Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1892, Page 6

we THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. aT, FROM OCEANTOOCEA Political News From Massachusetts | to the Golden Gate. | MUCH UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS.| States Generally Claimed by Chair- men of Both Parties. THE OUTLOOK IN INDIANA. INDIANA. Both Parties Claim to He Able to Carry the State. Correspondence of The Fvening Ster Ispraxarouis, Nov. 2, 1892. ‘The most significent development of the last two weeks of the campaign in Indiana is the un- deniable increase in republican confidence and enthusiasm. Whether or not there is a tangi- Bie reason for it is difficult to determine, but of the fact there is no doubt. Since Mr. Harrison | was renominated at Minneapolis the republicans | have been hopeful that he would carry this state, Dut at no time sanguine, although the party managers professed « confidence which they did | not really feel. Within the past fortnight there has been a steady increase in enthusiasm, and the belief that Indiana will surely go re- Publican bas grown until now it fs generally prevalent among the followers of that party. ‘There have been no outward developments in- dheating any considerable changes one way oF the other. There have been no fnets made pub- he that would justify a reversal of public opin- fon. The democrats are still claiming an _un- doubted vietory, but in spite of all this the drift has evidently been republicanward, a fact that many candid democrats themselves admit. Bat it does not necessarily follow from this pertinent fact that Harrison will carry his own state. and the ultimate result in indiana is almost as much in doubt as it was three months | sw In the opinion of conservative men there bt that on a strict out-and-out party divested of personal or local favoritism, is democratic, but by small margin. This year there will probably be 550,000 votes and the change of a very few nds, possibly hundreds, of them might | result. With ali the enthusiasm | wed by the nominee for President being a hoosier. with a “hurrah” campaign the like of which had never before been seen in any state, | aodg with « strong, well-handled organization back of him Gen. Harrison carried Indiana by only 2,300 plurality in 1888 Tn 1890. an off Year, in more ways than one, the democrats | came to the front with nearly ),000 plurality, which gave them control of every department of the state government, including the election machinery, which can be used most effectively. | ‘They entered the campaign well organized and With no serious disaffections among them. The defeat of ex-Cov. Gray at Chicago did not | in the various districts was over 2 | any propositions to tendo off any of their can- | by Congressman John T. Outti: didates or to fuse on local issues. They are for Kidwell and Cranfell and for every man on to that of the candiagte for township assessor. | There is no good reason to believe that any candidate for any office on either the people's party or probibition ticket im Indiana will be elected next Tuesday. THE CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK. Four years ago, when Harrison carried the state by 2,900, the aggregate republican ma- Jority in the congressional districts was 4,400. In 1890, when the democrats carried the state by 19,000, the majority for their Congressmen 000. Tak- the demo- ing the tion of 1890 as a basi Congressmen. Based on the result in 1888 they could only count on ten. In the comin election two districts, the sixth, represen’ by H. U. Johnson of Richmond, and the ninth, represented by Daniel Waugh of Tipton, both of whom are candidates for re-election, will un- doubted! go republican. The republicans ho} to carry three or four other districts. In_the first (the late Gov. Hovey's district) Major Tur- neham, the republican candidate, will probably defeat A. U. Taylor.who beat Judge Parrett, the resent incumbent, for the nomination. jaon . Brown (democrat) will be returned in the third, and “Objector” W. S. Holman in the fourth. In the fifth the republicans are making a desparate fight against Congressman Cooper on account of his prosecution of Pension Com- missioner Raum, with a fair chance of success. In the seventh (the Indianapolis district) Mr. Bynum is almost certain tobe re-elected, but by a reduced majority. In the eighth Cor perosetoan Brookshire is having a hard row to hoe, but will probably get through. In the tenth the chances are that the republicans will gain a member, and in the eleventh there is a pos- fibility ‘of the same kind. A conservative estimate gives the republicans four and probably five members from Indiana in the next Congress. but there is little chance for an increase over this. THE PEELING ABOUT OTHER STATES. It is a curious feature of the campaign here that while the republicans are not strikingly confident of carrying their own state, and cer- tainly not disposed togbet on such a result, they have every ecunuedes Wace aaron wil carry New York and be elected. An indication of this is » bet posted in a public place by a repub- can, who explained that he only bet to win, and not’ in accordance with his personal prefer- ences. His offer is to bet $1,500 or any part of it that Harrison will carry ‘New York and be elected. Accompanying this was another offer from the same man to bet any amount of money up to $1,500 at odds of #25 to #20 that Cleveland will carry Indiana. The republican managers here profess to believe that Harrison will certainly carry New York, and probably Connecticut, New Jersey and’ West Virginia. Indeed, they place much reliance on the last named state. There isa great deal of apprehension about the result in Illinois, however. and the reports that come from there are not at all reassuring. The enormous increase of 88,000 votes in the registration in Chicago has caused much | alarm. Added to this, it is generally believed that Altgeld (dem.) ‘is making a stronger race for governor than “Private Joe” Fifer, and it is feared that he will carry with him many former German republican voters for the democratic national ticket. Among Indiana republican leaders the feeling is general that Altgeld will give Fifer a very ciose race for the governorship, even if he does not defeat him, ‘and that the presidential iseue in that state is much more uncertain than it has ever been before. A SUMMING UP. weaken or disorganize the Indiana democ- racy in the least. The republicans went into the campaign with a serious discord im the Fort Wayne district and scat- fered dissatisfaction here and there on fccount of the distribution of the federal onage. But, in sporting parlance, they | ate tie eater il pporeey rp ‘that that now, at the end of the campaign, dem- ‘ocrats who were most sanguine two months ago Rave become verfy carfulof defeat. A verycurions about it ts that they have nothing definite ‘on which wuch an apprehension is based, but it seems to be “in the air.” The state committee and the ‘are doing all in their power to festore and inspire confidence, but some of ‘their following are clearly “rattled.” ‘THE VARIOUS PARTY CLAIMS. Tasked Chairman Gowdy of the republican committes for an honest opinion as to the out- Jook. “Harrison will carry Indiana by a greater plurality than he did in 1984," he said. | “I am inclined to be conservative when I place ‘the plurality at not less than 7,000. This is not @ mere claim; it is an honest Opinion, based on the polls and’ the reports from the various counties. We have gone closely into details ‘and know what we are talking about. The en- tire republican state ticket will be elected. The state is more strongly republican today than i outrageous gerrvmander of last yea" D. M. Ransdeli, marshal of the Mstrict of Co- fumbia, who has been here a month conferring vofident, | with