Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1902, Page 1

— = = THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Deginess Office, 11th Strest and Pennsylvania Avenae, The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFPMANN, President, New York Office: Trituze Building Chisago Ofice: Tribune Building. me scribers in the | ‘The Hrening Star is served to subscribers tn the | eity by carriers, on their own account, pee week, or 44 cents per month. Coples at the} counter, 2 cents each. By matl—-answhere in the US. or Canada—postace prepaid—60 cents per month. aturday Star, 82 pares, $1 per seal with fore a tage added, ¥ 7 fBotered at the Post Oilice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) subscriptions must be paid In advance, Fae ‘ising known on application. A FEAR OF FRICTION Apprehension Regarding the | Coal Operators. MAY CAUSE TROUBLE SUGGESTIONS TO THE ARBITRA- TION COMMISSION. Confidence Felt That Its Rulings Will Be Such as to Guard the Main Purpose of Its Creation. studied op: People course who have of the ecially their words before the com- mission yesterday afternoon, do not con- sider that there will be clear sailing by any means in the work of arbitrating the di culties between them and their employ Enough things were suggested yesterday they say, to show that the operators may attempt to land the arbitration craft on the rocks before the end of thelr journey. ‘Three suggestions were made, any one of which is regarded as sufficient to cause very great embarrassment in the work of arbitrating the case if pressed by the op- erators. Dealing With Companies Separately. The first of these objections was in rela- tion to Mr. Baer’s statement that he had spoken only for himself, and anything he had said could not be considered as compro- mising any one else; that there were many individual operators who had not been con- sulted at all in regard to the President's proposition for the appointment of a com- mission to settle the difficulties between the He insisted that was to be dealt with arefully coal each coal company separately. This may appear to be a very natural and proper suggestion, but when it is con- sidered that many of the operators who have not been parties to the proceedings up to the present time may not be bound by the findings of the commission, it is scen that there is a basis for a large share of | disappointment and cause for a contro- versy later on. The commission will bri into the proceedings as many of the inde- pendent operators as possible. Word “Arbitration.” But what is regarded as much more sig- nificant is the suggestion made by Mr. Thomas of the Hillside Iron and Coal and of the Pennsylvania Coal companies in re- lation to the real nature of the work the commission was to perform. Mr. Thomas said he noticed that the word “arbitration” had been used, whereas, he understood that the commission was merely to carry on an “investigation.” If this suggestion were to prevail it would entirely nullify the pur- poses of the commission, it is claimed by those who are most interested in it. It fs not believed that Mr. Thomas’ suggestion | will receive any support from the opera- | tors generally and no {dea 1s entertained that the commission will sanction it, be- cause it is considered that the language of the President on this subject has been so clear that no dispute beyond a mere cavil can arise. It is recalled that the miners called the strike off as a result of an un- derstanding that their difficulties were to be arbitrated, that the parties € the arbi- tration were to abide by its results; also that Mr. Mitchell declined to entertain a Proposition to end the strike upon the prom- ise of the President that he would recom- mend a congressional investigation into the coal situation. That was the position of Mr. Mitchell, it is said, because he cared nothing for an investigation that could not result in some gooé to the men ff it wags found that their claims were well founded. Elimination of Mitchell. The third suggestion which !s looked upon as having within it possible seeds of great dissension is that made by Mr. Truesdale of the Delaware and Lackawanna Rallroad Company, employing about 12,000 men and Mr. Truesdale wanted his employes, union and non-union, to appoint a commit- tee to come before the commission, state thelr grievances. and represent his em- Ployes. If such a committee were appoint- ed without Mr. Mitchell as a member of it, it would ellminate him from all considera- tion in matters concerning that particular company. Even if he were made a member | of that committee he might be eliminated as a factor in the fight, because the com- mittee might be so constituted that he could be voted down on important ques- tions. If such a course were followed in that case {t might be followed in the case of each coal company. Those who are interested In the pending proceedings of the commission are not greatly disturbed by these developments, ut they regard them as indicative that | many things may be suggested to nullify its action if adopted. It is confidently be- lieved that the commission will rule in such a way that the main purposes of its work will be carefully operator would care to face public opinion in any attempt to nullify the work of the commission because of any reason that would be regarded by people generally merely as a cavil. $< rr CONTEST DECLARED OFF. Rivalry Ended Between Registry and Money Grder Bureaus. ‘The contest that has been on for many years between the registry and money order branches of the postal service for the pa- tronage of the public who send money thre the mails has been declared off. The first assistant postmaster general, Mr. Wynne, and the third assistant postmaster general, Mr. Madden, have had a confer- ence on the subject and have decided to withdraw all circulars, placards and other inscriptions posted in post offices through- out the country extolling the respecti merits of each system of transmitting mon- ey. Each of these bureaus in the past has guarded, and that no} Che Lven ¢ * = 498. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1902—TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. REPLY FROM COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO STATE DEPART- MENT’S PROPOSITIONS. Larger Payment Wanted for Occupa- tien of Strip of Land for Panama Canal—Resentment at Officers. The latest Colombian note respecting the canal treaty, which arrived in Washington several days ago, has not yet been delivered to the State Department, and there is some reason to fear that a serious hitch is im- pending. This note was framed at Bogota September 16 last, a date prior to the ar- rival of Rear Admiral Casey in isthmian waters and his checking of the passage of across the isthmus by rail. Since date the admiral has had several occa- to assert a police power over the Pan- railroad and in the harbors at either tro. that sions am: end. There is re assertions 0 of the State believe that these though in the view here exercised son to power, Department fi- | Strictly within the limits of the treaty be- tween the United States and Columbia by which the former guarantees freedom of traffic across the isthmus, are viewed by Co- lombia with growing apprehension and sus- picton. Such an event as that recorded yesterday for instance, In which Admiral Cascy challenged the papers of the Co- lombian warship Bogota, a boat acquired in the United States for use by the Co- lombian government, is regarded by the Colombians as a direct assertion of United States sovereignty which they cannot allow to go without protest. ‘Therefore there is reason to believe that this last Colombian note respecting the canal treaty, which might in itself have af- forded the necessary means for a complete agreement between the two countries, {s being delayed in presentation in order that the Colombian government at Bogota may have an opportunity to qualify {t or even withold it entirely, in view of the recent events which have been so distasteful to them, Friendly in Tone. It is difficult to learn the exact nature of this communication, but {t is known that it is not altogether an unqualified acceptance of the State Department's propositions. It is, however, friendly and dignified in tone and does not close negotiations by any means, though it unquesttonably sets back the date of final agreement by opening up new topics for argument. For one thing, the Colombian government now is entirely dissatisfied with the small amount of the payment to be made to it by the United States under the terms of the protocol, which it is proposed to use as the basis of the treaty. This sum is $7,000,000. Colomb!a wants at least $10,000,000. Moreover, the original proposal looked to a wait for four- teen years before beginning the payment of annual rental, the amount of which was to be then fixed by mutual agreement. Co- lombia now asks the United States to agree at once on a lump yearly payment of %00,- 000, which will considerably increase the immediate cost of the enterprise. The Co- lombian government clings to its cont tion that it has no constitutional authority to alienate any Colombian territory, and reiterates that the best it can do to meet the language of the Spooner act, which looks to perpetual control by the United States over the canal strip, Is to make a 100-year lease, with a distinct stipulation that the same shall be renewable by the United States at the expiration of the first century. Resentment at Naval Officers. One obstacle which, it is believed, will in- terfere somewhat with the immediate re- sumption of negotiations of the treaty is the feeling aroused in Colombia by the ac- tlons of American naval officers during the recent revolutionary movements _ there. These are declared to have been bitterly re- sented in Bogota, where it was felt the American officers had exceeded their au- thority in interfering with the transporta- tion of Colombian soldiers across the isth- mian railroad—a right, the Colombian offi- cials have asserted, guaranteed them by treaty. The contre growing out of the attitude of these officers was taken up te department with by the Colombian United States Minister Hart at Bogota, and, so far as known, has not yet been definitely settled. The question at issue touches the question of sovereignty and has an impor- tant bearing on the pending subject. ‘The Colombian legation officials decline to discuss the latest response made by Colom- bia, but the opinion prevails that included within its scope are some representations respecting or growing out of recent events on the isthmus. oe INTERESTING DISCOVERY. Remains of Macedonian Soldiers Found on Chaeroneia Battlefield. In a recent dispatch to the Department of State Mr. Charles S, Francis, United States minister at