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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-21
THE CLOSING SESSION
Ninth Annual Meeting of the American
Electro-Therapeutic Association.
Papers Read Today and Call on
the President-TEe Off
GERS Elected.

The closing session of the ninth annual
meeting of the American Eiectro-Thera-
peutic Association was held this morning
in the tea room of Wizards Hotel. This
was the third days session, and the time
has been so pleasantly divided between
business and pleasure that the members
EXPRESS themselves as highly delighted with
the results of the present meeting. They
are especially hearty in their expressions
of appreciation Of the arrangements made
for their comfort and pleasure by the local
committee.
At the session this morning the follow
ing papers were read: Observation-Disclosures
tics in Diseases of Throat and Ear" by Dr.
w. Scheppergrell, New Orleans La; The
Cataphoritic Treatment of Cancer, by Dr.
G. Betton Massey, Philadelphia; "Rheuma-
told Arthritis and Treatment by Sparks ana
New York: "A New Portable Dynamo Elec-
trio Machine for Electro-Therapeutics, by
DR.. +. W. Smith, Terre Haute, Ind.
officers Elected.
The following officers, elected at the ex-
ecutive session last night. were installed:
President, DR.. Walter H. White of Boston;
first vice president, DR.. Percy Hickling of
Washington; second vice president, DIR.
Charles O. Files of Portland, Me-; treasurer,
DR. Richard J. Num- of Savannah. Ga; sec
retary. DR., George E. Bill of Harrisburg,
Pa: two members OF executive councll 10
serve three years, Dr. Charles II dickson
Schayoir of Stamford, Conn. The next
place of meeting Will be in New York CITY,
and the time, September %, % and - OF
1900
This afternoon the members were receiv-
ed NV the President at the White House
and then devoted the balance OF the day to
sightseeing. - Il
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WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION.
Secretary Mexican Changes His Mind
and Says So.

and Says So.
Mr. w S. Mexican, who resigned sec
rotary of the Business Mems Association,
has reconsidered that step and In letter
dated Tuesday last and addressed to Mr..
W. S. Knox, the chairman of the board of
directors of the association, he states: I'm
asmuch as my resignation as secretary,
rendered on the 14th instant was forced
from me by coercion. now notify you and
do hereby withdraw the same. l have en-
gagged counsel and shall insist upon my
rights and will act as secretary of the Bust
ness Mems Association until the office of
secretary has been vacated by a majority
of the board OF directors He requests Mr..
Knox, as secretary and a member of the
Business Mems Association and formerly
director general of the national peace ju-
bilee, ito appoint committee of five MEM
bers of the association to fully investigate
the charges made against me lin relation
to the historical pageant contracD by Mr..
F. K. Raymond"
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Washington Boy Mt Annapolis.

Rufus Saxton Thompson. who was ap-
pointed by the President an alternate at
the Naval Academy from the District Of
Columbia, has passed his examination and
entered upon his duties naval cadet. He
is son of Mr.. ]. G. Thompson and nephew
of Gen. Rufus Saxton, United States army.
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be desirable but that eight hours would
do much good for the workmen Such re-
duction in tie hours of labor would tend to
give employment to all the people in the
trade and would also tend to increase wages
and give more steady employment for all.
He thought the law should be invoked in
order to bring about shorter Workday.
There could be no betterment in the con-
dition of the shoema kers, he said. either in
better wages shorter hours, that the
consumer would not pay for. The margin
of profit is so small in the shoe business
that there could be no increase that does
not come out of the consumer.
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REMNANTS OF LINEN GLASS CLOTH - II
inches wide - blue and red II .
checks-sod from the piece for G0o6M q
1212c. yard Remnant price ONNtSe
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MEMS REGULAR soc. WOVEN CHEV1OT
s$f' sS5fl sS Sa;'s $ ss't
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Il. TO 4-YARD LENGTHS or CREAM GER
Table Damask of heavy dur ~
able grade-soc yard is The regu- u c.
lar price. Remnant price. 70
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5-YARD PIECES OF SANITARY COTTON
Birdeye only small lot that q
won't last the day Cut-per piece II &c
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ABOUT DOZEN MEMS REGULAR soc.
Heavy Canton Flannel Drawers. with double
ssns AND and Hrns %5s s|a6 5 2C
80 only-for. Observation-Disclosures. w
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Eject of Price on Wages.

