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The times., 1901-06-07
FINE DRILLS AT ANNAPOLIS.
The Work of the Cadets Receives
Praise From the visitors.


ANNAPOLIS. June G.-The exercises at
the Naval Academy today consisted of
artillery and machine shop drill. The
Board of Visitors was a unit in giving
them praise and publicly complimented
the cadets on their work
The drill took place on the Government
farm and was Witnessed by large crowd
Of visitors. The young fellows seemed to
enjoy the exercises. Notwithstanding the
excessive heat, and opened fire upon the
imaginary enemy. Ensign w. T. Gu
verius had charge of the cadets during
the exercises.
Col Robert NJ. Thompson, Of the class
of 1865 United States Naval Academy.
this morning received a handsome silver
loving cup. the gift of the battalion of ca
dets. Cadet E. J. King, lieutenant COM
mander of the cadet battalion, made the
presentation speech, in which he said the
gift was small token OF the high esteem
il which he is held by the cadets of the
navy for the many kindnesses he has
shown them Colonel Thompson is the
donor OF the Thompson cup. upon which
the name of the best cadet athlete is
yearly engraved.
By invitation of the United States Gov
ernment the officers and cadets of the
Brazilian practice ship Benjamin Con-
stant. now at New York. are visiting the
Naval Academy to be present at the grad
uation exercises tomorrow \ special car
brought them from Jersey City. They
Will return Saturday.
Assistant Secretary Hackett arrived at
the Naval Academy this afternoon and
was officially received. The salute Of fif-
teen guns was fired in his honor and the
HacIlett The annual dinner of the Ma
val Academy Graduates Association
takes place tonight. Before the dinner the
graduates followed the old custom Of
marching through the grounds TO the
gymnasium and back to the cadets quar-
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The times., 1901-06-07
ANXIOUS TO SEE BUFFALO.
FiIipinos Appeal From the Order for
Their Depnrtntion.

The Treasury Department received word
from San Francisco yesterday that the
seventeen native Filipinos who have been
detained by the immigration officials there
have appealed from the departments or
der for their deportation. \ copy of the
appeal has been forwarded to Washing
ton. These Filipinos were to form a part
of the Philippines exhibit at the Pan
American Exposition and q special act
of Congress was passed to enable them to
enter the country. The marine hospital
surgeon found however. that some of
them were suffering from dangerous dis
eases and their deportation was ordered
Their appeal is based on the ground that
the special act of Congress suspended the
operation of the immigration laws as aD-
piled to them and that, therefore, no pro
vision of the immigration laws can be
invoked 10 keep them out of the United
States. The department had already
made an adverse ruling, however in the
case of an Asiatic who applied for ad-
mission at New York to become a mem
ber of the Oriental village at the Pan
American Fair.
The times., 1901-06-07
On the shores of Lake Erie.
Crrom tLe cleveland plain De1Ierl

(trom tie Cleveland ram Dtditr.J
lie had just proposed. Her lip curled. 1t was
an inheritance from her mother. All the Van
Twitter5 the feminine side had lips that
cwlcd naturally. And they always wore them
cured loosely at the sides and sort % boudant
in the middle. ''Why should | marry you?''
she asked, and in order TO ask it she had TO let
one OF the curls get a little stringy. why
should ! marry youl' she repeated. The Young
man stirred uneasiy as he shifted his feet
"Will the answer appear next sunday 20 he gently
cnqurcd. Without needing his somewhat eNtran-
eous remark she suddenly continued 10 look AT
him Why should | marry you2" she asked
nothing. The youth modestly coughed. Il was
just about to remark" ne said that nothing's
too good for youl'' And before she could ravei
out the tangled ambiguity OF this remark she
found herself engaged.
The times., 1901-06-07
LAWYERS FROM JAPAN.
Two Judges Make n Pleasant Tour
of the City Hall.

