1
THE EVENING TB1HS WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1900 i I WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1900 Fiilicotfon Office TECS ETCTXCBUOrS D3TJEOX rNrG Subscription l y JInll One Year MORXISO EVENING OOQ- NORXUiQ AND S0XDJY M Monthly liy Carrier MORNING EVENING AND SUNDAY Fifty cents Monxixo ASI SUNDAY Thirtyfive cents Eroisa AMD SUNDAY Thirtvjlvc cents I Editorial Rooms JSG Telephone jiuslnej Oill- eoUr Circulation l upirtm Mit 03 THE TIMES COMPANY TVMTKR STILKOST HUTCH1XS President The circulation of Tle Times for the week end rd Sejitmber S 1900 was as follows Sunday September 2 Vcl Monday September 3 Tuesday September M l Wednesday September 5 OH- Tmireday September 6 Friday September 7 Saturday September S rA JJo Daily average Sunday 30410 escepted 39014 With every succeeding hour the story of the terrible calamity which has fallen upon the city of Galveston and a score of smaller towns in Texas grows in hor- ror The latest estimate by Mayor Jones places the probable mortality in Gal vestcn alone at five thousand It will take desperate efforts to avoid pestilence as it will be days before the hundreds of dead bodies in the debris can be secured and disposed of The prompt placing of the city under martial law and the de plorable but necessary resort to burial at sea may give the provisional authorities a chance to succeed in staving off the im- minent danger of a yellow LOver epidemic ae far as tile island may be concerned but there is too much reason to fear that the bodies of victims spread over the path of the storm on the mainland many ol which may not be recovered at all may start an epidemic in spite of all possible precautions As might be expected the criminal ele- ment in Galveston took prompt advantage of tile opportunity to loot outrage and murder but from latest advices it would sem that such disorders have been sup- pressed with salutary severity Relief ie being forwarded as fast as available facilities permit The heart o the nation ir touched and its charity is flowing steadily to the sufferers But as the authorities on the ground say it will be a winters work sail a sail work at that for it now appears likely that the hand- some and iniH now wealthy city of Gal vcston has forever lost its position as leading seaport and its people will have few or no chsuces to regain their lost trade is no insurance against thu devastation of hurricanes and cyclones ami hose whose property has been wreck- ed in a majority of eases are utterly ruin- ed in estate As usual the authorities and people ol the District of Columbia have been stirred to action by the misfortunes of their fel lowcitizens of Texas and relief measures are already organized as our news col- umns will inform readers of The Times- A great demand is placed upon the Ameri- can people for service in tile cause ol stricken humanity and they will to it nobly as they always do in such cir TJur CoiiriM of the St n II apprehensions of a visitation of Gal oston storm to Washington are lis posd of by information from the Weather Bureau thi morning to the effect that cyclone pa seel east of Lake Erie night und if now on its way across north- ern and central New York to New Eng land vher its force will be dissipated At Lake Chauiauqim which is within i few miles of tilt shores of Lake Erie wind acquired a velocity of sev iitytwc miles an hour but the gale was mi ccom- panicd with any loss of life or destruction of property So it is fait to concludt that tiie fury of the storm is already mud expended and that the remainder of ourse to tile sea will not be marked bj further disasters Hero vo are promised a decided fall 0- 1tiiijierature at about seven oclock this evening There may be a strong wind to nigh The change In the opinion of weather authorities will bring an end U torrid weather for this year Professor Moore anti his assistants it Washington and throughout the country are entitled to praise for the accuracy o the forecasts sent out by the bureau dur- ing the gathering and wanderings of this most terrible of West Indian cyclones There is no question that timely warnings to coast river and lake points have beer the means of saving a large aggregate o shipping and untold lives Thu has again demonstrated its efficiency its enormous value to the country Clergymens Sttlnries The pastor of a Boston church has re- fused to accept an increase of one thous and dollars in his salary the reason al leged being that he feels that he is get- ting enough already This is regards by the community general as such ai- unhoardof case that it hiss aroused con aiderahle comment Oldfashioned people are fond of quot- ing certain scriptural injunctions about taking no wages for preaching the gee pe anti the cynical are silt to sneer when n clergyman receives a very large salary or when he shows himself un- duly anxious for money But thu trutl is that not the clergy so much as constitution of modern society must b held responsible for this state of things If all that tile pastor of a large cit church had to do was to preach sermon anti visit people in trouble his salar need not perhaps be very large But ii modern society he is required first ti be a man of broad tad liberal education which includes fcrelgn travel he i supposed to have a large and rathe expensive library he is required i go 10 various conventions and meet ings to dress well and to enter- tain visitors handsomely He must Ji short keep up the establishment am habits of a gentleman of leisure with ai independent fortune and as a rule h has no private fortune to enable him ti do this ills salary must therefore kee pace with the demands made upon il The action of this Boston pastor indi- cates quite as much the liberality am reasonableness of his congregation as JT own lack of avarice- A gieat ninny thoughtful people ar coming around to the opinion that i would be a good thing if the church could be R J reconstructed that the roiu- istens need not be quite so mUch ness men and the machinery might b bt Cn Ns1tIvAtA ANt SUNLUY EIa AND SgDAY tOO SUNDAY ONLY 100 i1CUiRtUfl Etatcinelit 4 3940 Ttal 207001 PILe TC3U 1isater there respond eumst ances the the last the Its the service and I ill tin bud °° > > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ less elaborate In a great many parishes at present five dollars are spent in or- der to make one which is not good bust ness when there are so many people wh- i require help and the church is osteas bly in the world to aid them Uudjubt edly every devoted clergyman has now and then wished that he need not quite so much of his time in