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of the river and forms an important element im the squatic and athletic cireles of the country. The club has the fol- lowing men entered in today's events: Amwake, 100 yards; Bucholtz, 220; Schlichter, 440 and $30; Beilly, 1 mil bough, pole vault; Ramsdeli and Lewis, broad jump; Lewis, both hurdiee. The initial of this sketch represents the emblem of the Olympic Athletic Ciub. THE WINGED ARROW. The Columbia Athietic Club and Its Men. OLUMBIA men are every- where—trying tomake the visitors feel at home. They ha faculty of sueceed- ing in this to a surprising extent, and so there is no reason why the foreigners should not have « fine time and go home with a warm recollection of the generous hospitality of the Washingtonians, ‘There is not much hope entertained that the home talent will prove itself to be in the same class with that from outside, and if any of the Columbia men should chance to earn even feel quite sat- ama selected by Capt Stinemetz to represent the club is a good one, notwith- standing the handicap that comes from its lack of thorough training. Some of the men are sure to develop later into first-class competi- tors for honors, and even if they should chanee to fail todsy they ha ® brilliant prospect ahead of them, The names of K Elliott, Dickinson, Kenyon, Crist, Brown, Barber and Lewis are very well and favorably known here as those of hard- working athletes, men who are doing their best for the club making the most of the meager opportunities afforded for training them by the limited time at their disposal. All in the “pink of condition,” and their work will surely reflect credit upon their trainer, Mr. Crossley. 8 J. KING, SPRINTER. S. J. King, who is regarded by every one in the C. AC. as its fastest short-distance run- ner, entered the club in the summer of 1888, just after he had graduated from Princeton College, where he had won the reputation of being swiftest sprinter at that university. His work was not confined to this field, but ex- tended among some of the best men of the metropolis on their own ground. He is now 23 years, stands 5 feet 8 inches high and at the resent time. in what he considers his best con- on, he weighs about 150 pounds. While at ‘rinceton he broke two records, doing 100 ‘ds in 10 seconds and 2 yards in seconds, He holds the Philadel- phia Press gold medal, won at the iret indoor meeting of the University of Penn- *ylvania at the Academy of Music in Philadel- puia, doing 40 yards in 4 4-5 seconds, this being rdtime. The greatest running he ever did t the Manhattan Club’s indoor meet, Jan- '¥ 23, 1888, when. out of 72 entries, he fin- ished im the finals second to Westing. who after- ward became champion of the 1838, be won the 220-yard race at the svring games of the New York Athletic Club in 23 sec- onds. with 40 men iu the field. In the contest for the eastern championship last year he earned second place in the 100, being defeated by Sherrill. In his own judgment and that of Trainer Crossley he was never in better condi- tion to run for bis own reputation and that of the club. PHIL 8. BROWN, FLYER. Phil Brown has a first-class local record, and had he more time to train would undoubtedly win ® more national reputation as a wheelman. He began work on the steel steed in the spring of 1834, and six months later entered the fall races of the Capital Bicycle Club. He won the mile in 3.06 1-5, was second in the half-mile, in 1.27 2-5 and second in the two-mile handi starting from the scratch and finishing 6121-5. The next year he won eight first rizes and five seconds, and in 1886 increased is collection of troph: by seventeen firsts, five seconds and three thirds. It was in this year that he and Crist made their famous ta dem trike record, still standing, of a mile in 2.45 2-5. The season of 1887 brought him twelve fret prizes, ten seconds and three thirds, and t Hartford he made his best record up to date, In 37 races in 1838 he captured first place nine- teen times, second place eight times and third place six times. His record for the mile was made August 8, 1859, in a race against time on Analostan Island, the watches showing 2.38. He is one of the hardest working men in the *mateur racing business today, @ conscientious trainer. He twenty-seven years of age. stands 5feet 8 inches high and weighs 150 pounds, 3. B. PLLIOTT. SPRINTER, 2. B, Elliott, or “Jerty” as he is generally known by his club wates, has developed into one of the prettiest r.mmers in this section of the country. He was born in Brookly: 1860,is 5 feet 71; inches in height. and when in <a but 1238 jcom- voted for the ume at | New York Ath- Taxis, bicycle; Koden- | stitute Jetic Club games at Mott Ha: May 90, 1876, winning his heat, and after took = several races in the vicinity of New Y. varying success, until the wimter of when he won the 75-yard dash at American In- im 7% from the soratch. He was a mem- ber of the Scottiab-Amerionn Athietse Club of fepresented Saportas, path in 1879, went to England and w quarter-of-a- swim in the Thames twelve competitors and competed at Bridge grounds, |, in 120-yarde ron won hie heat in 12 2-6 from HL Allen, champion, on scri He nothing in sprinting since 1879 until the Columbia Athletic Club, when he ond to Glenn in New York in 75 yards August 23, 1590. He has