Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1893, Page 1

THE. EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, nol ia Avenus, corner 11th %t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompaay, & HL KAUSPMANN, Pres’ Few York Orios, 83 Potter 3uildire —— cm Sater 37am $1. OUper year, let, $2.00. praise <tOmice at Washington, D. C., a8 647 All mail subsccl, tions must be palin advance Kates of advertising mals known on application. Che Lo ‘ ening Star. Vor. 83, No 20,667. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. T WO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. —= = SPECIAL NOTICES. REAL ESTATE EXCHANGED. OWNERS DESIRING TO EXCHANGE HOUSES Fou Lors, o LOTS FOR HOUSES, (CALL OR SEND FULL DESCRIPTION TO MY OF- Fick. Cc. ULRICH KENNEDY, it « Gos 14TH ST. N.W. EAL ESTATE WANTED. BEV Eira nang af cllente who wil torent 000 "to. $30.00 improved property Tmust be reasonable. Send’ particulars. ft DAVID D. STONE, S04 and 806 F stn. DO YOU USE A BLANK BOOK? De you use any kind of Paper? ‘De you use Pens, Ink or Muctlage De you use Rubber Bands or Twine? you use Cash Bores or Bond Boxes? you use Files or File Envelopes? you use Cards or Card Engraving? you use Stationers’ Sundries? you ase anything in our line? EASTON & RUPP, Popular Stationers, ‘At Lowest Prices, Qe2 421 1ITH ST. (Just above the avenue.) & }. D. (HOMOEOPATHIST), Vermont ave. to 1311 Tach st. Oillce hours: S to 10-am.. 3 io 3 p. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. ‘Telephone No. 18. ‘se2-f . THE REASON WHY! We have had a very busy season this x. althonzh times are hard. House Uatlders realize the importance of making Attractive the Interior. We dy this, with Mantels, Tiled Fireplaces and Vestibules and Wainscoting for the bath. ‘M. ROCHE. The Beantifier, Peery 716 13th st. nw., Ld Opposite Builders’ Exchange. ATTENTION, DRICKLAYERS: EACH AND ‘every member of Bricklayers’ Union, No. 1, D. | C., is ordered to be present on MONDAY, Sept. 4."or Labor Duy, at $ o'clock a.m. sharp, for an- nual parade and excursion to Bay Ridge. By or- der of the Union. WM. MAGHAS, Pres. sel-21 C. C. HESSLER, Ree. Sec. Re 71 i. EXCAMPMENT. IKTON POST. No. 4, ve Washington by the Penn- gyivanis railroad for Indionapolis and Chicago oa MONDAY. September 4, at 2:15 p.m. of Arratgements—Walter Middleton, is. A. W. Shieids, Alex. Oglesby and 3.W. Buteber. sel-2t THR WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. GRANITE BUILDING, NINTH AND F STS. CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000. SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $158,000. INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS. BRAINARD H. WARNER, sel-tr President. FOR RENT— No. 1308 14th st., 10 rooms and bath. T."ave.. 10 rooms and ba No. 1605 VE. ave., 10 rooms and bath GEORGE EMMERT, ANTON HWEITMULLER, Trustees, 1333 14th st. nw. AD. OTHERS FOLLOW? Those who read our ads. in The Star Know where to find the best assortment of Mant the city. Art Tiling. Open Geates and Gas Lozs. Best work and lowest prices. Give mea call. ~ M. ROCHE, the Mantel Man, 716 13th st. ow. Ory. Butiders’ Prehange. WHY NOT OWN SOME “DIRT?” A little house and a little dirt im a good situation is a good thing to own. You might lose your situation any day, so prepare for fz by: buying live in all’ the time without ard upon which you “could ra time of misfortune. At Chariton Heights you may secure a pd slice of dirt on terms of $5 down and monthly. oF the dirt with a cozy little paying rent, tals in PA sas home on it on terms of $100 down aml $25 YF montniy. ‘Ak fone, _ JAS. E. WAUGH. Owner, sel G10 F st. a. w. £0 SSMEN AND SILVER. NGRE ie your silver and anti-silver ed literature into the Eitison —let your clerk transcribe the cylinders, and then you can see bow ft looks in” “WRITING.” ‘The Edison Phonograph ts the ides! amanuensie and dispatches correspondence and similar work in HALF THE TIME requis the old methods. Call or write fe erature. or rented. EASY TERMS. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 627 E st. nw. =. D. EASTON, Pres. (sl) R. F. CROMELLN,S-<. (HE PIRW OF CHAPPEL & BAXTER, GROCERS, doing Posiness at #01 H st. ne. ts this day dis- solved by mutus! consent, Mr. G. H. Razter re- tiring. C. H. Chappel will continue the business and nesumes all and ail ie ese firm ma Sept. . H. CHAPPEL, sel-3t PAXTER. Lao DAY CELEBRATION AND EXCURSION of, Plasterers Aswernbly to BUENA VISTA oa MONDAY, September + Steamer leaves wharf opposite power house at 910. 11 am. and 2, 4, 6. 7, $ p.m. ‘Tickets, 25 cents. ES. SCHMID, THE BIRD DEALER. HAS JUST Tecetved a fine young palr of Australian Kanga- Toor, which can be seen at his bird store for a few days before sending them to thelr new home at the “Zoo.” 29-5 ihe You a “HEAVY-wEIGHT.” And afraid to trust sourself om the popular Izht heels? If so call tm-and take a look at bur latest tern, Rambler "Nod. Stich wheels: reid me of extra length and death: ‘nde Bare. bat not too Jow for an erect position: strong We enongb to carry any weight rider over any roads, and wel Tomplete. with tools, 38 Bar think el sale Jon! ALTERATION SALE.— AM Men's Suits without reserve. AM Bors’ Suite without reserve. All Childzen’s Suite without teserve, AM Spring Overcoats withont reserva. ‘All Men's, Boys’ and Children’s Trousers without ‘Excepting Black Clay, Worsteds and Biack Cloths. EISEMAN BROS., anit 7th and E sts. CENTENNIAL ANNIVFRSARY LAYING CORNER STONE U. 8. CAPITOL. For ts of Hats—Ms O44 Fell Be SS Br] Tith st. ‘short notice. “Fall styles now ready. ant2-Im MILVER Goop ENOUGH FOR ME Exory deecription of printing. Best Fork, Lnwent pricen tor same quality ; Punctnality enforeed. DAM: ene TBO! 3. PRINTER, _Te Z Z ith vt ew. MOT TS SUMMEE SHIRTS to onder . - Come Quick, as they are going rapi‘tiy. peke factory, 908 F st. NOTHING BETTER As a Summer beverage than PALMER'S BELFAST GINGER ALE, ‘Equal to tmported. Ask for tt at your Grocer's, Drugwist’s or Restaurant © order from the mannfacturer. SAMUEL C. PALMER, S15 Dat. aw. a Devote: jogs Sud sta. w. RUPTURE CURED ithout lows of time from business. Pai less and ‘eutirely safe "Names of pactios Who have been cured can be furnished Hautte,, Paes MO end 32 Meteoratt Bui’ 0:30 am. fe asi Nore HEWN TsstrtUTE Sends some friend who is rupture. Send for pampalet etary WL aicquees, Fs TER A! nl Job. D PUBLISHER is ie tS Fst. new. MANTELS, ANDIRONS. FENDERS. GRATES, Wronsht-lron Gas Fixtures, ke. Tiles, ‘Stained ines, Mosaics. Marb!. seabir S-MECORNING, Tie Shop, 520 Lith st ourself a home which rou ean | TEMPERANCE. TEMPERANCE TENT, 12TH AND H STS. 3 Sanday afternoon, Jas. ¢. ‘Lee: Sunday nigh Scar le Mea K. OF ers, you are earnestly requested to "7 eastle hall, 604 6 st. nw. (Costello's sal), this evening at’ 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of make ing arrangements for the funeral of our late brother, George W. Barkley. Members, will Meet on Monday, September 4, at 2:30 o'clock to attend the Aineral from Ris Iafe resis G18 C st. sc. Members of sister lodges are cor: dially invited to attend. THOMAS ADAMS, J. B. WOODFIELD, K. of Re and & ats) CK! HAVING THE USE OF MY ALM THE POWER of attorney civeu to Wm. B. Hoover ts hereby revoked. JOHN H. MAGRUDER it PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE A AN GRAPHOPHONE Co. