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SUSPENSE IN
TRANSVAAL
England Is Urged to Ter
minate the Uncertain
State of Affairs,
BRITISH READY TO SUFFER
The Residents of South Africa Anx
ious That British Authority May
Be Upheld Blue Book Issued in
London Alleged Interview with
President Kruger He Snys There
Is No Cause for War Contradicts
Mr. Chamberlain's Assertion That
He Has Broken Faith Pessimistic
Advices from the Cape Report
That Boers Are to March to Natal
Frontier Immediately After Reply
Has Been Sent.
London. Sept. 1.'.. A Bin,. Book. In
which tin- lust despatch of tlm Score
turv of State for tin- Colonics, loxenh
hamberlaln. to the South Afrloon Be- !
public, is published together with a re-
i.ri ,.r tlu. m.m,. ...1.1..1. ...., .... ... .... '
i -- . wi. iiiiiiiri-i ii nun leu mi in rim
"ending of the desp,
itch, was Issued to-
luy. The text of .Mr. Chamberlain's I
u
ie s identical Willi that which was
printed In the newspapers Sept. 13.
The only additional feature revealed in
cnneetlon with the negotiations Is u
tuble message from the llrltlsh high
commissioner. .Sir Alfud .mint r, dated '
Aug. ::i, referring to the commercial
distress. In which be says.
"I am receiving representations from
mnnv quarters to urge the tmpcri.il
government to terminate the suspense.
1 riti.-di South Africa Is prepared for ex
treme measuies. and Is ready li suffer
much more In order to see the vlndlcu
It m of British nuthoiity. It Is the pm
longatlon of the negotiations, endless
and Indecisive, that is dreaded I fear
seriously that here will be a strong re
al Hon of feeling uralnst the policy of :
the Imperial government If 'nattei'H I
nag. i-ieaso unuers'iinil me that I m-
irlaoly preach confidence and patience
nd not witl-mt effect. Hut. if 1 did,
ii'.t I'lfoini you of the Increa'dng illin-
u'ty of doing that and of tho unmls- I
okable jrrowlh of uneasiness about tho
iii-S"it "ituatiou and of the deslro to
s. e Ii terminated at any cost. I should
l fu'llng In my duty." I
other long despatches from the llril- ,
j-h high commissioner are published,
but they iner?ly reiterate the Outliiud- ,
i cl.ilms In respect to the franchise,
..nil the eommlrsliuier's ideas rog.itding '
tl' propositions made.
NO NKW LIGHT
Th:- Him? Hool; throws no pew light '
on the situation us It is today, except
t. show thai Hlr Alfred Mllner's pa- i
tli'iieo bus reached the ebbing point, j
The report published here of an In
ti rvlew alleged to have been had with
l'resldenr Kruger In Pretoria yesterday
is far more Important. Kruger Is
quoted as saying:
"l have tried all along to place the
aliens In the Transvaal on the same
footing politically us the burghen-.
Mr. Chamberlain says I have no Kept
my promise. That." thunder-J Presi
dent Kruger, "J deny."
'The aliens of the Transvnnl huvo
the same commercial rights as the
burghers and have alwnys enjoyed
them without Interference. I wanted
t i lot them have the same political
lights, but they would not avail them
selves of that order. P.oughly, thev
are more than fifty thousand aliens
who have been here more thin seven
jears and have registered, thus belli.;
hglble to the franchise. Yet. of the
liilttsh subjects who huve availed
th. nisei ves of It the chief part liuv
been Afrikanders mill nut Kngllsh
bom. Thut shows that the British
In the Transvaal do not want tho fran
i hlse. In my opinion there is no cntiso
whatever for war. Everything could
be settled by arbitration."
A second edition of the London Times
today prints a special despatch from
Newcastle, Natal, dated Sept. 13,
which bears out the ErltU'i high
i .mimlssloiier's statement, as It says
the Outl.inders' council have transmit
ted to the Imperial government what
practically amounts to a protest against
further delay. The correspondent
says:
They (the Outlander.0 cannot con
template w.thout gravo misgivings the
possibility that the Pretoria govern
ment will be permitted to further de
lay matters on th plea of consulting
the burghers. There Is nothing to con
firm the reoorts that the Boers will
concede Mr. Chamberlain's demands.
On the contrary. It Is said that three
thousand men will be dispatched to the
border immediately after the Trans
vaal's reply has been sent. Everything
points to the prospect of an early con
flict." Greene's Letter.
Conyngham Clreene, the llrltlsh. nyent
tti Pretoria, in u letter to the Trans
vaal government, suld the Imperial
government did not desire to hurt ihn
Boer susceptibilities by publicly ivus
sertlng suzerainty, so long as no reason
to do so was given by the Transvaal.
The advices from Cape Tow u toduy
tend to contlrm the pessimistic views
of the Times' correspondent at New
castle. The news that a strong force
of Booib has been stationed one hour
from liamuthluhama, commanding tho
Pretoria and Johannesburg roads, has
created great Indignation at the capi
tal of Cape Colony.
