Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1889, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR UBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, lorthwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by e Evening Evento 8ran is served to tn ty carriers, on their own account at 10 cents che . mail matter.) E re WEEKLY 8, Friday—@1 @ postaxe prepaid. Slz months, 50 cents Che therefore, I, Eaward 8. com do by certify that the Nation asl of Wasuinaton, in tbe city of Washi District of Columbia, rized to. commence business of vided in section 516¥ of Hevised Statutes of the Cuited States, In testimony whereof witneas ay hand and seal of oT ayers Ta8t, acer, SEAL ‘Currency. Comptroller of the Bo. 4107. ANK OF WASHINGTON combina ken ss IRECTORS. ‘HH, A. GRISWOLD, GEO. F. HARBIN. W. B.C. HAZ SHAW. & MoCAULEY. ea Waa A" L. OFFICERS. OHN ‘RELL, Pres’t; THOS. W. SMITH, Vice B Bert, Wee, BALDWIN, Cashion, | ao ow JOHN W. REYNOLDS, ARTIST, BEGS TO ‘announce the reopenmg of his studio and Parlors at 509 11th st. nw. ons, satel and ofl portraits made from photographs oF ive. Free exhibition of paintings day aud evening. se3-Lim UNITED, STAVES VETERINARY HOS- PITAL, 414 3D ST. N.W. ‘Telephone 1056. ©. BARNWELL ROBINSON, seliitathes-1n Ve Surgeon. STOCK — CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, CHEQUES asd viher securities” Cosumetcial htno- 5 A. G. GEDNEY. 10th and D streets (Post building.) EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F ST. . ASSETS $1,044,781.37. Office hours, from 9a m. to4:30 p.m. On the first ‘ednesday in each month the office will be open from Gto do'clock p. uw. Advances will be made promptly lat 7 o'clock. Subscriptions for shares in the 17th issue received ¥ at the office of the Association, Equitable Build- ne, LUUS F st. Shares are $2.50 per month. 81.000 advanced on each share, Famphiets explaining the objects and advantage of [the Association are furnished upon application. THOMAS SOMEKVILLE, Pres't, INO. JOY EDSON. See’y. mya? PREE-HAND CHAYON PORTRAITS made and delivered at once ou payment of 1 per week. Prices $10 to H_B. SMIT! Mdane ant. Open until 5 p- me jy 1010w? __ PERSONAL. . A CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, echnique a specialty. Besinners $10 uarter. (se1 7-1) E.HAKT, Principal a - = GOODRICH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 12 A, advice free ears’ wt, a 5 ay experience; Business quictly aud legally trans act Fs HE YOUNG LADY WHO NOTICEDGENTLEMAN tom} mi cor. 6th and sely-tuthes rea Star office. 3 UTHORIZED PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY. A LZ Co. Communicstions promptly at- G tial. all bourne: a wa WiLLAMS Manager, 920 F oe hw my: 3 “PUSTH'S OLD STAND Is TUE ONLY 1 SJ where first-class Second-Hisna Clothing can be Sold st respectable prices Address of callat619D st Lew. mi Posrrosemest Or Oventxa JULIUS LANSBURGH'S MAMMOTH CARPET, FURNITURE AND UPHOL- STERY HOUSE TO MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23 Until then we will continue at our old stand, 315 ‘7th stand sell everything from 15 to 75 percent Jess than cost. ‘Now are Your Opportunities. UPHOLSTERY GOODS REDUCED ONE-HALF. FUBNITURE REDUCED ONE-HALF. CARPETS REDUCED ONE-QUARTER. Do you need aCarpet? If so you can select one of our old patterns of Body Brussels, best quality, at 90c. per yard. Do youneed s Tapestry Carpet? Do you need a Wilton Carpet? Do you need Smyrna Rugs? Do you need Art Squares? If so saveon every pufchase enough to buy some- ‘thing else you may need. ‘Next Week, commencing SEPTEMBER 16, we will sell yet LOWER THAN EVER NOTHING TO BE TAKEN INTO THE NEW HOUSE, Old Store will be Open for Business until JANUARY 1, 1890, ‘as it is the only remedy we have to get rid of the IMMENSE STOCK gathered there, as we will positively not takes. DOLLAR'S WORTH OF OLD GOoDs INTO THE NEW QUARTERS. We bave too many Bargains to enumerate them. Now we bave Losses—no Profits, Get the benefit of our Redactious, Save considers: dle by buying of JULIUS LANSBURGH, weld 315 7th st ow, FRIDAY, SEIT. 13, 1889. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY are now offering « ur Une of NEW CROP GREEN PEAS—botn Imported and Domestic—we have the Domestic in Tin and the Imported in Tin and in Glass. ‘The quality of these goods is all that one can desire, Detug very aweet and ustural in flavor and the prices ‘are very reasonable indeed. In fact, we are offerings decided bargain in the way of Fine French Pessin Glass—Goods that usually sell at 45 to 50c., while our Price on this lot is only 35 or $4.00 per dozen full- tized Glass Jars. SLPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, 428 NINTH STREET. P.8.