Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1892, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. 3] AY. JULY 3, 1892. ENGINEERS IN THE NAVY. ‘New Regulations Governing Thetr Fxamina- tien for Promotion Promulgated. ‘The Navy Department has ismed new regu- Intions governing the examination of engineers for promotion: Before a passed assistant engineer can be Promoted to the grade of chief engineer in the nary he must have been examined by » board * of officers of the medical corps and found phy- sically qualified, and have established, to the « satisfaction of « board of officers of the engi- neer corps, his mental, moral and professional qualifications to perform efficiently all the duties, both at rca and on shore, of the grade to which he is to be promoted. A candidate for promotion to the grade of chief cogineer must have served at least two | rears at Sen as a passed assistant engineer on rd a naval steamer. The department will furnish the board with an abstract of the candidate's orders to duty. Interrogatories will be addressed by the sboard to commanding officers and senior en- ineer officers under whom the candidate may Shave served as to his mental, moral and profes- sional fitness for promotion. : The candidate sball then Be examined upon the foliowmg subjects, the board select ‘the sample questions under each 8: engineer of aship in com mission, two questions selected at random samples given; duties on shore, two questions: ractical work, one question: strength of ma- Tertals, mactallurgy and chipbuilding, one quer- tion under each bead; economics of machinery, one question. The questions must bo so drawn as to be cap- able of concise answers, and, other things being equal, brief anewers will receive more credit than long ones. In determining the candidate's professional fitness for promotion tho board will, for its own information, mark his work in accordance with the scale given, and no candidate will be recom- mended for promotion should the aggregate of | marks fall below 700. These marks will not be | entered on the record sont to the department, | but the board will. if the result of the candi- date’s examination & such as to warranthis pro- motion, report ite recommendation in the form | * proscribed by seotion 1504 of the Revised | Rtatutes. FARRAGUT POST, G. A. RL How It ts Proposed to Extend Capitol Hill Hospitality. Farragut Post, G. A. R., fs located on Capitol Hill. The reguiar meetings are held in the ball over the Capitol Bank and come of the mem- bers have foncluded to give the G. A.B. men who come here in Soptember some idea of the Lospitality of the people of East Washington, A committee of the post have enlisted the co- | operation of a number of citizens living in that locality and com- dined committee has been formed which held a meeting last evening at Baum’s Hall. Plans for entertaining the veterans, es- pecially those who will be located on Capitol ‘Hill, were disoumed, and it is the intention to appoint subcommittees to take charge of the details. The general plan of action as outlined bs Dr. Howard is to keep open house in the bail of Farragut Post during the encampment week > fires will be held every night and the bail wili be open during the diay and comrades will be on band te extend a cordial welcome to the visi It is Proposed to servea lunch and to undertake anything else that wii tend to contribute to the comfort and pieasurs of the veterans. A somewhat similar plan is proposed ‘by the Ponts oceupring Gran'i Army Hall, opposite ‘llard’s, and the Old Guard are going to en- tertain their friends at Masonic Temple. > AMUSE | | Tue Sousa Tzstrwowiar.—On Friday night next a testimonial concert to John | Philip Sousa, who retires from the leader- ship of the Marine Bund, will be gen. The rogram will be one of great interest and will | Tisceas a high grade off musical merit. The tanz Abt Club, as well as the Marine Band, will participate. The soloists will be Mr«. Kitty Thompson Berry. soprano; Mr. Herndon Mor- sell, tenor, and Mr. Herman Bakeman violinist. Everything connected with the occasion indi- cates that it will be a worthy tribute to Mr. Sousa’s populs Cuaxox oF MaxaceMent at Tee Bisov.—Mr. Wm. H. Baston leave the management of Harris’ Bijou Theater here to take control of | Harris’ Theater in Cincinnati. Mr. Euston is | one of the most experienced and valned of the attaches of Harris, Britton & Dean's circuit, and bis transfer gives Lim increased respo Dilitios and advantages. The theater here will | be managed by Mr. Gordon Harris, son of Mra. tis. who will sesume charge. Arrangements have also been made by which R. L. Britton of | the Baltimore firm will make frequent visite to thus city, so thut the Bijou will have the benefit Of his previous experience, as wellas of Mr. ‘Harris’ energy and wutchfulness. Post @fice Departinent Promotions. The following promotions have been made in ‘the clerical force of the first assistant’s office, Fost Office Department, as the result of competitive examinations: John F. Sawey of Minnesota, from $1,200 to 21,400; James K. | Depue of District of Columbia, Fred A. Pres- Yon of Minnesota and Miss Martha H. Smith of Minnesota, from $1,000 to $1,200; Miss A. F. Peterson of New York. Mra. Emilie 5. Lawton | of Iowa and Martin W. Pierce of Pennsylva- | nis, from $900 to Miss Margaret Laurie | of Pennsylvania and Miss Harriet R. Edgar of | ENTS. Massachusetts, from £720 to $900. -< vat Coded Lands to Be Surveyed. ‘The survey of the ceded lands of the Colville | Indian reservation in the state of Washington will be made at once by the general land office im accordance with instructions issued by Sec- retary Noble. As soon as the surveys are com- pleted itis expected that the President will | issue # proclamation declaring the lands opened | to settlement under the homestead laws the payment to the government of | $1.50 per ‘The proceed= arising from the sale of these land- are be devoted to the Dutiding of school houses, the maintenance of schools azd the promutio: eelf-support among the eeded lands com northern part of the | Feservation an: ate 1,500,000 acres. It i Stated that trospasers are already crowding {nto the reservation, making selections of min- eral and agricultural lands, and trouble is| feared. of civilization and olville Indians. The --— Proposnts for Pneumatic Tubes. Postmaster General Wanamaker has issued an | advertisement asking the owners of pneumatic | tube «ystems or other devices to submit by Bep- tember 8, 1592, proposals for demonstrating by Practical test the utility of their several devices, as applied tothe wuil service. Notice is given that it is preferred thut testa be made either in New York city, Philadeiphia, Brooklyn, Chicago or Washington and between the post office and Ssubstation or transportation ternal or be- tween adjacent cities. The proposals must Specify the period of tests, the terminals, ca- pacity, the cost of lease or purchase and every ther ‘essential feature. ‘his demonstration Must be withoat cost to the United States, the appropriation of $10,000 being made for the Purpose of enabling the Postmaster General to Make the rt. e inquiry and | To Prevent