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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Addresses and other Exercises nj
Meeting in OIney.

A farmers institute was held in Olnev.
montgomery county Friday and Saturday
under the management of Mr.. William 7,
Amoss OF Hartford county director of the
Maryland Institute. Friday evening a ste
reopticon exhibit was given by Mr.. Edward
Van Alstyne of Hudson, n. Y. who deliv-
cred lecture before large audience at
Sandy Spring Lyceum. near by. and SAT.
urday the Two sessions were called at o.
ney IN the Grange Hall, the morning being
CeFoted to a discourse upon dairyinp nv
Mr. van Alstyne. He thought the dairy
men OF Montgomery had reason to he
proud Tor their proximity TO so good a
market as Washington
IN the afternoon Mr.. George Powell also
OF Ne" YORK state. gave a practical talk
upon improved methods of fruit culture Ia
winch he has gradually devoted the whole
OF Z large farm on the Hudson, raising NOT
oIly small fruits, but apples. peaches pears
ptuins, ounces, grapes and prunes
a question box was pleasing feature ot
the meetings, and at noon an abunda nj
lunch was served by Mrs Beniauin II
Miller and number of assistants. the nro.
cteds 10 be used in promoting the TEMPER
ance cause in Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23

ing. cheerful and eXpectant. without any
prospect of an end. Mr. Wilson lost his
eIuahimlty and summoned the clerk, to
whom he read the riot act
don't want to disgrace your hotel or
make any trouble" said he. but. by gum,
II any ddd-Sasted fellow. reporter or any
body else. asks me anything about the
crops while l am in this city, | will slug
MN on the spot. | don't know crops from
. cyclones. | never lived in the country and
wouldn't know field of wheat from a
meadow don't know anything about the
fresIdents policy. and l don't care a rap.
don know whether Guam is in the KIon-
dixie or a ward in Constantinople. and
what more by George, sir, | don't care.
l. you can protect me from these curious
people, send me a Calling gun and a ma
chete, and Ill see if | can't boom business
Tor the coroner bit. Goodnight, sir: send
up rev more reporters and you will see
blood now knee deep in your gilded cor
ridors' "
He waved the clerk away. No more re-
night. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23
AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
fnkin@ Steps Toward the Release of
Spanish Prisoners

Inc war Department has cabled General
GUS, IN command of the military forces in
the fhliipplnes, asking if the Spanish pris-
ohers held by the insurgents have been re-
leased. 1t is evident from this that the
government is moving toward the execution
OF article six of the peace treaty. by which
the United States undertook Ito obtain the
release of all Spanish prisoners in the hands
or the insurgents in the Philippines" and
at Its own cost to return these prisoners
to their homes. There were reports during
the day that the release of prisoners had
actually begun, but Secretary Alger said he
had not been advised of this release, al
though he was making inquiries as to the
situation.
The number of these Spanish prisoners is
considerable running into the thousands
At one time Admiral Dewey reported the
capture of several thousand Spaniards by
the insurgents and one of the witnesses
before the Paris commission testified that
between zoos and 5000 armed SpaniardS
had surrendered to the INSURGENTS Quite a
number of the prisoners are monks and
friarS.
The War Department has not been ad-
VlSed of any change in the disposition OF
General Miller's troops, which at last re-
port were lying before Ioilo, although it is
assumed that he has carried out the project
formerly mentioned by him of landing
them on Guiamaras Island just off the
harbor of Iloilo.
There appears to be a confidence enter
tanned at the War Department that the
status quo can be maintained in the Philip
pines until the arrival of the Schurman COM
mission, a belief probably based on the
character of the instructions given to Cen
eral Otis.
Secretary Hays son, Adelbert Hay, and a
son Of Representative Wadsworth of New
York are going to the Philippines for duty
with the commi ssion. They will be rated a s
clerks to Colonel John H. Page of the Sd
Infantry, in order to warrant their passage
on the transport. This vessel will leave
New York with the Sd Infantry February ..
General Corbin's son is also arranging for
visit to Manila, though he will make
passage by one of the ordinary steamship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23

states government. vii return The present
officials to power nr NOT is hard To prnpE-
eSy.
That the population or Porto Rico az a
whole has serious grounds of complaint on
account OF exec SSlve taxation H. not proved.
But that this taxation Was so distributed
and administered as 20 seriously interfere
with the small. and especially with IA. ua-
tive merchants or planters. cannot he
doubted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23
READ THE INDIAN BILL.
Various Measures Then Passed by the
Senate,

