Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, m5 vaaia =e corner 11th 3t., by wening Star —_ Com; & B RAUPFMAN Pres’e ot Tew York Ofer, 88 Potter 3uilding Tae Evexino ons emp to ane the re eames Seca eenareaeageee pee with roretum posta» aided, ae {Entored at the Most Office at DC. ae eater 627 All mail «abecrt; tions must be patdin atvancs Rates of advertising nade Known on application. ae | Che Evening Star. Vor. 83, Na 20,669. WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1893. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. es = OPEN ALL NIGHT. F. M. CRISWELL, PHARMACIST, 1901-1903 7th st., cor. T aw. agp, to feture my Drug Store will be vpen all My aim ts to furnish medicine without delay whea needed im a hurry at night. So uften per- eos are made to suffer because they caamut get Medicines after the usual closing hours. Competent registered pharmacists will be in charge. Physicians’ prescriptions solicited. ‘As this is done as & matter of business no extra barge will be made. All goods sold night or day at same price, and Mat the lowest. F. M. CRISWELL, petot Cor. 7th and T sts. Bw. WOULD YOU BE INDEPENDENT? In these days of close competition and high intellectual development the avenues for acyuiring riches quickly have become very ecatce, but there Is yet obe Way open to every man Who draws @ salary, however , and that is to buy property on the installment plan, little by little. You mar hot become enormously wealthy by it, but you Will become “INDEVENDENT.” "$100 down and $25 monthiy buys a fine house and lot at Chariton Heights, om the Wash- iugton Branch. B. and 0. R. R. $5 down 1 $5 monthir buys a handsome building site. Now is the time to commence if you would be independent. iH. “Owner,” 610 F st. n. ABOUT STORAGE WAREHOUSES. Storage. Don’t be satistied with inferior storage quarters when you can avail yourself of the unequaled storage facilities of the Ameri * packing and shipping of iase ware, furniture, &¢., is a leading feature, and we hold ourselves responsible for all break- None but experienced and care ful handlers ere employed. Pianos stored (in uniform tem- peratures $1.50 per month. - Trunks stored for 25e. per month. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST Co.'s STORAGE WARRHOUSE, 1140 15TH ST. N. W. ALBERT M. READ. Manages KING OF THE REALM. all KING. If for uothing else the Densmore will commend tteelf to you because of {ts folseless action—lack of similarity to a “threshing machine.” And you musn’t forget its dingonal ribbon feed, or for that matter, Its perfect alignment or any other of its numerous original devices and improvements. Perfect typewriters ‘are scarce, but the “Densmore” Is a per- fect typewriter 1f there ever was one. Call or write for particulars. We are sole D. C. agents for the “Densmor COLUMEIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 627 E st. nw. E. D. EASTON, Pres. (4) R. F. CROMELIN, See, ©. W. MeNAUGHTON, DENTIST, HaS RE- turned and has reopened her office at fetawe 60g 13th st. mw. ‘That superb brown-ctone residence, No. 1725 Q st. n.w., consisting of three sto- Hes, 11 rooms, bath rooms om two floors, ‘With all modern Improvements, including telephone, ts offered for rent. completely furnished, at the extremely low figure of $150 per month. This affords an unusual opportunity for members of Congress or SPECIAL NOTICES. A SPECIAL COMMUNICATION OF NEW JEE! salem Lodge, No. 9, Fo A. A. M.. will be held at Masonic’ Temple WEDNESDAY, September 6 at 3:45 p.m., for the purpwve of attenling the faneral of our iate brother, It. 8. Whorton, As Brother Whorton was an enthusiastic Mason ard a regular attendant at our lodge weetings the Worshipful Master especially _ requests to Pan possisiy suake' Ie conventent to pay” this who ran make it convertent to pay thi last ‘tribute of ‘respect to his memory. Brethren pot Sister ges cordially invited. order of the W. M. ie WW. E. DENNISON, Secretary. U. 0, OF 0. F.—THE OFFICERS AND MEM- ders of Free Grace Lodge, 1343, hereby Rotified to meet at their hall, M at. between 16th and ith sis. nw.. THIS "EVENING, at 7:00 O'clock, to make arrangements for the funeral of our deceased brother, Philip Brown. By order JAMES M. HALL, N. G. ate Jas H. ScoTT, F. a WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, Beadquarters 1313 H st. o.w.—Bible talk bj Biss L. C. Kessler TOMORROW (Wednesday), p.m. Al friends Invited. at ‘OSIRIS LODGE, NO. 26, FA. AC M—A STATED communication will be held at the Cath the Scottish Kite on WEDNESDAY EV September 6, 1803, at 7:30 o'clock. ° cad and third degrees. By order of the W. M. 05-2 FRED E. TASKER, Secretary: SPIRITUALISM WONN'S HALL, 721 6TH tions answered; messages” from our fends: not mil @UESDAY) EV LAND. ee aS 5s SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL—A STATED MEET. Perfection, 1, will rertection, AX) EVENING, Septem 32D DBG., Secretary. ‘DR. J. WESLEY BOVEE Has removed to 1404 ST. N.W. Office hours—8 to 10; 3 HOCK: S White, Li THE PARKER VINEYARD At Send Postal for Samples- Weather tomorrow—generally fair. a oy WOOD AND COAL DEALERS. READ. Do you necd ® little one- finch, two-tuch or three-inch lumber to lay your coal on? We bare lumber suitable for such purposes at 9oc. PER 100 FT. You can't beat that price. It you read it in our ad. t's 80. i LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER, “Lumber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” Tuese cool Sey for the boys. Jet bim get much needed exercise and enjoyment Brior to the conflnements of school days. 