Impositions, ‘The attention of the commissioner of pen- sons hay not been called to a circular addressed | to ex-confederate conscripte, Pect of compensation from the United States fovernment to loyal citizens who were forced nto the confederate service. A small fee is asked in order to bring the matter properly be-. fore Congress. An effort will be made to coun- teract the effect of this circular and prevent People from being imposed « ting out a pros ‘The grand circuit of trotting races began in Cleveland yesterday with splendid weather and @ fair atvendamce. The racing was good, the | average for the afternoon being about 2.13%. | In the 2.16 class pacing and in the 2.29 class trot the favorites won with ease. There was a snow-under in the 2.21 class trot, as Katherine B., the favorite, was not even able to take a heat. A large amount of money changed hands ‘country is suffering under now, the Messrs. | boata, INTERNAL REVENUE. Figures Furnished by the Com- missioner in His Annual Repert. Gen. Mason, commissioner of internal rev- enue, is highly gratified over the fact that dur- ing the fiscal year Just ended the total collec tions of internal revenue amounted to $153,- 857,543.45, an fnorease over the previous year of $7,822,127.43, and furthermore that the cost of collection was 2.78 per cent, which is lower than ever before. As the District of Columbia fs in the collec- tion district of Maryland, which also includes Delaware and two counties of Virginia, no | figures are obtainable for the collections at | Washington. ‘The totals for the United States, however, are as follows: ‘The qnantities of distilled spirits, fermented liquors, manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, | cigare:tesand cleomai on which tax was peid daring the Inst year, together with | the rate of increase as com with the previous fiscal vear, are as follows Spirits distilled ‘trom apples, peaches and grapes, 1,961,062 gallons; increase, 741,626; | spirits’ distilled from materials other than apples, peaches and grapes, 99,084,124 gallons inereage, 5,890,728; fermented liquors, 31,817,- 96 barrels: increase, 1,990,644; charools and cigarettes weighing over three poun thousand, 4,548,790,417; tmnorense, "78,906,690; cigarettes weighing uot over three pounds’ per thousand, 2,492,982,840; increase, Bos, 444,080; snuff, 11,164,351 pounds; inorense, 774,157; to- bacco, ‘chewing and smoking, 253,962,189 ; increase, 10,456,291; oleomargarine, ‘the law relative to the first year's operation o bounty on sugar (act of October 1,°1890) bas been satisfactory. ‘There were 4,990 licensed producers, and the amount paid as bouat; during the year was $7,342,077, divided as fol- lows: On cane sugar, 87,077,816; on beot sugar, $240,098; on sorghum ‘sugar, $22,197, and on maple sugar, $2,465. — 2 ee —____ LAUNCHING THE “COLUMBIA.” A Much Smaller Number Than Usual Wit- nesses the Ceremony at Cramps’. Cruiser No. 12, or, as the vessel has been popularly known, “Tbe Pirate,” was leunched yesterday afternoon from Cramps’ shipyard, Philadelphia, and christened the Columbia by | | Miss Edith Morton, daughter of Vice President Morton. In consideration of the time of year and witha view to just such weather as the Cramp decided some time ago not to issue any invitations to the launch, and tn consequence there was marked difference in the size of the crowd present in comparison with that of pre- vious lannchings at the yard. “Lew day” nt Cramps’ is always ob- ferved as a holiday, and with the exception of the gang of men at work preparing the crutser | for ber down the ways the army of | lnborers that daily throng the yard were absent | this ‘morning. The business of getting the | cruiser ready for her dip into the river was not an enviable one. ‘The sun shone with a tropical | intensity and the steel ships standing in their | stocks and the iron lying eround the yard seemed to act as a magnet to draw its full rays down upon the panting, perspiring men who were toiling under it. Alth« was | not to take place until 4 o'clock by 1 men and women had begun to gather at the gates of the yard. At Sovclock, when the gates were thrown ‘open, the crowd had increased to abont 4,000 people, and this number was doubled by the time set for the launch. Secretary Tracy, Vice President Morton, As- sistant Secretary of the Navy Soley,Cemmander John Soley, Congressman Joun RBellows, Com. mander Allibone, ex-United StatesSenatot Chil- ton and Assistant Secretary of State Grinnell reached the city at 1 o'clock from a Mrs. Morton and her two daughters, Miss Edith and Miss Helen Morton, arrived at 1:30 from New York. The two parties were met at the station by Henry Cramp and taken in carriages to the shipyard” They reached the yard about 3:30. The Misses Morton were each presented | with bouquet on their arrival, and then the entire company was escorted to the christening stand beneath the bows of the waiting eraiser. Ae the vessel stood upon, the stocks in her unfinished state it was hard for the -unprac- ticed landsinan to detect her in the most owerful and destructive cruiser that has ever | cen designed. The naval officers upon the! platform, however, were enthusiastic in their praises of the symmetry and beauty of the ves- sel's lines and predicted that in speed she would realize the plans of the designers. The great length of the cruiser was expecially noticeable as she hung ont over the river, and ip comparison to her the caravels of Columbus would hardly have served the monster for long While the christening party had been taking their stand upon the platform the busy work- men beneath the keel of the vessel were pre- paring her for her journey down the ways. The thorings were rapidly struck down end timbers sawed through. At3:50 the crashing sound of breaking planks was heard, and Miss Edith Morton was handed the bottle of cham- pagne and told to prepare herself to break it as soon we the 1 started. nolse of the cracking wood ceased, and immediately the cruiser started on her downward sweep toward | the river. a As the vessel began to gather headway Miss Morton crushed the bottle against the keel and said, “I christen thee Colum! ‘al The cheers of the crowd and the tooting of whistles greeted the Columbia as she from the ways and sat upon the surface of the river as true as the spirits in a level. After the launch a luncheon was served to Secretary Tracy's and Vice President Morton's party, at the conclusion of which they were riven to the railroad station and returned to Washington. Mrs. Morton and her daughters did not accompany the Vice President to Wash- ington, but returned to Rhinebeck, their coun- try place on the Hudson. pier hares ES A Murderer Thanks God. When James R. Morton, the convicted mur- derer of Lydia Ann Wyatt, now confined in the Camden, N. J., jail, received the following dis- patch from Lawyer Taylor: “Respite granted by governor for thirty’ days,” he exclaimed to his death watch: “Thank God for that!” He then fell upon his knees and gave thanks to the Almighty for this addition to his days on | bal Morton said hs ceneewks a few days | ago that the reason _ is religious views and had Father Kelly to advise him was beoaure he