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in IPO2 no fewer than 40,401
eons emigrated from Ireland, all of
wiiom except 211 were natives. Sine© !
1851 nearly 4,000,000 have left their i
Irish homes for the colonies or United
States.
The Thomas Jefferson bronze med
als, designed under the direction of
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial asso
ciation. and intended to be given to
subscribers to the memorial fund, ara
coined at the Philadelphia mint.
The General Electrical Co., of Pitts
burg nd Schenectady, made one
fourth of the electrical apparatus sold
in the United States this year, and,
as shown by its annual report, its
sales were $30,685,000, of which $lO,-
000,000 was net prolit.
A section of cable in the Caribbean
sea was recently raised from 1,350
fathoms of water, where it had lain
for thirty years. Tests showed its
core to be in perfect electrical con
dition and the rubber Insulation un
injured.
The fertile brain of Thomas A. Edi
son continues to be the source of the
greatest amazement to the clerks and
officials of the patent office who haves
in charge the work of looking after
the applications placed on file by this
Inventor. On the last day of June Mr.
Edison obtained 791 patents from the
patent office on as many inventions,
a larger number by several hundred
than any other individual has received
in the history of the office.
Arthur Barclay, the newly elected
president of Liberia, is of pure Afri
can stock, born in Jamaica, whenoo
his parents emigrated to the African
republic when he was still a child.
He has already held several promi
nent positions there, among them
postmaster-general and secretary of
the treasury. At" his inauguration,
which takes place in December, Mr.
Barclay will become the 13th president
since Liberia became independent in
18+7.
King Edward has given orders for
the disbandment of his private band,
one of the ancient features of his
court. In its present form it was es
tablished by Charles 11., and some au
thorities assert that a "state" band
existed in the days of Queen Elizabeth.
It Is composed of 34 musicians, under
the direction of Sir Walter Parratt,
"master of the musick." Its members
are the best that can be secured in
England, and this Is the real cause of
Its dissolution.
What Turkey has already sold to
the world in breadstuffs is as nothing
compared with what she can produce
when her enormous agricultural re
sources have been developed. Of ail
agricultural states, Turkey is perhaps
the only one which may be able soma
day to compete successfully with Am
erica in England and on the continent
of Europe in this respect. Especially
Is this the case in the production of
cotton, which is such an important fac
tor in the textile industries of Ger
many.
Rr. Adm. Schley is back from Mexi
co and enthusiastic. "Why," he says,
"the mineral wealth of that country
has not even been scratched. I con
sider Mexico one of the greatest min
ing countries of the world." He had a
nice time with President Diaz and
came away admiring him more than
ever. As to himself, the rear admiral
reports that he sleeps nine hours a
night, wakes up "as fresh as a baby,"
hopes the country will have 30 years
of unbroken peace and hasn't a politic
al ambition.
Three learned New York supremo
court justices, sitting in appellat?
term, have decided that there are "no
rules of etiquette that require a man,
while eating in a so-called quick lunch
restauiant, to take off his overcoat
and hat." This decision was the out
come of an appeal from the judgment
of the municipal court for $44.40 in
favor of Lewi* Harris, who alleged his
overcoat was stolen while eating In a
lunchroom. The court held that ho
hail not used proper care In hanging
up his coat.
Pro*pet-tors the other day discover
ed by accident that l'ii> squaio miles
if the t!ri it Salt Lake has In en trans
form-d Into a fro di water lake by
means tif tie great fill which Is a part
of the Lucia Cutoff A workman on
the cuti ft went bathing in the lako
uiul to bis surprint- disco vereil that til*
water, witi< h before was briny, hail
lit t-n trunsformed Into fit ah water.
li>- made known hla oh ervation lo oili
er work inn. wlm investigated met
made a trip of five or »i* utiles alou-j
shorv of, lake,
THE REPUBLICAN MANAGER.
'f*here \\ ill lip Mi 112 ull for u (ircnl
Ainon n< of Kkill In till' I'iiiii-
Ints I'll iiiiiii Ikii.