society could have hJs own little circle of friends for necessary relaxation and devote ev- ery minute of Ills working time to writing sermons or looking after p o pie who are really in need of assistance Few of these men enjoy making them selves generally agreeable at oyster sup pers church picnics and fairs or adroit- ly playing church politics A clergyman who does like that sort of thing is of place in that profession Ke should run for Congress Another Chinese Lull The developments of the past twenty four hours tend to show that the Admin istratlon is hesitating before finally com mitting itself to the scuttling programmi in China and leaving American mission aries and the native converts under thei protection to a fate which is not open it doubt if they are abandoned in Pekin Elsewhere it is officially stated that thi massacre of Chinese Christians without abatement Nothing can sav those in the capital from a like fat should it be evacuated by the troops or most of them The action of the State Department yes terday in deferring its acceptance of L- Hung Chang as peace envoy and proceed- i ing to treat with him independently fo peace is justified by the conditions of thi situation It is repotted that Princ- Ching also has been given powers identi cal with those claimed by Li Hung Cluing It would be very well to go slowly in th direction of adopting a position and which would put an end to all hope of ai international settlement Moreover it i not altogether certain that our railitar I duty in China hiss been fully performed The torture and butchery of American wo- men and children in Paotingfu by th order or at least through the connivance j of the responsible Chinese Government i something that would appear to action on the part of our forces their withdrawal from the Empire Ameri- can public opinion is evidently with that idea Again our state that hordes of Boxers are gatherin on time Grand Canal and peaceably inclin- ed villagers are petitioning the interna- tional commanders for protection Of course it is possible for Mr McKin- ley to change his mind arid to think of tie promise conveyed in the note o July I to the powers defining the of the United States among other things to assist in the restoration of order Bu if ho should decide finally to scuttle while the current disturbances and atro- cities nre in progress it is hard to se just how he could defend such a course on the basis of his previous declarations It must be admitted that the of the Administration is a difficult On one side it has the responsibility c breaking the concord of the powers an thereby of probably preventing a settlement to face It has also the Iiu- portant American clement interested j the Chinese missions missionaries an their converts to count with And on the oilier side ft is under the kind of pressure from the New syndicate In close association with i which financed the recent Russian loan i this country and of the contributor trusts which are furnishing the Government with millions of worth of railway bridge and other con- struction material These influences ar Insistent that Mr McKinley shall help th Russian game in China for one because its success would bring furthj- craormoua orders for material wherewit- to complete the railways in Manchuri anti the lines traversing the Laoting Altogether it is a tight box fc an Administration to be in but such sit nations are not difficult to produce when the President takes the responsibility foreign adventure invasion and wz without the authority of time warmakin lie I iixnil iiiir Con Strike As matters appear to stand today chances are that a general strike in th anthracite coal region will be ordered or tomorrow although there is some faint hope left that the strong pres sure which Mr Uanna through his trims associates in New York is bringing to bear upon the coal ma nates may be productive of some result Upto the present time however if ti operators have any idea of conceding tl just demands of the miners they have no sign of it and the break will a most surely come tomorrow unless the give some assurance of a willingness negotiate today At Wilkesbarre ton and other anthracite centres the strik order is confidently expected The proprietors are reported very generally 1 have made preparations for trouble t surrounding their plants with fences an engaging guards in addition to the forces of the Coal and Iron Police We sorry to say that the outlook for any tlement appears to be all but hopeless an that the country is probably destined see a labor war added to the list of ace dents and disasters of the year 1000 Mr Lyman J Gage declares that the Ho Richard Olucy influences no one Th reasonable deduction from this statemer- is that Mr Gage fancies he influences great many people If he did not thin so he Avould surely give up the and letter habit which has made trouble and brought ridicule upon his hea on every repetition of the offence Gag certainly influences people to smiles pity The generally accepted Republican m jority in Maine appears to be thirty thousand Joseph Manley Chairman of tl Republican State Committee however d that It will finally aggregate thirt seven thousand This if true would ten to show that Manley has not ceased his e forts even vith the close of the polls that good politics and sound methods are not confined to Ohio Sennior PIiti us Jt IUiriil From tIme Jhiladclpliia Times senator T C Platt fays in statement just givon out William has passed time experimental stage of life li stood our most pvactitis test he lies served well he df rcs reelection lie will bo i cloctci sail we will all IJencfitedl thereby In view of tIme fact that the statement as puljluh- is not a I lrcs Kl to anyone in particular it won be very inicifstinq to know just whom the Sen Ion iwans l r w- eAjmtliy Aiming the Trusts Fromtlie Indianapolis Ircsjj Mr Ilanna i to be amioyed tivcr tl- bacjjwardness of the cainpai u U is that the clospJistedness of scam of tIme contril- fjrs to Ox campai ii fund is the ninst oluertio i able fvrin nl general apatiiji fivm iis p int 1 view I spend but out I one strong- est pe- ninsula power to- night arid giv- en t nun I I I i 1 I dares C a lie I 0 t said it < NOTES OF TEE CAMPAIGN Ail Important Conference XeWS of an important conference at Mr Hannas residence at Cleveland last Saturday has just reached Washington The partici pants were Mr Hanna Chairman Dick ot the Ohio Republican Stats Committee Ex- ecutive Chairman Hogs of the same or- ganization anti Senator Chauncey M De pew Why the alter should have been called into a conference that obviously dealt only with Ohio affairs