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Address, gtvi Particulars, to B.S, "Star ofhee = Sing {oN ——————————————— To Keep Out Cholera. Information has been received bere that the United States consuls in Germany, who Tecently met at Hamburg to discuss the cholera epidemic, adopted without a dis- senting voice resolutions in favor of uni- formly enforcing the instructions of the United States government of March 7, ap- plying the quarantine act of February 15. ‘We see no difficulty in the rules," said one resolution, “by which consular functions are to include, besides the oversight of the disinfection of vessels, the >bservation of the influx and passage of immigrants and the transport of merchandise from infected Places, besides assisting generslly the Culted States health officers at the sca- rts." ‘The resolutions of the meetin; have been forwarded to Washington. —o+______ . Postmasters Arrested. Inspector Bulla of the Post Office Depart- ment wired Chief Wheeler yesterday that he arrested Sunday T. C. Feague, postmas- ter at Hugg, Ga., for violation of three sec- tions of the postal laws. Defendant has been held in $40 for the grand jury, Chief of Post Office Inspectors Wheeler was wired this morning of the arrest, by Inspector Houck, of Joseph A. Barker, an Arkansas postmaster, on the charge of false cancellation. ——__—_ > Fighting for Promotion. There is a big fight on hand among the Junior officers of the army to secure the Vacancy in the list of majors in the adju- tant general's department caused by the retirement of Col. McKeever and resultant promotions. It is said that the contest has hazrowed down to Capt. George S. Wilson, twelfth infantry; Capt. Wm. P. Hall, fifth cavalry, and Capt. C. S. Burbank, ‘tenth infantry. ————__—_+-2.______ Silver Purchases. Two hundred and twenty-five thousand ounces of silver were offered for sale to the Treasury Department yesterday at prices Tanging from $0.7350 to 30.7450 an ounce, of which 25,000 ounces were purchased at 30.735 an ounce, and the same price offered for the remairder. The purchases thus far this month aggregate 328,000 ounces. zs ——+ 2. Protest Against Choctaw Executions. The Secretary of the Interior has recelv- ed a letter from Alfred H. Love, president of the Universal Peace Union, with head- quarters at Philadelphia, asking him to prevent, If he can, the execution of the two Choctaws who are to be shot on the sth instant. —_—_—_—_+e.___ Appointm t the Navy Yard. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has appointed H. H. Brogden clerk of class $1,000 in the equipment department, Washington navy yard, vice J. H. King, resigned, ana John Kennedy, copyist, at the Navy Department, [DOCTORS WELCOMED. The Pan-American Medical Congress Formally Opened, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SPEAKS Other Addresses at the Opening Session Today. THE FOREIGN DELEGATES. The American engle spread its wings over the medical profession of tie western hemisphere today. It was done at Al- baugh's Opera House. There were hand- some dark-skinned men there representing the southern parts of the hemisphere and @ great many good looking doctors who never knew any other national bird but the American eagle and to whom the strains of ‘Yankee Doodle” played by the band were entirely familiar. If Uncle Sam was not there with his striped trousers and brass- buttoned coat his representative was there in the person of President Clevelaad, who formally opened the procesdings of the Pan-American medical congress. Repre- sentative McCreary was there also and spoke for Congress and District Commis- sioner Ross spoke for the District of Co- lumbia. There were several hundred people in the opera house when the cungress us- sembled for the first day's session. This session, which began at 10, lasted a couple of hours. The time was given up chiefly to formal addresses. The work of the sec- tions begins this afternoon. ‘There were many ladies in the gathering that assem- bled this morning and they seemed much interested in the proceedings. Dr. Peffer of Philadelphia, who presides over the congress, does so in a pleasing and graceful manner. The Chief Event of the Day. ‘The chief event of the day naturally was the appearance of President Cleveland. ‘The President walked with a firm step; Dr. Pepper. his face wore a pleasant smile and when he | subsequently spoke his voice was even clearer and more resonant than when he addressed the assembled thousands from of the Capitol in the memorable snow storm of March 4, last. Mr. Cleveland's personal appearance was observed with undisguised interest, the foreign delegates in the body of the theater standing up to get a good look at him. ‘Since there has been so much talk about the President's health probably every doctor in the audience looked at him with a professional eye, and the unanimous opin- fon seemed to be that the President was looking remarkably well. One of the officers of the congress remarked to a Star reporter that there was apparent a relaxa- tion, due to the President's reduction in weight, but otherwise no evidence of ill health. ‘There were, it {s estimated, about 700 doctors in attendance today. In Albaugh’s Opera House. "Phe orchestra, in which the delegates to the congress sat, was weil illled. So were the front seats of the orchestra circle and the dress circle above. The theater was not decorated at all. The stage was set with a sylvan scene and arranged with Bishop Paret. rows of chairs underneath the canvas