Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING: SYaR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1898-16 PAGES. —— REPLY TO THOMAS Affairs of the U.S. Electric Lighting Co. Discussed. ee STATEMENT SIGNED BY 8 DIRECTORS ——— Proxies Asked for to Vote at the Coming Election. > COMMENTS SHARP ———d n sent to the stockhoid- etric Lighting Company, put of the thirteen directors mpany, dated September 4 rs by t sident, Mr. A. A. Thomas, ex- tracts from which were printed at the time in The Star. The signatures attached to the c ar, with the connection of the signers with the company. are given, as follows: James 1. Norris, first vice presi- dent, director and member of the executive and buildings committees; W. H. Sla- ter, director and member of the executive committee; Samuel J. Butterfield, director and member of the auditing committee; John Cemmack, director and member of the building committee; Chas. C. Dunean- F. Norment, Chas. Werner, Pearson, directs rs: tring to a circular put forth by Mr. dent of the United Slectric Lighting Company under mber 1svs, advising the s as to certain phases of the of said company and the results ed under the administration of the which circular is prepared slely on his responsibility slignt regard to the action of the board of diree- nd palpable appeal sin vi w of the approicn. tion to have himself retained aid company—the majority of the dir and ¢ of said com- pany find it necessary to communicate to the stockholders the following statement as corrective of some of the impressions which that circular is well calculated to produce. and distributed and without thi views or t tors—and to the stoc ing annual ele as president of The Use ef Proxies. “In speaking of proxies, he cautions the Btockholder not to allow his stock to be used ‘not only against the administration of the company, but for advancing the per- sonal erds of parties who are themselves by their often very limited holdings unwill- ing to assume the Uability of personal loss for their actions.’ The impression which each stockholder on reading this advice must i ly derive is that an effort is being made by a class of small holders of little or no standing or responsibility to remove him from the presidency. After giving you thia caution, he asks you for yeu: proxy, which he will use to defeat the election of the eight directors who signed the circular letter under date of September 25, and which you have received, and to elect in their place four to eight new and untried men, his object being to se- cure 4 majority of the board of directors, Subserve his purposes and secure s tion as president. He does not need your proxy to elect himself, for he in- forms you of the number of shares held by himself. his family and ‘assoctates,” which, if correct, would be sufficient to elect him- f ‘associates,’ one or more, as and his ors. What a Change Would Mean. to this plan of giving proxies, we that each stockholder might be pres- t the annual meeting to do his own As the only thing remaining ts to send proxy to some one in whom the stock- holder has confidence to vote for such di- rectors as in his judgment will act for the interest of the company. “If the election should result in making a ch hip of the board for pming year, you will observe that such will displace what he terms old 1 officers for new and inexperienced ut which h2 feels so much golici- At the same time you must perceive you give him he will turn out the document an. he ht this fact w: » fri dof direc ¢ of the Steckholders. ments to the con- { Send out suc! ww execut upon hims, rig ising his official title for the going into full length the undersigned > the fact that t ly conversant manner of using proxtes for his cement. So far as the personal parties to whom he is supposed oncerned, they hav? po other than looking after the the stockhold tad while me have small holdings, still their ponsibility, so far as dollars and cents yncerned, May amount to more than vse holdings appear to be of a number of shares true that under th a stockholder the Without are « or purpose welfare laws of Wr may multiply his by number of directors to be no one has taken more fact than he hims reetors of th ting Company are 3 - and had notaing to do and would prefer (a . called by him a minoi is supposed to be a gre: five), that the majority of control an all the irect- A. inistration of Business. aks about the administration of s of the company. It is supposed of the dircetors were elected for of managing the affairs of the ny, and naturally the so-called mi- nority ht, ought to have the right to give their opinion. In the last election held, four of the directors, el on his side, have had their eyes opened and are with the majority of the directors now. Their names Were signed to the letter sent under dute of September 26 to you. It is sup- i to be the desire of the stockholders ompany to have its affairs conduct- ss-like manner, and following desire of the stockholders, a majority board of directors have undertaken t proxies for the purpose of voting at znnual election, said majority deeming it_wise to make a change of some of the officers, and whilst the majority are getting roxies, the minority has not appeared to have been sleeping. They commenced more than a month or so ago in collecting prox- ies for themselves. “He takes to himself and his associates the credit of having one of the finest cen- trab plants ir. this country or elsewhere. It is natural to suppose that the eight direet- ors should have some credit, as they were