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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
TO STOP MULE SHIPMENTS.
The British War Office Instructs Its
New Orleans Agent.

NEW ORLEANS. April 5.-The British
War Office has cabled to it's agents at
New Orleans to make no further pur-
chases of mules and horses for South At
rca, but to close up their business here
They were also instructed to hurry for
ward all stock now under contract as
rapidly as possible. May has been fixed
as the date for the closure of business
here.
1t is stated by the British officer here
that the closing of the New Orleans office
is not due to the suit brought in the
court by General Pearson and Edward
Van Ness, the Boer agent, asking that
the shipment of mules to the British
army in South Africa be prohibited by
injunction. as the order was issued be-
fore the suit was brought.
The total number of horses and mules
shipped to date is $3.50 and there are
about 1000 more head under contract in
Missouri and Texas awaiting shipment.
The total expenditures in this country on
the part of the British War Department
for mules and horses and their provender
has been in the enighborhood of $780,
800
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
A DRY GOODS COMBINATION.
Confirmation of the Alleged Plans of
John CIaHin.

NEW YORK. April 5.-WiIliam McCree-
ry, the dry goods merchant. said today
that there was foundation for the report
that John Claflin was planning a system
of retail dry goods stores.
The details of the plan. he said were
not sufficiently perfected to permit him to
make them public. Mr. McCreery said
that Mr.. Claflin was now working on
these details and would probably com
plete them in a day or two.
The full scheme will be made public in
due time, it is understood. but nothing
will be put forth while the plan is in
complete. At the Broadway store of
James McCreery x Co. confirmation was
given today Of the report that the store
had been sold to the firm of " Snellen-
burg * Co. of Philadelphia but It was
said that the sale had no connection
whatever with the operations being ne
gotiated with j. Clailin. who last fall ac-
quired a controlling interest in McCree-
rvs Twenty-third Street store. The de-
tails of the new sale are not made pub
lie
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

after reading and duly considering this
article. whether il is to be supposed
that the gun wants a perfectly honest
city government and if he does not,
why he should make a fuss IL the po-
lice force is not honest. In reply to this
it may be said. first. that men are very
much like boys; they respect a person
who can make them behave themselves.
They do not object to town which is
wide OPEN the thing to which they
do object very strongly is the double
faced dishonesty which pretends to Keep
order when nothing of the sort is ac-
complished. and takes toll from the just
and the unjust alike. They object to an
arrangement by which they are obliged
sometimes to pay for privileges which
they do not secure. to be square" with
men who are not square with them
even according to thieves honor. They
object in short, to people who try to
run with the hare and hunt with the
hounds
But the opinion of the gun" is of
value to the rest of the community only
things in an organization which is sup
posed To exist for the good of the city,
but which, according to Mr.. Flynts in
vestigations, Is made up mostly of men
who are lin il for what they can get"
who are sharing the profits of the Illicit
business which they are supposed to
prevent. IL is an interesting and demon
alizing state of things. and it is not at
all surprising that when so vivid de-
scription of ii is sprung upon the pub
lie. the persons most nearly concerned
should enter an emphatic denial. This
is a matter of course. But the people OF
New York, and the general public
which has followed the record of the
spasmodic Investigations tending to re-
form, made from time TO time in that
city, know that the description is accu-
rate.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
BRADSTREETS ON THE WEEK.
The Spring Trade Outlook Consid-
cred Generally Encouraging.


