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The times., 1901-05-07
HEARINGS TO BE RESUMED.
Many Witnesses to Testify Before
the Industrial Commission

The Industrial Commission will resume
the taking of testimony here tomorrow,
and on May u will go to New York TO
investigate certain trade and transporta-
tion matters Among the witnesses sum
moned ar President Schwab, Of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation Edward At
kinson of Boston, who will testify con-
corning the tariff, Industrial combinations
and similar matters; p j. McGovern,
Chairman Southern Classification Com
mittee, of Atlanta, Ga: c. d. Griffith, of
the Denver Chamber of Commerce: e. p.
Wilson, Commissioner of the Cincinnati
Board of Trade and Bureau of Transpor-
tation, ]. M.S Duke, President of the
American Tobacco Company; Hugh
Campbell. President of the United States
Tobacco Company; Byron w. Holt, rep
resenting the Reform Club. of New York,
who viii testify concerning the relation
of the tariff and the trusts; p. j. CHS
holm, President of the International
Paper Company; Isaac l.. Rice, President
Consolidated Rubber Tire Company; Os-
borne HoweS, Secretary of the Boston
Board of Fire Underwriters, who will tes-
tify concerning the relation OF Canadian
transportation lines to American lines;
W. l.. Guillaudeau. Preside mt Old Domin-
ion Steamship Company; William Nichol-
House of Buffalo; j. p. Goddard, Com
missioner of the Trunk Line Association
OF New York, H Il. Butler. Secretary
ByerSon x Co, iron and steel manufac-
turers of Pittsburg; William 5. Dillon,
President Great Northern Paper Com
pany: j. B. Rose, President Royal Baking
Powder Company; j. T.. Jackson, Chair
man Massachusetts State Railroad Com
Sloss- Sheffield Iron Company, of Birrn
Ingham Ala.
The times., 1901-05-07
TO BE FIRST LIEUTENANTs.
Secretary Root Promotes Officers of
the Artillery Corps.

Secretary Root yesterday issued an order
promoting twenty-three second lieuten-
ants in the Artillery branch OF the service
to the rank of first lieutenant. The list
and assignments to regiments follow:
James b Mitchell, Coast Artillery; c. F.
Armistead. Third Battery Field Artil-
lery; w. f. Stewart, jr.. Forty-seventh
Company, Coast Artillery Joseph B.
Douglas, Ninth Battery, Field Artillery;
Hudson T. Patten, Tenth Company. Coast
Artillery: Harrison Hall. Seventh Battery.
Field Artillery; Edward KimmeI. Thirty
third Company. Coast Artillery: Wright
Smith. Thirteenth Battery, Field ArtiI-
Iery; John r. Proctor tr., Fifty-sixth
Company, Coast Artillery; Fred. w
Phisterer. Fifth Company, Coast Artii-
lery; Robert II. c.. Kelton. Seventy-third
Company. Coast Artillery; Peter c. Hains.
jr., Seventy second Company. Coast Artil-
lery; Winfred B Carr, Twenty-seventh
Company. Coast ArtilIey; Percy P. Bish-
op. Thirty-ninth Company. Coast ArtiI-
lery; Henry ]. Hatch, Forty-sixth Com
pany, Coast Artillery: Elmer J. Wallace.
Ninetieth Company, Coast Artillery: VIII
liam f. Hase, Forty~fourth Company
Coast Artillery; David McCoach, Fifty
fifth Company. Coast Artillery: William
r. Doores, Fiftieth Company, Coast Ar
tiuery: Alfred \. Starbird, Seventeen
Company, Coast Artillery; James F.
Howell. Twelfth Battery, Field Artillery; :;
John C. Goodfellow, Ninth Battery. Field
Artillery; Ralph ?. Brewer. Ninety-fourth
Company, Coast Artillery.
The same order contains the following
assignments:
Lieutenant Mitchell will remain on duty
at Fort Dupont Del, until further orders
Lieutenant Stewart will remain on duty
with the First Company, Coast Artillery
until further orders.
Lieutenant Carr will remain on duty
with the Twentyfourth Company, Coast
Artillery, until further orders
Lieutenants Bishop, Wallace. Starbird
and Brewer will proceed 20 join their
respective companies
Lieutenant GOodfellow will proceed to
join his battery.
The following named officers are trans
ferred from the organizations herein in
dicated after their respective names, and
will remain unassigned to a battery or
company and available for STAFF duty at
their stations until further orders: First
Lieut. Andrew Hero. ir.. from the Fifty
sixth company Coast Artillery.
First Lieut.. Joseph Wheeler. Jr.. from
the Forty-siXth Company, Coast Artii-
First Lieut.. Harry F. Jackson. from the
Third Battery. Field Artillery.
First Lieut. William s Guiguard, from
the Seventh Battery. Field Artillery.
First Lieut. Clarence II. Mcneil, from
the Fifty-fifth Company. Coast Artillery.
First Lieut. Johnson Hagood. from the
Tenth Company. Coast Artillery
First Lieut. Philip Il. Ward. from the
Twelfth Battery Field Artillery.
The times., 1901-05-07
The Regular Kaiser scnre

