I THE MQKNlNk OEEGONIAN, 'SATURDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1902.
NOMQNEY
PINCH
Shaw Will Buy Govern
ment Bonds.
1925 PAPER TO BETAKEN
About $20,000,000 Will Be
Put in Circulation,
FOURS' VALUE PLACED AT 1371
fear of the Usual Crixis at Crop-Moving:
Times .Is Removed Beyond A11
Reasonable. Doabt Financiers "
Commend the Plan.
WASHINGTON", Oct- 17.-Secretary
Ehaw telegraphed instructions from Chi
cago this morning to the Treasury De
partment to give notice that he -would
purchase for the sinking fund on Friday
and Saturday, the 17th and 18th lnst, any
United States 4 per cent bonds of the loan
of 1825, and pay for them at the rate of
137 and Interest to date of purchase. The
department will also accept the bonds .of
the same issue until the close of business
Monday, October 20, and pay therefor, on
Saturday, the 18th lnst. This will ;glye
an opportunity for any one to sell at the
same price who may not bo able to make
immediate delivery. Bonds may be pre
sented to the Treasury Department, di
vision of loans and currency, or at the
office of the Assistant Treasurer of the
United States at Chicago and New" Yorkl
In this connection the department
makes the announcement that Secretary
Shaw, "when he was In "Washington last
Monday, secured the option of $5,000,000 of
4 per cent bonds, at 138 flat, and this offer
has been accepted.
WHY SHAW TOOK THE STEP.
Kellet in Sight for Banks "Which.
Have Zcbs Reserve Than Required.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw, who is making a cam
paign tour of this section of the country,
in .referring to the Treasury offer to pur
chase -bonds as announced from Wash
ington, said:
"What amount of bonds will be deliv
ered on this proposition I cannot say, but
I have assurances indicating that the
purchase will aggregate at least $15,000,000
lace value, which will release a. little over
$20,000,000. What few bonds there are are
held either by trust estates that would
not be released at any price, or by those
who need neither the money nor the Inter
est, and prefer to hold the Government
securities. As soon as the Government
becomes a purchaser prices advance.
"Conditions which have made the pur
chase of bonds, advisable are by na"means
local. The September statement revealed
the fact that the banks of Lincoln, Neb".,
which should have had 23 per cent reserve,
had less than 19 per cent, and the banks
of Des Moines, which should have had 25
per cent, have had less than 20 per cent.
While the money for the bonds has gone
largely to Eastern holders, it will very
naturally find its way into all channels
jof trade."
FINANCIERS PRAISE THE PIAN.
All Fear of the Usnal Crop-Moving
Crisis Is Now Removed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. The action of
Secretary Shaw in offering to buy bonds
for the sinking fund to relieve the present
stringency In the money market Is favor
ably commented on by financiers kh ere. It
Is pointed out that the $15,000,000 of 4s
which the Secretary expects to obtain
under this offer will result in putting Into
circulation in principal and interest about
.$20,000,000, which at the late date In crop
moving will, beyond all reasonable doubt,
carry the country safely over the crjsls
which Is annually expected at this period.
Although the Secretary's ;-offer was not
made public until noon today, the Assist
ant Treasurer at 4 o'clock reported to the
department that $8,203,400 had been al
ready deposited in the Subtreasury there.
Of this amount $5,000,000 was in 4s, the ac
ceptance of which the Secretary has had
under consideration for several days. It
is expected by tomorrow night at least
$7,000,000 additional will have been offered
and accepted.
SYNDICATE WILIj SELL BONDS.
afew York Bank"will Turn in ?15,
000,000 Worth of Paper.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. It was definitely
learned at the National City Bank today
that a syndicate headed by that bank is to
sell $15;O00,000 In 1925 bonds to the Govern
ment. The syndicate is made up of the
National City Bank, Harvey Fisk & Sons,
Fisk & Robinson, Farson, Leach "& Co.
and Vermllye & Co. The- Government
having agreed to the purchase tf $5,000,000
at 138 flat, and any amount more of these
bonds at the price named in Secretary
Shawis- offer, $9,000,000 were turned in to
day by the syndicate, and the Tcmalnder
will be put In liter. Some of the mem
bers of the syndicate are turning their
bonds over . to" the National City Bank
for delivery to the Subtreasury direct,
but the Government checks made out at
the Subtreasury in payment wllj all be
made out to the credit of the National
City Bank, which will make the distri
bution among the members of the syndi
cate. Vice-President Vanderllp, of the
National City Bank, has represented Sec
retary Shaw in the negotiations with the
remainder of the syndicate.
