SALISBURY ACCEPTS. England Agrees to the Pro— lpOsed Samoan Settlement. NO FURTHER TROUBLE ANTICIPATED. i The Details of theFormation of the' Commission Not Yet Arranged—As- sistant Secretary of State Grid- ler'Muy Represent America. WASHINGTON, April 5.-——L(3rd Salis— bu1y has accepted the plan proposed by Germany for the settlement. of the Samoan trouble by the appointment of a. tripartite commissioner. As the United States has already ac- cepted the general proposition, there is no longer doubt as to the organization of the commission. . It is not believed here that there will be any difficulty in arranging the de- tails of the commission plan for the set- tlement of the Samoan trouble arising from reluctance on the part of the Brit- i'sh government to throw aside the Ber- ' lin treaty. The state department does ‘ not‘ expect' that it will be necessary to go far outside of the lines of that con- vention to secure a satisfactory adjust- ment of the present difl‘iculties. As there appears to be an apprehension that the proposed commission may not be limited in its functions sufficiently .to meet the British ideas, it may be said .that the plan in contemplation safe- guards all essential points. It is pro— posed that the commission shall visit "the islands, make a careful inquiry into existing conditions and then apply such remedial measures as may seem to be necessary to insure tranquillity. It will ‘ lbe distinctly understood that whatever the commission does in that line will ‘be purely temporary in character and subject to the approval of the three :governments party to the Berlin treaty. ' 'WEEKLY A NEW BALLOT LAW. Pennsylvania 15;; Votes to Super- sede the Australian System. HARRISBURG, April 5.—The house passed 'finally yesterday‘the Keator bal~ lot reform bill, which is designed to take the place of the so called Australian law under which the state is now operating. The bill 'was at first defeated, lacking two'votes of the required number, but on a reconsideration it passed, with. five votes to spare. The anti—Quay Repub- licans and Democrats voted for it and had the assistance of a few regular Re— publicans. The measure was drafted by the Penn- sylvania Ballot Reform association. It provides absolute Secrecy in voting. Un- der the proposed law no voter shall have a helper unless he is physically in- capable or unable to read. His helper must first declare under oath, subscrib- ed to, that he will not attempt to influ- ence the voter, but will give him the help he desires and that he will not dis— 2 t ts of the ballot exce t in 1,, . lose the con en p the Kings County penitent1ary authori- a legal p eeding. The bil does away with the circle and the name of the candidate can be printed but once on the ballot for the same office The bill reduces the ballot to one-sixth. its present size and ena- bles the voter to avoid risk of mistake in voting. There is only one way pro- vided to mark a ballot, and that is by putting .a mark opposite the name of each candidate, the candidates being in groups, with party names and appella— tions following them. The bill now goes to the senate, where its fate is uncer- Lain. Michigan Elections. DETROIT, April 4. —Retu1 115 from the election for supreme cou1t judge and two regents for the State university are, slow in coming in, but from those received it is estimated that Grant, the Republican candidate for judge, and : the Republican candidates for regents Then the commission will be expected 1 to frame a scheme for submission to and approval by each of the three pow- ers for the future government of. the is~ lands,‘ involving perhaps some more 01‘ less radical changes in the original Ber- lin treaty. Neither of the three gov- ernments therefore chances the loss of any substantial interest in the Samoan group by accepting this commission plan, and this is probably the explana- ‘tion of the announced acceptance by athe British government of the principle ' of the commission plan. The president has :not yet made a selection of the commissioner who shall represent the ’United States government, but a deci- ? 