Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1890, Page 3

THE EVENING of the river and forms sn giement in the aquatic and athletic ircles of the country. The club has the fol- wing men entered in "aevente: Amwak 00 yards; Busholts, 220; Schlichter, 440 bough pls vault; Ramsdell 4 jamp; Lewis, both hurdles. The init aketch re; ts the emblem of the Olympic Athletic SHE WINGED AREOW. ‘eo Columbia Athictio Club ead Its OLUMBIA men are every- where—trying tomake the visitors feel at home. They have a faculty ef succeed- ing in thie te s surprising ‘extent, and se there is no reason why the foreigners - should not have ® fine time end go home with s warm resollection of the generous hospitality of the Weehingtonians. ‘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 mon should chance to earn even third places everybody here will feel quite sat- isfied: Tha team selected by Capt. Stimemetz 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 chance to fail today they have » brilliant rospect shesd of them. The names of jing, Elliott, Dickinson, Kenyon, Crist, Erown, Barber and Lewis are wey well and favorably known here as those of hard- working athlet men who are doing their best for theclub and making the most of the meager opportunities afforded for trainin; them by the limited time at their disposal, Al &re in the “pink of condition,” and their work will surely reflect credit upon their trainer, Mr. Crossley. 5. J. KING, SPRINTER, S. J. King, who is regarded by every one in the C. A. C. as its fastest short-distance run- Der. entered the club in the summer of 1888, just after he had graduated from Princeton College, where he had won the reputation of being the swittest sprinter at that university. His work was not confined to this field, but e: tended among some of the best men of tl metropolis on theirown ground. He is now 23 years, stands 5 feet 8 inches high and at the present time. in what he considers his best e dition, he weighs about 150 pounds, While at Prineetoa he broke two records, doing 100 «rds in 10 seconds and 220 yards in % seconds, He holds the Philadel- Pp Press gold medal, won first indoor meeting of the Uni Syivania at the phia, doing 40 record time. The greatest running he ever did was at the Manhattan Club's indoor meet, Jan- uary 23, 185%, when, out of 72 entries, he fin- ished in the finals second to Westing, who after- became champion of the world, May 19, 833, he w 20-yard race at the spring games of the New Athletic Ciub in 23 sec- onds, with 49 men in the field. In the contest championship Igst year he . ce in the 100, being defeated li In his own judgment and that of uer Crossley he waa never in better condi- a to run for his own reputation and that of the club. PHIL §, BROWN, FLYER. Phil Brown has a first-class local record, and had he more time to train would undoubtedly ‘Win a more national reputation as a wheelman. He began work on the steel steed in the spring of 1854, 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 haif-mile, in 1.27 2-5 and second in the two-mile rting from the scratch and finishing in 21-5. The next year he won eight first zes and five seconds, and in 1886 increased collection of trophies by seventeen firsts, five seconds and three thirds. It was im this Year that he and Crist made their famoys tan- m trike record, still standing, of a mile in 45 2-5. The season of 1887 brought him twelve first prizes, ten seconds and three thirds, and at Hartford he made his best record up to date, In 37 races in 1888 he captured first place nine- teen times, second piace eight times and third piice six times, His record for the mile was Made Augnst 8, 1859, in a race against time on Anslostan Island, the watches showing 2.38. He is one of the bardest working men in the amateur racing business today, @ conscientio trainer. He is twenty-se' Stands Sfeet 8 inches hig! pounds. 2. B. ELLIO‘T, *PRINTER, 3. B, Elliott, or “Jerty” as he is generally known by bis club nates, has fato one of the prettiest r. mners in this section af the country. He was bora in Brooklyn in 1560. is 5 feet 7'¢ inches in height, and weighs, when in condition, but 128 pounds. Hejcom- letic Cinb games at Mott Haven, May 80, 1876, winning his heat, and afterward took in several races in the vicinity of New York, with varying success, until the winter of 1878- see br Oe i = Se Amerie See in 734 from the sera’ lo wasa ber of the Scottish-American Athletio Clu of New York ted it ond in the Boston, com 100 yards in 10:¢ seconds, He was at that time the fastest amateurof his agein the Vicinity of New York, and was within a yard of Saportas, then champion. He retired from the path in 1879, went te Engiand and won a guerter-of-e-mile swim in the Thdiges from welve competitors and competed at Lillie Bridge grounds, England, in 120-yards run and won his heat in 12 2-5 from 2-yarde mark from H. Allen, champion, on scratch. He has done nothing in sprinting since 1879 until joining the Columbia Athletic Club, when