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BURR, Treasurer. EGuTH SYNAGOGUE—SEATS FOR ‘the coming holidays cam be bad of the secretary, 922 1 ‘syzagogue Sunday morning between 10 aud 11 o'clock. se7-3t T BEG TO NoriryY THE PUBLIC GENERALLY that I will not, hereafter be responsible for any plizabeth J. September 7, 1803. Tnsurpassed storage facilities. Fire and burglar proof warehouse. “Expert” packers and handlers of china, silver and glass ware, pottery, &e. Household effects packed for shipping. Pianos stored, $1.50 per ™ ‘Trunks stored, 2%e. per month. Rooms $5 per month and up. C. J. BELL, President. Albert M. Read, Manager of Warehou: it CLARET! ALL GRADES CLARET! to $5 per ease. VINEYARD CO. OF CALL Send postal for samples. 11u9 7th st. It YOU CANNOT HELP GOING INTO ECSTASIES over the new English Trouserings, which ar- rived yesterday with old ocean's salt air still perceptible. No New York or any other tailor Would think of sticking the shears in them un- Ger $12. All single and “exclusive patterns. As a trade opener we will make them up for $8.50, G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Tailor, 12th and F st.s7 You wouldn't expect @ tramp to be able to Puli a couple of hundred dollars out of bis old clothes because he “isn't dresed that way." Sty- lish clothes go a loug way toward making the man. The garments tailored here have a style and ‘set to them that make a man look rich. Fall fashion piates uow on exhibition, Fall pat- terns now ready. J. Fred. Gatcheli (late of Keen's), 418 12th st. se SN'T_THIS GLORIOUS WEATHER FOR SKATING? ‘Of all the eports fm all the world there are none so conducive to health and good spirits os roller skating, elther for boya or rs, and there so better place to suey fei Yashingion eity—the “SKAT- ER'S PARADISE.” ~ Exe@ient Kolior Skates T5e. pair. ‘lebrated Extension Roller Black Skate Wheels 25c. set. BARBER & KOSS,"13th and G sts. mr. eet AGEMOFKNOWLEDGE FORYOU. Instead of :aying that $25 or $30 away in =. = =< — and paying house own Bouse, in which yor can live without SS ee rd cash If you should ever lose your situa- tion or encounter other misfortunes. By Putting money into @ house you keep it Gnd use it at the same time. $100 down and $25 monthly buys a handsome house and Jot at beautiful Chariton Heights on the answering questions. artes eae cael JAS. E. WAUGH, “Owner,”* 610 F st. n.w. set THE CRAWFORD'S MiSTERY, ‘The Investigation of Capt. Mitchell it Going on in the C bin, The cutter Crawford les idly in the stream, tied up to a wharf. Instead of pursuing the customary duties of a United States revenue cutter there she swings quietly with the tide while another act of the farce on board is being played. Slowly the investigation into the cha-ges against her captain goes ahead, but what it has de- veloped is a matter that no one outside the sacred precincts of the captain’s cabin knows anything about. Today the investigation went alon, usual. It was the third day of the nearing or court, or whatever it may be, and, s) far as can be told, very Iittle has been found to support the charges that Capt Mitchell was guilty of grossly immoral cc duct. The reason may be that none of t witnesses who claim to have knowledge gs to the truth of the charges have 1s yet been asked to tell all they know. The wit- Resses are all oificers who are on board of the Crawford, and they could be summoned Without delay and at a single word from the quartet in the captain's cabin. Three days have been consumed, and the general impression is that very little has been done, It is impossible to tell how much longer the investigation will last. Capt. Mitchell's objection to publicity, and particularly to hewspaper reporters, is by no means on the wane. In fact, it seems to increase the more this curious case Is written about. Yesterday the reporter from The Star was quietly, but effectively, re. moved from the immaculate precinct of the Crawford. Today his fate was much the same. He was not allowed to board the vessel at all. When he approached the gang — along the wharf two of the ofti- cers, who were on the upper deck, stey forward and politely but firmly sald"Sieen sir; but the captain's orders are that you shall not be allowed to come aboard under any circumstances. He has ordered that nothing be said to you about what goes on ere. The hearing began a little after 10 o'clock this morning, and after being in session for a while took a recess until 2o'clock this afternoon. The Star man sat on a wharf pile and swung his feet over the tawny Potomac while he tried to find out from the officers what had been going on this morning. He might as well have been talking in Choctaw for all the answers he could get. Perhaps they did not know any more than he did, but if they did they ad- mitted that they had received the most stringent sort of orders from the captain not to say a word about the trial to any one or under any circumstances, ——_—§_+o.—____ Vacancies in the Naval Pay Corps. The recent retirement of Paymaster Bar- ton gives the President an #ppointment in the pay corps of the navy anda vacancy will occur in that corps if he approves the sentence of dismissal in the case of Pay- master Sullivan. There are alrealy fifty applications on file at the department for the coveted positions. Many of the candi- dates in the field are stronzly backed and the competition will undoubteily be lively. Sei Srrueaassecraline Openings for Medical Graduates. Six vacancies exist in the medical de- partment of the navy which are to be filled as soon as examinations of candidates, which are to be held at the Brooklyn navai laboratory next week, are completed and | the recommendations of the board received at the department. This is one of the few branches of the service where practically no influence is necessary to secure a commiagion. Can- didates are given permission to present themselves to the