Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1894, Page 7

LATE SPORTING NEWS ANSON TOOK THE ODD. His Men Hit Safely, While Local Hits Were Scattered. The members of the Washington Base Ball Club appeared on the field at National Park Saturday afternoon attired in their Startling traveling uniforms of black and bright red. They are evidently not batting clothes, and principally for that reason Chicago is now in tenth place. The hid- den quality, on the other hand, was evi- Gently freely used in the make-up of the baby-blue cloth that clothed Anson’s un- @ainly colts, for they hit the spheres tossed by Esper and his successor, Mr. Petty, without difficulty. Had Esper been taken from the game in the midst of the onslaught that occurred im the fourth inning, and Mercer substi- tuted, the action would have met the ap- roval of the majority of the spectators. ere is no question that Washington pos- sesses a team far superior to Chicago, and can outplay the windy city lads at every point. The visitors had ail the luck with them. Almost without exception every chance offered them was easy, while Schmelz’s men were forced to make des- rate efforts. Selbach made a’catch the ike: of which has probably never been equaled in this city, and Tebeau caught a gifficult high foul behind the end of the left-field seats out of sight of the majority of the assemblage. Dahlen end Parrott each made a stop of an apparently safe hit, but beyond that the chances accepted by the visitors were easy. The victory for Chicago was largely due to the excellent pitching of Griffiths. The score: Wasb'ton. RM. 0. A.B. Chica; RH. O. AE. Ward, .. i 20 5 i Byun, ff..1 1 800 Hasam'r, 360 1 6 3 $80 Abbey, cf..0 230 200 M'Guire, vezi 400 L2e 1o1 tio o71 ile 240 162 O11 100 o30 oo°0 Total... S10 2411 1s 3 Washington 5 Qhieago .. x11 Earned runs—Washington, 2: ‘Two- base bits—Esper, Junge, Dahlen, Irwin. Three- base hit—Abbey.” Home run—Anson. Stolen bases = (4), Abbey, Cartwright, Anson (2), Wil- met ¢ Hoable play—Lrwin, Parrott and Anson. First base on balls— Pe ap Petey, 31 Grifith, 6. Struck out—By 1. Passed bal =-MeGuire, 1. Wild pitch—Petty, 1. Time—2.06. Umpire—McQuaid. Base Ball Notes. The results of the other contests fought Saturday were: Baltimore, 12; St. Louis, 5. Brooklyn, 11; Cleveland, 7. Boston, 16; Louisville, 10. Philadetphi 19; Cincinnati, 9, and New York, 8; Pittsburg, 5. St. Louis and Cincinnati met at the home of the latter yesterday. Latham and Hoy made rank errors, and the umpiring of Mr. O'Rourke was not of the gilt-edge order, so therefore the visitcrs won the game. Cin- cinnat! had an amateur named Tannebill, who pitched very weil, The batteries were Dwyer. Parrott, Tannehill and Murphy; Clarkson and Peitz. eke Cincinnati .9 0120003 0-684 St. Louls.....2 20101200-8 8 4 The games scheduled for today are: Brooklyn at Washington, Baltimore at Bos- ton, Philadelphia at New York, Louisville at nrpry Chicago at Cleveland and Cin- einnati a! Louts. How the Clubs St: L. Pc, Clubs. Ww. L. P.o. 28° 10.737 New York.. 24 20 4 30 15 1687 St. Louts. 26 434 14 ‘650 Cincinnati. 14 28°: 16 1600 Chieago../2 14 29 (326 17 (5a Washi 14 81 (311 18 {591 Louisville... 10 32 22s ‘is to Strength: Manager Barnie has signed Meaney, the rack pitcher of the Harrisburg team. He ‘won seventeen straight games. Barnie ex- pects to sign several other new players in a or two. Menefee Is still suffering from bg Sool arm and Richardson is laid off for similar reason. President Rucks‘uhl says the story about Barnie leaving the team is unfounded. LOCAL PLAYERS’ AVERAGES. How the Senators Have Been Hitting Fiel At the end of two months’ play the bat- ting and fielding averages of the different clubs of the league, and also the individual averages, become very interesting. The Phillies lead the league in batting, with an average of .318, while Washington is tenth, with an average of .260. In fielding Phila- Géiphia also leads, with an average of .047, while Washington brings up the rear, with 904. Of the first thirteen hitters in the league Philadelphia has six. Turner of that club has been leading, but that re- Mable sticker, Delahanty, has supplanted him and now heads the list, with an aver- age of .441. The first Washington player to appear in the list is Ward, with an average of .316. ‘This player stands ahead of such reputa- ble hitters as Van Haltren, Lyons, Stenzel, Childs and great “Monty” Ward of New York. Following is a list of the local players, with their batting averages: Ward, 816; Joyce, 312; Abbey, .300; Cart- wright, .200; Hasamaear, .288; Radford, 242; Sullivan, .227; Tebeau, .226; McGuire, -221; Petty, .167; Selbach, .165; Mercer, .125. In individual fielding the standing of the players is as follow: McGuire, c. (11th), .923; ht, 1b. Q@5th), .970; Ward, 2b. (th), .918; Joyce, 8b. (Oth), .864; Radford, s.s. (12th), .842; Abbey, Lf. (12th), .862; Tebeau, c.f. (13th), .82; Selbach, r.f. (2d), .968; » ¥.f. @th), .923. McGuire has such catchers as Farrell, Grim, Robinson and Kittredge behind him; Cartwright has only two beneath him, and really foots the list of regular first base- men. Ward is ahead of Bierbauer, Daly, Parrott and Lowe. Joyce leads Miller and Latham. Radford foots the list of short- stops, but will be higher up in the next averages. Abbey is next to last in left flelders, but heads off Wilmot. Tebeau also foots the list of center fielders, but is doing well at present in left field. Selbach and ee both show up well in right Kons sagen gy Agro Peng pi gained by opponents hes! the — itchers: and their rank was as foliows: ath), 2.78; Mercer (20th), 2.90. 25 ATHLETES AT PARIS. Opening Proceedings of the Interna- tional Congress. PARIS, June 18.—The first business meet- ing of the international congress of Am: teur Athletic Associations opened this morn- ing. Vicomte De Jouze, president of the So- ciety of Athletic Sports, presided. 