Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1891, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS. 1101 Peansylvazia Aveaue, corner 11th St. by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H_ KAUFFMA scribers in the ¢ 10 vente ‘Copies at the counter, By mail aay = Unite! States oF 0 cents per month. ‘own account, gente wach ada postaze prepaid — = Satompar Qvapi with foreign postace a (Enternd at the Post Oflice at Washington, D.0., secoud-<lase mail matter) =e aid fn advance, 87 Al wail subscriptions must be 08 application. ~—« Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON. D.C. MONDAY, AUGUST 17 Rates of advertising made known FINANCIAL. ——— Ho Fo save Opens Bank Account with WooODS & CO., BANKERS. (On pay day come in and start your account with us, Ro matter if it ismnall Do not hesitate on that ec- count. Pay all your bills by check: tt te arecetpt. 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T Atkinson of Hutchinson, K: iver of the Secretary Foster has gone to Cape May in response to a summons from the Pres‘dent, but it is not likely that he wil: be able to attend the Benmiegtem “celebra- tion. Ane Svpsrcr to Dut Netticton has informed Prof. F. W. Taussig of South West Harbor, Me., that there is no ion of law exempting from duty foreign i jocuments imported for the use of private individuals. Prof. Taussig recentl; protested agninst the exaction of 50 cents dut} ona public document sent him by the attorney general of Tasmania. Movement or Siivex.—Phe issue of standard silver dollars from the mints during the week ended August 15 was $455,252. The issue during | the co; ding period of last $625,465. ‘The shipments of fracti utamount te Bt period of last year the ship- fractional silver coin aggregated since the Ist in: the correspondir ments of ON THE POTOMAC. The Annual Regatta of the National Amateur Rowing Association. EVERYTHING ALL READY. ‘The Events Will Commence Tomorrow—With- drawals and Those Whose Coming is Doubt- ful—Good Work of the Local Committee— ‘The Prizes on Exhibition, ‘The rowing men, nof* forming alarge part of Washington's transient population, are praying today that toshorrow may be as fair. They are reasonable men, these oarsmen, and they have as their motto the phrase, “Suflicient unto the morrow is the weather of today.” They are content to let Wednesday take care of itself, but they do want a fair sky and a smooth water tomorrow afternoon, when the great regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen isto begin. They are almost all in, with the exception of the Canadians, who are just now a most uncertain element. DETAINED BY A CUSTOMS OFFICIAL. Word was received here late Saturday night that they had struck a snag in their course in the form of an obstreperous customs official at spension Bridge, who, straining a point of demanded a heavy bond on their boats. first crew to be stopped was the Argonauts of Toronto. ‘The collector wanted either duty on the shell or a bond to insure tho return of from the realm of Uncle Sam. He id that they might sell it while here and thus avoid the duty on sych manufactures. A telegram was sent back by the otticers of the Columbia Club, saying thatif the club could get past by any means the matter would be ar- torily with the Treasury De- r 0 far no reply has been received, and it is not known whether or not they will come. COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING The regatta committee of the association met at 10:30 this morning in Parlor 10 at Willard’s, with Chairman Petersen of New York pre ing. Allof the members were present, with President Harry Garfield of Philadelphia as an onlooker. Various matters of a routine nature and considerable preliminary business were attended to. Secretary W. Howard Gibson re- ported a number of withdrawals, and after the entry list had been made as compact as possi- ble the order of races for the first day was agteed upon as follow: FIRST DAY'S RACES. Beginning promptly at 3 o'clock the quarter- mile dash for senior single sculls will occur over a course yet to be decided upon. Then the other events will take place at intervals of half an hour. 3:30, the first heat of the j . the second hei of the senior singles; at 5, a 5:30, the third beat; at 6, the for senior fours, rowed in one heat. The for Weduesday, the second day, has not yet been arranged. CONTESTANTS WITHDRAW! The following contestants have withdrawn: In the junior singles—A. A. McKay and L. B. Stewart of the Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto; Peter J. McManus of the Albany In Rowing | Club. the senior singles—R. Ys ji In the quarter-mile dush— ik. jr, Argonaut, and Harry Campbell, Albany Hoving Club. In the senior fours—The Albany Rowing Club, the Mutual Boat Club of Albany, the Minnesota Boat Club ot Paul and the Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto. The withdrawal of the two Albany crews irom this race is due to a local race on the Hudson on Saturday in which the Mutuals beat the Al- banys so badly that the former are now sick in bed and tter too chagrined to appear here. ‘This cuts the entries for the senior fours down to three crews that are ,certain, the Co- lumbias of Washington, the’ Fairmounts of Ph ielphia and the Wolverines of Detroit, and one that is doubtful, the Don Amateurs of Toronto. THE EIGHT-OARED RACE ALL RIGHT. The race for eight oars is not to be cut, but will be contested for by four of the finest crews in the country—tho Columbias, New Yorke, Ata- lantas and the Fairmounts. ‘Yhe race for junior fours is also intact at presents and it will be rowed on Wednesday between'the Potomacs of Washington, Arling: tons of Massachusetts and Neptunes and Ariele of Bultimor In the race for pair oars the Detroit and Sunnyside boat elubs are both out. In that for double sculls there are no withdrawals, but there are some crews in this event that are doubtiul. In case they do not show up these races can each be rowed in one heat, but The Veteran Letter Carri Association of -| New York proposes to submit, for the action‘of Congress, a bill to provide for the retirement of letter carriers on half pay, in cities and pos- tal districts connected therewith, after twenty years’ service. Acircular issued by the asso- cration states that the percentage of the force of letter carriers that atiains the proposed limit of twenty years’ service, in order to entitle them to the benefits of retirement and pension thereafter, is very sn nd the consequent expense to the government little as compared to the benefits it wo: stow. A carrier holds his position during good be- havior and his ability to perform the duti his salary for the tirst year being $600; second year, 2900; third yearand_ thereafter, $1,000. in case of sickness or inability to work, no mal ter from what cause, whether euch sickness is contracted in the lit from exposure or from accident, hi eases trom the mo- ment he is unable to perform his duties; a sub- stitute is put ia nis piace, who receives no cixed sulary from the government, but the salary of rier in whose place he is working. One spell of sickness will dissipate the savings of months, or years, of the most economical car- rier, and few are able to provide for old age out of their a To adervaluations, ‘The United Statee consul at Chemnitz recently recommended to the State Department that the United States consular officers in the German empire be authorized to refuse authentication of ashipper’s declaration to an invoice made in the enipire unless such declaration is tirst “verified by the seal and siguature of a local notary.” He represented that the proposed measure would go far toward preventing un- dervaluations, inasmuch as in case of fraud the United States government would have the right to make use of the criminal side of the court, iustead of being restricted to civil suit for the recovery of damages. ‘Ihe matter hav- ing been referred to the ‘treasury Department, Aci ecretury Nettleton has rephed that the department is of opinion that the plan sug- jot be adopted under the existing he expinins, does not require au- catien of declarations to invoices by any other than the United States consular officers. ver, that the proposed additional voluntarily be furnished sgestion of , the United States cousul. _——_ ™: Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: Bernard Harding aud Katherine Heath; George Lay- cock and Beatie Flowers, both of Alexandria, Va.; Edward H. Wunnamuker of Allentown, Pa., and Anna Newman; John W. Shisler and Althelia Anu Spencer, both of Charlottesville, Va.; Mark Miller and Sarah Bitterman; W. O. Brine and Jobannah Furlong; W. H. Brown of Howard county, Md., and C. E. Johnson; Chas, H. Lamond and Elnora Marshall of Hazelton, Pa.; Nathan T. Watkins and Bettie M. Hughes, both of Baltimore, Md.; James W. Taylor of Falls Church, Va., and Nora Robertson; Gaston UcCalley of Fredericksburg, Va.. and Annie C: Watts of Baltimore, Md.; Alfred Betters and Martha Jackson. George L. Titus, a prominent contractor of Attleborough, Mass. isa; |. It is feared he has taken his own life. He has been worried over bis business affairs. ' should they report in time for the regatta it 1 be necessary to alter the order of races for esday so as to permit the introduction of the necessary trial heats. In that event the rowing will be begun half an hour earlier and will lust as much longer. ‘ DOUBTFUL CREWS. These doifbtful crews are as follows: Double sculls, Bayside Rowing Club, Toronto; pair oars, Sunnyside Boating Company, Toronto. John J. Ryan of the Sunnyside is the only un- known quantity just at present. TWO COMPLETE EVENTS TOMORROW. According to the