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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
CABINET OFFICERS REPORTS,
The First Draft Written for Them
How They Are Completed.

That a cabinet officer writes his annual
report is a fiction. The report is written for
him. He edits If his eye falls on objection
able matter. then so does his deadly blue
lead. If he happens to hit on a brilliant
idea he jots it down on the wide expanse
OF white paper which intervenes between
the typewriter lines of he ready-made re-
port Very often when he gets an idea
which isn't really brilliant. but which ne
believes to be, he writes that down. too
Then the whole is again typewriter. sent
10 the printer, set up, run off and sent out
as the report of a cabinet officer In order to
aliay the suspicious of the reader, il is fair
10 state that the reason cabinet officers do
hot write their own reports is not because
they lack literary ability. but because thev
nave not the time. Then the cabinet officer
IN all probability gets IS OOO per annum and
the report can usually be written bv a clerk
or III In"nv cases even by q private secre-
ttrS- therefore the cabinet officer c0nsultS
tne eo0d OF the service in not baiuO the an
Ihor or what he claims the authorship of
An abstract Of the report of each hureau
IL maze for the cabinet officer and the COM
plIaton Is eaSilv ACCOMPLISHED
''lS' ~ tH's season Of the wear IL is ono of
tha most nlausihle things IN the world 10
tel an eNDe"tant O. Her 1.-THE Secretary is
- WORK "n N'~ annual report and must not
he interrupte1 "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
TO BE PROMOTED.
Commodore skerrett VIII Probably
Soon he an Admiral

Commodore Skerrett, recently detached
from command of the United States naval
forces at Honolulu and transferred to the
command of the Asiatic station, will be
promoted to the rank of rear admiral by
the retirement in the spring of Admiral Ir-
win, who succeeded him in command at
Honolulu That is. provided his physical ex-
animation by a medical board at San Fran
cisco turns out as successfully as the exam
ination of his moral and mental record.
made in Washington by Rear AdmiraIs Che
rardi. Greer and Brown. The Gherardi
board has not yet submitted its report but
It Is known that nothing was found in the
records to prevent Commodore Skerrett's $
advancement to the highest grade in the
navy. There has been some gossip among
naval officers over the defense of the pro-
visional government of Hawaii made by
Commodore Skerrett to newspaper report
ers on his arrival in San Francisco from
Honolulu, and the suggestion has been
made that his views may place him in bad
grace with the President, who passes on the
findings OF promotion and retirement boards.
As Admiral Skerrett did not critcise the
Presidents Hawaiian policy in any way
this idea nnds no supporters. Commodore
Skerrett has informed the Navy Depart
ment that he will sail for the Asiatic sta
tion November 81 Mrs. Skerrett and her
two unmarried daughters who have been
at Honolulu with the admiral for some
time, are due in San Francisco from the
Hawaiian capital this week and will ac-
company him to Asia, making their resi-
dence with the American colony in Yoko-
hama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
PROGRESS IN OKLAHOMA.
what Will BE shown by the Annual
Report of the Governor.

Ihe annual report of the governor of Ok
lahoma mas not been received at the De-
partment Of the Interior, and active meas
ures are being taken to get it so that the
report of the Secretary of the Interior NAV
not be delayed Gov. Renfroe will state
that no official and reliable census of the
inhabitants of the territory has been taken
since $780, but that commission was an
pointed on the 3Oth of June, 1892, to make
an enumeration, and that said commission
exercised great care in getting approximate
results In 1890 the population of the terri
tory was 90. il6; in 1892, 133 100, and the forth
coming report will put the population at
about 100000. 1t is expected that the great
est increase will be shown in the coun ties
of Payne, Logan, Oklahoma and King
fisher. but Canadian and Cleveland counties
will make a good showing. Beaver county
has made vast strides in the march of pro-
gress. The population will be sweled by
the inclusion of the Usage, Pawnee, Kansas
Otoe. Missouri Tonkawa, kickapoo Wich-
ita, kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians
All of these tribes are strongly represented
The report will dwell on the amount of tax
able property in the territory, on banks and
banking. on commercial and railroad enter
prises. schools, farm products. stock rails
ing. mining, forestry. settlement of lands
purchase of Indian reservations. labor, leg
islation and survey of the condition Of the
Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Treasury Figures on the Income From
These Sources,