Athens, Greece, announces that an unusually interesting archaeological dis- covery has just been made in the northern part of Boetia in a plain where the ancient Greeks, in 338 B. C. lost their independence, | being routed In a decisive battle by Philip of Macedon. is Dr. Soteriades had been sent up there to examine the ruins of an ancient monument in the form of a lion. which the Greeks, af- ter losing their independence, erected on the spot where they had buried those last brave defenders of ancient Hellenism who had failed in this battle of Chaeronela. The purpose of Soterlades’ mission was to make preliminary studies preparative to the re- building of the lion monument, which the crown pfince has decided to restore at his personal expense. But Dr. Soteriades, in making tentative excavations, found a low tumulus In exactly the site where Plutarch describes the Mace- donian soldiers of Philip to have been buried. This tumuius he opened, and found therein the remains of the Macedonian dead, packed in layers. Most of the bones are charred, and the svil is mixed with issued cards advising the public that it is| ashes, showing that the bodies were cre- the safest means for sending money, and the competition has reached the stage of posting cards with a variety of “don’t” Warnings. Hereafter the policy will be to work together in the Interests of all branches of the serv oe _____ Gen. H. G. Otis’ Claim Sustained. The Treasury Department has ordered the collector of customs at El Paso, Tex., to refund to Gen. Harrison Gray Otis of Los Angeles, Cal., the duties paid by him on personal effects, consisting of presents for his family, bought by Gen. Otis during his recent trip through Mexico. When Gen. Otis reached El Paso on his return trip customs duties were assessed against arti- eles that he claimed to be exempt from duty under the recent ruling of Secretary #haw. By the decision of the Treasury De- partment Gen. Otis fs sustained. or —____ Sites for Public Buildings. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has se- | mated imperfectly. The importance of the discovery {s that topographists will be able better to tdentity the sites of the battlefield, archaeologists will expect to find Macedonian accoutre- ments, etc. and ethnologists, by studying the skulls (some well-preserved specimens having already been found), will be able to come to some conclusion regarding the ra- cial affinities of the ancient inhabitants of Macedonia. Contracts for Carrying Mail. Contracts were signed today by Capt. N. M. Brooks, superintendent of foreign mails; Mr. W. S. Shallenberger, the second as- sistant postmaster general, and the repre- sentatives of the New York and Cuba Steamship Company whereby the latter re- newed obligations already in force for transporting mails to the Gulf of Mexico. One agreement, covering a period of five years, provides for the transportation of mails to Havana. The second, covering a lected sites for public buildings as follows: Wansan, Wis., northeast corner Scott and 4th streets, price $9,000; Fon du Lac, Wis., Rortheast corner Ist and Macy streets, price $7,500. period of ten years, provides for the trans- portation of mails to ports in Mexico via Havana. All the boats of this line fly the American flag, and are consequently paid the contract price of $1 per mile traveled, irrespective of the amount of mail carried. DEPARTURE REGRETTED OFFICIAL CIRCLES DEPLORE MIN- ISTER WU’S RECALL. Preparations to Leave Washington— His Son to Remain in America —New Duties in China. The recall of Chinese Minister Wu, an- nounced in yesterday's Star, is peremptory in that the minister is directed to return to China at as early a date as possibie, even the route by which he is to make his voyage from this country being indicated. The edict informs Mr. Wu that he has been appointed minister of commerce, in associa- tion with Chang Chi Tung. He takes the position just vacated by Sheng, whose father died recently. Under a peculiar pro- vision of Chinese law, when an office holder loses by death his father or mother he va- cates his office, and he is not eligible to hold office again for three years, although by custom the period of his official mourn- ing is reduced to twenty-seven months. Mr. Wu that he may be able to leave this country in about three weeks, but the pre- cise date of his departure has not been de- termined. The Ministers of Commerce. Minister Wu has not been advised of the appointment of Yuen Shi Kai as minister of commerce of the Chinese empire, althoug’. in his view, such an appointment would not be unlikely. Yuen ShiKai is the viceroy of Chi-Li province. When the late Li Hung Chang was the viceroy of that province he also held the title of minister of commerce. At that time the title was practically only honorary, as his manifold duties as viceroy prevented him from devoting serious at- tention to matters affecting the empire out- side of his province. Minister Wu, while he says he has no definite information, be- lieves It probable that Yuen Shi Kal may have received the title of minister of co merce precisely as Li Hung Chang receiv and held it. The ministry of commerce to which Min- ister Wu has been appointed, fs a special board. whose duties relate to the empire as a whole. He will be in association with Chang Chi Lung, and perhaps with others, the title of each of whom will be minister of commerce. Yuen Shi