The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1906, Page 2

7 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,‘K{ONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1906. BRITONS HOLDARMY TRANSPORT |HARPER'S BODY T0 FREE TRADE| SERVICE WEAK| RESTS IN TOMB - smits | Remains of Late President of (2] FRARCE LENDS CHEROKEE'S STUDENT IN A CAFE. Kills Revolutionary Youth for Refusing to Sing “God Save the Emperor.” Sensational Traged Eve Festivities i Jan. 14.—The san- the famous restau- early hour this Davidoff, Sherome- beaten by s cast a shad- Year festivities. The cus ng New Year calls ob- ains a larger extent than In e e world, and at th affair at the - - e of COUNT MURDERS DISSENTER. he gues th t exception of a stu e aris - m t for refu in the of the rtled by five and the corpse Indescrib- impas- having g to their p r side of it, crl \ followed one tesan her BRINGS PEACE. WOMAN'S ACT wh a apon the body, cold, blood ttacked attempt- r which students d before the blade RUSSIA’S DARK NEW YEAR. i in Prospect. BURG e note review- - Vear'is an ex- e news- prospect of in- ite in express- not end as of reaction The Novoe i B ists, who served famous political e he arraigned the the imperial family &s pub- and who recently has been le on Rus- the coming financial and po- e Covernment. e new year honors is for the number of decorations on officials assoclated with of repression, M. Durnovo, far as the proletariat organi- most hated e life, has been promoted g Minister of the Interior T er, thus increasing the influ- ence of the bureaucratic heirachy. It is significant that in the annual renewa of appointments Count Solsky, presi- dent of the Cc cil of the Empire, and the heads of departments in the Coun- cil has been appointed “until the reor- ganization of that body.” The Emperor and Empress held a new year's reception in the palace at Tsar- skoe-Selo to-day, to which the mem- bers of the diplomatic corps traveled in a special train from St. The reception was a formal affair, to which only the court functionaries, diplomats and a few nobles were in- vited. It passed without notable in- cident created some comment, but it was of- ficially explained that the reception was a special one for the representatives of the foreign powers. The only Mirister invited was Count Lamsdorff, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Emparor looked well and spoke pleasently to all his visitor, especially «ingling out Mr. Meyer, the American Embassedor, and Herr von Schoen, the German Embassador. first time his Majesty had met Meyer since his return from the United States, he took oceasion to renew his expres- sions of gratitude for the part played by President Roosevelt and the United States in bringing about peace with Japan art witness the es zations are concerned, s th AT PEASANTS BUY VAST ESTATE. Send Emissary to Rome to Muke Terms With Land Baron. VIENNA, Jan. 4.—A Russian peasant pasged through Viemna recently on his way back from & long and tedious jour- ney t6 Rome, where he had gone to per- form what, in the eyes of himself and the members of bis village community, was e Auty of simple honesty and good faifh. He was without baggage and was clad in the heavy clothing worn during the Rus- slan winter. h | ceptable nancial and Political Bankruptey Is | ommenting on | Petersburg. | The absence of Count de Witte | This being the | y Mars New Year's n Czar’s Capital. The rural communication of the District of Voroneff, in the Government of the same name, recently held a well attended meeting and passed resolutions to the fol- lowing effect: First—To destroy no property in the district, Second—To expel from the district at once & named Nicolsky, the local agent of the utio party. * Third—To purchase the holdings of the great nded proprietors of the district. The larges: estate belonged to M. Nary- chkine, formerly first secretary of the Russian Embassy at Paris, and now Rus- nisa Minister to the Vatican. In order to encompass the third resolution it was de- ' cided to send a messenger to Narychkine. | He was believed to be'in Paris, so a peas- | ant named Nicholas Petroviteh Thernis- | cheff was ch ed with the duty of con- veying the peasants’ offer to their lord. Ternischeff was supplled with money and ctarted on his journey. He talked nothing but Russian, but in spite of this he made his desires known along the line,’| and with a simple directness of purpose, | | which won for him the syvmpathy and of foreign railroad officials, he made ¢ to the French capital. There he fou the Russian Bmbassy. The first Russian words he had heard in a long informed him that Narychkine was | Rome, so he decided to continue on to | He was placed on the right train | his Embassy in Paris, and finally chkine in Rome. nt made his purpose known | lomat in simple language. Said Our contract with you for the tilling of your gro expires on the first of January, end I heve come to offer to buy the land. We do not you to have & bad cpinion of us; we want know of the resolutions we have adopt- We are . our harvests have been bad bad. We want to buy your e~ and we ask you to give It to us h we can pay, and to make an ngement as to the method of | payment desire to be honest and we wil | not have recourse to violent or dishonest wa: | Narychkine accepted the offer. A fair | basis of valuation was arrived at and termrs as to payments possible and ae- to the peasants ‘were then and there concluded between the proprietor | and the messenger of his tenants. in Rome Ternischeff saw the Pope, who { gave him his blessing. you | ed and the times bty o Czar Thanks an Editor. | LONDON, Jan. 15.