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THE EVENING STAR WITH BUWDAT MORNING EDITIO& Offiet lltk itnet as4 PiamylTania ifMfc Th? Evening Star Newspaper Gompuj. I. E EASmUKH, Pm.iut. Raw Ttrk Oflaa: TriHua BsQIiBg. OklMf* OCm: Tritauw tnflttf. Th? Krentng Star, with tba Sunday morning t?A tton, l? delivered by farrier* withla the ctty >t SO CMU per month; without the Sunday eaV W*? at 44 centa per month. nail postage prepaid! Ramify nclotltNl. on*1 month, GO lly, ?ncd?j ? irepted. one month, 10 tnrday Star, onf year, $1 00. ndaj Stair, ana year. II BO. pally Dally ?I]c Aliening No. 16,519. WASHINGTON, D. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1905-THIRTY-TWC) PAGES. TWO CENTS. Weather, Cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair; light northerly winds, becoming variable. 1 SEVERE lilCTim Russian Revolutionists Issued Strong Mauifesto. - VERITABLE BOMBSHELL THE CZAR'S TREASURY DECLARED BANKRUPT. Financial Ruin of Country Charged to Bureaucracy?Serious Charges of Abuse of Power. ST. PETEJRSBl"JIG, Friday. December 15 (morning). \*la Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia. December IB.?The proletariat organ za tlons, through the "invisible government," threw a bombshell Into the camp of the of ficial government during the night by issu ing a manifesto, following the form of a regular imperial document, declaring the ?bankruptcy of the treasury, ordering the proletariat army everywhere to refuse to pay taxes of any description, to Insist on the payment of wages in gold or silver and to w.thdraw all their deposits from the sav ings banks In gold. The manifesto is a terrible indictment of the manner in which the bureaucracy has brought the country to financial ruin, as serting that the government has squander ed not only the country's income, but the proceeds of the fore gn loans on rail roads, the army and the fleet leaving the people without schools or roads, yet, it is declared, there is no money to feed the soldiers, and everywhere there are Insur rections of the beggared and starved troops and sailors. Speculated With Government Funds. The manifesto even charges the govern ment with using deposits In the govern ment savings banks to speculate on the bourse and with covering up Its chronic deficits In the interest on the immense debt by the proceeds of the foreign loans, which are at last exhausted. The rich, it is further declared, have al ready taken warning, and are converting their property into securities and gold and are sending them abroad. The only salva tion for the country, according to the mani festo. Is the overthrow of the autocracy by a constituent assembly, and the sooner the government falls the better. Therefore, the last source of the existence of the old re gime?its financial revenue?must be stop ped." The document is signed by the members of the workmen's oouncil, the committee of tlie Pan-Russian union and the central committees of the social democrats, social revolutionists and socialists of Poland. Manifesto Prepared With Secrecy. This great step of the revolutionaries, which throws down the gage of battle to the government, was prepared with such secrecy that the authorities were taken off their guard, and did not even attempt to prevent Its publication in the newspapers. The revolutionary leaders expect it will be followed with reprisals and arrests, but all this has been foreseen. The leaders laid their plans deeply before issuing the mani festo. New committees of the various or ganizations have been elected in the third and fourth degree. If one set of committees Is put behind the bars they will take its place and carry on the work. The League of Leagues was not asked to Join In the manifesto, being regarded with some jealousy by the proletariat organiza tions. which claim to be bearing the brunt of the revolution and to be entitled to the fruits thereof. Big Issue of Paper Money. The proletariat leaders claim to have ab solute knowledge that the government has Just Issued $123,000,000 in paper money. Under the provisions of the press law the editor of every paper which printed the manifesto has rendered himself liable to eight months Imprisonment and $1,600 fine. Now must come the test of the govern ment's power. It develops that among the papers of M. KrustalefT, the president of the executive ! committee of the workmen's council, seized j at the time of his arrest, were documents which furnish evidence of a well-planned j conspiracy to seize and carry oft Premier I ?