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2 seure the sun, but no rain had fallen up to 10 o'clock, and the indications are for a heavy vote. In this city, so far, the voting has proceeded very quietly, so much so that it borders upon apathy. The demo- cratic leaders say, however, that during the afternoon the voting will be much heavier. At the two state headquarters here there is, apparently, no Interest manifested, and both seem to be suffering from a dearth of news as to how the ballotting is progressing in the country. Private advices from several counties, however, say that the farmers are evincing unusual interest in the election, and are turning out in large numbers. A feature of the voting in this city this morning has been the unexpectedly light Populist vote. A runner brought the news @t noon, that not over 100 populists had vot- ed up to noon. State Populist Chairman Pierson left the city, and his headquarters in this city was deserted save by a clerk who could give no information further than to say that Mr. Pierson this morning re- iterates his claim of 10,000 majority for the Populist state ticket. While a few voters in the city this morn- ing have scratched O’Ferrall it has been by mo means general, and the indications are that he will not run far behind his ticket im this city. The scratching of O’Ferrall, however, is expected to occur largely a ° This fact is almost g@nanimously conceded by the democratic several counties, principally those the seventh district. managers. Advices from Henrico county this morn- ‘mg. where it was expected that a heavy populist vote would be polled, show that that vote there is unexpectedly light. In the fourth precinct of Clay Ward, this Aty, the populists have so far polled a good pany votes, but outside of this the-e seems bo be little voting on their part. The indications for a reduced democratic have not! majority throughout the state thanged, and it is safe to predict that the mtire state ticket of the democrats will suc- with an overwhelming majority in the feisiature, RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 7.—A very lively fight between democrats and populists over the gubernatorial and legislative candidates is in progress in this state today. The can- @idates for governor are Col. C. T. O'Ferrall, democrat, and Capt. E. R. Cocke, populist. A lieutenant governor, an attorney general and a legislature will also be elected. The legislature will elect a successor to Eppa Hunton, democrat, who was appointed to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of John S. Barbour. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 7.—Chairman Ellyson says he is confident of the tri- umphant success of the democrats. State Populist Chairman Pierson is not in the city and his headquarters here this | morning was virtually deserted. It w: said there that he had not receded from hi claim of ten thousand majority for the uulist state ticket. Phe city democratic leaders say that the apathy in the city this morning will not continue through the day and that during the afternoon the voting will be spirited and Richmond will give her usual demo- eratic majority. ‘The report yesterday that O’Ferrall would be scratched considerably is not verified by the voting in this city today. This, how- ever, may be done in the counties. The in- dications still point to the success of the democratic party today by a reduced ma- jority. NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 7.—The election is Progressing quietly. A fair vote is being polled. The issue is between democrats and Prohibitionists. It is estimated about 25 per cent of the vote so far cast is for prohibi- tion. The weather is cloudy but pleasant. ROANOKE, Va., Nov. 7.—A slight rain been falling this morning, but it is not sufficient to prevent polling a full vote. Up to noon, however, a small vote throughout the city had been cast and in many of the wards the voie ran abo.t 3 to 1 for the @emocrats. From the democratic ticket M. C. Thomas’ name, for the house of dele- gates, is being scratched quite freely, but it is anticipated that he as well as J. Allen Watts, for thé senate, and R. H. Logan as the other representative to the house, will Feceive a good majority. All indications arc that the democratic state ticket will be elected by a good figure. DANVILLE, Va., Nov. 7—At noon about one-fourth of the registered vote had been cast. Very few votes other than demo- @ratic have been given so far. Indications int to a comparatively light vote. Yeather cloudy. ——_>__. ALL QUIET AT PETERSBURG. The Whites Voting Democratic and the Negroes the Populist Ticket. Special Dispates to The Evening Star. PETERSBURG, Va., Nov. 7.—The election here and throughout the fourth congres- sional district is passing off quietly. The whites in this city are in the main voting the democratic ticket and the ne- goes are casting their ballots for the peo- Ple’s party ticket. The prohibition ticket Js also receiving some few votes. The white republicans appear to be taking but little interest im this political fight. It is thought that about four thousand votes will be cast in Petersburg and that Col. O’Ferrall’s majority will be some- where in the neighborhood of 1,500 or 2,000. Mr. W. B. McIlwaine, the democratic eandidate for the state senate from the twenty-ninth senatorial district, composed of the city of Petersburg and the county of Dinwiddie, told The Star correspondent this morning that he thought his majority in the district would be about 2,000. Mr. Mcliwaine has been quite indisposed for some days, and today he felt so unwell that after visiting the fourth ward voting =. in which ward he resides, he went me to spend the remainder of the day. Messrs. McRae and Evans, the demo- ¢ratic nominees for the house of delegates from Petersburg, think their majority will be about about 2,500. In the rural districts the negroes are voting, with but few exceptions, aimost golicly the people's party ticket. The democrats are confident of electing Dr. M. Q. Holt for the state senate from the twenty-seventh district, composed of the counties of Prince George, Surrey, Sus- sex and Greenville. Mr. Barham, the democratic nominee for the lower house of the legislature from the counties of Prince George and Surrey will also be elected. The democratic majority in the counties of Prince George and Sur- rey will be between 150 and 200. The election today is one of the most tm- portant that has taken place in Virginia for some years, for, in addition to the elec- tion cf governor and other state officers, the legislature to be elected will elect five —— of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia, a United States Senator, the cir- cult court judges and other state officers. ————— Obie. COLUMBS, Ohio, Nov. 7.