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The times., 1901-04-17
AN EASTERN NAVAL STATION.
The Plans for Estnbiishins a strenG-
hold on sabfg Bay.

Secretary Long has directed a board Of
naval officers consisting OF Rear Admiral
II. c. Taylor. civil Engineer A. }.
Menocal tretired). and Civil Engineer &.
c. WoicOtt 70 prepare plans and submit
estimates OF cost for naval stronghold
and station which the Government IN
tends to establish for the better protec-
ton OF its territorial and other interests
in the Far East. This station Will be at
Olangapo. on Subig Bay. about forty
miles from Manila.
The site was selected by Rear Admiral
Remey. commander-ln-chief OF the Ash
attic station. and a board OF officers.
among whom was Mr. Menocal. one OF
the members OF the board directed to
prepare plans Mr. MenOcal. who Is a
civil engineer. returned recently from the
Philippines with great mass of valuable
information in regard to Olangapo and
other places, including Iloilo and Cavite.
which were examined with reference to
their availability for the establishment
of base of operations for an American
| feet in the Orient.
Admiral Remey's board was impressed
| with the situation OF Subig Bay, both for
| defensive and offensive operations It's
| nearness to Manila win make 1t an ideal
| place for naval operations intended to
| protect that city from hostile attack, ana
/ il Is said to be better suited than Cavite
or IloiIo as the base OF more general Op-
erations The Spaniards made some at
| tempt TO prepare Subig Bay for use as a
base of defensive operations In the Span
ish-American war and Admiral Dewey ex-
| pected 70 fight Montojos squadron there
instead OF in Manila Bay.
Already the Navy Department has
| mapped out roughly it's ideas In regard TO
the station. so that the board may have
foundation on which TO draw its plans.
The cost OF establishing the base is esti-
| mated at s. 100000. and the plans contem-
plate a thoroughly equipped repair sta
ton with modern machinery. docks. and
workshops, in addition 10 coal sheds and
| high-class fOrtifications.
The times., 1901-04-17
ASKED FOR FULL REPORTS.
Instructions to Macarthur Regard
ing the Commissnry Scandal.

The Secretary OF War yesterday AFTER
noon cabled General Macarthur enquir-
ing for a detailed report in regard 10
the alleged frauds I'm the commissary de-
partment in Manila. General Macarthur
was told to report at once by cable end to
also make mailed report. Major George
+. Davis. of the Commssary Department
who was mentioned yesterday in press
dispatches in connection with the inves-
tigation now going on in Manila. is IN
Washington, but declined 10 say anything
in regard to the charges.
Advices have been received at the War
Department from General Macarthur. at
Manila. regarding the charges brought
against a number of the commssary Off
cials in the Philippines. The charges upon
which arrests have been made and upon
which many arrests are expected are con-
tanned in the advices, together with the
stores supposed to have been sold and the
cash appropriated. Secretary Root and
Adjutant General Corbin held a confer
| ence on the matter, and as a result the
| instructions were forwarded 10 General
| Macarthur.
At the suggestion of General Weston,
| the head Of the Subsistence Department,
| Secretary Root placed the entire matter
| in the hands of the Adjutant General
several days ago and the despatch from
/ General Macarthur was in response to
the request of General COrbin for infor-
nation concerning the frauds
t The report of Colonel Woodruff In
charge of the Commissary Department at
Manila. is being awaited before any new
orders for arrests will be issued. 1t is
| expected, however, when the proper time
| arrives the arrests will be plentiful
| Commissary General Weston Yesterday
made statement regarding the charge in
| a Manila news report that the Commis-
| sary Department had purchased a large
quantity of champagne. General Weston
showed from the correspondence on file
| in the Subsistence Department that Janu-
airy 6, 1899, General Eagan had, on a rec
| Ommendation from Surgeon General Stern
berg authorized the subsistence officers to
place quantities of champa gne on trans
! ports for the use OF the sick. Early In
May, 1900, General Weston discovered that
through the carrying out of this order
quantities of champagne had accumulated
at San Francisco and Manila, where the
| transports discharged their cargoes. He
then wrote a letter to the Secretary OF
War recommending that the> Medical De-
partment sBppIy its own champagne. and
suggesting that the purchase of cham
pagne by the Subsistence Department
would probably result in criticism
Secretary Root Immediately approved
General Westons recommendation and
General Weston telegraphed orders that
the purchase of champagne be stopped
This order was issued May Y. Two weeks
later one of the subsistence officers en-
dulred Of the department whether th'
, order also prohibited the purchase OF
, champagne by the transport stewards
General Weston replied that it did.
The times., 1901-04-17
REPORTS OF FRICTION DENIED.
Commissioner Hermann and Secre-
tnry Hitchcock Friendly.

