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- - '-4. ~ S - 4 .~I. ? 1~ 4' - A 1~ C No. 15,555. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, J~ANIYARY 2, 1903 -SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THU UVUNING STAB. FUMBniUm DAILY, r nP! SWUDAT. auelses @A*e n Us sked N..It -04 Ed a&ash Th burniig Sar Nswma spur Onmpay. . I. AiVffMAN, PfreisA. bw Tak ONs: Tra3as bl0ing. wiage MWes WEMa ftais6 The Erening Star is aerred to ubsuribers in the city by carriers. on their own account at 10 coSl wer week, or 44 cents per month. di at the tounter 2 cents each. By mall-anywhere in the U.S. or banada-postage prepaid-0 cents per month. saturday sta 33 $1 per year; with te rd the Oiee at Wasibngtom, D. U, am aond-s nmail atter.) U7Afl Mail subscriptions must be paid In aivase Rates of advertising made known em asptie, REVOLT IN MOROCCO French Troops Hurried For ward From Oran. BAD SITUATION AT FEZ THE SUTAN MAY ABANDON HIS CAPITA. Would Retire to Sabat, Baise Standard of Islam and Declare Holy War. PARIS, January 2.-Telegrams received here from Oran, Algeria, announce that a detachment of French souaves have been ordered to the Moorish frontier. TANGIER. Morocco, January 2.-The pretender has Issued a proclamation an nouncing that he Is not fighting for the throne for himself, but for the sultan's Imprisoned brother, Mulai Mohammed, sur named the "One-Eyed." It Is now confirmed that the sultan has ordered his brother's release and that the honors of his rank be paid to him. The governor, at a recent conference with the Kabyle cliefe, pointed out to them that they are desponsible for the safety of the roads running through their territory. The Spanish sloop-of-war Infanta Isabel and the Portuguese cruiser Rainha Amelia have arrived here. Advices from Fez under yesterday's date have been received hee. Guns were then being mounted on the walls for the defense of the city, but the rebels remained in active. They have not sufficient supplies for expeditions from their headquarters. The city of Fez continued quiet, but the dearness of food was causing discontent. If the situation becomes more grave the sultan will abandon the capital, retire to Rabat, and summon the border tribes to a "holy war." The sultan will then proclaim himself shereef and defender of Islam, re nounce all European leanings, and then, at the head of new forces, attempt to retake Fez. GIBRALTAR. January 2.-The dispatch of Spanish reinforcements to Morocco has been contermanded. The latest advices from Fes, Morocco, say that city remains THREE KILLEM, A DOZEN HURT. Explosion of Dynamite in Oak Hill Colliery, Pa. , POTTSVILLE, Pa., January 2.-A quan tity of dynamite exploded in one of the gangways of the Oak Hill colliery, one mile north of Minersville today, instantly kill ing three miners and injuring a dozen oth era The dead: Michael Onder, thirty-seven years of age, married, with wife and four children. Andrew Onder, married, with wife and four children. Joseph Prokop, married, with wife and two children. The seriously injured are: James Patter son, Morgan Davis, George Rowe, all of 'ottsville; George Bowman, Minersville: John Stantob, Edward Kelly, Mt. Laffee; Michael Rynok, Duncott. .The explosion occurred while one of the Aen was removing a stick of the explo eve. _______ AUSTRIA TO RAI DUTIES, United Stats and Great Britain Will . Be Afected. VIENNA, January 2.-Precise details of the higher duties which ,the government isdecided cm will be determined \lpon tethn a fortnight. The duties on both grain and manufactured articles will be considerably Increased, which is likely to seriously affect both the United States and Great Britain, who are respectively the third and second largest exporters of man ufactured articles to Austria. It is thought here that Great Britain will be the greater sufferer, since the United States Is better able to protect herself, by adopting retalis, tory measures. *Therterm of the new Ausgieich has been fxdat ten years, indicating that commer otltreaties which will be based on this new tariff agreement will be concluded fol a like period. The agreement is the result of compromises on the part of both Austria and Hungary. The two premiers wished tc resign, aserting that they were unable tc reach an agreement. Emperor Francis Jo seph, however, refused to consent to this and insisted that the Ausgleich must be completed before midnight December 31. TO SH AR1E WITH EMPIOYES. Pressed Steel Car Company to Sell Stock on Easy Terms. NEW YORK, January 2.-Announcement was made today that another industrial eorporation has inaugurated a plan to share its profits with employes. The Press. ed Steel Car Company proposes to carr for each of Its employes who has been six months or more in is employ from one tc twenty-five shares of tihe preferred stock, now paying 7 per cent dividends. The men will pay 5i per cent down anid the same amount In monthly installments thereafter, the company charging 4 pei cent for moneys loaned to carry the stock. As the dividend is 7 per cent the buyer will have the advantage of the 3 per cent dif ference. CARBY THlEIR OWN INSUBANCE Important Departure Made by Three Steamnship Lines. LONDON, January 2.