—We are still “booming” Flour and we are offering some very choice grades st bargain rates, els a2nG palm. Itis o yas 4 ery proud, and whic! Sdds another jeaf to the jaurels gained Uy the Iugie= for their excellence and purity. We know that you will fully appreciate this honor, and we oy 4 that this important announcement will aid you Dusbing the fnglenook wines to the position they 80 well deserve. We are yours, truiy, IXLPRED UREENEBAUM & CO. EPARIMENT OF STATE, ‘Washington, August 24, 1889. ALFRED GREENRBAUM & Co., No. 51 Ist street, San Francisco, Cal.: Gentlemen; I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th ultimo, asking whether or not the firm of Alfred Greenebaum & Co. received an; award of merit for their display of wines at the Mel- bourne exposition, and, in reply, to inform you that it appears ~is_ granted fo Ameri- 8e16-2t mening Star, cad THE WORLD’S FAIR. A Convention to be Called of Those Who Want it in a Western City. MISCELLANEOUS. TELL LY SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIALTIES... UNDERTAKERS., Pret WANTED (Lors).. WANTED (Srrvartons) WANTED (Miscettaxgovs) hope to have enough members ete at any time to carry through any radical measure. Of course we shall not interfere with the organi- zation of the House, but they cannot do ny thing that odr party is devermined they sl not do,” Judge Kelly and Representative Heistand of Pennsylvania and Representatives Snyder and Catchings are in the city also, Mr. Catchings is getting up his brief in the election contest brought against him. WHO WILL IT BE? Gen. Merrill Likely to be Appointed Commissioner of Pensions. and Australia on the other, two large doors wili have been shut to the outpouring masses for which neither England nor any other coun- try has any use. PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR'S VISIT TO INDIA, Speculations are indulged in by the press about the coming visit of Prince Albert Victor of Wales to India and what effect a royal visit will have upon the queen's subjects there. They have been rather neglected of late and the presence of the young man is expected not to inspire them with any amount of loyalty. The rince is expected to arrive at Bombay on November 9. He will go direct to Poonah and will visit Hyderabad, Bangak of the State’s Debt. New Onxeays, Sept. 17.—The Picayune’s Baton Rouge special says regarding the semi- nary and mechanical and agricultural bonds: It is doubtful if these bonds were ever de- stroyed. They are not in the treasurer's office, and some of the coupons now being registered in the auditor's office belong tothem. The ques- tion why the discovery of the payment of these invalid coupons was not discovered sooner is ex- lained by the fact that up to the time Treasurer ipes came into office the coupons of state bonds paid by the fiscal agent were turned over to the treasurer, as atthe present, but were re- tained by him and not sent to the auditor's office atall, The consequence was that he was charged Certainty of Killing. Loxpox, Sept. 17.—In a discussion before the British association on the subject of elec- tricity Mr. W. H. Preece, chief electrician of the post office department, said that the act recently passed by the New York legislature, providing for the execution of condemned murderers by electricity, would have to be rescinded. He claimed that it was impossible to get a current of sufficient intensity to kill a man with certainty. He bad experimented boine a — —— = eieee = - inches lo: * pig, but could n iaainene, Myeee Cee I Lass ek reel atone ott persons taking shocks and at the time pao to have been lore. While Gen. Warner will not say so in as many of representatives at St, J loseph to give public expression to the demand of the west to sccure Sumeteasascst Stn, me east, ‘ution was adopted and mae to have them printed and distributed. The eall convent its arguments in favor of holding worl" some Vo. 75—No. 14,033. WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1889. TWO CENTS. [pete eres fair at come Oa eaear mountaius, It calls attention to the fer LIVELY SESSION EXPECTED. A N AUTONOMY. ‘ook world be tewteesd ONoeeis Se H + re USTRALIAN iN . tra SPECIAL NCTICES. Washington News and Gossip. Telegrams to The Star. olin if the fait held in the gare one hee Se UTES INO. A, RAWLINS a The Democrats to “Make it Interest- A Measure Which is of Considerable In- penetrate the outer of ‘the republic and Sis comebicice woanscies ta: tend the funeral of ing’? for the Republicans. terest to Americans. fren vera” <inooeane aan Past Post Gor N, B. Fithian from Elke" wlio ite vast resources. resolutions present on WEDNESDAY, sth instant, at 3 pun By order. -Pare 8 | 4 sxeston at watox xorama wx ae accox- | NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS | oxpox, sept. 11.