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MISSIONARIES IN DANGER.
Americans at Fee Will Be Slain If
CAPTURED

A dispatch from Kansas City last night
says: Eight missionaries, who are working
in Morocco under the direction of the Cos
pei Missionary Union, whose headquarters
are in Kansas City, are said to be In peril.
At Fee are stationed George C. Reed of
Kansas City, formerly of Nebraska, secre-
tary Of the Morocco Mission, and Mrs.
Wellfver of Minnesota; Marie Carey of En-
poria, Kans.; Irene Ward, Avoca, Iowa. and
Nellie Alison of Alabama.
Another party now at Mequinez is COM
posed of F. c. Enyart of Kansas City, and
Victor Swanson of Nebraska. This town is
forty miles west Of Fee.
A letter from Reed at FeZ dated Deem
Der 4. to George s. Fisher, president of the
union, has just been received. Mr.. Reed
writes:
Word to hand indicates that the Sui
tan is returning to Fee from MeQuinez in
stead Of going to Rabst.
THE fight last Sunday east Of here was
a serious reverse for the government, and
estimates of the loss are very high, some
putting it at 500 on the army side, prob
ably one-half to two-thirds OF that num-
Der"
Mr.. Fisher believes that Christian mis-
sionaries would be slain II captured by the
fanatical rebels.
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with white star in his forehead and two
white hind feet. The President brought
him to Washington, and until Renown. the
other hunter, was bought last spring he rode
him exclusively. Renown, a dark brown
Canadian horse, five years old. and very
large and strong, measuring about seven
teen hands high, Is now used on alternate
days. Both are famous jumpers, Renown
having record of six feet eight inches and
Bleistein of six feet five inches.
Both Of the Presidents hunters are good
runners as we'll as jumpers, and Ble1ste1n
especially will take fast, swinging lope
and keep 1t up mile after mile, up hill and
down, on good roads ard bad, over smooth
stretches and fences, without seeming to
tire, and Is known as a remarkable distance
horse with great staying qualities. An Or
derby, a sergeant, from Fort Myer, as Is
well known, always accompanies the Prest-
dent on his horseback trips. Bleistein has
already worn out four regular cavalry
horses, this number having been condemned
and sold, each has successfully gone
down and become incapacitated for further
duty in their efforts to stand the strain in
keeping respectable distance behind the
sturdy Bleistein, who will always finish
strong, If white with foam, at the end Of
the ride. Both BleiStein and Renown are
as sure-footed as they are fast, very i'm
portant element in a saddle horse, and are
as kind and gentle as kittens.
1.-The President rides every day, rain or
shine when well, though lately, on account
Of his leg he makes his mounts at the out
skirts. of the city, where the going is soft,
as the jar of a canter on the asphalt Is con-
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MISS MARY BARBER WEBS.
Becomes the Bride Of Maj. Hartzen al
Canton.

A dispatch from Canton, Ohio, last night
says: Miss Mary Barber. eldest daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Barber, this even
ing became the wife of Major Ralph Hart
cell. The ceremony was performed at the
commodious old Saxton homestead, former
ly the home OF the McKinleys now occu-
pied by the BARRIERS, and was witnessed
by Mrs. Mckinley. Mrs. Mckinley and
Mrs. Barber are sisters. Rev. o. B. Mill
gan Of the First Presbyterian Church off,
ciated. The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Ida, and the groom by his brother,
Fred s. Hartzell, assistant secretary Of
the Mckinley Memorial Association. Miss
Barber was a favorite OF the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, and spent much time at
the White House, and was in several presi-
Dental parties making extensive tours of
the country the particular companion
of Mrs. Mckinley. She became a great
favorite in cabinet circles, and of the many
presents that came to her as a bride some
of the handsomest were sent by members
Of the cabinet and their families.
The ceremony and reception were at
tended by about $50 guests, mostly rela-
tives and intimate friends Of the families.
Mrs. Mckinley was accompanied by Chief
Counsel Brooks of the Pennsylvania COM
pany and Mrs. Brooks of Shields. Pa, who
are guests at her home, Mrs. Brooks hav-
ing been a friend of her girlhood days.
Mrs. McKinley's gift to the bride was a
splendid silver table service.
Major Hartzell, who was Cantonfan
until few years ago, was a quartermaster
in the volunteer service during the late
war. He is now a practicing attorney In
Denver. and, with his bride. left for that
city tonight
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WRECK ON PENNSYLVANIA.
"1SEV14 V1N 1NS 1V 3IN1x1s
Two Trains Collide Head-on Near
West Middlesex.