—The St. Peters- | burg correspondent of the néy London | paper, t Tribune, says he has re- | ceived letter from Count Lamsdorft, | reign Minister, to the effect that | aperor wishes to thank the editor | e Tribune for an address sent to h reference to the question of jonal peace. The letter says | Russian Government intends | very rtly to present to the various | countries a draft of the programme of the second peace conference at The | Hague. | RE. e e ) BOMB THROWN AT GOVERNOR. of him wit Russian Official and His Wife Wounded by Deadly Missile. CHERBIGOFF, Russia, Jan. 14.—Two bombs were hurled to-day at General | Khovostoff, Governor of this province, s he was driving home from the eathe- al. The Governor was seriously and bis wife slightly injured STRANDED B BREAS N CALE Total Loss of the Challenger | of Sam Franisco on| the - Coast of Japan ot HIOGO, Jan. 14.—The bark Challenger, Ceptain Peterson, which, as before re- ported, was on fire in Kil channel, near her and was afterward beached, was broken up during a severe storm yester- day. She was bound from'this port for | Astoria, Or., and Alaska, and was owned | in San Franeisco. ESBJERG, Denmark, Jan. 14.—The Nor- wegian steamship Iris, commanded by | Captain Devig, which sailed from New Orleans on December 8, via Norfolk De- | cember 25, for this port, has been wrecked on Horns Reef, in the North Sea, about twe, 'y miles to the westward of this| port. All the membess of her crew with | { the exception of one fireman were res- cued. It is belleved that the vessel and | her entire cargo will become & total loss. The Iris practically a new vessel, having been built at Bergen in 1%02. She was of steel, measured 245 feet in length and registered 89 tons net. Know & Co. of Bergen, Norway, were her owners. e ———————— CALIFORNIA GIRL WINS HEARTS OF LONDONERS | i | | | | | “Two Naughty Beys,” a Success. BOSTON, Jan. 14—A London special cable says that Miss Constance Tip- pett, a Californian girl born and bred, has taken London by storm with her new musical play, “Two Naughty Boys,” which she wrote in collaboration with George Grossmith Jr. Miss Tippett wrote the lyrics and one of these in particular, “I'm the Whole Bouquet,” is | considered a gem. Miss Tippett was formerly a resident of Boston and her mother was the so- prano soloist of the Old S8outh Church. | Last summer Miss Tippett was the | guest of Lady Limerick and the daugh- ters of the latter at their Scotland estate. Eight years ago Miss Tippet: wrote an operatta for the Vincent Club, & noted soclety bud organization of Bos- ton, entitled “Strawberry Leaves.” e | MUST WAIT MANY MONTHS BEFORE SIGHT IS RESTORED Blind Man Not Assured of Cure From the Grafting of Cornmea From Rabbit. : WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Wilton Heinard, on whose sightless eyes sur- geons are trying to graft the trans- parent cornea of the eyes of a rabbit, is doomed to long months of suspense before he will know whether or not he is to see again. i Two operations already have been performed by surgeons on Helnard’ eyes, the sight of which was destroyed two years ago by a high threw a can of concentrated face. He will undergo aunother opera- tion next Wednesday. It will consist ’n( removing from the eyes of a rabbit a mite of transparent cornea, hardly one-sixteenth of an inch square, and | transplanting it to the eyes of i , who into his American, Whose Daring Plan Is to Find North Pole by Airship, Is Hero of Paris LAY L WANT SHARE IN GLORY Press Pleased That French- men Will Build Machine That May Make Discovery Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Jan. 14, —Great interest has been aroused throughout all parts of Europe in the Walter Wellman polar ex- | pedition. (Bcientific circles are discussing the propject in all its phases, and it is the popular topic of the day in cafes and on boulevards. The French press daily contains elaborate articles on the sub- Ject, with pictures. of persons and scenes | connected with the trip, as well as inter- views with prircipals in the undertaking, and with public men on the feasibility of the enterprise. Regret that France cannot claim the honor of originating this