fo- lage. In front was placed a glided table and sofas and chairs for the distinguisned guests. The Third Artillery Band sat in the orchestra and played through un at- tractive program while the doctors were gathering. A few minutes before 19 o'ciuck Dr. Wm. Peffer, the president of the cen- gress, and District Commissioner Koss appeared and were given seats in front of the stage. Their presence was greeted by applause. Other officers of the congress and distinguished guests kept appearing and filling up the rows of seats on the stage. ‘The President Arrives, The arrivals that attracted most_atten- tion were those of President Cleveland ant Bishop Paret, who came on the stage to- gether. Bishop Paret was attired in his episcopal vestments and bore a prayer book in his hand. ‘The President was dressed as usual in a black Prince Albert coat, and it was generally observed that he looked unusually well. As soon us he appeared at the side of the stage and was recognized there was a burst of applause and the delegates in the body >f the church all rose to thelr feet and remained stand- ing until the President had sat down ith Bishop Paret on the sofa placed in the cen- ter and front of the stage just behind the it table. The band meanwhile struck up ‘Hail to the Chief.” The ceremony of calling the convention to order was brief. Dr. Peffer advancing to the front an- nounced that Rt. Rev. Wm. Paret. bishop of Maryland, would tnvoke the blessing of God upon their deliberations. Pishop Paret then advanced and after repeating ‘he Lord's prayer then offered an invocation, asking the blessing of God upon the de- Uberations of the congress. Opened by President Cleveland. Dr. Pepper rose again and said: “It is in accordance with the part taken by the government of the United States in calling this congress together that our honored President has kindly conte this morning to perform his function of opening the proceedings of the congress.” “* Dr. Pepper then said: It is in accordance with the deep interest taken by the govern- ment of the United States in the organiza- (Continued on ‘%." page) THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA. Reports Received by the Marine Hospital Bureau More Serious, The Situation in This Country Be- coming a Somewhat Grave One—t: creased Watchtuln Necessary. The reports of the spread of cholera in Europe received by the marine hospital bureau are daily growing more serious and the bureau is inclined to look upon the sit- uation as regards this country as becoming somewhat a grave one. The steady spread of the cholera through Europe is an in- creasing menace to the health of the United States. The fact that cholera may live and thrive in this country until as late as November or even possibly December does not lessen the gravity ~f the situa- tion. It is not understood, however, that the marine hospital service is in ua state of alarm or panic. While the danger from cholera is increasing the marine hospital | service does not experience any lack of! confidence to meet any exigency that may | arise in the efforts to prevent the spread | of the contagion in this country. Renewed watchfulness and more thorough measures of caution and prevention are exerted as the danger becomes greater, and it is con- fidently expected these will prove success- ful in preventing the landing of cholera in this country or its spread if it should pos- sibly get here. in Europe. to the bureau reports of the appearance of the scourge in new spots in Europe and the further spread of it in places where it already exists. It is grad- ually creeping up the seaboard from Med- iterranean ports and from Palermo in Italy to Riga in Russta dots the eountry with {ts pest houses. Under date of August 24 the consul at Nantes, France, reports that for the week ending August 19 there were a total of 77 deaths from cholera in the city and adds: “I have the honor to state that since my last report the sanitury condition of the city of Nantes has rapidly grown worse. No official information cn be ob- tained. The press is silent and the Medical Gazette withholds its monthly bulletin. It is a fact, however, that the city 1s infested with cholera. The death rate from chol- ra reaches at least 11 per ‘lay, not in- cluding the deaths from that disease at the hospital at St. Jaques, which are nu- merous.” So far as is known the United States is free today from the presence of any case of yellow fever or cholera. Reports from the southern cities describe. the situation as being all right, with no new cases of fever and the alarm has somewhat sub- sided, although the health officers are not diminishing their efforts of precaution. e HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Minister Blount Has a Conference ‘With the President. Minister Blount had another conference with Secretary Gresham at the State De- partment this morning. He visited the White House by appointment yesterday afternoon and spent several hours with the President discussing the Hawaiian situa- tion. The impression is growing that this question will form the subject of a special message to the Senate at its present ees- sion. All the correspondence bearing on that question has been prepared at the State Department, so that there be no delay in its transmission, provided it is decided to pursue that course. IN SMALL PACKAGES. nares ee Bottled Up Thunder in Litt Boats. Considerable interest attaches to the min- lature torpedo boats which will be carried on the decks of the battle ships Texas and Maine, now under construction by the gov- ernment. They are excellent specimens of modern engineering skill. The boat for the ‘Texas will be of twelve tons displacement and the one for the Maine will be of 14.8 tons. They will be swung into the water from the top of the superstructure by great cranes, and will be used in midnight at- tacks. The little boats will be fitted each with one propelling engine of the quad- ruple expansion type working a single screw. It is estimated that the indicated horse power of the Texas’ boat's engine ‘will be 155 and that of the Maine boat's en- gine 200, when the screw 1s making 675 revo- lutions.’ The engine will be vertical invert- ed, with the cylinders placed in order of size over the shaft, the high pressure cyl- inder being forward. There will be one water tube boiler on each boat, placed in a separate compart- ment forward of the engine. It will be con- structed for a working pressure of 250 Pounds per square inch and have ahout twelve feet of grate surface, with 48 feet of heating surface. Bulkheads and doors will be fitted where necessary to make the fire room air-tight. In the Texas’ boat there will be one smokepipe and in the Maine's boat there will be two stacks, sit- uated forward and placed far enough apart ‘on opposite sides of the ship to allow the torpedo boom to rig between them. Two feed tanks will be provided in each boat, that In the Texas’ having a combined capacity of seventy gallons, and that in the Maine's boat of ninety gallons. The weight | of all machinery and boilers, including aux- illaries and water in the boilers, condensers and pipes, as well as the spare parts and tools, must not exceed 9,900 pounds on the ‘Texas’ boat and 12,000 pounds on the Maine's boat. Marine engineers take a good deal of in- terest in these little boats, for they contain as much bottled-up energy as anything afloat. The torpedo boat, at its best, ap- Pears to be nothing more than combined Vitality and destruction. Within a thin and narrow shell there is an engine of remark- able force and a projectile of unusual dead- Mess. The little torpedo boats of the big battle ships are the best of their type, for they are the latest and concentrate what ‘was before condensed. Torpedo A telegram was received at the War De- partment today from Maj. Keys at Fort Ringgold, Texas, saying that he has a copy of the affidavit of Andres Salina, part owner of the Banco and surveyor of Hidalgo coun- ty, who was arrested and taken across the river and released. “It contains,” says the telegram, ‘‘a clear record of long occupancy by Texans without dispute. Have seen in San Antonio papers dispatch from Wash- ington which speaks of this land as now separated from Texas by change of channel. If this is understanding at headquarters of army it is wrong. Land {s solid ground clear to bank of river. Have seen private dispatch from Brownsville that collector of customs at Matamoras is authorized to investigate the case, if United States will withdraw troops from the Banco and re- lease prisoners. Troops are not and have not been on the Banco, as the Banco is un- derstood on this side. If any ment is made of this kind, I belleve It will be un- der a misunde-standing of the situation by the Washington authorities.” Glad to Get Back to Washington. Mr. Hub. T. Smith, who was associated with Gen. J. W. Foster in the conduct of the American case before the Bering sea tribunal, returned to Washjngton yester- day and reported at the State Department for duty. He was the last of the American party to leave the French capital and he closed up their affairs. He crossed the At- lantic on the Pari He said to a friend to- day that he “was so glad to get back in dear old Washington that he was almost willing to take a bite out of the concrete.” ee SS ‘The Cherokee Open! Instructions to the registers and recetv- ers at the local land offices in the Cherokee Outlet have been prepared by the commis- sioner of the general land office and ap- proved by the Secretary of the Interior. The instructions are brief, the local land offices being referred to the law confirming the Cherokee agreement and the President's proclamation opening the same. A STAR CHAMBER. Proceedings on Board the Revenue Cutter Crawford. CAPM. MITCHELL'S TRIAL BEGUN. No One Admitted Into the Pres- ence of the Court. THE CHARGES PREFERRED. ‘The board of revenue mariné officers ap- Pointed to investigate the case of Capt. Mitchell, commanding the revenue steamer Crawford, assembled at the Treasury De- partment this morning at 9 o'clock, but did no business beyond deciding to- hold their session on the steamer Crawford, now anchored in the Potomac at the foot of 12th street, beginning at 11 o'clock this morn- ing. Capt. Mitchell was present with his counsel, Judge May. : Abourd the Crawford. ‘The investigation was therefore formally begun on board the vessel. These charges, it will be remembered, were printed in The Star at the time they were made. They imply conduct on the part of the captain that was unbecoming to an officer and gentleman. More specifically, they charge that on a certain night not long ago Capt. Mitchell came aboard the Crawford in a state of very considerable intoxication, and that he was accompanied at the time by two mulatto girls, whose reputation was not even up to the doubtful line. The detail for the trial board or court consisted of three officers of the revenue marine service, Capts. Henriques, Moore and Congdon. ‘They met on board prompt- ly on time, and were received