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No 14,861.
WASHINGTON, JD. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1900-SIXTEEN PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
A BCIIVEU AXIOM.
Money spent in continu
ous advertising in the daily
press draws interest that is
compounded daily.
Striking Miners Will Accept Offer
of the Operators.
THERE MAY BE SOME HAGGLING
This Week Will Probably See Last
of the Trouble.
THE MEN ARE STILL OUT
Bpe. ial From a Staff Correspondent.
SCRANTON, Pa.. October 15.?Notwith
standing surface indications to the con
trary. there is every reason to believe that
the great coal strike will be declared ott
by the end of this week and that the men
will go to work under practically the orig
inal offer of the operators of a 10 per cent
advance.
It may be stated now that the labor lead
ers have at no time expected better terms;
that in the circumstances they were satis
fied with these terms, and that for two
vteks their whole aim and object has been
to bring the miners around to their way of
thinking.
They succeeded partially in this object, in
the action of the convention. The resolu
tions adopted were skillfully drawn to per
mit further moves in the direction which
the leaders have in view. The next few
days will be devoted to gradually letting
the situation down to the basis of the oper
{?tors' original offer, upon which they still
insist.
When the convention assembled h?re last
f riday it was known to some that the
labor leaders were intent upon the one pur
pose ,,f meeting the offer of the operators.
President .Mitchell denies the existence of
an agreement to accept it. However that
may lie. acceptance was the goal of com
mon effort It was explained in The Star's
"is]>at<-hes the sentiment of the con
vention threatened to upset the leaders'
plans. An influential element among the
tielegates was intent upon making demands
which would be impossible of fulfillment.
I-or two days the leaders played the m?n
along, handling them with consummate
w. i bM ?'; ,a nlng from the convention
wide latitude ot power to act.
Kettlenient Left to the Leaders.
To all Intents and purposes. President
Mitchell and the executive committee have
carte blanche to settle this strike. Unless
unforeseen circumstances, absolutely be
y-nd human ken. interfere, this power will
b. exercised this week to settle on vir
tually the operators' original terms".
When i: Is ;.|| over it will l*> found that
the labor leaders have accomplished a
great deal for the United .Mine Workers'
organization. After all. one of the princi
pal oi.jects of the strike was the upbuilding
Oi he union in the anthracite region. Years
0 patient effort in the bituminous region
wkihT'V;" 'n th(\ "ro;,:i"n "f *
u , Ke marvel of the labor world.
It nee.led. however, to be perfect to have
the co-operation of the anthracite reirlon.
1 reorganizing the union here the labor lead
ers have been successful beyond their wild
est hopes.
The prestige of a successful strike and
an advance of lo per cent will facilitate the
growth of the union during the winter and
make it easy for a big strike in April to
secure other concessions which might be
waived at this time.
whleh"im ,f?und that this is the argument
t ,1 2 , ".la',e to reconcile the miners
h oi sjet,lement of the present strike,
r.illCev?W avS of th*lr grievances
still existing and unrtdresscd.
It is yet a little vague how the final
wind-up will be accomplished. It is proba
ble. however, that the executive committee
aid President .Mitchell will direct the
miners to return to work on the lo per cent
basis, and that the workmen in each mine
confer with the operators through commit
tees. t are will be taken to have these
committees consist largely of miners who
are members of the union.
An Interesting Situation.
The situation Is interesting in some of Its
features today. On the one hand the
miners are Jubilating, thinking they have
gained a victory in most of their griev
ances. There are the labor leaders holding
out for an imaginary list of concessions
and the operators vowing stoutly that they
will not concede. J
\et all the time it is known that negotia
tions are proceeding steadily for the ac
c.ptance of the operators' original offer,
the reference of other grievances to future
<onten n. es between the men and their em
ployes and the resumption of work al
most on a day fixed. There will have to bo
a Ini.v nwr.. blurting on both sides, pemaps I
some hitches in the program in the --ase of
individual collieries, but if the great coal I
strike is, not at an end by the close of this
week it w,l be a surprise to men who are
familiar with the progress of negotiations !
N. O. .M. ' ;
>?> XOTIt'K OK MINERS* action.
Olfleinln of I onl Itoadx Decline to 111*
cux* Strike.
N*i:W YORK. October l.".,-So far as could
be learned up to noon today the executive
offic rs of the big coal-carrying railroads
here had received no '?oflUial" notice of the
a. Hon taken by the United Mine Workers'
I nlon .it the Sirantoti convention last Sat
urday.
Pr. sident Truesdale of the Delaware.
I. ckawann.i and Western road said today
that he had nothing to give out concerning
the pi i-'eedings of the miners' convention.
He declined to say whether or not the reso
lutions or the convention would be laken
under consid. ration by his road.
The independent operators seem to be
waiting for some action on the part of the
roa roads. While they all refused to be
u??t?Mi a operator expressed th*
opinion today that matters were now in a
lair way towartl atljustment.
PHILADELPHIA. October 1.*,.-Repeated
unsuccessful efforts were mad.- today to
obtain from officials of the Philadelphia
and Reading foal and Iron Company an
expression of opinion on the action of the
mine workers' convention at Scranton The
Reading company produces over _'o IK-r cent
? r the total anthracite tonnage, and conse
quently is most seriously concerned in the
slldlng-scale proposition.
