Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT TE STAR BUILDING 1101 Peaasylvania Avenue, corer 11th St., by The Evening Star Ni Oompany, SH KAUFPMAS 4 Pres’ pies —_—.__—_"__ Few York Oice, 88 Potter 3uildiag aioe bara ere ‘With foreten pos.ave & 7 ier et Le CO Washington, D. C.. as Resende nae aes nS Vor. 83, No 20.653. WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1893. Che Evening Star. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE BFST PLACE. Tn these times of FINANCIAL DISTURBANCE the best place to put your money is the PER- PETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION. The assets are $1,102,880.90, The undivided profits now amount to $98,350.99. It has been established twelve years, Tr never stops taking in money. It never stops paying out money. It never stops making advances. Our profits are now more than $7,000 per month. It is now paying 12 per cent per annum on ma- turing shares. 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Reafring done at short notice. ° Fall styles now ready. ‘aul2-Im ASHINGTON GROVE CAMP MEETING WILL TUESDAY, the 15th, and close FRIDAY, the Richard Norris in . Come ‘Metropolitan yasix daily, stop at the Grove. Fare. $cents round trip. good to return any time during or three days after camp. Mr. Norris will h the ing sermon Tuesday. Sp.m. Ep- ‘reac! opening sermot lay. 8p.m. Ep. MAugust 17. 180 Solem Lad 1893, Salem Lodge, ngs on THURSDAY EVENINGS. ALPHEUS DA- SPIRITUALISM. R. §. COWING, WASHING- ton's favorite test medium, will hold her THURS- DAY EVENING seance at’ Wonn's Hall, 721 6th ‘communication on FRIDAY, the 18th, the degree will be conferred.’ Brethren in- vited to be present. By order of the W. M. aed D. G. Dixt aniT-2t WASHINGTON, D. C., AUG. 17, 1808.—SPECIAL Rotice—All persons are Warned’ not to negotiate two certain notes made by Hugo Worch dated December 1, 1892, each for the sum of $500, and secured by a deed of trust on ry known as No. 733 ith st. nw. Washington, D.C, as Said notes have been lost, m or ‘stolen. JOHN B. LARNER, Attorney for William Reading, Adams building. IF YOU WANT A BLANK BOOK OR ANY KIND OF STATIONERY 60 TO EASTON & RUPP’s, 421 11TH ST., Gust above the avenue.) ault-1w aul? JOHN X. PHILLIPS AND HENRY J. JUENE- mann, under the firm name of Phillips & Juene- mann, have purchased from Henry Miller the ‘wood ‘and coal business located at 500 C st. ne., with all stock, ete., and announce that they have assumed all outstanding bills of said business, together with all debts of moron nee to hear from our friends we are, resi iS. JOHN X. PHILLIPS. rte J. JUENEMANN. LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO WINTER. What coster than an fireplace? What gives more satisfaction or com- fort than a cosy and pretty Interior? Let us put an open grate in your library and sit- ting room, new mantels in your parlors and a tile floor in your vestibule and you'll feel prepared for winter. ‘M. ROCHE, MANTELS, TILES AND GRATES, 716 13TH ST. 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RUPTURE CURED Without loss of time from business. Psin- Jess and entirely safe. Names of parties 3 have bees curl can be furnished Stour’ parlors, SO and 32 Motzerott Bufiding, "10:30 am. to'3 p.m. WASH- INGTON HERNIA INSTITUTE. Send us th name of some friend who is Fuptuced. Send for pam FOR RENT—CHEAP— FOUR ROOMS .K. cor. F and 15th sts. —suitable for any purpose. an2-15t BRIGHTWOOD_RATEWay ce ‘CARE leave terminus of 7th st. > tropgiitan railroad every. ten minutes for Bricht- ‘wood, Battle cemetery, ~ilver Springs and Takoms Park. Cars leave Silver Springs aud Takoma Park ‘every ten minutes for the city. Delightful evenin= ride these hot nizhts i auld THOS. O'BRIEN, Superintendent DIAMOND SETTING A specialty of our Factory. K HARRIS & CO., Manufacturing Jewelers, 1024 Cor. 7th and Dn.w. x. HL MCQUPES. paINTER AND PUBLISHER sk and job pri % setecnone TCS OHTINT w one MANTEL~, ANDIRONS. FENDERS GRAT! “Nromehe Geo Fixtures, Se. Tiles, Stained Sistas “HL CORNING, Tie Shop, 520 13th st. DR. W. A LYON HAS REMOVED HIS DENTAL office from 144 G st. to 732 14th st. n.w. Jy22-1m* Additional Rooms at Patent Office. Bids for material and labor required in the eenstruction of five rooms in the east model hall of the patent office were opened at 10 o'clock this morning in the office of the chief clerk of the Interior Department. The bids and bidders were as follows: James L. Parsons, $1,4%.00; C. Iglehart and Company, ‘$1,679.0 Hunt, $1,900.00; H. W. Hintlee, $1,975.00; Carver, $2,050.50; C. E. Buckhead, $2,103.00; Frank Freeman, $2, : R. A. Scaggs and Company, $5,278.00. Parsons, the lowest bidder,.was awarded the centract. Work on the new rooms will be begun within a day or two. There are no plans and specifications. Those who ex- pressed a desire to bid were taken over the field and pointed out what was to be done. gamma tye Treasury Department Ch: Appointed: Frederick Hess, New York, special Inspector of customs: Thomas H. O'Neil, Mass., special inspector of customs: Edmund Cusson, Mass., immigrant inspec- tor. Resigned: Henry T. Bingham, Mass., tm- migrant inspector. ee eee A Small Conscience Contribution. The United States Treasury today re- ceived a one dollar conscience from. the postmaster of this city under cover from the post office at Bloomburg, Pa. en. THAT DECISION. THE HAWAIIAN SITUATION. A NEW MEASURE. JUDGE CHIPMAN DEAD. Secretary Gresham Said to Be Dis- satisfied With It, REGULATIONS PROBABLY INEFFECTIVE. Secretary Herbert on the Continu- ance of Naval Patrol. SOME GENERAL GOSSIP. a There is considerable speculation as to when the regulations prescribed by the Ber- ing sea tribunal for the protection of the sealing industry will go into effect. Those best competent to judge are of opinion that The Star was right in saying yesterday that the regulations can hardly be put into prac- tical operation before the Ist of January next. The decision has been made, it is true, but it has not yet been received by the President in official form, and until it is so received it certainly cannot be officially Promulgated as the law of the land. The copy of the decision placed in the hands of the American arbitrators will be brought to Washington by them and turned over to the President