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The times., 1901-04-26
THE PLANS OF SENATOR FRYE.
To Become Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.

The report that Senator Frye is serious
ly considering a proposal TO resign the
ehairmanshlp OF the Committee on Com
merce in order TO take charge Of the
Committee on Foreign Relations has
caused great deal of comment. for such
action on the part of Senator Frye would
necessitate an entire change of the Sen
atOrial committee programme and bring
the pTngs Of disappointment to more than
one Republican Senator's breast. notably
Senator Lodge. who has made no con-
cealment of his desire to succeed to the
chairmanship Of the Committee on For
eign Relations
Senator Frye's constituents do not rel
ish the idea of him giving up the Com
mittee on Commerce, which has to deal
with the shipping and fishery interests.
which are much more important to the
State of Maine than matters of foreign
relations. The shipping and the fishery
interests have been quietly at work and
it is not improbable that Senator Frye
will decide TO remain at the head of the
Commerce Committee. If he does, then
Senator Cullom OF Illinois. it is under
stood, will resign his chairmanship of
the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce and step to the head of the
nouncement would prove a disappoint-
ment to Senator Lodge. whose ambition
TO be Chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee was stimulated by his expe-
rience during the few months directly
following the death of Senator Davis of
Minnesota, when, owing to the absence
of Mr. Cullom in Illinois, he filed the
chairman's place. In point of rank, he
comes next to Cullom, and with both
Frye and Cullom out-of the way. he
would become chairman. He has asSum-
ed as many others have, that Mr.. Gull
lom would find il agreeable to retain his
present craftsmanship and leave the For
eign Relations open; but, perhaps at the
instance of the Administration, Mr.. Cul-
lom has, since his reelection, expressed
himself unequivOcally as preferrfng the
Foreign Relations chairmanship.
The President believes Mr.. CullOm to be
a safe man. in the sense of looking be-
fore behind and on both sides of him
when il becomes necessary to take leap
There is a notion at the Department of
State, on the other hand, that Mr.. Lodge
last winter nearly broke up an important
ing with Germany, by a speech in the
Senate substantially accusing that Pow
er of planning to acquire an undue in
fiuence in certain South American cOun-
tries by planting colonies there The
speech was brought to the attention of
the Department by the German Embassy,
and. whether for this cause or not, the
negotiations were suspended long enough
TO grow cold.
The times., 1901-04-26
UNION PACIFIC RUMORS.
No Authentic News 10 Account for
the Demand for shares

NEW YORK, april 25.-Transactions In
Union Pacific common shares on the
stock exchange continued today on an
enormous scale. though the aggregate
sales were not heavy as reported on
yesterday. In early dealings the shares
sold at 10. record price. but then sold
off about two points. and dealings were
marked by considerable irregularity.
Northern Pacific was also extremely ac-
tive, at an advance of nearly points.
No official statement was made during
the day to explain the stock exchange
movement There was a meeting of the
Southern Pacific directors at the offices
of the Union Pacific Railway at 1890
o'clock which was fully attended. Be
sides Chairman Hartman, Jacob III.
Schiff. James Stnlman. Otto II. Kahn.
and other of the Union Pacific represen-
tatives attended the session. The direc-
tors asserted before going into the meet
ing that only routine business would be
transacted.
At the conclusion of the meeting 1t was
stated that the only business transacted
was the election of Alexander Millar.
Secretary of the Union Pacific Railway,
as Secretary OF the Southern Pacific.
While official denials by both North
western and Union Pacific interests Of
any change in the relation of the two sys-
TENS were repeated today in as positive
terms as yesterday, a belief existed in
Wall Street that it would develop later
that an attempt at least to gain control
is being made Union Pacific directors
asserted that they did not know what in
terests were buying the stock, and they
said that an effort to buy the control of
the company in the open market would
be more difficult than buying Burlington.
The management, it was stated, believed
that the best interests of the property
would be conserved by it's operation or
control, free from any alliances The
movement in the stock was regarded by
all the Union Pacific directors as large
iy speculative. and helped along by the
present temper OF the speculative public
10 credit rumors OF consolidation one
theory. held in some quarters. was that
the buying might be attributed to minori-
ty shareholders in the Southern Pacific.
largely Western interests. operating IN
conjunction With a prominent syecuiator.
IL was said that they hoped To secure
voice in the Union Pacific management.
or control. III that should be found possi-
bic, and then to propose an exchange ot
Southern Pacific shares for Union Pacific
stock
The times., 1901-04-26
NO HELP FOR THE STRIKERS.
The North Carolina Mil Operatives
Decline Tn As.Exf