examining boards and it} they succeed in passing the severe ordeal | they are appointed in the corps without further to do. The medical corps of the army also of- fers a chance to young doctors to enter the service of the go’ ment. There are now five vacancies, which will be filled after the examinations, which commence mext week at the Washington barracks, here are over. These examinations are thorough, and if the usual average of those who pass 1s maintained about one-fourth will be successful. ——__—_+«+____ ‘To Improve the Naval Hospital. The recent sale of the Wailabout bay lands to the city of Brooklyn has placed $90,000 at the disposal of the surgeon gen- eral of the navy, which sum, that official says, he proposes, with the aproval of Sec- retary Herbert, to expend in ‘mproving the naval hospital, and with the addition of an appropriation Congress will be asked to! make to add two sick wards to the present | structure, to modernize the service and put | it on a footing with other large hospitals | of the country. The present hospital was built fifty years ago and ts encirely imad-| equate for the demands of the service. It is the largest in the navy, but fs still be- —|MADE A SENSATION, |CHOLER An Englishman’s Talk in the Medi- cal Congress. AN ATTACK ON HOMEOPATHY. A Guest Who Could Not Be Kept Down. THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY. ‘The delegates to the Pan-American con- gress were rather slow again in gathering this morning for the early session at Al- baugh’s. The representatives from the Spanish American countries can hardly be expected to be early birds, but if the truth be told they were quite as Prompt as were thelr professional brethren from the United States. The morning session was set for 9 o’clock, but it was long after that hour before a sufficiently large number of the delegates had come together to warrant President Pepper in calling the meeting to order. In opening the meetin; Dr. Pepper introduced Rev. Dr. George Elliott of the Methodist Episcopal Church to invoke a blessing upon the proceedings of the morning. The only representative of a South Amer- ican country to answer to the five-minute Speeches was Dr. H. Rivero Saldivia, con- sul general of Venezuela at New York. He said: “It 1s with profound pleasure that I rise to present my congratulations and express the pleasure it gives me to be present at this congress, where so many questions of vital importance are to be conslderel. We shall return to our respective homes with Tenewed Vigor and fervor to combat against the great evils of humanity. It gives me pleasure to express the heartfelt thanks of my government and my professional breth- ren at the kindness of your government in inviting us to participate. Furthermore, it gives me pleasure to congratulate you upon the wonderful Ernest Hart's Address. The principal address of the morning was delivered by one of the best known medical men of England, Ernest Hart, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. The sub- Ject of his address was the ethics of the medical profession. No physician nowadays, said Mr. Hart, can hope to succeed without three elements within himself—knowledge, industry and moral character. Without’ the first. no Physician could wish to succeed; without the second no physician can hope to suc- ceed; without the third success, if obtained, can never bring happiness or gratification. If there ever was a time when a code of ethics was necessary that time is the pres- Medical Director Gihon. ent, when there Is such sharp competition on ‘all sides and when certain ones. make advertising particularly profitable. Such a code as does exist at the present time ts based upon a strong and logical founda- tion, is as much in the interest of the pub- lic as it ts of the profession. Mr, Hart then went on to defend the code of medi- cal ethics, comparing it with the codes of other professions, He told of his efforts to learn the merits of the code of the legal profession in England, which is much stricter than the medical code. A friend of his on the English bar told him that thelr code simply implied that a man should live and act and practice as a gentleman, If a man did not demean himself as such then other members of the profession should have nothing. to do. with him. The same holds true of the medical profession. There are at the bar shyster lawyers who do not regard the proper rules of their gulld. So there are pariahs in the medical profes- sion. ‘AS to the medical profession its code in brief is the divine command: “Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.” The medical code has been. built upon the experience of the ages and it would be dangerous for the profession to cast to one side the reeults of this valuable experience and to abandon its” code of ethics, Mr. Hart then went on to give in detail the rules adopted by the Royal College in England for the government of the mem- bers of the profession. ‘These included the well-known rules against advertising elther the name or any literary work in the col- umns of the secular press; against consult- ing with homeopaths; against any connec- tion with a secret- medicine and against proffering service to a patient who is known to be under the care of a brother physician. His View of Homeopath: In supporting the different articles of the code Mr. Hart first took up the one that Provides against consultation with homeo- paths. Homeopathy, he said, was so re- moved from what Mr. Hart called the true system that there is no ground upon which the two schools can meet by the bedside more than a Catholic priest and an agnostic could meet together to render spiritual con solation to a dying man. As to the theory that a regular and a homeopath might meet at least in the matter of making a diagnos sis of a case, Mr. Hart sald that the alm of e physician was to heal disease, guess at riddles. pee ee What