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The evening times., 1900-09-18
STEAMSHIP LINE SOLD.
Wheeler Transportation Boats Sc
cured by a Syndicate.

cured by u Syndicate.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1S.-George Nj Rus
sum, representing the heirs of :he late
Caleb Wheeler, and Howard Bryant held
a conference yesterday in Baltimore, after
which it was stated that the property of
the Wheeler Transportation Line, embrac-
ing the three steamers Easton, Minnie
Wheeler and Chesapeake, with all the real
estate and leasehoId property of the com
pany, had been sold 10 a syndicate. The
sum involved in the deal is $4,000.
Mr. Bryant, who is acting fer the syn
dtcate said: 1T is true that syndicate
has practically closed negotiations for the
Wheeler company. l am not yet at liberty
TO say who compose the syndicate How
ever, the line will continue to be operated
and there are good strong people behind
the deal"
Judge Russum when asked about the
deal said Il only represent the heirs OF
the late owner of the property. and IN
making the deal have consulted with Mr.
Bryant and not with the parties whom he
represents, and am therefore in the dark
as to who they are"
The Wheeler line of steamers was es-
tablished many years ago and operates Oh
the Great Choptank and Tired Avon riy-
ers. The vessels were used almost eX-
and built UP lucrative business. Several
years ago the management entered into
the passenger traffic as well and the
steamer Easton was built to accommodate
the increased business. The property Is
said to be a paying one. While no one in
terested will tell who are in the deal. it
can be stated from good authority that
the syndicate is composed of Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York capitalists.
Some time ago it was reported that the
property was sought by the United States
Express Company which has lost busi-
ness in the territory covered by TINS line
when the Baltimore, Chesapeake and At
lantic Railway was purchased by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and 1t is
not unlikely that it is still Interested in
getting back along the route.
The Wheeler Line is a competitor OF the
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Rail-
way and il has been suggested that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company was anX-
iOus to secure the property, This, how
ever, is denied by one of the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad ofi-
Gals
The evening times., 1900-09-18
DEDICATED AT ANTIETAM.
Monument to the Men of the Fiji
teenth Massachusetts.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Sept 15.-The
monument erected by the Fifteenth Mas
saehusetts Regimental Association on An
tietam battlefield was dedicated yester
day. About 200 survivors of the regiment,
with their families and friends, arrived
On special train of five coaches at An
tietam Station, on the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad. They were conveyed in
carriages through Sharpsburg, which was
decorated with fags, to the monument.
Col E- j. Russell, chairman of the com
n1ittee. made an address which was fol-
lowed by the unveiling of the monument.
''The Star-SpangIed Banner was sung.
and an Grafton was delivered by Gen.
John W. Kimball, State Auditor of Mas
sachusetts, who was lieutenant colonel of
the regiment during the battle of Antie-
tam Senator doar Of Massachusetts
made few remarks, stating that he felt
like giving way to the veterans in the
matter of speech making. Cen A B. R.
Sprague, ex-Mayor of Worcester, Mass,
also spoke.
Colonel Russell formally transferred
the monument and deed for the site to
the United States Government represent
ed by Gen. Ezra A Carmen, who made
speech Of acceptance John 4 PahneS,
the chaplain of the regimental associa-
ton, offered the dedicatory prayer. The
ceremonies closed with the singing of
America
AS the party entered Sharpsburg the
burgess, r, ". Grove. and the town
commissioners assembled in the public
square, turned the keys of the town over
to the visitors, who. after the dedication.
drove over the battlefield and viewed all
the historic points. including the famous
Burnside Bridge. At p. N. they left
for Washington.
In the battle of Antietam the Fifteenth
Massachusetts Regiment lost IS killed and
245 wounded in twenty minutes
The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
Pennsylvania Regimental Association ar
rived at Keedysville Washington county,
on a special train over the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad yesterday and were con-
veyed in carriages over Antietam battle
field, where they held a reunion in the
old Miller House. used as hospital dur
ing the war by the regiment, and looked
at several sites for monument they pro-
pose to erect in memory of those of the
regiment who fell In the battle. There
were about 100 in the party.
The evening times., 1900-09-18
STRIKE OF THE sTEvEDoREs.
Trouble of BaItifnore Workers Not
Yet Settled.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15.-The union
stevedores at Locust Point aIlege that
their strike is as far from settlement to-
day as il ever vas. About week ago
sixty strikers, members of the longshore-
mems union, wearing their buttons, re
turned to work for a. Schumacher & Co,
at Pier 3. This was considered as proof
that the strikers had finally arrived at
some agreement with the steamship
agents whereby they would all be taken
back as soon as the colored steyedores
were disposed of.
The strikers also allege that when these
sixty men returned to work the agents,
including a Schumacher & Co.. agreed TO
pay them the wages they were receiving
when the last strike occurred, allowing
them double time for Saturday nights and
Sunday. They say they were surprised on
going 10 work at D. m Sunday at pier
for a. Schumacher d Co. to be told by the
head foreman, Frank KaIett, that they
would not be paid double time, but would
only receive % cents an hour.
The steyedores say that they informed
Foreman KaIett hat the negroes were
getting 40 cents an hour for work on Sun
day and that II the negroes We're consid-
cred to be worth more than white steve
dores they would refuse to work. All of
them thereupon returned to their homes.
They decided to hold a meeting at Elm
tracht Hall, Hull and Beason Streets, to-
day and discuss the situation.
General Organizer Frank Weber is stili
in charge of the strike, and viii doubtless
settlement He declined TO discuss the sit
uation yesterday further than to say that
he regretted the complications that had
arisen, and said that the men themselves
are not in want, as nearly all of them have
some employment by which to support
themselves and families,
Nest OF the strikers were Of the opinion
that the steamship agents would keep the
negro stevedores. whom the strikers call
"a floating coIored population" at Locust
Point until after the Presidential election
The police evidently fear that there may
be trouble as a result OF the recent change
in the condition of the strike. for they are
patroIling the point in large numbers. Cap
tain Ward CT the Southern district, is de-
termined 10 nip in the bud any outbreak.
\ representative of A Berkemeier &
Sons, employing steyedores, yesterday
said: Last week We gave employment TO a
number Of the men who went out They
wore the buttons Of their union. signifying
that they were employed yet retained their
rights as union men. On Friday Mr. Berk-
emeieT discharged them. Today a number
came, for employment and said they were
no longer members of the union. Every
man must accept work on the condition
that he will work outside the influence of
the union
At present there is little work for the
many stevedores who have been actively
employed since the strike 1t is the gen
eral understanding that none of the new
men who has proved himself capable is to
be discharged even if all the strikers were
to ask for work and at the same time say
they were no longer bound by the union
The evening times., 1900-09-18
SPOKE IN POURING RAIN.
Democratic &rtEor at West yir-
ninin Cmnrrnign Mecfinu

