Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1893, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1893, Mr Were And I, writes @ gentleman who formerly resided in Connecticut, but who now resides at Honolulu, ‘for 2Oyears past have used Ayer's Hair Vixor. and we attribute to tt the dark hair which she and I now have, ‘while hundreds of our scquaintances, ten or a dozen Years younger than we, sreeither gray headed, white, @bald. When asked how our hair has retained its qclor and fullness, we reply, “By the use of Ayer’s ‘Hair Vigor—nothing else." Antonio Alarrun of Bastrop, Texas, tells why he ‘the use of Ayer’s Hatr Vigor: “In 1868. my afflanced ‘was nearly bald, andthe hair kept falling ont every Gey. Ll induced her to use Ayer’s Hair Vieor, snd very 00a tt not only ebecked any farther loes of hair, bat ‘an entirely new growth, which has remained I can recommend AYER’S HAIR VIGOR, ‘ Prepared by DR J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., U. 8. A ‘28 ST PERSO X DOWN FROM tors rebuilds the system. aide dizestion, removes coon of biland cures iisiaria, Aspleudid tone pe women and ERN MIRACLES OF HEALING WHICH teain formed by Dr. Williamer Pik idvestiation by sick maw ly THR BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE pat Brothing Srp for wie Soothes the child, softens the zuma, allays all wind colic and in ths best remedy for ive cents a bottin. myl-ly Cosr Nor Coxstezen: ‘Was inaugurated for a purpose. Our stock of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Notions, ‘Wraps, &c., had to be converted into cash. It was, snd is still, entirely too lare. We limit you tono particular line of goods, but allow the liberal diss eount of 25 Pen Cexr Orr For Casa On each and every dollar's worth of merchandise 2d EDITION TALKING FOR SILVER. Ex-Senator Hill Addresses the Chi-| cago Convention. STATE OF GOLD STANDARD COUNTRIES. The Resolutions Will Touch Only the Money Question. DELAY IN ASSEMBLING. CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—There was a little de- lay in the calling to order of the second day's session of the silver convention, and it was whispered among the delegates that there had been trouble in securing funds for the continuance of the convention. As soon as Chairman Thurman called the body to order this morning, J. S. Dougherty. of Texas, in a voice that could be heard to the roof, moved that the roll of states be called for the appointment of @ committee to devise a plan and consider ‘Ways and means for impressing upon Con- gress the ruin and peri] now threatening all our material interests by the demoneti- zation of silver. He claimed that the pro- ceedings of the convention were not being fully reported to the country, and need ex- isted for immediate resolution. Several objections were made on technical grounds and General Warner announced that the committee on resolutions would ver the subject. Ren the pon boon gone aes and a dis- itch of greeting from the Knights of un free and unlimited coinage of silver at th ratio of 16 to 1. This was received with applause. Ex-Senator Hill Speaks. ‘The committee on resolutions not being ready to report, ex-Senator Hill of Colo- rado was introduced to the convention and spoke at length. He referred to the depres- sion that had existed in agricultural and labor circles with short intervals since 1873, and to the money riots and other troubles in this country that had marked this period. est ras also _ completely Western | Europe honeycombed with revolutionary ideas an: ‘Dought of us. Don’t pat off, but buy now, when the assortment inail lines is compivte. myl7 Get the Best. THE GONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Penn. ave. sdjoining National Hotel. ‘ranks and Satchels at low priest cert STIMULATE THE APPETITE AND SECURE ‘use Angostara Sole man- ‘Dr J. G. B. SIEGERT & SONS. For ufacturers. Pace -Pace ‘Pace -Page ‘Page Paco Page Page COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS... FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stores... FOR RENT (Halls). FOR SALE Horses and Venicios) FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses) . FOR SALE (Lots)... z FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) FOR SALE (Pianos) HOTELS LADIES’ GooDs LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND...- ‘MANICURE ....... MEDICAL MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN NOTARIES PUBLIC OCEAN TRAVEL. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANOS AND ORGAN: 09 09 42 AS 0 9 AD RD AD SHAS ED OAV AD AI 29 G8 CO OWED SEPCTEET ETT i (TE PERSONAL, Page ‘Pace Pae Pace Pace ---Paee SUBURBAN PROPERTY. Page 2 SUMMER RESORTS. Paco 7 WANTED (Help) Pape 2 WANTED (Houses), Pace 2 WANTED (Rooms)... Page 2 WANTED (Situations) __- Page 2 WANTED (Miscellaneous) Page 2 ‘The Star Out of Town. Tux Evexrxo Sax will be sont by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. PF But all such orders must be ac- -companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no accounts are kept with mail subseriptions. ——_ +e Fourth-Class Postmasters. ‘The total number of fourth-class postmasters appointed today was 119, of which 68 were to fill vacancies caused dy resignations and death. SoS ect All the Silver Offerings Declined. The treasury silver dealings did not open very auspiciousiy this month. The total offer- {ngs today were 149,000 oxnces at prices rang- {ing from $0.71 to $0.7150 per ounce. All were declined at that rate and a counter offer of €0.7090 was made. This indicates a strict ad- herence to the policy of not going above the market price of the metal as calculated by | treasury experts. No Successor Yet to Mr. Maury. Assistant Attorney General Maury left hero this afternoon for a month's visit to Bar Har- bor. No one has yet been appointed to his place. He will retain his office until his suc- cessor shall have been appointed and qualined. ‘That was the understanding when he tendered Ais resignation. per in Argentine. The bureau of American republics {sin formed that the immigration returns of the Argentine Republic for 1832 show a great improvement as compared with those for the preceding year. The arrivals from all Places exclusive of video were 43,020 and the departures 32.68, a ga’ By way of Montevideo the arrivals were 6,590 and the departures 22.054, a difference of 27,816. or a total gain for the year of $8,623. The Italians were in the van of all Qther nationalities, the arrivals from Genoa deing Tted at 22.!24 and the departures @t 14.317, During the last 36 years about two secret conspiracies, the outcome of which could not well be foreseen. All profits, he held, had been wiped out by the existing business depression. These profits were a natural stimulus to business and how could it otherwise hapven than that an ab- President Warner. sence of profits with a fall in prices should result in stagnation and unparalleled de- pression. « ‘The ex-Senator continued that the gold standard countries‘ were in an abyss of industrial misery never xperienced in a century as a result of their present condi- tion of prices, while the silver standard countries were comparatively prosperous. The amount of money now locked up and hidden away was more than double all the gold in the country. The silver men with all cheerfulness would aquiesce in any inter- national arrangement that promised to re- store bi-metallic conditions to what they were before 1873. He criticised the men who were incapable of being anything beyond the confines