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The times., 1901-05-14
MR.. POWELL ExoNERATED.
Charges Against the Assistant Naval
Constructor Not Sustained.

Charges preferred by a New York lum-
her firm through the medium of Senator
Thomas c. Platt, against Assistant Naval
Constructor Joseph Wright Powell, were
not sustained by a court of enquiry
whose report was received at the Navy
Department yesterday. Senator Platt
requested the Navy Department to trans
fer Mr.. Powell from the Brooklyn Navy
Yard to some other duty, but the court
findings are by implication opposed TO
any action which would reflect on the Of
ficer concerned. The record OF the pro-
caedings and findings of the court has
not been taken up for consideration by
the department
Mr. Powell is the officer who, as a naval
cadet, commanded the boats crew Of
volunteers stationed at the entrance to
Santiago Harbor to effect the rescue of
Naval Constructor HObson and the men
of the Merrimac after the Merrimac was
sunk in the channel to prevent Cervera s
squadron from escaping. For this service
Mr. Powell was advanced. on the con-
clusion of his studies as a cadet he was
commissioned and went abroad TO STUDY
naval architecture. On his return TO the
| United States in April, 1860, he was as
signed to construction duty AT the brooh-
| lyn Navy Yard.
The charges against Mr.. Powell We're
nreferred by Donnat * Pell, lumber deal
| ers, who have furnished a great qeal OF
| material for the Brooklyn yard. They al
| ieged that Mr. Powell had shown enmity
| 10 the firm and had done much to in1ure
| its business His alleged animuS against
| them according to their written com
| municatiOn to the Navy Department, had
| baen disclosed by Mr.. Powell in state
! ments to two of the firms employees that
| Dcnnat & Pen were responsible for an
! attack upon him that had appeared in a
| February issue of the United States Gov
| ernment Advertiser.
! threatened to injure il in it's dealings
| with the Government on account Of this
| article It was charged also by Donnat
! a. PeH that Mr.. Powell had wrongfully
| refused to inspect 10000 feet of lumber
! for tho Broctlyu yard which il was his
| duty to pass Another charge was that
after IG9 nt" feet of lumber had been de-
| liveFed and unloaded at the Brooklyn
! yard by poruat & Pell MIR. Powell or
| dered il reloaded on the firms wagons
| and taken away. declining to permit the
| seiecuen OF such of the lumber as was
| uD to the specified requirements. This
the firm alleged, caused it much trouble
| and expense.
When the charges were received at the
! Navy Department with Senator Platt s
| request for MIR. Powell's transfer they
| were transmitted to Rear Admiral Bar
| ker comma ndant of the Brooklyn Navy
| Yard with instructions to investigate
! Admiral Barker appointed a court of en-
/ quiry whose report was received at the
| department yesterday.
The court reports that, in its opinion
| Donnat x PEP not only failed to sub
| stautilte ty its own witnesses the allie
| cations against Mr. Powell, but haC
| caused trouble and loss of time to tn,
| ward by requests connected with the in
| sDection Of material furnished by it.
The times., 1901-05-14
MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Statements Printed in New York
said TO BE Ridiculous.


MANILA, May 15.-The long articles
which have appeared in the January, Feb
ruary ard March numbers Of the New
York Engineering and Mining Journal"
entitled Mining in the Philippines,
and signed Manila" which is be-
lieved to be nom de plume for
Mr.. Rice, the editor Of a local paper
who was depOrted by order of General
Macarthur, are condemned by local min
ers. who are surprised that reliable jour
nails should make such mistakes. Captain
Burritt, Chief of the Mining Bureau said
today:
1T is impossible to conceive the object
or purpose of the publication of series
of scandaIous and misleading communica-
tions and ridiculous assertions. including
some in regard to oil development. Mines
are described which do not exist. The
presence of coal in B9Ianga is purely inn
aginative. The shipment of sixty tons of
copper which the writer says he witnessed
is a ridiculous statement. Besides there
is no developed mine in the archipelago
today.
1.-THE mining industry is capable Of great
development, but there is no Fidnrae'o
here 1t is not a question of the presence
of these commodities Just now. but Of
ways and means of working them and
transporting the products. The prospects
are bright and there are many intelli-
gent miners here"
Prof Worcester. of the Philippine Com
mission, characterizes the statements as
gross exaggerations. Colonel Crowder re-
flutes the statements that troops have
been assigned to guard the mines. He
says he has never favored any particular
( industries
The times., 1901-05-14

