Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1898, Page 2

2 -THE EVENING’ STAR, FRIDA), NOVEMBER 18, 1898—16 PAGES. — 2 was plenty of focd on the St. Louis for | ell mer i It Was All Pretty Rough. As a general summing up of his most ie t experience, Gess said “It was all pretty rough. Nothing went | right. Ii was scme one’s mcompetency, but I dovt know whose. When we left Camp Black at 4 o'clock we were Fept moving about doing nothing. and then recd to spend all night 'n the car she’s t Long Island City 0 caus: seme ene rad blundered, and so it went en ail the time.” San Juan hill id not grumble at t rause it S necessary, the nforts aid, were not. “tl by € in Howell, Goss said he slept in the open air in Cuba for twelve days » he had no tent. There were Itents. Three of the officers of took one of these tents for ant foreman in rved throughout - in Company L of the . Was the next witne: t there was never any lack of <t until the regiment reached Cuba. » fault was due to the lack of and the necessity for each s own, but no instructions iven te e men. During the march Joan {HI the men lost their rations, was some scarcity for some three Th: ersacks with their rations b; officers told them to leave their hav- ané left a man to guard them, but the man Was shot and the = were stolen. ick said that he had no complai to make of the treatment he rec while in the service. > 2A OF MUD. INA Bad Going at Benning Track — War- rants Served on Offi os Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BENNING, D. C., November 18.—The disagreeat weather restricted the at- at the Perning track this after- sixth day of the autumn meet- tendance the noon, ing Washington Jockey Club. to the regulars. But they were uie mem ros. The tr a sea of mud and water, but not al r bad zo Harry Creatord and Continental were scratched in the first race; Rose May, M Smith and Jucge MeGee in the second, Death in the third, Diminutive, Wornberz and Brahmi ir the fourth and Kinnikinni Charentus and Premier in the fifth. The issuance of warrants against the club cf- ficials and speculators had no effect on on eclives Carter and Parham served the warrants at the track this afternoon. No arrests were necessary, the officials simply being noti to be in court tomorrow. one mile, was w Ary). s ond; yto 1, 15 to 1. third. Time, antries for Tomorrow. First . selling, three-year-olds and up, 1 mile—Regulator, Talisman, 100; Ella I yuor ; Charley Rose, 107; Mr. Stoffell, #8; Hanlon, Gitty, Atlantus, En- deavor, W. B., 106; Dog Town, Brass, 101; The Winner, 113; James Monroe, Dalgretti, Becky Ralfe, 106: D. Withrow, Philip, Flareaway. 98; Taranto, 109; Abingdon*, 1 Second selling, two-year-old, five- eighths of a mile—Tryshena, Vignette, S7; Tip Gal Tyran, 99: Meddlesome, 92, Strangest Anagram, 101; Lepida, . Compensation, . two and 1, Marbie, Decapod, Baby arters, Flor: i40; Hurry U; race, handica one and one- Bona Dea, 8%; Maurice, Hand- iit Ronald, 115; D; Jefferson, 100; Thomas Cat, lus; Knight of the Garter. and upward, Wernberg, Athy, Len- villa, 85; Animus, . 110: Tyrian, 1 > Walkenshaw, FOR DIVORCE. - Stewart Charces His Wite With nm. wart today entered suit for div from his wife, Alice T. Stewart N 6th street northeast. Mz art forth he and the defendant were married in New York city 3 = een Her. ¢ W. Houghton, rector nf the Church of the Transfiguration, the defendant's maiden name being Alice Ely, but at time of the marriage she was the w of John ¢ They returned to liv this city, the complainant being the patent off ke Lis wife as comfortable as pos- sible he secu cottage at Cotoniai Beach, where she lived during the summer from May to Getober of each year. In the Winter they resided in apartments in the city. > $ efforts to make her happy, . she willfully desert- ed him Nas continued to If apart ve that time. He has repeatedly Fr. ver to return, but she has consiste HIG GOLD FIND IN IDAHO. The Vein Nine! SPOKANE, Wash., November 18.—A ewision, Idaho, spec’al to the Spokesin W rays a great strike of hi is reported neor Snow Shoe Pass ren trail, t y miles south of Idaho. A big stamp from ence is reported The Florence correspondent of the Spokesman-Review says that the strike is betwee now famous Buffalo Hump and Thunder m from thirty t abune in! ain, ninety ce of free gold The ercat vein ‘ wide and carries aa Resignation and Retirement. The Dist mers this afternoon accepted the resignation of Edward L. D. Roach, an inspector in the health deparc- r to take effect the 2th instant. Mr. John Conrad was appointed as Roach’s suc- cessor. The Commissioners also directed the re- lrement of Policeman Goucher of eighth precinct, who was held to be re- sponsible for the illegal release of J Shorter, colored, from the eighth pr t station house Sunday 1 Maurice Mangan’s Will. The will of Maurice Mangan, dated No- vember 4, 1808, was filed today for probate in the office of the register of wills. To his wife, Mary P. V. Mangan, he bequeaths the property 304 G street southwest, the ome from which is to be applied for the vse and benefit of his four children. When his youngest son, John, shall have attam- ed the age of twenty-one years the prop- erty shall be sold and the proceeds divided among the children. Thomas Mangan is Bamed us executor. aes Personal Mention. General T. A. Baldwin (lieu- nel, 10th Cavairy) ts in the city of absence. He is stopping at wuz Cambridge street. on leave By direction of the President, Brigadier General Wililam W. Gordon, U. S. V., who was a member of the Porto Rico evacua- tion commission, has been assigned to the command of the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, and is ordered to join that command at Macon, Ga. ———_—_+-+_______ Cruiser Buffalo at New York. NEW YORK, November 18—The United States cruiser Buffalo, from Newport, R. L, in tow of the United States tug Wam- patuck, passed in at City Island at 7:30 this morning. The Buffalo is being taken to the navy yard for repairs, having put into Newport with machinery out of order, after start- ing for the Philippines. It is said that the repairs which are required are confined to the condensers and sea valves. RACE WAR AT PANA|COMMERCE OF HAWAIIIQUR NEW ISLANDS|FIRST FOR PENSION/FINANCE AND TRADE! | Ilinois Town Undergoing a Veritable Reign of Terror. FIRING CONTINUES ALL NIGHT White Officers Afraid to Enter the Negro District. ——— TROOPS ON THE SCENE PANA, Ill, November 18.