At the office of President Harris Private
Secretary Oberteuffer stated that Mr Har
ris l,a(j studious^ avoided any discussion
or the conditions announced by the strik
ers. and that when ready he would doubt
less make a statement concerning the com
pany s intentions.
I he report or R. C. Luther. gt neral sup
erintendent of the Reading ?<)llieries. stat
ed today that the conditions in that district
ar> pi actu ally the snme as have existed
during the past ten days.
TIE-IP REMAINS COMPLETE.
not a Colliery Heauiuerf W?rk In the
Shamokln Keiclon.
SHAMOK1N, Pa., October l.Y?Not a col
liery resumed operation In this portion of I
the coal region this morning. While miners
generally think the terms of the convention
will be accepted by operators and coal-car
rying companies, operators hereabouts in
Bist that so far as they are concerned they
will not, unless forced to by the coal-carry
ing companies, ?ign an agreement to pay
10 per cent. The Shamokin and Mount
Carmel delegations returned from Scranton
last night. George Hartleln, secretary of
District No. 9, made this statement:
"The terms, I believe, will be accepted
by operators* giving their approval through j
newspapers and notices posted about the
collieries. Miners will not go to work un
til President Mitchell declares the strike off
officially. Big demonstrations will be held
throughout the region on the day previous
to work being renamed. I think the col
lieries will be working before next Satur
day. Companies will take up the griev
ances with their own employes and redress
them while work is going on."
SITUATION AT HAZLBTON.
Few Colllrrlpa at Work With Short
Handed Cffw*.
HAZLETON. Pa.. October 1.1.?The fifth
week of the coal miners' strike oj>ened qui
etly. The few co'.lieries that have contin
ued in operation since the strike was in
auguratd are working as usual today with
the same number of men they had in the
mines last week. Not one of the collieries,
however, is working full handed. The Cran
berry mines of A. Pardee & Co. have more
men at work than any of the few other
mines still in operation. The company
claims to have more than half of its men at
work.
Two crowds gathered this morning, one
at No. 40 shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company, In this city, and the other at
the Cranberry mine, on the outskirts of
the town, but they dispersed before daylight
without causing any trouble.
The march planned for this morning to
the PantheT Creek valley, where a majority
of the mines are still in operation, was
called off on account of rain.
President Mitchell will return from Soran
ton this afternoon.
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AMKHK ANS AMI JEWS HAHRED.
Provision* In Will of .1. B. Clayton, an
EnKllohman.
I .ON DON, October 15,-The will of J. B.
Clayton, the son of the late member of par
liament of that name, has just been pro
beted. "By it he leaves his two daughters
a fortune of ?144,000 with the curious pro
vision that the money is only to be payable
it* they attain the age of thirty-five years
without marrying either a citizen of the
I'nited States or a Hebrew. The reason for
this proviso is not given.
EMPRESS FREDERICK ILL..
II ii? Heart Trouble and Secondary
Catarrh of LunK".
HOMBURG, October 15.?An official bulle
tin issued today says: "The Dowager Em
press Frederick has been suffering for some
time from neuralgic pain, causing exhaus
tion and acute weakness of the heart, fol
lowed by secondary catarrh of the lungs,
still continuing with increased temperature
and irregular pulsations. There is no pres
ent danger, but a recurrence of the weak
ness would be the cause of imminent dan
ger."
Bulletins have hitherto not been issued,
at the request of the patient.
SENATOR H ANN A OFF ON' TOl R.
He Will Make Speeche* Throughout
the Northwest.
CHICAGO, October 13.?Chairman Hanna
of the republican national committee start
ed on his tour of the northwest today. He
was accompanied by Senator Frye of Maine.
Mr. Dolliver of Iowa, a brother to Senator
Dolliver. and other?. The party will travel
on a special train and make the first Im
portant stop at Waukesha, Wis., about 3
o'clock this afternoon.
From Waukesha the party will move on
to Madison for a night meeting. Instead of
remaining there until morning the special
train will proceed to Stillwater, Minn.,
where Senators Hanna and Frye will begin
the second part of their tour. The itinerary
includes four or five stops in Minnesota.
More time and attention will be given to
South Dakota than to any other state in the
list to bf visited. Senator Hanna could
not say at just how many places he would
be expected to make a talk in South Da
kota, but thought he would practically
cover that commonwealth from one end to
the other. His principal meetings, how
ever, will be at Sioux Falls and Pierre.
Except Omaha, he could not say where
the Nebraska committee would send him in
Mr. Bryan's state.
The start in South Dakota will be made
at Watertown Tuesday evening.
ALL IN ACCORD WITH FRANCE.
Though Krrmany Ha* Only Given
Verbal Aitent to Note.
PARIS, October 15.?Germany Is the only
power which has not replied formally to
France's note on China, though she has
verbally accepted its terms:
Japan's answer, received today, accepts
the proposals, retaining only one condition.
This refers to the permanent prohibition of
the importation of arms. While agreeing
with the principle, Japan offers suggestions
as to how the prohibition can be best ac
complished.
A dispatch received at the French for
eign office from Hankow, dated October 13,
says the Chinese court arrived at Sian-fu
October 12.
MISS GAST STILL AWHEEL.
Hud Only ISO Mile* More to Go at G
O'clock.
