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4.LiberaIity, in the Pension Office.

@.LiberaIity'' in the Pension Office.
Whether there was any special rea-
son why Pension Commissioner Evans
Should have been appointed to his pres
ent position, The Times does not uR-
dertake to say. Probably the appoint
ment was made on political grounds
rather than any others. Such is the
general rule, and it is reasonable to
believe that Mr. Evans appointment
was nowise exceptional Nevertheless,
so far as yet appears he has made
GOOD Commissioner. and If We may
judge by the figures published he hiss
not been excessively 'iIiiberaI, as
charged by General Sickles-
The records show that for the fiscal
year just ended the number Of pensions
allowed was forty-four thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one. Of these more
than forty thousand were on account
OF the civil war. twenty thousand four
hundred and forty-three being to the
veterans themselves. and nineteen
thousand eight hundred and forty-two
going TO widows. And this thirty-six
years after the last shot was fred in
that great struggle Whether any Of
these claims were fraudulent cannot be
affirmed with certainty. Probably If
not conceived in actual fraud some Of
them were of doubtful merit. and Gen
eral Sickles himself admits that one
claim in twenty is fraudulent
However that may all be. the neces-
Eity for extreme care should be obvious
70 every fair-minded person-to the
honest pensioners themselves as well
as to citizens at large In some re
spects the pensioners are peculiarly in
terested, for the more the pension list
grows and the more II is tinctured with
fraud, the more unpopular II becomes
with the great body OF the taxpayers
Almost ore hundred and forty millions
Of dollars IS the bill on this account for
the last year. and the number on the
list Is approximately a round million.
Surely there can be no just ground
for complaint that the Commissioner IS
'-illiberaL" # he has been Liberal
enough TO keep him fairly within the
letter and spirit Of the law he should
receive the hearty communication Of
every good citizen The disposition Of
the American people is and has been
TO favor in every possible way the de-
serving soldiers and sailors Of the war
for the Union and their DEFENDANTS
The most generous Of pension laws
have been passed and have received
the approval Of the nation. If more
generosity is required il should come
81 the form Of Congressional enact
nent, and not by the Commissioner
overstepping the law and getting He
gally generous with the peoples mon
e.. Thus far Mr.. Evans seems to have
the better Of the controversE.
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1t seems t. be understood that the
object of General Gomez in visiting the
United States at this time is to induce
AIT- Tomas Estrada Palma TO become
candidate Cor the Presidency Of the
Cuban Republic. Mr. Palma has a
large following in Cuba, and no doubt
would make an able executive: but to
many of the islanders it viii occur that
the business of the Cuban Junta in
New York, Of which he was president,
has not yet been closed up in com
pletely satisfactory way. and tl,as it
would be well to have a formal ac-
counting before the opening Of a po-
Gtical campaign.
Nh Estrada Palma's patriotism and
integrity are not called in question.
but d great many Cubans would like 10
see a balance sheet OF the Junta-s
work, particularly because there ap-
pears to be serious doubt as to how
much of a debt has been contracted
for which the young republic Will be
called upon to provide ways and means
Of HqL alton. General Gomez should
realize that his friend and candidate
owes it to ire world and himself 10
clean UP the revolutionary business be
fore accepting d now and high honor
as President of Cuba.
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MR.. MoNTAeUE,s RACE WON.
lie VIII Have More Than Enough
Delegates to Nominate.

RICHMOND, Va, July Mr. Mouta-
que now has instructed for him about 15
delegates TO the Norfolk Convention. the
counties Of Louisa. with =; Nelson with
10. and Buckingham with 9. having chos-
en- Saturday last and his friends say that
he Will get more than enough from Mr..
Echois to nominate him for Governor on
the first ballot.
1t is settled that the Montague forces
win be thrown to Willard for Lieutenant
Governor. while the struggle for Att0r-
ney GeneraIship Is becoming more and
more complicated Mr. Jefries. who has
made vigorous fight for the position. is
pretty wei satisfied with the situation
and is confident that he viii win While
a number OF counties have not instruct
cd for him. he has received assurances
from majority of the delegates in such
counties pIedging him their support The
friends of Major William a Anderson. OF
Rockbridge, are mucn encouraged over
the outlook and say they have every rea-
son to believe that he stands a fair show
10 receive the honor
Only 262 delegates TO the convention re
main to be chosen. and OF these Nj Mon
tague viii get the larger portion Below
will be found a list of the counties which
viii elect this month:
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SEAB0ARD AIR LINE BONDS.
subscriptions to Six Millions of Sc.
curitfes Invited