for use in the preparation of his proclamation promulgating the result of the arbitration and enjoining upon all citizens of the United States a faithful ob- servance of the provisions of the judgment. Further negotiations are nec between Great Britain and the United States for the determination of the time when the new international agreement shall take effect. ‘These necessary formalities can hardly be fully consummated within three or four months at the earliest. Government Officials Cautious. Secretary Gresham wishes it distinctly understood that he has studiously avoided making any comment on the recent de- cision of the Bering sea arbitration tri- bunal, and that any publications on that subject attributed to him are unauthorized and fictitious. In fact, all the government officers, who are naturally supposed to be informed on the subject, are very cautious about ex- ressing opinions in regard to the decisior ‘hey desire to learn more about the lan- guage of the decision of the arbitrators be- fore uttering opinions. The treasury offi- cers are not prepared to say what will be the effect of the decision upon the lessees of the Pribyloff Islands, but it is assumed that, if the azbitrators have decided that the killing of seals must stop, the govern- ment has as much right to prohibit it abso- lutely as it has to say that the catch shall be limited to 7,500 skins, as it was last year, when the catch was reduced to a number sufficient only to provide the islanders with such meat for sustenance. Probabilities as to Damages. ‘The assumption is that the United States will have to pay damages for seized sealers, and, perhaps, to the amount of $1,500,000. But this disadvantage may be set off by the account of selzures and of sales from seizures, amounting to about the same sum. The amounts from seizure sales have been covered Into the treasury, and all that will mv to vi order bal to the owners of the skins taken. As the United States are assumed to have no prop- erty rights in the seals caught, it ought to be accepted as perfectly right that those who caught the seals were entitled to their skins. Acco} to onc official, “as we took the skins we | have to return them or their value in money.” ‘The Naval Patrol. Secretary Herbert confirmed the state- ment in yesterday's Star that the decision will have no effect as regards the naval patrol in Bering sea during the present sea- son. The patrol fleet would be necessary in Bering sea waters, he said, as hereto- fore, as by the decision a protected zone is established to begin — 1 of each year, exten: for sixty miles around’ the islands. To properly cordon the islands and keep sealers from reaching within our Umit, Secretary Herbert thinks, would ne- cessitate just as many naval ships and revenue cutters there each year as we had during the operations of the modus vivendi. Now it will mean, he believes, a regular Bering sea fleet, which will have to be sent there each year as long as we exercise protection over the territory. Effect of the Restrictions. ‘The restrictions placed on sealers with reference to firearms, nets, explosives and steam vessels will have the effect, it is believed, of causing Canadian sealers to re- sort to desperate methods to secure good catches, and much poaching is feared. In the close season, during the months of May, June and July, both Great Britain and the United States will be obliged to main. tain a fleet of naval vessels to keep poac ers from the sealing waters, and it is be- Neved at the Navy Department that this will result in the establishment of a per- manent Bering sea squadron for duty dor- ing the three months named. The United States will also be obliged to maintain a watch on the waters within the sixty-mile zone around the Pribyloff Islands from the 1st of April to the Ist of Septem! ‘The question of the patrol fleet, however, will not be considered for the present, and in the meanwhile no orders will be issued interfering with the instructions which are now in force regarding the duty of the fleet under Commander Ludlow in Bering sea. Secretary Herbert says that he contem- plates no orders of any kind to the fleet, and that all the vessels will undoubtedly remain on patrol duty until the autumn, when they would, in the ordinary course of events, return to San Francisco. Our fleet now consists of seven vessels—three rev- enue cutters, one fish commission steamer and three naval shi Regulations Practically Ineffectual. ‘The opinion of Capt. Shepard, chief of the revenue marine division of the Treasury De- partment, printed in yesterday's Star, to the effect that the regulations prescribed by the Paris tribunal for the protection of the seals are practically ineffective, is corrobor- ated by Capt. C. Nixon, owner of several sealing vessels. He says “My idea is that the decision will stop sealing in a year or two. It will practically be the extermination of the seals, as it gives an open season in August, which is in the height of the breeding season. Of course all sealers will take advantage of it, but I am very sorry for it, as it will put the. price of skins down next year. Why, it would take the combined navy of the world to protect the North Pacific sea, It will end international trouble, as the government cannot watch more than nine miles from shore. This new law will have a tendency to raise the price of skins this year on ac- count of the unsettled condition, but next year the price will be reduced.” Secretary Gresham Dissatisfied. Although he will not admit it, it Is known as a fact that Secretary Gresham is dis- satisfied with the result of the arbitration on the general ground that the United States has lost more than it has gained. He admits, so it is said, that the sealing indus- try will hereafter receive more protection, so far az the United States and Great Britain are concerned, but he has grave doubts as to whether Russia and other na- tions in interest will feel bound to observe an agreement that is confessedly birding only upon the United States and Great Britain. Those two nations have agreed to ‘a closed season for sealing, so far as their own citizens and subjects are concerned, but they have also agreed to the principle that the Bering sea is an open free