Two lawyers. citizens of the Empire OF
Japan, were visitors at the City Hall yes
terday. They were Justice Suzuki. Presi-
dent of the Appellate Court of FOrmosa.
and F. Yamada, ex-Judge of the Yoko-
hama District Court. The latter has just
completed a course of law at the Catholic
University, and was one of those upon
whom the degree of bachelor of laws was
conferred yesterday.
Judge Suzuki is making a tour of the
principal cities of America. studying the
judicial system of the United States. The
party was accompanied to the City Hall
by W. J. Hughes, of the Department OF
Justice, who presented them to Clerk OF
Court WilIett. of the Court of Appeals
for the District. and John R. Young.
Clerk Of the District Supreme Court.
MIR. Young in turn introduced the visit
ors to Justice Barnard in Criminal Court
No. I. They We're invited to seats on the
bench during the trial of criminal case.
Judges Suzuki and Yamada win visit
Philadelphia Boston, and New York, be
fore sailing. Upon arriving in England
they viii spend considerable time in Lon
don From there they viii go TO India
The times., 1901-06-07
THE PLUCKING BOARDS WORK
Two Navy Lfeutenants to BE Selected
for Compulsory Retirement.

for Compulsory Retirement.
The naval ''piucking board for this
year was appointed yesterday Its duties
are to select two lieutenants Of the ser
vice for compulsory retirement. and un-
der the Personnel law which provided for
the board the President Of the United
States must follow its recommendations.
The board consists OF Rear Admirals Ben
ham (retired), Howell. Watson. Terry,
and Evans. the law stipulating that all
its members should be of that high grade.
1t will examine the records Of lieutenants
and decide on the two whose services
can best be dispensed with
The object OF this regulation is TO Gre
ate sufficient vacancies annually to cause
forty promotions between the grades OF
captain and junior lieutenant Under a
decision OF tne Navy Department inter
preting this feature of the Personnel law.
there cannot be forty vacancies created.
however. by this means. unless there are
an unusual number Of casualties among
the heutenants.
The law permits captains. commanders.
and lieutenant commanders to retire vol
UNFAIRLY with increased rank. and this
has been q sufficient inducemeut for
number of officers of these grades to
leave the active service. 1t provides also,
as the department interprets IT, that
there shall be eleven vacancies among the
nsutenants to create the required forty
Rnt heutenants are not permitted to re-
tire voluntarily and the law specifies that
only two Of them shall be retired by
compulsion each year. Thus If there are
no vacancies among the Iieutenants
caused by death, resignation. dismissal
etc, there can be only thirty-one vacan-
cies, instead of forty. each year above the
grade OF junior lieutenant
a great many officers insist that the
forty vacancies should not be divided
among the several grades, but that Sc
lection should begin from the top Of the
list of applicants for voluntary retire
ment and continue down the list until the
the two lieutenants "plucked" We're Sc
Iected on account Of physical disability.
The times., 1901-06-07
TowNLEY ORDERED HOME.
Rear Admiral Rodgers Fails to Give
the Verdict in His Case.

Rear Admiral Rodgers telegraphed the
Navy Department yesterday that Lieut..
Richard II. Townley United States Navy,
retired. who was recently tried by court
martial at Manila on charges growing
out of his admission that he had endeav-
ored to obtain money from Government
contractors in Manila TO cover up the al
legged shortage of an army officer, had
been ordered home
The naval authorities here say that Ad-
miral Rodgers did not inform the depart
mcnt of the verdict OF the court martial
An act passed by the last Congress au-
thorized the restoration Of Lieutenant
Towuley to the active list
The times., 1901-06-07
The south Carolina Spectacle.

On the whole. it seems desirable that
the two South Carolina Senators should
settle down and relieve the State and
the country from further contemplation
! of a spectacle which has ceased to in
terest both. The quarrel between Mr..
! Tillman and Mr. McL.aurin appears to
! be mostly a personal one. Their pOliti-
! cal differences are well known, but are
! not of a nature TO make the nation feel
that it should be subjected to the noise
and dust of a midsummer contest be-
! tween them. Governor McSweeney is
! justified in discouraging such thing.
Neither Of the gentlemen concerned in
the mutual trouble has appealed very
strongly to popular favor in his manner
of resignatio Each cast his toga at
the foot of the Governor, but that func-
tonary was not to pick them up and be-
stow them upon others until September
u next. Each in effect has said To the
other that he could demolish him with
one hand tied behind-after the good
old-fashioned schooI-bo manner Of
qUaTreling of which the South Carolina
incident vividly reminds US. The hands
have been tied behind, with an end of
the string hitched to the designations.
Governor McSweeney has done the
only thing a sensible man in his posi-
tion could do. He has informed the
belligerent Senators that If they mean
business they viii send him uncondi-
tional designations, whereupon it will
give him extreme pleasure to accept
them and appoint Successors without
the slightest hesitation or delay. And
really. that course would seem 10 offer
Senator TIlman the opportunity for
which he expresses so much anxiety.
namely, to 90 before the people and po-
liucalIy destroy his opponent Senator
McLaurin's term viii expire in 1903,
and next year Mr. Tillman. free from
the cares of office, could sharpen his
pitchfork and make the effort of his life
TO defeat the present incumbent of the
seat for reelection and secure the place
for himself.
The row is no longer interesting. The
adversaries should now accept the
kindly compromise suggested by the
Governor OF retire into their homes. !
The public is tired Of them and their
personal controversy.
The times., 1901-06-07
Not Entitled to Travel Pay.

