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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
PERU DECIDES TO SETTLE.
AmicaDfe Adjustment of the Claim
OF William FoxyLes.

The State Department yesterday ef-
fected an amicable settlement Of the
claim made upon behalf Of William
Fowkes. a citizen Of the United States,
against the Government of Peru FOwkes
was engaged in business in Tombez. Peru,
at the time Of the revolution OF 1894. he
refused to contribute 100 soles to the in
surgent cause and was imprisoned After
spending twenty-four hours in Jail he paid
over the money.
The Peruvian Government combated
Fowkes' claim for damages with the con-
tention that it was not responsible for
the acts of insurgents. 1t was shown by
the United States, however, that there
were coo Federal troops near Tombez,
while only $50 insurgents were in the
town
The State Department received a tele-
gram from United States Minister Dud-
ley. at Lima, yesterday, in which ne
said that Peru had offered 10 pay 3OO
sOles in settlement of the claim and that
this would be satisfactory to FOwkes.
who still resides In that country. Mr..
Dudley was instructed to accept the offer
The point raised by the United States.
that a Government Is responsible for the
acts OF insurgents which 1t IS able TO
prevent. has an important bearing on the
claims Of American citizens against Spain
for injuries inflicted to their interests
during the Cuban instruction
A great many of these claims are for
damage done by the Cuban army while
Cuba was under. Spanish control. ques-
ton that therefore. arises is. Could the
Spanish forces in Cuba have prevented
these injuries to American interests?
Under the Paris Treaty of Peace the
United States assumed liability Tor dam
age done the interests OF American cttt-
Zens and Spain assumed liability fer in
Jury done Spanish citizens growing out OF
the war
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
FRICTION WITH VENEZUELA.
The Second Arrest of Consular Agent
Baiz Arouses officials.

The second arrest of Ignacio II. Baiz,
United States Consular Agent at BARGE
Iona Venezuela, reported In press de-
spatches, is another pin prick that may
serve to increase the growing dissatisfac-
ton of this Government over the treat
ment of Americans in that country. Mr..
Baiz is not American, but he has rep
resented the United States at Barcelona
for twenty years and as one of it's con-
sular officers the Government has an in
terest in protecting him from indignity.'
Mr. Baiz was born In St Thomas, Danish
West Indies, and is believed to be a Dan
ish subject. If this belief be correct the
Danish Government may take a hand in
the case.
About year ago Mr. Baiz, who is a
merchant at Barcelona. was arrested by
military officers for refusing TO make
contribution, presumably to the Vene-
zuelan Government. A divergence of
views prevailed at the State Department
Yesterday as to what action had been
taken by it in the matter. one statement
was that the Venezuelan Government had
expressed regret over the incident and
ascribed it to the local officials at Bar
celona and not to the Federal authori-
ties. and that this was deemed satisfac-
tory by the department. The other state
ment was that the explanation of Ven
ezueia was not satisfactory and about
month ago instructions were sent to Mr..
LOOMS, the United States Minister at
Caracas to enter vigorous protest and
ask for adequate PREPARATION. This last
statement is apparently correct. The sec
ond arrest of Mr.. Bai2 is likely to make
the incident acute and may have an i'm
portant bearing on the Governments in
tention to secure respect for American
citizens and their interests generally in
Venezuela Minister LOOMS has not re-
ported the second arrest of Baiz.
There have been many complaints
lodged with the State Department lately
by men in this country who have capital
invested in Venezuela. They complain
their agents in that country are inter-
fered with by local officials, and are
treated ContemptuouSly. II was said at
the department that these allegations had
quite as much to do with the sending Of
American war vessels to La Guayra as had
the asphalt lake controversy.
The VenezueIans bitterly resented the
presence of American ships at the port of
Caracas and lately Minister LOOMS has
heeu bitterly criticised in the native press
for his activity in looking after the in
terests of his COuntrymen. state Dep art
mCnt officials say, however. that Mr.
LOOMS has done nothing contrary 10 MS
instructions and his course is approved.
Altogether there are many causes OF dis
content on the part of the United States
I on account of the treatment accorded
American citizens in Venezuela and there
has hecn almost constant friction since
President Castro assumed the dictator
ship.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
lIr,nIatIon statcmcnt.


