davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
GERMAN CLUBS PROTEST.
The Brooklyn Police Commissioners
Ruling ArOuscs Anger.

NEW YORK. April deputy Police
Commissioner York, of Brooklyn, has
written to the officers of the United Ger
man Singing Societies saying that he had
given special Instructions that no arrests
should be made for dancing after mid
night on Saturday night, except in cases
where the excise law was violated in con-
nection Herewith. The arrests were to
be made for the excise violation and not
for dancing.
Mr.. Yorks crusade against the dance
among the Germans. who contend that it
is an Invasion of their personal rights.
The Democratic managers have also re-
ceived warning that unless the order Is
modified considerably it may have an in
furious effect on their campaign next
fall.
Today John W. Weber, who is Dem
the new bridge commissioners, visited the
Democratic headquarters and had talk
with James Shevln on the matter. He is
said to have protested against the arbi
trary actions of Mr.. York in placing such
legitimate clubs as the Arion and Lieder-
kranZ on a par with the common dance
halls and to have declared that if Mr..
York was not called down" the Demo-
cratic county ticket would be slaughtered
at the next election.
Herman Sherman, the brewer also Wis
tied the Democratic headquarters on
similar mission.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
WANT RECEIVERS APPOINTED.
Two San Domingo Companies Cited
to Answer April Is.

NEW YORK. April Through an or
der just returned by Vice Chancellor Pit
ney in Newark, the San Domingo I'M
provement Company and the San Domin-
go Finance Company must show cause
in Jersey City April 10 why receiver
should not be appointed for each COM
pany. The order was secured by Arthur
r. Denman on behalf of the German
American Investment Company and was
sought on the ground of alleged insoi-
vency. All three companies were inccr-
porated in New Jersey and have offices
in this city.
The present officers of the German
American Company are: Otto Gericke of
Hoboken. President and William B. Dew
ey, Treasurer and Counsel The latter is
said to be cousin of Admiral Dewey. 1t
is declared in the bill that the officers of
the two defendant companies are the
same They are Smith NJ. Weed Of
PIattsburg. n. Y, President; Charles w.
Wells. Vice President; Willard Brown,
Treasurer, and Irvine D. York, Secretary.
The last three are of New York.
According to the bill of complaint the
purposes of the German-American Com
pany were the investment of funds and
other financial transactions. and that
Domingo Improvement Company was or
ganized with an authorized capital OF
s.. 600, 600, which was subsequently reduced
to 81, eco, 600 The purposes OF the company
were, among other things. the exploiting
of certain grants and concessions in the
Republic of San Domingo, as well as the
construction of railroad from Puerto
Plata to Santiago. Later the Sal. Hcmin-
go Finance Company was Incorporated
with practically the same purposes. Its
capital stock. as authorized. was l,OQ,V9o-
The bill was filed on the issuance of the
rule that these three men. who are the
directors of the two corporations having
the concessions. have hypothecated the
assets of those companies and Withheld
the payment of interest on Government
scrip, so that an investment OF s200OOJ
made by the German-American Company
is likely 20 be n total loss.
In praying for relief the bill asserts
that in confessing judgment to the con
struction company the defendants are not
only unlawfully and secretly preferring
creditors but are imperilinS their own
and the complainants rights and are
bankrupting themselves.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
GAMBLERS SEEK LICENSES.
IAN Application Made to the Mayor of
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. April IA communi-
cation was received today by Mayor Cap
deveille and the city -councilmen from the
leading gamblers of the city. asking that
the city return to the system In vogue
under Mayors Shakespeare and Guillotte,
by which gambling was licensed. II this
were done the gamblers pledged them
selves as follows:
We will maintain our places of bust
ness in a straightforward manner. We
will not permit minors TO enter our par
lors, nor permit any drunkenness In or
about our places OF business. We are
willing to have police officers detailed to
our places. one for the day and one for
the night, the expenses of the same to
be paid by the keepers of the respective
houses. the officers 10 be 'appofnted by the
mayor or chief of police The location of
the houses is to be in the territory bound
ed by Poydras, Peters, Where Streets, and
the river, the business centre of the city.
All other houses which should be opened
in the future to be taxed accordingly. In
consideration of the privilege we Will
donate in advance, either monthly, quar-
terly. or as the mayor might suggest, he
having the authority to appoint "a col
lector, the entire distribution of the funds
to be as he may designate, the sum of
S44.4OO year"
The mayor is reported to have said that
he would be glad to make an arrangement
of this kind If il were possible. but that II
was not possible. the new constitution of
the State having prohibited gambling
houses.
The action of the gamblers is due to
the recent reform movement, which has
resulted in the closing of their establish
ments and in great deal of demoraliza-
ton among the police. The license sys-
TEN prevailed from 1873 to 1890. the money
being used for the support and mainte-
nance of a number of charities
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
TO DRAW HOMEsTEADS BY LOT
a Novel Suggestion by Land Com
missioner Hermann

