7.) . ,— NEW 10111 PRISONS. Assembly Committee Reports Result of Investigation. COMPETITIVE LABOR OVERESTIMATED Q? In the Six Great I’risons of the State the Bulk of Inmates Are Idle, and This Condition Presents a Most Serious Problem. ’ ALBANY, April 27.—-The special‘com- mittee of the assembly on prison lab01 hes submitted its report, of which the following is a synopsis: ' The resolution of the assembly ap- pointing this committee instructed the committee parti..:11.3arly to inquire into the effect of the present system of con- vict labor upon free labor. The report of the committee first discloses that it has carefully inspected the workings of convict labor in the state priSons at Auburn, Clinton and Sing Sing. the E1— 111ira reformatory and the penitentia— ries at Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, New York and Brooklyn. The commit- tee has also taken evidence of all the principal officials of the state connected with the prisons as well as the evidence of a large number of representatives‘of labor organizations at Elmira, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and New York. Upon the result of these inquiries the report of the committee discloses a very remarkable diversity of opinion among the representatives of labor organiza— tions. The report makes a strong showing that the actual amount of competitive labor in the prisons is usually greatly overrated. The conclusion of the com— mittee upon this branch of the inquiry is “that the wage earners of the 'state cannot as a whole have felt to any ap— preciable extent the competition of c011— vict labor as it has been actually car- ried on during the past year.” A considerable amount of space is given to showing tl1e'condition existing in the six great penitentiaries of the state. Their condition is.pronounced by the committee to be the most se1ious problem now presented with reference to the prisons. In most of them the great bulk of the convicts are idle, and no effort seems to have been made by the local authmities to change the sit— uation. The problems connected with the employment of convicts in the peni- tentiaries are very peculiar and ex- tremely difficult. The general conclusions of the com- mittee are: First, that the present sys- tem has not yet succeeded in furnish- ing employment for all the convicts in the state prisons; second, that the financial results are as yet inadequate and unsatisfactory; third, that the la- bor classes of the state are not at pres- ent suffering from the competition of convict labor as the same is carried on in the prisons and penal institutions of the state; fourth, that the unsatis- factory results up to the present time will be in some degree alleviated by greater experience and organization; and that if the present system be carried out faithfully and without in— terference it would demonstrate within a few years the wisdom of those who caused its adoption and would prove a better system of convict labor than has ever before been employed'in this state. 1‘. . The Dreyfus Controx ersy. PARIS, April 27 .—The Figaro’s pub— lication of the evidence of Captain Cuignet before the court of cassation has thrown the antirevision party into consternation. The Eclair and all the anti-Dreyfus papers are boiling with indignation. Sc\eia1 of them suppress altogether the testimony of this ofilcer, whose principal statement w as that the guilt of Dreyfus could be only inferen- tially estabiis ~ed from the secret dos— sier. The G ulcis fallsfoul of the Figaro for its “infamous publication.” The Eclai1 der ounces Captain Cuignet in unmeasmed te1n1s. Captain Cuig- net’s denunciation of Colonel du Paty de Clam as a fOi‘gé‘l' is held to be a com- plete gi\ing away of the case of the general staff. Plovred L'p $1.000 In Gold. CUMBERLAND. Md, April 27.—VV. A. Dorsey, a farm hand employed by Mrs. Ellen Hardman, while plowing on the outskirts of this city, turned up an iron pot containing $1,000 in gold. The spot where the money was found had not been broken for more than half a century. About 60 years ago John Scott, then the wealthiest man in this section, used to collect his rents and concealed the money in the locality where the find was made. Rapid Transit Bill Passed. ALBANY, April 27.—The senate yes- terday passed Senator Stranahan‘s New York city rapid (transit bill. The vote was: Yeas 47; nays,1'——Senator Arm- st1ong. The absentee s were Senators Boyce and Norton. The bill now goes to the assembly for concurrence and will he passed there. The bill as it passed the senate contains the Ford amend- ments suggested by Governor Roose- velt. Asking Help of.Japnnese. LONDON, April 27.