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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
ANTHRACITE MEN CONFER.
The Presidents of the Three Dis
tricts In n Secret Session.

WILKESBARRE, Feb. 25.-The presi-
dents of the three anthracite districts
of the United Mine Workers Union met
here today in a secret session and were
closeted all the afternoon. 1t had been
int nded by the three men to have the
meeting a secret one and besides T. o.
Nichols. of the First district; Thomas p.
Duffy. of the Seventh. and p. p. Pulaski.
of the Ninth. there was present only Mr..
Pulaskis secretary, George Eartland.
The object OF the meeting was the very
important one of inviting all the coal OPP
orators to attend The joint conference of
delegates from all the three districts
which is to be held in Hazleton on Macrh
- Il was decided to send out the in
vi,ations at once, so that they will be
in the hands of the operators by March i.
The form of the invitation was drawn up,
but the presidents would not give it out.
When asked what they believed the op-
orators would do upon receipt OF the in
vitation-whether they would ignore it or
attend the convention-Nichols and Pu-
laski refused to make any statement. but
Duffy declared: We'll, you can say from
me that all of the operators VIII attend.
tina there will be an amicable adjust
ment OF the difficulties. and that there will
be no strike"
Duffy was asked at once what basis he
had for so sweeping a statement, but he
would say no more. except: Now. that
is my belief, and that's all you will get
out of me-"
If is rumored that one of the high of
ticials IF the union has been negotiating
with some legislators regarding labor leg
isIation. and il was said the meeting also
discussed this; but the presidents would
NOT admit il
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
ScIf-Assertion.

A recent writer on ethical subjects, in
trying to combat Herbert Spencer. got his
ideas some: hat mixed. He declared that
self-assertion could not. as Spencer as
serted. be the motive which induced men
to be generous, or truthful. or Just, be-
cause If it we're they would find equal
pleasure in being untruthful, unjust. and
mean. Evidently he was doing what
great many other writer's on right and
wrong have done since the development of
the evolution theory. shying al the notion
Of self-interest as a FESTIVE horse starts
at shadow. AS the laws of psychology
and of ethics come to be generally under
stood 1t may be seen that self-assertion
and selfshness are not necessarily the
same thing, although. owing to the pre-
ponderance of brute instincts, selfish in
terests and motives. and ignorance, the
two things often seem to be the same.
The self-abnegation theory of right has
ruled the world long enough No man
ever became good by reducing himself to
washed-out nonentity and suppressing all
his natural feelings and inclination. No
man or woman ever developed virtue by
being shut up in bandbox. Self sacrifice
in its perverted form is a mischievous in
fluence. and the weakness produced by
lack of exercise is a fruitful source of
disease.
The fact is that, in the present state of
society. people do find pleasure in wrong
actions involving seif-assertion, and that
is one reason why the standards of So
ciety are 80 mixed and so corrupt and
untrustworthy as they are. People In
stinctively have more respect for a char
later which ls strong. with a mixture of
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
HORSES FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
Shipments From New Orleans May
Continue All Summer.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. Z3.-The steam
ship Politician sailed today for South
Africa with / 100 horses for the British
army there The Tsctician will probably
sail on Monday with a load Of mules. Al
together seventy transports have taken
mules and horses from New Orleans to
South Africa. The total number of ami
mails thus shipped is 56.S75.
One OF the British officers in charge Of
the transportation announced today that
engagements had already been made for
transports to ship mules from New Or
leans to Africa as late as the middle OF
June. June is the earliest probable date
on which these shipments will cease, but
they may continue much later in the sum-
mer, until the supply is exhausted or Con-
grcss lnterferes with the exports.
The shipments of horses from Buenos
Ayres TO South Africa are said by the
British officers here to be far less sue
cessful than those from New Orleans, a
much larger number of animals dying on
the way and after their arrival. The
British authorities have established the
rule that muleteers accompanying the
horses and mules 10 South Africa are for
hidden to leave the transport on the other
side
On each of the steamers engaged in the
traffic there are from twenty to sixty
five hands shipped to look after the ami
mails Each man thus engaged looks after.
feeds. and waters twenty horses. 1t was
discovered that a large majority of the
men merely took the "trip across TO Africa
in order to join the BOer army. The
burghers have gotten a multitude of able
bodied recruits in this way. It is caicu-
lated by the officers here that as many as
2.090 Beer recruits have been thus OBJ
tanned.
A number have also entered the British
army, but many Of them have caused 4
great deal OF trouble
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
THE MINORITY LEADERSHIP.
Friends of Representative Richard
son Not Alarmed by Opposition.