sea, and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of no nation. Consequently if neither of the two countries concerned In the controveray has any jurisdiction over the waters in question, how is it possible for them to say what other nations shall or shall not do in them. ‘Their decision binds them and no one else. ‘They agree that the citizens and subjects shall not catch seals within a zone of sixty miles around the Pribiloff Islands within a specified time, but in so doing they admit that the prescribed limits not within their jurisdiction, and consequently that their regulations do not apply to the citizens or subjects of any other country. ‘The Only True Construction. According to the people holding this view, the only true construction of the decision ‘(Continued on Sixth Page.) Mr. Blount Returns in Response to s Sum- mons From the State Department What He is Quoted as Saying in Re- ward to the Condition of Things Upom the Island. It is learned today that Minister Blount return to this country is in response to a summons from the State Department. His presence in Washington is required for an intelligent consideration of the proposed treaty between the provisional government of Hawaii and the United States regarding the future relations of the two countries, negotiations for which were temporarily interrupted by the change of administra- tion. Mr. Blount tendered his resignation as minister some time ago, but its accept- ance is suspended pending the settlement of the negotiations now in progress. Mr. Blount’s return at this time, 1s also due to the fact that he has completed the special object of his mission to Hawail and be- cause he has private interests here that cannot longer be neglected with safety. No Diplomatic Representative Honola! One result of Minister Blount's visit to the United States is that Honolulu is for the first time in years without a diplomatic representative from the United States. Con- sul General Severance and Admiral Sker- rett are there, but Mr. Blount has dis- tinctly stated that neither has diplomatic authority. He has, however, turned over the archives of the government, with other Property, to the consul general, and that official will undoubtedly act as an inter- mediary in the event that it becomes neces- sary to communicate directly with the pi visional government during Mr. Blount'’s absence from his post. The Attitude of Japan, Despite Mr. Blount’s denial that any change in the situation in Hawai! caused his return,private advices from Honolulu say the provisional leade-s, as well as Minister Blount, are much worried over the attitude taken by Japan in regard to her citizens in Hawaii. A formal demand has been made by Japan that to her people be given the same right of suffrage as to Europeans. The provisional government will refuse yleld to this, but it has not power to resist Should Japan send several gunboats to in- sist on compliance. Consequently it 1s understood that Mr. Blount will endeavor to impress upon President Cleveland the absolute need of prompt decision in regard to Hawaii before Japan takes action. For the first time Mr. Blount and the provi- sional leaders are acting together in the effort to check Japan's scheme. What Mr. Blount Says. Special dispatches from San Francisco quote Mr. Blount as saying: “I am glad to escape from the isolation of the Island. Everything is quiet. There will be no further trouble. Those of the roys ists who might feel disposed to make trou- ble recognize that the whole matter is in the hands of the United States; that if this country wants to annex them, anne: will be accomplished." cee From many questions which Mr. Blount refused to answer or evaded it is Inferred that he has made no recommendations in his report. Much of it is devoted to careful summaries of the land situation, wages and coolle labor. Mr. Blount declared emphat- ieally that’ under our constitution we couldn't annex a country which had prac- tically deprived the natives of all their land, Not over 20,000 acres on the whole island were ever the property of the people, and much of this had been sold to foreigners. ‘The result was that outside the crown lands practically all the good agricultural land was owned by foreigners. The whole xpirit cf the land laws was opposed to our methods, as ft left the Kanakas a landless people. No Danger of Disturbance. Mr. Blount is credited with having made the following statement prior to his depar- ture from Honolulu: “There is no danger of any disturbance from annexationists, and in conversation with leading royalists I have learned that they will make no further opposition to the provisional government until after the decision of the United States ts announced on the proposition for annexation. I am anxious to get home, and am confident the provisional government is capable of pre- Serving the peace and quiet of the country.” The impression he left in Honolulu was that he considered the provisional govern- ment as a fixture, not to be disturbed un- less the United “States should see fit to change its policy hereafter. When ap- proached about the contents of his report replied that he intended leaving Hawaii without expressing an opinion on elther side of the question at issue, but the en- tire tenor of his conversation went to show that his reserved opinion, was that the government of the United States should uphold the present island government in the interests of Americans and America. This is what has led prominent annexa- tlonists to declare that Minister Blount favors the establishment of a protectorate over Hawall, and that his report to the State Department is predicated on the idea that a treaty of that sort is the best solu- tion of the Hawatian problem. The Administration Policy. ‘The policy of the administration on this question will not be finally determined un- til after Mr. Blount’s arrival in Washing- ton and the President and the Secretary of State have consulted with him in re- gard to the present condition of affairs on the islands. Mr. Blount may go on to Buz- zard’s Bay to sce the President, but this is not Hkely, as his business can be transact- e@ just as well with Secretary Gresham at Washington. "According to the present outlook it will be several