In n forthcoming report on the pro-
posed opening Of the Kiowa, Comanche,
Apache. and Wichita reservations, in Ok
lahoma, to settlers Commissioner Her
mann, of the Land Office, will suggest a
novel plan for settlement which will. it
is believed, in a great measure do away
with the rush and jam in the territorial
land Offices. Mr.. Hermann will urge that
14.00G quarter sections be drawn for be-
fore the proclamation opening the land
is promulgated. He will suggest that the
papers of the successful applicants be
filed in the proper offices before the lucky
person takes actual possession of the
land
The manner in which the drawings are
to be made, If the plan is adopted, will
give every applicant an equal chance for
desirable claims A map of the reser-
vations is to be hung in the office of the
Register of the Land Office when the
drawing occurs, each of the 1900 sections
being designated by a number. Then the
applications are to be removed from the
envelopes in which they came to the of
flee ard placed in another envelope with
out mark of any kind.
When a sufficient number of applica-
tions have been thus disposed o: the en-
cylinder. which revolves easily, and the
papers are to be thoroughly mixed. Then
a clerk, with his eyes bandaged, is to
draw out the papers one at time. The
first paper drawn will be opened and the
applicant filing it will be given the first
quarter section on the mnp. His name
will be marked on the map and five other
records will be kept of the drawing by
as many clerks. The second paper drawn
will entitle the applicant filing 1t to the
second section, and so on until the entire
lot has been disposed OF.
The plan Is proposed by Commissioner
Hermann because in the last Congress
bin was passed authorizing the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Interior
TO devise some means to do away with
the runs that have been so disastrous
In times past at the opening of unoccu-
pied public land to homestead seekers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
TOM L. J0HNSGN'S AMBITIONS.
His Brother Albert Talks of His Flu
ture Political Plans.

NEW YORK, &psfl 4.-Albert L. john
SON the railroad man. brother of Mayor
elect Tom l.. johnson. of Cleveland, was
seen at the Waldorf-Astoria today and
! was asked about his4brothers aspirations
for the Presidential nomination on the
Democratic ticket 10 1894. Mr. Johnson
said:
Tom did not want the job as Mayor of
Cleveland, but when 2o,O00 citizens asked
him to head the ticket he consented to do
so. Since that time he has been men-
toned as Presidential timber on the Dem
| ocratic ticket. 1t remains to be seen what
kind of record he makes as Mayor of
Cleveland.
IA public man must stand on his rec
ord. His record may be good today and
get smashed tomorrow. Tom must stand
on his record. So far it is good. He and
his platform have promised certain mu-
nicipal improvements in Cleveland. If
the promises are kept it will be to his
credit"
VIII your brother seek to rise between
now and 1904 by becoming United States
Senator or Governor" was asked.
II don't know. 1t depends on how well
he acquits himself. Next fall the Legisla-
ture will elect a Senator to succeed For
aker. The following year the Governor
is to be elected. l believe. | don't know
whether Tom would rather he Senator or
Governor. Both are long way off. He
must first make good as mayor"
rs 1t true that you would be a candi-
date for the Office OF Mayor of New York
upon a Scent railroad fare platform?
was asked.
Il couldn't accept any kind of political
Office. 1 am pledged to carry out great
undertaking in the way Of building a
system of electric railroads in Pennsyl-
vania, including a line between Philadel-
pha and New York. If / started Into
politics l would be betraying the conf
who are behind the enterprise. l am not
deserter. ! wouldn't desert my friends
even to be mayor of this city.
But l will contribute $4,000 to the cam
paign fund of an independent candidate
who suits me and who has neither a Platt
nor a Croker rope about his neck. Such
a man on Scent fare platform would
win out in this city, because 80 per cent
of the voters would rather pay cents
than cents to ride upon the street cars.
Senator Hanna said today that the
Johnson-Hanna incident was closed. as he
had been credibly Informed that Johnson
never said the things attributed to him.
When asked what he thought of Tom j..
Johnsons chances for the Democratic
Presidential nomination the Senator said
II was too early yet to guess who would
be the Democratic leader three years
hence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
SMUGGLING AS A FINE ART.
Proficiency Attained by Steamship
Arrivals mt New York.