with the cus- tomary honors. Star Chamber Proceedings. So far, so geod. From that time on the Proceedings began to take on a much more irregular turn, and there is every reason to believe that an attempt was made to turn the whole affair into a star chamber pro- ceeding. Secrecy was enjoined not only upon the members of the board, but upon all the of- ficers of the Crawford, and every effort w: made to keep any inkling of the court's goings from leaking out trom behind closed rs. ‘The officers on board began to wonder, but their lips were sealed, and when a Star reporter clambered on board there was an air of Sabbath calm brooding over every- thing, and one might as well have hunted for snowballs as for news of what had transpired in the captain's room. The offi- cers may not have enjoyed the seal of se- erecy, but an order must be obeyed, even if the officer who gives it is himself under- going examination for conduct inimical to military discipline. The Character of the Court. It would seem as though there were no provisions for courts-martial in the marine service. The present hearing is merely an investigation or court of inquiry, with pow- ers of recommendation only. It cannot dismiss from the service. In the army and the navy courts of this sort, and, in fact, all such hearings, are open to the public or to such part of it as c usiness to court on boafd the Crawford is not that sort of a court. To say the least the pro- ceedings were curious. In the first place no one was allowed to be present at the hearing except the three members of the court, the accused officer and the lawyer whom he had brought in to defend him. The executive officer of the Crawford, ‘who preferred the charges against Capt. Mitchell, was not permitted to attend, nor was the officer who was on deck the night Capt. Mitchell came aboard, and who claims that his superior officer was accompanied by two dusky damsels. The court was formally organized and then the charges against Capt. Mitchell were read and he was allowed to make his answer in his own behalf before any of the witnesses whose stories are said to be sufficient to sustain the charges were even as much as given a hearing. ‘Then the court took a recess until this afternoon. It now remains to be seen how far the effort to keep it all a secret will be successful. —$__—_e.+—_____ A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE. The Long Run of the Philadelphia Without Stopping for Coal. Officials of the Navy Department are very much gratified at the recent performance of the cruiser Philadelphia, a report of which has just been received at the department from her commanding officer, Capt. Barker. It is dated Callao, August 7, and says that the Philadelphia made the run from Rio de Janeiro to Callao, a distance of 5,000 miles, in twenty days and eighteen hours without stopping anywhere for coal. This is at the rate of 242 miles a day for continuous run of twenty-one days without coaling, and is re- warded by naval officers here as'a most re- markable performance. The Philadelphia left Callao August 26 for Honolulu, a voyage of 5,200 miles, and it is expected that she will duplicate her ast run and make the entire distance in about twenty-two days without coaling. a THE TARIFF HEARING. ‘The Retention of the Duty on Cement Asked. ‘The ways and means committee resumed its hearings on the tariff today. R. W. Lesley of the American Cement Company, representing the American ce- ment industry, appeared in advocacy of the retention of the present specific duty of 8 cents per 100 pounds on imported cement. Replying to a question by Mr. Gear he said that the American cement was just as good an article as the imported. The great difficulty was in getting builders and deal- ers to believe it. It was only in the last two years that manufacturers were able to meet the reputation of the foreign arti- cle. ———-e. THE CRUISER ATLANTA. No Action Yet Taken Over the Much- Needed Overhauling. Secretary Herbert told a Star reporter today that he had been so pressed by call- ers on other business that he had been un- able as yet to determine what was best to be done in the matter of the cruiser At- lanta, but that he hoped to be able to dis- pose of that case within a week or so. Meanwhile the department goes on accumu- lating information in regard to the mis- management of that vessel, almost from the time she was put in commission, many years ago. It is said that the records show @ remarkable ignorance of the condition of the Atlanta on every hand until the ship was put out of commission and it was left for a board of survey and a court of in- quiry to discover defects which hazarded the lives of all on board and make neces- sary now the expenditure of many thou- sands of dollars. ‘The court of inquiry found long-negiccted leaks in drain pipes, holes in bulkheads eaten by piles of hot ashes and drippings from unrepaired pipes, water-tight doors trusted in place, boiler bearings corroded, the hull thickness decreased one-half, end a dilapidated result of negligence, justify- ing the offical application of such a rare adjective as “discreditabl It now_ re- mains to be seen whether Secretary Her- bert will adopt the recommendation of the court of inquiry and let the matter drop, or whether he will take steps to ascertain who are responsible for the condition of the ship with a view to their punishment under the laws of the navy. JUMBLE OF BILLS Ready to Be Filed in the House Without Delay. They Are All Sorts of Topics and Introduced by