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CHAS. X.FOWLER'S VIEWS.

New York, from models studied at the New fork

"Zoo." The shaft Is seven feet square at the base

and extends 69 feet above the base. The base it-

self has a height of 24 feet and the complete base

of th« monument covers the entire plot. '\u25a0•> feet in

diameter.The monument was prepared from plans studied

in comparison with all of the most famous mort-u-iry columns In the world, and when it is com-pleted, with the park which Is to surround It, It

will rank with the first monuments of the kind inany country. It is particularly fortunate In thesite, which has eight approaches or vistas.

created tinder the laws of 1002. Th« sum appro-priated for the monument was $100,000. The statehas added $3,000 more since, tha*. time. The city of

Buffalo gave the plot and has spent a large amoantof money In addition, and when the work Is done•will have expended in the neighborhood of »4".'™

to adorn the surroundings. Private business cor-porations have also spent about PMM to fit thepit*.for the monument.

The architects wore Careers & Hastings, of NewYork, and the work was done by contract withGeorge W. Maltby & Sons, of Buffalo. The lionsat the base were designed by A. P. Proctor, of

The Mc.Klnley Monument !n -Buffalo wm wrecteclby the Btate of New York in the centre of Niagara

Square on a plot 90 feet in diameter, given by

the city of Buffalo to the state for that purple

It was built by a commlsFion compoao.l originally

of Edward H. Butler, proprietor of "The BuffaloXpts"; Oeorge E. Matthews, president of the

Buffalo Express Company; the late Wilson S. Bls-peli, formerly Postmaster General of the UnitedStates; John O. Mllburn. now of New York, in

u-hos« house President McKlnley died, and GeneralE. A. Curtl*. of Fredonla, N. T.

Mr. Bisse'.l died soon after tho commission was

BELIEVES FAMINE COMING.Joseph B. Dickson. of Dick=on <£ Edlv :ers

and shippers of the Ontario & Western coaLexpressed rather pessimistic views yesterday.

"If there is a coal shortage this winter." he>said, "the people can charge it up to the laborunions. Isuppose people at large will thir.lithat's a biassed view, but the Lord knows we'rathousands of tons of coa! a day below what ouroutput ought to be, and we've got no reasoato keep it in the srround. with our fixed charges.

"Iconsider the general situation serious, andthere !s no particular comfort in any especialphase of it. It is no exaggeration to say thatan early cold spell or an early snowfall might

cause a rush of business which would bringgr»at inconvenience, perhaps hardship, to thacoal dealers. Idon't believe any one of us 13fixed for that sort of thing A long -winter, or »hard one. might bring about much graver con-ditions

"Yousee. we had a very late spring this year.

Coal was burned away along in Apriland May.

where other year? the fires were out by thaj

latter part oi Marca or early in April. Thatthrew every dealer ar.d every producer far be-hind the normal condition at the beginning ofsummer. Because of labor conditions our tirrahas been unrihle is make up this shortage »»brine us to our normal condition at the begin-

ning of autumn. Ican't speak for others oatnat score, but Iknow we have storage tieirwtaup at Middletown which hold 150,000 tons, and,

we have about 10.000 tons there now I'd SfcS)

to see lOO.iVm.

CAN'T GET ENOUGH MINERS."It comes back principally to the subject of

the miner. We can't get enough miners to

work our mines to their full capacity, and wbeaIsay that, you must remember that every yearthere's a bigger demand for coal than in thelast year. Labor Day. of course, none of our

miners worked, but what do you think of abunch of men who. knowingMonday was going

to be a holiday, took Saturday oft to hold »

picnic? That happened at most of our mines.The result— Saturday off. Sunday off. Monday

off. the men celebrating Sunday and Monday

and I.l'»' tons of coal or. Tuesday from mine*

which ought to produce 2.000. We can't helpit.

Practically all our miners are Poles and Hun-

garians and Lithuanians— men who never heardof as much money in their lives as they make if

they work for a full month. They wont do it-

If they can make as much as they want in.

twenty days they say there's no use working

thirty. And they don't. Then lots of themwon't work at all ir the summer. They talna

two m three months iff to visit the old country,

and the mines go shorthanded when they shouldbe busiest.