RICHMOND, Va, July 2.-vermilye &
Co, and Halgarten & Co, of New York
invite subscriptions for s. 000, 600 Seaboard
Air Line Railway refunding collateral
trust 3 per cent. 10-year gold bonds
These bonds are part of total author
lied issue of S1GOJ0 600, of which s., COO O09
are reserved to retire an equal amount
outstanding OF collateral trust > per cent
gold bonds maturing October l. 1852. They
are secured by deposit with the Central
Trust Company. Of New York, trustee, Of
$50, 600 GOO first mortgage 50-year per cent
gold bonds Of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway. which latter bonds are selling
in the open market at about 81.
The entire issue of the refunding bonds,
but not any part OF them, is
subject to redemption at 100 and
accrued interest on any half year
" interest day on three months
notice The proceeds OF the bonds are
to be used for the immediate retirement
Of g 100000 8 per cent certificates of in
debtedness, to pay for one-sixth inter-
est in the Richmond Washington Com
pany. to meet Car Trust installments. to
pay floating debt and to provide a fund
Of at least 81. 10000 for additions and i'm
prOyements.
Upon the issue Of the refunding bonds
and the redemption of the 6 per cent GER
tihcates. the annual interest on outstand-
ing bonds and the rentals of the system
will amount to 81 5Z4 500.
The business OF the system for the
II months ending May 81, 1901, shows gross
earnings Of SI0,fES, Ti3, against S.SG1-936
in the previous year. an increase of 81
2J6, S37, OF 1877 per cent From January 1
to April go 1901, the mileage Of the sys-
TEN has increased 1O.2 per cent, gross
earnings 49, per cent, and net earnings
70 per cent The net earnings for the
four months ended April 80. have amount
ed to S1.2S1 SCI; interest and rentals, SS26,-
164. leaving a surplus of s445,503-
a considerable part Of these bonds
having been placed, subscriptions for the
remainder will be received at I62 and ac-
cTued interest to date Of payment, at
which price, If not redeemed before ma
turity, they viii net about 49, per cent
upon the investment
The subscription list viii be opened at
10 a m on July ). and closed at D. m,
or earlier on the same day Payment on
aiIotments are 10 be made on or before
July il.
Subscriptions in Richmond viii be re-
ceived by Messrs John L. WilliaEas &
Sons. and Messrs. Thomas Branch & Co.
at the bankers Offices
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MARYLAND'S NEW CENSUS.
Results Secured by the states own
EnumeFafoFg