In .ne House q! Commons. yesterday
s~-er7,on Mr. Redmond. Irish National
f.s .,sri~c6 or the Government whether
or NOT tne now coins Of the realm would
contain a statement 70 the effect that
hiqs Edward vi IS the Defender of the
Faunc- To this the Chancellor Of the
r7xcheouer replied that the matter was
one for the exclusive decision of his
Majesty. Ny. Redmond rejoined that 1t
was his intention 10 bring the matter to
the Kings attention personally, and to
show him that he had no right on earth
10 this title
While We cannot go very far with the
distinguished Hiberuian ohjector in his
apparent idea that meaningless OLD
medieval fiction is worth pother, he is
undoubtedly right in principle. King Ed
ward is not the official defender solely
of any given religious faith, while he is
in fact the defender of more faiths than
he could count up without sen1ing for his
bookkecper In England, he is defender
of the Established Church not more than
he is of the religious beliefs professed by
Disorders. ouakers, and Hebrews In
Scotland. where the establishment is
Presbyterian. he is also a Presbyterian
He defends Brahr7inism when his troops
salute the Car of JUggernaut and
protect the Indian Hindoos. Parsees,
and Mohammedans in the exercise
Of their several religions. Finally,
in Ireland he is the defender Of the Cath
olic faith. or rather Of the people who
profess Il and Of their right TO do so.
Probably the easy way to settle the con-
troversy would be TO petition King Ed
ward to be graciously pleased to assume
the title: Il c., Defender Of any An
cieut Taith.r
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
Railroad Men.

fearful loss Of life in a railway
wreck in Pennsylvania was averted a day
or two ago by the GOODNESS and pluck Of
the conductor Had he been IN some
other line Of business and saved two or
three score people from death and mutila-
ton. a hundred years ago or Whereabouts.
poems might have been written about
him and statues raised TO his memory.
But he lives IN the present age Of the
world. and was railway conductor. and
therefore his bravery is only nine days
wonder GA the road and an ephemcrsI
sensation in the newspapers.
Any person who IS IN danger Of losing
faith IN the essential manIiness and
pluck Of the average man need only
look at the annals Of the railway.
If they are ever written "a a book.
Al present they are 20 be found
only ia the files 81 the daily papers and
the memories Of old railroad men. No
one can read Of the innumersble plucky.
cool. and daring acts which have been
performed by brakernen. hremeu. en-
riueers. conductors. and other employees
Of III, railway without seeing that this Is
an employment which may on occasion
require all the soldiers courage and
rather more than his presence Of mind.
L undoubtedly takes bravery 10 stand up
ard be shot az, or 20 charge superior
force. taking the chances OF being torn 10
pieces by a shell or pierced by "a bullet:
II requires foriitudc 90 endure forced
marches under a blazing sun OF through
rain. sIect. at snow; IT. needs GOODNESS To-
keen ones nerves DOB order under the try
ing conditions Of being surrounded by q
hostile force IN q strange place; bat all Of
these qualities are needed. and on occa-
sion shown. by the railroad man; and he
docs not get the Victoria Cross or any
pension OF medal He must he out in all
weathcrs, 70 begin with, he must some
times do without sleep for an uncon-
Ecionable time; he must be acquainted
not only with his own branch Of the bust
ness bat, in case OF emergency. with
others; and he must take his chances. II a
rmash-up comes. Of being not merely
shot but mangled. burned, scaided, Grip
pied. killed in any enc Of half dozen
different ways which are an horrible. If
hc loses his position through his fault or
misfortune, il is all the same. lie may
be thrown out Of work because the road
which has employed him has become e
bankrupt OF because he has been a
striker. OF because hc has lost his health
out he is in pretty much the same posi-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
CONFERRED WITH MR.. HAY.
Senator Morgan Discusses Matters
Relating to the Isthmian Canal.

Senator Morgan yesterday had a long
conference with Secretary Hay in regard
TO isthmian canal matters The Presi-
dent has decided that before directing the
Secretary of state to take steps to again
open up negotiations with Great Britain
looking toward the drafting of a treaty,
he will obtain some sort of expression
upon the subject from the Senate.
While it is possible that no official ac
ton may be taken upon the subject by
the Senate, before negotiations are again
undertaken, yet it is the determination of
the Administration. the next time an at
tempt is made to treat with Great Britain,
to act upon lines which the Senate wilt
approve without amendment Several
other prominent leaders in the Senate on
both sides have been asked 10 express
their views, and will confer upon canal
matters with the Secretary of State.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
Another Final Stage.

