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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-10
FOR ARMY REORGANIZATION.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF GEN. BROOKE
IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
tBY rELBeRApH TO THE rnrBU,lE. !

Washington, Oct. 9.-Afajor-GeneraI John R
Brooke. commanding the Department Of the East.
With headquarters at Governors Island, In his
annual report urges the necessity Of Army reor-
ganizatior. He says:
For many many years past the general officers Of the
bIcE H IaC~n III te mTGesSIy Tor an ic ease
and enable it TO perform its duties with credit to
events since the commencement Of the Spanish war
nave demonstrated neyoId uouot the necessity TOT
maintain the position in which it aow finds itself
f6T the bnWarR be6n d whch h the Toune e
army may be created, as has always been done in
our country, by organizing the people I would
invite especial attention TO the remarks Of the
inspector Of artillery. whose long and efficient
vice in the artillery branch Of the Army gives par
days Of rehabilitation and progress Of our artillery.
Referring 10 the rehabilitation and progress of
the coast defences he says that while it is i'm
practicable at this time TO make recommendations
regarding the artillery posts where the number of
men enters as factor on account OF the large for
eign drafts, 1t is early TO draw up plans
for supporting the coast artillery. It is not the
province Of coast artillery TO act out Of fortidca-
tion their sphere OF operations being limited, and
the presence Of mobile troops repel attacks from
the rear and to prevent landing parties from gain
ing a foothod is imperative. On that account the
vicinity Of each post for miles around should be
mapped with q view to determining the lines of
defence before the necessity for their arises.
General Brooke says he Is impressed with the
Importance Of having all artillery in charge Of coast
fortifcations stationed in the immediate vicinity
Of the guns. He thinks It is imperative in many
cases that land should be acquired than hith-
erto has been bought for the erection Of fortifca-
tons.
There are places along the Atlantic Coast where
the defences exposed 70 danger from the inroads
Of the This matter. General Brooke says,
should receive prompt attention. General Brooke
he found that while the officers and enlisted
men were enthusiastic in matters relating to their
profession military duties are tmperfectly per
formed, and the instruction Of the is handi-
capped by the lack OF officers. Many batteries and
companies have only one officer present for duty,
and at several posts where attachments are sta
TONED there is officer in command.
General Brooke commends che system OF wireless
telegTaphy established by the Signal Service, and
says that plans should be perfected Immediately for
complete and perfect communication between the
units composing each fortress and the fortress com
mauder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-10
SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.

San Francisco. Oct. (speciaD.-This was Hvelier
day the Miring Stock Exchange than yesterday.
Prices advanced at the outset. Then a re-
action and drop and finally heavy purchasing orders
the highest price II has touched in years The most
active stocks Gould & Curry. Best & Belcher,
Ophir, Mexican, Crown Point and Sierra Nevada.
It leaked to-day that struggle for the control
of Gould & Curry was responsible for this advance
in stocks Shaw q Douglas. OF Virginia City, are
after the mine and buying thousands of shares.
They expect TO have control by the next annual
meeting DecArnhAr Il Latest nuntatlnns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-10
BUSINESS IN THE SUPREME COURT
MOTIONS MADE TO ADVANCE THE PORTO
RICAN TARIFF AND NELLY CASES.

RICAN TARIFF AND NELLY CASES.
Washington, Oct 9-In the Supreme Court to-
day Assistant Attorney-General Maury, for the
Government, moved TO advance the Nicely extra
dition case, and announced that he had received q
telegram from the opposing counsel in New-York
stating that there would be objection 10 this
The date which Will be set for the hearing
of the has not been determined.
motion was made to advance the case Of John
II. Goetze the New-York tobacco importer, involv-
ing the right to collect duty on goods imported
into this country from Porto Rico Mr.. Goetze ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court against the attempt
to collect 5 per cent of the Dingley rate tobacco
brought from Porto Rico IN accordance with the
provisions Of the Porto Rican Tariff bill.
A similar case involving the importation Of four
teen diamond rings from the Philippines also Will
be moved forward at the time In this case
". L. J. Pepke arrested in Illinois a charge
Of smuggling the rings mentioned. the contention
being that the Philippines, as part Of the United
States. are not subject TO tar5R laws
Counsel in the of Alice Well and others
asked leave TO have the case dismissed from the
Supreme Court. The matter -Ytu be taken under
Amusement The Well case is & companion TO the
famous La Abra mining case, in which a decision
was rendered in the Court OF Claims last session
against the La Abra Company on the ground that
it had obtained fraudulently large indemnity from
the Mexican Government.
The Court announced that It would hear oral ar
guments in the Chicago Drainage Canal case on
November II This suit involves the State Of Mis-
souri, against the State Of Illinois and the Chicago
Drainage Commission, the contention being that
the Chicago Drainage Canal from Lake Michigan,
emptying into the Mississippi River pollutes the
drinking water Of st. Louis.
Motions were made to advance five cases involv-
ing similar points, known as the Kentucky railroad
rate cases. These cases are to test the power Of
the State Railroad Commission Of Kentucky to fix
rates on the railroads.
The cases OF the United States against the States
Of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana were dismissed, in accordance with the
decision of Congress at the last session. They IN
volve certain funds due the United States from
the four States named. The claims were adjusted
IN the settlement following the State expenditures
on account Of the Spanish-Amertcan War, and the
action of the Court to-day was merely formal in
clearing the cases from the record.
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NEW Division OF NOTIFICATION.

