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2 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1893—TWELVE PAGES, \ coal train under cherge of Conductor | Gallard of Bloomington arrived at the junction as the limited started and after- ‘ward stopped for the signal. The passenger train had the right of way and Engineer Smith of the passenger ex- pected that the coal train would stop be- fore reaching the ig. For some rea- son the coal train forged ahead, running half its length upon the main track when the passenger train struck. Both trains were going at a fair rate of speed and the shock threw the passenger coaches off the track. The engine was derailed and the sides of the mail car, baggage car and ex- press car and two of the coaches were torn out by the cars loaded with coal. Most of the passengers were asleep and the shock threw them to the floor. The splintering of the cars and the flying glass @id the worst damage. Those in the for- ward car and smoker suffered the most. Those were taken from the side ext the coal train. ‘The work of rescue was begun by the crews of both trains under charge of Con- ductor David Jutshall of the mail. Phy- sicians were summoned and word was sent to Kankakee and more doctors responded. The injured were placed in the cars least demolished. Chicago offices were ro- tified of the accident and sent the wrecking train to the scene. The officials telephoned to St. Luke’s Hospital, in this city, to be to receive five of the injured— women and two men. At 5: this morning the train bearing the injured reached this city. They were at once conveyed to St. Luke’s Hospital in ambulances. None of the injured aw ex- ected to die. — MATAPELE DEFEATED. Lobenguela’s Warriors Defeated in Two Fights. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 20.—The semi-mili- tary column sent out from Fort Victoria to operate against King Lobenguela’s Mata- bele warriors met the enemy on October 4% near Indiamas mountain and an en- gagement was fought which resulted in a defeat of the natives. The Fort Salisbury column fought with and defeated a separate body of the Mata- beles near the scene of the first engage- ment mentioned. The two columns then united and advanced toward Bulawayo, King Lobenguela’s kraal, where it is ex- pected that Tuli column will effect a Junction with the other two columns. The combined forces will make a simultaneous @ttack on Lobenguela’s kraal. ‘The force of 1,500 natives supporting the British are still at Tati, where they are protecting the miners employed on the Monarch and other gold reefs. It is the in- tention of the British South Africa Com- y to make a vigorous effort to crush Lo- Eas power before the rainy season gets in. Should the rains come on before any decisive advantage is gained by the company’s forces they could do nothing for four or five months, as it would be impos- sible for them to keep the field in the rainy season. The rain still holds off, much to the satisfaction of the British. Dr. Jameson, administrator of the British South Africa Company, is personaliy taking part in the operations in the field. He took an active gy in the engagements with the natives. rode between the columns and insured their co-operation. Capt. Camp- bell was shot in the leg, and it was neces- sary to amputate the limb. This was the only casualty reported as having happened to the entire force. It is estimated that the Fort Victoria col- umn killed twenty Matabeles. The Fort Charter column is said to have fought a successful engagement with the natives, but the defective telegraph line has prevented the receipt of news regard- ing the number of natives who fell in the it. The officials of the company at Fort ictoria report that if the columns are given ordinary good fortune they will be capable of coping with any number of the enemy. Ridcr Haggard’s View of the Situation Rider Haggard, the novelist and South African traveler, said yesterday in London in speaking of the war with the Matabele: “The fighting qualities of the Matabele have never been tested by contact with a Qghting race. Their warfare consisted mainly of raids on inferior races. They are accustomed to the most brutal massacres. They kill men, women and infants without distinction. They are so thoroughly savage that it is impossible for them to exist be- side civilized people.” Mr. Haggard thought that the Fort Salis- bury and Fort Victoria columns ought to be supported by reserves, who could be called to the front in case of reverses. ‘The recent South African wars, he said, had shown that the initial error of the British was to underrate the enemy. This mistake had been made, he said, in the Zulu war and the Boer campaign, and each time with disastrous consequences. The British Expediti The South Africa Company has, under the orders of Dr. Jameson, divided its com- plement of some 800 armed men into three divisions under the foliowing officers, each of whem is well known to be capable of commanding a field force against native impis: Maj. Sir John Willoughby, Maj. Forbes of the Inniskillen dragoons, Capt. Lendy, royal artillery, and Capt. Hayman of the Cape Mounted Rifles. The first two divisions of the company’s force left Fort Victoria and Fort Charter and entered Matabeleland with the idea of attacking Lobengula’s men from two distinct points. Each expedition contains 40 men, all of whom are mounted, many with thoroughly seasoned horses and Winchester rifles, be- sides machine guns, some of which are Maxims. The third force, stationed at Fort Tuni, is comprised of 200 men. This force, has joined the Bechuanaland border police, about 200 men. According to the I4test information Lo- "s force is estimated at 15,000 war- riors, but whether all have taken the field is not known. It is surmised that they are broken up into three detachments, or at least two, for one has been heard of on the Shasi river, south of Matabeleland, and the other near Fort Victoria, north of Lobengu- la’s country. It is the opinion of an expert in African warfare that if one of these im- pi is thoroughly crushed at the outset the other tmpis will speedily vanish. If, how- ever, Lobengula really means to fight with