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partment regrets that it is unable to
/ comply with your request" "
| Activity in the arrangements for the
contemplated 6. A. r. cncampment con
| tinUes and the public comfort commit
tee is constantly in receipt of requests
from post commanders all over the
country for quarters during the reunion.
ir. Silas Adams, assistant adjutant
general CT the Department Of Maine. G..
a P. At Wat5rville, Ne. reports that
there will be a large attendance of vet
Grams from his State. Surgeon {. Hop
kins, of Soarsvillc. has made application
for quarters for a larse delegation from
tina, place. and the Indications are that
the far North viii be well represented.
Among the applications received dur
ing the Fast few days for accommoda-
lions during the enaanpment were those
of Nr. W Z. Giu's. representing ihe G.
4. R. Of Bethel. Mimi: the Col 0. Il
Ripley Post. Ct pittsburg: MIR. G. L.
Canllin who sends IN a request for quar-
ters for the posts Of Portland. ore. and
Wopau's Relief Corps Cf the same
place: Col. C. c. Haskell commanding
the Department of Texas; ]. Adams
Bartlett. representing posts OF Lowell,
Mass: Mr. W. =. r. SCHNEIDER assist
ant adjutaut general OF the Department
Of Arizona; Nr. !. I. Litzenberg, assist
ant adjutaut general of the Department
of Delaware: Mr.. Remi BCefner. repre-
seniing the John a. koltes Post Of Phil
adelphia; Colonel Dawson Post 22i, Of
Sandy Lake Pa; Pest Of Herman. Pa;
S:aighton. Wis; BTCcktCn, Mass;
Wilde. No. %. Of Chester. Pa. Meade,
No. 6, Of Fairmocut. W. Va.
The Department Of Vermont and Wo
- . b.. 4aT -.
have taken apartments at the Dunbar
ton Hotel and will be chartered there
during The reunion.
Quarters and a Hall Wanted.
Mr.. NJ. C. Round. Of Manassas, Va,
member cf the Veterans Signal Corrs
Association" has written TO the public
comfort committee requesting quarters
and a hall for the accommodation of the
organization. lie has also rendered their
services in a body as escort to the com
mander-iu-chief OF the G. a. r. en-
campmcnt.
Commander Torrance and Adit Gen
5. T. Tyler viii arrive in Washington
about the 14th OF August. In a letter
to the public comfort committee General
Tyler inquiries if ample accommodations
are being provided for the veterans. and
has been advised that the committee
will be able to meet tEe demands Of
o. COO
Commander E. R. Bangs, of the G. A.
r. posts of Toronto and Ontario, Canada, |
has applied FOR quarters for himself and |
other comrades. This is the first re-
quest received from a Canadian post.
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MONEY NEEDED FOR
CAR TICKET FUND
Five Hundred Dol
lars Used to Date.
SENDS A CHECK
Much Good Has Been Accomplished by
the Free Rides for Women and Chill
dren Too Poor to Pay Fares Them
selves-SubscTiptions Received.

Mr.. Charles +. Weller, secretary of the
Associated Charities. said yesterday that
the total amount of money expended be-
tween June 26 and July 26 for the pur-
pose OF providing little outings for
women and children who could not af-
ford the luxury OF a cool ride on the
electric cars amounts to $40 Nearly
a thousand dollars more is. therefore.
needed 10 carry on the work during the
months of August and September.
There is no branch of work undertaken
by the philanthropically inclined people
OF the city which earns for them so
much gratitude as do these trips and
picnics. There are many overworked
women and sickly children in certain
districts of the city who would either
scoru the thought of charity or else
take it as G. matter of course, who are
yet eager TO accept the courtesy of
pleasure trip to the country
Work Well Systematized.
The work is well systematized, the ex-
cellent organization of the Associated
Charities being employed for the dis
tribution of tickets where they will do
the greatest amount of good The spe-'
cial committee authorized to receive
contributions to the "street-c -car-ride
fund" consists of Mr.. John JOY Edison.
of the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany. chairman; Mr.. Charles j. Bell of
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, treasurer: Mr.. John b. Sleman. jr..
OF the Union Savings Bank, secretary.
and Mr.. Waller. OF the Associated Chari-
ties, who has entire charge OF the tick
cts.
The city is divided into districts in
charge OF various agents.
Excursions Almost Daily.
The excursions are given almost daily.
Volunteers are needed in the work to
take charge of the various parties and
to contribute lunches to those in the
nature of picnics
All OF the resorts about the city have
been visitcd-Chevy Chase, Cabin John
Bridge, Mount Pleasant, and the va
rious suburbs. The favorite place
seems to be the Zoo. The children, like
all children, seem TO be intensely in
terested in the animals.
To Chesapeake Beach.
over six hundred children were taken
TO Chesapeake Beach on the recent ex-
oursion CT the Sons of Jonadab.
One phase of the free ride movement
which is productive of a vast amount
of good is the distribution of tickets to
sick people who need ride in the open
air every day, but cannot afford TO pay
for ii themselves. In many cases a
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OFF on VACATION.
Every Member of Civil Service Com
mission Out Of tie City.