He Means by “Quack.” In applying the term “quacks” to homeo- paths Mr. Hart sald he did it not in the objectionable sense, but according to the aefinition given by Dr. Johnson, “boasting Practitioners.” Quacks, he said, are the sort of men who seek newspaper notoriety at the cost of a loss of self-respect. A quack is the sort of man who, if he has been attending in the sick room of a prize fighter, a ballet girl or the President of the United States, will divulge the secrets of the sick bed for the sake of becoming famous himself. He is the man who is all the time being interviewed by the news- Paper reporter as to the merits of the most Tecently discovered albumenoid or other drug. At this stage of his address Mr. Hart was frequently interrupted by loud applause, which showed that he had his audience with him. Secret Medict Medicine, sald Mr. Hart, is a mission no less than a manner of living. He then went on to make a sharp attack upon the matter of secret medicines, which he sald are never worth the paper on which their advertisements are printed. ‘They are secrets only to the guilible public and not to the medical profession, for they have been examined in laboratories again and again, and have been found to be either worthless nostrums or old worn out and abandoned remedies. Any medical man who dirties his hands by connectlua with sccret medicine companies, by recommend- ing such medicines or giving them testi- monials, should be treated as he deserves. Any practitioner who would sell the birth- Tight of his good professional name for such a mess of pottage should be consider ed as a traitor to his profession an@ a traitor to mankind. Relations With Other Physicians. hind the advances made in other hospitals for caring for the sick in large numbers. Finally Mr. Hart made a savage criticism (Continued on Fifth page) It is Epidemic in '‘Chirty Governments in Busia, The First Case in Egypt—The United States Free From This Disease or Yellow Fever. The report of Thomas E. Heenan, United States consul at Odessa, Russia, which reached the marine hospital service today, shows an alarming condition of affairs in that country. He says that the official pul- letin for the week ended August 12 shows there had been 2,133 cases of cholera und 768 deaths in the various governments of European Russia, and that it was jalso an admitted fact by the officials that cholera had again broken out at Bahu, Stavapol, Astrachan and other points along the Volga river. In a word, cholera ts again epidemic in Russia, and exists in thirty different and widely separated _govern- ments. These governments infested by the Plague are Moscow, Bessaralla, Vladimir, olbyina, Viatha, Pensa Grodno, Rodolla, Ekaterinslov, Kieff, Nizni Nevgorod, Orel, Simbrisk, Kharoff,’ Kazan, Samara, War- saw, Ufa, Kherrow, Poltrava, Minsky: pacar, the Dow country and other dis- The city of Odessa, Mr. Heenan says, has thus fer escaped, but even the most sanguine do not expect a continuation of this good fortune. In the government in which Odessa is situated (Kherson) there were last week fifty cases and eighteen deaths. The First Case in Egypt. This morning’s cable brought the news of the first case of cholera in Egypt. It was found in the Alexandria Lazaretto. Today the territory of the United States is absolutely free of any suspicious cases, either of cholera or yellow fever. The late suspicious case at Brunswick occurred something like fifteen days ago, and Sat- urday the period of infection ‘will have passed. It is thought that when that day comes the quarantine against Brunswick will be raised. One case of the fever was reported this morning on the Island of Chandeleur, the gulf quarantine station, and there are three or four vessels in quarantine at Savannah with suspicious cases on board, but no alarm ig felt over this, for the reason that these stations are always fighting the fever and have, with rare exceptions, been able to keep it off land. ‘The station at Savan- nah was badly crippled by the recent storm, but the damage has been in a great mens- ure repaired, Surgeon General Wyman this morning notifying the officers in charge that he had started to them a new lighter, to replace the one wrecked in the storm. An Important Order, An important order was issued by the hos- pital service this morning governing the movements of vessels coming up Delaware bay. It directs that all vessels from domes- tie or foreign ports bound for any point in the Delaware bay or river arriving at the breakwater with sickness on board,or which have had sickness on board during the voy- age, shall stop for inspection at the na- tional quarantine station at the breakwater. Vessels from foreign or domestic ports where yellow fever, cholera, typhus fever or smallpox 1s prevalent, bound for ports in the Delaware river, not having had sick- ness aboard during’ the voyage, shall stop for inspection at the national quarantine station at Reedy Isiand, where, if they are found to be infected, they will be turned back to quarantine. This order is issued for two.reasons, Now that the autumnal stormy weather is at hand it is found almost impossible for vessels to stop at the breakwater, and tt 1s deemed a hardship to make them so stop if there has-been. ‘The station on the island, just completed, is very large and commodious and the force has been increased, there now being two medical officers constantly on duty. It was thought in the interest of commerce that vessel could come up to the island, where the delay in getting to port would be decreased, provided there was no reason for detenticn. In case detention should be necessary, no harm will have been done. < HELD IN BOND. War Materials Which the Navy W Relensed. Mr. Voorhees of the finance committee has introduced a resolution in the Senate providing for the free delivery to the Navy Department of a number of armor-ptercing shells and ammunition