RALEIGH. n. G.. April 25-Develop-
ments OF the last few days are not en-
couraging for the success In North Caro-
lima Of the threatened general strike OF
Southern ootton-mnl operatives which
II has been announced would be ordered
early in May
1t had been stated by labor leaders that
the American Federation Of Labor was
behind the movement; that President
Samuel Gompers was personally to man.
age the strike; that ample funds would
De available, and that an assessment OF
H00e0 had already been made. of which
amount as much as was necessary would
be used to assist the 1000 operatives and
families now out at Danville, Va. be-
cause of the strike at the Riverside
mills Of that city.
Agents Of the Federation Of Labor have
been al work in mill towns in North and
South Carolina, endeayoring 10 work up
sympathy for The Danville strikers. One
of these agents visited Raleigh last week
and called a mass meeting Of workingmen
for Saturday night Although the meet
ing was widely announced. only thirty
six men appeared, all told. The sum col
lected was so small that it was not given
out
The effect will be important in other
mill towns OF this State and South Caro-
lima. The fact that practically every mill
operative of the several thousands here
stayed away from the meeting is ample
proof that they will not join in a gen
eral strike. for recognition or any
other purpose.
Speaking of these facts today. a promi-
nent cotton-mill man said.
Nonresident labor agitators will find
II an extremely difficult Job to create un-
rest among the great mass of mill opera
tiyes in this State As a rule. they are
contented and doing well, and are not dis
posed to engage in fight with their en-
ployers over a subject In which they per-
sonalIy take little interest.
The times., 1901-04-26
NEW DEFENcEs FOR HALIFAX.
A Fortress With Heavy Armament
10 He Constructed

HALIFAX, April 25.--It was announced
at headquarters here this morning that
the British army authorities have decided
on important works here this summer
but the details have not yet been made
public. Sergeant Major Westwood. Royal
Engineers. an expert fortress builder, who
was ordered here to superintend the work
has already arrived
The plans call for a new barracks for
married soldiers, quarters for the officers
Of the Royal Engineers and Royal Artil-
lery, quarters for the ward master, and a
gymnasium. The construction of fort is
also contemplated. which viii exceed in
proportions the York redoubt, which is
second only 10 that at Gibraltar
The fort, which viii be located near
Sambro. is TO be armed with twelve-inch
disappearing guns of the latest type. 1t
is the avowed purpose TO make its arma-
ment superior to any in America and sec
ond TO none in the world
The times., 1901-04-26
Question of Ethics and of Law.

To THE EDITOR or THE TINES; During the recent
discussion of the question involved in the de-
cision OF our Treasury Department that the
drawback granted by the Russian Government
was of the nature OF bounty exports and
justified the levy of the countervailing duty here.
there appears to have been no reference to cur
own laws providing for rebate of internal rev.
enue taxes paid on goods exported.
- No one has ever claimed that such rebate was
a bounty on exports. Is not this exactly the
claim OF the Russian Govenment-that they pay
no bounty?
1t is generally understood that Germany and
France, Ievying heavy internal duties on sugar,
provide as our country does in the case of dis
titled spirits for rebate of the tax when ex-
ported.
Does not this cover the whole question and
show it was not bounty? II is not the policy OF
any country to, by taxation, shackle its export
trade. j. W. FohIEh.
Charlottesville, Va.
The times., 1901-04-26
Cuba.

(From the st. Louis Globe Dcmocrat)
Every American wants to see Cuba prosperous
and happy. II is already far more prosperous
than il ever has been in the past and the
ohsnces for further advancement depend largely
upon the attitude which its people take toward
the United States. Separation from the United
States would be disastrous to Cuba, many of its
people have iorcseen ali along, and steadily
increasing number Of its inhabitants are realizing
every day. The American connection has done
much for Cuba. IT has done much, in fact
that majority Of the Cubans are likely to vote
to make the connection permanent In that hes
the salvation OF Cuba
The times., 1901-04-26
THE GUGGENHEIM SUIT,
An Injunction, ReturnabIe May IS,
Granted in Delaware.

