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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
TO GATHER HIS SQUADRON.
Admiral Sampson Will Issue Orders
in Few Days.

NEW YORK, January lit is expected
thatRear Admiral Sampson will issue or
ders for the gathering of the North Allan
tic squadron some time next week. Where
the yearly evolutions will take place is not
yet known. The rear admiral will go to
sea on the New York.
The rear admiral, who is at home in Glen
Ridge, n. j., said today: Il am not able
to tell what the evolutfons of the squadron
will be, but there will be many entirely
new ones, and those that are found most
difficult will be the ones most practiced.
Our signal book has a great many blank
numbers in it, spaces left for the very pur-
pose of being filled in where new maneuvers
are found necessary. Special signals are
always placed in the signal book to cover
special cases that appear to be required.
Off Santiago special signals were made and
carefully planned maneuvers We're arranged
in anticipation of the dash of Cervera's YES
SelS.''
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Senatorial Funeral Committee.
Local Bills Reported and Put on the
Calendar.

Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee today re-
ported to the House substitute bills for the
measures providing for widening 10Th street
northwest and for extending New Hamp-
shire avenue northwest.
Nineteenth street is to be widened forty
feet between Florida avenue and Columbia
road, and New Hampshire avenue is to be
opened and extended between Whitney ave-
nue. and Brightwood avenue, on 9TH street
road. 1t is estimated that the cost of
widening 10Th street will be about $40, 900,
and of extending New Hampshire avenue
about $4,000.
The substitute bills provide that the prop
erty for the proposed improvements shall
be condemned under the old sections 251 to
267 of the Revised Statutes. One-half the
cost is to be assessed against the adjacent
property and one-half against the revenues
of the District of Columbia
Mr.. Richardson had the bills put on the
calendar today, so that they can be called
up for consideration on the next District
day.
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NAVAL STATION AT GUAM.
The President Expected to Issue a
Proclamation

1t is expected that the President will is
sue proclamation in the case of the
Island of Guam, similar to that in the case
of Porto Rico. Arrangements are being
made for the establishment of a naval sta
ton at Guam. Capt. L. Kempff, who has
just been detached from command of the
Pensacola on the Pacific coast, has been Sc
lected as the naval governor of this latest
addition to the territory of the United
States, but the formal order TO that effect
has not yet been issued. In case of his as
signment to that duty Capt. Kempff will
carry the proclamation with him to Guam
and make its contents known TO the people
of that island.
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WHO KNOWS THIS MAN:
He Has Forgotten His Own Name and
Address,

Inspector Boardman this afternoon re-
ceived a telephone message from Chief De-
tective F'reeburger of Baltimore, asking
for aid in trying to ascertain the identity
of caller he had today. About noon "a
young man, from twenty-five to TWEEN
ty-five years of age, walked into the detec-
tive office in Baltimore and asked the chief
to tell him who he is
He declared he had forgotten his name
and where he lived. A coat worn by the
visitor showed that it was made for a man
named Shannon by Mertz & Mertz of this
city. The young man is five feet seven
inches tall, of medium build and wore d
brown suit of clothes.
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Mr.. Carnegfe's Philanthropy.

