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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-30

The Astoria & Columbia River Railroad
Will sell tickets July 2. 2, and 70 all
points and return at one fare orfes
points and return at one fare for the
roud trip. Tickets will be good to return
IN TO and including July 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-11
MEETING OF TRUSTEES.
The Catholic University Omcials Dis
cuas It's Affairs.

SuHS ltS aua1fS.
The annual meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the Catholic University was begun
this morning at 10 o'clock in Mcmahon
Hall. Cardinal Gibbons who is the presi-
dent of the board. presided. and Bishop
Horstman was the secretary.
Among those present were Cardinal Glib
bons, Archbishops Williams of Boston. Cor
rigan Of New York Ryan of Philadelphia.
Ireland of St. Paul, Riordan of San Fran
cisco, and Keane of Damascus; Bishops
Spalding of Peoria, Macs of New Orleans,
Horstman of Cleveland and Farley of New
York; Monsignor Conaty, rector of the uni
Versity: Thos. E. Waggaman of this city.
and Michael Cudahy of Chicago.
All the members of the board were pres
ent, with the exception of Archbishop Chap
pelle and Mr.. Michael Jenkins of Bati-
more The reports of the officers of the
university were made. which gave an ac-
prosperity OF the university as thus brought
out was the. subject of warm commenda-
t1on, the efficiency of the administration
pelng specially commented upon.
The report of the committee on organi-
cation was read by Archbishop Ryan; that
on finances by Archbishop Williams, and
on studies by Archbishop Corrigan.
The board adjourned for luncheon and
expects to complete its business at the close
Oh todays session. Archbishop Keane was
present at the meeting. He expects to at
once take up his new duties, which will be
the collection of funds for the university.
A meeting of the archbishops of the
Catholic Church VIII be held at the uni
versity tomorrow, and in the afternoon the
building of the Holy Cross College will be
dedicated. Friday the committee in charge
OF the Indian and negro schools will meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-11
RAILWAYS IN INDIA.
American Manufacturers Are Taking
Trade From the English.