program already arranged there will be two complete events tomorrow afternoon, the dash for singles, which will be rowed in one heat, with the seven certain en- tries, and the race for senior fours, ‘The latter is almost always aelose race, and the former will be an exciting novelty, a cut-and-slazh aitair that will be over in about a minute and a half. Allof the best men are entered for it, and they can afford to pull their hardest, a tueir other hents in the race for seniot singles will uot tuke place for an hour and a half afver- ward at the earliest. DEAWING FOR MEATS AND POSITIONS. The drawings for heats and positions will take place this afternoon, when the executive committee will hold another meeting for that purpose. At this meeting the order of events for Wednesday will also be arranged. ‘The local arrangements have been going on all day and the various committees are actively arc hustling to get thingsin shape. The tugs that to do official duty on the two days, the Key and the Templar, were inspected by the oficials of the Department this morning, and permission was obtained from the authorities for the sinking of the necessary buoys to mark the course. PARTIES BEING MADE UP. Several parties are being made up among the clubs for the purpose of getting the best possi- ble ‘view of the races. Mr. Eugene Johnson of the C. A.C. has chartered the tug Samson of Baltimore for the use of a select party of Co- lu:mbia men and their ladies. She will carr about eighty or one hundred passengers and, by following the crews, will afford an excellent opportunity for a view from start to finish. Among those who will be on her with their friends are Messrs. Oliver, Brewster, Ballan- tyne, Doxsou, Duhamel, Stinemctz,’ Gibson, H. L. Leall, Whiteside, Van Dyke, J. J. 0'Co: nell, Jannus, W. ‘T. Harban, J. H. Harban, W. N. Gordon, Whiting and Johnson. ASSOCIATION MEETING TOMORROW. ‘The association will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at Willard’s for the transaction of annual business. Officers will be elected and various other matters attended to. NOTES. ‘McManus of Albany withdrew from the junior single race on account of illness. : ‘The Argonaut four were recently defeated in the west and this acgounts for their non-ap- rance. Tt was the Argonaut Suspension foot Mere peer pn ooo quiere, will be a last six events on Wednes- ‘Ail of the crews but the Toront cea geod ate neat: ‘THE PRIZES ON EXHIBITION. ‘The cups which have been awarded to win- ning crews at former regattas are on exhibition in the window of Harris & Shafer, jewelers, om Pennsylvrnia avenue. These cups will be con- tested for in the coming regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen. ‘This asso- ciation was organized in 1873, and the cups bear the names of the winners since that time. The single scull challenge cup was last held by Charles G. Psotta of the Cornell University ere: This cup, half oval in shape. is decorated in a floral design. It was presented to the associ- ation by George Wilkes, esq. The double scull challenge cup is of very large design, but the names of the winners in days gone by have been engraved upon it in such large letters that the space available for names is now greatly reduced, and. those who are fortunate enough in the future to gain the glory of winning this cup will be unfortunate in having their names put on it in small form. The fonr-oared challenge cup is in the shape of boaton two supports. On either side of this trophy is a four-oared shell, with the oars- men represented as hard at work. It seems as if the two crews are on the course, and as if each is anxious to win a race. A shell is engraved on the individual medals of the junior crews. The prize, whether single, double or four-oared, is designated by the num: ber of oarsmen in each shell. ‘The yenr 1891 is engraved on a circle of gold surrounding the bar on which the shell is en- graved, and above, this circle. ig the pin of jeavy gold bearing the letters “N. A. A. O. ‘The senior individual medals are made in gold and silver. A gold ring, two inches in diameter, has at its base @ pedestal on which stands an oarsman, upon whose head a wreath is being placed. Above the circle, surround- ng this figure, is a-pair of oars in’ gold. ‘The pin, which is just above the oars, has enj Upon it, “Senior Single,” “Renior Four, according to whether the’ prize is for a sing! oarsmnan or for each of a crew of four. Handsome banners of satin are also on e: hibition. Each club in which a member wins a race is entitled to @ banner, which the club itself may display, and thus cover the whole organization with glory because of » victory obtained by any one of its members. Boniiebisdecies VIOLATED CIVIL SERVICE LAW. Commissioner Roosevelt's Report of His vestigations in Baltimore, Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt