Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR rcs SHED oD a re in the Untted § Canvte —rostage prepaid 50 ceats per month, ates of BDAY QUADRUPLE SHEET STAR $L. OO per year; reign postaee sided, $3.00. Fotered atthe Post Ofice at Washington, D. C., a8 E47 All mall eubsert Rates of sdvertisine made known on application. | “Ee Sitmallsinevtstom wast ve puttin atranee | Vor, 83, Na 20.657 WASHINGTON, ¥, EXCEPT SUNDAY. ME STAR BUILDINGS ¢ 1LO1L Pennsylvania Avenne, corser Lith 3t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, ® H. KAUFRPMAN Prev’e Few York Oflon, 84 Potter Building. ‘ = f Copies at the counter, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1893. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. _|__ SPECIAL NOTICES. \.- NEW AUDITORICM FY OX Miss AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY. be ig egg eg gs AM! NICAN SECURLTL AND TRUS? 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Frosient. te RIGHT PIANOS at astonishingly low prices. NO NEED TO WAIT LONGER. | Now i a gual chair tovrechange Four old ARRIVED—Fall und Winter Trouserings | plano. Easy S. Ask for the specials, and Suitiogs. Rich medium and dark THE PIANO EXCHANGE, 913 Penna. ave. Srsegice Magee e_gyest | rete Ea acto The Leading Piano House. i er ore J. FRED GATCHEL, Tailor, Tae of Koco, S912 6 mw. au? 3m ARE YOU A “HEAVY-WEIGHT, ; the popular tight | j-.4 = i take a look at ont latest | KEEP A PRETTY FRONT tach wheels: rigid KEEP a PRETTY FRONT! pth: dropped bamile tect’ poaition: stron | Now use the garden hose and > re iary ane weight rider over ang roads Keey the grass green as long as | Bnd Weighing © with tools, 38 w Think it°Tt sutt you salle possible. The sun and heat is GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. 00., Engin ger We are selling 25 feet Garden Hose, with patent nowzle and couplings complete, for $1.75. | BARBER & Koss, cor. 11th and G sts. su22 A COZY PLACE. 18 1325 14th st. AUCTION FIRM. Mt LATIMER, F. W. {Jet me put new mantels In the house at 2 once. Don't wait ‘ull the ‘sow files. A handsome mantel, tiled fireplace and a gas | ¢ log will give the Library or Sitting Rom Bo Be Pionnd at air of cuciness that it bas pot’ Kpowa | nd acomztment 3 bee 3 gage est * USE TRY TT pocue, F Prt inal Ite appointments a . ROCHE, Proper Prices, ae ee) om Ti 13th st. nw. EK CENT DISCOUNT ALTERATION SAre.— WHICH ARE YOU DOING ‘The write: of this happened to be tm a banking Institution the Toticed one of the v@icers dictating letters | © shortand “writer.” ‘Naturally both Were engaged. “Half of the valuable time | rs without ofthat aud ‘all of ‘the time. of that shorthand writer, was being ‘wasted. | other day and | Excepting Black Clay, Worsteds and Black Cloths. Hiad the officer a Phonograph he could | EISEMAN PROS. have dictated the let as fast. as be aan sere sre Wished" withot " Interruption from” the | ky x = Stenegrapher, and the stenographer could CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY have been engaged apon sume other work | LAYING COPN? # STONE. U. S. CAPITOL. until the cyllulers “Were turned over to | te of Hata Masons, Old Fellows | Lim for” transeription. her orenizations zo to BRODT's. 419 Is tt any “wouler that some business | w, Metaivinue done at short mien accomplish so much more work than others, when the letter will not avail Tbemscives of modern office facilities? Are vou dictating your correspondence to & Phonograph or are yon wastlug balf of Your valuable ‘ttme? old or rented. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. “27 at. a FEN E.|D. EASTON, Pres. R. F. CROMELIN, See. THTOR, aug? ss | SE. 3.0. 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PALMER'S ots tat SY gaa) Telephone 906, BELFAST GINGER ALR OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE GROCERY TRADE Keuerally ‘ure bereby informed that we have to imported, moved from 204 bth st nw. to 922 Louisiana ee Eig, Baty bere, we will carry, « complete line of RIN oe pork "products, both ‘fresh aud cut aes a Rologuaa e's ous owe make, fresh every ‘Say. « at lowest price Give ‘cnavinend otder trom the manufacturer. lowest vets call and be comtince SAMUEL ¢. PALMER, YOU LIVE AT THE ELSMERE > >> SMS Dat. aw. just as you live at boime—same bome- Derots: (ves 324 st n.w like conventences. comforts, &c. *‘Kls- tere” Hotel, 1406-12 H st. nw. au2t WASHINGTON, BD. Paine Sm. to 5p INGTON MEENIN INSTITUTE. Send as been lost, len. bee Be oy SOE . Send for pemphiet Tm JOHN B. ‘ER, - -_ Attorvey for William Reading, BRIGHT Wood katLway COMPANY FLECTEIC pa At louve tomintn of Test abi toud oat Me | aT Ie Adame brtldiee._ ‘The Kansas City Post Omce. . 5 Postmaster General Bissell has recetved foventtns ride these hot mit & report on the Kansas City Office. THs. O'BRIEN, Superintendent. | The report reveals a low stonderd. cfc. = | flefency. It is probable that a change of DIAMOND postmaster will be made. = SETTING A specialty of our ‘The Bennington Leaves Lisbon. Factory. A telegram was "ycelved at the Navy De- K HARRIS & co. ote tort take gh nme HS - Rington left m today to join the flag- Manufacturing Jewelers, | ship Chicago at Southampton. a Cor, 71 and Dn ract Awarded. BL MCQUEES. versren AND PUBLISI The, Secretary of the” Tress c TO ADJOUR: revision of the tariff. sideration of the tariff will be’ proceeded with. be there is a very strong disposition among the democrats In Congress, | expecially among the leaders, to go ahead with the rout work at once, so as to clear it up and maxe | OF that they found an early adjournment of the first regular = session possible. They feel that tf the work | CHANGE OF RE: of Congress can be so far advanced by con-| Unuing the special session as to admit of an adjournment of the regular session in May it will be greatly to the interest of the party in power. ways and means committee, says that | while, of course, without consultation with | \"° the committee he cannot undertake to out line any policy for it he believes that they will go to work prompuy at a revision of | | the tariff. This, ne says, does not neces- | ments. sarily mean that a bi’ would be reported very soon, for the reason that the work is one that ‘will take considerable time and the rapidity with which the bill ts com- | pleted will depend upon the mode of pro- 2 cedure. | racks. 