CONTROLLER ESTABLISHES A BUREAU FOR THE
CONVENIENCE OF TAXPAYERS
The following notice was given out the Con-
troller's Office yesterday:
a division OF notification has been established in
the Bureau for the Collection of Assessments and
Arrears. Department Of Finance for the regstra-
ton or property situated in the Borough Of Man
haitian
The owner OF any lot, piece parcel Of land in
the Borough OF Manhattan. in the city OF New
York, or any person interested in any such lot
piece or parcel OF land may obtain from the Dep
uty Collector OF Assessments and Arrears Room
S., Stewart Building No. $50 Broadway, blanks
which, when filled out and filed in his Office viii
entte such owner or person interested 10 receive
q notice BY mail when any assessment for local
Improvement affecting the property so registered
has been confirmed and entered for collection.
The property holders and taxpayers who avail
themselves Of the advantage offered by the estab-
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A CENTURY OF AMERICAN
DIPL OMACY

Being Brief Review of the Foreign Relations of the
United States, 1776-1876. By JOHN W. FOSTER,
former Secretary OF State for the United States 8vo
So so.
Mr.. Foster is exceptionally qualified to write
a diplomatic history of the United States. He
has been longer in the American diplomatic ser
vice than any other man except John Quincy
Adams. He has served United States Minis
ter in Mexico, Russia, and Spain; has been spe-
ciaI Plenipotentiary to Great Britain Germany
San Domingo, China, and Japan; and has been
a member Of the most important high commits
sions sitting in this country for many years.
His book is one Of great value, is enlived by
many personal sketches, and is written in d
popular STYLE
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AGAINST DISAPPEARING CARRIAGES.
THE FORTIFICATIONs BOARD RECOMMENDS
THAT NO MORE BE MADE.

Washington, Oct. s.-The Board of Ordnance and
Fortihcations, which has been holding a protracted
session in Washington adjourned to-day after tax
ing important action regarding disappearing gun
carriages The Board has recommended to the
Secretary Of War that disappearing gun
carriages be made There has been much con-
tention among Army officers for some time. espe-
cially among artillery officers. to the value OF
disappearing carriages upon fortifcatons for
defence The consensus Of opinion has. been that
the disappearing carriage good for low sites
but the majority seemed think that ii was not
best for high sites. The action Of the Board, if
sustained by the Secretary Of War. viii he Of far
reaching importance IN the future of coast de-
fences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-10
PLANS FOR THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE.

Washington, Oct. s.-The Board to prepare reg
ulations for the Army War College is now holding
its sessions in this city, It consists Of General Will
lam Ludlow Colonel H. c. Hasbrouck 7th Ar
tillery; Leutenant-ColoneI Joseph P. Sanger, In
spector-GeneraPs Department. and Lieutenant
Colonel William H. Carter. Adjutant-GeneraTs De
partment, recorder. This college was provided for
in the last Army Appropriation bill, and the Board
has been convened to prepare rules and regulations
to govern its action. 1t Is probable that the War
College for the Army will be conducted on some
what the lines the Naval War College.
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The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14
BROTHER
IN BLACK
Under Critical Observation in
the United States.
The Disfranchising of Him Has
Already Begun to React on the
Whites of Mississippi ana
Louisiana : Other Mention OF
Him.