Mr.. Carnegie's philanthropy has by no
means been confined TO Washington alone.
As long ago as 1879 he erected commodious
swimming baths for the use of the people
of Dunfcrmline, Scotland. A year later he
donated 100000 for the establishment at the
same place of a free library. Bellevue Hos
pital Medical College was presented with
10000 in 1884 for the founding of a histo-
logical laboratory, Mr.. Carnegie in 1875
gave SIe0,oo0 to Pittsburg for a public Ii
brary and in 1855 S250.0o0 to Allegheny
City for a music hail and library and
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s250,000 to Edinburgh, Scotland for
free library. Free libraries have also
been established at Braddock Pa, and at
other places by Mr.. Carnegie for the benefit
of his employees.
Mr.. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline
Scotland. on the 18th of November, 1888.
his father was a weaver in humble cir
cumstances, who, ambitious to raise himself
and family and possessing republican ideas.
cmlgrated to the United States in 1S45 The
family located in Pittsburg Andrew start
ed his career in 1877 by running a small
stationary engine.
He soon changed his plans, became a
telegraph messenger and later an operator
He was rapidly promoted and soon was
drawing salary as clerk to the superin-
tendent and manager of telegraph lines at
the PlttSburg office of the Pennsylvania
railroad. Meeting Mr.. Woodruff and recog-
nizing the merit of the latter's sleeping car
invention, Mr.. Carnegie Joined with the in
ventor in an effort to have the car adopted.
The venture was a success and laid the
foundation of Mr.. Carnegie's great wealth.
He was promoted to the SUPPLEMENTARY
of the Pittsburg division of the Penusyl-
vania railroad, but at the same time join
ed with a syndicate who purchased some
oil property, which cost $40 600, and in one
year yielded in cash dividends over 81, 0OO,-
600 Subsequently Mr.. Carnegie was asso-
ciated with others in establishing a rolling
mill, and from this has grown the most ex-
tensive and complete system of iron and
steel industry ever controlled by an indi:
vidual. Mr.. Carnegie is the largest manu-
facturer of pig iron, steel rails and coke in
the world. Besides directing his great iron
industries he for long time owned eigh-
teen English newspapers, which he con-
trolied in the interests of radicalism
Mr.. Carnegie is a frequent contributor to
periodicals on the labor question and SINH
lar topics and has published a number Of
works in book form.
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Surgeon Smith to Go to Manila.

Acting Assistant Surgeon Arthur 3.
Smith. U. S. A, has been relieved from fur
Their duty at Fort Smelling, Mimi, and has
been ordered to report for duty with the
Sd U. S. Infantry and to accompany that
regiment to the Philippine Islands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14
Tu Purchase Busts of Senators

In the Senate today Mr.. Proctor intro
duced joint resolution authorizing the
purchase of busts of the late Senators
Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont and Daniel w.
voorhees, of Indiana for the building of the
Library of Congress. 1t is provided that
these busts shall be of marble, each bust
and pedestal to cost not to exceed 1,500.
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FOR FREE LIBRARY
Mr.. Oarnegie's Generous Gift Meets Con-
gressional Approval,
Other Philanthropic Undertakings by
ries and Baths for the People.

The Introduction yesterday of the bill to
provide site for the building so generously
promised by Mr.. Carnegie for the purposes
of a free library shows that Congress is
ready to do its part in helping along the
project and from all appearances it is only
a matter of a comparatively short time be-
fore the city will see the work well under
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BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION,

A reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to Is a bona fide one.
1t is easily possible for a news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell Its legitimate circulation enor-
mously, in order to deceive adver-
tisers, by sending out thousands of
papers to newsstands which are re-
turnable. and which are in fact re-
turned, but nevertheless are in
Guided in what purports to be an
honest statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers, however
judge by results and bogus circuia-
lions don't give them.
The family circulation of The Star
is many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper.
Circulation of The sEvening STAR
SATURDAY. January I, ls9s.......35,s4 s
MONDAY, January 9, 1899. 80, ISL
TUESDAY, January 10, 1899. SO, 265
WEDNESDAY, January Ii, 1884,. &c, 3e1
THURSDAY, January 12, 1899. ,sI9
FRIDAY, January Is, 1899. O,A21
Iotal.-. --.-..--.................... 1888
Daily average 81 ,a3I
/ solemnly swear that the above statement
represents only the number of copies of
THE EVENING STAR circulated during
the six secular days ending Friday, jan
uary ID, 1SJ9-that is, the number of copies
actually sold, delivered. furnished or mailed,
for valuable consideration. to bona fide pur-
chasers or subscribers. and that none of the
copies so counted are returnable to or re-
main in the office unsold
J. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
fourteenth day of January, AID. 1880.
JNO. c. ATHEY,
Notary Public, D. c.
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Government Bonds.
Cable to Colonial Possessions

Senator Butler today introduced bill pro-
vicing for a able 10 Hawaii and the Phil.
ippine Islands.
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Grain, Provision. and Cotton Markets

