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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-12

Patronize those Who advertise.
The times., 1901-05-10
Circulation Statement.
Germany in Chinn.

The Washington Government appar-
entity is not the only one that wishes
itself well out Of the Chinese muddle.
Germany. too If we may believe press
reports. would gladly be clear of the
business; but il is not one as easily
liquidated as could be wished. There is
yet trouble to be anticipated in connec-
tion with the indemnity question, and
the situation may not be mended by the
announced intention of France to with
draw eight thousand of her troops at
once
The consequences which may attend
a rapid diminution of the foreign mill
tary forces in .Chinp are not easy TO ar
rive at The Ministers in Pekin appear
TO think that no damage will result;
but those of them who are moving for
the summer to the western hills few
miles distant are taking strong guards
along, showing that they do not consid-
er Europeans safe outside of the city
walls. If that be true of the environs
of the capital, where the allied soldiers
are in force it must be equally if not
more SO elsewhere.
The Berlin Government doubtless rec
ognizes possible embarrassment in be-
ing left to 90 most of the protection
duty and most of the fighting when
France and Russia are out of China,
and would be extremely glad TO end the
situation. The Chinese adventure,
promising as it may have seemed at the
start, and necessary TO German dignity
and honor as it undoubtedly was, has
not failed to give rise to domestic op-
position and grumblng. This. COM
bined with the implacable attitude Of
the powerful German agrarian party,
On the subject of the Emperor's canal
programme, IS giving the executive at
Berlin hard task. In this connection,
it is as well for Americans to remember
that ii is the Agraria.ns who are respon-
sible for the war on American food
products, and not the Kaiser. They
have forced the hand Of the imperial
Government on more than one occasion
in matters Of fiscal policy and legisla-
tion, and they are still able to exert a
huge influence upon German politics
and economies, as they are composed
of the large landholders-the territorial
nobility. The agrarian power in Ger
many answers in many respects, and
very much in results. to that of the
trusts and monopolies in the United
States They are all difficult if not i'm
possible of control, and are selfish, dis
tinctly oppressive, and obnoxious. But
that fact does not seem TO help much
toward their reform from without OF
their reform from within, apparently,
there is no hope.
The times., 1901-05-10
NO RECORD TO BE FOUND.
Secretary Cages Letter Concerning
the "Durkee Claim,

secretary Gage yesterday wrote a letter
making final answer to the claimants in
the "Durkee claim" for s79, ,oOO.O0 which
has been coming up from time TO time for
about quarter of a century The Score
tary's letter to the attorney in the case
follows:
Sir: In reply to your several applica-
tions in behalf of John A Kuykenda1l as
administrator of Charles Durkee. de-
ceased, who makes demand upon the
United States for payment to him of sums
of money stated at different times as se4
632512, s79,000000, and $50, 600 for the in
terest he claims in the first mortgage
bonds issued by the Pacific Railroad Com
pany when the roads were constructed, I
have to state that if Mr. Durkee was at
any time owner of the bonds referred to.
record thereof would not be found in the
Treasury Department but with the rec
ords of the railroad companies or else
where, as the United States has no con-
troll or interest In the first mortgage bonds
Of the road.
And l have further to state that no
moneys or bonds of any description have
ever been deposited with or held in trust
by the Treasurer of the United States for
any person or persons representing Mr..
Durkee or the so-called Durkee claim upon
the United States.
Two unsuccessful attempts have been
made to secure judicial recognition of and
action upon this claim by suits brought
before the Court of Claims of the United
States and the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, III both of which courts
the proceedings were summary dismissed
he Treasury Department, therefore
will hereafter decline to answer any com
upon the subject, and will de-
cline also TO grant any interviews that
may be sought in reference thereto"
The times., 1901-05-10
CARDINAL GIBBONS DEPARTS.
The Prelate gcnves Baltimore on His
WayrfO Rome.