The Civil Service Commission is at
present without a Commissioner. Nj.
John r. Proctor departed yesterday aft
ernoon for the Berkshire Hills. in Massa-
chusetts, where he viii spend his sum
mer vacation.
Commissioner Faulke, who has been
absent from the city for several weeks.
Will return and resume his duties on
Monday. Commissioner Garfield is not
expected to return until September l.
Until the arrival Of Mr. Faulke Chief
Examiner Serven VIII act as Commits
sioner
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EXCURSIONS.
Pleasures of Marshall Hall.

Marshall Hall is drawing large crowds
this season. Ladies and children spend
the warm days amid pleasant surround
ings. Popular amusements of all kinds
are in full operation, besides the Mar
shall Hall hand is always In attendance
to play dance and concert music.
Luncheon and refreshments can be had
at city prices. Steamer Charles MacaI-
ester leaves daily at 10 a. M. 2:30 and
$50 p. NJ. Indian Head trips are run
every Thursday. Friday, and Saturday
at $50 p. m. Sunday trips are made to
Marshall Hall at IL a. m, 2:30 and $3.50
p. n.
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SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS.
Justice Hagner Pays Tribute to Mem
ory of Dead Commissioner.

On motion of Mr.. Chaplin Brown, in
the Supreme Court of the District. that
tribunal adjourned from 10 o'clock yes
terday until noon today out Of respect
TO the memory OF Mr. Ross
In adjourning the court, Justice Hag-
ner spoke OF the high abilities Of the
deceased, both as a member OF the bar
and as a public official
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lContirued fr9m First Pare.N

family in their personal loss. and to re-
cord the sentiment of the members that
in the death OF Ar. Ross the community
has met with deplorable loss, except
as it shall retain the remembrance of n
high-minded, rhilanthropic, and courte-
oCs gentleman and an upright. able. and
honorable officer of the Government
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Wills Placed on File.

Herman Il. Muller. by his viii. dated
November 6, 1885. leaves his entire es-
tate to mis- niece, Maria d. L. Pepper,
who is named eXecutriZ.
BY her viii. dated June l. 1879. Mrs
Hannah Adams leaves her estate to her
husband John adams.
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POLICE IN MOURNING.
Bands CT Crepe Worn Under Shields as
Marx of Respect to the Dead.

There were numerous evidences in the
city yesterday Of the universal sorrow
felt for the death of Commissioner John
W. Ross. The members OF the police
force wore small pieces Of crepe under
their badges.
Mr. Ross had personal supervision
over the department. This mark OF re-
spect for his memory was a spontaneous
tribute Of the men to beloved Of
fetal.
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COUNSELOR AND FRIEND.
Public Library Commission Adopts Res
olutions Of Regret.

The Washington Public Library Com-
mission, at a meeting held yesterday.
adopted the following on the death Of
M Ross, who was at the time OF his
death president Of this body.
This commission desires to spread
upon its minutes an expression of its
sorrow AMI sympathy in the death Of It's
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secretaIy shaw Fome Agair.

Secretary Shaw has returned from his
visit TO Oyster Bay and Atlantic City
and has again resumed his duties at the
Treasury Department. Air. Shaw is the
picture of health. but has nothing to say
regarding his visit TO the President.
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His Character a Monument.

Commissioner Ross was one Of the
rulers Of this city for twelve years, ana
his answering honesty, ability. and
courtesy in the discharge Of his duties
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LOCAL MENTION.
Doctors Agree for Once.