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 1, 1803, The annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Graphophone Co., for the election of directors, to recelre the aonual report, and. for the transaction of such other business as may be roperly brought before it, will be held at’ the fountain View Hotel, Harper's Ferry, W.-Vs on MONDAY, October 9, 189%, at 1:30 p.m. Stock transfer books will be closed fro:n Octo ber 1 to Uctober 10, 1893, inclusive. By order of the board of directors. E. D. EASTON, See. S. M. BRYAN, Pres. :2,9,23, 007 At OFFICE OF THE FIRST CO-OPERATTVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, SORGETOWN, D.C. ‘Twelfth (12th) series subscription books still open. Subscribe now. Regular monthly meeting of stockholders, TUESDAY, September 5. Office daily, from, 9 a.m. te 4 pm. GE. W. KING, Treas." J. BARTON MILLER, seZ3t Secretary. FRANKII iE, NO. 2K. THE MEM- bers of this lodge are requested to assemble at G18 © st. s.c., on MONDAY, September 4, 150%, at 3 p.m, to attend the funeral of our brother, Geo. W. Barkley. JOHN B. WOOD. FIELD, C. C.; THOMAS ADAMS, K. R. and 8.1° A new season weltcet e are ready. Take the hanisome wiad>wfal of Scot-h Scitings at $25 to order ss an inscanes of what we shall do for you this fall and winter, Farly orders always get best attention, so let yours be ear.y Fit and satisfaction or no sal 3. -VARSIELD § se 2ta ES EE Se Sane eee THE EFF You way poss handsome chira, pretty table cloths, ard ecok @ tine dinnar. tut if you naven't gyat cutlery your tabla will Rever Iwok perfe-t. Cutlery Is usefel, and ornameatal, to. Talay we talk carving sets. Splonlid” values in “em at $1.50, $2, $2.50, $4 and up to $15. Other hinds of sets in propoctinn, BARBER & "OSS, 11th and G ste. nw. 4 DELICIOUS EFFERVESCENT WINE. If you want something good In the line of ligh-geade wines, try our delictons Crab’ Sparkling 106 PER CENT TURE, snd possessing a rare mellow flavor sel dom met with in any wine, $F case of ats.; Be. sincle at. S case oF single pt QUICK DELIVER! is TO-KALON WINE CO., G14 Lith st. nw. Telephone,008. set CHURCH ‘TREASURERS CAN DEPOSIT TURIR funds with this company and receive. thterest therenpon. Such deposits are subject to check without notice. American Security and Trust Co., 1405 G st. aw. 1 \ FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO DON'T know bow to make perfect sitting garments sive. our receipt: ‘ake a few yards of “selected” first grade eo terials, cut them up "mut the iecoy” together In “thorough"” imanher “by nd." mi! ip thoroughly with ‘brains, shake | cat gently, “press” carefully into shape and “hang up” ant called for. We would like to talk clothes to you personally for a minute or two. J. FRED GATCHELL (late of Keens), 418 12th ste pez CLARET, 20°. TO 75C. PER ROTTLE; TOKAY. OC. TO eC. PER BOTTLE: PORT OR SHERRY, THE SAMEPARKER VINEYARD CO., 1100 rH BROWN-STONE FOR RENT. ‘That superb brown-stone residence, No. 1725 Q st. n.w., consisting of three sto- Fies, 11 rooms, bath rooms on two floors, with all modern improvements, including telephone, is offered for rent, completely furnished, at the extremely low figure of $150 per month. This affords an unusual opportunity for members of Congress or others to secure a comfortable, roomy and attractive house at a moderate price. Apply to THOS. P. BORDEN, s02-6t 1725. Q st. now. TICE OF RECEIVERS SALE.—RECEIVERS IN equity cause of Dodge Bros. vs. Strasharzer et No. 14889, in the Supreine Court sf the Dis- t of Columbia.—We, the undersigned, as re- ceivers, not having received satisfactory bids for the sale of the stock in bulk in the shoe stores 1203 F st. mw. and 726 7th st. n.vw., will pro- ceed to dispose of said stock at retail, W. N. Dalton baring been appointed manager, PHAPIN BROWN, LEON TOBRINER, ‘Receivers. sez2t ‘Weather tomorrow—fair. If you read it in our ad. it's so. COMMON LUMBER, Suitable to lay coal upon or for any temporary work—one-ineh, ‘two-inch or three-inch, at 90. PER 100 FT. ‘This price is untouchable for , Common lumber. ay ‘The best lumber at $1.15 PER 100 FT. LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER. “Lumber, Mill-work and Builders Hardware,” Cor. Oth and N. ¥. 2 Ave. now. THE BLOOD-STAINED BUILDING. Restére Ford's Old Theater | Passed Today. | Senator Mitchell of Oregon today offered and the Senate adopted as an amendment | to the urgent deficiency bill an appro- priation of 3,000 for the repair of the old Ford’s Theater. The amendment provides that the building shall be reconstructed under the direction of the chief engineer of the army, and that it shall not be occu- pied by clerks until it has been examined and pronounced safe by a board of officers to be chosen by the Secretary of War. Receipts and Expenditures. ‘The official comparative statement of re- ceipts and expenditures of the United States, |as prepared at the Treasury Department. shows that the receipts for Aucust were $7,000,000 less than for July, while the ex- | penditures were $5,000,000 iess. {tures for the two months of the present fiseal year exceeded the recetyts 317,000,000, This excess had to be drawn from the trea: ury’s available cash, which was reduced 000 per month. lows: Receipts for August—Customs, 626.28; internal revenue, ¥10,.62,967.33, mis- cellaneous, $1,183,291.09; ‘total, $23,590,855.30. For July and August—Customs, $26,828, 896.47; Internal revenue, $25,252,004.89; miscel- In detail the statement fol- $12,144,~ laneous, 8.00149. Au- gust, 1892—Cus internal Tevenue, $14,063, ianeous, $1.12 990.18; tot July and “August, 18%2—Customs, $55,476,821.55; internal revenue, $28,929,578.13; miscellaneous, $3.486,300.10; total, ‘penditures for August—C cellaneous, $10,196,339.66; war, navy, % stons, $11,25 miscellaneous, 534.54; navy, $25.06; pensions, = $54.17; total, $72.981,117.08. For August, 1892. Civil’ and miscellaneous, $10, $4.239,044.31; navy, $2,186, 3 644.41; pensions, 315,198,06 20.57; total, $31,490,254.93. July and August 182—Civil and miscellaneou: oS war, $7,804,131.9 259.20; SUS.St; war, Indians, $7: interest,” $5: per total deceased | he expendi- | just that amount, or at the rate of $8,500,- | 1A BUSINESS WEEK. Mr. Voorhees Wants the Senate to Meet at 11 O'Clock. “WR. DOLPH ON CHINESE. EXCLUSION, Still Discussing the Rules in the House. . ALL AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. — THE SENATE. A joint resolution to amend the Consti- tution relating to the election of Senators by the people was introduced by Mr. Palmer (Ill.) and, with a like joint resolu- tion introduced at last session by Mr. Mitchell reg.) was referred to the com- mittee on privileges and elections. The routine business having all been dis- Posed of at 12:15, Mr. Voorhees (Ind.) rose and said: “I ask that the order of business be temporarily set aside (not losing its place) in order that the Senator from