knew that he could reach the gov- ernor and secure a respite for him. It is the opinion of many and other men in Camden that a further respite will have to be granted Morton if the one granted yesterday i | for thirty daysfrom the date he was to have been hanged on, as that would bring the day of Judgment on Sunday, the 28th day of August next, —_se-o,_ A Call to College Politicians. _ President Burke of the Awerican Republican College League has issued a call to the college representatives of the United States urging them to attend the conference of the National Republican League at Buffalo September 1 and 2, to which they have been invited. A speci session of the convention will be devoted to the interests of college men. — General Se@retary McGuire's Case. Local union, No. 8, of the Brothethood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Phila- delphia in a meeting Monday night repudiated an allegéd ofticial statement of the district council that they had adopted a resolution for the removal of the office of General Secretary P. J. McGuire from this city. eee ‘To Be Taken to the BaRimore. ‘The steamer City of New York hasarrived from Panama. Among her passengers were Lieut, Doogewerff, Ensign Fays, Gunner Tremelt and xty-seven sailors of the U. 8.8. Baltimore. The men were taken to the Mare Island navy yardand will go to Puget sound, where the Baltimore at present, on the next steamer. * sthansinee aman Mae Over 700 Ballots for a Nominee. The deadlock continues in the democratic congressional convention at Batesville, Ark. Seven hundred and forty-eight ballots have been taken. Neil has reached within four of a nomi- | effec SHOT DOWN BY A HORSE THIEV. ‘Two Members of s Sheriff's Posse Killed and Avother Fatally Hurt. A special telegram from Sterling, Ky., dated yesterday, says: News was received here this morning at 7 o'clock of a desperate encounter last night between # porse of officers from this city and s horse thief named Henderson Hurley, whom they were pursuing, in Minifee county, eighteen miles from here. Jailor Kavanaugh Clipton was shot in the head and died inafew hours, Tom Howard was instantly killed and George Raybarn, an- other one of the posse, fatally injured. It is not known whether Hurley is injured or not. B. E. Keith is the only survivor of the posse. Owing to the meager. facilities for communi- cation no further particulars are obtainable. A large posse trom this gity hae gone to the scene. excitement in town is high, as Tipton was regarded as one of the most darin and oou rother of the Howard a brother of the Hor boys killed near Hogard’s Mill, in county, by George Capes and wife some months ago. When Hurley found he was being pursued he intrenched ‘himeelf on Tate's creek in the mountains and coolly waited for his pursuers with the result above stated. soumaimenhatlyca AFFAIRS AT HOMESTEAD. Departure of the Troops—Arrest of Another Striker. The city troop of Philadelphia was the first to leave Camp Black and Homestead yesterday. Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the troop assembled and started for Munhall sta- tion at the east end of the Carnegie works. At 2:30 o'clock the troop was started on its journey home over the Pennsylvania railroad. ‘The eighth regiment, under Col. Magee, struck its tents and marched to City Farm station of the Pennsylvania road. The fourteenth regiment will go home tomorrow and the thirteenth may not be twenty-four bours behind it. Gen.Sno' den has been given discretion by Gov. Patti#on ‘to dispose of his troops ashe sces fit and he will probably send home a regiment or two a pe Rae all but three regiments have gone. It ely that these three regiments will be com- posed of volunteers from the entire body of troops, forming a provisional brigade, and it is quite as likely that the whole body of troops ‘will bo withdrawn if Gen. Snowden decides that there is no necessity for their presence in Home- James Close, an employe of the company, was arrested y by constables from Pittsburg. Close refused to say anything about hin arrest or the charge against him other than who were of the Carnegie Company. He told a United Press roporier that the company had threatened to have his father arrested for murder if the son did not return to work, but sailed for Wales before the present trouble degan. Adam Foy, who has been in jail in Pittsburg, was released and returned home today, bail in $10,000 being furnished. James Close was brought to Pittsburg in the evening and lodged in jail. The arrest was on one of the suppressed informations Sworn out last week by Secretary Lovejoy. Thero are ten mare warrants based upon 6] lar informations that are still to be sorved, but — names of the accused men will not be made public? Officials of the Carnegie Company claim that between five and six hundred men, many of of them skilled men, are now at work in Home- stead mills, and that the plates being rolled are ofthe finest character. They havo, they say, pver 1,000 applications 6n file and new men will be sent up from day to day until the mill is fully manned. A SCHEME OF CORRESPONDENTS. An attempt on the part of some news- Paper correspondents, who wore anxious to get home and also to score a —_ socop to settle the famous wage-working iculty, has resulted in lamentable failure. ‘The scheme in substance, as send a committee to Hugh O'Donnell and pro- pose to him that the scribes in the plot, self- selected on account of their belief in their per- sonal prominence among their fellow workers, thould go to Mr. Potter; superintendent of ths Carnegie Company's works at Homestead, and agree to act as mediators in the settlement of the lockout between the advisory committee and the Carnegie Company. This committee called on Mr. O'Donnell and made the proposition. Mr. O'Donnell was not well and was worried to the tender half anthinkingly. of the committee went bac schemors, made their report, and the whole number went to see Mr. Potter. Mr, Potter treated the correspondents oour- teously. He said the company did not bear malice toward its former emplores, but it could not take back certain of the leaders, rtie- ularly those against whom criminal’ chai had been made. The company was willing. “he suid, to propose a scale of & minimum 622 billet rate on'e S06%¢ basis, The company did not care to deal with the ‘Amalgamated, Association, but it would sanction an agreement for quar- terly conferences between a committee chosen by the mill workers and three officers of the steel compan; Sothe members to their fellow — 6 Agreement on the Deficiency The conferees on the deficiency appropriation Dill reached an agreement yesterday. The Senate recedes from its amendments sppropri- ating about €700,000 for French spoliation claims, about $800,000 for payments to leased lines of the Pacific railroad companies ‘and about 62,500 back salary to the assistant attor- ney general. The conferees adopted the direc- tions given by the Houge with reference to pay to leceased members. Sa ee A New Controller of the Currency. ‘The President yesterday afternoon nominated A.B. Hepburn of New York tobe controller of the currency, vice A. P. Lacey, resigned. ‘The nominee is the prosent