Tho first battalion of the Manches
ter regiment arrived at Cape Town to
day, disembarked and marched through
th" streets. Tho soldiers were cheered
wildly. After tliov hud been reviewed
by Lieutenant General Sir Frederick
Walker, commander of the British
t roups In South Africa, the battalion
rc-embarked anil proceeded to Natal.
The troops are the first Instalment of
the- reinforcements which were sent
from Gibraltar to Cupi- Town.
PRISON KEEPER DISMISSED.
Accused of Circulating Stories Re
flecting on Management.
.Tienton. N. J., Sept. 15. Principal
Keeper Samuel Moore, of the New Jer
sey state prison, summarily dismissed
Heputy Keeper A. A. Yard, subject to
the approval of the board of Inspectors.
Yard wus one of the two deputies sus
pended lust week for two months by
the board for ciireleMness In permlt
tinc the smuggling Into the prison- of
I food and dainties to the late Colonel
Kzoklel T. Coonor, who was hci-viiik
term as a t 'nlted States prisoner for
aiding In looting the First National
bank of Dover. Del.
Yard was a gatekeeper and boarded
In the prison, taking his meals with
Mr. Moore's family. Mr. Moore nceused
Yard of being responsible for the circu
lation In Trenton of stories reflecting
on the management of the prison. Yard
refused to atllrni or deny the charge
and his dismissal followed.
COCKRAN TALKS
ON CORPORATIONS.
Believes That They Should Be
Forced to Give Publicity to All
Transactions Favors Department
Stores.
Chicago, Sept. 15. The expected Joint
,lnl..,.. I,.,. I.., I fti t.itilr'hl hctu'ccn Wil-
ti.., i iimm nnd liourko Cochran on
trusts did not take place. Central
.Music hull was Hacked with an eager
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.null.. ii,.,. Imt the iinimle present Hail
,,, ,,,,., .Ih-hhhi'Ivi-m without the ora-
torv of the famous Nebraskan, who.
however, occupied a Heat on the plat
form. Mr. llryan surprised the com
mittee by declining to talk at the night
session with W. IJourke Cochran. In
accordance with the programme pre
viously arranged. Mr. Hry.in. ex
I'hilned that
ile did not wish to let
the Impression out that he was to en
ter Into a debate with Mr. Coehran.
Kor that reason he said he would not
speak with Mi. Cochran at the same
session. He asserted that he never
said he would rollow Mr. Coekran with
an address on the same evening. Mr.
Coekran wanted to talk at the same
session with the noted Vebraft'an and
offered to tlln u colli to determine w'io
should have the privilege ' delivering j
the closing address. Mr. ll-yan would :
not accent this proposition. I hv pro
Kmmnu. Was then changed to meet Mr.
;,.j.nn'8 wishes. Mr. lirym will spoilt
I tomorrow's session.
Thouuh disappointed In falling to '
hear Bryan and Cockmn pitted against
each other the audience nevertheless ,
enjojul a ru'-e tieut as Mr. Cockian
was at his host and bis speech was
punctuated with frequent and pro-
longed npplaiiFc. !
Mr. Coekran In his speech said he was '
not opposed to Industrial combinations '
which were honest competitors with- I
out government aid, but he contended
that government favor to any one
ir. .ant government onvnse to some
other. A government cannot be gener
ous and at the same time be Ju?t.
In speaking of discrimination by
railroads In favor of rortnln shippers
he said any olllcer of a corporation who
granted n special favor should be held
guilty of serious felonv. The remedy
he claimed would be full publlcit of
all transactions of railroad or other cor
porations. The rascality of many di
rectors of banks or railroads, or of any
corporation be said, had lead to dis
ripect of all corporations by the
Ameilcan people generally. The remedy
urnlnst Imposition upon Innocent
stockholders in these corporations he
KUid WOllld nluo he lltlllllMt V Vttrnn t
these corporations by low to make pub
He everything appertaining to their
business.
He dwelt largely on the point of pub
llclty as the remedy for corporate
frauds and unfair and unjust discrim
inations. Against the monopoly that depends
upon government favor In any shape
or form Mr. Coekran said he was truly
opposed, but. he said, organizations
which dominate trade Without aid of
a government was of a radically dllfei
cut character He said if a department
store (against which some of the speak
ers here have addressed the conference)
could sell him a suit of clothes for J 10
he would rather go there than to ,i
small tailor and pay htm $X
In referring to complaints of com
mercial travelers being thrown out of
employment. Mr. Coekran said that
supposing a new industilal organiza
tion producing results of great moment
to 70,000,000 people and cheapens the
cost of some article of necessity, would
11 be right to hold buck tho general
welfare of the community to suit that
particular 20.001 traveling salesmen. If
we do It for .10.000, we ought to do It
for 1,000 or even for one person. In his
earlier discission of tho frequency of
fraudulent actions of corporation direc
tors, Mr. Coekran referred to Mr.
