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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26
ExoNERATEs THE CAPTAI.,.

4 Statement by the Navy Depart
ment Regarding the Charleston.
The Navy Department today issued
statement as 10 the finding and opinion OF
,he count of enquiry on the loss Of She
Charleston. wrecked last November. It
vas as follows:
The evidence adduced shows most con-
clusively that every precaution required
By United States regulations, upon ships
approaching land, was taken by Capt.
George ". Pigman TO insure the safety Of
the vessel under his command against ac-
cideut Proper IookCuts were stationed.
Ieadsmen with leads were n both chains
and were kept in constant use. the Sir Wiz
liam Thompson lead was used and ready
and ;he patent log carefully standardized.
That q vigilsuJ lookout was kept by the
officer Of the deck is shown by the fact OF
his discerning the chow or broken water
ahead. whicn was Immediately reported TO
the captain. and the course OF the ship
changed al once 10 go clear The captain
and navigator were constantly upon the
bridge The chart supplied by the Bureau
C Navigation showed clear wafer where
the vessel struck and the sailing Jirec-
tions also gave no information Of any dan
gers 90 navigation jn this immediate To-
cality.
The court is Of opinion that ia accord
ance With the evidence adduced. the cap
tain and officers Of the late United States
steamship Charleston are eUOnerated rom
an blame or responsibility. and that 10
further action should be taken in the mat
ter of the wreck Of that vessel
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DOM PAUL'S DELEGATES.
said to Pc o. n SpccinI Mission "a
PresIEt s-t --.IZiuIey-

SAID to Ee o. SpCCiui MtSSscn 70
PreSIJtst ---.zinIeN-
LONDON. Na-ch SIN circles here that
are in touch vl.l ~ Boar rulers il is de
clared that tine three delegates who left
Lourenco MARQUES on German steamer
on March IS are bound on a special mis-
sion from President Kruger to President
Mckinley. They will make short stops
at Berlin and Brussels. it is asserted. bus
they hope to accomplish more in the Uni
ted States than in Europe.
The BOer element here is very -yste-i-
Gus about this mission to NJ. &,.<niey-
but give out hints that Ei-lc Jn--gs a. q
expected from IT, TScs5 v-. ..ye this
information scout the idea ,aaJ J5han-
ncsburg and the mines viI jc 1ss tToycd.
They declare t1at the reports 10 this
effect must have been given out by enc
mics OF the Beers and that MODt2gH
Whites statements on the subject in the
United States were not only unauthorized.
but have given a false Impression that
has injured the cause Of the Transvaal.
IL is conceded by tie Beers quoted that
the war has reached q critical stage. The
overwhelming numbers sent out by the
British have surprised the Transvaalers.
they say. Pretoria viii be strongly de
Tended, il is declared. and President Kru-
gers price that would stagger human
ity' is asserted TO mean the numbers of
English soldiers who will fail If they at
temp; 20 take it.
a despatch from Kimberley says Boer
prisoners brought in there assert that a
force Of British cavalry has penetrated the
Transvaal and reached a point eighteen
miles north OF Christiaua. Christiana is on
the Naal River. fifteen or twenty miles
above Warrenton. where Lord Methuen has
been operating.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26

Vice Consul General Hanauer has writ
ten from Frankfort TO the State Depart
ment regarding the German Meat Inspec-
tion BILL as follows:
strong opposition to the measure is
manifested 5y the manufacturing. CONNER
cial, ana export circles Of Germany. The
National Commercial Diet. which com
prises all the German chambers OF com
merce- has entered protest against the
adoption Of the law A velI-infc7med
Frankfort paper reports that there is a
movement among the cotton textile manu-
facture-s throughout Germany TO petition
the Government not TO allow this bin 10
become law. as they fear their brands
VIII seriously suffer from the tariff war
which would probably result.
The Chamber Of Commerce Of Hamburg
has sent petition 10 the Reiehstag setting
forth The damage which the resolutions
adopted by the Meat Inspection Commis-
sion. 10 exclude all foreign --esh and en-
ned meat, sausages, etc. after teo3. viii
cause not only 70 the importers ri retail
ers Of these articles. but 20 ths vast in
terests Of the entire German Export and
shipping classes. From Australia. Eng
land, and south America. says the petition
come threats Of repTisal. The adoption
OF this bin would Be- Furthermore. ex-
tremely injurious 10 the working people
These foreign meats have never shown
health-impairing qualities
AN over Germany meetings are being
neid by trade bodies. manufacturing asso-
Citations. chambers Of commerce etc. fo-
the purpose Of protesting against she pas
sage q the bin. The Chamber Of Com
merce OF Frankfort has unanimously ado1r-
I Cd resolutions saying that its final accep-
rance would have ominous consequences for
wide circles OF German industries and
commerce. as well as cause a great ad-
vance III the price Of a principal food ar
ticle o. the working population. The reso-
lutiOns DO not hesitate 90 affirm that this
legislative act is not in the slightest nan
ner justified by sanitary considerations but
actually involves the sacrifice Of thu in
terests Of the most important productive
classes OF our country for TIE sole Gad
one-sided benefit Of the Agrarian Z ove-
menL'
The Association Of Chemical Manulac-
turers OF Germany. which is part OF the
central bureau for the preparation Of com
merciaI treaties, yesterday convened in ex-
JraCrdinary meeting at Berlin and unani-
mOusly passed similar resolutions. from
which the following extract is taken. This
association holds IL 20 be unfair and dis
loyal that under the prerence Of taking
sanitary precautions, CCmmercial-pCiitical
measures are rescr;ed to which encroach
on international trade relations guaran-
teed by treaties and which must '~S'-a
our relations with foreign powers.
pect our Government TO protect
national interests. but this can OI
Efficiently done IL Germany herself
ly fulhlis her treaty obligations an
fr3ins from giving cause FOR just
ufafnrS -
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BRITISH OFFICERS SHOT.
Captain Lygou Killed and Others
Wounded by the Boers.

