THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER IS, 1000,
ALLEGED HAZING OF BOOZ
"r7tf Department Board Inrwtlgitbg
Gbargea bj Dead Boj'i Paranta.
TESTIMONY OF FAMILY TAKEN YESTERDAY
ttx-Claaaraate Say That Sonirthlnir
flnppoaeil in lie Tnbaico Sauce Wn
Sqalrtril Duem Hln Throat by
Mra of Upper Clnaaes.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 17. Tho taking of
testimony In tha case of Oscar Carl Ilooz,
tha Weal l'olnt cadet who died two weeks
jo from Injuries alleged to have been re
ceived at West Point, was begun by the
board of Inquiry appointed by the secretary
of war. Two sessions were held at Drls
tol and a short session In this city In tho
lato afternoon. The members of tho board,
UcncralH llrooke. Clous and Hates, accom
panied by Captain Dran of the Fifth nr
tlllery, who acted an recorder, arrived at
llrlstol at 10:30 and shortly afterward went
Into session.
Tho court sat In the rttidy of tho Hcv.
Dr. Alexander Alison, tho pastor of tlio
llrlstol 1'resbytcrlan church, which adjoins
tho Ilooz homestead. Tho witnesses called
wore William H. Ilcor., father; Mrs. Sarah
llooz, mother; Nclllo llooz, Mlstor of the
TounR man; Dr. Allison, l)r. Weaver, a
llrlstol physician who attended Oscar Ilooz,
and several others.
Llttlo of their testimony wan new. After
hearing all tho llrlstol witnesses tho board
tnado a flying visit to this city, whero It
took tho testimony of Dr. J. Soils Cohen,
a throat specialist, who had Oscar under
treatment, and 8. K. Albort, a former class
mate, of Oscar llonz. Tho board left for
New York tonight and will alt at West
l'olnt tomorrow afternoon.
I'nthrr Trlln of Sitn'n I'rriirKiitlon,
Mr. Ilooz, tho father of Oscar, said that
In August n letter was received, In which
Oscar said ho hud boen In a fight and bad
received u pair of black yon and that ho had
been knocked out by a blow over tho heart.
Mr. Ilooz said ho went to West Point to
hcu his son. Oscnr told his father ho ex
pected to bo huzed, but did not want to be
treated brutally. The father Bald Oscar
did not wnnt his mother to know how ho
Vkns being treated. Mr. Ilooz then told
how Oscar had Informed him that tabasco
sauca hud been forced down his throat.
Mr. Ilooz said that when Oscar enmo homo
In tho fall of 18'JS ho was broken In health
and was novor well after that. Oscar liked
fun, tho father wild, but not brutality.
Whllo In tentn, tho father continued, Oscar
said tho cadets would pull tho blankets
from him and pour hot wax from a candlo
on his body. Mr. Ilooz also said Oscar
told him that tobasco pauco was poured
down his throat both In camp and at tho
tablo.
In answer to another question Mr. Ilooz
fin Id tho only cadet ho (tho fathor) talked
with nt West Point was tho son of cx-Con-grcBsmnn
Phillips of Ohio. Mr. Ilooz
thought tho officers nt tho academy could
slop tho brutality, but ho would not sny
thoy condoned It. All tho cadots wcro not
treated llko Oscar wns, ho said, and ho
wan at a loss to understand why they had
t rented bis Hon In such a sovero manner,
Oscnr spent all of last year at homo In
an endeavor to build up his health. In
Juno of this year ho accepted a position
with a law firm nt Philadelphia, but was
compelled to lcavo that occupation owing
to lils throat trouble
In conclusion Mr. Ilooz said that Oscar
would never mention any names. When ho
felt very badly ho would talk of tho brutal
treatment ho had. been subjected to, but
ucvur vtuuiu rcvuui mo iiieniuy oi nis perse
cutoiB.
llnnc Complained to Ilia Mother.
Mrs. Booz, Oscar's mother, said Oscar
novor told a Ho qr acted one. Oscar wrote
to her that ho liked tho surroundings nt
Wost Point, but complulned of tho treat
ment ho had received at tho hands of tho
upper class men. Her son told her In let
tcrs that tho placo was unfit for a young
man who wanted to do right and thnt par
ents should not send their sons there.
"Tho upper class men," Oscar wrote, "are
brutes and bullies."