all bis native power, it is considered that the British force is inadequate to cope with him, and should be at once augmented. The Matabeles are armed with the stab- bing assegai, the battle ax and the knob- kerry. Each man carries a shield. They wield the assegai with great skill and come onto the enemy with a tremendous rush. The Matabeles are Zulus who crossed the Drakensberg under Umsilikati, Lobengula‘s father. They are now of very mixed blood, owing to the intermarrying with the Mash- onas and other tribes. About 5,000 remain of pure Zulu blood. All the Matabele soldiers are under excellent military dis- etpline, and are bold and energetic. They swagger tremendously, and have very ex- aggerated notions of their own prowess. a CONSTABULARY DUTY IN IRELAND. Dangerous Work Sometimes Perform- ed by the Unpop' © Police. For police purposes Ireland is divided into thirty-six counties and ridings, say; the Saturday Review, Dublin has a police force of its own, while in Belfast and Cork a/| fixed force of the Royal Irish constabulary | is maintained. Each county is divided into | Gistricts numbering from two to twelv and each district into sub-districts vary- ing from three to sometimes as many as | thirty, when temporary huts and special Protection posts are reckoned. Among the sub-districts the various town lands are allotted, each of which has to be frequently patrolled by the e of the sub-district. ‘The police stations, or barracks, as they are called, are generally five to ten miles apart, the strength of each being, on an average, one sergeant and four constables. The duties to be performed are various; in addition to the ordinary police work they sre charged with taking agricultural sta- tistics, carrying out the provisions of the cattle diseases, customs, and illicit distil- lation acts, and attending fairs, markets, Faces, and elections to preserve the e. But during the disturbed times the: almost wholly occupied in protectin pro- cess servers and bailiffs, sheriffs executing writs, agents, landlords, farmers who had paid their rents, boycotted persons, and all persons obnoxious for some reason >r other incomprehensibie to any one outsite the immediate neighborhood. A dangerous and arduous duty was protecting ;o’ ument Mote takers at land league meetirgs. di persing proclaimed meetings, and ing riots. Again. at orange and n: ist anniversaries in Ulster, vast nur the Royal Irish constabulary « other parts of ireland to r lisions when opposing factions those occasions the police are = maltreated with great energy by orange and green alike, and, when they have re- course to the baton or the bayot they are denounced and abused with refreshing LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Chicago Park Officials to Take the Fair Grounds January 1. LUCANIA BREAKS ANOTHER RECORD, Iiness of Sir Andrew Clark, the Physician. ANOTHER DIPLOMAT COMING. FUTURE OF THE FAIR. Chicago Park Commissioners to Take Charge of the Grounds January 1. CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—There will be neither |a world’s fair nor an American in Jackson | Park next summer. not be prolonged another year. All doubt | Was settled about it last night at a meeting between the members of the demolition committee of the exposition and the South Park board of commissioners. They agreed that the fair should officially end October 30. The park commissioners take charge of the grounds January 1, 1844. Several thousand school children from outside of Chicago came to the fair today and joined the ranks of the Chicago juve- nile army, which swarmed into the grounds. Illinois furnished the largest quota. Several hundred boys and girls came from Racine, ‘Wis., and Michigan was represented by the Benton Harbor pupils. The teachers came with them and kept them from getting lost in the crowds by stringing them together with clothes lines. ‘The Benton Harbor delegation were enter- tained at the Michigan building by the com- missioners. —-.--— LUCANIA HOLDS BOTH RECORDS. The Cumarder Made the Fastest Trip Each Way. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 20—The Cunard line steamer Lucania, Capt. McKay, from New York October 14 to Liverpool, arrived here at 4:24 o'clock this morning. Her log shows that her daily runs were 506, 468, 402, 501, 486 and 353 miles. The exact time made by the Lucania in her record- trip to Queenstown is five days, thirteen hours and thirty minutes. She now holds the record both ways, her westward trip being five 3, thirteen hours and forty-five minutes. Lucania is the first steamer to make a ne east- ward in quicker time than the westward record. The time of her , five teen hours and thi minutes, beats the record made by the Campania, the sister ship of the Lucania, by one hour and twenty-five minutes, the Campania’s time having been five days, fourteen hours and fifty-five minutes. Excluding the Cam- nia’s time, the Lucania has beaten the st eastward record by six hours and twenty-seven minutes. She av twenty- one knots per hour throughout the voyage. tee einctnen SIR ANDREW CLARK STRICKEN. The Celebrated English Physician Sustaius a Paralytie Stroke. LONDON, Oct. 20.—Sir Andrew Clark, the celebrated physician, was stricken with Paralysis yesterduy at his residence. 16 Cavendish square. He was talking with a patient when he suddenly fell inaensible. The physician found that Dr. Clark was suffering from paralysis. Later in the day he Ligon Lighten Ee ae a are gravely anxious . It te cer- tain that he will be incapacitated for a long time. On Wednesday he presided at the Royal Colleye of Physicians during Harveian oration. Sir Andrew Clark was born October 28, 1826. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and graduated with the highest honors. His medical works are numerous .nd his Teputation is known throughout the world. He kas held many official positions, among them being pi mt of the Royal College of Physicians. ore aeieeateell BARON FLOTOW COMING. He Will Be Second Secretary of the German Embassy Here. BERLIN, Oct. 20.