won several C.A.C. games on Ani and and tation of being a consistent perform industrious worker at his 220 yards. i Hit aif 2 Ebeag? Mia CRIST, THE SPURTER. Eugene Crist has won many a bicyele’ race and there is reason to believe that he will win many another. There was @ time when Crist had national reputation as a erack pedal pusher and he defended this fame in a noble manner. His celebrated spurt became the terror of his antagonist and the model for younger men on the cinder track. For the last couple of years, however, he has had hard luck and, whether through the lack of proper training’ or otherwise. ‘not been able to duplicate bis former successes. It may be the adveut of the new stars, such ag Van Wagoner and Windle, that has caused . him to lose races instead of winning, but, drop as he may, Wash- ington folks caynot and will not —— the honor that he has brought to i city in years gone by. He has scores of tro- phies of his victories, and bis record book bears the history of many a tight race run and won by means of that marvelous spurt. Crist began riding in the ig of 1884, taking second place in 3.28 in the mile race of the C.Bi.C. Since then he has made his mile , which is very close to record ti In 1887 he started fifty times and receiv. forty-six prizes, thirty-eight of them firsts. In 1888 he took sixteen firsts, eleven seconds and five thirds. Latterly he has taken up rowing and handles an oar so well that he been chosen for the senior eight. 7%. M. KENYON—GOOD ALL ROUND, J. M. Kenyon, who sustains the reputation of the capital city as a long-distance runner, is a young athlete with a very promising future. He is but twenty years old, stand 5 feet 93¢ inches high and weighs 150 pounds. His best work has been done in the racing shells of the club, where he has achieved the reputation of being an earnest, hard worker, sacrificing his own record to the interests of the club. He rowed bow in the junior four that won the Po- tomae regatta m 1888; number two in the eight- oared crew winning at Baltimore June 4, 1690; bow in the eight that went to the national re- gatta at Worcester in August and sustained there an honorable defeat; and, finally, bow in the eight-oared crew that won the Staten Island cup September 1, 1890. He now holds the club championship in the half mile and mile races, running from the scratch. His style of running has excited the admiration of all who have seen his work, being graceful and clean cut. His time in the mile is very quick, entitling him to first rank. H. M. DICKINSON. GOOD HEAVY WEIGHT. H. M. Dickinson, more fondly and familiarly known as “Tubby,” is perbaps the best all- round athlete in the club, He can run, jump, race over hurdles, put shots and weights and throw hammers with the best, and some of his records in the various departments of now remain as for the island. ears old, — feet e Peavy wei large exten! in the list of IN CONSULTATION, The Annual Meeting of the Athletic Union Last Night. The annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union was helfl last night in the gymnasium of the Columbia ciub house and was one of the President McMillan at 9 o'clock, one hour late, there being about one hundred and twenty- delegates present, representing one-half of organizations composing the union. ‘The president then read the report of the board of managers, giving a review of the events of the pest year, and making certain well-timed remarks upon matters that seemed to require immediate was atulated upon the of all and rivalries, an given for the western men, who had achie: a great work during the year. Attention was called to the acquisition by the union of the membership of the North American Turner Bund, an organization of over 40,000 members. The trouble with the L.A.W. had been happily avoided. The board advised, among other things, the abandonment of tug-of-war con- tests in the championship events of the union, as being us and in no way exemplifying the value of the men engaged in them. Atten- tion was called to the necessity of some legis! tion upon the subject of the payment of ex- penses of members attending meets by their clubs as an evil leading to many other bad results, The board had come tothe conclusion amateur athletics are yet in the stage of infancy in country, and that there great future ahead of the sports if certain abuses are corrected. REORGANIZATION OF THE UNION. Notice was made of the work of the commit- tee appointed to consider schemes for the re- organization of the union, which, it was said, has labored wisely and well, and deserves the thanks of the Union. The report was adopted amid applause. A committee on nominations was appointed consisting of Messrs. Milligan. A. C.8..N.; Hibbs, C. A. C., and Williams, the officers elected to serve until March onl; government, which hung over the meeting like a cloud, rose tinted, as it turned out, went into effect. ‘The chair then called upon the mittee having this matter in han‘ and an address of about a was made by an thewson of the Berkeley A.C. of New York. He began by stating that credit for the echeme should be given without reserve to A. G. Mills of the New York club, who bad worked hard upon the object of giving the unions more convenient form of ‘ial com- to report uarter of an hour increasing mem ip made it imperative that somsthing, syewid