mainly instrumental in making the plant what it is, and when the funds were to be raised for the purpose of paying for it, it was principally through their co-operation that the money was obtained. He through- out his letter speaks of the administration and talks about eld and tried officers. No one desires to get rid of old and tried off- cers if they are found to be worthy. It is true that you have recelved your dividends regularly; it is also true that you ysed to Un ed in a bus: the receive S per cent instead of 6, and it is, oped that if the eight directors whom he glasses as the minority are re-elected and a ! change can be made in some of the officers, the company will be able to resume their 8 per cent dividerd. Interest of Directors. “In another part of his circular he pro- ceeds to say: ‘T understand from the public press and otherwise that efforts are being made by persons who style themselves the minority of the board to retire at the com- ing election the entire present manage- ment and substitute one of their own. One of these centlemen has of record 30 shares, another J5, another 50, another 62, another 70, anuther 109, and so on, while I myself have of record §%4 shares and in my im- mediate family ares more. One of my asscciates has hares, another 14 shares, another 125 shares, another 50 shares, and so on. Which has evidently the most at stake? Here he has selected but a few of the holdings of the present directors and in such a way as to enhance his own importance and minimize the in- fluence and bus’ standing of those who believe that a change in the presidency of the company is imperatively demanded. “After reviewing some of the salient fea- of the affairs of the company he ceeds to remark: ‘Just at the present . when the affairs of the company have heen brought b: elf and my as- seciates to the present very highly credit- able state,’ etc. It must occur to every thinking man who.reads this circular to ask him who these ‘associates’ are of his ef whom he thus sp They cannot be the men of the so-called ‘minority,’ the ight members of the board who he tells he is informed are seeking to get rid of him. “On the last page of his circular he ho’ds the following language: ‘Just at the pres- ent time, when the affairs of the company have been brought by myscif and asso- clates to the present very highly credit- able state, and when the economy and in- fluence of the new plant are about to be felt, and at a time when, of all others, we should have a right to expect your con- tinted confidence, I understand from the public press and otherwise that efforts are being made by persons who style them- selves the “minority” of the board, to re- tire at the coming election the entire pres- ent management and substitute one of their own.’ What is Desired. “It is scarcely worth while to answer this, as the eight gentlemen who signed the circular letter of September 26 can hardly be styled the minority, and they do not desire to retire the present direct- ors, but only to make a change in the presidency, which they believe will be highly promotive of the prosperity of this company. The so-called minority are not responsible for any matter that may have appeared in the daily press, except that of the letter of the 26th of September (which after the publication of his circular letter) asked you to withhold your opinion for a short period. His statement of the record as to the holdings of shares represented by some of the directors is misleading. He kas neglected to put in some of the larg- est shareho'ders in the directory whom he classes as a minority, and asks the ques- tion, ‘Which has evidently the most at stake?’ In reply to this it is sufficient zo say that the eight gentlemen who signed the letter of September 25 have regarded themselves as haying been elested to rep- resent all the stockholders and guard the m: interests of all without regard to the in-» @tvidual holdings of any stockholder. “The directory of the United States Ei tric Lighting Company consists as follows A. A. Thomas, Stilson Hutchins, Seymour W. Tullock, George W. Gray, Thomas 0. Hills, James L. Norris, W. H. Slater, Sam- uel J. Butterfield, John Cammack, Charles c. Duneanson, Clarence Norment, Chas. Werner and George W. Pearson. “Mr. Hills has been ill and unable to at- tend any meetings or business of the com- peny for the past five or six months. When Mr. Thomas uses the phrase ‘his associates’ and ‘majority’ he has special reference to the first three names, as ap- pear above, and the last eight names are what he si es ‘the minority’ or ‘the op- position’ as making noise out of all pro- ortion to its size. A large number of the stockholders in sympathy with the under- signed have already caused to be delivercd to us their proxies for use at the approach- ing annual election, and they will be used | to elect the eight gentlemen who address you this letter, leaving Mr. Thomas and his special associates to vote their stock to elect themselves as directors, thereby making no change in the membership of the present directory, and when all of the present directors are elected they will then choose their president and other officers for the ensuing year. There are numerous matters of detail which the undersigned might refer to, but it is hardly necessary, and they can only add, in closing, t eight gentiemen whom he designates as the opposing minority have been looking after the interest: of the stockholders without regard to person or numbers.” qa ae THE COURTS. rt of App Present: The chief justice, Mr. Justice