\Vitte. ZEMSTVO'S FOREMOST DUTY. Moscow Congress Received Witte'a Re ply to Its Memorial. ST. PETERSBURG, December 15.?The bureau of Lhe Moscow xemsivo congress has received Premier Wltte's reply to the zem stvolst memorial, which the council of min isters has discussed Count Wltte says that ths council has decided that its foremost duty Is to carry out the emperor's will as expressed in the manifesto of October 80. Therefore no consideration can be given to petitions or resolutions going beyond the limits of the manifesto, nor can measures be undertaken which might affect tlie rights of the national assembly before It meets. The adoption, however, of temporary meas ures to assure the liberties granted by the manifesto is not prohibited. The reply add* that the continued troubles, revolts and open acts of the revolutionists against the authority ot the state and integ rity of the empire do not permit the gov ernment to dispense with the enforcement of the exceptional measures taken In cer tain localities Regarding the question of the support of the government by one or the other of the different parties, the government's only care at the present moment Is that ail classes of society should realize the conse quences which may er.sue from their disin clination to support the authority of the state. Open Mutiny Over Bad Rations. BERLIN. December 1ft.?The Moscow cor respondent of the Lokai Anzelger telegraph ed as follows from that city at 11:20 a.m. today: "The ferment in the Moscow gar rison over bad rations and numerous ar rests resulted today In an open mutiny of the RostolT Grenadier Regiment. The gren adiers freed their arrested comrades by force, seized the arsenal with the stores of arms and munitions and disposed ma chine guns before the barracks. "Later the grenadiers, instead of the usual order of the day. Issued a series of economic and political demands, and the command of the regiment was taken over by a committee of twenty elected by the mutineers. "The men of the Astrakhan reglpient and the Cossacks refused to move against the mutineers. "The telegraph and post services have been largely restored" Lieut. Schmidt Escaped From Fortress. Special Cablegram to Th? Star. LONDON. December ltt.?A dispatch to the Standard from Odessa states there is a report that Lieut. Schmidt, the Russian naval officer who was released from prison by the mutinous sailors of the Black Sea fleet and subsequently led the>r revolt, has escaped with the aid of friendly guard< from the fortress in which he was confined. Old Question of Tariff on Sugar Revived. CONSUMER FORGOTTEN BUYING LESS. BUT HE IS PAYING MORE FOB IT. Not Getting- Any Benefit From the Concessions Granted to Hawaii and the Philippines. Sugar, which Has been a bugaboo In Con gress for a number of years, is again loo>m ltig up to cause trouble In both parties and at each end of the Capitol. The cause of disturbance this time Is the effort of the administration to secure reductions of the customs duty on raw sugar entering the United States from the Philippines. This Is undertaken by the administration with the Idea of encouraging the Industries of the Philippines and increasing the material prosperity of the Islands. The movement is being opposed by the beet sugar growers of the middle states and the Pacific coast and the cane sugar producers of Louisiana. Hearings are be ing held by the ways and means commit tee, and the subject of competition of out side producers of raw sugar with Infant American Industries?the same subject which was threshed over with Hawaii, with Porto Rico and the Cuban reciprocity bill? is again being gone over. There are many sides to the question, and statesmen In their alignment, necessitated by their local conditions, find ready argu ment on all phases of the proposition. The Consumer Not Benefited. One fact stands out clear above all argu ments, and that Is the American consumer of sugar is the only one who is not getting any benefit from the legislation of the past. Official figures just issued by the bureau or statistics show that the consumers of the United States paid $40,000,000 more for their sugar last year than for the corresponding period In 1904, and that they used less sugar. The Cuban and Hawaiian producers, the American refiners and the American farmers are profiting, but the man wh( buys the sugar for his table is paying more for it and using less. It was testified be fore the ways and means committee that as to Cuban sugar the producer in Cuba has made a gain of 18 cents per hundred pounds, and the refiner In the United States 15 cents per hundred pounds. That will go a lit tie way toward explanation of the fact that the people of the United States paid $40,000,000 more for their sugar. German Importations Decreased. Considering the subject Impartially, it is shown that the beet sugar industry in this country is Increasing and the importations of beet sugar from Germany fell off from nearly $5,000,000 in 1004 to a little more than $1,000,000 in 1905. The Importations from the Philippines increased from less than half a million to $2,200,000; they increased $4,000,000 from Porto Rico, about $12,000,000 from Hawaii and $13,000,000 from Cuba. It Is well known, of course, that the Cuban sugar comes in on a concession of 20 per cent from the Dingley rates and the Philip pines sugar on a concession of 25 per cent. The pending opposition Is to the Increase of the Philippines concession to the extent of 75 per cent. While the beet sugar and cane sugar men and the sugar-refining Interests are squab bling in Congress It is likely that a number of statesmen will take up the question of why the consumers are not getting some of the benefit of the