-—According to a special dispatch from Shanghai, it is reported there that Aguinaldo’s agents in Japan have issued a strong appeal for Japanese aid and sympathy and are urging Japan to a friendly intervention with the United States. Nebraska Bund'lied Confederates. AUGUSTA, Ga., April 27.—The graves of the Confederate dead were decorated here yesterday with appropriate cere- monies. The parade was headed by the band of the Third Nebraska regiment. Depew Strike Ended. BUFFALO, April, 27,—A\ dispatch from Depew says quiet reigns again in the village. The striking employees with few exceptions have resumed work. An increase of wages has been granted most of the dissatisfied menu Prairie Fires In South Dakota. MITCHELL, S. D., April 27.-—-A prai- rie fire south of here has burned over 35, 000 acres of farm land and is still ' Spreading. Frank Howard and Al Smith lost their lives in an attempt to save prope1ty. Colorado Carpenter- In Luck. DENVER, April 27.—On Monday next the wages of the 500 carpenters in Den- . ver will be increased 50 cents a day, making the minimum day's wage $1 THE’LVENING GAAE'I" l; Dark Cloud That \Long Hung Over the Anglo-Saxon Race Removed. LONDON, April 27.—The Earl of Sel- borne, under secretary, of state for the colonies, addressing a. Conservative mass meeting last evening at St. Al- bans, Hertford, said he thought that if any justification of Lord Saiisbur'y’s. policy were required it was afforded by the present relations between the Unit- ed States and Great Britain. “At a trying time,” said his lordship, “the government preserved their self control and waited for coolness, justice and common sense to reassert them- selves. Now the dark, miserable cloud which so long hung over the Anglo— Saxon peoples has drifted off. It is only a few days since British and American officers and men fell on the same field of conquest. They wele not engaged in fratnicidal strife, but were fighting shoulder to shoulder, and, small though the incident was, it will be of impor— tance in the history of the world.” All must regret, continued Lord Sei— borne, the lamentable cause of the inci- dent, but the only three nations con- cerned were what he might term the “three cousin nations of the world." He remarked that he had no doubt America and Germany in this matter would prove as amenable as Great Britain to the dictates of common sense. ' Good For Both. LONDON, April 27.—The colonial par- ty of the house of commons at a meet— ing yesterday afternoon, Sir Charles Dilke, advanced Radical, member of parliament, presiding, listened to along address made by Mr. John Barrett, for— merly United States minister to Siam, on the relations of America in the Phil- ippine Islands and the British colonies in the far east. Mr. Barrett’s remaiks were of the same ten01 as his speeches at Hongkong and Shanghai recently, showing the effect of the American pos- session of the Philippine Islands to be mutually advantageous to the United States, Great Britain and the far east, although America, he said, could be de— pended upon to compete keenly with Great Britain and Germany and secure from them all the trade possible, mak- ing Manila the base of this competition. The Helxnvare Bribery Case. DOVER, Del., April -7.——Attorney General White has presented to the Kent county grand jury information in regard to the attempted bribery of leg- islators and the tampering with bills before the late legislature. Subsequent- ly the grand jury returned a true bill against Representative Mark L. Davis and two true bills against E. D. C. Hegeman, assistant clerk of the senate. Davis is charged in the indictment with offering a bribe to Assemblyman Lat— tomus to vote for J. Edward Addicks for United States senator. One of the indictments against Hegeman charges him with tampering with what was known as the race track bill and which, when it reached the governor, practi- cally provided for the licensing of horse racing, pool selling and lottery schemes upon the payment of $500. Fighting Still In Samoa. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 27. —Advices just received here from Apia, Samoan islands, dated April 18, report that severe fighting has taken place be- tween large bodies of friendly natives and the rebels. The casualties, it was thought, would not exceed 20, and no Europeans were among the injured. The reports from Samoa contain no men— tion of the arrest of the captain of the German cruiser Falke by Captain Stur- dee of the British cruiser Porpoise. Therefore the story to that effect sent over the wires from Suva, Fiji islands, via Honolulu and Victoria, B. C., was undoubtedly untrue. liey Object to Syrians. SACO, Ma, April 2T.