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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-08
r REPORT

OF the condition or the NATIONAL
BANK OF COMMERCE., at Providence
in the State OF Rhode Island, at the close
OF business. April -. 1901
RESOU RCES.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-08
BANK STATEMENTS.
The Merchants
National Bank
oners to dsposItsrs and to csstemsrs
every facility and seeomm cd alton con-
sistent with sound bsnkIng.
Special arrange ments m sde for interest
on current seS cunts or on certificates OF
dePosis, from the date of de posit to date
OF withdrawal
REPORT

or the condition of the MERCHANTS
NATIONAL. BANK. at Providence, In the
state or Rhode Island. at the close OF
bushes ss, April ~ 1901
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
CHILEAN TRIBUTE DECLINED.
Bronze Tablet Not to BE Placed in
Washington Monument.

The Chilean Government will not be
permitted to place the bronze tablet in
the Washington Monument which was
brought by the training ship Bequendono
from the South American Republic with
that purpose as tribute TO the memory
of George Washington. The permission
is refused by Mr.. Hackett Acting Sec
retary of the Navy. who expresses his
regret at the inability of the Govern
ment to accept the compliment.
Mr.. Hackett's deelination is contained
in a recent reply to the request preferred
by G. L. Duval, of New York, repre-
senting a Chilean firm, to be permitted
to put the tablet in place. Mr.. Hackett
advises Mr.. Duval that it will be impos-
sible for the department to accede to the
request made under date of August g.
conveying the desire of the Chilean Off
GERS of the training ship BGquendono to
have the tablet placed in the monument
as a tribute TO the memory of the llrst
President, and IS an expression of friend
illness toward this country.
The request was refused on the ground
that the monument should be left in its
present simplicity.
Il have the honor to state writes Mr.
Hackett, that this department regrets
that the kind offer of the officers of the
Boquendono must be met with an express
wishes.
He also stated, in explanation, that the
question of afiiXing tablets TO the Wash
ington Monument has been decided, and
the policy adopted that nothing further
should be added to the monument.
The tablet reached New York. and it
is reported that it was brought to Wash
inSton for the purpose intended.
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS.
Report of Gel. James \. wheeInn
Commanding.

The Adjutant General yesterday made
public the annual report OF Col James
n Wheelan, Twelfth United States Cav
airy. commanding the Department of
Texas. with headquarters at San An
tonic. The report contains a table show
ing the operations of post schools, the
roster of troops, statement of the
changes and movements of troops. and a
table showing the strength OF troops in
tic department. Colonel Wheelan says:
The most serious event occurring in
the department during the year was the
disastrous storm in the month of Sep
tember at Galveston. which has been re-
ported on already by the former depart
ment commander. 1t is to be hoped that,
when the fortifcadons are constructed.
like disaster cannot happen again from
the same conditions. The construction
work being under the direction Of the
Engineer Department, l do not feel called
upon to more than express the above
hope
In regard 20 universities and colleges
the report says:
The West Texas Military Academy.
San Antonio, Tex, the only institution of
learning in this department al which there
is an army officer on duty as professor of
military science and tactics, was inspect
ed by me on May A. 1901. and report OF
such inspection submitted. There are
formerly there was an officer Of the army
on duty as military instructor-the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College of Texas,
College, Tex; Baylor University. Waco.
Tex, and Austin College, Sherman, Tex.
Two OF these schools still have Gov
ernment arms and aecoutrem ents in their
possession. These arms and accountre-
mentS were inspected by me-
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
Circulation Statement.
The White House.