concessions allowed by Congress. Political Parties Seriously Divided. Another Interesting phase of the situ ation In Congress Is the fact that political parties are dividing more seriously on this question than ever before. The Louisiana senators, who rep reseat a constituency that wants low tariff duties on everything but sugar, have been consistent in their attitude all along. They will be joined this year by other democrats of the Senate? Dubois of Idaho. Teller and Patterson of Colorado, Newlands of Nevada. Clark of Montana, and doubtless by the new senator from Oregon, Mr. Gearin. It is said that these senators will oppose the reduction of the Philippine tariff in the Interests of the beet sugar growers In the Irrigated west. So, taken all together, the whole propo sition is likely to make &n Interesting situ ation in Congress. GOV. HIGGINS TALKS. Says Harriman's Testimony Relative to Him Was Correct. ALBANY, N. Y.. December 1C.?"Mr. Har riman's testimony before the legislative committee In New York yesterday was true, as far as It concerns me personally," said Governor Higglns today. "Mr. Harriman called me on the long j distance telephone and as I recall the con versation, said that there was a large num ber of attorneys here representing the fac tions which had arisen In connection with the trouble In the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and that he desired to keep In formed about what was being done. He said that as a director In the Equitable Society he was greatly interested In the matter, and he asked me to advise him of any developments here which might come to my knowledge." "Did you promise to do so?" "1 probably did. I don't recall exactly what I said. We frequently get requesta of that sort, and the probability is that I told him we would try to oblige him in ?the matter. We do this In many cases." -you regarded his request as entirely a proper one?" "Yes, certainly." The governor said that to the best of his knowledge he had met Mr. Harriman aside from that one telephone conversation only twice. His first time-was at a dinner given In the governor's honor In New York city. "The second time," Governor Higglns con tinued, "was, I think, early in January. Ho came to my hotel In New York by an appointment made by telephone, to see me especially about the stock transfer tax bill, to which he was opposed. Senator Pound, the governor's counsel, was present through out the conversation. "We had some ta.k also about the at tacks then being made upon the insurance companies, and he spoke particularly of the hill which I had favored In my mes sage to replace the law taxing insurance premiums, which the court of appeals had declared unconstitutional. I do not recall that he was especially opposed to the pro posed legislation. I think I said more than lie did. I believe he said he would talk with some of the Insurance people and urge them to submit to a reasonable tax. I think he passed some criticism upon certain In surance methods, but the conversation on that point was not of Importance." To Command the Mayflower. -Lieutenant Commander Andrew T. Long lias been selected by the President to com mand the Mayflower, succeeding Com mander Cameron Mc.R. Winslow who Is to command the Charleston. Lieutenant Com mander Long is now executive officer of the Dolphin. B I THE PANTHER INCIDENT. German Ambassador Says Matter Has Been Amicably Adjusted. Baron Sternburg, the German ambassador, called at the State Department today and as a matter of Information told Secretary Root that the threatened trouble between Germany and Brazil growing out of the re ported attack by German sailors from the gunboat Panther on a man named SteinliofT at Itajahy, Brazil, had been averted and the Incident had been amicably adjusted. The ambassador had a cabled report from his own government on that subject, the substance of which was as follows: November IS) an officer and twelve sailors landed from the Panther to search for a sailor named Hessman, who had deserted from the gunboat. The landing party was in civilian dress and was charged to simply make an effort to trace Hessman, It being the purpose of afterward appealing to the local Brazilian authorities to arrest him. when found, and return him to the ship. In the course of the search the party ran Into Steinhoff, about whose identity there Is some doubt. It Is not known that he was a deserter from either the German army or navy, and indeed, save for his name, his Identity-might be In doubt. Some kind of a row followed, but It is certain, according to the official report, that the man was not taken aboard the Panther. The German consul's last advice Is that he had departed frotii Itajahy on his own boat for Buenos Ayres, where it is supposed he now lives. The consul further reported that the matter had been satisfactorily adjusted, and It Is believed at the embassy that this Is the end of the incident. PAY OF THE MARINE BAND. Increase Proposed and Competition With Civilians Forbidden. A bill to prevent the Marine Band from competing with oivillan musicians was In troduced today by Representative