of Wall street. A demand would be made for interconvertible paper money that could not be resisted. Continuing, ex-Senator Hill said: “Tt {s not western Europe which is the master of the situation, but the United States. We have had a’ bimetailic currency since the first settlement of America. by the trans-Atlantic races. AN our traditions are bimetallle. In the Constitution of our pre: ent national government, now more than century olf, bimetallism is immovably im- bedded. The: judgment of the country {1s undoubtedly in favor of the continuing in the old way. At all events, we will, by maintaining our double standard law. make to mankind a standing offer to continue in the old way by keeping our mints always open to all comers for the coinage of gold at the ratio to silver of 1 to-16." “But if western Europe perseyeres in measures which raise the value of gold to such a height that it flows away from us because we cannot retain {t in monetary use without intolerable sacrifices, and if silver becomes at last our sole’ metallic money it is this country which will be car- ried to a pitch of prosperity transcending all the past, and it is western Europe which wif be plunged into un abyss of ruin.”* Ex-Senator Hill concluded amid cheers, and immediately Delegate Pearse of Colorado Springs was on his feet with a resolution setting forth that “the delegates to the convention do not sit here to approve of any agreement affecting the free coin- age of silver at 1 to 16.” ‘There was something more to the resolu- tion, but Chairman Thurman squelched it under the rule by which all recolutions go to a committee, and Mr. Pearse was ruled out. ‘The committee on resolutions being still out, the talking was resumed and Congress- man Francis Newlands of Nevada was pre- sented. ——__ BERING SEA TRIBUNAL. It is Reported That All the Claims Made by Great Britain Are §: edt LONDON, Aug. 2.—A dispatch from Paris to the Pall Mall Cazette says that the| of arbitration has | Bering sea tribunal made good progress and that it is expected that a decision will be rendered in a fort- night. The dispatch adds that every point at issue has now been adjudicated and that the decision will give entire satisfaction to Great Britain and Canada. In every instance the claims advanced by Sir Charles Russell and Sir Richard Webster of counsel for Great Britain are held to be good. . The decision will be unanimous on all points save one, on which Justice Harlan and Senator John T. Morgan, the Ameri- can arbitrators, held out for the Ameri- can claim. The tribunal ts now discussing the question of relations to govern the seal fisheries. _ GEN. INNES DEAD. He Was Widely Known in Masonite and Grand Army Circles. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 2—Gen. Wm. P. Innes, widely known in Masonic, Grand Army and political circles, dicd this mofuing. He was for four years chairman of the greenback state central committee and engineered the first fusion with the democrats. He was past grand master of the Michigan Grand Lodge of Masons, and 4 held almost every Masonic office in the state. e war he commanded the Mich- In n regiment of engineers and mechanics. pest ee meatee MR, MORTON'S HEAVY Loss. Burning of a Large Barn With Horses and Cattle, All Worth $200, N. Y¥., Aug. 2—Fire at 4 this morning destroyed the large barn on ex-Vice President Morton's place at Ellerslie, near Rhinebeck, a chicken house, carpenter shop and other buildings. T Were nine horses, elghty head of Guernsey cattle, several hundred tons of hay, a number of reapers and mowing ma- chines and other val property destroy- ed. The total loss will be nearly $200,000. ‘The barn was one of the largest in the cour.try, being 300 feet | Tt_was a new one, being only comple few months ago, the old barn being — destroyed | by fire about a year ago. The fire started in the large barn and the cause {3 not known, but is thought to be of incendiary origin. Since Sunday night there have been several incendiary Million immizrints hew~ arrived in the Ar- gentine Republic. ‘ fires in Dutchess county, at Wappinger Falls, Channyville and other places. BETTER FEELING INWALL STREET Prices Went Up and Remained Firm Despite a Selling Movement. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. New Yorx, Aug. 2, 1893, Cables came higher again this morning and, as on yesterday, they were accompanied by orders to buy stocks, and followed by the an- nouncement that about £500,000 additional gold had been purchased for shipment to America. The “street” came to the clusion ove night that the bursting of the pork bubble in in Chicago would not create the demoralization it had been led to expect from the tone of the alarming dispatches received from the windy city yesterday afternoon. The decision of several of the largest national banks to incrense their circulation and their latest proposition to take $10,000,000 of th bonds held by the savings banks of’ this city a a basis for further issues of notes was regarded as very important by Wall street, and helped materially the better feeling, which was emp! sized at the opening of the stock market this morning, first prices being anywhere from 3 to 4 per cent; Manhattan's opening price being 110 against 106 last even ‘There was some hesitation after the opening, as it was thought that too much steam bad been expended by the first buyers, but it soon developed that the market was still in an over- sold condition and the wante of the bears be- came urgent, and when lenders of stocks re- fused to accommodate them without exacting a shave of 1-82 to $-16 they became thoroughly alarmed and some lively runuing was wit- nessed. ‘As on yesterday, telegraph and sugar were the special features in both activity ‘and strength, though sugar bore the honors, open- ing at 67a67'¢ and selling up to 73, with scarcely a reaction worth speaking of. Chi- cago Gas, Lake Shore, Northwest and Lacki- wanna followed closely in point of activity, the Iatter making one of its sensatiensl 10-point tallies on comparatively light trading. The pace became too rapid for the more conservative of the commission houses and the more prominent room traders detecting the withdrawal of their speculative orders to buy, commenced selling the market at 1:30 p.m. for @ reaction. Notwithstanding efforts of the reactionists, market continued to show a firm front, thongh the volume of trading was not so large, and at 2:30 prices were firm at substantial advances all slong the line, though at slight concessions from extreme advances. Money on call opened at 6 per cent and ruled easy all day, loaning as low as 2 per cent. Foreign exchange deinoralized, slumping to 48040488, Brown Bros. quoting the extreme low rate. Clearing house operations show » debit to the subtreasury of €162,000, Their debit of yesterday was paid partly in gold und part in currency. ‘There was no further applications for issue of loan certificates, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the highest end the lowest and the cloning vrices of the New York stock market today. a8 reported by Corson & Macartney, mibere New York stock exchange. Correspondents ‘Mesars. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: a2: oes ES : eegebetgegy =: ce ge! «Ss fc. Northern Pacific North American. Washineron stock Exchange. Government Bonds—U. S. 48, registered, 1907, 101 bid. 103 asked. U.S. “48, coupons, 1907, 107'4. bid, 108 asked. District of ‘Columbia Bonds—20-year fand, 58, 199, gold, 108 bid. — Water stock, 7a, currency, 1901, 113 Did. S0-Vear fund. 6s, gold. 1902, 119 bid: | Water stock, 7a, 1903, curreney, 115 bid. 8.658, 1924, fund, currency, 106 bid, Il asked. Sigs, Teg. S108, 1595-1901, Joo bid. Miscellaneous Bonds—Washington and George- town R.R.Cony. 68, ist, 128 bid, 135 asked. | Wash- ington Gas Co., series A, 6s, 122 asked. Washington Gas Co., series B, a, 124 asked. Washington Gas Co. Convertible 64,1901. 140 asked. U. 8. Electric Light Convertible 5s, 11S asked. Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone. 58, 104 asked. Metropolitan Railroad Convertible 68, 114 asked. Masonic Hall Association 58. 105 bid. National Bank Stocks—Bank of Washington, 400 asked. Bank of the Republic. 390 asked. Metro- iitan, 265 vid. 297 asked. Columoia, 162 asked. ‘armers and Mechanics’, 190 bid. Citizens’, 165 bid. Capital, 126 asked.” West End, 115 asked. ‘Traders’, 115 ‘asked. Lincola, 106 asked. Central. 300 bid.” Ohio, 100 asked. Second. 170 asked. Railroud Stocks—Metropoiltan, 192 asked. Colum- bia. s0 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, 42 asked. Insurance Stocks—Firemen’s, 50 asked. Frank- lin, 55 asked. Nationa! Union. 18 asked. Colum- bia, 16 asked. German-American, 200 asked. People's, 5¥ asked. Lincoln, 83 asked. Commer- lal. 5 bid. ‘Title Insurance Stocks—Real Estate Title, 123 asked. Columbia Title. 7 asked. Gus and iectric Light Stocks—Washington Gas, S asked. U.S. Electric Light, 185 asked. Telephone Stocks — Pennsylvania, 40 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 44 asked. American Graphoy ig asked. Miscel ‘tocks—Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 1 asked. Lincoin Hall, 9 asked. Interocean Building. 100 asked. Nor. and Washington Steam- oat Co.. 90 bid. : Safe Deposit and Trust Companies—National Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Co., 140 asked. Washe ington Safe Deposit, 108 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 140 asked. American Security and ‘Trust, 130 asked. —_——_ Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Aug. 2—Flour dull, unchanged receipts, 23,1 sales, 1,50" barrels. spot, 65, a85 ments. 40,000" bushel 000 bushels. Milling Wheat by sample, 64465." Corn strong—mixed, spot, 457,446; August, 45’,a46; September, a ber, 48 asked; year, 4 ‘000 bushels. White corn. nm by sample, 49. Oats 73, as: No. 2 mixed 000 busaels; stock, 100, by ‘sample, 5i; yellow qitiet—No.' 2 white west western, 35a36—recelpts, S81 busiels. Rye dull--No. 2 52453—receipts, 487 bushels, stock, 2,402 bushels. "Hay good dem good to choice timothy, 15.50a19.5". Grain freights active and firm, anged. " Cotton nominal— middling, $4. Provisions quiet, unchanged, But- ter firm—creamery, tancy, 20; do. fair to choice, 18a); do. tmitation, 15. Eggs steady—15%;. Coffee quiet—Rio cargoes, fair, “19; No. 7, 164. Sugar strong — granulated, 52;.‘Coppet_ unchanged. Whisky firm—1.19a1.20. Peanuts steady—faney, 6 extra prime, 4545. ; g. %—Virginia threes, 654; bid; Baltimore and Ohio stock. 60 asked; North ern Central stock, 68 asked; Baltimore and Onio Soutnwestern first incomes, 102; Consolidated gas bonds, 105alu9; do. stocks, 51% a5 —_— > -— ARGENTINE REVOLT. House of Representatives Refuses to Have the Federal Government In- terfere. BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 2—A motion was made in the house of representatives today calling upon the federal government to in- tervene for the restoration of order in the provinces of Buenos Ayres, Santa Fe and San Luis, where the radicals are attempt- ing to overthrow the provincial govern- ments. The motion was rejected. ag Colorado Miners om the Way East. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 2.—About sixty miners, who left Denver on foot 'to tramp to the east for work, reached this city yesterday. They are going from here to Erle, Pa., where they hope to find some- thing to do. Part of the way from Denver they walked and the remainder of the dis- tance they found. convenient freight trains to ride upon. Their stories of the excite- ment and trouble at Denver confirm pre- vious reports sent out from that city —_— Amertean Securities Firm in London, LONDON, Avg. 2. very quiet and variations in stock are very slight. English railway _ securities are steady and values have advanced a frac- tion. American railway securities are much quieter, but with 8 firm tenfency. DISTRICT AFFAIRS. An Opinion Asked From the First Controller AS 10 NEW REFORM SCHO0;, BUILDING: Shall the Commissioners or Trus- tees Make the Contract. OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS The Commissioners have sent the follow- ing letter to First Controller Bowler of the treasury with reference to the new building at the reform school: ‘The president of the board of trustees of the reform school of the District of Colum- bia, for boys, has raised the question whether the making of the contract, and expenditures for “one additional brick fam- fly building, including heating apparatus,” provided for in the District appropriation for the current fiscal year, shall be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or by the said board of trustees. Section 14 of the act of March 3, 1876, en- titled, “An act revising and amending the various acts establishing and relating to the reform school in the District of Colum- bia,” which prescribes, “That all contracts and purchases made for or on account of the institution shall be made in the name of the board, and by whomsoever the board may direct,” ts cited by the school authori- ties as imposing the duty upon them, but as the act providing for this and other buildings prescribes that “Said buildings Il be constructed by the Commission- ers,” in conformity with plans and speci- fications, which they and the architect of the Capitol shall approve, and is Gate than the act quoted by. the reform School authorities, the Commissioners are not ee, to accept that construction. The Commissioners would be obliged for the favor of your opinion in the premises. Reservation No. 264, Col. John M. . Wilson, superintend- ent of public buildings and grounds, has written a letter to the Dis- trict Commissioners, in which he states that there is a small triangular space, known as the United States reservation No. 264, at the intersection of New York avenut New Jersey avenue, and M street, contain: ing about 2,100 square feet. As the trolley car line passes near this small area, he thinks It would be well to widen” the street by making this reservation a portion of the latter. If this is satisfactory to the Commissioners, and they will agree to cov- er it with asphalt, he agrees to abandon it and drop it from the list of reservations. Thinks Her Assessment Excessive. Mrs. Martha Riordan, an aged widow and blind, ts the occupant of premises No. 723 1sth street, which were recently assessed at $4.50 per square foot. Now she has writ- ten a letter, or rather dictated one, to the Commissioners, in which she objects to this assessment as excessive, for she says that ‘heretofore she has had to pay $30) taxes, which sum was so large, that it compelled her to deprive herself of the or- dinary comforts of life, and she objects to having her taxes made any larger. She says that her property is assessed at the same figure as the Safe Deposit Company's building, Welcker's, and the Columbian, although she receives no large income from In her letter she goes on to say: “If we had just and unchangeable laws, plainly expressed, so that the ignorant could