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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24

Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, January 2l.-Plour ar7uer nnc,,n,-
Ell ree III zISl barrels; exports Gs55 barreis
saies $50 berrels Wheat strong; spot and ,n.,,,.S
..a1.h; February. 77sa77lz; steamer No y -
$3.50, eaa,ssa receipts 10; 1853 bushels: exports as
bushels stock, 9e4,ss7 bushels sales III ofse bnsf
en southern wheat by sample. 72a7s; do on Grad
aliT' Torn nrnler; spot and month 40ssss1a
February. 4ossa4l March, 4l%asIL: steansr ~
ed SsaSs1. receipts, l61-670 bushels; exports ~
i4S bushels; stock. s60l bushels; sales rs 90
eusheis. southern white corn 3s1@asl; do veliov,
5sAa+o4t- Oats trm. No. white, 3ass sales. Nm
= mixed S2as2is receipts. 400 bushels: exrcrta
s9We bushels; stock. 2s9,l 2l bushels rive sfra.s
and higher; No nearby, CIV; No. ? western a..
receipts. ls0s2 bushels; exports none: stock ~ ,
Usc pusneis Hay arm; No. ! Timothy Sllaxli "a
Grain fieights continue quiet unchanged Saser
strong. unchanged Butter steady upchanreA ysrs
nrm, unchanged. Cheese steady, unchspr,rd - :
anee fiSa$i-se per bnshel box WHISKY ur-
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police. who suggested that the proposed
rate should be 80 cents per annum on all
bicycles, upon the payment OF which the
name, description, number and name of the
machine should be registered and certi-
fcate issued. and tag or impression of
some kind be required to be displayed on
the frame Of the machine or elsewhere. so
that II might be readily observed by mem
bers of the police force and others.
No one, said Chief Sylvester. "appre-
ciates the difficulties of recovering lost
and stolen wheels more than the police
and those who have lost them, and with
the situation fully understood by all per
sons beforehand. I am quite confident they
would agree with me that a nominal tax
and well-displayed number would lessen
their anxiety at all times and prove a
great satisfaction to them in case of loss"
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TALK OF RESIST ANCE>
Filipinos Are Suspicious of Attitude
of United States.
FEAR 4 MILITARY OCCUPATION
Report That a Rupture Has Occur
red at Manila.
SP RDS IN DAN G E r

MANILA, January 20. via Hong Kong,
January 24.-The Independence today is
sued a supplement containing a dispatch
purporting to come from Malolos, the seat
of the rebel government. 1t comments upon
the appointment of the commission and
says:
THE Filipinos naturally suspect this is a
new attempt to humbug. Both Dewey and
Spencer Pratt promised us independence If
the Filipino republic was stable.
The Filipinos are disillusioned. They be-
lieve the commission is a ruse to gain time
till they have accumulated formidable
forces, when America abusing her strength
will begin a war to ratify her sovereignty.
MADRID, January PA dispatch from
Hong Kong to the Reforma of this city
says a letter received from the Philippine
Islands, under date of January 20, an
pounces that the rupture between the Fill
ipinos and the Americans is an accom-
plished fact and that the lives of the Span
iards in the archipelago are endangered.
Statement From Hong Kong Junta.
HONG KONG, January 24-The members
of the Filipino Junta here have issued the
following statement:
THE purchase by the American authori-
ties at Hong Kong of number of steam
launches for river work in the Philippine
Islands is high-handed, unnecessary and
vexatious.
.Dorniciliary visits throughout Manila are
exasperating the Filipinos. Their suspi-
cions are aroused 10y such actions. The dis
patch of reinforcements is incompatible
with peace and the appointment of a COM
mission is only a pretext to gain time. The
American secret police is acting offensive
iy toward the Filipinos at Hong Kong, who
are British subjects.
The Filipino congress at Malolos has
unanimously vetoed annexation.
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Navy Yard Appointments

Secretary Long today filed several inn
portant places at the Washington navy
yard as result of competitive examina-
ton conducted by naval examining board
at the yard on the 10th instant. The APP
pointments are as follows: Isaac Bradley,
to be master mechanic secondary mount
shop), at $500 per diem; Samuel g. Bates,
master m echanic brass cartridge case fac
tory, at $500 per diem, and Harry Will
son master mechanic Cwest gun carriage
shop), at si.oo per diem. There was con-
siderable competition for these places, and
the appointees received the highest rating
in each case.
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Assistant Secretary Aliens Trim.