NEW YORK, October 15.?With only a
few brief stops for food, Miss Margaret
| Gast continued all night her record-break
ing 2,000 mile ride through the slushy roads
of the Valley Stream, Long Island, coui%e.
At o'clock this morning there remained
[ only 150 miles to complete her task, and In
a continuous ride today, snatching what
food she may while still awheel, and wlth
j out a pause for rest, she expects to com
plete the 2,u00 miles by 0 o'clock tonight.
At 6 o'clock this morning Miss Gast rest
ed an hour and ate an unusually hearty
breakfast.
Her bill of fare consisted of beef tea,
bread and butter, steak, sweet potatoes,
winding up with a bottle of aie.
Allowing half an hour to digest this solid
meal, she again mounted her wheel.
Robert* Compliment* Rnller.
PRETORIA. October 15.?Lord Roberts,
in an army order announcing the return of
General Buller to England, thanks Sir Red
vers for his great services while he was
commander-in-chief of the British forces
in South Africa and for the ability with
I which he carried out the operations while
serving under Lord Roberts, which, the
order declares, "resulted in the collapse of
the Boers in the eastern Transvaal."
N'o Ven* of Peary's Ship.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., October 15.?The seal
lug steamer Kate, which has just visited
Cumberland Inlet with supplies for the
American whaling station there, reports
that nothing has been seen or heard of the
Peary steamer Windward. Hope of her
return this fall is now practically aban
doned.
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?Need Kot Pay Tsx.
By a late decision of the Russian imperial
council, members or employes of foreign
firms, when traveling In Russia for the pur
pose of purchasing goods, do not come un
der the trade-license act and need not pay
any tax. Vice Consul General Hanauer at
Frankfort, Germany, says the bureau of the
German-Russian Association in Berlin has
recently made an amioa^iefnent to that ef
fect.
MR. BRYAN AT CANTON
Imperialism Was the Subject of His
Remarks There.
REFERS TO MOTTO ON CANNON
Mayor Jones and Mr. Monnett
Traveling With Him.
TAKES THEM AS TEXTS
CANTON. Ohio. October 15,.?There were
important accessions to the Bryan train
here before It left Akron this morning.
These consisted of Mayor Jones of Toledo
and former Attorney General Monnettt
Both joined the party upon the Invitation
of Mr. Bryan, and it is understood that
Mayor Jones will continue with the presi
dential candidate on his New York tour.
Mr. Bryan spent the n'ght on the Ram
bler. his sleeping car, and he did not emerge
from his stateroom for almost an hour af
ter the train had pulled out of the Akron
station at 7 o'clock.
The first stopping point was Canton, the
home of the Nebraskan's rival for the pres
idency. This place was on the itinerary
only conditionally, and when Mr. Bryan
was told that he could have a stop there of
five minutes if he so desired, he replied
simply that whether he should speak or not
should depend upon whether there was any
crowd at the station.
Mr. Bryan had Just sat down to breakfast
when the point was reached. As the train
drew into Canton there were cheers and a
good-sized crowd was there to meet Mr.
Bryan He was received with cheers and
made a four or five-minutes' speech, refer
ring pleasantjy to the President, and saying
that if he should not be re-elected he could
always be an ex-President, as the "ex ' was
a title that once earned could always be
held.
Mr. Bryan'a Speech In Canton.
Folowing is the full text of Mr. Bryan's
Canton speech:
"I believe that this stop is not on the pro
gram. and I am only here for a moment.
You are so accustomed here to seeing pres
idential candidates that another candidate
is no curiosity. I suppose some of you in
1MMJ voted for your home candidate as a
matter of local pride, but now you can say
that Canton is the home of a President,
and if the election goes our way it will
always be the home of an ex-President, be
cause that title 'ex' is one of those perma
nent titles that a man never loses, if any
one insists that the President deserves a
second term you can reply that one term is
enough where a President does well and
too much where he does not do well, "i ou
have here in your city a cannon, 1 believe,
that was presented to you as a trophy of
the war It was the cu%tom in earlier days
for cannon to bear mottoes, and your can
non has inscribed upon it , 'Mara Vltima
Ratio Regium,' which means that war Is
the last reason of kings. Charles Sumner,
in his oration on the true character of na
tions, delivered at Boston July 4. 1H44. re
ferred to this motto and said: 'Let it be
no reason of this republic.'
"I hope that you will not merely from
the possession of that cannon be led to be
lieve that war is a thing to be desired. It
ought to be further away from a republic
even than from a monarchy, because in a
monarchy the government rests upon force
and has frequent occasion to resort to
force.
I.lttle Restraint on Kill**.
"A king is not always restrained by those
consideration!! which would restrain the
people of a republic. In a country like this
where the government rests upon the con
sent of the governed, and where justice is
thfc rule between this government and other
governments as well as between the people,
there ought to be less necessity for war.
In fact, I believe that if this nation will
stand upon its rights and be as careful to
respect the rights of other people as it is
to defend its own there will be little use
of war. If this nation will obey the com
mandment Thou shalt not steal' it will
have little difficulty in enforcing tnat com
mandment in tho*- places where this na
tion is a protector. The American idea of
a protectorate is different from the Euro
pean idea. Under a European protectorate
the protector plunders the protected. Ac
cording to our theory the protector has to
give the strength of the protector to its
ward without making the ward the victim
of the protector, and so we believe in the
faraway Philippines that this nation can be
a protector as it has been in the South
American republics, and without governing
the people ourselves. We can say to the
world, 'Hands ofT. and let that republic
live and work out its destiny.' . t ..