notable scien- tific expedition is editorially expressed by Le Temps. At the sam® time this Paris daily congratulates the nation that its mechanics will build the airship which is to make possible the discovery of the north pole The press in general pronounces the enterprise as ‘“very interesting. thrilling and audactous,' It asserts that it is in harmony with 'daring projects by whick Americans are constantly astonishing' the ‘world. The immense airship will be completed by the end of April, according to assur- ances given by men who will be engaged in its construction. Progress of arrange- mentg has been satisfactory, and no un- expected difficulties have been encoun- teréd. Santos Dumont has stated in the Pdris edition of the New York Herald that he thinks the expedition will be suc- cessful and that he is willing to partici- pate, providing satisfactory arrangements an be made. Major Bouttaix, director of the military aeronautic establishment, predicts suc- cess if a good airship is used under the management of a competent aeronaut. Renard, a famous aeronautic engineer, Is | more pessimistic, and like General A. W. | Greely, American polar explorer and army officer, advises a long voyage over Europe before starting uafter the pole. La Chambre, builder of Andree's fated balloon, gloomily predicts failure. Every assistance is being made by French authorities. A French wireless telegraph company has offered to furnish the expedition with a complete wireless apparatus at the company’s own expense. FRENCH AGENT LEAVES CARACAS elations Between France and Venezuela Sevcxjed and M. Taigny Is Recalled e CARACAS, Jan. 11 (via Port of Spain, Trinidad, Jan. 14).—The Venezuelan Gov- ernment having contiaued to abstain from renewing relations with France through M. Taigny, the French Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Russell. the American Minister, vesterday (Wednesday) after- noon deltvered a note to Venezuela on be- half of France, severing relations be tween the two countries. The archives and Interests of France remain in the hands of Russell. Taigny has been re- called. Communication by way of the French cable company's line is prohibited, and dispatches must be sent by way of the island of Trinidad. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Mr. Russell. the American Minister at Caracas, has notified the State Department of his ac- tion in delivering a note to the Venezue- lan Government on behalf of France sev- ering diplomatic relations between the two countrles, as stated in the Associated Press dispatches from Cameas. Con- formably to the request of the French Government, Mr. Russell will look after such interests of France and French sub- jects as may require immediate atten- tion untll such time as France and Vene- zuela may resume friendly relations. The department is without any advices from Mr. Russell to-day, and it is stated no fresh instructions have been sent to him. Mr. Calhoun, the President's special Minister to Venezuela, has tel hed Mr. Root from Chicago that he will sub- mit early next week the report on the asphalt controversy called for by the de- partment as a basis for the resumption of active negotiations with Venezuela looking to settlement of the claims. The eable company has reported to the Sec- retary that their lines connecting with Venezuela are interrupted. It is intimated that they have been cut and that therefore no word has come from Mr. Russell, the American Minis- ter, to indicate what is going on in Ca- raeas as a result of the crisis in the Franco-Venezuelan relations. DeGRAW ISSUES STATEMENT ON RURAL FREE MAIL SERVICE Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Gives Figures om Cost of Opera- .tion and Business Done. * WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—A state- ment prepared by P. V. DeGraw, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, regarding the operations of the rural free delivery service since its estab- lishment up to January 1, 1906, shows that the total mumber of petitions re- ceived and referred was 51,690, of which 13,125 were acted upon adverse- 1y The number of routes in operation on the date named was 34,677, More than one billion pleces of mail were handled by rural carriers during the fiscal year 1905, each plece costing a little less than one and one-half cents. The approximate net cost of the 82,055 carriers in the service for the fiscal year 1905 was $16,871,733. el ~ WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY MAY BE ITALIAN HOLIDAY sary of the birth of proclaimed a public holiday, to be to manifestationse in favor of peace. The various peace socleties in TItaly are in lier said, 4 |and often the waves REACH LAND After, Spending a Harrowing Twenty-Four Hours on the Stranded Steamer Sixty Souls Are Saved From Sea WOMEN ARE FIRST TO LEAVE THE SHIP Reseuing Sloop Tosses Near Wreck While Small Boat Conveys Vietims From Liner to Life-Saving Craft ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. 