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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
NO SETTLEMENT.
street Car Directors and Strikers Pursuing
same Course In Cleveland.

Same Course In Cleveland
Cleveland, O., July S1.-Whether the
boycotrNppon the Big Consolidated
Street Rai~Nov Company is having any
effect or not he company shows no
indication Of a dt-ire to change it's
policy with respect . the strike. A
special meeting of the grectors Of the
company was held this Ssternoon. AT
it's conclusion President Essrett said
the strike had been incidentally dis
eussed. rs it the intention OF the
company to move for settlement It
the striker was asked.
mo" said President Everett. We
are going ahead as we have been DO
ing. We are hiring new men all the
time, and we now have nearly all we
want"
Leaders Of the strikers profess to be
very much encouraged by the working
of the boycott, and they say they must
surely win, because, they declare, the
public is with them The president of
the union has been busy all day listen
ing to complaints bf merchants and
others who claim they have been boy
cotted without warilant and when he
discovers that the person who COM
plains Is innocent Of She charge of hav-
ing ridden on a Big Consolidated car.
he gives notice to union men accord
ingly.
Secretary Bishop Of the state board
OF arbitration arrived here today to
look over the situation He said he was
willing to undertake alb Investigation Of
the strike if one was desired.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01

ton, and not infrequently in both.
These certificates showed that each one
was as well qualified for the position
he sought, and to which he was APP
pointed, as could be possible for men
in civil life in this country. OF the num-
Der appointed, there were, for instance,
26 major generals, of whom 10 were
taken from the regular army and seven
from civil life. Of these seven, all but
one were graduates of West Point Mil
itary academy, and all had disting-
uished themselves in command during
the civil war. OF brigadier generals
llthere were 102 appointed, &C from the
regular army and SO from civil life.
Those from civil life had all seen SER
vice during the civil war or on our
western frontier, and all had proven
themselves competent to command.
1T has been stated and repeated
many times that the secretary OF war
made these appointments, when the
| truth is that very few were made upon
| his recommendations, although he
| caused the entire list with the recon-
mendations to be compiled and placed
! before the president for his selection. l
would be only too glad to have had the
| honor to have made these appoint
ments No better, no more loyal or
more patriotic set of men as whole
/ ever served their country and their APP
! pointments were credit not only to
the appointing power but to the coun-
| try they served.
There were exceptions, but that could
not have been foreseen. In every walk
Of life men are found who cannot carry
out successfully the work they have
undertaken There were three regi-
| ments of cavalry, the officers of which
were appointed by the secretary OF
war. Col. Leonard Wood, now a brig
! adler general and commanding the de-
i partnents Of Santiago and Puerto
Principe. was one of these. Col. Grigs-
| by and Col Terry, both good officers
Z, were the other two. There were three
regiments of engineers, the colonies o.
/ which were all graduates of the mill
4 tary academy, and not only the officers
but the enlisted men, were selected
4 with a view to their special fitness, anc
in most instances upon the recon
mendations OF the colonies themselves
and all proved themselves most eff
cient.
There were also ten regiments O.
immune infantry, of whose colonies
eight were graduates Of the militar,
! academy, who were selected for specia
fitness to command, and in the shor
time these regiments were in servic
, developed remarkable proficiency.
"Criticisms as to the amounts an
methods Of expenditures which coulv
imply the wrong or carless us
of money were also made by the Lon
don Times This charge is false. s
FAR as the conduct of the service wa
! concerned, no person with any knowl
! edpe OF the facts can ever charge truth
t fully and no one ever show that dol
lar was misappropriated, stolen or EN-
!. bezzled. out Of the hundreds Of mil
3 Hons of dollars that were expended
The records are an open bool
and l will be glad to have them rigidl
I examined and ask my successor t
I open those accounts to the eountr
/, wherever properly called for, In orde
I THAT the entire truth may be known.
al .'R. Al. Alger, Secretary Of War.
a washington, July 81, 1921
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01