BLOEMFONTEIN. March 26.-whlc
Lieut.. Col A. z. Coddington OF the First
Battalion OF the Coldstream Guards; Lieut..
Col. Z. VI. s. Crabbe cf the Third Bat
talon OF the Grenadier Guards; Captain
Lyon. roEimeutal adjutant Of the Gren-
adiers; Ii Jt q. r. Trotter. of the Grcn-
adiers, an orderly and a guide from Gra-
jamestown, were riding north six miles be-
yond the guards lines, in the diIection Of
a farm in Bishops Glen, they saw four
Beers near q kOpje.
They rode toward tho hill, and when they
were three hundred yards from IL they en-
COuntered a sharp fire from the kOI e..
Captain Lyon was hit in the neart ard
killed. Lieutenant C0.olel COdLingtol was
hit below the thigh, and Lieutenant Colo
mel CTabbe In The wrist. Lieutenant TrCt
te- was wounded In the arm. Tne orderly
and aide were also hit.
The Beers. as IL was subsequently
learned were from johannesburg. They
took the wounded British TO O. farmhouse.
where they dressed their wounds aud
otherwise attended TO them. after which
they left them Captain Lyon was buried
En- the afternoon.
General Fren"n's division has been 10
Thaba " Chu. Heavy rains are falling
here.
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FOR a DIPLOMATIC COLLEGE.
4 BiII Providing for IN Institution
in This City.

IN rms lily
4 bill was introduced in the House today
by Mr. AIdrlch 10 establish Q Diplomatic.
Consilar. and Civil Service CoHege al or
near Washington.
70 is provided that as soon as practicable
il shall be the duty OF the President OF the
United States 70 appoint commission con-
siStinE Of seven members OF which the
Secretary Of State shall be one and shall
be the head Of the commission; three mem
bers shall be Senators OF fo-mer Senator's
Of the United States and three shall be
Representatives or former Representative
Cf the United States.
This commission shall report to the next
session Of Congress a bill In detail 90 carry
out the design OF establishing a Diplomats.
Consular. and Civil Service College Of the
Unite5 States at or near Washington.
II is recited in the bill that the purpose
Of this college Is 10 educate. at the Gov
eTnmeut's expense, young men and women
not over tweuty-one years Of age for the
civil service. and men not over twenty
years of age for the diplomatic and cousu-
lar service. Appointments &c this college
are 90 be made on the same general plan
as appointments OF cadets 90 the Military
and Naval Academies Of the United States
Upon graduation they shall receive ap-
pointuents in the Government service.
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DENOUNCED BY IRIsHMEN.
Ncw York societies Condemn the
Dublin Corporation.