—Baron Flotow, an of- ficial of the foreign office has been appoint- ed additional secretary of the German em- bassy at Washington. This appointment is on account of the rising of the German ministry to an embassy. Baron Flotow will sail for New York October 4. >——_— RELIGIOUS RIOTS IN INDIA. A Mohammedan Mosque Attacked by Hindous. LONDON, Oct 20.—A dispatch from Cal- cutta states that another riot between Hin- doos and Mohammedans has occurred and that the trouble grows out of an attack by Hindoos upon a Mohammedan mosque. Fri- day is the Mohammedan Sabbath, and while a number of that sect were performing their devotions in the mosque the members of a Hindoo religious procession made an attack upon the building. A fight ensued, the combatants on both sides fighting with fury. Many of the rioters were wounded and a — number of them were arrested by the ice. nk riot has been expected for some time, but the police in force were promptly at the scene and quelled the outbreak. —__>_ — DEADLY DUEL IN BROOKLYN. Young Men Fought With Revolver Knife. BROOKLYN, N. ¥., Oct. 20.—Louis Mar- tin, twenty-five years old, and Thomas Errickson, twenty-three years old, of this city fought an impromptu duel over a young woman early this morning in front of a saloon at No. 444 Atlantic avenue. As a result Martin is in the city hospital at the point of death and Errickson is in jail. MANY FARMS DESTROYED. A Terribly Destractive Prairie Fire im South Dakota. HURON, 8S. D., Oct. 20.—From Falk county comes news of the most destructive Prairie fire that has ever visited that part of the state. Over a dozen farmers have been burned out, some losing everything except the clothing upon their persons. Many head of horsesi sheep and other stock perished and immense quantities of grain, hay, farm machinery and butidings were consumed. The loss in Falk county will reach $25,000, and in Hand county, $15,000. ——— Dr. Gallaudet’s Report. ‘The thirty-sixth annual report of Edward M. Gallaudet, president of the Coumbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Ken- dall Green, received by the Secretary of the Interior, states that at present there are 140 pupils under instruction, 9% of whom are males. Of these 83 are in the collegiate department and 57 in the primary depart- ment, representing 23 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. The Alliance at San Jose. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today from Capt. Whiting, commanding the United States steamship Alliance, saying that he has arrived at San Jose de Guatemala. e+ _______ To Command the Yantic. Lieut. Commander R. M. Ackley has been detached from duty as hydrographic in- spector under the coast survey and has been ordered to command the United States steamship Yentic now in Brazilian waters. ro ——______ More Important Than Silver. From the Dawson (Ga.) Journal. When the legislature meets and tackles a dog law it will divide the attention of the country with the Senate, eee Wit Filed. The will of the late Emily L. Peterson leaving her estate to her daughter and ria her mother executrix was filed to- y. a eS es A Monarch’s Tria! From Puck. Mrs. Bingo—“The rajah has one hundred and fifty wives. Women in his country must be very different from women here.” Bingo—“Perhaps not. Possibly he was vigor by both sides. compelled by law to marry that many.” The exposition will} days, thir- | AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Army Officers Oannot Draw Pay in Civil Onpacities. ‘The First Controller Gives an Opinion im Regard to the Boundary Commission. Mexican R. B. Bowler, first controller of :he treas- ury, today rendered an opinion disallowing the accounts of Lieut. Col. J. W. Barlow. disbursing officer of the international boundary commission between the United States and Mexico covering the period that has elapsed since September 1, 1892, and the Present time, in round figures about $10,000. The members of the boundary commission are: J. W. Barlow, lieutenant colonel, corps of engineers, United States army; David DuB. Gaillard, Heutenant, corps of engineers, United States army, and A. T. Mosman of the coast an geodetic survey. In the designation by the Secretary of State, November 13,1891, each member of the commission was allowed the sum of $10 per day to defray expenses while actually oc- cupied in the discharge of the work of the commission, which was “‘to relocate in con- Junction with a similar commission appoint- ed by the government of Mexico, the monu- ments marking the boundary between the two countries.” Under special orders issued by the War Department Lieut. Col. Barlow and Lieut. Gaillard were detailed for this work. Mr. Mosman was similarly ordered by the Pres- ident about November 1, 1891. To carry out this work Congress appropriated Sep- tember 30, 189, an additional $5,000 to the $100,000 Speronsiated by the act of March 3, 1885. e latter appropriation had lapsed. Mr. Bowler enters into a learned and exhaustive discussion as to whether army officers can receive two salaries at the same time from the government. “In my opinion,” says the controller, “the members of the boundary commission do rot hold two distinct and compatible offices at the same time. No such office as member of the boundary commission was created by Congress. All the members were detailed by order of the President to perform the service which the treaty re- quired. As officers of the army, Lieut. Col. Barlow and Lieut. Gaillard were simply obeying military orders under the direction of the President, the commander-in-chief of the army, while Mr. Mosman was obey- ing an order of the President, the chief executive of the nation. An army officer renders such service as is required of him and when acting under orders is simply fulfilling the duties of his office. A civil- ian, when ordered away from his post,, where he has specific duties, to do other work, which precludes him from fulfilling the specific duties of the office which he holds, is temporarily performing, under the direction of a superior officer, other work than that for which he was originally em- red. Mr. Bowler deituces from these premises “that if therefore Licut. Col. Barlow and Lieut. Gaillard are holding the office of members of the boundary commission they have accepted a civil office and have there- by vacated their positions as officers of the army. They are maintained on the list of the army, receive the pay of officers of the ermy, are recognized by the Depart- ment of War as officers of the army and os detailed 7 the President as officers @ army to perform duty upon the boundary commission.”’ pa Controller Bowler concludes: “The amount of the per diem charged in Lieut. Col. Bar- low's account as disbursing officer of the commission must therefore be disallowed, but upon the settlement of his account he may be creditted for mileage and the other allowances, if any, authorized by law to be allowed to officers of the army as above, for himself and Lieut. Gaillard; and fo- Mr. losman the actual traveling and subst: tehce expenses. Some of Lieut. Col. Bar- low's accounts have already been settled by the former controller. Under the well- established practice that one officer cannot review the action of his predecessor unless some new material fact has been shown, the accounts thus settled cannot be reviewed by on one controller, and will be allowed o stand.” + 2+_____ The Cabinet Meetin; The Cabinet meeting today was attended by all the members except Secretary Mor- ton, who is out of the city. The session lasted from 11 until 1:30 o'clock and was de- voted mainly to a consideration of the fi- nancial situation in the Senate. A Star re- Porter was informed by two members of the Cabinet after the meeting, that nothing pet done that could be made public at that e. ———_- e- —____ OVER A BILLION DOLLARS. Probable Street Paving Expenditure in America for the Next Ten Years. It is only in American cities having a Population of more than 10,000 that less than one-third of the total lengths of streets has been paved in any manner. If the construction of ‘new pavements on the re- maining 24,838 miles of streets in such cities Proceeds as rapidly as now seems proba- ble, the expenditures for this work for the next ten years will aggregate upward of ‘$1,000,000,000. It is doubtful, according tq the Century, if more than @ per cent of the streets of these cities would then be well paved. From a_ well-paved street abutting real estate derives an increased value, hardly ever less and often many times more than the cost appportioned to it. It is, therefore, right that abutting property should, as it does in most Ameri- can Cities, bear the cost of the construc- tion of a pavement, which becomes at once @ substantial improvement, having a sala- ble value, on which the property owner alone can realize. The benefits are shared to some extent by adjacent property, which may not abut on the street, but it is doubtful if a fair and practical apportion- ment of the cost could be carried beyond the border line, though the justice of this restriction is almost intolerably strained when one paved street is compelled to bear the travel that would pass over others if put in equally good condition. All calculations of the economies and Profits of paved streets fail to encompass the sum of gain from them, because there is much involved that is intangible in char- acter. The benefits of better sanitary con- ditions, with the consequent productiveness resulting from good health, the saving of expenses for medicines and the proyessional services of physiciars; the prolonging in some cases of lives that might succumb to the deleterious influences inherent in bad streets—are all incalculable; nor can be estimated the far-reaching results of the re- tarded development of a city due to fail- ure to provide good streets. The common misteke of regarding the cost of a street pavement as a merely Juxurious expense, rather than as a profitable improvement, has, more than anything else, deferred the work of putting the roadways of our Ameri- can cities and towns in proper condition, and, it should be added, has hindered prog- ress and pi rity immeasurably. It has also had a mischievious influence, when coupled with false ideas of economy, in causing more cheapness in ‘cost to become with a deplorably large number of people the main desideratum when they find that paving cannot longer be deferred. A record of the failures that it has inevitably led to since the beginning of experiments in roadmaking would tell about all of the his- tory of paving that is worth knowing. —_+ + ______ Alma-Tadema. From Where Art Begins. Alma-Tadema has shown how an artist can imitate marble in his Roman master- pieces by his care and tender manipulation. He has raised the art of the grainer to a very lofty pedestal indeed. In the Royal Academy exhibition, when crowds gather round his antique revivals, it is not the noble Roman men and maidens who force the cries of admiration from them so much as the broad spaces of white and colored marbles which predominate in these compo- sitions; those time-stained, rusted blocks, with the slight suggestion of a flaw here and there; the iron stains showing through the subdued luster of the Roman limestone; the polished pillars and inlaid floors all kept under control, with the veins offered only as an apology at rare intervals. This art of fidelity to nature and rigid restraint have made him the grand master grainer of the age. And yet I have seen as fine specimens as ever Tadema produced on his canvases wrought upon a show pan- el, only that I have not seen the same mod- esty and restraint. The producer of the show panel, as a rule, exerts himself too much and attempts to put into one panel the results of a whole palace, and that is the mistake which makes his work appear superficial and unreal. Alma-Tadema puts no more work in his slab than appeared in the slab he copied so literally,because he never permits his imag- imation to run away with him while he has nature to guide him, and that is the secret of his wonderful success. ; the panic occurred. THAT SCHOOL PANIC,|KNIGHTS IN SLACK./FINANCE AND TRADE. ity Officials Discuss the Subject of General Safety, SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE SAFE Superintendent Powell Talks of the Various Local Buildings. COMMISSIONER ROSS INSPECTS ‘The panic among the children of the Gar- net school bullding yesterday, caused by one of the pupils falling in a fit, is ilkely to draw