Friends of Representative Richardson.
the leader OF the minority are not dis
turbed over the action OF the Democratic
members of the Missouri delegation in
bringing out Representative DeArmond of
their delegation as a candidate for the
caucus nomination for Speaker of the next
House. which, while an empty honor. car
ries with it the leadership OF the minority
While il is generally accepted that Mr..
DeArmond and perhaps Mr.. Williams OF
Mississippi may be brought out against
Mr. Richardson yet the general opinion is
that Mr.. Richardson will win AS one
member expressed it last evening:
Richardson is entitled to a unanimous
endorsement. He has never failed to act
at the right time. The statement is made
that he is not sufficiently aggressive.
Well. he always puts the Republicans on
record and that Is all a minority can do.
He has made several fights and has won.
notably the fight when the Republicans
tried TO stop the publication In the Rec
ord of the letter received by Representa-
tive Sulzer from an unsigned Republican
attacking Perry Heath. / feel confident
that Richardson will again be the Demo-
cratic nominee for Speaker"
Mr.. Richardson's friends are not idle
but have already commenced work to on
set the opposition. They say he will re-
ceive a larger vote than before.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

On tomorrow it is expected that the
Supreme Court of the United States will
hand down the momentous decision which
will either support the Constitution or
show to the people Of the new century
that it is a document which has outliyed
it's usefulness.
Clergymen of all faiths today and the
people under their spiritual charge would
do well to pray that the justices of our
tribunal of last resort may be SO illumined
from on high that they will do right and
save the nation from an overseeing of its
cherished and sacred institutions.
Let us hope that, tomorrow, we may be
able to say of the great Chief Justice
Marshall that though he is dead, yet lie
speakethi"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

good and bad qualities. than for It person
with no character at all. Self-assertion,
in some form or other. is the first law of
life. Repeatedly we find that the boys
whom the sewing societies discuss as
bad turn out to be fine men, because
there was n force in their characters
which. when turned in the right direction.
made for righteousness, while the timid.
quiet. characterless youngster. placed I'M
der bad Influences. loses all his easily &C
quired virtue and becomes that most des-
picable of creatures. weak man who is
also bad.
But all this does not prove, as the
awakening mind is likely to think it does,
that there is no law Of right and wrong,
and that it is of no consequence how one
asserts ones self. so one does it. The
thing of most Importance in the moral
world is to discover. so far as may be.
what is right and then do it. only by eX-
perience can anyone learn. The mistake
caused by self assertion may be a bad one,
fraught with disastrous consequences, but
it is not quite as bad as the mistake
caused by timidity. for at any rate the
erring person has learned something in
the former case.
There is form of self-assertion which
is exempIified in the pickpocket, who
sees, desires, and steals. There is an
other, shown in the ambitious man. who
sees, desires, and achieves. There is still
another to be found in the altruist. who
sees a good and strives to bring it about
that he may share it. The last form is
the highest, and also the most powerful
Men have done things for the sake of wife
and child. country or faith, which they
would never have done for themselves.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
The Truly Good SIR. Teller.

In the Senate yesterday. Mr.. Teller Of
fered an amendment to the St Louis Ex-
position bill providing that the show shall
be closed on Sundays. and it was adopted
without division.
Just why an educational presentment to
which the Government has devoted five
million dollars should be covered up on
the only day in the week upon which
working people can see 1t, is something
that we do not understand. Senator Tel
ler's amendment shuts out the laboring
class in St. Louis and the neighborhood
from the fair. Possibly that is in the
interests Of religion and good morals
Probably it is quite as much so as the
successful attempt to introduce democrat
ization and drunkenness into the army
by abolishing the post exchange. and de-
priving the enlisted man of his harmless.
wholesome beer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
AFTER THE APPOINTMENT.
Many Persons Seek the Hongi<opg
Consul GeneraIship.