the state committee, i equally He bases his belief on the alleged fact that there iw general satinfuction among the republicans With the administration, and because the large influx of popalation in the gas belt i# largely pubhean. Harry 3. New J m interview, said. “Fre I believe that all indicatic In the gas belt Delaware and H more votes than he bad 1 diana isadoubtful state. Since 1 earried it by 22,000, no of either party Gartieid tint 6. Rever was s tin © te the polls claim les part Wem in the stat plurality will be 10,000. of Grant, Madison, art Mr. Harrison’ will gain | ity in 1588. In- | when Grant ial candidate by 7,500. preatde i Inims 35,000 get them Harrison's b Ameri- €ane who left usin 1582 are coming back and Will vote for Harrisox It iw curious fact that m the past fifteen youre neither party bas ever hada full and com- Plete poll of the state. Four years ago the re- Budlicane had polled returns before the elec- ts i the counties ex: ua, while the democrats only had y-nine out Of the ninety-two cou: Tt can be said to the credit of Chairman Taggart of the demo- @ratic committer that he bas the best organiza tion any chairman has bad for years, and he Bars poll that will be absolutely complete by tomorrow night Only three counties are yet to bear from. ancl they will be in within the next is therefore something ‘Taggart s claim than 1 the demo- aile state, and it t the slightest that Mr. Cleveland will carry it by at least 10,000 plurality, anc my bo: pinion is that i¢ will be in exce 12,000. There is re- | Publican disaffection in various tate, particularly in Fort Wayne district, where Barrivon will get fully 1.200 less than be | did four years ag: lemocrats are well or- @ nize! harmonious and industric termined ti pubhieans sball ni 7 Bor steal the state from them. Mouey has al- Ways carried the republicans they cart ear they the tes, and the Australian ball keep them from making wholesul rehases even if | they had the mean t this down: The democrats will na by fully 20,000. They will ei bly eleven @ut of thirteen Congressmen, a: ven rity on joi ture to re-glect Se fwenty-five. The people's party vote will not | Burt any more than the probibition vote | ‘Will hart the republicans TEE PROF: D PRONIBITION PARTIES. ‘The people's party's strength and ¢ fm Indiana are both on the wane. Been internal dimensions anda lack of im the party, ax w Fry on the campaign the candidate for gove @n active and stirring canvass having spoken in @lmost every county in the state. He claims That be and the Weaver electors will 8.000 to 50,000 votes in 1 Bate reduced one-half wo i be much nearer | the mark. The earnest effort made by both | fhe democrats and republicans to get back | fnto line former membe f these Es tes who Rave shown « disposition to wander into th Popalists’ fold has been effective. The peo- ¢ party will probably poll 20,000 votes in | it may reach 25,000 and of these about 60 per cont will be thowe of former Jemo- cree Fepublicans place much hope on Beet The prohibition vote will likely reach 15,000. Dut it is not expected to exceed this. would be # gain of less than 3,000 « ‘of 1889, and the increase will largel the republican side of the fence, as ultra tem Pimance men belonging to the latter party ar no means sutisfied with the refusal or least failure of the party to take some declare tion in ite party plutform in favor of the regu- Intion of the liquor traffic. For the first time @ quarter of @ century the republican plat-| hae been significantly silent on sats | question. One thing can be said for im line, They refuse % listen to| Hd probibitionists: They are steadfast and | pabh There bave | © | and a few da; | other rej This campaign is so unlike any that has pre- ceded it im Indiana that it is difticult to arrive at conclusions. From the best information ob- tainable from ali sides, and from such facts as are really known, my honest impression is that the state will go democratic at the election next Tuesday. PPA CALIFORNIA. The Golden State Considered Uncertain, Though Harrison's Chances Are Best. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Sax Fraxcrsoo, Oct. 28, 1892. The interest of Californians is not per- ceptibly increasing in the presidential cam- paign as it draws to a close. Considering the dry nature of the subject the tariff is discussed with «pirit, but otherwise everything that re- lates to the success of Mr. Harrison or Mr. Clevclond is done in @ perfunctory way that is in ¢:<at contrast tothe methods employed in some of the political campaigns of the past | There are no big parades, no noisy brass bands, no monster meetings and but precious little discussion of the heated exclamatory order that results in the selection of a third person to hold the stakes. Perhaps the republicans are the more apathetic of the two, but the democrats have assumed an unusually lofty and dignified style that doesn't get down to the office until 10 o'clock in the morning and com- ports very well with a party devoted to reform. After talking with a score or more of managing editors, politicians and others who are com- pelled ‘to give some of their attention to the subject it may be said that their composite opinion of the situation in California today is this: ‘The state is more uncertain than it has been before in twenty years. It may go for Cleveland —woaldn’t be surprised if it did—put robability is that it will remain in the re- can line for Harrison. ‘YRIsco’s MUNICIPAL FIGHT. In San Francisco political interest centers in the municipal ticket+—there are half a dozen in the field—and the average man here will say that he cares a whole lot more about who is to be supervisor from the fifth ward than he does about the presidency. ‘The reason of this is that San Francisco has not yet recovered from the style of bossiam that was introduced some years ago by “Chris” Buckley, “the blind white devil,” who ruled San Francisco politics for a | decade and made himself a millionaire under as corrupt a system as Tweed’s. About a year ago Buckley was forced to absent himself from the coast. He went to Europe by way of Canada and has not yet deemed it prudent to return ‘The city, however, bas always furniahed good Picking for the politiaal plunderer, aud there are other local bosses who are ambitious to Weave for themselves a mantle like the fallen Buckley's. The ex-boss called himself a demo- erat. His successors call themselves republi- cans. They were suppored to be not so mag- nificeatly capable of their work as the fugitive ‘Statesman = schooled them, but in this cam- paign they are proving that San Francisco is not out of danger because Buckley is across the seas. No such colonizing and register stuffing were ever before attempted, and this is why the average citizen's attention ‘is turned from the | White House away off on the Atlantic seaboard to the city treasury of San Francisco out here by the Pacific. THE NEXT U.S. SENATORSMIP. This state of affairs has resulted ina non- partisan municipal ticket that has every pros- pect of being successful. It finds sympathetic pport from all over the state because it in- cludes many members of the next legislature from the Sau Francisco districts, and the dele- gation from the metropolis alweys rules the “4 of legislation” at Sacramento. The ry member from the foothills cannot get a m1 on coyote scalps or hydraulic mining passed without bargaining with “the gang from the bay,” which in return is usually permitted to name United States Senators aud have its own way about all measures of importance. The local fight also hae an clement of more than [veal interest because the result wil! have «deal todo with determining who Sgnator Feiton’s xnecessor shall be. The can- didates are M. H. De Young, ex-Gov. Perkins and Senator Felton himself. ‘The rural member of the