"That Is our theory, and we feel that it
is a significant fact that the republican
party has planted itself upon the Europ-an
doctrine that you must own a country in
order to be of service to it. at the same
time that it plants itself upon the Kuto
pean colonial idea.
SuKKfRtion to He|inbllcanM.
"You will probably find In your town a
few people who will support the republican
Idea of the colonial policy, but I suggest
that when you find a republican who is
willing to support the colonial idea you ask
him to show his sincerity by sending a peti
tion to the President asking him to apolo
gize to Great Britain for the trouble we
made her before we learned of the blessings
of this colonial system, for if the republi
can party is right today in administering
colonies, taxing them without representa
tion, and governing them without their
consent, then the colonists were wrong 1 ?
years ago when they asserted that these
principles were wrong. We are in Ohio for
a few days, and I am glad to be given a
chance to present our side of this flues, ion
to the people of Ohio, and I trust ihat
when the election is held the results will
show that even in Ohio, despite the local
influence here, despite the residence of the
President and the residence of the chairman
of the republican national committee, the
returns will show that a great contest be
tween the European idea of force and the
American doctrine of government by con
sent, Ohio will be on the side of the United
States instead of on the side of Europe."
At Mineral Point there was also a brief
stop which was not on the schedule. At
that place Mr. Bryan asked Mayor Jones
and Mr. Monnett to come to the car plat,
form, and then pointed to them as speci
mens of men who were being driven from
the republican party by its policies.
He asked his hearers to look at them and
to then ask themselves whether these poli
cies are Buch that they could remain with
the party.
Gold ComlniK From South Africa.
NEW YORK, October 15.?It is announced
that the National City Bank has engaged
$2,500,000 gold for Import.
Officials of the bank said that the gold
had been secured in South Africa and rep
resents the first output of the mines of that
country since the breaking out of the Boer
war
Paincnseri Booked for Oeeaalr.
LIVERPOOL., October 15.?Among those
who have booked passage on the White Star
line steamship Oceanic, which sails from
this port on Wednesday, via Queenstown,
for New York, are Marshall field of Chica
go, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay of New
York, the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage and
Mrs. Talmage and Clssle Laoftus.
"BEWARE OF CHEATS'
Gov. Roowvelt's Warning to the
Democrats in Kentucky,
REFERS TO PAST ELECTIONS
He Has Ljtrge and Enthusiastic
Audience at Lexington.
TALKS AT OTHER POINTS
LEXINGTON, Ky, October 15.?Second
only to the reception at Louisville was that
extended to Gov. Roosevelt In this city,
where the first atop was made today. Ap
parently everybody -In Lexington was at
the depot or at the speaker's stand In front
of the court house. Expressions of wel
come were limited only by the crowd's
ability and the facilities for making noise.
When Gov. Roosevelt spoke he was given
the closest attention. He was introduced
by former Representative W. C. P. Breck
inridge and by ex-Controll?r M. J. Dur
ham, who served during Cleveland's tlrst
administration.
A feature of the demonstration was a
parade In which was several hundred
Rough Riders. The governor said, in part:
"In a sense this Is peculiarly a state con
test In Kentucky, but no contest for the
fundamental rights of manhood can be
merely a state contest. Last year you
elected a legislature to choose a senator,
and saw a legislature that had not been
elected choose a different senator, and
there the nation comes in with its rights.
I hope and believe that the upper house,
like the lower house, will decide that no
man shall be admitted to sit within its
walls whose election was attended with
fiaud and with a threat against the rights
of the people.
Real Danger of Imperial lam.
"The danger of imperialism in this coun
try comes trom ourselves If we do wrong.
Never will we see our government fall un
less we connive at and condone the out
rages upon the ballot, that corruption of
the franchise which puts in power against
the will of the people those w>ho sit In of
fice and denrive the office of the men hon
estly elected to sit there. 1 want to speak
especially to those democrats who still re
main under the influence of a party name
that has lost all Its significance. At pres
ent your leaders are persuading you to fol
low them <>n the ground that they have
cheated others out of your interest. Your
party leaders who cfteat for your Inter* st.
if it agrees with their intereffta will cheat
you as they have previously cheated their
foes."
At Winchester there vat another crowd,
which escorted Gov. Roosevelt to a stand
near the station. lie spoke briefly and was
repeatedly cheered.
Short stops were -made at Mt. Sterling, a
mining town, and at M<X?head.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the train left the
latter place for A?hland. ;
MONEY CHANGERS' CHANCE
SPECl L,AT1I)\ IN MIW;l) t'IKREM'Y
IJI PEKIV.
EnKlUh Coin Ho* Preference?General
Chaffee and If In Troop*
in High Favor.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PEKIN, September 15.?A money changer
with a few thousand doilars' capital could
make a fortune here in the ccvfrse of a few
weeks under present conditions. Coins and
bank notes of all nations float around and
are generally accepted by everybody. The
Mexican dollar, which Is the coin of com
merce in China, generally goes in ordinary
times at the rate of two for one American.