The question as to who will be at
the head of the republican national
committtee in the campaign of 1904
is troubling the democrats a good deal
more than it is the republicans, al
though the republicans are beginning
♦o give a little attention to it. Every
tew days a report comes that Senator
Hanna is to retire from the head of
that committee. The name of the per
sonage who is to succeed him varies
with the successive stories of the re
tirement of the present head. The
latest person to be mentioned in that
connection is Senator Lodge. Senator
Quay was previously mentioned with
considerable prominence. Postmaster
General Payne was an earlier proba
bility, according to the stories which j
appeared at the time. The latest |
guess may be no better than the j
others. The question of the selection I
can, however, be dismissed from se- j
rious consideration for many months :
yet. says the St. Louis Globe-Demo- j
crat.
It is altogether possible that Mr. !
Hanna will want to step down from
the post of chairman of the national j
committee in 1904. lie will he G7 years
of age at that time, and even under
the present overwhelming preponder
ance »112 the republican party among
the voters of the United States, the
management of a great national can
vass is a task of some magnitude for
a man of that age. It is known that
the senator wanted to retire from the
chairmanship in 1900, but that he was
persauded by his friend McKinley to
hold it until the campaign ended. He
did this as a personal favor to the
prosident. Possibly he will be per- 1
suaded to continue the chairmanship j
for another canvass. This is a matter [
which cannot be determined officially j
until the committee meets to select
officers for the campaign. While there
is a likelihood that Mr. Hanna will
retire, nobody except the senator him
self can say positively whether he will j
or not The senator, in the two cam
paigns which he manaued, showed
himself to be a party manager of rare
skill P. is probable that his superior
in that field does not live.
Yet the republican campaign of 1904
will be ably managed, even if the pres
ent capable head of the committee de
clines to serve through another can-j
vass. The republican party has many j
men who are able to meet all the de- j
mands of leadership or management I
in any sort of a campaign. Nobody j
supposes that the republicans will J
have any such formidable opposition
in the canvass of 1904 as they had in i
that of lS9f>. No matte? what may be
thought of Bryan in other respects, it
will be conceded that he put up a very
resolute and effective fight ih his first
campaign. Even in his second canvass i
the result could not have been foretold ,
with any great amount of confidence, j
So far as the country can see. there is
nobody in the democratic ranks who
could arouse anything like the en
thusiasm which Bryan evoked in 189 C,
or even in 1900. This much of a con
cession will have to be made to the
hypnotic powers of the recent candi
date of the democracy. It must be re
membered that that party, in those
two campaigns, polled a far larger
vote than it had ever previously rolled <
up. In 1904 there is a reasonable cer
tainty that a large section of the j
strictly Bryan element will be in oppo
sition to the democratic candidate,
who will almost certainly be selected
from what is called the Cleveland sec
tion of the party. The outlook is
that not a very great amount of skill
will be needed to manage the repub
lican campaign successfully next. year.
Whether, however, the republican dif- j
Acuities in the canvass should turn
out to be formidable or not, there- !
publican party has many men who
will be able to cope successfully with j
the situation.
CURRENT COMMENT.
tr?"lt is stated that the democrats and
populists of Nebraska will again fuse.
They have such a close resemblance to
each other —particularly in that state —
that it would probably be impossible
to sort them out, anyway.—Philadel
phia Press.
ir~The only matter of consequence
In the action of the lowa democratic
convention is the ignoring and virtual
repudiation of free silver. Two years
ago it reaffirmed the Kansas City plat
form in whole and in every part. Its
present action shows a feeble sort of
attempt at reformation. The demand
that "the integrity of the money of the
nation be guarded with zealous care"
might be construed as demanding a new
burglar-proof safe in the treasury de- '•
pnrtment.—lndianapolis Journal.
tr"The same dispatches that bring the
news that Mr. Bryan bitterly denounces
the action of the lowa democrats also !
brings the news that the outcome in
lowa has greatly stimulated the Cleve- I
land movement in the east. In spite of
thf protestations of Mr. Cleveland's
friends that he does not want the nom
ination and of his enemies that he can
not have tin nomination, Mr. Cleveland
is more and more becoming the Inevl-
I table candidate of the conservative de
mo'-racy Dos Moines Iteglster-Leader.
t A considerable part of the demo- 1
[ oratle partv Is booming Senator Oor
; man's presidential ambitions with no
i little vigor One politician has openly
declared that "capital him no confidence
in Bryan." Mad the same politician af
firmed that the <vrth was round he i
would have been no r afer In hlndeelnra- :
; tion. Indeed, it looks very nilli'li as If,
the pilots on Hie democratic r.hlp had !
lost their bearings, throußh lael> of prac- ;
tlee, and were nmn« u wring among the j
: stnml*. but now and then venturing to'
> ca»t anchor In *om»> xafe upot from '
wlili h they mttsht vl« « the np«i M-a and '
wait for culm watber Tro> Times. I
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. JULY 16 1903
THE POST OFFICE AFFAIR.