-Considerable In. terest was created at Lloyds today'by thi announcement that three lines belonging ti the International Mercantile Marine Com pany-the Leyland. Dominion apd White Star had canceled their insurance fron January 1. It was presumed to be the in tention of the International Mercantile Ma rine Company to include its other lines ii this arrangement, While the removal of such a large amoun1 et business from the market at one sweej aroused much comment, the brokers whi were effecting the insurance of 'the line mentioned received the news with equa aimity, owing to the fact that for more than a year past all these contracts nettei a loss to the underwritems. There was much speculation as to hoi the International Mercantile Marine Coin pany Intends to meet future losses. Th. eral opinion is that it will be done uhthe establshment of an emnergenca fund. It was pointed out, however, thal Le Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga Company has for a number of ya paying its losses out of the current revenue Kaier's Sea to Visit Osar.. BERLIN, January 2.-Crown Primal Uledsrick Williaen has aeera a inWI WILL SEND INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE EOUNDSVILLE PBISON SITUATION. No Inquiri Has Yet Been Made as to Reports of Prevalence of Tuberculoa, Major Frank Strong, the general agent of the Department of Justice, said. today that he has 'not yet sent an inspector to Moundsville, W. Va., to investigate the re poets of the prevalence of tuberculoSiS and of insanitary conditions in that prison, which is used for the prisoners of the District of Columbia. "We will probably send an inspector there, as already stated in The Star," said Mdior Strong, "but we will not give the time of his departure or his name to any one. We would be foolish to do that. There are between 300 and 4X0) prisoners of the District at Moundsville, and the only complaint that has ever reached us is that the institu tion is overcrowded. This was discovered by one of our own representatives. We would probably have offered some sugges tions to the West Virginia authorities on this state of affairs, and a betterment in this direction is expected. The authori ties wil probably build an addition later on. None of our inspectors, however, has ever found any other fault with the prison. Federal prisoners sent there are under stood to be well treated, and in this Wav den Harris of the District jail agrees with me. He sends deputies there often to take prisoners, and says that njp complaints come to him from the prisoners or their relatives or friends." What Warden Harris Says. Warden Harris was at the Department of Justice today talking with Major Strong, but his visit was not in connection with the Moundsville institution. He goes to the department nearly every day in con nection with the settlement of the accounts of the District jail. He stated that so far as he is aware there is no ground for com plaint as to affairs at Moundsville. He does not know anything about the prevalence of consumption there, except from what he has seen in the papers. Although he does ,not get official reports as to the condition of the prison and the welfare of the pris oners, he hears from there indirectly at intervals through deputies who take Dis trict prisoners there. He agreed with Major Strong that while the prison is not modern, it is what is called an easy-going one, and prisoners are humanely. treated and well handled. Major Strong said that the confining of two prisoners in a cell is by no means un common. This often occurs in other pris ons. . Major Strong said that there will be no District prisoners to send away for prob ably a month, and that an investigation will be made by that time of conditions at Moundsville. If there Is any truth in the charges of unsatisfactory conditions, no more prisoners will go there, and arrange ments will be made with some other prison. To a suggestion that the new - Atlanta prison might be utilized, Major Strong said that this institution, which is one of the finest in the country, is reserveVfor fed eral prisoners of the south. There is p!enty of room in the prison now, but it will soon fill up. Another objection to Atlanta, is that prisoners there are maintained wholly at the expense of the general government, without any special amount set aside for each prisoner. The fact that half the ex pense of District prisoners is paid by the District necessitates keebing accoUnts that would not be feasible at Atlailta. At Moundsville a certain amount is charged daily for the keeping of each prisoner. It is easy to divide this amount up and pay it. At Atlanta no account is kept of the expense of a prisoner each day. SENATOR HOAR/S TRUST BILL. Has Completed It and It Will Be Ready to Distribute Tonight. Senator Hoar spent today in his commit tee room at the Capitol, where he was en gaged in the preparation *of a speech on his bill to regulate trusts. On the day Con gress adjourned Senator Hoar Introduced this bill by title only, in order that as soon as it should be completed he should have it printed and ready for the examination of senators when they come together on the 5th instant. He has completed the bill, and today announced that it would be ready for distribution this evening. This measure is a personal one, about which Senator Hoar has not consulted any one except in the most general way. It is believed it will be as new to every member of the committee on the judiciary as it is to the public generally. There is current an impression that it will provide for the strengthening of the Sherman act and for giving the Attorney General ample funds with which to prosecute cases that may be brought by the Department of Justide. If it is entirely acceptable to the administra tion, it will be because the administration approves it rather than because it is drawn in strict accordance with what may have been suggested as the wishes of the admin istration. Senator Hoar's speech upon the bill will be one of the greatest efforts of his life, as the bill hi~s been the subject of much thought by him. It is believed it will have the support of the