INDIAN BOARD ASSAILED.
Oficial Says Members Are Allies of
Grafting; Attorneys. '
WASHINGTON, Oct 17. Lleutenant
Colqnel Randlstt, United, States Army, in
charge of the Kiowa Indian reservation
In Oklahoma, in his annual report to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, vigor
ously asSalls the. Indian Rights Associa
tion and the Government Board of Indian
Commissioners. The attack is brought
out by statements made at the last Lake
Mohorik. N. Y., Indian Conference, which
the agent alleges are misrepresentations.
"It is apparent," says the report, "that
the tlmehas come when the righteous
should, in praying for the Interests of this
agency, pray God to save them from their
friends, tfce Board of Indian Commission
ers and She Indian. Rights Association,
the latter having developed as allies of
grafting attorneys who seem bent on rob
bing the Indians of. the magnanimous pro
visions made for them by the act of Con
gress of June 6, 1900. This has encouraged
the constant demand of Legislators and
Congress that the possessions of the In
dians of this agency be taken from them,
and has engendered the want of confi
dence and distrust which is disturbing the
minds of the Indians, who" -have raised the
question: 'What calamity have we to
expect? "
CADETS OBEY HAZING RULES.
Superintendent of West Tolnt Re
ports oa StHdcnt AJCairs.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Colonel A. L.
Mills, superintendent of the Military Acad
emy, has made his annual report to the
Secretary of WaT. He says that the discipline-of
the Corps of Cadets of the acad-.
emy has been very satisfactory throughout
the year. He makes the following refer
ence to hazlqg:
. "During the year there has been no re
laxation of proper effort to make perma
nent the reforms already accomplished
bearing on the treatment accorded new
cadets by their elder comrades. The reg
ulations governing the subject have been
carefully enforced, and with but one ex
ception that Is worthy of note cadets
have shown a soldierly regard for their
obligations in the matter. The exception
referred to the first under the new regula
tion Is that of a cadet who, without au
thority, made a fourth-claes man assume
a constrained position, and used threaten
ing and abusive language to him. For
this offense the cadet was brought to trial
by court-martial, and being found guilty,
was dismissed. No one conversant with
the progress new cadets now make ap
prehends any ill-effect in training, from
the passing of hazing."
The maximum number of cadets Is 492.
The academic year opens with 471 cadets,
divided Into four classes. One cadet Is
from Costa Rica and one from Venezuela,
As a result of the examination for admis
sion during the year the incoming class
was 118.
The health of the cadets has been very
good, although the barracks have been
overcrowded. The . board of health has
reported that a great deal of malaria has
existed, which was transmitted by mos
quitoes. As a means of improving this
condition, the report says that efforts will
be continued to secure the permanent
eradication of mosquitoes by draining
and filling all, pools and marshes In the
vicinity, and by conveying water running
from springs and reservoirs away under
ground.
Navy to . Take Over Transports.
WASHINGTON, Oct 17. Acting Sec
retary Darling, of the Navy Department,
conferred with Secretary Root, Quartermaster-General
Ludlngton and General
Gillespie, Chief of Engineers, at "the War
Department today with regard to the
transfer of the Army "transports'Hancock,
Lawton and Relief, which are no longer
needed in the transportation service, to
the Navy Department for use as hospital
or receiving ships. Arrangements for the
transfer of Jurisdiction over the trails
ports were practically completed today.
' Hay and Root Meet Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Secretaries
Hay and Boot took luncheon with the
President this afternoon, remaining at
the White House more than an hour. As
surance was given that the conference
was not significant, this opportunity be
ing taken to discuss some pending mat
ters unrelated to the coal strike.
Root Approves Field Gun Desl&n.
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Secretary Root
has approved the recommendation of the
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications as
to the design of the new field gun.
MEXICO DOESN'T LIKE IT.
Clerical Press Makes Caustic Com
ment on Pions Fnnd Decision.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. i7. El Tlempo, a
Je.ading clerical daily paper here, com
ments sharTiy on the decision of The
Hague tribunal In the matter of the Pious
fund. In a leading article El Tiempo
says the court mTght have condemned
Mexico to pay an amount which would
harvo ruined her without hesitation, and
parodies the celebrated phrase, "Lfet-na-1.
tlons perish, but let principles survive,"
as if the future of the country were to be
subordinated to the prejudices of four old
men burled In their studies and. who do
not know through how many years of self
eacrlflce Mexico has had to pass to accu
mulate the sum in question which It In
tended, to use to give increased Impetus
to its progress, but which by a stroke of
the pen It is forced to deliver to Califor
nia Bishops, who, as 'the arbitrators well
know, will employ it in anything but the
.Improvement of the unfortunate Indians
in whose behalf they have claimed It.