At this point Mrs. Ilooz, trembling per
ceptibly, said that Superintendent Mills
should bo made to apologize for calling her
son a liar. She said tho upper class men,
according to her son, wcro not fit to bo sol
dlers.
Nclllo Ilooz, a sister of tho deceased, was
next called. Her testimony related princi
pally to a letter received by tho family on
August 7 from Oscar. In It he told of tho
fight ho had with another cadet and thnt
he fought until he was winded. Tho cadets
began to taunt him nnd call him a coward
and said ho was a dlsgrucu to tho corps
If ho did not go Into tho fight, they snld, the
"fellows would mako life unbearable for
him." Ho was sorry that ho went Into tho
fight. He thought It best for him to leave
West Point and asked his fathor for per
mission to resign. Oscar described many
llttlo Indignities which were practiced on
htm.
Unit to Nvrnllow Tiiimnco Hnncc.
Tho sister, in nnswor to u question, said
that Oscar told her that If he had not swal
lowed tho tabasco sauce ho would have
strangled. The vcro holding him down and
ho could do nothing else.
Dr. J. Soils Cohen, a throat specialist o
thtB city, who attended Oscar Ilooz for two
or thrco months last summer, said Oscur hud
tuberculosis of tho larnyx and when he
camo to him for treatment his case uas a
hopeless ono and ho so told this sister. lie
continued to treat tho ex-cadet until he wan
unable to como to tho city because of phy
sical weakness. In answer to u question
whether a person could contract tubercu
losls by an Injury to the thront the phystclun
said it could only como from a pre-axlstlng
causo. Tho doctor also said he noticed that
Ilooz had an old Injury In the throat. It
was an adhesion between the epiglottis nnd
the base of the tonguo; tho adhesion was
a cicatrical tissue. From tho appearance
of tho cicatrix It could bavo been thero n
long ttnio. He thought that If tabasco snuco
hnd "been forced down Uooz's throat It may
have inado him mnro susceptible to tho
disease
Clnaantntc Albert .Voii-Couiml t tnl.
Slgmond 8. Albert, who had been a cadot
at West Point for fourteen months and wns
a classumto of Oneur Ilooz, was culled. The
young man at every question declined to
answer. Ho wus not nfruid that ho would
Incriminate himself, ho said, but refused
merely on tho ground that at West Point
All coughs are bid ; and so
arc all cough syrups. With
the former you can cough your
self right into bronchitis or con
sumption : and with the latter
you upset your stomach and do
no good. For 60 years Aycr's
Cherry Pectoral his been the
one household remedy for colds
and coughs of all kinds.
Three alteat IS-., enough for an ordinary
noldiMc-, Jut rlcht lor MtbiiM. bronchitis
hoarieneM, whorlnKrouali, hard rold
$M, moat economical fur chronic catei.
BHsaanBHHMsanENBMH
Two Bads
there was a rule that no cadet should
submit to hazing or stand by and see it
lone. Answers were partially extracted
from him by n Arc of seeming Immaterial
ojicstlons. Cadet Albort Ilooz was not
hazed any more than any other cadet. He
was ono of llooz's tent mates while In camp,
along with Anthony II. Burnham of Ken
tucky. Albert then related how he and Ilooz
and other fourth year men were made to
do "ridiculous stunts" such m making the
upper classmen's beds and "other unmanly
and disgraceful" things. Ho told of one
night when some fourth year men were
tood In a tent and to!d to open their mouths
and shut their eyes. They obeyed and
then some ono squirted Into their mouths
what was believed to bo tabasco sauco. It
did not hurt Albert because thero was not
enough of 1U He could not say whether
Ilooz wus ono of tho victims, as thoy all
had their eyes cloned. Albort said that
when ho was at tho academy tabasco sauce,
Worcestershire sauce and catsup wero usod
at mess.
He did not see the fight In which Booz
was engaged, but noticed thut after that
encounter Ilooz was snubbed by some
of his own classmatos and upper classmen.
lo said ho did not know llboz well enough
to learn if ho wus of a religious turn of
mind and added that Ilooz never complained
to him of Hi treatment.
Itev. Dr. Alison puld n high trlbuto to
tho character of Oscar Booz. After tho young
man had entered the academy ho received
a letter from Oscar, In which he told of
111 treatment and said It wait hard to bo
a Christian at West Point, but ho would
stick to at any cost. Dr. Alison submitted
u letter from Charles Burnett, president of
the Young Men's Christian association, at
West Point, which stntcd that Mr. Bur
nott hud investigated the chargoti made by
the Booz family atid found tbotn greatly
exaggerated.