which were pur- chased from foreign dealers during the trouble with Chile over the Baltimore af- fair. When these munitiéns of war arrived the occasion for their use had passed 2nd the Baltimore incident was ck The articles were placed in bonded warchouses, and have remained there ever since. There was money enough to pay for the ammu nition and there Was money enough to pay all the other expenses, but it appears there 1s no fund available out of which the duty on these goods can be paid. Articles imported for the use of the go ernment are subject to the customs laws the same as articles imported for the use of individuals. The Navy Department now wants to distribute these shelle among the different war ships, and has applied to Congress to authorize their delivery with- out the payment of duty. ee ee THE CONDEMNED CHOCTAWS. All the Alleged Murderers to Be Tried Separately. Yesterday Secretary Smith sent the fol- lowing dispatch to Inspector Paul F. Fal- son at Muscogee, Indian territory, con- cerning the condemned Indians: “A careful examination of the record fatls to show that Lewis and Wade were the actual leaders of the parties. The testl- mony indicates that they were no more guilty than the other seven and that the in- stigators of the murders have not been tried. In view of the fact that the testi- mony does not sustain the statement con- tained in the letter of Judge Hodson to yourself, it is the opinion of this department that no sufficient ground exists for the se- lection of these two to be shot, and that the death penalty should be remitted as to all, or else the entire question should be re- ferred to the council of the nation. You will communicate with Gov. Jones and wire his decision.” . Today a dispatch was recetved from the inspector stating that Gov. Jones had pro- posed that the agreement entered into on the 28th of August be annulled and that all nine of the alleged murderers be tried sep- arately so that the evidence might point out the ringleaders or that all might be tried in the United States district court. In- structions have been sent by messenge: Secretary Smith telegraphed thy afternoo that the arrangement was satisfactory to the department. THE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS. The Proposition for Their Repeal to Come Up in the Honse. ‘The democrats of the House expect to take up the proposition to repeal the fed- eral election laws the first thing next week and there will probably be an interesting partisan fight over it. ‘This fight will probably serve several pur- poses. They expect to accomplish the re- peal of the law. This will indicate to the people on that side of the question that the party in Congress in moving in the rection pointed out by the platform and the partisan character of the debate, which 1s bound to be had on the question, will be apt to tighten the party lines and get the majority in better temper to stand to- gether. Members of the same party have got in the habit, through the discussion on the silver question where party lines counted for nothing, of taking sides against each other. They will not be apt to be di- vided in this way on the federal election question. ee West Point Cadets. ‘The following have been appointed cadets at the Military Academy duriag the past week: Jobn H. Heller, Decatur, Ind.; Edgar Ridenour (alternate), Peru, Ind.; Jesse C. Nickolls (alternate), Tuscaloosa, Ala. 4 REPORTS.ICALLED TO ACCOUNT. Proceedings Begun Today Against the Metropolitan Road. IT MUST DEFEND ITS CHARTER The United’ States Asks the Court to Adjudge It Forfeited. WHAT THE BILL ASSERTS. Today District Attorney Birney, acting on behalf of the Attorney General, filed an information in the nature of a bill of quo warranto in the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict on the law side against the Metro- politan railroad of this city, for a forfeit- ure of the road's charter, because of the failure of the railroad to substitute cther motive power than horse power to propel its cars within the time prescribed by Con- gress, which period expired on the 22d of last July. As heretofore explained in The Star, there is already pending in the Dis- trict Supreme Court a similar information Against the road, praying for the forfeiture of its charter, because of the failure of the Toad to pay the District judgment rendered against it some years ago, for the paving of the space between and adjacent to the tracks of the roads. Of course, the two informations, while having the same ob- Ject, will be heard independently of each other. A decision of the court respecting: the first one is expected in one or two months’ time, and it is not tmprobable that the bill filed ‘today will not be heard until the other is disposed of. A forfaiture of the road charter on the first information cusiGleditodays oy eee What ¢ Bill Sets Forth. The bill filed today begins by quoting at length from the act approved July 1, 1864, incorporating the Metropolitan Railroad Company, authorizing the company to operate a railway in the District “with the right to run thereon carriages drawn by horse power,” and providing “that this act may at any time be altered, amended or repeaied by the Congress of the United States.” Subsequent acts amending the route and the act of July 18, 188, incorporating the Connecticut Avenue and Park Railway Company, the franchise of which passed by assignment in 1874, to the Metropolitan company, are quoted also the act of the legislative assemblies of January 18, and 1%, 1872, incorporating, respectively, the Union Company and ‘the Boundary and Silver Spring railroad, which were likewise swallowed up by the Metropolitan com- ry. All of these charters were granted sub- Ject to amendment or repeal by Congress. The bill then goes on to say: And said several lines have continuously since their construction as aforesaid, to- wit: at divers times prior to Mazch 