Mor- ris Mr. Justice Shepard. K M. Eastman was admitted to prac- c Campbell; docketed on motion of Mr. ner et al. ag! sed with cos! Rouser et al. agt. Washington and town Railroad Company; argument commenced by Mr. A. S. Worthington fe eppellants, continued by Mr. R. Ross Perr: for appellee, and concluded by Mr. A. Werthington for appellant. si novan agt. Johnson; passed. ington agt. Washington Brewing Company ed. S—Dis of Columbia agt. Payne; sub- mitted on briefs, Sit—Jackson agt. Emmons et al.; argu- ment commenced by Mr. J. J. Waters tor appellant. Equity Court No. Reinhold agt. N: S S. 1—Justice Cox. tional Life Maturity As- sociation; payment of examiner ordered. [in re Wm. Koehler, Edw. Meyer, Jno. J. Ohert, Thos. Brat J. Mulhall and | Mary" B. Tolliver; ns in lunacy confirmed. Shea agt. McMahon; payment of dower ordered. Farrow agt. e i- commission ordered to is- agt. Pole; leave to file amended nted. Kohler agt. Kohler; testimony Margaret M. Murray, examiner, or- taken, Wilson agt. Wilson; rule to cause discharged. King agt. Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company; Injunction pending suit granted. Butier agt. Smith; auditor's report confirmed. Rose ite State Provident Association; ul!owed to sue in his own name. McKay agt. McKay; defendant required to Pay cost of copy of testimony. King agt. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany; rule on defendant, returnable Octo- ber 10, granted. Circuit Court y Breckinridge agt. ; Circuit Court No. 2. Schlegel’ ag O. R. R. Compuny; affirmance of ju: the Hugh ber 15. ber 21. Cire peace judgment. Worthing! S: ordered on assignment for Novem- Estate of Stevens; do. for Novem- it Court No. 2—Justice McComas. Fletcher agt. B. and P. R. R. Company; cn trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- ham. States agt. Arthur Bell, house- en trial. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Bradley. United States agt. Lewis Fields and Mar- tha ‘kson, adultery; verdict not guilty. United States agt. Nathaniel Arnold, as- sault to kill; on trial. Probate Court—Justice Hagner. Estate of John L. cian ad litem filed. Hall: inventory tiled. Estate of Charles Wheatley: to probate as to bert Beall; order 2ppeinting guardian ad litem. Estate of Margaret S. White: inventory filed. Estate of Rob" of Ebene: to proba’ receipts filed. Estate order admitting wit] as te of Mary B. Denman; account passed. of Zachariah P. Gunion: proof of Teal estate. Estate tion. Estate of dated July 22, hn M. Downe; 1898, filed. ——— Dexignated to Go to Cuba. Lieutenant Colonel Livermore of the carps of engineers and Colonel G. B. War- ing of the quartermaster’s department have been designated to join the board which is to look after camp sites in Cuba. Colonel Livermore goes to make an examination with especial reference to the fortifications and to report Whether new fortifications are needed, or whether repairs are neces- sary to those already in place. Colonel Waring is assigned ta the duty of looking into the sanitary condition of the different towns..where troops are to be located and. CHANCE FOR CAPITAL Prospects for Men of Small Means in Porto Rico. PROFIT IN COFFEE FLANTATIONS Americans on the Island Over the Field. Looking EXAMINING LAND es TITLES Special Correspondence of The Evening Scar. PONCE, Poxto Rico, September 27, 1898. Titles in Porto Rico are regarded with a sufficient tincture of suspicion by Ameri- cans during the present interr2gnum, when it has become somewhat questionable with Some as to what officers have authority to acminister an oath or what courts are Possessed of competent jurisdiction to re- ceiv> and file records, to place a considera- ble mit upon transactions in realties. So far as the military power now governing the Ilsland goes, there has been no dis- turbance of the legal status cf affairs; on the contrary, definite instructions wer> giv- en by Gen. Miles for the recognition of th: existing regularly established authorities. Capital ts, however, as we all know, pro- verbially timid nd does not brook unc2r- tainties, so until the island is fully and finally transferred to the ownership of the United States, it is likely that the markets will remain sluggish. Notwithstanding all this, assurances are given by reliable Porto Ricans that all titles are clear end defensi- ble and perfect abstracts can be obtained. There are now in the province of Ponce prebably 300 Americans, who hay> come here to lock up the prospects for invest- ments and the business chances, 2nd pos- sibly the-e are as many more in other parts of the island. These repres2nt every cle- nent of professional, commercial and in- dustrial life, and it is safe to say that they are a shrewd lot and that such investiga- tions as they make will be searching and conciusive. My own information leads m> to one fixed conclusion, and that may be thus stated: Porto Rico offers promise to but a limited number of men with small capita}. It is not like our western states and territories, a country with extensive ar:as of unoccupied or unciaimed lands. Every acr> is owned by somebody, and possession can only be acquired by pur- chase. Inasmuch as it is pretty well un- derstood that the Americans having con- aucred the island will now want to occupy it and that we are a people not only pos- sessed of wealth, but somewhat liberally inclined to part with it, prices have not only advanced materially since the signing ot the protocol, but there is every prospect for them to still mount upward. A Chicago real estate man who has