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New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
SLOCUM REPORT STUNS,
Barrett Says Discharge Is Unjust
Dumont Nag Fight in Court.

The action OF President Roosevelt regarding
the report on the SIocum disaster caused gen
eraI CONSERVATION among those affected. Cen
eral James A Dumont. supervising inspector
general. who, the President says should be dis
charged because OF laxity and neglect OF duty.
when seen last night at his home IN Port Ches-
ter. seemed stunned. He said
7 viii say nothing for publication"
General Dumont has been IN the government
service almost thirty-hve years He was ap-
pointed in November. 1869 He is seventy two
years old
What does the President say in ordering my
discharge2" General Dumont asked.
When told il for laxity and neglect in
the performance Of his official duties in connec-
ton with the inspection Of the General Slocum
he appeared greatly shocked.
"Humph! he exclaimed. 7 have nothing 10
say the press shall make my statement
in Washington where it will do more good"
He would answer no further questions
It was learned that General Dumont two
weeks ago told a reporter that he was
compiling q final report Of all his work since he
was made inspector general 1t is said that
he will fight against his discharge and may
seek reinstatement IN the courts on the ground
that the evidence did not show any neglect on
his part, far as the inspection Of the Cen
eral Slocum was concerned.
Captain Barrett when seen at his home in
Yonkers professed entire ignorance Of any order
disuaissiug him from the service. He said that
he did not 70 discuss the at this time
other than TO say that II the discharge was or
dered II was a rank Injustice TO himself and his
associates.
He explained that early this year he and his
associat tes received orders to remain in the
office and examine engineers masters and pilots
leaving the inspection of boilers. engines and
huIIs 10 the sixteen assistant inspectors ap-
Dointed for that purpose. These men all made
tbajr reports 20 the inspectors office and he
lCapfain BarretD passed all the reports OF
i1erscrorg Of boilers and engines submitted
,I15ar oath by the assistants. In reference to
tba Slocurn Captain Barrett said that her boil
e-e and engines were all right when inspected.
ana passsd a good examination He himself
had nothing TO do with any other part OF the
hoo+ ar1 he felt that it was an Injustice TO
btT, IN hold him responsible for the work OF
srrt, s,,hor5inates IN the circumstances
~ -,,se impossible yesterday 10 ind anv ofncsrs
-, ~ " Knickerbocker Steamboat Company.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17

asters similar to that which bssel the General
slocum.
Frederick B. House. who drew up the articles of
Incorporation for the organization said yesterday
that the plan OF action was not definitely outlined
He continued;
We intend TO agitate for more stringent lesisla-
ton regarding the licensing Of pilots and captains
Of excursion boats The present requisites tor such
positions altogether too loose for public safety
We hope TO bring about a of rules tnat VIII
prevent all incompetent men, even in minor capacl-
ties, from holding positions excursion noars
Even in the cases where may pass the strict
examinations hope 70 have an experience
clause placed in the LIST of requisites
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
TO CELEBRATE FOUNDERS, DAv

The celebration Of the seventy-fourth anntvsrs.-,
OF the founding of NewYork University BY the or
ganization Of the first university council Oc4oLo.
lS 1880. will be held in the auditorium JTniversit
Heights tomorrow The exercises will ne baifS
under the auspices OF the senior class FIerbaast -
BOYD will deliver the presidents address -
Llsto, - 49, tle III ~ gAy poem. The
nln6er and the oraton viii be delivered bv RsrSis
the Criterion Quartet -
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
MOTOR BOAT BEATS WORLDS RECORD

Paris. Oct. 1.-THE annual lOo-kilometre race for
motor boats at Maisons Laftte. the River Seine
to-day was attended with a fatal accident the
wash Of another competitor swamping the Mer-
cedes T. which sank. and her engineer. named Noel
was drowned The race, which not interrupted
by the accident won by the Rap6e " In .
hours and 2S minutes, a worlds 5 record
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
WATCH STILL KEPT ON CONNECTICUT.