2,” 1889, and down to the filing of this information, been maintained and operated by said Met- ropolitan Railroad Company, the cars used thereon being propelled by horses, as au- thorized by said several acts of incorpora- tion. And on the sald 24 day of March, 1889, there was approved by the President of the United States a public act of the Congress United States entitled “An act mak- ppropriations to provide for the ex- penses of the government of the District of Columbia fo: the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes,” (@5 Stat. L., p. 797) in Which act it was, among other things, pro- vided: “That any company authorized by law to Tun cars propelled by horses within the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to substitute for horses electric power by storage or independent electrical batteries or underground wire, or underground cables moved by steam power, on the whole or any portion of its roadway, with authority to purchase and use any terminal grounds and facilities necessary for the purpose.” And further {t was provided by said act that so much of the charters of the street railway companies of the District of Colum- bia as were inconsistent with said act were repealed. And thereupon and thereafter the sald Metropolitan Railroad Company availed it- self of the privileges conferred by the said act and so as above recited, and erected buildings and machinery designed for the production of electricity, and constructed cars to be operated by storage or independ- ent electrical batteries, and from time to time caused sa!d cars so operated to be run over and upon certain of its lines of street railway The Act Requiring the Change. “And that afterward, by an act of the Congress of the United States entitled ‘An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District Columbla for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes, approved by the President of the United States August 6, 18, it was, among other things, provided: “ “phat any street railroad company in the District of Columbia authorized to run cars drawn by horses, which has changed or may change {ts motive power on any of its lines now constructed to cable or electricity, or change its rails in accordance with the pro- visions of law, shall have the right to.issue and sell, at the market price thereof, stock of said company to an amount necessary to cover the cost of making said changes, the cost of said changes and the amount of said stock sold, together with the price per share, to be fully set forth, under the oath of the president of sald company, and filed with the Commissioners of the District. And any company availing itself of the privileges herein granted shall within two years, whol- ly dispense with horses as motive power on all portions of its line and substitute therfor the power provided for in the act making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, approved March second, eighteen hundred and elghty-nine, or pneumatic or other mod- ern motive power which shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, but nothing tn this act contained shall in any wise authorize the use of over- head appliances: Provided, That if any such company operating a line or lines of street railroad from Georgetown or WestWashing- ton to and beyond the Capitol grounds shall fail to substitute for horse power the power herein provided for on all its lines within two years from the date of this act, such company shall forfeit its corporate’ fran- chises.’ “And that at the time of the approval of said last mentioned act the said Metropoli- tan Railroad Company was operating a line of street railroad from Georgetown or West ‘Washington to and beyond the Capitol grounds in said act mentioned, to wit: the said line heretofore described, &c. “And that afterward, by a joint resolu- tion of the Congres of the United States, entitled ‘Joint resolution extending th time in which certain street railroads com- pelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninty, to change their motive power from horse’ power to mechanical power, for one year,’ approved by the President July 22, 182, it was pro- vided as follows: “That the time within which the street raflroad companies availing themselves of the privileges granted by the act making appropriations to provide for the govern. ment of the District of Columbia, and ap- proved August sixth, elghteen hundred and ninety, so far as it extends to the Metropol- tan Railroad, is hereby extended for one year from the date of the passage of this act: Provided, That so fast as the cars now building are equipped with storage bat- teres they shall be placed on the road: And provided further, that pending the change the present equipment of the road shall be put, kept and maintained in good condition; and any failure to comply with any of the foregoing requirements as to the WHAT SILVER MEN WANT. They Do Not Ask as Much as They Did at First. Concess! Which Might Bring About an Early Vote—The Proposed Monetary Commission. The silver question still hangs in the bal- ance, without any indication of how much longer action by the Senate is going to be postponed. The debate drags on und no one knows when it will end. The silver men themselves expect a vote and the pas- Sage of the Voorhees’ bill sooner or later, but they think they will be serving their cause by delaying the matter some time yet. A few of those who are always loyal to silver are of the opinion that nothing Is to be gained by the delay, and they are ad- vising that a vote be permitted to be taken. This advice is not, however, received with any general favor among their associates. ‘The opponents can rely on a stronger sp- port for their privilege to discass the ques- tion as long as they have any arguments to present than they can ror any propo- sition they may present when a vote is reached, and their purpose in _proionging