•'The recent rise in the price of the stearasizes, as told in The Tribune last Sunday, waa

only a fair indication of the conditions prevaii-

ine so far as that kind of coal i3concerned.

The demand is vastly greater than the suppt*.

These sizes, buckwheat, barley, rice, ex-en pea.

are by-products of coal mining. Tears ago this

stuff was thrown aside into the great culra

banks*. Then somebody found the stuff could

be u?ed for steam; it was cheaper than burning;

the made sizes, and factories were fitted up to

burn it Xow the culm banks are about ex-

hausted, and all the factories and hotels anJapartment houses which make steam from tha

screenings— that's what this coal is—must rely

on the supply from the ordinary day to day

manufacture of coal. That's nowhere near

enough, even now. and that means that sooa

factories and other places usins; this kind of

fuel willhave to turn to soft coal or the nigger

«izes There's no profit in the buckwheat andbarley for us— the money we get only helps to

bring down the cost of the other sizes, and there

wouldn't be any profit in Iteven when the piles.

climbed as high as soft coal prices now."

A.s factors in the seriousness of the general

coal situation. Mr. Dickson mentioned the in-

crease in the price of supplies and material

needed Hemlock lumber, which once he could

purchase for*a thousand feet, last year coat

him more than $20 a thousand, he declared.

VIEWS OF RAILROAD OFFICIAL.

The vice-president of one of the largest eosd

carrying railroads declared that so far as V»company was concerned it was productns; andtransporting the normal quantity of coal, but

probably was selling a little more than at this*

season in other years. On many points ha

agreed with Mr. Dickson In his view of thegeneral situation. There was difficulty in get-

ting labor, he said, and a great increase year

by year in the consumption of coal— greater

than the facilities for minln* coal could well ac-commodate

••Coal mining is a slow business, even wneisrthe best conditions.' said he. -Even with Ttrglm

territory it takes four. five, or mayb*-

years to get it going properly ?o you can de-pend on the output of your mines. Now corkman who marries and starts * little home owtmlona; our road somewhere accumulates a coalysj every home means from five to twenty- ftvsi

tons of coal a winter. And thl» country is srrow-ing. Then— the thing that is moat presainj—

AFTER ALL. USHER'S THE SCOTCHItl-.-i:made tJ>*hlahbAll famous.

—Advt-

Gloomy Wiems for Householders, andAlso Wtmmmrimg Ones.

A shortage of coal threatens this city which.If there should be an early cold snap this fall,would be serious, and if there should be a long,

hard winter, easily might develop into a genu-ine coiii famine Already there is a far largerdssBSSBi for the so-called steam sizes than tha>coal producers can nil. and this, they say, is. !\u25a0) laerease by the very nature of coalproduction until manufacturers turn to the useof other -*izes of Coal or to soft coal.

This (tomtition is due in part to the nature*of coal mining and the various difficulties, sucaas Increase in the price of supplies which th»producers have found lately, but chieflymain lair., to a great scarcity of proper labor.Mines are producing thousands of tons of coal a>day teas thin their proper output, one producerde< bwsd rsatasway, because miners are scare*and reffewa to work nsorc than a certain numberof days a month.

Whether or not the householder will be in-convenienced depends entirely on the severlijrof the weather. There i3nothing now whiiHcould be termed a scarcity of coal in the house-hold sizes; in any event the pinch probablywould be !ess there than in the steam sizes.But there is so lar^e a demand for coal of allsizes 'n excess of the supply, and the quantityof coal now on hand now is so much less tuaa

the normal because of a late sprtny. that wmadealers are inclined to take a serious view ofthe situation. The question of price hardly

has come up yet. One wholesaler said yesiei-day that the householders probably would get

th<-lr coal as cheaply this winter as last. Otherpeople believed there would be a general hvcrease in the prices of household coal, as there)

has been for the stea.n size?.

SCARCITY OF MIXERS.

COAL FAMINE POSSIBLE

Delay in Minnesota's Sailing Will Probably

Postpone Meeting of Philippine Assembly.