un- derstand ‘them, published quarterly in the Rewspapers, with heavy, fines imposed for the breaking thereof, there would be no necessity then to put such an enormous share of the expenses of the District on real estate. In this day of the rich grow- ing richer, and the poor poorer, there should be some consideration shown to the deserving poor, and there could be no bet- ter way than to exempt from taxation all homesteads not exceeding $4,000 or $5,000 in value. Gi jers to Be Investigated. District Veterinarian Robinson has been directed by the Commissioners to inquire into the matter of glanders among horses here, to ascertain to what extent it prevails ‘and ‘to report what means can be resorted to in order to.stamp it out. The matter Was called to the attention of the Commissioners in the form of a letter from the secretary of the Live Stock Sani- tary Board of Maryland, complaining that & number of horses affilcted with glanders had been sold to residents of Maryland by Parties in this city. The horses had to be condemned and killed by order of the board, and the stables and surroundings thorough: a disinfected, at a considerable cost to the state. He.asked the co-operation of the Board of Commissioners in putting a stop to the sale of auch animals. ‘The complaint was referred to District Attorney Thomas, who, in his opinion just rendered, says that an ordinance of ‘the city of Washington, approved January 17, 1856, requires owners of domestic animals in this city that are affected with glanders or other contagious disease, to secure or destroy the same as may seem best. An or- dinance of the board of health declares that glandered or diseased horses within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs thereof, are a nuisance Injurious to health, and any person keeping the same after notice to abate the same, shall be fined not less than $%, nor more than $% for every such of- fense. Mr. Thoraas thinks that a vigorous enforcement of the health ordinance re- ferred to would afford ample protection against the nufsance complained of. To Amend the Plambing Regulatio: James Cunningham, secretary of the Master Plumbers and Gas Fitters Protec- tive Association, has forwarded to the Dis- trict Commissioners the petition of that body, that théy so amend section 136 of the plumbing regulations as will permit the testing of soil, waste and vent pipes by water pressure. Policemen a iicensed Dogs. Not only ts war being made on unlicensed dogs just now, but there is also trouble for those police officers who are not tak- ing a hand In the warfare. As an example of this, Private John Boland of the fifth precinct has been fined $2 by the trial board for neglecting to enforce the law against the owners of unlicensed dogs within the district assigned to him. His district. was east of the Anacostia river, between Ridge road uhd Watts’ branch. Sergt. Kerby, in his report to Lieut. McCathran, said that he believed about a hundred ‘dogs were owned in that section, but that the books at the District building showed that only seven persons had taken out licenses for dogs in the past fiscal year. In addition to being fined, Officer Roland has been warned to be more energetic in enforcing the law in the future. Will Probably Be Dismissed. Just one year ago yesterday E. W. Men- denhall was commissioned an officer of the metropolitan police force and assigned to duty in ithe first precinct under Lieut. Amiss. Now the istrict Commissioners have received the findings of the police trial board recommending that Officer Men- denhall be dismissed from the service, as they found him guilty of the charge of drunkenness. The findings will probably be approved, as this is the second time the matter has come to their attention. In May Mendenhall was tried on the charge of re- porting for duty on May 3 while in an in- toxicated condition, He pleaded guilty to the charge and the board then recom- mended his dismissal. The Commissioners, however, for the sake of his family, and in view of the fact that he had taken a fi year pledge not to touch liquor, were leni- ent with him and gave him another chance, simply fining him $59, to be paid from_his salary in monthly installments. Last Wed- nesday Mendenhall, while in uniform, went into a saloon at 18 C street and had several drinks of liquor. At least, so the trial board found, and they have now recom- mended his final dismissal from the force. That Uncomfortable Guano Factory. Health Officer Hammett will make a re- port to the Commissioners, probably to- morrow, on the matter of the guano fac- tory which is located on the Maryland side of the river just below the city. Dr. Ham- mett has had Inspectors at work on the case for some time past, and it Is believed that his report will be a sharp condemna- tion of the system as it is at present car- ried out and will recommend the removal of the factory from its present site. For a long time the Commissioners have been in receipt of frequent complaints of the horrible odors that emanate from this place. ‘The complaints have come. both from excursionists down the river and from peoee in Alexandria who come up to the city’on business. They consider the place not only a nuisance, but a positive menace to health. Dead animals which are intend- ed to be used in the factory are carried through the streets here in open wagons and then down the river in open scows and present a disgusting spectacle to all who see them. The Commissioners have come to realize that something must be done about it and if the health officer re- commends the removal of the factory it is more than likely that his tecommenda- tion will be put into effect without delay. The New Reform School Barn. It begins to look as though the Commis- stoners would be able to find a way out of the difficulties in which the reform school has been placed by the burning of the barn there recently. Yesterday Building Inspector Entwisle began the work of draw- ing up plans and specifications for a new building as it was thought that some build- er might be found who would be willing to take the contract for putting up at least the shell of the building, relying upon the future action of Congress for his pay. ‘Today Mr. James L. Parsons, the contrac- tor, had an interview with Commissioners Ross and Parker in which he said that he was willing to take the contract for put- ting up the completed structure on those terms. As it would naturally be better to go ahead and put up the whole parn com- plete at once than to do the work plece- meal, the Commissioners will doubtless de- cide to do that. It will be necessary to advertise for bidders to do the work, but they have the assurance of at least one bidder who is satisfied to wait for his mon- ey until the passage of the urgency deficl- ency bill. The barn that was destroyed Was a fine one and cost about $7,350. The original specifications are in ‘the woitlee of uilding inspector although the is have been lost or misiaid. < Mr. Entwisle has now been asked to go ahead with his plans for the completed barn, and not for the mere shell as was at first ‘contemplated. The new barn will pro- bably be just like the old one, though Col. Shallenbarger will be asked to make any suggestions he may have for changes or im- provements. The old brick foundations were unhurt by the fire, and will be utiliz- ed for the new building. They are 80 by 50 feet, and it is thought that as they are in good condition the expense of the new barn ‘will be considerably less than