he ran sec- ond to Glenn in York in 75 yards on August 23, 1890. He has won several events at C.4.C, games on Anslostan island and has the re] atatfon of being a consistent performer and industrious worker at his specialties—100 and 220 yards, — I ORIST, THE SFURTER, Eugene Crist has won many a bicyole race and there is reason to believe that he will win many another, There was « time when Crist had a national reputation ® crack pedal pusher and 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 barks the lack of proper training or otherwise, has not been able to duplicate his former successes. It may be the advent of the new stars, sach as Van Wagoner and Windle, that bas caused him to lose races instead of winning, but, drop as he may, Wasb- ington folks cannot and will not forget the honor that he has brought to this city i years one by. He has scores of tro- phi of his victories, and his record book bears he history of many a tight race run and won by means of that marvelous spurt. Crist began riding in the spring of 1884, taking second place in 3.23 in the mile race of the C.Bi.C. Since then he has made his mile in 2.32 2-5, which is very close to record time. In 1887 he started fifty times and received forty-six prizes, thirty ight of them first. In 1883 he took sixteen firsts, eleven seconds and five thirds. Latterly he has taken up rowing and handicy an oar so well that he hap been chosen for the senior eight. % M% KENYOS—GOOD ALL ROUND. J. M. Kenyon, who sustains the reputation of the capital city as # long-distance runner, is a young athlete with a very promising future. He is but twenty years old, stand 6 feet 914 inehes high and weighs 150 pounds. His best been done in the racing shells of the were he has achieved the reputation of g 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- tomaec regatta m 1588: number two in the éight- oared crew winning at Baltimore June 4, 1890; bew in the eight that went to the national re- gatta at Worcester in Augustand sustained there an honorable defeat; and, finally, bow in the eight-oared crew that won the Staten {sland cup September 1, 1890. He now holds the club championship in the half mile and mile races, ruvning from the scratch. His style of running has excited the admiration of all who have seen his work, being gracefy} and clean cut. His time in the mile is very q entitling him to first rank, ‘3B. M. DICKINSON, GOOD HEAVY WEIGHT. 4. M. Dickinson, more fondly and familiarly Keown as “Tubby,” is perhaps the best all- round athlete in the club. He can run, jump, Fave over Hurdles, put shots and weights and throw hammers with the best, and some of his records in the various departments ei now remain as standards for the island. jn the of heavy weights, this fact to @ large extent that he derives his bene ky will bed firet sraeee uce As com| & gen VE | a] Ke won bs Set Face at Wilmington Del, & you ago, ing At these games he was second in the shot-putting contest. Clube pe isl New York last season he won the er 3 At the ap ta abdes 9 bey Cnc eeon ‘meet 0} Ansloswn feland h toes id the in B33¢" an en mer throw. He ‘algo a base b first piace in th n peted for the first tame at the New York Ath- | fan STAR; WASHINGTON IN CONSULTATION. Te Annual Meeting of the Athletic Untoa Last Nigh ae The snnual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union was held last night in the gymnasium of the Columbia elub house and was one of the quietest and most satisfactory ever held, although measures of the most vita! importance were proposed. It was called to order by President MeMillay at 9 o'clock, one hour late, there being about one hundred and twenty-five delegates present, representing one-half of the organizations composing the union, The president then read the report of the board of managers, giving s review of the events of the past year, and making certain well-timed remarks upon matters that seemed to require immediate attention. The union ues coparainiaied upon the happy settlement of all difficulties and rivalries, and praise was given for the western men, who had achieved Li at work during the year. Attentiou 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, bad been happily avoided. board advised, among other things, the abandonment of tug-of-war con- tests in the championship events of the union, as being dangerous and in no way exemplifying the value of the men engaged in them. Att tion wae called to the necessity of some lo; 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 to the conclusion that amateur athletics are yet in the stage infancy in this country, aud that there 1s a 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- orgauization of the union, which, it was said, has labored wisely and well, and deserves the thanks of the Union, eport was adopted amid applause. A committee on nominations was appointed consisting of Messrs, Milligan, A. C. 8, N.; Hibby, C. A. C., and Williams, C., the officers elected to serve until March