WOMAN GETS A DECORATION
Second In History to Ilrcrlre the
Crnm of thr I.rKlon
of Honor.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. A dispatch to tho
Journal and Advertiser from ParU says:
Tho cross of the Legion of Honor has been
conferred upon Mmo. Bcrosthorn, wlfo of
the Austrian charge d'affaires at Pcktn, for
her horolc conduct and assistance to the
Fronch during the siege of tho legation.
Only ono other foreign woman has been
thus decorntcd. Sho Is Mario Schellenck, a
Belgian woman, who disguised her sex and
Joined Nnpooon's army as n private soldier
and bocame a corporal, a sergeant and then
n lloutcnnnt. Sho served sovontecn years,
went through twelve campaigns and was
eight times wounded. Napoleon decorated
her personally In 1808.
This Napoleonic affair Is recalled In the
decoration of Mmo. Bcrosthorn, who, with
her husband, Is rowarded for personal
bravery in defending the French legation
after Minister Plchon bad gone to tho
British legation.
DEATH RECORD.
tieiirrnl John O. I'nrkr,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Qcnoral John
O. Parke, retired, died at his residence here
yesterday of a complication of diseases in
cident to old age. Ho lenves a widow, but
no children. Ho had lived here a number
of years. Funeral services will bo held
hero Wednesday. Tho Interment will be In
Philadelphia. Oeneral Parko served with
distinction during tho civil war and later
gained a fine rcputntlon In the englneor
corps. He was superintendent of the
mllltnry academy at West Point for two
years.
MIh Vlrjcinla Jackion,
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Miss Virginia
Jackson, nn actress of tho Abell Brlnker
Stock company, died today at Newark, N.
J., of peritonitis. Miss Jackson's homo
was In San Frnnclsco. For the past threo
years sho was with tho Columbia Theater
Stock company, accepting nn engagement
with tho Abell Brlnker company throe
weeks ago.
Former I.lcntrnant (iovernnr.
BOULDER. Colo.. Dec. 17. David II
Nichols, lieutenant governor of Colorado
from 1893 to 1895. died last nlirht at his
homo near ibis city. He was born in
Hnrdwlrk. Vt.. In 1826 and In earlv life
resided in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illi
nois, Ho was a veteran of the Mexican
war. Ho had resided In Colorado since
1859.
Jnatlce- Henry It. Tlerkman,
NEW YOUK. Dec. 17. Justlco Henry It
Ileekman of the supreme court died In
front of his residence In West Seventeenth
street today. He had just left his houso lo
go to court. It is thought that death was
due to heart disease caused by over-work.
Mr. Ileekman wns 55 years old. He was
born In New York and lived here all his
life.
Moara HU'krr of Wnterloo.
WATERLOO, la., Dec. 17. (Spoclal Tel
egram.) Moses Bicker of tho Rtcker-Brat
nober Lumber company was found dead In
his bed. Ho was ono of tho oldest and most
prominent business men of the city nnd
state and was Interested in large lumber
concerns In Minnesota and Washington In
addition to thoso ho controlled In Iowa.
FIRE RECORD.
IIIk Muiiufnct urliiir l'lnnt.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 17. Fire early today
almost ettlrely destroyed tho big plant of
tho Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine
company. Five out of seven buildings used
by tho company nre In ashes and proporty
estimated to bo worth over $500,000 entirely
consumed, Eleven hundred workmen uro
thrown out of employment ns n result of tho
fire. The company, considered to bo ono of
tho largost concerns of tho kind in the
world, has many contracts with the govern
ment for hoisting apparatus to be erected at
coaling stations that nre being established
In various parts of tho world.
Carter llealtlence Near Atlantic.
ATLANTIC, la., Dec. 17. (Special.) The
framo resldencn at G. W. Carter, six miles
northwebt of this city, wus completely de
stroyod by fire last night with all of the
contents. The 11 ro was discovered In the
intorlor of the house about 9 o'clock and
was soon under such headway that the
saving of anything of consequence was out
of the question. The family and neighbors
gavo their attention to saving the barn and
stock, which was done with difficulty. Mr
Carter is in tho fine stock business nm
had built tho house only a year or two ago,
At Mueliuklnooli, Iowa.