The constant cheapening of the price of
shoes has also tended to keep down the
wages of the men who make the shoes.
The question is now being discussed wheth-
manufacturers should increase the price
of shoes or cheaper their quality. There
is general desire on the part of every one
in the shoe trade to have the duty on hides
removed as one means to give the trade
more profit. The great bulk of shoes
TO-DAY handled through middlemen. Only
comparatively small part of the shoes are
sold by manufacturers directly to the con-
sumers.
The United States Leather Company was
formed in 1895, and subsequently there was
combination Of beef packers selling
hides. The result was that the packers die
tated he price of hides to the United
States Leather Company, and the latter
company in turn dictated the price of sole
leather to the manufacturers He said the
manufacturers of shoes had been trying 20
form trust, and he regarded it dsad-
vantage to laborers if they should succeed
In doing 1t. Such combination would re-
suit in shutting down some Of the plants
and putting out of work many WOrkmen
who able to make something.
When out of work they would bid against
others who were employed for a chance to
make living. He did not know any man
ufacturer who believed it possible for them
to get together in trust to maintain
prices and uniform rate of discount. Row
they get together and adopt nice resolu-
tons and then go out and cut one another )
Threats by giving low discounts.
Mr.. Eaton described the progress of ma
chinery in the manufacture Of shoes. There
about 100 processes in the man
ufacture Of a shoe.
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Wages Are Poor.

The condition of trade SO far as work
is concerned is very good, while so far as
wages are concerned it is very poor. Mr..
Eaton cited his own case as an illustration
of the trade condition in relation to wages
Eleven years ago he made from SIS to $50
a week, according to the length of time he
cared to work. That in the city of
Lynn Mass. Today on the same class of
work he would not be able to make more
than SO, and probably his wages would
Tot be more than ST.. These figures on the
wages of To-Day We're based on the expert
ence of men he knew. Then, too, where
eleven years ago a man could work eight
or nine months in a year the season is
low shorter on account of the influence of
more improved machinery. The wages of
the men are reduced from 80 to 40 per
cent.
The reduction of wages had been brought
about by various influences. Chief among
these is the fact that shoes today are more
complicated, and it takes a man longer to
make them. while he has not been given
proportionate increase on the work to allow
him to keep his wages up. In the shop in
which he worked eleven years ago there
were but two lasts, one for a broad and
the other for a narrow toe. Now a shop
has twenty-five or thirty lasts and has
also complicated patent leather tips on
ladies' shoes, besides box toes, &c.
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Dents Toothache Gum cures to stay cured Be
ware of substitutes. Druggists. Ice.
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OLD WAYS BETTER
Effect of New Methods on Boot
and Shoemakers.
TESTIMONY OF SECRETARY EATON
Believes That Trusts Cannot Be
Prevented.
FOR A SHORTER WORKDAY