only if the new plan for government, which hung over the meeting like @ cloud, rose tinted, aa it turned out, went into effect, The chair then called upon the mittee having this matter in han and an address of about a quarter of an hour made by Chairman Mathewson of the Berkeley A.C. of New York. He began by stating that credit for the scheme should be given without ri to A. G. Mills of the New York elub, who had worked hard upon the object of giving the uniona more conyenient form of government. It had become apparent to the union at the last meeting that the increased and increasing membership made it imporative that something should be done, and though there had been difficulties in the way of a per- fect piss that seemed almost insurmountable, yet the committee had succeeded in obtaining @ formulation that appeared to give what was wanted. He then gave the details of THE GENERAL SCHEME, which has already been sketched in Tue Braz, 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 Soythern Association between the Metropolitan and the central, The southern pages from the District to the Gulf, and con- tains but one or twoclubs, The new dividin, 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 asa board of governors, with one additional from the Turn Verein. The board ed slso decided to amend by permitting un- dergraduates to join either the club in their eollege town or the one in the city of their dence, The scheme was to go into opera- tion at the schedule meeting of the union, March 18 next, The report of the committee was received with the heartiest applause. gethe report of the treasurer was then called Tor, but Mr, Perry had given away under the tremendous strain under which be has been working for the past month and had been forced to retire from the hall, His report, which was read by Handicapper Carter, showed @ favorable condition of things as to the finances of the union, There were balances on band and receipts from various sources amount- ing to $9,100 and there had been expenses to the amount of $7,864, thue giving a balance for the union of $1,736, ‘his report, which had been duly audited, was received with appro- bation. At this juncture Mr. A. G. Mills, the father of the plan for reorganization, arose to address the meeting upon the advisability of that scheme, but before he had progressed very far, baving called for the statement of the ques- tion, the chair inadvertently put the question upon the general proposition and it was carried without @ dissenting voice. everybody, especially Mr. who had come prepared @ long speec! defense of plan. He laughed and said that he was quite well satisfied to havo it pass so easily, THE QUESTION O¥ 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- ing 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. ©. 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 8 man be- ing supported by his club at meets and on tours end 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- ‘ance fees, and when there were three times as many entries as now, Mr. Mills agreed with Mr. Storm in the priuciples expressed in his motion, but differed as to some minor points. He moved the reference of the question to # committee consisting of Messrs, Mathewson, Harder and Cartis, the same one that consid- ered the reorganization matter, with the addi- tion of Mosars, Storm and 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 his resolu- tion lacking to the abandonment of the com- petition of the Bailey, Banks and Biddle plaque, taking the ground that 1t was at the Foot of most of the evil of undue competition and the getting of good athletes from smaller clubs by the larger o: 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, 159}, with thanks, Inptead of this the union is to give three medals for general excetlentce and one in each of the five departments of outdoor sport, run- ning, walking, hurdling, jumping and the weights, This resolution was referred to the same select committee, THE NOMINATIONS were thén submitted ‘as follo Board of managers—Jaecab Stern, Buffalo; James G, ighe, Varina, B.-C.; Harry MeMillun, A. ©, BN; Wi arti A. C.; We L. Kurtz, : 5. E. Suilivan, . J. & C. . 1.3 W. Beott, Pacific coast; C. F Mathewson, Berkeley; F. W. ecial com- to report ‘Thw surprised 1. Morrison, B. A. A.; anasen, 8. 1 A. C.; Howard Perry, C. A. c. C.; A.D, Harwweli, PA, C. ‘Thé mecting then adjourned. Immediately afterward the new managers met and elected the same corps of officers, with one new uddi- tion, a8 follows: President, Harry McMillan, A, ©. 8.N.; firat vice, F, W, Eddy, Detroit a. C. second vice (ne: afte), G. B. ‘Morrison, Bos. ton A. A.; soerotary, J. E. Sullivan, Ne J.