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IN FOR A STRUGGLE Strike of Miners" May Last a Long Timp NEW FACTOR IN CONTEST Small Operators Unable to make Tonus ivitk Railroads and in Danger of ISeins Swallowed by the Large Con cerns Dental Given to a Report tbat the Strike Had Been Called Off-Plans for Relitfef Strikers Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3 Althouj ;Ti there Las been no material change in the strike situation since yesterday, there is a growing conviction that the strike "will be a long-drawn-out one. This is mainly due to the fact that.it has become gen erally recognized that instead of clari fying, the developments of the last forty eight hour have complicated the situa tion. It is no longer now a mere de mand on the part of the mine 'workers for an increase in wages, a reduction in the price of powder and the settlement of a list of minor grievances, but an en tirely new factor has entered into the contest. This is the individual opera tors and "coal-carrying companies' and their varying interests. While no information is obtainable from, the operators here s to what they itre doing in their efforts to induce the coal-carrying companies to grant them lower tonnage rates, it .is known that they are in consultation .with the- rail road officials upon this very question. The operators say that they cannot advance- wages or -increase their operating expenses in any manner until the carry ing companies agree to equalize mat ters by a compensating freight rate. It , i certain that unless these , concessions are made the individual operators -will close down their collieries indefinitely. On the other hand, it is thought in mining .circles that the carrying com panies will not. make any concession to the operators with the deliberate inten tion of thus crowding them out of the . business.: It" has only been a- question of - time anyhow when the individual operators would be gobbled up by the big companies, and the time seems to be A ery near at hand. To still further complicate matters and make protracted strike likely, is the attitude of ..-President , Mitchell of the United Mine Workers. ' It is believed his object now is to secure official t- 3 guition for himself -and the Mine rkers' Union ,IIis recent utterances x Sirring to the advance in wages of tt Ttd directly by the' companies to their men, , "They do not seem to have con sidered me in this matter at all, but they will soon wish they had," has a very significant aspect in the light of more recent events. When Mitchell was asked this evening about the rumor current in New York that he had called the strike off, he made the guarded reply that, he had not been' in communication with any railroad presidents in the mat ter, leaving the interviewer to infer that he had not called the strike off nor had any intention of doing so. ' The Lehigh Valley Coal Company has trained no additional workers by the post ing of its notices offering .an advance in wages and a reduction in the price Df powder, and the miners seem to be entirely ignoring it. - No additional collieries were closed iown today by the strikei's and no vio lence of any kind, with the exception Df an attempt made to frighten Michael Zulick, of East Broad street, is reported my where in the region. Two marches took place today, one at Miners vine and the other at Crystal j .- Ridge. At Minersville preparations, had . been made for a descenf on the Latti mer colliery, but tne officials at the lat ter place had heard of the program and were prepared. The miners Tame o Lattimer at an early hour, but did not get on the property of the company and made no attempt to stop men from going to work; so they were not mo lested. only a The Crystal Ridge march was small affair, only about 25 men participating. Their : object was to in duce the men working at Cranberry to remain at home. The Cranberry ,. col liery is still in operation, however. One of the officers at strike headquar ters says that if any relief measures are decided upon no cash wfll be distributed among the strikers. ' Inste-ad, tha Mine Workers' Union will establish supply stations in towns where "the families of strikers in need of assistance can secure provisions and household necessities. Thee supnly depots will be in charge of The supply depots will be in charge of -will also