on us,” Then there was a commotion in the room, ‘The members were watching Mr. Garfield, He gave his body a powerful lunge for- ward, and, like an adept, turned completely around in the air. “What In the world are you doing, Gare field?” inquired the chairman. “Turning a somersault, just to see if I could do it. You know that is what we will have to do if we decide to hold these