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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
OPPOSITION TO Mr.. KNOX.
Trust Affiliations Urged Against His
Proposed Appointments.

Developments which have taken place
within the last day or two have caused
some adverse criticism of the proposed
appointment of z J. Knox as Attorney
General to succeed Mr.. Griggs. For sew
eral weeks it mas been accepted as fact
that Mr. Knox would be named for the
place late this month. when Attorney
General Griggs retires from the Depart
ment of Justice in order to take UP his
law practice in New Jersey. Within a
few days. however. the President has had
his attention called to prejudice exist
ing against Mr.. Knox on account OF his
come ction with the gigantic Steel Trust
in the capacity of legal counsel
a Republican member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. who is always con-
servative in mis- expressions of opinion
said yesterday that he did not see how
President Mckinley could possibly APP
point Mr. Knox to the chief legal posi-
ton in the Administration without violat-
ing considerations of wise policy. He be-
lieved the Pittsburg candidate to be an
able man. he said. but many people would
criticise the appointment severely. and it
would he declared by the Administration
enemies that the new Attorney General
would be unduly prejudiced in favor of
the great corporate interests which not
a few legislators believe should be re-
stricted in their operations by early Con-
gressional legislation.
On the other hand, Cabinet officer,
who has been a member of Mr.. McKln-
leys official family for four years, said
yesterday:
Il do not pretend to represent the Presi-
dent and do not know whom he intends
to appoint Attorney General but Mr..
Knox is highly spoken of as lawyer.
There has been some adverse talk of his
connection with the steel interests, but
IL the Government is to be deprived of
the services Of men because they have
relations with corporations the list of ell
gible candidates for high Federal offices
will be restricted In a way very disadvan-
tageous to the country
James X. Richards, Solicitor General of
the United States. has been mentioned
within the last day or two for the APP
pointment to succeed Mr.. Griggs He has
been closely associated with the Attor-
ney General in the consideration of legal
questions and has conducted nearly all
the important arguments on behalf Of the
Government before the Supreme Court
for several years. He is highly spoken of
by members of the Supreme Bench.
Senators Hanna and Foraker and Rep
resentatives Grosvenor and Dick had
conference with the President yesterday
lasting more than two hours, but they
declined absolutely after the meeting to
say what the object OF this visit was
Solicitor General Richards had con-
ference with the President Immediately
after the Ohio Senators and Represen-
tatiyes left the White House.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
AT ODDS OVER LIQUOR TAXES.
Scranton People Divided ON u state
Measure.

SCRANTON, Pa. March H.-The pas
sage of a bill through the State Senate
that directly concerns this municipality
has thrown Scranton into a state Of tur
moil and excitement. and all day the wires
have been kept hot with protests against
the passage of the measure through the
House. iii
The law directs that cities Of the third
class pay a liquor license fee of $3.50 and
second class S1.lO0 Scranton, by procld-
nation of the Governor. became a second
class city in February. Nevertheless. the
LIQUOR men insisted that this spring the
fee should be $3.50 as heretofore. The case
was carried to court and the 81, leo fee
won. This will, it is claimed, close up half
the saloons in Scranton.
Senator Vaughan promptly introduced
In the Legislature a bill providing that
when cities pass from the third to the
second class the liquor license fee re-
main $3.50 for three years. This becoming
known here, has caused a storm of Pro-
tests.
Tie Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has been meeting and denouncing
Il for the last several days. and today
the clergy Of the city and the prominent
citizens met in mass meeting and adopted
resolutions opposing the passage of the
measure. A committee was appointed TO
proceed to Harrisburg at once and lobby
against the bill
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
MORE FILIPINos YIELD.
Another Party of General Trias' Men
Surrcnders.