-A. Cc; treasurer, Howerd Perty, C. A. OC. ‘The old board of managers had a five-hour session yesterday evening. A vast amouut of ‘Dusiness was transacted, the most important action being the disqQalification of Malcolm W. Ford, well known riter on athletic The B. and 0. B. R. Co. will aell excursion tickcts to Fredcrick, includ- ing admission to the fair, at the low rate of $2.20 far all trains October 13 to 17 inclusive, for return until October 18, On Wednes- '¥, October 15, a special train will leave sta- tion, New Jersey avenue end © street, 6:30 a.m., and on Thi traia will “Columbus D.C, SATURDAY. THE TENNIS PLAYERS, Interesting Contests at the / Tournament Next Week, Next Monday the playing in the all-comers- tennis tournament will beginon the grounds of the Bachelor Club, 17th and P streets. In addition to the local players a large number of Prominent tennis players from the north have entered. The entries do not close until tomorrow, when the drawings will be held, The latest entries of players ontside of the District includes the name of Valentine G. Hall of New York. In connection with Mr. Hobart, Mr. Hall now holds the championship in doubles of the United States and and is s player of great brilliancy: He will play in this tourna- ment with his brother, E. L. Valentine Hall als i won the championship in Harbor tournament. He is a young man, but he is old in tennis. Another new entry is that of H. M. Billings and partuer of Ne hk. J. Post, jr., of Brooklyn will piay with M. F. Prosser. This team carried off the prize in doubles in the all-comers’ tournament held here last year. Mr. Post, it will be remem- bered, won the first prize in the singles, but was defeated in the championship contest by Mr. Mansfield, Mr, R. V. Beach, who was here two years ago, has entered for the (present tournament, With his partner, E. A. Thomp- son of New York, he is now playing in the tour- nament at Wilmington, Del. ‘THE LIST OF ENTRIES. The entries in doubles and singles that have been received by Mr, Thos. P, Borden are as follows: Doubles—V, G. Hall and E, L. Hall, H. M. Billings and partner, Corroll J. Post, a and M. F. Prosser, E. A. Thompson and BR. V. Beach. Local players—Charies McCawley and Oscar Woodward, W. P. Metcalf and J.C. Davidson, B, Kenuon Peter and W. G. Peter, Clarence Byrnes and T. P. Borden. Singles—V. G. Hall, E. L. Hall, H. M. Bill- ings, H. C. Farwoll of Boston, F. A. Kellogg of New York, M. F. Prosser, Carroll J. Post, jr., Mr. Nichols of New York, L. J. Grant of New York, E. A. Thompson, R. V. Beach. Local—B. Kennon Peter, W. G. Peter, J. 0. 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 THE 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 present. 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 proviged for spectators and Mr, Borden has levised a Jarge bulletin board which will show a schedule of the games, ‘The scor ill be posted on this board and those who wish to aa personal score cards can use the large bulletin asa guide. The management of the grounds while the games are in progress will be under the direction of Mr. N. D: Cram and Mr. 8. B, Bheibley. THE BECOND 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 instead of tollowing the usual featnre and having all those defeated by the winners contend for this prize. After the preliminary games have becn played then thoso who have lost their first game will play for the consolation prizes, THE DISTRICT PLAYERS, Besides these prizes the Distri@t 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 Tue Svan, are handsome, and there is every reason to expect that under the stimulus of such inducements the players will be on their mettle, and # fine exhibition of tennis will be seen. —_— The National Game, Only three of the four scheduled games were played yesterday. Baltimore defeated Roch- ester ina 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 conference of the presidents of the National Bageball League 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 yesterday's Svan, finds most favor, ‘The results of yesterday's games are: Balti- more 3, Rochester 1; Louisville 7, Toledo 6; Columbus 8, St, Louis 6, ‘The standing of the various clubs up to date is as follows: Wor. Lost. P.ct, Louisville .. 86 «48 St. Louis. Toledo . Rochester Syracuse . Athletic Baltimore Transfers of Reul Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Elizabeth D, Batelle to A. Donath et al., lots D. and C.'s sub, Mt. Pleasant; $3,500. W. G. Taliaferro to E. Nash, pt. 16, sq. 620; B. H. Warner et al. to C. Smith, lot 99, Garfield; $100. P. P. Glass to L. ©. Barnes, lot 5, blk, 4, Le Droit Park; $3,850. F. C. Skin- ner to Katharine L, Johnson, subs 142 and 143 of lot 63, soutii Columbian University grounds; %—. J. 0, Johnson to F, ©. Skinner, lot 16, bik. 8, "T.’s addition to Washington; @—. KR E. L, White to Laura J. Osborn, pt. Indoli- ner; $—. Laura J. Osborn to A. W. Marden, kame property; $—. Alige E. Britwell to ©. P. Williams, pt. 2, sq. 43; 8. G. F. Graham to J. G. Hutchins, T. & B.'s sub, Mount Pleasant; Ann Clements to G. E, Adams, 3—. Sophia B. etal. to G. Ch ner, pt. 2, aq. 831; $ W. H. Brinkley to 8, 8. Cissel, lot 715, Anacostia; $1,950, J. Cart Marbury etal, to F, A. Hall, pt. 133, B. & H. add. to Georgetown; $1,800. A. D. Lee to J. G, Slater, pt. 21, sq. 582; 3—. Jas, T. Boiseau to M. F. Coxen, pt. 1, sq. 926; 2,750. Elmeda L. Putnam to Louisa Jennings, pt. 4. 