be done, and though ‘there had been difficulties in the way of a Te fect plan that veemed almost insurmountable, je committee had succeeded in obtaining formulation that appeared to give what vas wanted. He then gave the details of THE GENERAL SCHEME, which has already been sketched in Tur Bran, and noted certain alterations in the original proposition that had been made by the board of managers at their session in the af- ternoon. For example it had been decided to divide the Southern Association between the Metropolitan and the central. The southern extends from the District to the Gulf, and con- tains but one or two clubs. The new dividing line between the Metropolitan and the Central, in which the District still remains, will be on the New Jersey line, instead of at Newark. Each association is to elect four delegates to the general legislature, and from the twenty- four so chosen there will be selected two from each club ag a board of governors, with one additional from the Turn Verein. The board had also decided to amend by permitting un- dergraduates to join either the club in their college town or the one in the city of their residence. The scheme was to go into ope: tion at the schedule meet of the w March 18 next. The report of the committee was received with the heartiest applau: gethe of the treasurer was the: led Yor, but Mr. Perry had given away under the tremendous strain under which he has been working for the month and had been forced to retire from the hall, His report, which was read by Handicapper Carter, showe @ favorable condition of things as to the finances of the union. There were balances on hand and receipts from various sources amount- ing to $9,100 and there had been expenses to the amount of $7,364, thus giving a balance for the union of $1,736. This report, which had — duly audited, was received with appro- tion. At this juncture Mr. A, G. Mills, the father of the plan for reorganization, arose to address the toagton 5 Bea! the advisability of that scheme, but before he had progressed very far, having called for the statement of the quos- tion, the chair inadvertently put the question upon the general proposition and it was carried without m dissenting voice. This surprised everybody, especially Mr. Mills, who had come prepared for a long speech in defense of his plan, He laughed and said that he was quite well satisfied to have it pass 40 easily, THE QUESTION OF PAYING THE EXPENSES, Mr. Storm, one of the wealthiest and most popular members of the Manhattan Club, then introduced his resolution to prohibit clubs from paying the expenses of their athletes at the meets of the various other clubs and other events. It was very wide reaching, making ex- ception, however, to the expenses, actual trav- eling expenses,of those going to the champion- ip meets of the union. He made a short speech in favor of the motion, urging that he did so not as a member of the M. A.C, but as an individual delegate, who was dis- gusted at the present state of affairs, which he characterized as being one without the least particle of amateurism to be found. There was no difference, he asserted, between s man be- ing supported by his club at meets and on tours and being supported at home. He wanted to bring athletics back to the days, ten or fifteen years ago, when men paid even their own en- trance fees, and when there were three times as many entries as now. Mr. Mills agreed with Mr. Storm in the principles expressed in his motion, but differed as to some minor points, He moved the reference of the question to a committee consisting of Messrs. Mathewson, Harder and Cartis, the same one that consid- organization matter, with the addi- tion of Messrs, Storm aid McMillan. This was carried, but Mr. Storm declined, and it was pro- vided that the committee might fill the vacancy. MR, CURTIS’ RESOLUTION. Mr. W. B. Curtis then introduced bis resolu- tion looking to the abandonment of the com- petition of the Bailey, Banks and Biddle plaque, taking the ground that it was at the root of most of the evil of undue competition and the getting of good athletes from smaller clubs by the larger ones, He also provided in the resolution that there should be no more club contests for points and no more banners given, The club wianing the plaque today should return it to the A.C.S.N. before Sep- tember 1, 1891, with thanks, Instead of this the union is to give three medals for general exceilence and one in each of the five departments of outdoor sport, run- ning, walking, hburdling, jumping and the weights. This resolution was referred to the same select committee. THE NOMIXATIONS were then submitted as follows: Board of thanagers—Jacob Stern, Buffalo; James G. Tighe, Varina, B.