Ore- | gon (Mr. Dolph) may proceed with remarks which he desires to make on another sub- Ject. I do this the more readily when I reflect that the repeal bill has been before the Senate only three days really—it was re- ported on Tuesday and printed on 4Vednes- day. This is the last day of the week. Next week will open the era of real busi- ness. I trust that we will make progress from hour to hour. I feel warranted today, jimasmuch as I am not advised that any Senator desires to speak on the bill today, to take the course which I indicate. After the Senator from Oregon shall have finished his remarks I shall be very glad if other Senators will be ready to go on. If not I will indicate at the time what I desire. To Meet at 11 O'Clock. Mr. Hale (Me.). In view of what the Sen- ator from Indiana has safd, as to next week being a business week, I suggest to him whether it would not be advisable, elther on Monday or Tuesday, for the Senate to come together at 11 o'clock instead of 12. There are no committees at work, and time may as well be spent here as elsewhere. I know that the Senator has represented himself as being very desirous of putting forward the debats If we meet at 11, there can be by 4 or 5 o'clock, instead of one speech, two or three speeches, Mr. Voorhees: I give notice now that on Monday I will ask to take the sense of the Senate on the question of meeting at 1 o'clock. I give that notice now that Sena- tors may consider the matter. I have an old-fashioned idea of the will of the ma- jority being carried out. I do not expect to control matters except through a ma- | Jority of the Senate, and i give notice now that on Monday I will ask the Senate to consider the propriety of meeting at 11 o'clock from Tuesday on, and proceeding with the business before us. Mr. Hale—I am very glad to hear the Senator give that notice. ‘The repeal bill was then laid aside in- formally. ‘The Urgent Deficiency Bill Passed. ‘The House urgent deficiency bill was re- ported back from the committee on ap- propriations and passed, with an amend- ment for the payment of pages of the Sen- ate from the ist to the 1sth of April last. -Mr. Dolph on Chinese Exclusion. Mr. Dolph (Ore.) addressed the Senate in advocacy of a bill heretofore introduced by him appropriating $500,000 to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. He said that he was not now, and never had been, a radical on the Chinese question, but he wished particularly to correct some current er- Toneous impressions in reference to the Geary act. He went on to make a state- ment to show the undesirable features of Chinese immigration and to summarize the facts which had led up to the passage of the Geary act. He defended the provision for Chinese registration, and said that he himself was more responsible for that provision than any man in the United States, for he had | drawn it. All the talk against it came | generally from religious organizations, which seemed to have obtained their in- formation from ignorant newspaper report- ers. It was absolutely necessary, he sald— if the law were to be executed intelligently —that the provision for registration should be preserved. te almost every state in the Union Amer- fean citizens who desired to vote had to be registered, and yet no one had ever thought cf that requirement being degrading or humiliating. So also persons who desired to marry were required to register and ob- tain license. He said that no one need fear that the Chinese government would re- taliate upon Americans in China. — The Chinese government was not in a condition to retaliate. He regretted that bad advice bad been given to Chinese laborers by the Six Companies. And now, he said, it had been gravely proposed that the law should be repealed. ‘That would be indeed an ex- traordinary proceeding, inconsistent with the dignity of the United States. If, how- ever, the Chinese government should come to the United States government and say the Six Companies had prevented Chinese laborers from registering, promise that they would now comply with the law and ask an extension of time, there would be no insuperable objection’ to the granting of further time. THE HOUSE. Mr. Rusk (Md.) offered a resolution for the increase of the number of employes in the office of the sergeant-at-arms, post- master and doorkeeper of “the House. Re- ferred. Mr. McLaurin (S. C.) asked leave to intro- duce a bill authorizing the issue of $125,000,- | 000 of treasury notes. Mr. Dingley (Me.) objected. ‘The House then resumed the considera- tion of the new code of rules. The pending amendment was that offered by Mr. Hooker (Miss.) providing that when @ request is made for unan! nous consent it will prevail unless objected to by seven members instead of by one, as at present. This was lost—yeas, 62; nays, 1d—an exact quorum. Mr. Tracey's Amendment. Mr. Tracey moved to strike out from rule 21 what is known as the Holman clause, which permits amendments »eing proposed to general appropriation bills provi-led that they, being germane, shall retrench ex- penditures by the reduction of the number and salary of officers of the United States,by | the reduction of the compensation of any person paid out of the treasury and by the reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill. | This provision of the rules, he said, had | Worked nothing but mischief, and had been the cause of much delay and confusion in | committee of the whole. It ought to be abolished. Mr. MeMillin (Tenn.) protested against the proposed change. ‘There was no dis- guising the fact that while we were able to meet our requirements the treasury was almost bankrupt. To repeal -his would open the path to extravagance would be madness to do so. It would be unjust to the people. It had been the only means by which Congress had been en. abled to retrench expenditures. It had been the only way in which some years ago the democrats had been able to prevent the use of troops at the polls. After further debate by Messrs. Simpson | (Kan.), W. A. Stone (Pa.), Holman (ind.), Cannon (Iil.) and Hooker (Miss.) Mr. Tracey withdrew his motion. Against the 100 Quorum. Mr. Kyle (Miss.) offered an amendment striking out the clause which makes 100 a quorum in committee of the whole. He be- (Continued on Sixth page.) A PROPOSED AMENDMENT. ‘Mr. Hansbrough’s Plan to Recognize Silver as Money, He Thinks It Will Be Satisfactory to the Silver Men and Keceive the Presi- dent’s Signature. Some of the northwestern Senators have been casting about for some sort of amend- ment to the repeal bill that will be satis- factory to the silver men and which will, at the same time, get the signature of the President should it pass. Mr. Hansbrough believes that he has one that will accom- plish this purpose and which is satisfactory to the men from the Pacific coast. The amendment has been printed and referred to the finance committee, where he hopes it may be taken up and perhaps amended, keeping intact, however, the principle it enunciates. The amendment will retire all paper money of denominations less than $20 and all gold coins