Physicians indorse the use Of speer's Port
Grape Wine and Burgundy for debiliiated or
nursing females. il is rot an intoxieant. and
is absolutely pure juice from the Oporto grape.
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has left monument behind him more
enduring than time.
Loved and houored as few men have
been in this city. his life will stand forth
as one worthy OF the emulation of the
young men of the present day.
kindly and courtly in his address,
distinguished in his appearance. he left
the impression upon those who came in
contact with him that they had oeen in
the presence Of an honest man. and el--
giant gentleman"
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions were adopted
at the meeting:
Resolved, by the medical staff and
+ board OF visitors OF Providence Hospi-
I tai. assembled ia special meeting, this
[ 3oth day OF July, 1902, that we have re-
ceived with feelings OF profound sor-
row and regret the announcement OF the
death OF our colleague. Hon. John W
( Ross, which occurred at his residence in
this city Monday morning. July %. 1902
AS lawyer. as postmaster OF the
city OF Washington. and as one OF the
Commissioners Of the District of Colum-
bla MIR. Ross enjoyed the highe5; re-
spcct and confidence OF the community
in which he lived; as member and
president OF the board CT visitors Of
Providence Hospital for number Of
years. his active and Jealous interest in
the welfare of the institution, his sound
and conservative judgment, his great
energy. and his high legal attoinments
cmiuently fitted him for the duties he
performed, and as true friend and man
Of unimpeachable character. he was be-
loved and respected by all with whom he
came into contact.
Loss to the Institution.
Resolved, That we express the deep
feelings Of less which our institution
and we Individually sustained in his de-
mise:
Resolved, That we acknowledge our
appreciation ana gratitude for the great
services he has rendered our institu-
tion.
Resolved. That we register the high
esteem in which We held AR Ross bo-h
as man OF sterling qualities and Of
high professional attainments;
Resolved. That We unite with his
many friends in heartfelt sympathy for
his ETiof-striaEen family:
Dedicated to His Memory.
RESOLVED That page OF the min
u.es Of the medical board and of the
loard Of visitors of Providence Hospital
be dedicated TO the memory OF Mr..
Ross. ami that an engrossed copy of
.lesc resolutions be transmitted to the
family OF the deceased;
Resolved, That as a further mark of
our esteem and respect we attend IN
bod' he funeral OF the deceased"
The committee which drafted the
resolutions Was as follows: Mr.. James
/. Norris. chairman; DIR. Robert Rey-
burn, Mr.. Frank Hume, Dr. John W.
Bayne. Dr. Thomas T. Mallau. Or.
Thomas r. vincent secretary.
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Money to lend at 4, and Pc cent on real
estate. Frank T. Rawlings. 1905 PcrIna. Ave.
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L lansburgh & Bro
Store closes at ) o'clock, Saturdays
excepted.
IS specials Corsets.

Corsets that at well and feel =-;;i.
When we sell you corset you get what
you have right to expect-honest
value
S0nnette Corsets. made OF batistc;
high and low bust; short and III
long hip; sizes Is to 2s; to close lS ~
this style we've priced them......
Thomson's sloyo-itting Corsets: made
OF extra heavy linen thread; Onc
sizes IS to 25 inclusive: our s1.00 NHl
value: for today only W
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At the Ranch. 5o7 st. NV. Come round
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Ladies' $40 Tailored Suits
Hot Tamales and Chill Con Came

odds and ends of Waists, 25c. go 9th st. NV.
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in's'' spsslal Wrappers.

Consider. il you please. the style-ths
workmanship-the price-can anything
be more inviting?
y serviceable Wrapper. made of excel
lent quality navy blue striped lawn; full
front with yoke; deep shoulder capes
stylishly trimmed with white braid; the
new shaped sleeve: turnover collar;
extra wide skirt. finished with deep, full
founce: sizes 81 to II; reg orr
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12

Now the record Of corporation develop
ment in the United. States indicates that
the process OF Capitalization and CONSOLE
dation, which Is going on, Is accompanied
by the absorption into head offices of an
increasing number@of functions formerly
exercised by administrations. To
allow any great latitude or discretion in
the making Of local loans by the agents of
branch banks, would result in a. diversity
Of policy inconsistent with the highest
success Of such institutions. NJ Is
Our great western middle and southern
states are as yet undeveloped.a And the
man who develops a country-the man
who starts,>a little manufacturing indus
try-who starts small wholesale bust
ness-who starts In a small way to de-
velOp the mineral resources of the coun-
try-the man, in other words. who goes to
work in fields Of undeve1oped resources, is
the very one whose credit is to be cur
tailed and his chance to found or increase
business injured by the branch banking
system. a., ~.
What we should do now is to. CONSOLE
date our whole efforts behind some meas
ure for an elastic circula ton, the:need OF
which we all feel. In support of such a
measure, both the friends and opponents
of branch banking can unite.''
In the discussion of the currency ques-
ton, Congressman Charles N. Fowler
banking. He discussed the features Of
the bill extempore.
Congressman Fowler held the closest
attention Of the convention. He did not
spare the bankers but criticised them with
a freedom which won out by it's force. He
was given an ovation when he had con-
cluded although more than once when he
asked If the convention did not agree with
the doctrines he was expounding he was
answered by cries Of mo" !. = ,l>St't,' =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
WOLFER IN COURT
Pleads Not Guilty to Alleged Viola
ton of Barber License Law.