—Desultory fir- ing in ev section of the city continued throughout the night. The terrorized resi- dents huddled in groups, which were guard- ed by heads of families heavily armed. Quite a number of families left the city and spent the night in the country with friends. C. H. Heath, an ex-railroad man, whose home is in Flatham, the negro district, was fired upon by the blacks and himself and family were driven to shelter in the coun- try. The blacks claimed shots were fired at their homes from Heath's yard, a state- ment which he denies. Members of Troop B were kept on the alert all night, but accomplished uttle. A colored union miner reported to the police that a white man had been killed in the Platham district. Officers Smith and Lee. accompanied by the negro, started for the scene. They were met by Captain Butler, the militia commander, who told the officers it was unsafe for them to enter the Flat- ham district. Captain Butier refused to send a guard to accompany the officers. To Cle: Out the Whites. In the Springside last night, Ed. Jones, a white non-union miner, is reported to have been shot in the back and dangerously wounded. A report reached the city today that seventy-fi negro:s with Winchesters had lined up in Springside to clean out the whites of that seciion. Capt. Butler ai once dispatched troops to the scene. A dispatch to the New York Herald from Pana, IIL, last night s: Intens» excitement exists in Pana tonight as the result of two battles fought this afternoon between union white miners and Alabama negroes in Springside, a suburb of this city, where the Springside coal mint ix located. ‘The first battle was started by an un- known negro firing upon Wesley Pope, a striker, who was in front of Alderman George Craven's resid2oce conversing with Mrs. Craven. Craven is president of the Miners’ Union. Pope was unarmed, but ran to his home and got a Winchester. Returning, he opened fire on th: negro. Pope was reinforced by his brother union miners, and the negro, after falling twice beneath a rain of bullets, was driven into an adjacent corn field, ware he sdught shelter. Troop B of Bloominzton turned out immediately with a Gatling gun. The firing ceased for a while, and the militia waited at the barracks. Five Hundred Shots Fired. The second battle occurred in the same section of the city, thirty minutes after the first encounter. The negro driven into the corn field made his way to the Spring- side stockade, whence later came a body of blacks armed with Winchesters. They made their way through alleys to Jefferson street, where they used s trees as a protection and immediately upon the body of strikers. 3 Their aim was high, ard the strikers, dropping to the groun¢ na dy fire upon the blacks, who soon retreated to the stockade. Fully 5) shots were exchanged, but with what effect could not be ascer- tained. The residences of Mrs. f mother of Chief of Police y; Officer Samuel Smith, Contractor Ketchum and izens were pierced with balis. Bul- stled about the fashionable resi- ces, whose occupants remained Women and children in every bl dled together im places of = to be killed, and the entire of the city was terrorized for fully an ho Several women are in a critical condition as a result of fright, one of them being the wife of Alderman Duddy. Troops Were Too Late. Shortly after the second battle a squad of Troop B made double quick time to the Springside mine, but they arrived too late to capture the parties participating in the battle. While en route to the scene of the shooting the squad, in charge of P. Butler, were passing the grocery James McCarthy, when Michael McCarthy | remarked to the squad: “It is high time for you to arrive, after two battles have been fought.” i Captain Butler took exception to the re- mars, and, halting his squad, ted McCarthy , bruising his and he McCarthy did not resist the as- sault for fear of being shot by the soldiers, but he will apply for a warrant against Butler. Witnesses say Butler's attack on McCarthy was unwarranted ‘The belief that the soldiers are acting a a guard for the negr which has be growing daily in the minds of the citize s openly asserted by many tonight ult of the action of the troop in this rnoon's troubles. 3 -4€ soldiers are patrolling the business’ negro and mine districts tonight under strict orders. Captain Butler says he an- lcipates outbreaks at any time tition was circulated today addressed ernor Tann ng that blacks and s were both heavily armed and that bloodshed and loss of life would immediate- ly follow the removal of the soldiers from Pana. The paper closed with a strong plea for the governor to retain the troop of ca alrymen in Pana indefinitely and to send more to reinforce them. ee Courageous Animals. From the Spectetor. In North America one of the largest of the weasel family is the “fisher,” a very large, long-furred polecat, living mainly by the waterside, and, like many others of the tribe, very partial to fish. It weighs about sixteen pounds, and its long, richly colored fur is exported in great quantities to different parts of Europe, though not often used in this country. A trapped “fisher” will attack any one who comes within reach of the trap chain, and when free will beat off any dog of twice its size. But perhaps the most striking example of the courage of the smaller species yet re- corded is that shown by a small variety of jungle cat known as the fishing cat, which, though ro relation to the Canadian “fish- er,” is quite as courageous. One of these, which was kept in a menagerie, broke through into the next cage, and there. at- tacked and killed a leopard which was three times its own size. The Indian mongoos possesses all the courage of the polecat, together with amia- opened fire Kiely, n bility and a “regulated” mind. It turns its pluck and prowess