El Imparcial, the Liberal morning paper,
comments at length on the decision, which.
It says, "proves that the arbitrators were,
though highly respectable, not superhu
man, although they made a sufficiently
meritorious effort to be Impartial in declar
ing the interest must be paid In silver."
WAR ON BIRDDEALERS.
New York Society Enters Upon an
Extensive Crusade.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. What, promises
to be a lively campaign on the part of
the Audubon Society of New York State
against the illegal traffic In birds and
their plumage has been declared open at
the annual meeting of the society In this
.city. At the close of an illustrated ad
dress on "The Present Demands for Birds
for Millinery Purposes and What the Au
dubon People Propose to Do About It,"
William Dutcher, of the executive board,
read a statement addressed to dealers in
birds and their plumage, in which, after
rehearsing the state and Federal laws re
lating to the protection of non-game birds,
the society warned dealers of its inten
tion to prosecute all violators of the law.
Three thousand copies of this statement,
which Is signed by Morris K. Jessup,
president; Frank M. Chapman, chairman
of the executive committee, and William
Dutcher, chairman of the committee on
laws, have been printed and will be sent
to dealers, Audubon societies and per
sons and organizations Interested. in orni
thology. Executives' Telegraphic Tournament
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. President Roca,
of Argentina, has held a telegraphic tour
nament in Buenos Ayree, communicating
with the presidents of neighboring re
publics, cables the Valparaiso, Chile, cor
respondent of the Herald. At his request
one of the Central and South American
telegraph companies was connected at
Buenos Ayres with the Argentina central
office. President Roca conversed' by wire
with Minister Terry In Santiago. The
line was put through to Rio Janeiro via
Uruguay, and the manager at Santiago
communicated satisfactorily for some
time with Rio Janeiro on the wire with
five repeaters
Great Electrical Power Project.
NEW YORK, Oct 17. Engineers are
Investigating the possibility "of usins
the Susquehanna River for the develop
ment of great electrical power, as is done
at Niagara, and have reported favorably,
says a Baltimore, Md., dispatch to the
Times. Plans for the work have been
completed with the exception of certain
details of hydraulic engineering. It Is
proposed to furnish light and power to
Baltimore and many towns in the north
ern part of the state between this city and
the river, and also Elkton, Wilmington,
Del., and other points east of the river.
Schley Accepts Invitation.
KANSAS CITY, Oct 17. Admiral W. S.
Schley today accepted an Invitation from
the Commercial, Club to be Its guest at the
club's banquet on November 19t which will
be held to commemorate the signing of the
John Hay treaty.
Kroner's Health Falling.
NEW YORK. Oct 17. Cabling from
Mentone, the correspondent of the Times
says ex-President Kruger looks -infirm,
and that the length of his stay in the
Riviera will depend cn his health, '
STRONG IS INSTALLED
EX-PRESIDENT OF U. OF.O. IN. LIKE
POSITION IN KANSAS..
President Hadlcy'Makes the Princi
pal Address, and Many Noted
Men Attend Exercises.
LAWRENCE, Kan.. Oct," 17. Frank
Strong. ex-prc3ident of the Oregon State
University, was today installed as chan
cellor of the University of Kansas. The
exercises were largely attended by "the
alumni, and several' noted educators were
present. Among the representatives from
outside colleges present was President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University
of California. Arthur T. Hadley, presi
dent of Yale, was the leading speaker.
Governor W. A. Stanley spoke for the
state, and Chancellor Strong, following,
outlined his policy. Preceding the Instal
lation was a procession of tho faculty
and students from the main college build
ing, where the exercises were held.
The new hall had been, beautifully dec
orated by the different classes and soci
eties of the. college. There were 2500 per
sons present Hon. Thomas M. Potter, of
Ecabody, Kan., a member of the board of
regents, presided. President Hadley .was
warmly applauded when he arose to
PROFESSOR FRANK STRONG.
EX-PRE 8 IDEWT OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON INSTALLED
CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
"speak. He dwelt upon the purposes of
the American university, pointing out
that the functions were different in va
rious sections of the country. There were
two ideas as to a university; one regard
ing it as a coping stone to secondary edu
cation, and the other as a place for laying
tho foundation for professional study and
work.