The Brooklyn sailed yesterday from San
tiago for st. Thomas with Assistant Score
tary Allen aboard. The assistant score
tary has been making a rapid visit to the
Cuban and Porto Ricon ports. with a view
TO learning by personal observation the
naval necessities there. Ii is believed here
mat he Will run over to Santiago from ST.
Thomas before returning 10 the United
States.
The Lebanon has sailed from Key West
for Guantanamo
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Naval Intelligence.

Lieut.. ]. H. Sears has been ordered to the
Indiana.
Lieut.. r. Henderson, from the Indiana to
the Richmond
Assistant Engineers W. H. Miller and W.
II. Johnson have been detached from the
Glacier. when out of commission, and
ordered home.
Lieut.. j. C. Summers to the Supply.
Gunner George Cross of the navy has
been placed under arrest for trial by gen.
eral court-martial for alleged attractions of
the regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24
CHANGES IN BELGIAN MINISTRY,
Two Members of King LeOpold's
Cabinet Have Resigned

BRUSSELS January PA royal decree
has been published accepting the resigna-
ton of the premier, N. De Smet de Naeyer.
and the minister of Industry and labor. NJ.
Nyssens.
The same decree appoints NM I,iebaor.
and Cooreman, both members of the cham
Der of deputies, to succeed NM De Smet de
Mayer and Nyssens.
M. Smet de Mayer has been appointed
minister of state.
The designations of the ministers were
caused by differences with King Leopold on
the question of the introduction of the
uni-nominal electoral system, which the
king advocates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24
ALAskA's CRIMINAL CODE.
The Bill to Codify Them Soon to Re
Taken Up.

Senator Carter of Montana, who has had
charge OF different measures for Alaska in
the Senate, says that 1t is the purpose of
the, Senate committee on territories to take
up the bill codifying the criminal laws of
Alaska, recently passed by the House, add
to it the Senate bill refently reported by the
House committee on territories. and also
the bill for civil code in Alaska, making
one general bill. and try to get 1t through
and into conference as soon as possible
with a view Of passing complete measure
for Alaska during the present session.
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NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
No Action To-day byi the House Com
mercq COMMITTEES,

merce Committee.
The House commerce committee today
failed to take any action on the Nicaragua
canal bill. Time Mas consumed in one way
and another until thel hour arrived when
the committee had to adjourn
Mr.. Sherman of NeYf York, who is one
of the most active members of the majority
of the committee, says, however, that he is
confident that a bill will be passed by the
House and that law will be enacted which
will authorize the immediate construction
of the canal under the most practical plan,
the President being permitted to avail him
self of any existing franchise
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TAX ON BICYCLES,
Chief of Police Sylvester RECON-
mends a Rate Of Fifty Centa.

The proposition to tax bicycles is still
under consideration by the District Com
missioners. 1t will be recalled that last
month Senator Mcmillan, chairman of the
Senate District committee. advised the
Commissioners that a draft of a bill to
impose such a tax had been sent him
which draft he forwarded to them Conn
missioner Wight suggested to his asso-
ciates that a tax Of 81 On each wheel DER
aunum be recommended. and that an ad-
ditional force be added to the Office of the
collector of taxes out of the revenues de-
rived from such tax. and a portion of it
be also allowed the police department, in
view OF the increased work which would
result.
The matter was referred to the chief of
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22d Infantry Going to Manila.