Consul General Patterson, at Calcutta.
India, has written at some length to the
State Department regarding the railways
of India The total length of railways in
that country open and sanctioned on the
31st of March. 1899, after allowing for
minor connections, was 26,059 miles, being
net increase of 604 miles during the year.
The total length of railways open for traffic
on the same date was %, 491 miles, being
net increase Of 1884 miles, leaving 1865
miles still under construction or sanctioned.
The mean mileage worked during the cal
endar year was 21,4Io miles, being an in
crease of 944 miles over the figures of the
previous year.
The total capital outlay on railways open
to traffic amounted on the 31st of Deem
Der, 1898, to 57.690,0Oo. an increase of
about $27,oo00O, as compared with the eX-
penditure incurred to the end of 1897.
The gross earnings in 1898 amounted to
$S1,SS5,561, or $5,9S1 .012 more than in the
previous year, and the net earnings amount
ed to S46.079621, being an increase of ST.
21o.S4, leaving profit on the capital ex-
penditure of 5.31 per cent, against 5.04 per
cent in 1897.
The passenger tariff rates (average) per
mile were: First class, $50 cents; second
class, LIB cents; intermediate class 0.56
cent; third class, O.3 cent.
Tariff on freight per ton per mile (aver-
age) was as follows: First class 159 cents:
cents; fourth class. Alp cents; fifth class,
80 cents
The number of passengers carried in 1898
was 1o25S4 800, an increase of 1,3D, 505
over the previous year
The aggregate of freight carried in 1898
was 36350.3o0 tons, an increase of 49,, 2S3
tons over 1897.
The rolling stock was as follows in 1898:
Locomotives 1875: passenger cars, 12,S14:
freight cars S0,70S.
1t will be seen that the mileage remaining
under construction or sanctioned on the
31st of March, 1899, was 3,56S miles.
Improvements are being made the
railways now open for traffic. to which the
attention of our manufacturers of locomo-
tives, bridges. steel rails, cars and other
railway supplies is called, as it has been
demonstrated that they can compete sue
cessfuly for contracts for such supplies
Last year 1000 tons of steel rails were de-
livered in Calcutta from the United States.
and the Baldwin locomotive works have a
contract for ten freight engines for the
Bengal State railway, besides three or four
passenger engines for the Bengal Central
railway, and the Burma railway. The Bonn
bay Baroda and the Central India railways
also have made such purchases
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Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-regular call-12 o'clock m.-United States
A. Trs coupon $1,000 at ioSls Mashinsen Loan and
a 1se1 1915, at 1ss,. at It. l9s at 1854, 10 at
% at S. 20 at 49, 10 % at @ cy t S n g su
1 urban ~ Railroad. 10 at 81, % at 81 Washington
at 567s. Mergenthaler Linotype, at Dos, ID at
POTS 10 at US 10 at POS 10 at POS. 10 az POS,
2os!.: After eali-Washinslon Loan and trust aG
Linotype, IL. at 2os1a S''''''ef
., DistTic. &c Of Columbia Bonds year Fund gold
Fund. currency 3 e5s, iI6f. bid 'e' - -'' ''1'
Miscellaneous Bonds.-Metropoliian Railroad 5s,
i16 bid, us asked METROPOLITAN Railroad cert
indebt, B., 1l6 bid, i1s asked. Columbia Railroad
bid, ia asked. Washington Gas Company, ser. A.
Is rs h; bid Tvs, Washington Gas Company b,
bid. United States Electric Light cert indebt Ga
log bid Security sd trust aes s ,I
Washington Market Company LIST IS 1I2 bid
Washington Market Company exten. Gs, 112 bid bid.
Masonic Hall Association 5s los bid. American
Graphophone ne. deb; 5s, 100 bid Anaeostia and Po-
ii, SatS9a Bank Of Washington $50
10 bid Farmers and Mechanics seS bid n. see
S S 1so bid Citizens lie s9 bid Columbia 1855
ers', 11S bid, l221s asked. Lincoln. lis bid, I24
USAGE Safe Deposit and Trust Commands -s,t,on.,
Safe Deposit and iso bid s ASKED Wass
ington Loan and Trust 1853 bid, ie9 asked AmerI-
washington Safe Deposit. 60 bid 10 asked ASKED
=. Insurance ns StoeksmFiremens, SO bid Franklin,
90 bid. Potomac. "A bid. Arlington, Iso bid
16S asked ed, German american. 2lo bid National
Riggs. 81 bid Peoples, bid, ~ asked Lin
coin, 14A bid. Commercial Az bid
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Tile SH
bid. Columbia Title, bid District Title, 2 bid
asked 800
Railroad stoeks.aacapital Traction Company. 90
bid, 93b asked. City and Suburban 36 bid 37Ia
asked. Georgetown and Tenallytown Is bid
Gas and Electric Light Sfocks-WashinetonG Chs
565s bid. 81 asked. United States Electric Light,
1870 bid. oNs'
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac 1TIh
asked. Pennsylvania, 40 bid -
Miscellaneous Stocks. = Mergenthaler Linotype
2GSH bid, 20S1a asked. Lansfon Monotype 1fX
hid, l7h asked. American Graphophone, Ii bid,
13B asked. American Graphophone, pfd. IL bid,
asked. Washington Market, 10 bid Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat, lis bid.
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ORDERED TO SAN FRANCISCO.
The 45th Regiment to Prepare for
Departure for Manila.

The 45th Regiment to Prepare for
Departure for Manila.
A general order was issued this after
noon for another regiment to proceed to
the Philippines, as follows:
Secretary of War directs that the 45th
Regiment Infantry, United States Volun-
teers. be relieved from duty at Fort SHELL
ing, Mimi, and proceed fully armed and
equipped with 200 rounds of ammunition
per man and proper tentage, by rail, on the
22d day of October, to San Francisco. Cal,
preparatory for embarkation for the Philip
pine Islands, to be reported upon arrival to
the commanding general, department of
Pacific.
Mounted officers may take their horses.
Personal baggage should be limited to
clothing actually necessary for immediate
field service. Prior to departure from sta
ton the regiment will he subjected to
medical inspection and all sick and sus-
poets left behind, and measures will be
taken to insure a satisfactory sanitary con-
dition Of railroad cars before the troops are
embarked therein.
Two companies of the 45th Regiment,
now at Vancouver barracks, Washington,
will be sent forward to the Philippines
with the 39th Regiment Volunteers from
Portland. Ore.
"Quartermaster's department will pro-
vide necessary transportation, subsistence
department suitable rations and the medi-
cal department proper medical attendance
and supplies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-11
MISS Hokr nd LONGER CHAMPION.
Mrs. Fox Beats Her at Golf in PhiIa-
de1nhia.