has submitted to the President with the approval of the commission the report of his recent in- vestigations held in Baltimore. Information was received by the commission last March charging that the civil service law relating to political assessments was being violated in Bal- timore and that the influence of U. 8. officials was being unlawfully used to control a primary election. Mr. Roosevelt at once instituted an investigation, of which this report is the re- sult. Copies have also been furnished the At- torney General, the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury. In his report Commissioner Roosevelt says: DUTY OF THE OFFICE HOLDER. As for the government office holder, he must be taught in one way or another that his duty is todo the work of the government for tho whole people and not to pervert his office for the use of any party or any faction. The examiniations for the custom house have been perfectly straight, no vacancies have been made for the purpose of allowing partisans to. be appointed and_no man has received an ap- pointment unless he passed so high that he was one of the first three on the list; but it seems clear that Mr. Marine believes that he has the right to discriminate among these three for political reasons. Now, undoubtedly he has no such right. He has a’ right of choice among them, but he has no right to exercise this choice on political or religious grounds. Any discrim- ination of the sort calls for severe rebuke, and if persisted in for prompt punishment. This is the only eritictomy however, that is to be made upon Collector Marine's conduct of the office. The internal revenue collector's office at Bal- timore was not used in the interest of either faction. ‘The custom house, likewise, was not used in the interest of either faction. The case is very different in regard to the post office and tle marshal’s office. ‘The evi- dence seems to be perfectly clear that both of these offices were used with the purpose of in- terfering with or controlling the result of the primary election und there was a systematic, though sometimes indirect, effort made to as- sess the government employes in both for po- litical purposes. Marsha! Airey was undoubtedly one of the leaders of one of the factions at. the primaries and took 1 very active part therein, even to the exten? of coming into physical collision with oue of the opposition judges, whom he accused, whether rightly or wrongly, of cheating. SHOULD BE DISMISSED. In my opinion the following governmental emp.oyes should be dismissed from office for violating sections 11 and 14 of the civil service law: Edward Biddlemai and Wilham H. H. Sultzer of the marshal’s office; John Fensley and W. H. Ray of the customs service; John A. Bell, James Wilson, William H. Mitchell, Jam. L. Webber, Kobert F. Reed, Henry Martin, Henry Glass, Louis E. Gladfeller, John B. ‘Tweddle, Charles G. Smith, Charles W. Ham- mell, George G. Holtz, William T. Birmingham, Joshua N. Kichardson, Edward Perine, Erwin Foutz, Oscar W. Gibson, H. L. Theiss, John Bond, Daniel Phelps and Noah Pierson (com- pare his statements (18, 61); he did not seem to ‘ing frankly). The testimony of John H. Horner and John Reed of the custom house betrays certain views of political moral- ity which, in my opinion, entitle us to call the attention of the collector of the port to their cases to determine whether they ought to be retained in the service. It is evident from the testimony that the non- classitied service in the Baltimore post office, as is the case with the non-claysified service in almost every patronage office, was treated as a bribery chest from which to’ reward influen- tial ward workers who were useful, or likely to be useful, tothe faction in power. The ap- pointmenis were made primarily in the inter- ests of the local leaders and of the local organi- zations, and only yory secondarily with a view to the well-being of the public service. POSTMASTER JOHNSON’S KNOWLEDGE. Therefore, while it does not appear that Mr. Johnson himself used the post office toinfluence the primary election, it is evident that it was so used with his full knowledge, and that he took no effective steps whatever to prevent such ‘use thereof. It seems almost as much an offense for the head of an office supinely to allow the civil service law or rules to be violated by his subor- dinates or through their instrumentality as it is for him to violate the said law and rules him- self. General rule 1, already quoted, provides for the dismissal from office of any officer who uses his “‘ofticial influence” to interfere with an election. It has not been shown that Mr. John- son did directly souse his official influence, but it has been shown alia his know! the entire influence of his office was so by others. As in the case of Marshal Airey, however, it