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The Washington times., 1902-10-13
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES,

CHARLES f. MUNRoE. Phi. D.. DEAN.
Courses leading 20 the degrees OF Master OF
Arts. Master OF Science, Civil Engineer. Elec-
trical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Doc
tor OF Philosophy are open to men and to
women who holG the necessary preliminary
degrees.
Session begins September q, at 4:SO p. m.
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successful in their efforts to get the
people interested in the issues.
More than six hundred men, striving
to represent the 327 Congressional dis
tricts into which the country was di-
yided by the last apportionment act, are
daily working on the voters, without
| being able to arouse them to that pitch
OF political excitement that is the
Office seekers opportunity.
Other hundreds of hired speakers are
harranguing the people by night and
day. but still the voters refuse to be-
come excited.
What is the matter?
Is it the coal strike. or is it prosper
aty?
Unusual Spectacle.
The unusual spectacle is presented of
the strongest, most experienced and
most resourceful leaders of the party
in power meeting daily with the repre-
sentatives of capital and labor in a vain
attempt to stop the coal strike.
Even the President and his Cabinet
have had the representatives Of the two
sides of the struggle in the anthracite
coal region in conference, but they have
been unable to make an impression
Senators platt and Quay, who for years
have represented more practical and
more successful politics than any other
men of their time. are supposed to be
desperately anxious to compose the diff
.employers, lest the continuance of the
strike have disastrous political eff
feet next month.
Difficult Task.
Senator Hanna, whose genius as an Or
ganizer and whose influence among the
strongest men in the United States,
elected 4 President in one of the most
exciting and momentous contests that
this generation of voters have witnessed.
weeks ago gave up the task of bring.
ing about settlement of the strike
through the exercise of his functions as
chairman of the National Civic Union.
Wherefore, again, what is the mat
der?
AT present in the campaign are Senator
.Platt of New York and Senator Quay of
Pennsylvania They completely domi-
nate the Republican party In their re-
Hpective States. In fact, each is more
powerful In his State organization TO-
day than ever before, in spite of the
popular fiction that the New York leader
suffered defeat in the nomination of the
lieutenant governor at the Saratoga
convention, and that the Pennsylvania
had to accept men at his State conven-
ffon who were distasteful to him.
The politicians know that Platt aud
Quay nominated in their States the men
they wanted, and that the grip they
have secured upon the party organiza-
fion has been strengthened thereby.
Political Danger.
If there is DO political danger in the
coal strike why do Messrs Platt and
Quay exhibit such an earnest desire TO
be eonspicuously instrumental in set
Ting IL? That is question both timely
and pertinent.
is Mr.. Platt afraid his State ticker
will be defeated? Is Mr.. QUAY wrought
up by the fear that Judge Pennypacko-
Mill not be elected governor of Penn
tylvania. and that with the loss of the
State ticket will go the Legislature.
wfth the consequent defeat of Senato7.
Penrose2
These are the questions that the prac-
4cai politicians not In the confidence CT
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DENTAL SCHOOL,
i. HALL LEWIS. D. D. S. pI

j. HALL LEWIS. d. D. s., DEAN.
Session begins October !, at p. m The free
dental iufirmary opens October I, at p. m
Fall examinations on September 20. For iurthe.
information address the Dean. 1923 Vermont ave
Catalogues, giving the courses Of study. terms
etc.. can be obtained on application. PERSONAL,
or by letter, to
CHARLES W HOLMES, Registrar,
Southeast corner II and Fifteenth streets
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PROPHETS AT SEA
OVER COMING ELECTION