Kal may be one of these. It {s the hope of Minister Wu that Yuen Shi Kal has been so designated, as he fs a friend of Mr. Wu and a states- man and a diplomat of ability and distinc- tion. It seems the more likely, however, that the title conferred upon him is of an honorary character and that, in common with other Chinese viceroys, he will have to do with the ministry of commerce only so far as the operations of the ministry may affect the particular province of which he is governor. Mr. Wu has also received a cablegram announcing that he has been appointed one of the two members of a commission to ne- gotiate commercial treaties with foreign powers. He will be at the head of this com- mission and will have associated with him Mr. Lu, who, until about a year ago, was the Chinese minister to Germany. As Mr. Wu has been ordered to proceed directly Shanghal, it is probable that the headquar- ters of the commission will be in that city. Minister Wu will be accompanied to China by Madame Wu and some members of his personal suite, but whether he will leave his young son in this country has not been determined. He desires that his son shall have a good American education, and he may conclude to leave him in the United States, at least for a time. Minister Wu expresses great regret at his sudden recall from this country, although he is not unappreciative of the honor done him by his government. He says that the American people have been most kind to him, and that he will carry away with him the pleasantest memorles of his sojourn in the United States. He always had en- deavored, he said, to promote cordial rela- tions between this country and China, and that effort would be continued when he re- turned to Hve among his own people. In official and diplomatic circles the news of the early departure of Minister Wu was received with sincere regret. For years he has been one of the most popular members of the diplomatic corps. The New Minister. Mr. Wu expects to leave the legation in charge of the first secretary, Mr. Shen Tung. Minister Wu has received no ad- vices indicating the probable time of the arrival in Washington of his successor, Minister Liang. Mr. Liang was appointed minister to the United States early last summer and subsequently made a brief trip to this country as a member of the suite of the emperor’s cousin. The time of his arrival in the United States will be depend- ent entirely upon the orders of the Chinese foreign office. $0 ___ EDUCATING THE INDIAN. Report of the Work of the Hampton Institute. ‘The annual report of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, received by the commissioner of Indian affairs today, say that the improvement in the Indlans studies, dress, language, manners and power of application at Hampton gives evidence of recent great progress among the Indian people. The Indian girls among the stu- dents especially are reported as most prom- ising in thelr studies, and the upper class girls have been a great help to the institu- tin in matters of discipline. The report says that as the years go by the work centers more and more about agriculture, and as between the academic and trades school classes of educational work the report ex- presses the opinion that the trades school boys at the institute who set out in their second year to master some part of this branch of the industry are stronger menta ly and morally than those who tok the reg- ular academic course. PROF. MEYER’S WARNING. Marine Disasters Predicted for Octo- ber 30 and 31. Prof. Gustave Meyer of Hoboken, N. J., who describes himself as “a young Ameri- can scientist and astrologer,” has written to the Secretary of the Navy, warning “‘all naval commanders not to put to sea or leave port during October 30 and 31, owing to the fact that an eclipse of the sun will occur October 31 about 1 a.m., and while the eclipse will not be visible in this coun- try, the effect will be felt here, and it sig- nifies unusually large calamities upon the ocean during the above dates, and very few, if any, vessels will be able to live on the ocean. Hence my prediction and warn- ing. If my advice {ts not seriously heeded, we shall hear of some of the greatest ocean calamities in history. “I might add,” continues Prof. Meyer, “that this eclipse of the sun will seriously affect the southern portion of the country, and we shall hear of tidal waves, floods and great earthquakes in the south. European countries will be seriously affected by earthquakes and floods, especially London, England, on the dates mentiened. “Trusting that much benefit will be de- rived through my advice, which I feel sure it will, if same {ts carefully and seriously heeded, I remain, etc.” <0 ______. The Postmaster General Returns. Postmaster General Payne has returned from Canton, Ohio, where he attended a meeting of the McKinley Memoria] Associa- SAYS COLER WILL. WIN Courier-Journal’s Correspon- dent Sizes Up Situation. DEMOCRATS UNITED HAVE GOOD ORGANIZATION AND PLENTY OF MONEY. Republicans on the Other Hand Are Divided on Several Import- ant Questions. Special from a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, October 28.