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers, 1419 F st. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thalmann & Co. New York
CHICAGO IanDarv
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Senator Vest today approved the PROPOSE
ton made to have Congress allow the site
at the southwest corner of 9TH street and
Pennsylvania avenue to be used for a pub
lie library building to be built by Mr.. An
drew Carnegie.
Il say with Sancho Panza." said the sem
ator, =" Praise God and ne'er look the gift
horse in the mouth
Mr.. Vest thought there might be consider
able expense incurred in securing q founda-
ton fer library build on the site proposed
but he regarded the location as a good
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10 o'clock His physical strength WAS in
sufficient for him to overcome the malady
with which he was afflicted and death came
peacefully. The death of Mr.. Dingley is a
national calamity. In every part of the
republic it will excite regret and sympathy
and will arrest attention wherever civil
lied man dweT1s- BY his great ability and
learning and by his conduct at the other
end of this Capitol, he had become the I'M
disputed leader of the House of Represent
atives. He was a member of a great inter-
national commission. The death of MI
Dingley leaves great gap. do not know
who will fill it. Into his district his death
will carry sadness to all. For thirty years
he has represented the people of Maine,
and they knew all of his outgoings and in
comings. Their confidence in him was in
so heaped-up measure that it is impoS-
sible to estimate it. This is not the time
for formal presentation of his virtues
but in partial recognition of the loss that
has befallen us, L now move that the Sem
ate adjourn.
Senatorial Funeral Committee.
Prior to the putting of the motion to the
Senate Mr.. Gallinger in the chair, an
nounced the committee of senators who are
to join a like committee of the House to
accompany the remains of the distinguish
ed statesman to Maine The committee is
composed of the following senator's: Messrs.
Frye (Maine), Aldrich Or. l., Burrows
CMich.), Fairbanks Und), Pritchard On. CD.
Berry (Ark). Faulkner CIV. Na.), Rawlins
(Utah) and McLaurin Is e..
The Senate then, at 12:43 pm, adjourned.
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Senator Mnson's Opinion.
Senator Mason said:

SaIu.
There should be no hesitation on the
part of Congress in accepting Mr.. Car
negie's offer of library building for this
city. The offer should be accepted at once
and. what is more, if | had my way. I
would name the library for the generous
donor, for he has been more generous than
any ether gentleman of wealth in the
United States.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-14

Mr.. Hale then said: "A very distinguish
ed leader in the deliberations of the House
of Representatives and in the legisla ton
of Congress has been taken away. Hon.
Nelson Dingley, representative of Con-
gress from the second district of Maine
died in this city last night about haIf-past
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

Real Estate continues very active at
Camden. A. w. Cbatfieild Of Cinoin-
natl, Ohio, who with his family has been
spending the summer in Camden, has
bought the Barrett farm, situated on this
old road to Rcckport. A contractor viii
build two tine cottages tor MIR. Chatfield
st once. Charless W. Henry of::Philadel-
piha has purchased of the F.G. Frothing-
ham estate of Boston the Calderwood
farm at Beauchamp PORT. Next week
beautiful shore road will be laid out.
extending from Bay View street, Cam-
den, way across 3eauohRmp Point, and
entering into Mechanic street at Rock
port. Plans are nearly completed for the
swimming pool, and bids will be sent out
to granite contractors, and If possible,
the work will be completed this autumn.
Camden has picturesque features which
make it one of the most desirable re-
sorts in America.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Hon. James W. Bradbury Is in quite
feeble health at his home in Augusta.
Rev. William Franklin, a returned mis-
sionary from India, with Mira. franklin
is conducting meetings at Lewiston.
Mrs. franklin who was Miss Susie Emma
Bickford of Lewiston. is Bates aradu-
ate, class OF 's3.
Miss Sawtelle, late dean of Colby, is
now In Paris. Miss Sawtelle has passed
the summer most delightfully."- in the Ca
thedral towns of the old country but has
not been too busy sightseeing to prepare
the report of the Educational committee
which will be forwarded 10 season to
reach Materyills before. the second week
In Octobar.
A woman who has spent great deal of
time in Japan says that she has ofte
kept out flowers for an abnormally long
periodl BY burning their stems with a
piece of wood. Not with a match. be it
observed. for the sulphur would be In.
furious to thesdowei. The Japanese say
that The charming process causes the water
to penetrate the stem and to sustain the
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