1 If the committee should decide to have a, named the detail ts for a term of two years. hearing. that would prolong the ma great deal. He would not undervake t odel | dict what the committee woui Address AN ALL. CASH BUSI | said that he thought the party was {1 a i me = | Silon now to perfect a broad and :ceneral re-| YRODY KNOWS THAT THE BEST PLace | Vision of the tariff in accordance with their most be paid. | to sell or store Sour personal effects, furniture, | Pledges to the people. THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. ER. masa : awarded the contract for 8! Teteohone FS edb)” Hom tif x at. uw. | boxes to new public bulldings all’ over the MANTFLS, ANDINONS. FENDERS GRATES poe ae. Lona fiscal year. to the eee ee grees St Tien Suined | oP ctamtord, Comm. at fates y the Waste “Sit: COMMING. THe Shop, 520 13than | same as those now’ pald for the eervien, REVISE THE TARIFF,/THE EARLY BIRDS’ WORK./FOR REPEAL FIRST. How the Ways and Means Com- mittee Will Go About It. THE DESIRE OF THE PRESIDENT. What Chairman Wilson Says on! caucus eee ee excited a good deal of interest in the ques- mittee should get to work at once on the regular session. message calling Congress together to con- the financial question js settled, the con- But regardless of what his intentions may What Mr. Wilson, the new chairman of the er al pre- do, “but tu oo ‘The. first of the new committees of the Mr. Sayers, the new chairman, ti under him that they need have no retention to the commit responsibilities that await him. | Mr. J. C. Courts of Tennessee, the chief | * clerk, is the second the committee has ever | ¢Fulse at sea for two or three weeks. had since the days of its organization. He assumed his duties as assistant. clerk in| the Forty-eighth Congress, and has served | three terms as assistant clerk and six as - ; Michio ecaen| irmed fe ties mae prion ceanettee® Yours | Wike of Iltocia, <0 be aeaistane secretary assistant clerk, Mr. J. D. Cremer, is one of of the treasury; Robert B. the expert stenographers of the Capitol. {9 P¢ first controller of the treasu He was a protege of the late Mr. Randall, being appointed by that distinguished statesman when he was chairman of the committee. K. F. Ray, the messenger, who 18 also retained, was an appointee of Mr. Holman when he took hold of the commit- tee at the beginning of the Fifty-second Congress. ‘This is not the first time that Mr. Holma: has been dropped from the committee Forty-fourth Congress. He was gerry- being republican, he failed to committee. During the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses he was a member | again, but in the Fiftteth he was relieved | from ‘duty there altogether and given the | chairmanship of the committee on public | lands. His term as chairman during that | of governo> of the Congress was his only one in that capacity, by the death of Gen. except when Mr. Randall was elected in office. Mr. Holman then served as chatr- man of the committee on appropriations for | 4t THE HOUSE COMMITTEES. yates of the C The analys! fifty-five House committees shows the fol lowing facts: states . Costeientins Stora aed eiatie | Deceiruee ce carte omin | of engineers, has been ordered to duty at San Francisco, under the Califosnia debris the President v1. 56 | Under the act of Congress of March 1, 1883. The division of chairmanships among the | {ht lutles heretofore Maryland. 1;/ ment of the Missourl have been trans- Wna, 2; South Carolina, 1; Georgia. rg ar IT states . Total chairmanships. southern states is as follo Virgjnta, 3; West Virginia, Ala- ;, Mississipp!. 2: Lousiana, 1; °Ar- tec a and “Mlsagart SO Roen, i SS tributed among fourteen Sinton ial Gas western states 1: 8 follows: Ohi 2: Michigan, 1; Indiani ‘y five states. when he left Nebraska, but he stood the The division of chairmanships among the | trials of the long journey ve-y well, and e ts to ful reco’ u seas) Connecticut, 1; Rhode Island, “1: New| Massachusetts: for Which “hase oT ein eastern and middle states is as follow: amo! five state: The fifty-five ‘chairmanshi; ects conniacrel ‘are distributed by states as fell ~s ‘Eastern, middle and west ; | awarded the con southern states, id. The ten eastern mid: | for the Butler die and western states recef' chairman- | I. southern states recelving chatrmanships by fs 58.18 for the southern and 41.82 for the eastern, middle and western states. 