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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
LAID ON THE TABLE.
The House Discussed the Smithmeyer
and Pelz Claim,

This being Friday the House of Represen-
tatives devoted the day to the consideration
of bills on the private calendar.
After spending over two hours In debate
the House laid on the table by vote of 54
to - the claim of John L. Smithmeyer and
Paul ]. Pelz, amounting TO $4,000 for
work in connection with the construction
of the Congressional Library.
The bill was called up at the instance OF
Mr.. Graft chairman of the House commit
tee on claims.
Mr. Graft spent considerable time in ex-
was questioned by Mr.. Payne of New York.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois and Mr.. Mann OF
illinois, which showed that there was de.
cided opposition to favorable action. A
speech against the claim was made by
Champ Clark of Missouri and by Mr.. Myer
of Indiana.
Mr. Clark said that the architects NEIL
toned in the claim had received 1880 for
the original drawings, and $4S,000 had been
allowed them by the Court Of Claims.
In addition to this they had received SAL
aries in connection with the work which
brought their total compensation up to
$1,000. His contention was that after the
court of claims had adjudicated and al
lowed s4SOO0 which had been accepted by
the claimants, Congress was setting a dan
gerous precedent by opening up the case Tor
a further allowance
Mr. Cannon seconded Mr.. Clark's state
ment in this respect and after some discus
sion a rising vote was had with the result
as given above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
ANTITRUST LEGISLATION.
All the Measures Sent to a Subcom.
mittee

Antitrust legislation is to be the impor-
tant work of the judiciary committee Of
the House at this session. The committee
met this morning and the subject was dis
cussed in a general way in many of it's
phases. Mr.. Littlefield reported his pub
licity bill to the full committee favorably
from the subcommittee to which 1t was re-
ferred last week.
ever, was regarded as only one branch of
the subject. and to obviate complications
by having more than one measure on trusts
pending, Chairman Jenkins appointed an
other antitrust subcommittee and referred
all bills on the subject to it, including the
Littlefield publicity BILL with instructions
to formulate a single measure embodying
all desirable legislation on the subject
Mr.. Littlefield was made chairman of
this subcommittee. which includes Messrs.
Ovefstreet Crep.), Indiana Powers (rep),
Massachusetts; DeArmond (dem.). Mis-
souri. and Clayton (dem.) Alabama.
Mr.. Littlefeld at once called meeting
Chairman jenkins was asked what might
be expected in the way Of antitrust legisla-
ton at this session.
That is impossible to say" was his an
swer.
''The committee. as will be seen, has lost
10 time in taking up the subject.
1T was deemed decidedly the best way
to handle the matter to have whatever leg
islation there is all in one bill. Some of the
members of the committee believe that
other measures than publicity are necessa-
ry. and if that is the case. the committee
deemed it advisable to have the whole ques-
iton in hand in one BILL and the prelimi-
nary work on that bill can better be done
by a subcommittee. and then taken up by
the fun committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.
Bill Introduced in the Senate by Mr.
Burrows,

Senator Burrows, by request, has intro
duced bill IN the Senate for the regulation
Of scientific experimentation upon human
beings and animals In the District Of Co.
lumbia and elsewhere upon men belonging
to the army and navy of the United States.
The bill provides that no experiment shall
be made upon any human being causing
pain or distress or danger to life without
the intelligent personal consent Of such In
dividual. in writing, preceded by a full
written statement setting forth to the per-
son affected the consequences that are
liable to result from these experiments. No
such experiment shall be made upon any
newborn babe aged or feeble-minded per-
son. No experiment may be made on any
warm-blooded animal except to alleviate
some ailment from which 1t is suffering.
Every laboratory where experiments upon
living animals may be legally performed
must be registered in the office of the Com
missioners Rules under which experiments
may be made by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture to test the communcability of diseases
Of animals are prescribed. All expert
menters are to report to the Commissioners
concerning their operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
The Public Must Be Patient.

