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HOWISON UNCOVERS
Evasively Denies Interview Dis*
paraging Admiral Schley.
BE IS UPHELD BY DEPARTMENT
Personal Letter Is Sent to “Assistant"
Hackett—Attorneys For Schley
Not Satisfied and Will
Challenge.
A Washinton special says: Rear
Admiral Howison is to remain a mem¬
ber of the Schley court of inquiry, not¬
withstanding the alleged interview
with him printed In The Boston Rec-
ord.
Though the navy department refused
to comply with Rear Admiral Schley’s
request that Rear Admiral Howison
should be asked whether the inter¬
view was correct, that officer evidently
thought that the publication of the in¬
terview made it incumbent upon him
to write a leter of explanation to the
navy department, He accordingly
wrote an unofficial letter to Acting
Secretary Hackett.
In effect this letter denies The Bos¬
ton Record interview, but does so by
inference, rather than explicity. Rear
Admiral Howison admits that he has
discussed with acquaintances the “un¬
fortunate disputes so widely comment¬
ed on.”
As is indicated by Acting Secretary
Hackett’s reply to Rear Admiral How-
ison, the navy department is entirely
satisfied with his course and consid¬
ers him qualified to sit as a member
of the court of inquiry.
The correspondence was sent to Ad¬ ;
miral Schley, who discussed it with
his counsel. Later in the day the fol¬
lowing announcement was made:
“Admiral Schley’s counsel is entire¬
ly dissatisfied with the position of Ad¬
miral Howison, as disclosed in his let¬
ter to Acting Secretary Hackett.”
Has Forgotten the Interview.
In his communication to the de¬
partment, Howison says in part:
“I have no recollection of the gen¬
tleman representing The Boston Rec¬
ord, and I do not approve of his pub¬
lic statement as mine.
“I cannot say that I have not dis-
cussed with acquaintances matters
published in the newspapers relating
to our navy’s success, as well as the
unfortunate dispute so widely com¬
mented on.
“While I feel highly honored by the
department’s selection of myself for
this duty, it is anything but a pleas-
ant task to sit in judgment on broth¬
er officers.
“However, the honor of the selec¬
tion nor the unpleasantness of
duties do not enter into the reasons
for my now writing to say to you, per¬
sonally, three things, viz.:
“First. To reassure you that I am
not responsible for and did not give
out such an interview as is alleged in
the dispatches from Boston and as
cent letter to the department.uepart-
“Second. If, Jp-faiise of the navy
tn&nW'Tustice will be better served
by relieving me fro mduty on the
court, I am entirely ready to withdraw
Voluntarily, or to have the department
Telieve me upon its own initiative.
“Third. If, on the other hand, the
department, knowing all the circum¬
stances, desires that I should perform
the duty, I am entirely ready to per¬
form it, and can, upon my conscience
and oath, do my duty as a member of
the court ‘without partiality,’ as the
law requires. Yours sincerely and
respectfully, H. L. HOWISON,
“Rear Admiral, U. S. N.”
Hackett’s Reply to Howison.
Rear Admiral: Your personal let¬
ter of the 24th deserves an Immediate
reply.
“You say substantially that there is
no foundation for the statements at-
tributed to you as having been set
forth in an interview afterwards pub¬
lished in The Boston Record, and late¬
ly made the subject of a communica¬
tion from Rear Admiral Schley to the
department. You evidently have read
the correspondence between the admi¬
ral and the department as published
last wtek in the newspapers.
“The department, let me assure you.
has no purpose of relieving you offi¬
cially of this duty. It has implicit con¬
fidence in your sense of justice and
fair-mindedness.
“Should the counsel for Rear Admi¬
ral Schley proceed to offer to the court
objection to you, it will be for the
■court Itself to decide the question of
your competency to sit as a member.
“What yeu have said only confirms
me in the belief that the department
"has been fortunate in selecting you as
the third member of the court.
“Kindly accept the assurance of my
personal esteem and believe me yours
truly. FRANK W. HACKETT.”