—A bill which is of interest language, the advantages to both the H. B, WEAVER, Adjutant Tk Pim PLISHED, HE TARIFF AND THE to Americans is the western Australis, which | Visitors and country that would inevitably fol- THE MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PHARMA “pare 8| RULES WILL PROBABLY REMAIN a8 THEY ARE— the government will reintroduce next scasion. | 2 °rat argument made ie that tbe oriloage ot willopen MONDAY, September 30-s7 pon. Prot, a -Page 2| OTHER CONGRESSMEN IN TOWN, They Meet to Nominate a State | The purpose of this bill is to grant to western | ail the railroads of the east and south in vsee FB. Dutoar will Geliver the opening address. The ‘Page 2 — ~ Australis the same measure of home rule as is| was less than 47,000 miles, while in the west abiic are invited to be present For cireufars ad- “Page 8| ‘There is quite an influx of Congressmen in Ticket. enjoyed by the rest of the colonies, The gov-| there was nearly 90,000 miles of railroad ‘se Ttoocl 1118 13th st. nw. ae the city today. Some are here to look out for ernment proposed the bill last‘ session, and | ©°™ and in a affords ,WE ARE OUT FOR TRADE. “ their winter quarters and to get their children then ing elarmed at the discovery made | S™ple sccommodation to travellers. ‘SEE OUK STOCK AND PRICES, -Page 5 The western roads need the GEORGE SPRANSY, “Page 7| 8¢ school. Representative Bynum of Indiana by some wise tory that the measure, if a, we17 One Price Clothier, 434 71 st ‘Page 3| is here to get his children at school and has GENERAL GOSSIP FROM EUROPE. | viata hand over a terri t ‘the size of ae, — i Sheree fem. NOTICE!—TO WHOM IT MAY CON- y -Page 8 | taken a house for the winter. A Stan reporter Sn Pe eran oe 8 enneinn as pales co OF anes te he Oe cern.—Ihere will be sold st public auc- | p, 8 of a few thousand, retreated under the plea of Ls y Hon at Colonial Beach"on THURSDAY, Sept. 19, | PAMILY SUPPLIES - Pare * | asked him today what he thought would be ac- : ifornia, | Pressure of business, The government, how- | Wo patronize them and wage ms ga | 380 one Boom Derrick ieomplete to gay charges, | FINANCIAL... Pate 7 | complished by Congress this winter. Earthquake Shocks in California. erat, have made more oes binding barge the seaboard states. The west ot ppoaite the junction Wycomico river about June 10 | FOR RENT (Stones ‘Page 2| “Nothing,” he replied. “I think,” he added, with the Australians, who are heart and soul recy Rendle er memnggh dh espen. Mevcling ay = Colonial Beach, Westmoreland Co, 'Va,_| FOR RENT (Hovss| -Pago 3 | “that there will be a lively time from the start. Fekete ee cates ees ent ths | Ton bub noe nmek Sikes o tack oa tee eeh eee Bee BS FRANCISCO sere. 4, 1980. aon sae ee “fare 2| We havo a lot to worry the republicans sbout | CHOLERA SPREADING IN PERSIA, | debeted when parliament moots again, ire living on this side of the Allegbenies. MATT New York aveute FOR SALE dors). “page 8 | and we will be very apt to make it interesting ist aPhid ns sa eiuinine canto theca me date of the convention was sei, for Dear Sir: Without any of your favors to teply to, we eee @ | foe Seis hp toa tek Sey wilt de ony tating eee 4 of the bill of interest to America, is the fear of | intention of sonding a strong delegation and it Irom the Seate deparuaent at Washington which ‘Page 2 | “tzow about the rales?” Louisiana's Duplicated Bonds. | ngisnd that the western Australisns once in | texpected that St* Louis sad western speaks foriteclf. The wines which cai off the -Paze 6} «They cannot change the rules so as to avoid eole of this large country would use | Cities will be heard from as soon as the work- from the celebented Inglenook Vineyards the Drop Pace 7 the contitational provision that a majority of tbcir power to qzciode, fumsigration and Ghae | 498 comsisiess Sere ote informed. rey of Cape. G. Nicbeum, the votes a necessary to constitute a NDS. cut off one of England's means (one y EcT ECU “his Rotor is the more gratifying from the fact that a quorum, ‘and with but one, or at best two, SEDER] EUS aa ted) of ridding herself of ber obnoxious pop- ELECTRICAL EXECUTIONS, is tl ® quorum, al) told, th ot ion. i erica c on cI Petition af the Melbourne expositiou the colonial Jury | sre-DICAL, ‘Page g more q 1d, they cannot | Condemned But Carried Along as Part A British Electrician Claims there is ne 8 8 7 7 8 1 7 8 7 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 can exhibitors at the above exposition that the firm of A. Greenebaum & Co. of San Francisco was a the first order of merit for White Wii Tam, ceutlemen, your obedient servant, ined) YONVILLIAM F. WHARTON, seit (Cory) Acting Secretary, <@= MEN SHOULD ANTICIPATE THEIR wants somewhat and get ahead of the fall rush by leaving their orders for Trousers and Suits at once. You secure a better choice, too, Satisfaction or nosale. G. WARFIELD SIMPSUN, “Expert in Trou- sers,” cor. Sth and G n.w. Bel6-2t MAKCEL PELOUARD, FORMERLY OF | <n British legation, bas opened his Caterer's Establishment at S06 thst. ow. Nice newly-fur- hished Rooms and first-class French ‘at Teason- able prices. e12-61" ~ REMOV Al B SANDS, ATT x and Counsellor-at-law, has’ removed bis Law Offices from Kellogg Building to the Adams Building, 1333 F st. n.w. se16-6t FOR SURE AND LARGE DIVIDENDS Subscribe for Stock in THE WASHINGTON ESTATE COMPANY, ‘OFFICE = CAPITAT#300,000" SHAKES, $60 FACH. Charter grated by tle State Of Virginie, aud ts q Pepe UN IMPROVES AND EXCHANGES ~ \) REAL ESTATE. NM. BENNETT, Vice President. W. MOSBY W AMS, Secretary. JOHN RIDUUT, treasurer and Attornez. Boanp oF Directors ; JOHN H. WALTER, Presi AMNON BEHREND, GEO. A. JORD: Which comprises the so-called MRERNAGAN TRACT” It is the intention of the Bozrd of Directors to place