Binger Hermann. Commissioner of the
General Land Office, made positive de-
nial yesterday of the story that the re-
Iations between the Secretary of the In
terror and himself were strained. He
said that there was absolutely no fric-
tion in the office, and that he is not con-
sidering the question OF retiring from
office at the end of his four years term
of service.
The statement of the Commissioner was
made in reply to enquiries in regard TO
the truth OF a rumor that has gained
considerable circulation to the effect that
Secretary Hitchcock was not satisfied
with the manner in which business is
being conducted in the Land Office and
that a change was contemplated in the
commssionership. At the Interior De-
partment the same statement is made.
Secretary Hitchcock has stated that
there is nothing but the most cordial
feeling between the head Of the Land Of
fee and himself II is understood. how
ever that the recent trip of Chief Clerk
Dawson. of the Interior Department, dur
inc the course of which he visited several
localities under the jurisdiction of the
Commissioner OF the Land Office, was in
the nature of an investigation of the
manner in which affairs were being run
by the supervisors of forests in the West.
The alleged delinquencies had been
brought to the attention of the Secretary
in a roundabout manner, it is said.
Some time ago a clerk to a supervisor
was appointed, who. after remaining In
office about two months, returned to this
city and resigned, at the same time MAX
ing a report to the Secretary and the
| Commissioner of the Land Office Of what
he had observed while in the employ OF
| the Government. This report is alleged
! to have condemned the manner in which
Affairs were conducted in the Land Office,
and il is believed that Chief Clerk DaW-
| son was sent to the place from which
| the clerk came to Investigate the matters
| that had been reported.
The times., 1901-04-17
THE CHICAGO PROGRAMME.
Plans for Entertaining the Presi-
dent on His Trip.

CHICAGO, April 15-FormaI notice Of
President McKinleys acceptance of the
invitation to visit Chicago on his trip
across the country was received today by
Volney W. Foster, chairman OF the joint
committee which extended the invitation
Members of the joint committee met at
the office of the National Business League
in the Stock Exchange Building this af-
ternoon and completed plans for the Pres
ident's reception. The President and his
party win be the guests of the Union
League Club from O'Clock up to the time
of the banquet on the day of his visit.
The two other organizations will enter
tain him in the evening.
The times., 1901-04-17
Local and Personal.
lFrom the ChIeago ChronIeIe.l }

q T0IU INC VHII1g0 IIIVIIIVIV.T
The Ohio women living in san Francisco have
made reply 20 their sisters OF the Temperance
persuasion at home who recently wrote 10 them
asking that no wine be used at the banquet
planned for Mrs. Mckinley when she visits the
Pacific Coast in few days. The reply was
quite a. sensible as the request was impertinent
Ii was 4 dignihed setting forth Of the fact that
what the women OF California ate or drank was
in no WAY the business OF the women Of Ohio.
1t would seem after all these years that the
advocates Of Temperance would learn the point
OF good breeding beyond which suggestions Of
per.onal condnet are not 70 be tolerated.
The times., 1901-04-17
EDISON RNTERTAINs MARCoNI.
The West Orange. y. J.. Workshops
LnSuecIed hN q PARTY.

ORANGE. n. J., April 16.-Thomas \.
Edison entertained Signor Marconi and
a party of New Workers today and per-
sonaIIy took them through the phono-
graph works. machine shops. and labora-
tory i'm West Orange. With Marconi were
John Bottomley, nephew of William
Thompson G-ord Kelvin. II. \. Hemp
hill. of Norfolk and Western Railroad;
David Young, Second Vice President OF
the New Jersey Street Railway; Frank
Brewer. President of the Orange Noun
tain Traction Company. and number Of
others.
IT was said the visit was purely social
and had nothing to DO with the expert
ments of either of the inventors. Before
the visit the party viewed a piece oil
Marconi's apparatus, which had been set
nm on the Deutschland anchored IT her
pier at Hoboken.
The times., 1901-04-17
COST OF LIVING TOO HIGH.
Consul Hays Post at Pretoria Not
Desirable One.