4.—After spending twenty-four hours in -terrible anxlety lest they be wrecked and swept | to sea, the passengers and crew, sixty in all, of the Clyde line steamer Cherokee, bound from Sgn Domingo for New York, which went aground on the Brigantine Shoals Friday, were rescued late this aft- ernoon and landed here. Captain Archi- bald, two mates and the ship's carpanter elected to remain on board the vessel. The rescue was accomplished by Cap- tain Mark Casto and a picked crew in the sloop yacht Alberta, and their experfence was almost as thrilling as that of the passengers. More than a thousand per- scns greeted the storm tossed party as the sloop sailed into the inlet with the report that all hands were safe. When the Cherokee ran its nose intg the sand of the treacherous Brigantine Shoals on Friday there was no fear for the safety of the vessel and those on board. The sea was comparatively smooth and the steamer was so light In the sand that it was expected that the vessel would be floated at the next high tide. The life crews from” Atlantic City, Ab- secon, South Brigantine and Brigantine fmmediately went to the rescue, but they | were assured there was no danger. Some | of the passengers, of whom there were ten, became a little anxious and wanted to be landed, but this the captain could not permit without orders from the com- pany, so all hands decided to make the best of it. At the request of the captain the South Brigantine life-savers remained aboard the steamer. % | LINER LOST TO VIEW. Dpring the night a moderate north- easter set in, causing the sea to become the sand. Daylight Saturday found the to launch a boat or for a boat from shore to come near the steamer. A heavy rain set in, and later in the day a fog settled down and the vessel was lost to view. The wind rose until it reached a veloeity of thirty-three miles an hour, which churned up the sea and caused breakers to dash against the vessel with such violence that deck. Nothing was heard of the passen- gers after the fog settled down on the scene. and if was not known until dawn to-day of the fate of the party. A signal from the steamer reported all hands still on board. All during the night the life guards of the three stations watched for a slight moderation of the storm, but. it did not ceme until noon, when there was a per- ceptible fall in the wind. The life-savers deemed it folly to attempt to go to the steamer’s ald in the sea that was running, and it was decided to send two men in a launch. This was done, and when it was about to go over the har at the mouth of the inlet the launch’s rudder became disarranged. The other launch was sent | out and brought back the two men and | the disabled launch. SLOOP TO THE RESCUE. | Then it was decided that the staunch sloop Alberta, with Captain Casto at the helm and a picked crew, should make an attempt: to reach the Cherokee and if possible take off those on board. The Al- berta got over the inlet bar in safety and then went on pitching up the coast to- ward the stranded steamer. Her progress was followed by hundreds of persons with marine glasses. When abreast of the stranded steamer the sloop put about and came to the leeward, A small boat was | launched and several of the crew made the perilous trip to the steamer. They found the passengers and most of the crew in a terrible state of anxlety. The women were weeping and the men were pleading that something be done. Captain Archibald and Captain Casto decided to malke the attempt to transfer the passen- | gers. Though terribly anxious to be re- | leased from their perilous position, some of the passengers feared to make the trip in the small boat. At the time the sea was rough, with a fairly stff wind blowing. The first to leave the steamer were |a Syrian woman and the stewardess and the Syrian’s daughter, who were lowered to the little boat by means of repes. Sixteen different trips were made by the little boat between the steamer and the rescuing vacht. Only four or five were taken at a time and after nearly two hours’ work all but the captain and three of his crew were safely on board the Alberta. VICTIMS REACH SHORE. From the shore of Brigentine Beach hundreds watched the rescue, while away off at the Atlantic City inlet a number of men with strong glasses kept the anxious crowd there Informed of the progress of the rescue. A great gcheer went up when it was announced that the Alberta, loaded with people, was leaying the steamer. take the sloop long to make the run to the inlet, where the passengers and crew were congratulated on their safe landing. Most of them were in an ex- hausted condition, not having had any sleep for forty-eight hours. Agents of the company took charge of the party, sending all the passengers and crew to hotels. They were furnished with dry clothing, and physicians