been for some ¥ ecks Icoking into the situation puts it thas: ‘My impressicns when I left Chicago were that Pcrto Rico would offer ie fine openings for n-en cf small means Who lack oypertunities at home, and I came here to scek infocmation with that proposition chiefly in view. You know that the man in the United States who has only a few thousands tz lost sight of in this age of pools and trists and ccmbines and syndi- cated departrent stores, and my thought was that here was a ccuntry to which he night come, rd, with his limited mears begin life 1gain under more hopeful cordi- ticns. I find.” he continued, further. “that the coffee, sugar and tobacco plantations are, in th> main, of large extent, and when owners are willing to part with them at all, which is ir rare cases, the amou ary to rurehase aches sums running from $50,009 upward. Fruit farming 1s un certain, and reliable data upon whien t base estimates ere difficult, if not impossi- ble, to obtain. After investigating these I turned my attention to cairying and othor minor Industries, but iaere are some unfa- ¥erable cirenmstances surrounding these” mere or less insurmountable, and I; convinced that Porto Rico, except in a, ver limited sense, is rot a poor man’s co try. I desire here, however, to repeat and em- phasize certain statements of mine m tisewhere as to some lines of business h There are openings for good, w - ed American hotels, restaurants, barber sheps, laundries, tailor shops, hack and ex- press lines, livery stables, etc., and when the building era begins, which will be next year, there will be work for every sort of mechanic. 1 spi of the building era, be- e under any set of circumstances it is bound to con The agricultural lands, and, in fact, the whole island, is sure to Pass into the hands of Americans; their supericr methods and commercial sagacity will enable them to gradually absorb the holdings cf a race so ill-fitted to compete With them as the Porto Ricans, intelligent and shrewd though they are as measured from the standpoint of comparison with the other native peoples of the Antille: Profits of Coffee Growing. With due respect to the conclusions of the Chicago man above quoted I want to sive it as my opinion that if buyers come y chourch, unimproved lands in s be had at justifiable be plan unproductive ables d growing period, and some fruits may be “ sold that should pay the living expenses. Ceffee growing in Porto Rico is about the most profitable industry today im the world. It would pay, and does pay, under ordinarily favorable conditions, 20 per @ent oa the investment year in and year out. This equals the returns from the wool industry in the palmy days of the northwest. My {formation is that the lamis fit for coffee culture may be increas- ed 30 per cent on the fsland, and in this I see a ray of promise for a lmited number ef smell capitalists who have been frozen out of most things at home. There are a few other things that in the hands of our energetic and resourceful people it seems to me should afford the means for some small investors to establish themselves with profitable returns. Where the bounties of nature are so lav- ishly bestowed as in Porto Rico there must be # variety of new things within the reach of the American. Among these are mac: roni and chocolate factories, spice and d plants, fruit packing establishments, eic. There are, certainly good openings for breweries.” The people are very fond of beer and it 13 brought ali the way from the United States and Germany at very large expense. It is served with ice broken and into the put glass, a process which, of irse flattens it disagreeably at once. he class of cattle here, while they pre- sent a good appearance to the eye, are in- ferior as to beef and milk-yielding qualities. So far dairying has been unsuccessful by reason of the poverty of the milk, but why it would not pay to bring in better stock both for the block and for butter making I am unable to see. Superior grades of poultry might also be imported. ‘They seil for a good price, and eggs bring 20 cents a dozen much of the year. It must be under- stocd that the old ruts have been persist- entiy followed here for centuries, bui the people appear to be quick to see and ap- preciate better things when they are poini- ed out to them. The Chief Town in the Future. What is to become the chlef town of the istand seems to b> a mooted question. San Juan has a superior harbor. but the health and climatic conditions are less favorable than on this side. Ponce, while its harbor facilities are not the best, is well located as an outlet for th3 productive sections, and the climate of the region is salubrious. As for the harbor, this may be made secure by the erection of a breakwater, a work tlat will, no doubt. be teken up by the gov- 2rrment at an early time. As an indicator of what is going on, it may be stated that there are seven bids before the counci! of Ponce for a street railroad franchise be- tween the city and the rort, a stretch of two and a half miles. The bid offers $10,100) outright, with forfeitures at the end cf twenty years. The plans include ev2ry form of motor, and one provides for a swinging car to run on a single rail. : Tne pcstal department kas established stations all over the island, and bids for carrying the mails to various poirts have been called fer. It is rumored that some officer high in thy service of the United States has purchased a tract of coffee lands, which extend down t» the coast. and it is said that a deal for a@ large coffee plantation has just ben closed with an American at a point near Mayaguez. A Penrsylvanicn went by the Test steamer to the United States to pur- »chase machinery for,an ice piant to b> to report what should be done to place | erected at the fatter place. them in good sanitary condition. 