voted for the party and candidates of
the Coal Trust and other trusts and
SO. when these same lead
ers talk about a resumption of hostl-
tiles, we are compelled to feel uncer-
tain either as To their common sense or
their motives Nevertheless. there is
very strong agitation in progress in the
anthracite districts. and possibly it may
lead to eventualities. which, however,
must be considered too remote to Gre
ate much present uneasiness- In a
speech to d mass meeting of ten thou
sand miners at WiIllesbarre on Sunday
Organizer Dilcher. of the United Mine
Workers. declared that unless an agree
ment. including recognition Of the
Union. should be reached at the ma
tional convention of the organization
to be held in Indianapolis next Janu-
arv, every miner in the United States
would be called out Referring to the
failure of The state Legislature TO pass
bills in the interests of the mine work
ers, he said:
..One dozen traitors were found among you by
the corporations and sent to Harrisburg to oppose
the passage of bills intended 10 better your con
dition. Let every local in this region prepare lo
a struggle by wedding these vile creatures out o
its ranks We could corner Wall Street tohor'
row only for these men. The gigantic battle be
tween labor and capital is drawing closer thai
the corporations suppose
Well, possibly the gigantic battle
drawing closer. but wiz never be JOIN
ed in way to produce final or def
mite results. if the preliminary tac
| tics are to be anything like those re
sorted to last October There. IS NJ
/ doubt of the potential power OF tn
skilled working classes to secure i'm
portant concessions from the employing
! trusts. If they could combine as th
great corporations have done. Thel
| ability to do so and to stick togethe
| to the end is another matter. Leaders
| in the past. have often shown remark
able placability at the crucial moment
! and if Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Morgan wer
att to get their way when the cca
| miners had the Presidential election t
use as a club over them, it is possiei
! that they and their associates mlgh
| be able TO do the same thing again.
The times., 1901-05-14
A Great threatened Labor war

on general principles we are not
nearly as much inclined TO take seri-
ousIy tie declarations or threats of the
Mine Workers leaders in Pennsylvania
as we were before the strike in the an
thraciue region Of Pennsylvania last au-
tumn. Then, It viii be remembered, the
miners had the almost universal SYM
pathy of the American public. 1t was
believed that their grievances were real
and that they had been long oppressed
by the great coal monopoly. That com
bination, as they thoroughly well knew,
was one Of half dozen, which. in part
nership or collusion with certain poll
ticians Of commanding influence, had
been able 10 seize the Government of
the United States and to subject its
executive and legislative branches to
their win I'm ali things. through the
combined power and use Of patronage
and money.
AT the time of which We speak the
labor leaders interested in he strug-
gle were preaching mo surrender" but
as the date for the Presidential cleo
ton approached, and the hand OF SEN
stor Hanna was seen in the affair,
their opposition suddenly collapsed and
they and their followers trotted up to
the polls like sheep 10 the shambles and
The times., 1901-05-14
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Jacksonville in Urgent Need of Cash
Contributions.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. May i3-Those
in authority stated this afternoon that
the relief fund is almost exhausted. and
unless the nation comes to the aid OF
Jacksonville the city viii not be able to
cope with the situation here.
The Relief Association empowered Bish-
op Weed. of the Diocese of Florida; May
OF Bowden. and Capt. c. z. Garner. Pres
ident OF the Board of Trade. to issue an
appeal tonight calling on the entire coun-
try for cash contributions 10 bridge over
the next four weeks in caring for the
destitute and homeless. Unless generous
and prompt response is made to this cry
for aid the situation in this city will be
dreadful
Hundreds of people are yet without
proper clothing. many are sick and in
need of deiicacies. and as the food sup
plies are giving out thousands viii go
| hungry The Relief Association has de-
| cided that 1t is time to cast all modesty
| aside and set Jacksonville before the
| country in the true light of the prevailing
| conditions.
s. III. Hart. one of the weaIthiest ne
groes in the city. was this afternoon
! charged by the head of the employment
| bureau with classifying payroiis and di-
verting to himself the funds OF the Relief
Association. AS heretofore Hart has
| stood high in the community. this revela-
| tion created sensation. He will be
| brought up before the Executive Com
mittee tomorrow morning for a hearing
The times., 1901-05-14
LORD FRANCIS BACON.
Mr.. Burr Advances Some Facts Con-
corning His Birth.