prescribed for those who ered most from the ter- rible experiénce. b Among those landed was Lieutenant H. M. L. Walker, formerly of the United States cruiser Yankee, who was re- Plata. He sald the scenes aboard the steamer were heartrending. All the passengers and some of the crew, he said, were filled with fear. The women prayed and the men paced to and fro, were washing over the hapless vessel would tear her to pleces. All of Sat- urday night and Sunday morning g and crew were hu about a fire in the galley. The ter pounding the vessel had received from the waves had caused the vessel to ‘exception of the on the Only the h-vm.':; mnmv Political Upheaval Regarded {Secretary Taft ' Tran choppy and sending the vessel deeper into | storm in full blast, making it impossible | the passengers and crew had to leave the | It d4id not turning to Washington from Puerta believing that the great waves that ‘the huddled terrific . |erates an Dt l‘l*‘v }fiQ“‘.fic_r on the high tide. Pmbectionist Movement LONDON VOTES TO-DAY Greatest Interest Centers in Fate of Joseph Chamber- lain in Birmingham LONDON, Jan. 15.—"We have killed protection. This is the beginning of such a political unheaval as has not been seen in England since the days of the great reform bill. Manchester has saved herself by her exertidns; she wl'll save England by her example. Thus spoke Winston Churchill on Saturday night, and his opinion that free trade had gained a victory is the opinion of the more responsible of the Unionist newspapers, though many of them attempt to explain the resuit of the eléction on Satufday as due more to questions like Chinese labor in South Africa, war taxation, etc. Nowhere, however, is there any hint at minimiz~ ing the hurricane that has overtaken the Unionist party, or a suggestion of dcing anything but to beat an orderly retreat and save what is possible from the rout. . The question now uppermost in all minds is what fate will befall Joseph Chamberlain at Birmingham. The Morning Post editorially points out that the temporary prosperity of the cotton industry may have made Manchester slow to accept even the Balfourfan measure of tariff reform, It says that, should Birmingham follow the example of Manchester, the mean- ing of the country’s voice would no longer be a matter for the slightest doubt. EXPLANATIONS ARE VARIED. The Unionist Graphic, in a temperate article, says: . “1t cannot be doubted that the coun- try was not prepared for such a revo- lution in its fnance policy, and de- clined to grasp the subtle distinction between free trade and protection as illustrated by Mr. Balfour's half-way house.” The Standard, in an editorial, be- lleves that the fear of American repri- sals on its staple industry in the event of the adoption of fiscal reform largely influenced the action of the Manchester voters. The Telegraph says: “The combined forces of Radicalism, separatism, Social- ism and secularism wrought a black day for the Unionists.” The paper admits that the main cause is that “the country will not sanction #ny modification of the | free trade system.” The Liberal organs are naturally jubi- The Daily Chronicle says: “It is a result without parallel in the history of English election engineering and will fill | lant. every free trader with deep thankful- ness.” The Daily News heralds Winston Churchill as “the rising hope of the Lib- eral party, a man whose career has now become one of the most interesting in the empire.” BALFOUR CALM IN DEFEAT. Balfour, though evidently deeply disap- pointed at the logs of his seat in Man- chester, displayed great calmness of de- meanor Saturday night when he delivered an admirably dispassionate and impres- sive speech. Already tbe former Premier has had safe seats offered him, but as yet he has reached no declsion. Joseph Chamberlain has thus far de- clined to comment on the result of Satur- day's pollings. Pollings are fixed for to-day in twenty- one Londou districts and forty-seven pro- vincial boroughs. The Londen districts were previously represented by seven- teen Unionists and four Liberals. .o- day’s result, therefore, will afford a good test of whether London is to follow the lad of Manchester. The mosi interesting contest will be at Greenwich, where there will be a three- cornered fight. Owing to the fact that | Chamberlamn insisted on putting up a candidate against Lord Hugh Cecll, the leader of the Conservative Free Traders. Two avowed Chamberlainites are con- testing the Hoxton and Haggerston di- visions of Shoreditch. Among tne provintial contests to-day will be that at Leeds, where Gerald Bal- four, former president of the Board of Trade, 18 almost certain to be defeated, he having been badly hectored during the campalgn. HUME-LONG TO RUN GAUNTLET. Another former Cabinet officer, Walter Hume-Long, who was president of the local Government board and later Chief Secretary for Ireland, wiil run the