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The Washington times., 1903-10-06
BUSINESS SUSPENDS
WHILE DIRECTORS ACT
Financial World Awaits
Meeting Of Steel Trust.
DIVIDEND NOW EXPECTED
Opinion at Variance as to Whether
Regular Payment on Common Will
Be Made or Passed.

The financial and Industrial world has
practically suspended speculation today
until the action of the United States
Steel Corporation on the quarterly
dividend Of the common stock becomes
known. The board OF directors of the
mammoth trust met in session this af-
ternoon to decide the important ques-
ton. and their conclusions will be
made known this evening.
Nothing is at present receiving so
much attention in financial circles as
this question. Doubt as to whether the
directors would pass the dividend. de-
clare it. or cut It. has held the stock
market in check for a long time. and
the meeting viii lift heavy load off
speculation.
Difference of Opinion.
A pronounced diversity of opinion
existed in local and New York financial
circles today as TO the probable course
the trust would see fit to pursue. The
general belief. however. seems to be
that the regular declaration will be
made. in view of the promise TO foreign
interests that ten dividends would be
paid. This would make the tenth.
Even among the pessimistic. there is
no doubt that the corporation has
earned it's full dividend upon common
stock. While the profits have been cut
down some on account of the unsettled
condition OF the iron and steel bust
ness, the earnings are enormous. Large
corporations throughout the country
have been confronted by the rapacious
wage scale. but at the same time the
country was never more prosperous than
now.
Watched by Thousands.
Whatever the result may be, the fact
remains that the directors of the cor
poration are the strongest and finest
business men of the country Their ac-
ton today is watched for by thousands
or inventors and men in the Industrial
world
The interest in the result extended
to betting One reported wager on the
New York stock exchange was that of
E. L. oppenheim. of $500 to $3.50 that
the dividend would be l per cent. There
were also dealings in the dividend in
advance of its declaration at a discount
from 1 per cent rate.
In the New York Broad Street curb
market the dividend on 1000 shares OF
steel common was sold at 20 cents, and
there were transactions in smaller lots
at " and 70 cents
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OYEZ. OYEz! OYEz!
ALL COURTS NOW OPEN
October Term of District
Supreme Court Begins.
ONE VACANCY ON THE BENCH
Appeals, Criminal and Circuit Tribunals
Also Resume Business-Jurors
Qualifying for the Term.

The October term of the Supreme
Court of the District began today with
Chief Justice Clabaugh presiding. and
four associate justices on the bench.
The vacancy caused by the retirement Of
Justice A. B. Hagner, in last June, has
not yet been filed by the President.
The absence of full bench this morn
ing made 1t necessary for Justice Gould
to take up the work of impanneling the
jury in Criminal Court No. 2. before
undertaking his judicial duties in Equity
Court No. 2.
Court of Appeals in Session.
The Court of Appeals for the District
also resumed work this morning. Chief
Justice Alvey was on the bench with
Associate Justices Morris and Shepard.
In the circuit and criminal branches of
the District the work of organizing the
grand and petit juries was begun. In
Criminal Court No. 1, Justice Prichard
presiding, eighteen grand and twenty
two petit jurors qualified In Criminal
Court No. 2. Justice Gould, seventeen
petit Jurors qualified
In Circuit Court No. 1, Justice Bar
nard presiding. fifteen and in Circuit
Court No. 2. Chief Justice Clabaugh
presiding. seventeen petit Jurors quail
fed.
Justice Anderson presided in Equity
Court No. 1, and Justice Gould In Equity
Court No. q
AT the request of the justices presid-
ING I'm the different branches of +bo
court. the Marshal has summoned addi-
tional talesmen for tomorrow. when the
Juries will be organized
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RETAIL BUTCHERS MEET
TO FORM NEW UNION
Eastern and Western Men
May Get Together.
FEAR THE WHOLESALERS
Plans Discussed to Keep the Latter
Out of the Retail Territory-Com-
mittee in Session.