furnish relief for non-union men who are on strike, if what was given out semi-offieially today is correct. President Mitchell and his colleagues, it is learned, have no rear that the mine workers will not be able to provide all the relief that may be necessary. They expect aid. from all classes of organized labor throughout the country? and espe cially from the bituminous miners, who, it is said, are readv to send provisions bv the car load into the anthracite field. General Gobin has been informed that a big meeting. of mine workers is sched uled for tomorrow nirht at'Lansford. in - the Panther Creek Valley. It is . under stood that a large number of 'strikers ' from, the vicinity of Ilazletou will at tend the meeting. At present there are no indications of trouble, but General Gobin said today that if troops are needed they will be in readiness. Renorts from the. Pan ther Creek Valley today are to -the ef fect that the Lehigh Coal' and rvaviga tion collieries were still working with full forces, despite the gi;eat pressure brought to bear on' the. men there by strikers from other districts. Wl fell ell flakes a Statement Hazleton, Pa'., October 3. President Mitchell this evening issued the following statement: To the Miners and Mine Workers of the Anthracite Region: We have just been informed that a report has been circulated at Ashland -to the effect that in a conference in 'ew York this morning between the coal presidents and 'myself an agreement was 1 1 . 1. . M 1 .1 A I. . A. . . f t ..... reacneni wnicu wm tmi iue MriKe. T desire to notify all mine workers! that the report, is incorrect and that. I have not been in conference with, the presidents and have made no agreement with them. I -wish to reiterate what I said several days ago, that there will be no settlement of the strike until a con vention of the. anthracite miners is held. You are f urther. requested to pay no at tention to any statements of this kind and to continue the strike until such con cessions, are made by - the operators as win justiry ira in calling a general con vention, when you will be regularly notified of the date -and place at which the convention will In held. JOHN MITCHELL', " President United Mine Workers. ITIore Unions Organized , Pittsville, Pa:, Oct. 3. A half dozen nig miners unions were' organized in this district last night, and the miners are firmer than ever in their determina tion to continue the strike. Business men expect a long tie-up, and orders given for merchandise have been cancelled. The State troops will remain at Shen andoah. Practically all of the Heading's thirty-eight collieries in the Schuylkill district are producing no coal. Their Xorth Franklin colliery in Northumber land county is getting out fifty t cars a day, Nearly all washeries are closed down and no coal trains are moving to day. Reading Company Posts a Notice Shamokin, Pa., Oct. 3. Excitement was caused jn this district this morning bv the following notice being posted by officials: Office of the Philadelphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co., Fotts. Pa.. Oct. 3. This company makes the following an nouncement to its mine employes: It will adjust its rate of wages so as to pay to its mine employes on and after October 1. 1900. a 10 per cent, increase in the wages heretofore received, and will take up with its mine employes any grievances which they may have. II. C. LUTHER, General Superintendent. Thousands of miners assembled to read the news. They were gratified that the Heading had at least agreed to arbitrate. When asked if they would return to work at once, everybody saici they would wait until President Mitchell had given his opinion. Rumor that the Strike Was Called Off New York, Oct. 3. A report that President Mitchell, of , the United Mine Workers, had called off the strike of the anthracite miners was circulated in the stock exchange today. The report could be traced to no definite source, but it caused . a general advance , in the prices of stocks. Few Collieries iuperatlon Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 3.