BALTIMORE. July THE results of
the new State census have been practi-
cally computed, and it is shown that the
population of Maryland is I17Sso1- The
population Of Baltimore is 5I4.S7S. The
loss in the counties from the Federal cen
sus is 1926. The increase in Baltimore
city is 5.421. making the total loss in the
State 1856. Within ten days the official
report viii be in the hands of the Gov
e-nor. The GsJTes given are correct.
The loss Of more than 1850 in the coun-
tics Is greater than was anticipated and
means Encouragement Of the representa-
ton in the Legislature Of several counties
Dorchester county. It is said Will be the
only one entitled to an additional repre-
sentative, the increase over the Federal
figures being about $40.
The heaviest losses occur in St. Mary $.
Anne Arundel, Charles, and Baltimore
counties. The discrepancy in Anne A.uu-
del is more than 5000, in st. ATary's about
1,2o0, in Baltimore about 1850, and in
Charles about LOO
The results-in Kent county are very in
teresting. anEsWhen the figures are finally
announced, it is said, there may be facts
brought to light that will compel change
in the system and ethOd OF taking Fed
eral censUSes. Both Kent and Prince
George counties are 1900 short of the Fed
eral figures. Caroline, Queen Anne's, st.
Mary's, Wicomico, Dorchester, and Har-
ford each made slight gains
The increase in the Baltimore city fig
ures is accounted for by the fact that at
the time of the Federal census hundreds
Of people were away on vacations and
other hundreds were iU Anne Arundel
county picking berries The falling off IN
Charles, St Mary-s, and Anne Arundel
was anticipated by the developments in
the census fraud trials, but the lapse in
the Kent county figures was a surprise
and may lead to further Investigations by
the Federal authorities
Following is the list Of the State enurn-
GRAFTON Of city and counties. The city by
rf1c fc-
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that the agreement either enlarged the
the period of time which they were to
run
But owing to the protests of the other
Powers particularly Japan China re
fused to sign the convention. and for
the time the Russian game, whatever
it was. seemed to be blocked Imme-
diately afteTward. however, it trans
pired that Russia who had been urg-
ing moderation in the demands for in
delnnity. had herself a larger claim
than any other Power-the amount be
ing reported at ninety millions Of dol
lars 1t was suggested at the time that
it was probably part of Russia's plan
thus to put in an immense claim for
money damages and afterwards cancel
the claim in whole or in part in return
for territorial concessions by China. 1t
was a perfectly logical deduction. Now
the story is revived
Whether or not the correspondents
know whereof they speak. it is very
certain that Russia is much more anx-
ious for Chinese territory than she is
for Chinese money. Equally certain is
il that as the situation now stands,
Manchuria is the particular part of
Chinese territory that Russia especially
desires and needs. The ports Of Siberia
are ice-bound a large portion of the
time. and the possession Of AIanchuria
viii give Russia open ports on the Pa
cific the whole year around Besides it
viii have the effect of completely sur
rounding Korea on the land side with
Russian territory, and tend to block
the advance of Japan into the Hermit
Kingdom" Russia viii also be in the
closest touch with the richest provinces
Of China, and the commercial advan-
tages TO accrue from the holding of
Manchuria will be immense More i'm
portant still is the fact that it will be
Of enormous military and naval advan-
tage to the Empire Of the Car when
ever in carrying out its inexorahle pol
icy 1t wishes TO make q further ad-
vance into Chinese territory
The holding Of Manchuria is a mat
ter of prime Importance TO Russia and
Of grave concern both to China and
those other Powers which have aruoi-
tious desires in that quarter But Rus
STA has the province and seems likely
to hoId it
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TO REPAIR ALL THE WINDOWS
4 Big Job in Progress at the Post
Office Department.


Every window in this big building. and
there are thousands of them, is to be re-
paired" remarked a prominent official IN
the Postofffce Department building a day
or two ago
Whether they need it or not?'' asked
the reporter.
Certainly" said the private secretary.
airiIy- Whether they need it or not they
are to be inspected, condemned and
thoroughly repaired and the balance
weights tested to see If they have become
lighter during the hot weather"
The reporter glanced from the window
at the small army of men working on the
various floors of the building and asked
how it happened. TIE private secretary
looked out into the corridor, then at the
clock propped his feet on the mahogany
top of his chiefs desk, gazed dreamily off
into space and became confidential.
There IS a legend in the department ~
he said. to the effect that upon a warm
June morning Of last year d prominent
official VINO shall be nameless arrived at
the office d trifie overheated. The air in
his SanCtum being very close. and his
staff OF supeTnUmeTarieS being engaged
elsewhere. he walked TO the nearest win
dow and eSsayed 10 raise it
The sash refused to bulge He tuGged
and pulled and strained Tor q time, vary
ing the performance with a few welI-di-
rected remarks upon the offending sash.
but to no purpose He then tried another
window. and Yet another. with the same
result, meanwhile placing on the retired
list two official fingers, and disarrangins
his garments
He wrapped a towel around the in
jured member; performed a staccato
movement on a number of call buttons be
meath his desk, dictated a series of -siz-
zIing misSives 10 his private secretary
and went out to recover his dignity. Later
there vas d rumble and whfrr of official
machinery in the basement. and shortly
after. as time is computed in the depart
ment neat package containing 81. 800
and marked, for the windows fell from
the generous hand of Congress into the
lap OF the Postefice Department"
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A VIRGINIA SOLDIER MISSING
Drew Pay for Two Years Service in
the Army and Disappeared.