Washington, July S1.-One of the last
0fficiaI acts Of Secretary Alger, wh@l
fomorrow will relinquish his portfoliol
was to prepare a statement coveringl
Several matters regarding the conduct
/ OF the war which have been the SUBJ
5eet Of criticism in the public press,
particularly with reference to the APP
polntment Of staff officers in the vol
unteer army. The statement follows:
II am led to make the following
statement on account of many criti-
cisms which have been made by the
public press especially on account of
q recent article which appeared in the
London Times, containing assertions
which have no foundation in truth.
"At the commencement of the war
With Spain, and for several years prior
to that time, the regular army consist
ed Of only $4,000 men, with the mimi
mum number of officers prescribed by
law. The situation can be partially APP
f Nfeciated when it is remembered that
Nithin sixty days from the declaration
ID wal the strength of the army was
Increased to 275, 900 men, and everything
Cor the equipment of this great force.
Including clothing, tents, transporta-
Ton, medical supplies, camps and canln
equipage, and all that pertains 70
kuuipping an army for service had to
he manufactured, transported and dis
Ntfibuted for use.
From the statement referred to the
public might be led to believe that the
volunteer army was Differed by men
4 selected through political influence by
the secretary Of war by special favor
and without any regard to fitness for
the duties they We're to perform. AS
is we'll known, the volunteer force, with
the exception of three regiments of en-
gineers, three regiments OF cavalry and
ten regiments of immune infantry, was
made up Of regiments from the various
states, the officers of which We're all
appointed exclusively by the governors
Of the respective states from which
the regiments came, and any officer
/ found unified for service and dis
a charged was replaced by another in
the same manner. The president mad
no voice or control in the matter.
The returns Of the volunteer army
show that In August, 1898, there wert
2OI, IA enlisted men and 1855 officers
IN those regiments. This with the regu-
lar army recruited up to the war
strength, made an aggregate force Of
bout zfSO0O officers and men. The
folunfeer officers appointed by the
president number all told 1882. OF this
UNDER AL We're taken from the regu-
~ army and 591 from civil life.
The scarcity Of regimental officers
the regular service, owing TO ap-
lntments in the volunteers, specia
#rruiting and mastering details
80 reduced their number that
nave taken larger number for DER.
with the volunteers would have
..sl impaired the efficiency Of ths
Ky y 8. mule over a thousand appoint.
~ mace by the president the mum
Of applications was ever a KY ooo I 4,
application was accompanied BY I
1incate q his ability, and in mos
NRqes OF military service. either II
zSsuias army or a state organiza
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
RACES
TODAY.
4 Good Afternoons Sport
Promised At the Lake.
RlY AIRY is INTENSE.
Failure Of Outside Crews and scullers VIII
Not Be Felt-Great Interest In the
Canoe Races and the Single Scull
Contest Between Lewis and
Kubic Rivalry In Fights.
PROGRAM OF THE REGATTA.

OCLOCKTrial race-scent Canoe cnb
Waltham; Tatasst Club Worcester ~
$50 ocIocKTra heat single she-charles H Levin.
Wachusett Boat Club Springfield Boat Club a
OCLoCK-FinaI racLakesda ruwL
Worcester, against winner O. rial heat $500
43o OCLOCK-Final heat
Eyck Wachusett Boat Club winner of trial heat
oCLocKWa canoe race-crescent watha Lake
side Club, Worcester $50
$50 oCLoCK-Eght Boat clpo VOL
cester School w
will be mile and half with
half strairhtav the
fourblade half mile cndes
m
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
REVOLUTION PROCLAIMED.

Cape Hayden, July S1.-From a dis
match lust received from reliable
source. it is learned that revolution
will be proclaimed tomorrow or the day
after tomorrow in the republic OF Santo
1Sar,inpo. in favor Of Don Juan Isidro
I,n,inez. According to this dispatch,
the entire western portion Of the re-
nublic has declared in favor Of Jimi-
neg. and he is the only candidate for
the presidency throughout the rest Of
the country
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
MArTY MATTHEW'S WINS.