of less than the same amount, except possibly the sliver certificates of de- nominations less than $20 now outstanding. It requires that in the place of the cur- rency thus retired—including national bank notes—silver certificates shall be issued to @ like amouut, and that those silver cer- | tificates shall be based upon silver purchas- ed at the market price and coined into standard silver dollars as fast as the cur- rency indicated is retired. The intention of the amendment is di- rectly antagonistic to the provisions of the repeal bill ni that its cardinal principle seeks to maintain the use of silver, and its purchase, although it does not increase the aggregate of the country's currency, for the reason that it is proposed to make {t a substitute for the currency now in circula- tion. The two points Mr. Hansbrough had in mind when he framed the amendm were to present a substitute that was no radical in its nature; a proposition which, if enacted into law, the President could with consistency sign. Again, he wants to see some sort of legislation that will recognize silver as a part of the money of this coun- {ry and keeq open the mines which produce It. ——e.______ Army Orders. A general court-martial is appotnted to meet at West Point, N. Y., on Tuesday, September 5, for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before it. The detail for the court is as follows: First Lieut. John P. Wisser, first artillery; First Lieut. Datel H. Boughton, third cavalry; First Lieut. Edwin B. Babbitt, ordnance department; First Lieut. John G. W. Brooks, fourth ar- tillery; First Lieut. Samuel D Freeman, tenth cavalry; First Lieut. George H. Came- ron, fourth cavalry; First Lieut. Cornelius DeW. Willcox, second artillery; First Lieut. Willard A. Holbrook, seventh cavalry; First Lieut. William 8. Biddle, jr., fourteanth in- fantry; First Lieut. Harry Freeland, third infantry; First Lieut. Cecil Stewart, ‘fourth cavalry; First Lieut. Peter ©. Traub, fist cavalry; Second Lieut. Charles 8. Promwell, corps of engineers: First Lieut. Mason M. Patrick, corps of engineers, judge advocate. Second Lieut. Edward Taylor, twelfth in. fantry, is transferred from company G to company B of that regiment (Fort Sully, First Lieut. Stephen L'H. Slocum, eighth cavalry, will be at once relieved from. re- cruiting duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and will report without delay to his regi- mental commander. ‘The following transfers in the 2leventh in- fantry are ordered: First Lieut. Richard M. Blatchford, from company F to company B. First Lieut. Zebulon B. Vance, jr., from company B to company F. Leave of absence for four months ts granted Capt. Ralph W. Hoyt, eleventh in- fantry. Special order of August 3, 1898, directing Capt. Charles L. Hodges, twenty-fifth in- fantry, to attend the encampment of the National Guard of Montana 1s revoked. Second Lieut. Charles P. Russ, eleventh infantry, will be relieved from ‘recruiting duty at Davids Island, New York hurbor, and will join his regiment. First Lieut. Robert C. Van Vitet, tenth in- fantry, will report in person to the super- intendent of the recruiting sertice, New York city, for assignment to duty ut Davids Island, New York harbor. Leave of absence for fifteen days is grant- ed Second Lieut. Stephen H. Elliott, fifth cavalry. Leave of absence for one month and fif- teen days is granted First Lieut. William P. Duvall, fifth artillery. The leave of absence granted First Lieut. David C. Shanks, eighteenth infantry, de- partment of Texas, ts extended one month. ‘The following transfers in the tenth in- fantry are made: Second Lieut. Matt R. Peterson, from company C :o company I. Second Lieut. Douglas Settle, from com- pany I to company C. THE GRAND ARMY'S TRIP. ‘The Department of the Potomac at indianapolis. Tomorrow the Grand Army men of Wash- ington, or a large delegation of them, will leave to attend the national encampment at Indianapolis. The headquarters train, bear- ing Department Commander Faunce and his staff and the official representatives of the department will leave the Baltimore and Ohio station at 10:30 o'clock. The whole party leaving Washington, including wives and relatives of Grand Army men, mem- bers of the rellet organizations and those who are going to take advantage of re- duced rates, will, it is estimated, number a thousand people. Some go by way of the Chesapeake and Ohio and others by the Pennsylvania route. Tickets are sold good to Chicago, so that a large majority of those going will visit Chicago before re- turning home. ‘The headquarters train will stop nearly two hours in Oakland and arrive at Indian- apolis at 9:15 a.m. Monday. The national encampment will have more than ordinary interest for Washingtonians, because Col. C. P. Lincoln is to be a candidate for the highest office in the order, that of com- mander-in-chief. Col. Lincoin's friends feel confident of his success. His principal op- ponents will be, it is stated, Hurst of Ohio and Adams of Massachusetts. The canvass may be complicated somewhat by the fact that Col. Jerome B. Burke of :his depart- ment is looming up as a caniidate for the office of senion vice commander-in-chief. It is not Ifkely that the two highest offices will be given to one department. It Is con- sidered probable that if Col. Lincoln is de- feated the office of senior vice commander- in-chief will be given the Departm-nt of the Potomac and that Col. Burke will be the man. — COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY. The report of Lieut. H. H. Hosley, who commanded the monitor Nantucket during the recent gale, has been received at the Navy Department. In forwarding it, Ad- miral George Brown, commanding the Nor- folk navy yard, indorsed ‘t with a refer- ence to Lieut. Hosley’s modesty in reglect- ing to tell of his own bravery, and recom- mended that he be commended. Secretary Herbert approved the recommendation, and addressed Lieut. Hosley a letter in which he says: “The modesty of your report appears to the department to be equal to the very ex- traordinary merit as a seaman you had the opportunity of exhibiting during the severe storm to which the ‘Nantucket’ was exposed. “The department takes great pleasure in joining you in commending the officers and men under your charge, and especially Chief Engineer J. H. Hannum, for his defatigable energy and efficient work dur- ing the trying scenes through which the Nantucket and her crew so triumphantly and happily passed.” To Commander A. 8. Crowntnshield, who commanded the U. 8. 