—The election in this state today is for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, attorney general, com- missioner of public works, judge of the su- preme court, dairy commissioner and a Jegislature consisting of 107 representatives and thirty-one senators. in the tenth con- sressional district a Congressman is being Voted for to nil the vacancy caused by the Geath of Wm. H. Enochs (rep.). CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 7.—The election is passing quietiy, with a perfect day and a light vote im the city precincts. In the coun- try the voting is heavy. Most of the votes are going im straight. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 7.—The day dawned with a dense fog hanging over the city, but by ll o’ciuck tne atmuspnere was clear and the sun shining brightly. The battle of the ballots began with the tap of the fire gong, and at ali the booths aiong tae line voters were waiting to deposit their tickets. Many persons who were compelled to be at their work at a certain time had to fall out of the lime when near the goal and hurry away. How many were chised in this manner the vote alone can The election is quiet, but it is apparent on all sides that the scratcher is getting in his work with a vengeance. The ticket to be voted today is for governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer, attorney general, Judge of the supreme court, board of public works, dairy and food commissioner and full upper and lower houses of the legisla- ture. There is also a county ticket to be elected. Interest in this city centers in the candi- @ates for governor on the republican and @emocratic tickets. The A. P. A. is making @ strong fight for the election of McKinley. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 7.—The beautiful weather is bringing out all over Ohio an immense vote which will reach up nearly to that cast for President last year. At Roon no serious disturbances had occurred in the state and nearly three-fourths of the vote was in. an event never before known. The republicans are very confi- dent of the election of McKinley by from 20,000 to 35.000, which the democratic state committee will not concede. but claim that Neal will have a small plurality. There has never been an election in Ohio in which so many uncertain elements ¢ tered Into the conditions. Besides the tariff, silver and pension questions with state is sues, the American Protective Association im cutting @ big figure in the cities and disfran- | -iiE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1893—TWELVE PAGES. jarge towns, especially in this city, Cincin- nati, Toledo and other places. Tnen, again, the liquor question is a big factor at many points and may have a more important bearing than is expected. The local tickets over the state are being scratched beyond all precedent, which will delay the count this evening. Democrats, as a rule, will make no bets on general re- sults unless given big odds. William A. Taylor, the democratic can- didate for Heutenant governor, said at noon that Neal would have 10,000 plurality, but Chairman Dick of the republican commit- tee laughed at this statement and said Mc- Kinley’s plurality would be three times that figure. — aa LIGHT VOTE AT BALTIMORE. Indications Point to the Re-Election of Mayor Latrobe. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 7.—The election is going off quietly, and up to 1 p.m. a light vote has been polled. All the indications at Present point to the re-election of Mayor Latrobe and the full democratic ticket. Large numbers of the negro votes are re- maining away from the polls, and many of those who are voting are casting their bal- lots for the democratic candidates. On the other hand, Mayor Latrobe's name is being cut by large numbers of democrats, some of whom are voting for the republican candidates, while others are voting for the citizen candidate, F. W. Schultz. It is as- serted at the republican headquarters that the democrats have brought hundreds of repeaters here from other cities and are voting them in all parts of the city on the names of those voters who are absent. Many of these repeaters are said to be negroes, who are voting the names of those who have been bribed to stay at home. The republicans also claim that if the elec- tion were fairly conducted and none but legal voters allowed to participate they would be able to elect their ticket. But no one claims that the election is fairly con- ducted, and the party in power is using every effort to poll a majority. As it is the chances are that the demo- crats will elect the mayor, the entire legis- lative ticket, a large majority of the mem- bers of the city council, the sheriff, clerk of | the city court and the two judges of the | Supreme court. Mayor Latrobe will prob- | ably run behind the rest of the ticket. In the state Controller Smith (dem.) will Probably be re-elected by a large majority, While the democrats will control the legis- lature by a large majority. The democrats have plenty of money and are using it un- sparingly, while the opposition is short of funds and buying no votes, | | Makes a Bid. Specis] Dispatch to The Evening Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 7—Members of local syudicate to secure the Corbett- | Mitchell fight had conference this morning | and decided to put up $20,000 in lump. The following telegram was sent to Richard K. Fox, New York: “Certified check for $20,000, signed by Harry Mason and J. E. T. Bow- |den, well-known capitalists, has just been mailed to you as stakes in pro Cor- bett-Mitchell contest, with conditions at- tach Letter will follow this.” As money is now up everybody here feels | = that the fight will be had at Jack- | sonville. _~——— Tlinois. CHICAGO, Nov. 7.