Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1894, Page 1

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BOTH LOST HEAVILY Reported Rout of Chinese by the Japanese, TWO HUNDRED SOLDIERS DROWNED + -— Press Censorship at Yokohama Less Rigorous. = MIDADO LEAVES TOKIO ee LONDON, Scptember 15.—A dispatch re- ceived here from Seoul, Corea, dated Sep- tember 10, says that the Japanese force moving from Gensan has completely routed the Chinese at Sing Chuen. Both sides are reported to have lost heavily. A Shanghai dispatch recetved here today announces that six survivors of the persons aboard the Chinese transport Chean, which stranded in the Che Tung Pass recently With 1,499 troops on board, while on her Way to the Isiand of Formosa, have arrived there. Tt was at first announced that in spite cf the panic which prevailed on board the transport after she went ashore all the troops and crew were saved in the ship's boats, but the six persons who have reached Shanghal say that they estimate that about 2) soldiers were drowned in the Che Tung Pass. A dispatch to the Times from Hong Kong today says that the enlistment of Euro- peens for the Chinese service has heen stopped. Seven men belonging to the southern department of the customs ser- Yice have returned to their former duties. The whole southern squadron has been ordered north. THE —The which has been in force since war with China was declared has been relaxed: but local newspapers are still prohibited from publishing any news Tegarding the progress of the war or about the movements of the army or fleets. ‘The mikado, accompanied by the members of the court, left Tokto on September 13 for Hiroshima, the point of embarkation of the Japanese troops sent to Corea. Telegraphic Commantentions:. NEW YORK, September The Com- mercial Cable Company this morning 1s- sued the following notices: “The Great Northern Company reports iatest messages received from Nagasaki show over sixteen hours in transit, twenty-two hours from Hiogo and twenty-four hours from Yoko- hama. ‘Messages from Tokio coming via the eastern route show over twenty hours, and from Yokohama over twenty-six hours in transit. “The Eastern Company reports the cable vetween Bengueia and Mossamedes, on the west coast of Africa, is interrupted. Mes- sages for Mossamedes will go by east coast route without change of tariff.” The Direct Cable Company this morning announced that the Eastern Company no- 4 and Mossam- interrupted, cutting off com- munication by west coast route with Mos Bamedes and the South African colonies until cable ts repaired. Messages for Mos- samedes will go by east cuast route with- out alteration of tariff. ieee 6 press RUNAWAY AT A FUNERAL. Fifteen’ Persons Injured, Five of Them Fatally. ALLIANCE, . Uhl, . September 15.—A frightful runaway occurred in a funeral Farty near trondale, twenty-five miles south of this city, yesterday afternoon, in which fifteen persons were injured. While the funeral party was returning from the cemetery, the horses attached to @ carriage became frightened, and the driver lost conirol of them. dashed into the front carriage, wrecking it and causing the second team to run off. Both teams dashed into the next two Carriages, causing the horses to run away, end al! four teams plunged down a steep pill, completely wrecking the conveyances, gnd throwing the Inmates under the horses eet. A partial list of the injured fs: Miss Anna Burnside and a younger sister, faces and hands cut tn a shocking manner, and breasts crushed; both will die. Willlam Householder, both and crushed. Alex MeHane, seriously injured internally. Ell Cope, head and face frightfully cut; is unconscious. Last March Mrs. McBane was caught in & runaway and injured, dying after giving birth to the child that was buried yester- ay. All the injured were taken to nearby houses, and physicians summoned from sev- eral towns arcund. ——_ TODAY'S GREAT MATCH RACE. legs broken Abounding Interest in Turf Circles In the Gravesend Event. NEW YORK, September 15.—The race to~ day between Byron McClelland’s Henry of Navarre and James P. Keene's Domino, at the Gravesend track, will be over a mile and a furlong of ground. The question cf supremacy as between the two Is one of abounding Interest In turf circles, and hun- dreds of persons have journeyed from Chi- cago, Louisville, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, and even as far as from Denver, to see these two equine champions do battle. Domino and Henry of Navarre never met except once, in a mile race at Morris Park, when, In a terrific battle, Domino's brown head showed in front of the royal chestnut at the finish. ‘The race will take place at about 4:30 p.m. _—_—~— IN CHATTANOOG US POST OFFIC Charges and Counter Charges Filed With the Department. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September Postal cireles In this city are just now in the throes of a pending sensation. About a month ego W. H. Winston, a postal agent, was dism! i by the department at Wash- ington on charges preferred by Chief Clerk A. J. Welsh. Friends of Winston demand- ed an investigation of the matter. At the instance of Winston's friends, Di- vision Inspector Harrington of Washington has in this city for three days making an official investigation of the charges gainst Welsh. Winston's friends say that the fight has only begun, and that the char- acter of several men connected with the discharge of Winston will be more or less investigated, and that a flood of light will be turned on, and that all of them will not be as white as snow when the investigation fs conch 1 > —— CAPT. BRIDGMANS DEATH. The Commander of the Ball pre Car ried Of by Cholera. az nn., September + Special to the Journat the P. Bridgman of Unit f-war Haitimore The animals | Many Believe the Announcement That He Will Not Be a Candidate. Others Say That He the Only One Who Can Lead the Democracy. The interview with Congressman Wilson, cabled from London and published in The Star yesterday evening, In which he states it to be his opinion that President Cleve- land will not be a candidate for renomina- tion In 1896, has furnished the politicians a peg upon which to hang considerable politi- cal gossip of more or less variegated hue. Unusual interest is attached to the state- ment by them, because of its emanating from a man of Mr. Wilson's prominence and on account of his close personal rela- tions with the President. Some Regard It Anthoritative. By some the statement {s regarded as al- most an authoritative announcement of the President's present state of mind regarding the presidential situation as far as he him- self is concerned. Those who entertain the opinion that the President {s completing during his present administration the work of ahenating from him prominent leaders of the democracy, which, they say, he com- menced in his former alministration, are prone to take Mr. Wilson's opinion as pel truth. They say there is nothing left for Me. Cleveland to do but to announce early in the game that he has thrown down his hand, s he wants a number of other promin democrats to lay down their hands and let him go It alone. These are the people who say that the presence ef Mr. Cleveland at the head of the demo- tic party in 186 would result, ff not in disaffection in the party, at least In a great and fatal lack of enthusiasm in certain quarters. They are glad. therefore, to take Mr, Wilson's statement as an indication that what they hope is about to occur. Others Deem Cleveland Inevitable. On the other hand, there Is an element among the democratic s who claim that Mr. Cleveland {s the inevitable candi- date of the democracy in 18 Losing sight of what a deplorable condition they would be in if he should happen to die in ntime, they say that they have no in the party to lead the hosts but orman, th A by the south and west, of his tariff postion. Hill is very much in the same position; Stevenson is in better shape than any of them, but lacks the pow- | er of moving the masses as Cleveland has done. There is no cloud of dust on the horizon to indicate the coming of a leader the out of nl th w f, all booted scracy ts not quite ready to trust the consequences of putting up an ex- derate, like Wm, L. Wilson, who other- might do. So the gaze of the specul. ping the entire political | mes back to rest fondly upon and spurre: f Hiv Tariff Defeat. t Mr. Cleveland's defeat in to secure what he considered | adequate tariff legislation will but strength- en him, like the giant of mythology who gained renewed vigor every tme was thrown t Mr. Cleveland, will of the m. moon the the will of the the conservative democratic & only tend to arouse their an, them to a still more vigorous effort to gain their object. In { attempt they will and as a leader, he they as- of the ariff and eople by ators will nd nerve th naturally look to Mr. Clev +e. STRICT PEOPLE. NS FOR A Number Also Gran o » Residents Neurby Staten. Among the pensions granted today were the following to persons in the District of | Colu Original—Jaceub Gaxus, United | St , Home. increase—Thompson R. East, United S ldiers’ Home. Thomas F. diers’ McCormack, United States Sol- Reissue—Thomas Thackerah, Geor “s, Anaco: a; John Anthony, Gartield, Edwin