committee, with very lit tle discussion. DRIVEN TO RESIGN. Minnie N. Cox, Colored, Gave Up the Indianola, Miss., Post Office. The Post Office Department is having trouble in maintaining the post office at In dianola. Miss., owing to the protests of the white population of the town agaInst the retention in office of the present postmis tress, Minnie M. Cox, who is colored. As a result of the fight made against her she has resigned and has closed up the post office. She was appointed to her positiofh by Pres ident Roosevelt and entered upon the duties of her office. .The residents of the town protested vigorously against the appoint ment of a colored woman to the place in the first instance, and after the appoint ment had been made the white population subjected her to all sorts of petty annoy ances. These became so great that she finally closed up the office and resigned. The resignation was received by the fourth assistant postmaster general this morning and was turned over to the Postmaster General for consideratIon. It is understood that the closing of the post ojfice has resulted in serious damage to the business interests, of the place, and several dispatches have been received at the Post Office Department requesting Im mediate actiob. CHANGE IN mINSTEBs. Senor Baqueremo Will Seon Succeed Senor Carbo of Ecuador. Senor Don Luis Felipe Carbo, who has been minister from -Ecuador to the United Stiates mlece January lg, 1U% MIu hgmeqy present hi. Jetties of recai :within a fhir days and will be given amsnmeea by the Presiueat when he winl mas a tarewei bene Bawa.eisa, ib eai team aette .the Umbte U e ases- m n esas - bnum e CABLE LAID T HAWAII First Section of Great Trans pacific Line. NOTABLEAOHIEVEMENT WOZK WAR DGNE UNE GT The Event Celebrated In Honolulu and San Francisco With Great Enthusiasm. HONOsULU, January 2.-By courtesy of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company (the Associated Press Is permitted to tender con gratulation on the completion of the first section of the submarine cable that is to connect the United States with its insular possessions in the Pacific, and eventually with the continent of Asia. The cable was completed at 8:40 o'clock.last night, when the two ends were brought together in Mo lokai channel, thirty-five miles from Hono lulu, where the San Francisco end had been buoyed since December 26. Shortly after communication was estab lished the fact was announced to the crowd in waiting, and was greeted with applause. Judge Cooper, representing Gov. Dole, who was absent from the island, sent a message to . President Roosevelt, announcing the opening and extending a greeting from the citizens of Hawaii. A public celebration over the completion of the cable will be held in the capitol grounds tomorrow. Thus has been finished, after a memorable strug gle against winds and waves, an enterprise which brings the Hawaiian Islands practi cally two thousand miles nearer the parent continent, puts an important but hitherto isolated community in connection with the entire world and susceptible to all the in dustrial impetus which follows ready ac cessibility. Cable Work Under Difficulties. The final~ splicing of the ends in the waters, which for days had been so rough as to render cable work impossible, marked the first stage of the undertaking to span the vast ocean with a line of electrical communication, the need of which has long been acknowledged by' the entire world and the advocacy of which has often -claimed the attention of the highest councils, polit ical and financial, of America. - Since the conception. of the idea, fifty years ago, of connecting the continents of North America and Asia by telegraph, via Bering straits, the practicability of the Pacific cable has had many periods of buoyancy and depres sion. The history of the project, like that of all great achievements, was one of open opposition and patient perseverance. Its advent in Honolulu was hailed by all classes as -a boon to her commercial inter ests and a stimulus to her material and social progress. Even the quaint Hawa ilans, whose splendid isolation has lent a romantic interest to their island homes, forgot for the time being 'the sacrifice of romance and poesy to utilitarianism and greeted the landing of the cable upon their soil with an enthusiasm second only to that which iarked the departure of the Silver town from California's shores. The Point of Landing. The point of landing was at the beautiful private park of Sans Souci beach, five miles east of the city of Honolulu. With the shore end landed there still remained a span of almost two score miles to be closed between the buoyed, deep sea end in Moloakal channel and the heavy beach line laid a half mile out from shore. The closing of this gap proved a task that taxed the patience as well as the ingenuity of the Silvertown's staff. Five days elapsed, the most of which time was spent awaiting the favor of the winds and sea, before the labors of the cable builders were completed and the first signal flashed along the en tire length of 2,000 and more miles. Ovation to the Silvertown. Having buoyed the deep sea end of the cable in the turbulent Molokai channel at 5:20 o'clock on.the morning of Friday, De cember 25, after much difficulty and great risk, the Silvertown came on to Honolulu, docking at the naval wharf at noon. The big ship was met in the harbor by tugs and excursion boats, carrying welcoming delegations with bands of music, and es corted to the wharf, where a great crowd awaited. It was the intention of the engineer in charge of the expedition to take on board 1,000 tons of coal as ballast and await fa vorable weather