—Interest in the judi- cilary election today is centered in Joseph E. Gary, republican candidate for re-elec- tion to the superior court bench. The so- cialistic labor vote is arrayed against the judge who presided at the Haymarket an- \atchists trial, and the opposition of .Gov. | Altgeld, who pardoned Neebe, Felden and | Schwab, is expected to keep the regular | democ-atic vote in line. Early reports, however, are that there is much scratching by the democrats in the loo Stocking” wards in favor of Judge There has been no trouble at the polis, | and the vote is light compared with the | mayoralty election. Mayor elect Swift did not go near the city hall today, and all the municipal departments were closed. —_—— Michigan. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 7—No state of- ficers are elected in Michigan this year, wut a Congressman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Logan Chipman (dem.) is being voted for in the first con- gressional district today. ————_— Nebraska, LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 7.—The voters of this state select a justice of the supreme }court and three regents of the State Uni- versity at toda: election. a New J ey. TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 7.—The election in this state today is for eight senators, jone from each of the counties of Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Monmouth, Salem, Som- erset, Union and Warren and for a new house of assembly. The race track ques- tion has been made the principal issue. Hotly contested local elections are in pro- gress in Jersey City and other cities in the state. ———_— Towa. DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 7.—The contest for the governorship between Horace Boies (dem.), the present incumbent, and Frank D. Jackson (rep.) makes the election in this state interesting today. The campaign has been a lively one and both sides were confi- dent of success when the polls opened this morning. Besides the governor, a Heutenant governor, a railroad commissioner, a judge of the supreme court, a superintendent of pul c instruction and a legislature will be elec.ed. The legislature will have the selec- tion of a United States Senator to succeed James F. Wilson (rep.). —_.__—. New York. ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 7.—The election in the state is for secretary of state, con- troller, attorney general, treasurer, state engineer and associate justice of the ev=rt of appeals and delegates to the convention to revise the state constitution. > Pennsylva: HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 7.—The election in this state today is for state treasurer and supreme court judges. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 7.—The weather today in eastern Pennsylvania is clear and cool. The polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. It is a legal holl- day throughout the state and the trade ex- changes in this city are closed. The cam- paign has been one of the quietest for years and a light vote is being polled. ———.__. Kentucky. i LOUISVILLE, Nov. 7.—This state elects | | | | | a legislature today, which will have the se- lection of a United States Senator to suc- ceed Wm.Lindsay (dem.),who was elected to serve out the unexpired term of Secretary Carlisle, which ends March 4, 18%. County | officers are also being voted for. | —_——--— } South Dakotn. PIERRE, 8. D., Nov. 7.—The weathe= con- ditions today favor a full vote throughout South Dakota. Eleven judges of the su- preme court and circuit court are voted for today. | a ee Missouri. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nev. 7.—The only elec- tien held in this city today is for school commissioners. There are four tickets in j the republican and democratic candidates. The A. P. A. are making a strong fight \in favor of the republican candidates, and at 11 o'clock the indications are that that ticket will be elected. With the exception of a few skirmishers in several central wards, the election is preceeding quietly. A comparatively light vote is being polled. NANSAS CILY, Nov 7.—This ts an abso- lute off year in Missourt politics and not an election is being held anywhere in the state today. ————_— HAD TO CLOSE THE POLLS. Intimidation of Voters in the First Ward at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 7.—At the second | precinct, first ward, a collision has occurred | between the police, supporting the republi- can ticket, and the democratic fustonists. Seven police, headed by Pat Farrell of | Homestead fame, interfered with the fusion- | ists who were casting their votes. This re- sulted fn_a collision and personal encounter between Farrell and Councilman MacHugh.a democratic fustonist. The intimidation reached such a point and the excitemert became so great that the election board was compelled to close the polls. the field, but the interest is centered on | BREAKING THE LAW! ion to the | Watehers Refused Adm: Polls at Buffalo. BUFFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 7.—Indian sum- mer weather prevails here today and a heavy vote is being rolled. Everything is Teported quiet, except in a few wards. In the first ward trouble was most feared be- cause of the bitter fight for Alderman. There ts considerable disorder. The fourth district, where colonization is charged, is in a turbulent state and it requires but little more than a breath to fan the embers of strife into a flame of open warfare. It is reported that the im- Ported toughs from New York under the protection of the police are preventing a! but these favorable to the democratic can- didate from entering the booth and are throwing the republican voters out of line. Duly accredited watchers have been re- fused admission to the booths. In the fourth district of the $th ward the law is also being violated. It is located in one of the toughest sections of the city. Here the authorized watchers were also refused admittance to the polling booth. —_.—_ Maryland. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 7.—The citizens of this state are voting today for a con- troller of the treasury, a legislature and | nine judges. Marion de Kalb Smith (dem.), the present controller, is up for re-elec- tion. His opponent is James T. Perkins (rep.). There is very little interest in the election. } — = Massachusetts. BOSTON, Nov. 7.