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The Washington times., 1902-05-05
GAS CONSOLIDATION BILL
COMES UP IN HOUSE TO-DAY
MYSTERY REGARDING
VATICAN TREATY
Rumored That Sale of Friars' Land Will
Be Arranged With Taft Commission.

There is a queer story in diplomatic
and ecclesiastical circles here that
treaty regarding the friars' lands and
other church affairs in the Philippines
may be concluded between the Philippine
civil government and the Vatican. In
stead of between the Government of the
United States and the Vatican. Certain
remarks by Archbishop Ireland are cited
by those who profess this belief.
The archbishop was twitted on several
occasions with the failure of his efforts
to obtain the appointment OF this COM
mission. His reply was that the commits
sion would go to Rome, notwithstanding
assertions to the contrary.
But not with any papers from the
White House or the State Department ''
1t was objected. To this Archbishop Ire
land replied on more than one occasion:
Governor Taft will defray the ex-
penses Of the commission out OF the
Philippine budget. and an army officer
will be detailed to act as the secretary
of the commission What more authority
do you desire for commission charged
with such delicate negotiations?"
1t Is impossible to verify this account
at the War Department.
1t Is interesting. however. to note that
Col. Clarence Edwards sailed for Europe
about the time of the departure of Bishop
0'Gorman and General Smith, who are
reputed to be members of the commits
sion. Colonel Edwards has six weeks
leave Of absence to recuperate his health
and visit the German spas. 1t is not a
long or tiresome journey from any part
of Germany to Rome. and those who watch
ecclesiastical affairs are much impressed
with the coincidence.
Prominent Ca,2olics. however. assert
that unless the commission can show the
Vatican authorities clear and definite
power to act for the Government at WASH
ington the negotiations will be abortive.
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RAILROAD BOOM IN SPAIN.
Great Development May Begin With
Young Kings Reign.

MADRID, May i.-The reign of King
Alfonso. which begins in a fortnight, will
probably witness in its early stages a
great extension of Spanish railways and
a change In the system Of land tenure.
American steel enterprises may ulti-
mately find a field in Spain II the new
railway projects are carried out. This
week bill has been carried in the Cortes
providing for the construction Of 5000
kilometers of narrow-gauge road at cost
OF about s50.0oo.Oo0.
Spain's railway service is now wretch
edly meager. Many of the large towns
are wholly without railway communica-
tion with each other, except by most cir
cuitous routes.
The State will guarantee per cent, so
that the investment is tempting to French
investors. When the question of rolling
stocks comes up the bidding is expected
to lie between the Americans and British.
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INVALID COMMITS SUICIDE.
Eew York Merchant, Victim of Paralysis,
Uses Revolver.

NEW YORK, May 4.-Horatio P. Dyer,
a retired shipping and commission mer-
chant, committed suicide by shooting
himself at his home, 35 Pierpont Street,
Brooklyn, shortly after . o'clock this
morning. Mr.. Dyer suffered an attack
of paralysis about three years ago which
left his right arm and leg powerless. Since
then a valet has wheeled him about in an
invalid's chair.
Mr.. Dyer had recently recovered the
use of his right arm. While in his room
on the second floor of his home this
morning he ordered the valet to the base
ment on an errand and few minutes
later the occupants OF the household
heard pistol shot. They ran to Mr..
Dyer's room and found him lying on the
bed. On the floor at the side of the bed
was a revolver.
Mr.. Dyer had fired into his mouth and
the bullet lodged in his brain. His wife
and married daughter and several friends
we're in the lower part of the house at
the time.
Mr.. Dyer was sixty years old and was
born in Bremen. Me. He rose from a
clerkship to be the head of the shipping
and commission firm of II. p. Dyer & Co.,
at 81 First Street, Manhattan.
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FIERCE STRUGGLE ON
FOR HOODY'S SEAT
Ambassador Meyer and Cap
tain Gardner Candidates.
Prospects of Lively Canvass in the
Sixth Congressional District
ef Massachusetts,.