to good ends, and we imagine it to stand at the head of the list of the smaller animals !f quality as well as quantity is demanded as a mark of in- trepidity. There is no doubt that the mon- goos realizes the deadly nature of the co- bra’s bite. Its intense excitement ts strong evidence of this. But a mongoos has been known to fight just as bravely against oth- er foes. One was seen to attack and drive off a large greyhound which it fancied was hostile to it. Naval Orders. Lieut. W. B. Whittelsey has been ordered to inspect certain hydraulic machinery at Waterbury, Conn., intended for the use of the Washington navy yard. Lieat. W. S. Hughes has been ordered to special duty in connection with the sinking of artesian wells on Yerba Buena Island, California. The following named officers of the navy have been honorably discharged: Ensign J. M. Bower, Passed Assistant Engineer J. H. Millendorff, Assistant Engineer C. M. Chap- man and Ensign H. H. Cushing. * a It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them. Some Interesting Figares From the British Foreign Office. Large Percentage of Imports Contri- buted by the United States. The State Department has published a re- port of the British foreign office in regard to the commerce of Hawani in 1897, from which it appears that of the total imports of the iskind the United States contributed 76.94 per cent; Great Britain, Canada and the colonies together, 11.85 per cent, the balance being distributed about equally be- tweea Germany, China, Japan and other countries. Of the exports, 99.62 per cent Went to the United States, and sugar rep- resented 96 per cent of the total, Apart from sugar, the chief articles of export were ric>, hides, skins, wool, cofice and fruits. The value of the imports into Hawaii, in 1897, was $3,871,041, an increase of $1, 877 over 1806; and the value cf the exports was $16,081,305, a gain of $508,128. The increase in imports included almost every article on th? list, being especiaily marked in the case of provisions, wearing apparel, hardware, agricultural implements and machinery. ‘The increase in exports was due, mainly, to an inereased output of sugar, all of which went to the United States. The report assigns as the reason why the United States has such a large proportion of the trade (apart from the difference in tariff), ihe adaptability of American goods for the Hawaiian market, the reduced rates of transportation and consequently cheap- er prices, the excellent packing of cotton, ete. it also appears from the report that in cotton goods the United States already has a large proportion of the trade, and a monopoly of boots and shoes, felt hats and the better class of straw hats. “The sugar industry of the islands,” says the report, “prospered in 1897, all the plan- tations paying dividends. Intelligent sy: tems of cultivation are in vogue. An asso- ciation of sugar planters has been formed, and it has established a laboratory an experimental station, from . which much benefit has been derived. “The crop for the year was the largest yet reached—251,126 tons of 2,000 pounds The 1897-08 crop will probably be uner this, owing to the dry weather last year. The cultivaticn of coffee is extending, but up to the present no la estates have been opened, the area plan‘ed beng made up of a number of smal holding: “In addition, there is a fair area of w is known as wild coffee—that is, coffee which has not been scientifically planted or subjected to the more approved methods of pruning, etc., but which has been allowed to grow almost entirely wild. The export of coffee in 1897 was 337,158 pounds, or nearly double that of 1896. + o + _____ HAWAHAN COWBOYS. Could Give Points Even to a Texan Rough Rider. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Generally speaking, Hawaiian natives, men and women, are of fine physique— tall, broad-shouldered and muscular. En- dowed as he is with these attributes, it is no part of a Kanaka’s creed to work if he can possibly avoid it. It seems almost constitutional, the aversion he has for work of any kind. At ene time, while living in the is a friend was visiting me, for whose e: becial benefit I arranged to go up into the mounta hunting wild pigs. All plans were perfected. except gaging a native “boy” to go along with us to look after our horses, camping outfit, etc. After dick- ering with several one was at last found who agreed to ac sum of $3 a dey We were to start before sunrise next morning, but the non-arrival of our “boy” kept us wailing until long after that time, and we would have been waiting yet had not gone on without him. Several da: rward I met the individual, and inquired he w: he morning in question. Apparently my upbraiding was the first in- timation he had had that he was engaged for any particular day or labor. Curiosity prompted me to inquire where the young man had been when we wanted him and my information was, “home, asleep.” His excuse was, “I forgot.” Hawaiians have a pri sort of exertion in the saddle. all expert horsemen, and will embrace an opportunity to be when any riding is to be done. An adjunct to most of the sugar plantations in the islands is a small ranch upon which the estate depends for a supply of working cattle and fresh beef. Here it is the na- tive is oftenest found at work, for the imple reason that he is on a horse and engaged in a more or less exciting occupa- ompany us for the modest tilection for any Th are generally of service he Hawaiian cowboy would put: many of his western prototypes to blush as to feats of horsemanship, for some of. the country ridden over by a Kanaka “span- iola’” would cause cold chills to run down the back of a cow puncher from the plains of Texas or Nebraska. The latter coun- try is level, or at the most slightiy un- dulating in its general character, while in the Hawaiian Islands it is quite the reverse. The cattle there have compara- tively little grazing land, and 3 quence stray far up the mountain and into “the bush” looking for suste- hance. When the time comes for rounding up and branding the Kanaka has no “soft snap.” Some of his riding short of