Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8, by The Evening Star Howspaper Company. ie H. KAUFFMA |, Pree’t. . Kew York Offic, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star Is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 cents per month. ‘at the counter 2 cents each. matil—any! in the United’ states or Canida—portege prepald00 cents per mont! ane Quinta; a eset tate $1 per year, with eign postage added. $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) CF All mail subscriptious must be paid in advan-e. Retes of advertising made known on application. Che Fvenin Star. No. 13,621. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. BELT AND ECKINGTON Conditions Under Which They May Be Reorganized. THE SYNDICATE MUST BE ELIMINATED A Better Feeling Prevailing Among the Interested Parties. See THE ACTION OF THE COURT There seems to be a somewhat better feeling today among the financiers inter- ested in the affairs of the Belt and Eck- ington railroad companies, the action of Judge Cox yesterday having been taken as somewhat of a guarantee that the fu- ture movements of the receiver will be di- rected in a measure by the court itself. The agreement to the issue of receiver's certifi- cates for an amount sufficient to meet the operatmg expenses of the roads was brought about by some of the conservative bondholders, who, while averse to seeing the properties further burdened in order to indulge in costly experiments, do not care to see them ruined beyond redemption by a failure to keep the lines running with regularity. The proceeds of the certifica which will be issued on the authority granted by Judge Cox yesterday will be devoted to such necessitles as the feed of horses, the pay of employes and ether everyday expenses, and no portion of the money wiil be devoted to equipment in any form. Effect of the Orders. Up to yesterday morning it was doubtful Whether such certificates would be issued without contest in the courts, as a num- ber of bondholders were known to be ab- solutely opposed to issuing such securities for any purpose whatever. But when the case was presented to them in the proper light they decided to make no opposition to the request. The orders of the court di- recting that proposals be requested for the furnishing of an air motor and also for proposals for the full equipment of both roads with tompressed air systems has had the effect of allaying bitterness to a considerable degree, and the hove is ex- pressed in many quarters that replies to these proposals will be received from all the ccmpanies owning patents of such a character, which are now doing business in this country. In this way the whole field of compressed air invention will, it is thought, be open to inspection and the local companies will not be dependent upen the Porter motor alone. Stockholders to Be Assessed. It was said today by gentlemen heavily interested in, the bonds of one of the com- panies that f was an error to declare that the minority stockholders of the two cor- Porations had been frozen cut. He ex- plained that the stockholders of the com- Panies were the owrers of the properties and that the bondholders occupled the po- sition ef holders of mortgages on the con- cerns. The properties needed improvement, he said, and the owners were naturally ex- pected to make them. Accordingly if the Were reorganized and a system of transi: Invroduced the stockholders be assessed for the expense. “Phe suggestion that the roads should be ed with compressed air systems, the expense of which was to be met by the is- suance of receiver's certificates, that were to be a prior lien on the property of the companies,” he said, “was to the same ef- fect as it would be if the owner of prop- erty desired to improve his holdings, and wished to get the nolder of the first mort- Sake on it to take a second mortgage and allow the expense of the improvements to stand as a lurst mortgage against his real estate. Naturally, the bondholders do not propose to submit to anything of the kind.” Reorganisation Under Conditions. A careful survey of the case, including conversations with several interested par- ties, makes it appear that the owners of the bonds of both roads are perfectly will- ing to assist in bringing about a reorgan- ization of the companies and in placing them upon a paying basis, provided that ail actual or indirect participation in the control of the properties by Elkins, Widen- €r and Dolan shall be eliminated. The declaration that the Philadelphia syndi- cate is no longer interested in the Belt and Eckington companies may be true in @ certain sense, but that the syndicate has powerful influence with the interests that do control the road is believed to be be- yond question. About ten-thirteenths of the baltimore ard Catonsville Construction Company is owned, it is sald, by Mr. T. Edward Hambleton, the Baltimore banker, and his associates. The other three-thir- teenths are owned by Elkins, Widener and Dolan. The Baltimore and Catonsville Con- struction Company controls the Belt and Eckington railroads here, but, like these roads, is now in the hands of a receiver. The bondholders of the local properties, therefore, do not feel perfectly certain that the Philadelphians, through the connec- tions described, may not continue to have @ voice in the direction of Belt and Eck- ington affairs, and hence the uneasiness about approaching the task of reorganiza- tion unul there is a full understanding that they will not be permitted to exert a po- teat influence in the future management of the roads. ——— NAMING THE WARSHIPS. Three Battle Ships and Six Gunboats Given Specitic Appellations. Before his departure on his electioneer- ing trip to Alabama Secretary Herbert dis- posed of a matter that has engaged his at- tention and that of the President as well for a long time. It concerned the naming of the three battle ships and the six gun- boats now under construction in differant parts of the country. Under the law bat- tle ships