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at the headquarters here. and although
only small amount of money is needed
that little is apparently rather hard to get.
The committee has been hampered by lack
of funds since it's organization, but despite
all drawbacks, managed to distribute more
than six million pieces of campaign litera-
ture to the voters throughout the country.
If the financial condition of the committee
had been all that was desired it would un-
doIbtedly have been able to double this
figure. At present 10000 personal letters TO
county chairmen and leading democrats in
rural districts are being prepared, and when
these have been distributed the members
of the committee will feel at liberty to re-
turn to their respective homes fold their
hands and do some energetic alternate
hoping and praying.
Ordinarily political organizat ton like the
democratic congressional committee gets I'm
Its best licks on the very eve of presidential
campaign, and keeps sending out its lit
erature, its speeches and arguments its
pleadings and promises up to the last pos
sible moment. 1t is evident however. that
the present committee feels that ii has been
badly treated in the matter of funds and
th1nks that congratulations should be ex-
tended to 1t for having accomplished so
much After Chairman Cowherd returns
with the needed additional cash the 10000
personal letters will be sent out and the
committee will shut up shop.
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STILL WITHOUT ADVICES.
The Russian Ambassador Unable to
Explain the Deplorable Accident.

Count Cassini. the Russian ambassador,
and the members of his staff now in Wash
ington are following with natural impa-
tience and anxiety each new development
in the situation growing out of the recent
attack by the Baltic fleet under Admiral
Rojestvensky. on the British fishing fleet in
the North sea. Their only information in
regard to the unfortunate affair has been
CLEANED from press dispatches, as not
word of official information has yet been
received at the embassy from the foreign
Office at st. Petersburg This, however. is
not remarkable as, according to press dis
patches from the Russian capital, no Of
fciai report has as yet reached there from
Admiral Rojestvensky in regard to the at
tack. This fact is in itself considered re-
markable, inasmuch as the division Of the
Baltic fleet which made the attack on the
trawling vessels has passed a number or
ports since that time, and the sending in
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from the fleet of a swift vessel with dis
patches would have occasoned little II any
delay In any event it VIII probably be al
least several days, following the receipt of
an official report at st. Petersburg, before
the Russian embassy here is communicated
with on the subject.
The Russian ambassador still holds to the
view expressed by him yesterday, insisting
that the whole affair from beginning to end
was a terrible mistake. He laughs at the
idea that the attack was made deliberately
from political interests. Count Cassini pe-
lieVeS that the official reports from Admiral
Rojestvensky will show that in the dark
ness of the night the Russian commander
possibly misinterpreted maneuver by the
fishing fleet, or that the latter neglected,
through a misunderstanding, to reply to
signals from the Russian vessels.
The ambassador, in the absence of official
information, is, of course, forced to base
his ideas on mere conjectures formed from
a peruSal of the newspaper dispatches, put
his regret and anxiety concerning the af-
fair are so intense that he is seeking for
an explanation that would place the affair
in the best possible state before his own
eyes.
Count Cassini said this morning that he
had been somewhat misunderstood in con-
nection with the discussion OF the propdpie
rsparation to be made to England Not
knowing anything official concerning the
unfortunate and fatal occurrence, to whom
the blame is due and on whom 1t snail De
placed and not being advised concerning
the present exchanges IN progress between
Great Britain and Russia, the ambassador
said he would not express the opinion tnat
England would demand the punishment OF
the officers of the Baltic fleet The aHalr
was not in his province, he pointed OUT
and while he might discuss the matter ana
in his own mind seek an explanation, ne
could not with propriety discuss the ques-
ton of blame or responsibility nor Suggest
the line of the heparation that Russia
might make. He reiterated his confident
assurances, in view of the informal note OF
regret sent by Russia to Great Britain
prior to the official information of the az
fair reaching st. Petersburg, that ample
reparation and apology would be made by
his government just as soon as an of1clai
report of the occurrence was at hand on
which such action might be based. the
ambassador deplored the bitter feeling that
had been created in England by the incl
dent. but said that he hoped the develop
paents of the future would throw a better
light on the matter and show that the Rus
sian government, il at fault, was WILING
and anxious to make amends.
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WORKING FOR PARKER.
Five Thousand Commercial Travellers
Said to Be Using Their Influence.