We wish to congratulate President
Roosevelt upon his reported determina-
tion to give the Presidential residence
in future the historic name by which
it is known to every man, woman and
child in America. Heretofore the term
White House has been translated into
Executive Mansion" for official pur-
poses, and we are delighted to hear it
said that such an unnecessary and TN
meaning practice is to be abandoned.
White House it has been ever since
its restoration after the British brutal
ly burned it in 1914, and White House
tions of the American people while its
hallowed old bricks and stones shall
hold together. Whoever thinks of asso
ciating the memories of Adams, Jeffer-
son. Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lin
coin. Grant or Mckinley with the .EX-
ecutive Mansion?" They have all lived
and wrought for their country in the
White House. the most dignified and
best example of domestic architecture
at the Capital today,
In honoring the title dear TO Amer
ican hearts President Roosevelt shows
his good, sturdy American sense. May
the recouections of his great predeces-
sors who have inhabited the White
House before him, and with whose
lebors and achievements every room in
the edifice is identified, cheer and
strengthen him in the performance of
that grave task that he. the youngest
of our Chief Magistrates, has been
called by the providence of God 10
undertakei
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
WOODS ANNUAL REPORT.
Comprehensive View of Condi-
tions in Cuba.

In his annual report, made public yester-
day, Maj Gen. Leonard Wood states
that during the past year he has in
spected the entire department of Cuba,
and that he has no specific recOmmenda-
tions to make regarding any particular
place visited. For the reason of a scare
ity of officers in the department. he says
it has been difficult to improve the eff
cheney of their commands.
Considerable attention is paid n the re
port to coast artillery target practice
The general conduct of the troops con-
health the report says:
The total number of deaths of officers
and enlisted men during the year was 81,
strength If command 1856, percentage of
loss LIS Due to the strenuous efforts
made by the medical department and
with the cooperation of the sanitary and
quartermasteFs' departments, yellow fever
has now almost been driven from the ISL
and. Barracks and quarters are covered
with screens to prevent the free entrance
of mosquitoes. water receptacles are COW
cred and pools of water receive quantities
OF Kerosene oil to prevent. as far as pos
Sibie, the breeding of mosquitoes.
General Woods report includes the re-
ports of all the officers in charge of the
departments under him. They are as fol-
lows: Lieut.. Col. Fl. L. Scott, adjutant
general: Col. G. II. Burton, whose re-
port is confined to camps, dress etc (;
Major Edgar S. Dudley. judge advocate;
Major Cnauncey B. Baker, chief quarter
master: Lieut.. Col W. L. Alexander,
chief commissary; Major Ealery Harvard,
chief surgeon: Major j. c.. Muhlenberg
chief paymasteF; Major II. F. Hodges,
chief OF engineers, and Capt. NJ. Craw-
ford, chief ordnance officer.
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
Let sampson Appear In Person.

There can be no question that Ad
nniral Dewey's disposition yesterday of
Admiral SIMPSONS second appeal to be
represented by counsel before the Court
of Enquiry was most proper The
president of the tribunal refused the
second request, as he did the first one,
on the ground that Admiral Sampson
is not party to the case, and, hence,
is not entitled TO counsel In the letter
of request the lawyer who seeks to be
recognized in the Sampson interest
complains that statements have been
allowed during the proceedings which
reflect severely upon the credit and
standing of his client, and in that he
is right He especially objects to the
apparent effort of Mr.. Rayner on We'd
nesday to secure permission to intro
duce testimony which, as Mr. Stayton
evidently thinks, if allowed, would
prove that Admiral Sampson was not
in command of the feet during the
Santiago battle, although, as he says.
it is plainly stated in Sampson's official
report that it was fought under his
command.
The fact that Sampson was not in
command, and never came near the
scene of the fight until an hour and a
quarter after it was all over, is one
that all the lawyers in christendom
could now neither suppress nor obscure.
SO there is no occasion for the presence
of Mr.. Stayton. But this does not apply
TO Sampson himself, and it occurs to
as to suggest TO the Court that, as that
discredited officer appears to be suffi-
ciently in possession of his mental fac
ulties to follow the case closely. and to
assiduously endeavor to have himself
represented by other counsel than
Iemly, he must also be sufficiently
healthy in mind TO appear himself as
@ witness.
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
The Eneet of Reciprocity.