6q. 792; $2, ILW. Clagett to E. M, Darneille, subs 21 and 2 847; $—. E. M. Darneille to A, M. MeLachlen, same property; $1,470, Mariam Small et al. to A. 8. Ruff, part 4, sq. 787; # Same to Madison Davis, same Property: Same Virgina M. Davis. part 8, sq. 842; @—. Sarah A. Coomes to Robert Proctor, n. 3¢ sub 10, wg. 90: H. C. Borden to F, G. Aukam, subs 30 to 35. 8g. 177; $—; parte 20 and 21, 456; & Johu E, Beall to John Miller, sub H, Egbert D, Dudley to W. H. 4g 34, sec, 3, Barry Farm; 350, J. J. Gavin to A. E, Riddie, n, ¢ 00, R. Abbott to A. J. Clark, sub 19, aq. 226: a Madge C. Reed to H. , lot 5, blk. 8, Brookland; $700, A. McLachlen to G,. C, Lightfoot, subs 21 and 22, aq. 847; $1,470. G. C. Lightfoot to A. M. McLachlen et al, in trust, same property; $1,470, pill 2 cai Evidence to the Contrary. From Muusey's Weekly, OBER 11, 1890- MR. CARTER GONE HOME, He Drops National Politics for Awhile to Look After His Own Fences. Secretary Carter of the republican congres- 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, es pecially as it has been intimated that Senator Power, also republican, is perfectly willing to see Carter beaten. Just now Secretary Carter is feeling pretty well, thank you. He chal- graphic receipt of information to the effect that Mr. Dixon will do no such thing. The secretary is one of the keenest debaters that ever sat in Congress, and those who know him are not surprised that Mr. Dixon should have decided to run an anti-debating campaign, Nobody knows just how long the secretary will be away from his desk at headquarters, That desk during his absence will be used by Mr. J. 8. Clarkson, who will not allow the job to dis. of inanition any more than Mr. Carter wor 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 ope 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 Srar reporter today that there was no possibility of Congress being cailed upon to assemble before the regular day in December. The only reason advanced in favor of the extra session is the one which sdys that the federal elections bill can be passed before December if the Senators are here to doit. Ifthat be true then the small quantity of time required for the discussion and passage of the measure would not do any damage to the regular ses- sion, There would be ample time left in which to dispose of the appropriation bills. Of course, noone here knows the President's mind, and he may consider an extra scssion necessary, but he has never told one 80, The Change at the White House. President Harrison will find it difficult to recognize the official end of the White House wheu hereturns, 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. Crook. Here the partition has been removed and when the carpenters and paperhangers and painters get through with it it will be 6o arranged as to accommodate those who may find it necessary to wait the pleasure of the President before entering his presence. Bows of chairs will be placed near the walls and the new upartment 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 » private office, All the Colonels in Office. In the reception to the President at Ot- tumwa, Jowa, Thursday, the old third lowa cavalry was & 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 gssistant secretary of the interior; the second colonel was Judge Cald- well, now a United States circuit court justice; the last commander being Gen. Noble, the present Secretary of the Interior. Another Line of Duty Decision. Assistant Secretary Bussey has overruled a former decision of the department rojecting 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 engaged in a quarrel. The claimant, while with his battery at Warrensburg, Mo., was de- talled with two others to carry water for cook- ing purposes. A quarrel arose between the claimant andanother 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 assauited 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 i: 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 wasa demand for the immediate presence of the Secretary of Agriculture. Among the agriculturists no speaker in the party is one-half so powerful as tLe fine old gentleman from Wisconsin. He talks ood common sense of the kind that the simplest can easily understand. Many times a day are letters and telegrams received at the republican congressional committee headquarters asking that the Secretary be sent into the great western vineyard to assist har- vesting what some people will refer to, after November 4, as sour grapes, It is not yet known when the Secretary will go, 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 Amelie, 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, —_+e-____. Section Foremen in Convention. The annual convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Section Foremen, at Toledo, Ohio, yesterday decided that one