the old one. Nalsances Dincovered. Health Officer Hammett has reported to the Commissioners for abatement the fel. lowing nuisances discovered by the sanitary Obstructed tructed sewer on the west si street corner of N street, in which the aaa hed Water has become foul 8 mt, menacing the hi Fesidents of ‘that wiciatys oe eee ‘oul odors from sew corn of 4th and L. streets. iiiecmcay = avement needing repairs aygnue near 20th street arpa Mant water, no drainage, e Brookville road north of Fort Tenony ra. omen fram open (eiitrance to sewer e les and Benni 6th streets northeast. sath ten ahr: wenty-ninth, between M and N sti out of repair and full of tues ats Gutters overgrown with weeds on Ly- acker avenue, cd 12th and 13th and on Whitney avenue bet Holmead avenue and ith street, Wee" teeuthy tee ey AraP and depressions in gut- < water to stagnate and becor foul, on 3ith street at Intersection with fod ‘street, and on = K street between 1-2 and ist Foul odors fro corn ast ae igrs, from sewer trap at er of Public, int without water supply at north er of lth and G streets eee IESSMEN IN TOWN. Senators and members of the new Con- gress are evidently not inclined to reach this city a moment sooner than necessary for the extra session. Many have engaged their rooms at the various hotels, but few have taken possession at present. Among the Senators and members to arrive are the following: Senators, Call, Wilkinson, Florida, 1903 N n.w. Cockrell, Francis M., Missouri, 1518 R n.w. Harris, Isham G., Tennessee, 13 ist ne. Hoar, Geo. F., Massachusetts, 919 I n.w. Jones, Jas. K., Arkansas, 915 M n.w. Martin, John, Kansas, National. Mills, Roger Q., Texas, 208 Del. ave. Mitchell, John H., Oregon, Chamberlin’s, Pugh, Jas. L., Alabama, 1333 R nw. Quay, M. 8., Pennsylvania, Normandie. Squire, Watson C.,Washington, Arlington. Tellez, Henry M., Colorado, 1537 P n.w. Vest, Geo. G., Missouri, 1204 P n.w. Voorhees, Daniel W., Ind., 1323 N. H. ave. Members. Alderson, John D., W. Va., 1103 5th n.w. Arnold, Marshall, Missouri, National. Baldwin, M. R., Minnesota, 1623 15th. Belden, Jas. J., "New York, 314 E n.e. Berry, ‘Albert Kentucky, National. Blair, Henry W., N. H., 213 EB. C: Burns, Daniel D, Missouri, 3 Bynum, Wm. D., Indiana, i314 19th n.w. Cadmus, Cornelius A., N.”J., 1739 Cochran. Caldweli, John A., Ohio, 10 Grant place. Catchings, Thos. C., Miss., 1722 Q n.w. Cobb, Seth W., Missouri, Cochran. Cocke-ill, Jeremiah V., Tex., 1334 11th n.w. Conn, Chas. G., Indiana, Willard’s. Cox, Nicholas N.,Tennessee, Metropolitan, Crisp, Chas. F., Georgia, Metropolitan. DeForest, Robert F., Conn., 21 Ist n.e. Dinsmore, Hugh A.; Ark., Metropolitan, Dockery, Alexander M.. Mo., Willard’s, pnovan, D. jo, Metropolitan. Fithian, Geo. W a Illinois, 1739 Corcoran, Normandie. Carolina, 213 6th n.e, issouri, Ebbitt, ‘ansas, National. lowa, 133 G n.w. Towa, 1532 1 nw. I Hepburn, Wm. P. Hopkins, Albert J Livingston, Leon Lynch, Thos., W! Myer, Adol now. Money, H. ppl, Pacific blag, Montgomery,’ Alex. D., Ky., Metropolitan. Morse, Elijah A.. Mass., Shoreham. Neill, Robert, Arkansas, Metropolitan. Oates, Wm. ©, Alabama, 1742 Q n.w. Paschal, P. M_ Texas, 1742 P nw. Patterson, Josiah, Tenn., Metropolitan. Pearson, Albert J:, Onlo, 514 E. Capitol. Richards, Jas. A.,Ohio, 1404 L n.w. Robertson, Samuel M.,'La., Metropolitan, Russell, Benj. E., Georgia, 248 34 nw. Simpson, Jerre, Kansas, Metropolitan. Snodgrass, H. C., Tenn., 332 In: Warner, John DeWitt,’ N. ¥., Loan and ‘Trust Co. Williams, John S., Miss., 138 East Cap. pect Ei om Fined for His Talk to the Officer. The circumstances attending the arrest of John J. Leonard, for an alleged second offense under the liquor law were ventilated fn the Police Court today. Leonard, as heretofore published in The Star, served several days in jail after his first convic- tion, and {it was only a short while after his release that Sergt. Daley went to serve the second offense warrant on him. Leon- ard objected to being arrested, and direct- ed a volley of profane words at the officer, among other things calling him a“ perjurer.” This language was continued on the street, and was renewed in the station house. There it war stated the officer call- ed Leonard a “Jail bird,” and locked him up. Leonard said that he did not use any profanity on the street, but he admitted that he said something “out of the way in the station. Lawyer Smith, for the defendant, argued that his client was being persecuted, and that he ought not be fined, but Judge Tay- lor took a different view of the case, and imposed a fine of %. In the liquor case, a jury trial was demanded, the court fixed bail at $1,500, NOT A CANDIDATE. 700 Q Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohto Not Take a Renomination. NEW YORK, Aug. 2—It having been reported that ex-Governor James E. Camp- bell of Ohio was a candidate for :enomiaa- tion at the coming gubernatorial convertion that gentleman said this morning: “Under no consideration will ¥ accept the nomination for governor. I am not in the position to make a strong fight for several reasons, one, the strongest, being that I am not financially fixed to’ stan? the ex- pense of a campaign. I will be at the convention next week, and if my name is mentioned I shall withdraw it.” FAILED TO OPEN. Suspension of the First National Bank of Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 2—The First National Bank falled to open its doors this morning. A notice was posted on the outside saying: “Continual withdrawals of deposits and inability to collect money fast enough to meet the same caused the suspension.” The capital is $200,000; assets, $1,350,000, Mabilities, $650,000. “A run on other banks 1s threatened. eae The W. L. 1's Coming Camp. The Washington Light Infantry Corps and the third separate company of the District National Guard, known generally as the War Department Guards, have com- pleted their arrangements for a joint en- campment at Atlantic City, leaving Wash- ington on the evening of the 19th instant. About 200 of the soldier boys will live under canvas for awhile and give Atlantic City and its visitors an opportunity to witness an interesting variety of military man- euvers. Very many friends to both. or- ganizations are preparing to accompany the guardsmen and will remain by the seashore until the camp comes to ‘an end. Princeton's Scientific Expedition. RAPID CITY, 8. De members of the tenth Princeton College scientific expedition arrived here yesterday Aug. 2.