Orders have been given for the 22d Regi-
nent of Regular Infantry at Fort Crook,
Neb, to leave there on the 9th instant for
San Francisco. preparatory to embarkng
on the transport Ohio for Manila The date
of the departure of the transport has not
yet been fixed, but she will sail without
unnecessary delay.
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CANNOT BE CONVICTED.
Important Decision Regarding Oc-
cmpancy Of Sidewalk Snaces

The attorney for the District was recent
ly requested by the Commissioners to in
vestigate the legal status of those mer-
chants on B street and Louisiana avenue
who have not procured permits to occupy
the sidewalk and parking spaces, and to
report whether, under the law as 1t now
stands, they canobe convicted of Illegally
using the said spaces. Today the attorney
reported that until the Commissioners have
made a regulation covering the matter
there can be no conviction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24

delegation of workmen in the Washing
ton navy yard appeared before the House
committee on naval affairs today to ask for
legislative action requiring the distribution
of overtime pay according to the relative
value of night and day work in the navy
yard gun shops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Co, bankers
and brokers, 1419 + ST, members New yor.LT
stock exchange correspondents Messrs La
denburg, Thalalann & Co. New York
CHICAGO JanuarV ~ -Gr,gn.
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Steamship Arrivals.
At New York La Normandie. from
Havrs; Assyrian, from Glasgow.
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pendence of the Filipinos. His remarks
Will be found in another column.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Ciay's speech
Mr.. Davis. chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, was recognized to move
an executive session.
He yielded to Mr.. Teller, who desired to
make an addition to the authorities which
he had previously cited upon the force and
effect of the Constitution in the territories.
In Executive Session.
At 2:35 pm. on motion of Mr.. Davis, the
Senate went into executive session.
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Mr.. Mcclellan paid d beautiful tribute to
the regular soldier
You are doubtless familiar with the car
toon representing soldier returned from
the war, ioniZed by a group of citizens
Are you one of the heroes?' asked Young
lady as she grasped his hand No re.
piled the soldier; Il amt no hero, I'm a
regular. There 81 more truth in that one
nteEce than In all the treatiSes on war
rolled into one continued Mr.. Mcclellan.
Not heroes in their own eStima ton ONLY
regulars. The United States regular does
his work quietly, silently. without fuss and
without buster.
Arizona, or sweltering in the jungles of
Siboney; whether It's suff ering for want of
food; whether it's dying of yellow fever or
cholera, or being shot to pieces by Indians
or Spaniards. he takes 1t all with the samA
hearty cheerfulness, with tn. same cool
bravery, for it's all part of the work of the
regular. Because the regular does not nose
as heroic. you and j have almost forgotten
that he is a hero. l have heard il stated ON
this floor that the regular deserves no
praise. because soldering is his profession
because he Is paid for it, Can patriotisp,
be bought? Can valor be measured by dol
lars? No on seriously believes this
Can We forget what the regulars did in
the war with Mexico, the civil war or what
they won In the war with SPAIN The reg.
ular asks no thanks for doing his dut4
but he asks and has a right to expect TIA ;
you will make him an efficient instrnmant
And to God he the thanks
For the men in the ranks
Let the llne be black or white
For the men at arms who stand on guard
And keep the flag In sight"
Great applause)
Mr.. hay Ha,}, member of the coro
| mfttee. then took the door in opposltion
to the bill.
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hr- Teller on the Constitution
Al III" conclusion of Mr. Lodges speech
Nh Teller tColD addressed the Senate upou
Question with respect to the constitutional
powers OF the government in the terri
tories. both prior to the starting of the
leSiS!dt!NS machinery relating TO the terri
tories and subsequently thereto HIS sneacb
was resume Of the Legislative acts of the
Congress relating TO the territories and the
CONSTITUTIONAL bearings of those acts In
conclusion Mr.. Teller said that by cIttDo,
ms authorities he desired merely TO place
before the Senate and country an argument
In support of his position that the Consti-
FUTON oy us own force. did not go into
the territories. and that it would lot 90
INTO Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines.
He was willing. he said, to trust the Amer
lean people and the American Congress to
deal carefully and honestly with any terri
tory however and wherever it might be
acquired by the United States.
MI. Clay tGs) .poke in favor Of indie
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11
A SONG OF THE ROAD.