assessment be kept in the treasury in advance, 6o 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 Order of Railway Trackmen and the brother- ood. tled to a pension, s00—, Monsiguor Lafleche’s Order. Monsignor Lafleche, bishop of Thi 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 titheson hay and paid only on grain. The effect of this arrangement was to induce the farmers to give their uttention to hay growing and s0 eva ses —-__ The Hayes Interview False. A special to the New York Press from Nor- walk, Ohio, its correspondent, doubting the truth of the purported interview with ex- Presideut Hayes in New ¥ork 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 wasa fabrication. Mr. Hayes further declared that ver submitted to be interviewed on political subjects, Thelr Flight Expected. Mesars. T. D. Sullivan, T. Harrington and T. P. O'Connor will sail for America on the 19th. P. P, Gill left on the 5th. The sudden de- parture of Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien, although it causessome sensation among the general public in Ireland, was expected by the nation- aliste and was, in fact, foreshadowed by a cable- gram on September 24. The starting of the American famine relief fund has caused them to somewhat hasten matters. It is believed they were disguised. Inquiries show that 4 did not sail on any of the vessels that le 2 lessens: Moville or Southampton Thure- Sixteen Years for Manslaughter. Phoenix P. Palmer, who murdered John H. Atkinson, the lawyer, in New York on March 26 last, and who was convicted of man- slaughter Jeet west ws yo aentenved prison years. parties bade tow overs safe inthe Arostin Fists, hen Palmer struck A' wi over the head with an iron wrench, his skull, Failure of Another Cloak Maker, Max Wolff, a manufacturer of elonks at No, 86 Lisponard strect, New York has Set arose pan gee et ig said that the k Rent haeceaea eats is of in THE TRADE WITH MEXICO. A Citizen of That Republic Thigks There Are Millions in Reciprocity. Secretary Blaine has received from Carlos Gris, a citizen of Mishustan, state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and @ representative of the Agricul- 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 has built up a trade which in the year 1889 amounted to $16,183,780. Ido not knpw why » reciprocity treaty such as that negotiated for Mexico and the United States by Messieurs Romero and Grant would not produce equal, if not greater, results, If 80, the trade between Mexico and the United States, if increased in the same proportion as thet with the Sandwich Islands, might in a short time come to amount to 1,500 or 2,000 millions of dollars a yeam The agricultural, commercial and industrial char- acteristics of Mi and the United States are so different that the two nations complement each other, so to speak. We Mexicans now purchase FY species of commodity produced in the United States. Wecannot purchase in large quantities because we have not the paying. It ix unquestionable ® treaty as that signed by Messieurs Romero and Grant would enable us to exchange products, I have here upon my desk documents which would amply prove that ali the North Ameri- can products find 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 portion of this country, and I be- lieve I voice 1) eral opinion in assuring you that Mexico desires the greatest possi freedom in its commercial velations with the United States, I haye likewise traveled in the United States and it has seemed to me to be entirely clear that that country needs and sires freedom in its commercial relations with Mexico, ‘Some American papers,” eontinues Mr.Gris, “urge the objection that Mexico can produ 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 cane 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 8. Ward, Beach and Marlborough streets, Philadelphia. The case was evidently one of suicide, Mrs. Fiuharty had sent Philip to the wharf below their house with a message for his father. He did not re- turn assoon as she thoughthe should, and, fearing that he perhaps had falien 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 atthe stable. The first thing she saw on entering the building was her bo: iy hang- ing through the hatchway. The mother's ‘creams soon brought the father to her side and the boy was quickly cut down, but he was ready cold, aud it was immediately seen that any effort at resuscitation would be usoless, ‘he 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 was a half-inch line and on the end was a heavy iron hook. The noose was made by palling the hook around the rope. It is hard to under- stand how this could be accomplished except intentionally. A talk th Kies. Flubarty brought out the fact that the boy has been taking an almost sdrdid interest @ Miller murder at Merchantville. At his horhe they all are 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 looking at the paper for a long time, he turned to his mother and said: “I wonde: if it hurt her much when he cut her throat.” Again, when the possibil- ity of hanging Lingo was discussed, he said eager! “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 d cuss the eaicide theory, as the boy's happy d: 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- gles. ——_—_—-.