The London Saturday Review prob
ably would find itself unable to appear
without a leader devoted 10 the alleged
preparations Of Germany to engage in
war with the United States over the
Monroe Doctrine. Its latest issue was
unusually strong on the Subject Much
OF what il said may be dismissed as
nonsense, based on a very evident Brit
ish desire to prevent the estab-
lishment Of an entente between the
United States and any Power of Con
tinental Europe. But the Review
says a few things which are worthy OF
attention.
There is no doubt whatever that all Eu-
ropean eyes are turned longingIy to the
yet almost virgin wilderness Of South
America with its incaIculable natural
wealth in minerals. pearl fisheries. val
liable woods, and agricultural possibiIi-
ties. Inasmuch as there is a large Ger
man colony in southern Brazil which is
commercially closely connected with
the Fatherland, the English press as
sumes that the Kaiser has it in mind
70 extend the sovereignty Of the EN-
pre- over the territory occupied by the
colonists, if not over the whole Of Bra
I'll But there is no reason why he
should think of anything Of the kind
ON the same reasoning he might quite
as justifably be accused Of wanting 10
annex Milwaukee on the over the
Rhine district of Cincinnati.
However, the Saturday Review" is
right in accusing this Government Of
indulgence in the dog-in-; ;he- unanger
act. II says that we viii neither ex-
plot or keep South America in order
ourselves nor permit any other nation
70 do SO, hence this rapidly growing
German navy. There may be some
thing in this. The so-called South
American Republics are 50 only in
name In fact. they are military die
tatorships, or oIigarchies like that Of
Uruguay. AS far as practical results
are concerned a German colonial gov
eminent would be freer and certainly
more civilized than anything we now
find on the southern continent except
The times., 1901-05-07
NO PAY FOR HIS CORN.
A Kentucky Farmer Has no Redress
Against the Government

Uncle Sam has no authority by statute
to pay for forty bushels of corn destroyed
by his surveyors on the line between
Hickman, KY, and Slugh Landing, Tenn.
in July and August last year. according
to a decision of the Comptroller of the
Treasury rendered yesterday.
A surveying party under Capt Eveleth
Winslow, T. S. A, was operating at the
above place and time through cornfield
OF one w. II. Young. According to Cap
tain Winslow's report Young corn crop
was in a fine condition, approaching ma
turity and so high that il rendered cut
ting necessary before the instrumental
sights could be used by the linemen." +"
The captain made a verbal agreement
with Young that the Government would
pay for his corn, and he rendered a bill
for forty bushels at 80 cents a busheI,
or $lf.
The Auditor for the War Department
knew of no fund out of which such an
item could be paid and Comptroller Trace
well could find none. The Comptroller
says that the United States Government
did not get the corn
The times., 1901-05-07
here and hereafter. if there is any fu-

here and hereafter if there is any fu-
ture life for horses.
What is to be done about this? Some
thing certainly ought to be. If it is
| right to tablish blue ribbon societies
for the benefit of the beer drinking Ger
mans and the wine -bibbing FrencEmen,
something surely should be done for
the salvation of these poor. unsuspect-
ing French horses. They do not know
that indulgence in alcoholic drinks will
impair their ability to be of service to
their masters, and it is possible that
| they would not care much if they did
know. They might think, as some hu-
man beasts of burden do, that it is bet
ter to be happy for a while than to
work all the time without being happy
at all. They might actually prefer the
eXhilarating wine sauce to the certainty
of being able to do more work with
out it. On the other hand since the
taste for stimulants is an unnatural
one, and supposed to be inspired of
Satan, the horse may have to acquire
it painfully and by degrees, wondering
in the innocent equine mind of him
why his food no longer tastes good.
This is cruelty to animals. A horse
whose natural principles incline him to
teetotalism should not be driven to be-
come a drunkard 1t is infamous.
But the question is, what is to be
done about it. Crusaders might go over
to France with hatchets in their hands
and a wild and joyful look of determi-
nation on their faces, and smash the
heads of the wine kegs and the stable
men, but the probabilities are that
neat little detachment of French po-
licemen would come out and march
them off to prison before anybody could
say scat" The dread of the annual
election would not be over the French
mind in any such case as this. There
is no temperance element in France
which could refuse to vote for a can
didate for public office because he had
not signed the pledge. The crusaders
would be regarded simply as lunatics,
unless, indeed, the authorities should
explain such eccentric actions on the
theory that "ces Americaines" were
seized with a fit of economy, objected
to so much good liquor being wasted
on horses. and were trying to confis-
cate it themselves. They might do that,
and then there would be an interesting
scene from a French burlesque in that
courtroom, the judge and lawyers try
ing To explain, and the crusaders bran
dishing their hatchets and making ora
tions. Wine is regarded by the French
populace very much as tea and coffee
are regarded here, and it would be in
conceivable to the provincial French
man that anyone should be capable of
regarding it as work Of the evil one
and a snare to the soul.
The times., 1901-05-07
The Democratic Donkey.
(From the Savannah News. J