4 committee was appointed to study the Question of amateurism, and another com- mittee was appointed to report upon the Possibility of reviving the Olympian games. The following are the points which the first committee will inquire into: 1. Definition of an amateur; bases of sucn @efinition. The possibility and utility of an international definition. 2 Suspension,disqualification and rehabili- tation. Facts which justify this procedure and the means of proof. 3. Is it right to maintain a distinction be- tween different sports, from the amateurs’ point of view, especially in racing (gentle- men) and pigeon shooting? Can a man be professional in one sport and an amateur in another? 4 The value of works of art offered as Prizes, should it be limited? What steps should be taken against those who sell articles which they have won as prizes? 5. Gate money. Should it be divided be- tween the associations interested, or be- tween the competitors, or may it be ap- plied to the traveling expenses of the visit- ing association? In what proportion should traveling expenses of teams, or their mem- bers, be borne by the opposing association and by themselves? Should the neral definition of ama- teur be applicable to all sports? Does. ti imply special restrictions in regard to cy- cling, rowing, athletic sports, etc.? 7. Betting as affecting the status ot - teurs; means of checking it. _— KNIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. The New Bicycle Organtzatio: Its Objects. “Kights of the Wheel” is the name of a new bicycle organization recently formed, councils of which are to be organized in all sections of the United States, and it is pos- sible that this new organization may get some members f-om the League of Ameri- can Wheeimen. The objects of the Knights of the Wheel, as explained by the constitu- tion, are to fraternize the great mass of Fiders in one common brotherhood; assume Jurisdiction over the street riding and gen- eral conduet of its members; to promote the general interests of cycling; to ascertain, defend and protect the rights of wheelmen; to facilitate touring, and to secure im- provement in the condition of the public Toads and highways. it Is to be an o1 ization of white bicycle riders of good character over the age of eighteen years, and members of both sexes are admitted. The constitution provided for a degree with a form, passwords, grip and other tokens. A temporary organization was effected at @ meeting held in Detroit a few days ago, and temporary officers were elected as fol- lows: Supreme knight, A. H. Griffith; vice supreme knight, E. J. Warren; secreta’ treasurer, Leon Coquard; sergeant-at-arms, Jos. R. Martin. It is the intention of the temporary offi- cers to issue a call for a convention to be held in August, when a permanent organi- zation will be formed. In issuing a notice to wheelmen in all sections of the country, the officers men- tioned call attention to the constitution of the organization, which they say is believed to contain the elements and foundation of an organization which will promote and protect the best interests of the better class of wheelmen. “Within the past four years cycling has assumed an entirely different phase,” says the notice sent out by the supreme council. “A new class, comprising the business and professional men of the countzy, has be- come riders. Men who look upon the wheel not as a toy or plaything, but as an im- portant factor in our modern civilizatior men whose judgment prompts them to a line of action tha, will create harmony and good will between u ose who use the wheel and those who do no., and who will strive | to command the resp ict of all; men with | an earnest desire to .bolish the abuses of the present racing system, recognizing that there are two cl: amateur and profes- sional, each of whom should have fair and generous treatment, thus enco' them to their best efforts. “A prominent feature will be agitation for road improvements, by persistent and unit. ed effort, through legislation and by educa- tion. “Another feature will be to encourage the passage of laws, both local and national, which may serve to control and punish reckless and lawless riders, as well as the protection and defense of those who, while obeying the laws, have suffered at the hands of people who think that wheelmen | have no rights which they are bound to respect.”” New Resort for Wheelma: “Shady Side,” e resort on the Chesapeake bay, is being boomed as a resort for Wash- ington wheelmen, and the place bids fair to becume the most popular place for the country riders, The distance to this resort is only thirty-six miles—not a long ride for wheelmen who are in the habit of attend- ing the country runs—and th? attractions there are greater than at any other place within reach of the city. Capt. Buckler of the Potomac Wheelmen made the trip two weeks ago, and he gives a glowing account of the trip, both as to the reads leading to the bay and the resort. Mr. W. S. Sinclair conducts the place, and he is always ready to welcome the knights of the wheel and insures them good meals and a pleusant time. The road from here to Marlboro’ is well known by the wheelmen, which, with the exception of a few sandy stretches, is generally in splendid condition. From Marl- boro” the bay is reached by taking the road leading to the Patuxent, crossing at Hill's bridge and going to Sudley via Lothian. From Sudley there ts a stretch of good road to Horse Shoe Point, ard one mile’s ride along the bay brings the wheelmen to Shady Side. Cornell Oarsm: Defeat Pennsy. The Cornell crew Saturday evening de- feated by five lengths the University of Pennsylvania. The race was on the Dela- ware river, below Morelton Inn, four miles. Cornell's time was 21.12 1-2, and Pennsyl- vania’s 21.343-4. The Ithacans