—The weather is pleasant in Massachusetts today and a heavy vote is being polled. — ae Yellow Fever at Branswick. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Nov. 7.—Six new cases of yellow fever are reported today. Three are white—Alex. Anderson, Douglas | Davis and Mrs. Morgan. Thirty-one pa- Uents were discharged. —__. Charged With Mail Robbery. SAN ANGELO, Tex., Nov. 7.—Deputy United States Marshal C. L. Broome and Post Office Inspector F. M. Hamilton a rived in San Angelo Sunday night with John D. Walling, a United States mail Stage driver; Charles Roe, a druggist, and = president of the Coke County Bank, ani B. Buchanan, president of the stitution, of Robert Lee, Texas, arest, charged with complicity in highway robbery of the United States mail and conspiracy to defraud the government. —_ Killed Mistress Then Himselt. DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 7.—Charles Martin, a young man of wealth, shot his mistress, Patty Cole, three times, killing her. He then shot himself and died yesterday. —— Usual Verdict on Lynchings. NASHVILLE, Nov. 7.—The jury of inquest summoned to inquire into the death of Ned | Wagganoner, William Wagganoner, Samuel Motlow and Elizabeth Motlow, all colored, who were lynched near Lynchburg on Satur- day last, has completed its labors. No evi- dence as to the identity of any one of the men composing the mob could be ob- tained and the usual verdict was rendered. | —_—_ Two Youngsters With a Gun. JACKSON, Neb., Nov. 7.—Joseph Heenan, @ boy about eleven years old, was shot yes- terday by Jim McFarley, another boy, about the same age. The boys were quarreling, but the shooting is supposed to-be accident- al. He is in a very serious condition. ees Killed tn a Colorado Mine. CREDE, Colo, Nov. 7.—Fred. Ames, a miner in the New York Chance mine, was instantly killed and several men were seri- ously wounded Sunday night while ascend- ing the incline for supper. —- Triple Tragedy at Halifax. HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 7—A man named Savage, supposed to have come from Bos- ton last night, and who is a native of Brooklyn, shot his wife, child and himself this morning. His wife ts a native of Hali- —_—___ Another Boat for Brazil. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Another purchase for the Brazilian fleet is reported. Charles R. Flint & Co., the agents of the govern- ment of Brazil, it is stated, have concluded negotiations for the steam yacht Nada, which was only recently launched. She has @ speed of twenty-two miles an hour and ma be fitted up as a torpedo boat for El —-- or Lodge's Narrow Escape. Mass., Nov. 7.—Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was the victim of a runaway | accident last night. On the way through | Ipswich they met a line of herring teams, | one of which collided with the carriage containing the Senator, and threw the oc- cupants out. Senator Lodge had a narrow escape from serious injury. +. ___. A Deputy Sheriff Beaten. CAMDEM, N. J., Nov. 7~Wm. Harvey, the deputy sheriff, attempted to prevent an alleged illegal vote being cast and was set on by a mob and badly beaten by clubs land black jacks. After his injuries were | dressed at the hospital he was arrested and | locked up. There are now about sheriffs under arres twenty deputy —_—-—_. SOUTH CAROLINA SUFFERERS. Miss Clara Barton Describes the Co: dition and the Relief Proposed. At the headquarters of the Red Cross So- ciety last evening there was a large gather- ing of people to listen to Miss Clara Bar- | ton’s account of her experiences among the Port Royal Islands of South Carolina, which were swept over by the storm and completely devastated. She described the sufferings of the island people as being most intense, and the destitution as com- plete. Mr. George H. Pullman, who has been with Miss Barton at the islands, also told how the work of relief was carried on and to what an extent the people there are de- pendent upon charity. It was shown that the need of help for the sufferers Is press- ing, and that for more than seven months they must remain absolutely without means of self support. Miss Barton de- ‘scribed the situation of the islands and ex- plained how it was that the storm had been so destructive to them. The inhabitants, she said, were negroes who lived in frail shanties and were little protected from the storm. She knew that their crops of cotton were destroyed, their boats with which they go about among the many islands were carried away, and their cattle were drowned. Thirty thousand per- sons were without the barest necessaries of life and 6,000 houses had been swept | tion of the | of treasury officials, LATE. NEWS BY WIRE. Texas and Florida After the Mitchell- Corbett Fight. ASSASSINATION OF A RICH FARMER. Explosion of a Dynamite Factory. THE CHICAGO SUICIDE. TEXAS AFTER THE FIGHT. Galveston Will Offer $25,000 to See Mitchell and Corbett Spar. GALVESTON, Nov. 7.—J. C. Cullom, a Stock broker, and others have raised 325,0W for a purse and if their attorneys see that the law cannot prevent the fight will offer that amount for the Corbett-Mitchell m!ll, if it ever comes off. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7.—In an inter- view yesterday regarding the proposed Mitchell-Corbett contest Gov. Foster said: “My opinions on that subject are very strong ones and I am glad to have this op- portunity of making them known, I shali Prevent its taking place in Louisiana at all is. I shall use every means in my power to prevent it. These so-called glove contests, which are really nothing more than prize fights and in direct viola- ‘w, have made Louisiana a by- word for the pugilists and the hoodlums, and they themselves look on New Orleans as their own ground and always turn to- ward that city when they cannot gain an Catia wd Seernee I shall ae absolutely my power to prevent the fight from taking place in New Orleans. = The officers of the Olympic Club will hold @ meeting tomorrow night to act on the matter. ——_—>_—__ KILLED IN HIS BED. Assassination of a Wealthy Farmer Near Booneville, Mo. BOONEVILLE, Mo., Nov. 7.