New York, July 31.--Matty Matthews OF
New York defeated Eddie Connolly OF ST.
Johns. n. b., in 25-round bout before
the Coney Island Sporting club tonight.
They met AZ 1888 pounds. and at the end Of
the mill Referee George Edwards decided
that Matthews had won. This ruling was
not well received by many OF the specta-
tors who Kissed and yelled at the referee,
4 Matthews had clearly the better OF It,
NM, NC administered twice as much pun.
lahfn mt as he received. --.--.----.--..
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
CHANGE IN ARMoR.

washington. July S1.-The navy de-
partment has formally sanctioned the
nlan for the distribution of armor on
the new battleship Maine, over which
the board of naval bureau chiefs have
worked for some time and today the
following order was promulgated:
SIT is directed that the armor for the
Maine be for the main belt II inches
thick at the top, reducing to TX at the
bottom, and for the case meter and
superstrueture six inches in thickness,
the approximate weight Of armor for
the said vessel being 2492 tons.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
TIE UP TRAFFIC.
Strike Of FIremen Keeps City Of Lowell at
Her Dock.

New York, July 31-About sixty fire
men, oilers and water tenders, employed
on the Norwich line steamer City Of
Lowell and the Stonington line steamer
New Hampshire, struck today for an
increase OF IS per month in their sala-
ries. When it became time for the
cleaners to sail tonight, the men re-
f,ised to go to work unless the compa-
MOS promised to meet their demands.
Al about o'clock the officials of the
Stonihgton line engaged % of the men
Ia % to work on the New Hampshire
At fbe increased salary, and that boat
left its pier at the foot of Spring street
at O'Clock, three hours late. The off,
ciaIs of he Norwich line refused to
meet the demands Of their men, and
the City of Lowell remained at the pier
during the night. The firemenN have
been receiving $35 per month, coal pass
ers $50, oilers and water tenders $4GA
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
ALL WELL ON DIANA.

st. Johns, N. f.. July a1.--The Peary
relief steamer Diana passed out the
straits Of Belle Isle on her way north,
last Tuesday. She slgnalleu OH Bat
tie Harbor, Labrador, All welll' Judg-
ing from the reports Of shippings from
north Labrador. the Diana VIII meet
heavy ice packs in the vicinity Of the
Greenland coast and this will probably
delay her return considerably.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
CROWD INCREASE,
AS Day of Dreyfus Trial Approaches Ex-
citement Grows High.

Rennes, July S1.-Already the crowds
that gather daily about the home OF
Mrs. Dreyfus and the prison where her
husband is confined as she passes
from one to the other, have become so
augmented as to demand a material in
crease in the force policing the route.
Gendarmes were, therefore, placed at
close intervals along the entire distance
from the Rue de Chatillon. where Mime.
Dreyfus resides, to the prison in the
Rue Duhamel.
Strict orders have been issued to pre-
vent persons passing from the Rue
Duhamel to the prison precincts This
has resulted in number of conflicts
between the people and the gendarmes,
none o. which, however, have been Sc
rious.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
POLICEMAN SENTENCED.
Tammany Robber Who stole Watch, VIII
Go To jail. n

New York. July s1.-Thomas F.
o'Brien, the policeman who stole gold
watch and chain and two charms from
the dead body Of Capt. George B.
Rhoades of the Seventh regiment,
pleaded guilty today before Judge
Blanchard. O'Brien was indicted for
grand larceny in the first degree, but
was allowed to plead guilty to grand
larceny in the second degree. He was
remanded until tomorrow for sentence.
He cannot get more than five years I'M
der this plea.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
ROOT TAKES AoLO.

washington, July sl.1-MA Root has
notified Secretary Alger that he win be
in washington and rehdy ito assume
O'clock tomorrow. GEN. Alger viii
leave at Has for Michigan.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
WEATHER REApRrl

Boston. July si.-Foreca4 FOR Boston
ana vicinity, Tuesday; Fair weather,
moderate temperature; 1ght variable
winds. =
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
The Weather.