FLOOD DEVASTATES CLEVELAND
Ohio City Swept By the Most Destruc¬
tive and Fatal Deluge In His-
tory of that Locality.
With the breaking of dawn Sunday
morning the citizens of Cleveland,
Ohio, awoke to look upon a scene of
unparalleled devastation and destruc¬
tion caused by a raging flood.
While the entire city was more or
less affected, the great volume of rag¬
ing waters vented its anger over miles
of the eastern portion of the city and
caused an amount of damage approxi¬
mated at $1,000,000.
The appalling overflow was caused
by a terrific rain that commenced to
fall shortly after 2 o’clock in the morn¬
ing. It turned into a perfect cloud¬
burst between the hours of 3 and 5,
and then continued with great force
until nearly 10 o’clock. The storm, ac¬
cording to the weather officials, was
the heaviest that ever swept over
Cleveland since the establishment of
the government bureau In the city
over forty years ago.
Fully a dozen of the corpse* were
washed into gutters and had not been
recovered late Sunday night.
The surging waters spread over an
area in the east end nearly eight miles
long and 1 1-2 miles wide. This ex¬
tended from Woodland Hills avenue to
East Cleveland and back to East Madi¬
son avenue. Great volumes of water
poured over from Giddings and Doan
brooks, down Quincy street, swamped
Vienna street, rushed over Cedar ave¬
nue back over on East Prospect street,
rushed like a mill^-ace down Lincoln
avenue to Euclid avenue and then on
to Glen Park place, where houses were
undermned as though built of straw,
and almost incredible damage was
done to streets and property.
Through Glenville the overflow was
terribly destructive. Many houses are
swamped, culverts torn out and sever¬
al streets turned into seething quag¬
mires. The loss in the village is also
estimated at $100,000.
The street railways will suffer an
immense loss, extending in varying de¬
grees over every portion of the city.
The Big Consolidated will have to re¬
build their tracks over different parts
of the inundated east end districts
DETECTIVE VICTIM OF FAKE.
Expected Reward From International
Council of the World.
In a special dispatch to The Atlanta
Constitution from Seattle, Wash., the
International Council of the World is
represented as being the hugest fake
ever organized to fleece the innocent
negroes of th south out of thir earn-
j n g S .
, If the statement from Seattle cor-
I rectly represents the purpose of the or¬
ganization, Detective J. M. Hewitt, of
Atlanta, who claims a reward of $2,-
i 500 from the International Council,
stands no more chance of receiving it
thatn he does of the czar of Russia.
As before stated, Detective Hewitt
wentt o work with a will to earn the
standing reward of the International
; Councilo f the World by bringing to
justice the murderers of Sterling
- Thompson, the WAhiTSuSid aged negro wb<t c aa
-
" h ,n the
** S Oh the officer, the International
Council agreed to pay $500 for the ar¬
rest and conviction of every person
guilty of mob violence. After weeks
of shrewd work, and without assist¬
ance, Detective Hewitt finally brought
about the conviction of seven white
men for the atrocious murder.
The officer received a reward of
$700 for this seYvice from the state.
This amoun, to the mind of the detec¬
tive, was trivial to the reward of the
International Council of the World,
which he felt was already in his grasp
Elated at his success, Hewitt pro-
eeeded to give up the $700 he had re¬
ceived from the state, to expenses in
order to go before the International
Council with his expense account al¬
ready paid.
The cases against the seven Camp¬
bell county men were finally determin¬
ed on August 18th. and the detective
sent his bill for $2,500 to the head*
quarters of the council at Seattle. The
only replies received by him were eva¬
sive on the subject of finances. Doubts
, began to enter his mind at the need¬
less delay. The final revelation came
when the dispatch referred to above
was received by The Constitution.
NO REWARD FOR WINTERS.
Officials of Smelting Works Refuse to
Pay $25,000 to Bullion Thief.
President Ralston, of the Selby
Smelting works, announces that the
reward of $25,000 which was offered
for the arrest and conviction of the
thief or thieves who stole over $300,000
worth of gold bullion on the night of
August 5th, will not be paid as such,
though the detectives and others who
were instrumental In recovering the
treasure and sending the robber, John
Winters to jail, will be liberally com¬
pensated for their services.