Thorough lll veatlKnllon \\ ill He Mail*
tinier Direction of (lie
President.
There have been no great steals in the
postoflice department, but it would ap
pear that a liu - ge number of prominent
officials have assisted in grafting onto
the pay roll persons who had no busi
ness there, and one late official has been
indicted for receiving a substantial sum
as a bribe for awarding contracts. Two
assistant attorney generals for the post
olfice department are found by Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow to have
been connected with irregularities, and
ol' these both have been removed and
one has been arrested. All have been
| for a long time connected with the de
j partment, and all but the assistant at
| torneys general were apparently civil
j service appointees who had been pro
j moted on what was deemed "merit." All
j those under fire have powerful friends
j and every possible influence has been
j exerted to save them from punishment,
| .says the San Francisco Chronicle,
j The American people are fortunate in
| knowing that they have a president
whom nothing can deter from probing
: i his scandal to the bottom, no matter
! who is hit. He does not, of course, carry
jon the investigation. That is the duty
of the postmaster general, but the power
of the president is behind everything
which is of sufficient importance to
claim his attention. The postmaster
general, in turn, does not deal directly
with the investigating officials, or with
i hose who are accused. His proper place
is that of an official to review, and to
direct action on the facts as they come
before him. His action has been so
prompt and so stern as to satisfy the
| most exacting critic, and he lias placed
ill the facts before the public as fast
as they have been properly authenticat
| ed. The 'real work of the investigation
lias been in charge of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow, and the
result shows that he is sparing nobody.
I Whether we have yet seen the end is
uncertain. Attention having been drawn
I to scandals in the civil service, all de
| partments are doubtless now being qui-
I etly examined. It is certain that the en
! tire administration is thoroughly
i aroused. None of these derelict officials
1 are recent appointees. Some of them date
| back to Cleveland's administration or
before. All must have borne good repu
j tations and gone wrong under the temp
i tatiijns of extravagant Washington life.
| The greater part of the irregularities
; are in petty things. The most common
! offense was in getting some one irregu
j larly on the pay rolls at the behest of
' some influential person. The public has
j the right to know the names of the con
j pressmen or other high officials to whose
demand these officials yielded. They
may be beyond the reach of the law, and
probably are, hut the public would like
j ' o know their names just the same.
WYOMING WANTS HANNA.
Senator Warren Snys tile People of
That Stale Would Xomiaute
Kooscvclt by Acclamation.
"Senator Hanna should serve as
! chairman of the national republican
! committee and manage the campaign
For ltoosevelt, who will be nominated
by acclamation," said Senator Warren,
• of Wyoming. "I hope lie will serve in
this capacity and so do the people of
■ my state. The republicans of Wyoming
are all for Roosevelt. They also believe
the relations between the president and
Senator Hanna are as pleasant, whether
they are as intimate or not, as were the
relations between President McKinley
j and the Ohio senator.
"Our people believe that Mr. Roose
velt is a broad man and one in whose
I care the interests of the country, of
j all kinds, are perfectly safe. They are
interested in having capital come to
our state and wish to do nothing that
; in any way could make capital timid in
I seeking investment.
"We believe that while protecting la
j bor President Roosevelt is also a thor
ough friend of capital in whatever form
it may be found, and that he will pro
tect it under the laws of the land and
encourage Its use and increase.
"In the Rocky mountain region," con
tinued Senator Warren, "we do not con
| sider it worthy of making an issue of any
plan for the revision of the tariff. It
may be there are cases in which the
tariff is not just what we should like
! to see it. but we believe about it as did
Tom Reed when he said: 'lt is not
' what you want; it is what you can get
in comparison with what you have got.'
When we get into a tariff revision it
is not what we want that we will get.