1y 1% ‘Chicago, The eastern and middle states Pa Bangg of the commi ieee on a manufactures, Pacific roa ‘war claims, expenditures it, gration and comm were ; from custome, $296,914, How the Older Republican Senators Se- oured the Places, ready Done and Are Uncer- tain What to Report. It is not likely that if the republican which, it has been stated would be called for this week, does meet, it will deal ject. with one of the questions which it was an- the Subject nounced would be considered. The matter of patronage has already been settled, but not in the way that was expected, or that N EARLY 1N MAY. |1s satisfactory to some of the younger men on the republican side of the Senate, who had friends that they wished to have re- The appointment of the committees has | tained upon the rolls of the Senate. the republicans tion of the course to be followed by the| there were some fourteen or fifteen em- committee on ways and means with rela-| ployes of the democratic falth who, through tion to the tariff. The committee has not | political courtesy, yet been organized, and the members of | rolls. a | the majority have not discussed their plans, sn te fate@ eo al” - ox ~~} or, in fact, made any plans. It is under-| ber of republican employes would be given stood, however, to be the desire of those most Interested in the matter that the com- Wnaile were retained on bas When the democrats again assumed control it was understood that a like num- To distribute these places was one of the reasons why the recent republican caucus was called. At this meeting it was advocated that a What will be done will depend of course | committee be appointed that should settle very largely upon the length of the ses- sion. There is some talk of an earlier ad- journment of Congress than has been re- garded as probable, but there is no indica-| western state, tion that the expectation of an early ad-| that they had been hoodwinked before by journment is warranted. The indications | the older members and, are that thi longed, and it places. this matter. universal approval, new members, one of whom, from a north- This plan did not meet with among the | to debate the announcement | , 0 so far as he was Special session will be pro- | ecncerned, he preferred to take his chances probable that there will be laces for his friends on bis ho more than a brief recess between this | ‘R,S°curnmg places m- and the fir ‘The more staid me bers of the caucus thought that this would The Desire of the President. result in a “disgraceful and indiscriminate sand it was finally de- ‘The statement cf Mr. Cleveland in bis) SeTAmble for, omic” ant it es ee oe own responsibility. cided | pointed. sider the silver question that he had con-| When templated calling them here in September | matter of placing the patronage they were to consider the tariff is generally accepted | dismayed to find that already the places as an announcement of his desire that, after the committee investigated the |b which were belteved to be open for them | Shaethe duties whieh. had been assigned to them had been carried out previously a = bonon ei Soant as to whether they will report that eee Sere Sheen had been by. ‘The committee, “RUITING OFFICERS. {A Question of Interest to the Army Settled by Secretary Lamont. Lamont today settled a ques- ion of some interest to the army by the Spire adeno fayue oC eters Gerachiig Taeut (Col AT: Smith, eighth infantry, the recruiting depot at David's Island, N. Secretary from command of the | controversy’ | depot at Jefferson barracks, Missouri, and espective regt- cavairy, org m to join thei Fort Sherman, Idaho, succeeds ‘of the’ post Sumner, sixth antry, at to the command Island, and Lieut. cavalry, command of In the case of the tw RESERVE! What Admiral Benbam Snys of Their Hecent Cruise. Admiral Benham, commanding the North has made a report to the Navy Department, in regard to the re- | cent cruise of the Boston naval reserve on Mr. Sayers Will Retain All the Old the warship Sun Francisco, in the course of Employes. which : “The advantages these young men possess House to organize ig the committee on ap-| over the enlisted men lies in their superior propriations, which met this morning for | education and intelligence. that purpose at 1030 o'clock. As soon as | #nd fifty-one of these men were brought on | the names of the committees were named | board ship for the first time, organized, and left. the | @rtiled as a ship's company for four days House and retired to the privacy of the | nly, and in that time were more expert committee room, but the members of the nd Prolicient in the House followed and showered their con-| been nt the gratulations. Shortly after he was thus militia snows installed Mr. Sayers notified the clerk of | l& the committee to call the committee to- wether, and then did another neat thing in which the clerical force of the commiitee } lant room was intensely interested. Mr. Sayers informed the three gentlemen | tin —— Atlantic squadron, One hundred duties than the aver- iving ship would have | Although the the greatest drills and routine on board a | of-war, it is impossible to become proficient lotted them by the de- | artment on board ships of the North At- | nization as a in the'short cin | ship's company superior intelligence, at frequent interv fear of | sary t removal as he intended recommending their’ ficienc e. This {s equiva- | Assistant Secretary Me. lent to appointment, for the wishes of he| interested in the de chairman in such ‘cases wre always re- militia and he has suggested a plan of fit- spected. Judge Sayers has served as a mem- ting out a ship with modern ordnance and ber of this committee three full terms and detailing it for the spectal duty of exercis- enters upon his fourth as chairman ing the naval reserves at sea. equipped by experience for -he duties and if his plan Is adopted, to have the Vessel go from one state to another where there are Is would be neces- bring therm into a fair state of ef- Adoo is very much velopment of the naval He proposes, | European Confirmat The Senate in executive session has con- following nominations: ler of Ohio, Chas. Mansur of Missouri, to be second con- esury; James F. ister of the treasury; Sam- Alabama, third the treasury; Charles B. Morion of Maine, ry; Robert M. firgt auditor fourth a. Cousar of Tenness of the treasury ‘ond auditor of the Sanderlin of North Caro- d auditor of the treasury Hing, deputy. third his own party. His first connection with HBA. denuty thin the appropriations committee began in the fourth auditer oP ihe t Crawford of Louistana, deputy auditor. 