must be sajd that this rule has never hitherto been strictly construed, and in fact that it can hardly be said that there has been any effort so to construe or enforce it. As appears in the testimony taken before the Senate committee in 1888 it was then charged that Mr. Johnson's predecessor in the post office had used his offi- cial position to influence the election of dele- gates to a nominating convention, but no heed was ever paid to the charge. Iam ly of opinion that at least decided steps should be taken to show that this rule is not hereafter to be regarded as a dead letter, and that from henceforth any violation thereof shall be treated as furnishing cause for dismissal. Cut Glass for the White House. ‘The statement going the rounds of the press that a set of cut glass, containing everything jncrnte earn hema proac reer per gg wom there have been breakages, it has to add to the stock on hand. Ass matter of fact the number of ordered is tess than 500 and the cost is to be less than $2,000. ‘There are no mammoth center or punch bowls. There are the usual gis required for a state dinner, portions of the old set being used in addition. : A SELECT FORTY. ‘Who Compose the Society for the Promo- tion of Agriculture. THEY ARE ALL DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS—SEC- RETARY LAZENBY CALLS THEM TOGETHER IX THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESIDENT—PROF. COOK ‘BEADS TWO IMPORTANT PAPERS—OTHER PAPERS TO BE READ. Inone of the smaller class rooms on the third floor of Columbia University there assembled oneof the most remarkable scientific societies in the country. ‘The Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science did not need » very large room to meet in, because, like the French Academy, or “Forty Immortals,” as Daudet satirized it, is by its constitution limited to forty members. Naturally it is composed of very prominent scientists in the particular field it includes in its scope. They come from all over the country, and one member of the society lives in Australia. At present the limit of forty has been reached and no one can now become a member until a vacancy is caused by death or resignation, this last being quite improbable. Dr. Bessy, the president, is not here and so Prof. Lazenby, the secretary and treasurer, presided at the mecting. SECRETARY LAZENBY. Prof. William R. Laz- enby is one of the best known agricultural scientists in the coun- try. He is but about forty years old, alert and earnest in his man- ner and a quick, clear talker. Though he was born in New York, most of his recent work bas been in Ohio, where he is ‘a professor in the State University. He is @ Cornell graduate and “worked his way” through college, Porting himself nan ele d the work he did on farms in the neighborho As soon as he graduated he was appointed to professorship in his alma mater. He has writ- ten much on scientific subjects allied to agriculture, and bh become — inter- ested im’ the agricultural experiment stations of Europe, he drafted a bill which resulted in the establishment of the experi- ment station in Geneva, N. ¥., one of the first of such ventures in’ America. He went to Ohio and organized that state's experiment station. Two years ago he severed his connec- tion with this station and since has devoted his whole attention to the Ohio State University and to his literary works. He isa member and officer in many agricultural and scientific societies, including the Association of T of Agriculture and Horticulture, the Micro- scopical Soviet; for the Advancement of Science. Many of the forty members of this society are also members of the Entomological Associa tion. For this reason the agriculturists did not begin their meeting till the entomologists ad- journed at 2 o'clock this afternoon. PROF. COOK'S TWO PAPERS. After Prof. Lazenby had briefly opened the session Prof. A. J. Cook, the distinguished Michigan entomologist, read his contribution, two interesting papers on “Fighting the Rose Chafer” and “Bees and Fertilization.” ‘The first paper dealt with the destruction of the insect pest known as the “rose chafer,” of which Prof. Cook said that it was the most de- structive beetle in the country. Though called a rose chafer, this bug does its greatest damage to peaches, grapes and other fruits. In New Jersey and Michigan it is especially destructive. Prof. Cook advanced three methods of fighting the bugs. ‘The first was deluging the trees with hot water, thus killing the bugs; the second, sprinkling the trees with a kerosene emulsion, and the third, using a pyrethro-kerosene emul- sion. The two emulsiousare mad? of kerosene, soap and water, and to the latter preparation, which the professor advocates, a poison is added. These conclusions were drawn from an elaborate course of experiments conducted at the Michigan