To THE EDrroR OF THE TIMES: The date
of Lord Bacon's birth, as given by his
biographer, Speeding. is January 2, l560-
81: that is to say, 1860 of the ecclesiastical
year. which began March ., but 1861 of
the historical year The Dictionary OF
National Biography gives the same date,
which has been generally accepted. But
Basil Montagu, in his Works Of Lord
Bacon. with a Memoir 1854, gives jan
uary II. 1850 as his birth. Furthermore,
both Montagu and SPEEDING state that
Bacon died on the 9Th of April, 1926, at
the age Of siXty-siX, and Montagu gives
January %, 1920, as the date of the spe-
ciaI celebration of his sixtieth birthday
The difference between January IL and p
| is accounted for by the adoption of new
style.
Furthermore. in Queen Elizabeth's time
the historical year had long dated from
the 1st of January, so that it appears to
have been a mistake to fix the year of
| Bacons birth in 1861.
| This correction of Lord Bacon's birth
day may not seem important. but it be-
comes so, in my judgment, from a pas
sage in DIR. Owens Cipher Story" in
the first volume of which, page 1856 Lady
Anne Bacon tells her reputed son, Fran
ciS that the twenty-seventh year of
| 1luEen f..-ZaDElH age WIS lilc ear OF
his nativity. When [ first read this [
| deemed it an error of one year and made
| the following footnote:
Elizabeth was born September = 1888; eonse-
quently her twenty seventh year began September
:, 1853. Bacons birth was January p 1861 in
| Elizabeth's twenty-eighth year
| But now 1t is. quite certain that the
| Cipher Story is right; January, 1850.
| was the fifth month of Elizabeth's twen-
| ty-SeVenth year.
And in regard TO the day of the month
/ the following record has Just been pro-
| duced from the Church of St. Martin-in-
| the-Fields:
1850. Jan 25.-Baptzatus fuit Franciscus Bacon
! flius DIN. Nich- Bacon.
N MAGNT ANGLIE, sigilH Cus,odis.
Allowing fourteen days as a reasonable
| time for baDtismal ceremony the date
! of January II. 1869. for the birth of Lord
Bacon is doubtless correct
The foregoing records, save that from
] the Cipher Story, are adduCed by Par
| ker Woodward in "BaCOniana' for April
| as having an important bearing on the
| question of Lord BaconS parentage. That
| he was the son OF Queen Elizabeth is in
| my judgment, well established. In his
Advancement of Learning he described
six cipher systens. and now, I'm his nu-
merOus works, both open and secret
| these have been detected and are being
| deciphered. in some of which he declares
himself the legitimate son of Queen Eliza
| beth and rightful Prince of Wales.
And let me add that in The Times oi
| June %. 1898 | proved that Bacon did not
die on the 9Th of April, 1928, but lived OF
| in exile fifteen years longer. / adduccC
| q letter written by him to the Lord Mayor
of London dated November 20. 1925. sever
months after his alleged death, together
with other evidence that his life was pro
Ionged i'm exile And now | have ample
evidence that he was driven into exile by
the secret society he himself had iouudeo
III "' w Fl. BURR.
The times., 1901-05-14
THE RATE OF DUTY CHANGED.
imported Glass to he Affected by n
New Classification.