the discussion appears to be to we: ut the friends of repeal and taduce them to agree that the matter of financial legis tion shall not be dropped as soon as the Voorhees bill is passed. It is believed that they will be satisfied with very slight cou- cessions, but they are determined to get some If ‘they can. ‘The chances are that if the Senate would even agree to the Morgan proposition for the appointment of a joint congressional commission to take up the whole financial question, aside from that of the repeal of the Sherman law, with the declared policy of investigating the subject and bringing forth some measure to provide a sound and sufficient currency for the country, the de- lay over the action on the Voorhees bill would cease very soon and the bill be adopted. The opponents to unconditional repeal insist, however, that there must be given some assurance of a purpose to do more to relieve the situation than merely to repeal the Sherman law. This is of course a considerabie retreat from the po- sition occupied by them in the early part of the session, but it is not impossible that theywill strengthen their position by making more conservative demands. They are hope- ful of getting some concession. ————_—_-2-—__—_. THE CASE OF THE ATLANTA. A Pablic Reprimand to All Officers Responsible for Her Condition. Secretary Herbert's action in the case of the Atlanta will include a severe public reprimand to all officers shown to have been more or less responsible for the de- plorable condition of the ship prior to and and at the time she was put out of com- mission at the Norfolk navy yard. After @ thorough consideration of the case the Secretary has concluded that in view of the uncertainty as to who should be held directly responsible, and his inability to lo- cate the exact time when the ship was so criminally neglected as to cause the rust and damage to her water-tight compart- ment doors, he will not order a court-mar- tal, as wes suggested, but instead will rep- rimand severely those officers who the Sec- retary believes were more directly respon- sible for the state of affairs and who should have taken means to notify the department of their discoveries, or eise corrected the evils and not let the ship continue going from bad to worse. Secretary Herbert will also take occasion to promulgate more stringent rules to govern the inspection of ships at sea, and also to direct more par- ticularly the duties of captains of yards with reference to the custody of vessels out of commission. eS Se THE MEXICAN BORDER. Ownership of the Sheep Still am Un- determined Question. The situation on the lower Rio Grande in regard to the disputed island is unchanged, and the Mexican custom house officials are still under arrest by the United States au- thorities. The sheep which were driven back on the {sland are being guarded by a force of United States troops, pending a diplomatic settlement of the question in dispute. That an tmportant principle of jurisdiction is involved is indicated by the fact that the President and Secretaries Gresham and Lamont are taking an active Part In the pending negotiations. Secretary Gresham had a long conference with Gen. Schofield on the subject at the State De- partment yesterday afternoon, with a view to the immediate determination of the ownership of the sheep, as that is the cen- tral question of the controversy. A special dispatch from San Antonio says: “There eems to be no doubt that the disputed island is Texas soil. In the overfiow of 186. it was cut off from Texas by a bend in the river, but as that was subsequent to the signing of.the treaty which stipulates that Banco, or islands cut off suddenly by the river, shall continue to belong to the coun- try from which they were cut off, it did not become Mexican soll. Since then the river returned to the channel it occupted previous to 18%, thus restoring the island to the Texas side of the river. It is, however, claimed by the owner of the land in Mexico to which the land became contiguous when cut off from the Texas bank in 1863."" Action of the State Departmen: On information received by Maj. Gen. Schofield from Gen. Wheaton, meats the department of Texas, that the owner of the sheep on the disputed island in the Rio Grande near Havana is a citizen of the United States the State Department has assumed charge of the case of this country in the boundary dispute, ar proceed on the basis of Gen. Wheaton's statement. Gen. Wheaton was directed to have his officers at Havana ascer name of the rightful owner of the fee and to what country he claimed allegiance, and he has reported by telegraph that ‘Thomas Salinas owns the sheep, and, furth. ermore, that he is a citizen of this country and a voter in Starr county, Tex. The State Department hesitated in beginning diplomatic negotiations in the matter until this information could be secured. It is probable that the United States will enter & protest against the action of the collector of customs at Matamoras in sending armed men into the United States to seize sheep belonging to an American citizen. ———-e+___ The Suicide of Ex-Paymaster Smyth. It s learned at the War Departm:nt tha! Wm. Smyth, the ex-paymaster of’ “tne army, who committed suicide in Denver on Monday and who was erronoously reported to be a son of Recorder Smyth of New York city, was the son of the late John F. Smyth of Albany, N. ¥., once a promi. nent republican politician. ‘The > elder Smyth was superintendent of insurance for New York state and served as chairman of the republican state committee for a number of years. He was intimately ace quainted with President Arthur and Sera. tor Conkling, and Mr. Arthur appointed the suicide to the pay corps. The young man’s entrance to the army marked th beginning of bad habits and he finally wes allowed to resign to escape a court-mar- ———__++-e.