An adventurous youth at Augusta
has shown much persistence and ingenu-
ity about getting chance to enlist in
Uncle Sans army. The young man pre-
sented himself for enlistment but was
under 20 years of age and had neither
parent nor guardian. Unaer the circum-
staenes he could not be enlisted. but he
did not give up all idea of service. He
went to the PROBATE court and had &
guardian appointed over himself taking
care to have one who would give consent
to his joining the army. With the pa
pers properly filed OUT by the guard Ian
the young man was accepted.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
Augusta. tlnding itself without

Augusta. finding itself without q
pleasure park where the children Car
play, Is tolking of securing from the
State the use of some of the capital
grounds south of the State House. They
are now practically nothing but farm
fields that are kept for the hay that Ii
cut on them, when they are intended fol-
pleasure parks. though they cannot b.
supported as such on account of tho In
ability of the State to furnish funds for
such a purpose. Ihe use of them might
be allowed the city on condition that II
lay them out as a park. Thus the sur
roundings of the Capitol would be I'm
proved, and the city would be benefited.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

One danger. and very serious one, Of
starting war in South Africa. pointed
out by the New York Tribune. Is that the
native tribes may be stirred into an up-
rising against the whites, both Dutch
and British. The latest estimates of the
white and colorsd population in South
Africa shows that in Cape Colony the
population is $40, sl2 white and Ii las. 92G
solored: in Natal, 44,4i5 white and 459.
2ss colored; In Rhodesia. 1900 white
and 100000 colored; In Bschuanaland
5,a54 white and 7,4al coiored; in Basuto-
land. $40 white and 21s. 326 colored; In the
Transvaal, 800. COP white and GAO, $50 col.
ored; In Swaziland, no white and SO, O0O
coIored. and in the Orange Free State.
77,7l6 white and l29,7s coiored. Thus
there are nearly four times as many
blacks as whites In South Africa as a
whole. All the blacks are intensely hos.
tile to the whites, especially to the Dutch,
and have only been kept from revolving
BY fear Of the British. Should anything
happen TO injure British prestige. like a
temporary defeat by the Beers, an upris-
ing would be almost certain, which IL
would cost Thousands OF lives and mill.
ions of treasure to subdue.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

1t is very probable that in casa of war
between England and the Beers the VIC
tory would very SOON rest with the Brit
ish. 1t Is true that in the troubles of
1850 the Beers taught their foes bitter
lesson. But the British authorities and
officers went into that conflict with a
ridiculously low estimate of the chances
of defeat at ths hands of the farmers.
AT MsJuba hill they were taught bitter
Lesson; and there Is no doubt that they
will profit by it.now. The Beers are likely,
on The other hand, to be over-contident
because Of their former success.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

The Boston Globe declares that our
sovereignty over the Philippines twill
imply and mean fair play for all the Fill
pinos OF whatever tribe or name" That
may be trus. but IL the Filipinos
fear otherwise they cannot Be
blamed much. Certainly our
sovereignty over inferior races In the past
has not meant flair play" The Ameri-
ca Indians never got fair play, and the
neg roes though guaranteed 1t in most
solemn manner In the constitution, never
have got and do not get 1t today. They
are deprived or the suffrage which was 40
corded them, not by due process Of law
but. BY. force and fraud. They are deprived
Of the right OF trial by jury and unceri-
moniously strung mp, and sometimes
drenched with kerosene and set on fire.
The natives in Hawaii are not getting
fair play today. Though they greatly
outnumher the whites they have practi-
cally no voice In the government In
view Of these facts, which cannot be de-
MED. how can anybody say that the FIJI
pinos are certain to get fair play? We
are already committed by treaty to pro-
tect the friars in the Philippines in their
vast holdings of land, which accord ing
TO President Schurman OF the com mission
was the original cause of the uprising
against Spain.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

flower. Whatever the reason. IL Is satis-
factory to learn that by charring the
stems of chrysanthemums we may keep
them In good condition for month or six
weeks. II IL a hint worth remembering
when flowers ara SCARCE and dear.
Two former Maine men figured promi-
nently In the stirring Democratic conven-
ton In Massachusetts, Thursday. Charles
Haggerty OF Southbridge. graduated from
Bowdoin In the class of 1881. Colonel A.
.. Drinkwatsr is veteran of the First
Maine Cavalry.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