Missoula. Mont.. Sept. 4.-Secretary Taft was in-

formed to-day that the steamship Minnesota, in

which he.ls to sail for the Far East, will not leave

Seattle until September 12. instead of September10 The delay will land Secretary Taft in Manila

at least two days late for him to preside at the

first session of the new popular Assembly, which

is to convene on October ML The Philippine Com-

mission probably will postpone the opening to Oc-

tober 20

MRS FLEISCHMAN TO FLY THROUGH AIR.

A Urn Stevens, the SB* -f HM Aero Club, is to

tak« aloft to-day the brother of the ?x-Mayor of

Cincinnati and the latter1s wife. With Mr and

Mrs Max Flpi-'chman the aeronaut left town yee-

terday for North Adams, where they will make

the ascension. The ascension willbe made in the

balloon Stevens No. 21.

Waumbek and cottages. J»ffer*on^ White Moun-tains N. H. Ideal September resort. Goif. A. J.

aturphr< nianasjstv— «**»•

Says Money Market Does Not Permit Devel-

opment, but Predicts Speedy Improvement.

San Francisco. Sept. 4.—Edwird H. Harriman ar-

rlved to-day from the North, and. after two hours-delay, started for the East. He ?aid that the

condition of the money market would not permit

of development work, but expressed no uneasiness

over financial conditions, predicting speedy im-

provement.

MR. TAFT'S PLANS DISARRANGED.

Man Leaps from Bridge Crowded with Spec-

tators of the Illumination.{ByT*l*sraphto The Tribune.

Niagara Falls, N. V.. Sept. 4.-A startling

tragedy occurred on the upper steel arch bridge

shortly after 9 clock to-night, while the fall?were being illuminated. Hundreds of people

had gone there to get an unobstructed view of

the falls under the searchlights. An unknown

man in the crowd suddenly leaped on the rail-ing, stood poised for a moment and then

jumped into the chasm. His body struck the

water, 192 feet below, and disappeared in the

swirling rapids.

E. H. HARRIS N OPTIMISTIC.

SUICIDE AT NIAGARA.

Falls Into Sea Xear Sxi'ampscott and

Xearly Drowns.Lynn Mass. Sept. 4 -Enveloped in a dense

fog and mist, which chilled him to the bone and

prevented allattempts at self-preservation. John

J Maloney. a Boston aeronaut, was thrown info

the sea b9 his balloon two miles off Fishermen^

Beach Bwampewtt, to-nUfht. and for more than

inboor was swept back and forth in the water,

until his cries were heard by lifesavers ani \u25a0*-

ennea on sfcott), who went lo his rescue.

Maloney made an ascension from Nahant in a

hot air balloon in the presence of a large crowd• S9O o'clock to-night. According to h*

custom When making a night ascension. Malor.ey

went up sitting on a trapeze bar. and all prepa-

rations were complete for rMing out the life of

Urn balloon, which under ordinary conditions will

stay up for an hour or more.

8008 after striking the water a gust of wir-1

drove him toward shore, and seeing the lights of

whal i.mve,! to be Swampscott Beach, he erled

oat frantically for help while he yet ted

strength His cries were heard, but soon after,gust of wind took him even further out to sea,

and as he had not strength left to call out again

much time was lost in finding him

AERONAUT XEAR DEATH.

HALT OX EXTEXSIOXS.

Southern Railroad's Reported ActionDue to Legislation.[ByTelegraph to The Tribune.1

Chattanooga. Term.. Sept. 4—lt is reported

here to-day that the Southern Railroad has or-

dered W. J. Oliver, the Knoxville contractor,

who has contracts aggregating $15,000,000 «

more in his section, to stop all work pending

further instructions. It is said that all sub-contractors on the double track work for the

Southern Railway between this city and Oolet-

wah Junction have stopped work and within

the next few days all the railroad work in thisneighborhood will be stopped.

Adverse railroad legislation Is said to be re-

sponsible for the new conditions. A railroad

offlcial^stated yesterday that owing to the recent

legal fights which the Southern had to finance

in thp states of North Carolina. Georgia andAlabama, the entire sum set aside for improv-

ing the system had been recalled and that it

would be used in operating the railroad.