At first the Democratic donkey was to be seen
only in Republican prints which sought to con-
vey the impression that the Democratic party
was one OF stupidity. But gradually the preiu-
dice against the patient and forbearng little
animal wore out, and Democratic papers accepted
the donkey as a good Democrat He has not
yet appeared on any ballot as the official en-
blem, but he is firmly established in the public
esteem and may yet be formally recognized. And
why should he not be! He is Of the plain
people" of the hoofcd kind. He is kind. patient
hardy, faithful, and exceptionally strong for his
weight and inches; all OF which is true OF the
party he represents. He bears his burden uncom
plainingy and only TareSt occasions loses his
head. He is sure-footed willing and dependable.
He is also frugal, requiring no pampering and
having little taste for Iuxuries But he is a
kicker from away back when things go wrong.
In all Of these things he is a Democrat, and
consistent one: and in still another particular
vitality. Who ever knew donkey 30 die, save
by violence? Did anybody ever a donkey dead
from natural causes? There is an old saying to
the effect that donkey never dies. And 50 with
the Democratic party.
The times., 1901-05-07
VICE ON WALL STREET.
The New York Grand Jury to Probe
Along New Lines.

NEW YORK. May s-Judge Foster. who
swore IN the May grand jury today. re-
minded the twenty-three men who ex-
pected, no doubt. to have their attention
caHeo 10 Tammany police vice. that Four
teenth street Is not the only centre Of
vice. The justice pointed down to VVau
Street, where some of the reform com
mitteemen have their Offices. and instruct
ed the grand jUry to investigate that
Reighborhood. Special reference was made
to 'aliuring advertisement. invented TO
steal away the earnings of the poor and
credulous; to the dishonest oil svndf-
cate, the bogus mining companies. and
the sellers of false tips"
Judge Foster told the grand jurors that
their power was great: that they might
subpoena whomsOever they would and re.
quirc them 10 bring books and papers.
that they may enquire into the tr,tb
There are but 139 cases for the grand
Jury consideration. seventy-tw0 Of these
being imprisoned and the balance OUT on
pail. Judge Foster paid high Commitment
TO the grand jury system and expIained
10 them their powers and the manner in
Whlch the cases for their consideration
reached them Then he said:
Ordinarily the matters that will enraga
your attention come TO you through me
usual channels Of the magistrates courts
OUT you are not confined or limited II
sit9S Apu nave the right ana IL IS your
duty II there be other crimes to er1,,frs
INTO them. The great prosperity which our
country - enjoying and the mad strt1g-
Ste Tor gam that this engenders sharpens
the wits Of the INSCRIPTIONS and daily
aunehes new schemes for gain that are
d1sh0nest and in direct violation OF our
laws. Cooperative pools Of 'get-rich syn
dicates. s0-called. offering profits that put
to shame the earnings Of honest toll have
H0urlshed and are hOurishing today The
advertising columns Of our daily press are
loaded with their gIittering baIts. They
are conceived. in many instances. in in
iquity. and succeed only in stealing the
savings Of the credulous and poor
IT Is a reprOach to our law that such
sehenes exist and have so long existed
without let or hindrance or punishment.
Every day the species advertisements OF
many dishonest oil syndicates and bogus
mining companies and sellers OF false tips
or information based on false statements
are promising large rewards which cannot
and VIII not be paid. These ADVERTISE
ments secure large sums Of money for the
advertisers from the confiding public In
many Instances the money thus secured
Is simply stolen
The times., 1901-05-07
THE RELEASE OF THE AJAX.
Lord Paupcefote Taking Special In
ferest I'm the Case.