—Chas. Ear- hardt, an aged and wealthy farmer living Seven miles east of here, was shot and killed in bed at 1 o'clock this morning. His two sons, who were asleep in an upper room, heard the pistol shots, and ran te his assist- ance. He died without giving any descrip- tion of his assassin, whose object is sup- to have been robbery. ——->_—_ FATAL EXPLOSIONS. Dynamite Factory and a Steamer Boller. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Nov. 7.—The Ditmar dynamite factory at Bay Chester was blown up this morning. It was re- ported that several men were killed. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 7.—At Elrod’ mills, Sand Mountain, this morning the ed of the large mill exploded. EF: eer Richardson and SuperintenJent Dick Elrod were killed. Fireman Robert Bule | lock was fatally hurt and Phil. Elrod se- Dam riously. age, . The flour mill, cotton gins and saw mill were destroyed. —__—— THE CHICAGO SUICIDE, His Relatives Will Not Be Informed oft! Tragedy. NEW YORK, Nov. 7—J. C. Grunberg, who committed suicide at the Southern ho- tel, Chicago, by taking morphine, was the son of M. O. Grunberg, the head of a large commission firm in Paris, France. Adolph Grunberg of No. 8 Maiden Lane sald he was not a relative of the deceased, but that the latter received his remittances through him. Mr. Grunberg today sald he had decided not to cable the family of the dead man in Paris, but to let the Chicago officials dis- pose of the remains as they saw fit. i PROPOSALS REJECTED. Lancashire Miners Refuse to Accept 15 Per Cent Cut. LONDON, Nov. 7.~-Two thousand miners at Leigh, Lancashire, have rejected the Proposal of the mine owners’ association that they return to work at a 15 per cent reduction, pending the decision of a board of ccnciilators to be appointed by the as- sociation and the miners’ federation. A resolution was adopted declaring that all miners working at the old or other wages should at once quit work. The miners’ federation has issued a cir- cular to the various branches of the organ- ization advising them not to accept the proposals made by the mine owners. —_.—_ THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. Two Promotions to Follow the Ap- pe tment of Gen. Ruggies. The President will commission Lieut. Col. Henry C. Wood and Maj. William J. Volkmar as colonel and Meutenant colonel respectively, in the adjutant general's de- partment of the army, to fill the vacancies caused by the appointment of Col. Ruggles to be adjutant general. Gen. Ruggles assumed the duties of his new position today, but was prevented from transacting much official business by the flood of congratulations that were de- livered to him by mail, telegraph and in person. No general reassignment of assistant adjutant generals is expected on account of the change in rank of Gen. and Cols. Wood and Volkmar. Only a few weeks ago there was an almost gen- eral change of station among the assistant | adjutant generals and the new appointees, Majs. Hall and Wilson, will be probably assigned to the vacancies now existing, one at the headquarters of the Department of Colorado at Denver and the other at the War Department. + e+ CONTINUED RISE IN SILVER. Russian Expected to Adopt Silver as Part of Her Monetary System. The strength displayed by silver during the past week has attracted the attention who keep a close watch on the least fluctuations in matters affecting the value of money the world over. Silver is reported today in London as 3-16 pence per ounce higher than yester- day, the figure today being 329-16 pence away. She had undertaken the work of rellef at the request of Gov. Tiliman, who had wished to put the whole system of re- Mef under the charge of the Red Cross. Since Congress had failed to aid she ap- pealed to her hearers and the country at jarge to contribute any amount, however small, for the relief of the sufferers. The Legion of Loyal Women, 614 12th street, will receive ail articles contributed, and they will be boxed and sent to Beau- | fort, S.C. Miss Barton leaves Washington in a few days to superintend the work of the Red Cross Society on the islands. ——_—_ Guests of B. B. French Lodge. The annual visitation of the Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M., to Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, was held in the music hall, Masonic |Tempie, last evening. Fully 600 members jof the fraternity were present. A most | enjoyable program was rendered. The prin- cipal feature of the evening was an ad- dress by Senator Dolph, past grand master \of Oregon. Other addresses were made by Representatives Cannon of California and McRae of Arkansas and Mr. C. H. Mansur, second controller of the treasury. Read- |ings were given by Past Master John Twee- \dale. An excellent musical program was |rendered under the direction of Past Mas- ter G. F. Johnson. —— Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Wm. M. Moss of Bloomfield, Ind., appoint- ed a supervisor of Indian schools, $1,500. Office of the Secretary.—Appointment: Wm. H. Thorne of New York, clerk of class 2, for duty as assistant superintendent of the patent office building, by transfer from pension office and promotion from clerk at 000. i Patent Office.—Resignations: Montford C. Stevens of Virginia, fourth assistant ex- aminer, $1,200; Bennett B. S. Phillips of Louisiana, copyist, $900. Office of Indian Affairs.—Appointment: Adolph Amende of Alabama, copyist, $90). General Land Office.—Resignation: Maur- ice Baldwin of Kentucky, copyist, $900. per ounce. The cause for this strength is believed here to be due not to temporary speculation, but to a well grounded opinion that Rus- sia in the near future will adopt silver as a part of her monetary system. It is stated at the Treasury Department that intima- tions have been received that Russia will replace her uncovered paper money with silver, to be used for subsidiary coin. At present the amount of silver in use in Rus- sia as money if not 53 cents per capita. Russia has 300,000,000 uncovered paper, or about $4.42 per capita. It is state] here that Russia can easily absorb $250,000,000 of silver, and is desirous of doing so, for the purpose of pushing her commerce in the east with Persia, India and China, which use silver almost exclusively as money. oo a A Carpenter Appointed. The President has appointed Spencer C. Brearley to be a carpenter in the navy. a eS eee A Revenue Collector Dismissed. Mr. John J. Quinn, collector of internal revenue