George Won L. Meyer. Ambassador to
Italy, who has obtained sixty y-day leave
from his pest In Rome to come home and
try for the Republican nomination for
Congress in the Sixth Massachusetts, dis
trict, left vacant by the elevation of Rep
resentative W. H. Moody to the Secretary
ship Of the Navy, is rich man. Moreover
| he is courageous man. for he comes home
to oppose Capt. "Gussie" Gardner, the
son-in-Iaw of Senator Lodge.
THE neighbors and friends of Ambassa-
dor Meyer are wondering why he should
throw up his place as Ambassador to
Italy. to come home and run for Congress"
Raleigh.
Hurrying Home to Fight.
'Mr. Meyer has obtained two months
leave of absence. and is hurrying home to
start his campaign. which promises to be
exciting from start to finish. He will have
the hardest fight of his life to down Capt
Augustus P. Gardner. Both men have hosts
OF friends and as both have their homes
within the. same borough the contest will
be warm one.
should Mr.. Meyer be successful. he
will, of course, not return to Rome, and
Europe, since 1t is said that the President
intends to appoint Henry White, now first
secretary Of the United States legation in
London. as Ambassador to Italy"
The Massachusetts, Republican Senator
has long had ambitions for his sonin-law.
He has thought that Captain Gardner is
worthy Of being on the payroll of the ma
tion, and is inclined to the idea that
Gardner has the making OF statesman
in him. III nc tt
Lodge has been trying to get Moody out
of the wdy for. long time. Moody re-
fused to get out of the way. He is i'm
menseIy popular in his district and could
come back to Congress as often as he
liked.
Refused All Offers.
Lodge had the President offer him a
Federal judgeship. When Moody refused
that he got tho Massachusetts, people to
offer him place on the supreme bench Of
Massachusetts, Moody refused that. Lodge
went to President Roosevelt again. and
Roosevelt offered the Navy portfolio to
Moody. The bait was large enough and
Moody took it and left the field open for
Captain Garduer--sz +..,- ,s..,.r.
As soon az Meyer heard that Moody
would go into the Navy Department he
cabled from Rome that he would be
candidate. Lodge ground his teeth. but
couldn't force Meyer out.
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FURTHER HEARINGS ON
SHIP SUBSIDY MEASURE

sells adapted to cargoes rather than pas
sengers. l do not look upon the pending
Senate bill as accomplishing what / would
want in a subsidy bill"
No Equity in 1t.
Mr.. Woods of California: 81 am opposed
to the pending ship subsidy bill. First.
because it does not subsidize in equitable
proportions the proper kind of ships. The
slow ships are in need Of a subsidy-not
the greyhounds of the sea. The latter
can pay good dividends without any sub
sidy. Second, l am opposed to subsidiE-
ing any ships manned substantially by
foreign sailors. This bill gives subsidy
to number of ships that employ Chinese
labor"
Mr.. Haugen of Iowa: 81 have not time
to discuss the subsidy bill in detail but
/ feel free to say that I am opposed to
ii as IL is now constituted, opposed to 1t
as it is likely to come up at this session
if it should come up at all, and / am in
clined. at this time, to oppose it in any
shape"
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Continued from First Page.l

and excluded from their caucus. conclud-
/ ed that not even a seat in the United
| States Senate was worth surrender of my
! convictions. and that opinion is unchanged.
| There Is not speech or vote of mine upon
any question growing out OF tho Spanish
| American war that / would change even
| II | could and in which l do not take
pride In thus proving my loyalty to my
country.
Independence of Thought.
.1 have ever maintained this indepen-
dence of thought and action. Last sum-
mer, recognizing my responsibility to the
people, there being no campaign in the
State. I announced my intention OF going
before themrfor The purpose of discussing
these national issues. | was Immediately
and violently assailed for advocating Re-
publican doctrines and branded as Re-
| publican in Democratic disguise. The
State Democratic executive committee
met. and under the dictation of my col
| league in the Senate formally declared
that | was not Democrat, which formed
| the basis for similar action on the part
| OF the Democratic caucus of the United
States Senate. % Since that time the war
| against me has been persistently waged.
| The policy OF my opponents has been to
/ belittlp the real ISSUES INTO perSOHai
| quarrel between 'Tillman and McLaurin. y
| This issue iiarn not willing TO accept. as
| / do not propose to be influenced in my
public course By personal spleen or petty
| jealousy. The. public interests should
never be subordinated to purely personal
| ends.
| Attitude of Enemies.
Now the proposition of my political
| enemies is to exclude ne from the pri-
mary as a candidate, and to exclude all
candidates for office who entertain my
views. and thus prevent the people from
hearing me and from hearing them in
| justification of my corrse. and in adyo-
cacy of the absorbing public measures
now confronting the American people. |
| am absolutely convinced and forewarned
of this purpose 10 exclude me and my
| friends because / have read the speech of
Senator Tillman, the acknowledged die
! tator of the Democratic machine of South
| Carolina delivered at Manning, in which
| he directs a revision of the rules aud
form of oath OF the party for the purpose
OF excluding myself and friends from par
| ticipation In the primary. | resent the
suggested exception of myself. for. Of
course. l would not make my race for the
Senate or proclaim my views under condi-
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DIED.