"We should ask for the solution of our'
university problem," he said, "not in the
enforced addition pf a German course to
an English one, but in a combination of
tho English, spirit with the German or
ganization. The great thing that the
English colleges have always done, and
the great thing that the best American
institutions .are doing in their collegiate
courses, is to lead the student to value
some other ideas besides the commercial
one. -
"To effect this combination will task the
best efforts of the leaders of American
education, but they are destined to ac
complish it For its accomplishment the
fullest Interchange of mind and ideas be
tween different localities Is an absolute
essential. May the time be not far dis
tant when there shall rise in the world of
education, out of all the divergencies of
thought some man or some men who can
lead -us to the realization of National
Ideals as popular and yet.as profound, as
practical and yet as unselfish, as those
which revealed themselves to the political
vision of Abraham Lincoln."
FIRST STEP TO BEEF TRUST
Company Incorporated In New
Jersey, With 91,000,000 Capital.
TRENTON. N. J., Oct 12. The United
States Packingj Company, which Is under
stood to be the beef combine, was Incor
porated here today with an authorized
capital of $1,000,000. It Is understood 'that
thl3 amount will be subsequently In
creased to $500,000,000. The capital stock Is
divided into one-half preferred and one
half common. The dividends are to be
paid upon the preferred stock semi-annually,
but are not to be cumulative. The
dividends, however, 'are to be at no time
less than 1 per cent or more than G per
cent per annum. The Incorporators of the
company are Horace S. Gould, Frederick
S. Steward arid Kenneth K. McLaren, all
of whom are" clerks in a New Jersey cor
poration agency.
STORAGE BATTERY TRUST.
Trade of United States nnd Europe
Will Be Controlled.
NEW YORK. Oct 17. It has just been
learned, says the Herald, that another In
ternational combination has been formed
In the storage battery business, which
practically controls the patents and man
ufacture of storage batteries In this coun
try, England and on the continent The
deal was accomplished, It Is said, by
New York financiers who visited London
recently to settle the tobacco war. It
was accomplished by the purchase of the
English company controlling the manu
facture of storage batteries, as well as
the ownership of certain patents which
hold good not only In the British- Isles,
but In the leading countries of Europe.
It is said to be- the Intention of the nw
Interests to begin a process of develup
ment work abroad, which will go hand in
hand with the manufacture of 'electrical
machinery. In England, In particular,
and In Germany, there Is believed to be a
great field for development work In the
storage battery. The machinery end of
the enterprise will be looked after by n
Massachusetts electrical manufacturing
company.,.
MILL COMBINE'S BIG EARNINGS.
Eastern Flonrlnpr Concerns Have
Surplus of ?050,444 for Year.
NEW YORK, Oct 17. Advance copies ot
the first annual report of the Standard
Milling Company, the successor of the
old United States Flour Milling Company,
show a surplus, af ter accrued Interest and
organization expenses on bonds, of $655,
444. The balance sheet shows assets of
$15,673,148. These Include the surplus earn
ings of the following: Duluth-Superlor
Milling Company, $349,845 and the Standard
Company's proportion of the Hecker-Jones-Jewell
Company, $359,728.
In his report, Chairman Brayton Ives
statesthat the company owns 24 mills, lo-.
catcd in New York, Syracuse, Buffalo,
Milwaukee, Duluth, Superior and Mlnne-
apolls. As the mills of the company are
scattered over a territory of iSOO miles In
extent, he said, "It has, been difficult to
secure under the receivership- the cpm
munltyfof action whlchls" mosteffectivfr.
Now,, however, each month snafks prog
ress In the direction of harmonious work
ing. Every, effort is being made, to In
crease the foreign trade."
, J. Edward Simmons, William L.,Bull and
Edward Gould, whose terms as members
of the board of vdlrectors expired, were re
elected, at the" annual meeting, and Chas;
P. Armstrong and Ji C. Kllnk.were added
to If, increasing" the number of members
on the hoard to 12. --'
Bis Silver Coinage Sclieme In Deal.
EL, PASO, Tex., Oct;; J.7. The Guggen
heim's have secured options on all the
mines around Parratr Mexico. It is re
ported that they c'dntrol the Importation
of gold arid' exchange throughput the Re
public, and that, the options were secured
in connection with a scheme In which the
coinage of $50,000,000 worth of silver will
form a "part. . ,
Insolvent Brokers Assign.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Theodore Gllman
and WlnthroD S. . Gllman, composlngthe
firm of- Oilman, Son & Co., bankers and
brokers, whese failure was announced
yesterday,- today assigned for the benefit
of creditors, to Bainbrldbe Colby.
LlquorVTrnst Re-elects Officers.