'sion is expected very soon. He has be— fore him several names of persons who rank high as publicists or as experts .in international practice. Prominent among the latter is Thomas W. Cridler, 'the present third assistant secretary of state, who has been suggested princi- pally because of his thorough familiari- ty with the subject; having made a study of Samoan affairs from the date of the Berlin meeting ten years ago. Another ndme that is under consider- ation is that of Mr. Hem y Adams, who finds his recommendation for prefer- Ament through his f01n1er residence in Samoa and acquaintance with the hab- its of the people and. his scholarly quali— . 1es. will be elected by more than 20 000 plu- rality. G1 ant s majority has undoubted- ly been cut down by the wa1 fare 11 aged against him by the labO1 unions on ac- count of hi.é antiboycott decision. Iowa. Miners 1¥iil Strike. DES' MOINES, AD 11 5.—~At a mass meeting of the miners of the central district of Iowa yesterday afternoon it was voted to order a strike to take ef- fect at once. The decision involves 2,000 miners. Operators are firm in refusal to raise the scale. Saving the Norseman. MARBLEHEAD, Mass, April 5.——T'he tugs succeeded in moving the stranded steamer Norseman 62 feet during yes- terday’s trials. About 125 tens of mer- chandise was taken out. including $90, - $00 worth of indigo which was in good tondition. Smallpox Increasing. NORTH TONAWANDA. N. Y., April 5. -—Three more cases of alleged smallpox were discovered yesterday in this city. They have not been officially. reported yet. The disease is spreading, but only in a light form. To Count Alaskans. WASHINGTON, April 5.—-The direct- me of census have appointed Sam C. Dunham special agent to tale the cen- sus of 1101 thern Alaska. undid Customs Statement; WASHINGTON, April 5,—Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn has given out for publication a statement of cus- toms receipts for the islands of .Cuba and Porto Rico for the first two months of 1899'. According to the reports‘re- ceived by the secretary, the receipts for the island of Cuba for January were $1,061,632; for February, $957,600; total for two months, $2,109,231. The receipts from Porto Rico for January were $119,- ,661; for February, $74,015; total for two months, $193,676. The receipts from the port of Havana for March were $887,- 128, being high water mark for Ha- vana. More Work Wanted For Prisoners. ALBANY, April 5.—The state prisan commission has been called upon by the authorities of Sing Sing prison to pro— vide additional markets for the prod- ucts of the prison industries. There is not now sufficient work to keep all the convicts employed. This condition was brought about mainly by the action of ties in establishing a broom industry to supply the street cleaning department of G1 eater New York. Shutter Ordered ,to Washington. SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.—General Shaffer received the following telegram from Washington: “Major General Shatter, commanding the department of California—Secretary of war desires that you proceed at,once to Washington and report as witness to'recorder, court of inquiry,"sitting here.” General Shaf~ ter, accompanied by his aid. Captain E. H. Plummer, left for Washington last night. Wilson an Old Timer. BOSTON, April 5.—James Wilson, who, with two other men, was arrested a week ago on charges of larcenies here and of a diamond robbery in Brockton, has been identified as an ex—convict. having served five 'years for burglary in the Connecticut state plison. He was kno11 11 there as Hemy May, but his right name is James Allen. He has served time in this state. ' A Stea‘mer Cupsizes. EUREKA, Cal., April 5.—The steamer Chilkat, with six passengers and/a crew of 13, capsized on the bar yesterday as she was leaving the harbor on her trip to San Francisco. Four passengers and six of the crew were drowned, the other nine persons escaping with the aid of crews from the life saving station and the steamer Northfork. The Bishopric Accepted. NORFOLK,' April 5.——Rev. James Bowen F. Unsten, rector of Trinity church, Portsmouth, who was elected bishop of Boise City by the college of bishops in. Washington last November and declined the honor, has reconsider- ed the matter and yesterday announced his acceptance of the bishopric. Assistant Commissioner Appointed. ALBANY, April 5.—Ebenezer J. Pres— ton of. Amenia has been appointed as- sistant commissioner of agriculture for the Third district at an annual salary of $1,500 by State Commissioner of Agricul- ture W'ieting. \Venthcr Probabilities. Fair ’Wedncsday; 132.11 and Warmer Thursday; fresh northerly winds. 