Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1898, Page 2

2 THE EVENING, STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898-12 PAGES. “IT WILL BE MURDER” | Words of Col. Picquart in a Paris Court Today. : XPECTS TO DIE IN A CELL, cra Rearrested on Charge of Forging Documents in Drey*us Case. DISCLAIMS SULCIDAL INTENT SS The apers here 1. Chanoine, PARIS, say the September 2 minister of war. has examined the documents in the Drey- fus case and has ordered the prosecution of former Col. Pi on the charge of forgery and using The trial of Colonel Picquart and M. Loblois, a lawyer, on the charge of reveal- Ing documents concerning the national de- fense, was to have begun today before the correetional tribunal. The public prosecu- tor, however, asked for an adjournment on the ground that the prosecution of Colonel Picquart on the charge forgery and using forged documents h ordered by the minister of war. Labori, who } was c for M. Zola during the latter's famou 1, indignantiy opposed the ad- journm which, he said, was an attempt to han r Colonel Piccuart into the f the milit ties, and made a clutches a ary Colonel Picquart then ar statement which caused a sensation. He his is. perhaps, the time I shall public. I shall sleep, perhaps, in y prison of Cherche Midi. Therefore, I wish to declare that if T find | there the strangling cord of Lemercier Picard, or the razor of Colonel Henry, it will be murder, for I have no idea of com- mitting suicide.” nce was intens shouted Picquart!” a short delib- tely adjourn the Picquart was led away The judges, however, aft eratio: ided to inde! case and Colonel between policemen. Lemercier Picard, the man referred to by Colonel quart, Was a detective, under- Btood,to have been employed in the Dreyfus affair, who was found hanged in his lodg- Ings about a year ago, under circumstances | which cast some doubt upon the theory put forward that he had committed suicide. + -— OVATION TO THE SIXTH INFANTRY. Citizens of Cincin ulars a Rousing Reception. CINCINNATI, Okio, September 21.—Nev- er before was such a scene presented in Cincinnati as that attending the arrival of the 6th Regiment, Infantry, last night. All afternoon the streets had been crowded ex- pecting them, but they did not arrive until lo ofcloek. As the first train approached the band struck up “My Old Kentucky Home.” The dense throng went wild. It brushed away the police, tore open the gates, rush- ed in on the tracks and pressed around th cars. Women shouted, screamed, laughed and cried by turns. Men yelled, waved their hats and acted as if beside themselves. Representative Berry of Newport attempied Major Miner with a speech, and r tried to reply. The shouts them drowned the voices of both, either heard a word spoken by ti Give the Reg- Without escort except from pohce and the eltizens’ ¢ the 6th formed, and by » o'clock Were marching by the shortest Newport camp. nt marched to Wiedeman’s -wport, where they ate a r provided for them by the Army an¢ gue: then proceeded to the camp r them on the outskirts of New- tee of Cincinnati her the formal re the 6th be turday. Nothing during the ched the mes of last night in di © fervor and intensity. _ CoOL. DICK CANDIDACY. Some Ohio Re ans ator Hanna's Ajlex sent Sen- Backing. s Dispateh to The Eveniag Star COLUMBI Ohio, 24.—1t | September ems to be general expectation that nel Charles Dick will get the repub- lican nomi to succeed, Congressman | Ss. AL Ne . but it is evidently based | pon the expectation that Senator Hanna | will control the convention. This may not we. The organization of the republican state committee showed that many repub- leans, even among the supporters of Mr. Harna, resent interference in Ohio politics by the senator in Colonel Dick's interests. Will Senator Hanna, in view of this, fur- ther jeopardize his position with the party by giving Colonel Dick assistance in this contest? is one question that arises. An- other is: Could the senator control the ¢ trict convention if he tried? ‘It is necked that live in this dis descendants of a Connecticut ancestry eee i to do their own thinking While in all other strong republican dis- triets the rule of two terms and out pre- Valls. the n: nth district hi essman who desire Whittlesey th to the Twe ive; Joshua -sixth to the Thirty ls the Thirty-sixth and Gartield from the eventh to the t that takes OPE SNING OF PIRST STREET. Commis M ss. chairm com- s of the North Capitol and ns’ Association, recently m the District > What steps are nec. ssi ning of to Florida Mess t 1 be a very sidents and street wou © section. i to Mr. Wm. P. w as re- jeer, > Commissioners up the street F question is un- s reet will be r a n this land {3 ni possible dal ac- o condemn he first bill highways it unle: ‘ongre Under tension of a to hi con- t appropriation of of the bill has been late amendment te the is’ report will be forwarded sstoners to Mr. M for his a Mealth of City. There were 125 deaths in the District Guring the pas' Of the decedents, 64 were white an lored, and 48 were un- der five years of The annual death rate for each lation was 17.38 and from < compared creased fro from 4 to 10, oft 1, for the for the colored : seases of the © whole popu- whites being Mortality nervous system, as with the preceding week, in- 14 to 25; those of the kidneys, and consumption, from 7 to 15. There was no change in the number of deaths from lung and diarrhoeal dis- eases, while those from heart troubles de- creased from 17 to 11. Of the zymotic class there were » fatal cases of diphtheria, 1 of whooping cough and 3 of typhoid fever, one of which originated in Camp Alger and ancther in Cuba_ At the close of last report there were 47 cases of diphtheria under observation. During the week 39 new cases were re- serted and 18 were discharged by recovery, | the directors. leaving 69 cases in quarantine in 51 prem- izes ‘ Of searlet fever there were 40 cases in isolaticn at the close of last report. Dur- ing the week 13 new cases were reported and S were relieved from quarantine, leay- ing 45 in isolation in 45 premis The