The news of the death of Consul General
WildmaE had scarcely reached Washing
ton before there was rush of applicants
for the place of Consul General at Hong
kong. Before the doors OF the State De-
partment were opened yesterday for the
transaction of business two men were
standing on the broad stone steps Of the
State, War and Navy Building waiting to
get in 20 make application for the vacancy
President Mckinley had not entered his
Office In fact. had scarcely left his break
fast table when Representative entered
the White House TO confer with the Presi-
dent regarding the filling Of the post by
one OF his constituents. Before noon yes
terday, according TO the statement of a
high official in the State Department, ap-
plications had been filed by seven candi-
dates to I'LL the official shoes Of the late
Consul General at Hongkong. Three Of
the eau G pres""tad themselves in
person at the State Department to ask
for the position and others were repre-
scented by their Congressional influence
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
MR.. MORGAN NOT CALLED ON.
The transportation Subcommittee
Unwilling to Disturb Him.

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-There will be no
further sessions at present in this city
by the subcommittee on transportation
of the Industrial Commission. Next week
the subcommittee win sit in Washing
ton. D. c.
The subcommittee came here with the
ayowed purpose OF calling before it J.
Pieroout Morgan. and according TO the
memrers he had declared his Willingness
to aIToar and give testimony.
Or Thursday afternoon. when the last
Sc ion of the sub committee was held at
the Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. Harris
Tho acting chairman, said that the mem
Icrs of the committee realized that just
at present Mr. Morgan was about the
busiest man in New York aud that under
the circumstances they did not feel justi-
fed in encroaching upon his time.
It was declared, though, that at some
future time, after the negotiations looking
toward the steel combination had been
contaminated Mr.. Morgan certainly would
be called on to testify.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
MONEY FOR FoRTIFIcATIoNs.
The Bill Carrying s7,513,461 Passed
by the Senate.

The Senate yesterday passed the Forth
fcations Appropriation bill after four
hours of debate. The bill appropriates ST.
513.461. an increase of S2Ss.6o0 over the
House measure. and of $lz9, sS3 over the
appropriations for the current fiscal year.
Mr. Butler antagonizsd the committee
amendment appropriating s2Z5 coo for the
purchase OF land on Cushlngs Island, Me-.
for the erection OF batteries. lie de-
nounced it as a job, and connected with
it Mr.. Lodge.
"A lot OF Boston socisty folks" said Mr.
Butler, wanting a summer resort. bought
this island and put up hotel and cot
tages. They found at last that they were
stuck; that it was not good investment
They got tired of the whole thing. Their
fastidious tastes turned in another direc-
ton and now they want to unload the ISL
and on the Government
Mr.. Butler complained that, while Mr
Lodge was trying tie get this job through
Congress he was watchful to prevent &C
ton on a House bill to pay 5000 to a
Masonic Lodge in Newborn, N c.. for
damages by United States troops during
the civil war
Mr.. Lodge assured Mr.. Butler that no.
body in Boston or in Massachusetts, owned
foot Of the land on the island. so far as
he was aware, and that there were no
cottages on that part Of the island. also
that the owner OF the land to be pur-
chased was citizen Of Maine, not of Mas
sachusetts.
Mr.. Perkins. in charge OF the bill said
that Cushings Island guarded the entrance
to the harbor of Portland one OF the most
important harbors in the United States.
and that the land was necessary FOR ad-
ditional batteries.
Mr.. Butler continued his flibusteriny
and Mr.. Lodge rose to point OF order.
saying that Mr.. Butler was talking on
bill foreign to the matter under dis
cussion.
The Chair sustained the point Of orde-,
but said that nothing could be done to
prevent the discussion.
Mr.. Butler then sat down.
Mr. Chandler offered an amendment ap-
propriatiug $j0550 for tests to he made
on the Gathmaun gun This was adopt
ed.
Mr. Allison offered an amendment pro-
viding for two additional members of he
Board of Fortihcations, to be appointed
by the Secretary OF War This was adopt
ed and the bill was passed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
PREDICTED THE PofE's DEATH
An Old Incident in PeruEin Recalled
by His Holiness.