gaunt- let to-day in the effort to retain his seat for Bristol. Among to-day's candi- dates also will be these members of the present Cabinet: Augustine Birrell, pres- ident of the Board of Education; Herbert John Gladstone, Secretary for Home Affairs; Sir Henry Hartley Fowler, Chan- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and James Bryce, Chief Secretary for Ireland. The great success which the labor party is experiencing is likely to have a marked effect on the future relations of the Liberal and Irish parties. The pres- ent prospect is that Sir Henry Campbell- ‘Bannerman may obtain a majority large enough to make him independent of the Nationalists. In that case, should there be a large labor party in the new Parlia- ment, the possibility of an alliance be- tween the Nationalists and the laborites would become an Interesting problem. James Keir Hardie, one of the most prominent of the labor leaders, already has made overtures for such an alliance, while it is known that John Burns, presi- dent of the local Government board, is a strong advocate of home rule for Ireland. CHURCH CORNER-STONE LAID IN BAKERSFIELD Bishop Thomas J. Conaty Presides at Impressive Ceremonies. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 14.—In the pres- ence of a vast throng of people that com- pletely blocked the street, with cere- monles inspiring and deeply impressive and with Bishop Thomas J. pre- siding, the corner-stone of the new St Franels Church was laid this afternocon. —— e the deck. It was a trying night, he sald, and many of those on board gave up hope and awalted the worst. "The Cherokee, while In a perilous position, i1s in no Imminent danger of Mnkiag‘ up unless another storm should in. The vessel's nose is, deep in the sand and it will be t to float her. wrecking tug North America 18 mlh: by and will take oft the in and his three men if there is any danger of the vessel to pleces. Other wreckin, tun‘% arrive to-morrow and lrg‘* sea mod- will be made to float Staff to Senator Gallinger as Insuring the Doom of| Report of the General| Chicago University Are Placed in Cemetery Vault MORE VESSELS NEEDED|INTERMENT TEMPORARY Increased Number of Larger Ships in Merchant Marine Said to Be the Solution ——— WASHINGTON, Jan. H—A remarkable exposition of the fatal weakness of the army transport resources in case of war is contained in a paper prepared by the general staff and transmitted by Secretary Taft to Senator Gallinger, chairman of the Merchant Marine Commission, Im charge of the shipping bill now pending before the Senate. In the coursé of its work in preparing in time of peace for war the general staff has discovered that even the pres- ent limited military force could not be transported over the sea, in case of a war wiht a foreign country or to defend our in- sular possessions, unless there should be an immediate and great increase in the mumber of American steamships suitable for transport service. It is pointed out that foreign shipping could not be drawn upon ju time of war because of the neutrality laws, so tiat uuver present conditions “the quick first blow, so very and Increasingly im- portant, cannot be struck at all.” In- cldentally the staff criticises with the greatest freedom the conditions under which the first little American army was transported to Santlago to begin the Spanish-American war. SIZE OF SHIPS NEEDED- The reply of the War Department has been prepared by a special committee of the general staff and is transmitted to Secretary Taft by Lleutenant General Chaffee, chief of staff. This report stated that two sizes of merchant steamships are desirable for transport-service, ships of 6500 tons and 5500 tons gross rexister and vessels of medium dimensions. The speed which both- the Navy and War Depart- ments have’ determined upon as desirable for troops transporis is a sustained sea rate of twelve knots. Steamships of 600 and of 5500 tons are preferred because “it is conceded to be indisvensable to the best results that each ship shall carry a tactical unit of troops with its com- plete equipment and supplies.” The report dgclares that no such fleet as would be nfeded for an over-sea ex- pedition could be ‘furnished out of the present resources of the American mer- chant marine. “The official list,” it points out, “of merchant vessels for 1904 shows ffty- seven sea-going ships of 4000 gross tons and upward, with an aggregate tonnage of 400,000. JI'his includes the very fast Atlantic liners, which would doubtless be required for the navy for sconts, and also some very large ships, which would not be generally service- able. Of these ships, eight are sub- stantially of the smaller and nine of the larger size described. Others vary in size and proportion to such am ex- tent as to make it unsafe to adopt fac- tors smaller than four gross tons per man and ten per animal in gauging their capacity. QUICK BLOW IMPERATIVE. In