A dispatch from Sharon, Pa, last night,
says: In a head-on collision on the Penn
sylvania railroad, one and half miles west
Of West Middlesex, tonight, the engineer
Of the passenger train, Neal Daugherty Of
Erie, was killed, four were seriously in
jured, and almost a score hurt. The acci-
dent was caused through misunderstand-
ing of orders. Both engines were demolish-
ed and are lying on their sides In the ditch.
while the express, baggage and smoking
cars are almost totally wrecked.
Following ia list Of the injured: Engt-
neer Shallenberger, probably fatally; resi-
dence not known; Robert Williams, Erie,
fireman passenger train, serious; George
Gibson Erie fireman freight train, serious;
Samuel ]. Mcdonald, Greenville, express
messenger, serious.
Among those painfully hurt are: Martin
L. Strauss of New York, cut on leg; Au-
gust Miller Erie; Mr.. Purvis, Utica, n. Y,
yard inspector for Pennsylvania railroad at
Chicago; J. II. Taylor, Middlesex; Mrs.
Thomas Law and baby, Struthers, Ohio;
Mrs Allison, Sharpesville, Pa; H. S. WAL
gus, residence unknown; j. F. Watterson,
jamestown, N. Y: w. X. Ponds. McKees-
port; J. Eugene Morris, Pittsburg; David
Evans. Pittsburg.
OF the injured. Samuel Mcdonald, George
Gibson and Engineer Shallenberger will
die.
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The Men Who Build the Guns.
the Editor of The Evening Star

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Congress has thanked men high in naval
circles for valor displayed during engage
ments with the enemy. Naval officers have
given credit to the men behind the guns, for
the accuracy of their aim and the manner
inswhich they handled the guns But now
where or at any time have we heard one
word of commentator for the men who
make victory possible-'the men who
build the gunsT' In the naval gun foundry
are assembled the finest set of mechanics
skilled workmen has been sifted and re-
sifted until the perfection point Is almost
reached and yet strange as 1t may seem
the gun builders are the poorest paid of
any part Of the government service. Ma
chinists in the government printing office,
by an act OF Congress, get 81 per day, or
so cents per hour, with thirty days annual
leave. Machinists in the bureau Of engrav-
Ing and printing get from s1,100 to 81. 200
per year. with the same annual leave. The
highest pay to the gunmaker Is So. 90 per day
and fifteen days annual leave. When the
work is taken into consideration the differ
ence In wages Is unexplainable. In the gov
eminent printing office and the bureau the
duty of machinists is to keep up repairs.
In the gun factory the reverse Is the case.
The men construct and build to such
nicely and perfection that in the assembling
Of the great weapons the different parts
must fit with such an accuracy that the
varying of a thousandth part Of an inch
would often change the working parts.
Where does the fault lie? Not that the
naval officers who are in control of the
yard are biased against the mechanic. Not
that the Secretary does not know the value
to the government of this great auxiliary
part of the navy. But the organic law
passed by Congress- many years ago, before
the naval gun factory was established. is
accountable for this injustice. This act
provided for a board of naval officers who
should regulate the wage of mechanics in
the navy yards to correspond with work of
similar character done by private parties
or corporations In the near vicinity. That
law is the barrier that prevents the gum
makers from receiving pay CONNIE nsurate
with their work. When 1t is considered that
there is no similarity of work between the
gunmakers OF the Washington navy yard
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He RIDES EVERY DAY
THE RECREATION THOROUGHLY
ENJOYED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Avoids the Jar Of Gathering on the
Asphalt of the City, as His Leg
is Not Entirely Well.