The Treasury Department has issued a
circular changing the method of classi-
hcation in glass imported at New York,
Philadelphia Chicago. Cincinnati, and
Louisville and making the practice uni
form at all ports Heretofore at these
ports the duty has been computed on a
basis of the superficial area of each plate,
but under the new method, which hos
heen in vogue in Boston and Louisville,
IL will be classified with reference to the
shapes of the sheets. The effect will be
to increase the duty on the plates which
conform TO the dimensions mentioned in
the tariff law.
The times., 1901-05-14
The EmottonaI Yeuton.
CFrom the Pitt.burg Dispatch.l

IT IVTT FTV INV7II0I- : I'I'I'''VII'I
The United States Is willing TO believe IN
German friendship as long it lasts. There
can he no doubt that clash at arms between
these Powers would put end to German com
mercial pretensions iorever-if not to German
national life-and would temporarily destroy
American supremacy in the markets OF the
world. Germany ought TO be as well able To
understand this anyone. But as long as Ger
many is the victim of unreasonable impulses
it will naturally be regarded with suspicion It's
best plan will be to ignore criticism aud con-
duct itself in such way as TO dsarm it.
The times., 1901-05-14
A FOREIGN RUMoR DENIED.
The state Department Says the I<ru-
ger story IN IA Canard.

1t was denied at the State Department
yesterday that there was any truth in the
story published in Cologne that President
Mckinley had intimated to President
Kruger, of the Transyaal that he tMr
KrugeD could not be received officially
or unofiiclally during his proposed visit to
the United Sta1es.
The opinion was expressed that the
story was an invention designed to DIS
courage the South African statesman
from coming to America.
The times., 1901-05-14

1t was too bad. just after receiving a
signed photograph of Mr. Mckinley from
that distinguished gentleman, to have the
old Shamrock, which failed 10 "lift' the
cup the last time, beat the new Sham
rock by five minutes in a twenty mile
triangular race. But Shamrock II may
do better another time, and il Sir Thomas
has the necessary patience. persistence
and longevity. he may yet liTe to carry
the inartistic silver molasses jug to the
old country; but not wi. hout hustling
The times., 1901-05-14
OBITUARY.