must be named after states of the Union and gunboats after cities of his- toric interest. In accordance with these statutes Secretary Herbert has directed that the new battle ships be named, re- spectively, Alabama, Illinois and Wiscon- sin, and that the gunboats be officially designated as follows: Annapolis, Mari- etta, Newport, Princeton, Vicksburg and Wheeling. In the selection of the names for the gunboats the cities complimented are those in the states of Maryland, Ohio, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Mississippi and West Virginia, respectively. In selecting the name Alabama the Sec- retary honors his native state, perpetuates the name of the most famous of the con- federate cruisers and gives another notice to the world that the animosities of the civil war are forgotten. The navy now has a Kearsarge and an Alabama to fight for the honor and dignity of the Union and to maintain the prestige of the United States among the nations of the world, and they will undoubtedly give a good account cf themselves. —_-+e+_______ Mr. McAdoo Returns. Assistant Secretary McAdoo has returned from a two weeks’ visit to Newport and New England. He is acting secretary of the navy in the absence of Secretary Her- bert, who has gone to Alabama in the in- terests of sound money. cS OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA BRYAN Ex-Representative Anderson’s Observations in Those Two States. He Declares Them to Be Absolutely Sure for McKinley—Dissatisfac- tion Among Democrats. Ex-Congressman T. H. Anderson of Ohio, who was United States minister to Bolivia during President Harrisen’s administra- tion, arrived yesterday after a hard cam- paign through Ohio and West Virginia. Col. Anderson is not given to prophecies and went to both states unde- the impres- sion that active work was necessary there. When requested by a Star reporter to give an estimate of conditions in those states, he said: “Ohio is absolutely certain for McKin- ley by a large majority, and nobody un- derstands this better than the democratic managers. It being the policy of the na- tional democratic committee, however, to claim everything, and to claim it with con- fidence, in the hope that they will thereby prevent a landslide to McKinley, it is bet- ter to their purpose to claim Ohio than to frankly admit that they are engaged in a hopeless fight in that state.” “What about Cincinnati and Hamilton county?” “Hamilton county,” he answered, “will give the republican ticket a handsome m: jority. The German vote Is solidly with us this year, which means that the republicans wil Icarry Hamilton county by a majority of from 20,000 to 30,000. ‘That this is a con- servative estimate is borne out by a per- sonal communication just received from John A. Caldwell, mayor of Cincinnati, who states, as you wil observe, that Hamilton county can be relied upon for a republican majority fully eual to that I have stated. Unlyess all stars fail, the Palmer and Buck- ner vote, suplemented by the votes of other sound money democrats, who will cast tieir ballots directly for McKinley and Hobart, will give us the state by a sweeping majori- ty.” About Wes: Virginia. “What about West Virginia?” was as! . “I confidently expect to see West Vir- ginia republican this year by from 10,000 to 15,000." I spent a week and a half there in active campaign work, and was thus ena- bled to meet the people and to note the trend of public sentiment in all parts of the state; and I confess that it was a pleasant surprise to find so few republicans who will support Bryan, and so many sound money democrats who will support McKinley. Al- though many intending in the first instance to vote for Palmer and Buckner, they have now concluded that the most effective way to defeat Bryan and end Bryanism in the politics of this country {is to vote directly tor McKinley and Hobart, and they intend to do it. In many of the towns they have organized clubs, which are doing effective work for the cause of sound money, 2nd through whose influence Bryan is surely and steadily losing votes in that state every day. “In the light of these facts and the vote of two years ago in that state, it will be seen that my estimate that West Virginia will go republican by. from 10,000 to 15,000 Is a most ccnservative one. Two years ago the total repuolican vote for the congressional ticket was 89,541; democratic, 76,101; popu- list, 2,595. Giving to Mr. Bryan the toial democratic and populist vote of that year, aggregating 78,606, it still leaves a clear republican majority of 10,845 to begin with. In view of the fact, however, that the at- tempted fusion between the democrats and populists in that state has turned out to be an aggravating farce to both parties, and the further fact that there are several thousand democrats in the state who will vote directly for McKinley, and others will vote for Palmer and Buckner, it seems ab- solutely certain that the republicans are not only sure to carry the state, but that thelr majority will be nearer 15,000 than 10,000, Dissatisfaction Among Democrats. “I found in some sections dissatisfaction with the state ticket, and it is probable that the national ticket will have a larger majority than that for state officers. It is this element that the democratic managers refer to when they claim that republicans are going to vote the democratic ticket. A few of thefm are as to state officers, but not as to electors. “In Buchanan {t is wonderful how many democrats will vote for McKinley. The same is true at Weston. At West Union, which is in an agricultural community, it was county court day, and I had an op- portunity to talk to the farmers person- ally. I was surprised to find the strength of McKinley sentiment among them. One man, who had been strongly for free sil- ver, had come to town wearing a gold hat and proclaiming his conversion to all whom he met. I was informed that he was a man of very considerable influence. In Weston I was told that forty life-long dem- ocrats would vote for McKinley. _ “In almost every town there aré sound money democratic clubs, ard their _ban- ners are hung across the streets. There may be and dcuttless are republicans who will vote for Bryan, although I found none, after diligent search, but there are cer- tainly no organizations of silver republi- cans similar to those of sound money de ; Ocrats, and while it is easy to locate demo- crats who will vote for McKinley, it is very difficult to find republicans who will vote for Bryan. The present delegation in Congress from West Virginia is solidly re- publican and the next will also be.” Se IRRITATION AT BERLIN. + Effect of the Publications of the Ham- burg Nachrichten. LONDON, October 28.