Opposition to war In the Transvaal
seems TO be on the increase In Great Brit
ain II we can judge from the dispatches.
Most of the prominent Liberal leaders are
openly declaring that there Is no sufficient
ground for war and protesting against 1t.
The sober second thought is making itself
manifest Hence in all probability delay
is likely to be promotive of peaceful
solution. Should gun accidentally go
of In the Transyaal, b owever, all would
be changed. Then everybody would have
to shout that war was the only solution
on pain OF being denounced as traitor II
he did not.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

A British clergyman, Rev. Arthur
Robins by name, booms the war with the
Beers in this manneri
II Great Britain is not ready to draw
the sword and give the signal to her
marksinen To sight" their rifles for ms
tice. liberty, and freedom only because
the crotchety conscience of some "littIe
Highlander" who would dwarf cur
dominions everywhere, calls "halt,
tnen the half-breeds will get first blood,
and their hangmen will find haltsrs for
every tree. Dom Paul. because he Is on
his knees, is not therefore always at his
prayers. With us, II we are to dig up
the prestige that was onoe lost In those
sands, there must be no half-measures
Dom Paul will swim through seas Of
blood upon his belly, psalm singing with
every stomach stroke, and, not the least
bit on color all the while. Mean while
his myrmidons can all do murder at a
pinch, and TO ravish they are not ashamed.
Great Britain, unless she has q BIT Of
1n-de-siecle funk that is bred Of the
Little knglapder. must fight with the
focused forcfs OF one fixed trent, with
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

Any oneswbo had conceived the idea that
the Democratic party had been born
again, and was ready to turn Its bnck on
the past and look toward the rising sun
had zonly to look in upon the Massa-
ohusetts Democratic convention to be
disabnsed Of any such notion. II we may
judge from that performance what pro-
gress the party has been making has been
backward and downward. 10 all the
vagaries soiKthe Chicago convention IL
still clings. ana free silver at 10 to one Is
still the chief cornerstone ofsits structure.
George Fred Williams still rules the Mas
sachusetts branch and the processes by
which he has suocesded In putting the
party into a very small and not very re-
spectacle minority are to be ccntin ued.
Indeed they were continued at this very
convention by depriving the Democrats Of
the various congressional districts of the
privilege which they have always hereto
fore enjoyed and exercised. of electing
Delegates TO the national convention, and
comforting 1t upon the state convention,
packed by win iams and his lisutsnants
with men pledged to do their bidding.
party run In the way that the Massa-
chustts Democratic party is now run can
never command the respect or adherence
of Intelligent voters, 1t will constantly
grow smaller and less respectable.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

The glory of New Bedford as whaling
port has departed; but the industry is by
no means extinct there. The schooner
Era mas just returned from voyage of
twen ty-seyen months in Hudson's Bay,
during which che captured sixteen whales
which yielded 2s5 barrels OF oil and Is, COO
pounds of whalsbone. This makes q
record which has not been equalled for
many years.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

Not the least item OF increase In the
expense of the navy this year is tho high
price of steel. The present prices are
materially Increasing the estimates at sall
yards where ships are building, as we'll
as in the erection of the new buildings
at Annapolis.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

Ex-President Cleveland has consented
to deliver a series of lectures on some
phases of public life before the students
of Princeton University. Doubtless what
he says will be we'll worth listening to.
He has definite and well considered opin-
ions. and one need not agree with them
to respect them,
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

The city of Louisville has got In ahead
Of all the other American cities with the
offer of a home to Captain Dreyfus The
next most entsrprising project will be
for some patent medicine firm to cure
him of the bad ELECTS of DEVILS Island,
and then publish abroad bis testimonials.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

A bitter quarrel which bodies NJ good
to the Republicans of Marylsnd has
sprung up etween Gov. Lowndes and
Senator Wellington, the latter the chair
man of the Republican state committee.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

1t is safe to say that the movement to
nominate General Miles for President
will not have the support Of Ex-Sscretary
Alger.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23

the outstretohsd arms Of her sons--hands
across the sen with thu weapons In their
grasp frcm the lard Of her midday
strength and the land OF the midnight
sun,
Few indeed of the valiant warriors on
tais side of the water 0an equal that.