The starboard propeller SHAFT of the battleship
Illinois removed from the ship and tested in
the big lathe in the machine shop at the rav .r5
late saturday and It's bend from the rasuft ~
the collision with the Missouri was nor fonn5 - bs
great AS IL was supposed to be II fS balte,-eS
that it be heated with gasolene torches and
Strengthened. ~
The vigilance about the battlsship Connect,c,,+ q,
maintained night and day. One OF the tIigS is Lo1s
duty every night alongside the new Rs srTIasSttS
IN a state OF readiness for any emergency
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
SENIOR EoNsEcA ENrERTAINs.

few Cubana and some other friends. visiting
New-York vere entertained at"a Cuban dinner bv
senor and Sonora Francisco E. F'onseca yesterday
at their home. No AS West Sixty -sixth-s- senior
Fonseca returned from a visit 70 Cuba few 5aSa
ago. He brought with him a large photograph Of
President Palma.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
,ENsURABLE IN HIGH DEGREE.

In some detail the commission discusses the
duties and responsibilities Of the owners Of ez-
cursion steamers and OF tho officers and crews
OF the vessels The report then reads:
"Iyhils IL is true that It Is the business Of the
Steamboat Inspection Service 10 see that proper
safety appliances as required by law are pro-
vided this by no means relieves the owner from
Il similar legal and moral obligation, nor from
The liability for the maintenance of proper crew
discipline The commission is OF the opinion
that the owners OF the General Socum are cen
gurable IN a high degree for the inadequate
and improper conditions prevailing on board
this vessel, and that, whatever may be their
technical legal liza blity. they and their exeou-
tive agents share largely In the moral responsi-
bility for the awful results OF this disaster"
IN connection with its inquiry the commits
sion made a thorough investigation or the con
dftfons aud actual workings II the steam boat
inspection service in the port Of New-York
both for the explanation OF certain features of
the disaster and for the prevention Of the re-
clrrence OF similar disasters. The commission
dtd not extend its inquiry beyond the condI-
tIone presented at the port Of NeW-York as a
general investigation would have been imprac-
ficsble AZ present and would have delayed the
present report until its usefulness would have
been greatly diminished The commission be-
lieves that. NeW-York is the most important
port IN the country from the standpoint OF the
steamboat inspection service, q careful inquiry
into the workings OF the service here would
serve as a sufficient basis for general remedial
recommendation.
lone obstruction 70 the proper performance
of the work OF the service lies In the opposition
which Is always net when. through the ENFORCE
Inconvenience is caused 10 the travelling public.
Tt is common knowledge that while the aver
age passenger desires steamboat trafnc to be
safeguarded IN ne highest degree as matter
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
LAW TO AVOID DISASTERS.
slocum Survivors Will Ask for More Legis-
lstiOn.

rbA General slocum Survivors Organization.
whose articles Of, Incorporation approved by
Justice Ieventritt. OF the Supreme Court on sat
urday. is to take measures soon to prevent dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
Education and Homes.

educa
them Thousands OF sweet girl
solution of that old question
without eating and then died.
problem until she came to die and
For while life lasts the question
s
notable cases in
together lnnumeao
and culture have not been un
life.
Indeed comprehension of
from the very
whit $ beautiful
still be able to find the
one in a happy of creation
hold education to be some
the simple
home life
only with the great
education that does not develop the emotions OF
futile 1t may be
education
development is
other
not teach girls
from finding happy usefulness
ability of them
the necessity of
o sake of support
much their health or their whole
l while not
lovely
applications from 45o girls for
development
half
United leads the world
il S a which
colleges in this country
co-educaon
steadily
in the world
welcOnducted happy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
Stranger Than Fiction.


No novelist has told
nearest archeype English
o.
Combining herself strains Of white.
his interest becomes his intimate
a million
Working his publicity
old volupuy systematically
believe a
like Of all
languages The Of
dame.
creduous old millionaire
Jealous
the Iecherous capitalist
denouement the
shooting Of
Fiction? Why fiction
reasonsbs 1t Of Imagination
BAT truth Truth has
impossible Bays ruth : ~ - 'e
There's the improbable fact II you
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W0MAN's CONFIDENCE

When Mary E. Gordon married Will
jam c. Gordon she had $4,000 which her
father had given her. She had such
confidence in William that when he
asked her to stake him to the money
for an Alaska trip which he expected
to make him millionaire, she gave it
up readily. She didn't miss the money
at first as much as she did her husband
but the time arrived when she worried
more about the money than she did
about the man.
In her divorce hearing before Judge
Hatch in the superior court in Seattle
Mrs. Gordon said something must have
happened to William because she never
heard much from him after he went
north. When she wrote to him that
she was destitute he apparently had
not so much left of the $4,000 as a pos
tage stamp, for he never answered her
letter and she has not heard from him
since. She was granted divorce.
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pROHIbITIONISTS Are TO NOMINATE