The Bureau of Statistics of the Treas
ury Department has just compiled some
data on the subject of international
trade as affected by reciprocity treat
les. The figures cover in detail our
trade relations with Canada, Hawaii,
Cuba, Porto Rico and other countries
under reciprocity agreements and with
out them. Generally they show that,
while reciprocity has been in vogue, the
exchanges We're much larger on both
sides, although many irregularities are
noted
In no case does the trade under reci-
procity appear to have been smaller
than without it, but in some instances
the heavy gains Immediately following
the negotiation of the treaties were not
held. This is natural enough, for the
first effect of such an agreement is
usually to stimulate trade, and for a
time the import and export of goods
may be overdone. Necessarily there
will be something in the way of re-
action. But disregarding details which
are likely to he affected by particular
circumstances, it is self-evident that
duties in restraint of trade win limit
its extent, ard the more the restraints
are removed the larger will be the in
terchange of commodities, unless some
thing else intervenes to prevent. How
far reciprocal agreements will increase
trade under given conditions depends
entirely upon the scope and character
of the arrangements made.
There is, however. something more
than the mere volume of the trade TO
be considered. The effect upon the cost
to the consumer is a most important
matter If certain article produced,
say in France, is dutiable at forty per
cent, and by special treaty the rate is
reduced TO twenty per cent or less,
there should and probably will be
corresponding reduction in price. The
freer we can make trade, the easier it
will be to exchange goods and the
cheaper they will be. In saying this
we are not discussing the merits of
free trade as a broad economic ques-
ton. We are merely speaking of its
effect upon commerce, and there can
be no doubt that reciprocity which
makes for freer trade does tend both
to increase the volume of the exchanges
and at the same time lower the prices
to the purchasers of the goods.
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
A CowardIy Prosecution.

Day by day the Navy Department
continues TO surprise and disgust the
country with its efforts TO destroy the
fame OF one OF the two men who, in
the Spanish war, covered the American
naval service with glory everlasting.
The acme Of its attempt was reached
on Wednesday, when Judge Advocate
Lemly, in a series of carefully con
structed questions. drew from young
officer named Potts an expression OF
opinion that during the reconnaissance
of the Spanish shore batteries at San
tiago by Commodore Schley that officer
displayed personal cowardice. No other
witness has suggested such a thing.
and it is not conceivable that any othe,
Will
What effect this testimony must have
had upon the Court may be judged by
the effect it has had upon the Ameri-
can people. 1t is everywhere de-
nounced as groundless, and discredit-
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
WESTERN MARYLAND SALE.
Mayor Hayes in- correspondence
With the Gouid interests

BALTIMORE. Oct Io-'1 haze had
correspondence with parties purpbrting
20 represent the Gould interests. said
Mayor Hayes today. referring TO the
sale OF the Western Maryland Railroad
and this correspondence resulted in my
asking the city solicitor for an opinion as
TO what the city had to deliver. in the
event of a sale OF its holdings In the road
The matter has been turned over to the
city directors in the Western MARYLAND. +"
Inc city directors met today and dis
cussed the opinion, and a statement
was made that no conclusion had been
reached. 1t cropped out after the meet
ing that in the event of a determination
being reached to sell the road, a bid
would probably be presented by Ham,
bleton & Co. This banking house has
been for years the financial agents Of
the West Virginia Central. The inter-
ests identified with It made one offer for
the Western Maryland, and some years
ago secured a charter for the Baltimore
and Cumberland Railroad for the purpose
of building their own line. Satisfactory
arrangements were, however, then made
PENNSYLVANIA to handle the West Nir-
ginia Ceutral's coal
Lately the Increased value of the West
ern Maryland made it too costly, accord
ing to a West Virginia Central interest
for its requirement. There Is said to be
probability of an alliance between the
Gould and West Virginia Central inter
shown in an offer for the Western Mary
land
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
PERSONAL.

