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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
BENEFITS THE INDIANS.
A Treasury Decision on the ImpOr-
tation of Black Ash "SpIints.v

The Treasury Department yesterday
went back to a decision of Chief Justice
Marshall, Of 1909, distinguishing between
imported raw and manufactured copper.
upon which to base a ruling in favor of
the Indian basket makers Of the country
for whom black ash splints are imported
in large quantities from Canada.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding's decision
is that these splints are manufactured
and should be assessed at 20 per cent adj
valorem instead of 50 per cent and his
explanation Of the process by which these
splints are gathered is interesting. He
says that they are taken from the black
ash tree by means of pounding the log
with the head of an axe, which brooms
or breaks the grain between the thin
layers of solid timber. The several lay
ers, which become loosened, are then
started with the edge of the axe frame
from the end of the log and stripped by
hand in widths of about two inches
They are then cut, split shaved, and
scraped by hand with an ordinary pocket
knife into suitable lengths. width and
thickness for the baskets they are intend
ed for For use in making the finer bas-
kets the ''splints" are shaved smooth on
either side and are split in uniform width
by means of drawing them by hand
through a gang of knives driven into q
block Of wood called ''splint splitter"
This decision, saving almost half
the duty on this material. directly bene-
fits the red man to this extent, as this
class of work is done almost entirely by
Indians
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
NO UNJUST DISCRIMINATION.
An Interstate Commerce Decision
Regarding the Delivery of Hay

The Interstate Commerce Commission
yesterday, in an opinion by Chairman
Knapp. announced it's decision of the case
of Palmers Dock, Hay and Produce
Board of Trade against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The complainant
claimed that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company violated the interstate COM
merce law by disseminating the delivery
of hay in carload shipments at its freight
station in Brooklyn, n. Y. after making
such delivery for a period of years
The Commission rules that a railroad
company is not in every case under legal
compulsion to furnish the same terminal
facilities for all descriptions of traffic;
that it is sufficient if reasonable provi-
sion is made in this regard. and what is
reasonable in a given case depends large
ly upon the conditions and surroundings
of the particular locality. 1t appeared
that transportation between the railroad
companys terminal in Brooklyn and its
rail terminus in Jersey City is effected by
water carriage across New York Harbor,
and that the action of the railroad com
pany in disseminating track delivery
for hay in carloads at it's Brooklyn sta
ton, though it continued to make such
delivery for other carload traffic, was
taken to relieve state of chronic cOnges-
ton al that station resulting largely from
consignments of hay thereto.
The company still continues delivering
carload hay alongside wharves in Brook
lyn as it does at other points within the
lighterage district of New York The
Commission decides that the resulting
discrimination against hay in carloads
was not unjust within the meaning of
the act, and that as no violation of the
regulating statute is shown the complaint
should be dismissed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
A CONTROVERSY OVER PISTOLS.
A Company's Protest Against Buying
Foreign Weapons.

The recent decision of the War Depart
ment to purchase 1000 German made
Luger magazine pistols with the under
standing that il, after a practical test by
the army, they proved TO be satisfactory
10000 more will beipurchased, has resulted
in a protest from the Colts Firearms
Company, which claims to have pistol
of American design and manufacture
equal to that which has been recon-
mended for adoption by the Board of ord
nance and Fertilization. The action of
the Board Of Ordnance and Fertilization
was based upon the examination of a
number of types of pistols. but did not
include the testing of the Colt design
The Colt company was under the i'm
preston that it's pistol was receiving con-
sideration by the proper authorities. hav-
ing submitted sample to the Ordnance
Bureau. 1t has now developed that for
a long time the Ordnance Bureau ex-
perimented with pistols of the Colt.
Mauser and Mannlicher design The
Colt pistol was determined to be the best
of the three types. Meanwhile the Board
of Ordnance and Fertilization took up
the subject and decided to recommend the
purchase of the Luger pistol. The Colt
company, in its letter to the Board of
Ordnance and Fertilization on the sub
JeCt, declares that 1t had no knowledge
of the existence of such a board or they
would have submitted pistol to be tested
in competition with the Luger type.
The Secretary Of War has not yet de-
cided to reopen the subject; but the award
has already been made and the 200 Luger
pistols Will be supplied to the army.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
AUTHORSHIP In ENGLAND.
&. ii. NJ Harvey Says II Is Not as
Profitable as In America