william Hoge, secretary of the national
committee of democratic business men. has
announced that his association has at this
time 5000 commercial travellers working for
the election of Parker and Davis.
The work of this committee is to reach
mill operators, manufacturers and retail
merchants, many of whom are independent
voters, unattached to any political organi-
zation, to circulate among them literature
discussing the issues of the campaign from
business standpoint. The logical chan
nels for reaching these business men are
the commercial travellers, whose everyday
business 1t is to cover the country like
network, calling upon men in all lines of
business
This committee has over 5000 travelling
men On the road who are working enthusi-
astically and without pay for Judge Par
ker's election, and are doing 1t without
going out of their way and without con-
fiicting with their business duties. If
Roosevelt would study the real drummers
of this country. he would learn something
that would make him nervous II the demo-
Gratis should spend millions of dollars a
year hiring paid agents to travel about
rousing hatred of the trusts those agents
could not do half the work that the drum
merS are doing.
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WILL YIELD TO DIPLOMACY.
Believed That the Acute Stage in the
North Sea Incident Has Passed.

cablegram received at the State De-
partment today from Spencer Eddy, United
States charge at st. Petersburg, stated
that the Russian government had received
the protest of the British government
against the action of the second
Pacific squadron in firing upon the
British North sea fishing fleet. Mr. Eddy
added that the foreign office was busy IN
the preparation of reply to the British
representation.
1t is believed here that the acute stage of
this incident has already passed and that
it will surely yield to the method OF d1plo-
macy. 1t was the understanding when the
squadron sailed from the Baltic that Ao-
miral Rojestvensky had been specially In
structed to avoid the mistakes made by the
volunteer fleet and the Vladivostok squad
ron in interference with neutral commerce
that had entangled the Russian govern
ment in yexatious negotiations and had in
volved some rather humiliating orders by
way of reparation. But at the same time
he was warned to beware of Japanese at
tacks for 1t was known that the move
ments of the Baltic fleet were being closely
watched and that Japanese spies and ennis
sarieS were everywhere present. The most
significant warning of that kind came from
Admiral Wirenius, who had himself had
experience of Japanese methods and. as
published at the time, that motive was as
follows:
1.-The straits of the belt and the sound
are particularly favorable for an attack
owing to their narrowness, which oblAyes
the fleet TO proceed in Indian file. We
know that officers of the Japanese navy
nave left Japan for Europe. We have to
fear an attack by means of mines thrown
along the route of the squadron in the Dan
ish straits. They would not dare to do that
in the English channel where there are toe
many neutral ships, but in the belt small
craft could throw mine In front of an ar.
NOR clad
"We have at least 81 600 miles to cover
by the Cape of Good Hope, to reach Vladi-
vostock. At an average speed of nine knots
the journey alone will take more than 1OC
days. Add thirty more for REPAIRS provis-
ioning and coaling. In my opinion, we may
be very glad if the squadron arrives in the
far east at the beginning of March,
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A PLACE NOT VACANT.
And Yet Applications Are Coming
From All Parts of the Country.

The Secretary of the Interior has been
deluged lately with applications from all
parts of the country from persons who de-
sire to secure the post of surgeon-in-chief
at Freedmens HospitaL in this city Just
why a number of people should simultane-
ously conceive a burning desire to preside
over the destinies of his particular institu-
ton is what is puzzling the officials of the
Interior Department. Secretary Hitchcock
has no solution to offer for the problem,
either. He is as much surprised at the num-
ber OF applications received and the sudden
ness of their appearance as any one c;ln
be. There is, no vacancy in the stan of
Freedmen's Hospital and no prospect of
any. Secretary Hitchcock states he is at
a loss to know why any one should make
application for this position at this time.
He states that he is very well pleased with
the work of DR.. Warfield, the present sur
geon-in-chief at the hospital, and has re-
ceived no intimation from DR.. Warfield tnat
he intends to resign. The applications are
coming in each day, however and those
in authority are looking for some reason
therefor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25
WALL STREET ANIMATED.
Higher Level of Prices Maintained
Union Pacific Active.