legislature is commonly depended upon to vote for whoever is named by his party ‘The republican candidates in the San Francisco districts are all De Young men, and be non-partisans are all pledged against ‘him. Therefore if the local victory in this city goes to the independent voters Mr. De Young's chances of going to Washington as Senator Felton’s sue- cessor will be very emall; if the non-partisan ket is defeated “De Young will have a fair |. with a decited lead, provided, of course, that the legislature is republican. THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTR. Congressman Geary’s chances for re-election in the firet district have been improving during the past week. His opponent is E. W. Davis of Santa Kosa. Mr. Davis is a large vineyardist, wo a Sun Francisco paper dis- covered that he waygemploying «large number of Chinese among bis grape vines. ‘This is the unpardonable sin in California, and it is not dove with impnnity by citizens who seek po- litical preferment. At least they do not o! get the preferment if they are found out. ‘ongressman Camineta’s fight against an- publican candidate named Davis in the sec district remains in about the same condition as reported ten days ago. In the third district—always strongly republi- cau—W. B. English is making an. ineffectual fight for democracy against 8. G. Hilborn, who is almost certain to succeed ex-Cor Joseph McKenna, now on the circuit beneb. ©. O. Alexander and J.G. Maguire are re- spectively the republican and democratic can- didates in the fourth uistnict, now represented the prohibition ticket from their names down | erats could count on eleven out of thirteen | eos y von are, at. on by his ‘ad- ‘as well as to say timber of the new men will set Washi: though Maguire is called an orator mirers. He likes to make speeches Jobn L. Sullivan, but it takes him | | asmuch, Alexander is qilte very for Congressman. are contesting = | nominally democratic stronghold, but sue which has frequently returned a ‘republican Min the ith district In the fift Congressman E. F. Loud | is trying to keep his small republican majority |and the chances are in his favor. His op nent is J. W. Ryland, a young man from | Jose, who is being pushed as “an educated gen- tieman who comes from a good family.” In the sixth district there isa good, lively | scrimmage, with the people's party on top. Their candidate is Marion Cannon, a farmer of | ood ability, who has been the leader of the | popaliste in this state. His opponent is Henry | Lindley, » corporation lawyer, but Cannon was indorsed by the democrats because they had no hope with any candidate of their own, and his election is considered certain. The new seventh district is the scene of battle | between Congressman W. W. Bowers, who is anxious to succeed himself, and Olin Welborn, | Who represented the sixth’ Texas district from 1879 to 188° ‘Mr. Welborn will be remembered asa strong tariff reformer, but his contest for & seat from California is decidedly uphill work. The republicans count upon a majority of over 800, although the democrats claim Welborn will overcome it, ‘A DEMOCRATIO OPINION. Max Popper, chairman of the democratic state central committee, says: ‘if Weaver re- ceives as many votes as I think he will—be- tween 20,000 and 30,000 votes—and that vote consists of a majority of republicans, as I think it |, we have a fair chance of carrying California for Cleveland this year. t is my opinion that the first, fourth and seventh congressional districts are certain to go democratic. I believe we can also claim the second district and there is every prospect that the populists and democrats will elect Cannon in the sixth.” as THE OLD BAY STATE, The McKinley Bill and McKinley's Cousin Issues in the Campaign. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Boston, Nov. 2, 1892. “Not only the McKinley bill, but McKinley’s cousin isan issue in the Massachuretts cam- paign,” said a bright young democrat the other day, and he put the case well. The fact is that Wm. M. Osborne of the Boston police commis- sion, who Le: beon th chief bone of conten- tion betw cen Gov. Russell and his council, is « cousin of Gov. McKinley and was “raised” with him in Ohio. It is at his elegant house that the tariff statesman stops whenever he visits Boston. Washington people will readily understand the status of the Boston police commission, be- cause they know all about an administration by appointive rather than elective officers. ‘The Boston police comission was created by a legislature who feared that the city of culture was becoming too corrupt to be trusted with the full responsibilitios of self-government. It was designed to superintend the entire police service of the city, and especially to see that the sumptuary laws on the statute books were enforced. All the liquor licenses in the city are granted by the police commission, and this part of the work comes under the direct admin- istration of Mr. Osborne. As the number of icenses is limited, he wields a mighty in uence. He is in effect a czar, who holds Boston's law and oder in his hand without being answer- le to any authority in Boston, not even to the people whose liberties and’ beverages he touches 80 clorely. POLICE COMMISSIONER OSEORNE. One of the first things Mayor Matthews did, when he came into power, was to prefer charges against Police Commissioner Osborne. Gov. Russell ordered an investigation and the ex- ecutive council acquitted the commissioner, with the single democratic member dissenting. Gov. Russell, however, in face of his council's vindication, ordered Mr. Osborne's removal, and appointed Mr. Stone his successor. This appointment the council would not approve and so Mr. Osborne's official life continues. Hiy term soon expires by limitation, and if Gov. Russell is re-elected he will not’ be re- appointed. If Haile is elected he witl be. That is what makes Gov. McKinley's cousin an isoue in Massachusetts politics. Mr. Osborne ap- preciates the situation, and is in daily consulta- tionat the republican headquarters. Itis charged that he has promised to throw the liquor and police vote of Boston for the republican ticket. The democratic papers are after him; Mayor Matthews has revived the old charges, and altogether Mr. Osborne is almost as conspicuous | a figure as if he were running for governor himself. He certainly holds a place in the pub- lic eye second to no congressional candidate. ‘The unusual closeness of the contest this year is teaching Massachusetts politicians that they have never yet learned the art of getting out the vote. There were 100,000 more names on | the voting lists last year than there were votes | cast for both party candidates. To be sure | | that was an “‘off year” politically, but even in | 1888 Massachusetts did not poll anywhere near | a8 many votes as other states of about the same | population. Compare it with Indiana, for ex- | ample, a state that today bas the same number of electoral votes. Massachusetts’ combined | vote for Harrison and Cleveland was only 335,- 000, while Indiana cast 263,000 for Harrison and 261,000 for Cleveland, a magnificent total of 524,000 votes. Towa, with two less electoral votes than Massachusetts, polled $90,000 in 1888, and Missouri, with two more, rolled up 497,000 for the two big parties. To be sure Massachusetts has some 60,000 superfluous women, who count in the census, | but not at the polls, but that won't explain 60 great adelinquency. Massachusetts must “go west” to learn real practical polities. ANALYZING THE LAMGE REGISTRATION, They are trying to learn this year. ‘T'he poll tax bas been abolished as a prerequisite for voting, so that all a would-be voter need to do was to register. ‘There never wes such a regis- tration known inthe state. Boston alone added 15,500 names to its voting liste, and