INDIANAPOLIS, June 27.-Pro-
hibitionists are beginning to arrive
for the national convention to be
held Wednesday and Thursday in
Tomlinson hall. The hall is pro-
fusely decorated in red, white and
blue. 1t is expected that practically
all Of the delegates will have arrived
by tomorrow noon. Every state of
the Union will be represented and
the convention promises to be the
largest in the history Of the party.
The largest. delegations will be from
Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania
Oregon. Washington and Ohio will
be close seconds in point Of numbers
and nearly every southern state will
be fully represented. Minnesota, Da-
kota, Montana and Wisconsin will
have a special train. reaching here
tonight or tomorrow morning. The
New England delegation will also
come in a special train. The Denison,
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open. They wanted to run gambling
Joints" with free rein. They want.
ed a man for commissioner of police
with liberal ideas. They wanted
popular mayor Tammany has ever
known. In fact he numbers among
the people he doesn't want to like him
several district leaders in the organiza-
ton of prominence. They are not
nearly as prosperous as they had antic-
ipated they would be and the Indian
chief, keeping up his vigil all the time,
has heard queer rumblings since Christ
| mas. SO angry were some of the
"grafters" that they even set out to
undo Leader Murphy, but with little
| success.
Mayor Mcclellan tells his friends
that when he was little boy he want
| ed to be a soldier. He wanted to go
to West Point and become a general
like his father. Little Mac" put his
foot down hard on that. The boy
went to military academy at Ossin-
ing, N. Y. but that was as far as he
| got. As a newspaper reporter Mr..
Mcclellan succeeded best as a political
| writer, and it was through this that
he got his appointment as secretary Of
Brooklyn bridge.
When he ran for Office he was never
defeated. In speaking of his political
life recently Mr. Mcclellan said:
''There is nothing exciting in it; it
sounds like the short and simple an
mails of the poor"
The mayor has a pleasant, a sort Of
boyish smile and it plays continu-
ously over his face when he is in con-
versation.
A man asked the mayor, if, in view
| of the fact that his father and his
fathers father were in politics, he
did not intend to continue along the
same road until, perhaps, he should
rest in the white house. G
"The future, like the past, must in
a large measure be left to take care
of itself when one is occupied with ur1
gent problems Of the present" was
his reply, and he added, "My guiding
| principle on my journey will be to 40
the best l can and keep straight"
Mr.. Mcclellan has declared that he
makes no distinction between personal
| anu poutlCdl hohcbty, anu iie"s ~
this connection he said: Gone Of the
dominating motives of my life has been
to be worthy of my name"
The mayor and his wife have their
home in Washington square north and
it's feature is his library Of 5000 vol
umes. His speeches in German, French
and italian during the recent local
campaign and his powerful oratory in
his native tongue were commented
upon widely. He loves Venice next to
New York and has visited the city OF
the sea II times. His recent book,
The Oligarchy Of Venice" tells of his
experiences. The mayor holds the
newspaper men who deal with him as
among his best friends and he talks
when he thinks he should.
George b. Mcclellan is man first
of all who does things, and with youth.
vigor and a high sense OF honor and
clear purpose he does them right.
Tammany's Indian chief has a watcn-
full eye upon him.
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The Dream OF Cecil Rhodes.
We all dream dreams.

We
nota all o III are o max
was a a
a
Itwasa dream of wi age long
q Anglo-saxons
in dspassona
that this necessity the uplifment humanity.
Q
truef
know
Ambassador
address
believe welfare
them
Why
m
Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

Claypool and English hotels will
house most of the delegates.
The convention will be called to
order at 10 o'clock Wednesday MORN
ing by Oliver VI Stewart, chairmee
of the national committee. James x
Tate Of Tennessee and Rev. DIR. E. Il.
Baton Of Allegheny. Pa. are strong
favorites for the presidential nominal
ton. Besides these two, however,
there are nearly a dozen others men,
toned for the honor. and the contest
promises to be a free for all race.
Among those iu..the running are Al.
fred L. Manierre, New York city:
Professor A. A. Hopkins. Hornells-
vile. N. Y; A. G. Wolfenbarger, Lin
coin. Neb.: T. r.. Caskadon, Keyser,
w. Va: I. H. Amos, Portland, Orr. ;
H. B. Metcalf. Pawtucket, r. 1. N
8. C. Swallow Of Pennsylvania is
frequently mentioned and will prob
ably receive some votes, although It
is understood that DR.. Swallow does
not want the nomination and that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