for the first district of California, has been dismissed by the President and ex-Representative Melborn appointed in his place. Mr. Quinn was given an oppor- tunity to resign, but would not accept it, saying that if he must jose his office he would prefer to be dismissed on political grounds. Chief of Division Appointed. Secretary Carlisle has appointed Edward M. Dickinson of Arkansas chief of division, sixth auditor’s office, Treasury Department. —_—__+ The Sanitary League. A special meeting of the council of the Sanitary League is to be held in the rooms of the board of trade tomorow evening 8 o'clock. _ A Supervisor Appointed. Wm. Moff of Bloomfield, Ind., has been appointed supervisor of Indian schools: Ruggles | THE RETURNS AT WOODLEY Will Be Beoceived by Telephone From the White House. . ‘The President and Party Will Be Kept Posted in Regard to the Voting as Returns Come in. The President will get the election re- turns tonight at Woodley. Arrangements to that end were made today. The press associations and the Western Union Tele- graph Company will send all their bulle- tins to the White House by telegraph and those of special significance will be tele- phoned by Private Secretary Thurber to the President at his country home. Sever- al members of the cabinet will probably spend the evening with the President. It is safe to say that they will know the re- sult in New York, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa and Massachusetts before they retire for the night—that is, of course, provided the returns received are sufficient to base a Judgment as to how the elections have gone. There were only two absentees at today’s cabinet meeting, viz., Secretaries Lamont and Carlisle, both of whom are in New York today, one to vote the democratic ticket and the other to lend the aid of his Presence to the success of that ticket. The Political situation was talked about during the session, but did not prevent proper con- sideration of questions affecting our foreign policy and the financial situation. ——_-2.___ COMMODORE SKERRETT. He Has Been Ordered to Examination for Promotion, Commodore Joseph S. Skerrett has been ordered to examination for promotion, Com- modore Skerrett has been detached from command of the Pacific station and placed in command of the Asiatic station, re- Meving Admiral Irwin, who takes his place on the Pacific station. He is now on his way from Honolulu to San Francisco, whence he will sail on the 16th instant for China. Vacancies Anticipated. His examination is in anticipation of a | vacancy in the list of rear admirals during his absence on the Asiatic station. Similar | examit.ations for prospective vacancies have | Deen already made in the cases of Commo- dore J. G. Walker and Commodore F. M. Ramsay, who stand No. 1 and 2 respective- ly in their grade. Commodore Walker will become a rear admiral on the retirement of Admiral Belknap, January 22 next, and Commodore Ramsay's promotion will fol- low on the retirement of Admiral Belknap, April 10 next. Will Not Be Present. Commodore Skerrett stands No. 3 in his grade and his promotion will result from the retirement of Admiral Irwin, the officer who relieved him at Honolulu, and who will retire April 15 next. A board ccnsisting of Admirals Gherardi, Greer and Brown was today ordered to meet at the Navy Department on the 13th instant for the examination of Commodore Skerrett. He will not be present, of course, but that is not regarded as essential to a compliance with the regulations, and the examination will be confined to his official record. On the same day Commodore £ker- rett will undergo a physical examination by a regular board of medical officers at San Francisco. There is no question of his fitness for promvtion and his examination is but a verfunctory observance of the reg- ulations. Two Flagships. In their new field of duty, Admiral Irwin will have the Philadelphia as his flagship and Commodore Skerrett, who holds the rank of acting rear admiral, by virtue of his commanding a squadron, will have the Baltimore as his flagship. The Philadel- phia is now at Honolulu and the Baltimore left Port Said, Arabia, today, and will reech Yokohama, the headquarters of the Asiatic squadron, about the time of Admiral Sker- rett’s arrival there. As previously inti- mated in The Star, the impression prevails in naval circles that Commodore Skerrett was relieved from duty at Honolulu be- cause of his suppored leaning toward the cause of Hawaiian annexation. o-—______ THE INSURANCE CASE. ‘The Government Takes an Appeal to the Highest Local Court. The only case arguedand submitted in the Court of Appeals today, that of Henry K. W. Patterson agt. United States Marshal Ransdell. In this case Patterson was con- victed in the Police Court of unlawfully carrying on an insurance business, and in default of fine was sentenced to jail. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the PoliceCourt had not jurisdiction, and was discharged from cpstody by Judge Hagner of the District Supreme Court. From Judge Hagner’s decision the govern- ment, through Marshal Ransdell, appealed, and that appeal the Court of Appeals now has under consideration, —__- THE BRAZILIAN SHIPs, ca Amused by the Story About a Ram. Senhor Mendonca, Brazilian minister to the United States, was seen today at the legation with reference to the report from New York that agents of Admiral Mello were endeavoring to purchase a tug or two for the purpose of using them as rams against the steamer E) Cid. He appeared to be somewhat amused at the story, and explained that he believed it grew out of the efforts of Chas. R. Flint & Company, agents of the Brazilian government in New York, to secure a tug with which to tow the Destroyer to a Brazilian port. The minister said he had not heard of the presence in this country of any agents of Mello, and as far as the ramming story was concerned, had no fears on that score. He very much doubted, he said, the efficacy of a ram upon the El Cid, even if the former vessel should by any means succeed in reaching the latter. The minister was asked whether or not there was anything in the action of Flint & Company, as agents of the Brazilian government, which could be construed into a violation of the neutrality laws of the United States? He replied, most emphati- caily, that there was not. “Flint & Com- pany cannot enlist men for service under the Brazilian flag, nor are they even at- tempting to do so. As a commercial ven- ture they are engaged in supplying war materials and munitions to a friendly na- tion, and they employ men simply to de- ver that material safely. There is no question of service with Brazil involved. 