if the eame erage were carried out all over the state it | would mean nearly 100,000 recruits to the vot- | ing strength of the old commonwealth. it becomes a most interesting matter to between the parties. Naturally, both claim to have the best of it and will continue to do so | until they are forced to revise their figures in tion. At the first blueh it would seem that the democrats would profit most by the new rej tration. It must be remembered, however, | that the democrats have been stimulated to do their best work for several years and there has never been a time when a man who was willing | to vote their ticket need find a $2 poll tax an | insuperable barricr in his path to the ballot box, There were, plenty of philanthropists ready to pay it for hin ere have been, how- ever, very many young men born in this coun- try who were too indifferent to pay $2 for the chance to vote in state contests and too oud to allow any one else to pay it. for them. It is suspected that a good many of these young men will vote for Russell, but that | majority of them will vote the straight re- | publican ticket. This view is borne out by the Temarkubly large registration in the strong re- publican wards of Boston. The same is true of the suburban ofties, whose people are the busi- ness men and cler! f Boston, and are largely | republican. There is certainly a very general | fear among the democrats that the republicans have done as clever registration work as they have. The indications are that the republicans have somewbut the better of it. BOSTON TO DECIDE GOV. RUSSELL'S PATE. Gov. Russell's fate wili be decided in Boston. He carried the city in 1833 by 9,453, in 1890 by 13,343, in 1891 by 13,558. Last year about | 18 per cent of the vote of Boston was not cast | in the state election. With the 15,500 increase | in registration the democrats, on the ratio that held good last year, should have « plurality of | 16,408. Bat a much heavier vote in proportion to the registration will, of course, be cast. Con- servative democrats say Russell will go out of Boston with 15,000 plurality; enthusiastic ones say 20,000 or even 25,000. If Russell meets Haile at Charles river with 20,000 plurality, where, the democratic leaders ask, can the republican candidate get the votes to match him? The reports that are coming into democratic headquarters are at variance with the idea that Huile can get any such plu- rality outside of Boston: The republicans, on the other hand, not only claim a handsome pla- rality for Haile in the state, but hint that sur- prises are in store for Russell in Boston itself. Boston is becoming more and more cosmo- politan. It is uot true that ninety men out of one hundred are either Yankees or Irishmen. ‘The old aristocratic North End, in whose his- toric spire Paul Revere bung his lantern, is now presi sagen gt by Italians, Portuguese and in Jews. There are 225,000 British-Amér- ican residents of the state, some born in land and some in Canada, and of these 20, are voters. There are cities and towns com- posed almost wholly of French Canadians. The Scandinavian nored. It is a curious old world ant be- {ween most of there nationalities ea tne Pecks and since all Irishmen are democrats these other adopted citizens have « leaning toward republicanism. EFFORTS OF THE REPUBLICAXS. ‘The republicans are making an especial effort | Beware of know how this additional registration is divided | to recruit their ranks from these newcomers. The secretary of their state central committee is Abram ©. Ratebesky, a bright young Je ish clothier; their sergeant terms is ‘Deel pers be om dictator of the Italian Sliver, Hi Level Tagen aontcher ver, Have ota where the subtleties of the M fasue ve been exhibited in the soft patois of the French Canadian. said an Irish prioet of « French Canadian flock with a smile, ‘‘are all republicans and will. vote for Harrison because their Irish fellow Oatho- Mies will vote for Cleveland.” It is needless to state where the British- are ~~ hy i stands nor why hestands there. way, Blaine’s appeal to Irish prejudice ageinet "Englatd as & reason why itey inoala support the republican ticket came near creat- ing panic among that coterie of republican yolert who were busy working up the British- American vote with the same arguments re- versed. It is equally superftuous to state the natural political ‘affinities of the Scandinavian. He is, republican by instinct. His acquaintance is being cultivated by the republican leaders in order to educate him in the faith. Of course Massachusetts has its naturalize- tion scandals. Boston feels that it would be provincial, indeed, if its federal officers found nothing to do at such a time as this. This week it is Arlington, the nearest neighbor of historic Lexington, which has been the scone of arresta. It is alleged that some democratic aspirants for citizenship erred in stating the number of years they had been in this country. CONCENTRATING YOR THE FINAL STRUGGLE. The forces are concentrating for the final struggle. Friday night the democrats have a monster rally in Boston, and the next night the republicans will fire their heaviest volleys of wit and argument, The chairmen of all the ward committees in Boston have been seen tonight, and they give the following figures on the gubernatorial con- test: The democratic chairmen give Russell 48,143; Haile, 29,111. The republican chair- men give Russell 49,367; Haile, 34,465. ‘The re- Capes estimate of Russell's Boston majority 8,902; the democratic estimate, 19,032. —— DISTRICT SINKING FUND. Annual Report of the U.S. Treasurer as to Its Condition. HOW THE FUNDED DEBT HAS BEEN MANAGED DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR—BONDS RE- DEEMED AND AMOUNT OF INTEREST PAID— PRESENT OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS. E. H. Nebeker. treasurer of the United States nd ex-officio commissioner of the sinking fund of the District of Columbia, today submitted his annual report to the Secretary of the Treas- ury. The amount uninvested of the sinking fund for the old funded debt and the 3.65 per cent loan at the close of the fiscal year 1891, to- gether with the amount available for sinking funds from the appropriation for interest and sinking fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, is as follows: Sinking fund for old funded debt—Balance uninvested July 1, 1891, $81,- 161.16; amount available for fiscal year 1892, $172,308.44. Total, $263,459.60. Sinking fund for 3.65 per cent loan—Balance uninvested July 1, 1891, €2,273.26; amount evailable for fiscal year 1892, $260,015.63. ‘Total, 262,288.89, ‘The bonds retired for account of the sinkin, fund for the old funded debt during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1692, were: Permanent improvement 6 per cent bonds, due July 1, 1891, $78,200; permanent improvement 7 per cent bonds, due July 1, 1891, $1,500. These bonds, aggregating 879,700, were redeemed at their par value, leaving a balance of $173,759.60 uninvested. The bonds purchased and redeemed for ac- count of the sinking fund for the 3.65 per cent Joan during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, and the rates paid therefor were fifty- year funding 8.65 per cent bonds at par and interest, 827, permanent improvement 6 per cent bonds redeemed at par, $203,250: permanent improvement 7 per cent bonds deemed at par, $26,800. These bonds, ugg gating $262,150, cust $262,250.27, leaving . balance of $33.62 uninvested. The amount available for the sinking fund for the water stock bonds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1392, was $30,205. The balance uninvested at the close of the fiscal year 1891 was 6.70, making a total of $30,211.70 for in- vestment. The foliowing statement shows the bonds re- tired for atcount of this sinking fund durin the flecal