to return, pick up the sea end - and bring it close inshore and buoy it. The shore end of the cable was then to be laid 'out and the final connection made at that point. Saturday brought no improvement in the weather conditions. The wind blew fiercely from the northeast, and craft arriving through the channel re ported the sea a stirred maelstrom. It was then decided to make no move that day, but to delay the attempt until Sunday morning. December 28, when a start was made. The vessel had not proceeded one mile from the dock when the full force of a gale behind the high hills struck her. -- The skipper at once decided not to go outside. as picking up the buoy in the chan nel was quite impossible. It was then de termined to, lay the shore end while the conditions were favorable on that side of the Island. The Silvertown was taken in shore within half a m'le of the coral reef, and preparations were made to haul a line ashore. AT THE SAN FRA1NCISCO END. Witnesses of the Opening Get Memen tos of Event. SAN PRANCISCO. January 2.-San Fran cisco and Honolulu are now connected by cable. The first words passed under the ocean a few neoments after 11 o'clock last night. The wire worked perfectly. The Silvertown, just before splicing the ends, some thirty miles off shore from Honolulu, telegraphed both ways for the land stations to wait until 11:10 o'clock, San Francisco time, before trying the Lable. That time was desired to insure the perfect hardening of the gutta percha in the splice after the, joint should be lowered overboard from the ship in about 2,500 feet of water. Operators sat anxiously and eagerly about the instrumnents in Kinir streq$ at Honolulu and in the cable ofmee on Market street in San Francisco waiting for the time limit to expire. A few minutes after 1.1 o'clock, before the time limit was up, a signad went from this end to Honolulu. The first little 're sponse from Honolulu came into San Fran cisco at exactly l1:G e'clock. It was era actly 8:41 o'clock in Honolulu, the time difference being 2 hours and 22 minutes and a few seconds. The first message receive4 was from Gov. Dole to President ltoosevelt. It was merely a formal greeting and congratulation from the people of Hawaii to the people of the Uite& Sas -frm ena bhief ezecutet thaether. - The wasteit*p at th.Nar ,. tre i wirel Iaiu dieenytts ins assemfvea m.a Wasmtea, B. ., and4 -it eit -a 4m.il.)u=M a. asleep and the operator astked to awaken him. Right after the -Doeon the first message came a ftcon4jXa from Hon olulu. It was a tth he people of Hawaii to Clatent president of the cable costg, r aiatulating him on the completlen of thecable and express ing sorrow that John.W. Nnekay had not survived to see the intantaneous bond be tween the island's and We American conti nent. This mesage wm piened: by Henry E Cooper, secretary or the territory of HawaiL. Then canze mmessage A the Assoeiatedaen the Sit vertown taling of nasi~ful laying of the eabe anot . of -the event In HonoInh: ' The paper rhib6bn tnig the ord of the- *rt- experfamental &oL Ban 'Feancisco and Honol cut into little -sections of a few phraso _4; and divided among the score of . S who *ere inemlet about the, ts when San Esnmyispoke to each other under the Pacific ocean. The line will be open. for business today. First Mesage to: This City. The first cable message to reach Washing ton from Honolulu over the new Pacific cable was received at -the White House shortly before 3 o'cloek this morning. It 'was brief, announcing the -completion of the cable and the fact that the message had been sent over the line. President Roose velt was asleep and the -cont-nts of the mes sage were not communitcated'te him until today. He expressed -pleasure at receiving the message, to which. :he will send an an srer of a congratulatoty nature. THE APPROPRIATION BILLS. Subcommittees Will Get *own to Work Next Week. Speaker Henderson and Cliirman Cannon of the appropriations . comnattee have re turned to the city, and arn getting ready for the reconvening of-Congress next Mon day at noon. Senators an6frepresentatives will begin to straggle in -from today, as business will begin with a whirl next week. There was a greater exodus of legislators from the capital than usual this recess, and the town has been denuded of practically all but the statesmen Who keep their resi dences here all the yedY rotind. The. appropriations subcommittees will get to work next week. 'Tha'listrict of Co lumbia appropriation bill wll be the first one out, coming the latter part of the week, and will be followed by the fortifications bill. The sundry civil Will, the big "pork" measure of the session, willcome on about the first of February. The naval appropriatipn Aill. being pre pared by the committee 1i4 naval affairs will also be reported In agfes days, and will occupy the attention 'oft the House probably In advance of th-IDIml'ict bill. THE COAST DMrWIN. Composition of Rear Mf*ral Sands' New Fleet. In accordance with ita-recesstly adopted policy of strengthening the coast defenses of the United States, the.Wavy Departnjent has decided -C6 fefin a naa disision .f the North* Atlantic squadiop. under commInd of Rear AdnItral -Jkmea. L Ands. This division, 'which '1IR be k demiated the "coast division," will have a a pucleus one battle ship and severa mdjits, torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats. As already decided up'en, Me fleet will consist of the battle 0Wjp'Tes, the mon itors Puritan, Migatenoli.4i...Amphitrite, Terror, Arkansas, Nevad. and Florida and the torpedo boat dedtipyers Deftur and Chauncey, with other iessel5 of that class as fast as'they are completed and commis sioned. It