Tuesday: Fair; mOder-
ate temperature; light
winds.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25

for agricultural products. IL will be
seen at once that the produce supplied
by our farmers brought nearly three
times us much money into the country
as all the other industries combined.
And n large part of 1t remained here
to benefit our people, for our agricul-
tural exports exceeded the value of
imports Of the same class by S544, 91O-
lac, This is an average of more than
81 Of foreign coin for each individual
in the United States that the farmers
brought into this country and kept
here, for the single year Of 1903, 1t is
more than the total amount of money.
that was in circulation among the peo-
pie before the crops of 1903 were sold.
The farmers have, therefore, more
than doubled our medium Of exchange
in twelve months This shows the
Importance Of the agricultural inter-
ests of the United States, and distin-
cuisines the industry that should re-
ceive and is In need OF protection and
encouragement,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25

II is most kind and considerable In
the managers Of various franchise cor.
porations to point out the difficulties
which will be experienced by the au..
thorities in assessing the value of fran.
chises under the Ford law. Phe pub
lie will not fail TO notice that no diff
Guilty has ever been experienced by
these same managers in ascertaining
the value of franchises as basis for
the Issuing Of securities.
Their present condition recalls the
story OF the farmer who was asked by
a stranger how much he would take
for his red COW. After q moment Of
prudent thought he answered, "Be you
the tax assessor, or have the COW been
killed by the railroad?"
If cows are assessed for taxation by
the state OF New York It may also be-
possible to assess franchises New
York World.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25
Movement for Municipal Ownership.

Nearly 10000 quarrymeu are on q
strike at RocEport, Mass.
The two Kansas Cities claim 90 bona
flde labor organizations,
The Baroness Hirsch (deceasedD be-
queathed one million dollars to chart
ties.
Newark, Wayne county, New York,
is now agitating for municipal owner
ship.
In Maintz, Switzerland, the cemeter-
les and funerals are conducted by the
city.
There are $3.50 American cities that
own and operate their own electric
light plants.
Edinburgh, according to the Even
ing News, is drifting on the sea Of
municipal Socialism.
The glucose works at Peoria, ILL.,,
have locked their employees out in anti
cipation Of strike.
The Reading, Pa, Iron. Co. increased
wages Ave to ten per cent This is the
second raise there this year
Strike still on in Indian territory,
Arkansas and Jerome, Iowa. All coal
miners requested to keep away.
A raise of ten per cent was given
the 1900 employees of the Warden,
Bushnell & Glcssner Co., at Spring
field, o,
The eighth annual convention OF the
International Association OF Machin-
lists was in session last week in Buffa-
10, N. Y.
At Philadelphia 5000 pants makers
are on strike against the sweating
system that is now causing starvation
wages
The color line has been wiped out in
the st. Louis Building Trades Council
by the admission of several delegates
from colored mems labor unions.
At Cleveland, o., 200 plasterers, so
hod-carriers and rs iron workers are
out ON strike There are lot of
iron moulders out for higher wages at
Providence, X. !. also.
The war department has decided to
develop at once the machinery plant
at the Rock Island arsenal to an exc
tent that will permit the turning out
Of $500 Krag.Jorgc's rifles per day.
The strike Of the II m'n"rs in Bel'
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25

GUM is of such proportions as to cause
the large iron industries of that coun-
try to suspend operations. The king
and court officials are alarmed over
the situation.
The supreme court OF California up
holds the right OF labor organizations
to boycott obnoxious employers and
will not issue an injunction on other
grounds than specific acts of crimi-
nal character.
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn,
says: ut Is stated that the scheme TO
sell the coal mines OF southern Ken
tuclsy and eastern Tennessee to Brit
lsh capitalists is now is fair way to
be consummated.
At Kansas City, Mo-, 200 wood work.
ers are on strike, aud 295 men en-
ployed at the Kenneth quarry, at Lo-
gansport, Ind, are also out all asking
for little Mckinley prosperity In the
form Of higher wages.
Two Italian journalists haye been
expelled from Berlin because they
were too intimate with the chiefs OF
the Socialist party, One of the exc
PEELED journalists was the Berlin cor
respondent Of The Aventi OF Rome,
Prof. Commons, one Of the best
known educators in the world, has
been turned out Of the Syracuse uni
versity because he would lot teach
the political theories laid down by
the millionaires who control that in
stitution.
Attorncy.General Monnett, OF Ohio,
In the New York Morning journal
computes that the Standard Oil com.
pany annually makes profit of two
and half times the entire value Of
crops and farm products Of the state
Of Ohio.
In India there are municipal water
works at Calcutta, Bombay, Madras,
Hyderabad, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Ran.
coon, Lahore, Allahabad and Agra
all towns Of over 10000 population.
The Calcutta works furnish 10000, 900
gallons daily.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25
PUNISHMENT OF GREED.
CORPORATIONS BITING OFF
THEIR OWN HEADS.
Demand for Public Ownership Ia the
Result Of tho Indignation OF tho Pco-
plo Aroused by Their Methods of Ex-
tortlon, and Other Evil Practices