mean weather conditions prevailing during the week were: Barometric pres- e humidity, 81, and tem- erature » air, 67 degrees. The ther- mometer registered 48 degrees on the 12th and rose to SS degrees on the -I7th; rain- i, .44 of en inch, with northerly winds averaging five miles per hour. THE YELLOWSTONE PARK Land Commissioner Hermann Favors Doub- ling Its Area. Addition of Forest Reserve is Reco mended in Hix Annual Report— Observations on His Trip. One of the recommendations in the an- nual report of the commissioner of the general lind offiee, Mr. Binger Hermann, whieh is now being prepared, wiil be the enlargement of the boundaries of the Yel- lowstone National Park. Mr. Hermann has just returned from an offcial tour through the w nd during absence in addition to visiting the various land offices he also inspected the national parks and gave special attention to the forest reserves. The southern portion of the park, with the eaception of the western side, is bounded by forest reserves. It is proposed to make the wooded section along | ® bortion of the western side also a forest reserve and then ask the autnority of Coa- gress to include the entire area within the limits ef the park. The park now contains about 300 square mites, and if the proposed additicn is made its size will be doubled. It is the opinion of Mr. Hermann as well as others who have given the subject any thought, that the demain of the park can be vased with advantage, as it would close supervision of the United 3! over the entire region, as is the ¢ the park today. Preservation of Forests. Owing to the fact that’ here is what is called the continental divide, and that the Missouri and other rivers have their crigin here, the preservation of the forests assume great importance. The protection from fire and other dangers which menace the life of the trees would be, it is thought, more complete under the proposed conditions. Then, again, the steadily dwindling herd of buffalos in the park range beyond its bounds through this country, and when the animals get outside they n be shot without violation of law. But if this ter- ritory is made a part of the park ihen the roaming grounds of the buffalo would be protected. There are other reasons which influence the commissioner fn making this recommendation and they will be July set forth in his forthcoming annual report. Mr. Heraann expresses himseif as being highiy pleased with the manner in which the law in réGard to forest reserves is be- ing carried out. The work was inaugu- reted. be said, rather late, owing to the faet that the appropriation did not become available until July of this year. He be- eves, however, that the force of rangers now in charge of the various forests re- serves will be able to do effective work in protecting the forests from the ravages of fire and from other dangers. He noticed a decided change in the pub- lic opinion in the west in regard to the ferest reserve law, and now that it is understood the purpose of the law is to protect the vater supply and not to inter- fere with mining rights and the rights of the settlers, the sentiment of the west is strongly in favor of the law and the set- ting apart of additional reserv res CHAPLAIN MeINTYRE'S TRIAL. Charges and Specifications Court-Martia ‘The attention of Judge Advocate General Lemly being difected_ to the« complaint of Chaplain Meintyne that he bad not been in- formed of the charges upon which he Is to tried by court-martial at Denver on the h instant. the officer very promptly fur- nished the papers in the case for publica- ticn. 3 The chaplain is to be tried upon three charges, all growing out of a lecture de- livered by him in the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Denver, Col., Au- gust § la: referring to th ‘The first charge i: tending to the destruction of good moral: There are three specifications under this charge, in brief. that he referred te Samp- son as repsrling himself within four miles of the Colon when she struck her color. order to get his share of prize money ond, he charged that on the cha r n the Oregen met the lowa going Lo rear. and that “Fighting Bob” tcok the lowa to the rear and kept curing the battle. Third, that ¢ ships failed to come up to € ns bec builders got their orders through political pull, and ¢idn't care how much they c The second prejuniice of good « recites the three charge, with an the chaplain’s * refe: E Bob.” The third charge is coming an officer of the navy,’ ification: EE DETACHED AND ASSIGNED. of the be on battle of July ndalous conduc in pe additional en Changes in Command of a Number of Auxiliary Vessels. Commander C. E. Ide has been ordered to command the Ste Capt. N. Ludlow has been de command of the ‘error and command the Massachusetts. Lieut. E. E. B from command of the nseh to command of the Cassius. Lieut. Commander D. Kennedy, from the Norfolk navy yard to charge of the elev- énth light house district. hed from ordered to T Lieut. jaffcrd, from the Saturn to the Iris as executive officer. Lieut. J. P. Luby, from the Yankton to the bureau of navigation. Lieut. W. A. Edgar, from the Stranger to the Yankton Commander R. P. Impey, from command of the Sterling to the navy yard, Lieut. J. L. Purcell, from the ¢ the Celti Lieut. Commander A. Marix, frc mand of the Scorpion to charg fourth light house district. at Li Commander W. the Newark to command of the Sco 3 Lieut. A. B. Conner, from command of the Iris and home. The following ramed officers have been honorably discharged: Ensign W. R. Wade, Assistant Surgeon J. H. Ward, ed As- sistant Surgeon C. A. Peckham, Ensign J. Martin, Lieut. J. W. Bartlett, Lieut. W. L. Sparks, Ensigns H. F. Fuller, R. T. Moffatt, H. Turne A. Bartlett, D. Peare - M. Shaw, C. L hi, Assistant Surgeon J. R. H. Dillon, istant Engineer 5. P. Hinkley, Lieut. AL Burnstine and Daniels. Assistant Engineer J. P. ——-e-____ THE WEST END BANK. Purpose of President Stevens to Re- sign—John Taylor Arms Mentioned. It is understood that by the end of the sent year Mr. Frederick C. Stevens, the president of the West End