TRENTON, n. j., April 25.-An injunc-
tion was granted yesterday by Judge
Gray. of the United States Circuit Court,
at Wilmington, Del. restraining the Gug-
genheims from in any way encumbering
selling. or otherwise dealing in the new
issue of American Smelling and Refining
stock. amounting to s45, 600. 600
Coupled with the injunction is an or
der TO show cause why the issue of the
new stock should not be set aside and
declared invalid for the reason that il
was issued by collusion. This order is
returnable at Trenton on May 13.
The times., 1901-04-26

denouncing it, as a contract long void,
who were on the other side of the ques-
tion or Indifferent some months ago.
If acknowledgment of that old
agreement as a thing of present vital1-
ty and force be a necessary condition
precedent to a new one. we are happy
TO think that Mr.. Hay will have consid-
cradle difficulty in reaching an under
standing with the British Foreign Of
flee, even though he should re-enforce
his splendid diplomacy" with that of
his colleagues of garden seed and pos
tage stamp departments. We think so,
because the attempt of England to bind
us by contract which she herself ter
minated by an act of selfish and cynl-
cal periidy thirty-nine years ago has
been steadily and increasingly irritat-
ing the American people for year or
more. They have become at last quite
generally familiar with the facts and
merits OF the controversy, and the more
they learn about it the less likely they
are to countenance any effort in the dl-
rection of accepting the British position
in the premises So there may be up
hill work ahead for the poet-diplomat
in London, and should he finally sue
ceed there, still more and harder work
in the Senate next winter.
The times., 1901-04-26
The Latest Freak in the West.
CFrom the New York SUM

Chicago April 23.-Prof Alsie r. Crook the
bachelor member of the faculty OF Northwestern
University surprised the students during a heart
to-heart talk in the laboratory yesterday by say
ing that the frivolities of the world had not
tempted him.
Il have never uttered a profane word" said
Prot. Crook; never have smoked. chewed 20
a woman"
The confession brought bushes to the checks
of the young women OF the class while the young
men looked and wondered.
THAT is true" added the professor.
''WeI'' spoke up a student, 'yOu don't know
what you've missed. professor"
Prof Crook, after 4 moments silence. and as
if talking to himself Remarked: Perhaps not. ="
Prof Crook is a graduate OF Ohio Wesleyan
University and is thirty-seven years old and IS
known as one OF the most athletic and learned
men at the Evanston Institution, and is IA
yorite at Womans Hail.
The times., 1901-04-26
ApuinaIdo's RhapsodIc Address

(FrOm the New York Norld)
The grandiloquent but abject address Of the
captive Filipino leader goes far 10 confirm the low
opinon of his chaEIcter hitherto expressed 10y his
enemies His rhapsody about the GLORIOUS
ereign banner of the United States" does not
comport well with the proclamation for ''liberty
or death hitherto issued in his name. However,
has so long desolated his country and distressed
our people he will have rendered great service
10 humanity.
The times., 1901-04-26
The Turning of the Tide.
UFrom The Boston Transcript)

Whether the cry for protection which is now
being raised in Great Britain leads 10 legislation
or not il is likely at least 10 have some effect
in this country The threat Of retaliatory tariff
policy in European countries must convince the
leaders of American enterprise that their interests
demand modification OF our present high tariff.
Free entrance TO foreign markets is vastly more
important ior the trusts than is the protected
possession Of the home market. For this reason
we believe that the influence OF American manu-
.factmers will in the future be thrown more and
more upon the side OF tariff reform.
The times., 1901-04-26
Quarantine Restrictions.

ttfolH tic NltNdSo lllbuit.j
Infection cannot be carried upon clothing or
merchandise. and shotgun quarantine reguld-
tions are as useless as a medicine mans incanta-
tions would be- Such Is the conclusion of
careful students, and il is endorsed by the Sur
geon General Of the Army. IL may not be 80
easy TO convince the people that the quarantine
idea is an outworn superstition applied 10 yell
low fever, but such appears to be the case, and
the sooner the fact is realized in the South the
better il will be for the people. Henceforth they
should apply their quarantine measures to the
The times., 1901-04-26
NEW BRIDGE BIDS OPENED.
The PENNSYLVANIA Company TO Get
IL New York Contract.