-C.; Harry MeMillan, A. C. S..N.; Wm. B. Curtis, N. Y. A. C.; W. B. Kurtz, W. Al C.; G. W. Carr, M. A.C.; J. E. Sullivan, N. J. A. C.; W. Scott, Pacific coast; C. F. Mathewson, Berkeley;G. B. Morrison, B. A. A.; F. W. Janssen, 8. L A. C.; Howard Perry, C. A, C.; Prank W. Eddy, D. A. C. Hartwell, P. A. C.; J. Harder, N. Y. T. V. The corps tion, as follows: President, Harry McMillan, A. C.8.N.; first vice, F. W. Eddy, Detroit A. C. id (new ee A.; secretary, J. E. Sullivan, N. J. A. C.; . Howard Perry, C. A. C. The old board of managers had a five-hour & vast amount of most im; THE List OF ENTRIES. The entries in doubles and singles that have been received by Mr. Thos, P. Borden are as follows: Doubles—Y. G. Hall and E. L. Hall, H. M. Billings and partner, Corroll J. Pett, and M. F. Prosser, E. A. Thompson and R. V. Bench. Local players—Charles McCawley and Oscar Woodward, W. P. Metcalf and J.C. Davidson, B. Kennon Peter and W.G. Peter, Clarence Byrnes and T. P. Borden, Bingles—V. G. Hall, E. L. Hall, H. M. Bill- ings, H. C. Farwell of Boston, F. A. Kellogg of New York, M. F. Prosser, Carroll J. Post, jr., Mr. Nichols ot New York, L. J. Graatof New York, E.A. Thompson, R. V. Beach. Local—B. Kennon Peter, W. G. Peter, J. C. Davidson, W. P. Metcalf, Oscar Woodward, Jules P, Wooten, Mr. Brickenstern, G. A. Lyon, Clarence Byrnes, T. B. Borden, Charles Mc- Cawley, F. R. Parks, T. F, Chambers, AT TRE GROUNDS. ‘The grounds are in excellent condition, Mr. Borden, who is the general manager of the tournament, states that he never saw the courts in finer condition than they are at prosent. Play will begin at 1:30 on Monday and will con- tinue until dark. This will be the program for each day. Ample accommodations have been ided for spectators and Mr. Borden has Hovised @ large bulletin board which will show a schedule of the games. The scores will be posted on this board and those who wish to — personal score cards can use the large bulletin asa guide, The management of a while the games are Rrogrese under the direction of Mr. N. D. and Mr. 8. B. Sheibley. THE SECOND PRIZE. A new feature will be introduced which will greatly facilitate the progress of the tourna- ment, The second prize will be given to the player or players defeated in the finals ingtead of following the usual feature and having all those defeated by the winners contend for this prize. After the preliminary games have been played then those who have lost their first game will play for the consolation prizes. THR DISTRICT PLAYERS. Besides these prizes the District players will have prizes to win providing that they have not, during the tournament, suffered defeat at the hands of District men. As there are only four entries of District players in the doubles, and one of these teams may not be eligible to play for the District prize, instead of Playing according toa drawing each team will play each other team and the winners of the greatest number of games will receive the first prize. The prizes, description of which have been printed in Tux Star, are handsome, and there is every reason to expect, that under stimulus of such inducements the players wi be on their mettle, and a fine exhibition of tennis will be seen. —— The National Game. Only three of the four scheduled games were played yesterday. Baltimore defeated Roch- ester ins well-played game. The champions took their revenge on Toledo for the dose of whitewash they received on Thursday, and Co- lumbus downed the Browns, ‘The morning cqnference of the presidents of the National Beasbatt erguo coutinued until lo’clock yesterday afternoon, when an ad- journment was had to meet on the evening of ‘October 22, when they will receive the report of their committee, which meets that day at noon with the committees from the other leagues. The two-league scheme, outlined in Jesterday’s Sar, finds most favor. ‘The results of yesterday more 8, Rochester 1; Louisville 7, Toledo 6; Columbus 8, St. Louis 6, The standing of the various clubs up to date is as follows: Won. Lost. P.ct. Louisville 8 43. Syracuse Athletic . Baltimor Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed ss follows: Elizabeth D, Batelle to A. Donath et al., lots 98 and 95, D. and C.’s sub, Mt, Pleasant; 23,500. W. G. Taliaferroto E. Nash, pt. 16, sq. 620; @—. B.H. Warner et al. toC. Smith, lot 99, Garfield§ $100. P. P. Glass to L. C. Barnes, lot 5, bik, 4, Le Droit Park; $3,850. F. C. Skin- ner to Katharine L. Johnson, subs 142 and 143 of lot 68, south Columbian University grounds; $—. J.C. Johnson to F. C. Skinner, lot 16, bik. 8, T.’s addition to Washington; @—. R. E. L. White to Laura J. Osborn, pt. 2, Indoli- ner; $—. Laura J. Osborn to A. W. Marden, same property; @—. Alice E. Britwell to C._P. Williams, ‘pt. q 43; 8 G. F. Graham to J. G. Hutchins, pt. 9, bik. 19, T. & B.’ssub, Mount Pleayant; $750. Mary Ann Clements to G. E. Adams, pt. 14, eq. 493; $—. Sophia B. Kealy et al. to G. Clinton Gard- ner, pt. 2, 6q. $81; $900. W. H. Brinkley to S. 'S, Cissel, lot 715, Anacostia; $1,950. J. Carter Marbury et al. to F. A. Hail, pt. 133, B. & H.'s add, to Georgetown; $1,800. A. D, Lee to J. G. Slater, pt. 21, eq. 582; Jas, T. Boiseaa to M. F. Coxen, pt. 1, sg. 926; $2,750. Elmeda L. Putnam to Lonisa Jennings, pt. 4, sq. 792; 500. H.W. Clagett to E, M. Darneille, subs 21 id 22, sq. 847; @—. E. M. Darneille to A. M. McLachlen, same property; $1,470. Mariam Small et al. to A. S. Ruff, part 4, sq. 787; @ Same to Madison Davis, same property: Same Virginia M. Davis. part & aq. 842 to Robert Proctor, n. 14 , 8q. 903; H. C. Borden to F.'G. Aukam, subs 30 t q. 177; 8—; parts 20 and 21, sq. 456; ‘a E. Beall to John Miller, sub H, sq. 693; €900. Egbert D. Budiey to W. H Brooker, e. 34 84, vec. 3, Barry Farm; $350. J. J. Gavin to A. E, Riddie. n, 45 53, #q. 465; 81,100. R. Abvott to A. J. Ciark, sub 19, 8q. 226; @—. Madge C. Reed toH. A. Gill, lot 5, bik. 8, Brookland; €700. A.M. McLachlen to G. C. Lightfoo! ibs 