ROME. Feb. 23.-There is a nine days
wonder here over u story from Perugia.
At the time of the occupation OF Umbria
by the Italian troops Leo XIII was Arch
bishop OF Perugia Verdi's name was then
In every mouth as watchword for the
Liberals as the nti-Clericals were called
The name of Verdi appeared everywhere
on buildings and boardings OF all kinds.
The Archbishop of Perugia determined
that his diocese should be free of this OBJ
noxious name. so measures OF repression
were taken One day an old woman. who
was looked on as witch, screamed as she
passed up the street: Beware. monsignor!
You want to suppress Verdi, but remem-
Der. your life depends on his; you will die
Just thirty days later than he. and will
be forgotten when his name still lives
This caused a great local sensation. as
the woman was reputed to have made pre-
dictions which had been verified The
Pope himself has recalled this incident
saying. TRANQUILITY: Who knows? My
predecessor died Just month before Vic
tor Emmanuel II. Who knows but my
s--,in. $500 - snenmnanY Verdi?"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
THE END OF A BUSY LIFE.
Consul General wiIdman's Career an
Interesting One.

Consul General Wildman. who. with his
family was lost in the City of Rio de ia
metro disaster, was born in Batavia. y. Y.
thlrty-seven years ago and was educated
there and at the University in Syracuse,
N. Y. After leaving college, he went to
Boise city. Idaho. and became the editor
of the Statesman" of that city. In 1886
he came to Washington as the CORE
spOndent of the Statesman" 1t was
here that he met Miss Aldrich who after
ward became his wife.
In 1889 he was appointed Consul at Sim
gapore by President Harrison and was
afterward transferred to Barmen. Germa-
ny.
He was recalled Wien President Cleve-
land was inaugurated the second time,
and later was a commissioner in the ad-
iustment of the Straits Settlement and
Borneo question at the Worlds Column
bian Exposition in Chicago.
He then removed to San Francisco and
became the editor of the Overland
Monthly Soon after President Mckinley
came into office he was appointed Consul
to Hongkong and in 1898 was raised to
the rank of Consul General at that place
Mr.. Wildman rendered his Government
valuable aid during the Spanish American
war and furnished Dewey with informa-
ton concerning the situation in the Phil
| ippines. He assisted in bringing about the
| cooperation of the Filipino troops under
/, Aguinaldo and the American forces.
Mr.. Wildman was returning to the Uni
ted States to resume his literary pur-
suits and expected to come to Washing
| ton in about two weeks.
| Mrs. Wildman, who persisted with her
! husband, was well known in this city.
| She came here in the early eighties. and
! soon afterward began preparing for the
| stage. She made her dramatic debut at
/ an amateur performance, of which nearly
| all the women prominent in official So
| ciety of the National Capital were pa
! tronesses. She married Mr.. Wiidmau soon
/ after that time and then abandoned her
! stage aspirations. She accompanied him
| to Singapore.
| Mrs. Wildmans grandfather was ex-
! Senator Foote of Mississippi, who. aside
from his official position. became famous
from the fact that he had once fought
a duel with Jefferson Davis. Mrs.
Wildman was the niece of William VI.
Stewart the Junior Senator from Nevada.
Assistant Secretary Cridler, OF the
State Department. yesterday received the
following telegraph message from Will
liam A. Cooper. U. S. despatch agent at
San Francisco. in response to an enquiry
as to the truth of the report OF the
drowning of Consul General Wildman:
Rio sunk few minutes after striking.
Over one hundred missing. Consul Wild
man and family undoubtedly perished.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
AN OPAL FOR KING EDWARD.
To Be Presented in the Name of
Australia.