NEW YORK. April 5.-Bradstreets to-
morrow viii say:
Speculative activity. seeking express
sion In the markets for securities. cereals.
raw cotton. and some hog products. has
| rather tended to obscure interest in gen.
eral distributive trade. which has. how
ever. been temporarily disturbed. in re-
tail lines at least, by widespread unfavor-
able weather. conditions.
While the general tendency OF this
speculation has been builish. marked
exception was that furnished by bearish
movements in wheat and corn. which
have lowered the level of these products
for the time being The general consensus
is that retail Easter trade has been to
some extent eurtailed by rains i'm the
cities, and bad roads in the country dis
tricts, but, as above noted. these are
really only temporary phases, and the
general outlook. alike as to crops and as
to spring trade as a whole. is in high
degree encoura ging
Additional evidence as to the results
of the first quarters business coming to
hand this week confirms this latter view
Bank cIestrings for that period are far
in advance OF the record clearings of 1893
Failures. while more numerous than in
1900. or in 1899, are less damaging than
for fourteen years past and prices. al
though lower than month ago, show
signs at last of a reaction from the
downward movement which has been
feature for year past.
THE textile trades continue source
of encouragement to manufacturers, but
the strength of raw cotton. despite some
recurring weakness, shows that at pres
ent prices, which are &c above last week,
that staple has developed some friends.
Liquidation of tired holders in wheat and
a drive against the leading Chicago bull
interests in corn have brought about
lower range of values, but it is worth
noting that a heavy export business has
been done in wheat at the decline. and
both of these cereals closed above the
lowest.
Weather conditions, except in the
Northwest, have been rather unfayor-
able to planting and ground preparation.
This is particularly true in the South.
where cotton planting is retarded. Cot
ton acreage in middle Tennessee will
show gain on last year, but a decrease
Is looked for in northern Alabama. Heavy
fertilizer shipments point to a large in
crease in acreage in the South Atlantic
States
business failures for the week number
lSS, against 1S9 last week, and 1872 in this
week year ago"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
A BOOM FOR MR.. COLER.
Tammnny Leaders Want Him to Run
for MAYOR.

NEW YORK. April "a number of
prominent Tammany district leaders and
politicians are promoting "A movement for
the nomination of Comptroller Bird $.
Coler as the Tammany candidate for
mayor, if he accepts, and they believe
that !ie will. Those mentioned as active
in the movement are Lawrence Delmour.
ex-Sheriff Thomas J. Dunn. and City
Chamberlain Patrick Keenan,. These men
are the leading representatives. of the
element of Tammany that stands closest
to Mr. Croker.
They have been talking to John F.
him over to the Coler movement before
NE CrolSer returns from Englnnd
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION.
New York Lumber Men Protest
Against a Railway.

NEW YORK, April 5.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission held a session to-
day at the Federal Building to hear pro-
tests of New York lumber merchants
against the discriminating freight rates
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad on
oak and poplar lumber brought over its
lines from Ohio and West Virginia.
The dealers asserted that the Norfolk
and Western rates are from to cents
"a thousand higher than the tariff on the
Chesapeake and Ohio, Baltimore and
Ohio, and Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western roads. whose lines are not so
direct as the Norfolk and Western
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
TO MANAGE THE sEABoARD.
James VI. Barr to Leave the A. T. &
5. +. System.

RICHMOND, Va, April 5.-John Skel-
ton Williams. President of the Seaboard
Air Line. officially announced today that
James NJ. Barr, Vice President of the
Santa Fe system, has accepted the po-
sition of General Manager and Vice
President of the Seaboard, and will take
charge on May /.
He is also authority for the assurance
that there will be no "shake-up' under
the new general manager, and that no
changes, beyond Mr.. Bars election, are
intended.
He further authorizes the statement
that the stories that the Pennsylvania
or any other system is likely to secure a
controlling interest in the Seaboard are
without foundation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

To IHE EDITOR OF TE TINES: This country is
now on record protesting against the
absorption OF Manchuria by Russia. We can
now expect to hear from Russia and Europe when
our turn comes 10 absorb Cuba and Mexico The
two cases are exactly similar and We cannot
protest, il Europe later on demands the open
door in Cuba and Mexico. The Hon. John Hay
has sold II, out again. The diplomacy of this
Administration is something TO rejoice all Eu-
rope We have at last succeeded in alternating
the only true friend we have had amongst
the European nations ClIAS. J. WHITE.
W,sLfngtpn Auril l.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

Col. Robert Wallace, a veteran of the
civil and Mexican wars. died on Thursday
afternoon. after a five months Illness, at
the home of his sister. Mrs. Alexander
Elliott, I20 Bentley Avenue. Jersey City.
He was born in Easton. Pa, eighty years
ago. He was II captain in the Mexican
war and became colonel at the close
of the civil war.
Colonel Wallace lived for many years
in Washington Territory before its ad-
part there in Republican politics. He was
once urged to enter the race for Governor
of the Territory, but refused.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
A BEAUMONT OIL EXCHANGE.
Quotations to BE Sent Ont on Mon
day Next.