While Georgia is agitating the en-
actment of a law to disfranchise her
! Negro population, it will be wise to
think well before passing such a law.
All unjust measures passed to affect
weaker race will inevitably recoil
upon the heads Of the promoters.
Louisiana and Mississippi are now
graphing with the serious problem
of how to raise money for their pub
hc schools and how to get the white
people to vote in elections. In franz
ing laws to disfranchise the Negro
they overstepped themselves and
have disfranchised their own people.
Mississippi enacted law that all
men who are able to read and write
must pay their taxes two years in
advance of an election in order to be
eligible to vote. The Negroes, hav-
ing nothing to inspire them to cast
their ballot, stopped paying taxes,
and were disfranchised. The whites,
seeing they had no opposition in
elections, also stopped paying their
taxes, and the state is minus just
that much revenue to help defray
the expenses Of running the govern
ment.
Louisiana made the same mistake
that Mississippi did, only in a little
different form, but now both of them
are struggling in the coils Of this ter
rlble leviathan and are trying to free
themselves from its death-grip; but
alas for their efforts! it is more than
they can do. 1t is impossible to free
themselves without also freeing the
Negro and giving him a mans
chance in the race of life.
Other states should take warn
ing from the condition Of the two
above named states and go slow
about the disfranchising business or
this DISTINGUISHING business will re-
act to their detriment and make
them ashamed to be called American
citizens -Colored Exchange.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

Perhaps the most diabolical deed
that has ever been perpetrated by
human hands, in this community at
least, was committed by William
Seaton, young man, in South Seat
tie, last Thursday evening, while in
a fit of insaneness, superinduced by
a fit Of jealousy. Seaton, who had
apparently determined to extermin-
ate the members of his family, began
his bloody work last Thursday even
ing, and as result his uncle, Daniel
Richards, was instantly killed, and
his two little neices were so badly
wounded that it was thought for a
time they could not recover. Sea-
ton declares that his intentions were
to exterminate the entire family, and
then commit suicide, but SAYS he
did not have nerve enough to cim-
NIT the latter act, although he
had begun his work well, so he
thought, in exterminating his fam
lily. No cause for his brutality is
known, and he himself declares that
he is perfectly sane. He has been
held to the superior court for mur-
der in the first degree, and if justice
does not miscarry he will be the frs
man for many years to stretch hemE
in King county.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14
AT THE THEATERS.
The Grand Opera House.

Scientists and electricians cannot
agree upon the number Of volts that
are necessary to cause a cessation of
life in the human body. Some claim
that an excessive shock is more apt
to cause incineration than instantan-
eous death, but if they would turn
their attention to prolonging and IN
creasing the pleasures Of life, the
public would hail the result with
more satisfaction. For instance the
electricity generated in wave Of
laughter is after all the most pleas
ant shock, and to see large assem-
bly, moved by current of uncon-
trollable mirth while witnessing Fltz
and Webster's musical comedy "A
Breezy Time" which will be the at
traction for the week at the Grand
Opera House, commencing with the
Sunday matinee, places beyond dis
pute the fact that large colts Of
laughter are far better than volts Of
electricity.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

If the city Of Seattle has not been
held up by the three daily papers for
the next yearly printing contract,
such would so appear. Perhaps The
Republican is wrong, but it strikes
us that the bids sent in by all three
of the daily papers, for the city's
printing, were thoroughly under
stood by the proprietors of each of
the papers before they were sent in
and that some kind of an agreement
or understanding was previously en-
tered into by them. 1t will be re-
membered that some years ago the
Times and the News entered into a
collusion to rob the city Of Seattle
out of $500, and it was then that
The Seattle Republican came to the
city's rescue and did the work for
5000, thereby saving to the taxpay-
ers $4,000. However, the city char
ter has so fixed this matter that it is
now impossible for any other paper
except an established daily to save
the city from being robbed by any
agreement entered into by the exist
ing daily papers. Now let Council
man MuldOon and Councilman Ma
vim do some thinking and save the
tax payers some Of that money they
promised to save them when thev
were candidates for election.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

Corn meal, hominy, hulled corn,
cream of maize, granulated corn
meal, canned green corn, canned
hulIed corn, maizena,, samp, deger-
minated samp, cream meal, self-rais-
ing pancake flour, quick malt, brew
ers' grits, husks for mattresses, cellu-
lose for packing the cofferdams Of
battleships, paper stock prepared
from corn stalks, degerminated brew
ers' meal, Bourbon whisky, alcohol,
bOlted corn meal, hulled corn meal,
feed of ground blades, stalks and
cobs; varnish, cob pipes, corn lager
beer, table sirup, popcorn, table
grits, British gum, salves, laundry
starch, table starch, frumentum,
faxed hominy, gum paste, corn oil,
vulcanized corn oil, oil cake, grape
sugar, gluten feed, glucose, confec-
tioners' crystal glucose and confec-
TONERS paste.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

