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The Washington times., 1901-12-04
BIG DEAL IN COAL LANDS.
The Pennsylvania 10 Secure Control
of Pocahontas Fields Today.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-At a meeting OF
the directors of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad tomorrow it is expected arrange
merts will be made for taking over the
valuable bituminous coal fields of the Po-
cahontas Coal Company.
A proposition will be submitted TO the
directors to issue $40 00O. 900 of PEI cent
bonds to pay for the coal fields which are
contiguous to the Norfolk and Western
lines. An option on these coal fields was
ACQUIRED early in the current year by a
syndicate which includes Charles NJ.
schwab, President of the United States
Steel Corporation, E. Fl. Gary. chairman
of the board of directors of that company:
Vice President Rodgers. of the Standard
OH Company: William EdenhOrn, Max
Pam. and others connected with the big
steel concern.
1t is stated on good authority that the
amount paid by this syndicate for the Po-
cahontas coal fields was in the neighbor-
hood OF Si2, 900. The sale to the Nor
foll and Western Railroad, therefore, ap-
pears to net the syndicate profit Of S.
00G0e1.
The purchase by the Norfolk and West
| ern Railroad Company of the extensive
Poeahontas coal fields is regarded as cue
step in the movement of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company to control abso-
lutely the soft coal production and traffic
in ~Pennsy lvania.
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
The status of the Colonies.

The Supreme Court has finally set
ut rest all contentious as to the
status of our new island possessions.
II is true that it is impossible to com
prehcnd the reasons for the decisions
for they are nearly as many as there
are Judges on the prevailing side; but
while this may color our opinion of
the individual judges, it does not
change the law, or our duty under it
The settled law is that newly ac-
quired territory becomes part of the
United States ON its cession by
treaty; that after such cession Con-
gress alone has power over the ter
ritory: that the clause of the Consti-
tuition requiring uniformity of taxa
ton does not apply. Congress may
therefore enact a special tax law as
for Territory, even imposing duties
upon imports carried into it from
other parts of the United States.
Until Congress acts. no imposts can
be levied in such territory, or on
goods coming here from il, the right
of the Executive TO do so by his own
yolition ceasing the moment the ces-
sion goes into effect.
Ever since the signing of the Treaty
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renets of Modern Warfare.

When Aguinaldo was made pris-
oner at Manila we took it for granted
his capacity for harm was at an end.
When he took the oath of allie glance
we fondly hoped his capacity for good
had at length begun. Unfortunately.
the Filipino president. after the habit
OF converted rebels. has returned to
his old customs and is proving a
greater danger to the United States
in his position as a captive than even
he was as leader in the field.
General Chaffee is not the type of
man TO rest quiescent with disturb
ing element in his local Jail. He is
man of action, of determination. and
so the subtle AguinaIdo viii before
long be shipped back to the United
States for safekeeping. Once more
the tenets of modern warfare as de-
fined by The Hague Conference are
leading us into false and absurd po-
sition.
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MUST ADOPT OUR METHODS.
Sir Christopher Furness Admits Eng
Iish RaiIroading Out of Date.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Among the pas
sengers sailing for England today on the
Kronprinz wilhelm was Sir Christopher
Furness, NJ. P, who has been on tour
of the United States and Canada, with
the aim Of aseertaining directly both tie
general trade resources of this country
and Canada and the practicability of es-
tabIlshing a great steel mandatory in
the Dominion.
Sir Christopher is at the head of Fur
ness. Witty e. Co., and OF the Furness
Steamship Company, and is connected
with various large shipbuilding, railroad
and engineering concerns OF Great BRIT
ain. He owns, il is said. 125 ships, and ex-
poets to own twice the number in couple
of years.
He looked into the mines and ceal fields
of Cape Breton with view, it is under
stood, OF learning where a large steel
plant could be erected and operated with
profit. Ii was said by a member OF Sir
Christopher's party that the cost OF the
contemplated plant would be about S10,-
0eJ coo, but Sir Christopher said be did
not intend Just now TO take the public into
his confidence regarding the steel plant
or the possibilities of one in Canada.
He spoke freely about railroads before
he sailed.
"Our railroads in England will have TO
alter their Methods he said. II Eng
land is to hold her own in the Industrial
world. Just compare the hauling OF thirty
cars carrying fifty tons each BY one sn-
CINE with what is done by our Durham or
northumberland lines. 1t Is astonishing
And the wonder of it is that the cost oil
hauling these 1850 tons is not bit great
ar than would be the cost Of drawing 500
tens on the other side. How can our
country compete with your railways with
a yiant difference OF that kind?''
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
Ia the Philippines.