Is also intended to assign to the coast squbdron the eight toipedo boatS for which the governihent has awarded con tracts or-purchased. The Texas will be Admiral Sands' -flagship. The admiral -is now in command of the League Island navy yard. The special province of the new fleet will be to guard the .Mlaztic coast from Maine to Florida. Shipbuilding in apan. United States Consul Lyon reports to the State Department from.Kobe, Japan, that six steamers are being' built-one of 6,000 tons, one of 5,000 tons, three of 2,000' tons and one of 1,000-the arst for use on the European line, the next on the Australian line and the others on the North China and in the Hokkaido coastin* thde. The Nip pon Yusen Kaisha, It iasdud. Is compelled to continue building on account of the terms of the subsidy, which provides that no vessel older than fiftien years Is to be employed, or, if employed . is -entitled to participate in the subsidy. Marine Corps Orders. Capt. D. D. Porter and Second-Lieut. E. T. Fryer have each been; granted three months' sick leave. First Lieut. J. W. Broatehb has been or dered to Chicago to take cbaprge of the re cruiting district at that place, to relieve First Lieut. A. E. Hardinj who has been ordered to the marine barracks, Boston, Mass., for duty. First Lieut. W. L. Jolly has been ordered to take command 'of the recruiting district at New York, N. Y., to- relieve First Lieut. G. H. Mather, who h~as-.been ordered to the inarine barracks at the same place. Receipts and Expenditures. The comparative, statement of regeipts and expenditures of the treasury for the month of December shows that the total receipts were $47,151,299 and the e~lpendi tures $36,533,744, a surplus for the month of $10,617,555. The receipts from the dif ferent sources were as follows: Customs, 323,670,094; internal revenue, 320,90,318; miscellaneous.'$2,501-,88T. The total receipts for the 9rt six tnonths of the present fiscal year have been $288, 633,448 and the expendturg $283,899,971, a surplus of 325,733,477. This would indicate a surplus for the whiole jasal .year- of 350, 000,000. Federal Buildingtast 'Uhaca Assistant Secretary Tlr the treas ury has selected as a s~i for the federal building at Ithaca, N. T4 th property at the corner of. Tioga an B eJ streets; price, $13,000. Report of XMzningammesm1Mn=s HAZLETON, Pai, Jamaryfl.-The an nual report of Mine Ingq~ster@). K.- Rode rick of the fifth anterpeti Ihtrict made public here today shol*nethsatwenty-four fatal and thirty-six niin-b41ci bdents oc curred during 1902, leenl~thineen widows and. thirty-aix orphab. E' the previous year there were sixty ?kL*an~.eighty-nine non-fatal accidents. Thlagnrtrike is re sponsible for the''fa1Jiarsin accidents during 1902. CoL J. I. Die*gs~gna1. OMA Ha, January 2-1Wbe funeral of Col. John J. Dickey, the UWee Union district supez'ntendenti here, .who died Wednsday, was held today at 'Al a" teanaIIw re idence. Fifty Western Uie. 8WfrNm all over time e~vesu. AT THE WHITE HOUSE President Invited to Com mencement Exercises. MR. SENER'S ADDRESS THE PSIDENT UNCERTAIN HE CAN GO. Representative Underwood Thinks the 'Democrats Should Nominate Rich ard Olney for President. Representative Underwood of Alabama, one of the floor leaders of that party in the House, called at the White House today, and on his departure was asked his views as to the next democratic nominee for President. "I am for Richard Olney," he said, "and I find a growing sentiment for the Massa ch*usetts statesman. Judge Parker of New York is a good man. So is Senator Gorman of Maryland, but my choice is Mr. Olney for a great many reasons.- The first is that he is an old-time democrat, and what the party needs is to get back to old-time prin ciples, which are dear to the hearts of the people. Mr. Olney *is not a man of ex pediency, and the people of all classes would trust him. He would unite both the Cleveland and the Bryan elements of the party, which mighty few other men could do. ' The democratic party sometimes runs off after isms of different kinds, but it sobers up and becomes as conservative as ever. Mr. Olney is an old-time demo crat, and would be the strongest man the party could put up. So long as prosperity contintues the democrats will have to fight hard to win a President, but if times begin to' get worse and the people should conclude to change administrations, as they will be sure to do when that time comes, we want a man as Pfesident who would be appro priate to guiding the country through troublous days." Invited to Charlottesville. President Roosevelt received a large dele gation of Virginians who called on him to, day to invite him to attend the com mencement exercises of the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville on -June 16, which is alumni day. The delegation con sisted of James B. Sener, president of the General Association of Alumni of the Uni versity of Virginia, as chairman; Dr. J. W. Mallet, vice chairman of the faculty; R. Walton Moore, chairman of the executive committee of the board of visitors; Judge George W. Morris, city judge of Charlottes vflle; ex-Judge'R. T. W. Duke, Dr. Thomas Nelson Page, Surgeon General Rixey, Dr. P. S. Roy, secretary of the Washington local.Alumni Association, and Mr.' J. Geo. Hiden of Culpeper, accompanied by Repre sentative James Hay of the Charlottesville district. Mr. Sener made a short speech in pre senting the invitation, covering many his toric matters in the course of his brief remarks. Among other things he said: "In asking you to come to the univer sity on alumni day it is that you may visit the University of Jefferson, to see his home, his birthplace and his tomb, to enter