weeks yet before this question will be in shape for submission to Con- gress and if that body shall dispose of its nancial legislation within the next month (of which there is not much prospect) the chances are strong that the settlement of the Hawaiian question, so far as this coun- try is concerned, will be deferred until the regular session of Congress in December. ——___— A NARROW ESCAPE. How Col. Ike Hill Came Near Losing His Positio Col. “Ike” Hill of Ohio, the well-known deputy sergeant-at-arms of the House, had @ narrow escape from official death yester- day. The colonel is one of the picturesque figures in the House, and when !t was re- ported that he was likely to suffer official decapitation much surprise was felt. Who was to arrange the pairs by which Repre- sentatives were enabled to take things eas- ily and to perform the other useful offices which Mr. Hill has so long monopolized if he were removed, and who else could be relied upon in the weary watches of an all- night session to bring back to the House the elusive majority necessary to make a quorum? So the democratic hosts rallied to his support, and just before the House adjourned, Mr. Snow, the new sergeant-at- a announced that no change would be made. ‘The movement to oust Hill had its begin- ning in the contest over the office of ser- ant-at-arms, He espoused the cause of yr. Yoder, the former incumbent, and thereby aroused the antagonism oi Snow's supporters to such a degree that last_ week a petition was circulated for signatures asking Hill's removal. This was signed, it is said, by the whole democratic delegation from lilinois, and on the strength of it Mr. Snow felt justified in stating that a change would be made in the office of deputy. A counter movement to secure Hill's retention in office was begun, and en- listed such men as Speaker Crisp and Judge Culberson of Texas. The latter is reported | to have had a very exciting interview with Mr. Snow, when he presented the request of 177 democratic Representatives that Hill remain undisturbed. Pension Appea! The board of pension appeals has _ren- dered its weekly report,which is as follows: Pending at the beginning of the week, 4125 ‘appeals; filed during the week, 18 ap- peals; allowed by the commissioner ‘of pen- sions, 5; dismissed, 26; pending at the end ee fobs ect Zz Pai gerecahr Rata as te, teens at wed by’ the commissioner of pensions, 4; Sresiaess, i, Soonaine net eee Des of ‘the week, 6. One hundred and twenty-six mo- tions’ for reconsideration are still pending. The Senate Finance Committee Pre- paring One, STEERING AWAY FROM SILVER. A Report Expected Within a Few Days. A GENERAL CURRENCY BILL. There is a general impression that some measure is to be reported from the Serate committee on finance tomorrow or the next day. The committee was in session today, and the situation was discussed by them, but no conclusion as to action reached. Some of the ‘Senators who are in favor of repeal, but are not entirely in the confi- dence of either the committee on finance or the co-called steering committee, are im- portunate in their desire to have some demonstration of doing something made in the Senate. ‘Some pressure is being brought to bear on the committee for a bill to be reported pro- Yiding for the simple repeal of the purchas- ing clause of the Sherman law, coupied with @ declaration that it is the policy of the gov- ernment to maintain bimetallism. Some of | the members of the finance committee ex- pect such a bill to be reported. But those who are guiding affairs in the Senate expect to make a very different turn in the pro- cedure there. It is understood to be the Policy of those who in the absence of Mr. Cleveland represent the administration to have the battle first fought out in the House, without any division of*effort be- tween ‘the two bodies. ‘The prospects of passing an unconditional bill through the House are very good, while in the Senate there seems to be no chance t all for it. The anti-silver men believe that the e of an unconditional Avon bill by the House will place them in a bet- ter position for the fight in the Senate, and the silver men do not care to make any special movement in the Senate until they know what the House will do. The leaders on neither side, therefore, are desirous of rushing things. Will Probably Report a Bill. ‘The committee on finance will probably re- port a bill in order to relleve themselves from any criticism that might attach to them if the impression got abroad that they were haggling over the matter and| playing merely for delay. But the plans of the managers do not contemplate an imme- diate entrance in the Senate upon the fight ‘over the repeal bill. ‘The indications are that, for the time being, the repeal question wili be laid aside and ‘a more general financial proposition will be taken up. It Is proposed to bring into the Senate very soon a very broad measure dealing with the whole fizan- cial question and to attempt to pass that instead of taking up such a measure us ts now in the House, which deals with only one phase of the question. No Details Given Out. The details of the plan proposed are still preserved as a secret with the steering com- mittee, and it is known simply that they intend to take up a different question from that presented in the President's message, which will probably be a general banking and currency bill, including the proposi- Uon suggested by’ Representative Johnson in the House and approved by Mr. Bryan in his speech yesterday. (This proposition. in a general, way, pro- vides that any one having bonds can de- posit them in the treasury and get notes on them to the full face value, the interest on; the bonds to cease for so long as the note: re outstanding inst them, and the notes to be convertible back into the bonds at the option of the holder. The impression is strencthened today that no unconditional repeat of che Sher- The Detroit Congressman Expires After Three Weeks’ Ilness, His Service in Congress and Popular- ity Among His Colleagues—an Account of His Career, DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 17.