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Let us be a reasonable and patient COM
munity and give a little thought 10 the sub
ject that is confronting US most at present
coal. We all know that the gentlemen
miners saw fit to take q holiday Of six
months this summer; the operators could
see no reason why they should not allow
them to do the same. 1t Is not possible for
any man to close his own business, may
1t be ever so small, and go away for six
months, then to resume work and do 1t
with as much ease and comfort as he would
have done had he kept his business going
l have been to the mine regions. both an
thracite and Dtuminous, several times in
the past six months. 1t is not the fault
exactly of the poor miner, nor you
place all of it at the door of the operator
nor on the railroads. In my experience Of
ten years 1 have never known the time
when from October to April / there has not
been scarcity of cars. Now, then,
add six months supplies which were not
delivered from che 1st of May to the 1St
of November, and YOU will have the real
reason for all of this trouble. The Penn
sylvania railroad, and the Baltimore aud
Ohio, and the Chesapeake and Ohio are
taxed to their utmost capac city with the
freight and material of every kind. They,
however, to my knowledge, have strained
several points and put in coal ahead Of
other articles. Mr.. Baer of the Philadelphia
and Reading has certainly been very lib
eral with his supply to Washington. He
cannot perform miracles any more than
any other man could do. / have not been
able to purchase any coal from the Phila-
delphia and Reading, not being a regular
customer of his; nevertheless, he has
promised me some coal as soon as he has
his own patrons feeling easy. This is all
l can ask of him. / am purchasing coal in
the open market and am paying from s.. 50
to SO per ton, and am retailing it to the
public at SO per ton. l have twenty-four
teams of Littleifeld Alvord. also about
fifty teams of my own, in the street. With
these I should be able to ca tch up by Mon
day with the orders L have now taken.
l ask the public to reason with me and
have a little patience VIM. J. ZEH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
BAD DAY FOR FIRES
Many Blazes Reported From
Various Places.
NONE VERY SERIOUS
DICKINSON HALL AT PRINCETON
AMONG SUFFERERS.
Franklin MacVeagh's Mansion in Chi.
cago Damaged to the Ex-
tent of. $4,000.
NONE VERY SERIOUS

PRINCETON. n. J., December g.
Dickinson Hall. the big recital building OF
the academic department of the university,
narrowly escaped being burned to the
ground today. Fire broke out in the third
story, between the hallway and examina-
ton hall, at 10 o'clock while Prof. ]. Mark
Baldwn's Junior class In psychology was In
session. A bucket brigade was formed by
the students. and the local fire department
was summoned After a hard fight the
blaze was smothered before 1t reached the
main part of the examination hall. II Is
thought that someone dropped a lighted
cigarette in the hallway and that the wood
work took fire. The loss is $4,000
Blaze at Franklin Macveagh's.
CHICAGO, December 5.-Franklin Mac
Veagh's palatial residence at 103 Lake
Shore drive was damaged $4,000 by fire
early today. Two maidservants jumped
from a second-story window, sustaining Sc
rious injuries, and several others nearly
suffocated were rescued by firemen. Only
small portion Of the residence burned, the
chief danger to the occupants being from
suffocation from the dense smoke that filled
every portion of the structure.
Mr.. MacVeagh and family were unin-
jured. An overheatod furnace was the
cause of the fire.
which broke out under the stage in the
Grand Opera House at 3 o'clock this morn
ing caused a loss of S17J, 900. The opera
house block. owned by a local syndicate,
was totally destroyed, with loss OF $4,000;
insurance. S2l0O0 Other losses were: j. o.
Nolen,, grocer, $1,000; Holcombe block,
$1,000; Dische block, $4,000; Zeigler Bros,
clothing, $4,000; c. Kirk & Co., shoes,
stock of $4,000 badly damaged.
There were also a number OF smaller
losses. The fire was under control by
o'clock The St Paul fire department sent
apparatus, but it arrived too late.
Serious Loss at Rockford.
ROCKFORD. H., December 5.-The Mead
building. a five-story brick structure, was
DESTROYED by fire last night. 1t was occu-
pied by the Wortham Bros. & Company,
department store. and the Rockford Busi-
ness College. The loss is $275 600; insur-
ance. 100000.
BRIDGETON. n. j., December "a fire
which started during the night in the VIII
lage of Newport. near here. did much dam
age. The general store Of State Oyster
Commissioner Riley was burned. An un-
occupied hotel. livery stable and other
structures are in flames and high wind IS
spreading the fire.
The flames We're confined to the Riley
store and the unoccupied hotel. Loss,
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
THE BEET SUGAR CROP.
Consul Diederich Sends Estimates to
State Department.