-ieneral Super intendent Luther of the mining property, reported to President Harris, of the Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron Co-imp any today that only four of the company's 3!) collieries are working to day. This is one less than was recit ed in operation yesterday, the property to shut dotwii being the Good Spring col liery in the buyer-Schuylkill region. Su perintendent Luther , also reports that only one of the two breakers is in op eration ' at the Brookside colliery, near Pine Grove. The only Heading Company collieries at work today are North Franklin, Lincoln, Glendower and a part of the Brookside. Following the example of the owners of the Mid-valley colliery in shutting down their works until the strike is over, t'he Shamokin Coal Company's Natalie colliery, between. Shamokin and -Mount Carmel. closed down this niorn- im.f ' IWcm-o the strike 1,200 men and boys 'were given employment there, but during the past two. week's the big op eration was worked with about 300 men. Tiynamite Under a House Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3. nother at tempt was made here early tins morning tr blnw un the dwelling occupied by a rrmi-ivnion man with dynamite. At 3:15 o clock a put under Zulick, at awakened birsre stick ot dynamite was ft he- house occupied by Mike Laurel Hill. Zulick, on being by the explosion, rushed out of the house and fired oft his revolver, but the nernetrators of the outrage were not caught. Mother Wilkesbarre, Mary's Prediction Pa., Oct. 3 The follow ing was given out by "Motner .uary" Jones this afternoon: "We wiHwin. It is in the air. It is ' in the offer of the presidents. J3ut. we i want-more ' than ten per cent in wages and a reduction m tne price oi powuer io .$1.r0. and when the operators make an nfT.r that thev will accept they must agree - to keep it at least a year, slidincr scale must be done away The with; it nnlv slides more into the pockets of the ooerators." s . "Will this strike last if the operators remain stubborn? "Just as sure as the sky is above us it. will. I know it because, I have talked with the women of' the coal region What thev sav goes further and means more than the men. -They are the real 'strikers.' The burden is heavier on their shoulders than on the men. They suffer more. Some of them are suffering now. 1 know of several cases. I have talked with, the women of the miners, " their wives and daughters. They are enthusi astic for the strike, and they won't, let the men give in until they win." Executive Board Holds a meeting Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3. There was an executive session lasting several hours of the national executive board of . the United (Mine Workers tonight, and it was supposed from the secrecy main tained as to its object that there would be some important developments. At its conclusion, however, -Mr.- Mitchell said that there had only been a discussion of the general situation and a compari son of notes From all reports received it was shown that out ' of 142,000 mine workers in the anthracite di-strict, there t were onlv 5X00 men at work, and it was i ex.pected that ia a few days these would also joiu iue suleIs aim t'vi'xj uumei;v in the entire anthracite field would be closed down. Asked whether, as had ..been l-eported, he' had been in consultation with the operators in New Y'ork over the long distance 'phone today, Mr. Mitchell said Ilthat he had not been and had not at ! . i .it i i any time nau any taiK witn an opera tor. - All that he knows was that the carrying companies and the individual operators were having a scrap by them selves and that the United Mine Work ers would now simply lay back and look on. Mr. 'Mitchell also said that nothing had been done looking toward the call ing of a conterence, and he could not tv wnen anynnnar would .be done m j that direction. UNDER REAL VALUES The Rule of Assessments in Wilson and Halifax, EVIDENCE VERY STRONG Certain Cotton Mills Listed at Two thirds Value and a Ilig Lumber Plant at Less Than Half Its AVorth-The General Rule Shown by Witnesses. A Primitive Baptist Preacher Cites JSis Own Farm as Evidence. Weldon, N. C., Oct. 3 Special. The third day of the railroad taxation case started up briskly this morning at 0:30 o'clock, with Mr. T. W. Tenner on the stand as the first witness. Mr. Fenner saia ne was ueputy register or ueeus j of Halifax county. He was, questioned as to assessment of the Roanoke Navi-i gation and (Water-power Company and the assessment of the works at ltoauoke i Rapids, including mills 2sTos. 1 and 2, the! canals and town lots. From what