won e: A Cornell's work was much the more precise and rhythmic, How Losers Take It. Horace Beck, who rowed No. 2, in the Pennsylvania University she!l, stated that Saturday’s race was a lesson to the univer- sity. “The Courtney stroke,” he said, “was far superior to the Cook stroke, as taught by Coach Woodruff. The short, snappy pull of Cornell's crew, with a good kick off with the legs, is a great advantage over the long bedy and arm pull, as in the Cook stroke, which seems so much like heavy laboring.” All the members of the losing crew are bicken-hearted over the result of the rac but are loud in their praise of the work don by Cornell, and all stated that Curneil has the best crew in the country, if not in the world, Following are the winners of Saturday's running races: Alexander's Island—1, Brightwood; 2, De- troit; 3, All Night; 4, Freezer; 5, Mary B. Morris Park—1. The Judgé, 1; War Bon- net, 2; Relff, 3. 2. Barlow stakes—Keenan, 1; Sir Galahad, 2; Paladin, 3. 3. Glen Island Handicap—Prig, 1; Dobbins, 2; Assignee, 3. 4. New York Jockey Club handicap—Pick- Pocket, 1; Herald, 2; Don Alonzo, 8. 5. An- nisette, 1; Silvia, 2; Belmar, 3. 6. Tom Skid- more, 1; Clementine, 2; Count, 3. Latonia—1, Early Rose; 2, Edbart; 3, off; 4, Himyar stake, Lazzarone; 6, Sunburnt; 6, Rossa. Starters in the rban. The following list will probably be the starters, with their jockeys, in the suburban on Thursday: Lamplighter, 128, Taral; Clifford, 121, Mar- tin; Sir Walter, 120, Soege: Ramapo, 120, Garrison; Banquet, 119, Tims; Sport, 114, Thompson; Lowlander, 112, McDermott; Co- manche, 112, Littlefield; Pickpocket, 110, Bergen; Kinglet, 105, Griffin; Herald, 0, Carter; Henry of Navarre, 100, J. Bergen. Among the others entered are Halton, Hornpipe, Rubicon, Dobbins, Domino, N: ma, Prig, Sir Excess, Galilee and Avon. Athletic Congress. Tne great International Athletic Congress was opened in Paris on Saturday, when nearly three thousand delegates from all parts of the world were present, among whom was Prof. Sloane of Princeton Col- lege. Baron de Courcel, who presided, out- lined the aims of the congress. The dele- gates, he said, would try to establish interna- tional athletic championships. They would endeavor to reproduce the old Grecian games in a modernized form. It was a cause for general rejoicing that physical cul- ture was growing so rapidly in favor. In e athletics were no longer a luxury, but a necessity to the defense of the coun- try, of equal importance with the progress of science. Ten Tournament. Next Monday the tennis players of the city will commence playing on the grounds of the Bachelors’ Lawn Tennis Club on M street between 17th street and Connecticut avenue northwest for the championship of the District. The events and prizes have already been published in The Star. The entries, however, will rot close on Saturday, June 23, as originally announced, but will be open until the Monday following, thus allowing players to cnter up to the last possible m«ment. The draw- ings will be made at noon on Monday. ‘The games in th2 coming tournament will not commence until 4 o'clock in the after- noon, and will coatinue throughout all next week probably. Much interest was mani- fested in the tournament for the champion- ship of the south, played on the club's courts a few weeks ago, but the coming match is being looked forward to with much keener enthusiasm by the local tennis play- ers, as it will be entered by many of them, and will have a strong personal interest for the others. ea as Bishop Ward's Will. Saturday afternoon the will of the late Bishop Thomas Myer Decatur Ward was filed. It provides the following bequests: To William A. J. Ward, $100; to Margaret Ellen Ward, $100; to the senior bishop of the A. M. E. Church, a gold-headed cane; | to the Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio, Wilberforce University, same place, Paul Quinn College, Waco, Tex., and Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., certain books; . Abraham Grant, nid watch and to Julia Quinn, jewelry and silver- Payne's Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio, four acres of land and improvements, at Benning, D. C., for twenty-five years, then to be sold and proceeds equally divided between Wilberforce University at Xenia, Ohio, Paul Quinn College at Waco, Tex., is Brown College at Atlanta, Ga., and ard Waters College at Jacksonville, Fla. The will further provides that the pro- ceeds of the sale of the house and lot on 1th street shall be applied to the payment of several other small bequests, the balance to be divided among the four institutions above named. A codicil provides for the sale of the house and lot llth street northwest, the proceeds to applied by the executor, excepting the payment of $100 to Weston University and 3100 to Bethel Institute of Arkadelphia, Ark. Right Rev. Abraham Grant is named as executor. TREASURY DEFICIENCY For the Fisoal Year Not Expeoted to Bx- oved $76,000,000. Encouragivg Increase in the Gold Receipts—No New Issue of Bonds Looked For. It is predicted by treasury officials that the total deficit for the present fiscal year will not exceed $75,000,000. The progress made on the tariff bill during the last few days has encoursged the belief at the de- partment that it will soon become a law, and im that case treasury experts are con- fident there will be no necessity for another bend issue. They argue that as soon as in.porters know what duties they will be re- quired to pay they will at once place their erders that have been held during the lust several months pending the tariff settle- ment. A large increase in the receipts from internal revenue is expected also. Owners of spirits now in bond, it is con- tended, can better afford to pay even a vely bigh rate of interest and take their goods from bond, than to wait until the law