PHILAD1LPI14A, October 1.-THE Sec
end day Of the women's national champion
ship golf tournaanent at the Philadelphia
Country Club, at Bala, q suburb of this
city. opened with fosgy, warm weather.
The links, rwere, very damp, owing to a
heavy dew mailing good golf very uncer-
tain. The first players out had to play
cautiously, and were somewhat handicapped
In consequence. by noon. however, the sun
broke through the heavy mist, and soon
had the course in good condition. The pro-
gram for todayA play consisted Of the ma
tiona1 championship round Of the sixteen
players who qualified yesterday, and the
consolation round of the second sixteen
for the trophy offered by the Women's Golf
Association Of Philadelphia. The struggle
for the championship had the effect of
bringing out more spectators than yester-
day -.
The championship, round went on the
links first, Miss Marion Oliver of Albany
and Miss May Barron of Irvington-on the
Hudson being the opening pair. The great
est interest centered in the pair composed
of Miss Beatrfx Hoyt of Southampton, L.
l., and Mrs. Caleb f. Fox of Rydal, Pa
There was an unusually large gallery
following these players. The spectators
were much surprised by the strong game
put up by Mrs. Fox. Miss Hoyt.s playing
was not up to her standard. Mrs. Fox
Stio"eO up SllohS ohi .iiS
green. For awhile the playing between the
two was close, but beginning with the ninth
hole Mrs. Fox drew away and won by
three UP and two to play. AS only the
winner in the pairs qualities for the second
round in the championship, to be played
tomorrow, Miss Hoyt is now practically the
"ex-champion." Mrs. Fox was roundly
cheered, and sympathy was extended TO
Miss Hoyt who, for three years, has held
the championship against all comers sum-
maries:
Miss Beatrix Hoyt, Shinnecock Hills Golf
Club, Southampton, L. l., out %, IN H. TWO
holes unplayed
Mrs Caleb F. Fox. Huntingdon Valley
Club, Rydal, Pa. out 81. in 30, two hoies
unplayed.
Miss Marion Oliver. Albany. N. Y. agt.
Miss Mary Barron, Irvington-on-the-Hu d-
son: Miss Oliver won by up, = to play.
Miss Florence McNeely. Philadelphia, agt.
Miss Anna Sands. Newport r. l.; MISS
Sands won, up, 5 to play.
Miss Ruth Underhill Glen Cove L. l..
agt. Miss Jane Swards, Morristown, N. j.;
Miss Underhill won. by up, to play
Miss Pauline Mackay, Boston, agt MISS
Alice Day, Morristown, N. j.; Miss Mackay
won by 3 up, to play.
Mrs. A. Dewitt Cochrane, Irv.ngton-on-
the-Hudson. agt. Miss G.. M. Bishop,
Bridgeport, Conn; Miss Cochrane won, by
5 up. to play.
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ASSIGNED TO GEN. OTIS.
Ten Clerks Going to Army HeadQuar-
tiers at Manila.

Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the
War Department has assigned ten clerks
of the military establishment to duty UNI
der General Otis, at headquarters Of the
Department of the Pacific, at Manila. They
are: William d. Kelly, William II. Knight,
Richard j. Donnelly and Roy L. Quacken.
bush, temporary clerks in the aojutant gen.
erals Office. War Department; Solomon 8.
Satchwel. from the chief quartermasters
office, Atlanta, Ga; Alexander Miller and
Otis n. Cartwright, from headquarters, De-
partment of Missouri. Omaha, Neb.; Frank
Buss, James B. Emory and John w.
Thompson, from headquarters. Department
of the Gulf, Atlanta, Ga. Messrs. Miller,
Cartwright Buss, Emory and Thompson
were already in the classified civil service,
and Messrs. Satchwell, Kelly, knight, Don
nelly and Quackenbusb were each regular
ly certified by the civil service commission
for appointment In the classified service.
These clerks are familiar with army papers
and regulations. and are sent to Manila in
response to a special request made by Cen
eral Ous several days ago for additional
clerical assistance. His expressed desire
for men familiar with army papers and reg
ulattons caused a slight delay in securing
proper men in the classified service
The recent abolition of the Department of
the Gulf placed fourteen extra military
clerks at the disposal of the War Depart
ment. OF this number three were selected
for service in the Philippines. The others
were transferred follows:
NJ Barlow Mercer To the headquarters OF
the army. Washington, ID. c.; Frank Nor
gan, William H. Sykes and Joseph Young
to Department of the East, Governors Is
land, N. Y; Paul Kroeber, Paul B. Harm
and Albert Fensch. to the Department of
the Missouri, Omaha, Neb: Patrick ]. Ford
to the Department of Colorado, Denver,
Col; Michael NJ Dickson to the Depart
ment of Columbia. Vancouver barracks,
Washington; Herman j. Rick and Clarence
II. Jordan to the Department of Texas, San
Antonio. Tex. All of these clerks. well
as all those detailed to the Philippines, are
in the regular classified civil service. The
clerks ordered to the Philippines will sail
from San Francisco on military transports
leaving on the 10th and 25th instants.
Frank Buss Is 81 400 clerk. All the 9TH
ers are clerks of the 1000 class. They will
subsistence from their homes to Manila
but after their arrival at that place will
have to defray all their own living ex~
penSeS.
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be conf1ded to their care, their first at
tention must be directed to those of Amer
lean citizens. These are by no means in
considerable in extent and value.
Consular Officers In South Africa
In case of the expected request by the
British government instructions will be
Immediately cabled to Mr.. Charles E. Ma
crum of Ohio, the United States consul at
Pretoria, to act the representative OF
British interests in the Transvaal. Sim
liar instructions will probably be sent also
to the other consular officers of the United
States in South Africa, as follows: Emil e.
VanAmeringen.v vice consul at Pretoria ,andJ
c. Manion, consular agent at Johannes
burg. Mr.. Van Ameringen is Hollander
and Mr.. Manion is from New York. Alfred
Elliott, an Englishman, Is the consular
agent of the United States at Bloemfon-
TEN, Orange Free State, and is under the
consul at Pretoria He is the only consular
representative of the colony in the Free
State.
The best information that the State De
partment has been able to gather tends to
show that there are no less than 1O0
American citizens in the Transvaal an6
Free State alone. and these Americans are
as rule, men of standing, representing IT
many cases great American manufacturing
and exporting concerns as well as being
charged with supervision over the Interests
or American capitalists who have Invested
in the gold and diamond fields to the extent
OF many million dollars
1t Is rather unusual to intrust such i'm
portant combined interests to mere con-
sular officers, and in fact, this has
never been done by our government
before except in the case of some of the
lesser American republics. The situation
Is such, however. in South Africa. that the
United States is precluded from accreditine
any diplomatic representatives In thu, shape
CT ministers. so that reliance must be had
upon the consuls. who fortunately in this
case, are men Of energy, promptness and
reliability,
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EXPECTS DEFEAT OF BoERs.
Mr.. r.. CrOsbie Discusses the Trans.
vaal Situation.

CHICAGO, October 11.-R Crosbie of
Rondebush, Cape Colony. member of pa r.
Lament for that colony. who left Africa
five weeks ago and is on pleasure tour
OF the United States, arrived in Chicago
today. He said he had lived in Africa
many years, and is thoroughly familiar
with the situation there. He expressed the
opinion that war was sure to come and that
1t would result in speedy defeat of the
Beers.
The Transvaal, together with the Free
State" said Mr.. Crosbie, cannot put into
the field more than 25,Go0 or $1,000 eff
fective fighting men, and their forces are
wanting in organization and will not be
able TO conduct a sustained campaign
against such a foe England.
The Beers may put up one or two hard
fights, but there is no possible chance of
their being able to withstand the English
long.
The feeling throughout South Africa is
that the Beers have brought the struggle
on themselves, and that they have been
pursuing an exceedingly short-sighted poll
icy, and easily might have avoided what is
certain to be a disastrous measuring of
strength with England
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The Governor of Cape Colony Issues a
Proclamation.

CAPE TOWN. October 1L-Sir Alfred
Milner. governor of Cape Colony and Brit
isn high commissioner in South Africa has
Issued a proclamation declaring all persons
Rbelting the enemy in a state of war with
Great Britain 10 be guilty of high treason.
The Beers are expected to occupy New
Castle, Natal, tomorrow morning (Thurs-
day..
Cunningham Greene. the British diplo-
attic agent in the Transvsal, is expected to
leave Pretoria this evening wednesday,
Although the progressives do not profess
to desire war for wars sake. there is a
universal belief that only war can effect a
settlement.
There is little fear with regard to the pos
sibility of successful Boer attack upon
Cape Colony. 1t IS believed that the gar
rison is we'll able to hold its own. The fact
is recalled that, in 1881. when the British
were standing on the defensive, they were
almost invariably successful.
In the course OF debate in the Cape
house OF assembly last evening regarding
the allegations of Boer mal-treatment of
refugees from the Transvaal, the premier.
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1t Is stated that Admiral Dewey urged
the necessity of utilizing all the available
troops this fall and the coming winter in
an energetic effort to crush the insurrec-
ton.
This will be terribly disappointing to the
anti-imperialists. They have counted
Dewey as one of them, and have Haunted
his supposed utterances against the con-
tinuation of the war. They have construed
his language into an approval of their de-
mand for surrender and submission to
Aguinaldo But the very first authentic
message of Admiral Dewey to his admirine
countrymen dashed the hopes and expecta-
tons of the administrators critics. He has
since repeatedly expressed his unqualified
approval of the policy that our government
has pursued. He evidently agrees with the
President that there must be no hesitation.
no faltering and no compromise. The au-
thority Of the United States under the peace
treaty must be INDICATED and enforced.
The people of the United States are
against surrender, and Dewey IS with the
people. The future will have its problems
and duties, but at this juncture the watch
word Of the majority is. mo faltering!"
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kodulxs or GatIings:
From the PHILADELPHIA Record.