the attention of the school authori- ties and all those interested in the schools to the dangers that are likely to arise from | a failure on the part of the children to} control themselves in times of real or fan- cied danger. It is also probable that the power exerted by the teachers as a mcans of prevention will also be considered. It is thought that at such times the teacher has a good deal of control, for the pupils have been taught to obey and their -obe- dience is given to one person, the teacher. | A word of command from the teacher would be apt to have great influence of a quiet- ing kind, especially if it came in a way that the scholars had been accustomed t For this reason what was known as the fire drill was established in the schools and was regularly practiced. In recent years this practice has been abandoned and it is thought that the system in vogue in the Schcols of the orderly filing out of the rooms at recess and at the close of the sessions each day is 2 sufficient drill. There is no reason, it is said, why, in the event of fire | of or of any alarm, when it is thought @-vis- able that the rooms should be emptied, that the scholars should not file out in the Same order that is observed each Jay in leaving the rooms. The main object woud be accomplished by the clearing of the butlding of all the occupants without confusion or the loss of life. Modern Buildings. While the panic of yesterday occurred in a school that does not come under the supervision of Mr. Powell, who is superin- tendent of the first six divisions, yet he te naturally interested in the occurrence in its possible relation to the schools for which he ts responsible. In talking with a Star reporter this morning he said that he would regret if the accident of yesterday caused any feeling of uneasiness among parents to the sufety of the school buildings in the event of fire. It should be remembered, he said, that owing to the enlightened policy pursued by Congress the schools of the city are no longer housed in stables or garrets or paint shops or buildings erected for some Where the Crush Occurred. other purpose, as was so largely the casc some eight or ten years ago. On the con- trary the modern school buildings, and, with some exceptions, the buildings now oc- cupied by the schools are two stories in height, with broad, generous double stair cases, which are absolutely fireproof in the construction and which are further pro- tected by fire walls. Fire escapes are at- tached to the three-story buildings so that as far as the buildings are concerned he was of the opinion that every precaution has been adopted to secure them from fire and the occupants from harm in the event that @ fire should break out. In addition to these precautions the chil- dren were taught a drill which enabled the teachers to move them as one person. The children each day left the school room in regular order, and this training was carried to a high degree of perfection. It took the place of what is known as the fire drill, and he did not think that there could be anything more effective devised. The Teachers’ Duty. Mr. Powell, however, said that buildings with all the modern appliances for safety were of course excellent in their way and so was some system of drill in order to guard against any sudden surprise or dan- ger, real or fancied. But after all these facilities were practically useless unless the teachers were able to control them- selves, and thus maintain their con- trol of the scholars. A teacher who would allow herself or himself while the school was in session to be startled and show alarm to the pupils by an outcry or a sudden jump is.in the opinion of Mr. Pow- ell wanting in the proper qualities of the teacher. He thinks that, first of all, it is the duty of the teacher) to control himself or herself. With such a teacher Mr. Powell thinks, and with the excellent buildings in use and the daily drill the dangers to pupils from any alarm is reduced to a mintmum. He said that in speaking today to Mr. Lane at the Central High School as he stood in the halls of that large building and watched the children file | in and out to the class rooms the latter remarked that the building could be emp- tied of the eight hundred pupils in three minutes’ time. There Is no doubt that they would have that time, added Mr. Powell, for the staircases as in all the modern buildings are fire proof. The Building Obstructions. When a reporter of The Star informed Commissioner Ross yesterday afternoon of thé panic that had occurred at the Garnet School he expressed great sorrow, and said he would himself carefully investigate every detail. Building Inspector Entwisle was sent for, and directed to report upon the case this morning. Commissioner Ross was early at his desk, and sent immediately for the building in- spector. Mr. Entwisle said he had vgited the school building, and found no obstruc- tion to the north door, He questioned Su- perintendent Greer and Contractor Thomas, and they both said positively that the door had never been obstructed by lumber or any other material. Two days ago a trench had been dug near the north door for lay- ing water pipes, but this had been filled and the dirt removed. “When I arrived at the school building I went at once to the al- leged obstructions, and as I have stated, found that none existed. Then I called upon Principal Cromwell and said: ‘You have made the charge that the north door of the school building was obstructed with building material, and it was due to this condition of affairs that several children were hurt.’ “Tt was obstructed,’ he replied. “I then invited him down and asked him to look for himself. When he had looked at the door and found nothing there to ob- struct he said: no obstructions. Continuing, Mr. Entwisle said the doors and passageways were perfectly free when The doors are six feet wide, the halls are sixteen feet wide and the stairways are fireproof. Commissioner Ross’ Inspection. Commissioner Ross, after Mr. Entwisle had concluded his report, called for his coat and went to the building to make a personal examination of the affair. When Commissioner Ross returned he stated to a Star reporter that he had visited the Garnet School, and while he did not find the north door obstructed he found it surrounded by @ storm door with but one opening. The space inside the door was partly filled with iron castings. He learned that about twenty children had escaped from the building by means of this door. Superintendent Cook, however, he said, was giad that more children did not try to escape by this door, as in its narrow con- fines more would have been injured. —— Jacob Schaefer and Frank G. Ives have placed $1,000 each in the hands of the stake- holder as a second deposit in the billiard = which is to be played off yt mon ‘I did not know there was j The Twentieth Annual Convention of This German Order Will Be Opened in This City Tomor- row Evening—Program Arrang- ed for the Sessions. The twentieth annual convention of the German order of Schwarze Ritter (Knights tn Black) will be opened here tomorrow evening with a general reception to the delegates from all over the country, who will arrive during the afternoon and even- ing, and will continue three days. Arion Hall, on 8th street, will be the headquarters of the visitors and the place of reception in the evening. A Benevolent Order. The order is a purely benevolent one, having no other object in view than to as- sist its members in need by procuring suit- able employment, supporting them in sick- various large cities, each being designated as a “bund” (bond, or union), those exist- ing in Washington being the Columbia and Germania. The name of the order is de- |rived from an ancient German body of | knights, whose existence is traced back as | far as the time of King Artus, and who, in the absence of a strict and impartial ad- ministration of justice, had banded together to help the oppressed, aid the distressed and |gorrect wrongs done. Their device was “Charity, Generosity, Justice.” With better !1aws and the gradual development of judi- ness or relieving their families in case of | distress. It has numerous branches in’ the | Washington Advices Stimulate Stocks in Wall Street. EFFECT OF COMPROMISE ON SILVER, Later in the Day the Market Be- came Dull. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—The better feeling Noticeable at the close of yesterday's busi- ness was still more pronounced in today’s market. Prices opened up from 1-2 to 3-4 per cent and continued strong throughout the morning. London had improved cor- respondingly over night, and bought a few stocks on this side. Washington advices were decidedly favor- able in tone and contained assurances that & compromise, including unconditional re- | Peal, with an extension of time before be- coming operative, would, in all probability, end the strife over silver within the next day or two. The strength of the market under the cir- cumstances verifies the prediction that a compromise would be followed by practi- | clal institutions these knights disappeared | from public view in the course of time, and there are now but few remnants of that ancient order extant in Germany, which, of j course, bear no relation to its latter-day namesake in America. The “Deutsche Orden Schwarze Ritter” was organized in Philadelphia in 1867, and spread from there to all the eastern cities quite rapidly, the objects of the order being the most unobjectionable character sible, and appearing especially attractive to pos-/ are expected to be in abundant supply cally the same result as unconditional re- peal, namely, a sudden spurt and then a Quiet settling down in values. ‘Traders were encouraged by the market's Prompt response to the good news, and are confident of further improvement should Present expectations be realized. The foreign exchange market was some- what easier, although no change in rates has so far been announced. Cotton bills young men everywhere. Of the original founders but one is still living. The following program has been arranged for the convention: Saturday afternoon and evening, reception of delegates at depots by the special com- mittee, consisting of Mess-s. J. Bruegger, Pa ‘W. Horsky, John Hessel and John inder. Saturday evening, 8 o'clock, “Commers” and entertainment of guests at headquar- ters, Arion Hall. Monday—Sessions of the convention morn- ing and afternoon; grand ball and exhibi- tion drill at National Rifles’ Hall in the evening. Tuesday—Sight-seeing and private enter tainments. The following committees have hed charge of the general arrangements for the con- vention on behalf of the local organizations: General executive committee — Messrs. Charles Gerner, chairman; J. B. Golden- stein, Henry Beckstedt. Reception commit- tee for the ball—Henry Beckstedt, chairman; Fred Water holter, Hermann Vollmer, G. |W. Horsky. Floor—M. Osthelmer, chair- man; John Wahl, Geo. Meyer, R. Weber, jr., Henry Weber, Wm. Stuehlmann, Wm. Hannemann, Louis Mueller, A. Schmidt. Control—Charles Kazel, chairman; Henry Drechsler, C. Zimmermann, Chr. ‘Hansen, Chr. Beilstein. Refreshments—Paul Biehler, chairman; John B. Buechling, L. Ottg G. Ewald, Wm. Grieb, Fr. Weiss, G. Schaible, | Gen'y feit himseif sinking. The tnought of danger aid not occur unui the nunter maue jan eifort to extricate himself. Then he found that his struggles to release himselt only sank him deeyer in the treacherous | sands. A branch overnead, which be might have caught had he known his danger in time, only bent down in mockery now a foot beyond his outstretched hand. He looked about, but no one appeared to help O, Gentz, C. Block, Fr. Eberle. him. He shouted, but there was no reply. will be under the command of Capt. J. P. Goldenstein, First Lieut. Chas. Gerner and Second Lieut. W. Hannemann. The uni- forms worn by the knights are very neat and becoming, being dark cloth with velvet and gold trimming, a stiff cap being substi- tuted for helmets. Mr. H. Dismer is hon- orary major of the drill corps. ——.