Mr. j Fenner read from the records ; it was wlimvni -fliof titTllj iiil vrrL-2 ai'o tint- assesseu ror taxation at more man two thirds of their actual -cash value. The witnesses examined this morning were nnviuly from Wilson, iney are among the best known vand most promi nent men of Wilson county. ' ' r Mr. Fenner said the North Carolina Lumber Company's property at Tillery was assessed at $8,000. It was shown that the ash value of the property is more than double that amount. r A certain property in the county, Mie said, was assessed fat $22,500. This that property would sell for double amount. - - Judge Connor, on cross-examination, wanted to know how the assessors could et at 'the value of a stock of goods, for instance, when such property was listed for taxation Judge Connor wanted to know if there was any fixed rule for valuation. Mr. Fenner said there was a fixed rule for valuing in Halifax county; that it was a' matter with the assessors. As a rule, Mr. Fenner said, land was valued at three-lourths. lie knew of one piece i of property valued at $3,000 worth j io,uw. Luoixier ueiu was wuere a neiK"" w' ft n k . ' t - 1, .- : i bor sold a half-interest in a farm at $1,700.- and the whole farm was only valued at that. lie knew of no agree ment to undervalue. J. F. Farmer of Wilson county was examined. He had been a commissioner and assessor. The practice is that the assessors have "tried to assess property at. about two-thirds or three-fourths the cash value. It was a verbal understand ing to assess at three-fourths. "My own- property is assessed at not more ' than two-thirds. I, am a minister of. the Primitive Baptist Church. We consider it a reproach to le called Hard Shells." On cross-examination, Judge- Connor wanted to know if there was any agree ment to undervalue. lie knew of none. In lending .money he would not want to lend for more than half the value of laud. He had found that to be. a safe business rule. B. F. Land of Wilson was one of the asesessors, It was a rule or principle in Wilson county to value at about three quarters. On cross-examination by Judge Connor as to any fixed rule, he said there was no fixed rule- to under value, bpt they exercised their best judg ment in valuing. His own farm was valued at $2,500. . It was worth ,$4,000. One farm he knew valued at $0,000 he thought would not bring over $8,000. - It. J. ' Taylor of Wilson was assessor in 1S00. There was talk about fixing the value of real estate at two-thirds to three-quarters actual value. W. E. Deans of Wilson was the next witness. He was tax collector for Wil son. From what he had heard and knew, real estate is valued at two-thirds to three-quarters. J. M. Batenian, sheriff of Washington, and M. M. Bateman, clerk of the Supe rior Court of the same county, testified that there was no fixed rule for valuing, but that values in Washington county would range from two-thirds to three quarters. ' . W. M. Brown and W. II. Grimes of Pitt, W. I. Herring. Frank Ilhem, J. A. Pridgen and W. C. Fields, all of Lenoir, testified along the same. line. The valua tion in their townships was about two thirds, and some sections as low as liftyTfive per cent of the actual value. The court adjourned to meet at Eden ton' October 20; Wilmington, November 12; Haleigh, November 2G. DEFIANCE TO BLACKBURN Wilkesboro Chronicle Challenges Him to Come on with Ills Libel Suit Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct? S.-'Special. Today's Wilkesboro Chronicle defies the Republican- ciiudidate for Congress in this district to bring suit against it for libel, for charges made last week re garding Blackburn's -official acts while United States Commissioner in Ashe county. The editor of the Chronicle says: "We have mailed him a copy of the paper, but E. Spencer , has not yet pro ceeded. Our authority is Hon. R. B. Glenn, district attorney at the time, with whom affidavits charging the offense were filed, and E. 