NEW YORK, May 3-George B. NJ.
Harvey, President of Harper & Bros, and
editor of the North American Review "
returned home today after a brief trip to
London and Paris Speaking of books
and publishing on the other side he said:
London publishers observed last year
that the season was the dullest ever
known--a fact which they attributed to
the war in Africa. They looked for a
boom as soon as public apprehension
should be allayed. This happened some
time ago. but the boom has not arrived
Indeed. the present season is notably less
satisfactory than it's predecessor There
simply does not exist in England today
what American publishers would consider
even moderate demand for either books
or periodicals 1t is well known that one
of the most conspicuous and apparently
popular magazines in London has been
in the market for some months because
its proprietor has reached the conclusion
that it cannot he published except at a
ioss-and no purchaser appears.
This hamilton, in my Judgment, is very
largely due to the fact that England is
falling behind America in the develop
ment of new talent. Some of the older
authors are still rendering the best liter
airy service and are unapproachable along
individual lines but the promising young
writer is becoming steadily more rare.
one reason for this undoubtedly is that
America holds out far greater induce
ments. A book that achieves the largest
measure of success in the United States
earns far greater fortune for the au-
thor, and one whose popularity we should
regard as moderate yields excellent re-
turns. The results are already apparent
IN the number of authors, few years
ago unknown to the public, who have
reached first place in popularity and
emoluments during the past few years.
1t has but recently come to be under
stood in England that, coincident with
her splendid development along other
lines. the United States has become the
great book market of the world The
Latin countries, OF course, need not be
considered. But take as an example
Eleanor. an English book with English
characters, except for the New England
girl, and written by an English authors
IL was a great success in England, of
course, as any book done by Mrs. Ward
must necessarily be. and yet nearly three
and that without at any time holding the
lead over all other books in point of
sales. Moreover during the recent period
of stagnation in the trade in London the
output of American publishers has in
creased nearly 40 per cent.
Il am fully convinced that the keynote
OF success in American publishing Is the
american work by American authors.
lead the world in literature as well as
In the manufacture of steel products. Our
young writer's, especially. have demon
strated that they lack neither magma
sion and polish will come with expert
ence."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
TRIED TO 1NJURE AN ACTRESS
EIfie Fay Receives an Internal Ma
chine i'm London.

LONDON, May "a sensational at
tempt was made last night to injure Ellie
Fay. an American comedienne. who is ap-
pearing at the Pavilion Music Hall. and
she had a narrow escape.
When Miss Fay arrived at her fat No
40 Shaftesbury Avenue she found await
ing her an empty wax vesta case. Miss
Fay opened it by cutting the cardboard
top off with a kenknife. disclosing the
contents. which were mixture Of gun
powder and red pepper. match had
been so arranged that if the box had been
opened in the ordinary manner of with
drawing it by the tape it would have be-
come ignited by contact with piece of
sand paper.
The perpetrator of the outrage has not
yet been discovered. - Detectives are in
vestigating the affair and developments
are expected.
Miss Fay tells the following story of
the origin of the attempted outrage:
Last summer, while she was living at
the Hotel Vendome, in New York, she re-
ceived the constant attentions of we'll
known Wall Street operator. who show
cred diamonds and jewelry upon her. She
declares that she sternly repealed any
love-making. because the man was mar
rieds~but she accepted his presents. She
came to~London a month ago. The man
left his Wife and came on the steamer
with her, despite her protests. He con-
tinued to pursue her in London, and sent
flowers, etc, TO her daily.
Two weeks ago she declined to take
super with him at the Hotel Cecil. be
cause of a previous enga cement He sat
alone at one of the tables in the dining
room of the hotel and spent his time
glazing at her as she was sitting at an
other table with a gentleman. She has
not seen him since then. Miss Fay de
clares that she knows the New Yorker
sent the Internal machine to her. and he
Will be arrested on her complaint as soon
as the detectives can locate him. She saws
she did not open the box in the ordinary
way. because she thought some one was
attempting to play a joke on her. She
therefore cut corner of the cardboard
until she saw the powder.
Miss Fay has made quite a hit here as
a facial cOntortiOniSt, or eXpresSionist as
she calls herself. She has a years en-
gagement here and hardly needs eccentrfs
She Is the daughter of the
late Hugh Fay, who was a prominent
American comedian.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Tho siIence of Sir. RocI.hiIt