3. Kearsarge, the vessel engaged in towing the Nantucket, Secretary Herbert sent the following com: plimentary note: “Your conduct throughout this matter, the department is gratified to state, has fully justified the great confidence felt in your skill, discretion, and courage es an officer and seaman.” IN THREE WEEKS. A Vote on Repeal Expected in the Senate, SILVER MEN MUCH DISCOURAGED, Administrative Coils Are Tighten- ing Around Them. HOUSE MANAGERS’ PLANS. ‘The indications within the past two days have pointed to a very considerable im- Provement of the prospects of the passage of the repeal bill through the Senate. There 1s no doubt that the silver men are very much discouraged and the present out- look is for a vote some time within three weeks. There are a few men who are still set in their determination to fillbuster as long as possible, but there is a limit to the Power of endurance of a few, and one by one they are liable to be deserted by their Present followers. The southern Senators cannot be relied on for a protracted fili- buster, and without them there doesn’t seem to be sufficient strength for a pro- longed fight. The anti-silver Senators are determined to put the screws on tight, after a reasonable time has been allowed for discussion, and it is probable that, if the indications of a filibuster are strong after the end of ten days or two weeks, they will try the plan of holding continu- ous sessions. Mr. Kilgore Holds the Balance of Power. It appears that the committee on coin- age, weights and measures {3 not apt to take advantage of the special privileges given it by the amendment of the new rules by bringing in a silver bill at an carly day. The committee stands nine to eigat for sil- ver,.and by the change of one vote cun be made nine to eight against ~eporting the silver bill. Thus the balance of the pcwer rests with Kilgore of Texas, who had the amendment incorporated in ‘the rules, and who is rather conservative and hale to vote either way according to the circumstances. He will not vote to bring in a bill and again open up the discussion of silver in the House as long as there is no better prospects of an agreement than at present. 1° the com- mittee can come to an understan‘ling and a bill should be reported, which would not be vetoed by the President, Mr. Kilgore will vote in committee to report the pill, but he indicates that until some such agreement can be reached he will not favor any bill be- ing brought in the House by the committee. ‘This attitude on his part dispels the dan, of the House being again thrown into a cussion of the silver question while there is nothing to be gained by it. The Present House Plan. The present plan of the managers of the House contemplates action on a measure repealing the federal election laws and the Passage of a bill admitting as states to the Union the territories which are now seek- ing admission. It is uncertain how long it will take to dispose of these two meas- ures and it is probable that by the time they are through with there will be other business demanding attention, but the estimates on appropriations will not be received until October and there will there- fore be nothing from that committee. The urpose is, if possible, to take a recess ym the Ist of October until the Ist of No- vember. But it may not be possible to do 80. Drawing the Lines Closely. ‘The administration forces in the Senate are drawing the lines very closely around the silver men, and it is apparent that Mr. Voorhees will take advantage of every op- portunity to press the repeal bill to an early vote. His demand yesterday after- noon for a vote when a lapse in the pro- ceedings occurred and no one was prepared to go on took the silver men rather by sur- prise. But now that they are fully aware of the tactics that will be pursued by’the re- Pealites they will be on the lookout for a recurrence of such a situation, and it is un- derstood that several speeches have been prepared and stored away in Senators’ desks, which will be utilized to fill up time should it be found necessary to do fo. A new move was made today when Sena- tor Voorhees announced that on Monday he would ask the Senate to consider the advisability of meeting thereafter at 11 o'clock on each morning in order that an additional hour each day will be given for debate. It is not the intention of the silver men to oppose this action, but they will demand that when the Senate meets each day a quorum of the Senate shall be pres- ent before any business will be al - owed to A Significant Remark. In connection with this announcement made by Mr. Voorhees, he uttered a remark which is construed by some to be rather significant. He said in eff an old-fashioned idea that the will of the majority should be submitted to. This is regarded as an indication that it is the in- tention of the advocates of repeal to at- tempt to force a cloture in the Senate when they believe that legitimate been! extanatoh: legitimate debate has ———_+-2+____ LIGHT COINS. None Are Being Inwued From the ‘Treasury Department. Treasury officials resent as an insult the published imputation that they are passing light weight gold coin on the people. One of them said that even if they desired to perpetrate such a fraud it would be utterly impossible, as the government had no such coin in its possession. All light weight coin offered at treasury offices is stamped “light” and rejected. No such coir ever enters the government coffers. Gold coin is weighed at the cash room before it is accepted and it is again weighed when it is paid out. Each of the tellers is provided with special scales for that purpose and as they are held responsible for all mistakes they naturally are extremely careful. All gold coin in the treasury was examined, piece by piece, at the recent transfer of the office of treasurer to Mr. Morgan and not a single coin was found to be under weight. In view of these facts, it would appear that if there are any unmarked light weight coin in circulation, they have never been near the Treasury Department since they got below the legal standard. Other- wise they would bear the impress “light.” The impression is that people who try to light weight coin misrepresent that they have just come from the treasury. That is an old dodge and 1s frequently successful. ° ———————— ‘Wants to Be Assistant Register. Charles H. Turner of New York has ap- plied for appointment as assistant register of the treasury, a place now held by Harry Smith. ——__—__+-e+_—_ - The Resignation Received. ‘The resignation of Mr. Collyer as surveyor of customs at Louisville, Ky., has been received at the Treasury Department. ee Silver Purchases. ‘A statement issued by the Secretary of the Treasury shows that the silver pur- chased by the Treasury Departmeat during the month of August, 1898, was 3,398,022 fine ounces, costing $2,880,532. “The total silver purchased under the act of July ‘4, 159, up to August 31, 1893, has been 103,047,064 fine ounces, costing $151,804,170. The total silver bullion’ on hand at the several mints Is 124,- 62,492 fine ounces; cost $122,302, 756. From the silver ‘bullion purchayed 23,067,185 silver dollars have been coined, the bullion therein contained costing %29,502,1'7. This number of silver dollars is held in the treas- ury for the redemption of treasury notes, less some $714,000, which have been redeemed and canceled. The coining value in silver dollars of the bullion on hand is $174,061,242, LIFE SAVING STATIONS. Additions and Improvements ‘Necessary to Better the Service. Alleged That the Service is Interrupted at the Time Most Needed—Proposed Reliet. In