Krouse, David T. Cooper and Edward Kelly. Renewal—Prederick Pipes, Tunis vunty; Isaiah A. Kreglo, ce George's county; Cur- ottingham, Prince George's Benjamin Williams, Frostburg, Al- lesany county. Reissue—Moses Mead, Clin- ton, Prince orge’s county; James M. Skidmore, burg, Allegany county; Leonar Havre de Grace, Har- ferd count aries Jones, Raltim¢ Barnhard Flack, Baltimore; Isaac Miller, Lonaconing, Allegany county; John \ Tull, Baltimore. “Original, widows, &c. , Baltimore. Original—Joseph Smith, Elizabeth City. Hixburgh, H. Forestvili reilus Mitchell, county Johanna A. Ki Virginia. ton, Hamp- James Me- Reissu Appomat Carman, Bs Shenan Hallweod, comae ngley, Norfolk. Renewal—William § more, North- ampten county. Original, wido' &e.— Emma Holmes, Norfolk; Sarah A. F. John- son, Portsmouth. oe Army Orders, Three months" leave of absence is granted Second Lieutenant Sterling P. Adams, first valry. Leave of al re for one month is grant- ed Major Adna R. Chaffee, ninth cavalry. Sccond Lieutenant Charles C. Smith, twentleth Infantry, is transferred from company I to company G of that regiment. Leave of absence for one month is graat- ed First Lieutenant John L. Barbour, sev- enth infantry. The leave of absence granted Major John A. Darling, fifth artillery, Is extended two menths on surgeon's certificate of disabil- ity. Leave of absence for one month fs grant- ed First Lieutenant Lea Febier, twenty- third infantry. Leave of absence for one movith and fifteen days, cn surgeoa's certificate of di: bility, is granted First Lieutenant Charles F. Parker, second artillery. Leave of absence for four months is granted First Lientenant Herman C. Schumm, second artillery. —_—____+ «© -___ Interior Department Employes. The register of the Interior Department, complete to July 1, will be issued in a few days. It shows that the total number of employes then was 14,043. Of these 4,042 were in the department proper at Wash- ington; outside the department proper, but in Washington, and 9,282 outside the department proper and not at Washing- ton. Of the latter class there were 736 in the land service, 3.676 in the Indian serv- fee, 4. in the pension service and 108 miscellan-ous. Of the total number 452 were appointed by the President, 4.367 by the Secretary and by subordinates. Ce Several is Work Coming to 2 Clone. dismissals took place today in the census office. It was authoritatively given out on the 15th of August that the vork of the eleventh census would be prac- tleally concluded by the 15th of September, but this prophecy has fallen short, and although the end ts In sight, yet there is no immediate danger of the office closing down. There are about 250 employes at work today, and this number was not ma- terially decreased by the dismissals. 2+ On the Retired List. Chief Engineer Isaac R. McNary of the navy has been placed on the retired list cn account of physteal disabilities. Not So Bad for Democracy as Has Been Painted. SENATOR FAULKNER'S OBSERVATIONS bees Not Many Congressmen Will Be Lost, as Feared IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS Senctor Faulkner, chairman of the dem- ocratic congressional committee, returned from New York this morning, where he has been to put his hand upon the political pulse of that city and state. This was ac- complished by conferring with the political leaders who make New York city their headquarters. Discussing with a Star re- porter today the sifiation as he found It, Senator Faulkner expressed the opinion that the outlook for the democracy in New York ts not so bad as some people have painted it. “It is true,” he said, “that there is some disorganization of the party in the city and to a slight degree in the state also, and in this situation there fs an element of danger to the democracy; but the republicans are in equally an embarrassing position from the same cause, They are torn with dis- sensions and factional fights, and they don't show as much indicatlon of getting together as our people are exhibiting. The outcome of the republican wranglings will be the victory of Tom Platt. He will con- trol the machine and will nominate Morton for governor. © not going to lose as many Congressm_n as their opponents have claimed they would. We weak in one or two districts, but a careful survey of the situation in the state convinces me that we are not in so much danger of losing strength in the congressional delegation as fs sume people would have tt appe through the state the people are aroused to the benefits ch them under the new tariff law. ta out The advan- es of that act are being carefully p. oad to them, and