"At the present time we think we
are better off without any revision. The
! country generally is prosperous and the
| people are doing well. A revision of the
| tariff will bring with It uncertainty,
which would result in untold loss from
i the stoppage of business. Our Rocky
mountain country has few items of the
tariff In which we are interested direct
ly, but we are looking to the general
effect of the tariff rather than to our
! interest In specific terms.
"We are for the tariff just as we are
for a good navy. It is a national Issue
with us. There are perhaps but three
or four items of the tarlfT that v'c are
directly Interested In."
o - \ government that can afford to
r move taxes to the amount of nearly
$4n.000,000. as was done In the repeal
of the |j»ei of the internal revenue war
taxes, and still come out at ihe end
i of the ,iar with a surplus of about
' fSrt.OOO.ODft, has reason to concratul.ite
i it 'elf on the prosperity of Its people,—
Indianapolis Journal.
{ c Col lir%an's favorite plant. wa»
j completely Ignored hv the lowa demo
cratic eon vent lon. A more unuchhhor-
Iv or timhristtanlllie act could hardly
I have bct-n conceived,--4t, Louis Ulobt
i Democrat.
CONCILIATORY BOARD.
Coal ."Hitler* Tell Their <• rlc vaiiee* ta
II at a tlrrtlnii Held In H likcobitrrr,
B'a. Ili-rlkiont to lie .llaile S'lililie ul
Next Sitting*
Wiikesbnrre, Pa., July 10.—The
board of conciliation held au import
ant meeting at Glen Summit yester
day and reached an agreement as to
n number of grievances submitted
from the Seventh district. The de
cisions will not be made public until
after both sides have been notified.
A few of the grievances which in
volve questions of fact could not be
settled by the conciliation board and
both sides will be heard on the dis
puted points at the next meeting,
which will be held at l'ottsville,
July 24.
Chairman W. L. Connell presided.
The other members present were
Secretary T. 1). Nicliolls, !{. ('. Luther,
S. I). Warriner, John Fahcy and Will
iam Dettrey.
The first business was the consid
ering of the answer of the coal com
panies to the list of grievances of the
miners submitted by Mr. Dettrey at
the last meeting held in this city.
Mr. Dettrey then handed over a list
covering grievances at nearly every
colliery in the llazleton and Lehigh
region. These grievances in a gen
eral way covered alleged discrimina
tion, refusal of some companies to
permit of a check docking boss, ne
glect to pay the advance on the new
sliding scale, hours of labor, etc. The
answers of the operators to these
were received and considered by the
board in detail. Some of the ques
tions concerned the interpretation of
the coal commission's award, and au
agreement was reached by 1 lie con
ciliators on those questions.
The obstacles encountered by the
conciliators were in regard to ques
tions of fact where operator and
miner disagreed, and these questions
could not be decided until both sides
are heard. It was therefore decided
to have a hearing of both sides to the
disputes at the next meeting in l'otts
ville.
John Fahcy. representing the min
ers from the Schuylkill region, then
presented to the board a list of 32
grievances.covering all the complaints
of employes in collieries in that re
gion. These grievances are about
the same as those from the llazleton
and Lehigh region, with the addition
of the trouble about the nine-hour
work day on Saturday and the ques
tion of payment of the 10 per cent,
advance decreed by the commission
on gross earnings of the miners.
The miners claim they should be
paid on the gross earnings ard al
lege that the plan of the companies
to pay on the net earnings lowers the
percentage.
This list of grievances is to be in
the hands of the secretary before the
Pottsville meeting. After some
further routine business the meeting
adjourned.
It is understood that harmony and
good feeling prevailed during the ses
sions.
DELEHANTY DROWNED.
Corpse Fonnd in Niagara lElvcr Iden*
tilii-d as That of Hie Famullx ISall
I'layer.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 10. —The body
found in the river below the falls
yesterday was identified us that of
lid Delelianty, the famous outfielder
of the Washington American league
team.
The body was mangled. vine leg
was torn off, presumably by the pro
pellor of the Maid of the Mist, near
whose landing the body was found.
M. A. Green, a stockholder in the
Washington team, identified the body
by the teeth, two crippled fingers
and the elothfiig. The body will be
shipped to Washington.
Frank Delehanty, of the Syracuse
team, and ii. J. McGuire, a brwther
in-law, from Cleveland, are here in
vestigating the death of the player.