Horace NJ. Eaton of Boston, Mass. secre-
tary-treasurer of the Boot and Shoe Work
ers'. Union. appeared before the industrial
commission. at session in the Bliss build
ing, on B street opposite the Capitol to-
day, and testified at length concerning the
affairs of the boot and shoe trade from the
workers point of view.
They had no strike fund. and strikes are
not given financial assistance by the ma
tional union. They assess the members of
the unions 10 cents week. and it was sup
posed that 06 cents a year would he paid
the national organization. These low dues
bad resulted in a complete failure of the
financial system far as assisting strikes
were concerned.
Most of the aggressive strikes in his
trade We're due to impulse among the rank
and file. and had power been vested in the
national organization to control strikes
many of them would have been avoided.
The late strike in Marlboro, Mass, had re-
suited in failure, and the men
worse off than before the strike. The man.
ufacturerS had taken the position that they
would not do business with representatives
of labor organizations, though they diI not
say their employees should not organize.
Since their settlement the employers had
refused to recognize the union and had
what are called open Shops The manu-
tration in the past, and they had refused
to submit their case during the Marlboro
strike to the state board of arbitration
The workmen proposed to submit their case
to the state board of arbitration, but the
employers declined. The employers pro-
posed to leave the settlement of the trouble
to the clergymen of the town, but the en-
ployes declined to do that. 1t afterward
was ascertained that of the nine ministers
of the town all but one We're against the
strikers. The cause of the strike had been
the posting of a notice in the factories of
Marlboro, Mass, notifying the employees
that they were all discharged. and inform
ing them that they could confer with their
employers as to the terms of their re-em-
ployment.
There are 5000 members of the unions in
the boot and shoe trade in MasSa chusettS
New York, Illinois, Missouri and some in
Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine and New
Hampshire. There are only few MEM
bers of the union in Canada.
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BROMLEY WOOL SMYRNA RUGS. SIZE 80
by 60 and 90 by % finished d n nm
with wool f +, ns g soil . Il ~
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REMNANTS OF YARD-WIDE HOLMES,
in the prettiest patterns shown Il , Il
this ; Ssaso"m , from 70. our reg 03MLCo
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II DOZEN MEMS FANCY SHIRTS AND
Drawers. light weigh, , almost Il IL
every size in the iot.will be closed IT,
out, per garment. at.-........... w
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8 BLACK DIAGONAL CLOTH CAPES. ALL
silk lined throughout suitable for elderly
s$;s ,.s sS' ,s'-s sea' Tf S308
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% LADIES' EXTRA FINE QUALITY CHEvIOT
Serge Safrts-in black, brown nile and navy
s s"snsd al he isaFR' So rs sfif5s SD 40
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RENN ANTS OF ALL-SII.K SATIN AND GROS
Grain Ribbons from to inches wide-m
full line of the latest and most
desirable colors-sold at 19c to O y
25e. yard usually. Remnant S0MlCo
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UMBRELLAS 44C.
UPHOLS TERIES.

FISHERS BEST GRADE CURTAIN SWISS. IN
coin dots and figures-:}G and 40 inches wide
good. useful remnant lengths 20
f fS" . at 's':e: and l'e: -5MtC.
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Another Record

REMNANTS OF NEW DARK FLANNEIETTE,
can S''S put to 's"s'a any that use you AZ@Co
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-13
Announcement.

Mr.. G. W. Brunson, Jr., has sue
ceeded Mr.. James H. Cowan as a mem
Der of The Messengers local staff, hav-
ing entered upon the duties of his new
position yesterday. Mr.. has
filled with credit a responsible position
in the car accountants office OF the
Atlantic Coast Line in this city for the
past two months or more. He is a
bright ana clever young man with some
newspaper experience. The Messenger
will appreciate any favors that may be
shown him.
Mr.. Cowan, who retired from The
Messenger staff on Friday of last week,
has accepted a position as press agent
for Washburn's minstrel troupe and
expects to Join them\ about the 2
instant at Charleston. Mr.. Cowan has
the best wishes of a host of friends in
his new work. Since his retirement
from The Messenger staff last Friday,
Mr.. w. j. Martin, the city editor, has
beer doing the local work withou as
SiStance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-13
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
THE VETERANS ANNUAL REUNION AT
EVANSVILLE, IND.
housing Reception Given McKin-
ley-His Address tn the soldiers OF the
Civil War No Aliusion this Time to
Federal Care of Confederate Gene
teries and soldiers Home.