cannot be under stood unless he was there in his capacity as the political representative of the Van dcrbilts whose railroad interests in Ohio are very extensive It is said that Messrs Dick and Hogg made a very discouraging report to Mr Hanna ofhe situation in the President State They fear that the can- didacy of Golden Rule Jones for Con gress will complicate affairs considerably and that the return to Ohio of the Hon Tom Johnson for the avowed purpose of fight ing desperately for Mr Bryan will still further involve the State in doubL If this sort of report really was made to Mr Han- na it is easy enough to comprehend why I Senator Depew should have been invited to the conference in order that he could obtain first hind a straight story of the drift of things Then he will know Just what kind of report to make to the Vanderbilts and the moneyed inter- ests he represents in politics Aside from the natural desire of the Vanderbilts that there should be no dangerous inroads made on the Republican party in Ohio at this time because of their railroad inter ests in that State It is fair to asume that they are quite as much concerned in the result of the national election as any of the other rich men of the country Of course if it should become evident that Ohio is about to desert Mr McKinley time effect would be farreaching Hence It behooves Senator Depew as the political representa- tive of the Vanderblits to do all he can at this critical juncture to hold Ohio steadily in line It is believed that this threatening condition in air McKirileys State was i mainly responsible for the recent nn- nounccment of the Hon M E Ingalls President of the Big Four Railroad a Van- derbilt property that he was supporting Mr McKinley again this year Mr Ingalls- j bolted Mr Bryan four years ago and not j since then has he cooperated with the regular Democracy Jones IN Cautions Senator James K Jones Chfiirman of the Democratic Xa tional Comriittce left his headquarters at j Chicago shout the time Mr Manna arrived in the City and showed up last night at the Eastern headquarters of the corn mittee in Jcv York Senator Jones talk ed to the New York reporters with unusual caution and conservatism He expressed the utmost confidence in tile election of Mr Bryan hut refused to designate the points at which h expects to make inroads on the McKinley rote of 1S95 He also denied In emphatic terms the rumor that the main purpose of his visit to Xew York at this time was to interfere with the course or events at Saratoga ana asserted that he was wholly disinterested in the personal features of the struggle going on there It Is inferred from the general tenor of Ills talk tiat the Senator has come Lest during the presence of Mr Hauua in the West to pick up a few dollars for the Bry- an and Stevenson campaign fund At last accounts Senator Jones war chest was not as plethoric as could be wished and while it contains considerably more than it had any time during the last campaign still he could use a little more cash to advant- age in the cork of organization in Indi- ana Illiuis and Michigan It is believed that if ho succeeds in making n good showing of victory to the moneyed interests of New York Senator Jones will be able to get some cash from many of time men who have contributed most heavily to th McKinley fund The un- derstanding I that Vice Chairman Stone who is managing the campaign In the East Is looking to Tammany for the bulk of tile money he may need and that he is not looking in vain Persons who claim to know declare that Tammany is better supplied with ready cash tIlts year than ever before in a national campaign and that better still Tammany is cheer fully and liberally responding to the rta- I mantis made by Vice Chairman Stone Senator Jones ivill remain in New York nbojit a week and then return to his j heaTfiiuarters in Chicago where he will stay until the close of the campaign hind for Chandler Some of the Wash ington friends of the Hon William Eaton Chandler interpretthe platform adopted by the New Hampshire Republicans as discouraging to his chances for reelection to the Senate In terms that are more specific than any employed by other conventions the New Hampshire Repub licans endorse the foreign and colonial policies of time Administration It is well known that Senator Chandler Is not in sympathy with the Administration on these important points to say nothing of his vote against the goldstandard bill It is also well known that Mr Hanna at one time had his mind made up to oppose Senator Chandlers return to time Senate and that with this object in view he sent General Grosvcnor up into New England to sound the tocsin of war Grosvenor began his work quite promptly and vigor- ously but he was soon called off for some reason that is not yet apparent It may be that Mr Hanna has changed his tactics with regard to Mr Chandler and instead of fighting luau openly as was at first time plan he induced the New Hampshire Re publicans to adopt the platform referred to If in time face of these discourage- ments Senator Chandler is returned to the Senate it is believed that Mr Hanna and the interests behind hums will be eager to make terms with the New Hampshire statesman as soon as his victory is as- sured Apotheosis of time Hoss From the Philadelphia Record A better demonstration of tIme methods which under the influence of leSs rule have super- seded time popular choice of candidates for high office could not have l een desired then tInt which was given yesterday by time Republican State convention nt Saratoga X Y Xot lbs slichtcst pretense of consulting the wishes of the was ma ie by Boss Platt in the for- mation of the ticket The convention was expect- ed to record time will of its master which it meekly did by adopting the platform drawn for it ant nominating time men selected for it bv Platt Motors Volloiv Good Rend From tIme Engineering Magazine In America and on tIme Continent engineers have confined themselves almost exclusively to time construction of time lighter passenger rats but In England the heavier type of autowapon lisa ii eived tIme greater atlontion It has not howcv been until the closing years of the rinctiPsUh century that practical success in the iianufacturc of these stlf propclled freight ve- hicles has been attained This undoubtedly is in great measure due to restrictive legislation and in earlier times to time rudimentary condi- tion of time engineering industry time imperfect state of time roads and tIme hostility of public opinion A AVntClifiil Alljlotlier its n tire From time Indianapolis Xews Nature may lie the bctrt