~ the State Department yesterday it
was said that Commissioner Rockhill
had not notified this Government OF
any final action by the Council of Min
listers at Pekin on the subject Of the
Chinese indemnity. and that this was
taken as meaning that they had not
reached a decision. From Paris It was
learned that the French Foreign Of
fee had received information to the ef-
feet that the Chinese indemnity had
been fixed at three hundred and twenty
seven million dollars, instead Of two
hundred and thirty seven million, as
previously reported.
AS viii be observed 1t is but the
change of figure, but, if the statement
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
BUYING CANAL PROPERTY.
Land Spectators Said to Be Busy
in Nicaragua.

NEW YORK, May 3.-The Evening
Post" prints the following from its
Washington correspondent:
Word reaches Washington that the
Nicaragua Government is disposing of
public lands to private owners. under
stood to be spectators. along the route
of the projected canal at points where
there is likelihood that our Government,
or whoever builds the canal, will need
space for stations. warehouses. yards, of
fees. and the like. The idea is that these
purchasers purpose setting their own
price upon the property and clearing d
handsome profit from the necessities of
the purchasers.
If the reports on investigation, prove
true the discovery will have d bearing
upon the treaties negotiated with Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica. for our Government
Will have no notion of playing into the
hands Of land spectators TO its own dis
advantage. II will probably insist upon
incorporating into the treaties a provision
that the other Governments concerned
shall guarantee to ours the right to pos
Sess, under perpetual lease, so much of
the land adjacent TO the canal as may be
needed for purposes of administration and
maintenance. whether the land be a part
of the public domain or owned privately.
This would leave the two Central Ameri-
can Governments TO wrestle with their
own concessionaries, the United States
having no concern beyond designating the
sites required and then accepting them
after their condemnation.
There Is good reason for saying that
the present Administration will do its
utmost to head off such projects as Con-
gress may conceive of acquiring full SOW
erelgnty over any ground whatever in
Central America. What il has in mind in
such a lease. with ali the privileges and
gH.gH "a. l.. - /
as il already possesses in the case Of the
Nagasak cOaling station, for instance"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
TO BUY HEAVY ORDNANCE.
Bids to BE Opened Mt the War De-
partmenf May 70.

The Secretary of War yesterday ap-
proved the recommendation made by Cen
eral Burlington. Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance. for the purchase of nearly $780,
600 worth of prOjectiles for the army Bids
for these projectiles will be opened in this
city the 18th of this month.
The following is a list of the ordnance TO
be purchased: Four hundred six-inch
shOt-capped armor- piercing shells; 800 six
inch armor-piercing shells; 600 eight-inch
armor-piercing shells; $50 ten-inch armor-
piercing shells, capped; 500 ten-inch arm
or-piercing shells; 600 twelve-fnch armor-
piercing shells; 600 twelve-inch d. p.
shells of 1000 pounds; 500 twelve-inch tor
pedo shells of 1000 pounds, and the follow
ing all-steel shells: Two hundred five
inch, 300 siX-iuch, 200 S-inch. 300 ten-lnch,
200 twelve-inch, and 800 mortar shell of
800 pounds, and 200 mortar shell Of 1000
pounds.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
TAX ON THREE PER CENT BEER.
A Government Decision That May Aid
the PrOhibitiOnists.