examiner of national banks in New York city, a position he has held for about three years. Prior to that he was superintendent of state banks of New York. He is about fifty-eight years of age and is a resident of Canton, St. Lawrence county, New York. He is a man’ of wide experience ‘in the banking Dusiness and is regarded as specially qualified to perform the duties of his new office. He wus very strongly indorsed for the position by bankers and business men in all country. Tt is remarked as somew! that this is the first appointment of any import- ance in the Treasury Department that has been given to the state of New York by the present administration. lows of t singular An International Complication, Baron Beck-Friis, charge d'affaires of Norway and Sweden, has made formal protest to the Secretary of State against the action of the United States marshal at Boston in boarding the Norwegian steamer Alba at that port before Seerpsced being perl 0 games si it to re sonmupaatell Uk a dapoty satchel enh two assistants. The captain told the deputy marshal he did not recognize him or his au- he dapaty, ft i legod, then atterpiod Wo yaty, it m att handcuff the captain and « row ensued. | Subse- quently the consented to pay the sailors -under protest. seized the schooner Sybil of Vancouver after she had landed thirteen Chinese on Idley Island. The Sibyl is a ewift oraft and the customs officials believe she of contraband Chinese into the United Btates during the past fifteen months, —_ ‘What Most Thinks of Fergal him in other 4 thinks Bergman acted alone. there was 20 next. collector value of the vessel Ye not tees | tac, ‘than €75,000 end the States dis- | treasurer, EEE thorny in content of rocme with the ganter, J he believed it to be w pivoe of spite work on the | this failed, as be showed that his father had | outlined by ite, originator, was that the correspondents should | and “he gare his consent | ts of the | she had entered and assaulting the master, | THE COOLEY GANG STILL AOTIVE. Thetr Leader's Death Does Not Prevent ‘Thetr Marauding. A special telegram to the Philadelphia Times from Uniontown, Pa., dated yesterday, says: The killing of Jack Cooley, the outlaw leader, last week does not stop the gang from their law- lees acts, Last night six of the band went to the house of Weeley Sisler, in the mountains near Haydentown. They drove off Sisler, out- | raged a young girl who lives with him and then | rode off. Sisler came tearing into Fairchance, three miles distant, and telophoned to Sheriff McCormick to'come to his assistance. This the sheriff declined to do because he | could not get there in time to catch the scoun- | drels and because Sisler had beon their friend | and warned the gang so often of the sheriff's | movements when after them witha as to | make their rad fraitles, Blaler's house used } & meeting place for the gang until he | quarreled with ‘them and last night's outrage Was its vengeance. Edward Rankin, an band, was arrested and jailed hero today. | Last spring he stole tho fleeces of wool from thirty-five sheep owned by his father and others. Last Saturday he drove the flock of sheep from their ranche in the mountains, drove them to Uniontown and sold them toa local butcher. His father finding all efforts useless to reform the youth had him arrested and will send him up. —e<—_—__— ‘The Sinking of the Ship Taylor. Capt. Hurlburt of the wrecked ship Feed B. | Taylor arrived last night in New York on the | steumsbip Persian Monarch, together with his | | second offcer, Mr. James Jagor, and two sea- | men. Capt. Hurlburt’s side of the story of the | collision between the steamship Trave and his | vessel sounds a little different from that which | has heretofore been reported. He was stand- [ing in the cock pit beside the binnacle when, | without any warning whistle or any sound to | announce her coming, the steamer Trave went through his side. Trave was going et the | rate of sixteen knots an hour. When she saw | the F. B. Taylor the officer on the bridge first | rang for full speed astern, which was distinctly | heard aboard the Taylor. Capt. Hurlburt is | very positive that had the officer in charge of | the Truve followed the rales of the road and | slowed down his ship the Taylor nover would | have been cat down, as there would have been | time to avoid it. As it was eho went cloar through the mate's room, instanity killing Mate Wooley, who was asleep in his berth. The mate and sailmaker (not the carpenter as be- fore reported) were the only ones lost. Capt. Hurlburt, who is yet unable to walk without a crutch, tells how, when the binnacle houee fell upon ‘him and’ mashed his leg, the ship gaye a lurch to port and ho was thrown thirty feet into the sea, whero he managed to cling to some wreckage. After being three- quarters of an hour in the water he was picked up. Mr. Jager, the second mate, was standin, near the main hatch, when the lookout crie out that a steamer was bearing down upon | them. Almost before he knew what had hi pened he was in the water. For two hours he was in the water. Finally all were picked up by the Trave and landed at Southampton, where, it is lamentable to report, they were treated almost ws badly as crust fate had done, for upon application to the shipwreck society | there for ussistance they were totally ignored and told to appeal to their owners or agents. ei chabert is Explosion in a St. Louis Sewer. An explosion of coal oil gas occurred in the Mill creck sewer, St. Louis, yesterday after- noon, tearing up Chouteau avenue from the levee to Broadway. The explosion was caused by the sewer filling with the coal ofl which ea cayed during the burning of the Waters-Pierce lent last Friday. The generating gas caught Ere on account of the intense heatand tho ex- plosion followed. The sewer caps, weighing 900 pounds, were blown off at the street inter- sections as fur wost as 14th street. The gas ig- nited the alcoholic gases in Furch’s whinky dis- tillery. Six pedestrians are known to be } | member of the buried in the wrecked sewer. One fireman, walls, Along Chouteau rail- caught beneath the debris of the fallin, |is in a critical condition. | avenue the tracks of the Iron Mountai | Toad several freight trains and empty passonge coaches were blown to pieces. Furch's distill- | ery was the building most affected by the ex- plosion. The first and second floors feli, cur- Tying the workmen to the cellars. One work- man in the distillery haa been carried to the | hospital in a critical condition, RJ. Tunstall | was also severely injured. | | Gen. Butte — ‘ron Private Iams’ Panishment. Gen. Butler, in an interview yesterday in Bos- ton, expressed himself very forcibly against the recent punichment of Private Iams at Home- stead. Said he: “That sort of punishment was not permitted in the war by any rule of war that I know of. Crnel and unusual punish- ments are as much prohibited by the Constitu- tion in time of war as in time of pence, and thut prohibition should cover every case. “the proceeding is barbarous, cruel and un- justifiable by any law in peace or in war,and if it not reprobated so fully and thoroughly by public, sentiment that it will never