NEW YORK, April 25.-Bids were open
ed today by the new East River Bridge
Company for the construction of the
teamwork of the main span of the bridge
from Delaney Street 10 Broadway. Will
liamsburg, of which the towers are now
up. These bids were received and the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, which had
the contract for the towers, made the
lowest bid. Here are the figures: King
Bridge Company, 81 Isl, 500; Eastern Tube
Company, $l,2G4,G00; Pennsylvania Steel
Company, 81 ,123, 400
The times., 1901-04-26
The Middle Course.
lErom the Philndelnhia Record.

(From the Philadelphia kecOrd.)
What between Senator Tllman and Senator Me
Laurin-the former champiOning the most ex-
travagant schemes of Populism and the latter
seeking to use the spoils of the Government in
behalf of corrupt schemes of steamship subsidy
the political condition Of South Carolina cannot
be said to be very encouraging. But there IS
conservative element in that State which may
prove more than a match for both Of its Sena-
tors
The times., 1901-04-26

If as we are informed, it is the inten-
ton of the Vatican authorities to send
Monsignor Falconio, now Papal Delegate
in Canada, to the United States, in sue
cession to Monsignor Martineli, our
Catholic citizens will be gratified. Mon
signor Falconio, who is Franciscan,
formerly lived in this country, serving as
a teacher in the college OF his order at
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and as a mis-
sionary in New York City. He under
stands the American people, is finished
English scholar, and a man of high at
tainments and gracious personality. AS
we understand. Archbishop Martinell1 is
not to leave his present post for a year
to come. a prospect which will be greatly
agreeable to the many friends he has
made in Washington and elsewhere in the
Union
The times., 1901-04-26
Enemies 10 the State.
Trom the Boston transcript }

tFTom TIE Boston ITanscTlpI.J
When a Christian Scientist already broken
ont with the smallpox, travels in public con
veyance, thus forcing her belief in the
existence OF disease upon others, il appears to
be about time 10 resort TO the enforcement
Of the doctrine OF the greatest good of The
greatest number.
The times., 1901-04-26

Yesterday the Cuban committee made
their bows to the President in the Blue
Room. Last night they dined and wined
with him in the Yellow Room This
morning Secretary Root will probably es-
cort them to the Dark Room, develop
their negatives, and administer the
third degree" Then we apprehend that
they will be glad to accept the Platt
terms. and anything else that may be
offered. Mr.. Root is a most convincing
gentleman.
The times., 1901-04-26

NJ Narilla. prominent Partisan, Is con-
ducting an earnest campaign against the
proposed sale Of the de Lesseps ditch at
Panama TO the Americans. He urges his
own countrymen TO keep it. We sincerely
hone that he may be successful, in which
case there will never be but one Inter
oceanic waterway in the hemisphere, and
II will be the Nicaragua Canal.
The times., 1901-04-26

If the British victory news from Cape
Town yesterday was not exaggerated,
the "rooie neks, as the Beers call them,
have a fight 10 their credit, and one which
possibly may tell in bringing the present
guerrilla war to a close. But IT Is as well
to be sure about the facts before discuss
ing results British victories in South
Africa are not Of frequent occurrence
these days 4 real one would be inter
c.-ti.,,, La. ,raN of q change
The times., 1901-04-26

The Rev. Charles II. Park died at his
home Otisville, n. Y. yesterday Mr.
Park was born in Jerseytown. Pa, in lS3G
He was graduated from Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary in 1855 and was ordained
by the Presbytery Of Northumberland in
1859
The times., 1901-04-26

Charles II. Waicott. a weIl-knOwn
Massachusetts lawyer, and for many
years chairman of the State Board Of
Arbitration and Cancellation. died at his
home in Concord, Mass, yesterday He
was born on November Is. 1915 and was a
graduate of Harvard Law School With
II. +. Bushwell he published a law book
and later wrote a History of Concord
in Colonial Days. He leaves q widow
The times., 1901-04-26

Mrs. Martha NJ Williams. ninety-sfx
years old, died at the old Williams home
stead. lilo Harrison Avenue, Kearney. n
j.. on Wednesday night from old age She
was born in Madison. y. J.. and was the
daughter of Philander Carter. Mrs Will
liams had lived in Kearney for seventy
five years. She leaves two sons and one
daughter.
The times., 1901-04-26