—John Logan Chipman, member of Congress for the first district of Michigan, died at Harper's Hos- pital here this morning, aged sixty-three years. He had been ill of pneumonia for three weeks past. He was serving his third term from his district and prior to going to Congress had been judge of the superior court of Detroit for a number of years. Mr. Chipman was @ very popular man in this city, where he had many friends, He had been @ mem- ber of Congress for four terms and as a rule made his home while here at the Na- tional Hotel. Mr. Chipman was = born in Detroit June 5, 1bw. He received his education in the public schools of that city and at the Uni- versity of Michigan. In 186 he was en-| gaged in the Lake Superior region as an explorer for the Montreal Mining Com- pany. He was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-four and within that year aided in the payment of the Chippewas and participated in the making of the treaty of Detroit with the Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan. He Was at one Ume assistant clerk of the state house of representatives and in 106 was elected city attorney of Detroit, which position he heid for five years. In lsus he was elected a member of the Michigan legislature and in 186 was appointed at- torney of the police board of Detroit. In 196 he ran for Congress on the democratic ticket, but was defeated. He remained the attorney of police tll May, 187%, when he Was elected judge of the superior court at Detroit, to which position he was re-elect- ed at the end of six years. Mr. Chipman was elected to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses and was re-elected to the present Congress as a democrat by a handsome majority. His district com- prised the county of Wayne, in which De- troit is situated. Mr. Chipman was regarded as a lawyer of great avility, and his opinions and judg- ment on legal matters were very generally sought by his colleagues. His conunittee assignments have always been such as to give him considerable prominence, and as a political advisor, as well as a legislator, he stood high in his party. In fact, there'are few men of wider and more varied claims for distinction within the democrat party. As a debater he was strong and direct and convincing, and he never spoke on any question in the’ House without at once com- mancing the attention and respect of his hearers. He was a man of rather modest disposition and seldom wantonly pressed himself into ee He took part in discussion only when his interests in the matter and the necessity of the occasion re- quired. He never was a talker to the Record and seemed to have ao desire to keep in the public eye. He inherited from the line of distin- guished ancestors the qualities which marked his career in public life, and asa newspaper man, in which profession he gained considerable prominence, both on the Detroit Free Press and the Chicago Tribune, he acquired those habits of con- centration and self repression which made him strong in the legislative halls As well as being a lawyer and a newspaper man and a politician, he was a poet, and as stated above, an explorer. In the last House Mr. Chipman was a member of the committee on foreign af- tairs and of the committee on election of President and Vice President being chair- man of the latter. He took an active part in the debates on the tariff bilis before the House, being one of the foremost tariff re- man act can go through the Senate and this determination to take up another mea- sure of relief in its place ts in response to a very general conviction among the ex- rienced men in Congress that it is use- Mr. |. less to rely on the repeal of the Sherman law. A CRASH YESTERDAY. Eight Were Discharged From the Patent Office. ‘There was a crash in the patent office yesterday afternoon. Eight employes are missing.* Scme authorities rate the fatal- ities as high as ten. The names of the vic- tims will not be given out. The calamity occurred in the draughtsmen’s division. Four female employes were fired out of the pasting room. Some departed from the chief clerk's room; some went away from the other rooms of the division to return no more. A reporter overheard one messenger say tovangther, “Yeo sar, ‘they histed them right out of de window.” He acted on this. One of the ladies from Chief Clerk Darby's room said that Miss Shedd had the awful list. Miss Shedd had it but held on to it with both hands. One of the attaches of the pasting room said that four had trav- eled the bench. Chief Martin said that his force had not been reduced. An elderly gentleman said that there had been some removals, but if Chief Martin said there had been none, then no removals had been made. Commissioner Seymour told the reporter that the vacancies had been created not on political grounds, but for the interest of the service. Appoint- ment Clerk Daniels said that no dismissals had been made in the classified service. A tremor is running through the patent office. SURVEYING THE ST. LAWRENCE. A Request That Canadian Vessels do Not Interfere. Acting under instructions from the Secre- tary of War, a party of engineer officers has undertaken to make a survey cf the channel of the St. Lawrence river, in order to determine all shoals between Cape Vin- cent and Morristown, N. Y., 80 that all ob- structions may be properly noted on the government charts. A party and equipment are now on the river and have begun work, which it 1s proposed to confine to a mirvey of 1,000 feet on either side of the regular course of large boats navigating the St. Lawrence between the points indicated. The owners of vessels navigating the river, Canadians as well as citizens of the United States, were requested to co-operate in the undertaking, to the extent at least of not interfering ‘with the working party. The Tequest met with a favorable response from the Americans interested, but was utterly ignored by the navigators of the Dominion. ‘The matter having been brought to the at- tention of the Secretary of State. he has addressed a communication to the Dritish minister on the subject, to the end that the Dominion government’ may co-operate to the success of the survey, by inducing Canadian lines of steamers and vessels to avoid injurious interference with the sweep- ing vessels necessarily employed in the sur- vey. ——___-2-—_____ His Resignation Accepted. Post Chaplain