Portions of this jand on the market for sale and to im- prove other by the erection of fine RESIDENCES, Further information with copy of Charter and Con- stitution will be gladly furnished by application at the Company's office, to ary of the officers, or to the tol- Who are authorized to receive and 5 per cent being payable at Subscription Agent By onder of the Board of Directums > EoD rs. W. MOSBY WILLIAMS, se16-3t Secretary. => VE, THE UNDERSIGNED, TRADING UN- der the firm name of Ryder & Kirliu, hereby agree to disso. ve the existing coparthership, said firm 3 8 also R. Q RYDER. ¥. H KIKLIN, The intending tocontinue the Lime,Ce- ment and General Building Supplies business at corner of Mass. ave. and F st. n.c., would thank the public for vi tronage extended the old firm and wo fora continuance of the same. Mr, RQ. will still continue the Sand Business a the old. ‘on James Creek canal and 17¢ eel enh E. H. KIKLIN. WEIDMAN, BOOKBINDER, 420- ‘Aith st. nw. Magazines bound in all Styleg ag seneqepble peices. Fine Binding a specialty, seld-6t =>, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD for the arrest and conviction of the party longing my name cards dun my custom- ers for bil post PG. ALZRANDEI. se14-3t" Home Market, cor. and I sts! now. <g> CREDIT. CREDIT ‘urniture, Carpets and Hougefurnishing Goods in General sold ou Credit at Cash Prices. Pop- Bed-room Suites from $15 up. Oak Bed-room Suites from $25. Walnut Bed-room Suites from $40. Hsir-cloth or Flush Parlor Suites from $35. Carpets Ze. Brussels C or monthi; GROGAN’ selt-3mm ATTENTION, KNIGHTS T others! Know that at De] inmade of Plumes Cieanetr Dyed, sud G q lean cleaned ike new. LADIES RETURNING FROM THEIR ‘summer sojourn should not by sewing ou a savy machine cancel all the beuetits of mountain sirs and ocean. but should exchange immediately for a Wheeler & Wilson Hih Arm No. 9, which is too light to injure the weakest, se13-1m OFFICE, 437 9th n.w. FALL STYLES NOW. Fit and Finish Guaranteed, BOTTOM PRICES. SNYDER & WOOD, “ALLO! AND DRAPERS, 423 Lith st, nw. sel 4-3 gD. M. FRAIN, PAINTER AND DECO- <a rator and Desler in Paints, Oil, Glass, ke. inmates Given for Painting. el4-60" No. 1343 14th st. nw. DR, A. BEMREND HAS REMOVED HIS = Office and Residence to 1214 K st. n.w. we hours from 8 to 10 ain; 1:3 Tp.su. Lelephone 1173, <n CARD. 1 will be located at 12th and Maryland ave. s.w. until r notice, Wi tosee my trienday aud T to call and settle their Wish to close up my lumber JAMES F. BARBOUR. $2.50 FOR PATENT DIXON CHIMNEY [ee sud Ventilator: Warranted to Cure Chiuineys. Dealers in’ Stoves, anges, Furs naces, Mantel, DODSON & HODGSON. 1256 °H pt. aelz-6r" DE. E & CARR! ® BNTIor removed his office from 12th st. to 1325 Fst. _820-1m nw. nw. é eek fete pre * Bet RB ow Bist and Got. ~~ Price, 3018-3m BILLE, tee “ Presemading in all branches 207-220? = FRESH HAVAN: KEY WEST CHAMPAGNE ‘THOMAS CSRELL m5 X ‘Peanayivanie avenue, 6TH 8T. AND NEW YORK AVE. ¥.W. ‘We will sell at this price only in lots of 3,000 feet or more, This Flooring is kiln dried, all one width, Without # knot, no sap and no defects. tt WANTED (Rooms)... The Star Out of Town. Tae Eventva Srar will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired, at the rate of fifty cents per month. €2” But all such orders must be accompanied by the money, or the aper cannot be sent, as no accounts are kept with mail subscriptions, 2% ——-oo_____ Goverxment Receipts Topay.—Internal rey- enue, $210,593; customs, $860,696. Anmy Cuaxoes.—Cadet Charles Young, U. 8. military academy, to be additional second lieu- tenant, tenth cavalry, August 31, 1889; Second Lieut. Wm. H. Camp, seventeenth infantry, re- signed September 14, 1889. Nava Onpers.—Commander Henry Glass, ordered to duty at the naval academy Septem- ber 21; Lieut. Commander Uriel Sebree, or- dered as executive officer of the Baltimore; En- sign A. B. Clements, detached from the naval observatory and granted one year's leave. Mues Keunor of Chicago has been appointed @ special inspector of customs at Chicago. Tue Bopy or Daxret Brows, one of the sea- men lost on the Passaic’s whale boat on last Tuesday, was found yesterday morning off ‘Thomas point, near Annapolis, Md. A Cometimentary Dixxer was given in San Francisco last night to Hon. M. M. Estee, who will leave there today for Washington as a delegate to the International American con- gress, Ewston Mavaice L. Reap, U.S.N., was taken to the naval hospital at Brooklyn yesterday. He is suffering from partial paralysis of the brain and is in charge of Passed Assistant Sur- geon Howard E. Ames, They both were at- tached to the U.8.8. Palos, in Chinese waters. Senators Hoar, Pugh, Butler and Eustis, members of the Senate committee which has been taking testimony in Boston during the past week, yesterday visited Cambridge, Water- town, Lexington and Concord. They dined at Concord, where they were guests of Judge E. R. and Samuel Hoar. They returned to Boston late in the afternoon, ‘TRANSFERRED T0 Brooxtyy.