Oh, ! will walk with you, my lad, which
ever way you fare;
YOuu have me, too, the SIDE OF you. with
heart as light as air:
No caro- Tor where the road you takes q
leading anywhere,
1t can but be a joyful jaunt the whilst
you Journey there.
The road YOU takes the path Of love, an
that's the breadth Of two;
And / win walk with you, my lad, oh, ]
win walk with you.
10! 1 will walk with you my lad,
BE weather back or blue,
Or roadsidcs frost or dew, my lad
Oh, | viii walk with you.
Aye, glad, my lad, I'll walk with you
whatever winds may blow,
or summer blossoms stay our steps, oI
binding drifts Of snow:
Tho way that you set face and foot's the
way that l will go,
And brave III be, abreast Of you, The
saints and angels know.
with loyal hand in loyal hand, and one
heart made Of two,
Through summers gold or winters colo
its will walk with you.
Sure, 1 will walk with YOU, my lad,
As love urdains me to-
To heavens door, and through, my lad
Oh, will walk with you.
james Whitcomb Riley, in Lipplncott' 3
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11

The recent laying in suburb of Lon
don of the cornerstone of a new five
acre building for the headquarters
staff of the British Postal Savings
bank calls attention to an institution
which is often held up to Americans as
the model of something needed in our
own land. From an interesting letter
by II. r. Chamberlin in the Sun we eX-
tract the facts set forth below.
The bank is not a bank where cur
rent accounts are kept; there is no pay
ment Of checks over the counter; no
customer can enter into any confiden-
tial relations with the bank-in fact,
there is no bank management in the
ordinary sense OF the term. For the
receipt of money the bank has an office
in every town and village in the king
dom: there are now over 10000 The
withdrawal of money Is a leisurely af-
| fair and must be conducted by cor
| respondence; consequently the direct
| relations Of the head office with the
| public are Of the slightest character
| and the office can he located in a sub
| urb as well as in the business center
Of London. The business of that office
| Is TO keep accounts-for it has been q
| distinguishing feature of the bank
| from the first that all accounts should
| he kept in London. ana every payment
| made from thereto issue warrants
for the repayment OF deposits. ana tc
conduct a voluminous correspondence.
The bank was begun in September,
1861 The first year 1t acquired 10000
| accounts. representing $S,7,0,O0O on dc.
posit. Today It has 100000 deposltors
and $500 100000 i'm deposits. The growth
IN it's business has been sordpid that fol
ten years 100 new clerks have beer
added to the accounting corps eacf
year. The bank accepts deposits a
small as a shilling, which may be made
up OF penny stamps pasted on a slip
The money thus deposited bears inter
est at 2,a per cent. When deposits
reach a certain maximum sum, tn
bank gives the depostor the option Of
purchasing consols thereby enabllns
him 10 renew his privileges of deposit
Says Mr.. Chamberlln:
1T is not only by taking care of thu
savings of the individual that the post
office assists thrift. 1t is the banker o
friendly societies, penny banks, an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11
Testimony in the High School In
vestigation.

We have read carefully the eighty
pages of typewriter testimony cover
ing the recent investigation of the
management Of the High school and 1t
conveys no worse impression than that
among the teachers examined there
has been some difference of opinion as
TO whether the general discipline of the
school has been sufficiently rigid. The
chief bone of contention seems to have
been the moral atmosphere of the
boys locker room before sessions and
at intermssions. One teacher once
heard an oath uttered In that room,
but did not know by whom. a fire
cracker was once exploded. The boys
sometimes were boisterous and occa-
sionally started to wrestle. These are
the grave charges.
Among the other charges are that
Professor Phillips has done clerical
work--that is, kept his own records in
stead of turning that work over to a
subordinate--that he has not insti-
tuted periodical drills of teachers; that
each teacher has been allowed to use
considerable discretion in methods, be-
ing held accountable chiefly for results;
and that the principal has tried rather
to put the pupils on their good be-
havior by appealing to their honor and
pride as young ladies and gentlemen
instead of ruling them with rod OF
iron. 1t is not charged that the in
struction has been poor or that the at
tentive and enterprising pupil coulC
not get along we'll: it is not claimed
that the main results are inferior Tho
exact opposite is shown and known tC
all who have looked into the matter
But the magnifying glass has beer
turned on little things, apparently il
the desire to make them look big.
TO consider the dismissal of a hiSl
school principal on the meager anc
petty grounds here brought forth is It
exhibit an utter unfitness for the otfic'
of school controller. Let this episode
end.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11
The Alaskan Boundary Dispute.