21 and 22. sq. 847; €1,470. G. C. Lightfoot to A.M, MeLachlen 6b al, in trust, same proper: 470, Som edi Domenie Evidence to the Contrary. From Muusey's Weekly. Sarah A. Cooms XK 1, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES MR. CARTER GONE HOME. He Drops National Politics for Awhile to Look After fis Own Fences. ‘Secretary Carter of the comgres- sional committee will leave the city this even- ing for Chicago. His stay in Chicago will be brief, for Montana is his destination. The cam- paign is raging there with a good deal of fierceness, and as Representative Carter would not like to be ex-Representative Carter im- mediately after March 4 next he naturally feels as though he ought to be in the fray, ¢s- pecially as it has been intimated that Senator Power, also republican, is perfectly willing to see Carter beaten. Just mow Secretary Carter is feeling pretty well, thank you. He chal- lenged Mr. Dixon, the democratic candidate, to 8 joint discussion at some of the more popu- lows ef their state and Carter is in tele- graphic receipt of information to the effect that Mr. Dixon will do no such thing. The secretary is one of thé keenest debaters that over sat in Gongress, and those who know him are not surptised that Mr. Dixon should have decided to run on anti-debsting 1 Nobody knows just how lo will be away from his desk at headquarters. That desk ‘ing his absence will be used by Mr. J. 8. Clarkson, who will not allow the to die of imanition any more than Mr. Carter would. ‘The Extra Session Talk. The extra session rumor was not looming up with any degree of clearness today; to be pre- cise, it was not looming up at all. Nobody seems to know where the rumor had its origin and no one has any good and sufficient reason to advance for its being originated. There is but one man in town who could have stated whether or not there would be an extra session, and he told a Sram reporter today that there was no possibility of Congress being called upon to assemble before the regular day in December. The only reason advanced in favor of the extra session is the one which says that the federal elections bill can be passed before December if the Senstors are here to doit. If that be true then the small quantity of time required for the discussion and passage of the measure would not do any damage to the reguiar ses- ion. There would be ample time left in which to dispose of the appropriation bills. Of course, no one here knows the President's mind, and be may consider an extra session necessary, but he bas never told any one so, The Change at the White Rouse. President Harrison will find it difficult to recognize the official end of the White House whef he returns, The most apparent change is in the corridor which divides the President's new office (Secretary Halford’s old room) from the room heretofore sacred to Col. Crock. Here the partition bas been removed and when the carpenters and paperhangers and painters get thr With it it will be so arranged as to accommodate those who may find it necessary to wait the pleasure of the President before entering his nce. Rows of chairs will be placed near the walls and the new apartment will be made quite comfortable. It has been customary, heretofore, for visitors to set in what was Col, Crook's room—the apartment now being run by Mr. Pruden; from now on that will be s private office. All the Colonels in Office. In the reception to the President at Ot- tumwa, Iowa, Thursday, the old third lowa cavalry was a conspicuous feature of the parade. It is a remarkable coincidence that the three officers who at different times com- manded this regiment now hold positions under the government, The first colonel was Gen. Cyrus Bussey, now assistant secretary of the interior; the second colonel was Judge Cald- well, now @ United States circuit court = the lact commander being Gen. Noble, the present Secretary of the Interi Another Line of Duty Decision. Assistant Secretary Bussey has overruled a former decision of the department rejecting a claim for pension of Joseph Terbach, late of the second Missouri artillery. The gound of rejection given was that the disability of deaf- ness was not received in line of duty, but while d in a quarrel, The claimant, while with his battery at Warrensburg, Mo., was de- tailed with two others to carry water for cook- ing purposes. A quarrel arose between the claimant and another of the detail as to the breaking of some buckets anda day or two afterward, while the claimant was on duty watering horses and without any provocation on his part, he was assaulted by the soldier above referred to and was beaten over the head with a large revolver. His skull was fractured ‘and he received a permanent injury. Gen. Bussey decides that he was injured while in the line of duty and that he is entitled to a pension, A Demand for Secretary Rusk. Awestern farmer wants Uncle Jerry Rusk and he wants him right away. For a week past there has been a continuous wail from Ohio and coupled with it was demand for the immediate presence of the Secretary of Agriculture. Among the agriculturists no ker in the party is one-half so powerful as reeren gentleman from Wisconsin. He talks good common sense of the kind that the simplest can easily understand. Many times a ce are letters and telegrams received at the republican congressional