—Five hundred operatives in the cotton mills of the York corporation have petitioned the agent to remove half a dozen Syrians who recently have been engaged as ap— prentices in the weaveroom. The peti— tioners announce that they will strike next \Ionday mo111ing if the objection— able pt 1sons are allow ed to remain. The employment of the Syrians is taken as the beginning of ,a movement to put cheaper help in the mills. Kipling to Sail For England. NE\V YORK, April .7.—Rudyard Kip- ling is to sail for England again on sage on the steamer Cymric of the White Star line. His rooms at Lake- wood, N. J., have been taken until May 7, and after that date it is understood that he will be entertained by friends on Long Island. British Cable Subsidy. LONDON, April 27.——The Times an— nounces this morning that the British government has decided to contribute an annual subsidy to the full amount recommended in the report of the Pa- cific cable committee of 1896 for the construction of a Pacific cable from British Columbia to Australia. Hobart Ab‘le to Sit ['p. WASHINGTON April 27.——Vice Pres- ident Hobart sat up twice during the day and is now able to go from one room to the other on the floor on which his room is located. The physician, however still enjoins consideration of any business matte1s and insists on ab- solute quiet and 1est. Seventy-lirst’s Colonel to Be Tried. ALBANY, April 27.—Governor Roose- velt has announced that he has decided . that Lieutenant Colonel Smith of the 4 Seventy-first regiment must go before a court of inquiry to determine his fit— ness and competency to continue as a commissioned officer of the national guard. W’inter \Vheut Greatly Damaged, TORONTO; April 27.-——Reports receiv- ed by grain men here indicate heavy damage to winter wheat in 'sections east of Toronto. In many cases the crop is a total failure and farmers are plowing up the ground preparatory to planting spring wheat or barley. No Action on Yukon Boundary, OTTAWA, April 27.-—The government i has been advised from the Yukon to al- , low the military contingent to remain l there'pending the settlement of the boundary question. No action has been taken in the matter. 1‘ Weather l‘rnlmllllitiel. l Fair in the interim, showers near the i coast today; fresh easterly winds; prob- , ably fair tomorrow. b . 1 , SALISBURY’S POLICY JUSTIFIED 1 May 24 and has already engaged pas- . EUBAiSNouET PAID Difficulty In Finding Who Are Entitled to Share. ' AMERICAN OCCUPATION DENOUNCED. It Is Claimed There Is No Difference. Betxveen McKinley and Brooke and Sugastn and \Veyler—Mili- tary Government Superfinous. HAVANA, April 27.—General Gomez and the committee of consulting Cuban generals are sending dispatches around the island asking the various subor- dinate commanders to make returns of the number of their men, as it is be- lieved that the rolls submitted contain too many cooks, camp followers and privates who left the army long ago. In the opinion of General Gomez no more than 30,000 are entitled to paY- The delay in making the payment is caused solely by this inability to de- cide as to a proper'division of the 33,1 000,000. Ea1ly in January the military admin- istration forbade the importation and sale of rifles. As a lesult of the o1der such Cubans as were without rifles and equipment were unable to get them. Now, however, it has come to the knowledge of the administration that special efforts in that direction have been made, and no one will be recogniz- ed at the pay table who does not have a rifle. Senor Pablo Desvernine, secretary of finanCe in General Brooke’s advisory cabinet, returned yesterday the decree regarding mortgages, which is not to be issued until telegraphic correspondence with 'Washington ,has settled one or two points now under criticism. La Discusion says editorially: “All appear imbued with a species of insanity. They do not realize the des— tiny planned by the military adminis- tration. For President McKinley the Cubans do not exist, but only Gomez, and Cuban independence now depends solely on President McKinley, who is guided entirely by the American mili- tary commanders in the island, just as Spain was guided by her captains gen— eral. There is no difference between President McKinley and Secretary Ai- ger and Senor Sagasta and Senor Ca- novas; no difference between General Brooke and General Bates and Mar- shal Blanco and General Arolas; no dif- ference between McKinley and Brooke and Sagasta and Weyler." La Lucha denounces the administra— tion of Major General Ludlow, military governor of Havana, as “superfluous." It adds: “It is not too much to say that the government now existing in Havana in- terferes with itself. Senor Mora, the civil governor, does nothing, and he does, not suit General Ludlow, who is not the right man for the place.” A Funlily Murdered. DEXTER, Mo., April 27.