Il spent eighteen months in the Philip
pines" said Mr. Lloyd NJ. Robbins, an at
torney OF San Francisco, at the Shoreham.
1T is a country that grows on one, for it
takes long time to understand it thor
oughiy. Our Congressman who visited
there this summer may think they got 10
the bottom OF things in the Philippine
archipelago, but they couldn't have done
so in the limited time OF their visit. Pee
pie who make hasty survey OF the coun-
try often come away saying they would
net live over there II the islands were
rendered them as a gift. This kind of
talk is based on superficial knowledge,
but II pleases the men who have located
there permanently and established them
selves in business. because If the impress
sion becomes general in the United States
that a white man cant live in the Philip
pines, and that II Is a poor sort of region
anyway immigration from America will
be checked and a monopoly of the busi-
ness of.the islands will be secured for the
few who went there at an early day"
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ATTACKS PALMA's MACHINE.
Maso Declares Cuban Officers VIII
Manipulate the Elections.

2 .
HAVANA, Dec. 3.-4The Maso coalition
has sent a telegram to Secretary Root
regarding the elections. a copy of which
is printed here.
The message says that under the pres
ent circumstances interference by officials
is inevitable. All the members of the
Central Canvassing Board, ~hich has
charge of all electoral matters, are can
didates for Office. as are also the members
of Senior Palma's executive campaign
committee, one of whom is Secretary or
State and two others presidents OF politi-
cal groups supporting Senor Palma.
Other high officials are also candidates.
The officials. high and low. openly work
for Senior Palma, who is said to have the
support of the United States Government.
The situation is delicate,
The people are alarmed by the alleged
attempt of the United States Government
10 force. President upon them, and they
ask for fair and honest election
A delegation representing the Alaso
electoral coalition will leave shortly for
Washington to submit proof Of the above
statements, and to sugget q change that
will ensure fair elections.
1t is now largely claimed that General
Maso has a majority of the people with
him, the strength of Senor Palma lying in
the fact that his agents control the cleo
toral machine which is exercising pres
sure on the mayors and school teachers.
The telegram is signed by EGsebio Her
nandez.
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IMPROVING the MiIitin.

Manchester Union-secretary Roots
plan for reorganizing the militia seems
to meet general approval. He proposes
that the officers at least shall receive in
struction and examination as the officers
of the Regular Army do, and that in case
of war they should receive their commits
sions at once Much OF the difficulty ex-
perenced In the different camps during
the war with Spain was due to the inef-
fciency OF company officers, and their in
efficiency was due in nearly every case to
lack OF training. These and other sug-
gestions made by the Secretary would, If
carried out. give us large reserve force
which would be at once available in case
of emergency and would be free from any
suspicion of incapability. The members
of the National Guard are fine set OF
men and deserve more attention from the
Federal Government
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Generosity and xigsnrdliness.

The increase in Secretary Cages
estimates are not very great. The
appropriations for 1902 footed up
S6O6. ,s77: the estimates for 1908 ag-
gregate S6lO,s27,sSs.
1t is not in the totals, however, that
the nature of the changes is to be
found. but in the several items in
which there are increases or de
creascs. Probably the most popular
decrease in expenditure will be the
$4,000 to be saved on pensions.
Pensions for real invalids and for old
soldiers who have actually served are
popular. but their steady increase
long years after the war has excited
suspicion and stimulated attack.
Although the estimates do not in
dicate it, there is hardly a doubt that
if the new ruling of the Postofiice De-
partment continues in force, this
branch of the service is soon to be-
come self-supporting.
The country will be glad to save
nearly Sl6.500.000 on the cost of the
army. The day is coming, coming as
soon as the farmers and wage earners
feel the pressure of hard times, when
the cost of the army Will be the tar
get for the first assault. 1t viii be
well, then, if every dollar spent can
be justified. 1t has been shown over
and over again that the country is
never pecunious. but always approves
of large expenditures for worthy or
popular objects.
And this leads to the question,
Why cut down the appropriations
for the District of Columbia at the
moment when the work of perfecting
the beauty of the Capital City is ex-
citing so much enthusiasm here and
elsewhere? Does anyone suppose that
cheese-paring at this point will be
POPULAR
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A Great business Year.