(Jumpers' speech today about com
plaints which tho labor organlzatloni
have made against the court for In
terfering with the operations of these
unions by Injunction. I will say this."
continued Mr. Coekran, "It has alwavs
been to me a source of profound regret
that the courts show so much Ingenu
ity In devising Injunctions to prevent
corporations from being disturbed by
their employes. They have not shown
one-half that Ingenuity In devising
methods to prevent their being rolihed
by their directors."
In concluding, Mr. Coekran said hh
suggestions are: Publicity for corpor
ation mismanagement: prohibition
tinder penalties for special favors:
right of action agaltiHt any corporation
whose service Is suspended, except an
nbsolute defense proved that It was at
all times ready to discuss with Its em
ployes questions at Issue between them.
Gardner Broke the Rope,
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 13. Henry Oordner,
u negro, ugeit 18 years, wus hanged hero
today for asduiiIthiE a whlto girl under
Id years of age. The crime was commit
ted lust June. When tho trap fell tha
first tlino Gardner's weight snapped the
rope mid ho full heavily to the ground.
Twenty minutes luler he wus again led
to the b'fillows mid executed.
PROCEEDINGS OF
TRUST CONFERENCE
LOUIS F. POST SPRINGS THE
SINGLE TAX THEORY.
Ho Believes In Abolishing the Tariff
and All Monopolies Worklngmeu,
Socialists and Students of Polit
ical Economy and Others Open tho
Batteries on Trusts at Chicago,
(tampers Denies That Organized
Labor Is a Trust.
Chicago. Kept. 15. Workliigmen, so
cialists, advocates of the single tux
theory and students of political econ
omy were heard today ut the Civic
Federation conference on trusts and
combinations, A majority of the
sneakers vigorously opposed Industrial,
financial and transportation eombina-
lug to the speaker the real trusts rest
upon monopoly. The trust question Is
at tho bottom of the monopoly ques
tion. Trusts are buttressed by the pro
tection or have peculiar land udvun
tages. In the last class trusts cannot
be perpetuated unless they come to
own the natural sources of supply and
distribution the land.
"Abolish the tariff." he denial ed.
"abolish all monopolies thut cun be
abolished, lake public highways for
public use and collect from land own.
..is tho annual value of their special
i advuntuge do that and yon nut an
'end to the trust. You rnnont do It In
any other way.
Thomas J. Morgan, of Chicago, fol
lowed on "The trust from the social
1st point of view
Henry White, secretary of the 1'nited ,
Gurmenl Workers of America, fol-
lowed. j
Assault Upon Bights of Citizen. I
M. M. Onrland. billed to speak on
"An Ironworkers' View of Combina
tions," and K. K. Clark, grand chief of
the Order of Hallway Conductors, were
not present when Chairman Howe,
culled their names and John W. Hayes,
secretary of the Knights of Labor was'
called. He said:
"I maintain thut these secret com
binations are an assault upon the In
herent and constitutional rights o? the
citizens: that tho real and vital ad
vantage to be gained Is 'i despotic
control over labor. "Violence is not
the only means of making conquests
and enslaving people and It can be
proved beyond any question that the
methods of the trusts are the methods
of the Invader and the ends to V ac
complished hv the Instlga'o.s of th"
trusts are exactly those intended to
be accomplished by arms iP"-cted bv
military genius. Taking this view of
the trusts I assert that they ate the
enemies of society and as such should
be destroyed.
"The trust being an aggressive eom
blnatlon for purely selfish objects at
tacks the Individual and by overthrow-
,,1B ,)l8 muUml r,RhtR splzp8 ., nls
Held of opportunity and production.
This field having been conquered and
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the trusts strengthened In Its finan
cial power, the aggressive spirit of
selfish greed looks for conquests I.
other llelds. which are oun Invaded
mid monopolized or other combinations,
srelng the success of the tlrsr attempt,
enter upon the same campaign of con
quest. Soon the Individual Is over
whelmed and every Held of vioduct'iin
.s monopolized by a truM."
Labor Not .1 Trust.
Samuel Clompers, president of the
.American Federation of Labor, fol
lowed Secretary Hayes. He denied
lhat organized labor is a trust nna
continued:
"The only practical use of the anti
trust and Interstate commerce laws has
been to take from us the right of trial
by Jury and to Imprison workmen for
conspiracy. I believe that instend of
trusts and combinations of capital op
posing and antagonizing the labor
movement, they should take a more
comprehensive view of the situation
mid try to make better friends of the
organized wage-earners than 'they have
In the past.
"In the midst of greater concentra
tions of wealth and the vast develop,
ment of Industry It behooves the work
ers to more ceaselessly than ever de
vote theii energies to organized labor
and counteract the effect which other
wise thPlr helpltss and unprotected
condition would put upon them.
"Organized and alert, the workers i
cannot fall to lighten toll nnd shorten
hours nnd lengthen life by constant
and persistent efforts and make the
world better for our living llvt-d In It."
Mr. Clompers was loudly applauded.
The conference then took a recess until
!1 o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session Prof. John
II. Clark, of Now York, spoke on "The
Necessity of Suppressing Monopolies
While Uctalnlng Trusts."