(From tho Philadelphia nmcs.)
II is announced that a civil government viii
be established in Luzon about the middle OF May,
under the extraordinary powers conferred upon
the President by the Spooner amendment, Judge
Taft becoming the Colonial Governor whatever
the office may be called At the same time it is
announced that an army Of 5000 men Will be
retained there. with General Chafee in COM
mand. IL Is evident that even the conversion Of
General Trias does not exclude yet another stage
OF armed instruction from the official calcu-
latiQns.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
A VISIT TO YALE PLANNED.
Japanese Graduates 10 Return to
Their AImn Mater.

NEW HAVEN. March 1S.-It was told
on the Yale campus today that the forty
members Of the Yale Club in Tokyo, ia
pan. are considering plan TO make a trip
10 Yale University during the bi-centen-
NAL celebration in October.
Toshitake Okubo. a graduate from Yale
Law school. of the class of 1859. was in
New Haven on Saturday being the guest
OF Prof. simon = Baldwin. Of the Yale
Law School. For three years previous
70 1870 he was connected with the penal
institutions OF Japan. Since that time
he has held the position Of project OF Toll
tori prefecture.
Mr.. Okubos home is in Tokyo and he
brought news Of the projected trip
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
Democracy Easily REEVES.

tFr0m The Springfield kepublican.)
Unless a great change has suddenly come over
the character OF the American people, the present
decentralization Of the opposition party affords
not the slightes; indication Of what its condition
may be year two from now, let alone four
years. The quick revvifcation Of a defunct op-
position is a familiar phenomenon in American
politics. The example afforded by the Democratic
party which rose Immediately from the crushing
defeat OF 1872 to successive and sweeping vic
tories in the elections of 1873. 1874. and 1915
Las been FREQUENTLY pointed out.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
The Merit System.


lFr0m INC IIIuIaIIa VVTIe NUW7.I
Unless there Is strenuous resistance TO present
t.,,der los we shah have not simply TO rescue
fay office, from the clutches of the spoilsmcu.
or 10 extend again the classified system 90 places
which have been wrongly exempted from it, but
TO r--cducate the people on the subject and to
sti,,,t,I4to a sentiment-which Is now weak and
l. err,ginc weaker every day-against the spoils
s,.sfcn Nc have lost during Mr. McKinlcy's Ad-
rnninistration much Of the ground that it took Us
81 The moral basis on which the merit system
rests. And for this President Mckinley and the
Republican leaders are solely responsible.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
TO BE TREASURER OF CUBA.
Secretary Root Approves the Ap-
Monument Of Carlos RoioH-

Secretary Root yesterday approved the
anpofntrnent Of Carlos ROTOR as Treasur.r
Of the Island Of Cuba The power --
appoiuting a native Cuban TO that office
was conferred upon the Military Governor
bv the President several weeks ago sub
iect to the approval OF the Secretary Of
War. General Wood recently named Senior
Rol0ff who is at present Jse Assistant
Treasurer Of the island. and who W.
strongly recommended for tho position
He viii be required 10 furnish bond in the
sum OF $4,000 The appointment dates
from April J.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
The shark Raid on Evans.


II he should be removed, even to be promoted.
the new commissioner will una fstand that 10
hold his place he viii have TO placate the all
powerful attorneys who have forced Mr. Evans
out II Is a bad time 20 swap horses. Mr.
Evans has administered the office 10 the best Of
his ability. II be should be removed, swarm
Of unworthy applicants viii be put upon the
pension rolls. and the expenses OF the system
viii be expanded to the breaking point.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19

Wa Tingfang is being lionized in the
most flattering and gorgeous way by the
university and social circles of Chicago.
1t is pleasant way Of rewarding him for
his arduous service in shaping and main
tanning our Chinese policy during the late
atrocities. 1t also serves to show that
little thing like the promotion OF his
friends at home who tortured and butch
cred the American missionary women and
children can be easily overlooked In a
country where Christian forgiveness and
the alteration Of freaks is the rule and
not the exception.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
American Aristocracy.
lFrom Dc Woreester So

NII7'Il V'7I '''INN7''I '7TF'J
The real aTistocracy Of the United States is
composed Of those families of which President
Harrison and Gov Roger Wolcott were noble
representatives together with those persons who
though Of more obscure origin, have grasped
early in life the same broad and noble principles
that were almost the heritage Of Nolcott and
Harrison.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
Tn LnnI. AsI.nncc At.