4. H. HERSEY, j the City = = | Casa or:Credit. their Parlor Suites, : $13.75 up. Odd Dressing Cases, $6.50 up. China Closets, $9.50 up. | Bed Room Suites, $13.75 up. Brass & Iron Beds, $1.85 up. Fancy Rocking Chairs, 55c. up. Hall Racks, $4.85 up. Mayer & Pettit, the Great Providers, 415-417 Seventh St. 1898 FALL OPENING. The Magnificent Showing of Furniture, Car- | pets and Clothing at Mayer & Pettit’s. The’ stragglers amongst the shipments of fall goods have all at last reached | ‘destination, and we are now ready to invite the countryside to see our play. We have faithfully endeavored to collect a stock that is satisfying in qualities, wide in selection and unmatchable in price. sideration we challenge you té find its equal in this or any other city. A Handsome Souvenir Will Be Given to Anyone Presenting This Coupon. | | This coupon entitles the bearer to a handsome sou- venir in commemoration of the 1898 Fall Opening at Mayer & Pettit’s Great Double Store, 415-417 Seventh St. Toilet Tables, $4.50 up. Extension Tables, CREDIT. $2.48 up. Whether you come to us with a full purse or wish to settle on easy terms, you get equally low prices. Your credit is good—make use of it all you wish. Mayer & Pettit, 415-417 Seventh S Taking all things into con- Cash or .Credit. dis- Men’s Clothing of all descriptions. Ladies’ Cloaks, Capes, Jackets, Suits, Skirts. | Boys’ and Chil- li dren’s Clothing. {jj Carpets in all the new patterns. ||| Draperies and Curtains. Dining Room Chairs, 85c. up. Parlor Tables, 35c. up. | Ladies’ Desks, $2.98 up. | Sideboards, $15.75 up. treet. SOLDIER LIFE ABOARD SHIP | Experiences of Volunteers on the Trip by Transport to Honclulu. Fourth Expedition to Manila—Troops Without Adequate Air Space— Dangers in Case of Storm. An officer who accompanied the fourth military expeditiom from San Francisco to the Philippines wrote a letter to his wife while on the way and mailed it at Hono- lulu, detailing the experiences of the troops aboard ship during, the progress of the journey from the Golden Gate to the first landing. sees ‘The letter is as follow: Amidst the booming: of cannon, shrieks of sirens and whistics, the hurrals ana “God ble caut part of the population of San Fran- co, the advancergyard of the fourth:ex- dittonary forces fox Manila, under. com- mand of Maj. Gens'OU8, started for Hono- 1898. “Accompanied by sev- § you, boys,” from no insignifi- ; seckers and personal friends of thos board, the fiagship, Peru, and her consort, of Puebla, following, passed Al- catraz, Black Point, Forts Point and Ma- son, Whose combined: armament with tor- pedo fields—casily laid in a week when re- quired—make San Francisco the best-pro- tected city in the United States — and } steamed leisurely out through the beauti- tul Golden Gate into the Pacific. One by one the accompanying boats turned to~ ward shor; the last good-byes were said. and, for weal or woe, we Were hastening alone toward our country’s new posses- sions. Nearly a round thousand enlisted men on the Peru and eight hundred on the Yuebla, with thelr offic ot 3 and the cre the vessels, make 00 souls on both » Which have less than 6,000 tons ton- {| of Dewey terrible engagements at Santiago with minor enterprises of biood ; have been the theme of breakfast, the talks of our people for weeks. It may | therefore be expected that the readers of | ‘fhe Star will turn with some pleasure from “the horribles’” wa words—facts— which disclose the datly life of tne soidier on the transports. About 315 feet long and 3S wide amidships, with a draft of 25 feet when loaded, give the outside dimensions of the Peru, whici is the larger of our two ships. Her main deck, which runs on an average line sume four feet below her bul- warks, is taken up mainly by dining room, kitchen, pantries, state rooms and bath s, used in her regular traffic by her ssengers. She is a Pacific now mainly occupied by the offtcers—two in each state room—a few non-commissioned officers znd clerks, three in a room—in those left over. Away up forward is a little cubby house, irregular in shape, having less surface space than a recom 9 feet by 10 feet. It contains the ccoking appliances for all the enlisted men. Provision for the Sick. Farther aft, a room three or four feet wide by twelve long, with seven tiers of bunks, three beds in each tler, is substantially the provision made for the enlisted sick and their attendants. Many stairways of vary- ing dimensions—they are called “hatches run upward from this deck to an upper | one, called the hurricane deck, which cov- ers the entire ship's surface above. Other hatches run down into the body of the ship to the berth deck below. Each of these latter decks is about eight feet, respective- ly, above and below the main deck. ‘Tne | hurricane deck has a few choice rooms, fore and aft, occupied by the ship's offi- cers, and General Otis and staff, and a smail smoking room used by the officers of the troops. Uncle Sam has gallant defenders rrang:d for 850 of his ‘0 slcep o” nights on the | fecding place !men are fo ind everywhere where they Honolulu when we leave that city! The hurrican? deck is covered each night with men lying as thickly as possible. A blen- ket undern undershirt and drawers the dress. Indeed, undershirt and drawers is full