committee headquarters asking that the Secretary be sent into the great western vineyard to assist ha vesting what some people will refer to, after November 4, as sour grapes. It is not yet known when the Secretary 0, but it is be- lieved to be certain that he will go within the coming week. The Count Urged to Return. ‘The Countess of Paris is said to be so alarmed at the condition of political affairs in Portugal and the danger to which her daughter, Queen Auelie, is exposed, that she has sent an urgent telegram to her husband in America which will very likely considerably shorten his visit, It is added that the countess has sent an urgent message to the queen pleading with her to leave Portugal until the present agitation has subsided, ———--—___ Section Foremen in Convention. The annual convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Section Foremen, at Toledo, Ohio, yesterday decided that one assessment be kept inthe treasury in advance, so that it can be paid at once on the death of a member. Kansas City was made the grand headquarters for the next five years, and a committee was appointed to frame articles of amalgamation between the Se of Railway Trackmen and the brother- boo —— 0 Monsignor Lafleche’s Order. Monsignor Lafleche, bishop of Three Rivers, Canada, has made a new order levying a tax of $7.50 per thousand bundles on hay, in default of which the sacraments will be denied. Formerly the inhabitants were exempted from tithes on hay and paid only on grain. The effect of this arrangement was to induce farmers to give their «ttention to hay growing and so evade the tax. +00 —_____ The Hayes Interview Fals , Aspecial to the New York Press from Nor- walk, Ohio, says its correspondent, doubting the truth of the purported interview with ex- President Hayes in Now York regarding the McKinley bill, wrote him a letter asking him if it was true, and received a reply from Mr. Hayes in which he says the alleged interview ‘was a fabrication, Mr. Hayes further declared that he never submitted to be interviewed on political subjects, wae Their Flight Expected, Messrs, T. D. Sullivan, T. Harrington and T. P. O'Counor will sail for America on the 19th. P. P. Gill left on the Sth. The sudden de- partare of Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, although it causessome sensation among the general public in Ireland, was expected by the nation- liste and in fact, and was, _ campaign, the secretary | P THE TRADE WITH MEXIOCU. A Citizen of That Republic Thinks ‘There Are Millions in Rectprocity. Secretary Blaine has received from Carlos Gris, a citizen of Miahustan, state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and a representative of the Agrical- tural Company of Oaxaca, an interesting letter ‘on the subject of reciprocity. Mr. Gris says: “The treaty of reciprocity between the United States and the Sandwich Islands bas built up a trade which in the year 1889 amoanted to ‘$16,183,780. I do not know why s reciprocity tresty such as that negotiated for Mexico and the United States by Messieurs Romero and Grant would not produce equal, if not greater, resulta, If so, the trade between Mexico and the United States, if increased in the same proportion as that with the Sandwich Isiands, might in a short time come to amount to 1,500 or 2,000 millions of dollars a year, agricul commercial and industrial char- acteristics of Mexico and the United States are so different that the two nations complement each other, so to speak. We Moxioane now urchase every species of commodity produced in the United States. Wecannot purchase in large quantities becanse we have not the means of paying. It is unquestionable that such treaty as that signed by Messieurs Romero and Grant ould enable us to exchange products. I have here apon my desk documents which would amply prove that all the North Ameri- can produc! gna a good market in Mexico. I must not, in this letter, point out the dissimi- larity between the products of the two nations, since you are, no doubt, perfectly aware of it. “As journalist and merchant I have studied almost every Rirtion of this country, and I be- lieve I voice the general opinion in’ assuring you that Mexico desires the greatest possible freedom in its commercial relations with the United States, Ihave likewise traveled in the United States and it has seemed to me to be entirely clear that that country needs and de- sires freedom in its commercial relations with ico. “Some American papers,” continues Mr. Gris, “urge the objection that Mexico can produce everything that the United States produce. ‘This is true: but it would not pay Mexico to produce what the United States produce, nor would it pay the United States to produce what Mexico produces, It will never pay us better tomake plows or cotton cloth than to plant coffee and came sugar; and the United States will not find greater profit in growing plantains than in sowing wheat. Each of the two coun- tries is especially well adapted to produce what the other lacks. The importance of reci- procity is therefore evident.” SUICIDE OF A CHILD, Eleven-Year-Old Philip Fluharty’s Head Turned by the Miller Murder. Philip Fluharty, eleven years of age, was found about8 o'clock on Thursday morning dead and hanging at the end of a rope in the hatchway ofthe stable of John S. Ward, Beach and