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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
0UIo.S TWO HrNDRED CLrBS.

A council OF the executive boards and club presi-
dents i'm attendance an the ohio Federation ~
Woman's clubs at Cleveland met las week In the
assembly hall Of the Chi,tenden. in sor, or
''round table" conference. II was reported That
forfv-two clubs have Joined the federation In the
last year and that now there are N the stat"
more than two hundred federated clubs.
The Department club" was spoken % by Mrs.
Sarah NJ Perkins the wel-knOwn representative
OF many organizations Of women I'm Cleveland Dr.
Anna Law. OF Toledo. also spoke on this subject
The George Washington Memorial commission
convened on Wednesday This body has FOR its
purpose the promoting Of the movement for erect
ing the university 20 long talked about. on
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Brce delivered paper
on the George Washington Memorial Mrs. George
: Nickery, the recording secretary. reported the
distribution In Onto 4 2Io copies Of Mrs Brice's
address given las. year az the state Federation
meeting.
Tn, decorations Of the Assembly Han. whcre the
meetings have been held. have been particularly
striking and beautiful The platform and stair
cases adorned with hnr palms. md along tho
walls OF the Railways quantities OF wntr ana y@l-
low chryrAuthe mums were mass"d. The after
noon reception OF Thursday was held I'm the ~ IN
ua.ium OF the ohio STATE University, whore the
decorations were .i-o elaborate Flags were
largely used. Will tlants hllcd inches and cut
flowers adorned the shtterng tables
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wOuEN ~ NEWSPAPER work.

Good-feuowsnr and happiness characterized The
FIRST meeting OF t1. .rn-on ~ the WOmans Pres =
club held Saturda afternoon ir the Chapter
Room 40 Carnegie liel There was large attend.
auc, of members and their guests. and everybody
WAS glad 10 500 everybody else The programme
for the clubs entertainment was arranged boy Mrs
II IS Perkins and Nile H. : Corradi u included
piters on women in journalism ami war. and what
woman may attain by Mrs Eliza +. Heaton Miss
Marsherita \ Hamm and Mrs. Helen II. Gardin r.
The music wa furnished 10y Heinrich Kungenfc'd
th. violini.t from Cdnadi. Mime. Barry Soprano
and Robert e. Young.
Mrs. Hcatou spoke eNfrmpofan'ou~iv on Litter
af.ir and Journalist She said that the work done
bv women on newspapers vas good from a .ii-
eiary view that she wished more OF b might lie
given to the public. Tint H. that tho women IN
gagged in newspaper work had time To write more.
She thought II women who arc trying 90 write nov
els verse and sketches would enter the Held OF
active Journalism the training gained would be ~
infinite value Tho sam" qualities I'm man that
constitute good newspaper writer gD 10 make a
successful newspaper woman. She bee sen
siilye have fine grasp ~ things as they are. and
be- able 10 express them n language clear and sim
pie Mrs Heaion thinks that ia newspaper office
Il woman finds her niche. she Is either & good re-
porter and remains In the field. She passes
through the training and writes magazine articles.
stories ~ travel or verse. having through her
paper work discoNered that for which she is best
fff.d
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THE NEW BUDGET ADOPTED.
INCREASE OF sl4,OOO0OO OVER THE FIG
URES FOR 1898.
PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES WERE CUT DOWN
$1,000 ls5 ,2-sUMs THE VARIOUS DE

PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES WERE CUT DOWN
sloo2ots5 t2-sUMs THE VARIOUS De
PARTMENTS WILL. RECEIVE
The Board OF Estimate and Apportonment held
a meeting In the Mayors Office yesterday afternoon
for the purpose OF adopting the budget for l~s
The total amount TO be raised ia S352.OS o. but
tn. general fund. IT is expected. will amount TO
about s. 10000 and his will bring the amount
down 10 about sS6O00OO0 The gross total or LAST
wear exceeded 81 10000 less the general fund
which exceeded s. oo0.0Oo making the Increase this
year siOc0.GO0.
In the estimates for the different departments
there is an Increase OF 80 s5 IS In the Finance
DEPARTMENTS estimates for the payment OF interest
debt there il an increase Of N3O2i 5I3 10. making
a total Increase OF sl66l2 $50 Os. The amount OF
the general fund-that ia. OF revenues collected
between this time and the time the budget goes
into effect. and which toward the reduction
OF the budget-will exceed that OF last year II Is
estimated by more than 10000. bringing the In
crease down TO about $liooo.OO
Many OF the departments were cut heavily from
the amounts asked for The Board OF Educe'.on
blt the amount allowed was N.0363Ii II more than
last year which will go toward increasing the SAL
aries Of teachers. The Department of Highways
was cut s. 100 80 but still II SBIoIs 81 more
than il received last year
The following are the amounts allowed 10 the
several departments. Independent OF the sums Tor
the redemption Of the city debt and the payment
of interest the principal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
rRnopN G0NG SOLTN IR0M olNP Wide.

Camp Meade. Mddlsiown. Penn. OF N-Ths
movement, ~ thu soldiers from camp Meade 20 'hs
southern camps T. actually under 1aN. 70 DAY no
nth Signal corps COMPANY. under captain TART
man folded TENS and followed OBJ" NO companies
Of engineers witch started last night for Augusta
Ga For week ten days th' engine - ana
signal corps men VIII live 80 hotels ln AUGUSTA
and Athens Ga. The engineers have been directed
IA make new roads the old roads being reported
I'm bad condition supplies viii be- shipped a. once
10 Augusta where commssary headquarters VIII
ba situated The entire corps VIII be- stationed as
near Augusta possible. A. soon as mo water
plprs are laid the first division viii start SCUM
detachment from each division viii start W"dn"s-
Az 80 nrenarr m. camps Tents vii N" shipped
bS the War Department Tho various 2 men's
were mustered to-day for pay for Oc,o Tho
uavmasiers will begin paying the troops 'o-mor-
row and all will be- paid before they are sent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
TENDENT-AN UNUSUAL NUMBER
OF CASUALTIES

Washington oct 3l.-The annual report Of the
General Superintendent, OF the Railway Mail Ser
vice shows that at the close Of the year there were
sOT4 clerks employed. and that with the closed
pouch and express pouch service the grand total OF
miles travelled in the service 2sj.Jtj. 343 Mat
ter so illegibly addressed to require special at
tention before delivery could he made or which
could not be de.ered a. all. amounted to i3'1".-
1876 pieces for n. year 7.G'j ~ pieces OF which
were returned writers or corrected and for
warded 10 destination. the rest being sent 10 the
Dead Letter ONCE for disposition. The General
Superin endent deplores the fact that the number
Of casualties last year exceeded the reco.d Of any
previous year. though the number OF fatalities
was not so great There were J9I casualties. IN
which clerks were killed - seriously injured
and l46 slightly injured. II Is urged that some
provision be made by Congress for the relief
~ mo families of clerks killed while on duty for
fn. creation OF a railway mail service RELIEF tund
for the benefit % clerks permanently disabled or
killed i'm the line or duty.
The wisdom Of appointing number OF ass staht
superintendent 10 inspect star. steamboat ana man
messenger routes and screen wagon service. super
wise the Weighing OF mails etc. II Is said. has been
made evident by the result ~ their work In the
,sta bllshiug postal stations In railroad stations
and this and other recommendations have been
approved by the Second Assistant POstmaster-tien-
eral
\ statement a. 70 the part the Railway Mail Ser
vice took in the forwarding OF malls 10 ana from
the military camps and the dispatching 81 mails 10
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands Is given and
Il long list OF Improvements and extensions IN the
service shown. .
salaries Of railway postal clerks FOR The year end
ing June 81 1900 and - 2O4 .On for railway post
office cars. ~ tlusiye OF subsidized lines.
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FIRST or NEW TYPE or Gry cARRTAGE.