IAN article in The Star recently upon
horseback riding for health calls up some
further interesting points about this fine
sport, the manner in which President koose-
welt sits his horse, and the hunters that
carry him up hill ann down dale over the
roads and wales of the District and its en-
virons," said well-knoYn local amateur
horseman this morning tera Star man. -
lone of the best photographs of the Presi-
dent is that showing. him, mounted upon a
stout hunter in the act Of neatly clearing
the top bar of high rail. fence in field
near Washington If you observe the Presi-
dent as he canters through our streets you
will notice that he rides with a full-length
stirrup-that is, he rides American style
with the leg fully extended, the ball of the
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and outside firms the law as 1t now stands
seems odious. The cost Of living has ad-
vanced at least 33 per cent in the last two
years, but no increase in pay has come to
the gunmakers in the yard. Knowing the
great Importance Of this institution. its
value as an integral part Of the navy, would
1t not be fair to the employees Of the yard
for Congress to repeal the law and estab-
fish a wage based on equity and justice to
compare with the pay received by the ma
chinists of the government printing office
and the bureau Of engraving and printing!
Surely no one can find fault with that which
Is just and equitable.
OLIVER T. BEAUMONT.
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foot only resting upon The stirrup, as United
States cavalrymen, Califognia horsemen ana
cowboys ride. -, al. t,rsvy... s....,.x,
nv Mayican. and the Mexican vaquero. like
The American cavaIryman, as part anoS
narcel Of his horse. she rides so that ms
toes only touch in! the ebnge wooden anu
leather stirrups Of htsihsavy saooie' anu ne
On the horses sides. which keeps MN
astride 80 long as the hroncho keeps MS
feet, bucking or notIbucslng. "A man VI
a bronco with stirrupssraps ADJUSTED Eusy
lish style-that is. wioh neht knee' , moun
be thrown so hard from n bucking pronco
that he would 1aeverranoW where ne lahoeo
when the battle was overs
'.The President like other men VINO nave
ridden on the frontier no doubt, woulo NO.
ride auy other styleaand would scorn the
hob bob. bob as taught In the riding
schools. In the latter style the rider all
WAYS has more or less ora t1ght hold upon
the bride and a pulls upon the DIT 10 assis.
in maintaining his seat. The cowboy ana
the yaouero use the bride mainly to guide
their pony, and they skillfully turn him
either slowly or like lightning. a little TO
one side or around like a top, not by pulling
at his mouth, but by bringing the bride
gently or tightly, as required, against the
oppostte side of the bronco's neck by
mere turn of the wrist, and horse thus
broken obeys the faintest touch. An east
ern-broken horse would not Know Wna1 II
around on the bit. The cowboy brings his
horse to a dead stop while on dead run
by a quick, straight back pull. the pony $
front legs stiffening rigid as he braces him
self and plows up the prairie in the few
stiff-legged jumps that bring him to a
standstfll. while the eastern horse has to be
pulled down. often by saving his mouth
with the bit to come into walk.
The Presidents Hunters.
1.-THE President has. among his other
horses, two splendid, powerful hunters,
Bleistein being his fayorite. Bleistein Is a
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sidered unwise until his leg is entirely well.
1t is only when the going on the country
roads Is hard from frozen ruts that the
President refrains from his accustomed
ride, as it is very easy to lame saddle
horse when the roads are frozen hard"
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WHO WERE OUR FRIENDS.
AMERICAN COMBINATIONS.