DALLAS, Tex, April 5.-The Beaumont
oil Exchange organized yesterday at
Beaumont, sent articles of Incorporation
to the Secretary of States office at Aus
tin today. and applied formally for a
charter.
Next Monday the company will be pre-
pared to offer for sale stock in any oil
company and quotations will be sent to
all leading exchanges. There has been
demand from all over the country for ac-
curate quotations on the Beaumont oil
Company's stock. but heretofore nothing
could he sent out.
Tie exchange promises to keep out of
its quotations the stock of all except alb
solutely trustworthy companies.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

As the new Maryland election law
makes actual and continuous residence in
the State necessary to qualify a citizen
TO vote at its elections, there is something
like political panic among the several
thousand Marylanders in the District who
have been Marylauders in fact only just
before election time. They will have to
move over the border or lose the fran
chlse. That may amount to a considera-
bic hardship in cases; but It will put an
end to the registration and voting OF
hordes Of District negroes who. having
been employed ON railway work In Mary
land at some time or other. have been
regularly taken back there to swell the
Republican vote.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

From the Philadelphia Iedger)
II the Secretaries who were in the War and
Navy Departments from lsdl To 1865 inclusive
hpd ordered that all soldiers and Slilors should
be vigorously examined prior to their discharge
there can be no doubt that the pension list would
now be much more truly a roll of honor aud
also a good dc..I shorter. OF course such nm
order would have had no effect upon service
pensions. but unqu stionably it would have re-
duced the nunb,, ~ those 60 whom the dis
ability, total or partial, pensions have been
gwen
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
OIL STRUCK IN MEXICO.
An Artesian Well Leads to the Dis
pgNPry

COATZACOALCOS. Mex. April s.
There Is considerable excitement in this
part of Mexico over the discovery of
petroleum and asphaltum on the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec. a short distance from
CoatZacoalcos.
The discovery was made by an Amer
lean coffee planter while drilling an ar
tesian well. The flow of oil is strong. and
it has base of pure asphaitum.
Arrangements are being made to drill
number of wells and to develop the
new oil field on an extensive scale.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

G'rcm the Boston Transcript)
There j. nothing about him that suggest,
senator lioar's ideal hero. the determined man
who will resist The temptations of ease TO pre-
serve principle. who prefers Imprisonment 10
freedom purchased az the price of concession
Such men arc common in the Orient and among
the military adventures OF Latin American eoun-
tries. In fact. the young Don Emilio Agunalio
Is an apt example Of the Oriental nature as Affect
cd by an infusion OF Latin blood.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

The appellate division of the Supreme
Court of New York has decided that the
income Of Nine Boni de Castellane can
not be held up for the debts of her hus-
band. This decision, it is said. win re-
lease an annual income of over half a
million dollars, lately under tentative Sc
questration. No doubt the result OF the
proceedings will be welcomed by the py-
rOtechnic count" and it is also probable
that the cause of the Orleanist preteuder
viii again look up It takes money to
support preteusions
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
The Earth His Oyster.


tFT0m the Boston Hcllld)
The Panama Canal has found a pa in Million
aire Morgan, who offers to build il without ask
ing the Government to furnish dollar. provided
the latter viii kill the Nicaragua Canal scheme
Why not give MIR. Morgan what little he does
not yet o~n Of the Western Hemisphere and
tel him TO run the whole thing just to suit
himself
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
OBITUARY.