MANILA, March 2l.-Constancia Pc
hlcte aud F'ilomera dc Luna, representing
the Women's League, went to the palace
this morning accompanied by five or six
hundred native women, and petitioned for
the release of the political prisoners. The
women mainly belong to the poorer
classes. A number of them carried chill
dren Others carried American flags. and
the whole party cheered for the United
States The petition was denied on the
ground that it would only be possible to
consider such a request when peace is lie
clared.
Colonel Schuyler, of the Forty-sixth
Regiment. has broken up d pirates rem
devious at rernate. capturing s officers, IS
rebels, and 10 irrecOncilables. who con-
troll many rifles. An officer and twenty
three men belonging to the force Of Gen
eral Trias, who gave himself up a few
DAYS ago. surrendered at San Francisco
de MaIabou yesterday.
Seventeen Filipinos have been arrested
at Maasin north LuZOn. They were con-
ccrned in the capture last October by Jose
Buencamino of an escort belonging to the
Thirty-dfth Regiment. Diocno. the chief
insurgent in the island of Panay, was
captured on March 10 ut CapiZ by Captain
BACOLOD. Negroes. p /, March I'll
The members o: the Philippine Commits
sion have arrived here. This province
was organized in July, 1899. at the time
General otis desired to emphasize hts
contracts with the peaceful islands.
The provisional government is top
heavy. resembling more a State than a
territorial government 1t consists of "A
military governor, having the power OF
veto. a civil governor, ana a congress of
ten members, elected by popular vote. but
holding office indefinitely. Thus the in
habitants, who have enjoyed unusual
privileges for twenty-one months have
naturally become jealous of what they
consider their rights and the Commits
siouers have had presented to them here
the most delicate task they have yet en-
countercd.
II is expected that three days will he
,nent In discussing the situation with the
leaders. These discussions will be pub ic
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
MoRMoNs GOING TO MEXICO.
Five Million Acres Purchased for
CoIonizinE Purposes.

CHIHUAHUA. Mex. March 21--Dr II.
T. Gray. of Los Angeles, Cal, has pur-
chased 100000 acres of agricultural lands
in Mexico. and has obtained concession
from the Mexican Government for the es-
Establishment of a number of Mormon COLO
MES thereon. These lands are divided
into several large tracts, which are stu
atcd in the States of Durango. Tamauli-
pas, Coahuila, and Vera Cruz.
DR. Gray says that he will bring 5000
Mormons from Utah and other parts of
the United States to Mexico within the
next few months. and locate them upon
the lands which he has purchased. The
Mormon colonies in the State of Chihua-
hua have had their population increased
by the arrival of more than 900 Mormons
from Utah during the past few months.
1t is asserted that polyEamy is openly
practiced by these co'onists, and that it
ami bpfitieS
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
General Harrison's Warnings.

tFrOm the St Louis Rcpublic)
1t is worth while for the American people TO
take to heart the repeated warnings voiced by Mr..
Harrison in the year Immediately preceding his
death. The great Indianan was a typical Ameri-
can, descended from illustrious American
stock, faithful in every fibre Of his being to the
cause Of liberty and popular government. lie
would not needlessly have cried out that hi,
Government was becoming recreant to American
principle. He was not a traitor" nor a ''c0p-
pcrhcad." He was American and the close
OF his life was saddened by the thought that the
American spirit dying out from American
it,s.,ps
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
Our Trade with China.


A. \ matter Of TACT. the possibilities Of Amer
loan s,nnrt trade with the Orient and with China
in particular. have been pcrsistentiy overesti-
mated Whatever chance Tor profitable develop
ment existed twelve months ago has been largely
DESTROYED for the present, at least hy the
course which the Western Powers have pursued
toward tie Chinese. and appearances indicate
that it will be some time before our sales to
China again reach even The comparatively low
figure which they formerly attained.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
NOT READY TO RESIGN.
Hitchcock Has No Intention of MAX
ing Room for WoIcott

Secretary Hitchcock yesterday denied
the report which emanated from Colora-
do to the effect that he was about to re-
sign and that ex-senator Wolcott would
he appointed to succeed him as Secretary
of the Interior Secretary Hitchcock
stated that he had leased his Washington
residence for four years, which he de-
cIares was an evidence that he had no
intention of leaving the Cabinet.
1t is said that the President intends to
provide Mr. Wolcott with an office in
recognition of his services to the party,
hut that "A suitable position for him is
no! lust now vacant.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