Formal Announcement of Candidacy Ex-

pected Next Week at Wisconsin State Fair.TByTelegraph MThe Tribune. I

Madison. Wis.. Sept. 4.-Senator La Foltote held

a secret conference here to-day with Irwin Len-

root. his candidate for the seat in the Senate now

filled by Stophenson. and. Iti3understood, ar-

ran^d for the formal announcement of his can-

rlH.i y for the Presidency at the Una of the state

fair next week at Bfflwaakre. At the same time,

it is understood, he will proclaim the candidacy of

Mr. L^nroot for Senator.Ia FoHetta withdrew Lenroot from the race last

spring when ho found that Uenroot could rot win

and that Stephenson was the only La Follette fol-

lower who could gain sufficient support from the

other side to carry the atetttns)

LA FOLLETTE BOOM PREPARED.

Mr. Fordney is known for his inflexible "standpattism," and he represents several counties

noted for their beet sugar factories. T'jis may

explain, in part, his anxiety to brand the dele-

gates from his own district before Secretary

Taffs lasso goes circling through Michigan.

Fordncy to Start Speaker in Lead

for Presidency.TFrom The Tribune Rureau. 1

Washington. Sept. 4.—Joseph G. Cannon,

Speaker of the House of Representatives, willbe the first of the aspirants for Presidentialpreference at the hands of the Republican partyactually to acquire instructed delegates.

Senator Knox has received the indorsementof his state convention, but no one of Pennsyl-

vania's sixty-eight delegates is instructed r,3

yet. Secretary Taft has received the indorse-ment of his state central committee, but no oneof Ohio's delegates Is instructed. Mr. Cannon,however, within the next two weeks will have

two actual delegates in his vest pocket, so tospeak. The first Cannon delegates will comefrom Saginaw. Mich., and from RepresentativeFordney"s district.

FIRST VOTES TO CANNON.

Mr. Roosevelt Tells Why He Ceased Work-

ing for Joint Statehood.Phoanix, Ariz.. Sept. 4.—The following letter

was given out to-day from the office of GovernorKibbey:

Oyster Bay. I,ong Island. August 31.My Dear "Governor Kibbey: Secretary Garfleld

has been to see me, and has reported to me in

full the conditions of affairs as he found them

in Arizona and New Mexico, and especially the

attitude of the people of each territory towardthe question of joint statehood. His report

makes it evident to me. as Iwas already pre-pared to believe, that the convictions of thepeople are settled and will not change. Underthese circumstances Ishall take no furtheraction looking toward Joint statehood for thetwo territories. You are at liberty to publish

this letter. Sincere.y^-our^ ROOSEVEIjT.

PRESIDENT TO GOVERNOR KIBBEY.

F>Uowfll£ the meet!.",* Byrne told \u25a0 .<• reporters

that he and i>onie others «-ho, he i!!. .are higherup Sn the study of Christian Science than most of

those whom he addressed last evening, intended tofound a church of their own. This will be calledthe Church of the Divine Metaphysics. He didnot care to go Into details.

IJyrne is a robust looking man of middle age.sad last nisht was m-atly dressed. He made noeffort luring his remarks nt oratorical effect, butspoke with a sincerity of manner that was at leastImpressive. Hr> was the first to arise when an-nouncement whs made that the meeting was openfor testimonies, and said:

"It has always been a feast for me to testify,but this will be ray last opportunity to speak In

a Christian Science church. For twelve years Ihave reon devoting all the time possible to Chris-tian Science and to obeying the first command-ment. For this, and for obeying the supreme lawof the United Stilus, which grants freedom of re-liKiuus belief, Iwas imprisoned for thirty days.Then the people of this faith repudiated me Buteven bo, while -n prison my mind waa Sited withpeace. There was no bate or malice in my heart."Iin the product of twelve years of Christian

Science. No man can pay Ihave not been faith-ful or that Ihave not been tested. Ido not re-proach myself for trusting In God in place ofdrugs. The Judge who sentenced me is not to beblamed, and 1 raise, my hat to him. Those whorepudiated dm are not worthy of my lifting my

hat to. but 1 hold no bate or revenge."It was not enough for me," he continued, "to

.suffer the loss of my child, but Ihad to go toprison and to be repudiated by all but a few Iwas put there for obedience and not for disobedi-ence. Now. Iask if Ihave repudiated my Maker,

how In the wide world have other people been get-tlng burial permits to bury their children? If Ihad given more of my time to gathering wealththan to v-orklriK for the cause of Christian Science.Iwould not have been deserted."