NEW YORK, October 25.-The animated
speculation in stocks was maintained at a
higher level of prices today. The new slim
ulating factor was the report that the Ore
gon Short Line participating bonds were to
be retired This centered attention on Union
Pacific and the volume of transactions in
that stock was such as have only been
witnessed on the stock exchange once or
twice in it's history
About 100000 shares OF this stock were
traded in the first half hour Of the market.
which breaks all records for an equal time.
The first squirt In the price carried II q
shade above 40, as compared with 1854
last night, but as the day progressed 1t
made further flights, touching liz soon
after midday.
The speculative interest in the rest of the
market was kept awake by this develop
ment, and there were notable advances here
and there throughout the list. st. Paul
rose to IT'S, and Steel preferred, after early
hesitation. mounted to SSh new record
for the movement
Heavy realizing caused reactions from
time to time. and an irregular movement
in the list by carrying some stocks which
were under pressure of profit taking below
last night.
Erie Ontario and Western Reading, Rock
Island. Southern Railway. and. n . general
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BALTIC FLEET NOT SIGHTED.
Five Golfers for the Vessels Arrive at
Vigo, Spain.

BREST. France, October 25.-Three Rus
sian torpedo boats with a collier passed
Ushant, twenty seven miles west by north
of Brest, this morning, travelling westward.
1t is understood that orders have been re-
ceived by the local authorities not to permit
the Russian vessels to coal In port
The Russian consul general at Barcelona
has arrived here to arrange for revictualing
the squadron.
The course steered by the Russian ships
is taken to indicate that the main squad
ron is continuing westward without stop
ping at Brest.
PARIS, October 25.-The vigilant watch
kept at the northern and western ports OF
France has failed to sight the Russian
squadron.
VIGO, Spain. October %. Five collers
from the Island of Tenneriffe arrived here
during the night and four others have
reached Arosa to await the Russian squad
ron, which is expected to divide half of its
coaling her and the other half at Arosa, a
small island in Arosa bay, about twenty
five miles north of Vigo.
The Spanish warships Estremadura and
Rio de la Plata on their way here TO
see that neutrality is observed.
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All the Bids Rejected.

The Secretary of War has settled the
controversy among the bidders for supply
ing boilers for the new power plant at the
West Point Military Academy by rejecting
all the bids on the alleged ground that
there was an apparent discrimination In
the specifications in favor of one of the
competing bidders. There were seven bids
for the work, the lowest being that of the
Sterling Boiler Company of BarbertOn,
Ohio, at $50 800, and the next lowest that
of Babcock & Wilcox at $685. The Sec
retary has directed the invitation of new
proposals on plans and specifications that
will assure free and open competition.
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ticket in New York is getting brighter ev-
cry day. A group of Odelrs lieutenants
from up state came to town yesterday. The
news they brought to the boss is that the
ticket is not yet out of the woods, and it
is still too soon to crow. But they were
reasonably confident of pulling Higgins
through. That was the real information
given the governor, stripped of political
prominent republican leader in the
western part of the state talked confident
tally last night about his troubles.
Democrats Averse to Trade.
Il will tell you what is worrying me more
than anything else,'' he said, land that is
cannot do business with my old-time DEM
ocrauc allies this year. 1 have been able
IN the past to do little business with
democrats, but they will not trade with me
now. They don't profess to have reformed.
ana tne only explanation I can offer is
mat t the prospect Of a big democratic VIC
tory seems so good to them thew don't
want to take any chances of marrine #
me outcome of the election In this state
Ior the state ticket may not be known IN
M Mthe night OF the election. Returns from nm
the state may be delayed this year II is
intimated '"i' ~ 10
Both parties are going to contest for the
count In the remote sections. The returns
rom New York city will be in early in the
evening, and by o'clock the managers
VIII know what they will have to get from
upstate to round out plurality
lnt1matfons of that character are freely
lnouIged IN here, and apparently without
a thought of shame. 1t has been notorious
IN the past and this year is not expected
to show change.
Democrats Optimistic.
All the newspaper men, political obsery-
ers, wiseacres and prophets who come
In contact on a familiar and friendly foo&-
ing with the managers of the democratic
campaign, marvel at the extraordinary
optimism and hopefulness of these gentle
men. From Judge Parker down to the yari-
Gus understrappers they seem absolutely
cocksure of democratic victory
Judge Parker Is convinced that he is eo-
ing to win. He looks forward in a pIacid
ana contented way to substantial victory
Ior the national ticket. Down the list with
the possible exception of Mr.. Tom Taggart.
ana as to him l am not convinced that
he is so confident as the others, the demo-
Gratis are in high feather and a gale of
good humOr and hope.
1t is subject of comment and wonder
among conservative political observers that.
In the face of apparent odds, these DEM
ocrats should be sincerely confident
A big republican in discussing this fea-
ture yesterday remarked: "I wonder If
those fellows up at democratic headquar-
ters really have got something up their
sleeve we don't know anything of?''
N ON.
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Minister Russell at La Guaira.