Mrs. Maria White GuIick of 26S Airing
ton Avenue, Brooklyn. died on Wednes-
day at the WOmen's Memorial Hospital
where she had been under treatment for
a few weeks. Previous to her marriage
to William Gulick six years ago. she had
been teacher in public school No IS. for
nearly twenty-five years. She was one Of
the leaders in the work OF organizing the
vacation schools.
The times., 1901-04-26

James Naughton. OF Gil Lexington Ave
nue., New York. died yesterday in Lake
wood \. ]. He was sixty-eight years
old and well known as an undertaken and
livery stable man He came to this cOun-
try when a boy and had been in business
for himself forty years He was formerly
a member of the County Democracy and
afterward of Tammany Hall. He leaves
a widow and four children.
The times., 1901-04-26

DR. S. W. Stevens, twenty-nine years
old. well-known local practitioner of
Scranton, Pa, died yesterday at private
hospital there as result of an operation
for appendicitis. DIR. Stevens was a grad
uate Of the jefferson Medical College OF
Philadelphia and for long time was
house surgeon at the Lackawanna Hos
pital in Scranton He leaves a widow.
, 1901-08-08
$50
6be Cofombo Affair.

That the German government will
in any way resent the arrest OF
Murillo on board the German steamer
Allegheny at Cartagena. Colombia. is
extremely improbable. The Colon
bians nay have erred in refusing the
Allegheny clearance merely becauss
her captain refused voluntarily to de-
liver Muriilo to them. But their right
to remove Murillo from the ship is ul-
questionable. The German consuls
reported protest against his removal
had no legal basis. Murillo's thelt-
rical performance in wrapping the
German flag about his body in no way
altered tho situation.
The Allegheny was in a Colombian
port and while there was subject to
that country's laws. A merchant YES
sci 30 situated cannot afford a refuge
to persons of her own nationality,
much less to subjects of the country in
whose waters she is. Great Britain
has sometimes attempted to establish
the principle that British ships are
British territory wherever they are,
but the United States settled that
point with her in the war OF 1872. h
United States has always maintained
the right to do precisely what the Co.
lombians did. American police have
often searched English and other for
eign ships in our ports and arrested
persons thereon. and have always been
sustained by Washington.
The uproar about Murillo's arrest
proceeds from his fellow passengers.
One of these, and apparently the wri-
ter of the statement they gave to the
press is an Englishman. His animus is
disclosed by the last sentence of the
statement, declaring 1t safer to take
a steamship covered by the ever-re-
spected union jack" Anxiety to make
a point against Germany and in favor
of England appears to hav inspired
this Briton's effort to convince the
public that the German flag was "in-
suited" by Murillo's arrest.
The Murillo incident would probably
have attracted no special attention
were not the impression somewhat
general hal Germany greatly desires
to obtain some political foothold in
South America, and hence is likely to
seize upon almost any small pretext to
make such an attempt. Whatever may
be the German governments desires in
hat direction is no material. The
Monroe doctrine is a barrier to any
such aims, and both the interests and
the safety Of the United States demand
hat the Monroe doctrine be strictly
enforced. 1t will be enforced, against
Germany or n other power attempt
ing to violate 1t.
, 1901-08-08

All bugland is up in arms v the
announcement that 10000 ladybugs are
to be captured in the Berkshire hills.
placed in cases, and given irst-class
passage to Cape Colony, where they
will do patrol duty in driving out some
other bugs and insects which are not
so desirable. William Beutenmuller
of the Museum of Natural History de-
clared hat IL was a shame to take the
ladybugs away, because we cannot
spare 10000 OF them. Besides. he
thinks the trip will prove too long for
them, and that before they arrive
there the greater part will have died.
The Beers have great faith in the lady
bugs, and think If they once get start
ed there they will end the Boer war.
GUST Cecil Rhodes, and probably deter
mine who struck Billy Patterson. Mr..
Beutenmuller say the United States
borrowed a bunch of them from Aus
tralia a few years ago, which were
turned loose in California. and were
largely responsible for the develop
ment of hat glorious state.-Chicago
Journal.