Marlborough streets, Philadelphia. The case was evidently one of suicide. Mrs. Fluharty had sent Philip to the wharf below their house with a message for his father. He did not re- turn as soon as she thoughthe should, and, fearing that he perhaps had fallen into the river, she went to look for him. After looking the yard all over and shouting his name several times she went to look for him at the stable. The first thing she saw on entering the building was her boy's body hang- ing through the hatchw: ‘The mother's screams soon brought the father to her side and the boy was quickly cut down, but he was already cold, and it was immediately seen that any effort at resuscitation would be useless, ‘The rope on which the boy was found hang- ing was one used for lowering feed from the loft of the stable tothe first floor, It wasa half-inch line and on the end was a heavy iron hook. The noose was made by paling the book around the rope. It is hard to nnder- stand how this could be accomplished except ftentionally. A talk with Sire, Fluharty brought out the fact that the boy bas be taking an almost sordid intere: ‘thi murder at Merchantville. At his home they allare subscribers for an evening paper, and the boy every evening would wait impatiently for the arrival of the paper. Upon getting it he would go off by himself and read it over again and again. He took a special delight in the bloody de- tails of the tragedy, and the day succeeding the murder, after he had been lookii the paper for a long time, he turned to bis mother and said; “I wonde: if it burt her much when he cut her throat.” Again, when the possibil- ity of hanging Lingo was discussed, he said eagerly: “I wonder how it feels to be hung.” For the past few days he had been talking with his parents almost continuously about the case. Few people who knew the boy will even dis- cuss the suicide theory, as the boy's happy dis- position and general good behavior made him very popular in the neighborhood. A theory which has many adherents in the locality is that the boy stood on the ladder leading to the loft and, putting the rope around his neck, fell off. That he made a desperate struggle to re- lease himself is almost certain, as the left boot he had on at the time has several large scratches upon it. It is also marked with brick dust where he had kicked the wall in his strug- gies. ING, It Is Approaching the Condition of the Moon. Prof. W. H. Pickering of Harvard College thinks ¢! i For ® year he has been devoting a great portion of his time to observations of the planet Mars. Prof. Pickering used in his ob- servation the 12-inch telescope, which is soon to be mounted at the Arequipa station of the Harvard Observator, termined efforts toadd toour knowledge of the most interesting member of the planetary system, It is all a hypothesis after al! New York Herald correspondent, definite proof. We know that there are great patches of white in the polar regions of the planet and that they increase in winter and diminish in summer. This fact is abundantly confirmed by the photographs taken by the Harvard College astronomers at our station on Mount Wilson in southern California, On the nightof the 10th of — we took an observa- tion and on the succeeding night another one. On the second occasion we found that the white space in the southern hemisphere had increased during the twenty-four hours by an area nearly as large as the United States, So you see if this white appearance is due to snow there must have been a tremendous storm in southern Mars on the 10th of April.” Prof. Pickering remarked in answer to a maestion about the northern hemisphere that Sy scotanen belt at deo planet was far more It 1s in that section that the dark ‘are located which are rupposed to be water. The planet, in his opinion, being older than the earth as well as smaller, has the stage in which the earth now is and is ap- onene the condition of the ee other words, is dying. Its equatorial region is practically # desert, and if there be any life on mars the southern hemisphere. The appellation “canal,” given by Schiapa- relli to the marks upon the planet's surface is, in Prof. Pickering’s view, a er. He succeeded this summer in seeing several of them, although it was sfter a month's steady training of his eye regulating of the power Of his instruments that he was able to distinguish any. i ” he said toa interesting. places watery vapor in be possible to discover it if it exists, Neither does he believe that these “canals” have changed in form, as claimed. In the course of the conversation the profes- sor said that the general color of the was dark red. On one af i i L i i i ns ii re i Questions Concerning Them Still Come ing to the Post Office Department. ‘The anti- lottery lew is incressing largely tt correspondence of the Po st Office Department, The provisions of the lawere not eviden' understood. and ever since Judge Tyner ‘the instructions to the postmastera, which are Practically a commentary upon the law, the inquiries continue to flow in. A fow days ago Sletter was received from North Carolina, The writer stated that some ladies with the ime tention of starting a fund for a home for com foderate veterans had organized a guessimg contest, The authorities were asked if it was contrary to the new law to admit tothe maile Bewspapers containing notices