Kdward Keasboy, of New Jersey,
spoke on "New Jersey and Trusts." He
gave flgtues on the number of trusts
which called New Jersey their home,
and in the course of his remarks said:
"The danger to be met Is that they
(trusts) may become too powerful and
prevent all competition. I think this
cannot be prevented by law. I think
we exaggerate the danger of the ability
of tho danger of competition to put up
pi Ices. I have waited all through this
discussion to learn any proif that
there did exist such dunuc and we
must rememb-r that the burden oi
proof Is on those who assert that thrs
trusts must be legislated agaln-st."
M. M. Garland, prcsld-j't of tlm
Amulgamuted Arsoclatloii of iron in I
Steel Workers. saUl In inn:
'That this new form of trust will
bring voluntarily any new virtues to
the business world Is a doubtful ques
tion. They are organized for the pur
pose of making money and will con
tinue to operate to the end. but thoy
.have awakened powerful watchers In
the Interests of tho great mass of com
mon people and In this country the
majority nf the privileges of the peo
ple cannot bo long trampled upon. Tho
action of tho trusts within thumselws
1 will soon decide whether they, are to
tlons. The problem In Its relation tM ...".,. 'vr.... "",",, :, 1. ipplnes pilev.
the worklngmeu was discussed In nil " "MJ" " "' o"rr . , . I-Boo- " li;fl,lllUlon ,, u, lU tho
Its phases. Louis P. Post, the New ratio is. n rotor ting to the In- j ,,.,., , , ,,, )ll,i.f ,mi)atl,m.
York advocate of the single tax. was , 1,.r.u't"1;I';,,',fJ,1' ,.,, ,.. J '" Colonel MetealtV, In conmiaud of
the first speaker today. His address ' X ' 'j m i W ul Z ' ''' K'"'" ''"nt on board the
wan enthUHiastlcallv eheeied. Accord- ! pnw ,n, 'lp llsI'P(.1 .N ll. ' l,1J U 1,iU , ti.iiisi.,,.1 ,,.,.! fr, i!.rnl n.l
be tolerated us useful members of the
nation's household or whether- the
show of hands will rolegutj them to
oblivion."
M. L. Lockwood, president of the
American Anti-Trust I.eigee. suld:
"This precious weapon (the ballot) Is
In your hands. It cost oceans of blood
to wring It from the klngi and em
perors and the aristocrats of the old
vorld. Use this weapon earnestly
and prayerfully this weapon befoi:
which legislators, congressmen, sena
tors and Judges are but as "hint In the
whli lwlnd. Organize the American
Anti-Trust league: stand shoulder to
shoulder with all sons of i-ll.
MORLEY AS PEACEMAKER.
Audience Becomes Noisy and He Has
Difficulty in Obtaining Hearing.
Manchester. Sept. 15. Th" 'Bight
Hon. John Morley, liberal member nf
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Iiuriiuiii em i.n .um..i .... ... .....
uuurcssingu pe.ic .. ee. k m u
this evening ut which a son of tho late .
John Bright, the distinguished Biitlsl
statesman mid friend of. peace, jire-ld-
are they doing today: Tiiey are re
penting. They have their yellow pres
and we have our yellow press. If T
am asked to speak In this hall si year
I or two later. I shall find Hho'c who
now oppose me repenting nlso.".
I The proceedings finally becanie si
1 nolay that Mr. Morley had great dlf
I Hcully In obtaining a hearing. Hi'
I urged an adherence to the live years
j franchise proposal and advised I'rest-
dent Kruger to accede to Oreat Hrlt
I uln's suggestion regarding the confer
ence. I Mr. Leonard Courtney, Unionist mem
ber of parliament for the Itodinin divi
sion of Cornwall in seconding Mr. Mor
, Uy's resolution In favor of securing re-
tonus by pacific means, advocated the
i remitting of the qu?stlon of suzerainty
to the privy council. Mr. Morlev's res
olutinn was carried by a large major-
lty. the noisy minority expressing Its
dl?sent by hoisting the union Jack.
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LETTER FROM MATAAFA
Sent to President McKinley with a
Watch That Belonged to the Late
Lieutenant Lansdale.
Washington. Sept. 15. The president
received us an audience ut the whlto
house this ufteruoon Mr. John George
Leigh, who has spent several months
In Samoa as special correspondent of
the London Times und Is now on his
return jouiney to England. While In
oiH! flMliJ black vlllugen Of lTpolu, Mr.
Leigh learned that a watch believed to
have belonged to either Lieutenant
Lansdale or ISnsIgn Monaghan, 'the two
olllcers of the rutted States cruiser
Philadelphia, who were killed during
the recent war against Mataafa, had
been found and was In the possession
of a native. He at once communicated
with Mataafa, und through the assist
ance of the latter the watch was ob
tained and was Identified as the prop
erty of the late Lieutenant Lansdal"
A few days later the correspondent left
Samoa for San Francisco. There he
met the young widow of the lamented
i otllcer and placed the trinkets In her
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possession. Mr. Leigh toduy handed to
the president a letter from .Mataafa. of
which the following Is a translation:
To Ills Kxccllcncy. William McKinley.