1f some of the sailors engaged desire to enlist when they reach Brazil that is an- other matter entirely. But there is no en- listing going on in the United States. “The vessels El Cid and Brittania will sail from this country under the Brazilian flag, because we have purchased them, but they will not become really men-of-war in its navy until a Brazilian commander and crew are shipped.” Mr. Mendonca was asked for his opinion as to the probable length of the period of hostilities, but said he could not say. Mello had all the navy, except three or four ves- sf and a force of probably 1,500 men. About a thousand men who had been as- sociated with the revolutionists in the Rio Grande do Sul had endeavored to form a junction with Mello’s forces at St. Catha- rine Island, about half way between Rio de Janeiro and the Rio Grande do Sul, but they had been routed by the national troops. “TI see,” said the minister, “that not even Yankee energy and ingenuity can provide a navy on demand; so that it is impossible to say how long the present condition of things may continue.” 2+ ____ To Teach the Hebrew Language. ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 7—The Chesbri Bas Torah Losfas Oyver has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The office will be in New York city. It is formed for the purpose of educating He- brew children in the Hebrew language without compensation or remuneration. a Looking for His Buried Treasure. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 7.—Emanuel Chapman, aged seventy-eight, third in command of the Lewis and Clarke expedi- tion, which left St. Louis in 1832, passed through here yesterday on his way to a point 270 miles due west from Independ- ence, Mo. On his return, in 1878, he buried some treasure at a point he is now secking and planted apple seeds over the treasure. The place is near Bunker Hill, Kan. FIRED AT THE FLAG. Done With the Approval of Hon- duras’ President. CONSIDERED AT CABINET MEETING. Instructions Secretary Gresham Will Send to Minister Baker. TO DEMAND APOLOGY. ‘The Secretary of State today received in- formation confirmatory of the press dis- patch from La Libertad, Honduras, to the effect that the Pacific mail steamship Costa Rica, flying the United States flag, was fired upon as she was leaving the port of Amatalo, Honduras, on the morning of the 6th instant, because of the refusal of her commander to surrender some of his pas- sergers to the Honduras government. It is said that the firing was done by diréction of the commissioner of the port of Ama- talo, with the approval of President Vas- ques. Seven shots were fired at the de- parting steamer, but without effect, so far as known. United States Minister Baker is safd to have been on the steamer at the time. A dispatch from him was received at the State Department today. Although the authorities refuse to say anything on the subject, it is understood that it formed a topic of discussion at the cabinet meeting and that Secretary Gresham was instructed to have the American minister at Honduras demand an explanation and an sy in case it is shown that the dignity of the United States has been insulted. —__o+_____ PARTISAN PRACTICES. This is What Non-Publicity Rule is Said to Conceal. The rule of the Department of the Inter- jor that no news of promotions, reductions or dismissals in the force shall be given to the press is an unpopular rule with many of the officials. This rule is enforced by another, to the effect that should any clerk give out the prohibited information, that clerk shall be at once dismissed. The argu- ment used in favor of these rules is that when the department discharges a man for any cause, political or otherwise, it has such sympathy for the unfortunate man that it refrains from publishing his misfor- tune. One of the leading pension officials when asked by the reporter for The Star as to what he thought of the rule, said that when a clerk was fired it was nobody's business. The opponents of the rule declare that it \is a subterfuge and that it is*used to con- of his own dismissal this fact would defeat any chance he might have for reinstate- ment. Then should his fellow-clerks try to defend him they, too, would get the ax. No matter how efficient a clerk might be, he may be dismissed on the general flimsy charge of “good of the service.” Promotions will not be given to the press, they say, because they are based in many instances not on the records of the clerks, but on other and more personal reasons, ——_-2-____ NO STATESMEN HERE. Democrats Anxiously Awaiting Re- turns From the Virginia Election. Nearly all of those Senators and Repre- sentatives who have not gone home for the vacation are in some of the neighboring states where elections are being held await- ing the returns. Very few were in Wash- ington today. The Capitol building was practically deserted and the hotel corridors were empty. The chief interest of the democrats who were here was centered upon Virginia. Few, if any, expected any- thing but defeat for the democrats in Mas- sachusetts, Jowa and Ohio. Many of them were doubtful and anxious about the elec- tion in New York, fearing that Maynard might be beaten. The apprehension as to Virginia was not so much that the demo- crats might be defeated there as that their majorities might be cut low and the popu- lists make heavy gains. This they regard as a serious significance and the result was awaited with some anxiety. But altogether Washington has never been more quiet on the day of election than today. + OPINIONS FILED. A Number of Cases Decided by the Court of Appeals. The following decisions have been filed in the Court of Appeals: No. 6.—The Columbia Brick Company agt. District of Columbia. Order below dismiss- ing bill affirmed, with costs to appellees. Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. 29.—Jeremiah D. O'Connell agt. Chas. | Noonan et al. Judgment below affirmed, with costs. Opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. No. 46.