Lord Pauncefote. the British Ambas-
sador. is taking a personal interest in the
ease of the wrecking vessel Ajax, owned
by Moran Brothers. of Seattle. which was
seized by the Canadian authorities on the
charge of engaging in salvage operations
in British waters not contiguous to the
United States.
Believing that the Ajax was sent to
Rayner Bay, British Columbia. TO salve
the wrecked American steamship Wilt
mette. In the understanding that Rayner
Bay was within the description of waters
contiguous to the United States. Lord
Pauncefote is endeavoring to secure the
release of the vessel.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding. having
seen the statement in print that Moran
Brothers had asked the Treasury Depart
ment whether they had a right under the
convention Of 1893. in regard to wrecking.
to take the barge Ajax to the scene Of
the wreck of the steamer Wiliimette. Ray
ner Bay, b. c.. and had been told they
could. looked up the correspondence in the
case today. and found that no such au-
thOrity had been given them. Their en-
quiry was made of the Bureau OF Naviga-
tion, and was simply whether the conven-
ton was still in force. The reply Of the
department was in the affirmative.
Since the Canadian Government replied
last Friday, through Lord Pauucefote. to
the request Of the State Department tor
an explanation of the seIZ re OF the Ajax
by Canadian customs officers. that the
wrecked steamer lay 100 miles from con
ttguous waters Of the United States, and
was therefore. not within the limits pre-
scribed by the convention. Moran Brothers
have been reported as intending to fight
out their case upon the authority given
them BY the Treasury Department before
they proceeded to the scene of the wreck.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding expressed
himself yesterday as In sympathy with
changed, as he believes either Canada or
the United States should be allowed to
send wrecking crews and barges into the
waters of the other country 20 salve their
respective vessels wrecked therein
The times., 1901-05-07
Circulation Statement.
The situation in Manchurfn.

China, with usual blandness. is said
TO have approached the Powers with
a proposition to open up Manchuria TO
the common enterprise Of all nations,
This we may consider as reasonably
cool when it is remembered that China
has lost all control of the great prov
ince which has been seized and is being
held by Russia. England and Japan.
we are told, approve the suggestion.
and the United States likes it in prin-
ciple but would prefer to have it ap-
piled to the whole Empire.
We are not sure how much of this
story may be mere Foreign Office gos-
sip, and how much true. In the game
OF diplomacy going on in Pekin it may
be useful to put out such lead in the
hope of unmasking Russia's hand. OF
course no one supposes that having
possessed himself of Manchuria, the
car viii promptly and cheerfully di
vide the territory or its resources and
advantages with all hands. He might,
perhaps. at the end of q war in which
he should be worsted, but such a con-
tingency appears to be growing remote.
Aggrieved and bellicose as Japan may
feel, her finances are in no shape for
war and that fact viii probably avert
it for the present as far as she is CON
cerned. England. as we know, is quite
as unprepared, and Germany has no
interests in northern China that would
compel her to seek alone the eviction
Of Russia from Manchuria
The moral suasion policy is beautiful
IN theory, but it does not seem TO work
well in connection with the Chinese
problem. other nations may as well
make up their minds that the Mus
covite is in Manchuria to stay.
The times., 1901-05-07
Dir. McKinIey,s warning.
(From the Rinchamton Ieader1


The public has long been asked by the Re-
publican press and spellbinders 70 believe that
the storms OF adyeFsity come only when the
Democrats are in power, and we are now un-
der the benign sway OF the advance agent Of
prosperity" it is strange that Mr. Mckinley
saw ht TO disturb even with a word the
serenity Of a prosperous and happy people by
shaking whatever conviction is theirs Of the
ability and willingness Of the Republican party
to ward of the storms if it is left at the
helm OF the ship Of state. Mr.. McRinley's dec
laFation, without qualification that storms come
now and then must be accepted as meaning that
IN his opinion, even the z. o. p. cannot control
the elements
The times., 1901-05-07
The Ship Subsidy Bill.
0Erom the s.. LouIs RepubIie. }


Senator Cockrell is doubtless right in his pre-
diction that the Republicans will find themselves
sufficiently amenable 10 Hanna's will in the next
Congress 10 pass a ship Subsidy bill for the
benefit OF certain syndicates standing very near
to Hanna.
He is also justified in his belief that, even
though this bill be modified version Of that
which Hanna tried in vain to jam through the
preceding Congress, it will nevertheless give the
Democratic party excellent campaign material
for the Congressional campaign OF 1902. This is
inevitable for the reason that the American peo-
subsidy question to be fooled into believing
that such a grant be anything but tax on
the people for the further enrichment of the syn
dicates
The times., 1901-05-07
THE BROOKLYN AT MELBOURNE.
To Participate in the Australian
Federation Festivities