______ ‘The Palmetto Trade Mark. The “Palmetto” trade mark case does not down. The attorneys for the State of South Carolina, Messrs. J. A. Johnson and J. Ea- gar Smith, applied for the issue of a trade mark for the use of the word Palmetto, for the protection of South Carolina dispensary whisky. The case was referred to Exam. iner Seeley. The application was denied, Appeal was taken to the commissioner of patents, and the examiner sustained. Yes- terday a brief was submitted and a verbal motion made to have Commissioner Sey- mour review the case. This motion was de- nied. The patent laws contain no method of appeal from the ruling of the commis- sioner of patents in trade mark cases, In equipment shall render the said Metropolitan Railway Company Mable to a fine not ex- (Continued on Fifth page) patent cases an appeal lies to the district court by special statute. It is thought that proceedings by mandamus will be institut- ed by South Carolina, OUR BIG FOUR RACE. Aspiring to Defend the America’s Cup. FIRST OF THE PRELIMINARY CONTESTS. The Big Yachts Sail to Windward and Return. SCENES AT SANDY HOOK. NEW YORK, Sept. 7—Not since the year when Sir Richard Sutton challenged for the America’s cup with his handsome cutter Genesta has there been such interest in yacht racing in this country as is mani- fested in the sport here now, and it began in earnest today with the first of the trial races between the four rivals for the nonor of defending* the trophy. The news of the Genesta’s coming brought into the field the Atlantic, Priscilla and Puritan, and the races between these, the first of the Amer- fean big sleops, in which the Puritan de- monstrated to everybody's satisfaction her fitness to hold the cup against all comers, were the best that had been seen up to that time in these waters. Lieut. Henn’s challenge with the Galates, & boat known to be no better than the Ge- nesta, called out a single new champion, the Mayflower, and the ~aces between her and the Puritan before the new boat was chosen as defender were close and exciting. Some yachtsmen were never satisfied with the decision. To meet the Scotchmen’s Thistle, the re- sult of a determined effort to outdo the Genesta and Galatea, again only one champion came forth—the Volunteer—and she had no trouble in showing her supe- riority over the first two, year Lord Dunraven's challenge with the Valkyrie has sent four eager de- fenders into the field—the Vigilant, Pilgrim, Colonia and Jubilee—and as they are con- sidered to be the best products, as they are the latest of American ingenuity and skill cht designing, their first appearance today in a set race was awaited with in- tense interest. The conditions governing the races are Vigilant. well known. The work of the four yachts s0 far this season ts also familiar. Each has been put in first-class condition in dry dock, aya was probably at her best when the starting gun was fired this morning. Scenes Before the Start. At 10 o'clock this morning the waters off Sandy Hook were gay with yachts of all classes, and a continuous line of white specks could be made out all the-way up to the bay, Indications this morning were favorable for a good race, a brisk southeast wind prevailing. Crowds ‘of spectators watched the de- parture of the fleet from Bay Ridge, while innumerable craft were crowded with peo- ple bound to witness the great race. In twos and threes the fleet started down the bay under steam or shortened sail. Ahead of all were the four big racers. Every craft in the big fleet carried a flag of some sort, but the excursion boats Jubilee. eclipsed them all. They carried flags of all nations and the biggest specimens of the stars and stripes procurable. From time to time, too, they let off this superfluous enthusiasm with shrill tootings, which appeared to delight the crowds on thelr decks, for they waved handkerchiefs, parasols and hats at everybody and every craft they passed or sighted, from the majestic Vigilant to the plebeian pilot boats. At ll o'clock the cup defenders passed the Highlands of Nevassa on their way to the starting point. At this point the sight was beautiful, a fair wind coming out of the south that has every appearance of fresh- ening as the day advances. The big racers were making fairly good headway, consia- ering that they were proceeding directly in the eye of the wind. There was no sea of consequence running, but as the wind was growing stiffer as the sun got higher the water will probably be somewhat rough before the race ts finished, ‘The indications are that the race will be finished inside of five hours. The first leg will be a beat to windward fifteen miles about due southeast from Scotland lic! ship. The boats will round the Luckenbach and run home dead before the wind. The race will test the qualities of the boats in beating to windward and in running with free sheet. ‘The Start. The starting gun was fired at Us Yachts Vigilant and Jubilee crossed Une at 11: with top mast housed, sail, forestay sail tts, line at 11:42 She ‘had ams oon alla port Us sail set besides, ar DY z SAN! HOOK, 12:5 p.m.—The Pigrim is out onthe race and is 6 the bay in tow. The reason is not She appeared all right passing here. Jubilee, with sail housed, is coming in out of the race, Hi lands, standing E.S.E., Vigilant about ones half mile ahead of Colonia and outpoint- ing her. HIGHLANDS OF NAVASINK, N. 4. Sept. 7.—The haze is growing thicker. I Will be impossible from here to seo the yachts as they round the turning point. At 1:10 p.m. they were heading for the turning point, and a few seconds inter they were lost in the mist. They will 4 round the turning point on the port that they are now on. ‘The Pilgrim’s Gaff Broken. QUARANTINE, Sept. 7—The Pilgrim was. towed to an anchorage off Stapleton et 1 o'clock with gaff broke. It was carrie away before the race started. The Jubilee passed Quarantine at 1:30 pam, with mainsail and fying jib sct and ecu with great speed fore the strong southeast breeze. There was no damage ap- parent. LONG BRANCH, Sept. 1, 10 p.m—The yachts are enveloped in a fog and cannot be discerned from the shore. Just before the fog settled down there was quite dis tance between the boats. HIGHLANDS, N. J., Sept. 7, 2:5.