Wm. K. Tully, whose res- ignation has just been accepted by the President to take effect next November, is one of the best known chaplains in the army. He is the son of a New York min- ister, and was born in that state. He was appointed to the army, however, from Flo- rida in 1887. His retirement from the ser- vice was practically compulsory und was due to his intemperate habits while sta- tioned at Fort Leavenworth. He resigned by request, and then endeavored unsuccess- fully to have his resignation canceled. ee Personal Mention. Col. John M. son has gone to Maine for a two weeks’ poston Assistant Secretary Quincy has returned from Chicago, where he presided over the sessions of the world’s peace congress. Silver Purchases. ‘The Treasury Department today purchas- ed 164,000 ounces of silver at $0.726 per ounce, out of 300,000 ounces offered yesterday at higher rates. The purchases so far this month aggregate about 2,000,000 ounces, and the prospects fc - the p pects for getting, the quota of «50, formers on the floor. THE INTERIOR’S EXHIBIT. How the Appropriation Was Divided and Who Did the Work. J. W. Clark, representing the Department of the Interior at the world’s fair, has just submitted his report to the Secretary of the Interior under date of Augast 10. He states that the labor of preparing the ex- hibit of the department occupied the great- er part of the fiscal year, and was, with the exception of some minor details, completed about the middle of March. In March the work of installing the government exhibit in the government building was begun, and ‘was so far advanced by May 1 that the dis- play at the opening of the fair was very creditable. The appropriation and expenditures have been as follows: Allotment to the Depart- ment of the Interior, 15 per cent of the total appropriation, $140,850, less 5 per cent to the board of management for common expenses, $7,042.50; total balance, $133,807.50; expenses of representative, chief special agent and department office, $7,861.54; gen- eral installation expenses charged to the department, $1,618.42; exhibit of general land office, ’ $8,777.07; ‘of the Indian bureau, $9,208.55; of the bureau of education, $8,40s.0: of the patent office, $20,063.33; of the geolox: ical survey, $20,812.54; of the census office, $2,220.22; of the Alaskan exhibit, $6,273.94; of the big’ tree, $10,528.01; total, $6247.18; unex- pended balance July i, $37,560.32. To the foregoing, continues the report, should be added the specific appropriation of $25,000 made to the Indian bureau for an exhibit of the Indian schools. This fund has been expended under the direction of the commissioner of Indian affairs and infor- mation concerning it should be sought in that gentleman's report, The exhibit of the department occupies 26,00 feet of floor and gallery space. The report commends Lieut. eT. Emmons, U. 8. N., for his able work in connection with the Alas- kan exhibit and speaks a good word for the scenes in ofl contributed by T. J. Richard- son, and the flowers of Alaska painted in Water colors by Elizabeth Earl Jackson of Washington, D. C. ‘The paper touches on the census office exhibit, which was made under the direc- tion of James H. Wardell, and is now in charge of Charles G. Leonard. The ex- hibit of the general land office comes in for a share of praise, as its success Is said to be largely due to Albert L. Pitney and Wirt Tassin. In this connection credit is given to J. H. Hiller for photographic transparencies, ‘and to C. D. Walcott, chief paleontologist of the survey. The exhibits of the patent office and the bureau of education are commended for their com- pleteness. In conclusion, the report states that the ‘greater part of the work of pre- paring and installing the department's ex- bit was done under the direction of Hor- ace A. Taylor, representative of the Inte- rior Department on the board of manage- ment of government exhibits, and his chief special agent, John M. Ewing. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Representa- tive H. E. Van Voorhis of Zanesville, Ohio, are at the Ebbitt. Representatives Geo. C. Pendleton of Belton, Tex., and Wm. McAleer of Phila- delphia are at the Randall. Mr. W. A. Quinn has gone to Atlantic City ‘for a couple of weeks. r, R. L Etchison has gone to Deer ———————_~—____ Patent Office Personals. Miss Livings of the draughtsman’s divis- fon has returned to her desk after a pleas- ant trip to her home in Indianapolis. Mrs. Ruth and Miss Hoskins of the same division “are spending their leave at the ir. ‘Will Be Sent to Quarantine. Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service has received a telegrem from Surgeon Hutton at Brunswick, Ga. stating that Acting Assistant Surgeon Dui ‘woody, who has been attending the yellow fever patient, Dr. Branham, and the pa- tient’s cousin, who is also a Dr. Branham, Will be sent ‘to the quarantine station at Blackbeard Island, off the coast of Geor- gia, to pass the period of incubation. Coal in Duttable. Assistant Secretary Hamlin has instruct- ed the collector of customs at Port Town- send, Wash., that bituminous coal imported im lighters for steamers is dut ATLANTIC CITY’S FIRE| The Opera House and City Hall Destroyed. GUESTS IN ADJOINING HOTEL IN FEAR. A Man's Body Thought to Be in the Ruins NEARLY $100,000 LOSS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 17.