Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-24
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Secretary Cortelyou Going to
Canton Tonight.
MCKINLEY MEMORIAL
SITE FOR 1T TO BE SELECTED BY
TRUSTEES.
Senator Scott Talks on the Bright
Republican Outlook in West
Virginia-Alaska Fisheries.

Secretary Cortelyou and Postmaster Cen
eral Payne will leave Washington tonight
to attend a most important meeting at Can
ton. Ohio, tomorrow of the trustees of the
William Mckinley Memorial Association.
The meeting will select site for the memo
rial to the late President 1t is said to be
quite likely that this site will be on the
highest point of the cemetery in Canton.
The point is near the present site of Nc
Kinley's grave, and is the most command
ing location in the cemetery.
OF the $3.50 900 which the association
started out 10 raise over s55OOO0 has been
subscribed and consequently the commits
sion is beginning to look forward to the
censummaton of it's plans and labors. New
York subscribed s15o,O0O of the total amount
raised, and Ohio contributed over s1OO, 200.
Some of the states have contributed very
small sums The New England states are
said to make a bad showing in the list.
The West Virginia Outlook.
Senator Scott of West Virginia is in
Washington today, on his way to the south
ern portion of West Virginia, and is booked
to call on the President to discuss political
conditions in that state West Virginia
is safely republican. We have been having
a lively campaign. and l have been talking
H4S ut anu udN IOT InTee weeks. j. ftdnp-
ton Hoge Of Virginia has been helping us,
and is going into the southern part of the
state with me. | think all five of the con-
gressional districts are assured to the re-
publlcdnS. The closest districts the
second. now represented by Mr. Dayton,
and the fourth district. We will carry
them, however. We are going to begin our
campaign in southern West Virginia at
Bluefield.s on Monday, and will be in that
part of the state until election. We will be
in Representative Caves and Representa-
tive Hughes districts for some time. These
are safely republican,"
DR.. Daytons opponent is John T. Nc
Graw, who is making a hard fight and has
money to spend in his canvass D mocrats
say he will be elected.
Alaskan Fisheries.
Geo. NJ. Bowers. the fish commissioner
had talk with the President today
garding the work Of the fish commissioner.
Mr.. Bowers told the President that next
spring he is going to send the fish commits
sion steamer AlbatrOss and a commission of
experts to the salmon waters Of Alaska to
thoroughly investigate the salmon business.
One of the purposes Of the comm 'ssion will
be to ascertain the best means of repenish
ing the stock of salmon and preventing the
gong out of the supplies of this great COM
mercial fish. THE catch Of salmon this
year was an immense one said Mr.. Bow
ers, and this would indicate that salmon
are plentiful But we want to know all
about the fish and the best way Of keeping
the Alaskan waters thoroughly stocked"
Secretary Cortelyou's New Horses.
Secretary Cortelyou has purchased from
Baltimore = beautiful team of seal brown
driving horses for his own use. They were
purchased by E NJ. Moses who bought
President Roosevelts team Of bays. Mr..
Moses was engaged for a lons time in
securing a suitably matched pair for Mr.
Cortelyou. At Huron. Mich, he found a
pair which was just beginning It's show
ring trials The team was there shown for
the first time and Mr.. Moses determined
that the pair was great one and was
capable Of winning anywhere, SO he bought
1t up quickly.
He right. The horses are each fif-
teen hands three and one-half inches tall.
They are seal brown with not a light mark
on them. They are five years and six
months old each, and can road fast Mr.
Moses says they can step along at ten or
twelve miles an hour, and do 1t without be-
ing forced.
The pair were sired by Comac a son of
Kentucky Prince. who was a son of
Clarke's Chief. he by Mambrino Chief
The dam of the off horse was Mamie she
by Cuyler Coast. The dam of the near
horse is Troarn, by an imported French
coacher.
Besides working well double, either can
show well in single harness.
Booker Washington Calls
Booker T. Washington accompanied by
Emmett ]. Scott. his private secretary.
called on the President today, and spent
half hour with the chief executive. Prof