Bar tholdt of Missouri. It raises the leader of the band to the rank of captain In the navy, makes the second leader a second lieutenant and provides for thirty first class musicians at $100 a month and thirty second-c'ass musicians at $75 a month. These increases in salary are granted on condition that the band is not to compete with civilians. SENATE COMMITTEES. Report of Changes to Be Submitted to Republican Caucus Monday. The Senate committee to fill committee vacancies has completed its labors and will submit Its report to the republican caucus Monday. In addition to filling va cancies it is understood that there have been made a number of changes whore there were no vacancies. The most Im portant of these is on the committee on interstate commerce, from which It is said that Senator Millard of Nebraska wiil re tire in favor of Senator Crane of .Massa chusetts. Army Orders. Second l.ieut. Allen C. Keyes, 14th Cav alry, has been ordered to examination for promotion. Capt. Ralph Harrison, commissary, has been relieved from duty In the Philippines division and ordered home, to report to the military secretary for further orders. Capt. Louis H. Bash, commissary, has been ordered to duty in the subsistence de partment. Philippines division. Maj. Wlnthrop S. Wood and Capt. Letcher Hardeman, Quartermasters, have been or dered from this city to Boston, Mass., and to the mills of the American Woolen Com pany, Lawrence, Mass., on official business pertaining to the manufacture of clothing material for the army. Will Take a Long Rest. Baron Sternberg, the German ambassa dor, called upon Secretary Root to say goodlbye before departing for Aiken, South Carolina, where he will arrive about the 21st instant and remain several weeks for rest and recuperation. Yellow Fever Situation. Mr. Sleeper, United States charge at Ha vana, In a dispatch to the State Depart ment dated yesterday, reports the fever sit uation In that city to be as follows: De cember 12, four suspects and one confirmed; December 18, two suspects and December 14 two suspects. The Transport Sherman. The military secretary has been Informed by Maj. Gen. Wood, commanding the Phil ippines division, of the sailing of the trans port Sherman from Manila this morning with 582 enlisted men of the 2-'d Infantry, eighty-eight casuals, ten general prisoners, thirty-one sick and four insane on board. Naval Orders. Commander C. H. Mathews, retired, to Bayonne, N. J., for duty as Inspector of machinery at the works of Babcock & Wil cox Company. Kr.sign C. C. Moses from the navy yard, Norfolk, Va., to the bureau of steam tn glteerlng. Navy Department. Midshipman W. F. Halsey, Jr.. from the Missouri to the Don Juan de Austria. "IT IS TO LAUGH." VENEZUELAN INCIDENT CLOSED. Withdrawal of Castro No?e to telle French Government. C ABAC AS. Venezuela, December 15.? President Castro having withdrawn his no'.e to M. Taigny, the French charge d'affaires, which gave offense to France, the diplo matic Incident is closed The diplomatic inciuent just closed was caused by a protest lodged on September ID at Caracas by the French charge d'affaires, SI. Taigny, against the closing of the Ca racas station of the French ("able Com pany and the expulsion from Venezuela ot Al. Brun, the manager of the company* To tills communication the Venezuelan govern ment gent a reply to the effect that it held documents proving that the company had accepted the result of the judicial pro ceedings brought against it; that M. Taigny knew this; that his protest could only Bo considered as an act of personal hostility, ??lie? that the Venezuelan government would abstain from treating with the French gov ernment through Al. Taigny until he apolo gized. This noto gave offense to the French gov ernmcnt, and Venezuela was requested by France to withdraw that part of the note which gave notice that Venezuela would not communicate further through M. Taigny. This President Castro had refused to do until within the last few days, al though the French government sent a squadron of warships to the island of Alar tlnlque preparatory to blockading some ot the Venezuelan ports. Finally the govern I ment at Washington commissioned the American minister at Caracas, Air. Russell, to endeavor to arrange the Franco-Vene zuelan diplomatic incident, and the step just taken by President Castro Is in all probability due to the influence of Air. Russell with the government of Venezuela. ISLE OF PINES DELEGATE. He Will Issue a Statement to Ameri can People. Edward P. Ryan of the Isle of Pines, Cuba, Is in Washington, the delegate, from the revolutionary junta of the Isle of Pines to the American government. He will is sue a statement Alonday to the American people, setting forth the claim of the Amerioans of the island to recognition of that land as territory of the United States. It Is not thought Air. Ryan will seek ad mission to the House, as the administration has decided against his claims and the leaders of the House would not consider his proposition for a moment. WILL LEAVE NEXT WEEK. The Large Floating Dry Dock to Be Towed to the Philippines. Towed by