public debate the criticism is often made that the gov@nment conducts its bus- iness in a way that would bring ruin and disgrace upon any private enterprise. The late accident at Ford’s Theater has been pointed to as an instance of this sort. Now members of Congress have taken up a later case of neglect and point to the great loss of life in the recent hurricane as part- ly the result of the niggardliness of Con- gress in failing to make proper appropria- tions for the life saving service. A great point of weakness of this admirable system is the short term of service of many of the crews. The term is fixed by treasury reg- ulation and that regulation is based upon the appropriation made by Congress. In many localities now the term of service of some of these crews begins September 1 and ends May 1. Senator Frye has at various times sought to have the term of service made permanent and maintained the year round, believing that the lives and property saved from shipwreck would more than repay the money expended for the ex- tension of the service. Especial efforts were made in this direction during the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Con- ‘The real reason why the service has not been extended is charged by the friends of the service against the TreasuryDepartment, which controls the work and which is, they say, governed by the old-fashioned notions Telative to the storm season and false ideas at economy. oy coast have been causing very serious losses during the past five years. The fact that twenty-four men have been drowned off the New Jersey shore alone within a line of ten miles during the recent storm that preceded the hurricane, and that there were four unoccupied life saving stations within warning distance, has 1roused con- siderable comment on the .ncompleteness. of the service. The trouble seems to be that) the men are not kept on duty tong enough. There are about seven men to each station, and of the total of 1,841 comprising the service only 102 remain on duty during the entire year. Of the others 22 work eight and « half months; 1,023, eight months. and 156, months. With the exception of the insignificant handful who work the year round there are none of these men at work between the Ist of May and the Ist of Sep- tember, while the records of ‘he depart- ments show that there have been almost as| many wrecks during the period of inter- mission as during the stormy period. The department, it appears, still clinzs to the idea that September is the proper month to look for storms and crippled vesseis be- cause in former years the autumnal storm: began during the first week of September. Investigation and meteorological have proven, though, that these storms now come upon us earlier, and are now due any time between August 20 and September 1, and each year the wind appears to blow harder and the entire Atlantic shore front is strewn with wrecks. ‘The only legislation resulting in the im- provement of the life saving service was the | increase of salaries of the men, which w: granted by the last Congress, and which increased the appropriation annaally for that purpose by about $230,000. The expense of this service has grown vear by year as {t has been extended, but the extension has been in the number of stations and not in the extension of the terms of service. The appropriations have been as follow: 1886, $226,900: 1887, $964,900; 1888, $061,800; 1889, $930, 066; 1800, $971,160; 1891, $1,013,3%; i802, $1,064, 875: 1803, $1,314,000; 1894 (the current year), $1,370,747. ‘A number of Senators are in receipt cf letters from their constituents along the coast urging them to take some action that will still further improve the life saving service, which even as it Is 1s wcknowledged to be the finest and most complete tn the world, It is not unlikely that a bill with that end in view will soon be introduced in the Senate by Senator Hunton of Virginia. The recent storm also directs attention to an important bill introduced early this ses- sion by Mr. Frye, which appropriates %50,- 000 for the purpose of making experiments as to the best means of communicating te- tween light house stations and lichtboats and the shore, so as to give warning of vessels in distress, —_—_——_+-o+_____ ARCHITECT CLARK’S REPORT Tells of the Work on the Ca; Court House. Edward Clark, architect of the Capitol, submitted his annual report to the Secre- tary of the Interior this afternoon. It says: “The principal improvements have been the extension of the nlatforms of the hall of Representatives to give addi- tional seating capacity for the increased number of members, the extension cf the Senate kitchen, the construction of addi- tional coal vaults and the rearrangement of the plumbing throughout the building. ‘The marble bust of Eldridge Gerry has been received and added to the collection of thore who have been Vice Presidents of the United States. The Senate kitchen has been built under the pavement of the open court at the east front; ‘the coal vaults un- der the pavement and grass plat at the east front. “The electric light system has been ex- tended to the document room in the annex of the Senate wing and to the various com- mittee rooms. Again it is oped that the question of the government's owning the electric light plant, instead of renting the same, as at present, will be favorably con- sidered. “An unusual amount of painting, plaster- ing and repairs has been made necessary by the cutting of walls to permit the putting in of the sanitary improvements. ‘These are set forth at length by Sanitary inspector George E. Warring, jr. The following sum- mary shows the amount of work .lone in connection with the sanitary improvements: | Galvanized steel piping, 5,155 feet; plain brass piping, 1,430 feet; nickel-plated brass Piping, 12% feet; wash ‘tubs, 199; bath tubs, 6; sinks, 27; water closets, 62; urinals, 21. In the terraces steam coils have been’ piaced in the various corridors and rooms. Copper roofs have been built over the arches under the north and south steps for the better protection of the corridors below. In the grounds the artificial concrete walks have been repaired and a quantity of asphaltic roadway laid upon the west plaza. The gravelways have also been repaired. The trees and shrubs have prospered. Several plants heretofore considered tender stood last winter. Attention is called to the un- sightly appeararce of the lawn west of the House wing. Each year that this improve- ment is delayed will add to its cost, us the public dumps to which the excavated ma- terial must be hauled are filling up. In the court house a toilet room has been fitted up at the room east of the Criminal Court for the use of clerks. The wooden floor of the Western court room of the old building has been extended. A platform for the jury and a witness box have been added. A room at the south end of the cast wing has been prepared for the judges’ retiring room. ‘The heating apparatus and other machinery have been put in good condition. The ex- terior of the building is unsighily for want of paint and other