National Bank, wili place in the hands of the directors of the bank his resignation as president. will probably retain his interest in the bank and continue in the directory, but he desires to be free from the additional care which the position of bank president carries with it. Mr. Stevens’ wishes in the matter e well understood by the directors of the bank, and while they will part with him with regret, yet they appreciate the fact that he has other demands uyon his time. He is a man of large means, and, in addi- ton, owns an extensive stock farm in Attl- ca, N. Y., and his horses are prize winners whenever they enter competition. It is his purpose to continue to make his winter home in this city, ‘The directors of the bank have not as yet decided upon Mr. Stevens’ successor, but it is the opinion in financial circles that if Mr. John Taylor Arms can be induced to accept the place, he will be the choice of RUIN IN PROSPECT | YELLOW, FEVER CASE/NO FEAR OF FAMINE British West Indian Sugar Planters Appeal to England, PRESENT CONDITION HOPELESS They Demand a Right to Compete in Home Market. AGAINST BOUNTY PRODUCTS pe Correspondence of the Associated Press. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 3. A conference of delegates from the eral sugar producing colonies in the West Indies was held here today In the coun- cil chamber. Through some erroneous re- ports ihe meeting was announced in the United States and elsewhere as being a conference called to consider the question of the annexation of the West Indian Isi- ands to the United States or Canada. J. Gardiner Austin presided. A number of lcng speeches were made, and the follow- ing resolution, introduced by R. G. Duncan of British Guiana, was adopted: “Resolved, That this meeting of delegates from British Guiana, Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados and Antigua, while fully recog- nizing the efforts of the right honorable the secretary of state for the coloni to affcrd relief to the West Indian colonies suffering from the serious depression of the sugar industry, regret that, so far, the attempts to arrange reciprocal relations be- tween the United States and the West In- dies, as well as to obtain the abolition of the bounty system, haye met with no suc- cess. Need Speedy Legistation. “This meeting would strongly urge upon the British government that nothing short of the speedy rehatilitation of the sugar industry can restore prosperity to the West Indies and British Guiana, and they re- spectfully demand, as British subjects, the right to compete in the home markets at the natural cost of production, with sugar imported from foreign countries, and w gently call upon her majesty’s government as the only effective remedy to take such steps as will either prevent the importation of all sugar on which export bounties are given or annul by the countervailing duty all the advantages derived from such ex- port bounties.” Mr. Duncan, in the coures of his remarks, said: “The patience and loyalty of the peo- ple of the West Indies and British Guiana have been put to a severe test by the delay that has arisen on the part of the mother country to grant justice to the sugar in- dustry. F “A year has clapsed since the report of the royal West India commission placed the British parliament and people in full possession of the facts. And yet nothing has been done to relieve the injustice we have been suffering from and stem the tide of ruin that we all know is rapidly overtaking our sugar industry. Colonies Going to Ruin. “The British parliament and people are aware that these colonies are drifting to ruin and they cannot plead that they have not had full warning and knowledge of the facts. If these colonies are allowed by England to perish it will be a black page in her history that records the fact that the foreign growers of beet sugar on the continent were enabled by means of boun- ties to command the ma { the moth- er country, while the loyal West India coi- onies were suffered to go to ruin and starv- ation. We have pleaded again and again for justice and for fair play, and we de- mand them as a right. We have asked for simple justice and a right to compete in the markets of the mother country at the natural cost of production of sugar im- ported from foreign countries. “Mr. Chamberlain recently stated in a sch in the house of commons that the t managed tates In the West Indies and British Guiana were able to make a profit, and he admitted that this was due to the favorable treatment offered us by the United States. Invidious Position Assumed, “Tt is surely an invidious position for re- sponsibie British ministers to be placed in to have to plead that a British colony is being justly dealt with by a foreign nation who gave them fair treatment, while the mother country If the chances of our future prosperity depends on America, | what can be our feelings joyal British | colonisia given over by the mother coun- | stry to depend on the justice of a foreign nation? And, unfértunately, we all know that our present position with regard to America unstable founda- tion, which might at any moment be swept | any of us doubt that America, with onies that will be un@er her pro- tection, will in a short time supply all the sugar reauired for her consumption? And there is no doubt that when that takes place our sugar will be shut out by a solid wall of protective tariffs.” —— HAWAHANS ARE DIVIDED. One Faction Favers Restoration of Former Queen Liliuekalant. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 21.