In the understanding that Adelbert S,
BAY. the United States Consul at Pre-
toria. now i'm this country, Will resign the
post on the expiration Of his leave of
absence. several applicants for the vac
ancy have appeared at the State Depart
ment.
They have learned, however, on enquiry
that it is practically impossible for Con
sui to live there on the salary of $1,000
= wear on account of the high charges
due to the war. and ii is said that most,
if not all applications, have been with
drawn.
of travel TO the capital OF the TraHsvaal,
which the consul must pay out of his
salary. about $1,000 will be required to
nav his yearly expenses
The times., 1901-04-17
A NEW DIRECTORATE.
Only Four of the Old MeNic"" ten
trnI Board to Remain.

NEW YORK. April 16.-Semi-otiicial an
ro,,nceneut was made today that only
four of the present thirteen directors OF
The Mexican Central Railroad will be
elected at the approaching annual meet
ing
These directors are Charles J. Paine
Charles r.. Perkins. l.. u. Letter, and ROD
ert Fleming President A. a. Robbins
il is said, will be continued at ms post.
~ new Mexican Central directorate
will be dominated by a very powerful!
New York financial syndicate.
The times., 1901-04-17
KANSAS TO SUE COLORADO.
An Injunction Against the Latter
state to he Asked.

TOPEKA, April 16.-Attorney General
Goddard has filed notice with Attorney
General Knox that on May II he will ap-
ply for an injunction I'm the United States
Supreme Court, in the name of the state
of Kansas. to restrain the State of Colo
RADIO from removing more than it's share
OF the waters of the Arkansas River.
Colorado has won many similar suits,
brought by individuals
This big irrigating suit will be of much
Importance. The last Legislature appro-
priated 5000, 900 to carry on the suit. The
successful outcome Of it means much to
the irrigation interests of Western Kan
sas.
A State suing State is said to be an
unprecedented legal complication that
gives added interest.
The times., 1901-04-17
auericnp Democrnev.

Grom the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.)
There can be no class distinctions in country
like this where the OF parents in ordinary
walks Of life today Is the statesman, the capi-
talist the railway magnate, the controller Of
mines and manufactures Of tomorrow. The
more generally this sound view is taken OF our
situation the more readily viii the occupation
Of The demagoeue who strives to raise class feel
ings in America, cease to be profitable.
The times., 1901-04-17

The Administration and it's faithful
press were wont to scout the idea that
there could be anything wrong in the Phil
ippines. when independent journals would
declare that Manila was a hotbed of Off
cfal corruption, and of smuggling, COM
rnerce with the rebels, loOting, and THEY
ervi If the proper authorities had taken
the well-meant hints of newspapers and
persons not in a position to make specific
charges with due regard for prudence,
the humiliating commissary scandal now
under investigation might have been rem
dered impossible. But the Admintstra-
ton trusted everybody implicitly; large
iy because everybody seems to have had
some influential patron, relative, or part
ner at court to speak a good word for
him Now, ii is learned that most Jo-
vial condition of things has existed in the
archipelago from early in the prOconsu-
late of Otis The commissary depart
ment imports champagne, and what some
Of it's officers and employees do not drink.
appears to be sold for their account; and
commissary sergeants keep their horses,
carriages, and servants. This last fact
| should be posted at all recruiting stations.
| 1t would prevent the wholesale desertion
of new enlisted men, because of their
! fear of being sent to the Philippines
| which has embarrassed the military au-
| thorities of late. Any enlisted man can
| aspire to become commissary sergeant
and if the chevrons mean unlimited
| champagne and u landau, deserters will
| be few indeed
The times., 1901-04-17
THE ST. PAUL REPAIRED.
sails to New York To Resume Pas
senger Service.

PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-After five
months Of enforced idleness the American
Line steamer St Paul left here today
for New York TO resume service from that
mort May s. Since November she has
been i'm Cramps Shipyard due TO an acct
dent on October 81.
Her starboard propeller struck a sub
merged wreck and was carried away.
This caused the engines to race. so that
they became disabled. During her stay
here new engines have been installed.
The times., 1901-04-17
Advice From Texas.