—Fire at about 4 o'clock this morning destroyed the City Halil, Grand Opera House and a portion of the train sheds of the Pennsyl- vania railroad. The loss is estimated at about $75,000, with not over $5,000 insurance. ‘The body of a man known as “Jimmy, the Sport,” is suj to be in the joUse Fuina: The fre ts, supposed to have been of incendi origin, though this has not been definitely settled. Hotel Guests Frightened. A building owned by Louis Kuehale, ad- joining the theater, was burned :nd the oc- cupants had barely time to escape with their lives. The guests at Kucha’e’s Motel, which is in the same block as the burned buildings, were badly frightened and many Packed up their belongings and carried them to the street, while others fled to the street in their night clothes. The hotel, however, was unharmed. Various municipal and «ther valushle records were in the city hall vault. The extent of the damage done to them has not yet been learned. The losses are estimated as follo-s: Granda Opera House, $30.00; city hall, $0, 000); Italian statuary belonging to A. Gi vannoni of New York, which was on exhi- dition at the opera’ house, 15,000; Louis Kuebnle, 38,000; Pennsylvania railroad, $1,000; sundry other losses, $1,000. REUNION OF OHIO SOLDIERS. Gov. McKinley Given an Enthusiastic Welcome at Black Ha COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 17—A special to the Dispatch from Black Hand, Ohio, says: The grandest reunion of soldiers of Licking and Muskingum counties ever held took place here today, and was witnessed by fully 5,000. The exercises were held in the Wickham Grove, half mile from here, which had been specially arranged for the occa- sion. ‘The word had been given that Gov. Me- Kinley would be present and the people flocked to hear him. Grand army posts were t from ail parts of both coun- ties. The governor was given an enthusi- astic reception. His elicited the closest attention. The other speakers were Lieut. Gov. Harris, Audi‘or of State Poe, ex-Lieut. Gov. W. C. Lyon, Gen.W. H. Ball, & M. Hunter, Samuel J. Ewing, J. C. Frampton and'E. M. Brister. —_ GUNNING FOR WHALEY. Every Man at Yellow Springs, Ohio, After the Murderer. CINCINNATI, Aug. 17.—Every man tn Yellow Springs and vicinity 1s armed with either a revolver, shotgun, or club, and the town looks as if it were in a state of siege. ‘The colored man Whaley, wanted for the Garee sentat RaenitE ae ent Go mee assault on Farmer Hoppings, Saar Sea ask Pee ea tured. Sheriff Dodge of Xenia and depu- tles have arrived on the scene and are in irsuit. tt is quietly understood that if Whaley is captured he is to be lyn without cere- os i: The village is about evenly divided be- tween whites and biecks and this may cause a race war, as the negroes look with no favor on the pursuit of Whaley, who came from Kentucky eight months ago. a AFTER 15 YEARS COURTSHIP. of a Chicago Couple itely Postponed. CHICAGO, Aug. 17—The wedding of Miss Julia Phelps to Henry Arthur Norton which was to have been an important event in the polite circles of the west side, did not take place last night as was ex- pected. Two weeks ago it was announced that the marriage ceremony would be held August 16. The wedding cards were not sent out and other details of the occasion had not yet been arranged, when right on the heels of the published announcement came the intimation to a few of the inti- mate friends of the couple that the cere- mony had been postponed indefinitely. Mr. Norton left the city in one direction and Miss Phelps in another. She spent two weeks at a summer resort and returned to Chicago late last night. Mr. Norton is at the home of his parents at Norwich, N.Y. The young woman was not disporel to receive any one last night after her return. but her mother said the cause of the abrupt and unexpected cancellation of the wed- ding engagement was a. purely private matter regarding which she would say nothing. The intimate friends of the couple were | astounded to learn the wedding had been declared off after a courtship of fifteen years, and they are still wondering why it happened so. >. IN A RECEIVER’ The Wedding it HANDS. Steet Failure of the Oliver Tron Company of Pittsburs. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 17.—The Oliver Iron and Steel Company, one of the largest concerns in the country, went into the hands of a receiver today. The application was made before Juége Acheson of the United States circuit court by the National Tube Works Company of New Jersey and E. C. Converse of New York and Pittsburg, and H. W. Oliver, senior member of the firm, was appointed. In the bill of application the alleged capital steck of the company was $1,6%,000 and lia- bilities were $500,000. Of this amount $400,000 is payable within ninety 4: About $500,- 000 more is in collateral bills payable by pledge of pig iron and stocks and bon4s in coke and natural gas companies. The bond- ed indebtedness is $585,000, ‘The company, through the secretary, T. J. B. Oliver, admitted the allegations ‘and attributed the failure to the stringency cf the money market and the depression in business. If reasonable time was given, all liabilities could be satisfied withont saeri- ficing the assets or depreciating the value of the company’s property. Judge Acheson then appointed H.W. Oliver receiver. The company has oxtensive plants in Pittsburg and Alleghany, and em ploys about 4,000 men. Tt ts also larzoly f terested tn the coke and natural bu ness. When in full operation the ‘sales of the ‘company will aggregate $5,500,000 an- nually. —__—»—__ TRAGEDY IN NAVY CIRCLES. The Wife of Capt. J. P. Allen Acci- jentally Shot. VALLEJO, Cal, Aug. 17.—Mrs, J. P. Allen, wife of Capt. Allen, chief draughts- man of the construction department at | Mare Island navy yard, was accidentally by her husband last night. Capt. was cleaning a revolver when It ac- tally exploded, the bullet taking ef- cide fect in the loins of ‘Mrs. Allen, who was in a stooping position at a book case In front of her husband. ports that the wound wi —— ‘The attending surgeon re- | prove fatal. Fall jue of Rupee Paper. LONDON, Aug, 17.—A special dispatch to the Times from Calcutta says It ts the zon. | eral opinion there that the government hes chosen the wrong moment to lower the rate of India council drafts. Tt is belleved that the government should have held out two or three weeks longer, until the export trade developed. In the meantime it should have issued treasury bills to meet the short- ness in funds. The action of the government in lower- ing the price to Is. 2 1-44. caused reat ‘weakness in exchange in London today. At the stock exchange rupee paper is de- | pressed ‘and the price has fallen 1d. MRS. CLEVELAND GOES SAILING. With a Party of Ladies She Goes on the Steam Yacht. BUZZARD'S BAY, Aug. 17.