—Wm. L. Cowan, who for the past thirty years has been master sail maker at the Washington navy yard, has been transferred to the Brooklyn navy yard to take charge of the sail loft there.” Axoruenr Ixp1an Commmssion.—The Secretary of the Interior yesterday appointed R. V. Belt assistant commissioner of Indian affairs; A, M. Tinker Indian inspector and G, W. Parker special Indian agent, acommission to negotiate with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians of Dakota for the surrender of 789,000 acres of land. The Indians on the Sisseton reservation have already agreed to take Jands in allotment in severalty, and 127,887 acres have been set aside for that purpose for their use and 1,417 acres of land have been reserved for church and other purposes, Expert Rats Mam CieKs.—The result of a special case examination of railway mail clerks connected with the fifth division, the headquarters of which are at Cincinnati, has been — to Railway Mail Superintendent Bell. The report states that 114 clerks made an average higher than 99 per cent, while ten passed without an error. Ono clerk. correctl distributed 2,098 cards indiscriminately Hd dressed to post offices and distributing points covering the entire state of Illinois in about two hours, Another correctly distributed 1,869 cards in fifty-nine minutes. Patents have been issued to citizens of the District as follows: Luther G. Billings, two patents—type writer cabinet and cabinet for type writers; Frederic P. Dewey, condensin; fumes from metallurgie furnaces; Chas, w Hayes, dust guard for car axle boxes; Jus, A. Maloney, speculum; Richard Rich, ice transpor- tation and storage vessel. Tux Rurss oF tae Curr Dweiiers’ Homes, — The Secretary of the Interior has directed that the land in Colorado oceupied by the ruins of the former residences of the ‘Cliff dwellers” be withdrawn from disposal until the historical value can be ascertained and steps be taken to —— them from wrongful removal or truction. Amenicax Macuineny 1x Mux1co.—Minister Ryan transmits for the information of the State department statistics of the value of American machinery imported annually from the United States into Mexico, from 1880 to 1887, inclu- sive, which shows t the exportations grew in value from $462,384 in 1880, to $4,000,000 in Rerusep to Review THE Decrsiox.—The Secretary of the Interior has refused a motion for review of the department decision rendered December 27, 1888, rev: and setting aside approved swamp land list No. 5, Lakeview, Ore- gon. Vmorsta ann Mazytanp Posrmastens.— Isaac T. Hudgins has been appointed post- master at Fitchetts, Matthews county, Jas, W. Hubbard st Washburne, Patrick county, and Robt. 8. Jenkins at Zuni, Isle of Wight plea Va. Se re a eee, Har- three false certificates and presenting alse: Gbldavita in pension claim of Eliza- beth Tanner, has pg one plea of guilty and was fined in the States court se sanseld, Ih, in the sum of 10 and costs, the amounting to sbout ¢280, Ho has also been advised Benjamin F, Beers of Port N.Y., has been arrested and held to bail in the sum of tap ty spond fas been indicted is the eoutbors diecast Illinois (United States district court) for mak- ing a false affidavit in his claim ae Ho bas entered « ples of guilty; sentence sus- words it is pretty well understood that he has declined the pension commissionership. At one time Gen. Warner had almost made up his mind to accept, but business matters inter- fered toa greater extent than he had thought they would. It became entirely impracticable for him to accept. There are plenty of other candidates in the field, but the general impression is that Gen. Merrill of Massachusetts will be appointed, Gen. Merrill has said to friends here that he could not afford to accept the office, He is now insurance commissioner of Massachusetts and has business prospects before him that are bet- ter than the pension commissionership. Nevertheless it is expected that the place has been or will be offerred to him, and that he will accept. His appointment would be ac- ceptable to The Gran iy men, and both the President and Secretary Noble would like him to take the place, He isan ex-commander-in- chief of the Grand Army and is the chairman of the Grand ape —= committee, Gen. Warner called on the Secretary of the Interior today and had a conference with him, Subsequently Secretary Noble said that he had no information whether Mr. Warner had ac- cepted the position of commissioner of pensions or not, NEW WAR SHIPS FOR THE NAVY. The Two 3,000-Ton Vessels May be Built in Government Navy Yards. Secretary Tracy is giving careful considera- tion to the question as to what shall be done in respect to the two 3,000-ton cruisers authorized to be built by act of Congress. The department failed to secure a bid for constructing them within the limit of cost imposed by Congress. It was not possible to reduce the requirement as to speed and incresse the premiums, as had been done in the case of the 2,000-ton vessels, for the law had fixed these specitically, There was little hope of securing lower bids upon re- advertisement so that aside from awaiting the tardy action of Congress the alternative