The torpedo boat Goldsborough will have
her official trial in Puget Sound on April
/. She was built by Wolff & Zwicke. of
Portland Ore, and must make thirty
knots an hour. The torpedo boat ThOrn-
ton. built by the William r. Trigg Com
pany. of Richmond Va. will be tried on
the Chesapeake Bay course on March "a
Her contract calls for tMentv-siN knobs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

The tender Potomac has arrived at Key
West. the collier Pompey at Hongkong.
and the collier Leonidas at Pensacola.
The battleship Iowa Flagship has sailed
from San Diego for San Francisco, the
training ship Buffalo from Woosung
for CaVite. and the training ship Hart
ford from Boston for New York. The
battleship Kentucky has been assigned
as the flagship of Rear Admiral Kempff.
second in command of the Asiatic Station
The torpedo boat Farragut has been or
dered to the Mare Island Navy Yard for
REPAIRS
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
The Mexican situation.
(Fpm Tho Chicago Tribune.J


The long period Of stable government which
President Diaz has given TO Mexico has affcrd-
ed the inhabitants an object lesson enjoyed BY
no other Spanish-Americsn Republic 1t has
given an impetus 10 the arts OF peace which
should 90 far ttard establishing permanent
stability. Whether it viii prove sufficient. how
ever. to prevent disorder when Porfirio Diaz re-
lakes his strong aod on the reins Of government
still remains to be seen
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
America's OiI supply.

The great oil fields Of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia are penetrated by many transportation
lines that il is possible Tor them TO get their
oil products 10 the scaboard at minimum cost.
Not only this. but they tan be loaded on ship
board from the wells in remarkably short time.
These fields almost supply the Atlantic ex-
port trade While this is going ON Texas and
California both seacoast States, Will be most
important factors in supplying the Mexican,
Central and South American trade, and also
the Middle Pacific and the Oriental market in
general.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

(From the Chicago Chroniclc)
Russia's military preparations are always go
ing on, and most times in such a degree Of 81
lence that almost nothing is heard Of them till
the moment of surprise comes. It is the same
with respect to Russia's financial preparations Tor
any emergency. 1t is gush Of funds when
the day Of trial arrives.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Congressional pilgrims returning from
Cuba view the situation in the island as
hopeful. They say that the intelligent
classes want annexation to the United
States or a protectorate. But they admit
that the ignorant element is in the as
cendant just now, owing to the apathy Of
the mass of Cubans. The faction led by
Juan Gualberto Gomez may resist the
Plat terms and cause delay, but in the
end the consensus of opinion is that all
classes viii join in accepting what they
can get
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
Prize Money for Sampson.

BOSTON. March 21.-Rear Admiral VIII
liam T. Sampson this morning received
a certified check for sS.335 from the Treas
ury Department his share Of the
awar for the destruction of the Spanish
feet mt Santiago. He will receive about
81, 900 for operations at other Cuban ports.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

The time seems to have gone by when any
individual concern in an important field OF com
merce or manufacture hope to prosper. 1t
comes into competition with powerful combines
and is compelled either to enter these combines
OF to form combinations with other individual
concerns that shall result in strength sufficient
to cope with the older monopoly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has written an opinion that under the
act of March last it was undoubtedly
the intent that every person described in
the act as bucket shop broker shall pay
a tax as a regular broker. and in add-
ton shall pay a special tax as a bucket
Shnn hrnker.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

to do. and, in fact. would see a kind of
merit in doing. since they would thereby
add to their list of experiences.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Andrew Carnegie would do well to call
out the militia when he gets to Skibo
Castle, if he hopes to escape the mad
horde of beggars who swarmed from all
parts of the United Kingdom and even
from the Continent to waylay him on his
arrival at Southampton. Our Scottish
American plutocrat is not a reckless
giver, generous though he may be in his
chosen way. We apprehend that the
mendicants who are logging his footsteps
will not even get travelling expenses out
of the business
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
While There Are Offices.