the town of Charlottesville, whose streets the feet of Jefferson so often trod, to look upon the spots where Merriwether Lewis was born, where George Rogers Clark first came into being, to stand at the place where Nicholas P. Trist was born and to be in Albemarle, the birthplace of Thomas Sumter ,the last surviving general of the war of the revolution, to go to the home of Andrew Stevenson, longer Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States than any other man save Henry Cray, tlIe county in which William Wirt plighted his troth, where Edward Coles, the first governor of Illinois was born, where William C. Rives, whose fortune as an American minister it was to witness four changes of regime in France, and to recog nize two of them on behalf of our gov ernment, lived and died. The faces of these great departed ones, you will agree with us, we are sure, are among the most distinctly striking in our great national portrait - gallery." Mr. Sener presented a map showing the history of the region thrgugh which the President would go to Charlottesville, He said: "In making your pilgrimage to Virginia, leaving the District, ten miles square, with the setting aside of which and its dedica tion as the seat of government Mr. Jeffer son bad so much to do, you pass almost nigh enough to Mount Vernon's tolling bells to hear their sound, through Prince William, whose soil is made forever classic by the blood of the brave, on by John Marshali's birthplace in Fauquier, thence through Culpeper, where Washington, July 20, 1749 (0. S.) took the oath of his first office, that of surveyo;, by and in sight of the birthplace of Zachary Taylor. twelfth President of the United States, and a little further -on within view of Mont pelier, where rest the remains of James Madison before reaching Charlottesville and its kindred points in the landscape, the university and Monticello. "The University of Virginia was not only the University of Jefferson, but at his death Mr. M'adison succeeded him as rector, and Mr. Monroe was one of the board of visitors, the governing body of the in stitution, all of these serving after their retirement from thea presidency." Says He Will Make a Visit. In replying the President spoke of many historic incidents conneoted with Virginia and the university. He said it would give him pleasuire to visit there some time, but he could not say positively now whether he could attend at the date named. He re called that he will go next April to St. Louis to pay tribute to some of the work of Jefferson, who secured the territory for the United States, the act of which is to be commemorated at St. Louis this year. He said that from St. Louis he wa~s going to make a western trip of length, and he did not yet know whether the itinerary wuld permit him to return to Charlottesville at the time- fixed. If it did he would cer tainly be pleased to go there, The President's Visitors. 'Thomas F. Walsh piesented John Hays Hemmoild, the~ well-known mining engi neer, who is now associated with Mr. Walsh in mining aafflru in Colorado. Mr. Hammond will lecture to scientists at the National Theater this afternooui on "Kingr Solomon'. Minea." Mr. Hammdnd was in South 'Africa many yeas and took pat in the famous Jameson raid on the Boer gov ernent. He was sentenced to die, but the government of this country saved his life by interceding, ad shortly atterward ott tained a pardon for him., Sepator Beveridge presented John Ben' neill, collector of internal revenue at Craw fordsville. Senator Clarke of Wyming presented seome friends freat hi. gt7 The sabinet WA. $n sm more than t10o hete and a half today. aqd ene'matter of AGAIN AT CULEBRA BmAMuLnw OF THE CONDTN ED SQUADEON, Disposition of the Vesels at the Con elusion of the Xaneuvers Prae tically Determine& Secretary Moody has received the follow ing message from Admiral Dewey. dated San Juan, P. R., December 31, In regard to the squadrons engaged in the naval maneuvers in the West Indies: "Combined squadrons reassembled at Culebra; visits to various West Indian porte most cordially welcomed; effect ex :ellent in every respect; fleet continuing tactical exercise; marine and torpedo flo :illa engaged in special drills, Including ,ight attack by the latter upon designated ;hips; E. Bradley, coal passer, drowned In dnking of Newark's steam cutter by col Ision with torpedo boat." The Navy Department has practically letermined upon the disposition of the ships in the West Indies at the conclusion )f the maneuvers the middle of this month. Rear Admiral Crowninsh!eld will return to the European station probably with the )attle ship Illinois as his flagship, and will take with him the cruisers Chicago and Albany. Rear Admiral Sumner, In .ommand of the south Atlantic station. Ptill lose the battle ship Iowa, which will e attached to the north Atlantic station, tnd the cruiser Newark will carry his flag. rhe cruiser Baltimore will be added to the south Atlantic fleet. The entire north At antic fleet will probably remain in Carib ean waters until March, when It will start for the north, after visiting a num ber of gulf ports. The San'Francisco will be added to the European squadron after she has undergone extensive repairs. It is robable that the torpedo boat flotilla will !ome north immediately upon the conclu slon of the maneuvers, about Jpnuary 15. PBESIDENT CASTRO'S CONDITION. Wanted His Case Heard by the Head of an American Republic. The condition which President Castro ittached to his response to the allies' arbi tration proposal was in the nature of. an ilternative proposition. Almost from the cginning showing an aversion to The Eague tribunal, President