— The steamship Alameda arrived today from Australian points via Honolulu. Ad- vices from the latter place. under date of September 14 say that the congressionai commissioners are finisiing their work and expect to leave for Washington on Septem- ber 22. The commissioners are now being deluged with petitions and memorials from the n. tive Hawaiians. The sentiment of the n tives be divided. One faction toration of the queen, while the other accepts the new order of and asks for certain rights under th form of government. ‘The natives who favor restoration held a mays meeting on September 12 und adopt- ec a memorial, which was pres 5 commissioners. The memorial alleges that the annexation treaty has failed, and the jcint resolution is ineffective because it was not passed by the people of the Hawaiian Islands or the representative of the Icgi ture. The memorial couciudes by ask: that the consututional government of Ja Lary 16, 1596, be restored under the prote tion of the United States of America. Among the speakers at the mass meeting was Robert W. W , the revolutionist, who a few weeks ago took the oath of al- Jegiauce in order to qualify himself for a full pardon for past misdeeds. Pointing to the United States flag over the government buiiding, he satd “It Is useless to say that the flag over there will not come down again. It was {put up before and it came down. It will be shown that the annexation vote was carried through by a handful of foreigner: “If America loves us, why were not Ia- waiians placed on the commission? We are not represented there. The next thing we shall not be able to vote." + The other faction of Hawalians has also presented a memorial io the commission. ‘This memorial asks for a territorial form of government, with full risiits for the natives and permission to make appropriations tor ex-Queen Liliuokalani, Princess Kaiulani and @aeen Dowager Kapioiani. oe Was IT EMMA GILL? New Theory in the Bridgeport Murder Mystery. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., September 21.—A new development in the Yellow Mill pond mystery was made known today, with the announcement of the arrest in Hartford of Walter C. Foster. The police have reached the conclusion that the young woman whose disrmembered corpse was found in the pond last week was Emma Gill, daughter of Harry Gill of Southington. The theory of the police is based in some measure upon an alleged striking resemblance between the face of the corpse and that of Emma Gill's broth- er. Young Foster is accused of having been an accomplice in the murder of Miss Gill. See Government Receipts. | Government receipts from internal r3ve- | nue today, $598,876; customs, $1,246,390; mis- cellaneous, $14,031; expenditures, $2,265,00u. Brought to Gamp, Wikoff on the Transpgrt : Seguranca, THE PATIENT BAS, BEEN ISOLATED Transport Brought a Number of Sick From. Siboney. TWO DEATHS IN CAMP CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point, L. L., September he transport Seguranca ar- rived today from Cuba with what was said to be one unmistakable case of yellow fever aboard. The transport brought sick and convalescent soldiers from the hos- pitals at Siboney. The boarding officer, Dr. Magruder, had been ordered back to Washington in the absence of anticipation of the receipt of any more yellow fever cases. General Wheeler decided ta send one of the camp surgeons to inspect the Seguranca and to arrange for the removal of the sick to the detention hospital, which will now have to be reopened. Patient in Isolated. The yellow fever patient on board the Seguranca is isolated, and will be kept on the vessel for the present. The Segu- ranca brought forty men who were not able to care for themselves and thirty-five convalescents. All these men will be trans- ferred to the detention camp. The City of Mexico also arrived at the camp today with Troop M of the 10th Reg- ular Cavalry, which was left behind in Cuba to care for the belongings of the regi- ment. There were 76 men in all, elgnteen of whom are sick. There were 496 patients in the general hospital today. Two hundred were sent to New York on a hospital ship, and fifteen were transferred to Norwich, Conn., on the Red Cross yacht. Three hun- dred and fifty of the men in the hospital are seriously ill. They will be transferred in a day or two to the permanent ward, and will be occupants of the hospital for several weeks to come. Two Deaths Today. There were two deaths reported today. Lieutenant Alfred J. Roberts of Com- pany F, 7Ist New York Volunteers, and Charles Gonge of Troop A, 6th Cavalry. Lieutenant Roberts died from pneumonia, which took hold of him after he had recov- ered from typhoid. Trooper Gongs died from typhoid. The 3d Cavalry and the men of the 8th Maine Volunteer Signal Corps departed from camp today. They were en by the transport Manitoba across the sound to New London, from which place the cavalry was-to take trains for Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, and the Maine volunteers proceed home. - eg STATUS OF SURGEONS Gen. Breckenridge Says They Are “‘Do-As- You-Please” Fellows CINCI Times-Star s Qhio, September 21.—The veclal, from Le K s I General Breckinridge, who is in command ef Camp Hamilton, and Surgeon Generai Sternberg had a long conference just be- fore the surgeon igencral left here with Secretary Alger. Gen. Breckinridge want- ed to know just who haé the right to com- mand the hospita} surggons. He said at Chickamauga thes¢;individuals were a sort : you-please”” fellows, under no- command. © Gen. Wilson: had re- quested. certain thing to be done in the hos; als at Chickamauga and no atten- tion had been given his demands. Investi- gation, Gen. Breckinridge ‘said, showed that @ surgeons considered themseives subject only to the orders of Gen. Sternberg. Some Trouble at Hamilto: Gen. Breckinridge said he found the me trouble at Camp Hamilton, and he anted to have a distinct understanding re- gerding the matter. Gen. Sternberg said that the surgeons at Chickamauga were subject te the orders of Gen. Wilson, and that the geaeral should have found this cut. If he saw his orders were not obeyed he should nave found the reason tor such disobedience and had the matter settled ai once. Gen. Breckinridge said the same was the case right bere, and he wanted Gen. Sternnerg to inform Gen. Sanger that he was the proper per:on to command the surgeons, Alger Party at Knoxville. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., September 21 Secretary of War Alger, Surgeon General Sternberg and party arrived this morning at 8:30 trom Lexington and were met by ption committee of citizens. The party proceeded at once to Camp Poland, where the 2d Division of the Ist Corps, commanded by Brigadier General McKee, passed in view before General Alger. regi ist Georgia, Michigan, ith Ohio, Ist West ginia, North Carolina and 6th Virginia, the two latter colored, :ook part in the re- view. The Secretary and party after reviewing the division, inspected the camps and hos- pitals. After a luncheon at the residence of W. B. Lockett in Knoxville, the party was driven to points of interest about Krioxville. The party leaves late this afternoon jor Chattanooga and Camp Thomas. Knoxville as in gala attire in honor of th» Seer tary’s visit, and a half holiday was cb- served. Public Reception at Chattanoos:. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 4 Secretary of War Russell A. Alger will ur- rive in Chattanooga at 7:20 this evening. At 8 o'clock he will be tendered a public rec2ption in the city auditorium. A num- ber of short addresses will be made, and musie will be furnished by the 6th Unied States Volunteer Regimental Band. Eacly tomorrow. morning he will go to Chicka- mauga, where he will spend the entire day. Tomorrow night he will be given a banquet at the Read House. SS EPISCOPAL THEDRAL, Mrs. Hearst Consulted: in Regard to Location of Sehook Bullding. It is now pretty ‘Well! settled that the work of erecting the first building in the enterprise of the Protestant Episcopal Ca- thedral foundation will be:begun early this fall. As has already ben stated in The Star, this building Will De known as the Hearst School for Girls, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has made a donation of 3200,000 for the erection of the building, and of this amount $50,000 are in the hands of the chairman of the bullding*cemmittee, Col. A. T. Britton. It was the burpose to begin the actual work of gpnsiryction some time ago, but owing to the uncertainty about the change of site nojhing, has been done. The Barber properjy at,the corner of the Tenleytown and Woodley Lane roads has been purchased, as stated in The Star, by the trustees of the cathedral foundation. Mrs. Hearst has been consulted in regard to the change im the site, which meets with her entire Zpproval. She yas been in the city for several days p3st, and was dsked to select the site for the building which is to be erected with her money. She said, however, that she was entirely satisfied to leave the matter to the decision of the chairman of the building committee. Mrs. Hearst sails from New York to- morrow and expects to spend ihe winter on the Nile. She has, however, arranged that the money for the building can be obtained when wanted. Bishop Satterlee nas finished his vacation, and after he has determined upon the loca- tuon for the building and a -ontract has been awarded active operations will be begun. | : American Farmers Can Grow All the Wheat Needed, THE COUNTRY’S LIMITLESS RESOURCES ae Agricultural Department Officials Contradict Sir Wm. Crooke. i SOURCES OF SUPPLY ee There is no danger of the people of the United States or of the world suffering for lack of wheat now or at any time in the future, according to the officials and statis- ticlans of the Agricultural Department. This statement was drawn out of them today by The Star, whose reporter exhib- ited an article republished from the New York Sun in The Star of Monday last, con- taining certain gloomy forebodings as to the future of wheat, made recentiy by Sir William Crooke, the president of the Brit- ish Association in England. “Nonsense,” said Assistant Secretary Brigham, a practical farmer, who needed no books of reference or statistics to rein- force his statements. “Why, let them keep the price of wheat up to a dollar a bushel and the farmers of the United States will produce a theusand million bushels annual- iy—yes, ten thousand million bushels—and then have land to syare. The production per acre can be doubied, and casily, too, by irrigation, fertilizers and other aids.” ‘The theory of Sir William Crooke, based upon figures whose source is not stated, is completely upset by the conditions whici the Agricuiturai Depariment is enabled to show by means of its 60,000 correspondents in all parts of the United States, who monthly and yearly supply reliable infor- mation touching every phase of the wheat question. Reserve is Very Low. It is a fact, to begin with, that the re- serve of wheat is very low. Indeed, prac- tically considered, the wheat-eating popula- ion must be fed from current harvests, and not in part, as heretofore in any one year, from ihe surplus of the previous year as well as the crops of the current period. But there is no evidence, Sir William to the contrary notwithstanding, that there is a large yearly increase in the wheat or bread consumers. In faci, the government officials insist that, seriousiy and argu- mentative'y considered, dt can be maintain- ed that the number is less touay than it was fifteen years ago, altnough meantime there has been a yearly increase of possi- bly 6,000,000 in the total populauon. The canning of fruits and meats, the growth of truck gardening near all the large cities, the development of transporta- tion facilities, all have tended to decrease the demand for wheat, and its place has been \taken on the food product list to some ‘considerable extent by other staples and articles. Then, again, it is asserted here that no arbitrary siatement of the number of bread consumers can be made with safety, even by Sir William Crooke, and that their potential, not actual, ca- pacity only can form the basis for such figures as the Englishman presents. There is, as a matter of fact, no reliable informa- tion at hand, even with regard to the po- tential wheat area. In spite, however, of gloomy forebodings and the fact that the reserve stock is littie, if any at all, there is now enough wheat at hand for a year, the bureau heads atflirm. The world never will run short of wheat simply because the ability to grow the product in this country alone cannot be measured by the cleverest statistician. No one has ever