physician but business methods as a bookkeeper would izind- alize a Monte Carlo roulette gambler Sowing buslids to harvest peeks would be considered veer farmins but the mystic manager of the organic umwnw scatters 5000 scenic to raise one oak 2500000 sturgeon to evolve one sturgeon Time work oi lien pottery shop has covered the neighboririT Odds with hillo Tcs of shards Evedy species of hiving aniamls sccordinr to Prof llaeckcl lath bein developed at tire expense of scores of les per- fect entities j 3Tnrkct Jnys f r Coal In London j Front the London Daily Mail Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays are the days at the Ixnidon C7oai Exchange and hours of and 1 the floor of Utc Uid leg is crowded with London dealers sad agents of the Midland and North of E jflarJ cnl- lirries from which the bulk of time coair The Ixwdoit Coal Exchange was founded in 170 1 and it has always toed on its present si bit time buildfnK f medal only dates from 1819 old Coal Exchange was originally an open qaail- f tple sc apart for this purpose i te lum t- i KhiTC lirioti were fixed i I I Windy I 1 f I I I I I I I u I r t a r 0 f I State- S I C t t I e C I y I 0 J C C 0 hr 0 r C d 0 delegatel e I a 5 I V a ml 0 if 0 0 11 ml her- S end eggs S C a mar- ket be- tween thm enal me a a ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ± AUGUST POST S RECEIPTS EXOOKS jpjLJ521 iO Cdmiiiircd WIth the Snitic Moiiifr lAkut Your The total receipts ti the fifty largest poEtoffices in the United States for the month of August 12QOIjivre 3522284 an increase over those for August 1S99 ol 5219399 or 66 per cent New York as usual leads with 7i2r7 an increase of 47064 or 7 per The receipts for the nine leadings offices were as follows Chicago 353116 increase CG2 or 117 per cent Philadelphia 241925 increase 14505 or 22 per cent Boston 224505 decrease 6033 or 2B per cent Brooklyn 103498 increase 4456 or 52 per cent St Louis 165478 increase 45S7 or 2S per cent San Francisco 95 614 increase 11504 or 14 per cent Cin cinnati 94683 increase 3712 or 4 per cent Baltimore 89969 Increase 4456 or 52 per cent It will be seen from this that Boston is the only one of the largest cities mentioned jn which there is a falling off of receipts Buffalo N Y leads in percentage of increase of receipts its re- ceipts being 64687 an increase of 11062 or 206 per cent Albany and Troy show decreases Jt might be presumed that the total re- ceipts would be a fair indication of the population of various cities That this is not the case is shown by a comparison of the position occupied by the thirty leading cities in population with their positions their total receipts counting New York and Brooklyn as one city In point of population the list of cities is as fol lows Greater Now York Chicago Philadel phia St Louis Boston Baltimore Cleve- land Buffalo San Francisco Cincinnati Pittsburg New Orleans Detroit Milwau kee Washington Newark Jersey City Louisville Minneapolis Providence Indi- anapolis Kansas City St Paul Rochester Denver Toledo Allegheny Columbus and Omaha In their total receipts they stand as fol lovt Greater Xew York Chicago Philadel- phia Boston St Louis San Francisco Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburg Cleve- land Buffalo Kansas City Detroit Min- neapolis Milwaukee Washington Louis ville New Orleans St Paul Indianapolis Denver Newark Omaha Rochester Prov idence Toledo Atlanta Columbus and Des Moines Fram these two lists it will be seen that Jersey City and Allegheny tile one stand ing seventeenth and the other twentysev- enth in the population list do not appear at all in the lists of postoffice receipts Allegheay in fact does not appear among tIme fifty postofilces having the largest re- ceipts Their places are taken by Atlanta and Des Moines neither of which is in- cluded in the thirty most populous cities Only six of the cities maintain time same position in the two lists New York Chi- cago Philadelphia Detroit Toledo and Rochester Some cljies stand far down the list in population ut well up in their total receipts For instance Kansas City is twentysecond oh the r population list and twelfth in poinr of postal receipts New Orleans 16 twelfth in popula- tion and eighteenth in receipts Those cities which stand higher in the amount of receipts than theyjdo in the population list are Boston Cincinnati San Fran- cisco Pittsburg Kansas City Minneapolis Louisville St Paul Indianapolis Denver and Omaha Those cities whose population is propor- tional cly greater than their postal re- ceipts are St Louis Cleveland Buffalo Milwaukee Washington New Or leans Providence and Columbus It will be noticed that Newark Jersey City and Allegheny do very little postal business in compariton with the popula tion This is1 easily rxplafned by fact suburbs of New York their small totaFreceipts prove that most of their business is conducted through New York city Allegheny stands in the same rela- tion to PiUsburg The receipts for Richmond Va for August 1900 were 21666 an increase of J2020 or 102 per cent LITTLE BIT OF A CLASH An interesting clash of military and na val authority is disclosed in the text of Gen Joseph Wheelers report of his visit to the Island of Guam That officer proceeded from Manila armed with a note of introduction from Rear Ad- miral Watson to Governor Leary The note betrays the fact that Watson resented the instructions which came to him from Adjutant General Corbin whom he did not recognize as an official qualified to give orders to naval commandants of stations Later instructions came through the Navy Department from the President to Rear Admiral Watson who informed Governor Leary he was permitted to recognize Gen- eral Wheeler as making an official visit to Guam The note of introduction was as follows Capt U P Leery XT p X Sir The Military of the FhiiJppinrs under instructions from the War Department has directed Gen Joseph Wlietler U S V to viiit Otfam and delay a tufiicient time to investi gate cowHtuxns exist jntr there time aditiinitration of the Uriitid State ofliccts in charge time work accomplished and in contemplation and time pub- lic advantages time island affords by reason of location ansi physical features The invtstieation is to be reade in the interest of necessary legisla- tion and executive action TIme telegram authorizing this detail is signed Corbin ami mentions that the lre icnt would le clad to have Joseph Wheeler perform this duty You are Hrecte t Gen- eral Wheeler with all tIme consideration mine Iits rank distinguished senices and high character antI will give him unofficially all possible informa- tion arid facilitut for