goes into effect and pay the higher tax conteih- plated by the bill as it now stands. Alto- ther, the situation is not regarded as at all alarming, and there is no serious thought of arother bond issue. Gold Received. Recent reports of customs receipts at the Bort of New York show a very encouraging increase in the amount of gold coin recelv- ed. On May 81 the amount of gold re- ceived in payment of customs duties was only 2.3 per cent of the whole. Ten days later this had been reduced to 1 per cent. Last Thursday receipts, however, showed an increase to 8.1 per cent, while Friday's receipts showed that 11.4 per cent of the whole was paid in gold. This is the highest percentage received since February 10, 1894. All during June of last year not one dollar in gold was received at New York for customs, and not until July 31 did the percentage reach todey’s figurs This exceptional increase in the gold payments seems to indicate that small notes are growing in demand, and that silver certificates or any other paper money is becoming more desirable than gold coin, In order to meet the demand for notes of small denominations coming from all parts of the country for use in the annual move- ment of the crops, the United States treas- urer has issued the following circular letter: “Upon receipt of an original certificate showing the deposit of gold coin or gold cer- tificates in any sum or any multiple of $1,000 with the treasurer or assistant treas- urer of the United States, the treasurer will forward to the order of "he depositor a ike sum of United States paper currency of the denominations of one, two or five dol- lars, as may be desired, less express charg2s, which will be paid in full to desti- nation at the government contract rates to the express company’s agent at Washing- ton.” BYRNES MAY BE A WITNE! New York’s Superintendent of Police Likely to Be Called to the St It is now reasonably certain that Super- intendent Byrnes will be called to testify before the Lexow committee at New York. Mr. Goff will not admit that the head of the department, the integrity of which is now so mercilessly assailed, is to be a wit- ness, but it has been learned from reliable sources that he will be. Byrnes has not been on the best of terms with the police commissioners, and the senators are trying to reach the head man. ‘The general impression is that the com- missioners know more about the black- mailing methods of the aspersed captains and ward men than they care to have re- vealet. It has been openly charged that the millions of dollars paid to the police annually do not all go to the tains. If it did they would soon be among the rich- est men in the country. Neither Superintendent Byrnes nor the police commissioners will say anything | for publication about the revelations made before the investigating committee concern- ing the wholesale blackmail by the police. | These officials claim that under the circum- | stances they cannot discuss the matter. The excuse given is that when the resolu- tion of Conimissioner Murray was adopted, | instructing the superintendent to investi-| gate the allegations made before the com- | n.ittee, that body requested that nothin; be done until the inquiry should be con. cluded, as it would hamper the work of | the committee. | “It would be manifestly unfair for me to/ say anything,” said Superintendent Byrnes. | “I saw Senator Lexow in reference to the | terfere with their work. There the matter and I cannot discuss it.’ The accused captains all take refuge be- hind the- declaration that the witnesses who appeared before the committee were persons of bad character and law-breakers. But the department is doing a heap of thinking these hot June days. soe — COXEYITES IN THE WEST. A Crowd of Deputies Disarmed by Them. Seventy-five deputies who left Bismarck, | N. D., Friday, in pursuit of Coxeyites who stole a freight train, returned yesterday morning and reported several hot scrim- mages with Coxeyites. At Dawson, fet Deputy Reagan, with a squad of thirty deputies, was overpowered. His Winchester | was taken and used on his deputies, one of whom was shot through the hip. Late) Saturday night a squad of deputies captured | sixteen Coxeyites. One commonwealer was shot through the hip. | Another account from Jamestown, N. D..| says the Coxeyites are again headed for that city afoot. They attacked the deputies | at a given signal and relieved them of their guns, coo —__—_. The Criminal Courts. It had been expected that upon the ad- Journment. of the criminal courts for the June term that there would be no cases tried in those courts until next September. It was practivally determined today, how- ever, to hold court in one or both of the Criminal Courts during next month. This was done upon the representaticn of Dis- trict Attorney Birney that it would be im- possible to clear up the criminal docket this month, even though it is proposed, commencing tomorrow, to hear criminal cases in both branches of the Criminal Court. During the past month or so Judge Cole, in Criminal Court No. 1, has heard civil causes. He will tororrow hear the Leon murder trial, and it is understood that he will call no more civil causes this summer. It is not proposed to run both Criminal Courts all through July, for it is believed that the criminal cases ready for trial can be disposed of much earlier than the Ist of August. One of the two courts will, however, be kept in readiness for any emergency cases which may arise during next month. —_—— “Little Jack” Brought Home Dend. Little “Jack,” the bright four-year-old son of Mr. Mortimer A. Downing, formerly examiner of irrigation, Agricultural Depart- ment, but recently editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican, strayed away in the moun- tains near Santa Fe, N. M., last Thursday and was brought home dead-on Saturday. The funeral took place yesterday at 3 o'clock in Santa Fe, and was attended by the garrison stationed at Fort Marcie, companied by the United States band, while the majority of the people of the town were present and buried the little fellow in a mound of flowers. He was the favorite child of Santa Fe and was especially liked by the soldiers at Fort Marcie. The sad news was a severe shock to Mr. and Mrs. Downing’s many friends in this city. ~— Criminal Operation. Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock Coroner Weodward held an inquest at Garfield Hos- pital over the remains of Mrs. Isabella Shiplor, an account of whose sudden death in the hospital appeared in Saturday's Star. The evidence of the physicians was heard by @ jury composed of William B. Grove, John D. Nauck, Frank F. Davis, Charles H. Armstrong, W. 8. Colburn and R. Dins- torf. The verdict of the jury was that Mrs. Shiplor’s death was the result of a criminai abortion produced by an instrument in the hands of some person to the jury unknown. The body was sent to her late home in New Jersey for burial. ——. Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls has been of- fered the editorship of a New York maga- zine. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS. Many Notes of Genernl Interest From the River City. There will be a meeting of the trustees of St. John’s Academy, which was incor- porated by the last legislature at the bar- racks tonight for the purpose of effecting an organization. Rev. Father Richard L. Carne, who for a number of years was Principal of the school, will be elected presi- dent. On Saturday night Lieut. James Smith, with Officers Young, Price, Smith and Ticer, raided the house of David Green, a colored knight of the green cloth. Nine negroes were caught playing crap and other games of chance. Quite a good deal of excitement was caused near the corner of Ororoco and Pitt streets yesterday afternoon, occasioned by a man named William Smith getting drunk and shooting a pistol in the street. Quite @ large crowd gathered, among which was @ policeman, who took Mr. Smith in tow and locked him up in the station house. The residence of Mr. George Bauer was robbed on Saturday night, and all the change in the money drawer taken away. The thieves have not as yet been caugit, though the police are working on a dlew that will probably result in landing the thieves in the station house. Mr. Ryland Joyce is quite ill at his home, on North Cameron street. Quite a number of young to Carlin Springs on Satui ight to a dance given by the young ladies in that vicinity. They all report having hed a most delightful time. Mr. Ashley Miller, who has been so ill with typhoid fever, has almost entirely re- covered, and is able to be out again. Rev. W. E. Brown of New York Is giv- ing a series of lectures on the Bible at the Second Presbyterian Church, on South Fairfax street. Rey. Thoron H. Rice, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, has gone to Lexington address the gratuating class of the Washington and Lee College. Rev. Louis McClung officiated yesterday at the Second Presbyterian. Despite the warm weather of yesterday, the congregations in the various churches were fairly large. All day long the electric rallway was hauling people to Riverside Park and Mount Vernon, and the river ex- cursion boats were equally well patronized. The city was quiet all day, and but few ar- rests were made by the police. Rev. Father McCarthy, who for a number of years assistant pastor of St. Mary's Church in this city, has been made pg of the new Catholic Church at Nor- 0. The annual election of officers of Androw Jackson Lodge of Masons will take place on Thursday night. An unknown white man came to this city yesterday from Marshall Hall with bul- let in his hand. He said he had been handling a rifle, wher it exploded, throwing the ball into his hand. Dr. T. M. Jones cut the ball out for him and dressed the wound, eres —_ aves serious one. rs. Iwas emper is quite sick with typhoid fever. rs, Wm. B. Daingerfield has returned from a visit to friends in Norfolk. Mr. P. H. Sullivan, manager of the tele- Loner exchange, has gone to Richmond on a People went out rday Rev. Father R. L. Carne, pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Richmond, arrived in town this morning. He will be here for several days. > DEATH OF JUDGE PHELPS. Passing Away of the New Jersey Statesman, The news that Willlam Walter Phelps, ex-minister to Germany, died at his beau- tiful home in Teaneck, N. J., at 1:50 a.m. yesterday, casued great sorrow among friends and admirers of the New Jersey statesman His last public appearance was when he opened the fair of the Liberty Steamer Company, held in the Hackensack Opera House about ten weeks ago. His friends noticed then that his health was impaired, He aank steadily after that. The typhoid fever, with which he was first attacked, became complicated with meningitis, and in spite of the skillful ministrations of pby- sicians the disease made rapid progress. The patient had been unconscious almost all the time for severai days past, and only twice had he recognized his daughter, Mrs. Von Rottenberg, who had raced with death across the ocean to the side of the sinking man. The pastors in the various churches at Englewood, N. J., yesterday spoke lovingly | of the dead man, and dwelt upon his hon- orable career. The family, overcome with grief, wished for solitude, and visitors to the house were few. Mrs. Phelps’ sister, he widow of Gen. Vanburen, who lives near by, and Donald Mackay, an old friend of the family, were among the few. Telegrams and messages of condolence were received by Mr. Phelps’ two sons, Capt. John Jay Ph nd Sheffield Phelps. Among those from whom telegrams were received were Mrs. James G. Blaine, White- law Reid, J. H. Manley, Judge Blanchard