Now. however, for ari American five-dollar
gold piece you get twplye, while, on the
other hand, for an English sovereign, which
is not worth as much as a five-dollar gold
piece, you get fourteen. The reason of this
is that the sovereign Is the best-liked coin,
and the Japanese and Indian soldiers are
anxious for gold. At the prize fund sale
of loot which takes place dai'.y at the Brit
ish legation Col. Scott T. Moncrieff, the
presiding officer, takes in coin and bills of
almost every civilized power and has a reg
ular list of exchange "oased on the value of
Mfxican dollars, in which coinage the bid
ding takes place. The price of lump silver
Is going down, partly because men with
large amounts endeavoring to leave have
had their silver seized by the military pow
ers and a demand made as to where they
obtained It.
Praise for American Troop*.
In a campaign llks the present, where
the troops of so tnany nations have met
and watched one another's peculiarities and
characteristics, the conduct of the troops
of any one nation as a whole is especially
Interesting to watch, and America can
proudly boast that the men representing
her in rhina have proved themselves the
equal. if not the superior, of any troops in
China.
The unexampled conduct of jWricrlcans
has given General Coaffee an influence at
the meetings of generals which are held
every day ahead of that of any other gen
eral. It Is not disparaging to either Gen
eral Chaffee's hard common sense, which,
according to other generals, has helped
them solve many a knotty problem, nor his
personal popularity, tioth among the diplo
mats and the generals, but it la unquestion
able that his influence has been greatly In
creased through being the leader of a body
of men who have distinguished themselves
not only In the face of the enemy, but
equally so as against the temptations that
exist in a city like Pektn under existing
conditions.
It is also said among foreign officers that
the workings of the adjutant general's
office of the Americans Is much quicker
and much more satisfactory than that of
any other nation, and probably the best
known and liked offieer of the American
officers among foreign officials, with the
exception of General Chaffee, Is his adju
tant general, Captain Hutchinson of the 6th
Cavalry.
Inarham and Hewitt Disbarred.
PHILADELPHIA October 15.?Ellery P.
Ingham, former United States district at
torney, and Harvey K. Newitt, his law
partner and assistant, were today disbarred
from the United States circuit court by
Judge Dallas and from the United States
district court by Judge McPherson.
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Rolling Mill Men Strike.
NEW HAVEN. Conn- October 15.?Three
hundred and fifty hands employed at the
New Haven rolling mill went on strike to
day. The men coaiilaln of a reduction In
wages, ranging frdm five to seven teen and
a half per cent.
4"* *
Rowlys PerMll'i Trial Begin*.
jiARYSVILLE. $fclo. October 15,?Ross
lyn H. Ferrejl was placed on trial here to
day on the charge of killing Adams express
messenger Charles Lane on August 10,
lfloo.
TO STOP REFUGEES
Column of Troops Start for the Kow-1
loon Frontier.
CHINESE REBELS VERY ACTIVE
Their Purpose is to Overthrow the
Manchu Dynasty.
ADMIRAL HO IN PURSUIT
HONG KON'O, October IB.?A column of
troops was dispatched this morning to the
Kowloon flintier, with the object of bar
ring armed refugees, either rebels or im
perial troops, from entering British terri
tory when defeated.
The rebels are reported to be 3,000 strong
thirty miles north of the British frontier.
A thousand of Admiral Ho's troops are In.
pursuit of them, while 2,0<K) Chinese troops
have left Canton, overland, to Intercept the
rebels.
Admiral Ho has Informed the governor
that the rebellion was carefully planned.
The rebels are anxious to conciliate the
villagers and gain the respect of foreigners,
hence the absence of outrage and pillage.
All indications point to the rising being
widespread. Outbreaks occurred simulta
neously In several centers of Kwang-tung
and Kang-si. Apparently Kang-yu-wei,
Sun-yat-sen and the Triads have amalga
mated their forces In th? common cause?
the overthrow of Manchu rule In south
China.
Some positive Indication of the attitude of
the foreign powers is anxiously awaited.
A French launch was captured by pirates
October 13 near Mong-chow. The pirates
secured $32,000 in specie.
WHBREABOITS OF MISSIONARIES.
Information Obtained by the British
Consul at Sltiirpo. China.
The State Department made public today
a list of the missionaries resident in the
province of Che-kiang, with the exception
of those in the Hang Chia Fu circuit, at the
end of June, together with their where
abouts as far as known on the 10th of last
August. The Information was obtained by
the British consul at Ningpo and was trans
mitted to the State Department by Mr.
Henry White, secretary of the United
States embassy at London, through the
courtesy of lx>rd Salisbury.
The list is as follows:
"American Baptist Mission: Americans?
Rev. J. R. and Mrs. Goddard, Miss Goddard,
Miss Corbin, stationed at Ningpo. had left
for Shanghai; Rev. T. T. and Mrs. Holmes,
Miss Righter, Miss Miuniss and Miss Rel
yea, stationed at Kinhwa, had left for
Shanghai; Miss Newell, at Shaoshing, had
also left for Shanghai. British?Dr. and
Mrs. Grant and Miss Stewart, at Ningpo;
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Bousfleld, at Shaoh
sing. had left for Shanghai.
"American Presbyterian Mission: Ameri
cans?Rev. J. E. Shoemaker, stationed at
Yuao, is at Ningpo; Mrs. Shoemaker, his
wife, has left for Shanghai; Miss Morton,
Miss Cunningham and Miss Roolestone, sta
tioned at Ningpo, have left for Shanghai."