—Colonel O. O. Stealy, the veteran Washington correspond- ent, representing the Louisville Courier- Journal, is in town. Col. Stealy has been hobnobbing with Mr. Coler, Mr. Hill's can- didate for governor, with Mr. Carlisle and with all of the inside people of the demo- cratic campaign. Col. Stealy was good enough last night to let me look over his views as telegraphed by him to the Courier- Journal. Col. Stealy’s opinion of the situa- tion follows: The democrats here today are cockey and confident that the election Tuesday week will go for Coler. Greater New York has done much to inspire confidence and enthusiasm in the democratic ranks. Nothing like it has been seen since 1892, when Cleveland swept everything in sight. It has been noticeable here for a week past that the tide was setting In strongly for the democrats. New York is a great democratic city when all of the democrats pull together. This is what they are now doing. Claims of the Managers. Democrats and independents who’ are rather careful and conservative in their opinions of election outlooks have esti- mated within the last few days that the democratic state ticket would go to the Harlem river with 75,000 plurality. The democratic campaign managers have claimed yesterday and the day before that the democratic plurality in Greater New York will go over 90.000. It may reach 100,- 000. In a monster city like Greater New York, when the tide sets In for a party, there is no telling how @reat ‘may be the majority it will will pile up. It sometimes exceeds all expectations. Judge Van Wyck carried greater New York by nearly 83,000 over President Roosevelt for governor. It is admitted on all sides that the party is stronger and more united now than it was in 1898, when Roosevelt defeated Van Wyck by about 18,000 plurality. Activity of the Bemetrats. The democrats havé been at work or- ganizing up in the interlér of the state for the last three months, at least two months before they held their staté con¥ention. To do thisrequired alarge expenditure of money and a great deat of hard“labor. It has been done, and well, doné at that. The democratic county managers up state made their reports to headquarters here yester- day. The highest plurality they give Odell outside of Greater,New York is 80,000, and the lowest 65,000. ‘The trusts, high tariff, the coal strike, the canal and state charity institutions have all figured against the republicans. Not only this, but they are short in registra- tion and enthusiasm, and if the republicans are expecting to come down to the Harlem with the old 100,000 they will be sadly dis- appointed when the returns come in the night of the election. Causes of Democratic Faith. Candidate Coler said to the Courier Jour- nal correspondent: “In the first place the democrats are unit- ed for the first time in ten years. New York is normally a democratic state. It is never carried by the republicans except when disaffection exists in the democratic ranks. Tilden carried the state in 76 and Cleveland in "84 and "$2, In these years the party was united. In other years, when the democrats lost the state, there were democratic ruptures hefe in Greater New York or out in the state and in ’96 and 1900 a serious revolt against the party. “President Roosevelt. with ali the glory and prestige of a military hero, only beat Judge Van Wyck by 18,000. I’ will carry Kings county by 30,000 and I will carry New York county by 70,000. The very best the republicans can do up in the state against me is 80,000. I will be surprised if it is as much as that. The democratic man- agers tell me that it will reach 70,000. I know that we are better organized in the interior of the state than the republicans. We have as good an organization there now as had Gov. Flower when he was elected. My mail is heavy from all parts of the state and all the letters, many of them from re- publicans, contain cheering news. In fact, Ihave not a doubt of my election. The Democrats Have Money. Another thing that has cleared up here for the democrats the last few days is the financial situation. A week ago they were in financial distress, but all that worry Is over. When the rich and influential demo- crats realized that the party stood a good chance to win they fell over each other to subscribe, and a week before the election the democratic treasury js filled with ample funds to pay all the “légitimate expenses” of the campaign. Mass Meeting Last Night. Amid the blare of a dozen bands, the shouts of ten thousand cheering auditors and the waving ‘of ten thou- sand flags, Mr. David B. Hill was welcomed at Madison Sq@are Garden by the faithful democracy last might, @nd the real fighting of the campaign was entered upon. Outside masses of humlanity’ packed the Streets for squares. FiftworkS blazed in extravagant profusion from, the tall tower of Madison Square and ‘fielghboring struc- tures, lighting up the Weaven# above the city and tinging the streets and houses for half a mile with a ruddy glow, while the explosion of bombs in-thé upper air seemed as if a dozen ficets might be bombardin; the town. mie c It was a great and*enthusiastic democratic’ occasion. Devery and His Glee Ch Big Bill Devery, who lives in Mr. Hearst's district, came over from 8th avenue with a following of singing, ctigering*rooters and @band. They smashed ifto Ma@ison Square Hall, singing the Devery war song to the tune of Mr. Dooley. Then Big Bill, elbow- ing his way through the throng, swung upon the platform and took his seat within two feet of Mr. Hill, the gentleman who had thrown him out of the Saratoga con- vention and about whom Mr. Devery has said some nasty things lately. The