seemed to be to build the vessels in navy yards, It is this phase of the case that Secretary Tracy is considering, and should he be able to satisfy himself that the work can be done in a reason- able time and at a moderate cost it is highly probable that he will decide to have it done at the bey et Upon the first point it may he stated that while the eastern ship building navy yards are now crowded with work, Naval Con- structor Hichborn is prepared to recommend that the Mare Island yard be given an oppor- tunity to show what it can do in the way of killed, but were afterward quite well. He ssid that the sensational reports published in the newspapers about people being killed by shocks from electric wires had, upon inverti- gation, been found to be nonsense, —— ain To Break Down the Jute Trust. Cutcaao, Sept. 17.—A dispatch from Green- ville, Ala., says: The members{of the farmer's alliance in this portion of the cotton belt of renege ey — to break down the jute trust, which is being antagonized in every part of the state by the introduction of cotton beg- sing as a substitute for baling the cotton. The tter system is a new one, and the farmers are unable as yet to aga the material on account of the failure of the factories to supply the de- mand. Increased facilities are being y adopted for turning it out, and before long cot- ton ging will entirely supplant the jute, notwithstanding that # loss of 50 cents or @1 od bale is sustained by those who use cotton ging. In some sections pine straw is be’ woven into bagging, which is said to be mi superior to jute. It is not inflammable and will mite cotton better than any covering yet ought into use. a es Three Men Killed. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 17.—About four miles from here at midnight the ceutral north bound nger train collided with a freight train, demolishing ee _ killing men, e engineer, fireman and a Cholera Spreading in Persia. Loxpox, Sept. 17.—Cholera has made its appearance in Bagdad and the disease is spreading in western Persia. Ex-Queen Ne at NEWS FROM THE COAST. Probable Fate of the Captain of an Abandoned Vessel. Norrorx, Va., Sept. 17.—It is thought that the schooner passed off Chinco League Sunday, 8th instant, on her beam ends, water-logged and abandoned, and reported here by the schooner Garrett P. Wright, is the schooner Gaston T, Hubbard, Captain Insley, which sailed from this port the 4th instant for New York with a cargo of pine wood, as nothing has been heard of that vessel since her departure, A dispatch from Hog Island, Northampton county, says: “On Friday afternoon last an islander found the body of a man on the beach in an advanced state of decomposition. A few bills made out to the schooner Gaston T. Hub- bard, a pilot license to the same vessel, a pawn ticket issued to Mrs, Insley for a watch pledged for $4, a pair of spectacles, a rule and $1 bills were found upon the body, which, from these circumstances, is thought to have been that of Capt. George Insley of the schooner Hubbard, Capt. J. E. Johnson of the life-say- ing servico took charge of the remains and holds the papers, money, &c..for those to whom they belong. The body was buried necessarily near the spot where it was found in the best manner practicable.” ——_—— An Earthquake Shock in California. Saxra Axa, Cat., Sept. 17.—A perceptible shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday afternoon. with their value. They accumulated there UNTIL THEY EXCEEDED $2,500,000 rx amount, and were only counted and destroyed during the last session of the general assembly, when Maj. Burke’s accounts were settled, credit given him for this amount and the coupons burned. Since Capt. Pipes has been in office the system has been changed and the coupons are sent to the auditor's office for registration as soon as they are received. It is highly credita~ ble to Auditor Steele’s management of the office that the discovery was just as soon as the limited clerical force at his command permitted him to ‘undertake the registry of the The = seminary and agrict and mechanical college bonds, though condemned and ordered destroyed, have never been deducted from the statement of the bonded indebtedness of the state, It is worthy of note that in calculating the interest paid on the state debt up to the time of Treasurer Burke's settlement with the state, it is necessary to include the condemned bonds in the state’s debt in order to make the interest reach the value of the coupons sur- rendered and destroyed by the legislative com- mittee, so great was the number of these cou- pons it was utterly impossible for this com- mittee to number them before burning them, and they were only counted to get their aggre- gate value. I¥ INTEREST HAS REGULARLY BEEN PAID on the condemned seminary and agricultural and mechanica: college bonds since 1880 the sum lost tothe state would scarcely exceed $65,000 or $70,000. It is likely, however, that innocent third persons will have a valid title to the bonds if they have been sold in the market for the reason that the article of the constitution declaring them null and void gives no indication of their identity by number or otherwise. The agricultural and mechanical college and seminary bonds were as follows. $1,000 bonda, numbers 710 to 905 inclusive, $500 bonds, num- bers 1,902 to 2,065 inclusive und 419 bonds of 100 each, the numbers of these are also given. Payment of interest on these bonds has been stopped. —-_— NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS. They Assemble Today to Nominate State Officers. Treyton, N. J., Sept. 17.