Capt. John Alexander Stevenson. the
oldest captain on the Mississippi River
died at Shreveport, La, on Thursday
night while on visit there. He was
seventy-nine years old. He was a ma
tive OF Uniontown. Pa, and went to New
Orleans in 1859, when he went into the
river business.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

Cable messages received here from San
Reno. italy. tell of the death on We'd
nesday of Henry Gubble. son of Canon
Gubble, of st. Paul's Cathedral. London.
Mr. Gubble was IL prominent resident of
babylon, l.. l., and was sixty years old.
He Travelled extensively and for several
wears lived in Shanghai. where he was
the American representative of the Stan
dard Oil Company. His health recently
became impaired and his doctors ordered
him to go abroad.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06
Probably on the List.


(FrOm The TndlahdPoIls Fressl
The Nebraska deadlock broke too late to admit
OF Mr. Meitlejohn's getting place Of refuge
ON the st. Louis Exposition Commission. but
maybe the President can find him something
equally as good"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

From the ST. Paul Dispatch)
jefferson Davis was confined in oasemate In
FORTRESS Monroe and the irons fastened him,
for a while. AguinaldO is confined" in the
Ialace OF Malacanan; no irons.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

There would appear to be an eligible
opportunity for General Otis to explain
the transaction by which the Govern
ment acquired possession of thirteen old
Spanish gunboats in Philippine waters 1t
is alleged that they were offered to an
American official of high position at a
very moderate price; that the offer was
refused; that private syndicate bought
them in and then turned them over to the
yiceregal authorities at a cost considera-
bly, above that for which they had been
offered directly. it is said that the synd;-
cate cleared one hundred thousand dol
lars by the deal without trouble or ex-
pense. There may have been nothing r-
regular in all this. still it would be well
to hear what General Otis has to say on
the subject.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

In many of our newspaper exchanges
we are panied to observe a tendency
to find fault with the appointment Of
Mr.. Philander c. Knox, of Pittsburg. to
the office of Attorney General of the
United States. The objection is made
that, whereas the Attorney General is
an officer who should be always ac-
tive in enforcing the laws against trust
oppression and aggression, a man who
steps from a great trust attorneyship to
the portfolio of justice in the national
Cabinet could hardly be expected to
put the screws on friends whose inter
ests he lately represented and to whom.
perhaps, he may owe his elevation.
Under some conceivable conditions
such an objection might stand, but not
in the case of Mr. Knox. At the polls
in November the American people SOL
EMMY registered their desire to have
the country governed by the trusts and
monopolies through the politico-trust
combination that appealed to the voting
masses to continue it in power for an
other four years. Citizens knew that
when they cast their ballots for Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt they were giving
their endorsement to trust rule and to
Imperialism in the new possessions. 1t
is no time now to grumble over the re-
suits. One of the purposes of the COM
bination in power has been from the
inception of the first Mckinley Admin
istration to destroy the merit system in
the civil service. 1t is, therefore, a
perfectly normal thing to appoint an
open and ayowed enemy of that system
as Civil Service Commissioner. 1t is
charged that the wishes of great cleo
trical corpora ton were consulted in the
appointment of Commissioner of Pat
ents.
Why should the Department of JUS
tice be differentiated? Why should not
trust attorney be made Attorney Cen
eral? Is it conceivable that some OF
our best business interests" as Mr.
Eanna is fond of calling the monopo-
lies, would be able TO sleep at night il
a man upon whose judgment they did
not absolutely rely were in a position
to make trouble for them? We think
not, and we also think that President
Mckinley has been wise in securing
the services of Mr.. Knox. The latter.
having been a typical and unusually
distinguished and successful trust law
yer, will fulfill every requirement of
the position. His appointment Is fully
justified by the warrant the people have
placed in the hands of Mr.. Mckinley
to rule the Union subsequently to the
wishes and demands of the trusts.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

In prosecution for forgery of check
In Texas 1t was contended that there was
a fatal variance between the check offered
in evidence and the one described In the
indictment because the former had ltho-
graphed upon it United States revenue
stamp, while the latter omitted the stamp.
on appeal the Court of Criminal Appeals
held that there was no variance, as ii was
not necessary to set out in the instrument
or describe the revenue stamp, since II
formed no part of the instrument alleged
to have been forged. beer VS.. State. 81
s w. Rep, 49,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