—Twelve from their camp in the Bad Lands, Since June 2% this party has been exploring the upper sandstone deposits of the White river, beds for fossil remains, They have found skulls and skeletons of numerous prehistoric monsters, among others a Titan otherium or ancient tapir, six fine samples of another monster, of which there are but four known specimens in existence: an an- clent saurlan of the crocodile species, com- Bletely imbedded In, Fock, and), several skulls of the Mezophippus, the threefold ancestor of the modern iFACING THE FACTS. What the Trolley Combine Will Have to Do. EXTENDING THE CONDUIT SYSTEM. The Rock Creek Company Want an Additional Franchise. WAITING FOR CONGRESS. The favorite argument of the trolley people and the one that is the most effect- ive with practical men is that the system of the overhead wire is the only one be- sides the cable that is a commercial and practical success. It may not be confusing to the trolley advocates, but it would be if they did not have so much at stake, when they meet in the committee's room: of Congress the representatives of a com- pany in this city which has in operation another system of rapid transit that has done so well for them that they now want to extend it. Unless the plans are changed the Rock Creek Railroad Company intend to ask Congress to grant an extension of their line along U street. The Sagas | now has the authority to build the along Boundary from 7th street to North Capitol street, but the road is actually completed only as far east as 7th street. Since early in the spring that portion of | the road lying within | the unds of the city and extending from Boundary and 18th street to 7th street has been operated by an underground trolley. There have been no break downs or sus- pension of traffic such as marked the in- auguration of the cable system on the avenue and on 7th street and such as is now Interfering with the running of the cable road on Broadway, in New York. Troubles Common to New Systems, The underground trolley had the same difficulties to contend with as confront the management of every cable road in the beginning, namely, that the road must be Tun by green hands. When the men who are to run the road get familiar with their duties it has been the experience in all cpble roads that its operation ig free from accidents due to breakages. Even with green men the underground trolley road was run without any accidents or delays. ‘The reason is that the mechanical construc- tion is so simple that in its practical work- ings the road is easily handled. “After ‘an experience of the past six months and more through rain and snow, the company on whose line this system is ress and ask permigelon to extend it over extent Fae at ground system was not a success such a re- quest would hardly be made. The situation will certainly be an embarassing one to the overhead trolley advocates when they are confronted in Congress by this practical evidence that the overhead trolley is not the only successful electrical method of street car propulsion. They are prepared to meet any reference to the line now in tion along U street, because they say that such a short Line not amount to anything and does not prove that the system would be a success on a longer line with curves and grades. They are prepared to sneer the U street line out of Congress, and without discuss- ing the question of their ability to do 80, for there are two sides, it is pertinent to ask at this time “How are they going to handle the matter of the request of this company for an extension of chis system over an important part of the road?” Arguments That Will Be Made. ‘There will be some members of Congress who will not take for granted all that the trolley advocates put forth, and, as any one can understand, the situation will become interesting when the overhead wire people are t face to face with an electrical system that 1s a practical success. They dispose of the cable in some instances by saying that it is not adapted to the topog- raphy of their road and in other cases by the plea that It {s too expensive. The latter course of argument can be made to apply to the underground system, for it undoubt- edly costs more to dig a trench and place the wires in the earth than to plant some poles in the ground and string the wires along. The fact is that it will be hard to devise a system against which this argu- ment of expense of the trolley advocates would not apply, for, as every one under- stands, the overhead trolley is the cheapest ystem of street car locomotion that has ever been devised. It costs to operate less than horses. Practically the only thing left for the trol- ley people is to claim that the underground wires won't work.This is a style of argu- ment that has ‘been in use since the time of Columbus and probably long before, and it Is Just about as effective today in staying the ‘wheels of progress as it was then. There will be some who will claim that the world is round after all, even in the face of the arguments of the trolley combine, however golden. Waiting for Congress and the Trolley A curious contribution to the part which the Metropolitan Railroad Company has played in bringing about the present sit- uation is given by Mr. W. 8. Branson. It seems that Mr. Branson {s the inventor of a motor which he induced the company to experiment with. For some reason after the experiments were concluded, the mat- ter was dropped and Mr. Branson states that he never learned why his motor, which he claims proved a success in the exneri- ments, was not further tested. About a month ago, as he told a Star reporter, he met Mr. Cammack, who is one of the large stockholders in the road and a director, and asked him why something had not ‘been done about his motor. said Mr. Cammack, “the company in not going to bother with motors any more until Congress meets and we find out whether they will give us the right to use the trolley on our road.” ‘The public ts equally curious with the directors of the company to know what Congress is going to do and perhaps their Pecuniary interest is as great for the roliey depreciates the value of property and in addition will fasten a system upon this city which is objectionable and de- fective. Increase in Circulation for the Month The circulation statement to be issued this afternoon will show an increase in all classes of money in circulation on Au- gust 1 over July 1 of $17,372,606. ary Officials Encouraged. ‘The gold balance ts once again above the $100,000,000 reserve limit. Nearly $1,00,- 000 in gold bullion was imported at New York today, and the effect was to raise the gold balance to $100,791,370, the highest point reached since April last, when the legal tender reserve was first ‘entrenched upon. The balance reached low-water mark June 20 last. whon it fell below $%,000,000. "Treas- ury officials are encouraged to the belief that the balance of trade is now in ou> favor and that the European gold tide is flowing this way. ee Chile's Paper Currency. ‘The senate of Chile has under considera- tion a bill for the conversion of paper cur- rency of the republic. Under the bill in its present form paper money will cease to be legal tender currency from the ist of Janu. ary, 1897. Rear Admiral Irwin reports the dispost- tion of the Astatic squadron July 1 as fol- lows: Flagship Lancaster at Yokohama; Marion on cruise to Shanghai, Chefoo, Che- mulpo and Yokohama; Monocacy at’ Han- kon; Alert at Chemulpo. On the 19th in: Admiral Irwin and staff were accorded a special audience by the Emperor of Japan in the new palace at Tokio. o——_____ EULOGIZED BY THE CARDINAL. Bishop Mullin of Erie Celebrates His Silver Jubilee. ERIE, Pa, Aug. 2.—Right Rev. Bishop Mullin of this diocese celebrated today the twenty-fifth anniversary of his elevation to the Episcopacy of the Catholic Church. ‘The two functions that will make the silver jubilee memorable were the first mass in the new cathedral and the sermon by his eminence, the cardinal archbishop of Balti- more. Cardinal Gibbons was raised to the epis- copacy in the same month with Bishop Mullin. The people here wanted to see and to hear Cardinal Gibbons. He came, and he electrified ‘Erie with his eulogy of their bishop. It is understood here that there will be an increase very soon in the num- ber of archbishops In the United States, and that Bishop Mullin and Bishop Foley of Detroit will be two of them. Cardinal Gibbons read as the gospel for the day a portion of St. Luke, chapter 10, appointed by the Church for the Feast Day of St. Alphonsus. This was the teft of the sermon of Cardinal Gibbons, IN THE MOUNTAINS. Midsummer Gayeties at Deer Park and Oakland. ‘Washingtonians Who Are Enjoying Cool Breezes in That Locality— Among Cottagers. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Deer Park, Md., July <1, 1898. Midseason festivities are in full swing, and the hours glide by in happy forgetful- ness of the petty worries of life. Teas, din- ners, Juncheons and card parties for the more sedate, with base ball, tennis, swim- ming, horseback exercise and long rambling excursions through the picturesque moun- tain passes for the young people while away the time. On Saturday a domino party “sheet and pillow case” ball was planned by the young people, but owing to unavoidable delay in the securing of proper costumes it was decided at the last moment to postpone for some time in the near fu- ture. A number, however, had already pre- pared for the event and rather than lose the present opportunity for enjoyment de- termined to risk the chances and appear in costume. The regular evening dance in the big ball room was thus enlivened by the presence.of several pink dominoes that en- tered into the amusement of the hour with @ happy abandonment very catching. Most of the ladies were in full dress evening toilet, and the scene upon the smoothly waxed floor was a ity one. With the oft repeated cry of “Where are the men?” the dancers chose their partners for the waltz with that happy conformity to cir- cumstances that marks the easy adaptabil- ity of the American girl, and those of the beaux who generouly honored the occasion found no dearth of pretty maids as well as young matrons from whom to choose. The room was tastefully ornamented with ferns and grasses mingled with wild tlowers that gave an artistic setting to the picture. Some of the handsomest toilets worn were by Mrs. Dolly Tucker, Mrs. Ross Thompson, Miss Keyworth Barbour, Mrs. A. W. Dunn and Miss Chambers of ine =e illiams of —_ — 4 ans a PSE SPU mn ot Wanmeve oe ir. irs. Cl ashi own one of the tiest private cottages tn the grounds. ¢ house ts colonial in architec- ture and planned with that wise regard to the economy of space that bespeaks the provident housewife, while a generous spirit of hospitality pervades the spacious airy | thirty: chambers and wide porticoes. In the rear of the dwelling a quaint little log cabin built in strict ce with backwoodsman ideas of comfort, is designed as a play house for their little daughter. Mrs. in has as her guest Miss Cuth- bert of Washington. Ex-Senator Davis of West Virginia and his daughter, Miss Grace Davis, spent a few days at the hotel last week en route to Bedford Springs. Later Miss Davis and her Riece, Miss Elkins, expect to spend several days at Deer Park. Miss Mary McCeney of Washi ac companied by Mrs. Chinn, arrived on’ Fri- great benefit from ford, and her many ey real of the waters friends are rejoicing in her improved health. ‘The Washington and Baltimore colony at Deer Park are daily increasing in numbers. Miss Chambers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Chambers of Washington, is greatly eimired. Among the belles of the place her striking blonde type of benuty pessstens an individuality and cherm ail her own. ‘On Saturday Mrs. C. K. Lord gave a beau- tiful rose luncheon of six covers. Mrs. Wm. Thompson Harris and Miss Gale of Wash- ington were among the guests. Mr. Wm. ‘T. Harris returned to the city last week for a brief stay, leaving his wife with her mother, Mrs. S. V. Kiles, and her aunt, Mrs. Ellicott of Baltimore. Miss Katy-Did Jones, with her mother, is making a so- journ'ct the Oakland Fotel. They are ac- companied by Mrs. Edward Derrick of Washington. Miss Jones’ pleasant man- ners and cheerfulness of temperament ren- der her a favorite. AP.T. oe DEFIED HIS CAPTAIN. A Sailor Charged With Disobedience on Trial Before Judge Cole. An interesting question was raised before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 2 this morning in the case of James Niles, a col- ored seaman on the schooner Rhode Island, against whom an information was filed by District Attorney Birney charging him with refusing to obey the orders of the com- mander of the vessel on the 2éth of last month, when the vessel was in the Chesa- peake bay bound for Georgetown. The prisoner was first charged in the Police Court, but there the court decked there was a want of jurisdiction. Whereupon an ‘mformation was filed in the Crimimal Court. Messrs, Albright and Martin, represent- ing the prisoner, when the case was called dem: to the information, alleging that the court was without jurisdiction. They contended that, while it was true that a Aistzict or circuit court of the United States had jurisdiction over offenses committed on the high seas, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia was neither a dis- trict nor a circuit court within the mean'ng of the law bearing upon such matters, and therefore, as the alleged offense was ‘com- mitted upon the high seas beyond the terri- tory of the District, the courts of the Dis- trict were without jurisdiction. Mr. Birney said that the fact that the courts of the District did not possess juris- diction in such a case seemed so plain to him that argument on his part appeared unnecessary. The offense alleged was a continuous one, and Georgetown being the point of destination of the vessel, it was right and proper that the District Supreme Court, through its Criminal Branch, should have jurisdiction. Judge Cole said the District Supreme Court undoubtedly possessed the jurisdic- tion of circuit and district courts, und it to him that although the offense lleged was committed upon the high seas without the territory of the District, the Criminal Court possessed ample jurisdiction in the matter. He would so hold for the Present at least, although the testiinony might show differently. ‘oungel for the prisoner, thereupon (de- manded a jury trial, but when Judze Cole informed them that no jury could be bad before next October, the demand was with- drawn and a recess taken until 1 o'clock. At the continuation of the trial this after- noon the captain, mate and steward of the Vessel testified that Niles, when told to take his turn at the wheel, refused to do so, glv- ing as an excuse that his was bad, and that when the captain told the man that he must do as ordered Niles threatened to cut the ptain’s bowels out. Niles and two shipmates testified that the prisoner was suffering from a bad sore on his lez, and that he refused because he was unable to lo, y- jajtta8® Cole sentenced him to one month in —_——_ RACING WITH A WHALE. The Lively Experience of Steamboat Passengers on Paget Sound. What was probably the most unique race ‘on record occurred on the waters of Puget sound between Tacoma and Seattle on Fri- day afternoon—namely, a race between a whale and a steamboat. Shortly after the Flyer passd Brown's point on her afternoon trip to Seattle a large shovel-nose whale Was noticed on her port bow, and, as it was in about the same position when the Flyer came up on her pzevious trip, it excited the curiosity of the captain, who decided to stand off his course to get a near view of the monster of the deep. Judge of his as- tonishment when, instead of overhauling the whale, the whale drew away from the boat. By ‘this time it had got noised about among the passengers that it was the in- tention of thé officers of the boat to over- take the whale if it was possible for