dress at all times, even at drilts. About on-Falf of all the men on board are regulated so that each gets his turn, gives delighttul sleep to those above and makes tolerable the nights to those below. Daily Routine. Each day aiffers little from its predeces- sor. Reveille at 5:30 a.m; twénty minutes thereafter the different organizations fall in line on the hurricene deck, ard one by cne cach ‘nan passes down a ladder to the Kitchen belew, helding nis quart cup for soup or coffee, his tin plates, dish shaped, and exch tw.ce as large es your hand, if that be not large, the two plates locking together wh not in usc, and knife, fork spoon Hy in breeches pockets. A portion of meat, fresh, once a day when rot tco far ovt, potatoes, onions, bread or hard tack, coffee er soup, a3 the case may be; stew. These constitute the bill of fare, Ml we get, s e of the articles at cezch meal. The line scarcely stops at the nan gets his portion, two gcod hours for ail and yet it take: | the men to pass. Quickly distrituting themselves cn spar decks, in pasrageways, along bulwarks, tne feod is soon eaten. At first it was dere with muca te 1 consequent fiuth. Soon we learned r, be; > we aeeded . and, second, of the that followed each mess. Im- Howing each meal comes the Lroom and sctub brigade, which, with the abundanc? of water drawn from the sea, without.fear cf a dearth, in twenty mun- utes makes ali sweet anc clean. At 8: “sciting up” exercises com- mence; cazn outfit for thirty minutes, drills lasting until 11:30, when the dinner is serv- cd. This, with the cleaning which follows, lasts until 2 o’clock. Then until supper y playing go cards, = Of cou ing. slepping, writing, yarning, the regular posting of sen- ight and the courts-imartial. for the enlisted man finds ways into trouble, ever on a transport. Variety of Amusements. In the way of amusements we have suca Variety as we may devise, a sample of which is given in the following program. it was a “midocean entertainment” aboard the Urited States transport Peru, Satur- day, August 13, 1898, beginning at S p.m. |The order of exercises was as follows Overture, piauo and violin, Messrs. Farling and Bowers, the celebrated Macearoni y Band, with kind permission of cle Coilis;” tenor solo, A. W. Wallace, “Take Back Your Gold and Give Me M-x- ican Silver; shirt stories, J. W. Cole; rag- time on the piano, Paddywhisky Dunphy, ‘May Heaven Help the Piano” (no hairs); arotone solo and free for all.” Hay Barnes Payne;, Hula-hula dance, Wakiki Austin; intermission for ices, &c. included musical solo, Farling and “more fine execution, more ée barizone solo, Gington; legerdemain, Prof. J. ©6.° Don- nell, esq. (N.B.—Look out for your sil hats end watches); “A Little Off Color,” Billy Kersands; wind sclo, J. J. Menefee: chor- uses, “Soldier's Farwe! Ot which all join. N. B. over the foctlights. Refreshments at 9; sam- pans at 10. Entertainment committ mera Ashe, Stuart Webster, Paul Dun- phy. The first day or two out it was hard to teach everybody that all refuse of every Kind, from the ash of cigars, the peel of an orarge, the waste from the meal, must go overboard, not on the dec! A good many harsh punishments were given trans- gressors, ranging in cause frem forgetf r to spite. Few escaped. That and :he obvious sense of the order soon prevailed. Little improvement could be made now in the cleanliness of the ship. But the first day out! Decks and berths covered with partiy caten fruit, peelings, flowers, food, until walking was difficult. What a preparation for a sea voyage! And quite rough as it was fer the first thirty-six hours, what a condition pi berth deck, full twelve! feet below the top | vailed' Encugh that sea sickness is rarely of the ship's skin,,fake a pencil and pad | fatal, end that the mighty Pacific seeks and draw the horizontal projection of a | rarely to assert its might. ship :s15x38 feet. 3Run! around it a gang-| The crowding is expected. Insufficient way three fect wide from the ovter skin | and improper!y ccoked food, which re- inward, cut out reasonable spaces for | duces the bill ef fare to coffee, hardtack, hatchways, for engfhe rooms, and you have ; soup and stew, few grumble at. We don’t the floor space for.-tbig use. The average height is seven feet, into which three rows of bunks are crowded)! with just interval enough between rews for men to shoulder along, going sidewise when they pass. Wire springs and’ straw makes each bed comfortable. But airspace! Seventy cubic feet per man is the roughly calculated amount down here’ twéive feet below, with only an occasionalty small port hole for the ingress of fresh air. Eight hundred cubic feet is considered necssary in barracks. What will be the resuit when, this normal requirement reduagd,twelve times, storms ccme, ports are closed, and perhaps hatch- ways are battened dowii. A New Problem. This trarspertation rroblem is new for | Uncle Sam’s reprerentatives. It is imper- ative that as large a force shall be carried as possible. Mistakes :re expected. Grad- ually they will be remedicd, and if this is to be a new cccupation we can safely trust to an eariy, sitisfactory and complete so- lution of the difficulties as they arise. But what a mcnstrous oversight 1s this! ‘The ships which bear our brave seamen are often necessarily greatly crowded. Air shafis, turbine wheels ana forced draught so distribute 1 as to renew ell the air with- in 4 short time remedies the trouble. An expenditure of a few hundreds would have improvised s\ ficiently for temporary pur- poses here. Who can