LYNCHBURG, Va, July FLAMES
Hutcheson. who was a member of the
Twenty ninth Volunteer Infantry and saw
service in the Philippines, was mustered
out at San Francisco on May 10, and he
has not been heard from since the 11th
and the effort to trace him made by the
police department and detective force Of
San Francisco, at tie request of his fam
lily here, has proved futile. He had not
drawn his pay for a couple of years and
a considerable sum of money was turned
over TO him when he was mustered out.
His family fear that he met the fate of
several others who were robbed and that
possibly he may have been killed ReSu-
larly up TO the time Of his disappearance
he had written home Mr. HutchesOn is
the son of James A Hutcheson, and he
had an excellent record in the army.
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THE PRESERVATION OF EGGS.
VaseIine- Lime WHtcr, and Liquid
Glass Prevent Them Spelling

Richard Guenther. the United States
Consul General 1T Frankfort, Germany,
has sent to the State Department the fol
loving extracts from an article on the
results of experiments in preserving eggs
which appeared in a recent issue of
technical journal:
-Four hundred fresh hen eggs were sub
fected to the action Of different substances
for period of eight months At the
expiration of that tine. it was found that
the eggs when had been put into salt
brine were all spoiled; that those
which had been wrapped in paper were
50 per cent bad and that like percentage
Of those which had been immersed in q
mixture Of gIycer-le and saIicyIiC acid
were unfit for use. Of the eggs which
which had beer rubbed with salt. or i'm
beddcd in bran, or coated with parafiiu.
20 per cent we're spoiled. of those subjected
To coat Of liquid glass. coilOdiOn. or var
nisn, 40 per cent; and of those which had
been placed in wood ashes or had been
painted with 4 mixture of liquid glass and
bOTacic acid. or a solution of pcrmauGaJe
of potash only 20 per cent were bad Al
most all of the eggs that had been coated
with vaseIine, or had been placed in lime
water. or III I solution of liquid glass,
We're in good condition"
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PERSIA KEEPS HER GRAIN.
An Edict Issued Prohibiting Expor-
tatiOn From That Country

John Tyler the Vice Consul General At
Teheran, Persia, Sends TO the. State De
partment a copy of q communication from
the Minister for Foreign Affairs. concern
ing the partial failure Of the grain crops
in the south Of Persia. through an insult
fciency Of the rainfall and the irrigation
supplies; and confirming an order prohib-
itinE the export Of grain.
For three OF four years past. adds Mr.
Tyler, the cereal produced in sorre parts Of
Persia has been considerably below the
average, barely providing for the wants
Of the population. The past winter WIS
the miIdest known for many years. and
the rainfall below the actual require
ments OF the agricultural industry; and
there are reports that q blight of insects
has, in some districts caused much dam
age and loss There have been some very
sedSOnable storms, however which j.
may De- hoped viii bring this years har-
vest up TO fair average.
The note from the Persian Minister for
Foreign Affairs reads as follows.
~ TN reference to my communication
Of the 10Th Of October, 1900 informing YOU
that the expectation Of grain from Persia
had been prohibited, and requesting that
YOU would, as the situation was serious
instruct the citizens OF the United States
TO respect the order, 50 as to preserve a
sufiicIenCy and prevent q rise IN the price
Of grain From reports that have been
furnished to this Government il aDpea rs
that in the south Of Persia there has been
scarcity in the rainfall during the past
season and failure OF the springs and con
sequently considerable diminution Of
crops. 1t has. the; ef0Te. been deemed nee
essay ~ view cf the fact that foreign
erS were exporting grain. TO remind your
eNcel!FncE that-the aforementioned order
Is still IN force, and to request that YOU
VIII give strict iujunCtiOnS to your Citi-
ztos 10 abstain from exporting grain from
this count ~
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The charges mad against the Rev Mr.
Keller in Justification Of the assault upon
him by Thomas G. Barker are Of the most
serious character. being nothing less than
that Of criminal assault Gp0n Barker S
wife This testimony VAS ruled out by
the court, but. despite that fact. many
people 81 mpathize strongly with Barker
Whether Mrs. Bar6er's statement is true
or false, the consensus Of opinion is that
Barker fully believed it, and that he did
not make a deliberate. malicious. and I'M
provoked attempt 10 Kill AR Keller
Many profess to believe that Mrs Bar
ker's story was true, whiIo others think
that IN any event Mr. Keller should take
steps to indicate his good name It Is
not so sure he could do this unless he
could prove an aIibL Otherwise it would
probably be merely his statement against
that Of Mrs Barker. and the matter would
stiiI be IL doubt.
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But the end is not vet. For the sake Of DESTROY
inE the B0er babiTatiOns British soldiers are said
60 put IN all their spare me in shooting every
bird and beast in sight The purpose seems 10
be TO create grim silence in South Africa
broken only perhaps By the 1ound Of owls ami
vuluuTeS.
This is the very insanity Of var-J0 m,k a
desert where II cannot make a conquest The
Beers however, are not yet con luyTCd and all the
omens OF the time seem 20 TTesIee that Leiore
this seemingly iHtermindbIe war Is over the
graveyard Of Che British Empire will have been
dug Mighty wrongs breed mighty penalties.
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THE WORK AT THE CAPITOL.
Contracts for the improvements to
Be Made Awarded.