@e______ PLANET MARS DYING. It Is Approaching the Condition of the Moon, Prof. W. H. Pickering of Harvard College thinks thatthe planet Mars is dying. For something like a year he has been devoting a great portion of his time to observations of the planet Mara, Prof. Pickering used in his ob- servation the 12-inch telescope, which is soon to be mounted at the Arequipa station of the Harvard Observatory, and he made most de- termined efforts toadd toour knowledge of the most interesting member of the planetary system, ‘It is alla hypothesis after all,” he said toa New York Herald correspondent. ‘There is no detinite 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 MountWilson in southern California, On the nightof the 10th of April we took an observa- tion and on the succeeding night another one. On the second occhsion we found that the white space in tho southern hemisphere bad 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 jucstion about the northern hemisphere that the southern half of the planet was far more interesting. Its in that section that the dark plaees are located which are supposed to be ‘water, The planet, in his opinion, being older than the earth as well as smaller, has passed the stage in which the earth now is and is ap- proaching the condition of the moon—in other words, is dying. Its equatorial region is already practically # desert, and if there be any life on mars it is in the southern hemisphere. succeeded this summer in seeing several of them, although it was only after a month’ steady training of his eye and regulating of sho power of his jtruments thet he was avie to distinguish . He is inclined to think that the number of these lines may have been over- stated, but at all events he does not believe that they contain any water. He has failed with the spectroscope to discover a of watery vapor in the “canals,” though it would be possible to discover it if it exists, Neither does he baueve that these ‘‘canals” have changed form, as claimed, In the course of the conversation the profes- sor said that the RAFFLES AND LOTTERIES. Questions Concerning Them Still Come ing to the Post Office Department, ti-lottery law is incressing larcely the correspondence of the Po st Oftice Department, The provisions of the laware not evidently Understood. and ever since Judge Tyner issued ‘the instructions to the postmaster, which are Practically 4 commentary upon the law, the inquiries continue to flow in. A few days ago a lotter was rece: from North Carona ‘The writer stated that some ladies with the in- tention of starting a fund fora home for com federate votorans hed organized « guessing Contest. The authorities wore asked if it was Contrary to the new law to admit tothe mails ReWspapers containing Botices ef such acontest There are other schemes over which there is doubt, such as when newspapers offer prizes te Pirrons receiving the largest pumber of votes, ‘he question whether schemes of this charac- ter are prohibited by the law has been referred te the Attorney Goneral for his deoision, and the department has made ne ruling pending this dvcision. NO EXCEPTIONS MADE. The managers of fairs for various charitable Parposes ero spt to be suoyed when they fod that their freedom in advertising their enter- prises is cousiderably curtailed by the pro- visions of this law. It is mot unusual to receive requests at the department that an exception be made in some particular case because the cause is aworthy ove. A press dixpatch from London states that Michael Davitt expresses coufid ¢ the American postal authorities will a his paper to ojrculate through the mails they learn ti the lottery advertised in its col- umns is merely a charitable bagaer 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. d that the law is construed papers, pamphiets and publications of all kinds containing printed matter forbidden by the previsions of hw are to be treated as if they were published im the United States. EVADING THE Law. A lottery agent publishes in a Texas paper the following advertisement: “Our country, “tis of thee, swect land of liberty. Dead to the world. This space was occupied by an adver- tisement, but Reed's gang shut down on us September 16, 18%. The voice of the press throttled by an American Congress,” Then follows a picture of the Speaker labeled “Caor Reed,” anil beloe ba picture of what is supposed to be the agent himaclf. His name is given, and he announces that he is “still im the ring. By this ingenious method th formed that the lottery agents are still selling tickets, which, it is presumed. they get from New Orleans by express. A number of other papers in various parte of the country have been received at the department