WI0m de FIIIs6ug Dlspatch.J
The capitalization Of the steel combine IS
rather bigger than the bonded debt Of the nation;
but it Is not quite SO solid thing to have laid
away in the safe deposit box for future exigcn-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19
&C re..IhIIItI.. In resa..

ffrom the Houston fo,t-)
70 IS said THAT there are ao00.oo0 acres Of land
fn Trys- tHat can De used .n tka Tr0du. ton %
rice. Ihi- VIII give some idea of the wonderful
possibilities of this crop. vhfsr Is now raised
81 onie comparatively smah extent ia the
United St1tes
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19

The Supreme Court met yesterday and
took recess for two weeks. At the end
of that time there appears to be a wide
spread opinion in the city that decisions
in the Porto Rico and Philippine cases
will be handed down. So, before long the
country is likely to know whether it is
the Republic of the Fathers, or has a
constitutional organization within the
States only, and is an Oriental despotism
elsewhere.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-10-12

, it II. May, 1898. Last December he de-
clined six offers Of $4OO,OOO for the same
property, and within thirty days he was
offered $65O,OOO 80 49,.
Fortune has not altered him at all ex-
cept in his mode of life. He lives well
nowadays and does no manual labor He
still cltngs to his old clothes and his clay
pipe He smiles when he speaks Of the
fact that he sleeps on a 500 brass bed
stead now instead of a blanket on the
ground, but heYstill lives In a cabin and
seldom goes away from home. A few
months ago he gave an old man living
alone in Yavapai county, who was Grip
pied and diseased from eating poor food
5000 with which to go to San Francis
GO hospital The old man had nursed
Jacob Kliner though typhoid fever in
Yuma q dozen years ago, ana he never
expected i dime for his kindness
The recent leaps into fortunes of mil
lions Of dollars by the three miners who
discovered the gold-baaring lodges at
Randsburg. Cal, are narrated: again and
again by hopeful; confident miners who
gather about the saloons OF mining camps
III this part of California Indeed there
are no parallels, in Southern California at
least, to the great fortune that Frederick
M. Mooers, Chester "A. Burchem and John
Singleton simply went out and claimed
as theirs April. 1896. Last summer the
group Of mines which these men picked
up, where they had been lying through all
time tor some one to come and claim
them. their owners declined to sell to the
Delmar Mining company Of Utah at So.
SOC, 900. They have paid, monthly divi-
dends varying from $4,000 to $4,000 for
nearly three Years, and it an undisputed
statement among miners in and about Los
Angeles that the Rand group have now
over $40, 600 0co worth Of Gre blocked out
in them. yE 5}S5
Five years ago Frederick M. Mooers was
q reporter on the Los Angeles Express.
He had been connected with the Brooklyn
Eagle, and came West, where he had had
all the ups and downs of q reporter, and
his several attempts at gold mining were
SO decidedly down that he returned period.
ically to Los Angeles to take up reporting
at a small salary. Five years ago John
Singleton was clerk in a poor little store
at the railway station on the Mojave des-
ert. In Southern Cali crnit, and Chester
A Bnrchep1 was butcher in a shop at
San Bernardino, Cal. The three met at
the little desert mining camp at Goler,
where q gold mining process known as
dry washing for golden particles in the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-10-12