From the Galveston Daily Ncws,)
II Mavor Harrison. OF Chicago, is wise as
he is credited with being. he will go right along
irving 70 make himself a model mayor instead
Of irving 10 make himself model candidate
ior the Democratic nomination for the Presi-
dency lie viii find that the further he puts away
from himself the thought OF such nomination
the closer TO him will be the nomination when
the proper time comes
The times., 1901-04-17
The ponnIar Election of senntors

G7rom the Omaha World-Ilerald)
with the people electing Senators by direct
vote Mr. Hanna would not be one two, three
in the running Il is easier to buy a Legislature
than il is To buy a majority of u States voters.
The times., 1901-04-17

1t is announced in London that the
Government is about to adopt more
energetic measures for the suppression
of resistance in South Africa. With the
re-enforcements he has received recent
ly. Lord Kitchener has now a quarter Of
a million troops at his command, of
which sixty thousand are mounted. The
Eoers probably number FIVE or six thou
sand burghers. more or less, but not all
the time at the disposal Of Botha. and a
half or two-thirds as many with De Wet.
Probably ten thousand men are all that
the British iegions will have to contend
with Two hundred and fifty thousand
against ten thousand, Lord Kitchener
surely ought to make some impression
and earn his step in the peerage in such
circumstances
The times., 1901-04-17

the boy and girl know from their own
experience and that of their nelghpors
what is meant by cold, hunger, nara
work. service. self-sacrifice, tragedy
The working girl of seventeen may
come to Tennysons "Idyls of the hing
or Scott's "Ivanhoe" with an apprecid-
ton of their greatness even keener and
quicker than that of the girl OF the
same age brought up in IuXurlous
home because to the latter most OF tile
deeper problems of the poem or the
novel are as yet only names. TO the
working girl they are realltles' sne
knows by experience what temptation
and struggle mean. Moreover, the rlch
man reads for pleasure and informa-
ton; the poor student often comes to
his book with a mind quickened 70
grasp truths which he believes Will De
of the utmost value to him. All educa-
ton is not to be found in books. Lie
| is the best teacher, and when life ana
| the great minds of the world together
form the character of bright, earnest
and ambitious youth, the result IS ike
" to be worth some attention.
The times., 1901-04-17

Senior Iglesias. representative of six thou
sand among the many more thousand
starving workingmen of Porto Rico. was
granted an audience by Mr.. Mckinley on
Monday, and presented the petition OF ms
constituents. begging for humane treat
ment under institutions similar to those
of the United States. The poor Porto
Ricans either do not know, or are humbly
willing to ignore the fact, that under the
Constitution of the United States they
are entitled to every civil and citizen right
that is accorded to the people of Arizona
or Oklahoma. However, it is reported
that the President was touched by the
tale of misery, and will order a rigid in
vestSatiOn of cnnditions-through Gov
ernor Allen, of course, who insists that
Porto Rico is the garden spot of prosperi-
tv, where work and cash for it are plenty
and where the masses are only emigrat-
ing whenever they get chance, not tc
escape starvation, as they claim, but be
cause they desire the polite education
which is gained in travel
The times., 1901-04-17

The commissary scandal continues to
perturb the Administration and, as we
are told, it's head. The AdJutant Gen
erals office. it is said, has been placed IN
full control of the investigation, though
exactly why we do not know. 1t would
seem that the Lieutenant General Com
manding the Army would be the proper
person to look into such a matter, rather
than subordinate staff officer. However
additional news is constantly coming OF
the exclusively champagne basis upon
which the festivities of commissioned and
on-commissioned officers and pr1Vates
have been conducted en- route to and IN
the Philippines, and the longer we wait
the warmer the scandal grows. But we
imagine that it will be hushed up before
it can affect its higher sources That is
the whitewash way of the world in which
we are living. Let us have scapegoats.
and all that may be needful, so that the
! pillars of the temple be not loosened.
The times., 1901-04-17

George Crook, who had been managing
clerk for MaIicy & Van Dusen. insurance
brokers. III Brooklyn. for several years.
died on Monday at ST. Peters Hospital.
Brooklyn. where he had recently under
gone an operation for appendicitis.
The times., 1901-04-17

John j. Wilson. who died on Sunday at
his home. 120 McDonough Street, Brook
lyn. in his sixty-third year. was the head
Company.
The times., 1901-04-17

Charles y Mcclure. a veteran attache
OF the Brooklyn Registers Office. died on
Monday night NJ his home. 1Sl Harrison
Street He-servsd as deputy register un-
der Henry II. Hagerty. and after Mr.
Howe took charge OF the office he had To
handle all the documents placed on file.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-05
Farmers Don't Like II.