4' NORWA LR DALY AGAIN TESTIPIES. lie Reiterates His Former State- ments About Army Beef. WASHINGTON, April 5.—The army nourt of inquiry yesterday again heard Dr. Daly in regard to the character of beef furnished for the army during the late war. He reiterated his former statements, paid his respects to the war commission and declared that the re- frigerator beef smelled like a cadaver after it had been embalmed. Dr. Nico- demus of Philadelphia, who saw service in Porto Rico, corroborated this testi- mony, comparing the smell of the beef to the odor about a dissecting room. Dr. Daly was accompanied to the aourt by his attorney, Hon James Ham- ilton Lewis. Several .other witnesses were also examined. . , During the session MajOr Lee present- ed a letter from Armour & Co. of Chi-. eago, which had been filed in connection with their bid to supply beef for the Santiago campaign, but it was not read. The letter was explanatory of the bid and stated that the firm would be able to preserve beef for 72 hours, the time required, by the use of the Powell pre- servative process. The day also brought out a proposi- tion from General Miles to supply the court with the names of a large num- ber of witnesses and that he had in February offered the official reports of 147 officers as testimony, but that the court had not indicated its acceptance of them. Vanderbilt-Fair Wedding. NEW YORK, April 5.—Mr. William Kissam Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss Vir- ginia Fair were united in marriage at noon yesterday at the residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street. The ceremony, impressively per- formed in the conservatory, according to the ritual of the Roman Catholic church, of which the biide is a devotee, .was followed by a wedding breakfast given to the young couple by Mrs. Oel— richs. With the departure of the couple by special t1 am for Idle Hour, the coun- try seat Of the groom’s father at Oak- huist, N. Y. ended the scenes Of what by general consent is regarded as the chief event of the social season. The Iiaiser’s Outing. LONDON, April 5.—Truth says that Emperor William of Germany will be accompanied to Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the yachting week by the empress and Princes William and Eitel Fred- erick. His majesty, live on board his yacht, but the empress and her sons will be the guests of Queen Victoria at Osborne. The visit will probably last 12 days, when the im- perial yacht Hohenzollern will proceed to Aberdeen, and the empress will land there and spend a few weeks at Aber~ geldie castle, which the queen has of- fered to place at her disposal. -__-_...\..- Twenty-seven 'I'lmcs u. - ..-..-_- ANDERSON, Ind., April 4.—Riley Shepard became a father for the twen- ty-seventh time on Sunday night and now lays claim to Indiana records. All of the children are alive and are a har- dy lot. The family is somewhat a puz— zle in names. There are, for instance, three Johns. 11, there is a John. Jr., and the third, it is added, will- (1 A znr‘i‘n. I--<.'- “- .. V .. ,. Philadelphia Has avNew' Mayor. PHILADELPHIA, April 4.——Samuel H. Ashbridge, for many years coroner of this city, was inaugurated mayor of Philadelphia. yesterday. After the ad- ministration of the oath Mayor Ash- bridge delivered‘his address. He devot- ed considerable attentio .to the water question, which. he te ed “this - all overshadowing subject," and said the most important item in the proposed $11,200,000 loan was that of $3,700,000 for the extension and improvement of the water supply. The new mayor also pointed out the necessity of a 30 foot channel from this city to the sea and said.his policy would be to encourage every movement toward the increase of the commerce of this port. Tanimnni’s Presidentinl‘Ticket. NEW YORK. April 4.—The Herald this morning says: “Tammany Hall is thinking today of a presidential ticket, and all~its most influential members, from Richard Croker down, will await with eagerness the result of the mayor- alty election in Chicago. If Carter H. Harrison is re-elected mayor, then, ac- cording to the best informed men in Tammany, the ticket that will be offer— ed in opposition to Bryan in the next national convention will be: For presi- dent, Augustus Van Wyck of New York; for vice president, Carter H. Harrison of Illinois.” 