—A special dispatch from Berlin says that the German govern- ment is profoundly irritated at the dis- closure made by the Hamburger Nach- richten, Prince Bismarek’s organ, on Mon- day last, in stating that a defensive alli- ance existed between Russia and Germany during the last years Prince Bismarck was in office. It is also stated that the gov-rn- ment 1s thinking of prosecuting the Ham- burger Nachrichten and “those by whom it is inspired,” evidently referring to the ex-chancellor. ———— What Chairman McConville Says. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 28.—Chair- man McConville of the democratic state committee has refused to give any figures as to the election result in Ohio or to give an opinion as to the claim given out last night by Chairman Kurtz of the republican committee. He finally said that he had too much respect for Mr. Kurtz’s judgment on political matters to believe that he real- ly expects any such result as he predicts. “I am not a betting man,” said he, ‘and would not wager anything on the result, but if Mr. Kurtz and his friends are in earnest about that statement I will agree to get them takers for bets on two-thirds of the majority he has claimed for McKin- ley in Ohio.” —_—__* Mr. Gorman to Stay in Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 28.—Senator Gorman has canceled an engagement to speak in Delaware this evening and wiil address a mass meeting here instead. He will Gevete all his time from.now to elec- tion day to campaigning in this city. The demecrats are displaying great ‘confidence of Bryan's election, and are now asserting that he will carry Maryland without doubt. Their campaign fund has just received a substantial contribution. ~~ IN CHICAGO He First Addressed a Gathering Com- posed Mostly of Women. APPEALS TO THE WIVES AND SISTERS Battery D Packed Long Before the Hour for Meeting. SEATS ALL TAKEN OUT —— CHICAGO, October 28.—Wm. J. Bryan, the democratic presidential candidate, be- gan today’s program of nearly a dozen ad- ditional Chicago speeches with a speech in a Polish hall, half across the city from the one in which he spoke last night. ‘Today's initial meeting was a woman's gathering at St. Stanislaus Hall, on Noble street. Mr. Bryan was greeted with an audience of 5,000 persons, the greater portion being ladies. After the applause which greeted him on his arrival had subsided, Mrs. Jennie Barzynski assisted Mrs. Francis Kowalski in introducing the candidate to the audi- ence, and he spoke as follows: “Ladies and Gentlemen: This campaign has witnessed not only a great increase in interest among the people, but it has wit- nessed a deeper interest among the women of this land than is usually manifested in a political campaign. I have had the privi- lege of addressing several audiences this year composed entirely or almost entirely of women, and I am glad to be permitted to talk to the mother and the wife and the sister, because their interests are wrapped up in the interests of the country. No policy can injure this country without injur- ing them; no policy can benefit this coun- try without benefiting them, and in any test where a question of right or wrong is presented I believe that our wives and mothers are as quick to detect what Is just and what is unjust, if not more quick than we, because in studying these questions a man may be surrounded by influences which rather prevent than ald his under- standing of a subject, and there may be influences which pervert his judgment, whereas the women may be able to ex- amine the question and, with her instincts, detect where the wrong lies. And I know this, that if a woman's conscience {s once directed against a thing, that there 1s noth- ing that can overcome that conscience. (Great cheering). “If, in this campaign, we can convince the women that justice is on our side, I know that in every household there will be a wife or mother who will say to the father of that family, ‘Coercion cannot be permitted to interfere with the exercise of the rights of citizenship.’ (Cries of “You are right,” “You are right,” and great ap- plause.) If we can convince the women of the justice of our cause, there is no campaign fund, however large, that can bribe the husbands and the brothers and the sons who go forth with the inspiration of the women behind him.” (Loud and con- tinuous applause.) Continuing, Mr. Bryan said: “I want you to distinguish between. the disturbance of law and order—between objection to gov- ernment itself and objections to the abuses of government.” Mr. Bryan then discussed at considerable length the money issue. Business Men's Meeting. A big noonday mecting of business men at Battery D armory, on the lake front, claimed Mr. Bryan's attention as quickl¥ as he could be hustled through the sev- eral miles of streets fromm St. Stanislaus. Long before the hour for the meeting Bat- tery D armory was packed. The seats had been removed from the body of the hall, and the audience stood solid, shoulder to shoulder. The great girders that sup- ported the roof furnished seats for a num- ber of venturesome admirers, and the gal- leries were packed. The hall was crowded to its utmost limit. Gen. C. H. Howard called the meeting to order. Mr. Bryan received an ovation that lasted more than five minutes, and bid fair to continue