A union of the Eastern and Western
Retail Butchers Associations. and the
confusion of the wholesale dealers who
serves. is in light. The conference COM
would encroach upon the retailers pre-
mittees of the two associations laid out
a plan of union this morning in which
both committees agreed. 1t remains for
the associations to ratify this plan.
What the details of this plan of union
were the members of the conference
committee refused to say. The plan was
presented to the Eastern Association in
session at the Jolly Fat Mems Club, and
will be brought before the Western AS
ISOLATION this afternoon in Masonic Tenn
pie.
Should the associations decide to adopt
this plan, a joint meeting of the two
bodies will be called Immediately and
the work Of organization will be under
taken.
Of National Scope.
One of the influential members of the
Eastern Association said this morning
that only by a national union could the
retailers hope to hold the wholesalers
In check. With a union covering every
part of the United States, he said, the
retailers could refuse to buy meats of
the wholesalers who also did a retail
business. and thus compel him to give
up what the retailers consider an lille
Ultimate trade
The chief difficulty in bringing about a
union of the two associations lies in the
fact that the Eastern Association de-
mands nearly all the Offices OF the pro-
posed national association.
New York Selfish.
The New York contingent, it Is said.
is particularly strong in this demand.
Whether the demand for all the Offices
but one by the Eastern Association was
modified in the plan drawn up this
| morning is not known, but il is sup
posed that some concession was made.
since both committees agreed 20 the
plan of union.
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DIED.

Garfield Hospital, Rev W. Il. MATCHETT
Funeral October Z, at pm, from Speare's
Undertaking establishment, under the auspices
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic. 1t
BECKER-On Monday, October 5, 1903, al
u'Ao PM in his hfty-fOurth year, at his
home, 2614 I Street northwest, DIETRICH
BECKER.
Funeral from residence Thursday, 2:3O pm
interment Prospect Hill Cemetery. 1t
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JAIL FOR TRUSTEES.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 6.-The State
superior court has affirmed the convic-
tion of School Directors seixas. Brown.
Travis and Johnson, OF this city, con-
yicted OF extortion In appointments OF
school teachers.
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DEATH FOR SLAYER.

BUFFALO. n. Y. Oct. 6.--Nelson Bog
giano was yesterday sentenced to death
in the electric chair at Auburn IN the
week beginning November 16 for the
murder OF Harry Bender, with whose
wife he was infatuated
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HAMILTON INSTITUTE

Opposite White House. Lafayette Square Board
ing and Day school Tor Girls ana Young LadieA
Exceptional educational and social advantages
Write for illustrated catalogue. MRS. PHOEBE
HAMILTON SEABROOK. Principal.
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PAYROLLS MUST SHvW
ACTUAL CONDITIONS
Health Officer Woodward
Would Change Approval.
TAKES ISSUE WITH AUDITOR
Suggests Modifcatio> OF Certificate if
Rolls Are Signed in Advance and
Certified as Correct.

The dispute between Auditor Garrison
and the heads of the several departments
of the District government as TO the
practicability of signing payrolls in ad-
vance, has taken a new aspect.
A week ago DR.. Woodward objected to
the wording of the order promulgated
by the Auditor and approved by the Com
missioners, in that it compelled the
heads of departments to certify that SER
vices have been actually rendered" AS
these vouchers have TO be signed from
ten days to two weeks before the time
payment is due, the Health Ohicer be-
lieved the practice impossible.
Past Conditions Don't Count.
Auditor Garrison came back with the
argument that payrolls have always
been signed in advance. and little diff
ferent wording in the certificate would
make no difference
After admitting this last contention
of the Auditor, DR.. Woodward says:
objection has, however, been made by
the Auditor and duly supported by the
Commissioners in their order OF the
oath ultimo. which requires that per-
sons whose names are borne on the
rolls must have been actually en-
ployed and rendered service before ap-
proval. and must be entitled to payment
at time OF approval. What has been
done in the past, therefore, cannot
form a proper criterion for what must
be done under existing conditions.
Modify the Certificate.
''If, however, the opinion OF the Audi
tor be approved by the Commissioners,
namely, that the certificate of approval
upon payrolls relates to the date upon
which the certificate was made and can
not extend or cover the period of time
subsequent to said approval, that is, il
the certifying officer is not responsible
for any errors in payrolls that occur
subsequent 20 the date of his actual
approval, there can be, ii would seem.
no possible objection 70 making the Ger
tifcate show that fact.
Commissioners mcfarland and West
have referred the Endorsement TO Audi
tor Garrison for his report
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The Washington School
For Bows