short, to strike the quick blow of a force corresponding to our permaneémt military establishment would require practically all the shipping of suitable character in Atlantic waters and more than the entire tomnage in Paeific waters. The report frankly criticises the San- tiago expedition of 1898. Every Ameri- can vessel that could be obtained In the atlantic ports during the twenty days following the declaration of war was chartered—a fleet of thirty-six vessels, averaging 2500 tons. only two of them over 4000 tons. “The official records afford ample evidence that the safe ar- rival was due to the good fortune of continued fine weather.” it says. “A severe storm encountered would have scattered the fleet, probably with great loss of life. and would have de- feated the object of the expedition. REPORT GOES TO SENATE. “There is nothing except the success- ful arrival to justify its departure. No cooking could be done en board ship except to make coffee. Sanitary ar- rangements were crude and insufficient. Of ventilatlon there was practically none. These statements apply in full force only to the ships fitted out for the Cuban -expedition. This fleet of ships could not have embarked, under reasonable over-sea transport condi- tions, a force of more than 8000 or 10,000 men, and when so embarked the expedition could have been dispatched on a long voyage only at great jeop- ardy of the welfare of the men and of the success of the enterprise.” This report will be presented to the Senate to-morrow by Senator Gallin- ger, who will inform the War Depart- ment that ships of the size and speed described as most desirable for trans- ports are also ships of the size and speed required for several of the most important mail lines provided for in the bill of the Merchant Marine Commis- slon, which stipulates that ships receiv- ing subventions from the Government shall be held at the disposal of the Government in time of war. C————— ISSUES FIGURES ON TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—The total commerce between the United States piled by the Bureau of Statistics of t. Department of Commerce and Labor. amounted in the fiscal vear 1905 to about $166,000,000, of which $76,000,000 was the amount of the exports to France and $90,000,000 was the value of the imports from that country. France gets most of its provisions and breadstuffs from her colonfes and exports mainly high-grade manufac- tures and wine. The United States ex- ported to France nearly all the copper and the cotton used by thit country, the total amount of these two articles being about $48,000, Rt Chapel to Be Built to Edu- cator's Memory Will Be His Final Abiding Place CHICAGO, Jan. 4—The body of Dr. Willlam Rainey Harper, late president of the University of Chicago, was laid to rest to-day in a vault in Oakwood Cemetery. The final resting place of the body of the distinguished educator will, however, be on the university campus, where it is planned to build & memorial chapel and erypt. The body lay in state in Haskell Hall from 8 o'clock until noon, in the room where Dr. Harper had led the faculty meetings in administering the educational affairs of the university. This was acT cording to his wish and the funeral plans which he himself had drawn up and signed the day before his death. At noon the casket was taken to Mandel. Hall, where the funeral services were held. Owing to the small seating capacity of the hall, admission was by card, and only a portion of the students were able to attend the exercises. Addresses were delivered by President Willigm H. P. Faunce of Brown Univer- sity, Chancellor Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska, Dean Harry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago and Dr. Lyman Abbott of New York. The floral tributes were numerous and included wreaths from President Roose- velt, Emperor Willlam of Germany and many other distinguished persons. ‘The funeral cortege from Mandel Hall to the cemetery consisted of the family. a few personal friends and the trustees of the university. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Two services in memory of the late President Harper of the University of Chicago were held in this city to-day, the more important being at Columbia University, over which Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall, president of Union Theological Seminary, presided, and at which addresses were delivered by Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson of Princeton and President Nicholas Murray Butler of Co- lumbia. The second service was in the Fifth-avenue Baptist. Church, where President Harper had often spoken and was also a member of the young men's Bible class. ‘We want everybody who buys groceries to know that they can buy of us cheaper than any- where else. We buy for Cash—We seil for Cash. Cash does the trick. 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