indefinitely. Gen. Howard obtained the attention of the audience, however. by saying that Mr. Bryan asked one question, whether those present were all business men. A thousand voices answered, “Yes,” and in the lull that followed one man's voice rose clearly as he said: “We mean busi- ness.” (Cheering.) Speaking to Business Men. Mr. Bryan said: “Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am glad that this me ing is presided over by one who until this time has been a republican and by one who was a soldier (applause and cries of ‘good’), because in this double character of ex-republican and soldier he illustrates the depth to which society is stirred in this campaign. As an ex-republican he stands as a represeniative of that large and in- creasing number of our citizens who are willing to burst asunder party ties and to leave party associates and make their party affiliations suit the convictions of the heart (applause), and a former soldier he stands as a representative of those who having willingly offered their services to ake this nation one are willing today to engage in this great contest to keep this nation which they helped to save an in- dependent nation rather than a province or @ foreign empire. (Great applause.) I am glad to talk to business men. (A voice, “We are glad to hear you.') I have said that those who so often assume to be the only business men sometimes make a great mistake in assuming that the prosperity of our nation rests upon them, and I am com- ing today to talk to business men and to say to them that in pleading the cause of the farmer and the laborer I am trying to lay a substantial foundation upon which the business of this country can be done.” (Applause.) “If you are engaged in merchandise, en- gaged in the exchange of wealth, and sup- pose that the prosperity of these producers depends upon you, you deceive yourselves. Wealth must be created before it can be distributed. Those who create wealth could live, although you went out of business. You could not live if the producers of wealth go out of business. (A >plause.) The Best Polite “I believe that policy is the best for this country which begins with those who toil and gives them first the inspiration to work and then protects them in the enjoyment of rightful shares of the proceeds of their toil, and proceeds from them up to the up- per classes of society who rests upon them. And I challenge you to find in the pages of recorded history a single instance where prosperity came down from the upper crust of society. It always comes from the mass- es—the foundation of society. (Applause.) I want to talk to you business men for an- other reason. I believe that many of the business men are being tyrannized over by financial influences. (A voice, “You are right.”) “You point back to the times of war to -find your heroes. I tell you that the year’ 1896 has developed heroes in this nation. (Applause.) I know business men who have been summoned befere their bankers and told that if they insisted upon talking for free silver their notes would not be ex- tended. “I know one man who was- summoned into the bank and told that if he did not ‘stop talking for free silver he would have to look elsewhere for accommodation, and that man told his banker that he realized that he was in his power, that if he had a mind to he could call for the payment of his notes and close up his store and wipe out all the profits of the years of industry, but he said: ‘Sir, you may do it if you will. I believe that humanity 1s involved. You can take my property, but you cannot take my soul.’ (Great applause.) “It requires heroism for a man to stand in the presence of a financial tyrant and bid him do his worst. (Continued cheers.) My friends, I believe that the mercan- tile classes have suffered as much by gov- ernment mistakes as any other class of the people, and when I preach deliverance of the common people from the money- changers, I preach deliverance to the busi- ness men from the tyranny of the banks. (Applause and cheers.) “I say that the man who loans you money has no right to control your vote. (‘That is good,” and cheers.) I say that a man, who, because he lends you money, attempts to rob you of your citizenship, should be made to feel the penalty by an injured people. (Applause.) I know that it is not polite to say anything of these financiers, who think so well of themselves (laugh- tet), but, my friends, if they do not want to have hard things said of them, let them be just and cease to be despots. (Applause.) “I want you business men, between now and election day, to think over this propo- sition: If the gold standard is good, why is it that those who advocate it resort to deception? Do you have to resort to decep- tion when you are selling something of good quality? Do you have to resort to deception when you are selling something which has merit? Not at all. You pre- sent the merits of that thing, if it has merit, and when you see a man resorting to deception it 18 a confession that the thing which he {s advocating has not the merit to go upon its own strength.” (Ap- plause and cheers.) A LEE FOR McKINLEY The Confederate General’s Nephew Organe izes a Sound Money Club, The Italian Miners in Mlnois All Said to Ke for the Repub- Mean Ticket. The statement that a member of the Lee family of Virginia has declared in favor of the republican ticket has caused a great deal of comment in. local Uemocratic circles, and especially ameng Virginians. The in- formation of the alleged change in the po- litical faith of the Lee was contained in the following statement, given out at re- publican headquarters today: “Mr. Cassius Lee, a nephew of Gen. Rob- ert F. Lee, and a resident of Fairfax coun- ty, Va., and Washington,.has come out for the republican ticket. Mr. Lee has organ- ized a McKinley club In Fairfax county numbering 100, and believes that sound money sentiment in the old dominion is growing jn a most extraordinary manner, and says that unless all indications