—The delegates to the republican state convention were astir early this morning, and by 10 o'clock the vicinity of the leading hotels was made lively by the music of several bands, The Grubb men are still full of confidence and declare that the situation today since the arrival of all the delegates, is A Swimming Contest. Fresno, Cat., Sept. 17.—E. C, Pinkham of Stockton, Cal,, defeated Albert Sundstrom of New York ina 100 yard swimming contest at Palace baths here last night. The match was for 250 and the gate receipts. Pinkham's time was one minute and six seconds, which is said to be the fastest ever made in America. — AConvict’s Assault Upon a Sheriff. Bugitxoton, Iowa, Sept. 17.—Deputy Sheriff Tate, upon entering a cell in the Fremont county prison at Sidney, Iowa, yesterday, was jumped on and nearly pounded to death with a chair leg by a convict named Haynes, The convict secured Tate's revolver and would have shot the officer dead but for the intervention of another prisoner, Haynes was in the act of unlocking the prison door and escaping, when other prisoners, hearing the noise, rushed upon him and overpowered him. Tate's condition is critical and should he die there is such ex- citement that Haynes may meet death by lynch- ang. —_ Natalie at Odessa. Opessa, Sept. 17.—Ex-queen Natalie of Ser via, who is going to Belgrade to visit her son, the youthful king Alexander, arrived here | from Yalta on board a Russian gunboat, She was received with royal honors. She will pro- ceed for Belgrade tomorrow. A Train Plunges Into a River. Evansvitie, Ixp., Sept, 17.—Word reached here last night at the offices of the Mackey sys- tem to the effect that s serious wreck occurred Iate’last evening on the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad near Patoka, ‘The south bound freight train No. 53, heavily loaded, was pre- cipitated into Patoka river, the bridge over that stream giving way under the weight of the train. The engine and four cars passed over, but the remainder of the train cisged being through the yawning gap in the tracl cars piled one upon the other, many crushed into ashapeless mass. No lives have been reported lost, although several trainmen es D 7, are known to have gone down in the wreck. A building a modern man of war, Acting under favorabl than last night, when a An Unknown Tramp’s Heroism. kines train % out frown this elie. the authority conferred by Congress the con- | number of delegations were absent. ‘Magowan | Drs Morxes, Iowa, Sept. 17.—The story of | “Tekin train was sent out from this city struction bureau has been actively increasing the plant at that yard. Machine tools of the latest type are being delivered sage and the acting chief constructor believes that within two months the yard will be able to undertake successfully the construction of at least one of the nineteen-knot cruisers, Confessed to a Defalcation. Esst Sacrxaw, Micu., Sept. 17.—Robert Laughlin, superintendent of the Saginaw, Tu» and Kean are still in the fight with understand- ing that whichever develops the greater strength in the convention will receive the other's support against Grubb. The platform is now nearly complete. The interesting point is the plank on the liquor question which the committee have decided to pledge the convention to stand by an unknown tramp’s heroism comes from Coun- cil Bluffs. He was walking on the Chicago and Northwestern track from Council Bluffs to Mis- souri valley, and between Crescent and Stoney creek he found a broken rail on a high em- bankment, where the rail makes a sharp curve. It was an ontside rail, next to the river, and no w cessor brought prominently forward the name THE CASE OF CAPT. ARMES. | ihe record of lat logisiatare and national pla-| next tran due waa ihe limited. pamsenger, ana | 2 ii me Spey pee pom —— form, which means practically, out #0 7 eg rg . man Revocation, of tie Order for Ingutry | ayng = deciron it favor of eal pin | B'MBeagayeaneecn urge Seg | muon waved gp fm yoyo Into His Sanity by an Army Board. THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLES, to raise the operator, who was not at his post. | placed. Yesterday morning, realizing that the Shortly after 12 o'clock today the republican | He then aroused the section, and they took the | change contemplated would result in the Had it not been for the intervention of offi- cial authority, Capt. Geo. A. Armes, retired, would today have appeared before a board of army strgeons at the medical museum for ex- hand car and went to the broken arriving there just in time to flag the limited and stop it within a few feet of almost certain 1 —_—_. state convention met in the Taylor opera house. On the platform were Gen. E. Burd Grubb, ex-Congressman Halsey, Con- tion of another auditor and the e: books, Rice confessed toa defs of 8,000. Rice gives no explanation of his conduct, admitting he needed the money and took idbag ae x ressman Kean, Rev. Dr. Hanlon, president of Frost in Michigan. nan hai Bo amination as to his sanity. But he didn't go, | Bennington seminary; Rev. MessraWright and pos gee plead e 7 ie fatare, He bas 6 for he received a notice from the War depart. Stadditeed, and peng Alte Hobart. = Hoxtanp, Micu., Sept. 17.