The year 1902 will always be regarded as
a notable one in the history Of great bust
ness achievements and financial combina-
tons. Following the great railway merger
Of the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern group, came the news of other railway
combinations on scale Of magnitude quite
as great. and all this was crowned by ]. P.
Morgan's enterprise in securing control of
a good part Of the Atlantic carrying trade.
The announcement OF Mr.. Morgan's great
feat caused CONSERVATION in financial
INVASION" which had come to be 30 COM
mon. was still more frequently used than
ever before.
The following telegram from Chicago on
the last day Of the year u Interesting In
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this connection: EARLY in the year J: p.
Morgan & Co. will announce the consolida-
ton Of the Erie, the Lehigh Valley and
the Reading railroads. The merger has
Northern Securities Company, the stocks
of the companies to be pooled and held as
a basis for the issuance of a large amount
Of common shares, which will take as their
name the title to be given the consolidated
companies.
-Four roads will be included in the mer-
ger, the jersey Central being now con-
trolled by the Reading company. The plan
for a coalescence, 1t Is said, has been in
contemplation for nearly year and has
been held in allegiance owing to the inabil-
ity of the promoters to get possession Of a
majority of the Lehgh Valley shares. Mr..
Morgan. when asked as to the report, said:
There is not the slightest reason for such
a story. It is altogether without founda-
ton. !"
AMERICAS BEST BUSINESS YEAR.
Bradstreet's review of the business year,
to be issued next Saturday, will be In part
as follows:
ITO say that 1902 was the best year this
country has ever experienced, while truth
full enough in the main, does not suggest
fully the enormous strides which the United
States took during the year. Practically
every branch of ordinary trade and manu-
facture showed an Increase above the best
of previous years, and yet this immense
enlargement of output was not sufficient of
itself to satisfy the growing-it might even
be termed insatiable-demand for all kinds
of materials.
I'm many cases the usual foreign outlet
for our products was, perforce, neglected
by American producers, who confined their
efforts to supplying insistent domestic de-
mand, while in others foreign production
was called upon to reinforce domestic out
put, with the result that new currents and
channels were created in our foreign trade.
Our export trade, therefore, shrunk, while
our imports expanded to unprecedented fig
ures
1.-The railroads Of the country, In their
efforts to handle the business offered them,
suffered as never before from congestion,
and complaint Of interference with produc-
ton and distribution Of the products Of the
farm, the mine, the shop and the loom was
general.
Speculation, 1t is true, felt the checks
imposed upon 1t by conservatism, by short
crops in the preceding year, and last, but
not least, by high rates for money; but, de-
spite the fact that stock market operations
were only about one-half those of 1901, bank
clearings, those usually reliable guides Of
business, showed aggregates practically
equal to the hitherto unheard-of totals Of
1901. All this. was accomplished with
minimum of friction, as reflected in the
form Of business endorsements"
THE PHILIPPINES.
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'.The President has. among his other
horses, two splendid, powerful hunters.
Bleistein being his favorite. Bleistein Is a
large, strong limbed. full-chested light bay
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THE PHILIPPINES.

Reports from Judge Taft, president of
the Philippine commission, indicate salts
factory progress in the establishment of
civil government there.
While in Rome on the subject Of the friar
lands Judge Taft presented a final propo-
sition to the Vatican and announced that
he would proceed on his way to the Philip
pines; Cardinal Rampolla. in an answering
note, said that an understanding about the
friar lands had been reached, which can be
perfected later; it was also reported that
the pope was displeased with the way the
cardinals had handled the question, had
dissolved the body and was preparing to
take up the question himself The War De-
partment made public the report of the act
Ing superintendent of public instruction for
the Philippines Islands. upon charges made
against the school system Of the islands, al
leging that 1t was used as a PROSECUTING
agency against the Catholics. Gov. Taft, in
testifying in sedition case at Manila, de-
clared that former insurgent leaders ap-
pointed to office have proved loyal, honest
and straightforward. A series Of earth
quake shocks was felt on the Island Of Min
danao, twenty Moros being killed by falling
walls
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THE VENEZUELAN EPISopE.

After his successful mediation in the
great coal strike matter President Roose-
welt won great distinction again by his
good Offices as a mediator between vene-
Euela on the one hand and England and
Germany On the other. The difhculty be-
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LIQUOR SELLING TO MINORS.
A Case Dismissed on Trial in the
Police Court.