The Most Rev. DIR. John Trayers Lewis,
formerly Archbishop of Ontario and Me-
tropolitan of Canada, who sailed for Eng
land on the Atlantic transport steamship
Menorninea on May 1, died at sea three
DAYS later He had been i'll in New York
all winter and started on a trip abroad
hoping that the voyage would improve his
health He was accompanied by his wife.
His last public appearance was in New
York on February 3. when he presided az
the memorial service the Queen IN
Trinity Church.
The Archbishop was born on June 20.
1925. at GarryoIoyne Castle, County OF
Cork, ireland. on the estate given to his
ancestors by Henry IL He was graduated
from Trinity College. Dublin. as tenor
moderator in ethics and logic, and as gold
medaIist. He went to Ontario in 1873 as a
missionary and was made a Bishop IN
1862. In 1873 he was made Archbishop OF
Ontario and Metropolitan of Canada at
the synod held for the consolidation OF
| the Church of England and Canada. lie
was the first Bishop Of the Church of
England to be consecrated in the colonies
! and he was the last to receive the Queen
/ patent. nj.
The Archbishop was twice married his
! first wife was Annie ttenrletta' 9ausn.er slsI
| General of Canada. She died IN 1856, IeaN-
| ing five children. In 1879 ne married u
! da1ghter of the late Esau Leigh, OF Man
chester, England
Dr. James Hayes. an old resident OF
PIainfield, n J., died on Sunday at his
home in East Front Street He was born
in Newark. where his father, DR.. Samuel
Haves. was one of the early physicians.
He was graduated in the class OF 1871
| from Princeton University. He studied
medicine at the College of Physicians and
/ Surgeons in New York and was graduated
/ from that college in 1854. He practtced
medicine ten years in BROOKLYN he
| leaves q daughter, Miss Sarah Hayes. and
| a son, james Hayes, New YORK lawyer
| John ]. Tanning. chief OF battalion No
/ 80. of the fire department in Brooklyn,
| died suddenly of heart disease Monday
morning at his home, 2S4 Warren Street,
I in his fifty-ninth year. He served in the
old volunteer fire department and went
| to the front in the civil war with the
! Durvea Zouaves on returning from the
! war he joined the regular fire department.
and had been connected with it ever since
He leaves a widow and five children
Mrs. Esther Lewis. who had been a
resident of Ithaca, n, Y, for sixty years.
| died yesterday at the age of eighty-seveu
| wears She was one of the best-known
! women in Tompkins County, New YORK
Malcolm Gilchrist Anderson, lawyer
and public man of san Antonio. Tex.
died Yesterday aged seventy-f0ur years.
| He vas a Mexican war veteran
Prof David Shepard Holman, scien-
tist ana inventor, formerly of Girard Col
Ieee Philadelphia. died in Bangor, Me.
| Monday.
Navy Olmsted. widow OF Samuel S.
Oln,sted. died in Greenwich, Conn. on
! sunday in her ninety-tirst year.
The times., 1901-05-14
AuITY BETWEEN REPUBLICS.
Nineteen VIII Join in IA Conference
at Mexico City.

Word was received at the State Depart
ment yesterday from Senior Mariscal. Min
lister of Foreign Relations of Mexico. that
all of the American Republics had form
ally accepted invitations to send represen-
tatives to the International Conference of
States. TO be held in the City of Mexico
on October %.
The Republics, in the order oe accept
ance. are as follows: Mexico, United
States. Guatemala, Salvador, Costa Rica,
Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Honduras, Mica
ragua, Colombia. Ecuador, Bolivia, Bra
Zil, Argentine Republic, Uruguay. Haiti,
san LomingO. and Paraguay
The delegates from the United States to
the conference are ex-senator Davis Of
West Virginia. w. /. Buchanan, John w.
Foster, John Barrett. and c. NJ Pepper.
The times., 1901-05-14

or that all or any of the aid and com
fort to the Tasal rebellion in the 'hl'eu
States has come from Democratic
sources. The persons chiefly response
BILE for that aid and comfort are Re
publicans of good standing and proml-
nnnca in their marty
The times., 1901-05-14
No News From Turkey.

The State Department has as yet re-
ceived no word from Minister Leishmann
at Constantinople regarding the efforts of
the Porte to suppress the foreign post
offices. The United States does not main
tain any independent postal service be-
tween Constantinople and the outside
world but uses the French. Austrian and
British services.
The times., 1901-05-14
TO RETURN FROM MANILA.
Secretary Root Orders Thirteen
Commands to Be Sent Home

Secretary Root OrheFs
Commands to Be Sent Home
Secretary Root yesterday cabled General
Macarthur, at Manila, instructing him TO
send to San Francisco the following regl-
ments and batteries: Fourteenth, Eight
eenth. and Twenty-third Regiments OF
Infantry; Fourth Regiment of cavalry
Twenty ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-secoilo'
and Thirty-third Companies of Coast Ar
tilIerv. First. Eighth. Tenth. Twelfth, and
Thirteenth Batteries OF Field Artillery.
General Macarthur is instructed to
transfer to other commands all men in the
above organizations in their first enlist
ment, having more than one year to serve ;
also men wishing to remain in the Philip
pines. All men of other organizations
having three months or less to serve, not
intending to re-enlist, are to be trans
ferred to the returning organizations.
The times., 1901-05-14
yiruinia,s Coming Convention.
nrom the richmond Dispatch.)