NEW YORK.- Oct. 17. At thex meeting
of the board of directors of the Distilling
AS
Company of America, the Kentucky Dis
tilleries & Warehouse Company and the
Standard Distilling & Distributing Com
pany, held in this city, the retiring officers
In the various companies were re-elected.
. Candy Trust Organised".
ST. LOUIS, JMcw Oct. 17. The National
hCandy Company, composed of candy firms
all over the country, has been organized.
St. Louis will be the headquarters of the
combine. O. H. Peckham, of this city,
was elected president; A. J. Walter, sec
retary and F. D. Seward.vtreasurer. The
combination is now in effect.
LABOR AND MACHINERY.
An Ancient Superstition Ably
Brought to Book.
Minneapolis Tribune.
In the communication Immediately fol
lowing a correspondent of the Tribune
asks a question that has been repeated
every time a. labor-saving machine has
been Invented, and completely answered
as many times in the record of human ex
perience: In an article under the headline, "How tho
Modern Farmer Farms," you say. In regard to
the casollno traction engine: "It looks as If the
sulky and gang plows, which have done so
much to lighten the burden of the farmer,
would "soon be superseded by moro formidable
engines, and the horses that draw them turned
out to grass or sent to Join the cavalry," and
"It Is estimated that with a machine of this
kind one man can do the work of 20 horses,
with their drivers." Counting one driver to
each team of two horses, the average number
used In plowing, the above estimate suggests
the question, Would the nine drivers turned out
ot employment by each Of these machines be
turned out to grass or cent to Join the cavalry
with tho horses, or would they be supposed to
Join the already, too large army of Idle, but
willing to work. Infantry now roaming through
the country? An intelligent answer in your
valuable paper would be quite interesting to a
certain class ot workmen.
What has become of all the men who
used to ewing scythes and cradles before
mowing and reaping machines were in
vented? What has become of the hand
spinners and weavers of cotton and
woolen fiber since the invention of looms?
What has become of the laborers who
used to pick cotton painfully by hand?
What has become of all tho workmen who
used to spend laborious hours In tedious
manual labor to accomplish that which Is
now done by machines with almost tho
speed of thought? If they are roaming
Idle through the country, persons who
want men to do odd Jobs cannot find
them. Never was employment so abund
ant and labor so scarce as In the present
period, when labor-saving machinery has
been carried to the highest pitch of per
fection. After the first Jar of transition, follow
ing the Introduction of a new labor-saving
Invention. Industry and commerce adjust
themselves to the new conditions so as to
i absorb the hand labor set free, and even
to require more. Labor-saving devices
cheapen prodpetion. and the reduced price
Increases consumption, until more men are
required to operate the machines than
formerly worked by hand to supply a
scantier demand. It Is- true of every' -industry
that' labor-saving machinery actu
ally Increases the total amount of labo'r
employed by lowering price and Increas
ing demand.
The typesetting machines, by -which
nearly ail typography Is now done, have
been In use Just about long enough to give
a useful answer to this question. That
Is, the adjustment of labor conditions ti
the new Invention Is complete, and the
old conditions are recent enough to bo
fresh In the public mind. It is the testi
mony of printers that.'thcre Is more work
for their cla&s than before and at better
wages, though one machine docs the work
of several men. The fact Is that the
amount of typeoat'tlng and printing done
has been Increased enormously by the in
vention of these machines. One has only
to note the lavish expenditure of type In
newspapers, books and magazines, com
pared with 20 years ago. to see where the
Increased demand for labor comes from.
This may not be a great blessing to the
public, because much of the matter print
ed is pretty poor stuff; but It makes
plenty of work .for printers, and disposes
of the theory that labor-saving machines
swell the ranks of the unemployed.
About 400,000 larks a year are sent from tho
Continent to the London markets.
WHITE RIBBONERS MEET
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE, W.
P, T.. UBEGINS ITS WORK.
Lady Henry Somerset, World's Frcs
, ident, and R4v. Henry Sanders
Among Notable Visitors.
PORTLAND. "Me.,. Oct 17. With pleas
ant skies andMdeal Fall weather, the
29th annual convention of tho National
Woman's .Christian Temperance Union
opened here today. Every state In the
Union Is represented. The sessions will
continue until next Wednesday. Mrs. L.