There is also transmitted a further list of
American missionaries affiliated to British
missionary societies, as follows:
Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Knickerbocker, sta
tioned at Nlnghen, were leaving for Shang
hai; Rev. A. O. Loosley, stationed at Tien
tal. at his post; \V. Albertson, stationed at
Taichou, and Miss Richer, stationed at Lu
gyloa, have returned to Ningpo.
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DEGREE FOR SECRETARY HAY.
Princeton Will Make Him a Doctor of
Law*.
PRINCETON, N. J.. October 15.?Presi
dent Patton announced today that the de
gree of Doctor of Laws will be conferred
upon John Hay, Se?:re\ary of State, at the
commemoration day exercises next Satur
day.
Secretary Hay will arrive in Princeton
on Friday and will be entertained at dinner
by President and Mrs. Patton. He will be
present at the exercises Saturday morning
to receive his degree. Bishop Satterlee of
Washington will make an address on
"Morals and American Civilization."
CARLIST I'PRISIXti FEARED.
Depot of Arms Discovered by Spanish
Government Officials.
PARIS, October 15.?A dispatch from
Madrid says the Spanish government Is
greatly concerned at the revival of the
Carllst agitation and the discovery of a
depot of.arms at Lerida, Catalonia, where
<*>15 Remingtons and 4<K> bayonets and an
important collection of machinery and tools
for the manufacture and repair of arm?
were seized at a locksmith's store kept by a
Carlist. Four arrests were made at the
store, including a man named Nimbo, who
styles himself "Chief of the Carlist Ad
ministration."
The Heraldo of Madrid says the Carlists
are preparing feverishly to open a cam
paign at the end of the present year, ad
ding that the discontent in Catalonia forms
excellent soil for the Carlist propaganda.
COL. PEARRE HAS A COLD.
Will Be Inable to Speak at Muckeys
town Tonlisht.
Spe< Ul IHspateh to Tlie Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md., October 15.?
Col. George A. Pearre, republican candi
date for House of Representatives, Is con
fined to his room here by a severe cold, con
tracted Friday night, while campaigning In
Montgomery county. He was unable to
speak Saturday night and will be obliged
to cancel his date at Buckeystown. Freder
ick county, tonight, but he hopes to be out
tomorrow. He expects to fill the remainder
of his dates this week, including a visit to
the Hageretown fair.
STEYEXSOX H JiEW JERSEY.
Scheduled to Speak at Several Place*
la the State.
PHILADELPHIA, October 15. ? Adlal
Stevenson, democratic candidate for Vice
President, passed through this city this
morning from Wilmington, Del., and cross
ed the Delaware river to Camden, N. J.,
where he began a twelve-hours* stumping
tour of southern New Jersey. Mr. Steven
son was met at the Pennsylvania railroad
station in this city by a committee repre
senting the democrats of Camden, Bridge
ton, MlllvlUe and Woodbury, at each of
which New Jersey cities he Is scheduled to
make a speech. A committee representing
the democratic state committee was also
on hand to meet the distinguished candi
date.
At MlllvlUe, N. J., Mr. Stevenson said:
"One of the most important questions for
us to consider Is the question of trusts.
During the past three years 600 trusts, with
a combined capital of $10,000,000,000. have
been Incorporated. The democrats at their
national convention were opposed to trusts.
Trusts are a menace to popular institu
tions. If you believe they are an evil then
you will vote for Wm. J. Bryan and the
democratic ticket. If I had time I would
discuss Imperialism, the paramount Issue
of the campaign. I trust the people will
vote in the Interests of their families and
the generations to come."
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPSHIPS.
Sew? of Arrival and Departure of
Army Trannport*.
General MaeArthur notified the War De
partment this morning that the transports
Siam and Anthenian have sailed for the
United States, and that the transport Fred
erica arrived at Manila today. Ine Fred
erica carried detachments C and M of
the 7th Artillery, three officers and thlrty
flve men from San Francisco.
General Shafter at San Francisco has in
formed the War Department of the arrival
of the animal transport Port Stephens, with
Lieutenant Holbrook, 1st Cavalry, a trans
port quartermaster, two enlisted men and
one discharged soldier.
He also says that the animal transport
Wyefleld has sailed for Manila with one
quartermaster agent, twenty-five civilian
employes and 135 mules.
Colonel Miller, chief quartermaster at Ma
nila, cabled Quartermaster General Lud
irgton today that the transports Indiana,
Warren. Sumner and Rosecrans had been
assigned to the duty of transporting the
troops ordered from China to the Philip
pines, and that the vessels named will be
sufficient for the purpose. The Indiana has
already started from Taku with a detach
ment of troops for Manila, and the other
vessels will follow soon after. The horses
of the cavalry troops will be carried on
the transports Kintuck and Pakling. The
Kintuck has already started with a por
tion of the horses and the remainder will
be carried on the Pakling. The troops
withdrawn from China for service in the
Philippines aggregate nearly 4,000.
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Porto Rica.ii and Philippine Cairn to
Be Advanced.
The Supreme Court today granted motions
advancing the Neeley case and the cases
Involving the question of the extension of
the Constitution over the Philippines and
Porto Rico to the second week in Novem
ber. A number of minor decisions were
handed down today.