'Spencer resigned be fore Judge Dick to prevent being tried. Mr. Blackburn has our permission to proceed at his pleasure." - , An Incredible Humor " Washington, Oct. 3. -iXo stock is takeii here in the sensational Canton story of a plot to kill the president. Chicago, Ott. 3 The police officials in charge of the Central station, today refused to discuss the) rumor from Can ton of a plot to assassinate President McKinley, referring all inquiries to Chief Kipley, who could hot be found. Harvard lias a Belapse Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 3. The Hai4- vard 'varsity eleven had a relapse today. Its sharp work in practice yesterday had created great expectations. They remained unrealized, for in the game this afternoon in twelve-minute halves -the 'varsity could only score twice against Williams, the score being. 12 to U. BRYAN SWEEPING ON Yestertfay He Sped Through . the State Wisconsin. THIEVES, BIG AND LITTLE Unjust Taxation Is Larceny Perpetrat ed by Law-The Farmer and the Tax on ISindlnc Twine-The Hanna Idea of the Only Question Before the Conn try as an Issue-JefFarsonlan Expan- ' slon aj jrici&iniey Imperialism . v'f Potage, Wis., Oct. 3.-William J. Bryan and party spent hiilf a day here, arriving during the night from La Crosse.yj Mr. Bryan spoke here at 10:30 o'clock and left at 120 p. m. for Columbus, Wis.; He took breakfast with A. F. Warden, chairman of the State Central Committee, and lunched with Mayor Jones, of this city. Mr. Bryan's Wisconsin escort included the Demo cratic eandidnte for governor, L. G. Bohnnich; E. C. Waii, former national coiflniitteeinau Xor the State; T. E. Ityan, present committeeman;- Mayor Kose and Melville A. Hoyt, of Milwau kee, and Be v. 'Father Miller, -of Wau kesha. " iJSlr. Bohmrich, who preceded Mr. Bryan, spoke, on the equalization of taxes and' against an increase1 in the army. - ' Mr. Bryan also took up the question of taxation. He saK.: "Unjust taxation simply ..transfers money from one man's pocket to an other's and is larceny perpetrated bv law; and do you know, my friends, as 1 have, studied government and , the policies of government, I have made up my mind that the stealing done by those in the penitentiary is not so great as the stealing tuat is done by unjust law? You may thiuk that is a strong state ment, but just remember that the num ber of men In the penitentiary is small compared with the population." Then Mr, Uryau branched out in a general discussion of national taxes, tak ing up the question of tire tariff. He spoke of the tax on binding twine. While the increase amounted, he said, to only half a cent an acre, the aggregate benefit to the manufacturers was not less than $700,000. He said that-while' the bind ing twine men -were on hand to look after the tariff in this case, there -were no farmers - k Washington to - protect .;i;onah to do- at home," some one )Pfv: ji ..'te.i, to 'which Air. Bryan res :led: "xts, they were busy inaKing enott enottA . to pay . the tax."- Mr, Bryaiv said the time had come to take official steps to prevent stealing. The sime kind of striped, clothes should be put 'upon the big thieves as upon the little ones; and if this were done he be lieved the trusts and pi-irate monopolies would soon be destroyed. - Defining the different kinds of trusts, Mr. Bryan said that investigation would develop that "a good trust" was a trust which gives liberally to the Republican campaign fund, while a bad trust is stingy. Speaking of putting business men in office, .he . said that the most of those who made this plea - wanted to exclude the most important business men. They did not want the producers of wealth, but the traders in the products of those who create wealth. - "Mr. Hanna has told us." he said, "that there are no trusts. He now says there is no such question as that of im perialism: That settles it. of course. Indeed, I am beginning to think there is no question except as to whether the Republican ticket shall be elected." ? Mr. Bryan referred to the Republican plea that Jefferson had favored expan sion. That, '..Mr. BrVan saidi was, true. Jefferson had favored expansion, but not imperialism. The territory that he had acquired had been converted into , ten States and its people had become, citi zens. He said: "The Republican party is not giving - us loads to build into States, it is giving ns only people to subjugate. The Pnilippines are more densely- populated than the United States, and instead of offering us a place for surplus population the result is apt' to be tne bringing of Oriental la bor into competition with our own la bor." Document that Draws People Portage, Wis., Oct. 3 This county, in which Portage is located, is almost ex clusively peopled by German-Americans. In a burst of enthusiasm, near the end of his speech, Mr. Bryan said: "Republicans, show me a document ever penned by a modern Republican which will compare with the Declaration of Independence. Show me a speech made by a Republican today that has the influence of the Declaration of In dependence. The Declaration of Inde pendence has been read all over the werld. 