—Harriet Richardson agt. Sarah J. Penicks. Judgment below reversed, with costs, and cause remanded for further pro- ceedings. Opinion by Mr. Justice Shepard. No, 52.—Benjamin Holman agt. Allen B. Hayward. Appeal dismissed, with costs, and cause remanded for further proceed- ings. Opinion by Mr. Justice Shepard. No. 70.—Carrie E. T. Knox agt. Margaret L. Gaddis. Judgment below affirmed, with costs, Opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. No. 75.—Emily Follansbee agt. Lambert T. Follansbee et al. Decree below reversed and cause remanded. Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. 80.—Michael G. McCormick agt. David Hammersley et al. Cause remanded that demurrer may be sustained or bill of com- plaint amended, with costs upon complain- ant. Opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. No. 82.—George Russell Tolman agt. Eva Frances Tolman. Judgment below affirmed, | With costs, and cause remanded for further proceedings. Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. Nancy Welden agt. George W. al. “Decree below reversed and Stickney et cause remanded, with directions to enter a decree in accordance with opinion. Opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. 4.—Charies E, Hoover agt. the Kan- Packing Company. Judgment be- low ailirmed, with costs to appellee. Opin- ion by Mr. Justice Shepard. No. 89.—Clement W. Ferguson et al. Arthur E. Bateman et al. Portion of de- cree below appealed from reversed, with costs to appeliants, and remanded for fur- ther proceedings. Opinion by Mr. Justice Shepard. ——— A Revenue Collector Appointed. The President today appointed James Phelan to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Michigan. en ae The Brunswick Money Difficulty Ex- plained. Acting Secretary Curtis sald today that money would be sent to John H. Devaux, collector of customs at Brunswick, Ga., to pay the Marine Hospital attendants, and others engaged in fighting the yellow fever as soon as the vouchers for the last money advanced are received. They are expected today. Under the law, a larger sum of money than the bond of the collector—$5,00) —cannot be placed in his hands at any one time until the old vouchers shall have been | received. In this case the delay was in for- | warding the vouchers. Money will be sent | not later than tomorrow morning. Local Inventive Gent Patents were granted today to local in- ventors as follows: Edward A. Butts and H. L. Page, cork extractor; Francis A. Flannegin, lamp collar; David M. Lewis, | garbage receptacle; Timothy W. Murphy, horse shoe; Henry C. Swan, umbrella run- ner. Virginia patentees were: Wm. E. Penning- ton, Baker's Mill, clevis; Walter N. Jones, jr., Petersburg, electric regulator and switch; Jos. Click and J. S. Click, Bridge- water, wire fence; Addison D. Barrett, Nor- folk, vulcanizing apparatus. Wm. L. Marcy of Annapolis, Md., was granted a patent on a suspensory bandage. ————_- e+ ____ Acting Secretary of the Treasury. ¥8e A NEW PRINTING OFFICE. The House Appropriation Committee Will Recommend One f : rinialé the tions on this score in the forthcoming bill will be very small by comparison with pre- Proposed Government Printing Office B a struction. Mr. Sayers says he will insist that the work of constructing the new building shall be placed under the direction of Gen. Casey, f i g i f : TLE £8 i Hi 4 i H i i j t I g k i § i i i i i i [ f : No Vegetable or | : i The public dump at i My ig i i sé Hf &3 a i g fi y | | | Lf fH i | lie at tee i ii RR #8 i ifs & BEE. : i i ii : i FR, | | streets southwest, the which between | " a i g re | ay garbage, composed animals and poultry matter In the bushes ; li a T respectfully that the atten- tion of the police department be called to this matter may be —_——— Washingtom Stock Exchange. call—12_ o'clock Ne sina! Banks Bank, 5 at'100. Washington Las asd Trost, rn Goveruibeat Bonte.. & 4s, regletesed, 2008, uz ia U. B 4s, 1907, 112 bid. rict of Columbia it es - E. ! Eserr Washington and 137% bid, 189 asked. 100 bid. Washington Market Company bid. Washington Market bid. Washington Market cums Ly ik e] gto ; gE if PF ae i £ series B, 115 bid. Washington $s, 120 id, 180 asked. Eckington asked. Chesapeake and Potomac asked. Capitol and North © Street asked. Metropolitan R. R. conv. asked. U. 8. Electric Light conv. fonal Rank Stocks.—Rank of Wi 33 3 B : 115 bid, ptr End. ask ington and Soldiers’ Home, 30 asked. and Tenallytown, 35 asked. Tnsurance Stock:.—Piremen's, 88 bid, Franklin, °48 id, 55 asked. Metropolitan, National’ Union, “18 asked. Arlington, ° Corcoran, 70 bid. Columbia, 13 bid, 15 Riges, 6% bid. People’s, sue. Lincoln, 7 asked. Commercial. 5% bid. Title Inmrance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, bid, 120 asked. Cduwhts ‘Title, 6% bid, 6% asked. Washineton Title. 6 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Wesbington Ges, 48 Wid, 47 asked. Goon Gas, 46 bid. 0. Electric Light. 120 bid. 8 asked Telephone Stocks. Chesapeake and Did. American Grapbophone. 1% bid, 24 ‘i Misrellaneons Stocks. —Washineton Market, Wid. 15 asked. Great Falls Tee. 110 Did. Bull Ban Panorama, 40 asked. Poenmatic Gun asked. Inter Ocean Building, 100 asked. Bs 5 asked. Robberies Reported. Mary Perry, a colored woman lving at 07 N street, thinks that even the Police Court is not free from thieves. She hed business in the clerk's office of the court this morning, and while there she @iscover- ed that she had been relieved of her pock- . She had $6 in the pocketbook. ethook. “White, a resident of Mansunenll county. Virginia, wanted to go home todsy in time to vote, having visited different friends here, but while at the Baltimore and Potomac depot his satchel ai and he told the police that it was en by colored man. ® S"mcak thief pald e visit to the house of Mr. Meyers, 1210 10th street yesterday, and waiked off with an overcoat. At a meeting of the directors of the Franklin Insurance Company, held Novem- ber 6 Mr. OC. Green was elected vice president, and Mr. George Ryneal, jr, @ Assistant Secretary Curtis is acting sec- retary of the treasury in the absence of Secretary Carlisle in New York. director of the company to fill @ vacancy caused by the death of Mr. P. H. Hill, late vice president of the company,