BYNG-ou Sunday. May I. 1902. at i:f9 p:
M EDCxR A SHILLING; beloved husband of
Mary A. Byng, in the twenty seventh year OF
his age. :,
Notice of funeral in Evening Star" mi
MIILER-On Saturday. May ). 1902. at $50 p.
M. MARGARETHA, beloved daughter of George
and Margaretha Miller, aged twenty-feur years
and six months.
Funeral from residence 53i Fourth Street north
east Monday, at $50 p. M. Relatives and friends
respectfully invited. mi
MoyLEY-on Friday May 2. 1902 at p. m;
CASPER C. II. MOxLEY, in the sixty-seeond
year Of his age.
Funeral Monday. May 5. 1902, at 1880 p. m.
from Douglas Memorial Church, corner Eleventh
and II Streets northeast.
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Progressive Euchre Party.

y progressive euchre party was given
last Wednesday evening by the ladies of
Burnside Corps. The attendance was
large, every available place being occu-
pied, and some were compelled to be
"Iookers-on'' for want or room for extra
tables and chairs. The awarding OF many
prizes was followed by the serving Of re-
freshments.
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General Deficiency Bill.

The House Committee on Appropria-
to report to the House. viz, the general
deficiency. The committee will not begin
consideration of this bill until next week.
1t will contain all the remaining def
ciencies existing in the various appropri-
ations for the support of the Government
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1902.
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Mr.. MACFARLAND'S TALK.
Will Address Young Mems Club on "cit.
izenship" Tomorrow.

Commissioner Macfarland will deliver
an address upon Citizenship" before the
Young Mems Club, at Neighborhood
House. 1856 N Street southwest. tomorrow
evening. at 1880 o'clock.
The club will debate the question. Re
solved. That public playground should
be maintained in Southwest Washington
at public expense report of the work
which the club has been doing in fitting
up the back yard of Neighborhood House
as a playground and gymnasium will be
made,
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PLACE HUNTERS ANNOY
THE COMMISSIONERS
PERSONAL TAX MOVEMENT
HAS MANY ENEMIES
Matter Of Speculation Whether Program
OF Leaders Can Be Carried Out.

The personal tax situation in the Sem
ate is an interesting one. Some people
pretend to believe that the wide variance
Of views on the subject will result in
the complete defeat OF any personal tax
measure at this session, but the Senate
leaders are very positive in their opinion
to the contrary.
There is program, and 1t is matter
of much speculation how far it can be
carried out. The Senate bill met with
The Washington times., 1902-05-05
IMPORTANT BILLS ON
SENATE CALENDAR
WOULD CALL CADETS
MlDSHlPMEN AGAIN
Naval Visiting Board Recommends Re-
turn to the Old-Fashioned Name
Commissions on Graduation.

The beard of visitors to the Naval
Academy completed its report Saturday.
The three chief recommendations will be:
First-To commission the cadets as en-
signs as soon as they graduate.
Second-To change the name cadet to
midshpman.
Third-To equalize the pay of navy Of
ficers. putting it on the same basis as the
army officers.
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Admiral Remev Ordered Home.

Rear Admiral George C. Remey. who
returned to New York last week in the
flagship Brooklyn. from the Asiatic naval
station, has been ordered by the Navy
Department to haul down his flag and
proceed home to await orders. He will
be assigned to act as chairman of the
lighthouse board in Washington.
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To Plead Cause of Boers.

The Boer resolution now pending before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Will be taken uD for consideration today
by subcommittee Of that committee. A
number Of persons interested In the cause
of the Beers will be heard by the subcom-
Ioittee.
The Washington times., 1902-05-05
ENTERS RACE FOR CONGRESS
Ex-State Senator King Opposes Ryan in
Schuylkill.

Ex-State Senator Charles F. King, of
Pottsville. Pa, entered the race for the
Democratic Congressional nomination in
his district.
He is a sound money Democrat. and his
candidacy is in direct opposition to that
of Representative James W. Ryan,
who is warm supporter Of William j.
Bryan. and who up to the present time
has had the field to himself. This will
result in n hot fight on national issues.
The Washington times., 1902-05-05
Booking Chautauqua Beach Excursions,
Season 1902.