Platt and Quay are asking one another
They cannot believe that either New
York or Pennsylvania is on the verge Of
another political upheaval.
Confident of Success.
Republican candidates for Congress in
the disturbed region of Pennsylvania are
not apprehensive of the election next
month. They cay the strike has driven
thousands of Democratic voters out oi
the district, and that, of course, this
strengthens the Republicans. Repub-
lican candidates for Congress in the Re-
publican districts of New York say they
do not feel uneasy about their own
chances.
From this viewpoint, therefore, it Is
necessary to look further than the in
pending elections for the causes of
apathy among the masses and the ex-
ireme activity of Messrs. Platt ami
Quay in the coal strike.
Mr.. Quay pledged his State conver-
tion to the nomination of President
Roosevelt in 1904 Mr.. Plat did the
same thing in effect with his State con-
vention, after a show Of disinclination
TO do So The base of the great power
welded by Messrs. Platt and Quay is
very close to the big financial center of
New York
May Lose Power.
It goes without saying that IL they
desert their base they lose their power.
Neither of them is made of the stuff
which leads men to lose their heads, and
cut themselves off from the influences
and interests which make them great in
the public eye. If the interests which
Quay and Platt understand well wanted
to settle the coal strike there is no
room for doubt that a way would be
found to settle it.
If the strike continues and disaster
overwhelms the Republicans in Novem-
Der, The Administration at Washington
will suffer in the long run more than
the men who may be defeated at the
polls next month. But even if the
strike is settled now in time TO have
good effect for the Republicans on
election day the President would not be
given that degree of credit which would
have come to him had his own efforts
to terminate the strike been successful.
Credit for Senators.
AS the case now stands. Messrs. Platt
and Quay would get the lions share
of the credit. Had the influences rep
resented by them wanted the President
to have the prestige of settling the
strike there is no reason why a way 20
bring about settlement with the Presi-
dent.
There may be, then. a shrewder and
more far-reaching political game going
on in the coal strike negotiations being
conducted by Senator's Platt and Quay
than appears on the surface They un-
derstand Governor Odell better than
they understand President Roosevelt.
Indeed, there is no denying the state
ment that Odell suits them and the
interests they represent far better than
the President
In word. 1T is upon the hypothesis
that Messrs. Platt and Quay, in spite
of their public utterances 10 the con-
trary ard the platform pledges Of their
State conventions. are adroitly laying
the groundwork for the defeat of Presi-
dent Rooseveli's nomination in 1904. that
many politicians are accounting for all
of the strange things that are happening
both in the campaign and in the nego-
tiations for the settlement Of the coal
strike
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IN MEMoR1Am.
mi

+ THoMAS-In loving remembrance of our baby,
| CAMILLE. who died year ago today, oe-
| tober IL, 1901, aged six months and twenty
seven days BY HER PARENTS.
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MEDICAL and ENTAL
Departments
National Uniyerity.

A four years. couse in medicine. A three
years course in dentistry Entranceexamina-
tion Friday September 26, 1902, at, o'clock
p. m. Session will begiL Monday, Ctober G.
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GREGG SHORTHAND.

No shade, no position. Half time Of other sys-
tens Record, 225 words per minute. Business
Practice method of Bookkeeping- Students en-
tering daily Managers have mad S5 years ex.
perieDce as teachers and accountants.
NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE,
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DR.. Vim. A.Ly0n

Has removed his dental Office to sl7 18th St.
NV. Pope Building). av> mS-o
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Court F. Wood, Ii. M. Easae Eas' IS.

Flynn's Business College,
EIGHTH AND Z STREETS. Established 1szd
Day or Night Sessions, SIS year.
Business. Shorthand. Typewriting.
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~ REAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA
I CO. Nam sto.e, corner 9TH and E sta
NJ Branches all over ths city and in all
markets
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OSTEOPATHY.

DR. GEO d. KIRKPATRICK,
Bond Building 18th and New York ave. NV.
Hours 10 5. Phone i562-F. oci-3mos
The Washington times., 1902-05-07
APPROPRIATION BILL TO
CARRY PERSONAL TAX
Senate Measure Will Be Tack
ed on as an Amendment.
Senator Mcmillan Thinks 1t Will Stand
Better Show of Passing in
This Way.

Senator Mcmillan yesterday introduced
as an amendment to the District appro-
priation bill. the Senate personal tax bill.
to take the place Of the clause OF the
appropriation bill providing that the old
personal tax law be re-enacted.
The Senate District Committee has
been in favor OF its bill at all times. and
this plan of making it an amendment to
an appropriation bill instead of a sep
arate measure is taken with the Idea that
1t will be easier to secure its passage.
A number Of changes have been made
in the Senate bill, all of them referring
TO the financial Institutions Of the Dis
trict. 1t is provided that the trust COM
panies may have a capital Of 100000 in
stead Of the $1,000. 600 now required.
Savings banks are to be taxed III per
cent on their surplus and undivided
profits.
In lieu Of the tax OF $500 on general
brokers there is a provision that the
Washington Stock Exchange shall pay a
tax OF $500, and its members be exempt.
Members of other stock exchanges are to
be taxed 800, and brokers not members
of any exchange $500. Brokers taxed as
bankers are not to be required to pay any
tax as brokers.
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URGE INCREASE In PAY
OF LETTER CARRIERS
Officers of Association Before
Committee.
Compensation Unequal to Responsible
ties and Onerous Duties-S2oo Addi-
tional in All Grades Asked.