Ali Sorts of Men. In anticipation of the adoption of the code of rule reported and now pending in the House, members have already filed 202 bills with the officials of the House, which will be placed on the calendar in the order in which they were received; and if there ts any benefit to be derived from priority of Position these measures will be in a posi- tion to receive it. A great majority are bills that have already found a place on the calendars of previous Congresses, such as bills to repeal the federal election laws, to repay to the states the cotton tax, to estab- lish a uniform system of bankruptcy, to in- crease the facilities for prosecuting war claims of various kinds. The original bills chiefly grow out of existing financial con- ditions. Mr. Coombs of Brooklyn is the author of @ lengthy amendment to the national bank act intended to secure additional currency. It authorizes the Secretaty of the Treasury to issue circulating notes to national banks upon the following securities deposited with him to the amounts named: On United States bonds, 100 per cent; on state, railway and municipal bonds of at least par market value, on which interest has not defaulted for ten years, 9 per cent; on first mortgage loans guaranteed by corporations with $0,- 000 capital, 7% per cent; on certificates of de- posit of gold and silver coin or bullion in the treasury or mints, 100 per cent; on warehouse receipts of pig iron, cotton and wheat issued by companies with paid-up capital of $250,000, 7 per cent. Several bills to repeal the 10 per cent tax on state bank circulation are included in the list, and two to establish an income tax —one by Mr. McRae of Arkansas ts a mod- erate measure, and one by Mr. Richardson Of Tennessee ‘is radical in its provisions. He proposes to lay a tax of 2 per cent on $83,000 to $5,000, 5 per cent on $5,000 to $10,000, 10 per cent on $10,000 to $20,000, 15 per cent ‘on $20,000 to $30,000, 20 per cent on $30,000 to $50,000, 30 per cent on $50,000 to $100,000, 40 per cent on all over $100,000. Mr. McRae has also a bill designed to in- crease the circulating medium by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an- nually at the end of each fiscal year treas- ury notes to an amount equal to the total taxes and revenues collected by the govern- ment during the previous year: and to re- place the national bank currency by an equal amount of treasury notes. Mr. Harter’s Bills. Mr. Harter (Ohio) has prepared a national bank Dill, under the provisions of which national banks may Issue circulating notes up to % per cent of their paid-in capital and surplus without depositing bonds to gecure it, and bonds now on deposit with the treasurer to secure circulation may be with- drawn. The United States is to have a first en on the assets of any failed national bank to secure its guarantee of the bank's circulation, and in case the assets are not sufficient to relmburse the government the controller of the currency is to make an assessment upon all the national banks of the state in which the derelict bank is lo- cated, divided pro rata according to thetr capital and surplus, to make up the de- ficiency. Beside the 75 per cent of circula- tion provided for as stated the banks may issue an amount equal to 50 per cent of thelr capital and surplus, to be known as “emergency circulation,” secured by United States bonds, and to pay = tax" until retired. ‘Mr. Harter has also prepared a bill mak- ing it_unlawful, under heavy penalty, for any officer or employe of a national bank to borrow money of that bank; also to author- ize the Secretary of the Treasury to sel United States bonds when he deems it necessary thereby to maintain the parity of paper and silver money in the United States with gold; also to authorize the issue of national bank notes to the par value of bonds deposited for their redemption; algo directing the President to open the mints of the United States to the free coinage of silver whenever he shall have been officially advised that not less than six nations of Europe, including Great Britain, Germany and France, have like- wise opened their mints. Mr. Walker (Mass.) is prepared to Intro- duce, with some amendments, the bill of- fered at the last Congress by Mr. Bacon of New York to increase the volume of bank currency, and for the better control of banks by the officers of the United States. Public Bulla Bills have been prepared for the erection of public buildings at the following places, to cost the sums mentioned: Fitchburg, Mass., $150,000; Gardner, Me., $3,000; Water- ville, Me., $49,000; Brockton, Mass., $75,000; Dixon and Sterling, Ill, $0.00) each; Potts- ville, Pa., $100,000; Waterbury, Conn., $100,- 0; Yonkers, N. ¥., $7,00; Hudson, N. Y¥., $100.0 oseburg, “Oregon, $25,000; Salem, Oregon, $100,000; South Omaha, 320,00; San Diego, ‘Cal., $200,009; Fresno, ‘Cal., $100,000; Lincoin, Neb., $1,000,000; Plattsmouth, Neb., $100,000; "to increase to $200,000 the limit of cost of the building at Omaha; to locate sol- diers’ homes at Beatrice, Neb., and Green- ville, Tenn.; to establish a branch mint at Omaha; to establish a subtreasury at At- lanta, Ga. i,Among the other measures are the follow- ing: By Mr. Wheeler (Ala.)—To repeal section 3480, R. 8., which prohibits the payment to soldiers who served in the war with Mexico and afterward in the confederate army claims for property lost in the Mexican war. ‘To provide for the admission of the state of Arizona. To enable the people of New Mexico,Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma to form a constitu- tion and state government and to be ad- mitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states. By Mr. McRae (Ark.)