Dublin Corporation.
NEW YORK. March 5.-Representatiyes
Of the Ancient order Of Hibernians. Clan
Na-Gael. and several irish literary and
athletic organizations met at Fernando's
Assembly Rooms, al Fifty-ffth Street and
Third Avenue. yesterday and passed reso-
lutiona denouncing the Dublin cor po-ation
for preparing to vel 'ome the Queen to ire
land, and the attempt Of the English
Government TO Conciliate the Irish pco-
pie" John T. Hughes. President Of the
CCT', Mems Association. presided.
The resolutions were passed with great
er ,husiasm. They declared that by
bribes and strategy and by other disrepU-
table means the unworthy among the
Irish had been induced 10 prepare address
es c5 welcome Tor the Queen. and otherwise
10 hp,d out the pretence that the people ui
ireland were deceived by. her specious he
haviOr. and that the Irish societies Of New
York desired to notify the governments
and peoples OF the civilized world. that
the actions of few renegade councillora
Of one Irish town and the pusillanim0us
conduct Of q recreaut mayor did not rep
resent the attitude of the Irish people any
more than THE actions Of the UnfOrtunatca
driven !nto the British Army by English
made poverty represented the real symps-
thies OF the Irish people in the conflict IN
South Africa.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26
THE PORTO RICAN TARIFF.
senator DIN1s Proposes -subStit.te
for the House BfII.

for the House IBiII.
Senator Davis Of Minnesota has prepared
as a substitute for the House Is per cent
Porto Rican Tariff bill one which provides
for free trade between the island and the
United States and for raising funds ~ the
support Of the insular government by inn
posing 10 per cent Of the Internal revenue
taxes of the United States.
II constitutes Porto Rico an Internal
revenue district, the laws OF the United
States providing for internal revenue taxa
tion and collection not wholly inapplieable
being extended 20 the island. but the
amount levied and collected shall be but Is
per cent Of those imposed by the laws Of
the United States. No stamp taxes upon
written or printed documents, however.
are to be collected. The collections. how
ever. are TO be expended for the govern
ment Of Porto Rice and for public works
and other public purposes in The island
Upon tobacco not grown in Pcrto Rico,
and upon all manufactures thereof ana
upoa rum or other distilled spirits produe-
ed from substances not grown in Porto Ric5
ths full internal revenue taxes are 10 be
collected. bat where those articles are Of
Porto Rican origin the tax s. 70 be 10 per
cent.
Section gives the President. whenever
he shall be satisfied that local self-gov-
erHmenJ has been established in Porto Rice
adequate TO raise and collect taxes by its
own legislation, the power from time 10
time. by proclamation, TO decrease the sail
percentum OF taxation or 20 wholly abol-
ish IL
s-,..i-.. e .-r71- To-. ,1.e,r.,t,. e.c.. .,-,4 -
between the United states and Porto Rico.
Section Z declares the act TO be gTO-
visiousl in its purpose and intended to
meet a pressing present neeG for revenue
for the island of Porto Rico, 1Dd provides
for its discoutinuance after March /, 1yt-.
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GILMORE ARRIVES IN TOWN.
The Lieutenant Commander Sees the
President ard Secretary Long


Lieut.. Commander J. c. Gi lmore. CuitcL
States Navy, whose captivity in the hands
Of the Filipinos made him an object OF in
tense interest TO the American people f-r
eight months last year. arrived in Wash
ington today from San Francisco. He was
accompanied across the continent by Mis-.
Gilmore, who went TO San Francisco 10
meet him on his arrival there in the trans
port SOaCe.
Immediately after reporting to the Bu-
reau of Navigation, Lieutenant Gilmore
paid his respects TO Secretary Long. who
gave him a warm greeting. At the Secre-
tary's suggestion, Lieutenant Gilmore ac-
companied him to the White House. where
the officer had a chat with the President
about his experiences as a prisoner.
Lieutenant Gilmore las gained since his
return TO this country twenty pounds of
the flesh he lost while a Filipino captive.
His present rank is held subject to ex-
animation. his promotion having occurred
in natural order during the period Of his
captivity, and he will be ordered 20 ex-
animation at the Washington Navy Yard
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RELIEVING PORTO RIcANs.
Secretary Root Says the work VIII
BE Pushed.

Secretary Root said today that the work
OF relieving the distress among the natives
Of Porto Rico would be pushed rapidly by
General Davis, GOveruo- CT the Island
The Secretary said that General Davis was
instructed several weeks ago to spend ST.
0GO. 600 on the public works Of the island.
and row that the President had signed the
bill passed by Congress aPpropriating 81
100000, General Davis would be in posi-
tion to give all the natives OF the island
work.
Mr. CaTsaut, a merchant OF Porto Rico.
called on Secretary Root today. lie was
just from Porto Rico, and he said that
the distress Of the people was very great,
but that it could be relieved in a large
measure by the application Of American
laws in the courts OF the island He said
that business was al a standstiU because
OF the lack Of laws under which contracts
cocld be legally made He said tAat there
wcie Spanish laws and Porto Rican laws
in oaeration on the island. but that they
We're so complicated that business could
not be done under them. and that until the
American laws were put in operation dis
tress would continue among, the Porto Ri
cans
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26