fail, Virginia will go for MeKinley 1 mx for McKanley. Victor E. Maggi of Illinois, who is said to be one of the leading Italian politicians in the United States, writes to Chairman Babcock of the republican congressional committee from Illinois’ ag follows: “Allow me to intrude on your valuable time for your information. I’ was sent out five weeks today by the republican state central committee of Illinois to organize the Ital- jians throughout the statb, and my report up to date to the committee is that out of 27,000 voters in the staté 24,247 are solid for our Major McKinley. This great body of Italians are all organized Into McKin- Jey clubs in all the counties, and Cook county alone will give 14,000 Italian votes to McKinley. “I assure you that the four years of hard times has given to the Italian miners time to think, and the free silver doctrine will not change them. The popocrats have served me in different mining towns with eggs, but I fought them on their own ground every time and came out ahead. T will end my campaign the 2d of Novem- ber, and then will sail for Chicago and cast my ballot for McKinley. I thought that you would be pleased to find out ihe true situation of my nationality, and with- out any doubt, I place my conservative fig- ures 108,000 for McKinley and 35,000 for the state ticket.” cd os Had a Fit During an Argament. CHICAGO, October 28.—While engaged in a political argument in the rotunda of the Palmer House, James Lafferty was seized with an epileptic fit. Thé dispute came to an end, and it was supposed for some time that the man was dead. Mr. Lafferty rep- resents a Philadelphia shoe house, and was he center of a group of political disputants where the wer of words waged the most fiercely. Suddenly he threw up his arms and fell to the floor in an epileptic fit. An hour elapsed before he regained conscious- ness. ——— Displayed a Brifish Flag. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., October 28.—Dr. E. I. Gibson, a free silver man, yesterday hung a large British flag in his front win- dow. Underneath was a small American flag and the inscription “By consent of Engiand.” He claims that he was simply illustrating the populist claims regarding the republicans. His cugiosity wa8 satis- fied, for in less than an hour the street in front of his office was a howling mob, and several G. A. R. veterans procured a rope and pulled the British flag down and de- stroyed it, Se z Notable Wedding at Albany. ALBANY, N. Y., October 28.—Harriett Weed Corning, daughter of Erastus Corn- ing, was married today to Rufus W. Peck- ham, jr., the youngest son of Associate Justice Peckham of the United States Su- preme Court. The ceremony was perform- ed by Bishop Doane, in the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of All Saints, in this city. Among the guests were Justice and Mrs. Rufus W. Peckham, Wheeler H. Peckham, Brig. Gen. R. 8. Oliver and Mrs. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. H. Pruyn, Mr. and Mrs. Lefferts, Gen. and Mrs, Robert Lenox Banks and Mr. and Mrs. A. Bleecker Banks. ‘ —e Ocean Steamshfps Arrived. NEW YORK, October 28.—Arrived—Teu- tonic, Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, October 28.—Arrived— St. Paul, New York. GLASGOW, October choria, New York. LIVERPOOL, October 28.—Arrived—Lau- reni}ne, Montreal. LONDON, October 28.Arrived—Galileo, Boston. 28—Arrived—An- > Dr. George Harley Dead. LONDON, October 28.—Dr. George Har- ley is dead. George Harley, M. D., F. R. S., was born in 1529, and gradyated from the University of Edinburgh as doet of medicine in 1850. After studying §cigntific medicine at various continental unjvdfsities he returned to London and was inted lecturer on practical physiology gnd histology in Uni- versity College, Longpnf In 1859 he was appointed professor Of ‘medical jurispru- dence, and in 1861 physicjan to the hospital. Dr. Harley -was corresppnding member of several continental scientific and medical societies. His published writings on medi- cal subjects are numerous,.and he was also an earnest advocate of spelling reform. PROTECT THE SEALS|4 REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE|THE BORDER STATES Importance of Russian and Japanese Concert With This Country. HOW 10 REPLENISH THE HERDS Pelagic Sealing Must Be at Once Entirely Stopped. VIEWS OF AN AUTHORITY Ss The publication in The Star yesterday of a story to the effect that Russia and Japan stand ready to aid the United States in an attempt to preserve the seal fisheries of Bering sea has attracted a great deal of attention in this city, and has given rise to more or less comment. One of the men who have naturally taken particular interest In the subject 1s Mr. Frederic A. Lucas, the well-known scientist of the National Museum, who has given a deal of thought and study to the seal fishy eries, and has been to Bering sea as one of the American experts. In conversation with a Star reporter today Mr. Lucas said: “It is a matter of the greatest importance, for as things are go- ing now the seals will be completely ex- terminated unless radical measures are taken to protect them. There was une statement in The Star, however, which was erroneous, or at least misleading. It was said ‘that while Russia owned Alaska und the seal islands now attached to the United States there was complete protection to the seals and the destruction began under American management.’ “In point of fact the seal fisheries have been better managed under the control of the United States than they ever were Ly Russia. There is far better policing and a more consistent effert to preserve the seals. The only reasow for the destruction of the fisheries was the introduction of pelagic sealing. As nearly as I can remember ‘ust now this began in 1883-4, and up to that time and all the time that Russia was in control the killing of the seals was confined entirely to the islands. Since pelagic seal- ing has been carried on the rookeries have been decimated, and in many cases com- pletely depopulated. The sealers lie off in the open water and kill the seals on their way to their feeding grounds. The result is that thousands of mother seals have been killed, and the young that were left on the islands starved to death. Last season no less than 20,000 pups died in this way. The Only Salvation. “The only salvation of the seal fisheries lies, in the complete abolition of pelagic sealing. When the killing is confined to the islands it is easily possible to keep it within proper limits. Only the young males about three years of age are killed, and no harm is dore to the females. Seals are polygamous, and it is not necessary that there should be anything Nke as many males as females. In fact, it is much bet- ter that there should not be as many, for when there are the males simply fight among themselves and create a disturbance in their efforts to establish harems. If the killing were confined to the islands it would not be long before the herds would be built up, and the fisheries would once more be- come of immense value. “This summer I believe that none of the vessels in Bering sea has more than paid expenses, and many of them have not even done that. I was glad to see the statement that Japan thinks it to her interest to sup- press the ‘pirating,’ for many of the Cana- dian vessels fil out at Japanese ports. Still, it is a waste of words and names to speak of pirates and poachers, for with the pres- ent system theirs is a comparatively legiti- mate business.” + e+_____ VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. It Resumed Its Sessions Today, Mr. White Being the Only Absentee. The Venezuelan commission resumed its sessions tcday and will probably meet very frequently from now until it completes its work. Andrew D. White was the only absentee. There was some disappointment over the fact that Dr. Baer and Prof. De Haan, who have been at work at The Hague securing original translations and manuscripts and documents bearing on the controversy, had not arrived, but the com- mission proceeded to consider other de- tails pending their arrival. Dr. Baer and Pro?. De Haan sailed from Liverpool on the Teutonic, which arrived at New York is mornirg, and they probably will reach not later than tomorrow. In accord- ance with the policy heretofore pursued by members of the commission they de- clined today to indicate whether they were confronted with any difficulties which might prevent an harmonious agreement in their report. Some time ago, however, Justice Brewer intimated that the report would be ready for submission by Decem- ber 1 at the latest, and this would seem to indicate that the members of the com- mission, who have been kept advised dur- ing the summer and fall of all develop- ments, will reach a speedy conclusion once all the ducuments are officially laid before them. ee WILL BE A SURPRISE. What Secretary Difenderfer Says of New York's Vote. Mr. Difenderfer, secretary of the national silver party, returned here from New York today. Mr. Difenderfer while away se- cured several bets on Bryan's election at odds of 5 to 1 in favor of McKinley; also an even bet of $50 that New York will not give a republican majority greater than 60,- 000. To a Star reporter today Mr. Difen- derfer said: “I am satisfied that the country will be surprised at the result in New York on election day. The democrats in New York city are working energetically and are holding about 400 meetings nightly. The vote in the western part of the state will surprise the republicans, for tney are not looking for disaffection there.” Mr. Difenderfer will go on the stump to- morrow, and will probably make speeches in Pennsylvania just before the election. It is not likely that he will be in this city except on short visits during the coming week, ee Pending Naval Assignments. Several important naval assignments are Icoked for in the next few weeks. Capt. R. B. Evans is to be detached from command of the battleship Indiana and ordered to duty in this city as a member of the light house board. Capt. Wm. 8. Schley, com- manding the New York, is to get a shore | assignment near New York. Capt. Henry G. Taylor, president of the naval war col- lege at Newport, will succeed hifn in com- mand of the New York. Capt. Goodrich, now stationed in Connecticut, will probably succeed to the presidency of the war col- lege. Capt. Bartlett of the light house board is to command the monitor Puritan, and Captain Cook of the navigation bureau will command the Brooklyn. Captain Sampson, chief of the bureau of ordnance, is slated to command the Oregon as thp re- lief_of Commodore. Howison. Commander McGowan of the navigation bureau will re- Neve Commander Dickens of charge of the naval training station at Newport. Vice Chairman Apeley Explains His Methods of Reasoning. The Same Used in His Prediction in °94, but He Had More Detailed Facts This Year. “If my prediction of a republican land- slide next week is not verified,” said Rep- resentative Apsley, vice chairman of the republican congressional committee, to w Star reporter today, “I will conclude that the prediction I made in 1894 was the result solely of good luck.” It will be remembered that when Mr. Apsley predicted the landslide that took Place in the congressional elections in 1504 @ good many men of his own party di: counted it and regarded it as a “little wild. When the returns came in, however, it wd3 shown that although Mr. Apsley had taken a much more hopeful view of the prospects of his party than did Mr. Babcock, his pre- diction was entirely verified by the returns. The Same Method of Reasoning. “I have used the same method of reason- ing in predicting this year that I used in 184,” continued Mr. Apsley, “with the dif- ference that I have had a better opportu- nity to get detailed facts this year than I bad in 1894. Besides the reports received by the congressional committee, 1 made a very satisfactory investigation of the con- ditions prevailing throughout the country curing my trip across the