President of the t'nltod States of
America.
Your Hxcellenc.i : I have toda hi en
Informed that a watch has been found
by one of my people, which Is believed
to have belonged to l.leutcnint Lansdale,
or ICnsIgn J. H. Munuglmn, who were un
happily killed In battle at Vull'lc. on
April 1. I have lcarr.ed that Mr. Leigh
is about to b-uve S.imoa for America and
1 have asked him to convey the watch
to youi excellency, In the hope that you
will cause it to be forwarded to the be
reaved mother or nearest relative of the
brave and much lamented otllcer. Mr.
Leigh will tell you that I have stnceiely
deplored the sad, untimely death of tlii
brave olllcers and men who c.imn from
America nnd perished in the late unhap
py (useless) wur. My sorrow Is the mole
because of the great friendship which
your great country has In the past ex
tended to Snmua. I am especially anx
ious that this should be mule known to
the sadly stilckeii mother and relatives.
May It lie the will of Cod that there will
never again be strife between America
and the Samoans and that the three pow
ers will recognize my submission to their
will and desire foi good tfovernment.
I prnv that (lod may give yon long life.
(Signed) T. J. Mataafa.
Mr. McKinley In com so of conver
sation with Mr. Leigh expressed him
self much gratified at this proof of
Mataafa's thoughtful humanity and
said It would afford him more than
ordinary pleasure to personally re
spond to tlie letter. He very warmly
tlpmked Mr. Leigh for his action In the
matter and for having personally con
voyed the relies to Mrs. Lansdale.
Red Men at Manila.
Washington. SnU. IS. The national
council of the Independent Order of Bed
Men adjoin ned this afternoon after de
ciding to ri'dure the delegates' i ('presen
tation to one for eiery ir.m Instead of one
for every t.iW). This was neceshltated
by the laige growth of the order. Slate
delegations may not number more than
eight, no matter what the state mem
bership. It was also decided to grunt
authority for the formation of u lodge In
.Manila, I'. 1.. where theie are already a
great number of Brd Men.
Sampson Sails for New York.
Philadelphia. Sept. 15. Hear Admiral
Sampson's tleet, conlstlng of th New
Yoik, Indiana. Brooklyn. Massachusetts
und Texas, left lure at "! o'clock this
morning for New Yoik, where the vis
suhi will arrive tomorrow. The warships
were at this port from Sept. ."!. Imvliig
been sent to participate In the (Irani!
Army encampment ceremonies, nnd re
mained until the opening of tho Nation il
Kxport exposition yesterday.
Woman's Golf Championship.
Chicago. Sept S.-Mr. W. 11. Mcll
valne. of tho OwentMu (lolf club today
won tho women's golf championship by
defeating Mrs. Harry Toulmln. of the
Milwaukee Country club In tho finals for
the governors' cup.
President Will Visit St. Paul.
Washington, Sept. 15. Tho president to
day iiniiiuuiccd that he had decided to
extend his Chicago tiJp to Mlnnoapolls
and St. Paul.
TARTAR AFFAIR
WILL BE SIFTED
SCHEME TO EMBARRASS THE
ADMINISTRATION.
Evidence of Political Work Action
by Hong Kong Authorities Not
Taken on Their Own Initiative.
Before the Matter Is Dropped a
Group of Mischief Makers in Hong
Kong May Be Called Upon to Ex
plain. Washington. Sept. lfi. The release of
the transport Tartut by the Hong Kong
authorities followed so (illicitly upon Its
seizin e that little consideration would
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,. B,v,,n , tlu. lnnUrl. 1P1V wc.p u ,nt
i for the suspicion of the ndmliil
r,. tm. MIHi,WUni of the adtnlnlstratlon
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that the whole business was part of a
petty eonsplutcy of those who wish to
embairass the government in Its Phil-
These dispatches refer simply to the
condition of the tioopshlp when It
sailed They do not constitute the I
whole eonespoiideiico that has been go
ing on by cable since the tlrst word
came of the transport's detention.
If this cable correspondence with
Otis. Metcalfe and the l'nltcd States j
consul at Hong Kong 'ever becomes
pumic u may reveal me reasons wnicn
compel the secretary of war to the con- i
elusion that the British uiithorltles j
wviv Induced to hold up the Tartar
by complaints and mlsiepresentatlons i
coming from men who ought to be In I
better business. These men arc not
discharged soldleis. They have polltl- .
cal nitlllatlons and they are engaged In '
a scheme to discredit the American '
ampaign In the Philippines. They took '
advantage of the knowledge that the
Tartar was a British ship, flying the
British Hag and that her British license j
permitted her to carry only son pas-'
sen go I'M.
Lack of Knowledge.
They supposed thut this would be
sutllclent to Induce the Hong Kong of
Ilcliils to deny the vessel u clearance.