the supply ship Glacier, Com mander Harry H. Hosley, the colliers Brutus and Caesar and the tug Potomac, the mammoth steel floating dry dock Dewey will start next week on its long cruise from Solomons Island, Md., to Olon gapo, Philippine Islands, its future home. The board of inspection and survey has completed the inspection of the dock and of the ships which will tow It. CELEBRATED 102D BIRTHDAY. Spends Time Reading French Books and Smoking a Pipe. Special Dispatch to The Star. BROCKTON, Alass., December 16.?Airs. Alary Baraby of Franklin street celebrated her one hundred and second birthday yes terday. She spends most of her waking hours in a rocking chair reading her French books and smoking her pipe. Airs. Baraby has been smoking alnce she was twelve years old. She has had twenty children, six of whom are alive. She was married at sixteen, and her hus band died over tlfty years ago. She has had forty-three grandchildren, three of whom are dead, and nine great grandchil dren, all of whom are living. Gen. Corbin to Visit Europe. Gen. Corbin, who will become lieutenant general next April, will leave the Philip pines for the United States shortly. It Is understood he will spend most of his term on the active list In a visit to European countries on a leave of absence for the benefit of his health, now. somewhat Im paired. Proposed Addition to the "Zoo." Senator Burrows today Introduced, by re quest. a bill to acquire ground on Lanier Heights for an addition to the National Zoological Park. The ground to be ac quired. according to this bill, Is between the eastern boundary of the park and the new highway that has been established from Adams Mill road to Kenesaw avenue. For this purpose the bill appropriates not to exceed $71,WK?. Ocean Steamship Movements. NEW YORK, December 10.?Arrived: Allnnetonka from London, Alain from Bre men. HAVRE, December Mi.?Arrived: La Gastogne from New York. PLYMOUTH, December 16.?Arrived: St. Louis from New York. McCALL STARTS FOR HOME. Son of Insurance President Brings Hamilton's Report. PARIS, December 16.?John C. McCall, son of John A. McCall. president of the New York Life Insurance Company, who came to Paris for the purpose of having Andrew Hamilton, the former confidential legislative representative of the insurance company at Albany, accompany him back to New York, sailed alone today on the steamer La Lorraine, from Havre. Mr. Mc Call took with him Mr. Hamilton's report concerning his connection with the insur ance company's affairs. The following statement was furnished from an authoritative source: "Mr. McCall found upon his arrival here (hat Mr. Hamilton was under the care of Dr. Riviere, a famous specialist. Mr. Mc Call delayed his departure, at Mr. Hamil ton's request, in order to see if the treat ment would enable Mr. Hamilton to return, but the doctor finally stated that the trip Mr. Hamilton contemplated and his return to active business would surely be fallowed by a serious illness. Therefore absolute rest for several months will be necessary. "In lieu of his return Mr. Hamilton has prepared and sent a full and explicit state ment covering his connection with the af fairs of the insurance company." It is understood that Mr. Hamilton's re sponse to the legislative committee takes the form of going over the entire ground of the investigation. Both Mr. McCall and Mr. Hamilton declined to go Into details of the report on the ground of courtesy to the committee. However, it is clear that the report was taken to the United States to diy and that it embraces a statement of Mr. Hamilton's operations since his connec tion with the New York Life Insurance Company. VALUABLE WATER FRONT. Atlantic Coast Terminal Co. Acquired Land at Norfolk. Special Disp&tcb to The Star. NORFOLK, Va? December 16.?The At lantic Coast Terminal Company, Incorpo rated, J. W. Perry, president, today pur chased the most valuable tract of water front property adjoining the Seaboard Air Line terminals here, paying for it $132,500. The tract which Is made up of four par cels, has a shore frontage of 1,083 feet. Three 'pieces of the property, with shore frontages of 209, 2t? and -140 feet, were pur chased from the Waverly Water Front and Development Company for IDll.oOO. The other piece of land was purchased from Edward M. Watts, special commis sioner In the chancery cause of Peters agt. Peters, executor, for $-M>,0W>. It has a shore frontage of 167 feet and is known as the William H. Wilson water fronf. Pres ident Perry declined to discuss for what purpose the property was bought. MINERS' CONVENTION ENDED. Formal Request for Conference With Mine Operators. 