The Senate Saturday afternoon, after
the Nicaragua canal bill had been passed
decided by 33 to q to take up the anti
scalpinS bill as the unfinished business
Senator Cullom gave notice that Friday
he would ask the Senate to consider a res
olution in honor of the memory of the late
Edward d. Cook, a member of the House
from Illinois, who died last session.
The Indian appropriation bill was then
taken up ana the reading continued under
an agreement that no amendments should
be pressed which attracted opposition.
AFTER the reading the bill was laid aside
until today. The House bill to construct a
bridge across the Savannah river from the
mainland to Hutchinson Island was passed.
A Dill TO revlVesthe act reconstruct a bridge
across the Missouri river at Lexington was
passed. 49,
A bill for the relief of Oliver C. Bosby-
smell, late director of the mint for liability
for some gold bars stolen by Henry Coch-
ram Weieher, was passed ongthe motion
Vi MT r.o penrose (Pa:) without objection.
AT 4:3o Pm the Senate went into execu-
1--WE session, and at 4:42 pm. adjourned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23
NOT THE RIGHT MIR WILSON.
-innTN Guest Reads the Riot Act Ate,
Toe Many Interviews.

Pom she chicago Inter Ocean.
There g. ue near being a tragedy at the
Auditorium annex last evening. II all came
about from IN entry on the register as fol-
lows u NJ. Wilson, Washington, d. c."
This entry caught the eyes Of divers and
$ -dry reporters. who jumped TO the con-
cus.au hat This was the Secretary of Agri-
culture. and "a concerted move toward Mr.
Wilson's room began
l. so happened. however. that the Mr..
ttS"H "a, The annex was not the same sir
y iiSeu suspected by the reporters. not the
Secretary of Agriculture al all but a plain
ordinary. unassuming citizen, who crayed
quiet NOR" than all things. But he was
patient and courteous and the first three.
a., four reporters who asked him
about The crops and what he was
going To do for the Philippines. and
how many seeds he intended to send
out this year, and If he thought the
Island Of Guam would cut any great figure
IA the production of corn. and what Presi-
dent Mckinley's policy was. and how poll
tics looked in Iowa, and how he regarded
the idea Of a larger army. and what would
be done with Eagan and Miles were an
swered very Civilly. albeit he notified them
firmly that he was not q cabinet officer
neyeE had been, and never would be- Prov
idence willing.
But as the procession of scribes kept CON-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23
Disorderly Conduct.

The dock in Judge Kimbalrs court had tie
front railing lined with file of colored wo-
men and young men this morning who were
charged with being disorderly early yester-
day morning in house In Navy place.
They answered TO the names of Georgiana
Butler. Samuel Neal, Eugene Duffy, Chas
Wayne. Richard Scott, Lena Duffy and
Phoebe Summers. They all went down TO
serve fifteen days each in default of s. fines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-23

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fore the only one In which
the reader can and the
complete news OF the
world, directly transmit-
ted by telegraph, mp TO
the moment of going to
press.
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New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
DEMOCRATIC SELFCHEATING.