with the col- umn usually filled by the lottery advertise- ment devoted to jaments in regard to the death of liberty and the muzzling of the press, which all unite in stating began on the 16th of September. INTERCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. Mr. Curtis Says It is Coming, Despite All Opinions to the Contrary. One of the matters which the Pan-American conference brought to the front and which ip stul there is the intercontinental railroad scheme. Additional interest is given this mat- tor by the fact that the international railroad commission will meet here in a little while to arrange preliminaries and to make recommen d- ations 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 inarecently published interview said the accomplishment of such a project was not even within the range of probability, Three obsta- cles, ho said, were conspicuous among the rea- sons for his opinion—the cost, the practical impossibility of the territory and the ener- mous freight char, MA. CURTIS ON THE OTHER SIDE. On the other side of the argumeut is Mr William E. Curtis, executive oficer of the in- ternational American conference, whose South American experience amounts toa good deal, Yo a Srax reporter, who called Mr. Curtis’ at tention to the interview with Gov, Osborn that gentleman said: *-Dhere are always croal ere sitting around on the stumps when a great enterprise is undertaken. and occasionally you find one like Gov, Osborne, who ought to know better. He was a very popular minister in Chili and Brazil, and is an able, accomplished and handsome man, but he is a pessimist by nature and always *ings in a minor key. Some- where in my scrap books I have an interview he published im 1585 in which he said that the South American commission w Jameutable failure and no good would ever come of it; yet the widespread and rapidly imcreasing in- terest in South American affairs began with that commission and was aroused by it. Its reports were sought and read by the merchants and manufacturers of this country, to a degree that people reahze and the information these documents contained was found of the greatest value, T' Statistics show that our trade with Latin- n to grow then and has kept om rowing ever since. The report of the super- intendent of foreign mails will show that cor- respondence between this country and Latin- America bas more than quadrupled im the last five years, With some countries the increase has been 700 per cent THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE, “Gov. Osborne also thought that the Pan- American conference would be a failure; no results would ever come from it and he was quite certain that our Congress would never appprove of the policy of reciprocity treaties, He bolds eimilar views about the intercolonial railway, but we are going to have reciprocity treaties anda railway all the same. Lots of men talked in the same way when Prof, Morse invented the telegraph, aud more illustrious Statesmen than Gov. Osborne declared that the Atiantic cable would never succeed and that the transcontinental railroads of the United States would never be built.” KEMMLER’S DEATH, Dr. Macdonald Says Electrical Exeow tion is Preferable to Hanging. Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald, president of the New York state commission in lunacy, has far- uished Gov. Hill an official account of the re- cent death of William Kemmler at Auburn penitentiary by electricity. He says in com- clusion: Compared with hanging, in which death te frequently produced by strangulation, with every indication of conscious suffering for an appreciable time on the part of the victim, ex- ecution by electricity is infinitely preferable, both as regards the suddenness with which death is effected and the expedition with which all the immediate prelnninary details may be arranged. By the latter method the fatal stroke renders its victim un- conscious in «un infiuitesimal fraction of second, #0 small as to be beyond the power of the human mind to estimate, while, at the same time, it disintegrates the nerve tissues and blood to an extent which insures an absoluteness of death in time than is poscivle metbec. In other w it i quickest, most efiixien) apd jess method that has yet been devise The execution of Kenis..0., som we ume be entered the reom unbi the second contact was interrupted, occupied not more than eight} minutes, whereas executions by banging we require from fifteen to thirty minutes, In ‘eo& it not unfrequently happens that the heart ev— tinues to beat for that length of time after the tall of the futal drop. ‘Then, too, t> more time is consumed in placing = risoner on the gallows, pinioning is lacing the bis ; fully adjusting the knot under his loft eer (trpm whence it sometimes slips at the critical moment, resulting in instead a broken neck), than would ranging the preliminary details of an cal execution. During the pre; t the ted Press blie are in for ar electri- of i i eee t fLeclt Patt i