Recently the preachers of this city
met and held a meeting and dis
cussed the moral situation of this
city, which they found to be in a
most deplorable state, and in connec-
ton with the Temperance League
decided to meet in the near future
and formulate some plans whereby
they could attack the vices that are
so common in the city at present.
If it seems to meet the public's APP
prOval mass meeting will be held
in Armory hall in the near future,
and the matter fully and freely dis
cussed by the business and profes-
sional men of the city 1t is hoped
by the preachers to so agitate this
matter as to make it absolutely neces-
sary that the city authorities, the
mayor and the police be compelled
to take hold Of it and extingnsh it
instanter. Inasmuch as the mayor
and the police are all powerful in
regulating the social vices in this
city, they must be reached, and if
they cannot be reached through
common reason and good judgment,
they must be reached by other
means, and it is hoped by the
preachers that the coming mass
will be so pronounced that
they will heed the warning.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

Langdon, Well-Known Gambler, ,
Shoots Shank, a Fellow Gam
Ter, in House of Seaton
Murders His Family = Local
Lines of Interest

The wide open policy that has
been pursued in this city for the last
five years is certainly giving the citi-
zens full reward for such ruinous
policy. No less than four murders,
and aS many more attempted muir
ders, have been committed during
the past two weeks in and about Sc
attic, and the number of holdups and
robberies is almost innumerable.
Last Friday night the lower end Of
the city was startled at the apparent
willful shooting down of Edward K.
Shank by William E. Langdon.
Shank's dying words were to the eff
feet that Langdon shot him because
he (Shank) would not loan Lang
don $50 to meet a financial obliga-
ton. Both of these men were pro-
fessional gamblers, and lived by
their wits" Mr.. Shanks has been
running gambling house since the
wide open policy first went into eff
feet, and Langdon, the murderer,
has been living by his wits in gam
bling houses the same length Of time
Whether OF not a jury will find
Langdon guilty of murder, man
slaughter, or of any crime whatever,
remains to be seen, but certain it is
that mans life has been taken,
and to those not acquainted with the
facts, it would seem willfully taken.
Mr.. Shanks bears a splendid reputa-
ton, that is, so far as a professional
gambler can; and the same may be
said of Langdon. At the coroner's
inquest last Monday afternoon it was
declared that Langdon killed Shank
in self-defense, but the prosecuting
attorney is not satisfied with such a
decision, and will therefore file an
iiI's44armation against Langdon before
justice of the peace, which trial
will come up early next week.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

1t ought to be a source of a prince
ly premium for the Seattle au-
thorities to permit the footpads,
the holdups, the highwaymen and
the murderers to operate at their
own sweet will in this city. Such ia
vors should not be forgotten, and we
feel sure that they are financially
appreciated, by the thugs at least.
Councilman Taylor ought to have
known, as long as he has been a
member Of the city council, that
there is no ordinance prohibiting
side entrances" and private boxes to
saloons in Seattle. His assertion
that cit is the duty of the council tc
pass an ordinance, if there is not one
in existence, preventing such, ,
seems to US rather a peculiar remark
If he believes such a thing, then
why, in heavens name, did he no
offer one then and there? No one
knows better than Councilman Tay
lor that these side entrances and pri
vate boxes to saloons are but hel
holes for the purpose of running tn,
young Of this city, and he should a
the first opportunity introduce al
ordinance closing them.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-12-14

No city in the United States is
doing as much internal improve
ment at present as Seattle. Not
withstanding the fact that there are
so many private residences, either in
the course of erection or contem-
plated, that the lumber mills here
abouts are totally unable to saw the
lumber sufficiently fast to supply
the demand, still there are extensive
street improvements to be begun at
once. At the city council meeting
last Monday it was decided to ex-
pend $150,000 within the next year
on street improvements alone. If
the Moran Bros. Company are sue
cessful in getting that government
contract, it will mean the expendi-
ture Of a million dollars more, and
the many other public Improvements
contemplated in the city all indicate
that labOring men are to reap har-
vest in this city in the very near fu-
ture such as they never dreamed Of.