collected or attempted to col- lect information of America’s potentiality becaus” of the extent of production is a va- riable condition. Ready to Be Converte “Why,” remarked a venerable compiler of wheat statistics in Secretary Wilson's bu- reau, “let me take Sir William Crooke out around Beltsville, Md., or, indeed, within a radius of fifty miles from here, and I will show him thousands of acres, now un- broken forests, that could casily be con- verted into wheat-preducing land. Land used for corn and other products can easily be turned into wheat growing. Just let the price go up and keep up and farmers every- where would astonish the world with the crop of wheat.” xas alone,” coincided the noted statistician of the Lureau, speaking unottictally, g1owing all the wheat needed by Americ {leaving California, lilinois, Indiana and t other wheat states to produce the atcourt reeded for export. The average yield pe jacre is 12.7 bushels, but in Massachuse as many as 30 bushels have be the use of water, fertilizer, et is hardly an acre ot wheat land United States that is not capable same production u hilar c So that ii is easy to see what the farmers in this country could do if the pinch came. ‘Then, too, thousands of acres used now for other purposes are easily susceptible of change to wheat growing. This Year's Crop. “Roughly speaking, the crop in the Unite! States on July 1 last was within 9) per cent of the normal yield—that is, not affect- ed by drouth, too much or too little rain and other conditions. What the amount or percentage will be at the end of tke year no one, no official, could afford to predict. Of course, some wheat experts, for stock market purposes, may estimate the num- ber of bushels to be raised, but they make ; mistakes more frequently than otherwise. Until the crop is raised and in hand no re- liable statement of its amount can be hazarded. The department is now trying to ascertain the amount of land actually used for wheat growing, but it is a labori- ous and lengthy task, and ! am not pre- pared to make any statement in that re- gard. I would say, however, that I would like to be furnished with a proved, reliable Statement of the ea so used and its in- crease in geometrical ratio to the popula- tion. The capacity of this country is well nigh inexhaustible, and the arid regions of the west as well as lands immediately at hand can be turned in short order into thirty-bushel yielders.”” Everybody laughed at Sir Wm. Crooke’s assertion: z “Practically there remains np uncultivat- ed prairie land in the United States suitable for wheat growing. The virgin land has been rapidly absorbed, until at present thore is no land left for wheat without re- ducing the area for maize, hay and other necessary crops. It is almost certain that within a generation the ever-increasing population of the Unit2d States will con- sume all the wheat grown within its bor- ders, and will be driven to import, and, like ourselves, will scramble for a lion’s share of the wheat crop of the world.” Upon this point the year book for 1897 o! the department says: : “In recent years predictions have been made of the near approach of the time when our domestic consumption will over- take domestic production of various crops, - especially of wheat, but the predictions seem hardly nearer realization as tim? passes, and the potential expansion of acreage, as demand and price become strong and high, promises a surplus for export for many years to come. “tor domestic r2quirements 28.6 bushels of corn are needed per capita, 5.5 bushels of wheat, and 10.7 bushels of oats, the com- putdtions being made in the usual way upon the figures of exports, imports, pro- duction and population, and the annual average for 1888-1892 being adopt2d. “Therefore, it follows that 1.15 acres in corn are required per capita for domestic consumption, 0.43 of 1 acre in wheat and 0.43 of 1 acre in oats. This gave us a sur- Plus area in corn in 1890 of 2,648,404 acres above domestic requirements, of 11,264,475 acres in wheat and 238,162 acres in oats.’ The Wheat Crops. The book also shows that the world's crop in 1893 was 2,559,174,000 bushel in 1894, 2, ¥26,000; in 1895, 2,562,770,000; in 1896, 2,456,505,000; and in 1897, 2,214,030,000. It is admitted by the government officials that the crop of 1897 was under averag>, but even with very little reserve stock on hand, they assert that there will be enough for domestic and foreign use now and her2after. “As a matter of fact,” said Mr. Holmes, “we cannot keep much on hand because it would spoil. “I believe Mr. Edward Atkinson has ; and there thi in | grouna facts tn shown it to be a fact, so far as the world is concerned, and looking at visible supnly, that we are always within a year of vation. You have heard no cry for ard you will rever hear it coming. in special instances, as in India. from the world. ‘Sir William warning of present shrinkage proaching poverty need not sible person.” Secretary Wilson fs out of the c it_was impossible, therefore, official and authoritative the article the eminert English scientist read before the [iritich Association at Bristol on the 10th inviant. and ap- arm any and ty to obt denial an of the HARRIES COMMANDS GUARD View of the President Ragarding the Dispute. Disapproves of the Opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Department said this afternoon that no ac- tion had yet been taken by the War De- partment on the question submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, involving the legal right of Col. Harries, commanding the Ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, to nominate, as brigadier general command- ing the National Guard of the District, the officers of the naval battalion of the Dis- trict. He said that the matter was under consideration and would be decided in a day or two. An army officer of high rank, who has had a recent conference with the President in regard to the case of Col. siarries, said to a Star reporter this afternoon that a lot of unnecessary talk was being indulged in in regard to the status