Il think that commercial travellers gen.
orally will agree that this has been the
greatest business year since 1892" said
Nj. Edward B. Midlen, of New York, at
the Raleigh.
"In my line-silver goods-my sales this
season have gone far ahead of any year
except the one mentioned. Washington
is splendid town 10 do business in the
people buy literally and want a superior
quality In 1892, which was the boom
tirle that drummers always go back to-,
silver goods retailed for S1.75 an ounce:
today the price is s1.i0 per ounce. which
speaks eloquently OF the depreciation of
the white metal. Everybody now can af-
ford spoons. forks, tea sets and the like
that are the genuine thing, and plated
stuff. except of the finest and best sort,
has been eliminated"
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
Horse Meat in vienna.

In Vienna the price Of beef, mutton and
pork is so high as to place these meats
beyond the reach of the poorer classes,
and for nearly fifty years their place has
been taken by horse and donkey meat
There are in Vienna 1856 butcher shops
which sell horse and donkey meat eXclu-
siveIy, the price for the choicest cuts
being from to 10 cents pound. which
Is much less than half the price charged
for the same cuts of beef. During the
last year for which the figures are avail
able no less than 25.640 horses were
slaughtered for food In Vienna The in
spection of the animsls is extremely
thorough, and careful Government inspec-
tors are present at each slaughter
house with full power to condemn any an
imal Dealers in horse and donkey meat
and restaurant keepers who offer it on
their bills OF fare are obliged not only 20
plainly state the fact but also to keep Ia
sight OF customers the Government GER
tificate Of inspection.
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NOVEMBER WEATHER RECORD.
winter wheat in This section Not
Promising.

The report of the Weather Bureau for
November in regard to the general crop
conditions, says:
THE month, as n whole, was very dry
with temperatures averaging above the
normal west Of the Mississippi River,
while to the eastward C the Mississippi
It wes colder than usual.
''The whole winter wheat area has SUI
fered TO a greater OF less extent from in
sufficient moisture during November
Winter wheat is, however, reported IN
promising condition in Kansas, western
Missouri. and generally in Illinois. 'n
central and eastern Missouri. and geutF-
aIly throughout tine Ohio Valley and MIDI
die Atlantic States the condition oil the
crop is not promising, although 1t WIS
somewhat improved by rains in the latter
part of the month In the upper Jhlo
Valley and Michigan much seeding was
purposely delayed to avoid the hessia1 ny.
In the Pacific Coast States the outiooA
for fall-sown grain is very promising, es-
peciallv in California.
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PERSONAL.
Old Days in Congress.


Congress seems to me tame body
nowadays compared with what it was
when I entered it thirty-two years ago,
remarked Col. d. p. Dyer, of St Louis,
at the Ebbitt Colonel Dyer doesn't look
the patriarch that his service IL the House
nearly third OF a century ago would
suggest On the contrary, although he
voted Cor Lincoln :or President, he is in
the prime OF his physical and mental
powers and is as active in the legal pro-
fession as when he prosecuted the whisky
ring SO vigorously for the Government in
the 7O's.
Yes. things certainly have toned down
since the Fofty-frst Congress" he con-
tnued. What stirring scenes we used to
have and how easy it was for an impas-
stoned speech to rouse the members to
the lighting pitch. | recollect yividly a
Hodse scene in which MAJOR Martin Ma
ginnis, then Delegate from Montana, fig
ured There was bill up to reorgani se
the army and though Maginnis was a
Democrat, and his party was dominant in
the House at the time he broke away and
joined the Republican minority in oppo
sition. How he did lay on the whip of
eXcoriation and what lashing he gave
the champions of the bill. He denounced
1t as measure to paralyze the cavalry
arm OF the service and leave an unpro-
tected frontier at the mercy OF blood
thirsty Indians.
The Custer massacre was fresh in the
minds of the people, and as Maginnis went
on to depict the cruelty and injustice that
would be done his constituents in the
West through the operation of the law
he was denounoing, all the Republicans
and a few Democrats crowded about him
and literally forced him to mount his
desk and continue speaking from IL as
platform. He wound up with a burning
clinay that caused the opponents OF the
bill TO yell with delight. The vote was
close, rut the solid Democratic delega-
ton from Texas, mindful OF atrocities on
the Rio Grande. followed the Montana
man. aed the reorganization scheme per-
ished."
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GERMAN OPPOSITION STIRRED.
Count Won Posadowski-Weh
Remarks Cause an Uproar.