Sunday-school and organization business re
specttully solicited For dates and terms apply
to $. b. Tiege. G. A. z. ID. D. & o. X. r.. 107
Fifteenth Street.
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LORD KELVIN AT YALE.
Dimes With President Hadley-Degree to
Be Conferred Today.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. May 4.-Lord and
Lady Kelvin tonight dined with President
Hadley. Of Yale University. They ar
rived in this city Just before midnight last
night, and while here will be the guests
of Prof. Thomas d. Seymour. Of Yale.
At o'clock tomorrow afternoon the de-
gree Of doctor of laws will be conferred
on Lord Kelvin.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ORIENTAL COUNCIL. No. S12, II. A.-srecial
meeting TUESDAY. MAY {, l.. NJ. Typo
graphical Temple, to atte nj the funeral ct eur
late Brother Smith rhJmnsor. 81. Memfcrs Of
sister councils invited. c. J. JAMES. Regent.
mi
The Washington times., 1902-05-05
CONSUMPTION AND ASTHMA CUREr

By Koch Tuberculine Inhals;;ons. Consultation:
examination, and trial treatment free. KOCH
LUNG CURE, 13J Ifth T.. Washington.
The Washington times., 1902-05-05
AMERICAN ICE COMPANY.
Office. Ii35 Pennsy !vania ave.,
Corcoran Building.

AMERICAN ICE COMPANY.
Office Ii35 Pennsy!y !yania ave.,
Corcoran Building.
Washington, ID. c., April 10. 1902.
The undersigned takes this method OF informs
ing its patrons and the public generally that the
destruction by FIRE OF of its storage houses
will not shortage OF ice during the ccm-
ing summer. The company las u very large
quantity in store at their several stations in this
city. as also a great abundance in its large
storage houses on the Maine Rivers.
AMERICAN ICE COMPANY
JOHN ID. BARTLETT.
ap22- -ltt-a. only Local Manager.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
Fort Nyer Heights Land Company viii be held
at the company's office Military Road, Fort
Myer Heights. NirginiI, at Wednesday,
MAY J. 1902 for the purpose OF electing seven di.
fcctors and attending to any other business that
NAV come up before said meeting. GEORGE
p. ROBINSON, Secretary. e3O-7
The Washington times., 1902-05-05

Mr.. Curtis of Kansas: II was opposed TO
the bin as presented 20 the last Congress.
! have not had time TO carefully examine
the bill as 1t now stands. but understand
that the objections TO the old bill have not
been entirely removed In the new. If this
shall appear to be true when the bill
comes up, shall oppose 1t and in so doing
think shall represent the sentiment of
Kansas"
Mr.. Hepburn OF Iowa: ~ am willing to
vote for subsidy bill under certain con-
ditions, but ! am not willing TO vote ex-
trayagant appropriations for that pur-
pose. l want the subsidy limited 10 yes-
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UNDERTAKES.
FREY BROS.

FREY BRUS.,
Uadertakers and Embalme.s, 1850 1ith st. NV
Teiephone Main 1900. mi-7
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

Resigned from Central Committee.
The following letter OF resigua-
tion was handed in this morning
and sp-aks for itself:
Honolulu, Hawaii, May II, 1902
To j. A, Kennedy, E.q, Chairman
and the Members OF the Repub.
licau Territorial Central Com
mittee.
Gentlemen:-Under the Rules OF
the Convention, you are authorized
and empowered to fill all vacancies
arising in your committee. From
this, conclude, that my resigna-
ton should be sent to you.
The coming campaign will require
hard work from all republicans, es-
pecially from those who shall be
charged with the mauag ment OF
the party. am in favor of county
and municipal government. II
were to stay in your committee, l
would favor making this an issue at
the primaries, and pledging every
candidate to vote for it before no.
miuating him for the legisl ,ture.
This together with campaign
work would involve ms in strug.
gle, for which have neither tim, nor
physical strength, | therefore, hereby
absolutely resign as member OF tn
Republican Territorial Csntra
Committee for the Fifth Represen.
tstige District. 10 take fleet on the
7Gh day Of June, l002i and | resign
now 81 that my successor may be
deliberately chosen, aad may assist
in pre- pairing for the primaries, anc
that there may be- no doubt as t.
my determination not to be candi
date at the next REPUBLICAN prma
ries, aud as to my withdrawal from
politics for the present
Very respectfully,
Il. MeCANTs STEWART.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
In the Tolls a gain.