of Alabama, J. H. Montgomery, Portland, Ore.; Clarence Vanthorp Bowles, Chicago; Henry Watterson, A. Gross and R. R. Hitt. It was so late before the news reached he outside world that the thousands of friends of Mr. Phelps the world over had only begun to be heard from late last night. The body has been embalmed and ar- rangements begun for the funer Al- though these are not yet completed, it is -known that the services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the picturesque Englewood Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Henry M. Booth of Auburn,a lifelong friend of Mr. Phelps, assisted by Rev. James Eells, pastor of the church. The casket will be borne by six of the oldest retainers of the family. William E. Bond, manager of Mr. Phelps’ New York office; Thomas R. White and A. T. Her- rick, his assistants; William W. Bennett, manager of the Teaneck estate; Patrick O'Neill, head coachman, and Donald Ma- thewson, head gardener. All the business the services. The burial will be in Bushy Hill cemetery, near Simsbury, Conn.,where the family vault is located. i William Walter Phelps was born at New York, August 24, 1839, and was grad- uated at Yale in 1860, He became a law- yer in New York. In 1872 he was elected to Congress from the fifth district of New Jersey, and was defeated two years later for opposing the civil rights bili as uncon- | stitutional. In 1800 he was prominent in the anti-Grant agitaticn, and in the follow- ing year was appotnted minister to Austrin. In 1882 he wes returned to Congress, and remained there up to the close of the Fif- tleth Congress. In 1889 he was appointed minister to Germany, and was successful in his efforts to have the embargo on Amer- ican pork removed. He was highly esteemed by Bismarck and Caprivi. On his return he was appointed a judge of the su- preme court of New Jersey. — RAN ASHORE IN The Steamer Stuttgnrrt Grounded on the Southern English Coast. The North German Lloyd steamer Stutt- gart, from Bremen for Baltimore, with 500 passengers and a cargo of cement, went ashore yesterday morning half a mile east of Start Point, coast of Devonshire, Eng- land. There was a dense fog at the time and the steamer had been run at half speed for hours. The moment land was seen abead the engines were reversed and run full speed astern. Nevertheless, the vessel grounded heavily on the sandy beach between two rocks after she remained afloat. It was high water; the cargo was shifted aft es rapidly as possible for the purpose of lifting her Low off the bottom, but she remained fast. Tug boats, which were summoned from Plymouth, stood by her all day and the coast guard apparatus was held ready for use. About the middle of the afternoon Lloyd's signal station sighted the North German Lloyd steamer Gera in the channel. She was boarded and the Stuttgart’s predica- ment was explained to the cuptain. At 4 o'clock the Gera put in near the Stuttgart and ran out three hawsers. The first and second ones were failurcs, but with the third the Stuttgart was pulled off easily. She had made no water and sus- tained no damage. At 7 o'clock she and the Gera sailed away together. The Prawle Point lifeboat, which had been near by since the forenoon, went baék to the station when the Gera arrived. Ss Oleomargarine Law Violntions. The treasury officials are in almost daily receipt of information showing that the law of August 2, 1886, as to the sale of oleomargarine is being violated by deal- ers in all parts of the country. These vio- lations consist principaliy in selling oleo- margarine at retail in packages not prop- erly marked and branded, and in offering it for sale after it had been removed from the original stamped packages. Steps are being taken by the officials to punish every vivladion of this act that they may dis- cover. places of Englewood will be closed during | CONVICT LABOR STATISTICS Results of an Inquiry Instituted by the Committee on Labor. Interesting Information Obtained and Farther I iry Being Made by the Commissioner of Labor. An effort to compile statistics regarding convict labor in the United States has been instituted by the House committee on labor as a preliminary to drawing a bill to pre- vent competition between prison-male goods and the products of free labor. No accurate “information upon this subject, so far as the United States is concerned, is to be found later than a report of the com- missioner of labor, made in 1886. Great changes have taken place in the past eight years, so that the figures of 1886 cannot be relied upon as applying to the present situ- ation, By convict labor goods can be man- ufactured so much cheaper than under other circumstances that, it is gaid, they drive the goods of tree labor out of the field and throw workingmen out of employment when thrown on the market in competition. A notable instance of this has been furnished by the mat-making trade. A representa- tive of the Brooklyn Mat Makers’ Union, who recently addressed the committee on the subject, pointed vat that the dvor mats used in the Capitol were made in @ Penn- sylvania >enitentiary. Investigating the Subject. The committee has requested the com- missioner of labor to investigate the sub- ject. Letters have been addressed also to the officials of the states and territories for information, Some of the points to be inquired into are the numbers of con- victs employed, the ciass of work in which they are engaged, the channels through which their goods are placed on the mar- ket and the prices at which sold. The results of cheap labor were used as an argument to refute the scheme, of Mr. Swift of the Fivagerald industrial army for government factories for the unemployed. Swift is one of the most able socialists and Will talk again today, believing that he can convince the legislators. Results of Machinery on Labor. Another