8HAMOK1N, Pa., December lfl.?The delegates to the anthracite miners' conven tion quickly disposed of the unfinished busi ness at today's session. The special committee composed of John Mitchell and board of members of the three districts met and considered how best to get the union's request for a conference before the big coal companies. Although President Mitchell said that the committee had not decided on details, the convention's resolution of request will without doubt be in New York and in the hands of the presi dents of the nine leading coal companies by Monday, which will enable the ope ators to talie up the question at their weekly meeting on Tuesday in that city. Each of the presidents of the nine coal producing and carrying railroads will re ceive a letter or telegram from the con vention's committee, and each is expected to send a separate answer. The miners' request?that the operators meet with them to arrange the terms of employment to prevail at the collieries after April 1 next?is not necessarily equivalent to a strike if the operators refuse, but It means that the award of the anthracite coal strike commission will become inop erative. When the convention went Into executive session there was a spirited discussion over the matter of referring important resolutions, embodying demands, to the special committee which will ask a con ference with the operators. President Mitchell said: "I have received protests. If there are others, now is the-time to present them. If any delegate has a plan which he thinks Is better than tho one adopted yesterday, let him present it now." Want Old Street Name Retained. Senator Gallinger today introduced a bill to change the name of T street to Califor nia avenue. Residents on California ave nue were recently-surprised to learn that the name of their avenue had been changed to T street, and many of them are up in protest against this action. They prefer the name of California avenue, and they claim that their thoroughfare is so far sep ars.ted fro-m T street that the change of name iloes not add to the methodical nam ing of streets of the city. The thoroughfare which they desire tc have named California avtiiue is that wliloii recently bore that name, and extends from Columbia road went to Massachusetts avenue, Senator Bacon Discusses Pan ama Canal Expenses. MR. ALLISON REPLIES DECLARES THAT THE ABILITY DEMANDED COMMANDS HIGH PAY Subject of Federal Control of Insur ance Again Debated in the House? Proposed Adjournment Dec. 21. hen the Panama canal appropriation bill was taken up by the Senate today Mr. Bacon took the floor In support of r :s amendment requiring quarterly estimates of the salaries and other expenses of the canal commission. ' He said that under the present system Congress is deprived of the opportunity for proper scrutiny of the salaries paid to the commission employes. Although there was really stronger reason for such estimates In the case of the canal employes than In the regular departments of the government he said, such a course would go far towar.i preventing the extravagance now practiced In the commission work. He commented on the fact that Mr. Shonts' salary was mo:e than twice as much as that paid to the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and | said that it was not the policy of the gov emulate th? high salaries paid nf tPhi corporations. Even the auditor of the commission gets Slo.ooo, while the JTniv ? rSo paS8,e* upon ''is work receives onlj $4,000, and the executive head of the department, the Secretary of War. only !!?m '-.K " huml,'e Judgment." he said, the man doesn't live whose personal services are worth $1.~i0,000." He said in "J- Spo?ner th:,t he thought the $JMioo paid to the chief engineer of the commission too great, "i would not pay any of them more than the chief justice Is Paw. 'he Georgia senator declared. Mr. Spooner expressed the opinion tha' the President ought to be given sufficient :'titude in the matter of salary to secure the best possible engineering taient. saying that the competition among railroads for such talent was such that it could not be procured for small pay. Declares Salaries Too High. Mr. Bacon said that he regarded the sal aries paid to the high officials as the least important fe>ature, because there were so few of them compared with the long list of subordinates, ibut the fact that these positions bring honor and fame must be taken into consideration In estimating their compensation. To his mind the alarming tact is that subordinates are paid ex hor.blta.nt salaries for services that can be rendered by hundred* and thousands of others. He referred especially to Mr BI?nopas the "press agwnt." and said that while he was only one, there was a small armj Iti the canal work whose pav was out of proportion to the allowances to oth ??7w?R.cfe.7,n* "*iln to payment of 511),WO to the canal commission auditor, he said: "It Is perfectly monstrous that this subordinate officer should be paid 20 per cent more than is paid to the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Treasury, the head of the financial system of the entire government." He expressed the opinion that not a sin gle senator would say that th% salaries should not be reduced, and he paused to hear from any one who might think other wise. No one responded directly, but Mr. Gal llnger expressed the opinion mat Mr. Taffs testimony before the committee on appro priations supplied good reasons for the payment of a high salary to the commis sion's auditor. Mr. Bacon expressed the opinion that high salaries were largely responsible