Castro, while ac mepting the principle of arbitration, asked :hat the case be tried by one of the Amer Man republics. As President Roosevelt had dlready declined to act in the capacity f arbitrator, and as some of the rea ons which inspired him in his declination would apply with equal force to the chief xecutive of any other American state than :he United States, he was obliged to with ioid any indorsement of that proposition of President Castro. Therefore, it may be lismissed from the field of possibilities, tand, unless Castro'is unexpectedly insistent ipon his own plan the original proposi Ion oT reference to The Hague tribunal will carry. There were no developments over New Irear day In the way of cablegrams con alning any news " Juppean capitals )r Venezuela, but.that w"e sot unexpected n view of the prevailing holiday season. LNNOYING TO SENATOR HAWLEY Bumors Regarded as Emanating From Those Who Want His Seat. Ever since Senator Hawley's Illness a va -lety of rumors have been circulated In his state concerning his Intentions, all of which .ave been annoying to him. At first there was set afloat a rumor that he proposed re dgning his seat in the Senate.. The latest a to the effect that not only will he resign, >ut the report is accompanied by a sugges ion that he be placed on the retired'list of :he army as a major general or as a briga lier general, in order that he might be pro ,ided with an ample income for the balance >f his days. Following this has been a uggestion that his wealthy constituents of 7onnecticut should raise a fund, say, of i0,000, to provide not only for his own Arants, but those of his family in the fu ture. These suggestions have placed Senator Hawley in a light that he does not enjoy. Els independent spirit Is well known to wvery one who has ever come in contact with him. His friends declare that these stories have been greatly annoying to -him, ind a general belief is expressed that he would accept no aid of the kind suggested; irst, because it would be displeasing to 1rm, and, secondly, because h's private bus! iess affairs are in such shape as to render such suggestions en-tirely unfiecessary. He s a part owner of the Hartford Courant, rom which he receives an income almost Mqual to his Income as a senator. In addi tion to that Mrs. Hawley is possessed of a private income and has property interests that supplement their resources. Senator Rawley has two years more to serve in the Ienate, and it Is declared that he has no thouight of resigning his position. These many annoying rumors are looked .ipon by Senator Hawley's friends as ema ating from men who are politically am .Jious and who are anxious to succeed to as seat .In the Senate, if by some means :hey could induce him to vacate it. While :hese rumors have been started and circu lated In Connecticut, there have been other stories accompanying them speculating apon the prospective strength before the Donnecticut legislatu~re of men who desire t become senators from that state. A re 3ent editorial of the Hartford Courant roiced Senator Hawley's feelings In this natter. "Friends of General Hamwley," says the Eartford Courant editorially, "and no man in the state has more or hetter ones, should iot let themselves be unnecessarily dis urbed by all this discussion of him and his affairs that gets Into the newspapers. Last vening the Hartford Times, with singular ack of regard for the feelings of a sensig tive gentleman, called on the general's frends in his own party to hustle about and raise a fund of $50,000 for his ime late relief. We trust that none of those who read the article will take it seriously. rhe general is not a pauper, and he is as ittle in need of such subscription as his frends are of such volunteer advice. He la a senator of the United States, His term has two years to run. Ever since D~onnecticut learned of his illness In the fall-the news was promptly exploited in 3rtain quarters from perfectly transparent inotives-represenitative citizens, democrats as weil as republicans, have been makring Iown their regard for him and their wish to see him still hold the commission of the state which has honored him for so long and to which his whole life has been an tnor. That is the sentiment and desire if Connecticut; ho doubt General Hawley will obey It." Cortner, Tmn., Post Office Eruned. The Past Office Department has been In formed- the burning of the post office at Dortner, Tenn., on the night of"DM Bt. No particulars da to the fire have been Ieaned, but it is understood that -the build ing and its .contents were destroyed. Is etr Williams of Memphis is makisg an avgla Jpam eps fw& m. ps*sermen -lesse .1 ens neWs~ ese ise . Wssa*fepsw setamagnesasees.i W store window Is good advertising, so is a good sign over the door, but the best of all is the display that goes before a whole city every day-the icws. paper advertisement. WENT WITH A WHOOP Senatorial "Booi" Started for "Uncle Joe Cannon." HAD BRIEF EXISTENCE IN FACT, HE DIUCOURAGED IT AI THE OUTUET. It is Relieved at the Capitol That X& Hopkins Will ventually Win Out in the Coming ight. At the Capitol today, while "the boys" that Is the generic term applied by "Uncle Joe" Cannon to all his colleagues, gray. beards and beardless alike-were sitting around the committee rooms smoking an4 gossiping, a new boom was sprung for Mr. Cannon. The news from the Illinois sena torial contest was under discussion, and comments were being made upon the fact that Representative Hopkins. who was sup posed to have the senatorship "all button ed up," to use one of Mr. Cannon's homelyi and favorite phrases, was in trouble. Mr. Hopkins, it will be remembered, eo tained