of that officer. The fact is, he said, that the President looks upon Col. Harries as still being in com- mand of the National Guard of the Dis- trict, and the fact that he had joined the volunteer army during the Spanish war has in no wise prejudiced or changed his standing in the District National Guard. The officer said that Harries hai never been removed or reliev -d from duty in com- mand of the District National Guard, and that the President did not prupose tiat he should be. The opinion of the judge adi cate general of the army, that the ofheers of the District guard who accepted com- missions in the volunteer army ha therevy relinquished thetr offices in the guard, was disapproved by the President, aud is in no wise binding upon the authorities. There 1s no special occasion for haste, he said, in making the naval appoint- ments, and in case there is any legal doubt as to the right of Colonel Harries to nominate the officers it is regarded as a very simple matter to postpone the ap- pointments until after the District regi- ment has been mustered out and Colonel Harries is recommissioned as brigadier general commanding the District National Guard, in the event that such action is deemed necessary. eee FIGHTING WITH FEVERS. Brave District Soldiers Stitl Strugsling Against Odd: The following reports were received by The Evening Star today from the bedsides of the sick soldiers of the Ist District Regi- ment whose names are given: Corporal George I. Neff, Company M, has been very sick with caills and fever since August 30 at the residence of his sister, Mrs. F. J. Ruppert, No. 637 L street north- west. He arrived there terfibly weak and emaciaied, and slowly improved under good treatment, but has now suffered a relapse and is in a serious condition. Private Ernest Selby, Company F, who ts sick with malarial fever at No. 2018 H_ street nerthwest, was reported slightly better to- day. Sergeant Joseph Ligon King, Company D was So improved Saturday that he took ing. Sunday he had a relapse and y! terday his nausea was So excessive as weaken him considerably. Many to His condition caused much apprehension, but it is hope: he will be pulled through safely, The condition of Private J. J. Pollock, Company M, was not improved and his symptoms are very unfavorable. Private Joseph T. Stotsenburg, L, is very}. weak, Dut has ciently to be around the house and contin- ues to steadily improve. He is at 100 South Carolina avenue southeast. Private Edward Buddington, Company who has been very sick for six days with severe climatic fever, was much ter this morning. Private J. Lewis Smith, Company C, w slightly better today, thoush li ture is still very high. Private c Company ered suffi- D, it Smith, his brother, also of Company C, is better, but his leg is very paintul and he is unable‘to sit up or walk. They are at their mother’s residence, No. northwest. Private A. H. Chace, Company G, wus re- ported today as siowly improving. There was no change reportd toda the condition of Sergt. Fréd 4. Cusick, Company M, except that he seemed to be weaker. Private John P. Cronan, Company F, was tahen to Providence Hospital yesterday evening suffering from hemorrh:ge of the lungs. The other District regiment paticnts at the institution were reported as doing nicel, Private John M. Watts, Cot % 13th street southwest suific M street any E, of has recovered ently to get about without ina pe for his recovery. ter A. Findlay, is still confined to his bed at No. 1236 36th Street. He was reported today as being a little better. a The Dewey Hotel. ‘The fine new hotel on L strcet between sth and 14th, which is nearing completion, is to be named “Dewey.” It is now up to the bottom of the fifth story. It will be a fine building and will be an addition to the city as well as the street. It will cost, when completed and furnished, about $is0,- ooo, It is 88 feet front, with a 7-foot alley on one sigg, and a 30-foot alley at the back; it runs feet back; it has two L's and a court feet wide. It has 134 bed rooms and twenty-seven bath rooms—five stories high. It has seven public parlors and ri ception rooms, two elevators, and every room in the house will be lighted by élec- tric light. The dining room will be 35 by G4. It will be fitted and furnished with the best and newest styles of furniture from Michigan. ———— Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1421 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denbufg, Thalmann & Co., New York, Low. Close. 63% 63% 2m aoa 31% 31% 20% 20a; 22% ly Low. Close. 8 817 8.17 9. 9. 9.05 4. 4.72 4.75 485 480 4h 3 Fi 4.67N 4720 «4.67 | 4.67 High. Low. Close. 330 5.22 5.22 5.30 5.27 5.28 5.35 5.33 5.33 5.40 5.36 5.38 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, September 21.—Plour quiet and steady, unchanged—receipts, 27,273 barrels; exports, 10,460 "barrels; sales, 2.006 barrels. Wheat strong =spot and month, 713a71%4; October, TO%aTUt December, 69%260%; steamer, receipts, 43,385 bushels; stock, 530,061 bushels; sal ern wheat by sample, '66a72: do. on grade, 67a71 Corn dull—spot and month, 33,4331; 233%; November, 344344; new or December, 32%a33\; steamer mixed, 3 re celpts, 143,581 bushels; exports, 42,857 bushele; stock, 1,287,210 bushels; sales, 21.000 bushels; southern “white corn, 34136; do. WW. 3Ea36%5. Oats firm—No. 2 white western, 26427; No. 2 mixed do., 2416225; receipts, 15,609; exports, none; stock, 207,288 bushels. firmer—No. 2 49%; "No. 2 western, 51%; receipts, 7,291 bushels: exports, 51,428 bushels; stock, 44.812 bushels. Hay tending higher—No. 1 timothy, $10. Grain ts —steamers quiet; parcel room more active er—steam to Liverpool, Derive 85% quarter, 3s. 94. Septemben ober. ubchanged. ter teady, unchanged. Joc. per bushel box. Whisky unchanged, = FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Opened and Closed With a Good Demand Today. aaa ED ABOUT NOON Houses Which Sold a Few Days Ago Now Buying. MARKET SAGG —-+- GENERAL MARKET REPORT Special Dispatch to The Frening Star, NEW YORK, September 21.