L. p Mitchell Assistant Comptroller Of
the Treasury, held yesterday that
soldier who voluntarily left the military
service prior to the expiration of his
term or the discharge of his regiment.
and whose record has been amended by
the War Department under the provis-
ions of the act of March > 1889. so as TO
show the charge of desertion removed
and a discharge to take effect the date
he left the military service. is regarded
as discharged for his own convenience
and is not entitled to travel pay
The times., 1901-06-07
a NEW TECHNICAL REPORT.
The HydroSrnphie Office to Issue n
Daily memorandum.

The first number of another useful
daily Government publication was issued
yesterday. 1t is known as the Daily
Memorandum of the photographic Office
of the Navy Department" and win be
circulated in seven cities on the Atlantic
Coast. 1t will contain news of interest
to mariners heretofore published in the
weekly bulletin, which will not, however
be discontinued. The first issue contains
the announcement that the Daily Memo
randum" will be published on every week
day except Wednesday. the day on which
the Week. Bulletin is published. in the
Central photographic Office in Washing
ton, and may be consulted in the branch
photographic offices in New York, Boston.
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Norfolk, and
Savannah.
The Government is now publishing a
number of daily news sheets. the best
known of which are the Congressional
Record tine Daily Consular Reports"
the Postal Bulletin and the weather
Reports"
The times., 1901-06-07
street Car Cro,vding.

There is an agitation in New York
relative to the overcTowding of street
cars. The people of that metropolis are
perhaps the most patient in the world
They will stand almost any abuse to an
extent unknown in other cities. 1t is
now reported that during the busy
hours of the day street cars in New
York are not infrequently 50 jammed
that men and women stand up between
the seats Of open cars, and in case Of a
sudden jolt sit suddenly down in the
laps of the people occupying the seats.
This is not nice, nor is it comfortable in
weather like this. Moreover, there is a
variety of the street-car hog in New
York who is not seen in Washington,
for it is said that there are individuals
there who will stand up and smoke in
these overcrowded cars. dropping
sparks and ashes on the heads and
gowns of the women and girls near
them. In fact, it is slandering a hum
bic but useful animal TO call a creature
like that a hog, for the hog does not
smoke.
Now, New York is trying to remedy
tais evil, to induce the street car com
panies to run cars enough TO accommo-
date, without crowding, all the people
,.ho want TO ride. Other cities will
watch the outcome of the struggle with
interest, for it viii prove what the big
gest, most self-confdent, and richest
city in the United States can do when
she really wants to reform an abuse,
and how much her people really care
for their own comfort when it is op-
posed to the feelings Of a rich and pow
erful monopoly.
Fortunately, Washington has not yet
reached the stage at which it is com
mon for men to-stand up between the
seats of an open car. The thing is done
only occasionally. i is not pleasant
for the occupants of the car to have it
done, especially in warm weather,
among all sorts and conditions Of men
and women. There are ladies who have
an invcterate prejudice against being
packed into d mixed crowd like so many
sheep. They do not perhaps mind per-
sonal contact with unwashed people so
far as occupying neighboring seats in
car is concerned, but they do mind be
ing pushed and showed in a crowd. 1t
is TO be hoped, therefore, that in this
matter Washington will continue to be
slow. As yet, our street cars are not
uncomfortably crowded as a rule, and
it has not yet become necessary for the
passenger to become for the moment an
acrobat in order to get on car before
it moves on. There are advantages in
not living in metropolis, especially in
warm vvpa thor
The times., 1901-06-07
Automobile Dangers.
(f'rom the Chicago Tribune.)


IN automobile Is especially dangerous because.
like a bicycle. its approach is practically noise
less. The drivers of automobiles should there
fore be careful not TO run their vehicles at
high rate OF speed or emulate the 5purts OF speed
OF electric cars, which are run for tine con-
venicnce of the public and not for personal
pleasure. The eight miles an hour limit for auto
mobiles within the city is not unreasonable
There are many Chicago streets which it is risky
enough to cross now. Risks should not be nsdc
greater by allowing autOmobilsts to make race
tracks of well paved thOroughfares which num-
bers Of people are constantly crossing.
The times., 1901-06-07
Democracy in the Next Congress.