United States Consul Diederich at Bremen
has sent to the State Department esti-
mates of the beet sugar crop made by the
ma ajority of factories in the leading beet
sugar countries gathered from October 10
to October 25 These are the lowest est!-
mates yet submitted-for example, giving
Germany IL $40 900 against 10000, 600 tons
Of sugar beets for last year. Commenting
on the estimates, Consul Diederich says:
Altogether there will be considerably
less sugar produced this year than will be
consumed. but this shortage is blessing
in disguise as large quantity of old stock
was left over from last season that can now
be drawn upon and reduced. From present
indications the supply will continue to moro
than cover the demand for another year.
but in 1904 the worlds sugar industry will
probably be on sounder basis than OF late
wears"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
STRIKE COMMISSION
FURTHER EFFORTS TO SETTLE
MATTERS OUTSIDE.
Rumor That the Trust Will Buy Out
the Independent
Operators.

Special Dspatcb to The Evening Star
SCRANTON Pa. December 5.-Wayne
MacVeagh will leave this city this after
noon for New York, where he will have a
conference with the presidents of the an
thracite railroads Last night he had q Sc
cret conference with President Mitchell, c.
s. Darrow and II. D. Lloyd, advisers of the
miners. The object of this conference was
to agree on plans for a settlement of the
disputes between the miners and operators
outside the commission.
The move of the coal trust to purchase
the mining properties of the independents
and in this way to remove the opposition
to a settlement which has come from this
quarter has been partly confirmed.
By the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, December 5.-When to-
days session of the strike commission was
opened a long colloquy was begun over the
objection Of Lawyer Everett Warren of
Scranton to hearing the testimony of VIII
liam Markowick an engineer employed be-
fore the strike by the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Company This wit
ness was on the stand when adjournment
was taken yesterday. He struck when the
steam men were called out, and was re-
fused his place when the strike was over
because it had been filled. Mr.. Warren
said the witness should not be heard. His
place had been filled because he voluntar-
lily left it, and, therefore, the company was
not guilty of blackiisting men.
Harry Reynolds for the Peoples Coal
Company, made the point that the concern
he represented promised men good positions
If they took strikers places. They came
and the company felt 1t was bound to pro-
tect such men.
1t was decided that where 1t was admit
ted by the operators that some men whose
places had been filled, or in whose cases
there was a special reason for not re-em-
ploying them, it would be a waste of time
to hear further testimony, and that such
facts may be laid before the commission on
request Of the opposing side. The witness
was permitted to continue, inasnuch as he
had already started his testimony, but
nothing new developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05

ask the company to furnish coal to local
dealers for the Associated Charities. We
have in the past tried handling coal our
selves but in every Instance it has been a
failure, and the coal cost us more than
from the local dealers.
so think the best plan is to depend on
the local dealers to handle the coal for US
If the company will not furnish the coal to
the local dealers for u.s. then. l suppose, We
will have to go into the business ourselves.
The branches of the Associated Charities
are so widely scattered over the city that
1t is not at all convenient for us to under
take to handle coal ourselves"
Mr.. Weller said that there has not as yet
been any abnormal demand for coal. and
that the demands SO far have been met in
wholly satisfactory manner.
There is not so much to fear at this
time said Mr.. Weller, but later in the
season the demands will increase. Just
now the people have considerable work and
are In fair condition. but along in Janu-
arv the demands will begin to get heavy,
and preparations must be mace before
hand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
CAPT. SWINBURNE HERE.
Conferring With Naval officials Re.
garding Injury to the Texas.