None of the speakers who followed replied di-rectly to the statements made by Byrne, and hewas Ignored at the close of the meeting.Byrne sold latev that he would never again enter

a Christian Science church. The First Church, hedeclared, could have used him as a test case, "but."he added, "instead of that, they took me for alemon." The great trouble, he said, was that Dr.O. D. Strickland did not recognize him as anexpert, whereas it is Byrne's opinion that he is

better qualified than any of the others— not except-ingDr. Strickland.

Byrne lived before his commitment at No. 219

West 11th street. lie was a clerk at that time inthe employ of James A.,Hearn. He said lastnight that he did not blame that firm for fillinghisplace. He remarked that he- had received a promiseof work and expected to start in next week.

Byrne came to New York from Kansas City,

where he was a member of tho First Church. Hebaa lost his wife and twelve children; his wife andtwo children since he became, a beliex'er in Chris-tian Science.

Violet Byrne died on May 4. The father wasarrested a month later, and after spending threedays in the Tombs was released by Justice Ducll.Then he was rearrested at the Instigation of thecoroner, and although he presented affidavits thatin the illness of his daughter the use of drugs wasnot needed; that nothing but nursing could havebeen done for her if a regular physician had beencalled, he was found guiltyin Special Sessions andsentenced. It was before his that the ChristianScientists repudiated him.

Man Jailed for Daughter's DeathWillFound New Faith.

Charles W. Byrne, who was released on Satur-day from Blackwcll's bland, when be servedthirty days for falling to \u25a0\u25a0 ill in a physician when

bis daughter v.-as fatally 1!1 with bronchial pneu-monia four months ago, arof<* at the weekly t»*-

tlmony meeting in the First Church of Christ. Sci-entist, at SCth street and Central Park West, lastevening, and repudiated the members of thaichurch. The Christian Scientists had alreadydropped him.

BYRXE AT THE CHURCH.

BEPUDIATE SCIENTISTS

<••«.•"-—«* «n **'OB .' «-"•

"Third— further legislation as is neces-sary to secure equal taxation and Ju6tly dis-tribute the burdens of government should bepassed.

"No man willattempt to deny that all prop-erty and property rights, whether of Individualsor corporations, whether of the rich or poor,

without discrimination or favor, dollar for dollarInvalue, should bear a proportionate and equalshare cf the governmental burden.

"Fourth— Since the logical corollary and coun-terpart of legalized monopoly is legalized regu-lation, the state should have a utilities commis-sion safegTjarfilr.g the people's interests."Itis now universally conceded that whenever

a franchise of a public character is granted itiswith be implied obligation that the chargesfor the services rendered shall be reasonable;

therefore the directors of a corporation owningeach a franchise when rightly and fullycom-prehending their duties and obligations mustrealize that they stand in a dual capacity astrujteea. They, of course, willnot forget then:-selves, the stockholders, who hold the legaltitle; but they must not forget the public, who•tillhold the equity. Itis because the businesscfsuch institutions ha« too often been managedWithout due regard to the people's interests*kat a utilities commission is essential to repre-sent and safeguard the people's equity In ailPublic utilities.

"This principle Is tho very reverse of that ofPublic ownership— indeed, it furnishes the onlyctrtalc ani effective \u25a0**>• of obviating It. %~.

"PufcUc ownership la obnoxious to the geniusof our people and must necessarily prove sub-versive of the fundamental principles of our*overnment, which inspire and accentuate in-dividual effort ibove all el*e.

M »hou!d not be forgotten that our civl'.iza-Anglo-Saxon civilization—!s differentiated

IMPROVED ELECTION LAWS.