They do not believe that Delehanty
committed suicide, or that lie had
been on a spree in Detroit. in the
sleeper on the Michigan Central train
on the way down from Detroit Dele
hanty had five drinks of whisky, says,
Conductor Cole, and lie became so ob
streperous that he had to lie put (10L
the train at Bridgeburg, at the Cana
dian end of the bridge. Cole says
Delehanty had an open razor and was
terrifying others in the sleeper.
After the train had disappeared
| across the bridge Delehanty started
j to walk across, which is against the
I rules. The night watchman attempt
: ed to stop him. but Delehanty pushed
the man to one side. The draw of the
| bridge hail been opened for a boat
I and the player plunged into the
< Niagara river.
Delehanty's relatives hint at foul
play, but there is nothing in the case,
' apparently, to bear out such a the-
I orv.
To Prevent Interference.
Washington, July 10.—The navy de
partment has taken steps to prevent
further interference with American
shipping in t lie Orinoco by either gov
i eminent or rebel forces. This action
was taken upon the advice of Mr.
Russell, I'nited States charge at Car
acas, to the effect that the govern
ment forces had detained two ships
belonging to the Orinoco Steam Navi
gation Co. at San Fernando and the
insurgents had detained ami were
l likely to destroy three other ships
' belonging to the same company at
< iudad I'olivar. Orders were cabled
to the steamship Bancroft at Port
of Spain to proceed at once up the
Orinoco and release the detained ves-
I sclh.
Convicted of.1! iirdcr.
New York, .1 illy 10. ■ William Spen
cer. the negro who shot and in tantly
killed Superintendent Charles ('. \fc-
Karlanil, of the \nti Po I icy widely,
on June IS, in a corridor off the court
of gene nil . ion-, w.i-, ye tcrdav
i found giiili.v of murder in the first
i degree. ll' plea of insanity win, un-
I availing. Spencer vviik Indicted Im
inedhi lelv lifter the murder. The
i trial be'jiiii last Monday, The jury
vv.is out jut J.I niflUltes. Spencer
% ill Imi electrocuted duriiiff Ihe third
v%cek iii or jut Ihii moil lbs
after ihe commission of his crime.
FOUrt PERSONS KILLED.
I I!* prom Train MriieU a W
| Nfiir Cincinnati—.4ll Nino of lt« Or
riMtiniU lli'l IJi'tilb or ItlnHiln*.
Cincinnati, July 10. —A westbound
Pennsylvania Iriiin struck a wagoe
containing nine people at a ero iujs
eigjht miles east of this city last
night, killing four, fatally injuring
three ami seriously injuring' two 01
the occupants of the wagon.
Robert Copenhagen, with his wife
and two children, were going from
the Junction to Madisonville. A
daughter of a neighbor and four of
their boarders, William Uooth.Charlew
Johnson. William I'oole and another
man whose name was not learned, ac
companied them. They did not ob
serve the train, which was coming al
high speed. 'When the engineer saw
them he blew his whistle, but it was
too late to reverse or stop the train.
The mules on hearing the whistles
stopped and could not be moved. The
animals were across the track and es
caped unhurt, while the wagon was
wrecked and all the occupants either
killed or injured. The train brought
the victims to this city. The dead
were taken to the morgue and the
injured to the hospital.
Robert Copenhagen and two of his
children, a girl and a boy, and
William I'oole were killed. Mrs.
Copenhagen, William Booth and the
unknown man were fatally injured.
'Charles Johnson and the 2-year-old
child of Copenhagen may recover.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
I'lr<il Session of tin- Society'" Animal
Convention Is !lclil at Denver*
Denver, Col., July 10.—Thousands
of Christian Fndeavorers from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada, with a few from abroad, arrived
Thursday. More than 10,000 persons
attended the opening mass meeting
! of the convention in the large tent
! erected for the occasion. A rousing
i song service preceded the opening of
| the convention, which was called to
! order by Presdent Francis E. Clark,
father of the Christian Endeavor
I movement. After devotional exercises
I a welcoming song was sung by a
I chorus of 000 voices. Welcoming ad
i dresses followed.
At the annual huisness meeting, of
the United Society of Christian En
deavor all the old officers were re
elected as follows: President, Rer.
Francis E. Clark, D. I).; treasurer,
William A. Shaw; clerk, George 15.
j Graff; auditor, Fred H. Kidder.