MUCHAKINOCH, la., Dec. 17. (Special.)
Saturday night's fire hero Is discovered
to havo caught from a stove In a saloon
and to have dono about $6,000 damage be
fore a bucket brigade composed of all the
mon In town extinguished It. The loss in
about ono-half covored by Insurance.
Valuable Palntlnir Dratrnyed.
NEW YOUK. Dec. 17. Two men
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badly burned and several paintings valued
woro
lit Ififl.OOO fvern HcRtrnvoH tit, n f n.
us:
Broadway today. Ono of tho burned paint
ings is Grosso'a "Tho Ijist Meeting," which
uas neon on cxniDKion mere, it
valued at 120,000.
was
Jcnlona of American l.utint..
NORTH SYDNEY, 11. C Doc. 17.-A large
numuor oi wurainen employed at the Vie
trirlft lllllIMM HHVii fnmiL .. .,...1.1 .
several members of Parliament asking them
ui .insist in nuving tne alien labor law
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In erecting a smelter at North Sydney. The
yuiiuiiuiiin vimm iniii xney are victims
flfarrlmlnnflnn t Vim lmnrl,fln. h.ln. !.
the best positions and higher wages than
URE FOR STRIKES WANTED
Arbitration Contention at Chicago Char
acterized by Largo Attendance.
LABOR AND CAPITAL WELL REPRESENTED
Both Side Mhovr av Ulannaltion to Ar
rive nt the Meat I'oaallilr Iteatilt
with a Mttle Friction
aa I'oaallilr.
CHICAGO, Dee. 17. Men who In the past
have bitterly opposed each otther In in
dustrial contests, filled Steluwny hall at
tonight's session of the conference on con
ciliation and arbitration, which began hete
today. Both the day and night sesslous
were taken up with papers read by repre
sentatives of capital and labor, looking to
tho samo end a cure for strikes. From
tho tone of the addresses It seemed plainly
evident that both sides were vigorously op
posed to compulsory arbitration, and If a
recommendation on the subject of a
national board results from tho present
gathering tho recommendation will, In nil
probability, specify that all tho board's
work shall bo along tho lino of voluntary
arbitration.
The night session was called to order
at 8 o'clock. After a few Introductory re
marks by Franklin MacVcagh, tho pre
siding officer, Henry W. Hoyt, president
of tho National Founders' association, was
introduced. Mr. Hoyt Bpoko in part as fol
lows: Thn lnriuftlrliil iirnhlnm. Rrv.fM,11,i,t. tiinnt
bo adjusted along tho lines of least re
sistance, nnd tho lino of least resistance,
in my opinion, Is voluntnry arbitration. As
long us the wage-earner believes or IB
uuiKiii to ussumo mat society is in league
to rob him us nn Individual of some of the
purchasing power of his services, so long
must society reckon with him in his collec
tive capacity. Tho employer who elects to
Ignorn this fact Is often nn much of u
menace (o the Industrial nraro us Is th.it
ngltator who plnys upon the prejudices nnd
lnllameH the passions of thu men he falsely
serves, iiui mo conditions uro improving
on both sides. Tho progressive manufac
turer nns learned mat a union is not nn al
together renrehenalblo evil In social
economics and readily admits that when
orgunizeil wugc-onrners tire dominated by
strong conservative men they will meet
tne emuioycr liair-wav in uriiltratlon.
Unions must remember that thero never
was nn nttemtit maun tn unite mnrninic
turlng employers In the common cause of
treating colleutlvoly with labor until tho
unions themselves had asserted their
power. Both tho employer nnd tho employe
must bo honest enough to concede thnt
their Interests nro mutual and that tho deep
problems or economics cannot do soivcu in
a decade.
It Is a slow evolution tnat ennnot he Has
tened by violence or Intolerance. All tho
theories of all tho wise scholastics on enrth
nro of llttlo nvall. There Is only one cer
taln rule of notion. It wus long ngo called
tho "golden rule."
Warm Welcome for (ompera.