interesting line of inquiry set on foot by Chairman McGann of the commit- tee through the labor commissioner con- cerns the results of machinery upon labor and production. Mr. McGann believes that this country 1s suffering from overproduc- tion, largely caused by the introduction of labor-saving machinery, which displaces workmer. while it increases the output. The typesetting machines, which do the work each of three men, he considers a goed example of this tendency. When they are introduced in a printing office two- thirds of the men are displaced; they drift vegies) bed find it dificult ork; are willin; for the sake of a living, ety ieednoe ane general rates of wages. Another example of the same character he finds in the his- tory of labor-saving machinery tn brick making. The Remedy. The remedy for this he finds in shorter hours of labor, arguing that a system of shorter hours will give employment to more hands and at the same time increase con- sumption Proportion, perhaps, to the production, “When the hours of work are shortened,” says Mr. McGann, “the laborer goes home with a long evening on his hands. He must have another suit of clothes to put on, an- other pair of boots, another hat, must have books and papers to read, or he must go for a walk, take his wife, and buy a cigar for himself and candy for his wife, thus in® creasing the consumption of products. The commissioner of labor is collecting statistics upon the effect of machinery on prices, labor and production in different lines, which the committee on labor hopes nae able to utilize in recommending legis- lation. —_—___+e+____ MR. WIMAN IN GOOD SPIRITS. He Receives Many Messages Express- ing Faith in Him. Erastus Wiman, who has been convicted of forzing a business check, was in an ex- tremely cheerful mood yesterday in the New York Tombs. He had received a number of telegrams and letters of confidence and sym- pathy from the United States and Canada. He also had a number of callers. The af- ternoon services were conducted by the Rev, James Johnson of New Brighton, 8. I., Mr. Wiman’s pastor, with the permiasion of Warden Fallon, A special quartet from Staten Island assisted at the services. Sev- eral members of Mr. Wiman‘s family at- tended the service. Erastus Wiman did not look or act like an unhappy man in the afternoon when a reporter saw him in the Tombs. He stepped forward lightly with his characteristic brightness and cordiatly shook hi I have little zo say,” said Mr. Wiman. “I am in the hands of two of the ablest men in the world, Gen. Tracy and Mr. Boardman, who have done ail that: they have done out of pure love of justice. I am not going to worry over anything. I feel that I am not a forger, ind because of that 1 am not bowed down by my cruel fate.” Among Mr. Wiman’s callers wi leading resident of Albany, who made the journey expressly to express his sympathy. The warden of the Tombs is inclined to treat Mr. Wiman with all the courtesy the law allows under the circumstances. While adhering rigidly to prison discipline in his case, stlil Mr. Winan 1s allowed to receive calls from his friends and presents of flow- ers and fruit from those who are inclined to be grateful to him because of past favors. eee Flower Girls in Uniform. A new idea was put in practice Saturday in New York. A bouquet company scored a tremenduous success in San Francisco | last year and if things turn out as brightly | in New York people will soon see uniform- ed flower girls in all parts of the city. The young girls employed live at home, and are to be paid regular salaries according to their worth as saleswomen. The entire company is run on strictly military prin- ciples. At present there are two captains, who will veceive $7.50 a week; the Heuten- ants’ salaries will be $7; sergeants, $6.50, and the privates $6 per week. Later wili |be added inspectors and superintendents, | according to the promotion of the young | soldiers, which depends entirely on the ; amount of sales made, conduct and execu- tive ability. After $2.50 worth of bouquets are sold the successful ones receive 20 per cent of the amount taken, and this will be added to their regular salaries. Li- censes were obtained for the flower girls. soe . Obituary Not Gen. John Ellis of Columbia, Mo., died at the home of his daughter in Denver, Col., Saturday night of old age. Gen. Ellis took an active part In the Seminole, Mexican | and elvil wars. . Joseph White died suddenly at Geneseo, N. Y., on his front steps, Saturday. He nad heart disease. His family were piOneers | of Genesee Valley, | William Hart, the landscape painter, diea yesterday at Mt. Vernon, N. Y., aged sev- enty-two years. James H. Platt, one of the oldest lawyers of New York city, died suddenly of heart | disease at his residence on Saturday even- ing. 100 FOR, DON'T PAY A LOT WHEN 0 buy lots xt Columbla Park fro RS to $e" Gand June 21 we will give Hot ZU cholce tor =| cash oF installments; cent cash, Olice, 623 F st. aw. | a Susie 3 IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. “Bleeding Kansas is a queer state, sure enough,” said Samuel R. Tyler of Pittsburg, at the Riggs House, last night. “I have just returned from a visit out there and happened to be in Topeka on the first day of the republican convention, and went to see how things were worked in the state of Lewellen and Lease. It was at the after- noon session and the hall was jam When it waé finished there was cheering, yelling, and as a fellow said to me, “rnis 1s @ little over the limit, stranger, but d—n the ” But ‘Marching Through Georgia,’ was pniy a starter for what was to follow. Som started a song to the athet See ee It_was ‘The Sugar-cu: Congress.’ There were three stanzas of it, and 1 cut the first one out of @ paper next morning, and 1 think it’s @ pretty good example of the kind of campaign Iterature they have in ~~ ig 2 The first stanza went like How dear to our hearts is our democratic As hopeless Inaction its it to 3 The Bill of Poor Wilson, the deep tangiea tariff, And every mad pledge that their lunacy knew; idespread depression, the mills that where great aur ve busted our coumtry, no use to deny = the old party, it’s busted as This G. Cleveland This This wild free trade Co: We all love #0 well. <a delegate would have had voice enough left to have made a nominating speech in favor of the man who sent him there. I have at- tended 4 good many political conventions, but for enthusiastic and exuberant spirits that republican convention at Topeka sur- passed them all. If the party goes through the campaign with the same spirit that it | showed In the convention, Kansas will be | the liveliest state in the Union from now urtil November.” “Many queer trades are followed for a livelihood,” said Jerome Lansing of St. Paul, at the Arlington yesterday, “but a young woman came to my village recently whose profession is about as singular one as I ever heard of. Her name is Maud Smith, and she makes a business of hunting up the missing heirs of estates. She came to St. Paul for the purpose of finding rela- tives of a man who had died in St. Mary's Hospital, in San Francisco, and was suc- cessful in her search, returning to the slope ith a widow and her son, who had evi- lence sufficient to establish their claim to the dead man’s property. The woman said she had been very successful in her busi- ness, and that while she made no regular charge for her services, she usually sug- ted to the fortunate persons whom she ferreted out that one-third of the money or property they received would be only a } return for her peculiar detective work. San Francisco ‘estate, I understand, was worth about $12,000 to the St. Paul widow, so if Miss Smith received the third of it she will have been amply repaid for her trouble.” “When it comes to studying characters,” said Philip Lomax, an old railroad conduc- "_| tor, at the St. James this morning, “the man who punches tickets on a railroad train has the best opportunities for investigation of anybody I know of. There are hundreds of people who get aboard a train with the absolute conviction that they are going to be robbed before they reach their journey’s end. I have had men who never thought of their pocket books when in crowded streets or hotel lobbies or at places of amusement take out three or four pins from their clothing before they could get it their raflroad ticket, and after I had ex- amined the ticket and returned it put it back as carefully In another pocket and pin it us as tightly as possible. The women are worse, and in spite of their extra pains to preserve their property they frequently lose it. On a recent trip, when my train reached Chicago and the passengers had left the cars, I ed to go through the ladies’ car and noticed that the plush cov- ering of one of the seats had been slit and some of the hair suffing was sticking out. ‘The evident act of vandalism roused my anger and I examined the injury. On pull- ing up the edge of the plush I saw that something had been pushed into the hair stuffing, and when I drew it out I was as- tonished to see that it was a pocket book. | It contained cards and papers, with the name of its owner, and a large amount of money. I took it to the main office and re- ported the fact, and the pocket book was returned to the owner minus the amount necessary to repair the damage done in_ secreting the book. It turned out that a woman had taken such means of hiding her property, and then in the confusion of reaching her destination had gone off and | forgot all about it. There’s another thing that may be hard to believe, but it is true all the same, and that is that one of the favorite placts for women to carry their railroad tickets in traveling is between their stocking and their shoe. It is easy to get at, except when one of the dear creatures forgets where she put it. Then there is | awful amount of tearful emotion, and everybody aboard is suspected of having stolen the precious thing.” j “The wine men of California are about to form a protective alliance that will great- ly benefit themselves and the grape-grow- ing industry of the state as weil,” said H. M. De Forrest of San Dtego at the Ebbitt yesterday. “For several years past t output of. wine has been so enormous and the prices have fallen so low that there has been no money in the business. This . a bles; year, however, during the coming vintage j = Kidney trou! Keep you THERE I8 PANGER just for the sutering She is many nery- which continue life, have thelr origin at this period. if be or of monthly functions Dr. Pierce's Favorite ‘should be judiciously catarrhal inflammation, in chronic orders and fupenp onamees te ar PIERCE “: CURE ‘Miss Born. je eee Diadder and i$ gompletely cured both 984 st., N. 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The door fiew open and in she climbed. if 1 was surprised at this part of her per- formance I was even more thunde:struck at the fact that she didn’t take the slight est notice of me in the world. I had not heretofore been in the habit of hiring cabs and having them stopped and entered by strangers, no matter how pretty and en- aging they might be, and my ire was ris- ing to the point of causing me to inquire what she wanted in the vehicle, when the river looked back and sententiously in- quired, “Depot? and the maiden nodded ep proval. When we reached the station she drew fifteen cents from her shopping bag and handed them to the driver and daintiiy tripped out of the cab. I handed him @ half a dollar and while he was counting out the change I inquired if it was for good-iooking young iad!ee to jump oi his cab when an eligible young man hired it. 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