continent. In cach state I visited then 1 met the members of the state committee and requested to see political leaders who were acquainted with the situation. These men called on me and I had an opportunity to get their views. That didn’t end my investigation. I then went out and talked to people in all condi- Uions of life. 1 talked with the bootblack, With the barber, policemen, cab drivers and every class of working people, ana in that direct manner got an iaea of how they in- tended to vote. Among other means of get- ting an insight into the situaticn I wrote a large number of letters to business friends throughout the country and asked them to tell me, If they knew of any, of men who had been republicans who would not vote the republican ticket this year. It is sur- prising, but it is a fact, that not one reply that I received stated that the writer was actually acquainted with such cases, though one of @iem said he knew of a prohibition ist who would vote for Bryan. “People make a great mistake if they think that all men who believe in the free coinage of silver will leave their party and vete for Bryan on that issue alone. A great irany such men find much in the republican principles to which they have given their aliegiance in past times to keep them with- in their party, even if they disagree with it cn a single issue. Effect of Bryan's Election on Busine “There are many cases of men who con- trol great business houses who have been Gemhocrats and this year say that Bryan’ élection will be detrimental to their busi- ness. The people in those houses see their employer leave the party to which he had long been attached, because, as he stated, the principles advocated by that party would injure his business, and they argue that whatever would injure their employer Would injure them. There is nd doubt that such considerations will control many men and it’s a very logical way in which to argue. “All the indications,” concluded Mr. Aps- ley, “point to a great republican sweep next week and I will be the most surprised man in the country if it doesn’t take place.” —___——_-e+_____ DOUBTFUL ABOLT TENNESSEE. Democratic Managers Uncer Carrying the Smte. The democratic managers are giving out estimates freely claiming Tennessee as cer- tain for Bryan by 30,000 majority, but it is known that in the inner circles here there is some dubiousness about Tennes- see’s vote. This feeling does not go to the extent of believing that McKinley will carry the state, but it does amount to a belief that the vote will be closer than is given out to the public. It has been noticeable that in all the letters given out from democratic head- quarters here during past weeks few have had any mention of a change of republican farmers to the Bryan cause, and there has been little said of a silver republican sent. ment in that state. On the other hand, it is known that thousands of former demo- crats have bolted the national ticket and will vote for McKinley or Palmer. Conservative politicians do not see how Tennessee is going to give Bryan a reason- able majority without accessions from re- publican ranks to make up for the loss of the kold democratic vote. Tennessee, it is known, ts full of white republicans. The republican vote in that state does not consist, as in many southern states, almost wholly of colored voters. In certain por- tions of Tennessee, notably in the Knox ville district, the number of white republi- cans equals, or exceeds, the number of white democrats. Tennessee has never given overwhelming democratic majorities owing to this strong republican vote. If the state election two years ago is taken as a basis for estimates the democrats, it is said, will find little to encourage them in the idea that they will carry the state at all. The republican vote then was about 1,000 greater than the democratic. In the face of this the democratic man- agers are claiming 30,000 majority, while all around them desertions are being recorded every day. Memphis, Nashville, Chatta- necga and other cities contain thousands of business men who have left the party. These desertions, as stated, are not made up by an equal number of desertions from the ranks of the opposing party. The only way the democrats can figure out a ma- jority is that two years ago, in the state election, thousands of democrats stayed at_home. Chairman Hanna is now claiming Tennes- see by 15,000 majority. This is the same majority he figures out for Michigan. The republicans in Tennessee are not as badly divided as in other states. They have some strong men, and it is understood that they have received liberal assistance from the republican national committee. es Medals of Honor. A medal of honor has veen awarded to Milton L. Haney, late chaplain 55th Illinois Volunteers. At the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, the chaplain voluntarily carried a musket in the ranks of his regiment and rendered heroic service in retaking the fed- eral works, which had been captured by the enemy. A_medal of honor has also been presented to Frederick W. Fout, late sergeant, 15th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery. In action near Harper's Ferry, W. Va., on September 15, 1862, this officer voluntarily gathered the men of the battery together, remanned the guns, which had been ordered aban- doned by an officer, opened fire and kept up the same on the enemy until after the sur- render. ————————E An American Consul Prosecuted. BERLIN, October 28.—Perry Bartholow, the “United States consul at Mayence, is being prosecuted for severely injuring an inmate of his house by striking him on the head with a revolver. Adjourned for a Week. BRUSSELS, October 28—The breach of promize sult for $10,000 brought by Mrs. Van Hecke against Maj. Lothaire, the Congo Free State official, was adjourned today for a week. Their Votes May Control Next Tuesday's Election. CONFLICTING INFORMATION AT CHICAGO Plan of Organization of the Two Political Parties. BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT Pee Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, IIL, October 28.