The movement In tho direction of
the public ownership Of public utili-
ties is to be opposed on the ground
that it constitutes an impairment Of
vested rights. Governor Pingree's plan
for municipal ownership and operation
OF street railways will be met by an
application for an injunction to pre-
vent the commission from carrying out
the plan. The lawyer the corporations
have employed declares that the Pin.
gree plan is the FIRST tangible move
ment In the direction of socialism,, :"
This lawyer knows better Some years
ago the United States took the trans.
mission Of the mails and the dfstribu-
ton of letters into its own hands. In
80 doing II threw private companies
and individuals out Of business The
government did not compete with these
private companies and individuals; it
simply made competition in that line
Of business unlawful, There could be
no clearer case Of the exercise OF pow
or to promote the public good The
object was to distribute letters and pa.
pers at the cost of service. Does any
one suppose that If transmission of
mails had been left in private hands
letters would be carried from one cor
ner OF the union to the other for the
sum Of two cents2
Government has an equal right to
take possession of any other depart
ment OF public business when in its
Judgment the welfare of the people
will thereby be promoted. The ques-
tion Is If the public acting through its
officials can give better service for the,
same money than private corporations
The corporations are somewhat fool
ishly answering that question in the
affirmative When corporations charge
interest on fictitious capital; when
they include under the head of operat-
ing expenses fund for the corruption
OF legislators, and resort ia other sub.
'terfuges to compel people to pay twice
what the thing they sell would cost
under honest management, they show
to the people that corporate service is
more expensive than government SER
vice. If the trend of public opinion is
now set in the direction of public own
ership Of waterworlss, gas plants,
street railroads and other public utili-
ties, the blame lies with the corpora
tons They have been too greedy.
They might have gone along and
drawn double rates Of interest on their
investment and created no overwhelm-
ing demand for the public ownership
Of properties of this character. Know
ing that the power lies with the peo-
pie to assume control of these proper
ties, the corporations should have been
less rapacious.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25
Lightning Flash.

BY means Of photograph, made
with vibrating lens, Mr.. F. H. Glew
Of London has calculated the time OK
a lightning fash. 1t comes out one
nineteenth Of second. The calcula-
ton is based upon the multiple image
in the photographs and the rate OF
vibration Of the lens. The time app
plies, of course, only to the particular
flash that was photographed.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-25

Once more the farmers Of America
have thrown themselves into the
breach and saved the country from
bankruptcy. Our total exports for
1898 amounted to S1,slO, 20l ,9ls, Of
which enormous sum $3.50, bO7,OAa " e
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-24

WASHINGTON. March 2s-The follow
INK order has been issued az the war de-
parlmcnt:
Hereafter no chief nor acting chief
Of stan corps shall be detailed OF
ordered 10 any duty by any authority
without the approval OF the secretary
Of war"
This order Of Secretary Alger mss been
issued to se, at rest al question as 10
who Is supreme authority in the war de-
partment II IL an old controversy. dat
ing back 20 the time when Jefferson
Davis was secretary of war and General
Scott commanding general OF the army.
The last time the matter was brought
prominently 20 the attention Of the coun-
try was during the administration Of
President Arthur. when Secretary Lin
coin wrote very caustic letter 10 Lieu
tenant General sheridan, stating that
the stan corps OF the war department,
with the exception OF the adju,ant gen.
erals and the Inspector generals corps.
wcre under direct control and subject
. only to orders by the secretary OF war.
/ The order OF Secretary Alger will here
after include the chiefs Of these corps
under the sole contro, OF the secretary.
, General Miles has held TO the oonstruc-
/ lion based upon the letter OF Secretary
lAncoln. The cause OF the issuance OF
the order was rcc5nt order OF General
Miles 10 Lieutenant Colonel Darlington,
acting chief OF the Inspector generals
corps during toe absence OF General
I Brecklnridge. directing Darlington to
visit certain points In the ives, on an IN
I spectiOn tour.