the performance of his omission You nni t however decline to recognize his instructions as official respectfully JC WATSOX Hear Admiral etc General Wheeler had evidently appealed to Washington for the determination of his official status and shortly Rear Admiral Watson received a cablegram the con- tends of which he transmitted to Leary at Guam Time supplementary instructions were rs follows By order of time President Gen Joseph VVheecr proceeds to Guam Captain Leary is to he di- jectetl to recognize Wheelers visit as official hut General Wheelirrfe authority is only to report upon tilL conUUipQ of Things at that plate LOXG General Wheeler became an official of the Government thereupon and time result of his observations appears in the pam- phlet recently issued by the Division of Military Information of the War Depart- ment WILLIAM D EVAJTS DEATH A Frieml f Xnvnl Men Vlio VlKitetl William D Evansa friend to naval off- icers anti other Americans in1 South Amen ca died at Montevideo Uruguay on Sep- tember 7 He was a Welshman who came to this country in his early youth and reached Baltimore a poor boy He set out in a bark from that port in 1840 and went to South America where he started in business in a bumoat He succeeded and extended his possessions until ho became one of the wealJriest men in South America He retired from busi- ness as a coal dealer and ship chandler He was very charitable and gave gener- ously from his wealth He aided many people in distress principally Americans and our naval officers on the South Atlan- tic station vere always welcome guests at hit house AH of those who served on the station knew him welL He cashed many of tho Government drafts when other wealthy men were unwilling to take such a risk during the civil war The old biimhoaj which Evans had used when he first went to Montevideo was preserved and served as a picturesque craft in the lake which adorned its owners grounds cent sis re- garding whim ait1rnore Newark that Newark and Jersey City age properly und Semite I iiIe Ii iiiiEr of an Iii iientl- ht t Li use Iloverimor hereby te receive Very eitsrat I li out rii 1eio ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ KEROSENETN AUSTRALIA 2xoiiaiyo ReflnliifT IMaiitH o Coma AVItli America Consul General Bray of Melbourne sends to the State Department a clipping from a local newspaper regarding the Shell Trad- Ing and Transport Company of London England Mr Bray says he is reliably in formed that this company has secured sites in Melbourne and Sydney on which It will erect large refining works the product o which will it is anticipated compete very keenly with American oil in those mar kets The clipping reads The mall brings Important advices in regard to the Shell Transport and Trading Company which as has already been stat ed In these columns is shortly to strike a blow at the prestige of American kerosene in the Australasian markets At the meet- Ing held in London on the 21st of June an increase in the capital to 3733000 wa sanctioned The net profits for 18S9 were 1781000 against 1056000 in 1868 Large reserves were put by for depreciation an other 186650 to the leserve fund and an 8 per cent dividend paid Regarding the extension of the business to the colonies and other centres the chairman said In view of the very large supplies coming to us for marketing it has been necessary in the opinion of the directors to widely extend the field of the companys operations and accordingly arrangements have been concluded to extend the business to many new ports in China and we still hope that in spite of the trouble now pre- vailing there we shall see the companys oil retailed in the streets of Pekin before the end of the year It Is a matter of congratulation to the directors that they have been able to conclude arrangements with Messrs Julius Welt to act as their agents in the Cape this firm possessing unrivaled distributing media and as soon as the war is over installations will DC erected at the principal towns in the col- ony Excellent twites have been secured in Melbourne and Sydney and arrangements have also been made to extend this corn panys business to Adelaide Brisbane and New Zealand the quality of the kerosene now being produced rendering it excep tionally suitable for the Australian mar- kets After great difficulties we have suc- ceeded in obtaining permission to erect tank storage at the principal ports In Java and sites have been acquired as also at Zanzibar and Mombassa The sharehold ers will thus see that the business is still In its infancy and the directors consider it sound policy to have the companys busi- ness as widespread as possible so that in cede of competition they may be free to choose the most remunerative markets throughout the world in which to place their products Regarding time properties etc of company the chairmans speech contains the following Xo less than S267 000 has been in vested by time company ii purchasing and developing their fields in Borneo V have acquired an oilbearing territory o about 160 square miles in extent and for the expenditure made we have reached an oil production which has exceedct 1000 tons a day and ve have provided and paid for a refinery capable of deal ing when complete with 3000 tons ol crude oil dally Tile actual portion no at work Is handling 2500 tons of oil per week Our local manager prom- ises that by the end of August A bench of stills will be at work when w can deal with 5000 tons of crude weekly and every effort will be made tt complete the other two benches of still already provided and awaiting erection Taking present market Values for the va- rious products of the oil and on scale at which we are working an in come may be expected at the rate oi about 1 459950 per annum By the of August this should be 2019000 an when the whole of the four benches o the refinery are at work the income from Borneo products alone should ex- ceed 48ffirOO per annum This is o course provided that the present supply of oil centimes and markets are found and that present prices for the various products upon which my estimate ii are maintained CANADAS APPLE CROP Promise to He the H r ivifMl litjconl Felix S S Johnson Commercial of the United States at Stanhridge Onto rio writes as follows to the State Depart- ment about Canadas apple crop What promises to be the bat crop in the history of Canada is now approaching the harvesting season ant within the next three weeks the fruit commence to be sent to Montreal prepar- atory to shipment to Europe The export of apples last season wa hardly up to the average the going out from the port of Montreal