"First A better primary and election law.The purification of political power lies at thevery foundation of popular government. Weshould pledge ourselves to the enactment of aprimary law that will secure to the Democrats

the right to name Democratic nominees and tothe Republicans the right to name Republicannominees, for a Republican has no more right

Ina Democratic primary, or a Democrat no moreright Ina Republican primary, than the stock-holder of one corporation has a right in a stock-holders' meeting of another corporation. Butwhen the candidates who are to become thetrustees or directors of the people's corpora-tion

—government

—have been named, every

voter. Democrat or Republican all being stock-holders in the government has a right to votefor such nominee as he regards will prove thebest trustee or director of this government cor-poration. To this end his vote should be madesacredly secret and sacredly secure.

"Second— New Jersey should have a civil ser-vice law such as New York State has, or better.

"The reasons for retaining an employe in theservice of the state are Identical with those thatcontrol business men In the management oftheir private affairs.

SHOULD OVERTHROW BOSSES.

The public service should be wrested fromthe hands of eelf-seeking politicalbosses.

*Xhir laws should be such that equal oppor-tunities and absolute Justice would be guaran-teed to each and every citizen alike and nospecial privileges be given to any individual orcorporation by legislative enactment or through

the power of personal patronage for politicalpurposes.

Should Comprehend Public Con-

science and Execute Public Will.». reporter of The Tribune, meeting Congress-

man Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, in this

tv yesterday, asked him what he thought about

ffhehc political situation InNew Jersey, and what

attitude the Republican party of that state

\u25a0\u25a0«\u25a0« to take on political questions.

Representative Fowler is one of the best

known men In public life in New Jersey. He

\u25a0M elected for the seventh consecutive term

Tom nY *»Congress District in that state in

1906 by a plurality of 552 over his Democraticopponent. He Is a prominent member of the

House of Representatives, having been chair-

nan of the Committee on Banking and

Currency during almost his entire ser-

vice at" Washington. Be was born in .Lena,

m m November 2. 1552. He Is a lead-

ing banker \u25a0 this city and is recognized as an

tuthority on finance. He is a graduate of Yale

c* the class of '73. read law inthe office of Wlll-

ains & Thompson in Chicago, and attended the

Chicago Law School, from which he was grad-

uated in IS7S. He has served as a memher-at-

large of the Republican State Committee since

l?t>s. The Congressman owns extensive marble

Quarries in Fowler. Vt.. a town named in his

bnnor InCongress he represents Union. War-

ren ml Morris counties. N. J. His home is in

Elizabeth. It will be seen that what Mr.Fowlersays is well worth attention.

\u25a0Well." said the Congressman, amiably, "if

you will sit down for about fifteen minutes and

lister. Iwill try to make my views clear to you."'Tor fifty years the Republican party of the

nation has riser, to the highest demands for

moral and economic legislation, and for the last

twelve years the Republican party of New Jer-

sey has been responsive to the aspirations of ourbest and most aggressive citizens.

"TVe may. therefore, expect that in the future

as in the past the Republican party will inter-

pret public opinion rightly,and progress steadily

End a* rapidly as Intelligence and conservatism

justify.•"Our government is distinctly a government

by parties, and must necessarily b' so—prac-

tically,twoparties. The electorate, therefore, in-

ctoaes three classes of voters—one-third stalwartDemocrats, one-third stalwart Republicans and

one-third independent voters, the balance of

power, who ever stand ready to leave the party

moorings of a lifetime and cast their lot with

the opposing party If they believe its policies

•rillbetter serve the welfare of the state or na-

tion."Itis safe to say that never before Inthe his-

tory of this Republic has there been such a uni-

versal awakening with regard to the ethics ofbusiness, more especially corporate business, as

tiers is to-day. So keen to-day is the ear of

the public, so positive is its conviction and sopronounced is Ms determination that that party

\u25a0which hopes to secure the support of this great

middle third of our voters, which is larger thisyear than usual, must respond clearly and un-

equivocally to their Insistent demands."It should be remembered that this middle

third of voters are the conservatively progres-

s:v« nea of the country. They almost Invariably

demand whs* is right, and. in so far as In them

lies."invariably exact a conscientious response on\u25a0 the pert of our political organizations to their

demands."Under such circumstances what should the

Republican party of. New Jersey pledge itself toaccomplish?