already they are in- ning to liz at least a taste of the ben- fits to be expected. Prices are getting lower even at this ly date after the operation vf the bill on many of the staple articles of daily use, This 1s particularly true in the matter of goods coming under the woulen schedule, although that clause of the bill es not go inte effect until January 1. In anticipation of it, however, merchants are beginning to mark down ‘prices, and the people ure quick to find It out, provement in Bust thing which struck me very 1 was in New York city was the mt made on y hand by the ale rs of the marked improve nt in business. This is demonstrated by xcessively large orders for the spring Marked “On mM. foretbly eve » orders come in during the fall, and nts say that they are phe nally Lirge at this time. They are so he im tact, as to warrant the fear that the country may be overstocked with goods In the spring. It it indicates mor @ good sign, however, rly than could hess throughout the country. were improving and business Increasing these hants would not be ving such orders for goods.” Distribution of Patronage. “Is there much dissatisfaction among the democrats over the distribution of patron- age?” Senator Faulkner was 1 “There does not seem to be,” he replied, “In New York city there ts comparatively no dissatisfaction, The distribution of pat- s eff up to this thine has ronage th given general satisfaction, I think, and there is no complaint to make. Throughout the state there is ne ich bad feeling, etther, especially in comparison to the large number of offices to be filled. Ido not think the democracy in the coming campaign will lose anything on this account. The applications for tickets of sion to the public schools of the District of Columbia continued today to be un- vsually small in number, and the chief reason therefor seems to be the non-return of many Washingtonians to the city, be- cause of the hot weather. Tickets were dispensed to those who sought them this morning, and they may also be secured at the varlous buildings from 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon, It will be impossible to sive an estimate of the number of new pupils or of the total number of pupils entering for the next school year before Wednesday. The chief feature of interest today was the teachers’ meetings. There were no ab- sentees, and every instructor now has a clear conception of the duties to be begun cn Monday morning. An application for the establishment of an eighth-grade school at Brookland, L. C., has been forwarded to Superintendent Powell by Mrs. J. W. Horner. The com- munication states that there are now twen- ty young people awaiting to enter the grade in question. Custodian of free text books, Samuel B. Simmons, was one of the very hardest- worked men in the District today. The last supplies were delivered to him late this afternoon, but all day he has been en- gaged In filling out the requisitions of the various supervising principals. During the past week Mr. Simmons has handled fuily 2 ) books, In addition to numerous other supplies, admis- — RUN OVER AND KILLED. Joneph Morton's Mangled Body Found in the Switch Yards. Last night about 9 o'clock the dead body of a colored man was found in the switch- ing yards of the Pennsylvania road, near South Capitol street. It was afterward identified 2s that of Joseph Morton, twenty- five years of age, living at 306 F street southeast. His neck was broken and his body badly mangled. No one, so tar as is known, saw the accident which caused his death, ‘but tt {s supposed he was run over and kilied instantly by a passing engine or train. Merton was walking through the yards at the time, and it is probable that he was struck by a switching train. The body was found by some trainmen, who turned it over to the poMce of the fifth preeinct Later it was taken to the morgue, where the coroner will hold an inquest this afternoon. eS Marine Band at the White House. Prof. Fanciulli announces the following selections for the Marine Band concert on the White House lawn this afternoon, be- ginning at $:47 o'clock: March, “The Evening Star” Fanciulll Overture, “Phedre” . Nassenet Paraphrase, “My Maryland’ -Heineman -Delibes Marin Moore Grand selection, “Lakme” “Batalla De Los Castilles Song for the cornet, “Dear Louise’ Ry Mr. H. Wunderlich. Charactertstic, “On the Plantation”.Puener “Hail Columbia".......