Mr.. w. w. Russell, the newly appointed
United States minister to Colombia, has
reported his arrival at La Guaira, Vene-
zuela. He proceeded at once to Caracas
to pay visit to President Castro, who is
his personal friend. He will in the course
of a day or two sail on the Red d line of
steamers for Cartagena, at which point
he will be obliged to make an overland
trip to Bogota, the Colombian capital,
which will occupy about two weeks time.
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EXPRESSED HIS REGRET
Russian Ambassador in Lon
don Called on Lord LansdoWne.
SENT INSISTENT NOTE
GREAT BRITAIN AROUSED OVER
NORTH SEA TRAGEDY.
Demands of Russia Searching INQUIRY
st. Petersburg Awaits Official
Report of Affair.
SENT INSISTENT NOTE

In the absence of Admiral Rojestvensky's
report no official explanation of the action
of the Russian Pacific squadron in firing
on the Hull fishing fleet is yet made public
The British foreign office has made certain
formal and categorical demands upon Rus
sia couched in language which is said to
preclude any diplomatic qui5bling delay,
and while the situation is tense the best
official opinion is that Russia will make
such ample Official and pecuniary reparation
as will prevent any grave international re-
suits.
The British public is described much
wrought up over the occurrence, but the
official tone of both governments is correct,
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Col. Hull to Go to Manila.

Lieut.. Col. John A. Hull of the judge ad-
vccate generals department, has been re-
lieved from duty at the War Department,
to take effect December 20, and ordered
to the Philippines for duty as judge advo-
cate of the Philippines division, relieving
Lieut.. Col Harvey Z. Carbaugh, who is
ordered to San Francisco to report to the
military secretary for further orders.
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Authorized to Go to Annapolis.

Upon the request Of Mr.. Takahira. the
Japanese minister. the Secretary IF the
Navy has authorized the entrance of Mr..
Asahi Kitagaki of Tokyo, Japan, as a stu
dent at the United States Naval Academy.
upon the commencement OF the next term
on July 1. 1905 In 1857 Congress passed
an act authorizing the Secretary OF the
Navy to permit the entrance of japanese at
the academy and Mr.. Kitagaki is the eigh-
teenth Japanese student enrolled at Annap-
oils since that time.
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WINDING UP IT'S WORK.
Democratic Congressional Committee
Hampered for Lack Of Funds.

From present indications. very little addi-
tional work will be accomplished by the
democratic congressional committee from
its headquarters at the Riggs House be-
tween now and election day. The force of
clerks employed by the committee to send
out campaign literature has been dis
charged. work is practically at a standstill,
and Representative Cowherd the chairman
of the committee, is now in New York
trying to induce the treasurer of the demo-
cratic national committee to loosen up the
purse strings.
Some little work stu remains to be done
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NO FEAR FOR THE OUTCOME.
Senator Proctor Confident as to the Re-
suit of the Election.