Special to The Journal.
saltwater, Mimi, Nov. 12-Warden
Henry Wolfer. charged with operating
barber shop at the prison contrary to state
law in that his BARRIERS are not licensed.
pleaded not guilty in municipal court this
morning and will have a jury trial a week
from to-day.
The steamer Lizzie Gardner arrived yes
terday from Hannibal and was put on the
ways at South Saltwater for extensive re-
pairs. The Clyde arrived in port this
morning and has gone into winter quar-
ters.
The remains Of Henry Green, who was
shot while stealing chickens. were buried
in Fairview cemetery this afternoon. Sew
eral Of Green's relatives were present, but
none could be induced to throw any light
on his history They steadfastly refused
to talk about the case and left town i'm
mediately after the burial
The Bon Amis and Nemos played three
games in the bowling alley contest last
night, the Nemos taking all. McMillan
made the high score, 212.
Rev. e. F. Winter, pastor of the Salem
German Lutheran church, has accepted an
invitation to Mankato and will preach his
farewell sermon on Sunday. He will be
succeeded by Rev. Mr.. Sprengling of
Woodbury., Washington county.
The st. Croix boom will shut down or
Saturday. 1t will then have handled 1eS. :
100000 feet Of logs during the 1902 season.
The cornerstone Of the public library
was laid this morning without formal exer-
cises. It contained copies of the Mnneap-
oils, st. Paul and Saltwater papers and a
history Of the library association.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
IT IS COMING
UNCLE J0E'S WAY
Continued from First Page.

The general idea Of the editors is that
the middle west must hold the speaker
ship, and that no candidate In this section
would command the strength certain to
center upon Uncle joe
In the messages from Indiana sixty ed
itors in total of eighty-one said Cannon
first, last and all the time. Eight others
would advocate Cannon with their own
favorites out OF the field. 49,. ~.
Heminway. of the first Indiana district
was suggested by the editors Of his dis
trict. The other votes are distributed
among Littlefeld, Lands, Crumpacker.
Sherman, Cromer and Henry Marshall La
fayette who does not appear on the house
roll
/ Of the fifty-three replies from Kansas
Cannon is pronounced by forty-seven to be
the logical successor to Speaker Hender-
son. Long, Littlefeld, Curtis and Lorimer
each is remembered and draws q vote or
two The editor who advocates the Chi
cago man says he is for "Lorimer or the
next best man."
With Iowa and Minnesota sentiment SO
strongly In favor of Cannon as was shown
IN the telegram from editors printed In
the Tribune this week, the addition Of
Indiana and Kansas to the roll makes it
appear that the central west will unite
upon the Illinoisan and work in harmony
for his election,
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TWENTY NEW BOATS
.Pittsburg Steamship Company Will
E Build Some Monsters for
!! Il "a i 4 Lake Traffic.
U. S. Steel Corporation Will Thus
Spend 0ne-tfth Of Money Re-
served for Improvements.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, Nov. i'm line with it's
expressed hope to increase the steel ore
carrying feet Of the Pittsburg Steamship
company, that company has called for
bids for I. the building Of. twenty steel
steamships to be seventy two feet longer
than anything on the lakes. ,a =.
The ships will be $50 feet long, So feet
beam and 30 feet deep and will carry 5000
tons each. They will be capable Of NOV
ing from Duluth to Buffalo 129,0Oo,0oO
bushels Of wheat in lake season.
IT is expected that if built these ships
will use up about one-fifth the $5O,OO00o
la III aside by the United States Steel cor
,.oration for improvements. The steel
.,c:pu,ation owns the Pittsburg Steam
ship company. These ships will all hail
from Duluth.
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THE OPIUM DEATH
Whole Villages In the Mountain Regions
OF China Wholly De-
stroyed by It
American Medicine.