The House Committee on Postofices
and Postroads yesterday gave a hearing
to J. C. Kellar. president of the National
Association of Letter Carriers. and Ed
ward ]. Cantwell. the secretary Of the as
s0ciation. on the bill to increase the pay
of letter carriers.
Messrs. KeIlar and Cantwell, for nearly
an hour. argued the Justice of the letter
carriers cause. They spoke of the small
pay received by the carriers in compari-
son with the compensation paid other
Government employees whose responsible
ties were as nothing compared to that Of
the men who make the rounds in all kinds
of weather with the mail.
No Chance for Advancement.
They called attention to the fact that
under the existing law the letter carrier
enters the service at 5000 year. and that
no matter how many years he may faith
fully serve the Government he never can
get more than 1000 per annuln. A car
rier will serve from six to eight years
and sometimes ten years before he
reaches the thousand dollar class.
All the carriers asked for was an in
crease of two hundred dollars In each
grade. That is after the substitute. for
all carriers are now appointed from the
substitute list, receives an appointment
at 5000 at the end OF the first year. his
salary shall be increased 5000. and each
succeeding year until he receives $1,000.
nd hay ba irrr
A Good Impression.
Messrs. Kellar and Cantwell were at
tentively listened to by the committee.
and It was evident they had made an i'm
preston by the earnest manner in which
they argued their case.
1t is not improbable that the commit
tee will report to the House some meas
ure giving the increase in pay asked for
by the carriers. The sentiment in the
House in favor of the letter carriers is
very strong. - 4-
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RIVER And HARBOR BILL
TEMPORARILY HELD UP
Conference Committee Takes
Two Weeks Recess.
Due 30 Absence Of Congrcssmcn-Meas-
ute May Be Finally Reported
About the First of June.

So many Senators and Representatives
have decided to go down South with Rep
resentative Thompson OF Alabama and
Crumpacker OF Indiana. TO see cotton
grow, and incidentally to look into the
negro question there. that the conference
committee on the river and harbor bill.
which has been in session for three
weeks, has taken recess for the week.
Since the middle of April the Senate
and House conferees have been holding
protracted sessions. going over each sep
arate item in the s70.000.O0O pork dis
tributing measure. and only recently have
begun to make headway toward an agree
ment.
The Senate added SIC. 900 900 to the bill.
and the House conferees at first declined
to consider the question of adopting any
of the Senate amendments. Effective ar
guments were brought to bear. however,
and finally the committee got down to a
business basis.
When the Southern pilgrims return
the work will be resumed. and 1t is hoped
an agreement can be reached so that
the bill can be disposed of, and agreed to
in both houses, not later than the 1st
Of June.
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Bill Prepared by District
Committee introduced
in the Senate.
HIGH BUILDINGS FIREPR00F
Inflammable Structures Not to Exceed
Seventy-fve Feet in Height - Non
Fireproof Residences, Flats, and Hotels
Limited to Sixty Feet.