bein- 2S6Oi barrels In 1S9S the from that port amounted to 333000 bar rels If present appearances areto be re lied upon the shipments this year will Ix double those of last year provided o course there are sufficient facilities o transportation and if the crop will no be such as will bring the price down to figure at which exports are no longe profitable Up to the present time Canadian grow ers have not packed their fruit in shape as would make it attractive an while the apples might be just as good as and perhaps better than the United product the price received for them in Eu rope has been below the figure received fo the latter A shipping man stated thi morning that for anything but early the cold storage on the steamships was no in demand and as this portion of the crop did not find a market abroad to an great extent refrigeration cut a very smal figure Ventilated storage done by of fans and blowers was being gradually and this year a number of th steamships out of the port would it Time steamships are quoting last year rate ou apples the freight to Liverpool be ing 60S cents and to London and 73 cents It is said in some quarters o Canada that the size of the crop is not th special feature but that the quality is be y6iid anything heretofore seen If proves to be the case and if the packers will attend to their end of th business the shipments abroad should h very large indeed Kclcn- Perilous Vessel it Yon NORFOLK Va Sept 12 The Britis1- steamship Moonstone Captain from Sabine Pass Texas September X fo Rotterdam with cargo stranded abet twelve oclock Monday night abreast r Cape Henry Station and rt- mained in rather a dangerous position un- til 9 yesterday morning when was floated by the Merritt Chapman Per rick and Wrecking Companys steamer Cc hey The vessel apparently uninjured pass- ed in the Capes shortly afterward for Point to load bunker coal The steamship struck at 1145 p m twenty minutes later the crew of the Cap Henry LifeSaving Station had time lifeboat and rider the command o Captain Holmes Were on time way to th stranded vessel The wrecking steame Coley arrived at 4 a m Captain Holme and crew remained aboard the steamshii and assisted in float ins her returning ex- hausted to the station at 9 a m The Moonstone has a tonnage of anti hails from London She has a of 1300000 feet of lumber and a crew o twentyone The estimated value of th ship is 60000 The accident is to have been tine to the prevailing amok weather The place of stranding is a dan geroiis lump called Cape Henry Spit I lies 1200 yards off shore and many have struck upon it Fortunately the win was light during time night and the se nearly smooth PuErto Illco Then and XoiV From time Lafayette Inch Journal 1orto Rico had representatives in the Spaiii- Cortes arid free trade vith the mother eosnitr- Thty pay tax to American trust now and have no representation either Pete o Product the crude second oil the end based STRANDED OFF CPE EENLY- LifeSmuvers Prim- a LifeSaving clock Lam- berts vessel < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ CRAIG LAW DECLARED VOID Decision on the North Carolina Stitt mite Affecting Corporations RALEIGH X C Sept 12 Judge Pur nell of time United States District Court here line handed down a decision of great importance The Legislature last year en acted time Craig law requiring foreign cor- porations doing business in North Carolina to domesticate themselves The object was to prevent the removal of cases from the State to the Federal courts There are two cases against the Southern Railroad one by Durham and time other by Durham and time Northern Railway which was part of the Seaboard system The suits were transferred by time South- ern to the Federal court on the ground that It was u Virginia corporation also that there was local prejudice which would prevent a fair hearing Durham and Durham and Northern made motions before Judge Purnell to remand the tases to the State court on the grounds first that the Southern having flied a charter in North Carolina under the Craig law as a North Carolina corporation cannot go into time Federal court second that there is no prejudice against the Southern Judge Purnell refused the motion to re mand saying that It was made first on the ground that this court has no juris diction He holds the Craig law is null and void in that notwithstanding the dec- laration on Its face it is well known its purpose is to affect time jurisdiction of the Federal courts As to the other grounds of the motion that there is no local prejudice against the Southern in Durham the judge says there is positive evidence of such preju- dice and of great influence on account of Durham and Durham and Northern Rail way and their attorneys that the burden of rebutting both these grounds was put on parties moving to remand and they have failed to rebut NORTH CAROLINA CROPS Liif v vnI Ie ItofiortH Kroin Alt of flat RALEIGH X C Sept 12 The crop re- port of North Carolina issued by the Go ernment yesterday for the week ended- i Monday night says nil reports of corres- pondents were unfavorable There was al- i most an entire absence J3f rain during the j week and although the nights have be- come somewhat cooler the days have been cloudless and the sun bright and hot j The maximum temperature was over UO- I degrees during the last few days and the mean for the week was over 6 degrees above normal These conditions have caused a further deterioration in t such crops as peanuts sweet potatoes deli peas and sonic late corn which were ex- pected to yield fairly good crops under favorable conditions Owing to the drought a very small crop of turnips was planted anti many have died after coming up The saving of fodder is nearly oves and the yield is of poor quality and short Fall plowing has again ceased and pre- parations for planting winter wheat oats and rye are very backward A large num j her of correspondents report that springs j small streams arid wells have dried up- i and In some instances stock is suffering for water The consumption of water in some towns has been curtailed by order Cotton is now from onehalf to two- thirds open and is being picked as rap- i idly as the supply of labor will permit In i many sections cotton is open from top to i bottom and elsewhere it is opening so I fast that fields will be picked clean nearly a month earlier than usual The condition i of corn cannot change materially now ths crop is poor The weather was fa- j vorable for saving fodder Cutting and curing tobacco is approach 1 log completion Sweet potatoes peanuts i peas soil turnips wiirall be sborr Spanish peanuts are being