Democratic &rdor at West yir-
ginia Campaign Meeting.
ROMNEY. w. Va, Sept, 1S.-One o; the
largest political gatherings ever seen in
Hampshire county was held at Camp
Walker, six miles east of Romney. Satur-
day. The crowd was varfously estimated
at from 5000 to 5000 persons Hon. H.
B. Gilkeson presided. Hon. C. Wood Dali
ley made 4 lengthy speech in the fore
noon which was able and effective
Hon Jchn H. Holt, Democratic candi-
date for Governor, spoke after dinner. and
despite the fact that the speeches were
made during a doWnpour of rain, the
crowd remained standing and c1amored for
him to continue,
A number of lifelong Republicans who
were present, openly announced their in
tention of voting the whole Democratic
ticket Col. Thomas 3. Davis, candidate
for the State Senate, and E. NJ Gilkeson
candidate for Elector, were also present.
and made spirited addresses
The evening times., 1900-09-18
RAILROAD MEN TO CONFER.
Meeting of Western Presidents in
New York City.

New York City.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1S-an unusual
interest in the quarterly conference of
Western railroad presidents Hhich be-
gins here today. has brought 60 Nex
York representatives of every important
railroad west of the Mississippi River
and between the Gulf of Mexico and the
Canadian border. Traffic conditions n
the WesterR. railroad territory have
reached a point which. according TO
some of the railroad executives. re-
quires radical treatment Nearly all of
the big Western lines siu be represented
in this conference by the presidents or
first vice presidents.
E. T Jeffery president OF the Denver
and Rio GTande Railroad. and chairman
of the presidents conferences reached
here yesterday. He said that the meet
ing would consider reports from the four
special committees appointed three
mCnths ago 10 strengthen the rate sig
uation in certain territorial divisions.
Mr.. Jeffery was personally Of the opinion
that freight and passenger rates in the
West were in much better shape now than
n year ago He attributed that fact to
the effect Of the presidents quarterly con
feTenCes There was absolutely no pooling
OF business involved IN Lne pFSScFlDSl ~OTk
OF tie respective companies. Mr.. Jeffery
declared but the main idea of these presi-
dents meetings was to ascertain and en-
force the best methods of regulating rates
and traffic in conformity with the Inter-
State Commerce law.
President c. S MeIlen will represent the
Northern Pacific. Other prominent West
eTn railroad men now in New York are
President Burt, of the Union Pacific: Pres
ident Marvin Hughitt Of the Chicago and
Northwestern; President Roswell Miller,
of the St Paul; President s NJ Felton, jr,
of the Chicago and Alton; President Stuy-
vesant Fish, of the Illinois Central; Presi-
dent e. p. Ripley. of the Atchison; First
Vice President H z. Huntington, of the
Southern Pacific; First Vice President
Warner, of the Missouri Pacific; Vice Pres
ident Miller, of the Great Northern and
President Henry C. Rouse. of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas.
Passenger and freight matters in the
Southeastern railroad territory have been
subject 10 differences of opinion lately, and
Tepresen tatives of all the lines in nterested
are expected to meet at the WaIdorf-As
toria in this city today TO compare notes.
The evening times., 1900-09-18
for Single Taxers