BALTIMORE, May 9.-Cardinal Gibbons
started this afternoon for New York
whence he will sail on Saturday for
Rome. He was accompanied by the Rev
William A. Fletcher, rector of the ca
thedral in the capacity of chaplain and
secretary They will go direct to the
Eternal City, to meet Archbishop p. L.
Chapelle, of New Orleans, who has al
ready arrived there.
One of the principal reasons for the
Cardinals trip abroad at this time is this
conference with Archbishop ChapelIe, who
is Apostolic Delegate Extraordinary for
Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.
He has just finished long tour of in
spection in the Philippine Islands, and
has gone to Rome to report the conditions
he discovered
Cardinal Gibbons had been requested to
meet him at the Vatican for a special
conference with the Pope regarding the
future of the friars now in the islands.
The question of Cuba and Porto Rico
will not be particularly discussed, as they
are closer to the United States and easily
directed from this point.
Besides Archbishop Chapelle the Car
dinal will meet in Rome the Rev .. B.
Corrlgan, pastor of St. Gregory's Church,
Baltimore; the Rev. Joseph II. Cassidy.
of the Catholic church at Westminster,
Md. the Rev. w. j. Kane, formerly act
ing pastor of st. Andrews Church, and
the Rev. James F. Noland, assistant pas
tor at Corpus Christi Church, this city
Leaving Rome, the party will visit sew
eral European countries. Cardinal Glib
bons Will be absent about four months.
Archbishop ]. ]. Williams, of Boston, the
oldest member of the American hierarchy,
and Archbishop J. j. Kain, of St Louis,
who have been guests of Cardinal Glib
bons, accompanied him as far as New
York
The times., 1901-05-10

interesting in this connection is the
| statement. lacked up by several inter-
views, that the colonial officers who
have served in the South African war
find themselves so much more effective
than the imperial officers that they have
lost all the awe which they once hat
for the latter, and now regard them
with a mixture Of amusement and con
tempt. The colonial is good soldier
for precisely the same reason that the
American and the Boer are good fight
ing men-because he and his father and
grandfather have been more or less ac-
customed to fighting on their own ac-
count The Canadian and the Aus
tralian troops have been doing more or
less police duty ever since they came
into being. and before that there was
time when every man must be his own
policeman if he did not wish to find his
house and farm devastated and his
family killed. some fine evening. On
the other hand Mr.. Archibald tells
story Of a regiment of Edinburgh men
who called themselves the Edinburgh
was a pretty name, but none of whom,
with very few exceptions, had ever
handled a rifle! If any of that regiment
came into contact with the wiry Cana
dian or the long-limbed trooper from
New South Wales, the colloquy must
have been interesting.
II is a mistake to believe that any
l., al in
stead of practical lines, and the busi
ness of warfare is perhaps less adapted
to such methods than any other bust
ness in the world. If the lives of a few
thousand men depend on their ability to
dig trenches in a hurry, they should not
be taught to depend for their trenches
upon the more or less certain arrival of
another set of men whose business is TO
dig and do nothing else. They should
be taught to raise a shelter for them
selves with tin plate or the top of
mess tin if they have to. If the health |
Of an army Is affected by having to
camp out in the mud without proper |
shelter the men should, when possible, |
be provided with shelter tSnts or rub
Der blankets. An army of tramps in |
Coxey uniforms, who can shoot and live |
on scanty rations and endure fatigue, |
would be better than a crack regiment |
IN beautiful uniforms, without rife !
practice or endurance. These are prin-
eiples which the civilized world is be-
ginning TO discover, with the aid of
.oes who are not civilized and do not
always play the game according to rule
The times., 1901-05-10
AGAINST THE PREMIUM PLAN
Second-Ciass Mail Privileges May He
Denied Certain Publications.