marvelous. Now down a steep grade on the mountain side, floored with loose rocks and lava, next into a belt of timber over fallen tree trunks and through a tangled undergrowth, only to bring up on the edge of some precipitous gulch. Nothing daunt- ed, horse and rider scramble down to the bottom, ford the inevitable stream and up on the other side as if the devil were after them. All this on a keen jump, too, whenever possibie. so aoe The British Schoolboy. From the Pall Mall Gazette. The “typicaily healthy lad” who comes as a new boy to a great English public school has been recently made the sub- ject ¢* a phys cal examination, “as thor- oughly performed as if the subject's life were about to be heavily insured,” by a medical practiticner. The results, as he remarks, are impressive. They concern a hundred boys for whom everything that love and money could do, the examiner had no doubt, had been done. More than half of these boys were below the average weight, and 39 per cent were below the average heignt. In sixty-eight cases the average chest measurement was not reached. In sixty-three instances deformi- ties were noted. And these are stated to be such as had arisen during post-nursery life, and were due to “faulty develapment,” and “vicious postures in the process of education.” There were, for instance, lat- eral curvature of the spine, pigeon breast, knock-knee, bow-leg, and flat-foot. Minor imperfections, such as stuttering, chil- blains, bad teeth, are not recorded. And some consolation may be got out of the fact that there was only one cage of “ab- normal growth,” and that out of twenty “defecuve sights” only one was color blind. Whereabouts of Transports. The Minnewaska sailed from Ponce last night with the Ist Regiment of Volunteer Engineers, The Michigan ts at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, unloading the Sth United States Cavalry. ————+o ‘To Invite the President. Captains King, Field and Graham of the Ist District of Columbia Regiment have an appointment to see President McKinley this afternoon. They will invite the Presi- dent, it is said, to attend the banquet 1 henor of Col. Harries. ae = ————_+ + ____ Receptien to Department Commander. A reception will be tendered Department Commander 8. R. Stratton of the Union Veterans’ Union this evening by his com- rades of the order at Maccabees’ Hall, on 9th street. The program embraces ad- Gresses by @ number of prominent orators. What Some:Representatives Think of fi Their Government. OPPONENTSXCOF EXPANSION POLICY Messts. McGall and Dalzell Express J Their Views. ——— BXTRA NOT SESSION The opponents among republicans of the expansion policy have generally come to regard the acquisition of the Philippines as a thing that cannot now be avoided, and are considering how the question can best be deait with so as to minimize what they regard as the evils of expansion. The Seneral disposition among them is to de- lay legislation for the government of the islands for some time after their acquisi- tion, so that the matter may be very care- fully considered before its final determina- tion, c It is likely that an effort will be made, when the time comes, to leave the nominal sovereignty of the « nilippines with the peo- ple of those islands, and to direct their course through a federal protectorate here, so as ta prevent our currency and protective tariff policies from being em- barassed by the necessity of extending the system over these islands. The direct an- nexation of these islands to be a part of the territory of the United States would abolish the protective tariff duties on prod- ucts of the islands, and would also necessi- tate the expansion of currency to fill the place left by the expulsion of Spanish currency. As far as the tariffs are concerned, it is regarded as a matter of considerable inter- est to a number of industries, and, as indi- cated by the action of the Home Market Club, the abolition of the protective duties is viewed with some apprehension. Represenintive McCall's Views. Representative McCall of Massachusetts, who is opposed {o expansion, said today that he supposed that the result of the negotiations at Paris would be that this government would take the Philippines. He did not think this was wise, but supposed it would be done. The creaty, he said, would probably be prepared in time for action by the Senate during the approaching short session, and he supposed influences would be strong enough to insure its ratification. He thought it a dangerous departure from the principles of our government involving the assumption of difficult burdens. But if we were bound to deprive Spain of her sov- ereignty over the islands, he said, we should proceed very carefully about éstab- lishing permanent government on the isl- ands, and as between, direct annexation and the establishment of a separate sov- creignty under a proctectorate, he thought the latter preferable. He said gagt he ‘thought even Hawali, which has #fready been annexed, shou d b. allowed ‘to ‘¢ottinue to exercise the runc- tions of 4 district Inca self-government, as it now is. Muence upon ougjcu that ho did not think that ion of the Philip- pines wouid have any more effect upon our circulating metium than would the building of a new'town ew Engiand. Anticipates No Extra Session. Representative Dalzell of Penn: nia, who arfived dh Washington today, says that he, does, got anticipate I>gisiation on the subject of eur acquisitions of ter fiom Spain nor on the currency question dering the session of Congress this win Neither'toes hid afticipat> au extra se of th» Pifty-sixth Congres “Unles& the treaty of ratificattén,” “Hh! said, think the short closing “Besstort of Congress will 1 well takén th with the appropri and other matters oye which the no partibular téntriy ers If treaty Comed up thera will pro: 1 digcuskion in the Senit>.” “Doe you Kt will t currency measure adopted?” “What is the nee] of it? We abundant revenve, and as long the ca there is nothing the matter y our currency. I do not think there will he thing doaé on the subject at the coming n. The future denends upon ctroum- ances and