6 mandered out of the Forty-iifth and Fort- te treasury for han ae Paty, auditor of sixth Congresses, and the Forty-seventh tment’ on the Oklahoma territory the Post Office s J. Lowe, secretary of authority for je Vacancy inthe office Soldiers” Home, caused Kelton, will not be led until after the President returns to hington from his holiday at Buzzard’s The President 1s expected to be back is desk: in at least ten days, as he sald the remainder of the session. in the statement issued on the day he left Late eee nee Washington the er to aucceed Speaker Kerr, who died | Ws that he would return about of September. that he has been very much benefited by his sojourn at his chosen retreat, with irman- | respite from official cases and the impor- ships Shows. tunate oifice seeke | ting back of the chairmanships of the | standing the delay In making the appoint: ment of governor of the Soldiers’ ‘he impression still Chairmanships conferred on southern | t? Gen. Stanley of the retired list. and is gradually revajls that it wil ommission, appointed by rformed by Lieut. | icer of the depart- Marshall, corps Ex-Senator Van Wyck. Ex-Senator C. H. Van Wyck of Nebraska The division of chuirmanships among the | and wite are in the city for a few. days, stopping at the residence of his brother-in- 23 Ulnols, 4, and Wis- | law, at 1733 19th. street. Gen. Van Wyck gonsin. 2. Total, 12,” distributed among | has’ been quite ill recently. audieneese| Massachusetts, York, 5; ivania, 2, and New Jersey,2-~ re Total, ti, distriouted eat | ere nee ee iracts Awarded. The Secretary of the Treasury has tract for heating apparatus building in this city to 8. cago at $3,311. This ships exceed in population fourteen | firm was the lowest of eleht ‘bidte The contract for stone and brick work iblic building at Richmon: been awarded to CI at his bid of $11,512. —— val ‘The Cherokee Proclamation. Beparement of Justice, library, reform in| ing of the Gieeeite wane is givil service, election of President and Vice| be issued in'a Tew days at the sures President, alcoholic liquor traffic, immi-| The draft ‘lamatiot naturalization, while the south-| sent to the President and the signed docu- important committees.” ‘B® YOY) ment ts expected back almost any day. oe on the pul has. to the - expected. to mn has been Ensign Steigner. Government Receipts Today. Lous BR. Melgner The from internal revenue today tgeued from the Baltimore Mr. Voorhees’ Vigorous Speech in the Senate Today. MEASURES THAT MAY FOLLOW. ee His Review of the Financial Affairs of the Country. HE FAVORS BIMETALLISM. eee SES Probably not since the, days when In- galls’ magnetic eloguence drew such crowds to the Senate side of the Capitol that the | Balleries would not accommodate those who | wished to listen to his oratory has such semblage gathered served for the public in the Senate chamber Not @ seat remained un- eceupled when Mr. Voorhees took the floor, | and all along the walls were men and wo- | men standing. On the floor but few of the Senators were absent and every one present gave to the/| j Senator from Indiana the deepest atten- | tion. Though some of the best speakers | in the House were announced as prepared silver question today many of representatives forsook house to sit or stand about the sides of the Senate chamber to listen to the argument of the chairman of the finance committee. | Senator Hill, who was said by his phy- | siclan to be too ill to be out last night, was today on the floor and occupied a seat next to the speaker, while on the other side was as that of today. Mr. Mill Senator Voorhees’ Speech. Senator Voorhees calm, unbiased public opinion of a great majority of the American people, irrespect- | ive of parties, has justified the action of | the President in convening the extra ses-| sion, the causes for the action were widely misunderstood, and misrepresentes and dangerously rertain classes purposely ‘Therefore he deemed fitting a few wor explanation, spoken in no spirit of strife or For five months had gone up prophet of financial evti centers had em: miracting the currency No one believed confidence in the gor stability of its cur- ty treasury | ‘and the rec- the voice of from. th and resulting there was want o} “ament credit or in th ney, notwithstanding the ¢: left by the tast ad | ord of a bililon-dollar Congr. ean credit was better toda: | any other country on cowardly capital with swift greed Senator Voorhees. | to issue at least three hundred millions This additional increasing the burdens of American with the keenest more bo would be haile and swept vaults by the very parties who most Ic declaimed against ‘There were many re: should be stronger now than ever before. It rested on the absolute unity of purpo: of the American people that it should upheld. No one but a jeem a political contest in this coun- possible on Mines of sectional | could try ever agai: animosity. T threatened by financial resources weakened by manent na Alone, as it wer, western hemisphere, isolated power and glory, our limitless ma- terial resources are some’ in summarizing the elements of our finan- ial strength. ‘The interstate commerce of the United States alone