Pennsylvania will not present his
name. In some quarters talk 10 still
heard Of General Nelson A. Miles as
the presidential nominee. but those
best acquainted with the situation de-
clare that there is not even remote
possibility Of General Niles receiving
the nomination.
The selection of a vice presidential
nominee will depend largely. upon
what section Of the country the presi-
Dental choice comes from. So far
very little attention is being given
to the second place on the ticket.
National Chairman Stewart said to-
day that the platform this year will
have little to say on any question
other than that of the liquor traffic.
] 1.-The matter of our next national
platform" said Mr.. Stewart. will
not differ from that of the platform
of four years ago. but there will be a
difference in the matter OF statement
There will not be 30 much stump
speech in this years platform"
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.6[0. B. MCCLELLAN, D[h0(lAT|(
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY >
FULLY WITH vIcE-aRAFTERs KEEPERS COULD HoT
MOVE STANDARD HoNoR-rAAuxANY HALLS
CANDIDATE

city contracts and lots of other things.
This is what Mcclellan did: APP
pointed as head of police William Nc
Adoo, who hates vice as hen does
rain; told prominent men in Tammany
hall that he would have nothing to do
with their plans; declared that the
pool rooms and other temples of vice
must close; ordered man who suggest
ed bride out of his office and did not
hesitate to expose him; crushed Of
fee hunters by reappointing DR.. Wood
bury street commissioner-Dr. Wood
bury, a reformer; in brief, became u
real and unhampered mayor who nailed
on that lid" tighter than ever before
and despite everything and everybody.
Mayor Mcclellan is not the most
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

political armful and left the country,
as he says, forever.
With unchanging expression the old
sachem witnessed the entry of new
ruler, Charles T. Murphy, and upon
this event hinged new conditions that
caused a whirlwind of excitement
among the faithful"
Mr.. Murphy saw beyond the limits
of Greater New York when he chose
George Brinton Mcclellan as candi-
date for the mayoralty, for ere the
young mayor had been in Office less
than half year and with the reform
movement in municipal politics only
half buried. Mr.. Murphy laid down a
handsome trump in the form of Dip
lomatic announcement that there might
be something doing" for Mcclellan
at the national st. Louis convention.
Even the faithful were staggered.
Mr.. Mcclellan maintained discreet
silence and the boom doomed. Mr..
Mcclellan did his talking by fooling
all New York in the conduct of his
Office as mayor.
eff Tammany and Mcclellan are put
in power in this city it will be like TAX
ing the lid off of hell" said the Rev.
DR.. Parkhurst in prediction declar-
alton last fall. To nail that assertion
to the earth and to calm the fears of
many good New Workers. who had WIS.,
ions of two years of vice and open
handed criminal disorder in the me-
tropolis was the work the mayor set
o,,& e H. A,J Tho boor,, liant Daco
Small of stature, thin Tipped, eagle
eyed, George b. Mcclellan is more than
merely the son of his father, Little
Mac" hero of Antietam. That he
stands with a slight stoop is not a
sign that he is careless in his habits;
he has worked for what he has.
The late General George B. McClel-
Ian and his wife, who was Ellen M.
Marcy. were visiting in Dresden, Sax
ony, when, on November %, 1865, the
present mayor of New York was
born. The first words the youngster
uttered were not 81 want to go home
and be president" He came home,
however, and after a while went to
Princeton university and graduated
from there in 1885. He was a husky
lad and his ambitions ran to the siren
uous, 30 he became reporter on a
New York newspaper and later held
| several editorial positions.
Mean while he studied law. His first
political position was secretary for
three years Of Brooklyn bridge. Ad-
mitted to the bar in 1892, he became
| a real politician, in the incest applica-
ton of that word. He was president
of the board of aldermen and then his
firm friend Richard Croker whispered
something interesting in his ear and
George B. Mcclellan was sent to the
| national capital as New York's repre-
sentative in congress. That was only
nine years ago. and the position was re.
signed last winter when Mr.. McClel-
Ian took his seat in City Hall park.
Mayor Mcclellan early downed the
"grafters." Hardly had he put his
hat son the peg in the city hall before
they began TO besiege him. They told
him they had spent their money to
J help elect him. They wanted the town
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

tBy Marlen Z. Pew, Special Cores
pondent to the Newspaper Enterprise
Association.)
NEW YORK, June 27.-The weather
beaten, heroic statue of an Indian war
chief that has long had its place under
coping on the street wall of Fam
many hall has felt that old structure
tremble from internal political earth
quakes a good many times in the past
few years.
The old chief chung to his pedestal
when Richard Croker turned about
everything else in New York upside
down by making his famous remark,
81 am working for my pocket all the
time" The statue looked down upon
Richard Croker when he released his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
SPOKANE MARKETS