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-The debate on the
new tariff bill was resumed in the Reiehs-
tag today. Count voI Posadowski-weh-
ner, Imperial Secretery of State for the
Interior, cited the United States as an ex-
ample to be followed in the matter of
tariffs. His reference to the opponents
of the tariffs as wanting in sense and
national pride caused an uproar among
the members OF the Left.
Count Won Posadowsk said the present
tariff scheme was comparatively simple.
Ii contained 3S7 sections. compared with
654 in Frances scheme and T40 in the
United States tariff. The object aimed at
was not to admit foreign goods too easily,
but yet not to legislate so as to cause
prohibitive duties against foreign coun-
tries.
1t was a mistake to suppose that the
tariff of The United States was directed
solely against Germany. II was directed
against the entire world.
He pleaded strongly the cause of the
agriculturalists, and expressed the firm
intention of the Government of making
fresh commercial treaties.
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American Goods Abroad.

Business is bad in England. Germany,
Russia. and France" said Mr.. B. F.
Blythe, an American, residing in Paris. at
the New Willard last night.
THE business men of Europe are losing
ground through the invasion of CONNER
cial fields by Americans. and the trouble
is that wherever the Yankee gets foot
hold, n invariably distances his trans
Atlantic competitor. The one article of
shoes, imported from the United States
and sold in such quantities abroad. tells
The whole story. Only in France, perhaps.
can you buy a shoe made so trim ana
fitting so neatly as the footgcar that
comes from the States, but the French
man wants for his shoes from 20 to 80
per cent more than he asks for those of
American manufacture. And so it goes,
wherever we do not surpass them in
workmanship we are at least their equals,
and by reason o. Yankee machinery can
always undersell them
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Il Fe7o Opinions on tie
Presidents Message to Congress.

New York sun-Mr. Roosevelt has taken
a conscientious view of his constitutional
duty to keep Congress informed as to
the state of the Union. and Ii an earnest
STRAIGHTFORWARD, aud most vigorously
comprehensive fashion, highly creditabIe
to his sense of official responsibility. he
has presented many problems and dis
cussed many sets of social, commercial
and political conditions Long as is Mr..
Roosevelt's frst annual communication to
the Congress, 1t is by no means hard
reading. This Is due to the elearness Of
his style, the ineisiveness of his thought,
and, not least of all. the spirit of honest,
patriotic endesvor manifest throughout
its many periods
Senator Hoar-The message is excel
lent 1t is very able and clear state
ment OF the opinion and attitude Of the
Republican Administration, without any
attempt at pomposity or official phraseol-
ogy, and in straightforward, manly
practical style, rising sometimes to a very
high eloquence. II expresses exactly what
think and feel. with two exceptions.
When he says that we are extremely anx-
ious that the natives of tie Philippine
Islands should govern themselves. for their
sake, and because IL relieves US of great
burden, and that there is rot the slight
est fear of our not giving them all the
liberty for which they are fit. ard that We
shall help to make them fit for self-goy-
ernmert after the fashion OF really free
nations-I think he should state clearly
and emphatieally that he means by self
government what The people Of the United
States have always meant by self-gov-
ernment-the right to national independ-
ence. IL they desire It. ] think ne should
say in terms that when they have a gov
ernment fairly representing their people,
atle to maintain itself, and that govern
ment exI resses its desire for absolute na-
tional independence. that the United States
will rot be in their way
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
Give Travellers High Speed.

Philadelphia Ledger-The trains that
rushed the Australian mails across the
country last week. at rates of speed which
sometimes reached eighty miles an hour,
did more than simply expedite corre-
spondence between England and her col
ony. They demonstrated the feasibility OF
such speeds on the roads over which they
Travelled, and thereby suggested de-
mand for higher speed for first class pas
senger trains, whether carrying mails or
not If the roads can run trains al such
speed. the public will demand that they
shall do So
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
The Arkansas Senatorial Race.