—The steam yacht Oneida left here at 11 o'clock this morning for a short cruise down the bay. Mrs. Cleveland and a party of ladies who had visited Cray Gables were on board, the guests of the Benedicts. ‘The President remained ct home. —— RECEIVED BY THE POPE. Rev. Wm. E. Bartlett of Baltimere Har a Pleasant Interview. pe alluded in to inal Git Bishop of the Catholic University of America: Dr. (Connell, rector of the “American ome, and Prof. Bouquillon, professor of moral theology and dean of the divinity faculty of the Catholic University of America. He extolled Prof. Bouquilion’s wisdom enlightened spirit. Prof. Bouguillon given the pope a long treat Jeave Rome shortly, ¢ hopeful of the n American matters. The pope will shortl; tant document with ington University. CHANGING THE RATIO. blish an impor- ference to the Wasibe Many Mexican Bankers Believe That It Would Settle the Silver Question. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—A City of Mexico special suys: President Cleveland's mes- sage not having been telegraphed, it hos just been received by mail. Speaking of the message, a prominent banker said: “The general opinion is that it wisely restricted to its local phase the ver question in the United States, but argued that while the President urges the American people should have current everywhere in the world, he properly have taken into consideration ap) xing quality of gold, which is ually making it a toe, costly for throughout the entire world, and thus the, United States adopts a gold stan‘in it will inflict heavy loss on its farmers, who sell their meat and cot- ton in Europe. With gold the universal standard, prices as measured therein will fall, and consequently the altural class in the United States will suffer by the demonetization of silver. s on silver is regarded by Mexicans aes strong one, as he points out the dangerous nature of ‘the experiment of making gold the sole money metal.” A change in the ratio is considered by many Mexican bankers the best means of settling the silver question, which disturbs trade everywhere. say that not done ‘silver-using countries for manufacturing, and try to Ue as possible abroad. ——_ HELD UP BY TRAMPS. An Express Messenger Foreeaé to Empty His Local Safe. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 1%.—The north- bound express train, No. 4, in charge of Conductor Smith and Engineer Hall on ile and I gage car when the train stopped at a water tank a few miles south of St. James, On account of the sultry night the express messenger allowed the door of his car to had no dif- the con- they z, messenger. vinced the of pulled the bell rope. ened speed the robbers platform and 4! When the train reached tion agent Sp" noted end 4 organized and started pursult men. The local officials are reticent the Value of the booty secured and ‘will amount to very little. —_—_ BRIGHT OUTLOOK For THE FAT. i di taht ; A Marked Incrense in the Average Dally Attendance. WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—The financial outlook of the world’s fair was never brighter than it is now. Since the recent radical reduction in the running expenses there has been marked increase in the earnings and average attendance is growing larger by day. Not since President Cleveland touched the electric button that opened white city to the world has there such an influx of visitors from a as there has been during the last three days. Fifteen special world’s fair trains 26,000 visitors into the city last night came from all points and came reduction of rates from eastern Each train carried its full Limit of cars cach car was comfortably filled. 1 the gate are the world's fair officials say that the aver age amount of money spent by 20 per cent less than it was during three months of the fair. They for this in two ways. First, they due to the scarcity of money and times. Then there is a change in acter of the people, who are the large cities, and now those from rural districts are beginning to arrive. Never before has there been such # rush for admission at the gates as today. The pre- mature economy of the department ¢f a4- mission was made have been di: week or more and the force was not half adequate today to accommodate the that impatiently awaited to be admitted. The people were force’ to wait their in single file and during the first rush were 28) people in line at each entrance the time. hi tt ae, i f i | ite rite ew TERROR STILL IN BOMBAY. Bombay say no renewal of the rioting in that city to- day confidence has not yet been fully re stored. The shops are closed and every train leaving the city is filled with fami- lies carrying their personal effects, who are returning to their native districts wi a view to securing safety in the event of general trouble. The working people refuse to resume their occupations until after tomorrow, which i Mohammedan prayer day. ——_ Well-Known Raltimoreans Dend. BALTIMORE, M4., Aug. 17.—Mr. George W. Umbach, a’ well-known ship owner of this city, died yesterday at his ceuntry residence in the fifty-eighth year of his age. Mr. Umbach was born in Hesse-Cas- sel, Germany, and came to Raltimere in 1852. He had’ been three times married, A widow and seven children survive him. Mrs. Mary A. Kyle, widow of Judes H. T. Kyle of Cincinnatl and sister of Com- modore James T. Watkins of San Francis- co, died yesterday at Lutherville, a suburb, aged seventy years. es 1 Sunstroke During Maneuvers. LIN, Aug. 17.—A series of military maneuvers was held today at Konigsberg. ‘The weather was intensely warm and the soldiers suffered greatly. During the ma- neuvers Count Klinkowstroen suffered @ sunstroke and died in a very few minutes. NAPLES, Aug. 17.—During the twenty- four hours ending at noon yesterday there were eleven new cases of cholera fm this city and eight deaths from the disease. The total number of fourth-class post- Masters appointed today was sixty-seven. ‘Thirty-nine were to fill vacancies caysed by removals and twenty-eight to fill vacancies | occasioned by death and resignation. This | is the smallest number of changes fer any day during the past seven days. W. T. Hendrix was appointed postmaster at Maryland Line, Baltimore county, Md., vice J. F. 7 removed. Montgomery Sutton was made ‘postmaster at Tackett Milla, Stafford county, Va. vies Seaqgn Ba- —— ots Resuming Business, Bank of Commerce if Den- 1 ‘ational Bank have temporarily ank examiners, hav- ing fully co vith the conditions im- pored upon the controler of the currency, pital stock being un- frapaire?! have totay ben permitted &0 cpen their doors for business.