wood, Steel and steam to do so. Word was sent to the engine room, and in a few moments it was plainly noticeable that the crack boat of the Pacific had got an extra move on herself, and in about hve minutes it was clear that she was gaining on the whale. About one mile south of Robinson's point the whale put on an extra spurt of speed and for a minute or so gained a little on the boat, but it evidentl; Was only a spurt, for the boat again eained, When Robinson's point was reached the whale took the inside course, and it was feared it would run ashore and so end the race. To preven this the Flyer kept off shore, 80 as to allow it plenty of sea room in rounding the point. By reason of taking the outside course after the point was rounded the whale had gained considerably on the boat, but it was evident irom the e:ratic movements of the leviathan that it was fast becoming tired out, end that it would be only a matter of a few miles more when the monster would have to acknowl edge defeat. About half a mile from Pulley point the whale and boat were side by side, and the excitement among the passengers was intense, women and children joining in the wild and vigorous yelling. Bets, which, at the beginning of the race, were offered that the whale would do up the boat, were all withdrawn, and no one could be ‘found who would risk 10 cents on his whaleship. When Pulley point was passed the boat was ahead fully six lengths, and five minutes after passing the point the greatest race on record was ended man. had. constructed to sail on top of the water a boat that could outrun the swiftest denizen of the AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Gondition of the Institution as Reported by President Rankin. What Has Been Done During the Last Year im the Medical Departments— Money Asked for a New Building. ‘The president's report says: “From the catalogue you will see that the seven different departments of the univer: sity have been in active and successful op- eration, with an attendance of 612. seven have completed the course Tespective departments. These from the District of Columbia, every state and territory in while some are from Africa, dies, and Japan. They are partly because of the great libraries scientific institutions connected with government, and partly because eo departments of the government afford self-help during the specit: i peel iget etteils i ell i A rH Be fist é 5 i B Sethe carpentry, tanning carpentry, tinning have beeen E 8 Hi i in se pili i i fs fe i 5 3 Fi i # i th Owing to the fact that the theological de partment is wholly support=d by benevor “I beg leave to call the attention of the honorable Secretary of the Interior to the fact that during the past year the trus- tees have raised from the gifts of the be- nevolent and transferred from their invest- ments, and have expended on the erection the medical department. need a new structure for the for anniversary assemblies, as as Sunday services, toward the erec- tion of which ter of the late Mr. Luke P. Poland of Ve-mont has pi %.000; a bequest of J. H. Stickney. #sq., Baitimore, amounting to another 30%, has i “Laat year your honorable prefincessor recommended to Congress that, tie ores. ment participate in the erection building to the amount of $10.90. Wil 3 not, honored sir, make the same “wcom- mfendation the present year? if ft should be granted us. we could procead et once to erect the building, the amoun? being $24,000. This, in addition to the 6j propriation granted us last year, wii S the sum essential to our best prosperity, te vos inportant’ the’ weltare of the more t to the welfare country than We are doing. A thoroughly educated man exerts a conservative Influ- ence wherever he goes. We believe that to be the record of our students, a large por tion of whom are teachers. NOT A FINANCIAL SUCCESS. A Review of the First of the Oe ‘With the closing of the gates Monday night the first half of the Columbian ex- position passed into history. ‘The number of paid admissions during the month was 270.97 and the largest number of paid admissions was registered July 4, when 28.273 people deposited the admission fee with the ticket seller. The smallest num- ber was on Sunday last, when only 13,67 paid admissions were recorded. ‘The Rttendance for May was 1,000.87, while that of June more than doubled this figure, Teaching a total of 2,675,113. 4 ‘Officisis of the fair are greatly please with the artistic success of the great ex: position, but this much cannot be said of the financial end of the enterprise. The attendance has failed largely tc reach the mark it was expected to attain during the first half of the fair and especially during the month of July. For this the railroads are in the main held responsible, and the Ofliciais do not hesitate to criticise thelr stubbornness and meantess {a refusing to make a che fare round trip at the begin~ minke prenent hard times have hed minch e mes have had mi to. do ‘with the poor attenaunce, but the management thinks the would have atten largely bad the railroad fares been reduced. There must necessarily be a attendance during the remaining period of the fair if the management ex- pects to pay its debts, and this is all they now hope to do. It is a foregone conclusion that the stock- holders of the fair wili get nothing on their investment, nor will their subscriptions be returned, as the money for which the ex- position ‘1s legally Mable amounts to 80 much that it will take a tremendous daily average of paid admissions to ease the ob- MPrenident Higinbotham 1 as esident inl Is as Qny of the officials in the matter of fmasoe, je said: “I have only one fault to find with the first half of the exposition. The sttend- ance has not been what it ought to have been. In all other respects the exposition has been a success, as no one can reason- ably deny, but in that rogpect the first haif ts by no means the better half. I be- lieve that the attendance from now on will steadily increase. 1 believe that the ad- missions this week will exceed those of last. There have now been sbout 500,000 admissions. Surely more than that many will be registered during the rest of the and the total attendance will more Pe a oe of the ir will si a large attendance as the first half has ais ited us witb bad. The retrenchment policy will be renewed at == — = One first fects economy fel nation of one “special” night and Saturday will_hereafter be known #5 “special” nights. There will be no music at nights except upon those days, and the hours for the day concerts have been changed so as to divide the music ly between the morning and afternoon. free orchestral concerts will be given as usual, when the orchestra is not engeged in rehearsing for an afternoon program, St least for the present. ‘The new arrenge: ment will work @ saving of a few hundred dollars daily. ‘The repair shop of the Central rilroad at Brilis, between Elizabeth and Newark, N. J., was shut down indefinitely on Mon- day and all the employes were digcharged. About sixty men ase thrown out of em- ployment, Walter B. Ritchie of Lima, Ohio, one of the leading candidates for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, and who was su to have the backing of Senator Brice, has retired from the race. The petition of the board of managers of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Ep Church asking Congress t> re the provisions of the Chinese exclu- law been placed in the hands of a Senator and @ member, by whom it will be presented.