crowd called upon Big Bill for. .a speech and shouted his name for ten. minutes, whi'e Mr. Hill gat trying:to look mt. ‘The was no bt about the warmth and sin- cerity of the greeting given Mr. Hill. He was acclaimed as local leader nowand lead- er of the national party in 1904. : Demécrats Take Heart. — There is no question that" the democrats have heartened up a great deal within the past forty-eight hours... One of these waves THE DIGGING SEASON. political situation toward the close of the campaign seems to be going through th democratic ranks now, carrying hope and confidence. But I do not find any corre sponding depression among the republican managers. The democratic confidence, they say,/is based mainly on the expressions here in Greater New York. The Outlook for Congress. From the best information obtainable it looks as if the republicans will have a ma- jority in the next House of from 30 to 3: They are practically assured of 204 votes, and that their chances are good to get a few more. There has been a good deal of talk about Connecticut going democratic. From abso- lutely reliable sources I am told there is not one doubt expressed of the republicans carrying the state. I cannot see where the democrats are fig- uring on carrying the House when the re- ports from all over the country are consid- ered. They say there will be a democratic landslide in New York, which presages a drift in the same direction throughout the country sufficient to carry the House. But about this New York landslide, what is one to think when he sees big Tammany lead- ers shouting and burrahing for Coler and then going right out and betting their mon- ey on Odell. Their enthusiasm {s for Coler, but the “dough” they think is with the other end of the bet, and that Is what they are after. NLO.M. —_+++—___ MISSED THE BIG MONEY. Burglars Loot the Office of a Pennsyl- vania Coal Company. TRWIN, Pa., October 28.—After binding, gagging and badly maltreating the night watchman, John Hamburg, sr., at the Westmoreland Coal Company office in West Irwin at an early hour this morning, four masked men entered the building and blew open the safe in the big vault and secured all the money that {t contained. The robbery was evidently timed, as it was just before pay day, when about $40,- 000 is disbursed for the regular two weeks’ pay. The money is not kept there and the robbers only secured about $200. They escaped without leaving any clue to their identit: ——++<+_____ DR. DANIEL E. HUGHES DEAD. He Had Made a National Reputation as an Alienist. PHILADELPHIA, October 28.—Dr. Dan- iel E. Hughes, chief resident physician of the Philadelphia almshouse, died at 8 o’cléck this morning of tubercular peri- tonitis, the germs of which disease he is believed to have contracted from a patient in the hospital. Dr. Hughes had an inter- national reputation as an alienist. He de- voted his life to a study of insanity and the amelloration of the condition of the criminal and pauper insane. The public agitation resulting from Dr. Hughes’ pecuilar ailment started an inves- tigation which will probably result in a material improvement of the sanitary con- ditions existing at the almshouse. ——++-+_@__ : W. B. SHUEY’S DEATH. Pennsylvania Farmer Was Shot Twice and Clubbed. LEBANON, Pa., October 28.—Coroner Shultz, assisted by Drs. Light and Strohm, held an autopsy on the remains of William B. Shuey, the wealthy farmer who was found dead in his orchard on Sunday even- ing. The autopsy revealed the fact that Shuey was shot twice in tne face. Neither bullet, however, caused death, and he was apparently clubbed to death. It has de- veloped that Shuey had large sums of money in his possession when he left Leb- anon last week for his home, but his pockets were empty when the body was found. No arrests have as yet been made. Se ee ODDS ON COL. PEARRE. Friends, However, Find No Takers of Offers. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, M4d., October 28.—Rep- resentative George A. Pearre has Issued a statement replying to the attack on his record in Congress sent out by the demo- cratic committee as a supplement to demo- cratic newspapers. Republicans are offer- ing considerable money here on Colonel Pearre, with no takers. One man wanted to put up $400 at Frostburg, but could find no one to cover it. Another man here offered $300 to $100 on Colonel Pearre’s chances, with no taker. Republicans claim that the defense of Colonel Pearre’s record on labor legislation in Congress by District Presi- dent: Daniel Young of the United Mine Workers will mean hundreds of yotes for the republican candidate. —___+-<2--___ TO RECEIVE GEN. CHAFFEE. Chamber of Commerce of ’Frisco Will Be the Host. SAN FRANCISCO, October 28.—Definite action has been taken toward arranging a reception for General A. R. Chaffee when he arrives in this city, the iast cf this His of feeling which sometimes sweeps over a| week or the first of next, from his cam- »aign in the Philippines. The presidents of he various commercial associations of the city have constituted themselves a commit- tee to wait on the general and tender him a general reception in the rooms of the chamber of commerce. He also will be in vited to be the guest of honor at the an- nual banquet of the Merchants’ Association. ++. FRENCH MINERS’ STRIKE. Effort to Secure Arbitration on Part of Owners. PARIS, October 28.