for the defalcations so frequently reported. The government could, he conceded, control the private corporations, "but it doesn't be come us to follow the example and thus be come responsible for debauching the young men of the country." Mr. Allison referred to the salary of $17, 50U paid Governor Magoon and'said the large sum was due to the fact that he held the triple position of commissioner, govern or of the canal zone and minister to Pan ama. "Mr. Magoon appears to be a very versatile gentleman." remarked Mr. Culberson, who apked whether "he Is the same gentleman who wrote two opinions on the colonial question, one on one side and the other on the other." "Very likely," responded Mr. Allison: "I have known lawyers to give opinions on both sides of other questions. It Is true." he added, "that Mr. Magoon Is a very ver satile man. and It Is also true that he Is a very accomplished man." A long controversy ensued as to the best form of securing the check which all de sired. Mr. Hale suggested as a substitute a provision requiring that the estimates In the House bill shall "cover all annual sal aries for persons employed in the canal work excepting laborers and skilled labor ers," and this was agreed to by the Senate. When Mr. Bacon finished Mr. Tillman obtained the adoption of a resolution re quiring the Interstate commerce commis sion to send to the Senate tl?e record ami testimony In the Atchison. Topeka and Sania Fe railway case, alleging unlawful practices and rates In the transportation of coal and mine supplies. Allison Replies to Bacon. The consideration of the canal bill was then resumed, and Mr. Allison replied to Mr. Bacon. He agreed with the Georgia senator as to the desirability of securing estimates of the funds necessary for canal salaries, but he urged that the bill as It stands makes ample provision for such estimates to be supplied by the President himself. He considered Mr. Bacon's provi sion a limitation rather than an enlarge ment upon the requirements of the bill as it- stands. Speaking In general of the canal salaries, Mr. Allison said: "I do not think the canal can be constructed upon the basis suggest ed by the senator from Georgia, at least as respects the higher places." He sUd that he had had personal knowledge of two re fusals on the part of engineers to eng ige in the canal work, and he had understood that Mr. Stevens had refused to take the place for less than $30,000. It was contended by Mr. Teller that what was needed In the construction of the canal was a man of executive ability. Mr. Allison agreed that a business man was needed, and said he believed that was whftt President had In mind when ha epfpwyed Mr. Shonts. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House today fixed the holiday recess by providing for adjournment next Thurs day. December 21, until January 4. The Insurance debate was then resumed. More than fifteen members have applied for recognition on the subject, and there is no disposition to limit the debate. Representative Norris (Neb.) opened the debate. He saw objection to referring the matter to any but the Judiciary committee, -because, in his opinion, a constitutional amendment might be necessary before anything could be done to regulate insurance. It was pointed out by Mr. Stanley (Ky.) that there was great danger to the ilberilen j of the people by the constant encroachment (Continued on Second Pa*#5 President's Plain Talk to the Shakers. GARRETT'S SUCCESSOR WILL PROBABLY BE A. I.. SHARPS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. A Large Number of Congressional Callers Today, Some on Pending Legislation. President Roosevelt today told a delega* tlon of Shakers who called upon him that he did not believe disarmament of nations was practical at this time, and that he be lieved war was the proper recourse In caaa of great unprovoked wrongs done by one nation to another. At the same time he dtd believe In an enlargement of arbitra tion of the causes of wars and felt sat isfied that by degr.es arbitration would settle nearly every difficulty arising be tween one country and another. "I Intend to soon itppoint the delegates to the second Hague conference," he told his callers, "and they will be Instructed to strive for an extension and enlargement of the causes of war that may be, and should be. arbltra'ed." The object of the visit to the Pre.-ldent vas to present him witli resolutions adopt ed at the peace convention of the Shakers at Mount l.ebanon. X. V.. August 31. A committer was appointed, consisting of Eld res.s Anna White and Sister Saraii Pur per. to present the resolutions, and William Barnes of Nantucket, Mass.. for merly of Albany, N. V., was asked to ac company the ladies. He had made a speech before the Shaker convention indorsing tha idea that war may be completely eliminat ed by an agreement of nations to dlsirm. The resolutions state the t>elie? that ftli wars are barbarous and unnecessary, con gratulated President Koosevelt on his ef forts for peace, and then asked him to Utfia the lead in .having the nations of the world agree to do away with war. It was the presentation of these resolutions that drew forth tho remarks of the President, ad dtessed to his hearers. The Shaker sisters were attire,1 in the regulation suit < 1 th* order and enjoyed the talk of the President, despite the fact that it did not afford tha greatest encouragement to the poliev pro posed by them. Pat Garrett's Successor. It is regarded as practically settled that "Pat" Garrett, the exterminator of badr men In the southwest, will not succeed himself as collector of customs at El Paso, and that his sucessor will be Alfred I.