They forgot for the moment, or they
never knew, that the ship had been re
modelled and that her freight com
partments had been changed so as to
give ample room for the uildltiou.il
men who were put on board. They up-
peur to have been ignorant also of the
fact thnt General Otis bad loaded
fewer men on the transport thnn sha
carried from San Francisco to Manila
when she made the trip' ovc"" without
death, sickness or complaint. As soon
as the British authorities learned the
facts In the case, they gave the vessel
c leaiance papers and allowed her to
sail. It was not a concession to the
t'nlted States government, but simply
the correction of a mistake.
It Is understood that the secretary of
war has positive Information that the
Hong Kong authorities did not act on
their own Initiative and that their
blunder arose from complaints made
against the ship which called for In
vistigatlon. It Is understood also that
the department has the names of
those who made the complaints, nnd
that they arc closely associated with i
a certain faction In the Fulled States.
There is In Hong Kong a little group
of men In close correspondence with
opponents of the administration's Phil
ippines policy In the Fnlted States.
They are doing everything to discredit
it. and the Tartar Incident seems to
have been due to them.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Volume of Business Now in Progress
Has Never Been Rivalled.
New York. Sept. IT.. 11. Ci. Dun St
Company's Weekly Review of Trade
will say tomorrow:
Better than all news the record it
the commerce shows the relations of
Fnlted States business to that of o'lier
countries. F.xports were $20,0S !,S7"
larger than ever before In August ard
exceeded Imports by 7.92fl.CM. The
excess of exports over Imports glve.i
fair promise of as large a balanc In
foreign trade to the benefit of this
country during the winter as has ever
been seen. That manufactured im
ports do not fall off. but a larger
than ever. Is both surprising in 1 gi ttl
fylng. The volume of busltp"i now
'n progress have never been rivaled.
The great movement of gain In wheat
and Hour, a little larger than last year
in August and In two weeks of Sep
tember. 5,'.iJ0.27:! bushels. Hour Included,
from Atlantic exports, against S.l.M.'lTB
last year, und fioni Pacific ports, 755,35:1
bushls. ngnlnsl :tG4.H4 last yar, H
far more effective In prevenMiiii i de
cline In prices than any otlklal or in
o?.lclal estimate of vleld.
The price, in spite of good exports,
has fallen U of a cent, western receipts
have been 13,f.!9.45: bushels lu tw.i
weeks, against H.GfM.S'.C. last year, and
corn exports C.083,1112 bushels, against
1,3.11,331. Tho feeling In not unreason
able that foreign needs are Just now
well Indicated by the corn movement.
Kxtraordlnory efforts to Increase the
Iron output failed In August partly
because the stoppage of a few large
furnaces for repairs more than bal
anced the addition of thirteen small
furnaces to the producing force and
partly because hot weather prevented
full production. The leportcd output,
'Jf.7,331 tons, against '.'07,C7J Aug. 1. with
a decrease of S2.3I7 tons In unsold
stocks, indicates a consumption of 1,
209,012 tons during the month. Pur
chases of 60,000 tonsof lies -and 20,
000 tons other Iron are reported with
advance of Bessemer to $23.25 at Pitts
burg, but quotations are wild because
of piemlums paid for early delivery.
Plates at the east ami common bars
at Pittsburg are $1 per ton higher und
wire nulls have again been advance 1
$3 per ton. Orders for piates Include
several for export und one for u ves
sel In the Delaware river with one foi
Venezuela ut Pittsburg, but many for
all forms are refused because tho
works are unable to fill them on time
and some orders of much Importance
have been withdrawn at tho west.
Failures for the week have been I'D
In the Fnlted Stotes, ogulnst 174 last
year, and 82 in Canada, against 23 last
VABR
THE NEWS THIS MOltNINU
Weather Indlcatloni Todiyi
FAIR, WARMER.
1 General-Blue Hook un the Transvaul
(JrlslH.
General Otis Asks for More. Stuff
Olllcers.
Administration Will Sift Tartar Hold-
up.
Trust Conference Proceedings.
2 (Icnernl Northeastern
Pennsylvania
ut ii CHanee.
Kiniinchil and Coiumcrcliil.
3 Local-Hi'llgliiUH News of the Week.
1 Kdltnrlul.
News and Comment.
5 l.oeal-Social and lVrsoiud.
One Woman's Views.
ii Local Pell Township injunction Cnsc.
Court Proceedings.
7 Local-Utmociats Have Candidates to
Spare.
The Dolibs-Matthcwri Klglit.
x Local West Scraiilon and riuliurbiiii.
t itoiitid About the County.
l Story -'A Truu ilrundsoii of I lie 'll "
11 Sunday School I.ewKOti for Tomorrow.
Omni Hoillfu Methods of the lluy-
1 12 Loeul l.le llldlistrlul News.
Seeiiiiil Hi':ori of the (itaud .luiy.
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EXCITING EVENTS
ON THE TURF
- '
Fourth Day of Grand Circuit Met
Races at McKee's Rocks Ti ming
at the Fairs.