Prof. Deering, of Western Reserve Uni
versity, has declined the offer of the posi-
ton of dean of Vanderbilt University,
and DR.. Tower, also of Western Reserve.
has declined a similar offer from Union
College.
In chatty address in Toronto the
other day Prof Goodwin Smith said:
''As professor of history at Oxford /
had one interesting and delightful pupil
our present King. While he was at Ok
ford | used to lecture to him privately
on history, and afterward had to go and
examine him. He never allowed me to
see that he was bored and the King who
could be bored by a professor without
showing that he was bored should be
quite able to listen to a municipal ad-
dress"
The Right Hon. a. ]. BaIfour has con-
sented to become first president of the
London and Counties Professional Golf
ers' Association.
Frank Niles Day. of Philadelphia. has
been elected first vice-president of the
American Institute of Architects, which
organization has just held its thirty-fifth
annual convention at Buffalo.
Count Otto Won Moltke, a nephew Of
the Great German soldier, has set sail
for this country, where he will make an
exhaustive study Of our system of trans
portatiCn n the interests Of the PrusSian
diet.
Prof Edward c. Stirling will represent
the University OF Adelaide. Australia. at
the Yale bicentennial celebration, and the
Rev. John Massie. OF Mansfield College,
will represent the Congressional Union
of England and Wales.
"The hamlet of Dervock, in County An
trim. Ireland" says The Scotsman lis
visited by thousands of Americans in the
season, for it was thence the McKinleys
came In a plain little farmhouse there
was born James Mckinley, ancestor of
the late President Mckinley. The present
occupant has preserved the original fea-
lures of the house as much as possible.
The greatest change has been the replac-
ing of the matched roof with one of
slate
Cornelius Vanderbilt has, since last July.
received three patents fer inventions of
DR. j. ]. Lafferty of Richmond, Va,
possesses remarkable cane AT the
time of the burial of Gen. Stonewall Jack
son some one planted a twig upon the
grave. 1t grew to be a saplng several
inches In diameter. Friends of he Jack
son familv had IL removed. They found
that the root of the sapiing had cntwincd
itself about his skeleton. Ii WAS taken
up and a cane was made of a part of it,
This cane was artistically carved and
given to DIR. Lafferty
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
A SURPRISE IN WILMINGTON.
Mr.. HeaIds' Appointment as Post
master Not Expected.

WILMINGTON. Del. Oct I0-The re-
moval Of Hugh K. Brown, postmaster of
this city, and the selection of William H
Head as his successor. is the political
sensation of the day. Mr. Head received
official notice of his selection this morn
ing.
The quiet manner in which the change
was made and the selection Of one of the
most radical and consistent regular Re
publicans as postmaster has created con-
sternation in the Addicks or Union Repub-
lican camp. The Union Republicans ac-
cept the title of "Addicksites'' as their
true designation and they are known as
such. At the last election the joint State
and National Republican ticket was made
up of both regular and Union Republicans
and there was no cutting on the part of
either faction.
The division is solidly for Addicks for
Senator and regulars have always been
willing to harmonic on ether points The
action of President Roosevelt who ac-
cepted Mr.. Heald for postmaster at the
suggestion Of Representative l. Heisier
Ball. is thought to be an Indication that
the President is to stand against Addieks
and for the regular Republican organiza-
tiOn.
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
The West and the Trusts.