The Treasury officials have become more
firmly convinced than ever. through the
experiences of the last few days, that the
art of smuggling was never carried on
anywhere with so much impunity or by
such apparently refined lawbreakers as
at the port of New York. Since Collector
Bidweil put his new regulations in force
short time ago. there have been some
interesting revelations in dishonesty
among persons of both sexes whose APP
pearance and whose known history would
have made them exempt from suspicion
under ordinary circumstances. The Off
Gals of the Treasury generally decline to
discuss particular cases which have not
been prosecuted, but Assistant Secretary
Spaulding made an exception yesterday.
He said:
"A woman of refined appearance landed
from one of the transatlantic steamers
at New York last Saturday and the GUS
toms inspectors asked to inspect her bag
gage. She protested against giving up her
keys and allowing the trunks to be ex-
amined, saying that they contained moth
ing of value. Later she admitted that
there was about 800 worth of goods in
them. She said she had made seventeen
round trips across the ocean and had
never before been required to show her
baggage or to declare dutiable goods. She
was induced In this instance to give up
her keys and the inspectors assessed du-
ties amounting to s6ss9o on the goods CON
tanned in her trunks. The question OF
what this woman had in her trunks on
the seventeen trips when she was not re-
quIred to show her baggage Is good sub
ject for the Imagination.
And yet some people say, concluded
Mr. Spaulding, that the passengers ought
to be let of with a mere declaration, or at
most an affidavit that their baggage con-
tains no dutiable goods"
In the period from March q to April 4.
in 1900 passengers baggage on six steam
ers arriving at New York yielded to the
Government 81 629. "a on duties. That was
under the old regulations of the port.
During the same days this year-siX
steamers arrived at New York and the
passengers baggage contained goods on
which 81, s26.35 in duties was ASSESSED and
collected. Four Of the six steamers were
Identical in each period, and the total
number of passengers about the same
But the baggage of these later arrivals
was examined under the new regulations
established by Collector BidwelL The in
ference drawn by the Treasury officials
is that smuggling at New York is on the
decrease, owing to the new official order
of things at that port.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
STEEL TRUST EXPANDING.
Buying Valuable Mines in the Lake
Superior Rcrion

DULUTH. April 4.-Since the United
States Steel Corporation took the Rookie
Teller mines il has bought Spruce Mine on
the Mesaba Range. for 81, 200. 900. and Ara
gon Mine Of the Menominee Range for
81 coo 90. 1t has also within ten days
taken options on other ore properties that
will call for equal expenditure and is now
negotiating for an option on the Cleveland
Cliffs Iron Company, which VIII cost some
s., 0O0000 Cleveland Cliffs is about the last
large Independent interest in the Lake Su-
perior region. except that of the Corrigan.
Mckinney & Co. of Cleveland. and this
firm is to be the basis of an ore pool for
the new combination of Mahoning and
Shenango Valley furnace interests
Pickands, Mather & Co. and Corrigan,
Mckinney IL Co. can furnish the valley
combination with 10000 tons Of ore an
nually Other interests in the same COM
bination have ore associations, but the
new valley combination will need, in order
to run its furnaces at full blast. not less
than 5000 900 tons of ore a year. and will
have to buy, of the steel corporation or
outside. not less than 500, COO tons year.
This will take nearly all the Independent
ore on the market, on the basis of last
years production.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
C. B. & q. CONTROL CHANGING.
boston Directors Puzzled by Late
Movements In the Stock

