Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-16
THOMPSON DELAYS RETURN
Remains in Brazil for a Time in Order to
teet Judge Penfsld.
LOOMS SILENT ON MEXICAN MISSION
Assistant Secretary of state Expects
to Quit His Position October 2
and VIII Rest at Least
six Months.
LOOMS SILENT ON MEXICAN WlSslol
CFrom a star Correspondent. !

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-(Special Tele-
gram.) - Assistant Secretary of State
Loomis stated today the departure of d.
E. Thompson, American ambassador TO
Brazil, had been postponed until later
date by reason of the impending visit Of
Judge Penfeld solicitor for the Department
OF State, who has been sent on a mission
Of inquiry into our trade relations with
South American countries. Judge Penield
sailed last week for England and is ex-
pected to reach Brazil within six weeks.
AS Ambassador Thompson desired to have
a personal conference with Judge Penheld
before leaving on his vacation. he readily
agreed to postpone his departure until a
later date.
Mr.. Loomis, when asked the direct ques-
tton whether Mr.. Thompson would be sent
to Mexico, as 1t has been generally under
stood he would be. replied he had no per-
sonal knowledge of the matter whatever
He stated he would leave the State de-
partment as soon as the new assistant Sec
retary could qualify, which he anticipated
would be October 2, when Secretary Of
State Mr.. Root is expected to begin the
active work of the department
Mr.. Looms will take at least six months
vacation before returning to the diplomatic
service, although he refused to discuss that
| feature of his future. He stated that dur
! ing his connection with the State DEPART
ment his business interests had suffered
and he really needed six months in which
| to get his affairs into business shape.
Henry 7. Oxnard the beet sugar king,
arrived in Washington today direct from
vacation in Europe, where he spent the
summer with his family. Mr. Oxnard left
for his farm of 300 acres in Fauquier
| county, Virginia, where he will spend some
little time. Mr.. Oxnard will live in the
east this winter, but whether in New York
or Washington he has not fully decided.
Homes for Soldier Families.
In his annual report. Brigadier General
! Frederick Grant, commanding the Army OF
the east, makes the novel suggestion that
the families of some of the officers and
| enlisted men transferred to the Philippines
be allowed to live in the barracks and quar-
ters in a limited number of abandoned
! forts while the husbands are absent from
the country. He suggests Fort Trumbull,
Conn, as an excellent place for such use.
General Grant says that the maneuvers
at Manassas last September and the Joint
army and navy exercises on the Potomac
and Chesapeake last spring resulted in
great benefit and expresses the desire that
each year will see these exercises repeated
on an increased scale.
Speaking of the trials by courtmartIal,
General Grant says that fully 7b per cent
of these trials were due to the use Of bad
t4iaHor in dens- Of vice near military posts.
Says the general 1T is distressing that
the prosperity of the vile resort is due
to the activity of good and worthy. though
misguided citizens, who have succeeded in
abolishng the canteen of the army"
Charges Against Commander Young.
The Navy department today made public
the specifications upon which Commander
Lucien Young, who commanded the gun
boat Bennington, which was blown up by a
boiler explosion in San Diego harbor, will
be tried before a naval court-martial or
dered convened at San Francisco today.
The charges and specifications, as an
nounced by the department are as follows:
Charge Neglect of duty. Specification,
first that Commander Young failed to en-
states Nayy Reguiaons' s'iS Which, g proTdsi oTi1ea
that all valves throughout the engine de-
partments are TO be moved at least one each
paragraph u, article 1909, providing that
the safety valves will be partially lifted by
the handgear at least once each week
working order; third and fourth, that he
failed to enforce other provisions Of the
! regulations (article 6521t), under which II
was his duty to see that safety and SEN
tinel valves were kept in good condition and
=. / eTlClenl WORKING OIQers UItn, tnat he failed
to comply with provisions of the reglIla-
tions found in article 437 and article go, re-
quiring the commanding officer to approve
the log, and, sixth, that he failed to give
such orders and precautionary instructions
as were appropriate and necessary 20 IN
| sure the efficient condition of the engineer
department Of the vessel under his com
mand, for the efficiency of which he was
charged with responsibility.
General Funston on DesertiOn.
5 General Funston, commanding the De.
partment of California. quotes from the re
port Of his Judge advocate concerning de
. sertion. The latter attributes the deser
tion to the poor pay received by enlisted
men compared TO what men receive in civi
2 occupations General Funston says tn,
buildings at Preside, San Francisco, ar
, not a credit to the United States and shoul,
, be replaced. There is no fhrther reasol
= for maintaining the post at Fort Mcdowell
! It should be abandoned or new building
erected.
seismOEraph Records Italian Quake
The destructive earthquake which devas
= tated Calabria, Italy, September 8, wa
recorded on the sesmograph Of the coas
: and geodetic survey magnetic observstor
at Cheltenham, Maryland. The tremOrs a
the latter place began a few minutes afte
8 o'clock on the night Of September z an,
= I ldSleu LOT nearly an uouT. Allowing iOF IN
difference IN longitude the tremors in Mary
land and the shocks in Calabria occurre
at the same time.
Episcopal See in Oklahoma.
The apostolic delegate today receive
X documents from Rome by which the vicar
\ ate apostolic OF Indian Territory has bee
e erected to a bishopric, with the episcops
2 see at Oklahoma City. Mgr, T. MeeI
? chaert the present vicar apostolic, ha
!, been appointed the first bishop of the ne,
). diocese,
Western Matters at the Capital.
d Postmasters appointed; Nebraska-Gran
Perkins county; Ezra G, Hoffman, vice
IS Babcock. resigned. Iowa-Booneville Da
las county: Frank Baldwin. vice S. n
Cook. resigned. South Dakota-Dean, Han
y county; e s. Parmely. vice Thomas +
Kintigh, removed.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Virginia, route l. Andrew w. Lilly, cal
rier; Edwin z. Wilson, substitute. Iowa,
r Dayton route 2 Harry E. Hall carrier
Ray Pointer substitute.