(From the Kansas City Star}
The advocates of a single tax on unimproved
land values will find an argument to their hand
in the taxation figures of New York State, re-
Gently made public. The total assessed vaiua-
ton OF real estate is 81, ,S12, 900 0GG an increase
of $685. 0JO, Geo during the year The total assess
ed value Of personal property subject to taxation
for local purposes is S65G. .00G.060 a decrease OF
SI3 0OG, 900 last years valuation. OF course
nobody believes that the personal property in
the State has not increased largely during the
year. One Of the important arguments of the
advocates CT the land has been that it can
not be evaded by falsehood. Land is always in
plain sight
The evening times., 1900-09-18
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.
Teiegrans of Coincidence on the Gal
weston Catastrophe

Felegrams of Coincidence on the Gal
yeston Catastrophe
The State Deartment has given out the
following correspondence and telegrams
Of condolence oa the Galveston disaster:
Santiago, Chile, Sept 16-
ITO the President of the United
States. Washington:
THE President of Chile, deeply
moved by the catastrophe of Calves
ton. shares, with all bis heart. the
sorrow o: your country.
FEDERICO ERRAZURIZ."
Department of State,
Washington, Sept 16-
His Exeellency the President of
Chile, Santiago:
"On behalf of the sufferers at Gal
weston and in the name of the sor
rowing people of this country, 1 grate-
fully acknowledge your exeellencys
message. of coincidence.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY"
The evening times., 1900-09-18
q Lesson From South Africa.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealerl

NIIVHI INC NISFtIaIu FIdIh UeaIefJ
Those who acquainted with the conditions
in South Africa maintain that the subjugated
Beers will never be good subjects OF Great Brit
ain. They may submit to overwhelming force
but It viii be sullen submission with a con-
tinual watchfulness Tor opportunity to do
their masters an injury. So, too, those who are
familiar with conditions in the Philippines saw
the people of those possessions" of the United
States will never be content under American
Sovereignty but VIII take advantage of every
chance 20 turn upon their ''sovereigns,'' as they
did when the sovereign power was Spain in
stead of the United States
The evening times., 1900-09-18

ment is pressing Mr.. Mckinley to stay in
Pekin, the trust syndicates interested in
the Russian loan and railway contracts are
urging him to play the Cars game and
help that brother potentate as far as pos
sible TO get the allies out of Northern
China II that be so, then our amiabie
Chief Magistrate is once more in his favor
tie position sbetween two stools" Deyel-
opments will be awaited with interest.
The evening times., 1900-09-18
Legation of Haiti.

Washington, Sept. Is.
Mr.. Secretary of State:
4 hasten to inform you that l have
returned to Washington. I was sorry
to hear, on my landing at New YORK,
the sorrowfui news of the Galveston
disaster. Permit me to join in the
mourning of so many distressed fami-
lies, and to lament with you the losses
that the country has just sustained,
BE pleased to accept Mr.. Secretary
Cf State. the renewed assurances Of
my highest. consideration
-. n. LEGER
"Hcn. John Hay, Secretary of State,
Washington
Hotel Del Coronto. Cal.
Sept 10.
''The Honorable. the Secretary Of
State. Washington, D. c.:
ALLOW me to express to Your TX
celIency the profound sorrow that the
caIamities OF Galveston have produced
on the people and Congress ana the
Government of Peru and my personal
sympathies for the unfortunate town.
MANUEL ALVAREZ CALDERON-"
Legation of Spain in Washington.
Washington. Sept II.
'sThe Hon, Col. John Hay, Secretary
OF State of the United States:
Mir. Secre tary: L am CHaTge0 Dy
the Government of Her Majesty to
lay before that of the United States
the expression of its sentiments of
deep sympathy for the awful disas-
ters caused by the recent cyclone in
Texas
Her Majesty the Queen Regent
equally joins in these expressions of
sympathy for such horrible calami-
ties by which Her Majesty and her
Government have been painfully af-
fected.
II improve this opportunity to re-
iterate to you the assurances of my
highest consideration. ARGOS
Long Branca. y. ], Sept. u.
Secretary of State. Washington, D. c.:
4 am charged by my Government TO
express 10 Your EXceliency the painful
and keen sympathy which IS felt in
Belgium for the disaster in Texas
,LICHTERVELDE."
Spring Lake, n j. Sept. Il
His ESceIIency the Acting Secretary
of State Washington:
The Secretary OF Foreign Relations
instructs me TO transmit the deep sym
pathy of the President and Government
Of the people of Mexico with the Pres
ident and the Government of the Uni
ted States of America on the occasion
of the recent calamity at Galveston.
In doing so through you, l beg to add
my own sympathy.
M De APPROX"
The evening times., 1900-09-18
AntiauafeI. but Solid