These Sources.
Inc advance statement of the Treasury
DEPARTMENTS bureau of statistics shows
tnal the exports of domestic merchandise
tor october. 1888 were valued at SIS sls saa
as compared with $50. s2s e2l in October. 1soa.
a decrease in value of s9l5.sls The exports
or foreign merchandise increased by $40 ms
from n,oSl. 2S2 in 1892. Imports of merchan-
disc show falling off of s20357,76S The
excess OF exports over imports in October,
1892. was $751; 1853 and in October, 1893,
$36, ,044.033
OF the exports and imports for the ten
months ending October 81 in the two years
taken the conditions are very different
there being much less excess of exports in
1893 than In 1892 sl3, ,935. ia I'm the former
year and sf5. .065. .495 in the latter. The total
exports, foreign and domestic. for the ten
months were valued at $3.50. .907 6Ss and in
1892 for the corresponding period s753, Ia, ,0ls.
difference of So. 263. 800
The exports of gold in the month of Oc-
tober. 1898. We're S505,9ls as compared with
$4S4, 80 in October. 1892
The imports in October. 1893. were N,5SS-
937 compared with S,lls330 in October,
1892. The excess of imports of gold in 1892
was 81 634 $50 and in 1898 Sl.07S.0l9. The eX-
ports of silver were S3.707. .422 in october, 1892,
and s., Az, 16S in October. 1898. The imports
of silver in October of the two years were
s., ,494 95S in 1892 and sl.4lS.059 in 1893. The
decreased imports of silver were sufficient
to make the excess of exports over imports
s. O5i es9 in 1893 as compared with So. AGA in
1892. For the ten months the exports of sill
yer showed a marked increase. the increase
being almost entirely of the domestic pro-
duct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
BALTIMORE COMPLAINS.
Discrimination Against That City by
Trunk Lines Charged.

BALTIMORE. Nov. 16-The National
Transportation Association. which began it's
annual session in the corn and flour ex-
change yesterday, was this morning ad-
dressed by Congressman Bellamy Storer
of Ohio. Mr.. Storer Is chairman of the
committee on interstate commerce. and he
spoke of the relations of this committee to
the commercial interests Delegates were
also present from the more prominent COM
mercial organizations in the country.
Mr.. Jerome Carly of Philadelphia made
an address yesterday on the discrimina ton
of the trunk line railroads against Balti-
more, Philadelphia and Boston in favor of
New York in car service and transportation
charges. He asserted that the matter de-
serves the serious consideration of the in
terstate commerce committee.
Mr.. Carty introduced resolution in con-
sCnance with his remarks, and IT was
adopted. The resolution provides for a
committee to ascertain whether the charges
exacted by the failure to charge for
services rendered by trunk line railroads
at certain Atlantic seaboard cities consti-
tute discrimination under the interstate
commerce act and report to the association
at its next meeting.
The committee is as follows: E. P. Will
son, Cincinnati; Jerome Carly. Phiadel-
phia; VIM. $. Young, Baltimore; d. w
Raulet, Boston; d. f. Richardson, Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
THE OVERTIME PROBLEM.
1t Is EngrOssing the Attention of the
Post once Onicials.

An interesting problem with the Post
Office Department authorities is the ques-
ton of the eight-hour law and overtime
since the enactment of that law the depart
ment has been subjected to much concern
and annoyance. To reduce the making of
overtime to the minimum it required not
only the redistricting of the free delivery
cities in such manner as to enable car
riers to cover their routes within the pre-
scribed time, the appointment of many
additional carriers and the curtailing of
routes in sparsely settled districts at some
offices, but also the adoption of and en-
forcement of certain rules and regula tions
10 restrict or entirely prevent the unnec-
essary making of overtime by letter car
riers who showed disposition to loiter on
their routes or We're otherwise delinquent
or Indifferent. The files of the department
are now filled with applications for the
payment of overtime claims amounting to
nearly million dollars. When the depart
ment passed into the hands of the present
administration the problem of overtime
was one of the first to engross its atten-
tion. There was no apparent evidence that
the means adopted heretofore for the pre-
vention of overtime making had had the
desired effect. Reports then showed that
overtime was not only being made but in
large offices was actually increasing from
month TO month. During the present ad-
mln1stration the amount of overtime has
been remarkably reduced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
THE PRESIDENT BACK.
His Hurried Trip to New York Still a
Mystery.
RumOrs That He Has Been Investing
tiOn With His Investments.