Cleveland oct 1.-THE Walker Manufacturing
Company has ust .ished the first OF the e.even
carriages FOR the tuiiington-C rozer disappearing
guns for which the contract was awarded 10 u last
April by the Government. tsst shows that every
thing about the big machin" works with inc
smooihness and accuracy Of clockwork ne car
rage being turned in i've seconds The carriage
weighs 1000 pounds and the gun 32eo pounds
Notwithstanding IT, great weight. the gun - 50 Wen
halan ed that II can be- operated by mana " necrs-
sarV When finally mounted, hoWeN"S all ifs move
ments Will be controlled Automatically, TX" pt tns
loading and aiming The gun viii rise by tho
mower OF CONFERENCE.-The and il recoil viii send u
hack again The Walker company expects 10 hnisr
"A carriage every thirty days until All ar" cohpe'eo'
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DIM IMPRESSIONS or HIS wAyDERryGs.
Ex-JupGE DOUGLASS SAYS HIS DrsAPPEARANcB
WAS NOT PREMEDIrATED

William p. Douglass. Jersey citys missing 81.
Police Jusic who returned To his home. No Is
Brinkerhof-st. Saturday night after an alb
sence OF three weeks. yesterday gave out n brief
statement for publication. lie said that the i'm
preston given out by the police al Albany that his
disappearance ceverly planned un-
founded, that when he left Jersey CITY he had no
intention Of going away. lie took pa sage on the
steamboat.to go 10 Albany. but how when he
left the bot he could not remember. He at
tributed his action to insomnia and severe at
tack OF neuralgia. He said he could not remember
all he had done or what places he had visited. but
he had pretty clear idea OF his wanderings. lie
did not consider II necessary, however. TO take the
public into his confidence in these matters they
concerned one but himself. His health, physl-
cally he said. had improved during his absence.
and he proposed to return TO his law business -
soon possible. Au he would say about the state
ments published In regard 20 his financial circurn-
stances that his friends had arranged all
such matters for him. and he should leave those
affairs In their hands.
Mr.. Douglass's legal adviser William r. Mid
lege said that the Judge had a very dim idea Of
his wanderngs far az his family could gather
from his statements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
cJIL SEAVItt REFC " LElGCE PR0TFSTs
ASKS TIE PRESIDENT NOT TO TAKE >NY OF
FIcEs OFT OF THE CLASSIFIED s'.n>l't.

ASKS TIE PRESIDENT NOT TO TAKE >NY OF
FICES OFT OF THE CLASSIFIED srh\l'1
Washington. oct. 3l.--The CIVIL Sc ,'e Reform
League has sent letter The President. express
Ing the nope that he will not. reported in the
public press withdraw number Of places now
hlled By Civil Service methods from the scope OF
the Civil Service rules. The letter says In part;
The League submits for your consideration the
certainty that such changes. whatever their mo-
tive and however pausibly they may oe explained
greeted alike by the friends and enemies OF the
merit system a step backward step the more
significant because ii VIII be the nrst step Dack
ward aVowelly taken by the executive branch Or
fh. Government since the civil Service law took
Effect The merit system In our public adj
miuistration has proved its worth. Experience mas
shown that wherever the hostility OF appointing
or governing officers has not been an imped lment
T. has improved the personnel Of the branches IN
which II had been established and reduced the
public expense while in other branches where me
rule has not been applied the case has often oeeh
notably the reverse.
In the classified force Of the departmental ser
vice AZ Washington alone. during the period from
l>s2 o 1896 the saving effected annually through
increased efficiency has been estimated by the Of
fetal representatives Of the Civil Service Commits
sion al more than S3eOG0 We believe tnat
are now removed permanently from tn" cassi-
fled service will be accepted not Only as a step
backward but proof that the system IL MOI re-
garled By the present Administration "a here ana
here to stay. and Will inevitably awaken doubts az
to the sincerity OF repeated declarations or the
party now dominant In National affairs that the
'4w establishing Il shall DE thoroughly ana honest
IS enforced and extended wherever practicable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
KANSAS STATE FEDERATION.
SOME OF THE CLUBS REPRESENTED AND
THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED

THE SUBJECTS TO BE DlSCt SSfD.
The second annual meeting Of the Kansas sew
enth District Federation OF Clubs VIII he neid n.
Kingman to-day and tomorrow. Delegates anu
visitors will be met the station by members Oh
the Kngman clubs and escorted 10 the FIRST fres-
bvterian Church. where the sessions Will he hcld.
The programme consists Of discussions on the
affairs OF the home. the public school the chuIch
and the problem OF environment Among those
who are to take a prominent part is Belle Neimer
Burkett the president OF the Seventh District red
Grafton To-morrow's meeting Will he opened by
Mrs s r Peters president OF the State Fedora
ton with general talk the biennial MIS-
SaIIle Tolcr OF Wichita. will follow with discus
sion of civcs and literature at the biennial, and an
interesting feature OF the afternoon will be par
lament reporting woman's progress In nome ne
educatio, citizenship Journalism and In this fed-
Grafton
The officers and Board OF Directors Of the fedora
ton are: President Mrs Belle W. Burkett King
man. vice-presidents Mrs. NJ NJ. Carson yelling
ton a1d Miss Carrie Campbell Mead; secretary
Mrs Iydic r. Be;llngs Kingman; treasurer Mrs
= I Davis Lsrned Chalrmen Of committees: Cen
eraI ARRANGEMENTS Mrs. @. w. Wills: Entertain
ment Mrs J. " Cookson; Music. Mrs. Morton
Abaugn: Reception Mrs " NJ Malia G,s,~ic, are.
wichita Uvpatia Library. Astrna. Chautauqua
Alumni Association and Musical club: Newton.
Ladies' Reading circle Art tnIon ana E Tetr,
Kingman. Nineteenth Century, Iwentleth Heh'upH I
and Shakespeare: Hutchinson. Woman -, llp anu anu
Domestic Science; wellington Cary circle ana
Pharos: Sterling. Home Iultur, ana NJ ,,,oodc'
Arena Lyons p. f.. o.. Mcpherson. Biograpnctat
Reading Circle. Harper. Social and study cup.
Pratt. The Coterlc. kinsey. Woman Iun; Ia.
Crosse. Review club: Mulvane. Nineteenth century
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
poEyR4Ir or rHE cHRIST FlcE.

The christ Face in Art AMI 10" u wa ''''
in nature" was the subject OF ch"iI""iN - '-'"
given yesterday afternoon 10y MIS- @t','' d. "'
,,, windsor Two musical numbers. ren''''' "y
Miss Elise I.athrop and Nj sullivan. prece''' the
lecture ,
Introduced by Mr. J Gielo". MIS- h"'"" ''- 81"
her talk with humorous account oi "'' '"'.'''
90, .il..,fng souvenirs ~ travel. which Vouid ialn
have tu.luded the great bell OF the kIemlia nd a
enacc permitted She then grapnlcaly ~ H., D.
-. - nar trlp in $50 phora mmcTgdi J" pa
,,ria and her nm hing ~ he marvellous SION, ~
80, - the Christ face near the scene 81 ne -
sion PLAY description ~ mo reccp, lon ~ li.iS
natural phenomenon hy scientists ana klIsS' "l,n
- az adverse criticism. and a cif-"it hIt
n~s,ric account OF tho different pictures ol IN"
S,,,s, made the lecture one OF unusual lll.'i'''
a, H. lose Of Mrs Bacons talk the stohr Vas
,tec,cd nv her snlience. II IL piecr % nm
80 a vellowish brown tint. snap"l Hh' I" "'s'dn
hear, T, Is one inch long and ihreequat'"ns 81 an
inch broad The 4Gr.ac" Is corrugated MIN u.
Iaos,,ons Of features hut the irregularities cast
shsdoUs and the blending Of light wrn rnese
1880 forms q cameo face with ttArtlins re-
sembance 10 the accepted type Of Christ p'e'ufeA
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CONTRIBUTIONS