of such a contest, ‘There are other schemes over which there ig doubt, such as when ne offer prizes te Teceiving the number of votes, question whether achemes of this charac- ter are prohibited by the law has been referred to the Attorney General for his decision, and the de) it has o> — made no ruling pending Parposes are apt to be annoyed when ther fing that their freedom in advertising their enters prises m® considerably curtailed by the prow visions of this jaw. It is not unusual to receive requests at the department that an exce be made in some particular case becanse coomme is aworthy one. A press dispatch from Londom, states that Michael Davitt ex) confidence that the American postal authorities will allow his paper to circulate through the mails whem they learn that the lottery advertised in its col- umns is merely a charitable bazaar for the benefit of «hospital in London. Mr, Davitt will learn that the American authorities will have no discretion in the matter, except to execute the law, and that the law is construed to mean that foreign newspapers, pamphlets and publications of all kinds containing printed, matter forbidden by the provisions of the law are to be treated as if they were published im the United States, EVADING THE Law. A lottery agent publishes in a Texas pape the following advertisement: “Our country, "tis of thee, eweet land of liberty. Dead to the world. This space was occupied by an adver- tisement, but Keed’s gang shut aown on ue September 1 thro! ngTess. | peeves of the Speaker labeled below i # picture of what ig he agent himself. His name is given, and he announces that he is “‘still ig the ring.” By tickets, which, it is presumed, they get from New Orleans by express. A number of other apers in various parte of the country have n received at the department with the cole of liberty and the muzzling of the press, whick all unite in stating began on the i6th of September. Mr. Curtis Says It is Coming, Despite All Opinions to the Contrary. One of the matters which the Pan-American conference brought to the frout and which is still there is the intercontinental railroag scheme, Additional interest is given this mat- ter by the fact that the international railroad commission will meet here in a little while to arrange preliminaries and to make recommen @> ions to the respective governments, Ex-Gov, Osborne of Kansas, who has been United States minister to both Brazil and Chili, is of the opinion that the railroad will never be built and in «recently published interview said the accomplishment of such a project was not even within the range of probability. Three obsta- cles, he said, were conspicuous among the sons for his opinion—the cost, the prac impossibility of the territoryand the enore mous freight charges. MR. CURTIS ON THE OTHER SIDE. On the other side of the argumeut is Mr William E. Curtis, executive officer of the in~ ternational American conference, whose South American experience amounts to a good deal, To @ Star reporter, who called Mr. Curtis’ at~ tention to the interview with Gov. Osborne, that gentleman said: ‘‘There are always croake ers sitting around on the stumps when « great enterprise ws undertaken, and find one like Gov. Osborne, it te know better. He was a very popular minister in Chili and Brazil, and is an able, accomplished and handsome man, but he ie a’ pessimist by Bature and always sings in a minor key. Some- where in my scrap books I have an interview he published in 1385 in which he said that the South American commission was lamentable failure and no good would ever come of it, yet the widespread and rapidly increasing im- terest in South American affairs began = — commission and eroused i if thi try, to ‘ao that few people of this country, to a + few realize and the information these documents contained was found of the greatest value, The Statistics show that our trade with Latins America began to grow then and has kept om growing ever since. The report of the supere intendent of foreign mails will show that com respondence between this country and Lat America has more than quadrupled in the five years. With some countries the incressé bas been 700 per cent. THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. “Gov. Osborne also thought that the Pane American conference would be a failure, no results wouid ever come from it and he was quite certain that our Congress would never appprove of the policy of reciprocity treatica, Ho holds similar riews about the intercolonial but we are going to havi treaties anda raitway all the same, men talked in the same way when Prof. Morse invented the telegraph, and more illustrious statesmen than Gov. Osborne declared that the Atlantic cable would never succeed and that the transcontinental railroads of the United States would never be built.” KEMMLER’S DEATH. Dr. Macdonald Says Electrical Exeta* tion is Preferable to Hanging. Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, president of the New York state commission in lunacy, has fare nished Gov. Hill an official account of the re- cent death of William Kemmiler at Aubura penitentiary by electricity. He says in com- recij death is effected and the expedition with which all the immediate preliminary details be arranged. By the latter the fatel stroke renders its victim uD in an infinitesimal fraction of «