'In South Dakota I met Governor Lee, a .Nonvegian by birth, who from away off in Norway had read the Decla ration of Independence and it had drawn him here and he is now the governor of a great - State. In Minneapolis I met Governor Ijind, jwho read the Declara tion of Independence An Sweden and it drew hinx to the United States, and he is now the governor of a great State. Away off in Germany, Bohmrich read it and it drew him here, and it is my earnest hope that he may become the governor of this State. Republicans, have you any documents that draw peo ple?" -Mr. Bryan declared that the Republi cans celebrate the birthday of Alexander i Hamilton, who did not believe the Con tstitution would live. He said Hamilton believed in England's plan of government, j "Let the kings of Europe laugh at us if jwe , give up the Pnilippines," he said. I "It does not matter what kings think of US. --.)..' Again he said: "The Republicans want a big army to hold the Filipinos whilQ they . are being exploited by the develop-; ment companies." , God Planted Love of Liberty Waukesha, Wis.,. Oct. 3. Mr! - Bryan spoke here at the Casino and at the two opera house. The audiences were nec essarily small for the buildings would not hold big crowds. Many were disap pointed at. not getting in. There was a torchlight parade and some fireworks. Mr. Bryan said that when his opponents charged bim with being the "cause vof the continuation of the Philippine war they paid him too high a compliment. On this subject he continued: "The Filipinos knew; the Declaration of Independence before they knew there was a man in this country bearing my name. Instead of me being the cause, it was a higher power than a Democratic candidate that .placed' it in their hearts the love of liberty. I tell yon it was Abraham Lincoln who said it was God himself-' that placed in every human heart the love of liberty, and the Repub lican party says that we are going- to give the Filipinos a right to participate in their government. We give them the right! ,lt is not a man-given thing; it is a' God-given thing. Gad himself joined together in every human being love of liberty ;,and what God has joined together let not the Republican party tear asunder." Mr. Bryan will arrive in Chicago early tomorrow. loiter in the day he will go to the convention - of the Democratic cln1)S at Indianapolis. -.-.-' He made six speeches today, agaiiist fifteen yesterday. IQOBniS PARK BACES Winners in Yesterday's . Events and Those that Will Bun Today. New York, Oct. 3. Resnlts at Morris Park: ' " ' ' First rac, 2 miles. 8 hurdles Klon dyke, G to 5; Ben Exler, 3 to 1; Burling ton, 8 to 1. Time. 3:44. Second, race, mile, eclipse Lady Uncas, 3 to 1; His Royal Highness, .) to 2; Gold Lace, 15 to 1. Time. 58. Third race,. anile, Eclipse 'Temple ton,! torBasutoroto 2; Sweet Tooth, 9 to 2. Time, 59. Fourth race. Withers mile Servilla, 3 to 1; Gold Heels, 3 to 1; Driscoll, ti to 1. Time, 1:21. Fifth race, 1 mile Templar, 7 to 5; The Black Scot, 2 to 1; Fatalist, 7 to 2. Time, 1:43. Sixth race, 1 mile -Godfrey, 7 to 1; Dolando, 2 to 3; Brisk, 9 to 2. Time, 1:41. ' Entries for Today - First race, hanlicap eclipse Lady Un- cas t i , XAetter iva.rij. i u n-masKeu ju t , Meehanus Hikledth 112, Vulcain ' 110, Toluca 100, Firm Arm 127, Redpath 100, Smoke 95. Second race, 2 year ' old, mile, Eclipse course Ashes 115, .Lookingglass 105, Inshot 110. Reina 105, Katheri-ne 108, Gracious 108, Ondurdi's 110, Sala mis 110, Laurania 112, Animosity 110, The Hoodoo 105, Mauga 115, Cherries 110. Third race,. Belje Meade, 3 year old, mile. WithersBrigadier 112. Water cure 112, Greenock 115, Lady Eliite 107, Madriue 115. Fourth race. Bronx high-weight handi cap, mile. Withers Belle of Lex 119, Kinnikinic 114, Vulcain 123, Hildreth Meehamns 112, Gold Heels- 104, Handi euff Osceola 100. Manine 95.' Fifth race, all ages- - Withers mile Trigger 7, Smoke 103, ' Cyrano KK, Queen - Carnival S7, -Ann -Thompson. 87, Seminole 90, Belle ot Troy 1Q9, S. Shntjmiaii 112, Compensation 111. . Sixth j-aee, sll, .. 