The calculations of the Democratic National
Committee at its session at Chicago would by
themselves suffice, If there were nothing else TO
explain why that party has been cast away a
helpless and worthless wreck. In Its present
hands the party has neither full knowledge OF
facts nor the manhood to face the facts it knows.
When men like Whitney and Hill, German and
Pattison and Thurman were at the helm the
party was directed with a certain understanding
OF public opinion, In some of its tendencies at
least But Chairman Jones declares that the
Republican party was never more unpopular
because Of "McKinley's championship of monop-
olies" at the East, because of Bryan and free
silver at the West and because of anti-expan-
sion and the Solid South. Thereupon list Of
States is given out, sixteen being Southern,
eight being Western silver States, with Indiana,
Kansas, South Dakota and Washington all
counted safe for the Democratic ticket and cast
ing 229 Electoral votes, or five more than
enough. Then IL is added that the party "Ought
"to carry, If they expect TO carry anything next
"year Michigan. Ohio. Minnesota. Illinois, with
wisconsin as a strong probability" II will be
unanimously agreed that on this showing the
Democrats ought not ito carry anything next
year" There is no occasion TO mention the
heavy majorites In these States or the recent
victory in spite Of local divisions in Ohio. The
States named as safely Democratic illustrate
we'll enough the quality Of Democratic leader
ship
Among them is included. for instance, South
Dakota, which has just given Republican ma
jority reported as 5000 in State election and
Kansas. with 1900 majority, in which seventy
out of 105 counties were reported Republican at
changesdrom Democrats and Popusts. Losing
the latter State, Democrats would be five be-
hind. and losing both, nine behind success on
their own calculation They include Kentucky,
which has just elected a Republican Governor
and Maryland where fight Of factions alone
caused defeat of Republican Governor They
include Wyoming, Washington and California,
which elected Republican Governors and Con-
gressmen last year; Indiana and Delaware,
which elected Republican State officers last year,
with large majorties for Republican Congress
men, aud West Virginia. which gave Republl-
can majority for Congressman last year. They
include Nebraska, where Republican gains were
so clear that some Democrats openly charged
the Republicans with getting beaten on purpose
IA order 10 fasten fatal candidate on the Dem
ocratic party. They include Colorado, where
surprising Republican gains this year, espe-
cially in Populist and silver stronghoIds, have
only TO be repeated TO make the State Republi-
can at the next election. party which can
cheat itself with the belief that all these States
are safely Democratic is obviously a political
wreck OF the most hopeless sort.
The root Of this self-deception appears when
democratic estimates regarding important issues
are considered. These intellectual freaks actu-
New-York tribune., 1899-11-24

allv count upon large gains from the trust ISSUE
not In Western and Southern States, where
nreiudices against capital and combinations are
Ntronc but in New-York and other Eastern
States where combined capital has most innu-
ence and where several hundred thousahu
hands employed by new Industrial conpina'io"'
are eniovinq advanced wages. They count upon
n solid South 10 oppose Republican expansion
though II Is notorious that many leaolne nen
and many thousand voters are SUSTAINING INC
Administration with the utmost zeal, ana asso-
oiotod cotton manufacturers are signing urgent
anneals 70 Congress to uphold the President III
sanrr;re vider market in the Orient for their
Goods So strong is the drift Of public opinion
- ,,,orufacturers of cotton and iron and
r,Irors Of iron and coal In favor of the Repubh-
CON economic policy. among bankers and busl-
noss mon in favor of the Republican monetary
ro,,cv and among soldiers and their friends
and the followers of Wheeler ana Lee ana o'hei
Generals regarding the Republican foreign pol
icv that it would not be strange 10 see hepuon.
can maiorities on National issues in several OF
the Southern States heretofore unwaverhg III
Democracy. r..
II takes something like positive genius ior
Numbering 10 crowd into single estimate so
many palpable errors and so much gross isho-
rance No doubt there are Republicans WHO eIr
ot the opposite extreme, exaggerate visible Ten
denotes in their favor and expect too puch'
They at least are not guilty Of interpreting
everything upside down. The late elections
prove that they do actually gain where 'hey eN-
rocted "a Gain and lose where they expected 10
ioso ond If Gains or losses are more than were
looked for the figures guard them against excess
Of confidence Much depends on the future ac
t,on Of the Administration. especially in foreign
affairs. and much upon the conduct OF congress
Whoever listens well may learn that kepuoh-
cans are not counting the next election as nn-
isbed already. But they have solid Dlock oil
old free States between the Atlantic and the
Mississippi north of the Potomac and Ohio with
more than enough votes TO elect, besides o'hers
west and south of those bounds which as yet
there is no indication that any adversary can
break Mr. Bryan. at all events, has less chahce
~ breaking It than most other candidates that
could he named.
New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
THE GREAT IRON OUTPUT.