—London’s early prices for American securities t Were nominally within t% of New Y parity. The market there opened dull and became flat, the reactionary tendency in the New York market yesterday causing some hesitancy to the bullish sentiment Money was loaning at \ per cent, discount for short bills, 1% per cent, and for three months bilis, 1 13-16 to 17%. At 3 pan. the London market showed general depressions on fears of dear money Americans were flat, while other interna- tional securities were heavy all around New York market opened steady to rm, With fractional advances in most of the active stocks over last night's close. Some good buying in sugar at the start, for both accounts, created a bullish teel- ing among the room traders on this sf ciaity, while fts subsequent strength stit- fened the balance of the list, though at 10:30 a.m. the volume of business was somewhat limited. Tobacco, after opening at 149%, rallied to 4 on the advance in sugar and the bet- ter tone of the general list ‘his rally in tobacco, however, only lasted until about 10:45, when the ‘stock developed sudden weakness, the sinking spell carrying it down to 148% in a few minutes. At 11 am. the general market became dull and rather heavy, money loaning then at 4% per cent. 11:20 saw tobacco steady around 149, and a rally throughout the en tire list in progress, with sugar in the lead. About 11:30 it was announcer 1 ngland had to- ay sold £75.000 bar gold and 50,000 Ameri- can eagles for shipment to New York. Th market displayed more buoyancy on thes announcements. Brooklyn Rapid Transit and the Pacific issues showed conspicuous strength on what was sald to be Flower and Keene buying. It was also stated that the bus-- ing in the Pacific stocks. Northern and Union, was for houses that sold free- ly two or three days ago. In regard to the dividend on Union Pacific pre- ferred, a good authority said there had been no change in the situation. Those who favor the declaration of 1% per cent had not changed their view, and it looked aw though the matter would not be determined until the board comes together tomorrow afternoon. Much more than 4 per cent, it 1s said, is being earned on the preferred Stock. The strength in the B. R. T. was attributed to the good buying before noted nd the revorts of ratification of the 4 between that company and the Nz company At 2 p.m and active. with covering in Sugar Manhattan and a better commission hi the general market was strong and ng done. The t that money will } money loaned at per cent, and the general market was holding its advance. Americans in London at the close were improved, with prices at about the best of the day. At 2:30 money at 21-2 per cent; there Is sald to be quite a short interest in St. Paul. The volume of traffic and the renewed on rain movement this road weuld indicate a handsom se in the earnings that are expected Friday next. Lake Erie and Western for July ws net surplus of $4 against S47 last year. For seve is the surplus is $295,520 against © > — FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York stock Market. Iiigh. Low. Close. American American American Sugar American Sugat American Atchison Atchison, pfd.. Baltimore Bay Sta Canada Seu c Chicago, B & Ss Chicago& Northwestern Chicago Gas.......... CM. &8t Pasi... @ricago, K. 1. & Pacific. jated Gas. Del., & WwW... Delaware & Hudson.... Den. & Kio Grande, pfd. Ene : Generai Electric. |. Tilinois Central... Lake Shore....2.0..: Louisville & Nashville. Metropolitan ‘Traction, Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central, Missouri Pacific. ew Jersey Central ew York Central jorthern Pacific - orthern Pacific, pfa. & Western jc Mail... Ja. & Reading. Souther? Union Pacific... U. &. Leather, pfd Wabasa, pid... oe Wheeling & Lake Eri Wheeling & L. E., pfd. : Western Union Tel we Ry Union Pacific, pfa 64% Am. Steel & Wire. 2° fy ee 44 45% WEY 15 Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock U. 8. 3a, pon, $1,000 at 105%. | Lin Insurance. at 10%.” Lanston Monotype Graphophone, 100 at preferred, 5 ‘at 14. $500 at 105% District of Columbia Bonds.—5s, 20 funding, 100% bid. 6s, 30-year funding. gold, wid. 7, water s 108 bid. 3.858, funding, ~Metropolitan Railroad 5s, Metropolitan Ralln 125 bid, 125% asked. Metropolit M A114 bid. Metropolitan Kail § B. 108 bid. 112 asked. Coli Railroad 6s, 124 bid. 125 asked. Telt Ratilro 5u bid, 60 asked. Eckington Raileond @s, 100 bid. Washington mpany, series A, Gs, 114 bid Washington jas Company, series B, 68, 115 bid. Electric Light deb.’ imp.. 100 bid. Chesa- anda Potomac Telephone 5s, 103 bid. Amer- ican’ Security and Trust 58, 100 bid. Wi shingtou Market Company Ist 66, 110 bid. Wasbington Market Company tmp. 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company extn. 68, 110 bid. Masonic Hall Association Ss, 108 bid. Natioval Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 280% did. Met -opolitan, $09 bid. Central, 148 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 18% bid. Second, 143 bid. Citizens’, 143 bid. Columbia, 133% bh Capital, 122 bid West Eng. S8% bid. 93 bid.” Lincoln, 115 bid, 122 asked. Safe Deposit ‘and Trust Safe Deposit and Trust Loan and Trust, 127 bid, curity and Trust, 161 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 28 bid, 35 asked, Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid, 8) asked. Potomac, 58 bid. Arlington, 124 bid. German- American, 190 bid National Union, 10% bid. ¢ lumbia, 10% bid, 11 k 4 asked. kt . 7% bid, & asked.” People's, 5% bid 6 asked Lanett bid, 11 asked mmercial, 4 bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Resl Estate Title, bid. Columbia Title, #% bid, 54 asked, U7 Be Railroad Stocks.—“Capital | Traction | Cy X73% bid, 74% asked. Metropolitan, 125 ide asked. Columbia, 75 asked. Eckington, § bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gat 48 bid, 49 asked. G Gas, 45 bid. U. Electric Lact oz ‘bid stocks. —Chesapeake jomac, bid. nneylvania. 38 bid; ss So2 Potomac, SL Miscellaneous Stocks. Mergentha! Linotype, 7184% bid, 185 asked. | Lanston mens Serva 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 Tn ERTAERALA