AS means of suppressng southern
lynchings The Washington Star makes the
original suggestion that the sheriffs and
jailers of that region be armed with ko-
oaks, as to take instantaneous pictures
of the mobs in the moment of action. In
the opinion of an ingenious contemporary
1t would be interesting to see how our re-
spectacle and influential citizens" of the
south would look when attacking a Jail in
order to drag out poor devil and hang
him to the nearest tree or lamp post with
the mutilation or roasting of the corpse as
the final scene. There is no doubt that the
wide circulation of such Photographic
scenes would have considerable influence
In lessening the popularity of Judge Lynch:
yet, after all. would it not be more to the
purpose to provide the sheriffs and jailers
with Calling guns instead of kodaks as
agents of moral suaaion?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-11
MAI. GEORGE WEBSTER DEAD.
Gallant officer Who Saw Service ii
Cuha and LuAOn.

CHICAGO, October 11.-Maj George o.
Webster, U. S. A, retired, died in the post
hospital at Fort Sheridan yesterday from
the effects of a fever contracted in the
Philippines few months ago, while COM
handing one battalion of the 4th Infantry.
Maj Webster was an old Indian fighter,
and saw active service with the 4th both in
Cuba and in Luzon.
The War Department is Informed that
Maj George o. Webster, U. S. A, retired,
died at the post hospital at Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, yesterday, from chronic diar-
rhoea. Maj. Webster was graduated from
the Military Academy in June. 1856, and
was assigned to the 4th Infantry, with
which regiment he served on the western
frontier until 1896. From that year until
April, 1898. he was stationed at Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, after which he went to Florida
and Cuba. taking part in the campaign
and capture of Santiago. After the close
of the Spanish war he served for a short
time at Montauk Point, N. Y, going from
there to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, where he re-
NAMED until January last. when he was
ordered to the Philippines. He remained
in the Philippines until July. 1899, when
he returned to the United States for re-
tirement on his own application under the
thirty years service clause He was re-
tired September last, since which time
he made his home at Fort Sheridan.
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WORK ON wARSHIPs.
Progress of Construction Reported to
the Department.

The progress making in the construction
of the new navy is exhibited in a report
prepared by Chief Constructor Hichborn
from which it appears that of the battle
ships building the Kearsarge is So per cent
advanced toward completion. the Kentucky,
90 per cent; the Illinois, 20 per cent; the
Alabama, 90 per cent; the Wisconsin. n
per cent; the Maine, IA per cent; the Ohio,
6 per cent, and the Missouri, 1 per cent
The sheathed cruiser Albany building in
England is SO per cent advanced, and the
four monitors range from per cent to %
per cent The sixteen torpedo boat de-
stroyers and the seventeen torpedo boats
under construction range all the way from
2 per cent to 9S per cent. The submarine
boat Plunger has come to a standstill, re-
manning at So per cent.
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REUNION ARMY OF POTOMAC.
Big Crowds Attend the Ceremony at
Pittsburg, Pa.

PITTSBURd, Pa, October 11.-Not since
the encampment of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, five years ago. have there been
as many veterans of the civil war in Pitts
burg as there were today. the occasion be-
ing the first session of the annual reunion
of the Army of the Potomac. The various
corps met first and elected presiding Off
GERS as follows:
First Corps, Capt. ]. H. Cooper. Pennsyl-
vania; &c Corps. w. w. Price. Pittsburg;
Sd Corps Gen. Thomas R. Matthews Bos-
ton; 9Th Corps, Gen. FitZ John Porter, u
s. A., retired. The latter was elected for
life, an unusual proceeding. The 9TH Corps
also voted contribution Of 500 to the
Mcclellan statue at Washington.
Fredericksburg, Va, was selected as the
next place of meeting for the general So
ciety.