Agricultural College. BEES AS FERTILIZERS. “Bees as Fertilizers,” Prof. Cook’s second Paper, was a pretty exposition of how the little busy bee does almost as much for nature as for himself. Instead of robbing flowere of their honey, the professor showed they enrich the flowers and mak» the fruits and seeds perfect instead of imperfect. This is done, as pointed out by Prof. Darwin many years ago, by the mixing of the pollen of various flowers. When there is no such mixture of pollen the fruit or seed from the unfertilized blossoms is sure to be imperfect. He gave many illustrations bear- ing out the theory. For instance, he said that when clover was introduced into New Zealand no seed could be raised from it till bees had also been imported. Without the bees’ aid the pollen of the blooms was not mixed and the ripened blooms produced no seed. Flower ardeners all keep bees when they are raising wer seeds. In green houses where flower seeds are grown bees always have to be kept. Fruit growers have found that tnless bees or other insects are about when the trees are in bloom, the crop isa poor one. All insects aid in this work. ‘The bees, being hardier, are out earlier in the spring than other insects, which sometimes are kept away by the cold till the fruit trees are through vlos- soming. When perfect fruit is to be raised at experimental stations, if bees are not at hand, this mixing of pollen ‘is done artificially. He told how while conducting his experiments some of the bunches-of blooms had been covered with thin cloth so the bees could not reach them. From these blooms either no fruit at all or very inferior fruit grew. ‘The ob- ject of Prof. Cook's paper was to point out the Yact that farmers in sprinkling their fruit trees with poisoned spray to kill the apple worms are killing the bees that are so necessary to full fruitage. This sprinkling to kill the injurious worms and insects should never be done while the trees or plants are in bloom. PROF. FORBES’ PAPER ON THE CHINCH BUG. A long paper by Prof. Forbes on “A Bacterial Disease of the Chinch Bug” was read by title only, Prof. Forbes being absent. The “‘chinch bug” is an insect that ruins thousands of bushels of wheat every year, and Prof. Forbes’ per was devoted to describing how » Eesierafogial seat has been introduced by whicl ug iv rapi killed. Entomologist ©. V. Riley read two on “The Kerosene Emulsion and Its Increasing Usefulness” and “The Ox Bot Fly in the United States.” Other papers to be read before this society are as foliows: OTHER PAPERS TO BE READ. By J... Arthur, “A Physiological Basis for the Comparison of Potato Production;” W. J. Beal, “The Description of Varieties of Straw- berries and Raspberries;” T. J. Burrill, “An Additional Note on Potato Rot;” G. C. Cald- well, “A 8: jum on Maize;” W. Frear, “ihe Coapraien| ‘and Digestibility of the Ni- trogen-free E: of Fodder and Pas- WHEAT AGAIN RISES. Exciting Scenes in the “Pit” on the Chicago Board, LATE ADVICES FROM OTHER CITIES. A Dozen Lives Lost in a Swiss Railway Disaster. THE BASE BALL OUTLOOK: PANDEMONIUM IN THE PIT. December Wheat Kises in Ten Minutes From 81.09 to 61.13. Curcado, August 17.—The exciting scenes in wheat and corn which characterised the trad- ing the latter part of last week were renewed at the opening of the board of trade this morn- ing. The trading was just as wildly nervous as it was on Saturday when December wheat jumped within a few minutes from 993¢ to $1.08. The bull fever was still on this morn- ing, and traders were inflamed with the pros- pect of higher prices as the result of the ex- citedly higher cables. London reported car- goes for prompt shipment 1 shilling and 3 pence higher, Liverpool was up the equivalent of 3cents per bushel and Paris country mar- kets were up the equivalent of 7 cents. When the bell tapped for the opening of busi- ness the pit at once became a pandemonium, out of which came these fignes for December wheat inside of ten minutes: 1.09%, 1.10, L11, 11054, LL, 11134, 112, 111, 11056, L105, 1.12, ‘This was the top figure on the early bulge. Then the price began to weaken and with teeble Tallies sank away, and is now quoted at 1.07%s sellers, the lowest price of the day. September a. m.