Winters was under arrest when the
reward offer was made.
TOILERS CELEBRATE
Bryan Takes Part In Festivities
Of the Day at Kansas City.
SHAFFER IN VAN AI PITTSBURG
In All Sections of the Union the Day
Is Celebrated With Parades,
Speech-Making and
Festivities.
Labor day in Kansas City was mark¬
ed by the largest and most imposing
parade of labor unions ever seen in the
city and by the participation of Wil¬
liam J. Bryan in the procession and
exercises. Eight thousand men march¬
ed through the streets, grouped in
their unions, and each union wearing
a distinguishing uniform. Mr. Bryan,
as orator of the day, occupied a car¬
riage at the head of the line and was
cheered whenever recognized, Tho
pavilion at the park was crowded to
suffocation.
Mr. Bryan took for his text the Bi¬
ble verse, “Muzzle not the ox that
treadeth out the corn.” Among other
things Mr. Bryan said:
“Each decade of our history shows
greater production of wealth and the
men who produce it have less to show
for it. Is this a good condition—a
right condition? The solution of the
problems that confront us is in legis¬
lation, not in legislation for or against
classes, but for equal justice before
law. The strike today is the only
weapon the laborer has, but it is weak
and inefficient.
“If the laboring men were half as
active on election day as they are in
enforcement of their strikes they
would wield a force that would right
the evils which beset them.
“The greatest danger of today is pri¬
vate monopoly. Not that any one
monopoly is worse than others, but the
principle is bad which tolerates any
private monopoly.
“I have heard that the true solution
of the problem is for the laboring men
to divide profits with the trusts. That
has been given as an argument for the
trusts. Such a thing would be im¬
moral and impolitic. It would he like
dividing the spoils of the highwayman.
“I am opposed to government by in¬
junction, not that it is directed espe¬
cially against the laboring man, bnt
that it does away with trial by jury.
It is a menace not only to one class,
but to all. It is within the power of
the laboring man to do away with the
system.” of
Mr. Bryan condemned the action
the South Carolina mill men who for¬
bade their men to celebrate Labor day
or to join unions.
Hosts March at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., was given over to
the “sturdy sens of toil” Monday, who
paraded the streets many thousand
strong in celebration of Labor day.
The interest, owino- *- U- _ _A--•*!£, CL 11121’
. ... .. ds never as great as this
year and in the procession were work¬
men from almost every trade in that
great industrial center. The parade
was started about 11 o’clock and was
in four divisions. The first division
was made up of the Amalgamated
strikers, with President Shaffer in
command. It was one of the largest
divisions and the striking steel work¬
ers were greeted with enthusiasm all
along the route.
The parade was interspersed with
many bands. The best of feeling pre¬
vailed and there was no disorder.
The Day In Cleveland.
Ten thousand laboring men and wo-
men marched through the streets of
Cleveland in the celebration of Labor
day. The International Longshore-
men had 1.200 men in Tine. A num-
her of banners were carried, five of
which read:
“We are fightng a billion dollar
trust!
“We are not on strike, but are in
the t fight’”
“Our spirit of loyalty cannot be
bought!”
“In God we trust; we don’t care for
any other trust!”
“Down with Schwab and Morgan;
long live T. J. Shaffer.’*
Big Parade In Philadelphia.
Labor day was generally observed
in Philadelphia. Business was prac¬
tically suspended and the stock ex¬
change. commercial institutions and
naonicpal departments were closed.
Celebrated at Chicago.
Organized working men in Chicago
and vicinity celebrated Labor day
with numerous picnics and a huge pa¬
rade. Tt is estimated that 25.000
trades unionists and musicians were in
line. Business was generally sus¬
pended to allow full observance of the
day.
Atlanta’s Toilers Celebrate.
Labor day in Georgia's capital city
was rovally celebrated by parade,
speaking and other exercises at Grant
park, and a big ball in the evening
concluded the ceremonies.
DEATH LIST SWELLS GREATLY.