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BANANA TAX REMOVED.
Exempted From the Export Duty in
Costa Rica.
United States Minister Merry at San
Joee informs the State Department that by
a recent decree of the government of Costa
Rica bananas are exempted from any ex
port duty for a period of ten years.
Bananas stand second to coffee in Cosia
Rican exports, and promise to soon sup
plant that commodity.
The decree, says Minister Merry, has
created much dissatisfaction, as the profits
of the banana trade In the Island are gath
ered in by an American fruit company,
while Cf ffee, the principal product, is grown
at much grt-ater expense, and yet pays a
heavy export duty. Export duties have a
special significance and importance in
Costa Rica, because, under the Spanish
American revenue system lands are not
taxed, and the government depends in the
greater part on its custom duties for sup
port.
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Movement* of Naval Venscl*.
The torpedo boats Morris and Dupont
have been ordered to lay up at Newport for
the winter. The torpedo boat Craven,
which was finally accepted by the Navy De
partment October 6, and the Dahlgren. have
been ordered to PortsmttflTh for the winter.
The cruiser Albany, under command of
Captain Craig, arrived at Aden yesterday.
The Nashville Is at Hankow. The Wilming
ton is at PernambUco. The Adams arrived
at San Diego on the 13th. The Bancroft
has put to sea from Key West. The Cul
gcra arrived at Brisbane today. The Dol
phin sailed from Tompkinsville today for
Washington. The Topeka arrived at the
port of Horta yesterday. The Iris and the
Helena are at Shanghai. The battleship
Indiana is now at League Island. The L'na
dilla is at Mare Island. The Hartford,
training ship, arrived at Lisbon Sunday.
Work of the Signal Corps.
General Greely has received a report from
Manila saying that sixty miles of cable for
use in the Philippines have arrived, and will
enable t4ie signal corps to complete a num
ber of telegraph lines in the islands.
Lieutenant Clifton R. Berry, signal corps,
has been discharged on account of disabil
ity. He was serving in the Philippines.
This is the first officer of the signal corps
who has had to retire on account or ill
health. ^
>aval Orders.
Lieutenant W. C. Cole has been assigned
to additional duty in command of the tug
Tecumseli, at Washington navy yard.
Lieutenant E. H. De Lany has been de
tached from the 'Ranger and ordered to line
duty aboard the Philadelphia.
Lieutenant J. K. Robison. from the Phila
delphia to the Ranger for line duty.
Assistant Paymaster P. H. Delano, from
the Yosemite to duty at the naval station
at Guam as pay officer, purchasing and gen
eral storekeeper.
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Dentil of a Trooper.
Adjutant General Corbln received a cable
message from General Chaffee at Pekin this
morning, saying that Harry B. Sheepard,
Troop M, 6th Cavalry, died at Pekin on the
t>th instant, from dysentery.
Secretary Lons'i Coining Trip.
Secretary Long has planned to make sev
eral speeches on political topics during his
western trip, which begins next week. He
is going to Colorado to visit his daughters,
and besides talking in that state, may
make one or two addresses In Nebraska.
Departure of Gen. Miles.
Lieut. Gen. Miles has gone to New York
to preside at the meeting for the relief of
the Galveston sufferers.
Astijtned t(%Kei(imeiit?.
Officers recently promoted have been as
signed to regiments as follows:
Lieut. Col. James M. Ingalls, to the 3d
Artillery; Maj. A. W. Vodges, to the f>th
Artillery; Capt. E. W. Hubbard, to the
5th Artillery"; First Lieut. George A. Nu
gent, to the 7th Artillery; Second Lieut.
James C. Williams, to the 12th Infantry;
Second Lieut. Harry W. Graham, to the
Zid Infantry.
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Exempted From Port Charge*.
Excursionist or tourist vessels touching at
Algiers are now exempted from the heavy
port charges which have been imposed for
the last three years. As a consequence of
the heavy tax per "capita on the number of
passengers landed excursion projectors and
steamship companies have omitted Algiers
from their itineraries, and the number of
visitors of a transient class fell from 4,000
in 1897 to but 1,000 last season. The tax
was naturally very unpopular, and by
means of persistent agitation and represen
tations it has at last been abolished. The
exemption, however, applies only to ships
exclusively devoted to the transportation
of excursionists.
Exempt From Stamp Tax.
Commissioner Wilson of the internal reve
nue bureau, in a letter to James H. Miller
of Charleston, W. Va., says that certificates
of nomination and all papers relating to the
exercise of elective franchise are exempt
from stamp tax.
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Director Foinei Oat of Dancer.
A .cablegram received at the Poat Office
Department today announces that Director
of Posts Fosnes at Havana, who was suf
fering from a serious attack of yellow fever.
Is entirely out of danger.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Ex-Senator Quay Calls and Discusses
the Situation.
PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH OOTLOOK
He Will Not Make Any Campaign
Speeches.
WILL VOTE IX CANTON
Ex-Senator Quay was the most prominent
visitor at the White House today. He said
that he was in Washington to see his
family and called on the President to pay
his respects. The President evidently en
Joyed the visit, for Mr. Quay remained
with him for Bome time, discussing the
political aspect in Pennsylvania and else
where. Mr. Quay is one of the most san
guine of the republican leaders as to the
outcome of the presidential election. He
said today that President McKinley would
be re-elected by a larger majority in the
electoral college than four years ago. He
says that the majority of the people are re
solved to continue in power an adminis
tration that has brought prosperity anrl
power to the country.