Providence. Ii. I.. Sept. 1""- ''
ord crowd ot the week attel e. 1 It.
lOllllll liny oi me iiuum i-iiiui' .,,.. j j
at Miirragannet i-ai i. i oe
tllleilt got
upset In the first lace of the day. the
2:15 trot, purs" $ .000. which win. i ave
heat event, (.reeti Brinr won the luM
thiee heats after 'utmeg had taken
th" lir-t and th" favorite, Lord Vincent
the second heat. The hitter was t-ccond
I .in the other four heats. Time. '2:M3A.
i?-ll,-. 2:11k. 2:119-1. 2 11'i. 1'rluoo
1 Alert" won the 2:07 puce, purse f2,00'i in
(three straight heats ami reditu d lis
i mnrk lieiul two second". The second
mile was ttt'pped In -105 3-5 the fust "it
! mile of the meet, ltoyul Sheldon got
I second money. Time 2:07a. 2:i53..
' 2-0'3'i.
I Sadie M.. nti outside" won lb
0., i
, tint, pure ?1 ?(10 In two straight heats.
, Kiank Creamer getting second money.
, Time 2:lrt''i. i:13'i.
The 2:11 puce, purse $1 2oo was won by
King Albeit with eas- In straight heat').
Fred W.. getting second money. Time
I 1:11V.. 2:11.
! Flushing. Sept. 11 -r The closing day
' of the MeKees Bocks driving p. irk fall j
i meeting was largely attended and good j
racing was pulled oft. What was per- ,
haps the most sensational llmsb of a
licit ever witnessed In this or any nth- ,
I er city, happened when six horses. In
1 the 2.2S trot all passed under lb" wire !
, together, mul on such even terms that
j the judges weic nimble to S"lact finv ,
out of the ?ix as n wlnnerr und do- I
elded that It was a dead beat. The
race will be decide (.morrow morning-, i
( Horses taking the moneys in each
' ru.e tony follow: 2.'M trot, purse $;.5rt.
i Windsor: time 2:23L. 2:27 pa-e. purse f
". Chrlstobal.
BoMilehem. Pa.. Sept. 15. Conserva
tive estimate!, placed Ilie attendance
at the Pennsylvania state fair today
at 13 00O Favorites won the coiiclud-
- lug races. Content 'on hud a bad fall
i caused by broken hopples and was dis-
I lanced.
! WilltaniRport Spt 1V This was th"
' la-it day of ll' gieutset fair ever hld
In Lycoming eountv The total nttend-
.nice during the four days Is othnatcd
) nt 70,00.1. The races were the Interest
ing feature of the afternoon.
I Indlntm. Pa.. Sept. 15. Fully 12.000
I persons were In attendance at the In-
dlmia county fair today. Over HO fine
horses weie entered for premium. In
, the afternoon two fast rices were run.
' Holldiiyshuig, I'n . Spi IV-This
1 was the closing d.iv of the Blair coun
ty fair. The races tills week were the
I finest ever held In the history o" tlm
agricultural society.
SCHLEY MAY GO TO SEA.
Will Command tho South Atlantic
Squadron.
Washington. Sept. 15. -Some time ago
Admiral Schley applied to the navy de
partment for sea service. At present
lie Is head of the retiring board. The
navy department has now granted the
request and has untitled him to hold
himself In readiness to command the
South Atlantic station. The depart
ment Is to take steps to make the com
tumid commensurate with his rank by
Increasing considerably the number of
vessels on the station.
It Is said at the department that with
a thieatoned war in South Africa. which
Is part of the station, and the disturbed
conditions In South nnd Central Amor
Ict. the South Atlantic command Is
likely to become an Important one In
the near future.
NATIONAL GUARD ORDERS.
Carbine Competition Will Not Be
Held at Mt. Gretna.
lluirisburg, I'n.. flrpt l.r. firner.il
orders were tissued today from the
lieudquarteis of the National Guard
announcing that th' annual rllle and
carbine competition .it the State range
Mount Gretna will not bo held dlirlili,
the year isyi.
Tti organisation that won Irophle-i
.u that unnunl competition In 1S97 and
Imvu not acquired linal uwnetshlp of
the same 'under th rules, will hold
them subject to the annual compel!,
tlon in 1100.
Pennsylvania Pensions. '
Washington, Sept. 15. Pension cortlil
cutis: (Jilglnal William Bauer, Wilkes.
Bane. l; restorutlon und uddltlonal. Wil
liam (5. Thorp, dead, Seranton. Jil; re.
Issue and Increase. Thomas Young. Pitts,
ton, $. to $; original widows, Jemima A.
Thoip. Scrunlon. $s.
i m
Grady Drops Dead.
New York, Sept. 15. Asslstuilt District
Attorney Junu'H Gtndy. brother of Sena
tor Thomas F. Grady, dropped dead to
day III tho olllcc of Former Police Judge
Joseph Koch. Death was caused by heart
I dUcatiu,
OFFICERS FOR
GENERAL OTIS
The General Cables for
Additions to His
Staff.
DEPARTMENT WILL COMPLY
Adjutant General Calls on Heads of
Bureaus to Designate Men Rea
son for the Kecall of Philippine,
Commissioners Reports Needed
by the President To Be Used in
His Message to Congress Dis
crepancies in the Statements o
Men Recently from the Islands.