The following articles have been sent TO the once;
A work bag OF brown and gold creonne. win va
rious compartments filled with spool ana darning
cotton tape. needles, pins. buttons TWO plnoaiS
and several pieces Of channels. from Mrs Margaret
y Goodnou. Of Salem III Accompanying this
gift was an original verse by the sender; rive
boxes OF candy came from }. AUGUSTUS rec. OF
Willie Painter; three table mats from Mrs ;
Slckmond % clyde. y. Y, reading matter rom j.
r. Mrs T. O. Sherman. OF Nonkers, anu olI"I
7 & : members who have not sent thelt ma me
with the packages; silk pieces came WIsnoE - -
name: pretty pink satin Handkerchief case rom
NJ. r finds OF this city: twenty-five paper-coy-
cred novels and photographs from Mrs' - @
Of THIS city; a box of silk pieces from =. -, wv
linen books from Edna smith OF br E2sNI %
Noreantown y G.. silk pieces from r. =. y. OF
brooklyn photographs Of scenes IN Notdh ,rpT
tnona = Roberts OF Brooklyn and scrap-pictures
and cards from 7 " s. OF Waterford conn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01
REU CROSS RELIEF WORK ~ FIBA.

The steamer san Antonio arrived here yesterday
from cuban ports. She has been USED oy the 'n-
han Relief Committee OF the Red Cross TO carry
s,nulas 70 the Cubans She came here in ballast
and was at once returned 20 h"r owners. Her only
passenger was Colonel X. j. Hinton. VINO went 20
cuba with the steamer TO look after the dlsirihu-
ton OF the supplies Colonel Hinton. when seen at
the Red Cross headquarters, said that he had sue
cessfullv Fnded the supplies az MatanZas after
some delay and that the railroads terminating at
Matanzas had volunteered 70 carry the f"od INTO
he surrounding country free OF charge 10 the SUI
ferug motives. .
j. X Ewe who was in charge 81 the san An
tonic and Or F. W Egan the medical officer on
board did not return with the snip. but after
landing the supplies remained with them. 10 SUI
perintend the distribution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-01

or the Increase OF 81 O36 37l H. there is 1892 90
whi,h will go pay increases In teachers salaries
and to pay teachers This IS about the amount
contemplated by the Ahearn hill. which the Mayor
signed and the Governor vetoed No part OF this
money can be used for Increasing the salaries or
teachers OF high schools or teachers or super
y!sors Of special branches.
The total amount be raised 20 pay interest on
the CITY debt is 81 77S - or the redemption OF
the principal sl2o46osl "a making total Of s23 20,
$40 II will also be necessary to raise VIE Ut2 70
for the Street and Park Opening Fund. OF which
g. 96S 52l - IS for the Elm-st. widening. Most or
l.. is money Is returned to the city from assess
Taking all items into account the amount 70 be
raised for the city of NewYork Is &5.1l0793 49, !or
the county Of New York 81 96l. l0l %; for Kings
County $2326 097 S. for Queens sO3 500 a. for Rich-
mond Sis 2s3 q. making total Of s93 520Os2 o.
The total amount cur from the provisional est
mates was $1,000 ls5 02.
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WILLIAM MONrROSE GRAHAM Chrsatier gener
United States Army) November 30 1895.
COLONEL ". s. WORTH PROMOTED.
APPOINTED BROADER GENERAL ~ THE REGu-
LAR ARMY To SUCCEED GENERAL
COPPINGFR