The retiring trustees also were re
elected and presidents were named
for the various state, territorial and
provincial societies.
| Treasurer Shaw's annual report
showed receipts for the year ended
June 1 to have been $9,5911, cash on
hand June 1, SSS. Th" publishing de
partment's expenditures the past year
were ,$G:2,.i10: cash on hand June 1,
$3,042. Its total assets are $44,160;
liabilities $7,413.
W.'LL NOT RESIGN.
Deputy Auditor of Dintrlct «»l" Colum
bia Disposes of Stock ill Order to Kc«
tain Position.
Washington, July 10.—The commis
sioners of the District of Columbia
took action yesterday concerning the
proposed exchange of places between
Auditor Petty and Alexander McKen
zie, a member of the board of per
sonal tax appraisers. The fact hav
ing becn*discovercd that Mr. McKen
zie, while holding the position of dep
uty auditor, approved vouchers for
the payment of large amounts of
money to the Washington Asphalt
Hloek and Tile Co., of which he was
secretary, the commissioners con
| eluded not to appoint him to the of
| lice of auditor.
Mr. McKenzie was given the alter
j native of severing his connection with
| the company or resigning from the
' district service. He chose the for
mer and soon announced that he had
disposed of his entire holdings. Mr.
McKenzie while deputy auditor trans
| acted the business of his company
' md of the district on the same desk
: used by him in the district govern
-1 ment building. Unless some official
j pan be found who wll exchange places
with Auditor Petty, the latter officer,
j it is stated, will be requested to re
sign. _
AIIIP«» Appeal I* Denied.
St. Paul, July 10. —The supreme
court yesterday disposed of the ap
j peal of ex-Superintendent of Police
i Ames, of Minneapolis. Superintend
j cut Ames is the brother of ex-Mayor
| Ames, of Minneapolis, and was placed
; in charge of the police of that city,
j lie was indicted and convicted on the
i charge of receiving money from
I women for "protection." The sen
| tence imposed was six and a half
years in the state penitentiary. Ames
appealed to the supreme court and
several important questions were in
volved. These have been brushed
j aside bv the supreme court and the
j sentence is declared to be perfectly
; proper.
To I'ltflit Organized l.abor.
Indianapolis, .lulv 10. —If the pur
pose of the committee on constitu
tion of Ihe National Manufacturers'
• association shall be approved by the
I executive committee and ratified by a
'vote of the members, the organiza
-1 tiou will enlarge its scope and be
] come the propaganda of aggressive
1 methods in restraint of organized
labor, backed by a fund of *1,.100.000.
The executive committee finished a
'two days' session here last evening
; after going over a new constitution
I for the association,
Tcrrllilv l''atul (Seal,
| New York. .Inly 11. There were six
•leath from heat yesterday ill New
York, ~iv in Brooklyn and fully two
score <>f prostrations. |i was th*
• hotte-i day since .luly 2, not, which
was the hottest day in the hottest
month since the local weather bureau
opened in I*7l. The official record if
that day. two yearn ago, wax Ml de
gree--. Yesterday it ran to 04 de
grei I low it in the street- Immunity
nutfered terribly. In the tenement
ilstiict the heat seemed t • In un
bearable. I.it tie eliildi*t*it m: lie red
tlipecially.
THE J „ WS' PLT.I ION
II I* Vol Yet In Sli:ii»c to f»o I > the
• I7.ur I'rcnldiMit ICuoM lflt »!• j-ri H
< On It-ri'»;<•!» Iloltf ii( Sn^ttinorc
111(1.
Oyster May, X. Y., JuTy 9.—Presi
dent Roost-volt and Secretary Hay
concluded llieir conference at a lute
hour Tuesday night. The secretary
left Sagamore Hill yesterday morning
and took the train for New York, in
tending to proceed tlienee to Wash
ington.
It is understood tlint tlie exact
method of procedure relative to thw
B'nai B'ritli petition to the Russian,
{government, has not been determined.
The petition itself has not been com
pleted and it can be said that the
president deeply regrets the delay in
i the placing of the document in his
hands. Next week, probably on
Tuesday, the president expects to
have a conference at Sagamore Hill
with three of the Jewish citizens who
have promoted the idett of forward
ing a petition to the Russian govern
ment..