(From the Charleston (W ya) Gazette.)
A Republican paper says that Bryan's ideas
on imperialism are old fashioned This is true
The of liberty IS old fashioned In this
corr goes back 10 the Declaration of In
dtg5T 1t goes back to a day when ius-
tice, eq..i..ty, and liberty counted for more than
comTerciaIisTn and trade. 1t goes back to a
time when the flag was an eplblem of liberty
inste Id of a commercial asset OF the trusts. 1t
goes back to a time when the life of a human
beinl; was accounted more valuable than opper-
tun Gies for speculation. These views are Old
fashioned but they have lost none of their
by rclsnn nl Inair ant nt,itr
The evening times., 1900-09-18
y Diplomats Inspiration.


s.Why is it, she asked, that when you are
playing whist against papa you make many
blunderS? You never seem to make mistakes
when he isn't in the game. Are you awed by
him?''
..WeH not exactly that Miss Rockingham
ago that your father likes to win, and want
him to have kindly feeling for me. l hope to
to have a favor to ask of him one OF these
days, and-''
He hesitated She looked up into his face, and,
then. somehow, his got around her, and she
whispered:
80, Edwardi How did you ever guess that
you had any reason to hope?"
The evening times., 1900-09-18
The Strike in Politics.

Having recovered from its first sur
strike. the Coal Trust is now using the
familiar stock methods OF trying TO be-
little the movement. though assertions
such as that majority Of the mineis
will want to return to work within a
week; that many collieries are wCrhins,
and that the labor leaders are d.sap-
pointed and feel that the initial blow
was failure. From unbiased sources,
however, our information is very differ
ent The miners in the Lehigh and
Schuylkill districts are not yet g n
orally on strike, but will probably be
within a few days. or as soon as they
understand the strength of the move
ment in the Luzerne and Lackawanna
regions.
Yesterday there was much talk of ar
bitration. probably inspired by Repub-
Hcan politicians. 1t is not likely that
there was any foundation for it, since
the real temper of the Coal Trust is
shown in the statement made today by
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany that as soon as there is demand
for its product coal Will be mined, and
those who mine it viii be protected. AS
this is a thinly veiled double threat of
imported labor and soldiers, there is not
much reason to think that the trust
magnates are yet in an accommodating
frame of mind.
If anthracite operators affect to make
light of the strike Mr. Hanna does not.
1t is reported that he made the most
strenuous efforts to stave it off: that he
induced j. Pierpont Morgan to plead with
the trust to make some concessions that
would postpone such Republican disaster
until after the Presidential election. 1t is
said that Mr.. Morgan argued and cajoled
in vain. The Coal Trust refused to be in
terfered with in its determination to crush
the labor organizations; but tried to soft
en- its refusal by subscribing half a mil
lion dollars TO the Republican campaign
fund.
Now the story goes that Mr.. Hanna has
given orders to his Iieutenants 10 tell
everybody that he and the Republican
party sympathize with the miners. and that
he Will shortly deliver a speech or send out
an interview il that line. It is also said
thaI he VIII use part OF the Coal trust
subscription in a donation to the strike
fund Of the United Mine Workers These
things. being very like Hanna, are prob
ably true. In any case they indicate the
alarm which the labor war has carried in
to the Republican camp. The fearful OBJ
ject lesson OF trust raDacity and slavery
presented in, the anthracite region cannot
fail to be dangerous To the nros0pcts nf
the trust candidates
The evening times., 1900-09-18
No EauIf to Find
(From the Chicago Evening Pos

Grom the Chicago Evening Post.)
See here" he said to ihe groom, ''are you
the man who put the saddle on Miss Jennie's
hGrse?'
YES, sir Anything wrong. sirg''
1T was ioose--very loose. She had no sooner
mounted than the saddle slipped. and if I hadn't
caught her she would have been thrown TO the
ground
I'm very sorry, sir
But did catch her." went on the young man.
nLaditatively. I caught her right In my arms,
and Here's dollar for you, John. Do you
suppose you could leave the girth loose when we
go .iding again tomorrow
The evening times., 1900-09-18
STRUCK AN ANCHORED VESSEL.
Steamers Damaged I'm Collision
Near Fort McHenFy.