s001 WISCONSIN AVE CTennallytoun Road
LOUIS LEVEREFr HOOPER, An, Head Master.
With its Boarding and Day Departments, with
buildings and its extensive athletic grounds;
with its able Faculty and its thorough course
Of study this School offers unusual advantages
for the education Of 4 boy from the time he
leaves the kindergarten until he enters college
Year Book at the leading book stores and hotels
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTTCEcI hereby notify the public
that I will not be responsible for any indebted
ness contracted by my wife, Mrs Chester II
Beatty, on and after this date, she having left
my bed and board without Just cause
(Signed) DR.. CHESTER H. BEAfH
October s. 1903 Oc6-5t
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CABINET TAKES UP
POSTOFFIGE CASES
The First Majority Meeting
Since Presidents Return.
SCANDALS TO BE FERRETED
Methods Held in Secrecy-Committee
of Druggists Association at
White House.

For the first time since the return of
the President from Oyster Bay, there
was held today a Cabinet meeting at
tended by majority of the members of
the Cabinet. The session opened early.
shortly before 10 o'clock. and ended at
11:40, these unusual hours being made
necessary by the funeral of Sir Mi
ehael H. Herbert, the British ambas-
sador.
The meeting was attended by Secre-
taries Shaw. Moody. Cortelyou. and
Attorney General Knox. Nothing of
Importance was considered.
The Postofice Scandal.
The Cabinet considered the Postofice
scandal for an hour or more. and at
the conclusion of the meeting, great Sc
crecy was maintained by the members.
they having agreed to give out nothing
which occurred at the session.
It was learned, however, that the
members decided to have the whole af-
fair ferreted to the bottom, and that
none of the guilty parties should be
shielded.
Sir Michael's Funeral.
Immediately on adjournment of the
meeting, the President, accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb, de-
parted for St. Johns Protestant Episco-
pal Church, where the funeral services
OF Sir Michael Herbert were held. The
members of the Cabinet also went d.
church
The President was back at his Office
at 1 O'Clock. A committee OF the Ma
tional Retail Druggists Association
waited upon him and discussed the in
ternal revenue on certain drugs. with
which the druggists are not satisfied
The committee discussed with the Presi-
dent changes in the laws which they be-
lieve should be made.
Many Callers.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania visit
ed the White House. and talked over a
number of matters with the President.
One of the questions taken up was the
re-establishment OF the appraisers Of
fee at Pittsburg. He took this up with
the Treasury Department also.
Representative Parker OF New Jersey
called early this morning to pay his re-
sDects
Among the other visitors were w. w.
Wise, Of the board OF public works OF
Des Moines. and City Engineer Budd
of that city.
Extradition Talk.
The new minister from Venezuela
Senior Gen Jose Manuel Hernandez.
presented his credentials at the White
House yesterday. The minister was
presented by Acting Secretary Adee.
Of the State Department, and addresses
Of cordiality were exchanged.
Circuit Attorney Folk. of St. Louis,
has been invited to Washington by
President Roosevelt, and will be here
tomorrow. He and the President will
discuss the necessity for asking Con-
gress to add bribery to other offenses
mentioned in extradition treaties.
The proposed legislation is of i'm
portance in Missouri as it's enactment
would open the way for the return of
Ellis Wainwright and Daniel J. Kelley.
Wainwright was indicted on the charge
Of municipal bribery at St. Louis, and
is now in France. while Kelley was in
dicted on the charge of legislative brib-
cry at Jefferson City. and is now in
| Canada
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EMERSON INSTITUTE.
Select Classical and Scientific School for
Young Men and Boys

18th St. opposite Franklin Square,
Begins its fifty second year September 20 1908.
Prepares for all the universities, colleges, tech
nical schools. for West Point and Annapolis:
for commissions in the army and navy and for
business Special Department For boys from
20 y years Of age Students have privilege
Of the Y. n G. A. Gymnasium and Athletic
Field Catalogues ar all the book stores
Fer information address GEORGE II. SINS
NER. b. s.. Associate Principal and Head Mas
ter. 914 18th 50. NV. CHAS. B. YOUNG. A. NJ
Pm. T.. Principal and Proprietor. se5-45t
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CHENOWETH,

Boarding school for young ladies' Building over
looking Dupont Circle; elevator; gymnasium;
steam heat; large schoolroous; practice-rOOuls;
a refined and well appointed home. Address
PRINCIPALS. 1927 New Hampshire Avenue
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CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL EoR GlRLs.