The next speaker wns Samuel Gompers,
president of tho American Federation of
Labor. Mr. Gompers received a warm wel
come. At tho aut3ct Mr. Gompors stated
that ho desired to tako posltlvo exception
to a statement thnt had been made before
tho conference during tho nftcrnoon. Ho
cald ho had advised tho gentleman whoso
tcmarks ho intended to crlticlso of his In
tention. Mr. Gompers said:
One of tho thlnirs to which I took oxcon
HUM I. IWI Uifkl, IU,llll Utll.t.- V. Illli .llblllOUHl
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, ho should
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uiuicriHKQ in una euiiiertjiivw iu luracm inn
side, tho side of tho railroad, fn a strike
which Is still In progress, without u repre
sentative of tho strikers being hero to pre
sent their side of the controversy. (Ap
plause.) It seemed to me mat ir tne oppor
tunlty of this conference Is to bo taken ud
vantnirn of for tho nresentntlon of the rail
road's sldo of this controversy, duo notlco
might have been given to tho representative
of tho Order of Hallway Telegraphers, In
order that he might be hern to listen to
what was said Hnd refilto It If necessary. I
nm not prepared to sny that what tho
gentleman sum was unirue, nut one muij
is very good until tho other side Is told.
Continuing Mr. Oompcrs said tnar. trom
the statemcut of the Santa Fo official It
vould nppear that all overtures toward
conciliation or nrbltratlon In such ills
putcs as that between tho Santa Fo and
Its telegraphers came from tne employers.
Mr. Gompers asserted that on tho contrary,
whero thero had been ono offer from tho
side of associated capital, there bad been
hundreds on tho side of organized labor,
Tho employed, ho Bald, had been accus
tomed to bear their proffers of conciliation
met with tho answer that "thero Is noth
ing to arbitrate." He added, however, that
ho was not unmindful of the fact that thero
was a greater disposition on tho part of cm
ployers toward a more conciliatory policy.
This condition, Mr. Oorapers believed, was
due to tho growing strength of organized
labor.
Conciliation and Iqunllty.
Conciliation between two parties having
diverse Interests, he said, is only pursued
when they have either equal power, or
nearly equal power. Though admitting
thnt strikes ought to bo avoided In the in
t crests of both capital and labor, Mr. Gom
pers declared that there wcro Homo evils
mere dreadful than strikes. Ha added:
Wo strike. Peonle In China, do not Htrlke.
T wnniler whether thoRe who wnnlil tn to
nrevont tho strikers from striking or those
who would punish tho workers for striking
wouiu iutn to cuango tno condition from
thut which obtains Tn our countrv to thut
which obtains tn Chlnn, If the absence of
strikes was tho measure of civilization
then China ought to stand nt tho head of
tno worm.
In conclusion ho said: "We shall Insist
upon tho right to quit work whenever tho
work becomes irksome to us nnd we shall
always Insist on our right to strike for any
reason or for no renson at all."
At tho afternoon session John B. Tobin
of Boston, general president of the Boot
and Shoo Workers' union, spoko of the
method under which tho Boot and Shoo
worker nnd their employers havo got along
together with a minimum of trouble. After
giving the lengthy agreement Mr. Tobin
summed the system up by saying: "We
have been able to settle all of our difficul
ties by simply sitting down together and
talking over the question."
Ilraionalllllt- for Trndra Unions.
Tho next speaker wns R. II. Jeffrey of
Columbus, O. Ho Bald In part:
Tho manufacturing clnss or the emnlnv
intr class Is responsible toduv for thn vorv
existence of trades unions nnd I consider
mucn more oireciiy reuponsioie ror n great
deal of the bitterness which mnnv trn,i
unionists benr to employers as a class. Wo
nnvo eacn Deen torgeiiui or tno other s In
terests. Wo nro on the eve of nn iiwiikon.
Ing to the deplornblo conditions under
which wo have been laboring. We nre both
of tho same opinion nnd thnt Is, thut our
relations wuu our employes anil tlielr re
lations with us aro actuated by supremo
BeinnuuesH,
M. W. Connolly of tho Memphis Commercial-Appeal
remarked in opening that what
ho had Intended to say bad been pretty well
covered oy nis predecessors on tho platform
His remarks, however, although convoying
Bentiment. already shown, were of
pungency that caused frequent laughter and
hearty applause.
Statement of Santo. I'e Officials.