—-Mrs. Jane Tettaton, a widow, and four small chil- dren were murdered Tuesday night in their home, near Maiden, 17 miles south of here, and to hide the deed the dwell- ing was set on fire. J. H. Tettaton, her stepson. is under arrest, and the cir- cumstances point to his guilt. Neigh- bors were attracted to the burning house and found the bodies. Tettaton was found in the yard with 13 knife wounds on his head and face. The wounds are trifling. Those who discov— ered him say that he shammed uncon- sciousness. He has told many conflict- ing stories, but now adheres to the statement that two unknown men c0111- mitted the murders and inflicted the wounds on him. New York Honors Senator Frye. NEW YORK, April 27.—The large ballroom of the W'aldorf—Astoria was the scene last night of a dinner which brought together prominent business and professional men of every line of activity to do honor to one who had served the city of New York while serving his country. The guest of honor was William Pierce Frye, United States senator from Maine and chairman of the senate committee on commerce, and it was for his work for the harbor of New York city that his hosts came to— gether to thank him last night. Govern- or Theodore Roosevelt presided at the dinner. State Dnm Curried Away. GOUVERNEUB. N. Y..April 27.—Part of the,big state dam at Cranberry lake has been carried away, and the entire structure is threatened. The part swept away is on the right wing and is not as dangerous as if the break had occurred nearer the center, although the mill owners are very much concerned. Cran- berry is a high reservoir for the Oswe- gatchie river. The stream is terribly stllen by the melting of snow in the Adirondacks, and if the dam should go out great damage will result, with per- haps loss of life. . Mazet Investigation to Go On. ALBANY, April 27.——The Mazet inves- tigation will be continued, and with in- creased authority, as requested by the comm1ttee.-’,‘ he assembly yesterday afternoon adopted the prelimina1y re- po1t of the committee and with it the resolution proposed by the committee and incorporated in the report increas- ing the authority of the committee. The vote onthe adoption of the report was 85 yeas to 62 nays. The committee is given till Feb. 1. 1)00, to finish its work. General Fret Grant Arrives. NEW YORK, April 27,—The United States transport McPherson has arriv- ec“ from San Juan, Ponce and Santiago. Among the passengers were General F. D. Grant, ,wife and staff; General Ken— nedy, president of the insular commis- sion, and staff; Major Rief and a num- ber of the Eleventh and Nineteenth United States infantry and some dis- charged and furloughed soldiers. , Erie. Canal Open. SYRACUSE, April 27.'—— Forty-six boats were cleared from the collector’s office in this city yesterday at the' open- ing of the Erie Canal. Several cargoes of salt were included in the number, but the boats were mostly light and bound for Buffalo for grain and lumber busi- ness. , . Young Miles to Learn War. WASHINGTON, April 27.——G'en'erai Miles visited the White House yester- day for the purpose of consult-rig the president concerning the appointment of the general’s son as a member of next year’ 3 class at W est Paint... 1 1r New' Yiii-k Mai-kit's. FLOUR-State and western quiet and weak; winter patents, $3. 75@4. 20; winter straights, $3. 55@3. 70; Minnesota patents, $3. 90@4. 20; n inter extras, $2. 60@3. WHEAT—No. 2 red opened easy and declined on fine weather and local liqui- dation; May, 76 7—16@77c.; July, 75 15-16 @761120. RYE—Steady; state, 63@64c.; western, 6711/20., f. o. b., afloat. CORN—No. 2 opened easy with wheat, but rallied on a demand from western elevator people; May, 39%@39%c.; July, No. 2 "391/; 39 11-160. OATS—No. ,2. quiet; track, white, state, 35@381,§c.; track, white, western, 35@ 38%c. PORK—Quiet; mess, $8. iIY. $10.50@11. LARD—Easy; prime western steam, $5.50, nominal. BUTTER—Steady; state‘ dairy, 14@ 161/20.: state creamery, 141/2@17c. CHEESE—Easy; large, white, 12c.; small, white, 12%@12%c. EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylva- nia, 131/2@13%c.; western, 13@131/2c. SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining, 4 3-16c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%c.; re- fined firm; crushed, 51340.; powdered, 5%0. TURPENTINE—Firm at 44l/2@45c. MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 32@ 37c. RICE—Firm; domestic, 41/2@7c.; Ja— pan, 5@51/40 'I‘ALLOVV—Easy; city, 4 3-16c.; coun- try, 4%@41/1c. HAY—Steady; shipping, 45@55c.; good to choice, 65@750. 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