occur aguin it will do much to disorganize our state militia. “T have seen another most remarkable state- ment about treason. There has been talk in the papers that the performance of Carnegies in bringing their fortified vessels up there to commit murder was treason. While it was Wrong in every seuse of the word, as a matter | of Inw, right and propriety, yet it was not treasouable in any shape or form under the definition I have just given.” “Has Private Iams any redress in this case?” “If there is an honest jury in Pennsylvania he has. In the first place the colonel should be tried by a military commission of National Guards and his punishment by that tribunal can only extend so far as to take away his com- mission. Then he should be tried by a jury for @ cruel assault and put in jail or fined; and | then he should be sued by the man and made to pay many thousands of dollars, if he ean pay | it, for the outrage. That is all that ought to | happen to the colonel that I can think of now.” re Congressman Wilson Renominated. Congressman William L. Wilson was yester- day renominated for his sixth term as Repre- | | sentative from the second West Virginia.dis- trict. It was a harmonious convention. Every one knew why he was there and was ready to do his duty. Temporary organization was made permanent and comtmittees on creden- tials and_ organizations were done away with. Bernard L. Butcher was named as a presidential elector. ‘Then followed the formal nomination of Mr. ‘i Mr. J. H. Woods of Barbour placed his name before the convention, saying that it was but a formality, for he had already been nominated in the hoarts of the peopl e | waut him for our leader in this campaign,” he | concluded, “‘and we intend to have him for our | representative.” | Acommittce was appointed to notify Mr. Wilson of his nomination, and they returned to the hall in few minutes, Mr. Wi accom- panying them. In his remarks he declared that the issues of the cam were the tariff and free elections in the states. In his trip to the Pacific coast andin his canvassing in New England he had astic on these issues, than which there could none greater, and that enthusiasm meant vietory. He bad doubtless met the dis- of some of his constituents in declin- found the party everywhere united and enthusi- | then d A FAMILY DROWNED. Slept. ‘ ‘The severe starm which passed over West Virginia Sunday night was more disastrous ip ite results than was at first supposed. It is known that there was considerable loss of life besides some destruction of property by light- ning on Long run, in Marshall county, a few | miles south of Wheeliag. An entire family of nine persons is reported to have been swept from the face of the earth by sudden fioed fol- lowing a cloudburst. The family consisted of William Doty and wife, their, three children, Doty’s father and mother, Mrs, Doty’s mother anda servant girl. The house was situated ina ravine and was swept away by the torrent, not one of the sleeping ocoupants being left to tell | the tale. The first known of the disaster was | the finding of the body of the servant. gir! this | morning in the yard of neighbor some dis-| tance below where the fated house stood. It is | also reported that the body of Doty and that | of one of the children have been found at the | mouth of the creek, which empties into the | Ohio river, Another houso was swept away by the eame torrent, but all the occupants are believed to have escaped. At Proctor, on the Ohio river | railroad, a long trestle was washed out and a froight ‘train was wrecked. Twenty-eight cars wore piled up, and the engineer, Will ley of Parkersburg, was injured so that his log had to be amputated Monday. At Parkersburg the state militia is in annual encampment, and Mon- day afternoon a second storm wrecked the camp. Women who were visiting the camp narrowly qhenped serious injury. | Near the encampment the stable of O. H. Shattuck’s stock farm was struck by lightning and soveral blooded horaes were killed ' see OARSMEN AT SARATOGA, Heats Rowed in a Number of Events. ‘The ennual regatta of the National Associa- tion of Amateur Oarstaen began on Saratoga lake yesterday. Ali the races set down on the Program for yesterday were rowed except tho | senior four, darknegs preventing that. Each Tace was one and a half miles with aturn. They winners were as follows: Senior singles, first heat—Edward Hedley, Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia. Second heat—William Caffrey of Crescent Bout Club of Boston. ‘Third heat—John J. Ryan, Sunny Side Boat Oinb of Toronto, Canada, Junior singl rst heat—James Hurley ofthe Don Rowing Club, Toronto, Canada. rad cyigonnd heat Peter Lehaney, Albany Rowing jab. Third heat—H. W. Cady, New York Man- hattan Club. Double sculls, first heat—Vesper Boat Club of a Second heat—Catlin Boat Club of Chicago. There was quite a lively meeting of the exec- utive committee of the association Monday. Edward Durnan of the Sunny Side Boat Club of Toronto, Canada, and Fred Hawkins, repre- senting the Manhattans of New York, were charged with selling races, and in Hawkins’ case the charge was made by the rowing master of the club that Hawkins reprosents. Both ‘men were called before the committee, and both denied the '- committee decided that both could row under protest pending an investigation by the executive committee of the association. Hawkins, when told of the decis- ion, said he did not think he would row at all. The start and finish are right opposite the grand stand, and the men in position number from the west shore. The officers selected by the regatta committee are as follows: Umpire-—Walter Stimson of Massachusetts. Timekeepers—J. H. Abell, jr., New York Ath- letie Club; W. Littlejohn, Canadian Athletic | Rowing Ansociation; J. P.’ Fox, Crescent Ath. letic Club, Boston. ‘Judge at finish —W. How. ard Gibson, Columbia Athletic Club, Washing- ton, D.C. Clerk of the course-—-R. H. Felon of Brooklyn. Starter—Theodore Van Raden, Atalanta Boat Club, New York. —— D IN A BATH HOUSE. Sad Death of a Young Annapolis Girl. Between 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday Miss Mamio Prosperi, aged sixteen years, was drowned in the bath house at the foot of Ship- wright street, Annapolis, She was the daugh- United States Naval Academy, In company with keveral other young ladies Miss Prosperi visited the bath house, Several married ladies, expert in swimming, bad left only # short time before the accident. It iswaid before leaving they warned” the young girls who could not swim not to go beyond the cop them, as none but expert swimmers ventured ont that far. A rope is stretched across the pool in four or five feet of water. Beyond this e water gradually deopens, and ut the farthest end of the pool it reaches a’ depth of twelve or bridge runs out from one side of the pool, about half way to which a ladder is attached, reaching down in the water, by which means the bathers climb up and jump off. A two-foot board walk is also placed around the side from the entrance of the bath house to the platform. For one to jump from this elevation into this dopth of patna 4 extremely dangerous unless the person should know how toswim. Miss