BOSTON, May 3.-Revenue Agent Sewell
has received a decision from Washington
that when IL pounds of malt. IL pounds
OF sugar, and "A yeast cakes are brewed
and allowed to ferment for a couple of
days the mixture would contain 2S2 per
cent of alcohol by weight and over per
cent by volume" 1t therefore comes with
in the notice of the Internal Revenue law
as a fermeuted liquor made from u sub
stitute for malt, and those who make it
involve themselves in special tax liability
as brewers and malt liquor Dealers.
This decision may aid in stopping the
sale of substitutes for beer in places
of liquor containing less than 3 per cent
is allowed in nO-license places, and up to
the present time a hop beer brewed from
the above recipe has been declared TO
come within the scope of the law
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Fate of n Once-PowerfuI People.
lFrom the - York Post0

In a dozen years more the Ava-Supis. the most
interesting primitive tribe in the Southwest will
probably have disappeared from the face OF the
earth The tribal traditions have it that there
were once over four thousand five hundred Ava
Supis and that they were worthy antagonists
of the war-like Apaches. Now there are less
than hundred and twenty. and they are
miscrably poor and ptifully accomplishing amid
their misfortunes Kit Carson believed there
were about three thousand Ava-Supis when he
secuted in the Southwest in the forties. Former
" the tribe had great bands Of horses and herds
OF cattle and were peaceful masters Of north
crn Arizona except where the more powerful
and war-like Navaios ranged. Now the detected
survivors live in a narrow canon made by erosion
among the sandstone rocks about sixty miles
northwest OF William Station. on the santa Re
Railroad.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
DOES NOT FEAR A CRASH.
A London business Man on the
American stock Market

LONDON. May 3.-Discussing the excite
ment In the New York stock market today,
Daniel Marks, a representative city
man. said:
II do not think Il is a gamble. It is not
being done with borrowed money. The
United States is simply using its enormous
wealth Failing a calamity like a bad
harvest, there cannot be a crash.
1T is true that some unknown element
may arise that will cause panic, but at
present there is no fear Of any such dis
aster Once. when Americans wished to
speculate to a large amount. they had to
come here. Now the tables are turned
and they are investing largely with their
own money in the stocks of the French,
English, and Germans"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
MIR. BABCoCK TO RESIGN.
The Republican Congressional Com
miftee to Have "A New Head.

1t is authoritativeiy stated that Repre-
sentative Rabcock of Wisconsin will not
succeed himself as Chairman OF the Re-
publican Congressional Committee. Several
members say that Babcock will not be
candidate for the position again: that he
accepted it the last time under some pro-
test, as the place carries much RESPONSE
bility with little personal return The
fact that Mr.. Babcock has taken a radical
position on the tariff. and thereby antag-
onized many Republican leaders, fits into
this situation.
Some gossip as to his successor is al
ready heard. Chances favor a Western
man, like Mr. Hull of Iowa or Mr.. Over
street of Indiana. Mr. Loudenslager of
New Jersey is perhaps entitled to the
place, In view of his long service on the
committee as its Eastern manager The
Congressional Committee is composed of
one member from each State, selected by
he delegation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Not Suited TO America.

iFTuW UIe JIIcago throncIc.J
Tie advocates Of municipal ownership declare
that 1T works we'll" in Glasgow and that State
ownership Of railways works well" in Prussia.
That is no reason why municipal or State
ownership would work well in this state or in the
United States.
Many things work woI'' in small cities and
in small countries under monarchical rule that
would not work wclI' under a Republic cover
ing 8.Joa0,0 square miles OF territory inhabited
10y s0,O00,0J0 people. The referendum" works
well' in the little caHtons Of Switzerland It
would not work well" in the United States
Neither would municipal or State ownership
WORK Melr' in the United States
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
FORT oGILVIE DIsMANTLED.
A Canadian Defence Point to Receive
Modern Armament

HALIFAX, n. s. May Sort Ogilvie.
situated at Point Pleasant, which COM
mands the entrance to Halifax Harbor.
was generally supposed to have been
armed With modern guns, but. according
to the news made public today, such was
not the case
military board, acting on instruc-
tons from the imperial War Office, in
spected the fort and condemned it's arma-
ment and ordered the guns, all four
Founders, TO be destroyed. A corps of
engineers has already begun the work of
demolition. A number of guns were
blown up Yesterday, and the balance will
be destroyed today. The fort will now be
armed with modern quick-firiug and dis
appearing guns.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
4 Principle to BE Maintained.