Bids for supplying the structural iron
work for the roof over the central por-
tion Of the Capitol Building which in
cludes StatUaTy Han, the Supreme Court,
and the old Congressional Library. where
the new committee rooms are located,
were opened in the Office Of the Super
vising Architect Of the Capitol yesterday
afternoon.
There were three bids. as follows: Rich
aTdsOn x Burgess, Of Washington, 81. g73;
American Bridge Company, of Baltimore,
So. $50. and Snare & Triest. Of New York
SIS 754. The structural ironwork must be
in position by the 18th of August The
contract was today awarded TO Richard
son x Burgess, and also the contract for
10000 superficial feet of glazed tiles for
the under floor of the House of Repre-
seutatives, at Il cents per foot.
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THE CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA.
Representative Lamb, Lassiter, and
Swanson TO Have Opposition.

Swanson to Have Opposition.
RICHMOND, Va, July 1.-The fall cleo
tons are already affording lot of gossip
for the politicians here, and candidates
for the various offices are being mention
cd. Rumor has it that Samuel L. Kelley
viii be . candidate to succeed Represen-
tative John Lamb in Congress and that
R. T. Thorpe VIII, make a vigorous fight
against Representative Francis R Las
sitter in the Fourth district r. c. Bland
may be a candidate in the Second district.
1t is said that Mr. Swanson may have an
opponent, who viii, no doubt, be q Repub-
lican-
Several persons are mentioned for the
House Of Delegates from HenTicO county,
among them being W. II. Beverage
James I Lewis. Thomas R Gardner
James X. Russell, Felix Jones. Conway
r. Sands, and Joseph Bryan. Nearly all
the old members from this city Will stand
for reelection.
Regarding his fight for the position of
Lieutenant Governor, Col Joseph Z. VIII
lard today said
L nave not as yet given out any claims
as tC the probable result OF my contest.
You may say, however, that from as
surances of support received from all
parts Of the State, I am confident that
Will receive the nomination for Lieutenant
Governor at Norfolk
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Hawaii and Statehood .


CFrom the New York TriJunc)
The inhabitants Of Hawaii are Justly entitled
70 such measure Of self-gOvernment As ia ~ show
they wisely use, but Congress cannot afford
to abdicdte its complete ultiHmte authority, par
ticularly in view OF their dehonssfatei eed Of
guardianship. A people who cannot manage a
Territorial Government properly cannot be trust Ell
TO help govern the nation as rulers o. 3 State or
part Of 4 State.
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lFr0m the Chicago CLr0nicle-)
One plank in the Ohio Republican platform
'fayors such legislation Is viii restore our mer-
chant marine 10 pre-eminence upon the sea-"
which Is polite way Of saying that the $40 coo -
600 Ship Subsidy bill ought to be passed without
delay. subsidy by any other name VIII be
quite precious 70 the three OF four men in
Philadelphia and New York who expect in this
way to recouP themselves for their contributions
to the Republican 5ampaign fund.
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The infant industry of Kidnapping has
received severe jolt IN the new Illinois
law which makes child stealing a ca pitaI
offence Other States would do well TO
follow so wise an example. Kidnapping
viii become unpopular when it is realized
that Indulgence in the pastime viii in
voIve death at the end Of a rope.
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EiEhty-twc deaths from heat rrostratIon
in New York yesterday. This is q dismal
record. and there Is Tse--haDs reason to fear
that the visitation Is not over Ifere in
Washington. although the weather is not
as severe as II IS farther north, our PEG
pie need TO keep as cool as circumstances
VIII allow, and by no means to indulge in
anything calculated tc heat the blood
Just nov il is highly desirable that every
BODY should be as placid as possible
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a Porto Rican gentleman in charge Il a
lot OF children intended to be entered in
American schools has been denied permits
sion to land at New York, although he has
three thousand dollars in his clothes This
is free country perhaps, but not too
awfUliy much so by all accounts.