Nrom the Hichnohh UIsFlIVh-J
Public opinion IS most crystailized upon the
subject Of negro suffrage, and the demand Is
emphatic that some restriction should be put
upon it: but no one has brought forward a
thoroughly satisfactory plan yet. II is to be
hoped-as. indeed. it is eXpeeted-that Major
Danie, will suggest an effective method of re
striction in harmony with the enunciation of our
marty in its State convention held at Norfolk.
The times., 1901-05-14
The schwnb Notion.

lFrOm the haIsls NIIl SUM-
II thrift and riches were the only condition.
nf happiness in life the extensive failure 20 at
ttin them would make the world such vale OF
lev, that even Mr. Schwab with all OF his
eb,unding pride and seh-satisfaction, would ind
il rather a dreary sort Of place 10 stay. The
number of Schwabs in the world must OF ne
cessty be limited There are no metes anu
Rounds fixed to that great and goodly company
of men and women Who find enjoyment aud satis-
faction in those blessings which may he obtained
without cost. not TO speak of things which money
cannot buy.
The times., 1901-05-14
Death of n CavaIryman.

Adjutant General Corbin yesterday re-
eaived the following cablegram from Ha-
Havana, May u
'Adiutant General Washington:
Death report May l TO 10: Columbia
Barracks May l. Private Dennis Young,
O. Seventh Cavalry, typhoid fever.
WOOD, Commanding"
The times., 1901-05-14
THE TRIAL OF THE ILLINOIS.
4 Despatch Says the BattIeship Will
BE Ready by june 20

Capt George a Converse, Of the bat
tIeship Illinois, who is in Washington on
special duty, received a telegram yester-
day from the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company saying that-the
Illinois would be ready for her official
trial on June 20.
The trial VIII take place on the course
between Cape Ann, Mass. and Cape Por-
poise. Me It is probable that the Illinois
will be able TO join the North Atlantic
Squadron before the conclusion of the
summer n1aneuyres.
The times., 1901-05-14
The Price We Have to Pay.
lErnrr M 81. I.onis Republic.l

Monroe Doctrine or no Monroe Doctrine, the
consequence Of European interneddllng IN the
Western Hemisphere must be fight This is the
price we pay for the Philippines, but it is too
late now TO he,vail the payment of sucl price
Il is in order to advise Europe that the American
policy still forbids European interference IN North
Central or South America.
The times., 1901-05-14
An End to Competition.
OFrom the siout Citv Trihune)

tITWIIF
4 shipping trust in connection with a railroad
trust and an industrial trust, controlling also
the 18th zan Canal. would eus an end 20 COM
petition Yet that is the condition which men
se,, ahead And seeing it, there is little WONDER
tIst they are surprised at the Presidents position
of advocacy of the Ship Subsidy.
The times., 1901-05-14
The American Conclusion.

(From the Chicago Chronicle)
The Monroe Doctrine has might and fight be
hind it, as Europe will find out whenever it IS
sufficiently curious to test the Natter
The times., 1901-05-14

1t was stated at the War Department
Yesterday that one hundred enlisted men
who have passed their examinations for
second Iieutenancies in the Regular Army
will have to wait an indefinite length of
time before receiving their commissions,
as the same will not be issued until after
all the Presidential appointees have been
examined and commissioned. We are un-
willing to believe that Mr.. Mckinley will
endorse any such rule on his return. 1t
savors too much Of Sampson and his
contemptuous views concerning enlisted
men and their right TO recognition in
comparison with gentlemen like him
self for example.
The times., 1901-05-14

Mrs. Esther Lewis who had been
resident of Ithaca, n, Y, for sixty years.
died yesterday at the age of eishty-seven
years She was one of the best-known
women in Tompkins County, New York