What is believed to be an organized
circular effort to oppose the contem-
plated readjustment of second-class mail
matter by the Postoffice Department has
been brought to the attention of the alI-
thorities by publishers who favor the
proposed adjustment. Several weeks ago
Edwin c. Madden, Third Assistant Post
master General, issued circular letter
asking publishers of daily newspapers
weekly newspapers. and magazines
whether a general rule excluding from
the privilege OF second-class matter all
publications with subscription lists made
up by means of premium inducements
would operate to the advantage or disad-
vantage of legitimate publications Sew
enty per cent of the replies have been
favorable.
Nearly every daily newspaper in the ecoun-
try, many of the weekly magazines. and
many monthly publications have replied
that such a limitation would more nearly
correct present abuses of the second-class
privilege than any other plan so far pro-
posed. The saving to the department. it
Is believed, would be well over $40 co.. 600
annually Several of the publishers who
have since replied to this effect have sent
the department second letters apprising
the Postmaster General that circulars in
opposition to the plan are being circrl-
copies of these circulars are being sent
many members of Congress With so
general an endorsement from the great
body of publishers it is not believed this
method of opposing the change in the
service can succeed.
The times., 1901-05-10
GEORGE @. CANNoN'S WILL.
Provision for Four widows and
Thirty-tbree Minor Children.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 9.-The will
of the late George Q. Cannon. 1t is eX-
pected. will be fled for probate here to-
morrow. The attorneys who have the
document say the estate will be about one
million dollars. In regard to the personal
estate, valued at 500, 900, the executors
are instructed first to keep in repair the
homes of the four widows and to see that
these benefciaries receive all the neces-
saries of life, and second to see that the
minor children are properly cared for and
educated.
The children are thirty-three in num-
Der and the will provides that as rapidly
as the minors attain their majority they
are to be given one acre of land at the
Cannon farm for building site and s2,00
in cash. The same provision applies to
the unmarried sons and daughters who
have not yet received the ground and
money, although the transfer is left large
~ to the discretion of the executors.
1t is further provided that when the
youngest child shall have attained its
majority and the other purposes for which
the personal estate has been set aside
have been accomplished, the property
shall be divided equally between the chill
dren. The youngest child is Georgeus
Cannon, son of Mrs. Caroline Y. Cannon,
and is nine years old
The times., 1901-05-10
EXPECTS TO RETURN TO CHINA
Mr.. Conger Says Little About Affairs
in the Far East.

Edwin II. Conger, United States Minis
ter to China, called at the State Depart
ment yesterday and had a conference
with Acting Secretary Hill on matters re-
lating 10 China. He also. called on Third
Assistant Secretary Crdler
Mr.. Conger said he was here to obtain
official news from China and TO learn the
situation since his departure from Pekin.
as shown by official dispatches from w.
W. Rockhill. the Special Commissioner.
II &. Squiers, Charge dAfaires. and the
representatives of the United States. Mr.
Conger did not care to talk about his
conference with the Acting Secretary 9th
said he would return to Pel<in at the ex
piratlon of his leave. which viii be July
l. He will see the President, however.
before leaving for China
Mr. COnger arrived here "Wednesday,
night. He is the guest of his brother-in-
law, Captain Edwards. Il. $ A He will
probably leave for his home tomorrow
night.
Friends of Minister Conger say that if
Governor of Iowa he will not return to
teNin, but viii resign and begin active
preparation for the campaign. The Iowa
Republican State Convention meets in
august.
In his conversation with State Depart
ment officials Mr.. CoAger expressed the
opinion that China would not be able 10
ugy the indemnity demanded by ma
ioritV Of the Powers. which is in the
neighborhOod of $3.50 100000 .IGe said that
il would be necessary for the Chinese
Government to issue bonds to raise the
money and il wOulu be practically impos-
siblc to have these guaranteed. He did
not say how much he believed China
would be able to pay.
The times., 1901-05-10
NO FURTHER EXTENSION.
The Appropriation for Rural Free
Delivery Nearly Exhausted.