N. Stevens, president of the National W.
C. T. U., and vice president of the
World's W- C. T. U., presided. Lady
Henry Somerset, president of the World's
W. C. T. U., and Rev. Henry S. Sanders,
of London, England, are among the dis
tinguished workers present
The convention was called to order by'
President Stevens, who delivered herx an
nual address. Tho report of the execu
tive committee, which contains many
recommendations, was read, and It will
he referred to further In the regular order
of business. Mrs. Susan M. D. Fry, of
Illinois, made her report jxs correspond-
lni conrotow Tho ronnrt ntntprf thnt thfi
ing secretary? The report stated that the
Manila organizer had reported that some
ill will had been engendered by the "Ca
vite victory." The Manila Union has pro
vided for leaflets In Spanish and Tagalo,
and has Its first native woman signer of
the W. C. T. U. pledge, the wife of a
native preacher.
In a letter Mrs. Faxon, the woman's
worker In the Philippines, said there were
three things she had determined to do:
"To get the union' where It will live af
ter us; to get into the schools scientific
temperance Instruction and inaugurate a
system for distributing leaflets through
out the islands."- Encouraging reports
were read from Bermuda, Cuba and Mex
ico. Giving extracts from reports of 18
organizers, Mrs. Frye saldr
Unions organized by 18 organizers 120
Total number of young women's unions 40
Total number of W.s and Y.a reorgan- -
lzed 55
Total active W. and Y. members se
cured 4707
Number of nevy. loyal temperance le
gions 60
Number of new L. T. L. members so
cured 2021
Number of total abstinence pledges se
cured 6920
The state unions among the colored
women Increases the number of state and
territorial unions to 63. Mrs. Amanda
RItchey", organizer of Indian Territory
Union, No. 2, and working under an ap
propriation of the Frances E. Wlllard me
morial fund, organized 71 new unions.
The National treasurer, Mrs. Helen
Morton Barker, reported that the Na
tional W. C. T. U. fund had made a net
gain of $7017 and receipts from the Fran
ces E. Wlllard memorial fund were $4417
more than in any previous year. Pledges
amounting to $1132 for Manila missionary
work had been received, the treasurer
said..
An evangelistic hour was conducted b$
Miss Elizabeth W. Greenwood, National
evangelistic superintendent. Lady Henry
Somerset, president of the World's W.
C. T. U officiated at noon-tide prayer.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Clara
Parrlsh Wright, of Illnols, reported for
the young woman's branch, of which she
is general secretary. Mra Helen G. Rice,
of Massachusetts, gave her report a3
general secretary of the Loyal Temper
ance Legion.
PORTLAND AFTER CONVENTION
Disciples of Christ Convention Will
Be Invited West in 1905.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct 17. Nearly every
seat in the Coliseum was filled when the
firsts business session of the convention
of the Disciples of Christ opened this
morning. The convention proper was
opened with an address by Mrs. J. S. Mc
Cler of Nebraska, who said the pres
ent convention was the largest In the his
tory of tho denomination. Reports were,
then heard. Mrs. Atkinson's report of the
general board showed that 119 missionary
pastors and 71 other missionaries were be
ing supported by the woman's board.
Thirty mission schools with 3000 pupils
are being operated and two new stations
have been opened during tho year In In
dia. The total amount of money raised
last year was $139,004.
'Detroit is seeking the 1903 meeting, and
Portland, Or., is pulling for the convention
In 1905.
The afternoon session began at 2:30 with
a devotional period led by Dr. Rosa Lee
OxeV and Miss Elsie Gordon, of India, fol
lowing which a report from the commit
tee" on India was read by Mrs. A. M. Hag
gard, of Iowa.' The address of the after
noon was delievered by Mrs. W. C. Payne,
of Kansas, whose subject was the "United
Mission Study Course."
A report on evangelistic work In the
United States was given by Mrs. M. F.
Miles, of Cincinnati.
At 4 o'clock a members' conference was
held, presided over by Mrs. Atkinson, of
Indianapolis, the vice-president of the
woman's board. ' At the evening session
half an hour was devoted to prayer and
devotional services, after which Dr. Susie
C. Relnhart, a mlslsonary to Thibet, de
livered an address on her work
In that country. Mrs. Relnhart's husband
and child were murdered and she was
captured in the heart of Thibet, and her
descriptions of those stirring times was
delivered In a most Impressive manner.
LIVESTOCK MEN IN SESSION.
National Association Speaker Shows
Evil to Come From Beef Trust.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 17. The 15th annual
convention of the National Livestock As
sociation began hero this morning. The
convention will close tomorrow night
Three hundred delegates are In attend
ance, representing livestock exchanges In
Chicago. St. Louis. Indianapolis, Pitts
burg,. Buffalo, Philadelphia, Milwaukee,
Peoria, Louisville, Fort Worth, Omaha,
Kansas City, St Paul and St. Joseph.