* Sharpe of El Paso, at present the only re publican member of tho Texas legislature. Garrett and Sharpe are the only applicants for the place, and everything seems to point to the downfall of the slayer of "Billy the Kid," the worst man who ever trod the soil of New Mexico, and himself tha slayer of more than thirty men. Garrett, as stated in The Star, lias been dejected ever since he had a talk with the President a few days ago, and realized that his chances of success were amall. The President is said to believe that tho appointment of Sharpe will do much to rdlsc the reputation of the republican party In Texas. He is said to be a man of the highest grade, and to have the friendship and support of many lending democrats. He secured the passage through the Texas legislature of a bill that has done much to break up gambling In that state. Its pro visions enable citizens to break up these dens when, through confederation or other wise, officers do not do so. The law is said to have done more to eradicate gambling than any ever put on the statute books of Texas. Garrett's official record is good, but he is said to have some friends among the gambling and saloon element who have not been of especial benefit to him. A Large Number of Callers. Saturday was, as usual, a most busy day for the President, senators and representa tives in large numbers calling on one mat ter or another. Some of them talked about pending legislation In Congress, some about appointments In their states or districts, and some Introduced friends. Senator Spooner. whose tilt In the Senate yesterday with Senator Tillman in defense of th$ President's San Domingo policy attractel attention, had a few minutes with tho President. So did Senator Hale, who 19 watching canal legislation, and so did Rep resentative "Pete." Hepburn, whose canaJ appropriation bill was emasculated in the Senate. Representative Hepburn stated that tha House would not stand for the Senate's constant practice of dismembering and dis secting sensible bills sent over to it by the lower House. "This has grown to be a haltit," said the redoubtable Iowan, "and that Is all. There was no reason why tfte Senate should change the bill sent over by the House bearing upon the canal appro priation and the canal bonds." Representatives Curtis and Mills of Kan sas presented to the President W. B. LJig hain. at one time consul general at Cape Town, So.iUh Africa. He was displaced by Mr. Washington, and the Kansas people ar? asking that he be given another place. For Mr. Lyons' Place. The Kansas people are expecting the early announcement of the nomination ot W. T. Vernon of Quindaro. as register of the treasury, to succeed Jud.son Lyons. L. S. Williams, the Chicago colored man, who has also been under consideration by the President for this position, will be ghen a good consular place somewhere. The Presi dent regards him with favor and wait's to provide him a positior. If Vernon should not be appointed register Williams will get the place and Vernon will be given a con sular position. James P. Parker of Forth Smith, Ark., was at the White House, accompanied by Senator Warner of Missouri. They also culled on the Attorney General. He 1* an applicant for marshal of the western dis trict of Arkansas. He has not sccured the backing of Gen. Powell Clayton and the re publican machine of Arkansas, but he la proceeding anyhow. Parker Is a son of the famous federal judge who sat in the court at Fort Smith for so mmy years arid sen tenced nearly two hundred men to death, nearly a hundred of whom were hanged. They were all bad men and deserved wha? they got. Senators Hemenway and Beveridge of In diana introduced Robert Motzger, chair man of the republican city committee of Indianapolis, and Adolph Asclie of the same city. Mr. Metager is to become chief of police of Indianapolis and Mr. Asche will become chief of detectives. They have been In Washington stud>lns police and detective methods here. Representatives Bartholdt of Missouri and Watkins of Indiana saw the President and recommended the nomination of J. H. Shepherd of South MeAllster, I. T.. for United States attorney of the central dis trict of the territory. Senator Hopkins, who is having a vast lot of trouble about the selection of a post master at Chicago, saw the President again today,- this having been his third or fourth trip on that subject. He asaerted there was nothing he could talk about. Presidential Nomination*. The President today sent tha following nominations to the Senate: Jaatioe Attorneya-^ilarry Skinner, east