Capt. VIM. T. Swinburne, commanding
the battle ship Texas, was at the Navy
Department today comforting with the off,
cials regarding the repairs to that vessel,
made necessary by the recent accident to
the recoil mechanism of her turret guns
while engaged in target practice near the
Virginia capes. The Texas is now at the
Norfolk navy yard, and work upon her is
being vigorously pressed with a view to
having the vessel reach Culebra before the
conclusion of the naval maneuvers of the
fleet under command of Admiral Dewey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
THE CUBAN TREATY.
Unexpected Turn a Surprise to Officials
Here

The unexpected turn in the Cuban treaty
negotiations at Havana have greatly sur
prised the officials here, who had every
reason to believe from Minister SQuiers
reports that the treaty was practically an
ACCOMPLISHED fact. Now that II is to be
thrown into the house of representatives
at Havana with a national majority said
to be hostile to the plan. 1t is feared that
the treaty is lost. for IL not rejected out
right 1t will probably be amended SO as to
make it unacceptable to the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
Industrial Exposition at Rheims.

The State Department has received from
United States Consul w. A. Prickett at
Rheims notice of an Industrial exposition to
be held there from May 10 to September g.
1903 This is to be the only exposition in
France next year, and Is expected to be- of
Importance from an Industrial and agricui-
tural viewpoint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
RETIRED AS REAR ADMIRAL.
Capt. F. M. Symonds Leaves the Active
List of the NAVY.

Capt. Frederick NJ. Symonds, recently on
duty at the Naval War College, Newport.
has been placed on the retired list with the
grade of junior rear admiral. under the pro-
visions OF the personnel law. Admiral Sye
monds entered the navy from New York In
September. 1862, and has had over forty
years active service. of which nearly twen-
ty-two were spent at sea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
Far South as Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. December 5-The rain
and sleet OF last night in the vicinity OF
Memphis was absent today, but the
weather was colder and telegraph COM
panies reported that communication with
southern and western points is uncertain.
Reports from Arkansas and Texas state
II eezing weather prev ails The cold wave
reaches az far south as Palestine Tex,
with heavy frosts al Galveston Houston
apd Beaumont.
IN western Louisiana the Red river Is at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
the danger line, .nd a further rise is pre-

the danger line, md further rise Is pre-
dicted.
TACOMA, Wash, December 5.-Reports
from Westport state that the storms or
Sunday and Tt day night did great dam
age to the false work Of the government
jetty at the entrance to Gray's harbor.
This is the superstructure upon whtch
tram cars and engines are run In order to
carry stone and other materials for tne
permanent jetty TIE loss to the gov
ernment is estimated at $0aom, and will
probably be greater before the winter Is
over.
LONDON. December 5-Bitter cold
weather continues to prevail through the
united kingdom. Gales and heavy seas In
terfere with the channel trafnc, and there
have been many minor casualties among
the shipping. The fall of snow Is general,
including the Channel Islands, which Is al
most unprecedented. Londoners expect
skating on Sunday.
Similar conditions exist on the continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
Amending the immigration Bill.

Senator Hoar has presented to the
Senate an amendment to the immigration
bill providing that the wives and children
of aliens who have declared their intentions
of becoming citizens shall be admitted with
out tax or fee. In case Of contagious dis
ease among them they are to be held, and
in case the disorder should prove perma-
nent they are to be deported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
The waeoner-Butler Election Case.

Elections committee No. of the House.
considering the case of Wagner VS.. Butler
from st. Louis today decided to report
resolution providing that the time to be
given the contestants for preparing their
cases be limited to thrty-five days instead
OF 1EO az the rules now provide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05

1t would take $1,000 circulars
to reach the homes The Star
reaches. AT one cent postage
the mailing alone would cost
$3.50, with twice as much more
for printing, envelopes and adj
dressing, or over ST 900 to say
what The Star will print for .
few dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
Western Maryland snowbound.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
IfAGBRSTOWN. Nd, December 5.-This
section of western Maryland and the
Cumberland valley are now snow bound. In
liagerstown the snow is twelve inches
deep. while in the mountain sections 1t is
from fifteen to eighteen inches.
All travel is greatly impeded and in some
places completely blocked. The trolley lines
running from Hagerstown 10 Williamsport
Funkstown and Boonsboro' are tied up.
In this city ;he cars did not begin to run
until nearly noon. On all OF the steam
roads passenger trains are running from
to four hours late. The snow began
falling yesterday evening and continued
until IL O'Clock this morning. At noon the
sun was shining.
Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, December J-One
OF the heaviest early winter snowfalls in
years occurred last night and this morn
ing. At least eight inches fell here. Along
the West Virginia Central the fall was not
so heavy as II was here. Ten inches have
fallen in the Aleghenies along the Balti-
more and Ohio in the vicinity OF Oakland,
and the fall still continues. Traffic has
been but little interfered with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
Resignation Of Liegt. Hasson.