On that day Simon "-Volf, of Massa
chusetts, and Oscar SttVuss and Leon
X. Levy, of New York, will take
luncheon with the president. It is
expected that the petition, which has
"been revised carefully by its authors,
will be handed to the president at
that time. In any event, the subject,
in all its phases will be considered
thoroughly. .
It is expected that the Jewish citi
zens who have been insistent in their
advocacy of the sending of the peti
tion desire that matters relating to
it should be considered entirely apart
from the Manchurian question. This,
it is pointed out by state department
officials, is scarcely possible, as the
tv.o matters are inseparably connect
ed in the manifold ramifications of
the United States diplomatic rela
tions with Russia.
Whether the petition, when com
pleted, will be sent immediately to
the Russian government, or whether
the Russian foreign officials will l>o
asked first whether it will receive
such a presentation, has not been de
termined definitely. The result would
he the same, in effect, whether the
one method were adopted or the
other, as, naturally, Russia would be
cognizant of the nature of the peti
tion before she declined or agreed tc
receive it.
A SCHOOL ENDOWMENT.
M ill of Tiro, llurrii'l Lano .1 oiliison
Given BSOO.OOO to l'ound an Insti
tution lor Hoyft.
Washington, July 9.—The will of
the late Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson,
the niece of President Buchanan, was
filed for probate yesterday. The fol
lowing bequests are made: Three
hundred thousand dollars to the cor
poration of the Protestant Episcopal
cathedral foundation of the District
of Columbia, in memory of the sons'
of the testatrix, and to be known
as the "Lane-Johnson fund." It il
- that not more than $150,000
shall be used for the erection of a
building as a school for boys, the re
mainder togo for its maintenance.
The wish is expressed that the school
be conducted for the free mainte
nance, education and training of choir
boys.
Sixty thousand dollars are left to
Johns Hopkins university for tlx' en
dowment of three scholarships to be
awarded to poor youths. One hun
dred thousand dollars are left in
trust as the "James Buchanan monu
ment fund" for the erection of a suit
able monument to the memory of
President Buchanan at his birthplace
near Mercersburg, Pa. Several other
bequests are made, including a large
Bum for the Harriet Lane Home for-
Invalid Children, of Baltimore.
OPIUM MON6POLY.
( luircliiiieii nutl Clilneoo I uitr in Op»
poMlng tlie Grunting of One by Ilic
I'll 111 t>l>l nc CoinmlKMlou.
Manila, July 9.—Representatives of
the Chinese chamber of commerce
and the Evangelical union argued for
six hours yesterday in opposing the
opium bill at the public discussion of
that measure on tlie occasion of its
third reading. The Chinese advo
cated that there be no change in tlie
present indiscriminate sale of opium
with additional government super
vision over its importation. The
Evangelical union delegates urged the
prohibition of the sale of opium by
the United States commission and ex
posed the most sensational conditions
prevailing, alleging that, the Chinese
are tampering with the newspapers
and raising a fund destined to be
used in bringing about the defeat of
the bill.
The object of the opium bill is ti;»
create an opium monopoly in the
archipelago and selling to the high
est bidder. II is based on the theory
that it will restrict the use of tlie
drug to Chinese who have used it all
their lives'and prevent its indiscrim
inate sale to American and Filipinos,,
many of whom are falling victims to
the use of opium.
I><-atlly llrnl In Ci lemc•
Chicago, July 9. —Six deaths and
a number of prostrations were re
ported to the police yesterday as a
result of the heat. \t 2:30 p. m.the
mercury registered (i.'t degrees, wlncii
is the highest so far this year.
Lons»lrr(>t'» Kye to be ICcmoretl.
Gainesville, (in., July 9.—Gen.,
j. James Longstreet, now in his 'list
year, will submit today to an opera
tion for the removal of his left eye,
destroyed by cancer.
4 Victory lor Mcttluer*,
St. Louis. July !•. St. I.i uis ticket,
brokers will be able to continue
! doing business until n--\t October,
! despite the injunctions recently is
, mied against them by the judges i,f
the Si. Louis circuit court. Judge
, Yaiiliant, "I the supreme court «.f
Missouri, has made this possible by
j directing writs of prohibit it to it
I Bile, restraining the circuit judge*
from enforcing their in inn-lions and
ordering them at well as the ra Iru. ti
corporations aterested to show
sail e at the October term why the
niit of prohibition should lint be
permanent.