Prosperi, who scems not to have learned theart of swimming, is said to have jumped from this extended platform into the deepest water. Miss Barry, daughter of Licut. E. B Barry, United States navy, was the only other young lady in the water of the swimming pool at the time. Miss Prosperi cried for help as she real- ized that she had gone beyond her depth and was sinking. Miss Barry, who coul . went immediately to her, but failed to reach her in time to be of assistance. In her exertion Barry became ex- hausted and fell prostrate upon the floor. Little Bessie Abbott, daughter of Wm. M. Abbott, who was aboutto complete her toilet in the bath house, also endeavored to rescue the drowning girl The body was recovered b: Physicians were summoned, but life was ex- tinct when they arrived. ‘The remains were removed to the family residence on Charles streot, where many friends called to extend sympathy to the bereaved parents. It is suid this was the first visit Miss Prosperi had made to the bath ho James Johnson. Farther Testimony Given as to Her In- sanity. itchell did not show the slightest sign of seven days’ trial, looking as well as upon the first day when court opened yesterday in Mem- phis. a Dr. E. B. Sale of Memphis was the first wit- ness introduced. Asked concerning hereditary insanity witne@ explained why it was that off- spring should inherit such traits from the mother rather than from the father, the fetus in utero being sustained by the blood’ of the mother. Dr. Sale then gave his opinion that the defendant was insane, the opinion being based on a personal examination and interview with her last Sunday. He was first struck with i The witness touching the murder, her love for and her inten- tion to marry Freda, which materially with thore testified to by Dr. Sim and Dr. ner. His opinion, based on this interview, ‘was that the to her ‘fi i perintendent Central Insane Asylum, was next called tand. He said the first thing that im- tor to the s ter of Mr. Augustus Prosperi, apothecary atthe | pointed out to | thirteen feet. Just beyond the rope a two-foot | HENRY HARDY CAPTURED. ‘Thetr House Was Washed Away While They | The Notorious New York Crook Taken at Frankfort-on-the- Main. Henry Hardy, alins Edward O'Connor, alias Seymoure, a notorious American crook, has been arrested at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. After his escape from prison last December he seem to have gone to Europe and to have been ‘as successful there in his “profession of bank burglar and general thief as he had been in America. He had forced the safes of banks in several large German and French cities, it is said, and made away in each case with considerable booty. He is said to have lived in grand style at Baden, Carisruhe and other German resorts, Two weeks ago he went to Frankfort and took splendid apartments at a leading hotel. In spite of his disguise and assumed name, the re- Port says that he was identified and connected ‘with several daring bank robbers and arrested. Hardy is a New York thief, having been brought up in ‘the neighborhood of “Hell's Kitchen.” Although only twenty-seven years of age ho is one of the most notorious and dar- |ing of bank thieves. He is as adroit in get- ting out of prison as he is in getting into bank vaults and behind ceshiore’ desks. le first attracted attention by committing two robberies in the same day. He first went Into the Fifth National Bank in New York in September, 1888, reached over the counter, anatched « bundle of bills containing $2,000 and got away. In the afternoon he climbed over the railing of the Commercial National Bank and grabbed a pile of bills con- taining 88,700. Before he could get away he Was captured and locked up in the Tombs. He was taken to the court of general sessions for trial early in October of that year, In the Prison pen he intimidated his fellow-prisoners with a pistol and pried off some ot the wire net- ting. Then he climbed out of a window, dropped to the ground and got away. John Kenny, a murderer, and William Cunningham, charged with assault with intent to kill, escaped with him. Hardy then went to Canada, where he robbed the Lauk of Montreal. in the same manner that he did the Commercial National Bank, of $8,000. He next turned up at Philadelphia ns a sport and cultivated the acquaintance of the de- tective force. A letter to a “pal” betrayed his whereabouts and he was brought back to New York. Recorder Smythe a week later sentenced bim to eighteen years and six months iti state prison, He was taken to Sing Sing, and later sent to Daunemora prison at Clinton. Last October he was employed in the prison yard. Securing a pair of workman's overalls he Joined u gang of painters. He worked fora short time and then calmly walked ont of the gates and was in the Adirondack forest an hour before his escape was discovered. He was recaptured by a Plattsburg policeman, who shot him in the knee. He then became. patient in the hospital. He made-a rope of his bed clo gained accoss to the roof of the hospital and, tying the rope toa projection, slhl to the ground. It was be- aided Lim with horses to make good his escape. = eS ON eats WASHINGTON NATHAN DEAD. Son of Benjamin Nathua, the Victim of the ‘Murder Mystery. NATHAN. At Boulogne, France, Monday, July 26. WASHINGTON, son of the late and Emily G. Nathan, in the fortieth-foarth year of his age. The subject of the above notice will be recog- nized as a coutral figure in one of the most noted of trazic mysteries—the murder of Ben- jamin Nathan, his father. It was Washington Nathan who, at 6 o'clock on the morning of July 23, 1870, stumbled over his father's corpse, which wus lying on the West 28d street, New York city. of that murder has never been solved, and to the day of his death Wachington Nathan bas suffered under the probable unjust suspicion of complicity in the butchery of the oid million- re. Washington Nathan, always noted for high living and money spending qualities, was again conspicuously before the public eye in 1879. In the spring of that year. while visiting Alice Harrison, the actress, in the parlors of the Cole- man House, he was assaulted and shot in the neck by a mysterious woman, who registered at the hotel only » few hours earlier as Miss Zu- lard of Philadelphia. Kumor had it that the murderous unknown was Marion Ward, a popular actross of the day, but subsequent ' inves would-be assassin’s identity os Mrs. Fanny Par- Tet, a well-known woman, who was more widely known as “‘Birdié Bell.” Her bulict entered Nathan's neck, I the heavy muscles under the right jaw, and was never removed. His aveailant escaped from e city and did not return until after his de- parture for Europe. Nathan married Mrs, Arnott, a daughter of Col. Mapleson of operatic fame. By Benju property | Nathan's tragic death the entire passed ‘The Nathan family to Mra Nathan, then removed to Sth ayenne and expended $35,000 annually in their living expenses. He leaves no estate, however, having spent all his money in luxurious living. The closing yours of his life were years of—for him- straightened circumstances. WILL BE A GORGEOUS SHOW. Something of the Immensity of the Pythian Encampment in