Some apprehension is felt, it is said
/ that the Democratic minority in the
Fifty-seventh Congress may attempt to
make political capital out Of the situa-
ton in which the Administration finds
itself in connection with the Philippine
Territory II is expected in some quar-
ters that the constitutionality Of the
act delegating legislative and judicial
powers 10 the Executive may be at
tackled, as well as acts under that dele
CATION.
Since the new Congress viii be more
Republican and sUbservient TO great
er extent to the influences in control Of
the party in power, there is no fear that
anything the minority might do would
hamper the progress Of colonial en-
pire, but, in view Of the Congressional
elections Of 1902, some anxiety is felt
concerning the effect Of constitutional
agitation upon public sentiment
Probably there is little ground for
Administration uneasiness. In the first
place, debate will be confined to the
Senate. For practical purposes it has
ceased to be possible in the House Of
Representatives and if it were other
wise the history Of the Fifty fifth and
Fifty-sixth Congresses has convinced
the country that Democratic compla-
cency or silence is purchasable with the
hope Of good committee assignments.
1t is true that there may be some dis
cussion Of constitutional topics in the
Senate and that in that body some
Democratic voices may be raised in
protest against the destruction Of in
stitucions which up to the present time
have withstood the storms, shocks. and
changes of more than a century. But
the placldity with which the opposi-
ton in the Senate permitted vicious
and unconstitutional legislation to slip
through at the late session ought to
encourage the ADMINISTRATION greatly
as to the course of affairs in the one.
ensuing.
Perhaps great parliamentary leader
may develop able to carry the ban
ner of Jefersonian principles, and rally
Iaggard and Indifferent Democrats in
both Houses around it. But while it is
true that the unexpected always hap
pens, the rule is subject 10 remarkable
exceptions. Nothing. could be much
more unexpected than an intelligent,
scientific, and well-led fight against
Republican Imperialism outside OF the
Constitution, in the Fifty-seventh Con-
gress.
The times., 1901-06-07
4 sombre Outlook.
(From the PhiIadelpllia Reeord.l

If we add 20 the army Of nearly one million
pensioners the soldiers in the field the sailors
in the navy and the great array of names borne
the civil list it viii he found that about one
person in ten Of the adult male population Of the
country has a direct pecuniary relation TO our
HIternal Federal Government, The proportion OF
taveaters to taxpayers cannot be much further
enlarged without grave danger. It viii be an
unhappy day tor the country when men shall be
forced 70 weigh the cost Of government against
its quality and worth.
The times., 1901-06-07
MR.. M'KINLEY's DEGREE.
The Presidents Presence at Cam
bridge Now Considered TnIiLeIx.

bridge Now Considered Unlikely.
BOSTON, June According to reports
from Washington, the chances of Presi-
dent Mckinley coming to Harvard for mis-
degree of LID. are rather poor, and Just
now the board of overseers of the univer-
sity are puzzling over the question of
whether they can give him the degree II
he Is not present in person to receive It
The rule has been. I'm the past, with d
few exceptions, that the persons so hon
ored must be at Cambridge to receive it.
The President. Mr.. Eliot, was seen by a
reporter and asked what would be done
If Mr.. Mckinley were prevented from
personal att >ndance at Sanders Theatre
Well, he said, 1t is a rule of the uni
versity to give no honorary degrees unless
the candidate is himself present. Wheth-
er the overseers win vote to set aside this
rule in Mr.. McKinleys case should he he
unable to come TO Cambridge is a matter
yet to be decided. 50 you know tn, an
swer to your question as well as | do.
But ] remember at least two cases in the
last fifteen years when this rule has been
set aside. 1t was disregarded when the
poet Whittier received his honorary de-
gree, for Whittier late in life, went to no
public ceremonies. And It was set aside
to confer n degree on Cheyreul. the great
French chemist, who was then GsS6) more
than a hundred years old, and so hardly
to be expected in Cambridge.
so. you see, degrees can be conferred
in absentia, as we call it, upon occasions"
The times., 1901-06-07