1-1G,. over the hill First whip - 113, .Car!buncle 105, - Mill stream 111, Hammock 105,.l5uffoon 108, Oliver Mc 108. . ROOSEVELT ON THE ISSUES, The Question of Imperialism Stated as He Understands It ' Broken Bow, Neb., Oct. 3. Governor Theodore Boosevelt and party reached here at 8 o'clock this morning. Senator elect Dolliver of Iowa and Charles II. Dietrich, Republican candidate 1 for gov ernor of Nebraska, joined the vice-presidential candidate, and all three addressed a large crowd in the public square. Crovernor Boosevelt said in the course of his remarks: "I want toTippeal to you on the ground of your material well-being to continue the conditions under which we have achieved such prosperity during the past four years. I want no better campaign document than to quote the prophecies of Mr. Bryan four years ago and com pare them with how the events have come out since. Four years ago you were told again and - again that unless you had free silver everything would go wrong. Then go back a little further. Eight years ago itAvas free trade and lower prices for your products. (At pres ent, if I -understand them aright and it is hard to keep track of their issues the paramount issue is that the brown man in the Philippines has a right to shoot at any one he wishes, and the black man at home, though born a free citizen and an American, has not the right to vote.", - , . NATIONAL LEAGUE The score: It. II E. Boston 00300100 04 5 ;i Brooklyn . . . .1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-4 7 1'. Batteries: Lewis and Sullivan; Yeager -and Farrell. Umpire, . Hurst. Second game: It. II. E. Boston tv03 0000 14 8 2 Brooklyn 100 20 0 25 8 2 Batteries: Dineeu and Connor; Kenne dy and MicGuire. Umpire, Hurst. Game called on account of darkness. The score: ' II. Philadelphia .2 000000035 New York ...0010102001 Batteries: Hawley and Grady; and Douglas. Umpire, Snyder. II. E. 12 1 10 2 Orth The score: V R. H. E. Cincinnati 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 x 1214 2 St. Louts ...033000000-U 11 5 Batteries: Powell and Criger;- Newton and Kahoe.--Umpire, Emslie. Standing of the Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. 7! 52 .003 A 74 57 .5(55 .71 01 .338 . 05 m A'M (13 , 70 , .473 . 5! 72 .450 . 50 72 .450 ..50 70 .424 Brooklyn . . . . Pittsburg . .. . . Philadelphia . . . Boston . . . . Chicago . . . St. Louis - Cincinnati . v New York - - - Youtsey Trial Put Off , Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 3. The Yout sev trial was postponed again today un til' Friday on motion of the defendant's attorneys, who said summons for certain of their witnesses lrad not been served. The case must go to trial Friday or be postponed until February. It looks very much as though the defense will ask for a continuance till February. The indict ments' against "Tallow Dick" Coinb, John W. Davis and Holland Whitaker were continued, today until February. WE OWN PORTO RICO The Island Not a Part of the United States. IT JUST BELONGS JO US An Officer of the Treasury Department Decides tbat ths Constitution Does Not Follow the Flaz-Ile Defines the st or the Insular Courts Under the Act of Congress ProTidlns for the GoTernment of the Island. Washington, . Oct. 3.-!omptroller Tracewell, of the Treasury Department, has "just issued an important opinion on the character of the United States courts, in Porto Ilieo. He holds incidentally, that the Constitution of the United States did not extend to Porto through the operation of the treaty with Spain, and he declares that the United States vhave become the owners of the island. ''although neither the island nor the peo ple, by the act of cession, became an integral part of the United -States. The decision relates directlv to the eonrt of the United States in Porto Rico. In his "opinion Mr. Tracewell says in part: . '.The insular government for Porto Rico has made up a budget purporting to provide funds for all the necessary operating expenses oi the United Spates District Court for Porto Rico. Thtf insular authorities are also of the opin ion that the act of Congress temporarily to provide revenues and a civil govern ment for Porto Rico imposes: upon" such government the.dutv of providing sup port for the operating expenses of said court, and. carries - with it the corres ponding right to require its officers to report to and account for all' their re ceipts and expenditures to such island government. : . . - "The determination of the questions involved requires the consideration of the status of-the District Court of Porto Rico. Is it a local court of Porto Rico, or a United States court located in Porto Rieo?