Rear Admiral Remey yesterday tele-
graphed the Navy Department from the
Brooklyn, at Melbourne. Australia, that
he would not go to New Zealand. but
woud return to Manila at the conclusion
of the ceremonies attending the opening OF
the first Federated Parliament of Aus
tralia, and would, therefore, not go to any
New Zealand ports.
The invitation was extended through
Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador
here who al the same time expressed the
appreciat ton of this Governments action
i'm ordering an American war vessel to
Melbourne, where yesterday it participated
in the reception to the Duke and Duchess
of Cornwall and York.
The times., 1901-05-07

the colony OF British Guiana. But the
Monroe Doctrine stands like a lion in
the path VIII it always? That is a
serious question. the answer to which
may be thought to depend upon our
willingness or ability to exploit South
America ourselves. Somebody will do
The times., 1901-05-07
Ereisht ON Trolley Ronds.
49,. al. - Enelnnd Homestend

From the New England Homestead)
It is not unconstitutional for street railways in
Massachusetts 10 carry freight well as passen-
gers. such is the opinion OF the Attorney Gen
eTaI. 1t is both good law and good sense.
The efforts of the steam railroads to monopolize
freight traffic cannot succeed in Massachusetts
or any other State. The great need OF our rural
districts is the cheap and convenient freight
service that the trolley ROADS can oher There
is to be very large development throughout
New England OF trolley freight which is TO have
profound influence for the good in farm pros
perity and rural life.
The times., 1901-05-07
Preaching the Gospel.
OFrom the indianapolis News }

There ought to be written every pulpit
in the land. Woe is me if | preach not the
gospel" Ii the ministers could understand that
their views on the multifariOus things OF life
are not wanted in the pulpit, are out OF place
there and that what people hungering aud
thirstiuG for today is light on the conduct OF
life is the truths that are eternal we should
quickly come to the end Of song services, and
similar performances in order to attract crowds.
The times., 1901-05-07
NmNnI shiDbniIhinr

(From the New Orleans Times DemocratD
And the sooner, therefore, the United States
Government shall set about the establishment OF
naval shipyards in which not repairs alone. but
the entire construction also OF naval vessels shall
be undertaken and accomplished. is the custom
OF the great naval Powers OF Europe the better
It will be for the United States Navy. We have
had several years proof Of what an armor-piate
trust means; wc should not allow Il naval ship
building trust 10 take possession
The times., 1901-05-07
The Trusts and the Torig
CFrom the philadelphia Times.)

IFfom the FhlIadeIphIa IImes.)
Congressman Babcock and the Republican
voters who think the earth and the fullness
thereof should not be presented bodily to the
trusts can, II they will, be as logical as the
trusts and deal the latter a staggering blow bv
voting with the Democrats who consistently
and persistently against a tariff the chief effect
Of which has been to create and enormously en-
rich the trusts
The times., 1901-05-07

a conference Of miners delegates in
London today will decide whether or not
to order a general tie up of the United
Kingdom coal mines. Should the strike
materialize and last long as month,
most of the manufacturing plants of
England and Wales would have to close.
1t is to be hoped for the sake OF the
working people the delegates may con
clude to avoid extreme measures.
The times., 1901-05-07
The Public Debt,

(From the Louisville CouFier-Journal)
By the purchase Of bonds Secretary Gage has
reduced the bonded indebtedness OF the United
States TO less than billion. This is less than
it has been since 1898. when new bonds were
issued for the prosecution OF the Spanish war
What a relief 10 be told that we now only owe
in the way OF bonds 1895 35G, $50!
The times., 1901-05-07

A Wichita despatch yesterday informed
as that Kansas is in great need Of fifteen
thousand young men 10 help harvest the
wheat crop. Youths from the East are
preferred because "a majority of them
who come out viii remain and thus swell
the population of Kansas" We have our
doubts about it. Eastern young men are
rather busy in Wall Street at present,
and there are few Of them who have not
heard of the great Crazy Jane wave Of
reform which so recently swept over the
Grasshopper State. That fifteen thousand
haryesters order is going to be a difficult
one to fill, in this part of the country at
all events.
The times., 1901-05-07
Commercial War Results.

(From the Baltimore SUM-
The result Of Englands struggle for commercial
supremacy has been the destruction Of her agri-
cultural interests. IL is TO be hoped that agri-
cultural Germany viii not fare as badly.