"Tbe iron Age" reports 2SS,522 tons OF pig
iron produced weekly in the United States ON
November 1. against 27S,650 October ana
243516 January 1. The last figures show what
the works were prepared to do with Bessemer
mig quoted at $40 Is at Pittsburg, ana an au-
vance In the price there to s24 20 for early de-
Ijvories has caused an increase OF 10000 tons
wool, I'm The OUTPUT Bessemer is most properly
taken as the test because the scarcity has beeh
mainly in steel and IN the kinds Of iron avala-
hle for steel making. Less than 1914 per cent
increase in production has resulted IN ten
months from m advance Of 130 per cent in the
nrice. With only fraction of the entire pro-
ductIon controlled by any corporation the
price has risen because the demand for actual
consumntion has run far beyond the capacity of
works ready or that could be made ready TO pro-
ducc. even at good profit. The output on Janu-
arv / when the price was so low as to cause
exports to nearly all foreign markets. was a'
the rate of 1867, $50 tons yearly, and II was at
the rate OF 1908 IA tons yearly on November
1 with little beyond the home demand 10 sup
mort prices. though even now exports nave not
entirely ceased.
The records Of this industry are more COM
nlete than those of any other and yet DO hoc
show with accuracy the stocks on manu. the le
turns of THE Iron Age" which do not lnciude
stocks of the great steel companies held Tor
their own use. differing constantly from those OF
the association The Treasury returns or ex-
ports and imports are also corrected little
from month to month, but the aggregate OF
monthly statements does not differ widely from
the final returns The following shows in tons
with sufficient correctness the production each
month. estimated from the figures OF The Iron
Age" the decreased stocks according to lis re-
turns and the net exports, with the quantiues
onnarentlv remaining for consumpton
New-York tribune., 1899-11-24

products mainly controlled by the steei anu
Wire Company, or the beam combination OF III
rails. is not conclusive evidence as to contlnua-
ton of a demand equal to the old orders eApi'.
ing. In bars there appears further rise Oh
prices both at Plttsburg and Philadelphia, which
might fairly be attributed to desire to bring
those prices into closer harmony with the cost
OF material. which advanced more than bars
have yet at Philadelphia or had until last week
at Pittsburg. 1t is not yet clear therefore
whether the demand for finished products mas
continued at such a rate as TO sustain the iuii
advance In prices, though the course or quota
tions gives some reason for doubt on that point
New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
PERSONAL.

A bronze statue OF Bjornstjerne Bjornson and
one Of Ibfen stand before the National Theatre
I'm Chrlstiania and have aroused a deal OF discus
sion On Bjornson's return TO the theatre. after
thirty years absence. to direct the rehearsals OF
his play 'Ueber die Kraft" he wrote demanding
the removal Of his statue as permanent
SANDER" lbsen. in answer TO an inquiry to
his View. said that he had never seen his. II is
nov proposed 10 remove both and recast them In
some less Objectionable form
Cardinal Luigi orgea, who has Just been ap-
pointed by the Pope one Of his assistants in
the opening ceremonies OF Holy Year. is one OF the
most important members OF the Catholic hierarchy
lie is the dean OF the Sacred College OF Cardinals
and also camerngo Of the Catholic Church. the
office held by Pope Leo before his elevation to
fhe pontlacate In case OF the death OF the Pope,
"a ardlnal Orgelia would. by virtue OF his office.
become acting Pope until the successorship TO the
throne OF ~. Peters Is determined. 1t would be
his duty 10 make the official announcement OF the
death of the Pontn and 20 place the seal upon
tho pontlncal property. He would also preside
over the conclave OF Cardinals called 20 elect the
new Pope
Following the example OF several other institu-
tons the Regents Of the University OF Michigan
have appointed Charles Baird. now graduate man
New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
NO TRUST IN WORKS OF ART.
THE TRUE PIE MUST EVER REMAIN UN-
APPROACHABLE FOR THE LUST
OF WEALTH.