—At a council of the ministers today Premi2> Co:nbes explained the steps taken to secure the acceptance of artitration on the part of the coal mine owners. He said two companies in the im- portant mining region of the department of Pas-de-Calais had already accepted and no company had yet refused. This led to the belief that the government's offer of arbitration would prove successful, Reports from the mini centers show the situation to be calm, the miners be- leving that arbitration is’ assured. —_+++ COLLEGE STUDENTS ON STRIKE. Try to Force Restoration of Their Dis- missed Classmate: LANSING, Mich., October 28.—A meeting of the striking students of the Michigan Agricultural College was held this morning for the purpose of hearing a report from the faculty on the ultimatum presented yesterday, announcing that no mote classes would be attended until the students sus- pended and expelled because of participa- tion in the sophomore-freshman rush of several weeks ago were reinstated. The faculty, however, had no report to make, standing by their action in suspend- ing the participants in the rush. After a time the students dispersed from the chapel where the meeting was held and there was no disturbance. There will be no classes today. —__#<___ ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED. Accident in Wabash Tunnel at Pitts- burg, Pa. PITTSBURG, Pa., October 28—One man Filled, one seriously and two others slightly | hurt was the rvsult of a premature blast in the Mount Washington end of the Wa- bash tunnel today. The men are: Robert Baine, colored, skull crushe died before he was taken from the debris. George Clark, colored, left arm broken, cut and bruised about the body and thought to be injured internally. Howard Hall, colored, and Howard Len- nox, colored, both cut and bruised. eo BOY KILLED BY BEAR. Animal Was Chained in Zoo at Happy Hollow, Ark. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., October 28.—At Happy Hollow, a resort’ near here which, among other attractions, includes a zoo, a black bear fatally injured Robert Tatum, an eight-year-old boy The lad was passing the animal, which was chained, but came too close, and before the horrified specta- tors could interfere the brute had the boy hugged to his breast. Then the animal closed his great jaws on his prisoner's head. A keeper pried the bear’s mouth open and released the boy, but he was uncon- scious and dying from several fractures of the skull. —__++ «+ THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION. Variety of Subjects Discussed by the | Executive Committee. The executive committee of the Carnegie Institution was in session today for some time. The meeting was called for the pur- pose of discussing a variety of subjects bearing on the matter, including those vf administration, policy, use of funds and the recommendations which will be made to the board of trustees at iis meeting Novemb: 25, Today’s meeting was adjourned ua November 14. Those participating in the conference were: Dr. Gilman, Dr. Weir Mitchell, Dr, Billings, Mr. C. D. Waicott, Mr. Carroll D. Wright and Secretary Roct: ee Personal Mention. Mr. Arthur Farwell of Boston and Mr. David Boyle of Toronto, Canada, are at the Arlington. Mr. H. 8. Chase of Boston and Mr. s Struck of Louisville, Ky., are at the New Willard. Mr, James Maynard of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mr. A. C. Paul of Minneapolis, Minn., are at the Raleigh. « Mr. George W. Hodley, a son of Mr. Amos Hodley, chief of the division of stationery and printing of the Interior Department, has been appointed manager of the supplies department of a typewriter company, with headquarters at Chicago, and has left to undertake his new labors. ro Steamship Arrivals. At Antwerp—Kroonland, from New York. At Plymouti.—Grat Waldersee, from Nev ‘York. At New York—Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen. An evening newspaper appeals to a man or wo- his or her best man in mood. It is a recreation to be enjoyed when it can be enjoyed. THE DISTRICT BUDGET CONDITIONS EXPIAUIED —_—< PRESIDENT MACFARLAND EPIT- OMIZES LOCAL SITUATION. Filtration Plant, Sewerage System, District Municipal Hospital and Other Items. Building, The District Commissioners tod pleted their estimates of the appropriat needed for the District government durt the fiscal year’ beginning July 1 next. Commissioners ask for a total of $10,875,652. For the current fiscal year the authorities requested the sum of $10.441,481.97. Con- gress cut down this amount in the regular appropriation act to about $8,500,000, but made additional appropriations — whi brought the total up to $0,620,304.16. Th estimates are to be forwarded by the Com- missioners to the Secretary of the Treas- ury and by him transmitted to Congre with such recommendations as he may deem fit to make. Last year the Secretary recommended quite a large cut owing to apparently deficient revenues. Through the increased assessment of rea!ty and the enactment of a personal tax law the reve- nues have this year been largely increascd. In giving out the estimates this after- noon Mr, Macfarland, president of th: Dis- trict board, made a statement which epito- mizes the situation. He said: “The Commissioners have prepared the estimates of the appropriations for the District of Columbia for the next fiscal year in accordance with the actual needs of the District, with reference to cie pro able revenues, and upon the