The bill to limit the height Of buildings
In the District. on which the Senats
District Committee has been working fosf
several weeks. was introduced in the Sen
ate yesterday by Mr.. Mcmillan, the chair
man Of the committee.
The provisions of the bill are briefly a.
follows:
No eombust.ble or non-freproof resi-
dence. apartment house. or hotel shall be
erected to a height of more than nve
stories or raised to a height exceeding
sixty feet above the sidewalk.
Buildings intended foT ffoT business purposes
solely may be erected to a height Of
seventy FIVE feet without being Of fire.
proof construction.
All buildings. except churches. hereafter
erected or altered to exceed seventy-fve
feet in height shall be freproof or nom
combustible, and OF such materials
throughout as may be prescribed by the
Commissioners of the District Of Column
bia. Within the fire limits. churches here
after constructed. including Sunday
school and meeting rooms. must be OF
freproof construction up to and includ-
ing the main or auditorium floor.
Equal to Street Width.
No building shall be erected or altered
on any street or avenue or highway m
the District of Columbia to exceed In
height above the sidewalk the width OF
the street In its front. Where a building
is to be erected. removed from all points
within the bounding lines Of its own lots
as recorded. by distance at least equal
to its proposed height above grade, the
extreme limits of height permitted for
hreoroof or non-freproof buildings m
residence sections may be allowed. the
measurements to be :aken from the nat
uraI grades at the building as determined
by the Commissioners.
On business streets and avenues. as
the same are now or may hereafter be
designated by the Commissioners, no
building shall be erected or altered to
exceed the height of no feet. except ON
business streets or avenues i6o feet wide.
where a height not exceeding 100 feet VIII
be allowed. On residence streets and
avenues no building shall be erected or
altered so as to be over go feet in height.
nor shall 1t exceed 10 feet less than the
width Of the street or avenue upon which
1t fronts. except on streets 50 feet wide.
where a height of 50 feet will be allowed -
and on streets so feet wide and less.
where a height equal to the full width
Continued on Fifth Page)
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Little Benefit in His Testi-
mony Before the Senate
Cuban Committee.
TO ASK TREASURY FOR STATEMENT
Members Desire to Know Total Quantity
of Sugar Imported Into United States
From Cuba So Far This Year = Sir
William Van Horne to Make Statement

Henry c. Mott. raw sugar buyer fer the
sugar trust, was the witness before the
Senate Committee on Cuban Relations yes
terday. He produced number OF tech
meal papers relating to the sugar trade.
with detailed statements as to the sew
eral purchases Of Cuban sugar made by
the trust during this year and the last
three months of las. year.
He explained TO Mr.. Teller the tech
nical process of buying sugar. FIIctua-
tions in the prices resulted from the
varying quotations from London cr from
the laws of supply and demand.
If large amount of sugar was to be
sold upon the New York market it would.
Of course, result in lowering the price.
Mr.. Mott SAID that he knew nothing
about the number Of American planters in
Cuba. nor did he know how much Cuban
sugar had been purchased by other refin-
ing companies than his own. Neither die.
he know how many Spaniards there were
in Cuba who were producing sugar. This
finished his testimony. and the committee
adjourned until today.
Sir William Van Horne's Statement.
The subcommittee has called on Sir
William Van Horne. the president OF a
company owning large sugar estates in
Cuba. for statement as to the stock
holders of the company. the extent Of land
holdings, and production. Van Horne, who
is president Of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road Company. 1t is alleged. has recently
made extensive purchases of Cuban sugar
lands. and Is building without obtaining
franchises. railroads to connect the prop
critics with the coast. Governor General
Wood. in responding to a Senate inquiry.
stated a month ago that no public fran
chises had been given for railroads in
the island. they being prohibited by an
act of Congress, but that permission
had been given to construct roads on pri-
vate lands.
Mr.. Teller has caused a subpoena to be
issued for the appearance today of John
Oehler. a printer, of New York city. When
Arthur Donner. treasurer of the sugar
trust, was on the stand last Friday. Mr..
Teller asked him a series of questions
as to his knowledge of pamphlet en-
titled Facts About Sugar. which was
handed to him for Identification.
Mr.. Donner declared that he had never
seen the document before, either In manu-
script or print. He denied specifically
that he had procured the printing of the
pamphlet. and also told Mr.. Teller that
he did not know Mr.. Oehler. by whom the
paper was printed. MIR. Teller is anxious
to secure more information from tie New
York man.
The Treasury Department will be called
ba Toe with n
statement as to the total amount of Cuban
sugar that has been imported into the
United States this year. Representatives
of Arbuckle Bros. and OF McDougal C
Co.. Independent refiners, have also been
called as witnesses
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BUILDING LIMIT LAW
FOR THE DISTRICT
GOVERNOR TAFT AND
CARDINAL CONVERSE
Both Guests at Dinner of Theodore Mar
burg at His Residence
in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Nd. May s.-Judge VIII
liam II. Taft. governor Of the Philippine
Islands. who has been spending some time
in Washington. was tie guest tonight Of
Theodore Marburg. at his residence. IA
West Mt. Vernon Place. While Governor
Taft came to Baltimore ostensibly to visit
Mr.. Marburg. much significance is at
tached to the fact that Cardinal Gibbons
was one Of the guests especially invited
to meet him.
To those enjoying his confidence. his
Eminence has often admitted that he Is
deeply Interested In the conduct of af-
fairs in the Philippines. and he welcomed
the opportunity to meet and talk freely
and without reserve to such an excellent
authority as Governor Taft. The two
engaged in a long conversation. and dis
c,ssed every phase Of the situation.
Neither. however. would consent to be
quoted in an Interview.
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MR.. TURNER ASKS A
FULLER INVESTIGATION
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR
DISTRICT PER DIEM MEN
Mr.. Gallinger Introduces Amendment to
the Appropriation Bill in
the Senate.