LONDON. Feb. 2S.-It seems probable
that to the list of famous jewels of the
world will be added All imperial opal
This magnificent gem of $50 carats
weight, two inches long and two inches
thick. now lies in London bank. where
1t was deposited in 1899 by it's owner a
prominent resident of Brisbane. who told
the late Premier of Queensland that he
intended to present 1t to the Queen in the
name OF the Commonwealth when the
first Parliament OF United Australia as
sembled. The gem has scarcely been seen
by anyone, as the owner was anxious to
keep the secret until. as the first Aus
tralian gem. it should be placed in the
crown regalia.
Queen Victoria was partial to opais.
The acceptance of the gem now rests with
the King. Opals. to be OF great value,
must be OF the most exceptional kind. The
Emperor OF Austria has a magnificent
opal, for which, 1t is stated. he has re-
fused $50 600. II is claimed that the
Imperial" gem is of considerably more
value.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
The Cnse of Mr.. Evans.


'Ff0W Inc TWllelpNll ICugcf.J
The great body Of veterans are Intelligent, and
tairniuded and from them has come no protest
against Commissioner Evans. President Mckinney
WAS gallant soldier aud thoroughly understands
the situation. He knows that Mr. Evans has
done his duty honestly and frarlcssly We can.
not believe that he will consent 10 crafty the
interruptions opponents Of the Commissioner by
putting somebody else in his place. Such an act
would discourage every public official who is
faithfully endeavoriGg TO carry out the law and
protect Tie Treasury from sp9liatinn.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

The House of Representative has or
dered an investigation of charges made by
Mr.. Bailey OF Texas that the pay roll OF
the body is stuffed full of the names OF
people VINO have never performed any
service except that OF drawing their
money No doubt the investigation will
be perfunctory. 1t is hard to believe that
the responsible leaders of the popular"
branch of Congress would ever permit the
truth in the premises to become public
property. The country at large may be
ignorant of the fact. but people in Wash
ington are cynically familiar with the
practice OF putting "laborers' at five or
seven dollars a day on the pay roll Of
Congress-'laborers' who toll not.
neither do they spin,"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

From the Philadelphia Rcoord)
Within the country well as without people
have grown weary OF a iealcus system oi tariff
exclusion. The Pretence that American export
trade in manufacturers owes its expansion to this
system is refuted by the evidence that this trade
took new wings during the brief existence Of the
much slsndered Wilson tariff Nothing is more
clear than that the Republican party can remain
40 longer united the champion Of a policy
witch not only fosters industrial monopoly at
home, but invites warfare upon American COM
Inercr AIInad
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
The American Tarin.


(fTom the Chicago Record
With the rise OF the United States to the front
rank among exporting nations naturally will come
disturbances about the tariff. II will be difficult
TO maintain trade supremacy abroad and at the
same time retain prohbitory tariff against
the goods OF those countries to which We wish
to sell. The Russian beet sugar episode fore
shadows other incidents OF the same sort
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
Secretary Long Returns,

Secretary and Mrs. Long and Rear Ad-
mirai and Mrs. Endicott have returned
to Washington from Pensacola. Fla.
where Mr.. Long and Admiral Endicott
have been making an examination OF
available ri -es for a dry dock.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24
The Unrecognixing Daughters

(From the Chicago Chronicle)
The Daughters of the Revolution have little
sense OF the ridiculous when they waste time over
an anonymous letter. I1fe only thing TO do
with an anonymous letter Is to throw 1t into the
FIRE. To acknowledge it, receipt. TO be annoyed
by II. Is 20 crafty the eowardly miscrcant who
Hrots IL.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

Secretary Hay was at his Office yes
terday for the first time in fortnight
He shows the effects of his illness Mr..
Hay remained at his desk for a couple of
hours only
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

The President yesterday sent to the SEN
ate the nomination of Edward H. Ander-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

The Chinese Empress DoTager. who Is
still as much in control OF the country
as ever she was. has issued an edIct or
dering compliance with the demands OF
the Powers. Accordingly. today it is ex-
pected that several eminent Cinnamon
will be shorter by head than they have
been for some time. These interesting
and instructive object lessons having
been administered, peace negotiations
may be resumed with some hope that
they will amount to something.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

One Of the pleasant things about Amer
leans is the promptness with which they
see and rush for an opening. Consul Gen
erai Wildman was drowned OFF the Harbor
of san Francisco on Friday. Before noon
yesterday seven applications for the posi-
tion he held had been fled. It is evident
that the genius Of nervousness is in our