Future of the Commission.
Washington, Sept. 15. General OtlS
has cabled to the war department for
additional stuff ofi'cers. Be asks for
one judge advocate general, two as
sistant adjutant general, two Inspec
tor generals, eight quartermasters,
nine commissaries of subsistence und
1 two engineer otllcers.
I 'I'll., ml llll ! lir ir.tii.,.,i I It.iu r.nlli,il i.n
llu. h.M(s of the different 'bureaus to
,,,,.,.,. II,,.,M.I, fm. , tluly.. Tlu.
inportunee of Cicncrul Otis' tequest Is
recognized, and the necessity of hav
ing till the olllcets he lyjks for at Ma
nila before the next active campaign Is
begun Is acknowledged.
It Is said at the war department that
the recall of Colonel Uenby and Prof.
Worcester, ot the Philippines commis
sion, from .Manila, was ordered that
they might advise the president -spoiling
the latest aspect of affairs
in the Islands. He desires to use the
Information In bis message to con
gress. It Is said thut h" advices
brought 'y President Sohurnnn. Sena
tor Beverldge und other icrvir.t from
-Manila are not In stilct aeco-1 at all
points, inooKll uie iieuis oo uuicu
! they differ arc not known Ley mil the
' White House, and It Is added that as
j Admiral Dewey Is Hearing th Felted
! States an opportunity to have .1 meet
I Ins nf the full commission, of which
I he Is a member, Is one that should not
be lost, ns u report from It might bf
expected to sum up the work done and
b" of great vulue to congress In Its
efforts to legislate for the Islands.
No olllcial statement can be obtained
as to tlie future of the commission,
but It Is not probable that It will re
turn to the Islands, at least not with
out a considerable change in t lie per
sonnel The recall of Colonel Uenby nnd
Prof. Worcester leaves (letvr.'l OtH
tlie sole representative of the coaiml.
slon In the Philippines.
OTIS FAVORS PUBLIC HANGING
1 Two American Soldiers Sentenced to
Death at Manila.
I Manila, Sept. II (via Hong Kong.
The local newspapers assert that Cor
I potal Uamhoffor mid Private Conine, or
I Company B. Sixteenth Infantry, havo
i been sentenced to death by court-martial,
and that 1'iivute McBennett hai
, been condemned to twenty years' im
1 prisoiiment for having assaulted native
; women In Manila u ipontb ngo. Tho
I crime. It Is said, greatly aroused the
natives.
The newspapets add that General
Otis has recommended that President
i McKinley uppiove the sentences and
that the general desires a public exe
cution of the sentence as a warning
' against a rendition of the crime.
BEDFORD LIBEL CASE.
Testimony in the Hadeiman-Thropp
Affair Is Completed.
Bedford. Pa.. Sept. 15. At noon today
the testlmonv in tlie Haderinaii-Tliropp
libel suit wus completed.
There was no further startling fill.
corny except that K. V. Wright. iiv
pres -nt postmaster of New Parts, said
thai He had sent a donatio i to Con
gressman J. U. Hicks after he lud ie
(elved the aiipollltm'Ut.
II. W. Moller. rhe Manns Choice post
master, acknowledged thot he paid $300
to A. K. Fyan to reimburse him for
money paid by Mr. Fyan In securing
this appointment.
The witnesses were discharged a.id
the entire afternoon was occupied In
the argument of the law and facts.
Judge Albert Iivuns will charge tht
lury In th" morning and will then leavn
for Pittsburg. Judge Longiiecker will
receive the erdld of the Jury.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York. Sept. 15. Arrived: Fur.t
nismirck. Hamburg. Oared: FmbrUi,
Liverpool, Lnguseogne, Havre; Maas
dain. Itotteidani via Boulogne: Pretoria,
Hamburg via Pl mouth. Sailed: No
madic. Liverpool. Isle of Wight Passed:
Phoenicia Hamburg lor New York.
Queenstown Arrived: Campania, New
i York.
Conductor's Fatal Injuries.
South Bethlehem. Pu.. Sept. 15. An en
gine on the North IVnn road en route to
Philadelphia w'tli tlu crew of a. pusscn-Kt-r
train, ran into tlie rear of a freight
train last night al HIiirhi. A. K. Town
send, of New Hope, a conductor, Jumped
und sustained InJuilis lesiiltlng lu hH
death tit St. Luke's hospital here todas.
Decision for the Kid.
New York. Sept. IS. Kid McPartlnnd,
of this city, tonight, beforo the Broad
way Athletic club, gained n decision over
Otto Selloff. of ciilcutto, after tinhtlnK
twenty-live rounds.
W1ATHER FORECAST.
WiiBhlngtou, Sept. 15. Forecast
for Saturday: Kastorn F.nnsyl
vaniu Fair; warmer Saturday;
rain Sunday; wlndb fihlftlug to
freoh soiitlienslcrlv.
freoh southeasterly.
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