! aires he prGOaDlN thinks should remain IN
! commission along with their appurtenant
coachmen and footmen. He was driven
/ in his own lordly coach to the church in
| which he preached last Sunday on the
| sinfulness of golf on the Lords Day. The
/ trolleys afford the poor of a great city the
one chance in the week they enjoy to
/ snatch a breath of fresh air, and feast
/ their weary eyes upon green grass and
| trees and pleasant waves. All of these
things the rich have ever with them, and
| If not they can be easily reached in drag,
/ coach tlbury, dog cart, runabout But
the poor have only their legs and the
street cars The Havemeyer proposition
is not likely to be popular.
A sharp little fight between the British
! and the Beers near Warm Baths. in the
| Transvaal, is reported This time the
former claim the advantage. Mr.. st.
John Brodrick, Secretary OF State for
War. asserts that the South African diff
fcuty viii soon be settled If the burgh-
ers will only condesceud to come to close
quarters Warm Baths and Vlakfontein
seem to show that they are not at all dis
inclined to d. just that; but the war
appears to so on all the same.
Prince Tuan, nominaIly exiled and in
disgrace, but actually in command of
Chinese force in western Mongolia, has
been heard from. At latest accounts he
was preparing to capture a Belgian mis-
sion station in the province and massacre
the priests and other inmates. Friends of
the threatened missioners in Pekin are
anXiOusly waiting for further news. fear
ing the worst. Tuans activity is perhaps
only a forerunner of what we may expect
in China proper, after the foreign troops
have been withdrawn.
The medical fraternity in New York are
not all agreed as to the wisdom Of Com
missioner Powderly's order barring i'm
migrants afflicted with tuberculosis from
our shores. One physician declares that
to examine four thousand arrivals in
single day, which would sometimes be
necessary, would be a physical impossi-
bihty and argues that the examination
should be made at the port OF departure.
Possibly that would be the better way.
but the fact remains that the principle of
the order is a good one
The London Chronicle" yesterday re-
iterated the painful story that five British
ex-officers and one hundred enlisted men
are in prisons under sentence of penal
servitude for life for traitorous corre-
spondence and dealings with the Beers.
1t also asserts that Lord Kitchener re-
Gently has shot several officers and men
for the same offence, reporting their deaths
as the result of "enteric fever"
The fact that an English horse with a
Russian name won the Derby on Wed
nesday is heralded as a great American
turf victory. 1t would be difficult, we
hirIr 70 vrrI,,r
The times., 1901-06-07
succumbing to the Doctors.

IFTOm the IIItsiUlTs UIaplIch.l
Il is beginning TO be felt that the resolution
Of the military and naval surgeons declaring the
abolition OF the canteen to be detrimental to
the service is something Of Importance. The pro
test OF ordinary officers had little weight. but
the testimony Df the doctors is quite another
matter.
The times., 1901-06-07
Mr.. Bryan's Conclusion.
(From the Indianapolis News \

tFIVIII tIIe IHuIlLd puIIs NeWS.l
Mr.. Bryan did not get in a bad idea in his
criticism OF the Supreme Courts decision when
he said that the effect OF the decision was TO
make written constitution unnecessary. 1t Is
a thought iull of suggestion.
The times., 1901-06-07

Mr.. J. c. Havemeyer, the Sugar Sab
batarian of Yonkers, would abolish the
Sunday newspaper because he considers
the typesetting. folding, distribution, and
so on incident to Its issue all Of a deSecra-
tive character Most Of the work, ex-
cept that Of circulation, on Sunday pa
per. is performed on Saturday. What
would MIR Havemeyer do with the Mon
day paper which is the resui, of Sunday
work? He Is extreme enough TO wish to
do away with the operation of trolley cars
on Sunday. which he considers wicked
But the carriages and horses of million
The times., 1901-06-07

The Powers are still at odds over the
details OF the indemnity settlement
Japan mas Withdrawn from support of
the Anglo-Americau plan Of a segregated
loan, each Government to guarantee its
own share, and now favors the issue Of
a general loan TO be floated by China.
The States which have the greatest diff
ficulty in financing their own issues are
united in asking for a general interna-
tional guarantee, which simply would
mean that two of the eudorsers, the
United States and Great Britain, which
are the financial nations in interest,
practically would furnish the entire Sc
curity. Neither of these Governments
cares to sign accommodation paper for
their less fortunate associates, and so
the matter is hanging FIRE Pourparlers
are passing between the several capitals,
and some sort Of arrangement may be
patched W within the next week.
The times., 1901-06-07

The fact that an English horse with a
Russian name won the Derby on We'd
nesday is heralded as a great American
turf victory. 1t would be difficult, we
think, to say why.