CINCINNATI, March 26.-Rabbi 81
Wise, of the Plum Street Temple Eno
has been in a critical state Of collapse
since Saturday evening, was reported ear
ly this morning as having rested quietly
through the night. When he became i'll on
Saturday evening in his home on Mound
Street il was at first supposed that be had
been stricken with apopleXy. Drs. Pan
shoff. F0rchheimer. and Hilkowitz decided
yesterday, however. that the trouble was
TO be attributed to the weakness Of age.
Rabbi Wise. who is eighty-one years old,
has been slightly indispOsed FOR some time
past
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EaDED HER LIFE WITH GAS.
4 DesPOndent Widow Tires of Mis-
cradle Existence.

NEW YORK. March 26.-Mrs. T. l.
Kleimer. the widow of Cincinnati brew
er. committed suicide some time last night
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Anton
Schwartz, 5S West Seventieth Street. Gas
was found TO be coming from Mrs. Kleim-
er's room this morning and when the door
was forced open the woman was found
dead in her bed. One end Of a rubber tubs
which was connected with a gas jet was
in her mouth.
DR.. C. 5. kremer, OF l12 East Fifty-sev-
enth Street. was summoned and he said
that Mrs. Kleimer had been dead for some
hours. Mrs Kleimer. it Is said had been
in low spirits for several days She told a
servant last night that her life vas miser-
able and that she did not care to live any
longer She had some domestic trouble
which made her all the more morose.
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SCHLEY AT BAHIA.
Arrival Of the Chicago With the
Rear Admiral On Bonrd

Arrival Of the Chicago With the
Rear Admiral ON Board.
The flagship Chicago with Resf Admiral
Schley on board arrived at Bahia. Brazil.
today. In reporting her arrival Admiral
Schley said:
The Chicago met the French steamer
Bretagne disabled. Towed her here The
Montgomery has been directed 20 Join The
Chicago at once"
The Montgomery was last reported at
MOnteyideo. The Wilmington is there
also. being held in the quarantine station
for the regular period of detention. She
will join the flagship at Bahia where the
ceremonies I'm honor OF the American
squadron will be held
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DREDGING OFF CAPE NOME.
General O'Beirne Files an APpIIca-
tiun viii Secretary Root.


ton With Secretary Root.
Gen. James T. O'Beiue. OF New York
city. called upon Secretary Root today and
asked for permission 20 dredge of Cape
Meme. Alaska. The general did not dis
cuss his plans in detail. but said that he
desired TO operate dredges in Alaskan va
ters wiz hOut Federal interference. The Sec
retary referred General O'Beirle TO Gen.
eral Wilson, Chief Of Engineers OF the War
Department and il General O'Beirne-s
plars do not contemplate interfering with
navigation the permit may be granted
General O'Beirne declined 10 discuss the
Boer- British war. and said that his visit
to Secretary Root was on strictly private
business He did not call at the State De
partment: in fact, il is said that he has
not seen Secretary Hay since last fan,
when he presented credentials al the State
Department as the agent OF the Transvaal
Government and was informed that bel.
citizen Of the United States he wOuls
be recognized as an agent for the
African Republic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-26
ARMY BILL TAKEN UP.
Nr. Hull ENpInins Its Provisions to
the House.

the AoWNe.
Private pension bills reported Friday
from the Committee Of the Whole were
taken up by tie House Immediately after
the reading Of the Journal today, 125 being
passed al the rate of two minute
By unanimous consent. Nj Ba5oo X had
next Monday Get aside for District OF CO.
Iumbia business.
Mr.. Hull Chairman CT the Committee on
Military Affairs. moved the consideration
Of the Army bill. and sougt TO have tie
vote taken on THURSDAY. az O'Clock.
Nr Moody wanted ,Ee bin read for
amendment
Mr.. HUI said there would no orpOzi-
ti0u TO the bill.
Mt. Richardson wanted tie general de-
bate closed on "wednesday "a 3 O'Clock
when the bin should be considered by see
tiOus
After q brief debate the House went into
the Corr.Hittee OF the Whole en- the bill al
lis With 10 agreement as % the time 10
vote. Mr.. Hull took the fCoT and briefly
explained the bin.
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The Comptroller Of the Currency today
placed the Merchants National Bank, Rut-
land. VT, in the hands Of D. d. Muir as
.7mporary receiver. The condition Of the
b5ve bank, as reported to the Comptroller
Of the Currency under call OF February Is
1890. was as follows: Liabilities-Capital
Sl00 Geo, surplus and profits S3,3S3.47; due
to depositors, banks and bankers. $751;,
549 2e; circulation. S21.S7o. Resource
Leans and discounts $361. 363.55: other as
sets, including cash, Sii5, l3S.9S. Total,
S476 SCI. -
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USE OF EXPLOSIVE BULLETS.
4 Parliamentary Statement That No
Further Action IL Possible.