The President and Secretary Lamont re-
turned to Washington early this morning,
having left New York on the midnight train
The President remained secluded in the
White House all day and was inaccessible
to all callers, save members of his cabinet.
1t required all Private Secretary Thurbers S
tact and diplomacy to smooth over the
keen disappointment felt by throng OF
official visitors, mostly Congressman, who
have business with the President and are
unable to gain an audience.
RumOrs as TO the Trip.
The purpose of the Presidents surrepti-
tious visit to New York is still mys-
terry. 1t Is hard to believe that he made
the long journey merely for the purpose of
seeing Francis Wilson's nimble capers IN
"Erminie," and the rumor that he went on
account of his health is emphatically de-
MED in all quarters.
The most plausible theory is that he went
to New York to transact some private busi-
ness that could not be attended to in W ash
1ngton, but even that does not seem to
explain why he surrounded his plans and
movements with so much mystery.
"A HumOred Squeeze ON Chicago Gas.
one rumor that was circulated was that
the President has of late been doing con.
siderable speculating and has gone in heavy
on Chicago Gas, which has just suffered a
stump. The one who spread the rumor was
member OF Congress, who asserted that
he had 1t straight that the President. in
connection with E. c. Benedict had been
squeezed for about 100000 in this trans.
action alone.
The story was that he had gone over to
New York for the purpose of effecting a
transfer of some real estate to cover his
losses, TINS being business that he could moi
well do at this end. Coupled with this was
the statement that the President has some
ldrge hoidings in the Broadway syndicate
mainly In the name of Secretary Lamont
and that there has come an emergencv
Whlch renders 1t advisable for the chief ex-
ecuuVe TO transfer some of this stock to
raise funds.
Investing His Spare Cash.
Ihese stories spread today with the usual
rapldity, and were received with varying de-
grees OF credulity. But with all the gossip
that they created, there Is a ground work
OF belief that the President has been in
Vesting his spare cash lately. 1t Is gener-
ally understood that he is associated with
the Lamont-Whitney syndicate that oper-
ates the Broadway and other street railway
lines. and it is hinted that he has been pur-
chasing heavily in real estate in New York
and the vicinity.
The Presidents manner as he drove to
the White House this morning from the
station did not indicate that he had re-
Gently suffered any great disappointment.
1t is said that he was rather more merry
than customary.
At all events the President is back, and
the real object of his trip remains, so far
as official information goes, mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
HE Is A MENACE.
An Escaped Forger Who is Wanted
Very Badly.

october IL the Post Office Department
offered a reward of $500 for the recanture
OF James X. Stratton, an alleged despera-
do. who escaped from the Canon City peni-
tentiary on the night of September IL last
While serving a term of twenty-one years
for forgery Thousands of conspicuous cir
culars were printed and some were dis
tributed. Then the department got the
idea that it would aid materially in the
man hunt If it struck off some advertise
ments with the portrait of the alleged Of
fender boldly displayed. and some of these
were also distributed. An unreasonable
percentage of these circulars lie idle in the
department and 1t seems that no effort is
being made TO post them in conspicuous
places Sub rosa, the inspectors from the
start had very slim hope that Stratton
could be retaken. The prison authorities
have also offered a reward of $500 in addi-
tiCn to that offered by the Post Office De
partment. The postal officials seem to
treat Mr.. Stratton with a great deal of
Difference. They are afraid of his evil
genius. The report on which the reward
issued set forth. "that'the liberty of STRAIT
ton is a menace to the department"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
R GISTER ED BONDS.
Amount Estimated to Be Held by Foreign
Owners.
Facts From the Annual Report of the
Register of the Treasury-Recom-
mendatiOns ms to Salaries.

