The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
DETRACTORS OF REAR ADMIRAL
SCHLEY ARE STILL BUSY WITH
THEIR HAMMERS
MACLAY AND HIS HISTORY
Lnud Sampson to the Skies, and Set
His Rival Down as Being
Everything That
Is BAD.
WORK IS TO BE CENSORED

of the navy has decided that the third
volume of Maclay's history of the Span
ish-American war shall not be used as a
text book at the naval academy unless
the obnoxious language ii contains in
characteriZing the action of Rear Ad-
miraI Schley shall be eliminated. The
secretary says that it would be mani
festly improper to have history contain
ing such Incorporate language as a text
book for the cadets. He will inform both
Commander Wainwright, who Is In COM
mand of the naval academy and Mr.
Maclay, the author of the history, OF
his decision
In this connection the secretary says
mat the proofs of the entire volume were
not submitted to him by the historian. He
received only the proofs of the third chan
teH, that rela. Ing to the me biliza, lon Il tho
ne'is which contained a summary of the
orders which he, as secretary of the navy,
had issued in making the naval prepara-
tons for the war. That chapter was sat
lsIactory and he returned it to Mr.. Mac
lay with an identification of his ap-
prevail He says he never saw the ac-
count Of the battle of Santiago and the
criticisms of Rear Admiral Schley until
after the book was published Mr.. Mac
lay was appointed to mis- present posi-
gdon sdd IN the New York navy yard Aug. %,
hgnt house service.
THE OTHER SIDE.
BALTIMORE, Md, July l9-Gen. Felix
AgHus' publisher of the Baltimore Amari-
can. has wired the following to President
Mckinley:
-, William Mckinley, President, Canton
tO(iiio.-Maclay' history of the navy is
the standard in use at the naval acad-
eIny. In the third volume, lust issued
ghe historian charges Rear Admiral
ocihiiey with being coward, a liar
TTH'i Ia az H. an incompetent and insubordinate
n an interview in the American this
morning Maclay the historian, who is
q - navy oePartment clerk, classed as
Iaporer and attached to the Brooklyn
volume, which should have told the most
glorious story in all our naval annals
We're submitted to Secretary Long and
jj1oInIraI sampson and approved by them
IN advance of publication; also that Long
put MN In his present position after he
had read and approved this scurrilous
atIteK upon Admiral Schley These
proofs were also submitted 10 Admiral
DeWey' who refused to read them If
tuSnt were needed to convince anv fair
minded man that a clique in the navy
9epartment has cOnspired to traduce the
nero or Santiago and that the cOnsniracv
was carried into execution while that
brave and gallant officer was suffering
eXpatrlation on the feVer-infested coasts
o. south America. this should furnish it.
wan YOU Mr. President, in view of ali
thi2 sit quietly by and permit these CON
splratorS to continue their diabolical
WORK? Every justice-loving American ap-
pc3Is TO you to intervene in the name
ana Tor the sake Of fair play Next to
being right at all times, which no man
ever was, the best thing is to find out as
soon as possible that you are wrong and
right yourself immediately.
Publisher Baltimore American. -
NORTHWESTERN HARBORs.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Capt
Gaillard in charge Of river and harbor
improvements for the Duluth. Mimi.
district, in his annual report recommends
the following appropriations in excess of
$4,000 for the next fiscal year:
,.l3 Duluth, MINI, s459727, to complete ex-
Ashland, Wis, $4,000. of which $40
is Tor continuing Improvement.
Marquette harbor Michigan, $63, 900, of
which $4,000 is for Improvement
HarbOr OF refuge at Grand Marais
Michigan, $105,OO0
POSTAL REGULATIONS.
Postmaster General Smith toda,, iss,,oa
two orders of Importance to the ruroI
mail service throughout the country. One
is designed to avoid the duplication of
service In some sections by both star
and rural free delivery service. and the
other limits the private enterprises i'm
Whlch carriers may engage while per-
forming their official duties,
The first order is as follows:
Ordered; Box delivery bv star ro,to
carriers VIII not hereafter be permitted
over such portions of star routes as
IIilay nave IN operation the rural free de-
HVeFy service; provided, however. that
an additional and supplemental box de
HVe-y may be performed by star route
SarClers when shown to be necessary and
PaacIIcapie leap and not involving the de-
Part in any additional expenditures
IN those states in which the star
route box delivery is now in onerafion
me rural free delivery service will not
hereafter be established over anv road
which must continue to be traversed az
part of star route. except in speciaI
and unavoidable cases. in which case
}he star route box delivery viii be aban-
doned."
IAe other order says:
Hereafter rural letter carriers SHAH
net act as agents, statesmen or solicitors
1oi express companies, letter box mann
factTrers, wholesale houses corporations
or lirms, nor engage in any business or
aNCEatlon Which would interfere with
inc proper performance Of their official
dut'eS. Ihey may act as news agents
sell newspapers or periodicals on their
own account, or accept and collect sub
receive newspapers or periodicals bv ex
press or by other means outside the
mails, to be sold or delivered on their
routes, they, as news agents, will be re-
CURED to pay postage on such matter at
the second-class rate Of postage q cent
per pounD, except in the case of county
papers, which are mailed free to sub
scribers residing in the county in which
they are published.
This order is not intended to prohibit
carriers from performing various private
commissions for the accommodation of
the patrons on their routes, so long as il
does not interfere with the regular and
prompt performance Of their duty"
IMPORTS FROM PORTO RICO
Commissioner Yerkes of the internal
revenue bureau at present is busily en-
gagged in devising a scheme for the col
lection of the internal revenue tax on
cigars. cigarettes rum, etc, brought into
the United States from Porto Rico after
the president issues his proclamation de-
claring that free trade exists between the
two countries. Under the existing laws.
internal revenue stamps can be purchased
only from collectors of internal revenue
or their deputies, and as Porto Rico is not
collection district, no one there is au-
thorized to sell stamps and hence the
difficulty in arranging a system by which
exporters may procure stamps without
Inconvenience. Another difficulty is en-.
countered in the fact that cigars. brought
in from Porto Rics not being subject to
customs duties may be landed at any port
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