—To authorize a set- tlement of the 5 per cent swamp land claim of Arkansas. To finally adjust the swamp land grants. To protect public forest reservations. To grant the thirty-sixth sections of land in every township to states admitted to the Union prior to 1818 for free school purposes. Fixing $2.50 an acre as the minimum price of public lands. By Mr. Oates (Ala.)—To authorize nation- al banks to loan money on real estate. By Mr. Morse (Mass.)—To authorize the Post Office Department to forward un- stamped mail matter and collect double Postage at destination; authorizing the President to appoint annually fifty cadets to West Point from schools where an army officer is detailed for military instruction; to repeal the interstate commerce law. By Mr. Dunphy (N. Y.)—To equalize and increase pay of letter carriers from $600 to $1,200, according to length of service; to classify and fix salaries of clerks in first and second-class post offices; to authorize the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company to build a bridge across the Hud- son at New York. By Mr. Mallory (Fla.)—To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to settle the ac- count between the United States and Flori- da by allowing the state for moneys ex- pended in the Indian hostilities of 189, 186 and 167 as a set-off against the Indian trust funds Invested in state bonds; to re- store to the pension rolls all Florida pen- sioners stricken off by reason of their par- fictpation in or sympathy with the rebel- jon. Mr. Cummings’ Batch. By Mr. Cummings (N. Y.)—To make labor day a legal holiday; to amend the act to prevent counterfeiting by exempting from its operations the publication of cuts or car- toons in newspapers unless the pictures would tend to create the impression that they are coins of the United States or some foreign government; to insure preference in appointments, employment and reten- tion in the public service of veterans of the late war; to provide for and facilitate commercial and political union between the United States and Canada by admitting to the Union such states out of the territory of Canada as the people thereof, with the consent of Great Britain, may make proper (Continued on Fifth page) MILES OF VETERANS. Annual Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, THOUSANDS POUR INTO INDIANAPOLIS. Hosierdom’s Stronghold Capitu- lates to the Host. SCENES ON THE STREETS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept, 5&—The stronghold of hoosierdom has capitulated before the onslaught of the hoys who wore. the blue and with flying flags and, keeping step to the same old strains that led them through valleys and over mouatains three decades ago, the veterans marched today like a victorious army up an down the prin- cipal streets amid the plaudits of a miulti- tude of enthusiastic spectators. A discharge of artillery from Camp Wil- der ushered in a glorious autumn morning, and gave the signal to citizens and visitors to prepare themselves for the festivities of the day, To hundreds, however, the sig- nal was hardly necessary, for all night long the principal streets were filled with belated arrivals, the majority of whom pre- ferred to make a night of it, rather than to seek accommodations for the intervening hours before the dawn. Many found repose in the rotundas of the hotels and about the capitol buildings, while others made resting places of hallways and outside steps of the buildings about the depot. After midnight a large number of over-due trains, some of them six hours and more behind time, arrived within the city limits, and ,as a result, there was a blockade at the Union depot, and many of the visiting posts were well content to dis- embark on the outskirts and find the way to their headquarters under the friendly guidance of some well-posted townsmen. These and similar little inconveniences were not sufficient to ruffle the good nawire of the visitors and when the coffee kettles were boiling and rations were ready they were willing tc bestow the benediction of peace on earth and good will toward men ‘on the city and its people. Mostly From Indiana. No such crowds have before been seen in the cpaital Naturglly enough the | Hoosier element predominated. The ma- |Jority of the visitors brought with them their wives, children, mothers and sweet- hearts, and who, in their dresses of white, plentifally adorned with _bright-colored badges or sashes of tri-colored bunting, helped to relieve the scene and to give a Picturesque air to the surroundings. In the throng Illinois was also well rep- resented, and so were Ohio, Wisconsin, and neighboring states. Nearly everybody ‘wore @ badge denoting the state he hailed from, and in this way recognitions and reunions of old acquaintances were of frequent oc- currence. Just as soon as the inner man had been satisfied with a light meal, the local and visiting posts began to form for the parade which was to be the one great event of the second day of the encamp- ment. ‘The Mine of march was arranged to take in both the fashionable residence quarter district, starting from 7th mand continuing south to New York, thence to Pennsylvania, thence to Market, east to New Jersey, south to Wash- ington ‘and west to Tennessee, a total dis- tance of between three and four miles, the posts forming on the intersectional streets | and falling into line in proper order as the column passed. Maj. Gen. John R. Carnahan, who has gained fame by his magnificent commander- ship of the uniformed rank of the Knights of Pythias, was chief marshal of the day, and he was surrounded by experienced as- sistants in the persons of Gen. N. R. Ruckle | as chief of staff, Ei F. Ritter, the prohibi- | tion advocate, whose reputation is national, as adjutant general, and Charles Kahlo as senior aid-de-camp. ‘The Signal for Starting. At 10:30, the designated hour, the booming of a fifty-pounder gave the signal that all was in readiness for the head of the column to move. ADAMS IN THE LEAD. The Contest at Indianapolis for Com- mander-in-Chief. Special Dispatch to the Evening Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 5.