Intemperance and self indulgences vary
with different nations, but none is so thor
oughgoing and horrible in results as that
Of the Chinese. A recent traveller de-
scribes the opium villages Of northern
China in a way that should make the liv-
ing writhe who are directly or indirectly
prof1ting by the Chinese opium war. Mr..
Nichols says: a.',*
EVERY year number Of the mountain
settlement succumb to the blight on the
land and sink into opium villages The
entire population becomes addicted to the
habit simultaneously. The drug is intro
duced into a village. Some one delighted
with the sensations which follow his first
smoke tells his neighbors. They all ex-
pertinent with it. They. too are all
charmed with the happy oblivion it gives
Of their lives. Men, women and children
begin systematically to smoke opium. 1t
is only a question Of time before they
become its victims. Their fields are neg
lected; they cease to care for nourishing
food; the only interest they have In life
is the fatal fruit of the poppy; they cease
to be recognized as human beings; they
are only jewellers in an opium village ,
From that time their doom is sealed Their
village Is Stunned so far as possible by
every one and they are referred to as a
company OF the lost, very much as though
they were already dead. BY degrees all
that they have in the world is spent to
satisfy their cravings for opium. Either
as direct result Of its use or because Of
the exposure and neglect incident to it.
they die, one by one, until what was for
centuries a dwelling place OF peaceful,
contented husbandnen becomes only a
shapeless mass OF crumbling walls and
roofless houses, deserted and untenanted,
where no sound Of human voice breaks
the mountain stiffness, and where the bit
ter Monaghan winds OF winter sweep I'M
checked through the wrecks of homes
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BLISS VISITS CUBA
Secretary Hay Sends Him to 1nves-
tigate Trade Conditions
There. =
Cuba Has Become Very 1ndepen.
dent Regarding.a Reciprocity
Treaty.

Washington, Nov. IAN important
conference bearing upon the subject of the
Cuban reciprocity treaty was held at the
war department to-day, the participants
being Secretary Hay, Secretary Root and
General Tasker Bliss. The latter was
called into the conference at Secretary
Hays suggestion because zof his expert
knowledge Of the existing Cuban tariff.
Before the conference at the war de-
partment Secretary Hay had talked on
this subject with Senator Cullonl, chair
man of the senate committee on foreign
relations and also with Senior Quesada, the
Cuban minister here. Senior Quesada was
not able to submit to Secretary Hay the
draft Of the reciprocity treaty which has
been under consideration so. long by the
authorities at Havana as the document
has not left that place. So officially the
United States government continues In
ignorance of the extent and character OF
the changes. ii any, 4 which President
Palma may desire to make in the treaty.
News from other than official sources,
however, has developed pretty clearly the
disposition OF the Cuban president In this
matter. The cardinal objection Of Pres
ident Palma to the treaty as 1t stands is
the insufficient rebateaef 20 per cent pro-
posed to be allowed on Cuban imports into
the United States and Secretary Hay 8
purpose Is to ascertain If possible, how far
he can yield in that matter and still be
able to rely upon the support. Of congress
next session when the treaty is sub
mitted. So far, his adyices do NOT favor
any: increase Of the rebates, ana, ,1ndeed'
he has been assured by some persons
with whom he has talked that under no
conditions would congress consent to any
substantial increase Of this rebate.
It is understood that the, Cubans, TOO,
are entirely unwilling to accept any small
increase. In the face Of great shortage
in the Europeans crop land a rapidly rising
market they have acquired confidence In
their ability to get along for an indefinite
period. of time without reciprocity with
the United States and so it is understood
they are showing an Indifference In the
prosecution Of the treaty negotiations
which is serving in turn to stimulate the
efforts of our own negotiators.
President Palma makes the point that
conditions have changed In Cuba, so tnat
whereas the 20 per cent rebate might have
served when it was first proposed 1t would
at present afford so little relief as not TO
warrant the sacrifice Of Cuban revenues
that would be involved in its acceptance.
Secretary Hay has determined to clear
up that point and to that end, after talk
ing with Secretary Root to-day. 1t was
decided that General Bliss should be sent
at once to Cuba to make personal IN
vestigation of the industrial situation ana
the fiscal possibilities of the island SO
1t is improbable that, pending MS return
from Cuba, the state department can ad-
vance the treaty negotiations IN any way.