Washington oct. q The President to-day APP
pointed Colono' " Worth - 'fe if.h i1'artry
In the Regular service. a'l a D. std 'f-g'f' rni IN
the volunteer service To- be a brgtdi'r general n
the Regular Army in place % General 'opqinser.
retired General Worth was vounied a. san Juan.
and will be PLACED on the retired list Immediately.
General Worth probably will be- an nvaih The re-
rnainder OF his fa. He had good Dol or1 in no
Civil War having been br,,eff'i twice frr gallant
ana meritorious conduct H. hAa already f'n' Boo
hi- request for retirement. and this "a Iffh" -
Other vacancy IN Oh. grade ~ tf'rlfl'f iep'
Several applications fOf promotions % ms a.
with an understanding mat retirement - low
have been mad. and %" subject iH n'ln- .rii-
cred by the President Th" officer VINO Dr. ts he'n
selected FOR the permanent rIt"" '- Major 'fn.l ~
Thomas Anderson s.roul lr .NfnmHni - Ma
mia IL viii ~ery, about "a y'ar before r''lrine
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NJ. n " Painter. Of Brooklyn. has sufficient
poIrcE DEPARTMENT Discussed.

Tho Soc,etv for Political study met yesterday
a.,erroon Al the Tuxedo with the announced SUD
,.,, The police Department" for CONSIDERATION
and discussion. In the absence Of the p'es1'"' '''
.e,resident Mrs Sunderl!n Smith took IN"
chair Dr. jessie =. Boyle gave the paper % ''e
oft.rnoon dwelling particularly on the question -
% uhether the hes; results were 10 be oD'd'"e' %!
having on. head 20 the Department. foNI 'o'h'n''
e,oners or an odd number. 30 mat danger 81 d"
deadlock nigh, be happily averied. - '"' '''S'
- rr Roele's talk the society resolved l's'" mo
q corui,tee o. the whole. with Mrs Jackson ~
chairman Reviewing Dr. Bogle's paper MIS- 'a'N
SON thought that police matron- shou" ~ """'
,...rt.r. ~ the force. To the question. wv 10y ho'
h,..e , rosfrou IN every station MIS- Jackson an
.,,.-.d thai arrests OF women were 50 uncommon
,i,at mere. was need VI spending "l'l' 80
rnorev ~ have NATIONS IN every s,a'' ,,, .
i.nI.f the new regime twenty Hr" W'It',', a. 80
49,. annniu,rd bat only Two or three ar " '''
T.. Nv York Thrrc are ilr'r stations d. ,;; , a.,
%cw-York where matfOns nave p'd'"'""'
VI" Ru,.s rsf.,rlng to the allegation NH' 20
lrr,u.n TO ~ lfibts. declared ihat shr i'" ,o 'i
mem for taking money cpnSiH''.hN, Wv .i.,nJ
MA va. A policeman. ana sh" ana per 'i'i'r'' ~,
-, ,norev she should blame MIN u u" Nl iv'
Thi. r,iy.i a series 81 denlrS ON 'ir pa. 90, 49,,
.i..,. ,.oi..d los Miss Hendricks d'cliIHe va '.
society ID must enter al am >. tishoT.s,,
a',,i,riIo anvthirg that siVorcd OF dlsioi's'!.
,frs Anfoiu.f,. Brown blackwell ihoub" ',tt
mr. were two ways % looking At ma ist -"
,ne host YOU can practically. ana Try u" I,t
,ifli. opinion 30 a. 70 elevate p"nlt ,f, III
pt,. l.is4d Or Miles Mrs Rlrgoync. MIS- Hlh'l
',t nor. took part IN the discussion. "i'" Va
',,n,,,.J no by Ms B"dci' IN the dN"inA,l. LATE
r,'"t 4 uollc.mar'~ life Is nor hapI! ON