- "Porto Rico was acauired as the re sult of the, settlement of our late war witlr the kingdom , of Spain and it was. acquired by the United States by virtue of the provisions of the treaty of peaco between this government and the king dom of Spain. It is quite evident fioui a reading of the entire treaty that there was no intent on-the part of the. treaty making powers to extend by that in strument either the Constitution of th uiuieo otaies oi us sLutuits ui. uvcjc this ceded territory. 'It (the treaty) : became J: he supreme., law of'suA acquired territory. '.With., fhe conclusion of the treaty Congress had authority to enact for the govern- ment of this acquired territory all such laws as it deemed suitable and neces sary to the capacities and wants of its people. The United States, by the' act of cession, became the owner of the is land, but such island nor its people did not by the niere act of cession become an integral part of the United States. "The act Providing for a civil govern ment for Porto Rico extends the statute laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as in the act other wise provided, over the island of Porto Rico. The statute laws -of the United (States relative to the district courts of thp United States are not, so far as I jam advised, inapplicable to a United States Court in Porto uico, unless made inapplicable by said Porto Rican "The" act establishes this court as a part of the Federal system of district courts, and would seem to make it ap propriate, indeed, necessary to refer to the general law of the United States governing such courts and their officers, in order to ascertain the rules and limi tations of their procedure. The act in question differentiates this, court from oiuer uiiiLtru K7ta.Lc '" either in the States or Territories in that the salaries of' United Istates officers, in- ' eluding that of deputy martehafs, shall be paid out of the Povto Itican treas ury: also tbat the expenses of all these officers, whatever they ma mean, shall aiso oe paia uuiui wo . '' treasury. , . "The questionlleft for determination, is, are the ordinary operating' expenses of this court included in the expenses of the officers of judge, marshal or clerk. or their assistants or deputies; ine judge is one of the officers of this court; as likewise are the clerk and marshals; and the law provides that the expense of their offices shall be borne by the treasury of Porto Rico. The court itself is not an office. It is not the judge, the clerk, or the marshal. It is the aggre gate of all these officers and their help and assistants. It is an organized b,dy composed of all those offices an.4 their officers. ' . , " , "It is reasonabb certain that under the terms of the Porto Rican act but" one class of deputy United States mar shals is provided to be appointed by this court, namely, a class of. deputies to be paid a salary out of the treasury of Porto Rico. . v ... . . "I am of the opinion and decide that all operating expenses of this court should be paid by the United States; that the fines, costs and fees charged and collected by the marshal should b paid into the treasury of the United States; that the marshal should report to the accounting officers of the United States as required by law, and account to the accounting ocers of the United States for all his receipts and expendi tures relative to the operating expense s of this court; that the deputy marshals shall be paid their compensation - from the treasury of Porto Rico-, and that th Department of Justice U- required. ,to furnish Marshal Wilson with all ueces sarv blanks for his office." WM- Sbot in the Back While Iiannin: Lexington, Ky., Oct.. 3. IL C. O. Ben jamin, editor of the Lexington Standard and attorney for "Tallow" Dick Combs, who is accused of being accessory to the killing of "William Goebel, was shot in 'the back by Mike. Moynahan, white, while fleeing after a; registration - quar rel here lai tiii - ' s
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