Evansville, Ind. October II-Presi-
dent Mckinley n his cabinet came
from Chicago this morning to attend
the national. reunion OF the the blue
and the gray. A heavy rain was fall
ing. but despite this. 10000 veterans
and visitors thronged about the rail-
road station and the veterans In gray
dering a tremendous ovation when the
presidential party arrived.
They swarmed about the president
and cabinet officers, cheering n ex-
tending their hands for a grasp OF well
come. At the same time, a presiden-
tial salute of twenty-one guns doomed
from Camp Farragut at the tri-state
fair grounds. This was the signal for
whistles throughout the city to join in.
Owing TO the short stay OF the presi-
dent. the party was at one escorted
by the Cleveland Grays and reception
committee to the fair grounds, where
President Mckinley delivered an adj
dress. The president said:
My Fellow Citizens: 1t gives me
very great pleasure to participate with
you. men of the north and men OF the
| south. in this glad reunion OF hearts
We atS "a 1Sa1 AAA& 1A@ RN@~@
| which Grant and Lee made at Apo
mattox has been kept, not by law or
restraint, but by w n fraternal re-
gard. The MO today rests not on
force, which may fail, but in the hearts
of the people, a union that never can
be severed.
IF l have been permitted in the
| slightest degree to help in the work OF
| reconciliation and u~nification, l will
I aStaann if the greatest honor nf my
| life. When / mad the call for troops
I to prosecute the Spanish war, men
! from the north and the south, without
I regard to political belief or religious
creed, rallied to the standard Of the
union. The best men of h south
F.! came-the sons of old confederate sol
diers. The best men OF the north came
1.-The sons of the old members Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. AL
camet together in heart and hand &c
follow the flag of their country wherev-
er it might lead. We have been recon
ciled-more han reconciled, for oul
reconciliation has been baptised in the
best blood of both sections of our be-
loved country. If a northern soldier
put the flag up at Santiago, a southern
soldier, the gallant Brumby, of Geor'
gia, put it up over Manila. 1t rests
with us to look to the future, putting
the past behind us. And this govern
ment relies upon the patriotism Of tn,
country, north and south, to stand b,
the of the government anC
follow in the pathway of its destiny.
II am glad to meet n greet you
we come together not as we came
third of d century ago., with arms IL
our hands, but with love for each othel
in our hearts,"
At the conclusion of his speech, Pres
ident Mckinley announced that th'
members of his cabinet were presen
dresses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-13
ENCOUNTERED BY OUR RECONNAIS-
SANCE PARTIES.
OUR OUTPOSTS FIRED UPON
Many Instances Of this Kline of War
fare I'm Last Few Days-Rumors of
Attacks Il be Made Upon Hospitals.
Vigilance to Prevent Uprising I'm Ma
nf1a-Admira1 watson's of
Attack Upon Noveleta Differs From
That of General Otis.

Manila, October 10, $40 a. m.-Major
Bell, with 120 picked men of the Thir-
ty-Sixth regiment make a reconnais-
sance yesterday in the direction of
Florida Blancc. four miles out OF Gua
qua and encountered a body OF 100 in
surgents whom they routed, capturing
a lieutenant and three armed privates.
Near Florida Blanco they met another
body of insurgents and routed them.
capturing another armed lieutenant
and n private. Returning with
twenty scouts Major Bell encountered
the enemy a third time. The reconnais-
sance resulted in scattering the insur-
gents in that locality.
The last wv days AVE witnessed
considerable outpost firing by small
bands Of insurgents on the northern
lines. Simultaneous with the affair
near Laloma church yesterday the out
posts Of the American forces at Calico
can, Deposito and M~ariquina were fired
pom 1t appears that the insurgents
in the neighborhood are operating in
bands Of from five to twenty; and 1t is
rumored that attacks are to be made
upon the hospitals. The uprisin- in
Manila will result in vigilance on the
part Of the United States troops.
General Schwan's column er cred
a Francisco de Malabon without op-
position his morning. The FiliDinos
had fled, it is not known where.
WATSON'S ACCOUNT OF THE NO
VELETA FIGHT.
Washington, October 10.-The naval
accOunt OF the attack on NOveleta,
which differs materially from the ac-
count given by General Otis is contain
ed in he following cablegram received
| at the navy department today from
| Admiral Watson:
Manila, October 10.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington.
October 8th, Elliott, with 800 marines,
at request of General Otis, attacked in
surgents outside Noveleta, carried the
outposts and the town, while General
Schwan o Old Cavite and approach
ed Noveleta at right angles. Elliott
| advance effected a junction with
| Schwan ait Novelette,; after resting, he
| returned having accomplished the
most difficult task. highly ~creditably.
| Spaniards found Novefeta impregnable,
| and once lost an entire regiment there.
The Petrol shelled the country ahead OF
| Elliott, but the marines were subject to
hot fire from insurgents. Two officers
and min men wounded, n man since
! died; fifty temporary neat prostra-
| tions. Callao's light draft enabled her
take position whence she effectively
shelled fleeing insurgents. Langhorne,
wounded early while dressing Hills
wound, continued caring for wounded
and sick entire day, deserves highest
praise. WATSON"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-13

Presented With a Swordsby the People
of West Virginia.

Morganton, WA, October 10-Chad-
wick day was celebrated by %, 900 peo-
pie today. The weather was magnii-
cent.
The special train with naval officers
arrived at 6 o'clock and a salute in
honor of Admiral Sampson was fired
by the university cadets. In the party
were Admiral Sampson, Captain Chad
wick and wife, Lieutenant G. G! Marsh
and wife and Commander S. A. Staun-
ton,
When the procession reached the re-
viewing stand it was reviewer by the
distinguished guests n then dis
missed.
The meeting was hen called to or
der by Hon. George c. Sturgis and Gov
ernor Atkinson presented the sword to
Captain Chadwick on behalf of the peo-
pie of the state.
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BOTH EDITORS SHOT,.
Serious Results Of a New Orleans
street Duel.