fton of First Lieut.. GustAyesJ.. Hasson,
Philippine Scouts. to take eject at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-05
The Cabinet Meeting.-

Secretary Root and attorney General
Knox were away from the cabinet meeting
today, and the other cabinet officials dis
cussed department matters with the Presi-
dent. Postmaster General Payne went over
number of post Office cases with the Pres
ident. One important office decided was
that of Toledo, Ohio William H Tucker,
the present postmaster, wiz be reappointed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-17
HIS SHOES SQUEAKED.
The Quaint Motive That Moved the
Old Darky to Wear Them.

"'I'd as lief have dentist file
away at my teeth as to walk behind
pedestrian with squeaky shoes"
said Detroiter who is well known
for some of his whims. "And I
may add that thereby hangs a tale.
Three or four years ago | sent a
pair of shoes to the cobbler to be
half soled. When they came back,
they squeaked. | set them in a pan
of water for an hour, but it was no
good. l oiled the soles and edges,
but they still squeaked. | left them
out over night in the rain, but the
squeak was still there. | worked
at those shoes for a month and then
gave them away to a darby who was
choring around the house. He was
proud of the squeak, but it grated
on me till [ told the fellow to clear
out.
1.-TWO weeks LATER" continued the
nervous man, 'Fmy wife woke me up
one night and said there was man
prowling around the yard. sat
up and listened, and l heard his
shoes go squeak, squeak, squeak as
he moved about. 1t wasn't a min
ute before | identified the sound.
cts dollars to cents that those
are the shoes [ gave away to the
darby said I.
"'The squeak is certainly the
same replied my wife.
81 raised the window and looked
out, but it was too dark to see any
body. | continued to hear the
squeak, squeak, however, until |
finally lost it in the alley. Next
morning I got up to find my lawn
mower and garden hose missing,
and three days later the darby was
behind the bars. | told the police
of the squeaky shoes, and they
found the stolen goods in the fell
lows house.
"Boss, how did you do it?' he
asked as l went down to court.
"It was those squeaky Shoes I
replied. 4 heard you moving about
the yard
"Befo' de Lawd, but what fool
I WASP he exclaimed. DE old wo-
man dun told me to go b'arfut, but
I jest wanted dat squeaky noise
along to make folks think dat a
millionaire was comm home late ?"
Chicago Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-17
No. 124.-DoubIe Diagonal.

All the words described contain the
same number of letters. When rightly
guessed and placed one below another
in the order here given, the diagonal
beginning at the upper left hand letter
and ending with the lower right hand
letter will spell a kind of pear; the
diagonal beginning at the upper right
hand letter and ending with the lower
left hand letter will spell kind of ap-
pie.
Crosswords: 1. Flowering. .. A shrub
which bears oblong red berries 3. An
American plant, very troublesome in
spots where brushwood has been burn
ed. 4. Malicious. 5. Without. pain. 6.
A waiting maid. Z. To introduce. 8. A
long glove.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-17
$1OO---SLIGHTLY USED PIANOS---$lOO
On Easy Terms until paid for

We have go upright pianos that have been
used from three months to one year that we
are obliged to dispose of to make room for
our fall stock; and until they are gone, they
will be sold at prices never before heard Of
They include the Chickering, Emerson,
Wegman, Briggs, Gramer, Marshall & Wen
dell, Hallett & Davis, Halett & Cumston,
and Haines at prices from 500 to 1915 on
easy terms.
These pianos are in frst-class condition
and are warranted for ten years, and include
stool and scarf
If you ever expect to own piano, write
before it is too late for catalog and full
description OF styles, prices and terms to
MCKannOn Bros. e. Co,
40 Church Street Burlington, Vt.
The largest Music House in the State