yer ending June 30, 1892, and the rates paid therefor: Permanent improvement 6 per cent Douds redeemed at par... $24,200 Permanent improvement 7 bonds redeemed at par. 6,000 ‘These bonds, aggregating and costing $30,200, leave a balance of $11.70 uninvested. The following isa statement of the funded debt of the District of Columbia and late cor- porations of Washington and Georgetown on the Ist of July, 1878, when the duties of the sinking fund commissioners of the District were transferred to the treasurer‘of the United States, and on June 90, 1892: Outstanding July 1, 1878, $22,106,650; issued, $4,516,100; retire $7,489,350; outstanding June 30, 1892, $19,133,- 400. ‘To provide for the redemption of the bonds maturing in 1891 the treasurer issued und sold in accordance with the provisions of the act $2,400,000 of 8.50 per cent bonds at a premium of 0.531 per cent, realizing the sum of €2,412,- 744, which was applied to their redemption, leaving bonds amounting to $354,200 to be pro- vided for by the sinking funds. To provide for the redemption of the bonds maturing in 1992 the treasurer has issued and sold $400,000 of 8.60 per cent bonds at a premium of 1.291 ver cent, realizing the sum cf $405,164, which, after being applied to their redemption, will leave $478,300 to be absorbed by the sink- ing funda, ‘The estimate submitted to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of the amounts re- quired by the treasurer for the service of the sinking fund office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, are as follow For interest and sinking fund on the funded indebtedness, exclusive of the water bonds, $1,218,947.97; for current expenses of the sink- ing fund office, $4,000; for interest and sinking fund on one-half of the amount appropriated to increaso the water supply of Washington, the cold gray light of the morning after elee- | D. C., $83,333.89; for interest and sinking fund on one-half the ‘cost of the forty-eight-inch main and connections and 14th street main and connections, €20,358.80. The estimates for clerical services are the same as last year and are but commensurate with tho responsible and increasing duties of the office. During the fiscal year 1890, for the first time, the payments for the relief of policemenexceeded the receipts, but the treasurer held at the close of the year for this fund: District of Columbia 8.65 per cent bonds, £29,000; United States 4 per cent bonds, $1,550, and cash, $142.36. Since that time the ‘monthly requisitions on the fund have steadily increased, resulting in a reduction of the securities in 1891 of #3,350 and | in 1892 of $7,200. Unless some means are devised to increase the income the whole fund will be exhausted in a short time. a TO UTILIZE GARBAGE, Atthe morning session of the board today the Commissioners heard the proposition of the Simonin Company to treat the garbage of the city. Messrs. J. R. Littell and H. Page Guyton represented the company. ‘Mr. Guyton explained in detail the process, It was, he said, the only one that did not emit disagreeable odors. In fact the garbage was never seen. After being conveyed to the plant it was dumped into pockets and loaded on the interior on cars and run into the ex- tractor, where the oils and fertil- izere were brought~ out. The oil was used in the manufacture of candles and the fertilizer, of course, was sold. From this they derived inalargeextent their revenue. He explained that after the garbage was de- livered it was. subs in» hydro-carbox bath. This killed bacilli absolutely, mmissioner Douglass explained the pres- greg ere doubtful that the Commissioners could execute a contract to destroy the garbage. The contractor, he thought, owned the garbage and his ‘contract was for five years, He understood that the National Sanitary Company was erecting a plant to treat the ‘and of course supposed it had en- into @ satisfactory arrangement with the present contractor. —_ ‘Win Fitea. An exemplified copy of the will of Annie E. ‘ote is something not to be ig- | Wells of Port Tobacco, Md., hasbeen filed here. She leaves to her daughter, Harriet Jane, her effects in Maryland, real estate in square 878 and the remainder of her estate to her son, Elijah M. Welle. Coo Se SS 8 Acid Phosphate. 8 | ments to produce rain last night. RAISED A STORM AT LAST. The Alleged Rainmakers Bring ‘Torrent of Indignatien. Down a CITIZOHS OF EVERY CLASS FEEL OUTRAGED aT THE DETONATIONS MADE LAST NIGHT—THE EXPERIMENTERS FIRED FROM THE GOVERN- MENT RESERVATION BY GEN. SCHOFIELD. If storms and precipitation are the articles which the gentlemen engaged in the ‘“rainmak- ing business” over at Fort Myer are after, let them be satiefied, for both have come. The mighty bombardment bas caused a storm of in- dignation in the usually peaceful bosoms of the citizens of Washington, so that itlooks as though there was danger of a march upon the rain- makers’ camp. The precipitation has taken the form of shower of complaints and indignant letters, which have fallen on Tue Star office and the Agricultural Department. LAST NIGHT'S BOMBARDMENT capped the climax, and especially in George- town was the shock of the explosions, which took place late in the night, startling and alarming. Even on Capitol Hill and in the suburbs of the city, however, the concussions and shocks could be plainly felt. The sudden awaking and terrible jar was especially disas- trous to the sick and feeble of the city, and this morning the doctors of the city were expecially indignant at what they term the “outrage.” ‘The explosions are for the purpose of testing new explosives to be used in Texan in the “rain- making” experiments. Just why, even if these explosions are necessary, they should be made at night is one of the unsolved mysteries of the affair. Last night the hour between 1 and 2 seemed to be the favorite one for the heaviest charges. THE RAINMAKERS FIRED. Ae has been stated, the Agricultural Depart- ment has received a large number of protesting letters and the Secrotary this afternoon held a consultation with Gen. Dyrenforth, which would undoubtedly have resulted ing the ceasing of the night firing if not of the whole business. en. Schofield, however, took the matter out of the depart: ment’s hands this morning and issued an order to Col. Guy Henry at Fort Myer, directing him to forbid the rainmakers to conductany further experiments with explosives on the military reservation. COL, HENRY'S COMPLAINT. Col. Henry called at the War Department this morning and informed Gen, Schofield of the operations of the bomb exploders last night. He said that yot only were the ex- plosions = source Of annoyance to the People of that post, but that com- nts were received ail during the night telephone from citizens in Washington and Georgetown imploring the commander to stop the experiments. Some of these appeals were of the most urgent nature, coming from ph} cians and from households where there sick people and invalids who were seriously and in some cases dangerously affected by the de- tonations. One of the explosions broke @ gas globe in Col. Henry's apartments, and the fragments fell upon Mra, Henry, who waa reading at a ta- ble, giving her a severe fright. Gen. Schofield acted promptly and the bomb bursters will be fired incontinently from the reservation today. GEN. BOYNTON'S PROTEST. Dozens of people have written or called at Tue Stan office today to protest against any further sleep-destroying bombs. One of the best known of Washington news- Paper men, Gen. H. V. Boynton, makes this vigorous protest “Having a very sick brother to think about my attention was most pointedly called to the tremendéts explosions at Fort Myer, lasting from 2 o'clock till near daylight this morning, and being strong enough to shake houses as far | north as Rt street. “Ore of the leading physicians