The Chicago Record-H Herald takes
strong ground in favor of Representa-
tive Babcock's proposition to remove
| the protective duties from trust-con-
trolled products. Among other things
the Record Herald" says;
''Some of the organs Of monopoly have read
! Congressman Babc0ck out of the Republican
party, cast him forth like abominable branch,
as the raiment OF those that slain, as a car
case trodden under foot and in the fierce JOY
of their imaginary omnipotence have failed to
that they contending not against this
man alone but against resistless facts and a re-
sistless public opinion. If BabcOck should dis
appear from the contest Immediately the Ameri
can people would not consent any longer 10 load
the richest Of corporations with charitable gifts.
All of the foregoing undoubtedly is
true. except, possibly. the statement
that the American people Will not con-
sent any longer to load the richest of
corporations with charitable gifts The
American people have been doing that
identical thing for so many years, and
doing it 50 patiently, even enthusiast
cally, that it has seemed as if nothing
short of a revelation would cause them
10 change. The only difference between
the situation now and in former years
- LiAtAA li4t 4DIStI lilt u leEIUS
policy has continued the worse the
abuses hare become. The operations of
the Steel Trust have been an eye-open-
er TO many people At this giant mo-
nopoly Republicans of the Babcock
stripe are now aiming their heaviest
blows. But this is no worse in prin-
ciple than the others. 1t is simply big
ger and more conspicuous-that is all
Every argument now being made by
Republicans against the Steel Trust
shows the inherent vice of the whole
system of prohibitive tariff. If the
tariff does not operate to the advantage
of the trusts then the removal of the
protective duties will do the people no
good. But every intelligent person who
takes the trouble to think knows that
ii will do good, and for reasons that
have repeatedly been explained By the
aid of the tariff the trusts are practic-
ing extortion upon the American CON
suming public, and at the same time
pursuing an underwriting policy with
their competitors abroad that is inspir-
ing commercial hostility in every Eu-
rOpean country.
they say, they have a splendid oppor-
tunity before them. There can be no
doubt that the tariff reformers and op-
ponents Of the trusts constitute a clear
majority of the people. The only ques-
ton is, will they stand together? The
trouble heretofore has been that the
Republicans of the West have not prac-
ticed what they have preached Usual
ly they have spluttered and protested
between campaigns. only to swallow
their objections and fall into line at
the general elections, thus multiplying
the very abuses which they have 50
bitterly denounced. Just now some Of
them seem To be getting very much in
earnest, and it is TO be hoped that the
earnestness is not of the kind that in
times past has SO promptly subsided
at the slightest prospect of their party
getting hurt
The Washington times., 1901-10-11
The bonds of 1861.

Our esteemed contemporary the
"Chicago Chronicle takes exception to
the statement of The Times that the
six per cent bonds of 1864 were not pay
able, principal and interest, in gold,
and then proceeds to discuss the ques-
tion in a manner which shows concur
siyely that The Times was right about
it The Chronicle" virtually admits
that the contract was not so written
in the bonds by asserting that the as
suraHce was officially given when the
bonds were issued that they should be
paid in coin. which, our contemporary
says, then meant gold. Upon this point
it is enough to say that if the bonds
were, by their terms, 50 payable, no
such assurance would have been neces-
sary. and If they were not, then, as
legal proposition, the assurances were
not worth the breath il took TO give
them
II is not likely that any official went
further than TO suggest that the bonds
would ultimately be paid in coin, Le-
cause 10 man connected with the Ad
IuiI.istratiOn could reasonably expect to
be IN office when the bonds ma tured
and the Government was in position to
begin ,al1ing them up. There was no
public statement of anything of the
kind at the time. The express provi-
sion for the payment of the interest
in coin negauved the idea Of the prin-
ciesl being SO payable. This is IN ac-
cdrdance with the well-knoNn legal
axiom that the naming Of one thing
excludes all others
The subsequent proposition that more
Rreenh1cks should be issued and the
bonds taken up Is a different matter
from the one under consideration, and
il involves an entirely different prin-
ciple. The Times was dealing simply
with the status az it existed when the
bonds were issued. They were speci-
fically payable in lawful money" and
whatever may be thought of the later
proposal to increase the greenback is
sue, there certainly can be 30 element
of repudiation in paying a bond with
exactly the same kind of money that
was received for il. In this case, with
the return of peace. the greenbacks
Were boand to appreciate in value and
did. SO that if the bonds were paid in
such paper, the bondholders would be
getting money of higher value than the
Government received.
1t is quite true, as the Chronicle"
suggests, that coin Has then generally
The Washington times., 1901-10-11

understood to mean gold coin, because
silver dollars were at a premium.
Neither the Government nor individ-
uals had then learned the new none
tary philosophy that the cheaper money
is dishonest. Gold being cheaper than
silver. the yellow metal was used in
preference to the white. But we need
not go any further along this line. The
question is simply how the bonds were
payable. This is so perfectly clear that
it scarcely admits of discussion. As
the Chronicle" comedies that the
bonds were only payable in coin by
virtue of some official assurance which
no one was authorized to give, we may
consider the nnint as settled.