On August 14 Judge Lamliß asked In sub-stance that the Department of Justice considerportions of the transcript of testimony in thecane of the United Prates against the StandardOil Company of Indiana, in order to determinewhether the Chicago & Alton Railroad Com-pany, its officers and employes, were entitled tothe benefit* of an agreement assuring !t andthem of immunity against criminal prosecution jIn connection with the *y;uiMntf of /-.ertalr>. r»~bates to the Standard Oil Company.

The department, in compliance with the d<*F!P*of Judge. Landts, examined the above mentionedrecords, and. moreover, carefully Investigatedthe entire subject, and as a result of BUCh in-vestigation the Attorney General on August 20wrote Edwin W. films. United States Attorney at

Chicago, informing him in substance that theagreement was sworn to have been made in

June or July, 190* by C. B. Morrison. Mr.

Sims's predecessor in office, that Mr Morrison \u25a0

action appears to have been duly authorized at

the time by the department; that in the opinion

of the department the arrangement had greatly

facilitated the indictment and conviction of theStandard Oil Company, and that while certainportions of the evidence might be fairly opento unfavorable comment, the department re-garded the government as bound In good faith,

and also as a matter of public policy, to give

effect to the agreement.Mr Sims was instructed to read this letter

when the grand jury was reconvened on Sep-

tember 3. and to take Mich further action to

the foregoing and as might seem to the court

and to himself appropriate in the premises.The department learns that Mr. Sims did not

comply with these instructions by reason of fatahaving had called to his attention very recently

certain new and. in his Judgment, materialfarts which he thought should be submittedto the department for it. further considerationbefore it* conclusions should be finally an-nounced For this -'invw he asked and wasgranted by the court a delay of three weeks.

The department is not as yet advised as to

what are the facts thus ascertained by Mr

Sims It has great confidence in his soundjudgment and" devotion to duty, and It awaitshis report before taking further action In thenremfses Inasmuch, however as the circum-

stances of the case may be liable to miscon-

struction itTs deemed proper to submit now the

present statement to the puollc.

MORE FIRES IXANTWERP.

Strikers Burn Warehouses and Lum-ber—Damage Nearly $1,000,000.

Antwerp. Sept. s—The strikers set fire to

two other warehouses soon after midnight.

In spite of the assistance rendered by the

military, the fire In the lumber yard is spread-

:ing. The damage is estimated at $800,000.

Antwerp. Sept. 4.-The strikers, using petro-

leum, this evening set on fire another lumberyard.' The lumber, covering three thousandsquare yards, is blazing furiously In spite of

the efforts of the firemen, reinforced by troops,

to put out the flames.- Regular infantrymen

have been told off to guard the petroleum reser-

voirs.At 10 o'clock to-night an entire regiment of

troops was called out to assist the firemen.

There is reason to believe that four danger-

ous anarchists, two of them French and two

| German, have arrived here to stir up strife.

M. Humbert, Minister of Labor, called on the

!Burgomaster of Antwerp to-day, and told him

Ithe strikers would return to work on the usual

! terms of the Federation of Labor if the federa-!tion would consent to arbitration. The Minister

ihopes that this proposal will soon brine tho'strike to an end.

Officers of the militia declared this evening

i that the strikers were in a most dangerous tem-| per, as free liquor was being distributed to

I them in the saloons.The militia controlled the situation here dur-

Iing the day. though the rioters attacked a num-

iher of freight cars and threw several of them!into the canal. )\u25a0 '? .£

About three thousand of the locked out dock

laborers, porters and men In similar trades

who struck In sympathy with the locked out

laborers, met and adopted a resolution setting

! forth that they were not responsible for yester-

! day's disorders.I Twenty rioters were wounded last night by

the sabres or revolvers of the police.

The men who took part in the recent dis-

orders here have been led in many cases by

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\u25a0— Hirr- all thrown rail tickets between XV.

and Albany are accepted on Day Una atra.-a*-

Department Has Confidence in Simsand Awmtt His Report.