Computations made yesterday at the
Postoffice Department disclose that the
generous allowance for rural free de-
livery during the next fiscal years., 500 :
O00-is already nearly expended. In conse-
quence the department must cease planning
further extensions of the system until
either the appropriation for the fiscal
year beginning July /, 1902 shall become
available, or Congress shall vote an in
creased allowance for the year beginning
next July. There are now on file a suffi-
cient number of applications to exhaust
about 81, 600, 600 more than the appropria-
ton
The whole number of rural routes now
in operation is about 1900, each of which
costs annually between $500 and 81, 900 To
continue these routes next year will cost
therefore, something over 5000, 600 APP
proximately 500 routes are already ordered
established by July /, making an increase
in cost of maintenance of about 800 coo
Additional clerical allowances in the de-
partment salaries for inspectors, and their
per diem allowances, the purchase of
equipment. and other expenses incidental
70 the operation of so large a business.
nave already eaten great hole in the
S,UO,U9 balance above the items indi-
Gated. If half the petitions for rural free
delivery now on file should be granted the
exhausted
No official statement to this effect has
peen prepared and none is likely to be
made until the Postmaster General shall
nave returned from his tour with the
President 1t is very likely Mr. smith
VIII issue a general announcement that
the department cannot now contemplate
further expansion of its rural free de-
resources
The times., 1901-05-10
DEATH OF JUDGE HAYDEN.
Recent Pnralytic stroke Results
FatalIy-His Career.

Judge John J. Hayden, of Indiana, one
OF the best known employees of the Post
office Department, died yesterday after
noon at the residence of DR.. A. J. Baker,
1926 l. Street northwest. He was stricken
with paralysis nearly a month ago and
never fully recovering consciousness. he
hunS on the verge of death, gradually
sinking until the end yesterday morning
Funeral services will be held over the re-
mains at the residence of DR.. Baker this
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. DR. Teunis Ham
lin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant,
of which Judge Hayden was a member.
VIII officiate. Interment will be made at
Indianapolis, Ind, where the late Mrs.
Hayden, who died several years ago, is
buried. Two daughters and a son sur
vive. Miss Eugenia Hayden. of Warren
ton, Va. and Miss Helen Hayes. of Chi
cago, his granddaughter, were both at the
bedside when the end came.
John ]. Hayden was born in Rising Sun
Switzerland County, Ind, in 1928 He re-
ceived preliminary education in the
public schools of that vicinity and later
entered Yale. from which he was gradu-
ated in the early 40's. He then returned
to his native State and took up the prac-
tice of law, in which he met with sue
cess. He practiced for time at Law
renceburg, Md, and was there elevated
to the bench, serving for some time as
judge of the probate court
When quite young he married Sarah
Marshall, a sister of former partner of
Abraham Lincoln, at Shawneetown, III.
They afterward removed to that town.
Mrs Hayden was a woman of consider
able literary ability and wrote great
deal. Among her productions was Mr..
Iangdons S Mistake a book which was
recently published by Judge Hayden as a
compliment to his wife. The fiftieth an
niversary of their wedding was celebrated
In this city several years ago.
About the beginning of the civil war
Judge Hayden removed to Indianapolis.
and during the war was attached to the
office of the Governor of Indiana. He be-
came well acquainted with many promi-
nent men of that State. After the war
he engaged in a wholesale business in
indianapolis. In 1874, when John New,
of Indiana, was Treasurer of the United
States, Judge Hayden came to Washing
ton and took a place in the Treasury De-
partment. This position he retained until
about two years ago, when he secured a
transfer to the POstoffice Department and
was placed in charge of the division of
duplicate money orders.
The times., 1901-05-10
PROMOTIONS FOR CLERKS.
4 Number Are Advanced in the In
terror Department..
Official changes in the Department of
the Interior were announced yesterday as