James A. Mahoney colored. fifteen years
old, who lived at 2219 Sth street northwest.
died a week ago after he had INDUCED in
more than pint of whisky. Coroner
hewitt gave the necessary death certificate
and friends of the deceased called on the
police to investigate the case. Precinct De-
tective Evans Of the second precinct was
assigned to the case. He learned that the
Mahoney boy. with three companions. visit
ed the monument lot Wednesday night and
witnessed the display Of fireworks They
bought liquor early in the evening and also
while returning from the fireworks It was
stated that Mahoney consumed a pint of the
liquor at one time and one-half pint at an
other. He became unconscious about 1890
clock and died twenty-six hours later
Warrants were issued for the alleged pro-
prietors of three places, and one case was
tried in Judge Bundy's court today The
firm of Plugge & Xander was complained
against, and the court heard the testimony
boy named Eugene Atkins was the only
witness in the case. He was unable to tell
who sold him liquor or to say that the per
son making the sale knew the purchaser
was minor. He paid no attention to the
man, and he thought the man paid no at
tentfon to him. Mr. Pugh said 1t was neces-
sary to show knowledge on part OF the per
son making the sale and the court dis
missed the case. The other warrants were
nole pressed.
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arbitration for settlement under the pro-

arbitration for settlement under the pro-
visions Of The Hague peace convention.
On May q, 1902, the protocol was signed
at Washington, and without loss of any
time the Mexican senate. on May 30. vail
dated its requirements by ratifying the in
Strument.
That the two countries should have been
willing to arbitrate their differences before
five members of the permanent court OF ar
bitration is l venture to say. conclusive
evidence of belief in the impartiality and
ability which would be displayed by those
whom the signatories of The Hague con-
vention had designated from among their
most eminent jurists and publicsts.
"Inaugurating our proceedings under such
circumstances. l may assure you. Mr. Pres
ident and honorable arbitrators. that the
determinations of this court, whatever they
may be, will command and receive the re-
spect and unquestioned acquiescence OF the
United States. After your award shall
have been rendered, no matter what our
nrevious opinions may have been. we will
remember the language of distinguished
English jurist. who on the occasion Of
famous international arbitration said: I
hope that the English people will obey the
decisions of the judges with the submission
and respect due TO the decision of tribunal
whose decree they have freely agreed to
cept.'
May Pave the Way.
81 do not wish to take my seat without
expressing the hope of my country that the
ing the permanent court of arbitration may
be followed with increasing frequency
years go by. While the unique honor must
remain to the United States of America
and the United Mexican States of being the
first voluntarily to submit their differences
to the jurisdiction of this court. it will be
a source of the greatest satisfa ction to my
government if the action thus taken should
pave the way to similar settlements in the
future. whereby in later cases misunder-
standings which might otherwise lead to
conflicts between states may receive peace
able adjustment, believing as it does that
the most happy rivalry that can possibly
exist between nations is to be found in
common effort to excel in whatever tends to
bring about the contentment and vcllbting
of mankind. The good of humanity is an
end to which the United States steadily and
consciously struggles. and toward the same
end, we believe. assuredly the forma ton
and the extension of the employment of the
permanent court of arbitration must large
ly contribute.
I'm again thanking you, Mr.. President,
for your own expressions of courtesy and
good will, let me once more express the
hope that our labors may conduce toward
the coming of the time when, to paraphrase
the language of England's great poet:
THE drum throbs no longer,
And the battle flags are furled
In the parliament of man,
The federation of the world"
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then met by hunting and killing wild birds
and there were indications that the species
would soon become extinct. But in the
early sixties a French scientist named
Gosse Issued a pamphlet in which he argued
that the domestication of the ostrich was
feasible and practicable. and not long after
ward brood of ostriches was reared In
the city of Algiers. Gosse's pamphlet ann
news of the experiment in Algiers became
familiar to two farmers in Cape Colony
who determined to undertake the domesti-
cation of ostriches in South Africa. Be
ginning with two birds, which they caught
and placed In an Enclosure. In a twelve
month they had a brood of eighty. which
marked the birth Of a new industry which
has played a potential part in the devel-
opment and commerce of a vast region
Large tracts of land in South Africa which
could not be profitably used for any other
purpose are now devoted to this business
and feathers to the value of $6.0O0.000. from
nearly 100000 domesticated birds. are now
annually sent abroad from Cape Colony.
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