E. V. Kenna of tho Santa Fo said tn part:
Kvery controversy, except one that has
arisen on tho present Santa Fo system, hus
been adjusted by conference nnd so far us
Is known to the company otllcluls adjusted
to the entire satisfaction of the employes
afTcctcd thereby. Certainly, tho most cor
dial relation exists between tho company's
otllcluls and tho men whose lovnlty nnd
tlldellty nro recognlred at nil times as most
muni lum uiuiurn in mo company s pros
per ty.
hen the employer of great numbers en
gaged In a business affecting tho public
cuti tilt the places made vacant by strikers
the employer will win tho contest, and
where he ennnot dn ho the emulnv, win
win. The decision of tho contest, there
fore, wl'l alwnys resolve Itself Into two
questions; How necessary Is it that tho
employer shall continue In business and
how necessary Is It that he shall employ
the strikers. No amount of Intlmldntlon or
persuasion will change the result, though
It may postpone It. for the Inexornble laws
oi suppiy Knn nemana win control tne ile
clslon. And If the Htate will nfTnrrl thn m
nloyer every protection In his efforts tn ri,
tain others to take the places mk4 vacant
by strikers and nfford to such othets that
protection guaranteed litem oy tno consu
lt lion, nut now too ireiiueiuiy denied mem,
the ron tent will anon be ended, and the
nnrtv ttrevnlllne. whichever It be. will havo
secured the victory at tho least cost to the
puuuc
Committee on ItcsoluUntia.
Chairman MacVcagh announced tho follow
ing committees on resolutions nnd plan ot
action chosen by tho cominlttco In chargo
of tho conference, representing the differ
ent Interests Involved: A. C. Bartlctt, vice
president of Hlbbard, Spencer, Bartlctt &
Co,, Chicago! Henry W. Hoyt, president Na
tional Founders' association; Herman Justl,
commissioner Illinois Coal Operators' as
sociation; C. Watson French, vice president
Republic Iron & Steel company; E. D.
Kenna, vice president Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fo railway; Chauncey It, Castle,
president Stovo Founders' National Defenso
association; Samuel Gompers, president
American Federntlon of Labor; John
Mitchell, president United Mine Workers'
of America; Martin Fox, president Iron
Moulders' association of America; Frank P.
Sargent, grand master Brotherhood Loco
motlvo Firemen; Henry White, general sec
retary United Garments Workers' of
America; James M. Lynch, president Inter
national Typographical union.
South Omaha News .
City olllclnls nra still worried over what
Is to bo dono about tho pay ot the firemen
and pollccment. It has been suggested
that tho members ot these departments
turn tholr claims In to one man, who will
bring suit with tho understanding that the
city will confesi Judgment. As it is now
tho Judgment fund Is nbout the only fund
which has anything In It, nnd It was hoped
that tho money In this fund could bo used
to carry nlong these two departments uutil
somo other arrangements could bo made.
This schctno will possibly bo blocked by
tho members ot tho council, who nro under
a surety bond. W. P. Adklns, president of
tho council, said yesterday thnt ho would
not countennnco such n movement, as ho
was bonded by n fidelity company utid ho
did not propose to do unything which would
bo contrary to law or rcllcct upon his offi
cial actions. Mayor Kelly Is bonded In
tho Bum of $2,000 in tho Fidelity and De
posit company of Maryland, whllo somo ot
tho new members of the council uro bonded
with tho United States Fidelity nnd Guaran
tee company of Baltimore. It Is a well
known fact that since the disclosures of
alleged election frauds havo been made the
turcty companies havo been keeping nn
eye on tho developments and representa
tives nro watching tho Kelly nnd Jack
Mahcr cases In tho courts,
On tho other hand, It is asserted that nn
emergency cxIbIb nnd that the council has
tho right under tho provisions of tho stat
utes to provide for just such emergencies.
It is no fault of tho people, It Is nsscrted,
that tho levy for flro and pollco protection
Is what It Is. Tho charter under which the
tho city makes Its levy provides for n city
of about 10,000 Inhabitants. With tho re
cent rapid growth It has been necessary
to cnlnrgo both the police nnd lire do;
partmcnts in order to meet tho demands
of tho people. The contention of City At
torney Lunibert thut the city cannot bo
held for nn overlap and that It 1b nt lib
erty to repudiate such debts Is disputed
by other nttorneys who claim to havo
looked Into tho matter. It Is held thnt those
who perform services for tho city can col
lect tho amount ot wages due them, ob the
city Is liable, overlap or no overlap. It
has been tho custom for years to pay over
laps out of thu levy avallablo at tho com
mencement of tho fiscal year, and while this
custom may not be strictly legal, certain
lawyers think that any court will sustnln
the claims of the firemen, nnd policemen
If tho fund is overdrawn, uhd consider tho
same an emergency account.