Further Action L. Possible.
LONDON. March 26.-Replying to a ques-
tion in the House Of Commons today, Mr..
George Wyndham. Parliamentary Secre-
tary of State for War. stated that there
was no doubt from the reports Of LCrd
Roberts and others that explosive and eX
pansive bullets had been used by the Bo-
eTs.
neighborhood OF positions that had been
evacuated by the burghers These re-
ports had been confirmed by the medical
officers. Mr.. Wyrham added thai the
Government thought that after tie COM
Munications which had passed between
Lord Roberts and the Beer President on
this subject no further action was posi-
HE
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IIorcnn Rioters I'm The FieIJ-

TACOMA. Wash, March 26.-Oriental
mail aJvices are thot 2,e0o Korean rioters
have taken the field and that 10 more
mining concessions shall be granted to
foreigners. They cite the fact thit for
eign companies are making millions while
they are starving.
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sCHooLBoYs FAVOR BoERs.
4 Meeting to Express Sympathy
Called in Philadelphia.

NEW YORK. March pa dcputation Of
twenty Philadelphia scho0lboys called at
the office Of George w Van Sicklen Sat
urday, on their way to meet some New
York and Brooklyn schoolboys, 20 ar
range for a schoolboys' meeting in behalf
OF the Beers.
The meeting in Philadelphia Is 90 be
held on April 9, in the Academy of Music
More than 10000 schoOlboys cabled their
good wishes 10 President Kruger last We'd
nesday, and received the following reply
from DR.. Leyds.
SchoolbCys address highly appreciated.
Regret inability OF cabling Pretoria on ac-
count British censor, but will write"
w. Bourke Cochran will address The
meeting in Philadelphia.
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Coming Home with Troops.

The transport Fitzpatrick left San Juan,
Porto Rico. Saturday. with Troops A, B.
and ID. Of the Fifth Cavalry She is due
at Newport News. Va. Thursday. The
cavalry viii be sent TO Jefferson Barracks,
where they will be stationed
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LAWRENCE. Mass. March 26.-Tha
Fiorson Floor Milling plant was destroyed
By Grc this forenoon. with loss of $3.50, =
Gee.
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PARIS, March 26.-The Military History
Society, at its annual dinner. resolved 70
build a monument a cost of 81. GOO to the
French soldiers who fell at Waterloo
Three gentlemen presented the society the
ground whcre the last two squares OF IT,
Old Guard cell, and here the monument
will be erected.
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BY the terms Of the viii Of Julien Sears.
dated January p, 1881. and nlcd today.
leaves his entire estate to his sister, vir-
ginia II. Dabney,
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PORTO RIcAN GOVERNMENT.
The senate Committee Meets. But
POStpomes Action on the Bill.


POstPOnes Action on the Bill.
The Senate Committee on Porto Rico
met this morning with the intention Of
reporting back to the Senate the Porto
Rican Civil Government bill. recommitted
to the COM it'ee Saturday. but in view
Of the uuse lied nature OF ;Ie question,
postponed action until after she Republi-
can caucus this afternoon.
The harmony committee q Senators
also met, but we're unable 10 agree upon
any plan of harmony, and viii so report
10 the committee later in the day
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The DoIphin at Havana.

The yacht Dolphin. with the Senate
Committee on Insular Affairs On board. ar
rived at Havana Sunday. The committee
VIII spend some time investigating affairs
on the island.
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TO RETIRE HAWAIIAN SILVER.

~ EsVWNt NVIll IntIIVN NNNOFEN n
Nornbiy ON the Bill.
The House Committee on Territories has
reported favorably bnl Tor the retire
ment Of the silver coins and certificates
issued by the Government Of Hawaii. Sec
retary Gage and Director OF the Mint Rob
erts were before the committee today and
recommended the action taken.
Nearly 81, O00 600 Of Hawaiian silver dol
lars Of the same weight and dneness Of
American dollars have been coined and
the silver certificates issued aggregate
$272. .OjO.
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PRICE ONE CENT
DENOUNCED BY GERMANY
Protests Against The Proposed Meat
Inspection Lay

TeutoHic Chambers of Commerce En-
ter Objections TO the Bill. Fearing
OF RetaIiatiOn-MeetInE Held by
Trade BOdies All over the Country.