So far as beard from, the farmers
along the southeasterly rural deliv
cry route from this city do not con-
slider it of any advantage to them.
Some think it IA positive disadvan-
tage If the abolition Of the Wpldwick
and Defiance postoffces are to be
result At present most of
these farmers get their mail three
times week, with city papers on
the day of publication, and all mat
tiers received at the Mineral Point
postoffice by the noon train every
other day; whereas by the rural
route system their mail matter would
always remain here over night, Us
the carrier would start on his route
in the morning. There is talk of a
protest to the posto1iice department
against the establishment of the
route. From the southwesterly route
proposed no complaint is heard.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-05
We Know Our Busiggess.

You wouldn't patrnpi2c Il druggist who did not.
There is no risk when you trade here. We have
made the drug business capflul study ior yC9rs.
us YOU can depend upon skilful service
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-05
LATEST AND BEST.

OF -four daily papers from Milwau-
kee, three from Chicago and four
from other cities. that come regular
ly TO the Tribune table the latest and
most accurate news of general inter
est is uniformly found in the Mil
waukee Free Press, This paper has
fewer pages than some of the others,
but dcyoting less space to tlaring and
misleading headlines, and otherwise
economiziug room, II manages to
give all the news current, and often
has matters hours later than its COM
petitors. The Madison Journal, noted
for its conservatism, in noticing the
addition of new press OF large ca
pacity to the Free Press outfit says:
"rhe older Sentinel is printing an
unprecedented amount of news and
miscellany, but its uttorauces and
policy boar The inevitable mark of
private interests to guard. No mat
ter how much aud how genuinely am
outside owner may wish his editors
to write freely human nature is do
ing aUstu,s- at the old stand. y mill
lionoirrS editors necessarily write
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-05
Frank Jacobs Obituary.

An account of the drowning of
Frank Jacobs, brother of County
Treasurer ID. r. Jacobs, at Detroit
Mimi, heretofore mentioned il the
Tribune, is given in the Detroit Rec
ord. Mr.. Jacobs was II great skater
and always among the first to test
the ice in the fall. On this occasion
he veu'ured too soon; the ice broke
under him and he was drowned in
about six feet Of water Two COM
panions who intended to go with
him, but were delayed, came to the
place an hour later and found his
body in the water. He was gotten
out as soon as possible and every
thing done to recussitate him, but
in vain.
Deceased was an unmarried man.
aged 30 years. At the age of 10 he
enlisted in the Goth I'll. Infantry, and
served until the close of the var in
1868. He removed TO Minnesota soma
20 years ago, and was one of the most
esteemed citizens of Detroit, being
houorod with several public posi-
tions, including those of village mar
shal. councilman and doorkeeper of
the Minnesota legislature. He was
an active free mason, member of the
Eastern Star aud Royal Arch Chap
tors; also a prominent and Jealous
GA. Il. comrade, All these bodies
and the local w, H. c. attended his
funeral services ut Detroit, after
which the remains We're taken to
Shtlbiua, Mo. the home Of his aged
mother, for burial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-05
OBITUARIES.
1. b. b. STEVENS.

This citizen, better known as Bal
ley Stevens, died mt his home in
this city on Saturday, Nov. so, 1901,
and was barred in Gracelapd Gene
terry on Monday, Dec. I'd, with honors
of the order Of Modern Woodmen.
Deceased was born in New Hamp-
shire in 1912. Came west and located
at Mineral Point when q boy. At
the age Of Fl he married Miss Ann
Harris, who, with two sons, Hiram
and Curtis, and two daughters. Mrs.
Matt Jackson and Mrs. Motley, sur
vive him. Deceased, in his 40 years
residence In this community, won
general respect rs an Industrious hon
orable man; good neighbor, good cit
iZen, good husband and father.
SAMUEL HARRIS.
A familiar figure is removed from
Mineral Point in the death Of Sam
my" Harris. which occurred Monday
evening, Dec. 2, 1901, at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Belle Hupperts. He
was born here. aud all the 80 years of
his life was spent here. Several
years ago he lost a good wife from
diptheria, since when he remained q
childless widower. In early life he
was recognized as one Of the best
workers in the community, and much
thought of by all employers. Later
he seemed to lose ambition, tut in
going wrong was harmful only to
himself.