of the city said this morning that all the doctors felt that the affair was one of the grossest outrages ever perpetrated on the sick and feeble of a great city.” EFFECT OX THE AGED. Avwell-known city physician said today toa Star reporter: “Two old ladies, one over eighty years of age and bedridden, the other over seventy, who needs undisturbed sl morning from the noise and jarring of their houses by the explosions. made by the experi- Iam sure | shock to the nervos and injury to health of the feeble and sick,living within jarring distauce of these explosions,the experimenters would be ore dered toun unsettled part of the country.” A WEATHER BUREAU MAN KICKS. ‘There is one well-known scientist over in the weather burean who disapprovesin the strongest manner of the whole subject. SEND TUE BOMBS TO TEXAS. Another well-known newspaper man, Mr. F. | A. G, Handy, say ‘We can water the parks and reservations | without their assistance, and we prefer the re- freshment of sleep to that of showers artificlally manufactured. Let the experimenters go to ‘Texas or some other hot region forthwith, and we shall be grateful.” ANOTHER NEWSPAPER MAN OBJECTS. Stil another newspaper man writes: “From 2 o'clock until 5 the bombardment was almost continuous, and at each discharge the windows of renidences throughout the city were rattled | and the houses themeelves shaken to their very foundations. If these experiments must be made let the inventor and bis followers go to the desert of Sahara,where they and other peo- ple will be undisturbed, but let us have peace.” OUTRAGES ON THE SICK. An F street merchant writes a communica- tion to the point. He says: “Explosions in the middle of the night, loud enough to shake the stars in their sockets, ma; be scientific, but they are outrages on the tic and weary, and nuke one wish the experi- menters were already in Texas, or that other place mentioned by Sheridan.” ‘sentleman from the Capitol write have inquired at several hospitals this morning and find that the heavy reports caused much loss of sleep, and in several instances se- rious trouble was threatened. Is it not time for Tue Star to turn its strongest search light in the di- rection of the rain-bomb fraud — across jthe river?” he writes. “If ‘Old Merlin,’ | who is engineering that particular piece of necromaney, was sincere in what he told your reporter yesterday why fs it thet be must choose the dead hour of night to set off his 6: plosives? Would not the day time answer as well ‘to determine their value?” No doubt nine- tenths of the inhabitants of the nation’s tal were awakened between 1 and 2 o'clock morning, the nervous ones irritated and the sick injured by ‘Old Merlin’s’ bomba. If the explosions would only bring rain the nuisance might not bo complained of, but the only effeot thus far observed is to apparently drive the rain away. It was raining quite briskly in Georgetown this morning at about 1:50, when the first bomb was fired, but after two or three nerve-destroying whang-bangs uf the same sort the rain abruptly ceased. J. Pluvius will never, I fear, bestow his favors on any community,’ however drought-stricken, whieh permits such monkey business (that's the Proper term) in ite midst. “In all soberness the recent repeated heavy explosions have demonstrated conclusively that concussion or sound waves will not produce rain, The weather maps for the past two or three daya have shown the conditions over this region to be most favorable to a termination of tho long and severe drought, and all the forecusts have been in favor of rain; copious and widely extended rainfalls have been reported on the map over the whole Mississippi. lower Missourl and Ohio valleys and gradually cx- tonding eastward. The winds on the eastern slope of the Alleghanys and on the whole Atlantic seaboard have been from the south and laden with the Fain-producing vapor, yot the life-giving fluid declines to come down. Why? Simply because the prime cause of rain- fall haa been lacking, viz.,a sudden and con- siderable cooling of the mass of vapor-laden air. The mass has moved northward for several days, but has suffered no substantial reduction in temperature, and therefore only ocensional light flurries of ‘rain haveoceurred. In theory and nodoubtin practice the explosion of bombs only serves to raise the temperature of the air in the immediate vicinity of the explosion, and,thus increasing its capacity to contain moisture, the rain in that samy ive Bhely "crashed 40, in’ the upper | un out of fumes of the: p, Were prostrated this | if Secretary Rusk or the President knew of the | JAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1892. A BREACH OF THE PRACE. An indignant gentleman from 11th street writes: “By what authority do these people disturb ‘the rest of a ‘of a million fellow citizens? Does not invasion of my premises by an enemy that cannot be barred out constitute an ascault? Tt fe certainly a breach of the peace. the illness of Mrs. Harrison these pseu tists refrained from their experi- ments lest they should hasten her death. Has no otber sick person any rights? There may have been others, whose illness was not neces sarily mortal, to whom the shock of these explo- sions would be fatal. If a regular ici should certify that his patient died =a effects of such a shock to the nervous system would not an indictment for manslaughter hold against the perpetrators? “The suffering caused in a large city by such an outrage is beyond computation. A repeti- tion of it will bring concerted action by a num- ber of sufferers, who believe there isa legal means of protection against such assaulte, WILL SUBSCRIBE TO PROSECUTE THEM. Mr. H. D. Seymour takes a business view of his indignation. He writes: “If there is any way by which the parties who tortured the citizens of Washington last night by the infernal bombardment at Fort Myer can‘be prosecuted I wili subscribe $100 toward » fund for that purpose.” LEY THEM Go QUICKLY. Another gentleman, after denouncing the bombardment, writes: “They eay they are about to go away to some arid place. Let them go quickly, and I would the place might be as arid as—well, as is neces- sary to have them at, explosives and all.” MIGHT RESULT FATALLY TO THE SICK. Mr. Cooper McGinn looks at the question from a medical standpoint. He writes: The bombardment at Fort Myer last evening has caused no little discomfort to many residents of this city, and perhaps in some cases the re- sults may go beyond discomfort. Where population is centralized diseases of the nervous system are always to be found in considerable number. The shock resulting from such explosions as those of last night, felt aa though they were in Washington, might result dangerously if not fatally to the sick whose life is hanging in the revent the rumbling balance, We rope our street to pi of wagons in front of the dwelling where the doctor's patient is in a critical condition. Why, then, should this terrific atmospheric disturbance be permitted to be carried on in such close proximity to the houses and homes of 250,000 people? ‘The United States has experimental grounds and “proving grounds removed from any cen- ter of population and to these points should the rainmaking experiments be relegated. They may do incalculable damage here.” DENOUNCES THEM AS A NUISANCE. A well-known government official de- nounces the nuisance vigorously and then says: “What does it matter if the people are divided on the question of eternal torment. If there is to be none we want none now that can be avoided, and if a wicked city must suffer eter- nally we want no samples in advance. Perhaps they think they ure progressive, driving things. If so they have a very loose hold on the reins, as the rain seems to be getting away from them! “If they are determined to raise thunder and make the night