—December wheat sold off to 1.05, 6; September corn sold to 644, new 65%. COURSE OF THE MARKET. As the New York produce exchange did not open until 11 o'clock (10 o'clock Chicago time) It gave the New Yorkers a half hour of unre- stricted dealing on the Chicago market. Their orders doubtless had some effect in the early trading here. The buige to 1.13 was accom panied by the wildest excitement and some sales were reported as high as $1.14. ‘The suc- cceding period of weakuess was the result of free selling by both longs aud shorts. Con- servative traders in both camps were satisfied that prices were too high for safety. In spite of the sensational advances abroad, ‘advances here have carried prices farabove xport basis and they must be brought to- her before the benefit of the foreign shortage, on which the boom is founded, can be realized. Consequently conservative longs began to take their. profits freely and bears of thesame grade began to put out rather free lines on the theory that whether the market goes higher or not, its. present figure is above the average. ‘The consequence was that from the top figure there was a steady down- ward tendency, with here and there a slight re- action, followed each time by still lower fig- ures, until €1.05 was reached. That was the low point. The other markets followed wheat, except rye, which had an independent strength, Sep- tember selling up to £1.10. Corn opeued strong and higher. September started at 655; to 66; against 62° at the close on Saturday; sold to 6854; weakened to 64%; rallied to 66, and at 11 o'clock was back to 64°,. ‘September oats opened at 30; sold to 30%, and at 11 o'elock stood at 29%. September pork opened 25c.higher at $10.50; fold fo £10.65, butat 11 o'clock ad broken to 10.4735. 11:45 a.m.—New York and the foreigners were free sellers on the downward reaction. A Berlin cablegram saying that prices for wheat there were the equivalent of 3 cents lower and rye 7 cents lower helped to depress prices. 12:15 p.m.—Wheat continues weak. Decem- ber is now quoted at 1033. September corn has fallen to 6335. THE PRICE REACHES 1.12 aT ST. LOUIS. Sr. Lovis, August 17.—All trading on ‘change this morning was as previously agreed upon, all on setticmens, no new trades being made. December wheat opened at 1.08 and sold up by jumps of one-bulf cen: to 1.12 and. then started on the downward grade until 1.05: Was reached and then sold up to 1.07 at 10:33. Yeur corn opened at 46, then advanced to 47 and 48: down to 47, and at 10:35 stands at 46. Evers thing is quiet and no fears of failure are entertail L. AT BALTIMORE WaeaT ToUcnEs 1.18: Baztmwore, Mp., August 17.—The excitement on ‘change today bears no abatement. Decem.- ber wheat opened at 1.143, advanced to 1.18and fell again to 1.153;, where it remained at 1 p.m. August and September wheat was steady. There were very few bidders and holders of wheat are not ‘disposed to sell. One of the strong incidents of the pending increase in prices of cereals is the advance in flour. ‘This staple has increased 75 cents ® barrel since Thursday. Gambrills went up 40 cents on Saturday and 25 cents today. Other market- able brands have advanced the full 75 cents. PROMISE OF THE NORTHWEST. Sr. Pact, Mrsx., August 17.—Harvesting is well under way all over the northwest, and the promise of a big crop is being more than fal- filled. Instead of averaging fifteen to twenty bushels to the acre wheat is turning Czpan Rarivs, Iowa, August 17.—Never be- fore has Iowa harvested such a crop of cereals as it will this year. ‘The oat crop especially is immense. It will easily averagesixty to seventy bushels, and in many places will go 100 bushels Hie i plese H ‘The Grain Markets Abroad ‘Benxz™, Aug.17.—The corn market today was in ‘an excited condition. The opening quotations were: August rye, 269marks; September and'Oc- DECLINED TO BE HELD UP. An Attempted Robbery That Resulted Dis- astrously for the Robbers, August 17.—An attempted resulted disastrously to the two robbers, one deing fatally shot and the other, it is thought, badly woun At the hour named a man and woman were Ppromenading road. At this point there the place is very dark. The unconscious of danger when sudd sprang out from among the tree them. One of the men hada revolvet im his hand and the other carried « wagon spoke “Throw up your hands and deliver up your man carrying the revolver, thrusting the weapon neat ted victim's face grabbed the revolve ‘a dense grove and aple were all e was telled to the groun m the wagon spoke in the second robber, who then pro- choke the young woman, who 1 loudly. Ofticers Tray and Palmer, who have been on the lookout as the resuit of a’ number of reports of just such robberies, were close by and came running up, the highwayman with the revolver opening fire on them as they didso. The officers returned the fire and one of the rob- bers dropped in his tracks just as be was in the actofturningtorun. Hh adalready fled into the grove ed that be too received @ bullet. Oficer Palmer bad a narrow escape as a bullet cut ugh hia trousers at the thigh, but did not graze the er, who gave hy name er of thix city, was taker! to the hospital, where be will probably die before night. The other robber has not been cap- tured. —— ANOTHER SWISS SASTER. Through Gross Negligence an Excursion Train is Ki: pown Near Berne. Benxz, August 17.