French the language Of the house. BOYS ad-
mitted TO kindergarten. Primary. and Interme-
date Departments. 20th ST., near Baltimore St.,
Washington. ID. c. Nile. L NJ BOUIIGNY,
sel6-3Ot Principal.
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MISS BRISTOL'S SCHOOL.

(Boarding and Day.) 1866 MintwOod Place.
General, special. and college preparatory
courses. Special advantages in music and
physical culture. Boys admitted 20 kindergarten
and primary. French and physical culture in
kindergarten Fletcher music method for be-
ginners. Children's dancing classes Saturdays.
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Or. j. l. WILSON.
Phone Main ilse-N- 1908 ST. n. W.
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terest in the family pony, flock of
sheep OF her own at the summer home
in Buzzard's Bay, which she feeds from
her own hands.
Marion, the third daughter. was born
It Buzzard's Bay. July :. 1895. Marion
is eight years old and has darker hair
than Esther. although she, too, is in
type blonde. She is docile and af-
fectionate child. afable and yolublc
with strangers and friends.
A Son CT Princeton, Surely.
After the family had been blessed
with three daughters there was great
rejoicing among the CIeveIands when u
boy was born in 1897 at Princeton. The
Princeton students straightway adopted
him as their own and at once put him
down as membe. Of a future Prince
ton class. If this young man should
ever chance TO enter another univer-
sity when he is grown there would be
weeping and wailing in Princeton.
As soon as the commencement week
Of the university is over, Princeton be-
gins TO lose its wealthy colony. The
great houses are shut up; the univer-
sity staff, the students. all that dis
tinguishes the town from an ordinary
country village. vanishes When this
time comes the Cleyelands TOO. depart
for their summer home at BuzzardS
Bay. Here the children revel in even
freer country joys than those afforded
them in Princeton. They all go in bath
ing every day and they are particularly
devoted 10 all things Of the sea. follow
ing their father especially in his pas
sion for fishing. Their existence is one
long, untroubled series of good times.
reaching from their beautiful old COLO
NAL home at Princeton to their other
equally charming home by the ocean
New York Herald.
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INDUSTRY are Furnishing there n,urs
more than on the northern side M tho
Alps in France, Austria and even suit
erland. Every factory is ar worL +,
would De interesting to ascertain how
many Of their owners are compelled by
rear 10 contribute 10 the funds OF fba
anarchist party. IN the provinces 81
naples there are few of the Ianded nro-
prletors, the manufacturers. and rner-
chants who have NOT been called upon IN
contribute to the Camorra, while in Sic
liF the Malta does not hesitate TO COL
lect Its revenues in the same fashion.
Nihilist Methods.
In Russia every recrudescence OF tbs
Nihilist movement Is invariably accom-
panied by an extraordinary Increase in
the number of fires. Thus in one spn-
ner month alone $500 fires were official
iy reported 10 have taken place in ST.
Petersburg. Orenburg. Koslow, Irfxutsk.
and Uralask. destroying property 10 the
amount of 10000 .OoO roubIes. ONLY GOO
of these fires could be properly account
ed for. and the remaining $500 were
proved TO be OF incendiary, and in many
cases OF Nihilist origin. The police
were apparently unable TO prevent these
fires, and small wonder, then. that when
two wealthy ST. Petersburg merchants
received anonymous letters from the
terrorist executive committee demand
ing sums of 40, GOO and 90, coo roubIes. re-
spectively. and threatening them with
the destruction of their property by fire.
and even with death in the case of re-
fusal. they fastened TO comply and TO
ray up, replying TO inquiries as TO why
they had not sought the protection of
the government with the following per
tinent and wholly unanswerable counter
question:
IF the chief of police is unable to pro-
tect his own person from attack, or 10
prevent tie arson that is the. order q
the day. how can we possibly expect st-
fcient protection"
In conclusion it may be pointed out
that the readiness with which the Ital-
ianS in New York-hard working
reputable citizens. many of them-hays
under threats OF the Malta
a large fund for the defense OF Morello
and OF his confederates. indicates an
inauguration of this side of~the Atlantic
of the same degree OF criminal terrorism
and a distrust in the efficacy of pro-
lection by the law and the police as pre-.
rails on ycnder side of the Atlantic.
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TERRORISM and blackmail are the
favorite methods by means of
which the Malta, The anarchists,
the Camorra, the Nihilists and most of
those other kindred secret societies of the
Old World organized under the mantle
of politics for crime, obtain the funds
with which the leaders seem TO be always
so amply supplied. But counterfeiting,
fraud, robbery, arson, and murder are
likewise employed to fill the exchequer
when necessary, and no considerations of
life or property are permitted to stand
in the way of the provision of revenues
large enough to enable the moving spirits
of these various associations to exist in
comfort and luxury without any visible
means of support. The murder last week
of Benedetto Maduena, in New York.
and the capture Of q gang Of Sicilian
Mafaists. as responsible for the crime
have served to call once more the at
tention OF the American public to the
ways in which the members of these
politico- criminal secret socities of
Europe manage to obtain their supplies.
1t was because Maduena. himself a mem
Der of the Malta, had objected to its ap-
OF 4 sum of SOS, 600 belonging
to his convict brother-in-law, and of
81 800 which he had furnished to the
chief of his lodge in order to secure the
transfer of his relative from Sing Sing
to the Erie State Penitentiary. that he
was killed. And since his murderers have
been under lock and key a fund of many
thousand dollars has already been col
Iected from the Italian residents in New
York, in order to provide for the defense
of the prisoners.
Money Extorted by Threats.
II is hardly necessary to say that this
money has not been voluntarily sub
scribed. Dut has been furnished in re
Spouse to those threats and menaces,
which Will likewise render il well-nigh
impossible for the authorities TO secure
any kind of Italian testimony against
Moreno and his ccnfeGerates. 1t is diff
fcult TO convince any Italian. especially
if he halls from those portions of King
Victor Emmanuors dominioas which lie
70 the south of Rome that there is any
agency Of The law either in the land of
has birth or in this country. that is pow
erful enough TO protect him from the
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st. Jerome's Catholic Church.