héw we find ourselves sitia/ There may be some cnrrency during the Fifty-sixth Congress, bread and gererat it will be £ cannot I do not t ik the countr IT siffe there were rene. The people have no cues- tion about cur. money as long as our rev- enues are all right. Some of our people are 'king of currency legislation, bu: are as many different views a3 th. members as to what should be done. “Do you think there will be an extra ses- sion to legisinte as to the government of the Philipp!fes apd gther islands?” “I do not. “J. think it would be just as well to let that’Matter Ile for awhile. We should have time*to study the situati and to deterntine what’ 'sort of legisla on eace comes in fer slavion is needed. We'can run along with a mili- tary gcvernment ontil the Conditions are thoroughly understood. it will he time enough to deal with that the Fift, session r quéstion when xth Congress meets in regular ee FOR THE ‘TIMID. An Apparatus Intended to Prevent Premature Burial. From the London Mail, Count Michael von Karnice Karnicki, the ar’s chamberiath, has invented and_per- fected an exceedingly clever apparatus for the prevention of that bugbear of the ner- vous, a living burial. The apparatus w: offered as a gift to the French govern- ment, who still Nave its acceptance under consideration. A tube protrudes four feet to four feet and a half above the surface of the grave, and upon the top of it is fixed a small metal box with a spring lid. ‘Yo theslower end of the tube, which just enters the upper lid of the coffin, is fixed an india rubber ball, charged pretty fully with air, so that the slightest extra pres- sure upon it would cause a discharge of air upwards through the tube, and thereby release the lid of the box, which springs open at the slightest pressure. The opening of the lid automatically raises a small fiag, and sets an electric beil in motion, whieh rings immediately over the grave and in the sexton’s house, where it also releases @ flap which indicates the grave over which the box has opened. As will be seen, the slightest sign of breathing on the part of the buried per- son, or the slightest motion of the heart, will suffide to open the box and sound the alarm, and thespen box, by a clever and intribatendittie; mechanism, pumps a suffi- cient quantity of air down into the coffin to preserve the buried person from suffoca- tion while:assistance is arriving. Count Karnicki, it may be added, ts firmly convinced{:thati:thousands of persons are buried alfye evry year in a state of leth- argy. al 9 at—=3t——+++—_____- Growth wf Women’s Clubs. From the ‘A@vertiser. It is evident fom the tremendous rate of growth ip, the federation of women’s ¢!bs, from the.jncrease in membership from year to year and {rqm_-the amplification uf the work wi tak . ky the clubs that these organizajjpis. Pave aroused widespread earnestngss among American women, and that they,form,a new feature in American life. The impessance of that feature will grow plainer tathe general public as time goes on, and:it‘is worth recording that this club*development has been accomplished at no loss of true womanly sentiment, but 1ather with a gain in the shape of an up- building of character and a decided quick- ening of:moral perception among the mem- bers. Hayail Heard From, From the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser. It is none too early for Hawaii to file applications to have a battleship of the United States named for this cou: re | A Shbnifcant Fact. Another significant fact of the election ts that it was the west and not Wal! street Private Jesse Gates’ Claim Put Through in Haste. Wounded by a Shell in Cuba—Presi- dent and Department Officials Helped His Case. The first pension growing out of the war with Spain was granted today by Commis- stoner Evans to Jesse F. Gates, late private in Battery A, 2d United States Artillery. The issuance of this pension so soon after hostilities ceased was due to the personal interest of President McKinley in the appli- cant. Jesse F. Gates fought with the regulars in Cuba. On the 2d day of July last in the assault upon the Spanish intrenchments a bullet from a machine gun tore away most of the upper lip of the soldier, fracturing the superior maxillary and knocking out six teeth. Gates came to Washington to secure an audience with the President. His condition won the sympathy of the executive, who directed the Secretary of War personally to see to it that Gates’ ap- plication for a pension was promptly acted upon. A Gates next visited the commissioner of persions, ani the latter, before he learned of the President's wishes, set the machin- ery of the pension office to work. Then came the letter of the Secretary of War to the commissioner of pensions, in which the interest of the President was cited. Furnished the Evidence. A special examiner was put upon the case and the War Department immediately notified to furnish the necessary evidence of the soldier's enlistment, and within twenty-four hours from the date of his ap- plication Gates was ordered before the medical examining board. ‘This board ex- amined him caréfuliy, found the injuries as represented and made its report, which en- titles the applicant to a pension of $1 month from October 26, 1898, citing spe: cally as to the disability, “shell wound of mouth and resulting deformity and loss of teeth.” The certificate which was issued today has a double distinction. Aside from being the first pension issued by reason of the war with Spain, it holds the record for quickness in adjudication under Commis- sioner Evans. Not Enough Pension. It will be recalled that the commissioner of pensions, in an interview some time ago, stated that the laws of the United States in relation to pensions were not adequate enough to compensate this soldier for the sacrifice he had made for his country, and case should be made the subject legislation by Congress. It is an- d that a bill increasing the pension oldier will be presented at the next session of Congress, and a determined effort made to have it passed. ‘There are now pending before the office 178 navy, exclusive of