The report of j. Fount TilIman, who. on
the lst of July last. succeeded Gen. w. S
Rosecrans, resigned, register of the
treasury, is just made public. 1t necessar-
lily covers only the period during which Mr.
Humans predecessor held control but the
voluminous tabulated statements presented
contain much informa ton of interest
AS to foreign holders of United States
registered bonds Mr.. Tillman says:
THE term foreign is applied to the ledg.
ers upon which are posted the names OF
owners who desire their interest checks
sent to some foreign country. In a few
cases the owners are American citizens
living abroad for more or less extended
period, but the larger portion is the prop
erty of foreigners. From such examina-
tions as ii is possible to make it is evident
that a large proportion of the registered
bonds owned abroad are controlled by agents
resident in this country. AS a rule the
home of the owner does not appear upon the
bond itself. nor is its location furnished to
the department, except when 1t becomes
necessary to assign the bond"
Amount Held by Foreigners.
In October. 1892 the names of holders OF
registered bonds, who for various reasons
were supposed to be of foreign nationality,
were compiled and found TO amount to
about slssOO.0OO. out of which only 81. $50, ,3o(
appeared upon the foreign ledgers. This
sum, Mr.. Tillman thinks. is much nearer
the truth than the "extravagant guesses
which have oftentimes been made and
printed"
No attempt was made to estimate the
amount of United States coupon bonds
held abroad.
1t is stated that under many disadvan-
tages the labor of analyzing the expense
of each of the great government loans and
the amount of interest paid thereon has
been carried to almost perfect completion,
and II is hoped that within the next month
a satisfactory tabulated statement of the
result will be ready for submission.
Considerable progress has also been made
in classifying the expenditures of the gov
ernment under subjects and catchwords by
the index-card system so as to enable tha
expenditures of the government upon any
particular subject to be ascertained with
readiness.
Inadequate Salaries.
Mr.. Tillman concludes as follows: This
is one of the oldest as well as one of the
most responsible bureaus in this depart
ment being coexistent with the government
ITSELF but the salaries paid to the register
assistant register and chiefs of divisions
are less than those paid to such officers IN
other bureaus
In part, to correct this inequality of nav
recommend that the salary of the regis
Ter, now A,WO, shall be increased to 6 600.
tnat OF the assistant register to 81 200 and
to s2.l00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
GRIDIRONs' TRIP.
Going Down south to Make Things
Merry for Asheville.

The famous Gr.diron Club of this city is
off for another of it's unconventional but
highly delightful outings this evening. This
time the club is going down to Asheville.
~ c., to make the residents of that pretty
place feel perfectly at home on earth. The
Gridiron Club is capable of doing that very
sort of thing, and when the members get
loose it is always a question whether they
are being entertained or are doing the en-
tertaining 1t is usually the latter. The
club will be accompanied by ladies and will
leave at Z O'Clock on a special train over
the Richmond and Danville railroad to
spend three days at the Battery Park Hotel,
Asheville Elaborate preparations have been
made for the reception of the club in that
city, including a banquet tomorrow night,
drive through the Swanannoa valley and
the Vanderbilt estate on Saturday, and a
reception on Saturday night. The mayor
of the city will formally welcome the party.
The club will also make itself welcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
THE COMMAND AT RIO.
Believed That Capt. Picking VIII Re-
main for the Present.

Secretary Herbert is given as authority
for the statement that there will be no i'm
mediate change in the command of the
naval forces at Rio, which devolved on
Capt. Picking of the Charleston when Ad-
miral Stanton was recalled because of his
faux pas with Mello the insurgent admiral.
about a month ago Gossips around the
Navy Department have included nearly
every commander in the navy in their pre-
dictions to who will get this assignment
but the impression is strong that Capt
Picking, as the senior officer present will
continue in command for some time to
come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
AFFAIRS ARE QUIET.
For Wonder In Central America
just at Present

"A cable message received at the Navy
Department this morning from Commando
Lyons reported the arrival of the United
States steamer Alliance at Corinto, Nicar-
aqua, Tuesday. This information signifies
that affairs in Central America are quiet
at last. The Alliance is assigned to the
duty of looking after American interests
on the west coast of that region of fire.
quent internal disturbance and she was
recently sent to San Jose de Guatemala in
anticipation of trouble over the declara ton
of dictatorship by Guatemala s president
few days ago Commander Lyons cabled
the Navy Department that the war bubble
in that country had broken and permission
was given him to return to Corinto The
apology offered by Honduras for firing on
a Pacific mail steamer flying the American
flag i'm the hope of stopping the vessel and
securing a political refugee disposed of the
necessity for keeping the Alliance on the
Honduras coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Gossip as to the Probable Chief to BE
Appointed.