—The hot weather beng neh one child, and is not extravagant im ment last night to the effect that the original | The opera house was guily decorated and at | Of last week, with the mercury habit registering from 85 to 92 degrees, was followed by a cold snap eo that a frost was observed yesterday morning, the first of the season. te corn needs one week more warm weather. i either side of the stage were portraite of Lin- coln and Harrison. Garrett A. Hobart, chair- man of the state committee, called the conven- tion to order. Rev.Dr. Wright of Trenton offered aprayer. After the reading of the call for the order bad been suspended and that the board would not assemble. Although this latter order has a temporary tinge it is a practical revocation und the chances are that Capt. een Fearful Fatality from Diphtheria. Boowg, Iowa, Sept. 17.—A fearfal fatality was reported yesterday in the family of John Armes will never be tried by an army board as | Convention Joseph H. Gaskell of Burlington, Prize Fighters Arrested. in s wagon for Milwaukee about ber 1. to his sanity. ‘This action by the department | HO bad been substituted for the state commit-| gr. Louis, Sept. 17.—Tom Allen, ex-champion | They were ton days on the road and on arriv- porary chair- man, John I. Blair of Warren and Peter Ryle of Passaic es:oried Mr. Gaskell to the chair. MR. GASKELL’S SPEECH. Mr. Gaskell said he accepted the chair as a rather surprised people, but it is probably the most sensible thing that could be dome under the circumstances. THE UNKNOWN COMPLAINANT. pugilist of the world; Tom Kelly, Dan Daly, Ed Kelly, Artie Flint and Charlie Daly, who took part in the Dajy-Kelly prize fight in Lincoln county, Mo., two years a ago, the To Investigate the Plans of the Texas. fight of its class on record, have been The first order was issued on the complaint | compliment to the young men of the Syrested | Nonrorx, Va., Sept. 17.—Naval Constructors of a party whose name the department was | party, and waa applauded for a refer. | M24, "ee taken yesterday to Troy, Mo. for] General Hughes, Taylor and Armistead, the determined to keep a secret, instructions being | ence to the necessity for _protecti —_—_ board appointed to investigate and report upon given to the board to this effect, This would| American ineustries. “Lincoln,” he cade A Dishonored Husband’s Revenge. | the plans of the battle ship Texas, reported for ave necessitated a degree of secrecy that | \‘raised the slaves from servitude, while Har-| Pnrs, Tex., Sept. 17.—Pedro Gozalez, «| *y #t the navy yard yesterday and started to would seriously embarrass the board in its in- | rison represented the principle to raise Ameri- ped his bh with one Jew, | Wort, They say the of the ship will vestigations and probably lead to no results, | can workmen from an almast equal servitude | Mexican, made ome res not be altered or the lines be all but the It would have been extremely difficult for the | today, As to the liquor question, republicans | Brown in the Dark Corners, 16 miles from here, yet pon oe my the ship be re- medical men to pass judgment on the case, | had taken advanced poe and would not re- | became intimate with both Mrs, | duced and ly Machinery and arma- and there would be much adverse criticism of | treat from their position. Brown ands young daughter of Brown's, sey- | ment made lighter. The board of naval off- the action of the department, NAMING THE CANDIDATES, This co: to the knowl- | cers to inspect the Foon THERE ARE MANY PRECEDENTS the father and by waited Sat- yesterday and commenced work fe A mention of the names of the different gub- for such actions, however, for many an officer, both active and retired, have been examined for sanity and incarcerated in an asylum when 3 By: candidate. gave way th its lack was discovered. The original order opposing hisses, and when quiet a was not at all extraordinary, but when the | punster in the gallery |: “What would we authorities came to review the case, cot ing the existence of courts of law near at hand, = cme that it ind pega st e) ace: espec as received | an intimation ‘rom! the com; that he preferred to have recourse to porary secretaries the roll was called, which showed that all the counties were fully represented. convents 4 then named its choice for vice presidents the usual committees. The committees got to work and @ recess was taken till 2 o'clock. eee To Hunta Murderer With Blood Hounds a i Hi