—The people of this repub- lic had hardly recovered from the railroad scare caused by the terrible accident at Moenchenstein in June last, by which over 130 Persons on an excursion train lost their lives and about 300 were injured, when they were again yesterday startled by another wholenale loss of life road accident. This last dis -Simplon railroad lines near t Zolikotten, not far from this city. the acei- dent, as received here up to the present, are as follow A REAR-END COMLISION. A special train carrying « large number of excursionists from the country districts to thie city was on ite way here, the passengers intend= ing to take pai progress bere a zerland. ‘This exc qred at Zolhikofte pe ehunted into @ sidi Xpress pase. By some gross negligence, apparently upon the ee of the railroad ottwi: the Doris train, With foreign travelers, was not warned curmon train while pass ing Zollikoffen, and the result was that the ex- press dashed int special train. Luckily the, engineer of the express had caught sight of the excursion train m time to put down the brakes, and so # age done and ns of life Was not 80 great as it might hi Asit was, the engine of the ex- press cut into and almost entirely demolished the guards van at the rear o: the rxkon, train, which was empty, and then crashed into the rearmost of the passenger cars, completely Irrecking it and causing “cousiderable loss of ie. TWELVE CORPSES TAKEN OUT. At this hour the exact number of dead and wounded is not known, but twelve corpses have already been recovered from the ruins own that many people have been d by the collision. No loss of life bas been reported in connection with the passengers on the Paris express and therefore it is believed here that they have ail escaped c I train ¢ ng Wrecking appliances, doctors and murses from the hoxpitals, together with a detachment of eng has ‘been dis- patched to the scene of the ac of people have si ‘The majority of thy excrusion train belo of this city. It is tho 0 foreign vis- itors were among the excursionists and no deaths of American travelers have been re- ported. THEIR Par Commissioncr Harries Kelates the Expert- ence of the Sioux Commission, Oxama, Nep., August 17.—Members of the Sioux Commission are in this city, having com- pleted their work. In conversation Commis- sioner George H. Harries of Washington saids “More important than any other branch of our duties was the settlement of the difficulty be- tween the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indians. By the terms of the Foster-Warner-Crook treaty the boundary line between the two reservations was moved eastward action, agreed to were the loosers), rendered al Rosebud people homeless, ux folks consented to "their being transferred to the Pine Ridge agency rolls. To secure this consent took about six wocks of the most active campaigning, When our work was doue some opponent of the ratified Chairman Pearce’ valise cial documents. Lac check lists from which it'was struct a duplicate of the m: out six bunds ss the Pine Ridge sing agreement, and this duplicate properly certified has been accepted by the Interior Department as satis factory and binding. At Kose bud and Lower Brule agencies we collected imiormation on whica congreswonal or departmental action may be based, but nothing in the nature of treaty was negotiated. “It was generally understood: prior to our visit to these p. the controlin ment at Lower Brul ed to well the on reservation and to settle upon the northe edge of the Kosebud reservation just south of White river, but our investigation couvinced us that the time for such proceedings et arrived. Both the Lower Brule Tea Indians ara, bowover, discundng the prob- abilities with all seriousness, and they may soom reach a conclusion among themselves and withe out any ‘white man’ intervention.” i SUL TO BAHIA, NEW William O. Thomas of Tennessee Appointed to the Position. Care Mar Porst, N. J., August 17.—The President today appointed William 0. Thomas of Tennessee consul to Bahia, Brazil. Mr. ‘Thomas is a newspaper man, and is appointed upon the recommendation of Congressman Taylor of Tennessee. William T. Davis has been appointed postmaster at Middiebor on ereetel Rear a eeenersaaty in the pardon application case of Mary Ellen, convicted at Washington in June of this year of conspiracy to defraud the United States govern- ment ina pension claim and sentenced to two years’ im ment in the Albany peniten- tiary, the it has decided that no action is calied for at present. a Richard Cotts Shanon, the newly South American minister, called on dent this morning and had « long conference with him. romemialipiomens, MILWAUKEE WILL COME IX. Vou der Ahe iclds and Cincinnati to Be ‘Temporarily Given Up. Sr. Lov, Mo., August 17.—It has been de- cided that Louisville will remain in the associa tion and that Milwaukee will secure Cincinnati's franchise. President Gillette is in the city and fi f Hi ry & i f H : I *