Senator Proctor is in the city. He does
not expect to make any political speeches
between now and election day, but In few
days will return to Vermont where he will
remain until after election day.
"The result in Vermont said Mr.. Proc
tor "foreshadows what is to occur on cleo
ton day. That state indicated the senti-
ment of the country toward President
Roosevelt and the republican party. have
no fear for the outcome.
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Departure of Secretary Hay.

Secretary Hay left Washington at IL
o'clock today for New York, where he is to
deliver the principal speech tomorrow night
at the great republican meeting at Carne-
gle Hail.
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Judge Darling's Vermont Trip.

Judge Darling, assistant secretary of the
navy. left Washington this morning for
Montpelier. VT, where he delivers an ad-
dress before the Vermont Historical Society
He will return to Washington Saturday.
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The admiralty is understood to be taking
measures for the protection of the British
trawlers in the Bay of Biscay. Besides noti
flying st. Petersburg of the presence of
trawlers there, it is thought probable that a
warship may be dispatched from Gibraltar
to watch over the fishermen.
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Authorized to Attend Garrison School

First Lieut.. William s. Douglas, lst In
fantry, Oklahoma National Guard. has been
authorized by the President to attend and
pursue IL regular course OF instruction at
the garrison school, Fort Crook, Neb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25

Secretary Morton Going to New York
Secretary Morton has decided to attend
the dinner of the Naval Alumni Associa-
ton to be held at University Club, New
York city, Friday night.
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Of all the newspaper
readers of Washington are
reached by the classified
advertisements In The
Star.
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To Protect Other Trawlers.

sian embassy, where long cipher messages
were received from st. Petersburg.
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Whites Call Only Personal.
No Announcement Today.

II is officially stated that no announce
ment will be made this evening with refer
ence to the negotiations between the Brit
ish and Russian governments for the pur-
pose of obtaining an explanation of the
North sea affair. Lord Lansdowne was en-
gagged with his private secretary until late
this afternoon.
The Russian ambassador did not call on
Lord Lansdowne again today. He was en-
gagged during the afternoon at the Rus
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-28

Su mirada Sc extraviaba y hacfa con la mano mo-
vimientos para aejarle.
1Que Sc habia operado ella7 lHabfa sabido
adivinado algo7
Ell conde crea crmen ben oculto va olvida-
do pues los per6dcos habian cesado de ocuparse de
aquel asunto.
Enrique Rochegune fue enterradoy no Sc hicieron
mas averguacones que las sumarales que produjeron
Ia detenc6n del desgraciado negociante de cabras.
Por este lado e conde podia tranquio; pero la
cura inesperada de Rene e aspecto DELLA condesa lie
daban en- que pensar. Ahadese este que haca de
esas mahanas arocess de principles de otoho, que
ell da nebuoso que los crsales ponen orosos
que ell frfo acenta, conprendera Ell spleen negro
de que Sc hallaba posedo e asesno de Enrique Roche
gune.
En- aquel momento la puerta del comedor abrio.
Ell ayuda de camara entro 1levando sobre una ban
deja tareta.
Ell conde echo una mirada desdefosa, ncorporan-
dose de pronto el sillon; dijo:
lEsta ahi esta mujer1
ST. sehor conde.
-Y es mi quien qure ver7
Al sefior conde solo. Tene cosas importantes
graves que decir al sehor conde. lSe la hace pasar7
Riotti hizo con Ia cabeza un signo affirmative.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-28

FL lunes las tres y media de la
tarde contrajeron civil en- Ponce, con
Francisco Loaiza Gonzalez, Jefe de la
ofcina de Material Del ferrocarril de
aquella ciudad, con dofia Paula Pan l
vluda &C Urtaja.
A dicha boda concurrieron gran NIL
nero de amigos de los contingencies
terminando la fiesta la una de Ia
madruga,