Lenox. Mass., Sept. 4.—Attorney GeneralCharles J. Bonaparte issued a statement to-night regarding the Standard Oilcase Inthe Illi-

nois court. The Attorney General's statement is

as follows:

KOXAPARTE OX OIL CASE

DEWEY'S "BRUT CUVEE" CHAMPAGNE.

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The Odell men reported to the former state

chairman that there was assjMffaJ dissatisfaction

with the leadership of Herbert Parsons, presi-

dent nf the county committee, and that at tho

comlner primaries there was an excellent chance

of obtaining control of the county committee.

\u25a0Ex-Governor Odell NfeßMd to Ne-vburg early

in the evening.

"You cannot effectually puniph the capitalist

with $300,000 to hie credit in the bank by at-

tacking his company. You may stop his en-

terprise and cut off his dividends, but he still

has ample funds and he can liveon his accumu-

lations until normal conditions return. It is the

so-called wage worker who will suffer from the

attack most. He comes pretty near livingfromhand to mouth, and when you stop his weekly

or monthly wage you distress him and those de-

pendent on him. Thit is why the hour calls for

the political administrator who has skill andknowledge combined with harm-sty and patriot-

ism. There is a noticeable slackening of indus-

trial effort. Ido not know whether it corneafrom ordinary business prudence or from fear

that we are faring an industrial crisis."During the afternoon yesterday Mr. Odell met

nearly all of the- so-called Odell district leaders.

These included William Halpln. Colonel Abra-

ham Grubei. Michael Hines. Joseph L'vonson,

James E. March. John P. Windolph. Jacob A.

N.-w stead. Samuel S. Koenig. William H. Ten

Eyck and Edward H. Healy

Likes Tone of Conservatism in Mr.

Hugheß'8 Speeches.Ex-Oovernnr Odell. who wa? in conference

with his lieutenants in this city yesterday, paid

that Ifthe matter came up in the state commit-tee he -would vote for the nomination of JusticeWlllard Bartl«»tt. Democrat, as well as for Ed-ward T. Bartlett, Republican, for the Court ofAppeals on the Republican state ticket this fall

"While Iwas Governor Iappointed Ju*tlceCulien to the OOSJBt of Appeals bench." said Mr.

Odell "and Iam free to pay that if the mattercomee up in the state committee thl« fallIshallvote in favor of nominating Justice WillardBartlett on the Republican ticket. There can be

no question of the ability and fitness of the twoBartletts for that high place, and Ibelieveeliminating political considerations in this in-

stance this fall will meet with hearty approval

on the part of Republicans generally."

AEked about the impression that Mr. Hughes

was making as Governor, Mr. Odell said:

"Iam reluctant to talk politics at this time.It is l.ardly the time for people to take a keen

interest in politics. Ido not know GovernorHughes \'ery well. Probably Inever exchanged

a hundred words with him. Last year, when hecame to Newburg to epeak, Iintroduced him at

a mass meeting, and that 1b about the extent ofour acquaintance. The only other time Irecallmeeting the Governor was at the time of the in-surance lnveptigation. Ihave been reading hisspeeches with a good deal of interest. Not thatIthink there is much politics Jn them, as Ire-

csll that T myself while Governor made theround of the county fairs. But Inotice run-ning through the Governor's speeches a tone ofconservatism, and that is a good thing for the

Governor of this state to advocate.

"In the last three or four years there have

been more fool radical lawe enacted than in theprevious history of the country for perhaps ageneration. Industrially we are beginning to

feel the results of some of that legislation.

Governor Hughes stands for the correction ofabupfts. but he wants the abuses corrected in askilful manner, with the administrator of the

laws acting with full knowledge of the circum-stances. In that stand he is entirely correct.

You cannot smash at the great corporations ofthis country without the blow being most keen-lyfelt by the plain people at work for those cor-porations. At first glance Itmay seem that thepunishment is going to hit only those at the

top. but ultimately the workers are the oneswho bear the brunt of the attack. That is why

Isay that the Governor who stands for skill

and knowledge as well as Integrity is the one

who nooner or later will have the unhesitating

Bupport of the great mass of Republicans and

Democrats.

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