Thero is no doubt but that nn emergency
exists nnd that somo way out of the diffi
culty must bo found. As Adklns refuses to
allow Judgments, tho account must thcro-
foro r.eccssurlly be transferred to the gen-
orul or emergency funds. This mny bo done
with tho desired result. Tho members of
tho pollco torco do not deslro to quit, but
If thero Is no show of getting any money
they will undoubtedly do so, nnd thus force
action of somo sort on the council.
Council Trnlnor Bald last night that ho
had been looking up the matter and that ho
found that tho charter provides that when
nn emergency exists payments may bo made
providing thnt a petition Is presented to
tho council which contains the names ot a
majority of tho voters, With such a peti
tion tn hand, tho council may levy n spe
cial tax for tho purpose named In tho pe
tition. A consultation will doubtless bo
held today nnd some means devised to pay
this pressing debt in order to keep both the
pollco nnd flro departments In operation
until tho end of tho flBcnl year.
I'lilllp .Monroe Injured,
Last night Philip Monroe, who lives at
Thirty-second nnd U streets nnd works nt
Armours' wns assaulted, while ho stood at
tho corner of Thlrty-Beccnd nnd H.stteots. lie
was struck three times thn head with some
Bort of a blunt Instrument and his face was
Bchratched. Immediately after tho assault
Monroo went homo and retired without re
porting tho matter to tho police. When
an account of the affray beenmo known at
pollco headquarters Officer Newman wns
sent over to Investigate. Ho compelled
Monroo to dress und accompany him to
tho station. An examination showed that
he was not soverely Injured, although It
Is thought that possibly tho drum ot ono
oar Is broken. Monroe refuses to glvo tho
nnmo of his assailant. Ho will be rxumlned
by the chief this morning for tho purposo
of learning more about tho affair.
At the CorrlKim .School.
Plumbers aro at work now on tho heat
ing apparatus nt tho Corrlgan school build
ing. Tlio holler is on the ground nnd I
It
win not no long oeroro n test will bo mad
of tho nlant. N'e.irlv nil of thn nlntn rnnt
lnc has been Dlnced and Archltwt nnvU
Is confident that with good weather all
of tho exterior work on tho building wil
bo conmleted bv Saturdav of thin
Within throe davs. unless them In n ciiMnn
drop In tho temperature, tho plasterers will
commenco worn, witn tno installation of
the Bteam heating plant tho plastering can
be dried rapidly nnd tho school mny be
ready for occupancy within a month.
Motley Crovrd Before Klnir,
There was a motley crowd of vagrants
beforo Judgo King yesterdny, tho drag net
having brought In seventeen suspects Sun
day night. In tho opinion of the court only
ono was worth tho trouble of further ex
amination and ho was held until Chief
Mitchell has tlmo to attend to his case. Of
tho balance four drew little bluo tickets
entitling them to work under tho super
vision of Officer Wolfo on the rock pllo for
a period of fivo days. Some first offenders
woro fined In nominal sums, tho day's fines
umountlng to $16.
MnKlo City (inaalp,
Councilman C. C. Clifton Is on tho sick,
list. ,
The pollco are now confident that John
Conway was held up and robbed In tho
manner hu slated.
Only threo members of tho council showed
up ut roll cull lust night and tho trio ad
journed until next Monday night,
Mrs. Ed Johnston and Miss Daisy Mans
havo returned from Chicago, whero they
went to do Homo holiday shopping.
On Wednesday of this week C. D. Hol
Iowh of Maryvllle. Mo., will sell llftv head
of Bhorthorns at tho stock yards pavilion.
It Is reported thut tho Trades and Labor
assembly Indorses A. L. Dennett, editor of
the Sun, for Iho position of deputy labor
commissioner.
L. A. Davis, tho architect of tho Board of
Education, has returned from St. Louis,
where he has under supervision tlio con
struction of a large warehouse.
It "Hi ww
MANY NOT ACCOUMED FOR
Of German Training Vesxel'B450PaMnger8
Only 314 Are Known to Be Safe.