tell the suffering shoubl w2tave ever oae serious storm drr- ing our trip? «osc It will be the sexvon for typheons beyond 5 kick at even unreasonable hardships if a little distributed, for these are war times. But—seventy cubic feet of air space per man where we sleep! No provisicn for artificial’ supn’y! And this is the fourth expedition! Will the gocd Lord Keep the waters still? We have dropped anchor in Henolulu. ee Farragut Made Over Thirty Knots. A dispatch from San Francisco, Cal., yes- terday says: The Farragut, the new tor- pedo beat destroyer, yesterday spun along the bay at the rate of thirty and seven- tenths knots an hovr, and members of the trial board declared themselves well satis- fled with the result. They said that the Farragut was a success in every particular and wanted to accept her there and then. But the Union iron works thought the speedy ciaft could make the run in thirty- cne and a half knots an hour, and they have not yet conserted to let the speed of yesterday stand as the Farragut’s record. The destroyer stean ed on the bay for three and a hatf hours, and every time shc went cyer the mile course she was making more than twenty-nine kr-ots per hour. the fourth spurt she was “let down,” and the required thirty knots were made and ex- ceeded. ~ for getting | | FUSION IN NORTH CAROLINA Republican and Populist Committees Reach an Agreement. Democrats Likely to Win in the Dis- triets West of Raleigh—Pcar- son’s Hard Fight. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RALIEGH, N. October ‘The repub- lican and populist conference committces have met and made a formal contract for fusion on congressmnen, the terms of which are of peculiar interest. They agreed to have as fusion candidates the following populists: Harry Skinner, first district; John E. Fowler, third; J. J. Jenkin fourth; M. H. Coldwell, seventh, and re publicans, S. B. Adams, fifth; R. Z. Linney, | eighth. It was agreed that in the second district, which is known as the “biack district,” George H. White shall be the republican and James B. Lloyd the populist nominees. The attitude of both parties toward Olt- ver H. Dockery, their nominee in the sixth district, is odd. The republican state chairman says both parties nominated Dockery, and that he is a populist. The populists say he is a republican, but yet a Populist becaus» he puts free silver above his party. The republicans really gain one nominee in Dockery, as Martin, popu- list, now represents the sixth. Nominee in the Ninth, Richmond Pearson is the republican nom- iree in the ninth. George E. Boggs has been nominated by the populists there, but this was merely to try to prevent popu- | [lists from voting for William T. Craw- ford, the democratic nominee. The Home Rule, the official organ of the populists, which editorially announces that it “is in full accord with every member of the populist state executive committe has put Pearson’s name in the list of “our candidates for Congres: This means that there is a virtual understanding or agreement that populists are to vote for Pearson. Republicans are much worried at the situation in the districts west of Raleigh. G. C. Bailey, one of the republican state and conference committeemen, said to your correspondent that in the fifth district Adams, republican, would be hard put to | as it to beat W. H. Kitchen, democrat, there was disaffection, the populist. rank and file refusing to stand to the fusion agreement and going back to the demo- crats, there being also strong feeling at the manner in which ex-Congressman Thomas Settle was overslaughed by Adams in the convention. Situation in the Sixth. Bailey says he leves that in the sixth Oliver H. Dockery will defeat John D. Bellamy, jr., democrat, but he fears Bel- lamy’s liberal use cf money and his great energy. In the seventh he thinks Theo- dore F. Klutz, democrat, will defeat Cold- well, and would not advise any man to put @ penny on the latter. In the eighth dis- trct, he says, there is disaffection against Linney. The “tnsurgent: the anti-Lin- ney bolters, have nominated Alex. Bailey, who is a cousin of C. G. Batiey. The lat- ter says he does not know whether his cousin will accept or not. The “insur- gents” first nominated J. O. Wilcox. He died. Then ex-Congressman J. M. Brower came out as an independent republican can- didate and was sure the bolters would in their second convention nominate him. They did not, but took up Alex. Bailey. The republican committee is urging the latter not to be a candidate. c. G. Bailey says Congressman Pearson is having a hard fight in the ninth, and commenting on the situation in all five of the districts above named he says there is grave trouble with the negroes in some cases, as the latter complain they are given no offices, which they had looked for, such as magistrates and road supervisors. Sheriff Banks, republican, of Pasquotauk, says Harry Skinner is hard pressed in the first district and that his chances of elec- tion are so small that he “would not bet a cigar on it.” Concession to B«tler. John C. Dancy of the republican confer- ence committee says as to Fowler of the third district that even yet there may be a change. The editor of the Home Rule does not masthead Fowler's name, and says that the latter was agreed on as a concession to Senator Butler. Dancy says the same thing. Judging from this, Sen- ator Butler must have some power. Dancy says the senator will be in line with the fusion movement. Republicans up to last Monday swore they would never vote for Fowler, and said that at their convention at Fayetteville they would nominate 8. H. Buchanan or A. W. Slocumb. But they were notified by the state committee to make no nomination, but to indorse Fow- ler. This will be a oa eee for = ~4 swallow. At republican warters it said the republicans will be faithful and obey the party mandates. In 1894 the re- publican speakers declared for free silver; in 1896 were exactly the other way. A committeeman put it in this sententious way: ‘Rats always go to their holes.” It of both par- om. Twill make my canvass on national {ssues ponent. If I get the solid vote ties I can defeat him by 300 t I will not have anything to say on the ‘color Une,” but will discuss free silver and the populist platform. The democratic party has not officially indorsed me. It has sim- ply made no nomination. 