BOSTON. April "A member of the
Burlington Executive Committee said to-
day that the directors are poweriess to
prevent control of the corporation from
going to New York. There Is no question
he says, that the buying is for control Up
TO the present time. he further stated. di-
rectors are ignorant of the plan. Boston
feels, however, that 1t has lost control of
Burlington. and large stockholders are
free in admitting It, adding that the terms
of sale will be favorable. 1t is generally
thought the stock will figure in the deal at
22O or whereabouts. and advices to large
stockholders from New York tend to en-
courage this view.
The deal, however, is a New York deal
pure and simple. 1t is impossible to get
anything definite from Burlington direc-
tors here. save the admission that control
is sought and Is likely to be obtained. All
the so-called insiders among stockhoi-
ders here simply repeat the New York
stories that the deal is in progress.
The directors deny that any offer for
stock or control has been made, and they
speak truthfully, as no official offer has
been made. But control is obtainable in
other ways, and it is considered that the
tape tells the story. Directors simply will
not talk because officially they have moth
ing 10 say, not knowing or participating in
deal that is working out in New York.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
.March ON. Christian soldiers. ,,

According to report which, ii is
said, was recently received at the State
Department, wherever European SOL
diers have garrisoned or passed through
| the towns and villages Of China. their
presence has Immediately LED to an cpl
demic of suicide among the Chinese
women. These untutored heather have
their own, but nevertheless high. ideal
Of womanly honor and when any one Of
the sex feels herself disgraced it be-
| comes her duty TO make way with her
self if married, or. if unmarried. to sub
init to murder at the hands of her male
relatives.
| 1t is unnecessary to go into details
| The reader win have no difficulty in de-
( ducing the reason why the temporary
| occupation of a place in China by the
I soldiers of certain nations should pro-
! duce the result to which We have re-
/ ferred, 1t is a sad commentary upon
the supposed superiority Of the Chris
tian to the pagan peoples. We are
/ thankful that tie indictment, as far as
we are able to learn, does not include a
single American belonging to the Army.
( Navy, or Marine Corps.
How much good may have been ac-
: complished in the past by American.
/ English. German, or French mission
( aries in China, in endeavoring to show
the beniehted inhabitants the advan-
tages OF the Western religion and civil
ization over their own. we do not know.
II would not seem to require any alarm
( ing amount of logical ability to con-
clude that whatever Christian convic-
ton had been brought TO the Chinese
mind must have been very thoroughly
wiped out by the circumstances to
which VIC have alluded, and which could
not be treated in full in the columns of
a decorous family newspaper. Can it
be true, then, that Christianity, like
| beauty, Is in these days only skin deep?
/ Are the soldiers Of nations which blazon
the cross on their banners and with II
/ decorate the breasts Of their officers, no
! better when they find themselves in
partlbus infidelium than the worst of
the heather? We are afraid that it
| looks that way.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
THE CIVIL LIST REPORT.
Provisions to BE Made for Enginnd's
ROYAL Family.