The term of Commodore F. NJ. Ramsay
az chief Of the bureau of navigation, Navy
Department, will expire December l6, and
there is already speculation as to his sue
cession. 1t is believed that he will be his
own successor. but that he will remain in
charge of the bureau only until February
next. when Admiral Benham refires, and
that he will then take that officers place
as commander of the North Atlantic
squadron. Commodore Ramsay will then
have the rank of rear admiral He is
known to desire another tour of sea service
before his retirement and it is probable he
will be accommodated. There are several
applicants for the office of chief of the
navigation bureau. Capt. r. ID. Evans,
naval secretary of the light house board,
is generally regarded as having the best
chance of appointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
COMMODORE GILLIs.
The Only Way He Can Enter the
brazilian Service

An interesting rumor in connection with
the hitting out of war ships at New York
Tor service in the Brazilian rebellion is that
Commodore j. H. Gillis of the United
states navy has offered his services TO
President Peixoto and that he Is to he
placed in command of the feet to sail from
New York in a few days Commodore GIL
lis is on the retired list his last active
service having been as a member of tbe
hght house board. He is just as amenable
10 the orders of the President now, how
ever as he was when on the active list.
How He Can Go.
Star reporter was informed at the NAVY
Department today that the only way that
Commodore Gillis could enter the service of
Brazil was by surrendering his present
commission unless. however, he should OH
tam the consent of Congress If il were
possible for naval officers to participate in
the naval undertakings in Brazil there is
no doubt there would be volunteers enough
to equip a large fleet with capable men. who
long for an opportunity at real active naval
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
Fourth-CIass Postmasters.

Sixty-sfx fourth-class postmasters were
appointed yesterday. OF this number forty
were to fill vacancies caused by death and
resignation and the remainder by removals.
The Virginia appointments were as follows:
Golden Springs, Matte l.. Granham vice
Lima j. Chilcress: GriZzard l.. +. Mason.
van Doren, vice \. G. Thompson, resigned
Eugoy' Il. B. Ross. vice E. D. Perkins, re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16

Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle had q
conference yesterday concerning the Rus-
Sian conVicts recentiv landed in San Fran
cisco. The evidence submitted by the COM
missioner of immigration at San Francisco
SHOWS that some Of the escaped prisoners
are not eXtrahirahle and are therefore en-
titled to land. What is to be done with the
others is still a puzzling question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
4 Decision Rendered.

Commissioner Lamoreux of the general
land office has rendered a decision involv-
ing title to all lands i'll the Great Falls,
Montana, townsite. The decision recites
that the Great Falls Water Power and
Townsite Company is. as transferce of the
lands in question. protected in it's right of
occupancy. This is in line with previous
decisions in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
More Hanks.

Controller Eckels has approved the APP
plications for authority for organization for
THE First National Bank of Montevideo.
Mimi. made by NJ. f. Titus Montevideo.
Mimi, and his associates and THE Cos
hocton National Bank" Coshocton, Ohio,
by T. c. Roche, Coshocton, Ohio, and his
associates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
Appointments Today.

The President today appointed ID. NJ. Kill
patrick of Louisiana to be assistant treas
urer of the United States at New Orleans
La, vice Mr.. Hero, removed, and John ID.
Stocker of Georgia to be surveyor of GUS
toms at Atlanta, Ca, vice Mr.. Winship. re-
moved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-16
Another Operation on Col. Henderson,

DUBUQUE. Iowa, Nov. 16.-Col. Hender-
son, who since his return from Washing
ton has been confined to his bed with
intermittent neuralgia in his amputated
limb and has been unable to sleep, hcs
asked the surgeon to make another ampu-
tation above the knee. His sufferings have
i'm paired his health seriously.