the indorsement of the republicai state convention for the senatorial caucus nomination. But that was last spring, an4 since then there has been "something do. Ing." Mr. Hopkins now finds himself op. posed by several energetic candidates, who manifest a disposition to override the in-, dorsement of last spring and to try the case over again before the court of last re sort-the legislative caucus. They were discussing the possibility of a prolonged fight in the legislature, with may be a deadlock, and were casting about for possible dark horses. Somebody suggeste4 Mr. Cannon. It was wonderful to see with what unan. imity of favor the suggestion was received in some quarters. "By far the ablest man in Illinois today," was an expression fre quently heard. "An admirable idea-just the thing. He ought to have It by all means," was another remark. "Mr. Cannon would make an ideal senator," was heartilyj suggested all down the line. It was said that Mr. Uttlefield of Maine deserted the musty tomes of law and with drew his attention from the pigeon holes where repose the anti-trust bills long enough to sit up and notice things; that Mr. Dalzell dropped his watchful eye from thk wicked tariff revisionists and entered enthu siastically Into praise of the-Cannon boom: that Representative "Jim" Sherman showed flagging interest in the Indian appropriation bill and seized the idea as a good thing, t9 be pushed along. It was reported that Mro Babcock, who is on a vacation in Floridae received a telepathic intimation of what was brewing and was looking up traft scnedules for the north, while Representa,. tive Burton of Ohio and Representat*ve "Jim" Tawney of Minnesota joined in the general acclaim. There was only one man the booineWs were shy about4-r. Ienbun of lOws "How.could we bear to let him go?" was asked, and no oqe was there to answer. "Uncle 0oe" bys dNy. Just as the enthusiasm was at its hig* "Uncle Joe" in person bustled in from the west, where he has been rusticating on hi$ farm during the recess, seeing to the laying in of the winter's supply of wood and look, Ing after the hog killing and other pastora& duties. Mr. Cannon came down the e"Th dor with confident tread, all unaware of tM machinations to further his ambition. Ad familiar *oft hat was pulled down over 14W eyes, he carried hi. overcoat carel over his arm, and the inseparable left a curl of smoke in his wake like a ocean liner under two bells, full se4o ahead. The first he heard of the boom was at the .Capitol. It is said that he laid his 10o finger warily against his nose, and, glans. ing sideways out of his eyes, said "Naib nay; some other time." There will be other vacancies in IllinoiS senatorships, and Mr. Cannon, it Is rse ported, is not ready to sacrifice himself just yet on the altar of party harmony in Ill*. nois, assumingr that such a sacrifice will b4 required. So the Cannon senatorial boom was shert lived and the pulse of several gentlemen oe sumed the normal beat. Mr. Cannon W~b fesses to be unaware of the details of h Illinois senatorial contest. He has toba of his own to get his appropriationbil through Congress in some sort of semblanO to the form in which they originate in thd House, and, anyhow, he is not worrying about senatorships now. Thinkr Hopkins Will Win Out, Illinoisians at the Capitol today said that Mr. Hopkins may have a little fight, u the belief is that he will pull through. N has the "machine" back of him, and it E said that the machine In Illinois was nevOt in better running order than at presenh, His principal opponents are Mr. Sherm. former speaker of the lower house of thi Illinois legislature, and en-Ilepresentsiv9 Adams of Chicago. The cry raised against Mr. Hopkins it that he is not from Cook county and tha$ Chicago ought to have a senator. The leadi lug republican manager in Illinois is eg'. Etepresentative "Billy" Lorimer, who is Chicago man, and it is supposed that h took all those things into oonsideration b fore he backed Mr. Hopkins for the eM Anyhow, Mr. Hopkins lives only forty-fiuw miles from Chicago. Mr. Adams lives in Chicago. Thus far he is without a vote be een claim in the legis lature. He has a large "roll." however, a the saying is in Cook county, and, ofcozs while no one supposes that feet ever wib in a senatorial contest or would be cei' ered a factor by Mr. Aams, somepepq it is said, seem to be afraid it mightfgus They are rehashing an old story.seki of "rolls." It has been charged that . "roil" collected by assessing state @0 holders was laid by last su-e against taq caming caminptr by the "m-ablue" gens eral officials who .were assessed 5 per cn of tir salaries brought stat to- recoveran the mnoney was refunded, the suits bi settled out of court and no investigation o the charges was me Of course, inal r.amnaaege there are people who start sesh'. dalous stories ofi this kind on time other feIp lows, and the claim is made that thea sessments were supposed to be volutt contributions to the general ad esaW camnpaign funtwizich Is always collected f00 the legietmate purposes of the campaign. Two Persons Charged With 3bebdne the Zeus, Chief apector Cochran of the Post Offes Dqeartmnent has received a ispatch fees Easpector Stuart, in charge of the Chiesge ofie of the post o3oe Inspection diviske announeing the arrest of 'Thomas Reinh=-dS at Green Bay, Wis., teor robbing the malls, It appears that Ueinhardt was a rural free delivery carrier on route No. 1. fromath Gresn Bay pest offce. H.e is accused of having stolen moner order fhes regitared san other amm..m Jaspeeter Bird. made the arrest. A dstch froe n amee Clark at Port ReLOre., has also ue recEie by Chia tumsoer~has theumng -rres