the Maine claims, and 1,947 war claims on account of the war with Spain, and it is expected that this number will be largely augmented as soon as the various volunteer companies are mustered out. While the examining surge were cau- tioned to use the utmost care in examining volunteers before enlistment, a uumber got into the service who were incapacitated. The reports of the surgeons who are now mustering these men out show a large per- centage of them in a very bad condition. There are many lesions of the heart noted and it is expected that there will be several thousand claims for pensions by reason of minor disabilities. Claims are coming in now fast. Today forty-five were fled. The pension office is rapidly putting the Spanish war claims tion for adjudi- cation, and the War Department is do its utmost to farnish the military rec fast as possible. From now on pensions ased on the Spanish war will be granted. Keep the Philippines. From Puc Arguments against the of the Philippines are plentiful. y are good ones, too. The islands a their people nomads, savages and pirates: their yurees undeveloped: their-value as pro- ers uncertain; we have territory enoug trouble: s means and additional burden And i Yet, in spite of these good arguments, the sentiment of the country seem: takably for kceping them. Ii is a sentiment ed upon their value, and hence it is superior to all figures showing them to be lesirable. nt Which wants to be unmis- ing to meke ri keep ae pric st describes this senti- ment; and, e it more closely, na tional pride in the achievements of Dew and our navy. He, as our representativ: on a foothold in those islands in a way that thrilled every one of us: and we have a feeling that to give up the position now would be to belittle his victory, himself and ourselves. Possibly all that the anti-annex- ation! say of this sentiment is true. It may be primitive and unreasoning. But there it is, a very important sentiment ng those by which human nature ex- ssses itself, and what are you going to do about it? id that min gied wi i entiment one that a genuine impulse to protect the Filipinos from the oppression of Spain, in accor: with promises plainly implied if not wo and to help them in the wa Call it Quixotic, ou s just the same, There just as much human nature in a nation there is in an individual. Should these sentiments prevail, as we believe they wil we shail keep the islands: and, no doubt, twenty years from now, we shall be con- gratulating ourselves upon the far-sighted policy that gave us a foothold in the east, forgetting that we took it merely out of pride mixed with philanthropy. ——_—_ + o= —__ For Would-Be Critics Here. From the Cleveland Leader. Fully a third of the Grenadier Guaris who fought with Kitchener on the Nile have returned to England, seriously ill. But the English people are not blaming Kiteh- ener nor the war office. They simply accept the fact that campaigning in tropical coun- tries is mot conducive to the health of. ncrthern men, thus showing sirong evi- ences of reason and an unmistakable dis- position to be fair and decent. _— Last of Populism in Sight. From the St. Loufs Globe-Democrat. The prediction that the result of the el2o- tion in Kansas will destroy the populist party in that state is reasonable. Populism has had a fairer trial in Kansas than it has had elsewhere, and it has been found want- ing in all the qualitizs which men respect. Its day is undoubtedly ended in that state. In all the cther states its day is nearly over. If this had been a presidential year the republicans would have carried N3- braska. as A Neterion: rer. From the London Morning Leader. Some remarkable details of the career of Ferdinand Linke, the “King of the Usur- ers," who recently died in Vienna, come from the Austrian capital. Linke came to Vienna from the ghetto of a provincial town in Galicia in the early sixties, and began-a money-lending business on a very small seale. His loans were small, but the rate of interest he charged was enormous, and he soon began to accumulate capital. In the early part of his career he was content with from 60 to 80 or 100 per cent interest, but as he grew older im rascality he ex- torted as much as 400 or 500 per cent from his foolish victims. By these means he became a millionaire. Linke underwent several terms of imprisonment for usury, but the greed of gold always drove him back to his iMegal traffic in money. He lived alone, guarded by a number of sav- age bloodhounds. His doors and windows were barred and bolted, and his ill-gotten gains hid in different parts of his house. Linke’s will has been made public. He has left all his wealth fo his only daughter, whom he so neglected during his lifetime that she was obliged to undertake menial work for 3s. a week. Linke, however, with the Instinct of a miser, attached the very characteristic condition to the acceptance of his magnificent legacy that not a far-, thing of it should at any time be applied to. bany charitable purpose. pet ‘If you want work read the wanf columns of The Star. 4 Ea ans. Anthracite and Pacific Issues Weak Spots in Stock Market. GRANGERS IN FAIR DEMAND ee The Flowers Stocks Met With Strong Support Again. GENERAL MARKET REPOR’ ee Special Dispatch to The Evening S! NEW YORK, November 1 of stocks in today’s market was pret’ erally distributed throughout the commis- ston house circle, but in many instances was needed to effect the reactionary tendency of the room. London bought and sold the same stocks, showing a difference of opin- ion as to the course of prices from th.s level, Foreign buying was estimated at about 25,000 shares and the selling at about one- half that amount. The shares in which the best results were obtained were those under the direct per- senal supervision of ex-Gov. Flower. The buying of People’s Gas was espe. 00d, and at one time brooklyn Rapid Tran- sit seemed to be on the verge of another advance. The granger shares were given good sup- port, but the customary end-of-the-week realizing was too persistent to admit of any substantial gains, The seliing of the Northe Pacitic issues was a factor