exceeded in value the entire foreign commerce and carrying trade of Great Britain, Germany, France, Austris, Holland, Russia and Belgium put Development of internal resoure- es, of wealth in farm, in factory, on the rivers, on the ocean borders, in the moun- tains and on the inland seas dwarfea into hievements of any other Legislation had checked our foreign trade and we had not today a friend in the world. For every law that we enacted denying to foreign pro- ductions a place in our market: ing commercial friendship, we might be cer- tain of an injurious blow in return from every trading people in the world faith that the giant evil which crippled this commerce would be removed with other evils which challenged attention and action, and ff the true greatness of the country was studied it would be seen that financial pan- fes_and alarms could have no foundation together. insignificance the axe,race or nation. commercia here. But there was another and exceedingly sensitive and powerful test of our govern- ment credit which asserted its claim not only to the trust and admiration of the American pecnle, but also to the business co! and respect of every civilized nation beneath the sun. Government and Money. Money was simply a medium for the ex- change of values; money was a creature S$ creator. Gold and its al- leged intrinsic value went for naught as a circulating medium unless the coin bore | the stamp of the government—a stamp | more powerful than the grasp of the lion's | Paw or the eagle's claw in bestowing Ife and activity on a dead and otherwise use- jess material. The same official stamp on silver, or on paper, at once nobled them to id in purchasing power, lebased or valueless the material may have become as commodi- ties by sinister or unwise legislation. It would doubtless sound strange to some ears that there were nine different currencies transacting the business of this country and, to a large extent, the business of the world. So uniform in and Congress an equallty with |no matter how credit. had smooth and harmonious i i ia il : i 3 i é i MR. McADOO’S IDEAS. The Lessons to Be Learned From the Victoria Disaster. Fault — Fleet Practice Needed — Improvement In Personnel. Assistant Secretary McAdoo of the Navy Department has made an interesting con- North American Review Victoria disaster, tribution to the upon the terrors of the and several of the points he makes may naturally be held to forecast the policy of the Navy Department. is that the building ships will not be abandoned or even modi- fied on account of that accident. it of Naval Coustraction. Mr. McAdoo insists that the loss of the Victoria does not show modern naval con- struction to be at fault, and ought not to | Jead to any radical change in the make-up | Although it is possible | rible battle occurred at Gilbert to sink the battie ship, yet it remains the highest embodiment of naval power. The ram is a tremendous Weapon, and so is the torpedo; but the battle ship combines ram, fire of prodigious The gun is still “the first ap est Weapon” in warfare. Mr. not_underrate the ram, tt is a part shows that but he points out that the battle siip may have skill In maneuver-and the fire of its guns and torpedoes to oppose to the ram, as well as its own armored Views lead to the belief that the present ad- ministration will construction, eight first-class battle sh: the four now bu Squadron Drilis Needed. Another interesting suggestion made by Mr. McAdoo is that the United Stat needs squadron drills and maneuvering of fleets. miral Tryon, whose fatal order caused the Victoria disaster, had been fam and that this | calamity occurred during the maneuvering | But what the retary urges is that only through practice and experience can officers manage their vessels with safe | when brought for actual battle. thus far in our servi f these points of first-class in the seats re- | of the battle ship. McAdoo does and the fact that of the modern ted _everyw the existing s, in addition to When Mr. Voorhees arose there was a ustle of expectation and a murmur ran through the galleries, which quickly sub- sided until the chamber was as quiet as though no one was in it. | Spoke in a strong clear voice, which was perfectly Speech he was accorded the strictest atten- tion, the practical It is true that Ad- | Gllberton peopie they immediately | force of men to try and effect an amicable The Senator | settlement. When the break in the road audible, of his feet. assistant sec- now how to that while the The lack of these drills as been due to the vessels und the need ny stations. will be changed in the near ew ships are put in commission it Is to ke hoped that our of- in the future wil! ha | frequent opportuni! At any rat r fleet drill, skill and ability to h action, and is, moreover, the surest methc of acquiring pre things in the na) ndle ships In time of | the great mone: | nated cruef edicts ¢ mprovement other need, “Think for a " he says, “of what depends upon ¢ of the man who in battle stands in a smal! armored tow which the light penetrates from a mi | between the rim ch he must see On his intelligence, than that of be, and evenly Investors of capital com- plained that the administration had refused ment of bis safety of the ship and the life and the final outcome of the confi moral which he draws is t reach the command of siips whit comparatively commanding officers of our civii ere men under thirty gradually increased, un arriving at command rank re forty-seven, forty-eight or forty-nine years of ‘These utterances of a high oificial of the 'y indicate that the department will ex- ert its influence