harvested In some fields rice is suffering from blight Cut ting peavine hay has commenced Some fears have been expressed that the sup ply of green food for stifck will be short WATER FATVTTNE THREATENED Onlit tuiii Done liy tho lroiuIi ill 3luryliinl FREDERICK Md Sept 12 The long continued drought and excessive heat which have prevailed in Frederick County are doing great damage Vegetation of kind is shriveling up The peaches have not attained their natural size and are devoid of flavor on account of time heat The grape crop has been also greatly lam aged The fall pastures arc dried up the streams and wells are drying up ir the country Farmers in many are compelled to drive their stork to dis- tant points to get water Many of the country mills have compelled to close down and the are purchasing flour to supply their trade On account of the excessive heat and drought said a prominent merchant today unless Frederick County is with a heavy rain in time next week or days the city will he confronted with t serious water famine Many people are aware of the condition of the citys water supply are becoming much over the situation and are making iiicrn ing and evening visits to the to observe their condition The large reservoir which is twenty feet deep holds G000000 gallons while the small one holds only gallons They have both been falling several weeks until now the large one only seven feet of water in it about fiv feet of whici is shove the pipe carries the water for domestic purposes The city consumes about 750000 of water a day at this season of the year I OUSTED BY THE TRUST AVorUmeii Trying to Start a Stce- 3IilI in CiiuiIerlaiKl CUMBERLAND Md Sept 12 Forme- employes of the Cumberland Steel and plate Company whose plant here was re cently absorbed and closed by the Stec Trust hnve started a move toward th erection of a new plant here They hav raised 5000 toward such a plant It i estimated that 15000 would be sufficien to start a small mill The promoters are men of laije ex- perience They purpose to manufacture highgrade tool steel which is always ii demand Many of the men who thrown out of work by the shutting of the steel mill own their homes here am are averse to leaving CURRENT RUMOR Helping Him Out From tIme Philadelphia Tress Grspfotor Hansr I left my jweketboolh- cwnfr mind I havent a ponuy in my clothes Say IcrrJ me a ilvt will you Ill return it tamer Phosy 111 do better Heres a nickel yom can ro Iipme und get your pocketbook TooTrne From tIme New York Weekly Jack Im tliirety Com3 in hero anti Ill orilc- a bottle of champagne Oeorvre Id rather have hirer lack So would L hut I havent a cent H- ccslcr to get trusted for champagne than beer Ai the Sonsirtc From thcr Boston Transcript Resort hotelkeeper Any guests in this even- ngsi train Bus driver Xobody to speak of Only a sir- lc trunk woman and a grip gent Where did vqu Sunday oil miami I Sunday I Kabljatlicd Certainly FnSin Life V uisrran who will not ctiin lior ivill almost love oiuct her for she knows ot remembrance I I Purl State I nec- essarily I very I I all antI I Tin- S 1 1 r t f is lit row 1 f S r S a a 12jloDntc- t lrnnm the B tromt Jo mmmi- S I di its C a slht- Vcnt to church Inormmiimg and eening I h forgive a immari fer huh toe mrmvmrg a C hat ma Cli Il ii a scare ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > > NOTES OF THE DAY TIme i l n Ier cats dried fish and latter jut Are eat bread and butter j- X Qndieatc in Philadelphia is trying to ccrM time entire canH Cover crop of I ng Slisriocarics in China have canceled orfsrs for 103000 religious hooka elect the trouble bfgan Captain Bogardus tin rifle shot is traveling over Kansas Kiiicturin the eagle on halfdollar coins ft Berlin kid nearly a million visitors while Vienna hai only 387620 ami Hamburg 2780CO Laborers are so scarps in Switzerland that they have to be imported not only from Italy Inifc Bohemia and Silesia As late as the year 1STO dcxeland population of only 1070 TIme population Inthat year of Cincinnati vaa 21831 l r Six years ago were only five clubs in the Vnited Jolt Association Now there see 5 associate and 225 allied clubs One of the features of time Labor Day celehra11 lion at Ltaveiiworlh Kan was that fa inna- Miperintetulsnt uSing at the head of his SO- OstriEing miner About 20008000 artificial teeth are waite an- nually in time United States and of thus mnuficr nearly onehalf are turrvcd out by a tingle man- ufacturer in New York city A VUsourian touring Europe visitrd time nice track at Bs dfnHaden amid won over SSWO from bookies They were so inratjcil that timeS had him arrested and fined for crossing the track The University of California announces rentS of instruction in Japanese and Chinese two of the most important of the languages has re- cently become desirable for nuny Amcrienns to learn Jn a London Club recently a member of tile Chinese Emhawy came in to lunchfon Thom it is slated all the jneiiib rs of the club who were time liininsroour arrxe amid left time apart HkMlt Colonel Girarcl of XcucbaicI Switzerland on one and the same day celebrated his eigthielh- Withday Ills golden wedding the silver of his daughter anil the marriage of a grand flaiigliter A negro in jail at Freehold X J charged murder is a hoodoo Sit of the forir of those who ham testified against him three are dead and time oth r was recently knocked inserii bbs and ipbI Sboukc pr in Iondin att delighted with prepuce of nune Americans in the Kg Englkh ai this time then trver happened before mercliants would like t have the rich Yau- jvces renjaiii with thom all the time Ai cnonnoJW mushroom was found in the neigh- borhood of Kiekinannorth England It was p e ty round in and measured nine inches across and twentyseven inches in circumference and without time stem ten ounces So successful has been inoculation apainst eliol- cm among coolies employed by tea planters in India that the natives are now eager for iiniple oprration The planters hare clauses IB their coiirracts issUing fcr inocuTetetl coolits Auctions in Itpan are quietly eondueted Tlie bidding is sevret and silent each person writing his bid on a slip ofi aper semi dropping it into a box When it appears that all the bids are in tie box is opoiied aril the bishcst bidder is named Field Martial you Walden ees Sag lot tIme cam- paign in Chintz is a Uhlans liar divided trio jour squares two Wsck two while with s red healer nd a liar running transersely acrcta ibm drsign The fias is attached to a Cli5ans lance Alaska is a wonderful fi ld for the hunter All sorts of gaiEe are foccd in thut roantry ihe- oc Is and mountains slKHinii with every kiml