1 am told that democrats will sgpport me. I have been told by some democrats that at the last moment their party will make a nomina- tion, but I know the overwhelming dem cratic sentiment is against any course.”” The democratic papers here are saying that Lioyd is really running in the interest of White. Lioyd denies this and says he desires most earnestly to defeat White. Curiosity About Butler. Senator Butler and Populist State Chair- man Cyrus Thompson are to speak here ; October 8. There is some curiosity to know | what course the senator will take. Repub- | Neans are evidently showing him and his Wing of the populists some favors. o- such Usts of the anti-Butler wing, like Editor R. A. Cobb of the Home Rule, say that | populists will now vote for Fowl The fact is the republicans up to last woek claimed the nomination in the third dis- trict. Cobb, who two weeks ago said some Populists would vote for White in the sec- ond district, now says they will vote for | Lloyd. | The republicsns snd populists while in conference agreed to sivide | the nomina- tions for judges equally. Of these there | are six. To make these equal the governor has appointed W. P. Bynum judg» tor the | Afth district, vice S$. B. Adams, who re- signed to take the nomination for senator, 'and then Bynum bec the fusion nom- inee for judge. as ointment only holds until the election. P. Le ey, re- « publican, is taken off the fusion ticket in the seventa district, and J. W. Loftin, pop- uilst, put on. The democrats are making the fight hotter and hotter. Carl Dun republican leader in the entire eas | trict, says that the democratic can | is now really ended and that the lor Hi t rn dis- oem republi- cans are undoing what the democrats have done, On the other hand, it is said at ocratéec headquarters that | Sovernment unions” ha } and that the legislature dec! democrats judg resentative or a ma.ority in either branch of the iegislature, but this ia certainly a very rosy vie ; The mpaign is by far tie most personal | one ever held in the state. The Race Question. Charles R. Thomas, democratic nomince | for Congress in the third dist | has be- | gun his campaign. F antagonism ts sa | high that in this punty the publicans: decided not to nominate a negro, though | the latter clamored for it. The negro col- Jonel of the 3d North Carolina Regiment came all the way from Knoxville to work | for the nomination of at least cne negro on | the ticket, but was completely oversiaughed. | The white republicans pegroes that if they nominated one of their r. sult would be the alie vote, which 13 an absolute necessity. Cliver Dockery, jr., fusion nominee for solicitor, declared that each night in his prayers he imade “a special pr: for the populists, without whose aid the republican party. could rot exist in North Carolina.” The democrats of the eighth district Wed- nesday nominated E. F. Lovell for Con= gress on the fifty-first ballot. —_—_-__ EMPEROR DRANK FoIsoN. New Version of Taking Of of Ch Ruler. LONDON, October 5.—The Peking corre- Spondent of the Daily Chronicle, telegraph- ing Monday, says: “Thirty Cossacks and thirty English marines arrived here today.”* According to a dispatch from Shanghat, the Peking correspondent of the Mercury of that city asserts that the Emperor of China intended to remove the empress dowager from his path, and introsted his plans to an adherent. The lat or proved a traitor. The empress dowager, on learning of the plot, sternly upbraided the emparer, and invited him to drink the contents of cup to which she pointed. He swailowed the fluid at a gulp. It is impossible, hows ever, according to this corresponden:z, :@ ascertain whether the emperor is actually alive or dead. A delayed dispatch, dated Peking, Octo- ber 3, says: There is an entire absence of excitement here, and the strects are ag quiet as those of London, The decision of the Russian legation te increase the strength of its escort or guard is calculated to have an injurious effect in keeping up the fiction of excitement. Thig step has obliged the British minister, Sit Claude M. MacDonald, to follow suit, and @ detachment of British marines has be-a o1 dered to the capital for the protection of the legation of Great Britain. The place where a number of Europeans were recently insulted has been roped off and, inside of it, the eight offenders have been placed, wearing heavy cangues in- scribed“ for assaulting KEu- ropeans. ‘The Chinese foreign office has amplv apologized for the occurrence, and several regiments are held in readiness in case of disorders. But the populace is perrectisy quiet, now that the feast has been con- Yuan Sheng has been appointed a mem- ber of the Tsung Li Yamen. His appoint- ment is interesting, because he is of tha