Mr.. Gallinscr. OF the Senate District
Committee. yesterday introduced In the
trict appropriation hill providing fof
leaves OF absence 10 rer diem employees Of
the District Government
The wording OF the amendment is an
follows:
The Commissioners OF the District arc
authorized. In their discretion. TO grant
not more than thirty days leave Of alb
sence to each per diem employe who has
been continuously in the service Of the
District for one year."
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RAILROADS INCREASE
RATES ON F00DSTUFFS
Packing House Products, Live Stock,
Flour, and Grain Must Pay
Heavier Freight.

CHICAGO. May 6.-An agreement to
raise freight rates on live stock. dressed
beef. and all packing house products and
grain and -four was entered into by the
executive officers of Western roads at a
meeting held here today.
All roads will make an advance Of 5
cents per hundred pounds on these food
products. making the rate from Missouri
River points to Chicago 32k cents. While
that has been the nominal rate of the rail-
roads for years, all of them paid the
principal packers rebate Of cents per
hundred pounds.
After Judge Grosscup on March "a en-
Joined the railroads from violating the
Interstate commerce act they openly
made rate of 1sts cents on products of
the packing houses.
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RAW SUGAR BUYER FOR
TRUST EXPLAINS PRICES
ENGINEER OFFICERS FAVOR
DISAPPEARING CARRIAGES
Reports Recommend Adoption for the De-
fenses of Long Island, Manila,
and Subig Bay.

Secretary Root sent to the Senate yes
terday reports from engineer officers
charged with the preparation of plans for
the defense of Long Island. Manila and
Subig Bay.
The report is considered an excellent
vindication OF the principle of the disap-
pearing gun carriage. and was forwarded
to the Senate Military Committee because
Of its bearing on that subject. 1t was
made U? from the reports of two separ-
ate boards OF officers-one in Manila and
the other in this country.
Both boards recommended the use Of
disappearing gun carriages at the places
mentioned, and special board composed
Of army officers which indorses these re-
ports concur in the action recommended
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Justified Friends Confidence.

wILKESBARRE, Pa, May 6.-The peo-
pie of Glen Carbon, ILL.,. who raised money
to defend Joseph Machutis. accused OF
murder, were justified in their belief in
his innocence. Today the jury acquitted
him. and he was restored TO his wife and
children. He will go back to Glen Car
bon with them to thank the friends there.
who. In order to raise money for his aid
held fair.
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MAJOR GARDENER FILES
SPECIFIC CHARGES
GOOD CAMPAIGN MATTER.
Senator Lodges Speech to Offset DEM
ocratic Philippines Arguments.

Senator Lodges speech on the Philip
pine bill, delivered in the Senate Monday,
will probably appear in today's edition Of
the Congressional Record" The speech
has attracted wide attention, and will be
extensively used as a campaign document
by the Republican party.
Mr.. Lodge did not prepare his speech in
advance. and 1t went to the newspapers
without alteration or amendment. He
spoke for two hours, extemporaneousiy,
having written out only the statement OF
the specific cases of cruelty practiced on
American soldiers by the Filipinos-
Applications have already been made for
the speech from all sections of the United
States, and many thousands of copies oil
1t will be put in circulation. 1t furnishes
the very kind OF information in compre-
hensive and reliable form that Is needed py
Republicans to Offset the arguments oil
the Democrats against the Philippine
policy of the Government. and to refute
their attacks upon the conduct OF the
American soldiers in the Philippines.