repairs, At the botanic garden two propagating Houses and the cool orchid house have been reconstructed. The wings of the large conservatory nave been reglazed and painted. A steam boiler has been provided. General repairs have been made to the heating apparatus of the gar- dens. New staging has been erectad und much other incidental work done. The walks of the garden have also been repair- ed. At the Smithsonian Institute the m roof has been thoroughly repaired and towers have been reroofed. ‘The bay of rooms at the southeast end of the cellar story are being rendered available for office purposes by lowering the floors, underpin- ning the wall and enlarging the windows. The plumbing and drainage have heon re- arranged. The files room of :he Court of Claims, the erection of which was authcr- ized by, the last Congress, has been com- te ‘The August storms aiong! IDEATH AND WANT.. Fifteen Hundred Lives Probably Lost Near Beaufort. LATE REPORTS-OF THE STORMS FURY. Hard Work to Bury the Corpses Fast Enough. DESTITUTION OF SURVIVORS. | NEW YORK, Sept. 2—A Beaufort special Says that more than two hundred colored persons were drowned on St. Helena Island and one hundred on Ladies’ Island. No re- | ports have been received from the other | islands, but 1,000 lives lost is considered a low estimate. A Temassee, S. C., special says: It is re- Ported that eighty negroes were drowned on the plantations along the Combahee val- | ley during the great storm. , Loas Now Placed at 1,500. A special from Savannah, Ga., says: S. Friedling of the wholesale grocery firm of S. Guckenheimer and Son returned from Beaufort last night on a special tug, having left there yesterday morning. Mr. Friedling says that at least 800 per- sons were drowned in that vicinity and that when all reports are in upward of fifteen | hundred will be found to have perished. Port Reyal and Vic! Up to yesterday the coroner had held an inquest on three hundred bodies, thirty- | seven of which were buried in one pit and fifty in another. It is impossible to procure cot || Capt. H. D. Elliott place on Cane Is-| land suffered severely from the storm. As | |it grew worse Capt. Elliott brought his | tamily out of the house and fastened them to trees with life lines. I. L Densler lost his building and con- tents on Baris Island, and he and his wife spent four hours on the top of a tree. The aggregate lost at Beaufort will ex- ceed half a miilion. The phosphate indus- | try near Beaufort has been ruined, ahd the | | crops on the Sea Islands are a >omplete | loss. Unless immediate relief comes the | suffering will be indescribable. Attempt at identification of bodies has | | been abandoned. Burying the Dead. All that fs desired now ts to get the bodies out of the way as quickly as possible to} prevent epidemics resulting from their | rapid decomposition. No accurate record | is kept of the number of ‘dead, and! the statistics of the disaster will never be fully known. On each island and on the mainland the survivors are burying all the | remains of the victims that can be found. Coroners’ certificates are out of the eves- tion. parties make their way around the plantations and homes, and as soon as a body is found it is put under the eroun4. Whenever whites are with these partics, | | some sort of a record is kept, but the creat- er number of burials are msde by negroes. The black belt on the cvast has lost not | less than 1,000 of its population, with a probability that it is twice that’ .umber. It will be a week before ol the dead are found, as there is still much water on the islands, beneath which there are undoubt-| edly many bodies. The sea, too, is slowly casting up its dead. The sufferings of the negroes, who con- stitute % per cent of the unfortunates, are almost indescriable. and several days must | yet pass before their necessities can be re-| lieved. The menace to health from the decompo- ‘ition of human and other bodies, scattered 1 all over the islands, makes ‘the sttuation | worse. Not a vestige is left of houses and | | farm buildings, all having floated away. | . Whole settlements were swept away; families are all gone. All boats and ficaté and means of getting from point to point are gone, and except when an occasional | foot traveler comes into town there is no_ getting any authentic or minute degeription of what has happened in remote places. Fayal Almost Destroyed. | BOSTON, Sept. 2.—Viscount de Valla de Costa, the Portuguese consul in this city, has received a cable dispatch bringing news | of the havoc of even a worse storm than | has visited this country in the cities of | Harta and Fayal, in the Azores. The mes-_ sage says that the city of Fayal was al-| most wholly destroyed, many being killed | outright, and that the greatest suffering now prevails among the people. ' A new breakwater, which was being built | by the government ‘and which was almost | ccmpleted, was swept away by the water, | allowing the sea to break on the city with | | unrestrained fury. ‘The fishermen especi- ally of these two cities are suffering great misery and a famine is impending. The consul said that a subscription would im- mediately be started in Boston for the help of the sufferers. ———_ WORK TO BE RESUMED. All Departments in the Homestead Mills to Be Started Monday. HOMESTEAD, Pa., Sept. 2.-—Notices have been posted in Carnegie steel mills that all | departinents will be started in full Mon-| day morning next. The resumption gives employment to 2,000 men, who Lave been | idle several weeks. LAWRENCE Mass. Sept. 2—Agent Parker of the Pacific tills announces that the main cotton mill and yarn mill will be started Tuesday moraing, Septem- ber 5. The lower mills will remain closed | another week. Work will be furnished to | over 2,000 by the opening of the two former mills. —__ DOWN ON THE BORDER. Major Ringgold and the Fifth Cavalry Find the Stolen Sheep. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 2—Maj. Keyes, commanding at Fort Ringgold, | with two troops of the fifth cavalry, has reached the Havana ranch. He found the | sheep run off Thursday on Texas ofl in| charge of three Mexican customs officers and some herders from Mexico. The customs officers and the herders, who were all armed, are held by the military as prison- ers, pending instructions from higher authorities. The Mexicans released Sailins, the owner of the sheep, but still hold as prisoners on the Mexican side two of lis herders, both citizens of Texas. It is said the matter has been referred to | the State Department at Washington, and things will remain as they are until action | by the State Department Is known, | — TO PREVENT WAR. The President to Be Asked to Arbi- trate a South American Dirpate. CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—Estanislao 8. Zebal- lon, minister of the Argentine Repunlic to the United States, is in the city. He is on | his way to Washington, his mission bene to request President Cleveland to act arbitrator in a territorial dispute Serweon the Argentine Republic and Bra: ‘The | trouble is serious and unless arbitration is | made