After a personal examination of the
Alaskan boundary, Senator Fairbanks
says he can see no valid reason why
this government should make Canada
present Of a port on our seaboard.
There is none. The Canadian conten-
tion is as devoid of justice as would be
a claim of Wilkes Barre on the Scran-
ton court house and the Canadian
manner of presenting this absurd and
prcposterous claim is in keeping with
the claim itself. 1t would be unfor-
tunate If as a result of the necessary
refusal of the United States to submit
to spoliation by Canada there should
arise an embarrassment of the cordial
relations existing between Washington
and London but at any cost our author
tiles must respect the rights of the
Americans who have settled in Alaska
and devoted themselves to the develop
ment of that territorys natural re-
sources. These people are not to be
handed over into bondage even to
please our friends across the water.
AS for Canada, if she wants to get
privileges from the United States, let
her officials adopt a neighborly man.
| ner and stop their continual nagglng.
If the inhabitants of the dominion
could impress upon those in authority
over them the futility of the Spoiled
child'' role which they have persistent
| ly enacted in their official dealings
! with American national and individual
| interests, and could induce them to try
the new plan of being decent, it would
require very little time for the two
| governments to get together and settle
| all their differences amicably and in
| good spirit. This country, in such 9
contingency, could well afford to be
not only just but generous toward Can
ada, giving more than the bond re-
quires. But Uncle Sam is not a mar
to be goaded by pin pricks into a sur.
render of territory or rights. Those
who think so have not studied history
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11
PRosPERITY'S PROOFS.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
The spring reports of the national banks
for this year show that they had more
money lent out in April than eleven
months before by S506. 900, 0OO That is
to say, the industries of the country are
SO far more active this year than last
that their directors are using $500 600O,0 000
moro money borrowed from the national
banks. But the national banks do only
a part of the country's banking business.
There are also the state banks, the great
private banks, and the trust companies,
whose loans for Industrial uses have in
creased in like proportion. Without eX-
act statistics from them it is perfectly
safe to say that the merchants and man.
ufacturers of this country, the men who
pay wages ard keep the wheels going
round, are borrowing and using at q
profit between one-half and throe-quar-
tiers of a billion dollars more this year
than they could find remunerative use
for a year ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11

small charitable funds of all sorts. IT
is used by the war Office for the saw
ings Of soldiers abroad and for the de-
posit of deferred pay; and the Tech
nlcal Education Board OF the London
County Council pays its scholarships
through the books OF the bank. Nor
has the bank destroyed the older
agencies for the announcement OF
thrift the trustee savings banks. Very
many Of the smaller banks have been
closed, and this is not to be regretted,
as the difficulties OF voluntary manage
inent not infrequently lead to disasters.
But the larger and sounder banks are
in a better condition today than they
ever have been, and the total sum dc"
posted in trustee banks exceeds by
several millions the amount which they
held when the postofiice entered the
field in 1861. Nor have the benefits
conferred by this great agency for
thrift entalled any loss upon the ma
tion. Though at the present moment
there is a slight deficiency on the work.
ing Of the bank owing to the limited
range of investments allowed to it and
| the high price of consos, the national
| cxchequcr has in the past benefited to
the extent of a million and a half by
the savings intrusted to the postofIice." :"
vigorous effort will be made to get
fiom the next congress legislation
which will permit the adoption of this
| principle of banking in the United
| States with government Endorsement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11

Just at the time when learned men
on this side of the water have con-
cluded to believe in spiritualism,
Camille Flammarion, the well-known
astronomer and author, who has been
a spiritualist all his life. comes forward
and acknowledges his mistake, and ex-
plains, to his own satisfaction at least,
the spiritualistic phenomena which
formerly mystified him. These scien-
tifc students are making it difficult for
the members of the audience to believe
anything.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11
DEPENDS ON APPETITE.

From the Buffalo News.
"Now, boys" said the Sunday school
teacher, "can any of you name the three
great feasts Of the Jews?"
"Yesm, 1 cam" replied one little fell
low.
Every well, Johnny. What are they?"
breakfast, dinner and supper" was
the urconsciously logical reply.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-11

It was, of course, somewhat unfor-
tunate that just while the president of
the Mormon church was solemnly af-
firming that the Mormors had all quit
practicng pOlygamy one of his own
ostensibly discarded "cx"-wives should
have been so unthoughtful as to pre-
sent to him a daughter but the incl
dent illumincs the subject of Mormon
ism.s snceritN.