—The mist continues to thicken. it is impossible to see more than two miles off shore. The wind holds steady and is now blowing about @ point west of south. —_—_— SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES. More Persons Traveling — Work He- sumed in Many Mills. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—George H. Daniels, the general passenger agent of the Kew York Central railroad, says that the fast trains now running between New York and Chicago are not only fecilitating but stimulating business between cities. Business men can leave either in the afternoon, reach the the route the next morning, have several hours in which to transact business back in their respective cities on the lowing morning. This means one night's trip between New York Chicago. The general conditions of business sp pear to be much improved, New Jersey. BURLINGTON, N. J., Sept. 1.—The large shoe factory of B. F. Budd resumed opera- tions yesterday, and in e few days will be renning on full time. The factory has @ bay roll of nearly $3,000 a week. It is probable that other factories here, which have been shut down or running om half time, will soon be in active operation. Massachusetts. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Sept. 1.—The Peabody mills, which have been shut down for the past five weeks, started up this morning. The corporation employs #0 hands, and its weekly pay roll is about $2,600, SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 7.—The bua fess outlook among the paper manufactur- ers is vastly improved over that of a few weeks ago. President Greenleaf of the Holyoke Paper Company said yesterday: “The manufac turers of Holyoke have been looking for better times, and their hopes are being Fe alized. The’ Connecticut mill, which haw been shut down for some time, has been started again. The Parsons, No. 2, was Started Tuesday, and the majority of the other mills are running on full time.” LYNN, Mass., Sept. 7.—The furnaces tm the steel foundry of the river works of the Thomeon-Houston electric yd West ynn started up yesterday morning. Sev- eral large orders have been received by the company that promise to give an impetus to work that will be felt and appreciated, LOWELL, Mass, Sept. %—The Coline mills of Collinsvilie started up with «ll hands et work yesterday, after a shut- down for four weeks. Agent Moulton of the Hamilton corpora- tion says the management hope to be alse to start next Monday, but it all depends om In Other States. CUMBERLAND, Md, Sept. 7—The Cum- berland steel and tin plate mill, which has been closed down for three months, resum- ed today with orders enough on hand to run all winter, One Hundred and fifty men are employed and more coming. HAMMOND, Ind., Sept. 7.—The Fast Chi- cago foundry, employing a large force of men, which has been cioeed for ome Sa work yesterday. steAdy cunning are good. bach OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 7.—The Commercial National Bank, which closed its doors July 7 on account of a deficit in the accounts of about $70,000, alleged to have been ember- zied by ex-Cashier Oscar E. Hill, resumed business this morning. ISHPEMING, Mi Sept. 7.—The Pitte- burg and Lake “Angeline mine, which been working two-thirds time, has the miners and surface men on again. of the Mint factories and preparations are being made for the resumption of work through- out the plant. TROY. N. X., Sept. The Troy etty pe- per mi ter two months” ~~ sumed work today. Rae is RUSSELLVILLE, Ala, Sept. 1. Yourtree ore mine and the Russellville mines, which suspended about two months ago,will resume operations next Monday on full time. About 2.000 men will be given em- ployment. The companies have Enough ahead to run the mines Bight an day for six months. —— BOYCOTTING THE NATIONAL GUARD, Brewery Workmen Forbidden to Be- come Citizen Soldiers. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. %.—The na tional convention of brewery workmen, which fs in session here this week, yesters ay indorsed the action of Governor Alt geld of Ilinols in pardoning Schwab, Neebe and Fielden. It was also declared that hereafter ng member of the union could jotn the natton+ al guard, and those who are now guands- men must withdraw from the military or- fanizations with which they are connected, or forfeit membership in the union. The resolution was adopted by an almost unanimous vote. ‘The convention Gecided that the national brewers’ union become a national district of the Knights of Labor. The brewers’ union, however, will remain in the Ameri- can Federation of Labor as heretofore. The amalgamation with the Knights was done for the purpose of securing thelr co-operay tion. — A BANK CASHIER'S SUICIDE. He Was Overcome by the Defalcatios of a Paying Teller. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 7.—Cashies M. J. Bofferding of the Bank of Miuneapo- Us committed suicide this morning at 6 o'clock by shooting. His body was not dis- covered until an hour afterwards. It is sup- posed that he took his life because of sen- sitiveness over the absconding of Paying Teller Phil. M. Schelg, Saturday, with S16,- 000 of the bank's money. President Kirby of the bank declares that Bofferding’s ao counts are perfectly straight. —— Presidential Nominations, The President sent to the Senate to@ay the foliowing nomination: . B. Hayes, postmaster at Crowley, La. Lieut. Commander E. W. Watson, to be a commander; Lieut. R. MG. Brown, to be @ Meutenant commander. Lieut. G. W. Denfeld, junior grade, to br @ lieutenant. Ensign J.C. Drake, to be a lM junior grade; ‘also twenty-three recess ap pointments of postmasters,