which worked direcuy against improvement in all de- partmgnts. This veiling was again crediced to the interna! friction over wividends, but in addition to this tact there were numer: ous rumors of a Gisagreemeni over admis- sion of territcry and the ike. At the decline the Mergan buying was said to be liberal in voiume, and there is a willingness to take stock wherever the disgruntied foliowing are no longer wijling to carry it until the dividend probieth is adjusted. Federal Steel issues were sold by the Speculative element, but these shares also were said to find a stronger resting plac= at each concessicn. There is a weil-found- ed belief in immediate dividends on the pre- ferred stock of this company, but ther is no organiz2d effort to force the price up just now. The buying combines a fair percentage of investment orders, and once the enterp: shows signs of actual development ready market for the stock will not questioned. ‘The industrial shares were active and ir- regular under the influence of maripula- tive or purely professional dealings. On all sides the belief is strong in the fu- ture of the market, but there is some de- gree of caution still inspired by possible developments at Paris. The one weak spot in the market is d tinetly in the anthracite coal shares. Dela- ware and Hudson declined 3 per cent from yesterday's prices under the influence of a reported decrease in the next dividend ana an important change in management. Over production is affecting coal prices, and must make itself felt in the course of the market. ‘Declines in all other groups are almost invariably used to add to present holdings. 2 and Union the be —_——_-__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Open. American Spirits, pfd. American Sugar, Brookiyn Rapid T! Canada Southern . Chesapeaxe & Ohio CC. C. & St. Louis *Chicago, B&Q. Chicagos Northwestern. Chicago Gas. CM. & St. Paul Chicago, R. L & Paciic. whic ot PB. aU. hig. & G. Western.) Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack & W. Delaware & Hudson... Den. & Kio Grande, pfd. General Electri lilinois Central Lake Snore..... Louisville & Nashviile!: Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated... Missouri Pacific M.K.&'T., pia... National Lead Co. New Jersey Centr: New York Central rthern Pacifi Northern Pacifle, p Pacific Mail... Phila. & iteading. Southern Railway. Southern Ry., pta. Yexas Pacific... ‘Venu. Coal & [ron., Union Pacific... Union Paciile, pid U.S. Leatier, pfd. U 8. Rubber: Rubber, ptd.. Wabasa, pid... . Western Union Tei Federai Steel... Federai Steel, pd. A>. Wire . + - Am steel and Wire pfd. American Cotton Oil... 33% *Ex-div. 13g. —_——___ Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m. Deposit, 10 at 110%, 10 at 110%, 10 ital Traction, 7 at St, 50 at S15, Metropolitan Railroad, thaler Linotyp 185! 10 at 1 District of Columbia Bonds 100 bid. Gs, 30-year fandin fer stock, IWS! bid. 7x, 3.65, ‘funding, 116% bid. laieous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5 1 pid, 122 asked. “Metropolitan iallroad conv, Gs, 130 bid." Metropolitan Railroad cert. ind 17 bid. Metropolitan Railroad cert. ‘indebt 112 bid. Columbia Ratlroad 6s, 122 bid, 1 Belt Railroad 5s, 45 bid. Washington pany series A108, 116% bid, 120 eked: | Washin ‘on Gas Company’ series B, és, 117% bid, ed. U. S. Electric Light imp., 103 b Chesapeake and Potcmac Telephone 5s: bid. American Security ard Trust 53.100! bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 11545 bid. Washington Market Company tmp. 66, 115% bid. Washington Market Compury exta. 6s, 115% Wid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 108 bid. American Graphophone dev. 5s, 100 bid, Xatioual Bank ‘Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 205 bid. Metropolitan, 318 bid. Central, “146 bid. Farmers and Mechanles’, 185 bid, 187 asked. Sec Si, s 10 xt 129%. 10 at 185%, 10 at 18544, Ya, 3 at 185%. ond, 145 bid. Citizens", 145 bid. Columbia, 138 bid! Capital, 125 bid. ‘West End, 86 bid, 95 ask ed. Traders’, “1ezty bid. Lincoln, 110 ‘bid, “122 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Sate Deposit and Trust, 110% bid, re my Vash- ington Loan and Trust, 126% ‘bid, 128 asked. Ai ican Security and Trust, 150 bid. Washington Safe Deposit, ET) aS = Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 28 bid. Franklin, 38 bid, 45 asked. “Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 54 bid. Potomac, 58 bid. ——e 120 bid, 134 asked. German-American, 190 bi ton, 10 bid, Columbia, 11 bid, 12 asked. ; 8, asked. io, bid, 11 eked Commercial 432 bat Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 75 bid. Columbia Tile, 5 bid, 5% asked. pietllgoad, Stocks. “Capital ‘Feaction Company, 81% , Sz Metropolitan, bid, 130 asked. Coftambin. @ bid, 75 asked.” Eckideton’ 17 bide Gas and Electric Light Stocks.— Washi Gas. 49'4 bid, 51 asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid. U.S. Electric Light, 115% bid, 119% asked. Tele} ‘Stocks. —C and Potomac, 51 bid. nsylvania, 38 bid. Miscellaneous = 185, iit psn | 21.429 pnshels: 12.000 bnabels eter. stock, 1,464,018 bnshels; sales, southern white corn, 35a8T; do. Ty receipts, exports, none: stock, 194.097 tush els. Hay duli—Ne. 1 timothy. $1@asi freights quiet, very Mttle doing. rat \y and uechany F strong, unchanged steady. nachenged Eggs firm, unchanged aly, Whisky Rutter Cheese nocharged. Lettuce, 73a80 per bushel box. unchanged. Grain, Prov md Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La. denbure, Thalmann & Co., New York. TICAGO, November 18. THE FRENCH ARMY PREPARED. Obser; - Baten, Military Attache at Lon From the St. James Gazette Much has been heard lately of the conidi- tion of the French army. The followir interview, which a representative of tho St. James Gazette has had with General Bates, the military attache of the Ameri- can embassy in London, will be of interest General Bates has only just returned from the French army maneuvers, and leaving fer Paris in order to act as mili- tary attache to the Hispano-American peace commission: “I was powerfully im- pressed,” said the general, “with all I saw suring