of Hyattsville's most prominent citi-
zers. who is an enthusiastic commuter
from Washington. having his law office
at 33S Indiana Avenue northwest. The
other faction Is headed by Ebert Dent.
a partner in the firm of Duckett & Dent
at 695 F Street northwest. Between the
two sides there exists a continual de-
termination to win out" which at
fords the residents of the town plenty Of
opportunity to hear good political ar
guments Of whatever sort they are
seeking. And if they have 10 particular
brand in mind they are given ample
opportunity to look over the field and
take their choice.
Thirteen Hundred Regulars"
Thirteen hundred people call Hyatts-
Vile their home all the year round. and
are proud of the fact. Several hundred
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more come into the town limits when
spring causes the leaves to shoot out
and make the country sweet with the
fragrance of blossom and bloom. There
is the old Hyatt mansion, occupied by
Christopher Clark One sees Ravens
wood in all its beauty at this season
of the year From its porch can be
seen the dome OF the Library, the Capt.
toll, the Washington Monument, and the
Soldiers Home tower. From ten to
twenty miles the eye can sweep. gath
ering in the beauty of the country This
fine old place IS the home of ex-Mayor
Michael V. Tierney, who has Wash
ington Office in f Street but does not
forget the delights OF his country home
There is "Firwood, the home of J. c.
Rogers, only few steps from the rail
road station and electric car line, and
therefore as easy of access to Wash
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political battle The chief of these is
r. N. Ryon. county treasurer. who lives
at Marlboro. There is DR.. Ryon at
Bowie, and another in Kent. That is
the way they go. until it seems to the
newcomer to the neighborhood of
HyattsviIle that politics would be almost
tame without the Nine Brothers
somewhere throughout the State to enter
into the calculation.
There can be no doubt that the spirit
of friendly rivalry, or even the kind
that breeds intense jealousies and
struggles in political matters. has its
good side in the upbuilding of healthy
interest in all local matters The mayer
of Hyattsville is DR.. Charles A Wells.
But he has not been permitted to come
into Office without struggle. There
are two factions of the Democratic par
ty. One is headed by J. c. Rogers, one