principle adopted by the Commissioners two years ago that extraordina improvements should be provided for, as elsewhcre, by a sinking fund rather than out of current revenues. We have recommended for two years that Congress provide for such pro- jects ds the filtration plant, the sewage dis- posal system, the District building. the municipal hospital, new bridges and the District's obligations under legisiation for abolition of grad rossings and consiruc- tion of new railway terminals, by advances from the United States treasu far as the District’s one-half of the cost is con- cerned, to be repaid in a suitabie term of years, with interest, by an annual appro- priation from the current revenues to a sinking fund. Heavy Demands of Great Projects. “We cannot meet the heavy demands of such great projects, most of which have been already authorized by Congress, out of current revenues without so crippling the ordinary operations of the District government by cutting its necessary ex- penditures as to absolutely disable it. The District's needs grow with its growth. Its current needs must be met by increased ap- propriations. But instead of this the ap- propriations for all the municipal services must be cut down If the cost of the ex- traordinary projects of improvement, all of them also necessary, Is to be taken cur- rently out of the regular revenues. Already the appropriation of current revenues of the money for the work already done on the filtration plant, the s disposal sys- tem, the District building, taken with the appropriation of District revenues for the entire cost of street extensions, has pro- duced an apparent deficiency in District revenues, Congress has recognized the prin- ciples advocated by the Commissioners to the extent of making appropriations for the current needs of the District and for the extraordinary projects to an amount larger than the net revenues and providing for the deficiency each year by authorizing advances from the treasury on account of ‘general expenses’ of the District of Co- lumbia. It has not formally separated the extraordinary projects from the current expenditures, as we hope it may do at the coming session. It has also required that the advances made up to the Ist of July next shall be paid within three years. AS it timated that by that date those ad- vances amount to $1,901,723.15, this would mean that if no further advances were made and no extension granted we would have to pay, beginning July 1 next, $633,908.71 annually. Now, while we have no official estimate of the District receipts for the next fiscal year, we have unofficial estimates indicating that they will amount to something over $5,000,000, perhaps $5,400,000, If it should be the latter amount, and the Congress should appropriate, dol- lar for dollar, from the national treasury, according to the obligations of the organic act, the available amount for all purposes would be $10,800,000. Searching and Thorough Revisica. “We have made up our estimates, after reducing those submitted to us, in a very searching and thorough revision, from over $12.000,000, on the principles indicated, and therefore ask for $10.8 in spite of the fact that if $633,908.71 are to be deducted on the Ist of July next on account of one- third of the advances already made from the United States treasury there would not be enough money left to meet the es- timates. We propose to ask Congress to treat at least four items in this year's es- timates as belonging properly to a separate account for extraordinary improvements, to be met by advances from the treasury, and to be repaid with interest by a sink- ing fund. They are: $1,468,405 for filtra- tion plant; $565,000 for continuing the sew- age disposal system; $250,000 for beginning the municipal hospital, and $150,000 for the Connecticut avenue bridge, amounting in all to $2.433.405. Besides these items, simi- lar provision should be made for our obif- gations under the railway ierminal legis- lation and for the District building, which cannot now be estimated. Revenues Will Be Ample. “If this is done the current revenues will be ample to meet ail current expenditures and to provide a large sum for the sinking fund to repay the advances from the treas- ury on accourt of extraordinary projects. The estimates are economical in every sense. After the Commissioners had made one careful revision of them they made another. and deferred some things which they will ask next year. Two items ought to be aspecially mentioned. The Commis- | sioners ask only for the site for the addi- tion to the Armstrong Manual Training School. because they believe from the in- \ formation furnished that the request for | the addition to the building might be de- | ferred. They omitted the item for the pav- ing of C street near the Baltimore and Ohio station because of the uncertainty as to where the union terminal station would be placed.” Matter of Salaries. The Commissioners do not ask for any additional salaries in the executive office. The two civil Commissioners are to receive $5,000 a year each, and the sum of $924 is requested to bring Col. Biddle’s army sal- ary up to the $5,000 allowed the Engineer Commissioner. In connection with the engi- neer department the Commissioners request items of $500 for each of the two army captains as assistants to the Engi- neer Commissioner. They feel that these (Continued on Eleventh Page.)