in favor of t die, Brig tb one form or another, has been under col sideration by Congress for several years. Foreign L Ambassador artment with @ rench governmen of foreigners law provides substantis eigners who have not obtui ed in France the purpose of | tured and, ed leave to t cr who go the ing their professions of business, | to register wi! at the place where the government ‘sons Why our credit Without this nnot obtain employme: have complied with the of any kind. residence their cc: government unceasingly shadows of coming wars there were vast standing armies and per- but throughout the wide | there were none to mol us afraid of war or rumors of w: The Colossus of the Western Hemi- | outside of have secured the rights of domicile are nod eliminary step toward nat inst foreign to foreigners tra |How © Penalties are prescribed for vio- lations of the law. the colossus of the and towering up Army Orders, orders as details First imes overlooked So much of sp as recorder of t | Leavenworth, ‘irst Lieut. > board of officers at Fort Frederick’ G. is detailed as recorder So much of special orders as 4 transfer of Capt. end cavalry, from troop M to troop'E of that regiment is so amended as to direct that his transfer to from August 14, 18%: Eaton, second ea of absence g: F. Wade, fifth © take effect lays. ‘The followin; fantry are ot First Lieut. John L. Barbour, from com- pany G to company K. George W. company K to company G. transfers in the seventh in- Am Army Medical Examinatto The first examination of candidates for admission to the medical de army, under the new regul held in this city on September 11, to fill six vacancies now existing and three more | soon to be created by retirements. board which will pass upon the qualifica- tions of candidates for admission is com Charles Alden, Maj. Charles Smart and Capts. Walter Reed and J. C. Merrell. pass the examination to fill vacancies will constitute the first class to take the new course of instruction. will aiso be given instruction in hospital in the first ald to the the Washington barracks, | will be assigned for the duty. These examinations for admission held in New York. Here- after they will be conducted at the school of instruction just established at the Na- tional Museum in this city. rtment of the osed of Col, The young doctors service and dri | wounded at where a @mpan: were formert: Naval Orders. Commander Frank Wildes has been order- ed as equipment officer of the Norfolk nav relieving Commander who will be placed on waiting orders. Surgeon G. F. Winslow detached and ordered to join the lonolulu on her arrival out. He will be fleet surgeon of the ton. Lieutenant-Commander John Jacob ordered to duty on the Minne- cal Director Delavan Bloodgood, at present stationed at the naval labora- tory, Brooklyn, hes tired list ‘of the ma urchasing and debt- ‘ith each ‘other ‘and interchangeable whet wi each other an in that hardly one-half of erally known from the Monte: them were Armor Plate Tests. A] 7 é i i i A BLOODY RIOT. A Disastrous Row Over Railroad Tracks at Gilberton. ONE HOTHEAD STARTED IT ALL. |Two Were Killed and Several Badly Injured. Proclamation by the President Open ‘The Seven « aimee lau IET RESTORED TODAY. —<- THE CITIZENS DEFIED By the Representatives of an Electric: Ratlroad Corporatk: zens of Gtlberton tore up the tracks of the huykill Traction Company because that mpany failed to comply with the bor- ough ordinance. This morning the com-| pany, with a large force of men, all armed, | him, in attempted to relay the tracks under the su-| jaw. the sum of $¢ fervision of | Assistant Superintendent Richand Amore. A battle followed, in| sum Which James Parfitt, aged twenty-five, and | Wiliam Hughes, citizens, were killed, and Evan Davis and Richard Amore, assistant Superintendent of the company, were ser- fously wounded. Will Connor was also shot in the hand and foot. Others are reported | 4 injured, and the wildest excitement pre- vails, Details of the Fight. GILBERTON, P, up of the Schuylkill Traction Company's tacks here last night by the borougn offi- cials resulted most disastrously. When the company officials heard of the action of the sent a was reached President R. E. Jones of the | traction company, with Richurd Amour of Shenandoah, chief of the company’s police, got off the car and in a few moments had | effected a settlement and the work of tear- ing up tracks was stopped. In the car were )& number of men taken on at Girandvfile, | members | with them rites b of the national guard, who had jonging to the company. While the railway officials were engaged in conversing with the borough officers some of the crowd taunted the men on board the car and called out, “Where ts the Arard- ville militia?” Fired Inte the Crow A man named John Briggs of Girardville | Stepped out and sald: “Here we are, jcompanying his salutation with an oath and leveling his rifle fired into the crowd, ng Richard Paifitt, aged twenty-five, le, a spectator. Chief Amour and Pres- ident Jones had settled the trouble and Briggs shot over Amour’s shoulder. This immediately enraged the people and stones were fired, shots from the car became gen- eral and for a while a most terrific battle ensued. Chief Amour tried to subdue the trouble and while in the act of stopping his men was shot in the breast and may | die. It is supposed he was shot by one of his own men. The battle raged for an hour or more, until the cooler headed people of Gilberton prevailed upon the crowd to disperse, and the dead and injured were then looked after. In addition to Paifitt, Wm, Hughes, uged nineteen. of Gilberton, an ‘onlooker, Was shot and instantly killed; Rickard Con- nors was shot in the hand’ and leg, not dangerous; Evan David, shot in leg, which will have to be amputated; James Hullihan had his skull fractured by ‘a stone and may: who started the riot, was shot a com} calp wound, Taken to Jali. When the trouble had quieted down Briggs escaped, and running toward Ma- hanoy Pla hid in a barn, but was cap- together with Arthur Wiville, mber of the Girardville militia, n to the Pottsville jail. The peo- rton were infuriated at the railway men, none of whom, were officials of the company. oyes, others were outsiders iy for the purpose of fighting. 