IFfOm Tic BlltInlOTt NuIJ
The only bad taste following the getting Of
Congress off Il Presidents hands nowadays is
that the Congress may come and the Congress
may go, but its members hang on forever.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

of humor viii have an immense amount
of fun. 1t will be rather melancholy
mirth. but there will be fine edge Of
satire in it which will be beyond descrip-
ton. He will see all the unconscious
humor Of the situation, and among all
funmakers the unconscious humorist is the
most heartrendiugly comicaL He is so
funny that the funniest thing the profes-
sional humorist can possibly do is to imi-
tate him. Imagine, then, a whole nation
Of people as solemn as penguins. and one
solitary humorist in the midst of them.
the only person in the entire country who
does not take them or himself seriously!
The uniqueness of the conception rivals
that Of the situation so dear to the poets,
Of the last man left on earth when the
rest of the human race is frozen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Will the President forgive The Times
the expression of the hope that he will
replace the Hon. Mark S. Brewer with 4
man who actually believes in civil serv-
ice reform?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

The High Court of Venezuela has tax IN
up the case of the Warner-Quinlan Com
pany versus The Asphalt Trust and every
reasonable demand of the United States
in the premises has been complied with
At the same time 1t is just as well for
Venezuela to understand that the future
of our international relations with her,
and possibly our willingness to allow her
to remain on the map of the world, will
greatly depend upon the character of the
decision to be rendered by her tribunal of
last resort. Whatever happens. the in
terests of the trusts must be protected
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Beware, Mr. President" says the New
York Sun" in impassioned tones; be
ware Of j. Edward Addicks."
And why not also of Hanna, Grosvenor,
Gage, Crowninshield, and Sampson? Can
the Sun" tell? '.-'@
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

There is evident worry among the Re
publican party managers over the cleo
ton bill Just passed by the Legislature
Of Maryland. 1t is fair and equitable
law. 1t does not discriminate against any
race or color. Consequently it cannot be
attacked from the constitutional stand
point But it will operate to disfran-
chise fifty thousand voters, a large ma
jority of whom are illiterate negro Re
publicans. 1t will also make the importa-
ton of black repeaters from the District
of Columbia both difficult and dangerous
In brief the Republican managers see
that the Maryland election law will mean
honest elections hereafter in State
which is safely Democratic in such cir
cumstances. Naturally, they do not like
the prospect
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Lieut.. Henry Ripley Baker, L. S. N,
retired, died at his home in WATERFOWL,
Mass, on Wednesday, at the age of a.
on August IL, 1862, he was made an act
ing ensign. He was promoted to acting
master on July 6, 1861, was transferred
to the regular service and was retired as
Il lieutenant on December 8, 1876.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Cap James Grant. formerly in COM
mand of one of the sea-going Luckenbach
tugs. died on Wednesday at the Eastern
State Hospital for the Insane in Will
iamsburg, Va. aged fifty years. He be-
came demented about six months ago
He was long IL seafarng man, and was
widely known at Atlantic seaports. He
leaves n widow and two children. living
in Richmond, Va.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Michael L. Leary. a charter member of
the Chicago Board of Trade. and during
the civil war one of the heaviest opera
tors in grain in the country, died yester-
day at his home in Chicago at the age OF
seVenty-twO years. During the COS he
made fortune through speculation but
lost the bulk of it in one unlucky plunge
He was born in Essex. Canada, and went
to Chicago in 1856
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Mrs. Clara f. Gladding the wife of
Thomas S. Gladding President of the
Montclaire Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation died at her home. OBS Orange Road.
Montclaire. n. J., yesterday, from brain
trouble. She was member of the First
BAPTIST Church. She was forty-nine
years Old.
Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood Jacobus. the
widow of William Jacobus, died at her
home. 40 Park Street Montclair N J.,
yesterday morning from paralysis. She
Church. She leaves two sons and two
daughters.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22

Mrs. Lucy McIIwaine. widow of Robert
D. McIlwaine, and daughter of the late
Rev. Theodore Pryor, died at her home in
Petersburg. Va, yesterday morning. aged
seventy-three years She was a sister of
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, of New York. She
leaves six children. among whom are
State Senator William b. NcIlwaine Il
prominent lawyer of Petersburg. and A.
G.. McIlwaine, of New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
ASSAULTED BY TOUGHS
OFFICER WILLIAM THOME BADLY
BEATEN AND KICKED.