BALTIMORE. Sept 1S.-The Norwe-
gfan steamer Guernsey. from Hamburg
and Boston. ran into and damaged the
British steamer Sir w T. Lewis. which
was anchored outside of Fort McHenry,
about o'clock yesterday morning The
Guernsey struck the Lewis on the star
board quarter and grazed along her side,
leaving marks in the plates up to the
main rigging which may prove difficult
to repair. As far as can be seen seven
plates were more or less inset. yzich
also may have caused fractures to the
frames inside. The Guernsey's bow was
indented.
The Lewis is loaded with manganese
from Poti and not until the cargo is
discharged can the actual damages TO
the vessel be learned Surveys VII be
held on both steamers. 1t is reported
that the steering gear of the Guernsey
became jammed when near the Lzw 5,
and caused the accident. The Guernsey
is to load here for Hamburg and III
Lewis is chartered to load coal for the
Mediterranean.
The evening times., 1900-09-18

The tolls of justice are gradually tight
ening around the political miscreants who
plotted the death of the late Governor
Goebel of Kentucky. Some of them are
still at large but Nemesis will overtake
them at last. IL the trial of Jim How
ard, the mountain bandit, indicted as prin-
eipal in the actual murder, sensational evil
dence has been given. A respectable wit
ness from the prisoners home town swears
that, after the shooting, Howard boasted to
him that he fired the dastardly shot
Other witnesses identify Howard as the
man they saw running out of the Execu-
tive Building in Frankfort Immediately
after Mr. Goebel fell 1t looks very much
as il there would be 1 hanging IL the
Blue Grass region before many weeks.
The evening times., 1900-09-18
fh,ra.teristieaux Cross.

(From the Ujica \. Y, Observer1
Tn a speech at Youngstown Ohio. Hanna said:
You may talk about expansion, anti-trust Coy
ernment by Injunction the Constitution follow
ing the fiaa, and, all the rest of it. but fellow
citizens. want to tell you that this whole issue
boiled down is the dinner pail" There is a
grossness abeui such utterance that exactly
illustrates the character OF Hannsl But what a
curiously perverse idea he must have OF the
American people, that they are only animals
wanting to be fed.
The evening times., 1900-09-18

Indiana Republicans are in a panic
over the trust issue. which has been
made paramount in the State by the
closing down Of plants in the gas belt
and northern districts by the glass,
starch, and other trusts. The feeling is
so intense that Governor Mount pro-
tested against having Hanna speak in
Indiana, and is extremely sour because
he insisted upon doing so. 1t is rather
apparent that the Hoosiers are among
the people this year who declined to
be fooled all the time
The evening times., 1900-09-18
4 New Trick
Hrnm the NeM York McekI,

(From the New York Weekly)
Old Foggy Proprietor-Why did you treat that
shabbily dressed so coOlly?
Sharp Clerk-You noticed / sold to her. didn't
you?
'rYes"
And the article didn't really suit her.
Il noticed that
Hsshe bought it because she thought I thought
she couldn't afford to-
The evening times., 1900-09-18
What Has Mckinley Done.

Grom the st. Louis Post Dispatch)
Mr.. McKinley's letter OF acceptance is not so
definite as it might be some very important
oouspiracies ami says they should be effective
ly restrained What has Mr.. Mckinley done to
restrain them? There is law against such
combinations, but what prosecution has the At
torneY General instituted against them?
The evening times., 1900-09-18
Anticipated Matters

CFrom the Grand Rapids Demeerat)
In his letter OF acceptance Mr. Mckinley as
serts that Government had no jurisdiction
over the Philippines till after the treaty with
spain was made. And yet some time before that
he issued proclamation asserting jurisdiction
the whole country
The evening times., 1900-09-18
rro,. Their Point of view,

(From Puck)
First Ape-Alld some apes have developed il }
men7
Second Apt-So they say.
First Ape-Wcll. thank goodness! some OF have
escaDedi