hideous, I, for one, suggest that they got farther away from the city, where peo- away until the heavens hap we grin over their departure.” WILL GET XO MORE APPROPRIATIONS. Another newspaper man, Mr. Clus Crom- well, has this to say: “Whether the dynamite fiends of the Dyren- \forth outfit brought about this | showers or not they certainly succeeded in raising a storm of indignation in my neighbor- hood at least. My house shivered and shook like a North Carolina Congressman whose quinine supply has run out, and the windows rattled ‘ike castinets. That scientists | —heaven save the mari with new ‘discoveries’ are like bovs with new drums was illustrated anew by the senseless and out- Tageous performances of the early morning, and outside of the annoyance caused to healthy citizens by the infernal sleep-destroying and temper-irritating racket there is no way of even approximating the injury done to the sick, | particularly to those suffering from nervous diseas twithstanding the fact that a prophet has no standing in his own country, T venture the | prediction that the rosellite explosions blew all the chances for a ‘rainmaking’ clause in \the next appropriation bill higher than Mr. Gilderoy’s apocryphal kite.” A LADY'S PLAINT. A lady writes in a melancholy strain: “It is bad enough to live in a neighborhood where your neighbors saw wood ‘at 5 o'clock in the morning,’ where every little barking dog sets up a howl and all your neighbors’ chickens begin crowing, but to have your house shaken from its foundation from midmght until sun- up is beyond eudurance. I expected all those long resting at Ouk Hill to wake up this morn- jing, but I beg you, dear Star, put a stop to | this booming and’ let us trust to the ‘old weather man,’ whosends us gentle showers, and without so much racket.” A LIVELY Grown. A citizen who signs himself “Old Growler” writes as follow “Can it not be suggested in the columns of your good paper that this midnight cannonade at the expense of Uncle Sum be arranged to | take place in the daytime? Or if it must of | necessity happen at night would it not be roper to suggest to Uncle Jerry that the jour of these artificial thunder showers be inserted in the daily weather map, in order that nervous people may be prepared, and not jump out of bed ®at 3 am. and seek eir life insurance policies in the fear of mo- mentary destructior. The pleasure of this parting salute to the young men who retire at this hour cannot offset the serious incon- | venience of broken rest suffered by those of | mature years. CIVILIZED COMMUSITIES SHOULD BE EXEMPT. Arthur Dunn, the newspaper correspondent, | writes: “If these persons are granted the liberty of performing their pranks on the bar- | ren plains of Texas and South Dakota (at gov- | ernment expense) surely civilized communities | should be exempt.” | These letters quoted above are only the | merest sample of the missives which an indig- nant people have showered on Tue Stak today. PROF. HAZEN'S OBSERVATIONS, There is a rainmaking side to the question. An official connected with the experiments gave | Sran reporter today a statement of his per- sonal observations of the results of the bombardment last night. He says that the | first explosion at 1:50 a.m. was followed by @ lively shower of rain. At 2:41 another ex- plosion occurred and rain followed within two minutes. No rain followed the explosion of , but the clouds broke away and the sky | cleared. At 3.06 rain followed the explosion within eight minutes. No rain occurred after | explosion at $:44, le thinks that the experimenters suc- ceeded in causing rain by the explosions, but he says it is not possible to demonstrate the actual effect of the explosions upon the atmos- jhere sufficient to produce the rain. He be- lieves that it will be possible to secure rain by artificial means. A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME. ‘Maj. Dunwoody of the weather bureau holds an entirely opposite opinion. He thinks that the rain had no possible connection with the explosions. It was raining at the time over an area of territory 2,000 miles long and 500 miles wide; rain had ‘been forecast for this section, and what little precipitation there was came naturally and not by artificial means. in 8 | Dunwoody is of the opinion that the ex ments will result only in waste of money and time. ‘A POETICAL PROTEST. Inclosing the question it may be well as showing the awful effects of last night's bom- bardment to quote a contribution received from Lonis L. Korn: “Oh, Rossellite! ple will appreciate their reign and then thunder _ n to ween, while | DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. XXREDS OF MOUNT PLEASANT. This morning the committee representing the Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Association called | upon the Commissioners and laid before them | the reports of subcommittees in which the needs of that section were fully set forth. As the Commissioners have already | their estimates for the support of the govern- ment to the treasury it is imponsible to insert any of the recommendations. The Commis- sioners, however, promised to forward the re- ports to Congress, A BUILDING DECISION. An interesting point was settled by the Com- missioners today. Recently an application was made for a permit to build house on Brown street, Georgetown, between Valley and High streets. As the street is only 29 feet 6 inches wide the permit was refused, as it was thought the ease came within the meaning of the law which prohibited the erection of a dwelling in any alley less than 40 feet wide. ile the Commissioners made no decision as to whether or not the law applied to the case in question, they agreed to issue the permit, pro- |-vided the house was built five feet three inches back. This distance. together with « similar space on the other side, would make the street forty feet wide. BUILDING PERwITS, Building permits were issued today to the following: Geo. 8. Cooper, six brick dwellings, from 633 to 643 4th street northeast; cost $20,000. J. H. Lewis, one brick private #tabl | rear 1100 Florida avcnue northeast (county cost $200. E. G. Skinner, one brick private stable in rear 1246 I street northeast; coat #300. Geo. Simmonds, one frame dwelling on Coburn street, Pleasant Plains; cost $2,500. J.J. Barry, one brick warehouse, rear 442 reet_ northwest: cost §1,500. Jno. Cookee: @ brick dwellings, from 1610 to 1618 lst street northwest; cost £15,000. MISCELLANBOUS, Upon the recommendation of Maj. Moore the Commissioners have appointed Wm. H. Harri- son a private of class 1 and promoted Private W. B. Cook to class 2. _ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by tho |clerk of the court to the following: George | Smith of Omaha, Neb., and Virginia A. Hogue of Napoleon, Ohio; John B. Hale and Mary B. Woodville, both of Culpeper, Va.; W. A and Sarah C. Dotson; Samuel A. McNeely and Bridget A. Kyne; John Rufin and Annie An- derson; Heury Thompson and Caroline Parker; Joseph Harris and Matilda Sims: Conrad Brunke of Lancaster, Neb., and Theres Sholer; | W. H. Johnson of Green county, Va., and Mary | C, Howell of Nortonsville, Va.; Richard V. Ou- |laban and An McGowan; Lewis A. Hartzell | and Mollie Bovd; Louis W. Simons and Lizzie | F. Widmyer; Wm. 8. Parker and Katie A. Rup- pert ' | er Real Estate Matters. John A. Carr has purchased for 25.090 of G. | W. Fowler et al. lot 12, block 3, and 8, block 2, West Brookland, and lots 5 and 2, West Brook- land Park. James T. Wormley bas bought of Anna M. | Cole and W. H. A. Wormley for $6,250 each sub 19, square 199, 263; by 100 feet, on 15th between I and K streets northwest, ick Dugan has purchased of W. A. East- for $6,000.aud sold to Thos. Hyde for part 30, old Georgetown, 30 by 110 feet, on Market and Bridge streeta. A. E. Acker has bought for $5,150 of James