AS a result of an assault yesterday
afternoon by five men, Officer William
Theme, of the Margaret street police sta
tion, is lying at his home, 913 Hastings
avenue, in a very critical condition. Ed.
Zenliski, Joe Zenliski and Dave Moline,
three of the men charged with making the
assault, are now under arrest ard it is
expected that the ether two will be caught
today.
According to the police, the five men
were sitting on a fence at the corner of
Seventh and Mendoza streets, about 4
o'clock, when Officer Thome came along
and ordered them away. All of them,
with the exception of Joe Zenliski, started
to go, but he persisted in remaining, and
a scrffie resulted. Both of the men fell
to the ground, and the companions of
Zenliski, seeing the struggle, turned back
and proceeded to help their friend. "A
citizen, who was near by telephoned for
the patrol wagon, but when it arrived the
men had fled and the officer had two bad
cuts on the head and had been severely
kicked about the body. He was removed
to his home in the patrol wagon, where
he was attended by Dr.. Haas.
AT the station Zenliski admitted that he
had trouble with the officer. His COM
panions say there was a fight, but claim
they took no part in it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
C)|)P[RS TALK BOYCOTT
ASK FLOUR Mills TO USE UNION
LABEL ON BAR
RELS
TWO FIRMS GRANT REQUEST
Discrimination Against MiIIers to BE
Used to Force Them Into Line
Only Union-Masie Pack
ages Used.

Joseph B. Hammer of Boston, and ].
A. Cable, Of Kansas City, officers of the
union coopers national organization,
have been in Minneapolis for several days
agitating the matter of inducing the local
union label. Eastern -four manufacture
ers and barrelmakers and trimmers have.
it seems, complained TO the national or
ganization that the Minneapolis union
has been lax in it's efforts To have the
labels placed on the barrels mapufac-
tured here.
There are now two firms in the, city
which have complied with the request of
the union to have the label placed on
their barrels. The local coopers have
spent $500 or $500 advertising them as
having adopted the label They have not
succeeded in persuading the other mills
to adopt the label, although the baFreh
used by these mills are all made. in unioI
shops and by union labor. .
The officers of the national, organi-
zation met with no better success while
here and they went away yesterday
without having effected the chief purpose
of their visit. 1t is now proposed to en-
force the demand of the union by dis
eliminating against the local mills Pam
phlets will be issued stating that the pre-
sribed firms are not in favor of the label
and the representatives of the local
unions In the Label league will be in
Structed to ask their constituents to
buy other flour than that made>by mills
which have not adopted the coepers'
label
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
SMALL BLAZE At RYAN.
FLAMES CONFINED TO BASEMENT
AND LOSS IS THRILLING.

Fire Of a mysterious origin was dlscoV-
cred in the basement Of the Ryan hotel
last evening, and was only extinguished
after it had caused a loss of about $40,
and given the employees a bad scare.
1ht fire, which is supposed to have re-
ceiyed it's inception from defective cleo
trio wire occurred in a small room in
the basement on the east side of the
building, given over to the use Of Homer
NJ. German, the chief engineer of the
hotel, and when extinguished by the de-
partment, that gentleman found himself
shy valuable overcoat and several other
belongings in the shape of wearing APP
parel. When discovered by some of the
employees, about O'Clock, the room was
one mass of blaze and was licking saw
agely at the only combustiD4S material
in sight, wooden partition which sepa-
rates 1t from the remainder of the base
mcnt. Mr.. German, who was at dinner
had just Invested himself of his overcoat
ana undercoat, and thrown them loosely
over a chair in the room. The time in
tervening between his visit to the room
and his summons from the supper table
by the alarm, was only a few minutes,
and he is at a loss to account for the
blaze.
Smoke poured into the basement and
the lower corridors of the hotel but hap
PLY the majority of the guests were
either in their rooms or at dinner, and
no excitement was caused The loss TO
the hotel management is small.