8 is shown in the fact that rifles were wed from members of the Girardville Amour, when he saw trouble arising, | tried his utmost to prevent bloodshed and he allowed his nen to be arm- ad there been no weapons in the 8 hands no trouble would have arisen. rything quieted down when the rail- Way company's force was withdrawn and excited populace talking over « disturbance nothing has transpired to. cause any repetition of the trouble. oa etna TO SAIL FROM YoKoHnAMA, inn Sealers Propose to Evade the Regulations. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 22.—The latest ru- mor concerning the future operations of sealers is that Yokohama will be the head- quarters of the industry in place of Vie- | toria, all fleets from the province making Japan ports thelr home, while continuing to fly the British flag. It ‘is claimed that time | Mortes, and profits can Be saved by this arrange ment. Outfitting will be inexpensive in ¥b- kohaia. j —_~— —-— BANK WRECKERS. A Number of Arrests Made im Indian-~ apol INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 22.—At 6 j O'clock Inst night Deputy United States | | Marshall Foley started out with a d t is extended twenty | ‘ di aa | after the wreckers of the Indianapolis Na- tional Bank, and by 7 o'clock he had landed | Theodore P. Haughey, president of the | bank; Schuyler C. Haughey, his son, presi- | dent of the Indianapolis glue works and | Indianapolis curled hair works, to which | Yesterday's disturbance than th two concerns and their employes and ofi- | cers the bank advanced $462,000; Francis B. | Cottin, president of the Indianapolis cabinet works, to which concern the bank advanced $557.00; Percival B. Coffin, secretary, and | Albert’ S. Reed, treasurer’ of the cabinet | @nd cabs, works. Theodore P. Haugey is charged with embezzlement and knowingly mis-| come. The syndic of Ror japplying funds of the bank in advancing | money upon pas geen on a All the others are charged with embezzlement and aidi and abetting in the misapplication of the funds. They were taken at once before the United States commissioner, gave bond land had their hearing set for August 25. The bond of each was fixed at $5,000. Receiver Hawkins last evening declared that the prosecutions would be pushed to the utmost. It is understood that the con- | troller proposes to gather in ly it is possible to get at and this will take in the | two directors, who, with Haughey and | Cashier Rexford, signed statement of 12. One of these is Charles F. Meyer, |a wholesale cigar dealer, and the other 1s R. B. F. Pierce, ex. and at present mani trustee of the olis, Decatur ‘Western railroad. u A i Eo g iL i 5 : fi ‘ # FE i 4 a | Alva district and “the Woodward Aug, 22.—The tearin€| trom obtaining any advs | ands for the purpose | are trne in | of the United States are expressiy chareed | the Secretary oft | direction of the Py Hiength in the py | Wisconsin. It is said’ at the departm | previous day taxed the THE CHEROKEE STRIP to Settlement Moms Made—tand Office District Bad Terms of Payment. The President's proclamation opening the Cherokee strip for settlement s . the i6th day of September was received at the State Department this morning. It Was in the White House mail from Hurzant’s Bay and was complete in form ex tha Mt required the counter signature Secretary of State. That was without the loss a minute's the law that means so much to m fous settlers was promulgated at once. ‘The lands now open to s+ Vided into seven counties, whose bour are described tn the prociamatior After reciting the law and treaties with the Indians under which the land was celed to the government. the procia 4 scribes the trac ¢ wae of the several In each of t ty seats four acres are reserved for the site of a court house to be designated by lot an official plat of survey of said reservation | for the county seat purposes, hereafter to | be tseued by the commissioner of the gen jeral land office, said reservation to be ad ditional to the reservations for parka, | schools, and other public required to be made by section 2 tot May | 2, inv. In counties M,N P and ia j addition to the four-acre reservations. for |county seat purposes, th * additional [reservation of one acre for a site for s land office. The land districts are to be described as the Perry district, Enid @istrict, the uTY, P: 2 er. | The land offices for the districts be enerrs are, Pa, See. ee | located at the towns after which the dis near | cricts are named. As to the terms of pay | this place,this morning. Last night the citl-| ment, the act. under which the outlet tw pened to settlement provides as follows ach settler on the lands 80 to be opened to settlement, as aforesaid, shall, before te ceiving @ patent for his homestead, the United States for the jands so tal dition to the f per a % 12 degrees wes! f $1.50 per acre 97 12 and 98 1-2 degre the sum of $1 per acre for any YS 1-2 degrees west longitude, and sh Pay Interest upon the amount so t for maid land