—There seems a general belief among the best informed that J. B. G. Adams of Massachusetts will have fully three-fourths of the votes for com- mander-in-chief on the first ballot. The friends of the other candidates are working loyally for them, but are hopeless of se- curing more than a fair showing in the vote. With reference to future contingen- cles, Col. Lincoln's friends all stick fully by him and talk much more sanguinely than they really feel. It ts likely that the national encampment will indorse the scheme of the National Re- union Monument Association to canvass the country for funds with which to errect a monument on Grand Army Place in Wash- ington to the rank and file of the army and navy. oleae THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY. Work of the American and Canadian Surveyors. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 5.—A. J. Driscoll of the Canadian Alaska survey party re- turned from the north, Sunday, on the Queen. Before the parties left it was de- cided that a Canadian surveyor accom- pany each American party, and that an American surveyor accompany each Cana- dian party. Driscoll was chosen to accom- pany Ogden’s American party to survey rivers from the coast to the “ten league” boundary, which the American claim is the proper boundary, The Canadians claim that the be- tween Great Britain and Russia gave the latter only that portion of Southern Alaska between the coast and the range of moun- tains, and between the coast and the “ten league” boundary. The Canadian party took photo-topograph surveys to prove that the range, or rather the row of mountains exists between the coast and the “ten league” boundary. Ogden'’s party first ascended the Taku yey the country from Juneau to Mount Elias, thus completing the survey. Driscoll says there are a «reat mountain peaks between the coast “ten league” boundary. The mem the Canadian party will return steamers Topeka and Thistie, Americans are waiting for ships them. The photo-topography surveying, Driscoll considers ® great cess in mountainous territory —— Explosion of the Boiler of = Grist Mii HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Sept. 5—The boiler connected with Al. Brunfield’s grist mill at Hartis Creek, in Lincoln county, exploded this morning. Ji instantly killed and the received injuries from which she Six other given, were badly burt, iby: Be6288 ts we ADAM ITZEL DEAD. BALTIMORE, Sept. 5.—Adam Itzel, fr, the talented musician and composer, Giel this morning of consumption. He was but twenty-nine years of see, yet he was considered the finest leader of lght opera in the United States. His must- epapiet 5 | sf ih i cli i ff i il A i g & Se! : =e period of tranquility. His Presses his warmest thanks for Siastic welcome extended to him. or BILL DALTON DYING. ‘The Story Told by a Physician Takes to the Outlaw’s Camp. GUTHERIE, ©. T., Sept. 5. —The posse officers in pursuit of the Dalton gang re turned last night empty handed. A courier | from Stillwater brought the news that « doctor of that town, who has been Several days, has just returned Startling story. He was called office Sunday night, taken in camp and compelled to dress He says that all are ly two, and possibly those nearest death js Bill jaw leader, who has two and a broken arm. He will hiding place of the gang, power, , for “5 swore to secrecy under death before allowing him to oo —— Seventeen Drowned at Once. ROTTERDAM, Sept. 6. the fire which occurred in the sastry mapa Sep Rotte quay at Rotterdam Sunday am gee suiecere ay were a ler rushed to one si causing it w J. Timberlake, jr, David M. King, Samuel C. Hazzard, S. J. Bayard Schindel, Otho W, Farr and Robertson Honey. Cavalry arm—Kenzie W. Walker, Harry H. Pattison, Edward E. Hartwick and Chas, G. Swatelie, jr. To be second Meutenants: Artillery arm~ Wm. M. Cruikshank and Gordon G. Heiner, Cavalry arm.—John H. Rice, Lincoin © Andrews, Wm. R. Smedberg, jr., John Morgan, Andrew E. Williams, Walter Geo. E. Houle, Lincoln F. Kilbourne, Vers Ming K. Hart, Robert E. L. Spence, Wm C. Rogers, Frank B. McKensa, Geo. H, Jamerson, award E. Carey, Edward Tay- jor, Hamilton A. Smith, Hunter B. Albert Laws and Mathew E. Saville. Also a number of recess «ppoinuments of postmasters. ——__—_-2+_____ SENATOR VANCE WANTS TO KXOW, A List of Questions in Regaré te the Garbage Factory. In the Senate today Mr. Vance introduced the following resolution: ‘That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby immediately directed to report to the Senate why they have mitted a factory for boiling and turing into fertilizers all garbage animals collected in the District bia within the city limits at hi £ i if £ § i aa 4 # i i fi g & & i fe Hl f . ! | Fe if i i | is 4 iy ; F | !