>—_ Indictments by the Grand Jury. The grand jury today returned the fol- lowing indictments: James Curtis and John Newton, second offense petit larceny; Frank Lambert, embezzlement; John Wise, larceny; Geo. T. Lamborn, forgery; Geo. Washington and James Bundy, house- breaking; Harry Garrett, assault with in- tent to kill; Eliza Jchnson, larceny; Geo. Washington, housebreaking; Frank Brown, assault with intent to kill; Michael Green, do.; Daniel buchanan, housebreaking; Ed- ward Norrell, alias Edward Norris, as- Sault with intent to kill; Otho W. Summers and Daniel from the person; William W. Stewart, larceny; John F. No- ble, Jeremiah Diggs and Chas. Foster, lar- ceny from the person. Lambert, Wise, Lamborn, Washington, Brown, Buchanan, Stewart, Nobie, Diggs and Foster were arraigned and plead not guilty. The grand jury ignored the charge of Curtis and housebreaking against Geo: that of embezzlemeat ‘against Henry Locke. PEREGO RSE Se CAUGHT IN A QUICKSAND. The Perilous Plight vf an Ohie Hunter Who Went After a Bird. Plovers are ripe and plenty in this county, and hunters afe having splendid sport, Says a Portsmouth correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t will be some little time, however, before Dan M. Ryan? a cousin of the ex-secretary, wilt indulge himself in the sport since his experience of yesterday. Me was hunung alung the wat- rs of the Scioto river when he Kulled a par- ticularly plump bird, which teil in the water about ten feet from the banx. The water | was shallow and ciear and the sandy bot- tom was easily discernible. Mr. Kyan un- hesitatingly walked in after the dead bird. He had not taken maay steps when he sud- The exhibition drill on Monday evening Slowly he sank until the shallow water was about his waist. Then he took off his heavy hunting coat and put it between his legs to meke his downward progress as slow as possible. Just as hope was dis- appearing the sinking man saw a farmer on the brow of a hill across the fields. He called, but the farmer didn’t hear or heed. He called again and again with the des- peration of death staring him in the face, but the obdurate man paid no attention, At last, just as he was giving up hope, the man turned and came toward the river. He seemed ages coming, but he got within calling distance just as Ryan's head went under water. For a time the farmer hesi- tated as to the best and safest method of rescue, but a happy thought struck him just in time to save the man’s life, end, reaching the overhanging limb. he bore it down until Ryan could clutch the branches. Then he went back to his house, where he secured a rope, and by a gond deal of ex- ertion outied the man out. Ry way of re- ward Dan gave his rescuer his fine breech- loading shot gm, and he has civen up plover and all other kinds of hunting. —+e+—__—_ A Job for the Preacher. From the Detroit Free Press. The mountain circuit rider met me at the | foot of Hurricane Gap in the Pine moun- j tains and we rode along together, and ‘about a mile from where the roads forked we were stopped by a mountaineer with a Winchester, whom the preacher knew. He presented me in due form, and when the native knew I was an “outsider” he didn’t hesitate to talk. “I just stopped yer,” he said to the ! preacher, “ter ax yer to come up to the house in the mornin’.” “Anybody sick?” inquired the preacher. 0,” and the mountaineer hesitated. “You know, you have been a-talkin’ ter me fer a long time erbout gittin’ religion an’ I been a-holdin’ off?’ ‘The preacher nodded and looked pl for there was a tone of penitence in the native’s voice. “Well, I've erbout made up my mind that I've got ter the p’int when somethin's cot ter be done. Jim Gullins come by my place this mornin’ an’ killed one uv my dogs when I was away, an’ you've heerd me say what = it of Jim Gullins many a time afore — preacher nodded sorrowfully this e. tl Vell, I'm goin’ down to see Jim now.” continued the mountaineer, “an’ if I git him I'll be ready to jine the meetin’ house when you cme up in the mornin’; an’ if Jim gits me you'll have a funeral to preach, so’s you won't lose nothin’ by it, nohow. I musi be gittin’ along: -by,” and, slinging his Winchester into the hollow of his arm, he hurried away through the thicket, leaving the circuit rider and me speechless on our horses. —ce2____ The children of dissenters were first ad- mitted to English parish schools in 1863. the middle of the next wi and will tend to further reduce rates. “Arbitrage houses are doing alos t pothing. % umors: pro id imports are current, in view of the reduction in imports and the shipment abroad of cotton and Money is a drug in the market, and waco teate Pan Te tinued decline to the minimum of recorded rates. — rary Sa at 1 1-2 per cent,and ers of an are quickly accepted for time accommodations. Among the more active stocks were Bur- ington, which advanced 1 per cent to 81. New York Central gained 1 1-4 per cent to 102. Rock Island gained 3-4 per cent to 64 1-4, and Consolidated Gas improved 1 per cent to 134. Sugar was the most active of the industrials, and advanced to 91, a gain of a full point from the opening, and was well held in the neighborhood of that price. Distillers was again active, but confined it- self within very narrow limits. Chicago Gas was strong on early buying around 60, geass on.a cessation of interest to The entire market shaded off during the early afternoon, and business came almost transpired in Washington to keep up the enthusiasm. The sentiment of the room was unchanged, however, and traders are both confident and hopeful of prices in the near future. The prospects for another good bank statement tomorrow are favorable, as the banks have been gaining both from the subtreasury and the interior. The clearing house statement today re- Ports: Exchanges, $77,498,233; balances, $4,- 165,664, and the subtreasury’s debit balance, $1,130,554. The loan committee canceled $810,000 cer- tificates. and called $80,000 for retirement 4 on Monday, leaving amount now outstand- ing $2,785,000. Atchison earnings show a relative im- Provement for the second week this month, the decrease being reported at $22,974, as compared with a decrease of $187,000 for the fourth week of September. The market stiffened up slightly around elivery hour, but relapsed into dull after supplying immediate needs. The sentiment at the close was unmistak- ably in favor of a continuation of the rally the moment the Senate's position is as- —_+——__ The London Market. Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. LONDON, Oct. 20.—Forty-five thousand Sovereigns went out to Holland today, but the rise in Dutch exchange is likely to stop further shipments. Bar gold is still wanted for the continent and the price is unchanged. The stock markets were steady today. Americans were good on a telegram in the Daily News that President Cleveland purchase threatens to suspend the monthly of silver. The India council Gay at 15 pence —_—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closes. : Ches. & Vhio. tae te Chic. & B. a ‘Northwestern, Gas. wi Washington Stock Exchange. Salee—regular eall—12 o'clock m.—$1 3 $1,000 at 111%. Metropolitan its om 5 + $1,000 at 301 a* 101; $1,000 at 101; $1,000 at 101; $1, ; a. at 101; $,000 at 101; ‘$1.00 = Sot: $1,008 Government Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 1907, 111% bid, 112% asked. U. ‘coupon, 1907, MIX bid 112% i yahabe: = © {Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 104 bid. Water stock Ts, 100, cursencr, 110 bid, 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1908, ‘currency, 112 bid. 3.65s, funding, currency, 2 bat, 30 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and George- town R. R. conv. 6s, Ist, 135 bid, 145 asked. Washington and Georgetown R. R. conv. 6a, 135 bid, 143 asked. Masonic Hall Associat 100 bid. Washingtoh Market Company 1st bid. Wasbington Market Company fi bid. Washington Market Company ext. 102 asked. Washington Light Infant bid, 101 asked. W: ton Light 96 ‘bid. Washington Gas Company 114% bid. Washington Gas Company 115Y, Did. Washington Gus Company . a, ates ax? ausitrh are gESSre i 120 bid. 135 asked. Fe on clephone Street B. R. Metropolitan R. U. 8. Electric Light conv. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of bid, 400 asked. Bank of the Republte, Metropolitan, 260 bid, 300 Mechanics’, i iy EE ie 300 asked. Farners’ and Citizens’, 180 asked. Columbia, 1 tal. 110d. West End, 110 saked. atckd. Lincoln. 103 asked. Ohio, Go jroad Stocks. — incton and Georgetown. 280 bid, 335 asked. Metropolitan, 100 asked. Co- 40 fet chet, ‘Capt. ‘Traders’, 110 100 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 38% b Franklin. 55 asked. ot oS ate asked. German-American, 140 jomac, 85 asked. Rizes. 614 bid. 6% asked. People's, 3‘ bid. Lincoln. 7 bid. mer bid. 5% asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Fxtate Title, 120 asked. Columbia Title, 6% hid, Gi asked. Gas and Flectric Light Stocks.— Washington Gas, *44 bid. 47% asked. Georgetown Gus, 45 bid. U. 8. Electric Light, 103% bid, 108 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 45 asked. Ches- soll 40,000 rupees to- | asked. | Misccllapeous Bait [zeman ae [3 & I Pneumatic BALTIMORE, Oct. 20.JFlour dull. wheat Patent, 2.60a3.70; spring wheat do., 4.00a4:30—re- ipts, 12,301 barrels; barrels. Wheat ‘and firmer—No. 2 red, Ce 87%; October, 67a8T%; December, ; May, 704 3,996 bushels; stock, 990,81 bushels; sales, 54,000 5 ling wheat by Sample, 66a67%. Corn quiet. ‘epot, = 4 bushels; stock, 295,661 busbels; sales, 6,000 gk ee ne yellow corn by 47048 new. Onts steady —No. 2 white western, 35436; No. 2 mixed busbels; abip- 738 bushels. Rye timothy, sisesi6. fancy, 20; imitation, 25. "Regs quiet—Rio | cargoes, irate, 104; 10S A100% 3 Queer Designations Given to Famous by | Personages in Present and Past Times No great man has been able to escape the fate of the American Presidents, says the Globe-Democrat, for the funny man has in turn laid hold of each and given him the Adams was the American Cato, the Last of Puritans, the Yankee Cromwell; Alex- the Great, even in his own time, was Maceconia’s Madman; 3 a AH Hf u not escape the title of Hotheaded M. le ot! jonk Louis XIV that of Louis Baboon. ‘Dven ts his own country John Knox was the fous Machiavel, and Ben Jonson was affectionately denominated Rare Old Hogarth, the painter, was Painter Pay, and Henry VIII was Bluf King Hal. his enemies vus F i oft i i f E : ii Frederick the Grea’ Der Alte Fritz, Alaric Cotton or the Philoso- pher of Sans Souci, ling to the view was een of Her Sex or the Ustarned Hetfers ing to the opinion of the Usurper and many others, some unfit for repetition. if a man's greatness is to bk judged by the number and variety of nick- ie, given him, old Oliver must have been one of the greatest men who ever | Tuled a nation. | ————cee_ Prices of Sermons. From Temple Bar. Much has been said of the practice of | buying and selling sermons—a practice, by |the way, of no very special novelty. Just | before Toplady was to be ordained, Osborne, | the bookseller, the friend of Johnson, offered | te supply him with a stock of original sound | sermons for a trifle. “I would sooner buy | Second-hand clothes,” was the reply. “Don't ition have been by ;MO means universally felt. Sharpe, arch- bishop of York, was wont to a that It was the Bible and Shaki ly which had see. Wesley, in fifty years, % preached | 40,000 sermons; Hook burned over 2,000 when he left Leeds, and Grimshaw, in the wild districts adjacent to the Brontes’ home, habitually thirty-six sermons in @ it. ——_—__+22+—___—_. Protection for Non-Smokers. ‘From the Tagebiatt. Among the novel societies incorporated ta Europe recently is “The Society for the Protection of Non-smokers,” in lower Aus- tria. The members, already numerous, pro- pose no campaign against smokers, but they intend to accomplish, if possibje, the strict enforcement of the regulations regarding the prohibition of smoking in certain train compartments, public buildings, res- taurants frequented by men and women, street cars, concert halls and other places of — —— 3 to prevent smoking, Possible, in all public places. Circulars soo The Political Caucus. From the Gowanda (X. ¥.) Herald. A well-known politician of the democratic Silent Memorial to Booth. From the New York Tribune. At the last meeting of the directors of the Players’ Club it was determined to keep the rooms in the clubhouse which were formerly occupied by Edwin Booth and in which he died exactly as he left them for time to come. Every detail of furniture of ornament will remain as it The rooms will be shown visitors on occasions, and will be accessible tions ell