from the date of entry efor at the rate ea of final payment w of 4 per cent per annum.” The Boundary Strip With a view to preventing one person ntage over another in making homestead settlement rules and regulations have been prescribed subst tally as follows: A strip of inna i» around and immediately withir boundaries of the lands apart, and entran | Mitted prior to th cot the lands. Upon this strip booths are to be jocated and clerks from the general nd office detailed to tak: booths to be conve cha © of them, for bus open each bus m and 1 to ¢ the lth and be day from 7 a. m to | until discontinued by direction of the Sec" retary of the In Each party desiring to enter upon making a ho 1 entry, or soldiers’ declaratory state- Ment. or settling upon a town lot, will be required to first appear at on these booths and there make 4 declaration, show ing his or her qualitications to make such entey or statement or to settle upon a town lot. If the declaration proves satisfactory to the officers in charge of the booth a cer tificate will be issued by such officers per- mitting the party who mak declara- tion to go in upon the outlet at the tir fixed for the openin Parties making these declarations will be required to make oaths before the di Jand officers or other officers who may their homestead affidavits that all statements contained in their declarations very particular. The office to permit no party without a « occupy or enter upon any part let. Rules and regulations prescribed by Interior, under the sident, are wet out at Jamation, but these are merely a synopsis of the rules and regula- tions heretofore prescribed by the Depart- ment of the Interior to govern homestead and town site entries SUPERINTENDENT MACH He: Takes the Place Formerly Held by Maj. Pollock. Maj. Pollock, for a long time superin- tendent of the free-delivery system, has re- signed. His successor was appointed yes- terday, and is Mr. A. W. Machen, who was the assistant superintendent under Pollock. W. W. HM, clerk, has been promoted to_fi the vacancy created by the promotion” « Machen. Superintendent Machen wns at one time assistant post master at Toledo, Ohio, and was appointed assistant superin= tendent of the free-delivery service by the reaent administration, vice Col. Heim mt that the change has no political significance. ITALIANS 81 ENRAGED, Diplomats Trying to Arrange Mat= ters—Officials Suspended. Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. PARIS, Aug. 2.—The Ltalian ambassador fn an interview with M. Dupuy after ex- pressing the regrets of the Itallan govern- ment for excesses committed in Italiv cities against France, informed Him that the prefect of Rome, Senator Calesda, the chief of police, Signor Sandri, and insjpector of police, Magnetti, the officials resp: 4 for the maintenance of order m Rome, hat been dismissed and that reparation would be made for any injury done to French prop- erty M. Dupuy, in his reply, expressed the French government's regrets for the Aigues- Mortes affair, and assured the co | ny that the safety of Italian workmen w be guaranteed. He added that the Fr inquiry tended to show that the Italia were the aggressors. The mayor of Algue wever, WAS compromised by the and had been Proclamation which he issuc dismissed. Rioting Still Going On. Special Cable Disyatch to The Evening Star ROME, Aug. 22.—The demonstrations yes. terday while not so formidable as on the Mice resourc bere and in several provincial towns to uttermost. Many bodies of workmen work, formed processions with draped mers and marched through the streets. Police were powerless and tr were obliged to repel the rioters at the point of the bayonet It was remarked that a much larger pro- portion of genuine workn took part tn fore, and the chief cries were “Down with France” and “Viva la Guerra.” The trou successfully dispersed the mobs until the latter, later in the evening. ved the idea of charging the soldiers with omntbuses hich they had seized The crowd, however, was eventually over- has had the walls placarded with an address imploring the people to remain calm, in order not to embarrass the government, who will take vigorous measures to obtain satisfaction. semi-ofMficial Tribuna says that if the French government's reply to Italy's com- plaints should be unsatisfactory it must be considered whether Italy can @ecorously maintain her ‘ambassador at Paris. In other quarters it is argued that the Algues- Mortes affair will tighten Italy's ties with the triple alliance. At Genoa the demonstrations were again violent. All traffic was stopped and omni- dures and kiosks were burned. Troops oc- cupied the streets and protected the French consulate. In Naples every signboard oF notice printed in French was removed or torn down, and houses were draped im mourning. At Turin there were similar scenes. Eovernment: taking steps to punish the officials who are held sible for not preventing rioting in this city. The attempt night before last by the mob to burn the French embassy in this city in revenge for the Tallans “who were employed’ atthe ‘anit works at Aigues Mortes, France, ot the eyes of the government more fully to the fact that grave international complt. gations would more than likely grow out of the disturbances, Today Signor Giolotti. the prime minister, 2 ordering the suspension from office of Senator Calenda, prefect of ; Signor Sandri, chief of police, and Signor Majnettl, ‘or of police in ‘the to maintain a mittee of inquiry 40 aererstae she i ee swerable for the failure to ‘out the in- the ministers. - ———— A Virginia Appointment. Mr. J. H. Davenfort was (tol pomte