Further Investigation Shows Horror
of Steamboat Explosion More
Appalling than First Reported.
A Philadelphia special says: It
developed Thursday that the result
of the explosion of the boiler on the
steamer City of Trenton, while on the
way up the Delaware river Wednesday
afternoon, was more appalling than
was at first supposed.
In addition to the nine identified
dead there are two charred bodies, be¬
lieved to be those of femals, in the
morgue. They are beyond recognition
and will be buried in potter’s field.
The list of missing has reached
twenty, and will doubtless add many
to the death roll.
Of the thirty-three persons taken to
the hospital, Mrs. Edna Vaa Schoick,
Nightstown, N. J., and Miss Fannie
Keen, Philadelphia, will die.
That there are more victims in the
river is the firm belief of the authori¬
ties, and their failure to find any ad¬
ditional dead is supposed to be due to
the strong current in the river at the
point where the explosion occurred.
Never in the history of the Delaware
river has there been such keen rivalry
between the lines of river steamers
as during this season. Between Phil¬
adelphia and Wilmington the steamer
lines for a time virtually advertised
races between their vessels. . For near¬
ly a w'eek the City of Chester and
Brandywine, on one line, and the Dia¬
mond State on the other, met and
raced to a finish every day. Public
sentiment, however, caused the pa¬
tronage to fall off, and a rule was then
made prohibiting the speed contests.
As to the exact cause of the explo¬
sion nothing is yet known, but an in¬
vestigation is to be conducted at once.
Fire Marshal Lattimer, Coroner Dugan,
the police department and the United
States boiler inspectors will each carry
on an independent investigation, but
little can be known until the survivors
have been examined and a careful in¬
spection of the wiecked steamer shall
have been made.
Many of the passengers who escaped
injury maintain that the City of Tren¬
ton, which was late when she left her
wharf, was racing at her topmost
speed and that if this had not been the
case the accident would not have hap¬
pened. This is partly borne out by
a statement said to have been made
by Assistant Engineer John Chew.
Chew told his wife that he expected to
be killed by an explosion cm the steam¬
er as the company made the engineers
keep up too high a pressure of steam
TURNED BACKS ON SPEAKER.
Exciting Episode In Virginia Constitu
tional Convention at Richmond.
A Richmond, Va., special says: The
remarkable spectacle of a number of
ladies turning their backs on a pub¬
lic speaker addressing his remarks di¬
rectly to them was witnessed in the
constitutional convention Thursday.
The incident caused quite a sensation.
Tfte speaker waB Colonel John C.
Sumarers, the republican member
from Washington county and the most
unique character in the body. Colonel
Summers was speaking iu favor of the
submission of the new constitution to
the entire present electorate of the
state and was very harsh and bitter
in hia denunciation of the democratic
methods in Virginia and of the efforts
being made in the framing of the new
constitution to disfranchise the negro.
Colonel Summers expressed his love
foi the negro and aroused the negroes
in the west gallery, to whom he ad¬
dressed himself directly, to a high
pitch of enthusiasm.
Turning to the east, or white gal-
lery, in which there were many ladies
who sat with hands uplifted' he de
dared that the convention holding it-
self to be sovereign, proposed to dis-
franchise the husbands of some of —e
fairest women in Virginia,
A number of the ladies turned their
backs to the speaker, and ere Colonel
Summers concluded the sentence Mr
Willis, a democrat, with face white
with anger, called him down f^r ad-
dressing the galleries instead of the
convention.
The “Beautiful" In Colorado.
A dispatch from Denver, Col., savs:
Snow fell for an hour in Alpine Pass
Thursday and' was followed by a se-
vere storm.
MOTHER AND BABE MANGLED.
Crushed to Death Under Wheels of
Rapidty^Movtng Trolley Car.
At Birmingham. Ala.. Saturday Mrs.
Fannie McGill, carrying a baby ia her
arms, was run down by a trolley car
and mother and child were mangled
to death, being dragged half a block
under the car.
The accident was witnessed by many
people. John Smith, the regular mo-
torman, and Charles Courson. a learn¬
er, were immediately arrested and
placed in the county jail without bond.