tij- ammale Bear aim deer aril hid are alHihdant The streams and are fehttmcn- Scent farms furnish a rw occupation for men and a profitable one It Sas already at- tracted a nuinljer of women in England anVI 4ft will only i short time before American vro allen foatl of outdoor Uj will turn to it as they have done to violet larnrin Time intense heat in England has caused p k tration and death not only among men and Ksl minIs hut also among birds A Buckin rliaat shire farmer flfrv strong healthy twrke and only ten air left Of pliMants 4 lam 15S had died in two weeks Time institute for Eastern lausuagcs at Ylsili- voetoii is an iiuftoitaut of inc prosraJHc which RiiAii is rarryiHS oot in Kastenv Siberia Time study of Kartern longuasei Chinese M j it i anu Koieun is all important these lo be undenakca by tK brightest jrajHls meal ie- local gjmnuM- A Glasgow young man who Ins played a Kttte i- polf in his time but yet spnt a months boii days in St Andrew rr pUy and toot no g s j with him has been invittil to alinw his fo trait to appear in a golfing magazine as t tite- I man who spTit a months holiday in St Aade 3 and didnt play colt i Along the great TransSiberian hallway liac there are sixteen iiuslieal stations Ion the aecominodaiion of 3SI pers 3r There are surnmzr iaart rs with aeAnimodations for S Gf- tjicrsons and winter quarters for tl acconaaicda lion of 450 persons total e st ol buildings amount to 1000X1 J A larp iiujiilicr o the iww French fteld picoes with qulckfirim action art being nsaoMfactWHBdT- as quieUy as possible so as to sprint a surprise ui jn an enemy in the event of watvas J5 ease of the taw rifled 8 ld in hiS jiritrailleiitcs ia 1S70 The moral effect f 8Be50- eurpriscs is tlie thief element of their vslue i A Frenchman hItS discovered a remedy instan- taneous in its efiVrts for the horrible burns case ed by the use of oil of vitrol It U a soft paste Si- ealchied niasncsia and water with whirfc the parts burned se ceverctt to tie tlacjaiess tf inch It alleviates the pain almost imm di Edr sad wiicii paste is removed no sear reiriaisa- Aa Englishman reeeEtly visited in bun cgal Ireland and was warmly received bv them Gcins to b Uy after his arrival lip drop- ped witch int a han 5ome pocket abwe Ms- piiow Not till inominf did he disrover owft vas not a waith pocket at ail but a place Mr holy water j Ked socks ami stockirts aided and alj ttd fcy hot weather continue Their reign of terror ia 3 n loM Kcorsre 31 nn a clerk ed thinrysis year was admitted at St JartlKMHew Hospital suiTerin front a severely poisgned fooC This is time third ca e ttrated in the hospital ill the last two diys In a 11 rases the color of socks vas red i A strcrt fakir in Kentbn Kan did a tbriTii t- examined one of them Then it was found tJaft- i Ivcneatli a strip of gat7e iva a Jaier F nui5tard Whn the wearer perspired a IHiTe- i the nuirartl va moisttncd and s t up btimiB sensation ami the deluded victim believed a cur- rent ol electricity was passing thrpiirh hum I Count WaWfrsee alto lias just railcl for China is like many other German nobles descended from a morgacatic alliance and a nonroyal gen llcvroman lit has the same blood in Ills v gs- as that famous old Prince of Dresden itfip was the foremoit of all the general of Frederick ihe- Creat and who was n te for his extraonHltiury mixture of de otit piety kill ai palling uragiBjtov A martyr to rlnicniaiism Chris 5ercmince tried all sorts of remedirs fn- i Vain Tit oihcr dJj to slloivcd lumscif toba buried in wet sam as a panacea lie assists hw wife in digRin trtneli took off all Ms clothing anil was tovcrcil up to time chin At the request of neighbors a poliea orii r look the man from stIlt a short time would IwVja- iKCit his grave He U now in a helpless tion as a result of his wild experiment Since the last hot tiiell the ciellt sis attacking tlie qncsiion of sunstroke in carri t While Ir Warnwn thinks he lias foimd time anti- dote in lightcolored clothing with a yellow or orange linine a fortiKn sivant pim liis faith to a black lining He draws an argument from tlic black ckin of tIme native of the tropics vIiich- he thinks keeps oil the deadly invisible rays that lie outside the gamut of the fpectnim HU recipe for time tropics is to wear while with blsck underclothing In 1700 the vect pea was introduced into Great llritain from Sicily and on July iO and 21 ac exhibition anti confemice was nt time Crjstal Ialace in London to celebrate the bicentcnair ny same English authorities mimi claimed that two forma laying general relalionshii to each other were ie from Sicily KTjd the ether from Ceylon The Ins lory and seller ilevslopment of tIc flower were diicuiced and a japer rad describing its cut tut and dtvcloprnent in tie lTnitetl States hell tint hung in the Alamo st time ttm- f its capture and massacre of its g ii dkcovcretl at a sale of old iron in Dio last neck Miss Adina lj Zaoclia of lwt ei y President ot tl Dauglittrs ot the ItfpuWic trf- Tcras bought the rciic which will be plactd in Alamo liril is eirliteen inchrs liigb fourteen inches in diameter anti weighs aboiit- thirtyfive pouinls The date 1TTS Is engray- cd on it together with time word Ante Tiio anti time Spanish coat firma The cJspj frr- ti the hell isiuisaing Tlip awarding of a prize medal stttlui3Ks- poniion for arid excellence K r- manifestrtion that Heurichs Maerzen and S nate are the licst malt and hop beverages hr wtl lIner Arlingtmi TJottling Co for a ta ol prize jnedal beer is lit lilac last uar limb id a lie the I which it ill vtlmhiim with i I the city Time shape weighed the amid run a vcry iura CS we lie had Eel other part amid ate S i with hospitals lIlt these lit gOt amid the n tIme fri tmii bet hii Lucre itle stat lii the whirl iitihivut tile lttiiii elihitg tkctnic Islie iltOil IOiiitl5C dry I I I hi hello or- t lit I I ill I has been I held r it a i tIme Sir Wet Sin rime San inc ty ansi 0 Cii > ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > < > > > ¬ > ¬ < >
![Washington Evening Times. (Washington, DC) 1900-10-02 [p 3]. · 2017-12-15 · rHE EVENING TBIE WMHM5TB THIS DAY OCTOBER 2 1900 I 3 u t II T ± ii Rational Association Begins Its](https://static.documents.pub/doc/80x56/5f3daebafd17484ab62810cb/washington-evening-times-washington-dc-1900-10-02-p-3-2017-12-15-rhe-evening.jpg)
![Washington Evening Times. (Washington, DC) 1900-06-05 [p ]. · 2017-12-26 · IRE EVENING IBIEa WASffiWION TEESDAY UNB 5 1900 t I LANSBURGH BRO 7aahingtons Favorite Storz SPECIAL](https://static.documents.pub/doc/80x56/5f09f7277e708231d4295c3a/washington-evening-times-washington-dc-1900-06-05-p-2017-12-26-ire-evening.jpg)