Even in the making of trusts there is thus
far and no farther" All the oil wells OF the land
may be emptied through one pipe; all the sugar
cane may be gathered into one MILL all the steer
rails may form one road: but all the pie cannot
come from one oven Pie may be product soli-
tarv I'm this great distinction, but Is grand and
beautiful in its isolation. No trust can altogether
swallow UP and digest pie. The makers or pie
cannot be rolled down as the upper and the nether
crusts and those who would attempt such thlng'
who would seek to control the art OF the making OF
pies are but putting themselves up as the meringue
on tie top OF lemon pie, and they VIII ma all
OF it's sourness underneath
That a pie trust has been formed has already
been announced in these columns. trust can In
a measure control an industry ana as far as the
making of pies is an industry 1t can be made into
trust But the making Of the true pie is not an
industry; It is an art. And trust cannot control
an art: IL can only demoraze Il. But II cannot do
even that TO the pie art There are it is true. many
consumers of so-caed pie who are dependent on
the ple industry-people who have homes, no
mothers no ties that bind them TO the do
mestlc life which is the foundation of the State.
cept the memory, sometimes fading with the years
of the pies OF f-other days. Those who stead
fast those who will not let the image OF the home
pie die may be good citizens st but those who
forget and who give themselves up TO the mi-
tation pie OF the foundry lost. At best they f
the asylums and the prisons At worst they keep
o. them ana cause. as far as they can, by their
influence and their votes disordered society and
disordered State. founded n dlsordered dges-
ton.
The pie which Ralph Waldo Emerson ate for
breakfast believing that the day must be started
right In order to end right the pie which inspired
him with a philosophy OF sweetness and light was
made by trust. The pumpkin pie which in
spired John Greenleaf Whittier TO make a hymn
TO II such sun worshlpper might make TO an
object not unlike II not made by n trust
The pies and the Indian puddings which Nathaniel
Hawthorne could not pass over in his tale without
pausng for their praise were not made by trust
a countrys coal and matches may be controlled
by trust. but not Its hearth fires it's -four and
its sugar. but not it's pies. AS long there is
home left In New England. or where the men and
women Of New-Engand have gone, so long there
will be pics which will be counted works OF art
not as articles Of manufacture.
No i'm )lication Is intended that good pie can
never be bought. Some OF the best pies that have
ever been made have been and still are offered
for sale. just as great works OF art OF all sorts
have found ready markets But the true pie like
any other work OF art. must be made In the spirit
OF the love OF art, and not in tho spirit OF the
greed OF gain.
New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
Hmusemenis.

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ACADEMY OF MUs1c-s-way Down East
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New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
rvJyFyT STATESMEN ATTACKED.

Current news is heavily laden with attacks
upon the characters Of several of the most
esteemed statesmen of Europe. We do not
mean the irresponsible onslaughts which are al
most daily made by Messrs. Rochefort Cas-
sacnac and their compeers upon French Minis
ters. nor those which German Socialists make
upon the imperial authorities. Far different are
the accusations directed against NJ. De Witte.
the Russian Minister Of Finance. These have
been current for some days, and now we are
told the Car himself is so impressed with their
gravity that he has instructed the Minister Of
Justice TO investigate them. NJ. De Witte has
long been regarded one OF the wisest and
most upright of all the Cars Ministers. To
him have been credited the railroad building
and other industrial enterprises which are do
ing so much for the development and progress
OF Russia, rs well as the establishment OF the
national finances on stable gold basis. There
is no Russian statesman whose fall would be
regarded with greater regret. week so
back II will be remembered, he was reported as
declaring that Russian finances were In a most
gratifying state. Then a few days later came