INFORMATION IS OFFICIAL FROM MALAGA
Dlapnteh Conveying; Iteport Continu
ing Knrllrr Particulars of Mtornt
thnt Wrecked the (Stielaeiinnm
ItcceUed nt Berlin Todny,
BERLIN, Dec. 17. An official dispatch
from Malaga, received hero this morning,
accounts for 314 survivors out of the 450
persons who wero on board tho German
training frigate Gnclscnaum, which foun
dered nt tho entranco to tho port of Mnlag:i
yesterday, whllo It was taking refuge from
tho tcrrlblo storm prevailing at tho time.
MALAGA, Dec. 17. It Is rumored that the
commander ot tho Gnetsennu committed
sulcldo wheu ho saw that all was lost. A
nephew of tho Imperial chancellor, Count
von Buelow, named Hermit, wus among the
saved, though ho was injured nbout tho
head, A Bailor who survived tho wreck
went mad ns a result of his experience. The
first engineer, the assistant engineer nnd a
number of petty officers wero drowned.
It Is hoped that the guns, tho treasure
chest nnd perhaps part of tho hull will be
salvaged.
Of tho 314 survivors thlrty-nlno who wcro
Injutcd wero transported to tho hospital,
125 Bhcltercd In the barracks nnd 1R0 lodged
In tho town hnll. Tho municipality Is pro
viding tood for all.
Members of tho German colony and many
Spanish women have offered to nurso the
Injured. Tho rings over all tho consulates
aro at half mast.
MADRID. Dec. 17. Dispatches from
Malaga confirms tho statement that tho
naval commander had warned Captain
Kretchman of tho appointment of tho ap
proaching storm and had recommended that
ho enter tho port, but It was of no avail,
Tho shock on tho rooks is dcBcrlbcd by
oyo witnosBes ns terrible. Many holes were
driven in tho vessel's stern nnd she sank
In ton minutes. The custnln retimed ns-
slstnucc. When a Spanlhh Bailor got within
a short dlstanco of him and threw him n
rope, Captain Kretchman was so greatly
agitated that ho threw his sworn to tno
sailor. Tno nrst mate struggled tor nn
hour against tho waves, clinging to a piece
of wood, but finally went down. Thu Span
ish gunboat Nueva Espntia has left Cadiz
to render assistance.
Kill fSerma of IIIim-iinc.
Tho modern wny to euro disease la to
destroy Its germs. Cascarcts Candy Cathar
tic ore modern gcrm-klllcrs nnd cleansers.
Druggists, 10c, 25c, SOc.
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONERS
Their Spcelul Sesalon lit the Manu
facture' Clnh, I'lilliidelihlii,
llrlnic" 51 tiny ToetliiT.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17. The Industrial
commission began n special session nt the
Manufacturers' club hero today and repre
sentatives of all the important Industries
in Pennsylvania havo been Invited to np
pear. It Ic expected that much Information
of economic and industrial valuo will bo
collected during tho meeting.
Tho commissioners present nt tho open
ing vcsslon were: Albert Clnrko of Boston,
chairman; Charles H. Lltchmnn of Newark,
N. J.; D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N, C;
John M. Farquhar of Buffalo. Others who
aro expected to bo present beforo tho com
mission concludes Its sittings p.re: Andrew
L. Hants of Eaton, O,; Thomas W. Phillips
of Newcastle, Pa., and John L. Kennedy of
Washington.
Tho first witness was J. Gordon Grey,
secretary of tho Manufacturers' club nnd
head of the firm of Queen & Co., manu
facturers of optical goods,
Chairman Clarko asked Mr. Grey to Btnto
tho object and status of tho Manufacturers'
club. Hp said every Industry In Phila
delphia Is represented In tho club nnd
many Industries throughout tha country
and abroad aro also represented.
In nnswer to a question ns to tho kind
of business represented by the members of
tho club Mr. Grey said that during tho
past four years the business conditions hud
Improved. In many cases fnctoTles wcro
worked overtlmo and wages had been
largely Increased. Mr. Grey asserted that
despite the prosperity of tho country tho
manufacturers had not participated In It to
any extent. Ho gavo as a reason for this
tho Increased prices of raw material, which,
ho said, prevented a proportionate Increase
in profit with the lncreaso of business.
Raw material costs more and wnges are
higher, but tho manufacturers nro unable
to securo relatively high prices for the
finished articles.
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