New Orleans, October 10.-There was
a terrible street duel in front of News
paper Row in Camp street this after
noon, in which Dominick c.. O'Malley,
proprietor of The Evening Item and
a well known promoter of sports, and
G. Harrison Parker, state tax collector,
chairman of the democratic state cam
paign committee, and editor-in-chief OF
The Delta, the anti-lottery organ dur
ing it's existence, were both seriously, If
not fatally wounded.
The trouble is said to have %originat-
ed over a cartoon in The Item last
Sunday representing Colonel Parker, a
little dog being led by a string by Gov
ernor Foster and labeled Me Too"
About 3 o'clock this afternoon O'Malley
came out Of his office accompanied by
PaTson Davies and walked only a few
yards when Parker, who was across the
street conversing with some friends,
turned and saw him. He started to-
wards O'Malley and the men seemed
to know that trouble was expected and
began exchanging 45-calibre bullets,
each firing until his pistol was empty.
By the time the duel was over the
men, who were only about thirty feet
apart, each walked ava to get medi-
cal attention.
Parker received a ball in the side,
which is a dangerous wound, and one
in the shoulder. O'Malley was seri-
ously wounded in the groin and also
received a bullet in the leg.
A newsboy, fully 100 feet away, was
shot in the head by one of O'Malley's
bullets. The boy will recover.
Both men are resting easy tonight,
OMalley has been in several shooting
ARRAYS n Parke wounded Mayor E
A. Perke, then state treasurer, in a IA
/ nous duel in 1882.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-13
TO REPRESENT ENGLAND.
Our Government to Dol After British
Interests in T~ransvaa1.

Washington, October lit is prac-
tically settled that the United States
will look after the interests of Great
Britain in the T~ransvaal in the event
of war. Although Great Britain had
made no formal request for such ac-
ton on the part OF the United States
up to a late lot this afternoon, it is
believed that there is a perfect under
standing to that effect between the
representatives Of the two govern
ments. Mr.. Tower, the British charge
d~e'affaires, had another conference with
Secretary Hill at the state department
today, at which it is believed an I'M
derstanding was reached that the Unit
States would look after British in
tertsts in the Transvaal in case the
withdrawal of the British representa-
tives was made necessary by a decla-
ration OF war.
The United States representatives in
the Transvaal and also in the British
colonies Of Natal n Cape Colony, as
we'll as the conSuls in the Free State,
will befVery busy men in the event Of
an outbreak of hostilities, for, in addi-
ton to the British interests which will
be confined to their care, their first
attention must be directed to those OF
American citizens. These are by no
means inconsiderable in extent and
value. The best information the state
department has been able to gather
tends to show that there are no less
than 1000 American citizens in the
Transvaal and Free State alone, and
these Americans are as a rule men of
standing, representing in many cases
great American manufacturing and
exporting concerns. as well as being
charged with supervision over the in
terests Of American capitalists who
have invested in the gold and diamond
fields to the extent of many millions
of dollars.
London, October 1.-THE foreign Of
flee confirms the report from Washing
ton that Great Britain has asked the
United States to empower the United
States consular authorities in the
T~ransvaal to represent British interests
there during the hostilities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-13
sCHLEY SELECTS HIS STAFF.
To Sail on 25th InSt-To Visit Georgia
in the Mean Time.

Washington, October 10.-Rear Ad-
miral Schley called at the navy de-
partment to arrange with the officials
for the detail Of his staff and some
other matters relating to h assump-
ton OF his duties as commander OF the
South Atlantic station The admiral
asked for the detail Of Lieutenant Com
mander Sears and Lieutenant Wells,
as flag lieutenant and secretary reSpec-
lively. These officers held similar con-
nection with the admiral during the
Spanish war. -.
Guire two weeks time to put the Chi
cago into shape for her cruise, SO IL
was arranged that she should sail OF
h 25th instant Meanwhile, Admiral
Schley has arranged TO pay a visit &c
some OF his friends in Georgia