Ray sub B, square 398, 20 by 96 feet, on O be- | tween 8th and 9th streets northwest. Guilty and Innocent. | _ Inthe Criminal Court this morning Charles Scott and Aibert Bush wore tried for larceny from the person (a watch from George Hal- sten) in Lincoln*Park on July $ and the former was convicted and the latter acquitted. > Improved Order of Red Men. The great chiefs of the Great Council of the | District of Columbia, I. O. R. M.. visited Tribe, No. 11, at St. George's Hall, 510 street northwest, Tuesday night, being the fave of this series of visitations to the different tribes in the District. After the usual intro. duetory features the exemplification of the uns written work was proceeded with, followed by the reports of the different chiefe,which showed the tribe to be in a prosperous financial comd: tion. Short addresses were evening by Past Great Sachems J Dement, Harris Willson and other members of the Great Council and of Seneca Tribe, and so by S.G. King of Chesapeake Tribe of Maryland. The order of Red Men in the Unites States is now in a flourishing condition, and its membership in the past ten years has increased from 40,000 to 130,000 members. The order is beneficial, and has expended during the year for relief of members $248,547.21; relief of }; burial of the widows and orphans, $6.457.7 ‘dead members, £59.934.92. OFFICE: EQUITABLE Assets, $ Seneca | mace during the the fact that the odds in betting are in favor of | Cleveland in New York. The fact that these |edds do not extend to the general rerult ie puzzling to them. Republicans are troubled | about this betting, but it ix hard to find any democrat or republican who will not declare | that bis camdidate bas the best of it. At bote tom the situation ts the most perplexing te | political prophets. The general, expectation here may be counted as probably more favor- able to Cleveland than Harrison, but very fe! have enough confidence in their own jadgmeat | of the situation to put up money on it | AN EXPLANATION OF THE BRETTING, | ‘The republican explanation of the ode for | Cleveland on New York is that the democratic | Managers, seeing that they could ne | Tammany to do any “fine work” for Cleveland at of their love of him, decided apon @ any and the gamblers in Cleveland's «uceess. ancerted, 0 betting otic managers an rely on. in the hands of influential democrate | and gamblers whose le be apt to be followed, with instructions to give odds on Clevtland’s carrying New York. The purpose of this is stated to be to lead a great man workers to pnt up their money on. Cleveland | with the idea that it With their beta on that side they may Jupan to do more fine work to = money than they would do for Cleveland w | stances, | MK, CLEVELAND der other cireum- NYIDENT. A gentleman who has recently talked with | Cleveland, Whitney, Brice and Gorman on the political situation says that he never saw men appear more confident than ther d pocratia success, Mr. Cleve od, be says, expressed the opinion that the democritts could not be beaten | in New York. Connecticut, New Jersey and West | Virginia, where the republicans are making special efforts, and sald that bis information was that the democrats would carry Indiana by not less than 8,000, REPUBLICANS FEEL SURE OF MIC MINNESOTA, A letter received from Senator Stockbridge j states that the republicans are sure of the | Michigan legislature and that Cleveland will not bave more than three electoral votes im Michigan, A letter from Minnesota states that the res publicans will carry that state and will elect all ut one of the Congressmen. o- es ANS’ NEW DUTIES, He WII Succeed Commander Coffin on the Light House Board. Commander Robley Evans, recently detached from the cruiser Yorktown, will succeed Com- mander George W. Coffin as naval secretary of the light house board. Commander Coftin during his tenure of office has made a great many friends and has endeared himself to every one baving business with the light house board. Ax Commander Coftin's shore duty time has almost expired he will probably be sent to seas Commander now in Washington and will assume the duties of the office at the expiration of his leave of absence, He will be remembered as the oiticer who carried the ; Yorktown to Chile during the late disturbances | there. While the Yorktown layat anchor in the | harbor of Valparaiso the crew were threatened, | with indignities by the Chileans, whereupon | Commander Evans sent word to the command- | ant of the port that if his crew were molested while away in «mall boats or otherwise he | would promptly open fire on the town with the | Yorktown’s guns. Thereafter lamb-like pesce | prevailed, HIOAN AND | | COMMANDER instansmenesiliib Dr. Townshend Better, |. Dr. Townshend continues @ very sick man, | but has rested easily since yesterday and this | afternoon was thought to be a tritle better. Many Aliases. In the Criminal Court, Justice Cox, today © plea of guilty was entered by Harry Thomas, alias Hunt, alias Wilson, alias Barker, indicted | for housebreaking (store of Jobu H. Crump) | on August 9 me wi Vote for Harrison This Time. Mr. J. P. Volimer, the largest taxpayer in the | state of Idaho and a life-long democrat, was in j the city today on his way to New Nort. He controls three national banks in Idatto an@is im tive business, In refering to the political situation he declared that Idaho was mfe for Harrison. He said that he had always voted the democratic ticket. but this time he was ga ing to vote the republican ticket because be re garded protection as essential to our business prosperity and our present banking system the t we have ever by The 24th New Issue of Stock—First Payment November, 1892. SHarEs, $2.50 PER MonTuH. EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, BUILDING, 1003 F STREET. 1,397,859.48. The following is from the last statement, showing the increase and volume Total receipts Receipts, past 12 months... Monthly a Amount of dues on stock... Amount of net earnings... verage receipts, past 12 months .. Amount of advances to shareholders. Amount of advances returned and settled. Advances held by shareholders... Amount returned to shareholders... Amount of active stock.. Amount of earnings paid shareholders. Net earnings and surplus. of the business transacted, and what has been accomplished by the members with the advantages and opportunities afforded them in this Association : - $8,110,056.14 1,273,784.31 97,815.36 4,960,100.00 --_ 3,742,588.00 1,217,512.00 - 3752,001.80 2,545,079-80 i 1,206,922.00 377,675-99 186,738.51 190,937.48 ‘Withdrawal Value of Shares in Each Issue. Present assets Increase past year Maximum yearly increase. Minimum yearly increase... Average yearly increase... Thirteenth issue. $182 87 Fourteenth issue... 75 Fifteenth issue........... 92 Sixteenth issue 139 49 Seventeenth issue. 207 Eighteenth issue. ae Nineteenth issue... te Twentieth issue. 629 Twenty-first issue. en ‘Twenty-second issue... 355 Twenty-third issue, —...... 0 ps 14,868.8 +» $1,397,859 48 125,548 47 159,647 36 36,145 44 peceeeenee 107,527 66 ‘The Object of the Association. First—SAVING: To make regular monthly savings on shares of fixed amouxts and realize a fair and substantial profit. Secqnd—LOANING: To purchase, pay for, and acquire homes and other property by obtaining advances from the Association at reasonable rates of interest, to be paid in monthly instalments with the privilege of settling all or any portion of the advance when desired. 24th Issue of Stock ‘Tuomas SOMERVILLE, Pres. Jno. Joy Epson, Secy. Open for Subscription. A. J. ScHAFHIRT, Vice Pres. G. W. Casixar, 2d Vice Pres. LAWRENCE - Hi. H. Twomeary, ELuis SPEAR, Frep W. Pratt, Mancus BAKER, Jos Bannarp, Gro. W. Joun W. Scuaxrzn, ‘M. C. Bamnarp, Attorney. the and of the Ovmice Hous; 9 4. M. to4.902. Juo. Jor Epson, Secretary,