After the reading of Secretnry Baker's
report. J. B. tolarchford, of Omaha, read
a paper on the beef trust The com
bination Just formed, he said, requires a
capital of $88,000,000 to absorb the prop
erties of the various packing companies.
It will require a profit of $100,000 a day
to pay G per cent Interest on this cap
ital. When they add $100,OOO.OCO more of
watered stock It will take a dally profit
of $250,000 to pay 4 per cent Interest. When
this combination sees fit to begin opera
tions It will practically place a mortgage
on every head of livestock In the United
States. This mortgage 'will have to be
paid by the producers.
Bisr Bankers' Meeting- Assnreil,
NEW YORK. Oct. 17. Arrangements for
the Sth annual convention of the 'Amer
ican Bankers' Association at New Orleans,
on November 11, 12 and 13, have been com
pleted. The programme, which has just
been completed by the committee on ar
rangements. Indicates that the meeting
will be one of the most Interesting in the
history of tho organization.
A number of amendments to the consti
tution will be presented, among them be
ing one for the establishment of a section
of the dissociation to be known as the
Savings Banks section, which shall meet
annually In connection with the meeting
of the association, and to embrace all mat
ters relating especially to savings banks,
with a similar programme and proceedings
os the trust companies section, and be un
der the supervision of the executive coun
cil. Fraternal Union of America.
DENVER, Colo., Oct 17. The Fraternal
Union of America, which 13 holding Its
quadrennial session here, today elected
the following supreme officers:
Supreme president F. F. Roose, of
Omaha, Neb.; supreme vice-president,
John L. Handley; supreme secretary, S.
S. Batty; supreme .treasurer, W. M.
Marshall; supreme" Jphyslclan, S, T. Mc
Dermith; supreme protector, P. O. J3alley,
cf Omaha; supremo guidfe. Eel T. Read,
Hill Rose, Tex.; supreme stowards, P. J.
Mclntyre, of Denver; N. Laser, of At
lanta, Ga.; P. E. Coulehan. .of Boulder;
S. P. Rico, of Dallas, Tex.; supreme
guard, Oscar Floyd, of Birmingham, Ala.;
supreme sentinel, J. E. Trogden, of Kan
sas City, Mo.
REVOLUTION AT AN END.
Haytlan Forces Compel Flrmln to
Flee "From Co tin try.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. The following
cablegram was received at the Navy De
partment today from the Commander of
the United States steamer Cincinnati:
"Nicholas Mole, Haytl. Oct 17. St.
Marie surrendered on October 14; natldnai
forces occupied town peaceably. Cincin
nati arrived at Gonalvc3 Wednesday noon.
Flrmln evacuated Gonatvcs October 15. and
has left by Hamburg-American Steam
Packet Company's steamer for Mathew
bton. Bahama Island, with about 250 ad
herents, leaving no. government at the
place. Have landed force for the protec
tion of American Consulate, and to pre
serve order. The German gunboat landed
forces also. National forces are near at
hand, and it is expected they will occupy
Saturday or next day. All quiet there.
It is considered practically the end of the
revolution. I am returning to Gonalves
immediately. I shall- embark landing
party and will proceed to Cape Haytlen
when affairs are settled at .Gonalves. No
attempt has been made to blockade ports
mentioned In my last telegram (St. Marie
and Gonalves). French cruiser D'Assas
arrived Gonalves Thursday, October 16. 8
P. M. ' MASON."
Rebels nt Gonlavcs Capitulate.
PORT-AU-PRINCE. Hayti. Oct. 17.
The foreign Consuls at Gonalves, the head
quarters of the revolutionists, after nego
tiating with General Nord, commander of
the government forces, have brought
about the capitulation of that town. Gov
ernment troops will enter Gonalves to
morrow, and it Is hoped there will be no
clash with the revolutionists. Detach
ments of marines from the Cincinnati,
D'Assas and Falk are at present guarding
the foreign Consulates there. The Con
sulates are filled with Refugees.
Minister Powell at Snnto Domingo.
SANTO DOMINGO, Santo Domingo,
Oct. 17. United States Minister Powell has
arrived here from Port-au-Prince, Hayti,
on a special mission for his Government.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Minister Pow
ell has gone to Santo Domingo, in order
to lay before the government of the latter
country, the claim for indemnity of the
Santo Domlngoan Improvement Company,
an American corporation, which alleges
that It has been unduly deprived of cer
tain valuable franchises conferred upon it
by the Domingo government.
3IORE QUIET IN COLOMBIA.
Pcrtlbmo Wires Thnt the Interior Is
Entirely Pacified.