All TINS IS picturesque information
enough, and the public Will be likely to
ask who is responsible for the state of
things According TO Mr.. Flynt, the
Under World" which should know best
who are it's worst enemies, deco res
that the captains of the precincts.
standing in with the keepers of gam
bling places and Joints" are RESPONSE
BILE for their protection; and a thief who
knows the Tenderloin district well Is
quoted as asserting that a conscientious
captain could clean up that district in
week. In the final analysis, however,
the responsible power seems to be the
people, for II is admitted that not even
Croker is powerful enough to order the
town shut and keep It so. one man put
il in this way:
''Hc might order the town shut. and II might
stay shut for a night but II the boy, thought
that his Nibs IN earnest they'd turn him
down.
And Mr.. Flyut's conclusion is this:
AS criticised by the professional tramp and
thief New Nork's municipal defence against
crime seems 10 be faulty in the following par
ticulars: Practically the entire municipal gov
eminent " at the beck and call Of Iamniany and
TammaHy subordiDatcs the Ciy's interests TO
it, own. New York is open because 1t ple1ses
and pass the Tammany Powers that Rule to have
it SO. The police department is helpless. be-
cause IL must obey Tdmmany's orders and pro-
tect Tsmmany's friends. The guns understand
the situation, and feel sure Of dOmcilc in the
cit, long thcy are able to square the
authorities. II the police authorities were freed
from Tsmnanys rule aud we're given to under
stand that they must clean up the city or give
way 60 men who can. The Under World declares
thgt New York could be scrubbed out in tive
nights. There would still ho some guns In the
city, but they would have TO manage without
the aid of the police. and would probably be
'railroaded' when caught committing crimes
The Under World is OF the opinion that The
citizens Of New York do not want the city
scrubbed out else they would overthrow Tam
many"
The average citizen Is likely to ask,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

Only nominal damages will be allowed
against a railroad company. holds the
Supreme Court of Arkansas. in the case
of St Louis and Iron Mountain Rail-
way Company VS.. Imam go S. w. Rep.
95D, where a passenger who boarded a
car a few miles from his destination was
forbidden from entering the town by a
quarantine guard. and this rule applies
whether the passenger was elected by
the conductor or left at the request OF
the guard.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

A Republican voter in New York wrote
his name in the column of the Demo-
cratic party ii the primary enrolment
books by mistake. On discovering his
mistake he applied for a writ of man
damus to compel the police commission
ers to change his name to the Repub-
licau column. But the Supreme Court
Especial term held that he was not en-
titled TO the writ, since the mistake
arose from his own negligence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-06

verdict of manslaughter received and
entered on Thanksgiving Day Is not void
on the ground that Thanksgiving is a
dies non, holds the Supreme Court of
Louisiana. in the case of State vs. At
kinson CO So. Rep, 279). because the re-
ceiving of the verdict was only a min
isterial act and did not constitute an
entry of judgment on that day.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-06-18
BOUTS WILL BE GOOD
Interesting sparring Contests 20 Take
Place This Evening

Jack Bennett and Charley McKeever,
the crack welter-weights who will meet
IN fftcen-round contest I'm this city to-
night put on finishing touches to their
training yesterday. Both boxers have
trained faithfully for the battle. which
promises 20 be one Of the most interest
ing ever held In this vicinity
Local sporting men are greatly in
tcrested IN the meeting Of McKeever and
Bennett, and considerable money IS being
bet on the outcome, even money prevail
Ing
There will be two preliminary battles. In
the FIRST Jack Donahue Terry McGovcrn's
sparring partner. and Dan Mcconnell will
meet for six rounds, while the second vii
bring together Jimmy Sinister and Eddi,
lMcCanrey. of Philadelphia The contest.
VIII be held under the auspices Of tn,
Wilmington Athletic Club IN the PSI
cycle Academy AS an accommodation
no a large number of philadclphians WIFI
VIII comc 20 see the contests. the club IA
ARRANGED 20 have special train run iron
Wilmington az 1870 o'clock.