''The race for United States Senator in
Arkansas is pretty warm, and it is hard
to predict the winner" said Mr.. Charles
D. Greaves. lawyer of Hot Springs, at
the Raleigh. THE fight is between
Ex-Governor Clark and James K.
Jones, our present Senator. AS I am a
Republican, the outcome is not partlcu-
larly interesting to me. The people of
Arkansas will hold an election next
March and decide as between the two.
This virtually amounts to direct popu-
lar choice of a Senator for, in the pri-
maries held then, On the same day all
over the State. the people will cast their
ballots designating their preference, and
the Legislature will subsequently ratify
the selection made by the voters
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TO PLEAD HUSBANDS CAUSE.
Wife of Deposed Governor of okla
homa Coming to Washington.

GUTHRIE. o. T, Dec. S.-Mrs. w. M.
jenkins. wife of Ex-Governor jenkins, VIII
leave tomorrow for Washington to plead
with President Roosevelt for vindication
of her husband.
The latter said at different times and
to different persons that he did not think
Governor Jenkins was guilty of the least
dishonesty. but that his blunder was one
of indscretion- The President memo
randum. however, was in effect a scathing
denunciation Of jenkins, she says, and
went much further than rebuke of bad
judgment.
Mrs. Jenkins will appeal to the Presi-
dent to save her husbands honor II he
believes him guiltless of wrongdoing.
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
WONDERFUL DUCK HUNTING
Virginia Nimrod Brings Down Fifty
Nine mt One shot.

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. s.-The greatest
number OF ducks known to have been kill
ed in Virginia at one shot were bagged by
f. W Jolly last Saturday, at his marsh on
Turkey Island. on James River, some dis
tance below here.
He used an improved duck gun, loaded
with fifteen drains OF powder and six
ounces of No. shot.
At one discharge he bagged hfty-nine
mallard ducks. This is his high record.
he having bagged no more than thirty
FIVE at one shot before.
He brought 500 ducks to Richmond to-
day, and sold them to a commission mer-
chant.
The Washington times., 1901-12-04
British short-sightedness.

Pittsburg Dispatch-The Welsh coal
miners. having in vain hope TO raise
prices attempted to curtaiI production by
stopping work now find that the only re-
suit has been to drive orders that would
have gone TO Wales into the hands Of
Westphallan and American exporters.
This has been typical of British industrial
conflicts during the last five yeas. While
British capital and labor have locked
horns the American and German compet-
itors have secured a foothold from which
they cannot afterward be dislodged.
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shines by Contrast.

Philadelphia Ledger-in view Of the
enormous cable business done by
our Government with the Philip
pines, the service rendered by Gen
eraI Greedy in persdading the cable com
panies TO reduce their tolls one-third for
Government business is an important one.
General Greedy thus has something to
show for his trip TO the Philippines and
Il shines by contrast with the records OF
the Senators and Representatives who
have gone to the islands al Government
expense merely for iunketiIg purposes.
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of Peace AT Paris this Government has
collected the duties imposed by the
Dingley law upon goods imported into
the country from the Philippines.
Taxes are also imposed on goods car
ried TO the islands. The executive or
ders imposing these taxes are now de-
clared Illegal. and the Treasury must
refund the money collected.
Philippine trade legislation is now
essential. and the question comes up
once more. as it came up with relation
to Porto Rico, and is coming up again
as to Cuba. Are we to make conces-
keep up the tariff against them?
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FOREIGN TOPICS.
-. Riotous TroubIe-nreeder.

Herr Wolff. the leader of the riotous
PAN German element in the Austrian
Relchsrath, and long notorious as the
chief trouble breeder in that body. has
been compelled to resign and retire from
public life or account OF a scandal about
a woman, which involved him in a duel
with the husband. But IL is said that
Schoenerer, who will take his place, is
equally obnoxious to the Imperial Govern
mo
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Strange Times.

Detroit Free Press-We are living in
strange times. Protests against public
abuses are Invariably met with the eau
tion that we are prosperous and must not
therefore attempt to interfere with exist
ing conditions. One of the deductions of
the thoughtful is that financial content
ment is the result of an awful amount Of
Injustice and sin.