Will Vakr Xo Speeches.
The President will talk politics with
many of the leaders in the next three
weeks. It is again stated with emphasis
that he will make no speeches before the
election and do nothing to change his pres
ent intentions as to appearing on the
stump. The President will leave here in
about a week for Canton. Hoth here and in
his home town he will listen to voluntary
reports brought him by republicans who
have been in the field. The President is re
ported on good authority to be greatly
pleased with the outlook. He is said to be
lieve that the condition of affairs is even
better than in 1WW.
Will Vote the Strnlicht Ticket.
When the President goes to Canton
probably on Saturday?he will remain there
until he has cast his vote for the republican
ticket. Those who take stock In the myth
ical story that the presidential nominees
courteously vote for each other may dis
abuse their minds of that Idea. President
McKinley always votes the straight repub
lican ticket. Furthern ore. he believes that
a man who does not vote at all is Inappre
ciative of citizenship. Since he was a young
man he has always advised the exercise of
suffrage. Candidate Bryan will not vote
for his rival, but will cast his ballot for
the democratic electors in his state.
The public stairway at the White House
is being repaired. Col. Bingham, superin
tendent of public buildings and grounds,
recently discovered that the stairway was
getting weak. The second flight is sus
pended by a steel rod and needs more sup
port.
Attended Church Services,
President McKinley, accompanied by Oar
ret A. Hobart, Jr.. son of the late Vice
President, attended services yesterday at
the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church, listening to a sermon on "Unity"
by Rev. Prank M. Bristol, the pastor. Mrs.
McKinley was not present, although she,
with Mrs. Hobart. drove with the President
to the church. She returned for him after
the services were concluded.
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liKSCl'H OF CAPT. SH1GLU8.
Gen. Mac.trthar Sends Kesrs of His
Surrender to Gen. Mure.
Confirmation of the reported rescue of
Captain Shields and warty was received at
the War Department this morning in the
following cable message from Oeneral Mao
Arthur:
"MANILA.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
"Information from Marinduque just re
ceived that Captain Shields, forty-eight
men. Company F, 29th Regiment, l'nlted
Slates Volunteer Infantry; two corporaia
Company A. 2Uth Regiment, United States
Volunteer Infantry; one civilian. American
negro, prisoners in hands of insurgents,
have been turned over to Oeneral Luther
R. Hare. More particulars soon, giving
names of killed and wounded.
"MACARTHUR."
According to a dispatch from Oeneral
MacArthur. dated September 2ft. Captain
Shields and flfty-one men of Company P
of the 2!>th Volunteer Infantry and one hos
pital corps man, left Santa Crux Srptember
11 on the gunboat Vilalobos for Torrijas,
Marinduque, Intending to return overland
to Santa Cruz, and that as nothing had
been heard from them up to the date of
General MacArthur'n dispatch it was sup
posed that they had been captured by the
natives of the island and carried into the
interior. The Yorktown and two smaller
gunboats carrying two companies of the
38th Volunteer Infantry in addition to their
regular crews were sent to Marinduque, in
command of Colonel O. S. Anderson, 38th
Volunteer Infantry, with instructions ta
move relentlessly until the Shields party
was rescued. Subsequently General Mac
Arthur informed the War Department that
Colonel Anderson had been unable to get
any news of Shields' party, and that he
had sent the 1st Infantry in command of
General L. R. Hare to his assistance. These
reinforcements were sent from Manila on
the 6th instant. The success of the move
ment is told in the dispatch received from
General MacArthur today.
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Condition of t hief Clerk Allen.
The condition of Mr. George M. Allen,
chief clerk of the lirst assistant postmaster
general, was more critical today than at
any time since he was taken ill. Last week
Mr. Allen suffered an attack of paralysis
that affected the left side of his face, and
yesterday his right side was paralyzed. He
is being cared for at the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital, where very few of his
most intimate friends are permitted to see
him. It was expected he could be taken
to Terre Haute, Ind., his home, last week,
but his present condition will prevent that
being done.
Personal Mention.
At a meeting of the executive committee
of the American Oraphophone Company,
held in their New York offices October 12,
Mr. Thomas J. Godwin, formerly of Wash
ington, was elected secretary of the com
pany in place of the late Mlsa Blschoff.
Mr. William Tennyson has gone to the
Shenandoah valley for an extended hunting
trip.
Weston Brown Flint of thla city has been
admitted to the sophomore class of Har
vard University at the age of sixteen, being
the youngest member of the class.
A Trip to Mexico.
Mr. W.J. McGee, ethnologist in charge of
the bureau of ethnology. Is on his way to
northwestern Mexico. His party, which in*
eludes Mr. DeLancy GUI of this city, will
outfit at Phoenix, Art*., and ride from therO
to the shores of the Gulf of California to
study a tribe of Indians living adjacent to
the savage Serl, whom Mr. McGee hao
twice visited on former trips. His complete
report on the Serl has Just been issued bj^
the bureau.
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Postmaster at Potomac, Md.
E. R Perry has been appointed postmaei
ter of Potomac, Md.