(FIom the LOUISVILLE lQurier- JournaL)
We OFFER no obstruction to European immigra-
ton to South America. What we do is TO notify
Europe that we will not permit European Pow
crs to acquire and seize South America and set up
their own governments there, or hold the land
as colonies That was the policy which we an
nounced long ago when We were much weaker
than now: which we enforced then and
have enforced ever since, and which it is our in
tenton to continue 10 enforce. When we pro-
claimed il first it was in the face OF a European
combination against US, and are not to be
by talk Of European combination
aganst US tndav.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
MIR. McKinIex,s Speeches.


(From the Kansas City Starr
But even in times Of great prosperity-or one
might say especially in such times as these
there are issues that should be discussed by the
nations head and il would be more satisfactory
10 thinking people if Mr. Mckinley would deal
less with generalities and discuss in
detail some OF the questions TO be solved in the
early future Such discussion would not neces-
sariiy need to be made strongly political and it
would not be Incompatible with the object and
The ceremonies attending the present tour.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
The Poor Mans Burden.

tFrOm the PhiladeIphia Ledger.)
Do the poor in this country enjoy luxuries? ?
Well beer and tobacco are not usually classed
as necessaries yet the additional tax placed on
these articles for purposes yielded up to
March 81. a total of $50 90, los, or more than
half the total revenue from the tax. The
rich did not pay all OF this tax, even a
considerable portion of it. since they usually
drink wine and smoke imported tobacco, neither
OF which appears in the figures quoted Moreover
this enormous was in addition TO the regular
internal revenue tax. which amounted in 1900
TO Sl32 sos, s.}s These suggestive figures for
social rcforners and political economists.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Mr.. Mckinley in the south.


The Southern welcome is all the more genial
because the people Of that part Of the country
are reasonably prosperous, and prosperity begets
geniality. Their welcome is all the warmer be-
cause the dread Of negro supremacy" has about
vanished and the South no longer looks on
Republican national Administration as possible
enemy to is welfare
The President viii journey through many states
before he gets back to Washington. Nowhere
viii be be greeted more effusiyely than he is
being greeted south Of the Ohio
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Gold Amid the Rubbish.

(From the Hartford Courant)
We do not idealize Rev. Dr. Psrkhurst but we
have no sympathy at all with the yiruIent temper
displayed by few OF his enemies. He has done
the State some service. and we remember it,
His talk about restricting the Blair bill is
great folly, Of course, but some OF the things
he has been saying since his return from the
South are not foolish. They are altogether true.
timely and profitable.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Hanna WAY stop the Wa,
n.oom the rllt.burg Di.patch.l

iFFVU tHF IILIsUuFg Ulspafch.
The President has much power. TO exert in
the correction Of the public extravaganza which
has no slight importance in the general situation
lie is certainly right in declaring that wise
economy is the most assured way of providing
strength for the future. His utteranee permits
the nope that he win exert both his power and
influence 70 secure at the next session of Con-
gress material reduction in the swollen total
u appropFiations.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04

IFIOWI IIle b1sJ0I IEIIIu.I
We do not care for the politics, religion or race
of the applicants but do insist that ii the
taxpayers contribute to give or a woman
Il salary. they have the right to insist that the
service they pay for shall be rendered. and that
an inferior person shall not be chosen to do the
work when at the same price a superior person
could be employed. This is a simple, sensible
business proposition, and, what is more. it is a
method OF administration which obtains in every
ried on
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Need for Many Languages.


Berkeley University of California has just adj
Cled Russian to the number OF foreign languages
taught there fact which signifies how We are
waking up to the new occasion OF the time
and the demands Tor a Worldwide ac-
ouantance for business men. Twenty-Five, yes,
ten years ago. the suggestion of the Slavic dia-
Iects as taught in a college would have been
secuted. Possibly another decade may bring the
coming students to the study OF Chinese. a
requisite for broad culture and commercial ad-
yancement.