James Ward, the young half
white whose case was stricken out
from the calendar in the Circuit
Court at the opening OF the present
term, was arrested again vest erday
on a warrant. He is accused OF
stealing revolver and silver flask
from the Orpheum Co. Ward ap-
peared before Judge Wilcox this
morning and was promptly commit.
ted to answer before the Circuit
Court.
About four months ago, Ward
was convicted on two charges of
larceny before Judge Gear, but
sentence was suspended until the
present term OF the Court. At the
request OF the Attorney General,
his case was dismissed and stricken
from the calendar, but will probably
be reoi iened again. Numerous COM
plants are being made by people
with whom he has been living, but
they are loath TO prosecute him on
account OF his youth,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
Rhubarb From W aimea.

Commissioners Wray Taylor has
on exhibition at his Office in the
capitol building some OF the finest
rhubarb ever seen in the islands. II
was grown on the long farn at Wal
mea, and is over an inch thick and
OF much better quality than is
usually shipped here from the
coast. 1t is reported that arrange
ments are being made for the ship
ment of home grown products to
Honolulu from both Waimea, Kauai
and the Buchloltz place at Kona,
Hawaii.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

We were told the evening before
last by member that the Board of
Health did not pledge the Govern
menps credit for that 5000 a month
adveuce from the mercantile bodies
for the purpose OF cleansing the city
in having all white inspectors ap-
pointed on the work. And il such
is the Gaze, ihen those bodies are
generous and liberal, for il the
Legislature should refuse to reim.
burse them, they will then be the
losers and the people the gamers,
unless they have otherwise been al
ready pledged by another branch OF
the Executive. We strongly decry,
in tho present condition of affairs
the keeping up Of this old Hawaiian
custom Of official evasion OF Lsgis.
lative rights to appropriate funds
as in the present instance, which i:
purely an evssivs w'y getting even
with the Legislature for its failure
to appropriate enough money fol
the Board to do as it pleased, The
sooner this scheme OF advancing
money is stopped. the better for al
concerned.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

and it is but fair that the education
al aud religious work done by the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association
should be heartily supported, as
being the best return we can make
labor for its work in our behalf2
"These people, it is true, have not
yet vigorously demanded these pri-
vileges; but they will some day, and
when they do it may mean especial
ly if they think we have been de-
frauding them OF what was their
just due at our hands. Better pay
good umbrella now, do you not
think so, in the shape of liberal
annual subscription to the work OF
the Hawaiian boards. F. Ex-
aminer, May 8.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
Camp Roosevelt, 8. a. W. v.

The officers of Camp Roosevelt
No. 249, Spanish American War
Veterans, we're mustered in at the
Y. M. @. A. last evening. Following
is the list OF officers:
Post commander, E. Tappan
Tannatt; senior vice commander,
j. H. Flynn; junior vice command
er, Mr.. Lando; adiutaut, q. Seyde;
quartermaster, H. Ruff; chaplain,
David Dunlap; officer OF the day
w. Barth; officer OF the guard, Mr.
Simpson.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
Larry Dee Wants his Rights.

Judge Gear yesterday signed
writ OF mandemus asked for by l..
II. Dee against Victor Hoffman, as
treasurer OF the McKechnie Paint
& Wallpaper Co. Dee claims that
ol April % he acquired $50 shares
Of the stock OF the corporation, but
that Hoffman refuses to enter his
name upon the books, aud he 10
thus reprived OF his rights as a
stockholder. The writ is made re-
turnable Friday,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

Among outgoing passengers yes
terdsy by the Mauns Loa were Hon.
j D. Paris, Hon. Jonah Kumalae,
Col, w. Ii, Cornwell, Mrs. A. M.
Wayne, 2 children and servant, Jas.
Cowan, Jno. A, Mcguire, Judge
George Clark, G. H. Robertson, J..
w. Kusimoku and others.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17

We particularly noticed Mt the
competition prize drill last Satur-
day that when the different COM
psnies lined up for the inspection
of arms" the judges took very par
ticular cara to examine those OF the
native companies, even to looking
through the barrels OF their guns.
From the way they scrutinized those
arms, which they did not do as
much with the other companies, we
felt that there lurksd in them dis
trust for Hawaiians. They may
have thought thst those Hawaiians
we've as treacherous as the Filipinos,
and that they had bullet charge in
their barrels for some of our civil
and military officials present there.
We only think that they thought so
from their actions. Oh, my!
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1902.
TOPICS or THE DAY.

According to the members OF the
court martial which tried Major
Waller for the se.f-confessed
slaughter Of uuarmed Filipinos such
murder is no crime. The courts
action virtually reverses the judg-
ment OF civilization and resciuds the
law OF nations.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-17
Petty Larceny,

MoaDalus, the well known street
character, is in durance vile and the
probabilities are that he will be
committed to the Insane Asylum
again, He was accused of stealing
lady's cape and when arrested had
II on biz shoulders,