—The votes of West Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky may be the controlling factors in the elec- tion Tuesday. As to the doubtful states of the middle west, as a naturalized citizen of Chicago puts it, “The least surprising thing would be a surprise.” It looks as if McKinley would carry Tlli- nois. The reports from Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa are conflicting and confusing. The republicans are extremely anxious about Michigan, and this is the state the democrats are most confident of, They place it for Bryan before Indiana in the order of probability. In this one case the evident anxiety of the republicans and the confidence of the democrats corres- pend. The democrats are not claiming Minne- sota very strongly. Yet there is no mis- taking that the republicans have been greatly troubled about the state of affai there. They say now that they believe the state is all right, but this is said with some reservation of emphasis, and it is con- fessed that but a short time ago things looked very serious. Evidently the demo- crats have not had the information which has made the republicans so anxious. They have not shown the hopefulness that such information would inspire. Apparently a condition has arisen there and passed with- out their finding it out to profit by it. The democrats will say, of course, that they ex- pect to carry Minnesota, but they do not say it in such a way as to indicate that they really mean it. It is apparent that the republicans feel that the recent rise in wheat, and the object lesson given the wheat men of that state when they could not get money to buy the grain because of the uncertainty of the campaign, has saved the state to McKinley. Yet they are not entirely relieved from anxiety. Republicans Better Informed. This illustrates the superior organization and means of information possessed by the republicans. The fact that they know bet- ter than do their opponents of a danger that has threatened them would seem to give more force to their feeling of confi- dence where such 4 feeling exists. They are q@ite confident of Mlinois and reasonably so of Indiana. They are puzzied about the situation in Ohio, but can't think for a minute that that state is really in doubt. They have not been particularly anxious about Iowa, but there is something in the situation there that has suddenly attracted their attention, as it has that of the demo- crats. At no time before have the demo- crats seriously counted on much from Iowa, but within the past few days information has come from there which surprises-them, and they do not know what to think of it, Their local workers in the state insist that immense gains have been made, and claim the state. They give reports by counties, showing where they claim gains. The republicans evidently have some such information, but do not regard it as ex- tremely serious. In fact, they are rather disposed to discredit it altogether. The democrats have never thought of claiming Wisconsin seriously. During the last few days they have been getting from the state committee there some extraordinary claims, They simply do not believe that the in- formation is well grounded. Both committees claim, with every air of confidence, that their candidate will carry Indiana. Poth seem to be well equip- ped for procuring information from that state, and it is astonishing how much this information is at variance. both are keeping close watch is indicated by the fact that they agree as to certain doubtful features of the canvass. The extravagant claims that are put out are not believed in by the men who make them. They simply chance it on states that are not certainly nst them. Different Methods of Organizatt The plans of campaign of the two parties are as much opposed as the principles and Policies of the parties themselves. The demecrats are depending very largely upon the work of individual pariisans. Every voter who is thoroughly in sympathy with them is expected to do such missionary work as he can among his neighbors, and he is left to do it in his own way. They heve a volunteer army, cach man equipped with whatever he may have et hand, without discipline or rations and having no compact organization. The national committee gives advice and such assistance as it can, but no imperative orders. The republican organization is compact and well equipped. Every man is in his piace. Everything is arranged with perfect system and orders come from headquar- ters. For instance, in Chicago there is a man to every half block in the city whose duty it is to find out just how the voters in that half block stand. It is the same in every city, in the contested territory, and in the country there is one man or more to every voting precinct. The men in charge of adjoining territory meet at stated inter- vals and consult and ascertain the numbe and report to a captain, who makes his report to headquarters. It is as perfect as the system in the life-saving service of patrolling the beach. It is discipline op- pesed to enthusiasm, yet the reports of some of these veterans are very compli- mentary to the efficiency of the undiscip- lined volunteer enthusiasts with whom they come in contact. One of the republican managers sald to me today that it was as- tonishing how some of these ragged, wild- eyed fellows on the other side worked, without guidance or encouragement. Belief of Two Sincere Men. I talked today with two prominent men, one on each side of the contest, who have been all over the section of country where interest centers. Each spoke to me confi- dentially. They were both my friends, and neither desired to deceive me. The republi- can said that he was confident that McKin- ley would be elected. He said that he reo- ognized that the situation was a peculiar one, and that McKinley would owe his suo- cess to the confidence of a certain class of people that, no matter what imfuencaf