'Return of Cuban Troops. WASHINGTON, April 5. -—-General Brooke has been notified to suit his con~ venience regarding the sending home of volunteers remaining in Cuba, and he may retain them until the payment of $3,000.000 to- the Cuban soldiers is ef- fected. Major Bellinger, quartermaster at Savannah. has reported to the de- partment that there are no facilities at Sapelo for receiving and quartering troops and that the conditions there are not fit for the landing of the large num- ber of troops which it is contemplated to bring to thatpoint. To Stop Check Collection Charges. ALBANY, April 5.——The committee on banks of the assembly will today report favorably George T. Kelly’s clearing house bill, which provides that no bank- ing corporation or banker shall become or remain a member of any association or combination wherein the member- ship rules require them to charge for the collection of checks or drafts draWn and to be presented or paid within the state under penalty of forfeiture of its charter. Naval Militia. Funds. WASHINGTON, April 5.—The navy department has almost completed the allotment of funds for the naval militia organizations of the various states. >There is this year available for all of file organizations the sum of $60, 000, (1 this will be distributed among them 1 on the basis of the number of petty of- ficers and enlisted’men' actually in serv- ice. . The Vice President Worse. WASHINGTON, April 5.——Vlce Presi- dent Hobart is not progressing as satis- factorily as was hoped for, and last night he was not as well as usual. A I disagreeable cough is giving him the The oldest iS'called John ' Worst annoyance, and he is unable to throw it off. Ex-Sec-retary Sherman is gaining steadily and is able to sit up ~ -—-n ,,.,.___ n.. - -.~ -- ~ .._ .. . ._. . —- «1Tb...- 7HE,SUDAN BRIDGE AWARD. British Bidder Was Too Slow as“! Feels Disgruntled. PHILADELPHIA, April _4.—W. P. Roberts of the Pencoyd Iron works. successful bidders for the contract to build a bridge over the Atbara river, in the Sudan, when shown the statements of Mr. Rigby of the English bridge- building firm of Rigby & Westword, who were competitive bidders, said: “Of course the English firms feel'vex- ed at our successful bid fer work in what they regard as their own territo- ry. Nevertheless, I am rather surprised at the view taken by Mr. Rigby, and it shows ignorance of American resources. " “I scarcely need say that there was nothing underhanded about our secur- ing the contract. We assuredly had no specifications in advance or any ad: ,vantage over English firms. But Mr. Rigby’s remark that no firm could turn out a bridge of the size needed in the time we have will make American bridgebuilders smile. ' “Instead of preparing the work in seven weeks we could have done it in seven days if absolutely necessary. That is all I can say upon the subject. Englishmen require too much time for thinking in the bridgebuilding busi- ness." CONDENSED DISPATCHES. The American Potteries trust has col— lapsed. V The past winter has been exception- ally’ mild in the Klondike. A heavy snowstorm was reported in progress over Iowa, Kansas'and Mis— souri. The Two Hundred and First New York regiment was mustered out at Greenville, S. C. Mme. Adele Mialaret Michelet, widow of the French historian, Jules Michelet, is dead “in Paris.- Senator Depew signed a lease for the W. W. Corcoran house on Lafayette square, Washington. The New England cotton mills ad- vanced wages an average of 10 per cent, between 130, 000 and 140, 000 hands being affected. The supreme court of the United I States decided that war revenue taxes on boards of trade and stockyard trans— actions were legal. Senators Depew and Platt called on the president in regard to an appraiser to fill the vacancy caused by the dec- lination of Congressman Sherman. Jones \Vins In Toledo. TOLEDO, April 4.—Yesterday was a perfect election day, clear and cool, and the large registration was fully brought out. Returns seem to show that the regular Republican ticket, except fer mayor, has been elected by a close vote. _ The Jones management has heard un— officially from nearly every precinct in the city, and they give Jones, inde- pendent, a plurality of 5,000. The Astors at Niagara. NIAGARA FALLS, April 4.—William Waldorf Astor, John Jacob Astor and .' Miss Astor of London and L. T. 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