Kansas City. ‘The Knights of Pythias will begin arriving in Kunsas City as early as the 15th of next month, as nearly all the regiments in the United States will send a committee in advance to look after its interests and to see that its tents are in proper shape. When it is considered that there are in the neighborhood of 160 regiments this means quite an advance guard. ‘The main body will begin arriving as early as the morning of August 22, and from that hour on every train all the regiments will have arrived on ‘Tuesday morning. August 23, and on that afternoon the big parade will be given. Four o'clock is the | hour ret, and this is causing considerable dis- | satisfaction, as it ia claimed that is the hottest | time of the day and that an hour later is early | enough for the column to move. This will, however, be arranged to the satisfaction of ali before the day arrives. good one and The program for the week is a well arranged. On Monday evening the time will be given o' to locating the various regimental and division headquarters and band- shaking. Tuesday morning the opening session of the supreme lodge will be held and in the afternoon the great parade will be given. ‘That evening will be given over to informal recep- tions at the various regimental and division headquarters. Wednesday afternoon is the time set for the review and dress parade. ‘This will be the feature of the encampment. there of the are not annonnced, but one of then wil be CeL Fortes of the seventh cavalry, who is at present the lieved that he had confederates outside who | library floor in the Nathan homestead, No. 12 | The mystery | ion revealed the | min | coming in will be crowded. It is expected that | lodge | a "August 12. Friday will be given over to tive division and batallion drills, and it ia right here | that Kanese City expects to make a most favor- able showing. On Friday evening the will be awarded. They will be given out by Supreme Shaw according to j selected from among the highest officers in the United States regular Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov't Report. Reval ABSOLUTELY Baking STORY OF A REMARKABLE CASK. | One of Tennessee's Most Prominent Law- yers in Sight of the Gallows, On August 12, if the sentence of the law ts | carried out, there will take place in the aity of Memphis, Tenn., the execution of a man whose story is of much interest and whose social posi- | tion is far above that of the ordinary con- demned murderer. Col H. Clay King shot and Killed David H. Poston, a prominent lawyer in | Memphis, on March 10, 1891. The prominence of both men in the legal profession, King being a lawyer also, and in a social way, togother with | the sensational story brought out at the trial, | made this one of the most celebrated murder | cases that has erer oceyrred in this country. In the south, particnlarly, excitement ran very Cod. H. Clay King occupied « position in the State Bar Association second to that of no other lawyer. He had accumulated « oomfort- able fortine from his profession and in addi. | that the emperor had a: la 1 | ton to this owned valuable ‘Tennessee and Arkansas. The manager of this latter property was Lee Thornton, « young Inw- | yer to whom King intrusted the ’ col ion of rents and other duties, It was this Thornton who unwittingly laid the | foundation for his employer's social downfall | and ultimate condemnation to the gallows. One | day while Thornton was in Col. King’ office consulting him about matters relating to the Arkausas property Mrs. Mary E. Pillow, the widow of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow of confederate army fame, entered. It has been said, and the statement ‘contradicted, that her coming was prearranged. Thornton knew Mrs. Pillow and introduced Col. King to her. Their admiration for one another was mutual and immediate, and if any difference in its intensity existed it wasin | Col. King’s favor. King was = married man, | with @ wife living and four ihters, each of whom seemed to be endowed with her father's uick wit and brightness. Up to the time of the meeting with Mrs. Pillow he was supposed to be devoted to Mis family, but from a all love or even digplay of ordinary parental care eeemed to cease. acquaintance developed into great fondness and that into desperate love. “They joined their interests in an Arkan- sas plantation. King secured house in Memphis, handsome led Mra. Pillow im luxury not ay other home in the city. The paid, by him and everybody in rthermore, King deserted Ris nd went to live in the same house with Mrs. Pillow. all this time he was endeavoring to secure a divorce from his wife in | order that he might marry Mrs. Pillow, but all his efforts proved of no avail. For some time this trregular relationship between the two con- tinued. Neighbors gomsiped about it, but Col. King and Mra. Pillow were apparently tqo much wrapped up in each other to trouble abont pub- lic opinion. 5 At last, however, there was of the intensity’ of this infatuation thet by and. be made itself apparent to the gostiping neigh- bos, Not unti after the killing of Poston aid the public hear the true stary as to what brought this change and with it the bloody climax. It all arose through a fancy of King’s that Mra. | Pillow had tired of his love and was beginning | to use him solely for advancing her pecuniary | gains. In addition to this he believed that she | was in league with Mrs. King, his own wife, in | her efforts to secure control’ of the Arkansas | Mrs. Pillow produced evidence both rom witnesses and by legal documents to show that ao made & will revoking all former ones and bequeathing to her all his property, real and personal, and alsoa number of deeds | which she claims he made over to her of other | valuable lands. He denied all this in cross-bills | and by other means, David H. Poston, one of the shrewdest Jawors in Tennessee in cases involving com- plicated transfers of land, was Mrs. 6 | chief counsel, and aa such subscribed to depo- | sition made by her to the effect that King dur- | | ing the course of bis w had declared to | ber that he rd from: certain things | involving his, King's wife, aul that he. pre~ posed making this the basis of his divorce pro- | Ccedinge. Although this came out in the wult i | over the Arkansas lend nearly two years be- fore the murder of Poston, King declared that it rankled in his broast and’ that he had carried |arevolver from that time up to the final act | with the intention of killing Poston, but that | he had been dissuaded from it by some friends. This grave avousation, together with the rupture in the affections of Mrs, Pillow and himeclf, | stirred up King’shot southern blood, and ac- cording to his code of tactics there was nothing left for him to do but carry out his purpoee and kill Poston, On the morning of March 10, 1891, Mr. Pos- as walking hurriedly along South Main strebt, Memphis, and Just as he was in the act of lifting his hat toe indy in» carriage Col. King rau out from an. alleyway, and plac- ing the muzzle of a $8-caliber revolver against Poston’s body, fired, The latter reeled « few steps backward and fell in a pool of blood. Friend. came to his assistance