will likely lead to war between the | two countries. as an } eight CHEERING GLADSTONE, 5: ment This Morning, Rejolcing of Home Rule Advocaten= Only Forty-two of the Peers Favor It. Spectal Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. LONDON, Sept. 2—A remarkable éemom- stration took place outside of parliament early this morning. An immense concourse assembled, chiefly Irishmen, and awaited the announcement of the result of the @- vision on the home rule bill, which was greeted with loud cheers and the singing of “United Ireland.” When Mr. Gladstone emerged from the house and entered his carriage he recetved @ tremendous ovation. The crowds hur- rahed, waved handkerchiefs and ran besiée the carriage during the short drive # Downing street, cheering e&thusiasticaily. Mr. Gladstone looked well and he emf ingly acknowledged the greetings. The unionist leaders will neet on Monday to consider Mr. Gladstone's resolution aske- ing the whole time of the house for govern- ment business, which he unexpectedly tn- timated would apply to the autumn session. The object of the resolution is undoubted- ly to secure the passage of the popular parish council bill before Christmas, ‘The conservatives contend that such ® drastic resolution has never before exten@- | ed over the whole business of the govern= ment, but has merely been applied to spe cial bills, and they were vigorously attacked. ‘The proposal by rejection of the better- ment clauses of the London improvement bill which throws part of the expense of the street improvement on the ground lan@- lords, benefiting thereby the house of lords, has brought ftself in direct contact with the whole body of London voters. Their action will give an immense impetus to the radical movement in favor of the abs- ition or reform of the hereditary | beside influencing voters when the rejection force another appeal to country on home rule. It is expected that in next Friday's divi- sion only forty-two peers will support home rule bill, half of these of the government. The to be protracted to midnight to the number of peers desiring Lord Salisbury will close the The Hon. Edward Blake, to vote on the third reading rule bill, started for Canada morning. He will return for the session. — CAUGHT BY A CLOUDBURST. Inhabitants of Guyton, Ga. Had to Run for Their Lives. NEW YORK, Sept. 2—The Evening Sun's special from Savannah, Ga., says: “A cloudburst is reported at Guyton on Central railway about thirty miles this city. The people were caught treets and country roads and had to for their lives. Bridges were washed Heles ‘The approach to the south-bound over Savannah was swept away. “It is not known whether lives but it is thought so. The water is fs to be four feet deep in Guyton streets.’ T u the present . which will probably be tried first, was buflt by the Columbian iron works of Reltimore, and the Marblehead by the assignee of and the contract price for the Marbiches@ is 674,000. These vessels were required fo make a speed of seventeen knots an hour. The Detroit exceeded the requirement ¢f and ind her buibers a hand@- expected from her sister ships. The aim ef knots, since this will mean exactly 925,08 i premii than the Detroit earned. | The government pays $5.0 for cach extes, quarter knot, but makes no ailowanee whatever for fractions of a quarter. so thet the Detroit fatled only by three-hundredths of a knot to earn the premtum of a full ad- ditional quarter. Perhaps with equal me- chinery even a little difference in coal or the force of stokers or other favoring cif- cumstances may fraction of extra speed. | culties of her original conuractors force! ‘them to give it up, and the vessel is now under compietion by the assignees of Har- rison Loring. It will be a port of interest to know how this vessel compares with the Baltimore, constructed under a similar com- of S57 feet. an ex mean draught of fourteen and a half feet. The engines are of the twia screw, verty cal, triple expansion type, designed to yielded 5,409 indicated horse power under forced draught. ‘The main battery of each vessel consists of two 6-inch guns, mounted on central pivots forward and aft, and S-inch guns on the broadsides tm sponsons. The secondary battery consists of six 6-pounder and two }-pounder guna, and two Gatlings, besides a torpedo outfit. A noteworthy feature has been the pre- vision of commodious quarters for the crews of these vessels. After they were planned and nearly completed an addition of about one-sixth was made te the space allowed for the quarters of the crew, the number of torpedo tubes being reduced to effect this change. The experience of the gunboats of the Yorktown class had shown the desirability of improvements of this character, and the result will be to make these three vessels very comfortable ehips to cruise in, as well as efficient. The pre- tective deck in these vessels wholly covers the vital parts, and a coffer dam.filled with a water-excluding substanae, runs abwe # alone the fore and aft bulkhesds, the top of the coffer dam being four feet above the load water line. A good series of water- tight compartments fs also secured. It will be possible to put both the Mont gomery and the Marblehead into active ser vice, if required, not long afcer thelr utal trips. The custom is to retain new vessels for a time on the home station until ell the requirements of the contract ere fulfilled, | but their presence allows other ships to Se sent to the foreign squadrons, whither they can also be dispatched afterward in thelr turn, ‘The Castine Also. . ‘The gunboat Castine wil have her trist trip within the next few days, before either of the other two vessels. ‘The run, in each case, will be over the forty mile course i Long Island sound. All thre vessels wif probably complete the trials in a week from the day the Castine has hers. Secre- tary Herbert will go on to New York and probably witness the races for speed from the deck of the dispatch-boat Helphia, now at G@rdner’s bay. Besides the Doiphim, the Vesuvius, Cushing, and dour navy tug’ will assist in keeping the course clear and marking ee —— r Reports, dated Unalaska, August 14, have been recelved at_ the vy Department from Commander Nicoll Ludiow, command- ing the United States naval force tn Bertin sea. The British warship Champion hi been directed to 20-operate with the United States fleet in carrying out the modus vi- vendi, The British sealing steamer War lock, selzed In 1891, was being watched, but it was believed that she would not make any raids, —— aval Examination, An examination of cadets recently ap: pointed to the Neval Academy will be held at Annapolis on Monday. There are about 100 m nominated for caaerships from ssional districts all over the country intereste? in this examinal L mee Service Losses, The vice sustained serious losses duriag the recent storm near Charles: cludia total loss of light ship off tlesnake shoris. land rot keeper's cwelling at Fort Sum: house depot at Castle Pinckney tenders Wisteria ond Taros ba raged and all the buoys in Charleston harbur stroyed or out of place.