LONDON, April 1.-THE report of the
Select Committee of the House of Com
mons on the Kings civil list was issued
today The provisions are as follows:
Their Majesties' privy purse, ello,opO;
salaries of the Kings household, &l2o.S0J;
household expenses, el93. 900; works, e2G,-
coo; royal bounty aims, elS,2Go;- unappro-
priated, $4,000.
These charges are all annual ones.
Queen Victoria's allowance for household
expenses proved insufficient for each of
the last thirteen years of her life. with
one exception, and she paid the deficit
out of her privy purse.
The Select Committee recommends CO.
600 IA year for the Duke of York and &lO-
coo yearly for the Duchess.
No provision is made for the children
of the Duke and Duchess of York on ac-
count of their youth. An allowance of
els,OOG per annum is made for the daugh-
tiers of the King and 10000 for the
Queen, if she survives her husband. If
the Duchess of York should survive her
husband she will receive G5o,G00 yearly
AS a result of an enquiry made by the
King. the salaries of several officials of
the household will be reduced on the ex-
piration of their present term of service
and the places held by others abolished.
The total charge under the new scheme
will be G62o. 600 compared with allowances
of G553 900 annually under Queen Vic
toria's reign.
Henry Labouchere, editor of Truth.
and one of the members of the commit
tee, presents a minority report, signed by
himself alone, in which he recommends
n civil list of G415,0O0, which will include
an allowance of e3O,OO0 annually for
Queen Alexandra.
In his report, Mr.. Labouchere refers to
the present ostentatious expenditures
among some who have suddenly acquired
large fortunes" and says he does not be-
lieve the King desires to enter into none
tarv competition or to encourage his sub
iects in such vain-glorious prodigality.
The Civil List Committee recommended
that the salary of 81 500 paid to the mas
fer of the Buckhounds. and the 4l0O paid
i'm wages to huntsmen and hunt servants.
and the 1900 for expenses Of the hunt
be struck out. They do moi think con-
tinuanee of the royal hum. advisable, as
they feel that 1t is for the sovereign to
decide whether and In what form encour-
agement shall he given by his Majesty to
any particular national sport. Further
more they do not consider it desirable to
impose on his Majesty an obligation to
do so by devoting a portion of the civil
list especially TO that object
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
THE HALL CoURT-MARTIAL.
Courage of the Officer Questioned
During the Siege of Pekin.

Rear Admiral Remey has -elegraphe
the Navy Department that the taking Of
testimony IL the case of Capt Newton
Hall. OF the Marine Corps, on whose
courage reflections were east in connec-
ton with the defence of the Pekin lesa-
lions, has been concluded by court of en-
quiryat Cavite and the court is only await
ing the deposition of Capt John T. Myers.
Of the Marine Corps. before determining
It's findings and recommendations.
Captain Myers. who commanded the
American marine guard at Pekin during
the siege, is i'm the United States. and
his deposition had been forwarded to Ad-
miral Remey before the telegram was
received. 1t is believed at the Navy De-
partment that the committees report VIII
not be received for at least six weeks
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
NO BUCKET SHOPS" LICENSED.
Several Applications, However
Made in New York

NEW YORK, April 4-Charles II. Treat.
Collector of United States Internal Reeve
nue., said today that he had received a
number of applications for licenses under
the so-called 'bucket-shop'' law, but that
he had issued no licenses. and that he
would issue none until rules and regula-
lions regarding the law were received from
Washington.
Asked whether the New York State au-
thorities would be allowed to examine the
records of the internal revenue office with
a view to obtaining information that
might lead to prosecutions for violation of
the State law against bucket shops, -
Collector Treat said that he would not al
low such an examination. The State au-
thorities he said, could obtain a list of the
licenses issued If they applied for them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
Massachu.etts as n Model

From the Boston Herald)
The fact that the manner of conducting cleo
tions and fixing the qualifications of voters in
Massachusetts has been copied by Senator Cor
man in the new Arrangement under his auspices
for Marylund is made prominent by his sup
porters in discussing the subject. 1t is a COM
plimcnt from an unaccustomed quarter, but we
are none the less inclined to regard it as an
Improvement upon ME- Goman's usual methods.
The system works very well here, and efforts
made TO change ii the present year have met
with signal defeat. Still, as regards Mr German
himself, We are not altogether disposed to look
upon his imitation as tribute that vice pays
to virtue. 1t appears to MS rather as a case
where it is convenient to follow virtuous ex-
ample. But if good grows out Of the proceed
ing, perhaps the motive that actuated it may
be fOfgotten
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-05
The Courage of the Average Man.

In recent article on the bubonic
plague, DIR. Cyrus Edison gives some
rather startling statistics on the preva-
lence of this disease in medieval times.
He says that the great epidemic of the
fourteenth century, known as the Black
Death, swept away, it is estimated, over
half the population OF Europe within a
few years. The terrifying effect OF such
devastation can hardly be imagined In
these days. The average man OF the
Middle Ages went about his daily work
In fear of more things than his descend
ant would like to count He had to ex-
pect, in the first place, the periodical