WASHINGTON, Oct 17. Replying to an
inquiry by the Colombian Legation here,
Governor Snlazar, of Panama.' says the
report that General Fernandez has de
clared himself dictator of Colombia at
Bogota Is without foundation In fact.
General jrerdomf, who has just arrived
at Panama, and assumed command of the
entire force of Colombian troops on the
Isthmus, says In a dispatch to the Lega
tion that the Interior of the country Is
entirely pacified.
WANTS PEACE TO HASTEN CANAL.
New Commander of Colombian
Troops Reviews Conditions.
PANAMA, Oct 17. General' Perdomo
yesterday notified the foreign Consuls
here that he had assumed the .functions of
supreme commander of the Colombian
forces on the Isthmus as well as those of
Minister of State. In ah Interview today,
with the representative of the Associated
Press, General. Perdomo said:
"With the exception of the Department
of Panama, where General Herrera has
his forces, and a few guerrilla bands in
the Departments of Magdelena and Bol
ivar, the republic is pacific. Traders
travel through the country and are pro
tected. Ther revolutionary leaders, Marin
and San Martin, who havey'slven much
trouble, have heen compelled to surren
der. I received not many days ago ad
vices announcing the retreat of the rebel
leader Robles. In the Department of Bol
ivar there remain today Tot more man
700 organized revolutionists. T lave been
very agreeably impressed with this Ameri
can forces on the Isthmus. At Cotn, the
American Consul visited me and w very
kind and amiable.
"As the result of my conversation with
the American Consul I have absolutely
no fear that any difficulty will arise be
tween Colombia and the Americans here,
or the railroad. I think the landing ot
the United tSates marines has been ef
fective in maintaining free transit over
the Isthmus.
"I am a great friend of the United
States and I admire that country.NI, and
all Colombians, favor the construction
of a canal by the Americans, and my sole
object In pacifying the Isthmus is to make
possible the meeting of the Colombian
Congress to consider the canal bill. On
the arrival here of our newly acquired
cruiser, the Bogota, from San Francisco,
and she Is expected shortly, I will concen
trate my forces in this department and
begin my campaign Immediately. The
Colombian government can send 53.000
men here, but 10,000 Is all that I require."
Rebellion Enters Upon New Year.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Three yeare ago
on Thursday the present civil strife In
Colombia was begun by General Urlbe
Uribe in Bucharamauga, Department of
Santander, which town was captured by
assault, and afterward recaptured by Gen
oral Wllllmlzar, then Governor of Santan
der, cables the Herald correspondent at
Panama. The rebellion soon afterward
spread over the republic, and still con
tinues. NO MORE AMERICAN SHIPS TO GO.
Navy Department Concludes One
Vessel Is EiiourIi at Caracas.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. It has been
decided at the Navy Department that one
United States vessel now at LaGuayra,
the port of Caracas, Is sufilclent for the
rresent neuds. The Marietta, the vessel
referred to, might In case of need quickly
send a guard uf marines and bluejackets
to the United Stales Legation at Caracas
If Mr. Bowen desired their presence, and
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" The Survival of the
Fittest"
Herbert Spencer's apt phrase
is applicable to bodies cor
porate as well as individuals.
That at the end of three
quarters of a century the
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Conditions Bail at Santa Mart.
WASHINGTON, Oct 17. The Navy De
partment today received the following
cablegram from Commander Wilson, of
the Panther, now at Colon:
"Montgomery arrived. Condition ' at
Santa Marta bad. Insurgents in small
force, distance about eight miles. Bridges
burned, railway trains stopped; 200 undis
ciplined troops protect the towns; 58 for
eigners; large interests. To open . port,
one side or other must win."
Venezuelan Battle Still On.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. The greatest
battle that Venezuela has ever had Is
atlll raging, according to a cablegram re
ceived at the State Department today from
Minister Bowen. at Caracas. The dispatch
Is dated yesterday, and reads 'v "Fighting
continues at Victoria. No communication
to be had with Valencia."
LIMIT ON GAMIN 3 LOSSES
Millionaires' Clnb Adopts a 8500O-Pcr-Wcek
Rule.
NEW YORK, Oct 17, Millionaires who
are members of the :New Atlantic Club in
Piccadilly will not be allowed, to lose more
than $5000 a week at play, according to
the rules, says a London dispatch to the
Tribune. The club will be icomraon meet
ing place for well-known men and cap
italists on both sides of the Atlantic.
About C20.0CO.CO0 cross ties are nor laid oc
American railroads, and.-00.000,000 new ties art
requtred annually for renewals.
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