and he was re- moved to his own home, where he lingered in agony until the evening of the second day and died. In an ante mortem statement the victim said that when be caw King coming toward him he thought he was extending his band to restore their former friend: ship and that he was ebout to retura the greeting when the shot was fired. ¢After com- mitting his crime Col. King calmly stepped back and viewed his victim’s writhing form on the ground, and slowly wiping the muzzle of his Fevolvet he put it iuto his’ pocket and awaited the arrival of the officers to take him to prison. ‘There was some idle talk of mob judgmi but no violence was done. All efforts to secure a trial in another county proved unavailing an on June 1 the hearing was began in Memphis. Both the state and. the defendant were repre- sented by the greatest legal lights of the south, lawyers of note coming up from Texas and Mis- sissippi and other states. On July 3, a trifle over a month, the trial ended and the jury brought in a verdict” of guilty of murder in the Here is a case with but few parallels in the annals of American crime. All the wealth and Walted Two Hours to Kill Himself. Aman found John McCain upon a trestle on the “Clover Leaf” railroad, near Ind., Monday, and attempted to throw him to the ground H iy i ij Hf H g BISMARCK AN THE KAISER. An Interesting Account of How They Parted After Thetr Quarrel. The newspaper Generots publishes an inter | esting statement made bya friend of Prince Bismarck, a great « novelist and his- | torian, whose name ts noi re The friend | eaye that be entered Prince Rismarck’s «tndy on the day of the rupture betwoos prince and the emperor. | agitation, was walking the room, imprecations. he saw his friend Bisrnarck exclaiined “The emperor has kicked me, out without | sideration—me, the greatest servant of | grandfather end fether. He asked for m: | written resignation on the spot, but be shail | not have it until tomorrow, e | tience over the delay causes bi j en he became cal to attend a fete given ‘athohe leader. Bismarck begged j of not to go, saying that be regarded as condemnatory of of the chancellor tn the eves of th his bitterest enemies, while it woul great watinfaction to enemies of the and would be an overt repudiation of chancellor. ld cause ire, the The emperor answered brusquely and dis- dainfully, stamping one foot. “Are vou going | to dictate my very bill of fare?” be asked replied: “Then I must resign.” pt_your resignation,” raid the em- peror. “Tou may retire, Send me your reaig- nation in writing.” Birmarck then withdrew, but bh» obstinately refused to send in his resignation until the weak lay The Berlin correspondent of the London Times says: “Prince Bismarck, in his speech at on Sunday, repudiated the aseor- | ton thatbe bad become an opponent of the Austrain alliance. On the contrary, he em- phasized the belief that the Germans #bould unconditionally and under all circumstances hold tast to the Austrian alliance, which con- tained an important amelioration’ of the old relations. ‘While the North German confedera- tion existed,’ said Prince Bismarck. ‘we had claims on the seistance of 95,000 Austrians. If we were attacked today we would have under certain circumstances a clnim on the entire Austrian army. We are both favorably #itu- ated, Netther party is at « disadvantage; both are defensive powers. We are not only secure a6 regards France, but alo in the east, through the Austrian alliance, and are specially pro- tected all changes in the policy of Austria, pleaded in Vieuns thut the Austrians would deem it consonant with their intereste to maintain peace between Austria and Russia, which is #o important tous. I did not take an unfavorable view of the commercial treaty with Austria, I only said that the Austriahs bad got the best of the treaty. But Ido not grudge it to them, and only wish we were possessed of an abler negotiator. THE MATCH. Big Appolon’s Courage Failed Mim at « (Critical Moment. Pally 2,500 sweltering human beings found their way into the Academy of Music in New York Monday night and watched the match between Ernest Roeber und Appolon, the French champton. Tt was a remarkable exhibition, Remarkable for the gamenew of Koeber, the faint-hearted- news of his opponent and the tremendous strength of the latter. Appolon is superbly built athlete, At:45 the match began, and from the outest it was an interesting struggie and men in the theater offered ods on Appolon after the fitet minute. He looked big and strong enough ‘to throw bis opponent up into the gallery He ia six fast two inches in height, weighs 265 pounds and his muscular development is really remarkable. 5 Beside him even the great John L. Sullivan would look small. With all bis strength and skill, however, Appolon was outclamed by a man ninety-three pounds lighter than himself. Ernest Rosber exhibited a wonderful amount of pluck and it was hfs gameness which beat the French champion. After a good deal of hard work by both men Appolon got u strangle hold on Roeber Pick- img bim up he tossed the American to the car- Pot with as much case apparently as though joeber had been « broomstick. For half « minute Hoeber lav motionless, but his secouds finally grabbed him snd put forth their best ef- forts to bring him around. “Bravo! Appal-Yong!” came from all parts of the house. It looked indeed as though the next fall would go to him eusily, Muldoon’ coaching, however, had its effect, and Roeber came out after his rest of ten minutes de- termined upon outwitting bis rival. The time of the first fall was five minutes forty~<aght seconds, Roeber gota “half Nelson” on the big man after an exciting struggie and forced his shoulders to the carpet in five minutes six seconds. This broke Appolon's heart, and be claimed that he was badly hurt. His wife poured a bot- te of soda over him and he drank a pint of Claret, despite the protestations of Nir eeconds. This did not improve his courage, however. The third bout lasted 5m. 438, Rocher was ag- gressive and inlired no chatice of handing tis pponent rougaly. Appq@on, big as he is, soon SEES ear fel ee! Seting eo bats ran off the stage. Ina few moments he bobbled from behind the wings and extended his hand to Rosber, whore friends set up a howl which might have The Frenchman's eater and started ‘They wrestled for £1,000 a side aud the championship of the world. — Inquest on the Homestead Kiot« Kesumed. Coroner McDowell yeuterday in Pittsburg re- sumed the inquest in the cases of the ten vie tims of the Homestead riot of July 6. Much of the evidence taken was in the form of tech- nical descriptions of the injuries sustained by the victims, the testimony upon ing given by Dre. Mageer, Walker the e Hospital and RL. W: and McKenua of the West Penn Hospital. Capt. 0. C. Coons, a Homertend merchant, tes tified that the first'firing came from the boats. He said that when be was rushing down to the landing before the boat bad reached the mill yard O'Donnell overtook him and begged him to belp in trying to stop the men from ianding Tee i } # : i i & Pe EF I f £ fF gtk ae et color and rr | | f : I i 8 | i i | | | i ! : | 1 I ‘tf i i ? if tl | if i F i | fi HH i I E