the maneuvers. The gtneral senti- ment seemed to be that they were simply a rehearsal of an action which was ¢ pected, and which the army was perfectly ready to perform very soon. The French officers were absolutely and entirely a sorbed in their work and in their profession, exclusion of everything se. This Was more evident than in the case of any officers with whom I have been associated The sentiment was simply ‘my regimen “my army corps,’ ‘my army,’ and there was no room for anything else. ot the men, they were perfectly and intelligent; but, as with all Europes: troops I have seen, one missed the appear- ance of intelligent appreciation so notice- “All the troops,” continued General Bates, ho were under arms were perfectly pre- pared for war. At any moment they were ready to take their baggage and go into ac- tion. This was as much t ase at the beginning as at the end of the maneuvers. I was very much struck with the perfect tion of the troops, and with the com- missariat supplies, and the efficiency and scod organization of the staff. Every de- tail that goes to the maintenance of a great army in the field was perfectly mas- tered—not even a linchpin was forgotten. I have never seen the details of everything in such perfect condition, nor did I ever dream that such a perfect spirit of disci- pline could prevail. Everything ota very high standard, inde It was a great lesson, in view of the very common fault of want of preparation at a time of emer- gency. Not only was no detail overlooked, but everything was in its place, and the men used things as if they knew exactly what they were for. The movements of the infantry on march were elastic and regular, with enough freedom to disarm those critics who complain of too much stiffness. The infantry movements were as good as those of the best American regulars. The cav- alry horses were splendid, but some of the sry horses were small, and did not seem so well adapted for their work fhe Russian military attache, who was en of the attaches, was everywhere i by the enormous crowds with cries ‘Vive la Russia! Like all other int national questions, no mention was made of ihe czar’s recent rescript, but occasion- ally cries were raised of ‘Vive le desarme- ment!” In conclusion, General Bates said: “After rs of expense, hard work and profes- ean armies have solved the question organization and man ment of armies, and it would seem unwise for the United States in any contempiat sional ability, Euro af reorganization of its forces to take ad- vantage of the experience which is free to its command. In reorganizing our army, it » necessary for us to invent as to that which is best in the is not ecpy armies of OLDEST TYPE OF REPTILE. Lite Known » Now About the Curious Tuatara Lizard. Prom the London Daily Mail. For the last two years Prof, Dendy Canterbury College, New Zealand, has minutely investigating the development of the tuatara lizard, declared to be the most remarkable reptile now living in New land, and a detailed account of the results of his researches has just arrived in Eng- land and will shortly be published. Al- though the lizard in question is said to be the oldest existing type of reptile up to the present time, little has been known of its life history, as it is very rare and shy and retiring ts habits. The tuatara lizard was first mentioned in 2 diary kept by Mr. Anderson, the com- mn of Capt. Cook; but the first really cetailed account of the reptile was given by Dieffenbach in 1843, when b ~ Bie bad been apprised of the existence of a large lizard which the natives call tuatara, or narara, and of which they are much atraid.” Owing to the rarity of the tuatara lizard, the New Zealand government passed an act to prohibit the taking or slaying of the reptile, but, as usual, forgot one of the most important points—namely, the inser- tion of a clause forbidding the collecting of the eggs. Fortunately for the tuatara, however, P, Henaghan, the principal keeper on Si phen’s Island, appears at present to be the ly man who knows where to look for them, although it is stated that two Ger- man ‘collectors have been lately making vigorous but vain efforts to obtain sp; mens of the eggs. Prof. Dendy had permission granted him by the government to collect both eggs and adults, and with the help of Mr. Henaghan he has been so successful in his investiga- tions of the life history of this interesting reptile that many new and important tacts will now be made known io the scientine world. The adult anima! has a spotted skin and a crest of separate white, flat, sharp spines, and is possessed of three sets of teeth. On Stephen's Island the eggs of the lizard ure found to be laid in November, and the embryo pass the winter in a state of hi- bernation unknown to any other vertebrate embryo, and do not emerge from the «zx until nearly thirteen months have elapsed, One curicus fact that has come to Hight is that in the latter stages of its development the skin of the young animal has a strong- ly marked pattern of longitudinal and transverse stripes, which disappear before hatching, giving place to the spotted skin of the adult animal. This lizard is particularly interesting, ow- ing to the fact of its being allied to the ex- tinct reptiles of the Triassic Age. ————_+e-+-_— The Kaiser's Postcards. From the London Globe. One of the latest crazes in Germany ts a mania for illustrated postcards. It has penetrated to the small towns and villages, which reproduce their market clocks and best views on their cards. The demand for the cards is so great that the factories can- not keep pace with it. Even the kaiser is smitten with the new mania. It is stated that he took a very large number of iltus- trated postcards with him to Venice, where it was his intention to post them to Ger- many. But the postal authorities were not prepared to deal with so large a number of cards, and, although the German post- master genera! had arranged that they should all bear the same date, the 13th, the day on which the kaiser arrived in Venice, it was not until the Mth, 15th and even 16th that a large number of the cards left the