Official changes in the Department Of
the Interior were announced yesterday as
follows:
Patent Ofice-Promotions, Milnor r.
Sullivan, of Ohio first assist
ant examiner $1,SOO. to princi-
pal examiner $500, vice Ed
ward b. Moore. promoted to Assistant
Commissioner of Patents; William w
Mortimer, of District of Columbia, drafts
man 81 900, to clerk $1,400; Mrs Augusta
Rainals of District of Columbia, copyist
1900 to clerk 81, 200; Miss Julia f. Dickin-
son, of District of Columbia, model at
tendant $500. To copyist 5000; Wells l..
Church of Michigan, and Miss Grace A.
Lewis of Maryland. copyists S72O to $3.50:
Miss Marian Smith, of District of Colum-
bia, copyist $72O, to model attendant $500
Resignations, Miss Helen NJ Seamans. of
New York. clerk $1,2O0; Mrs. Mary E
Coon. of New York, coDyist 5000
Pension Office-Appointments Ralph T.
Wilcox, of Pennsylvania, messenger boy
$i00.
Promotions: Henry B. Hazard. of Dis
trict of Columbia, and J. tierschel Cooper,
of Ohio. messengers, $40, to cupyists $500:
Beverly r. Rogers, of iowa, assistant
messenger $l2J. to copyist, 500; William
A Robinson, of Michigan Watchman S12D
TO copyist $500; Charles W. Henderson. of
district Of Columbia. and Elmer r. Mont
gomery. af Indiana, assistant messengers.
x-.9 to messengers, $40.
The times., 1901-05-10
TRAINED NURSES GRADUATED.
Commencement Services at the
Maryland University Hospital.

BALTIMORE, May 9.-The annual com
mencement Of the nurses of the Mary
land University Hospital took place this
afternoon. The graduates are twelve in
number, the best knOwn of whom is Miss
Pauline Vincent Mosby, daughter of Col.
John S. Mosby, the famous Confederate
cavalry leader. The list of the graduates
is as follows:
Miss Grace Levering Anderson, Mary
land; Miss Katherine Byrd Blake. Flor
ida: Miss rEmmalina Catalina Blight.
Chile: Miss May Compton Burnett, Eng
land Miss Mary Helen Cooke. Virginia;
Miss Frances Byrd Daniel, Virginia; Miss
Mary Virginia powdell, Virginia. Miss
Mary Anne Fendall. Maryland; Miss
Katharine Furbee, West Virginia; Miss
Lillian Eugenia Henderson, North Caro-
lima: Miss Mary Scott Jones. Virginia;
Miss Pauline Vincent Mosby, Virginia
The times., 1901-05-10

Minister Conger is in Washington
for few days, but it is said that he ex-
poets to return to his post about July l.
He deserves a much longer rest after so
much hardship and mental strain, and
he is not really needed in Pekin, where
Commissioner Rockhill appears to be con-
Quoting the affairs of the Chinese Mission
with prudence and ability. If Mr.. Con-
ger is at all sure Of the gubernatorial
nomination in Iowa, he ought to stay and
wait for it; but perhaps he has heard, as
others have in Washington, that the emf
nent beef extractor and whitewasher, Den
by, is trying to succeed him in China with
out any delay. DENLY, it should be not
ed. has a strong stock yards influence
behind his aspirations
The times., 1901-05-10
a BRIGHT METEOR FALLS.
People in Hyndman, Nd, Frightened
by Celestial Visisant.

CUMBERLAND, Md, May "a me-
teor which had the appearance of the
sun descending and caused daylight for
moment or two fell last night near
Hyndman, fourteen miles northwest of
here, exploding near Closes planning mill
when apparently within 100 feet of the
ground. The houses were shaken in the
town, the windows and dishes rafting,
and glistening particles of iron were
sprinkied over the roofs. Many bits of
the meteor have been picked up.
The meteor shed its light for miles, hav-
ing been distinctly seen at Hoblitzell and
other points. The effect OF the light and
the explosion was so terrorizing that some
persons fell on their knees in prayer
a number of people claim to have seen
the meteor from Cumberland
The times., 1901-05-10
TO JOIN THE TRUST.
The Brooks Works to Enter the Lo-
cOmOtive Com mbinatiOn.

BUFFALO, May 9.-Mr. Gross, Vice
President of the Brooks Locomotive
Works, at Dunkirk, on his return from
New York City yesterday, made the an
nouncement that his company is in the
locomotive combine.
The deal includes all the locomotive
works in the country, except the Bald
wins, of Philadelphia, and the H X Por-
ter Company, of Pittsburg. The new
company is to be known as the American
Locomotive Company and it's capacity, it
is said, will be LOO locomotives year,
as compared with 1900 of the Porter and
Baldwin works.
The character of the Brooks Works, in
Dunkirk, Mr.. Gross says, will not be
changed as a result of the deal