Smith is charged with murder and
Courson with manslaughter.
THIRTY=SIX VICTIMS
W reck on Railroad in Honiara
Most Horrible on Record.
CAUSED BY A RUNAWAY TRAIN
At Lightning Speed Wild Cars Crash
Into Passenger Coaches— Fj re
Complete the Work of Death
and Destruction.
Thirty-six Fives were lost and thir¬
teen persons injured in the wreck oa
the Great Northern railway passenger
train No. Z, at Nyack, 30 miles west
of Kalispell, Mont., Friday night.
The dead are: P. T. Downs, assist¬
ant general superintendent of the
Great Northern lines west of Minot,
North Dakota; K. T. Downs, his son;
Henry Blair, cook aboard the private
car of Mr. Downs; Thirty-three Lcan-
dinavian laborers, names unknown
The inujred: Thirteen Scandi aa
.
vlan laborers, names unknown.
Latest reporta indicate that the
wreck was the worst in the road’s his-
tory and one of the most sanguinary
in the annals of American railroading.
Three of the injured will die and
the others are in. a serious condition.
By heroic efforts fifteen of the bodies
were taken from the wrecked cars.
All the other victims were cremated,
including Superintendent P. L, Dcnvns
and his son, T. K. Downs.
Cause of Disaster..
There is a severe grade near the
scene of the wreck. Two engines had
| taken a train of twenty-eight freight
j cars up this grade and drawn off to
take water. While doing this all the
twenty-eight cars started down the
grade. The runa-way train dashed
down the grade at frightful speed and
crashed into the rear of a westbound
passenger train. No. 3, near the siding
at Nyack.
Superintendent Downs’ private ear
was attached to the passenger train
and next to it was a day coath tM
with railroad laborers fFom Duluth. As
the runaway train sped by the switch
it struck a caboose and day coach on
the siding wrecking them.
Fire immediately started from the
oil lamps in the caboose. The point
where the wild train crashed into the
passenger was several hundred feet
away, and it was two and a half hours
before the flames reached the main
wreck. eMantime frantic efforts were
made to take out the dead and injured.
The wreck was piled high and wedged
into almost hopeless confusion, and in
spite of superhuman efforts the flames
burst through the wrecked cars before
the work was completed.
J. H. Blair, colored cook in Mr.
Downs’ car, was taken out alive, but
died in a few minutes. It was Impos¬
sible to get at the bodies of Superin¬
tendent Downs and his son.
The runaway tore down the hill at j
lightning speed, rounding the most se¬
vere curves at a speed upward of U
miles an hour, where regular trains
barely crawled along. With a roar if 1
burst around the curve, jumped a split I
switch which would have turned it to I
the sid-e track and crashed into the-1
passenger. There was neither time I
nor opportunity for escape. Mr. Downs’ I
car and that of the laborers were!
smashed into kindling wood, the occu-l
pants of the private car meeting in-1
stant death. The wreckage and the I
shingles and lumber of tile freight J I
burned like tinder.
DECLARES FIGHT IS LOST.
Former Vice President Amalgamated
Association Scores Strike Leaders.
Charges that the national officers of
the Amalgamated association had mis¬
represented the attitude of the United
States Steel Corporation toward or¬
ganized labor, in order to get the mem¬
bers of the association out on strike,
were made by former Vice Presidentl
Hickey at a meeting of the Bay Vie*
lodge at Milwaukee Sunday. by Mr j j
The situation, as summed up
Hickey, is that it may take years :o
repair the damage- to the associatioi
which has already been done.
strike is practically lost, he said. *
72 per cent of the mills are worki#
OUR CUBAN TRADE SHORT.
Figures Show That We are Suffere”*
By Radical Changes.
Souse figures relating to the eJP 0 '!
and import trade of Cuba for the fii*
seven months of this year, as cos-
pared with a similar period !& st '
j«3t published by the division of N
stlar affairs, war department, md- u
that radical changes are going oe
;hat trade. United Stars
It is known that the ro'.’H”#
and other North American ■;
are the sufferers from this turn
trade.