The raspberries in the market are
not keeping very well. A great many
boxes have become unstable on the
grocers hands. The fresh berries are
well favored and larger.
Local cherries are on the market
The price will drop considerably this
week. They are retailing at 7 cents
pound today.
The following quotations or prices
paid to producers by Spokane COM
mission men and jobbers have been
corrected today:
Eggs-s6Ca6.50 per case; fresh ranch
20@22c dozen.
Poultry-Chckens live weight roos-
tiers lOc, hens l2c, young chickens $3.50
d4.5O dozen; squads 81 dozen.
Dairy products-Butter fat, first
grade 2l1ac, second grade l9hc; coun-
try butter, first grade l5@2Oc, second
grade (cooking) S@l5c ID; creamery
butter 2l@24c.
Observation-Disclosures 45@55c cwt:
onions $39325 cwt; root vegetables
Csc cwt; California new potatoes SEA
2.25 cwt; cabbage $25O@3 cwt.
iGreen vegetables-Home grown as.
pAragus 50@75c box; onions l0@I5c
dbzen punches; radishes l5@25c dozen
lunches; rhubarb 75@SOc box; lettuce
NGlOc ID; green peas 4@5c ID; carrots
and beets Zoe dozen punches.
Fruit-Cherries 50c@Sl case; canta-
loupes $4@4.50 case; apricots $l.7J
crate.
Observation-Disclosures $l.25Cal rs case
gooseberries l5@25c gal; currants Sc
ID; raspberries $2.5093 crate.
Hay-Timothy sl4@l5, alfalfa 81. so;
grain hay sl2@l4.
Grain-Wheat (Tacoma prices) club
Zee, bluestem soc; oats 81 .20(9l 80 cwt;
barley sl@l.05 cwt; feed wheat $lO5@
Ito cwt.
Live stock-Steers $3@3.25 cwt; cows
2.50@3; mutton 2@3c lb; hogs, dress-
ed &c; veal, hog dressed &c.
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WestmorsIand, Kan. May s, 1907
Ballard Snow Liniment Co.: Your
Snow Imminent cured an old sore on
the side OF my chin that was sup
posed to be o cancer. The sore was
stubborn and would not yield to treat
ment until I tried Snow Liniment.
which did the work in short order.
Ny sister, Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, AL
lensvtiie. Mimi county, Pa, has q
sore and mistrusts that X 10 q cancer.
Please send her q 500 bottle. Sold by
Aurgittroyd's, Krum 6 Braiey. Inc.
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ANXIETY FOR
WILhfLMINA

THn HAGUE June s7.-Gravs
ong1sty II again felt regarding the
health Of Queen wilhelmina. The
pcDular apprehension IL not ailaysd
~ the issuance OF oflicial bulletins
oo1en6ed - be Of . Measuring char
oeter. IL q generally known that
~ ouesa, since her arrival ut Hst
- has avoided al fatisuing sxsr-
Dleeas nevsr walking great distance
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F. Flint 9 Co.

Established 1850
So1h Riverside. Phone M. $50
el300-Here is a bargain: A neat
four-room cottage and three lots on
corner. with 40 bearing fruit trees,
lawn and shrubbery. good location. y
Sl75-Each for choice lots, Lidger-
wood park. overlooking city; Is peg
cent down and $40 per month.
S16oo-New five-room modern
house. Corbin park; house alone cost
this amount.
S65o-For two choice lots on cor
ner, city water, near North Monroe
street.
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or riding on horseback. and scarcely
leaving the Immediate vicinity of the
castle. all Of which IL ia striking
contrast to the queens usual habits.
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Residence Phone Main 43l0.
Once Phone Main 1919.

Residence Phone Main 4340.
Once Phone Main 1919.
S6oo-A neat two-room house with
summer kitchen. flne corner let; part
cash.
esSo--seven-room plastered house.
stone foundation. good well Of water.
nne level lot. near Broadway car line:
1850 cash. balance very easy terms.
per cent.
~1oso-Five-room house. cellar, city
water, lawn. fruit trees. woodshed.
chicken house; $500 cash, balance to
suit, s per cent.