Rita mountains, down into Sonora, Mex
leo, where he got work at day wages in
silver mine. He still owned the cop
per property and had done enough work
on it to hold the claim legally for a year.
Several months Of work and he had
saved 800. Then he went at prospecting
again. He travelled, along with his
jackass, some 200 miles altogether, Sleep
/ ing out OF doors and eating vile food aus;
watching out for hostile Ya1ui Indians I
Luck came sooner on this trip than ever
before. He found two claims in five
months. One was a base ore mine-a
combination Of lead and silver-and the
other was gold ore that ran about $l4
to the ton. He met at Hermoscillo, Mex,
man who bought the base ore property
for $4,000. That was Jake Kliner'ss first
real capital after his years of poverty
and hardship. With that sum he began
development of his gold mine, and in a
year, by the most laborious manual la
Dor and pinching economy, he got out
and shipped ore that brought him 5000
clean profit. Suddenly his luck changed.
The Mexican who owned the reduction
mill where he sent his ore became inter-
ested and offered $5O,5OO for a half inter
est in the gold mine Kliner was tempted
to take the offer, but he says he knew he
had a good thing and that it was worth
more money. "A week later he sold half
the mine for $50, 900. >g5f 49,, Il ~.
That was in March, 1897. Jacob Kliner's
fortune has grown fast from that time,
The Armadijol mine has paid some $780,
COO in profits since then, and 1t is still
yielding from $3,OO to $4,000 in dividends
every month. -Four years ago Kliner re-
turned with ample means to his copper
mine in ella county, Ariz: He put in
the best machinery he could buy, sunk.
shafts and drifted crosscuts into the
ledge. Copper was not profitable then,
and many copper mines were idle. It
required much hope and confidence to
put $4,000 or $4,000 into machinery to
set out copper ore that had no buyers
at living prices. In 1897, however, copper
began to rise from 80 cents to 70 cents.
The Kliner mine began to make more
money. Extra iaborers weer hired and
the mine was deepened and explored the
more In 1898 the price Of copper rose
to IA, 10 and even II cents pound. Last
winter it touched 10 cents. 1t has since
varied from IL to 10, and the copper mi
ners all over the West have prospered
more than ever before Jacob Kliner
has steadily declined to sell his mine in
CHA county. He vas offered $1OO, coo for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-10-12

$40 a month His income nowadays IL
estimated variously at from So, 900 to Sill
ooo a. month. He is in Europe this sea-
son, ana will sail around the world be-
lore ne sees his big copper properties
/, again. He was born in Brooklyn and was
a neWsboy and bootblack. there for sew
eral years. He went to Texas when he
was twenty and became a brakeman on
freight train when he was TWENTY-FIVE.
FOR several seasons he was a cowboy on
range near Benson, Ariz, and while
there learned many facts about ores and
now to know them at sight. He located
several base ore mines. but never got
farther than the location Of them.
one day in 1890 he went to see a miner
friend who was Ill in his shan+y ~, .
copper claim. The friend was anxious to
sell at any price, but Finigan Womb mt
Guy 1t even for $50. Finigan took SAM
Ple"chunk Of the copper ore tn 1eenso,,,
eignty miles distant. There he met a man
from Tucson who knew good ore and ~
chce was jealous to buy the claim. Pint
Flnigan kept MIN in the dark "a to the
location of the property Then he went
back quietly to see the friend and Co.,.
Srltten option from MIN to sell for S50o
@
lew days later for $4,000. That rava
young flnlgan knowledge of what COP
Fer mines were worth. He abandoned
ialroadlng and cow-punching and began
ioohifg Tor men who had copper claims
ior SAFE. With 81 1000 in his pocket he
" en- al over New Mexico and Arizona,
upper Went down In value, but Finigan
mao Ialth that with the advance Of cleo
Treaty the demand for copper would grow.
az e8- Dougnt Two prospects for $500 each.
anu the sellers went away laughing in
tnelr sleeVes at the young Irishrnan who
nag gwen them gold for mere copper
claims can But Finigan kept his own coun-
SCI. he dld the work Of opening one Of
MS pest claims, and earned his way nv
labor In the smelter at Globe, Ariz. Then
ne sold one claim for $4,000 and bought
another for $4,000.
Z meanwhile copper began to go up, and
ne borrowed money to develop his two
mines. He found that he had even big
ger thing in copper than he had bar.
gained for, and he organized company
to develop the ore bodies When conner
went booming in 1897 young Finigan had !
over 40O men employed, and he bought
out all the partners in his ENTERPRISES
He built a smelter to care for ALI the
ore from his two mines. and with the
profits Of fodr months bought another
copper mine. For year he owned three
copper properties Until two months ago
ne worked day and night at mining, and
his wealth piled up fast. Then he sold
one of the mines, and invested at one
time 100000 in railroad bonds. He final
" went to Europe with several friends.
whose Ssflos bills he is now paying on tour Of
Europe