+6+. +-Fyles Heavy Falling Of in the Internal Revenue Reveipte. Conditions WU Probably Not Be Restgred Hefore Januney. _— The revenues of tHe: government have fallen off almost $1: in round figures for the first fourteen of this month, compared with the half of August. The receipts frem :customs for the first fourteen days of this month amounted to $9,227,000 (in ag pera against $6,730,000 for the last of August, while the recipts from in@rnal revenue were but $2,972,000, compard™ with $20,684,000 for the latter half of August. The loss is due to the enormous sums paid on the whisky which was withdrawn for consumption just before the new tariff act, increasing the tax frcm ® cents to $1.10 per gallon, which went into effect August 2, The receipts from internal revenue for the first four- teen days of the month dwindled to $2,072,- 000, about $4,500,000 below the normal, and were not counterbalanced by the inc in the receipts from customs due to heavy Importations under the reduced rates im- mediately following the enactment of the new law. The custom rec-ipts increased about $3,000,000, Where the Tax Comes From The receipts from internal revenu are now confined almost entirely to the tax paid on beer, cigars, cigarettes and to- bacco, and average about $250,000 per day, whereas the normal revenue from internal ‘fhe Norm: revenue ts about Swe per day. For the two months, July apd August, while so much whisky was being withdrawn, the receipts averaged over million dolla daily. ‘1 normal withdrawal of alcohol spirits (both for the arts and potable sptir- its) amounts to about $,500,000 gallons 7 month, and the Treasury Department es- tmates that about four months’ s addition to that for current u: drawn during July and A expected that receipts from the tax on sl coholic spirits will reach normal again be- fore January 1, 18%. This will hav the effect, it is believed, of Keeping the r | of the treasury down to about tw of normal, er in other work about § 000,000 per month unl January 1, the 1 mal receipts averaging about thirty-two or | thirty-three milifon, Increased ortations Not Consider- ed. This estimate, It should be stated, leaves out of account any large increase in im- | portations arising from the operations of | the new tari law. The expenditures have | $44,000,000, but without the sd about sugar bounty, aver which is now a thing of the past, they will be rediced to.about & na the | next four mo < ater that the recetp and the expe nuary 1, however, the tion of the freome tax for the last six months of the | current year will take place, and this will swell the receipts to about $1000 beginning of the next asury (When the r their normal Agures) woul mg side of the Jedger Ooo on the first haif Qf the pr ipts will year. There Is to be deducte howev ¥ i, witch the | gained during July and August, leaving i net loss to the treasuty for the first half of the fiscal year of about $17,0 or ORTS BLOCKADED. JAPANESE Torpedoes Placed tm the Gulf of Tokto and in Naxasaki's Harbor. Acting Secretary Uhl of the State De- partment received some important informu- tion this morning in regard to the political situation in the orient. It was in the form of a dispateh from Mr. Dun, the Unit States minister to Japaw, who inclosed a notice received by him from the Japanese minister foreign affairs of special tn- terest to American navigators in Ja nese Waters. The notice was to the effect that submarine torpedoes have been placed at the entrances to the Gulf of Tokio and the harbor of Nagasaki; that all vessels are prohibited from entering or leaving the harbors without conduct of a pilot ve having on board an officer of the im, Japanese navy, and that no ve: ever will be permitted to leave the harbor between sunset and sunrise, This action is practically a blockade of the ports m tioned against all vessels of an unfriendly character. The blockade was established on the ultimo, and will be maintained until the cessation of hestlities. Mr. Dun says that he has given due publicity to this action in all the papers of the Jap- anese empire for the benefit of commerce: American ee ANOTHER TARIFF QUESTION. experts Considering Claims Filed for Linseed O11 Drawbacks. The omission from the new tariff act of the prohibition against the payment of drawbacks on linseed oil cake made of im- | ported linseed oil for export, contained in the McKinley and preyious tariff acts, has led to the filing of claims for these draw- backs. was made to avoid fraudulent practices. The matter has been referred to the special agents of the department for an Investiga- uon, both as to wh fraudulent prac- tices can be stopped the drawbacks are allowed and as to wi er oil cake, a by- product after the oll been expressed,is a manufactured product under the construc- sion of the law permitting rebates on manu- factures of foreign terial for export or simply a “refuse,” not entitled to such re- bate. Personal Mention. Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Calver have returned to Washington after @ four months’ vaca- tion in Europe. Muckjof the time in Eng- land was spent in a c¥qling tour, which was pleasurable in spite of the chilly rainfall that so frequently ingerfered. Senator Ransom hag returned to Wash- ington temporarily, after an active cam- paigning tour through the state of No-th Carolina. He is making an active canvass for re-election to the Senate, and expresses confidence of his success. ee A Washington Man the Lowest Bidder Frank Baldwin of this city is the lowest bidder for the construction of the super- structure of the public building at Kansas City, Mo., at $315,154, provided granite is used. Bids for this work were opened at the Treasury Department yesterday. There were nineteen bidders from different parts of the country. SS Naval Orders. Lieut. F. W. Coffin, detached from the Bennington and on waiting orders. Assist- | ant Engineers John ‘T. Myers, E. S. Kel- logg and David Van H. Allen ordered to New Y navy yard, Lieut. G. H. Staf- fcrd, Ensigna G. W. Brown and Marvin Jchrson ordered to examination for promo- tion. ———— Congressman Alderson HL, Representative of We Alderson t Vir- ginfa has been taken suddenly ill at his home, 25 A street northeast. It is feared that he is threatened with a fever. 1 The prohibition in the former acts | Fall of the Official Ax in the Treas- ury Department. REDUCING FOR REORGANIZATION Nearly Two Score Clerks Dismissed From the Service Today. — EXCITEMENT AMONG —— CLERKS The “Dockery ax” fell in the Treasury Department teday with disastrous effect, and {ts manipulation will be actively con- tinued from now until the Ist of January, by which time it is expected that the reorgan- ization of the accounting offices of the de- partment called for by the Dockery provi fons of the legislative, judicial and execu- tive appropriation bill will have been en- tirely completed. ‘The first blows fell upon Mr. Jason E. Buker, chief of a division of the treasurer's office; Mr. D. W. Herriott, assistant teller in the same office, and upon thirty clerks of various grades, ranging from $720 to $1,800, selected from different bureaus of the department. The names of there clerks are withheld for the present. Seattered Among Vartous Bureaus. Some of them are in the treasurer's office, some in the internal revenue bureau, some in the first controller's office, and others in the third, fourth and sixth auditors’ offices, nd the offices of the supervising architect and the commissioner of customs. The changes take effect on tie Ist of October, und those dismissed have been granted leave of absence until that date As the Dy outright of ry clerk: for a redur the Tri fon DD partment, it will be 1 to discharge more of the prese It is prob- however, that arrangements wiil be for the continued employment of about 1M; of this number up to the first of January. This 1s made possible by a pro- vision of the legislative bill appropriating saw) for the purpose of effecting the pro- organization of the service. Even agement however, Necessary to dismiss twent, six between row and the first October. System Pursued in the Slaught It is said at the Tre Department that the aired by e being | ein 4 with the principles of | merit system, so far as it is possible to do so, and that the selections are being from the entire department serv » to be abolished. This is done so nable the Secretary to retain the of the more efficient cle os tes! vetion — Create among the cler ed out of exist much anstety in reg, may be selected for 4 - +e+ CHOLERA ON THE CONTINENT, at Show the Danger int Haw Be, wed. Omieial reports to the Marine He € to show that the danger 7 rain Eur, vems to be passed. n Fairfax Irwin, who is on duty in for the purpose of watching the of th writes thus from Glasgow under date of August 28: | “There has been an ¢ jermany and in Austria-Hungary sinc | report, extenst! Hieia, but in pe {not alarming. ppears to be at }@ standstill in Holland and Belgium, and has not increased gre Uy in R ta. On the { Whole, it may be suid that the spread of holera is not so winZ as at this time last w and the danger point, the Prusso-Russian frontier, it apepars to be well under control. As far as danger to the United States is concerne | that very few emigrants rward jat this time, and at the ports of Great | Britain (an inspection of which 1 have just completed) all tions as to detention and disinfection are being taken. Indeed, early all the greater steamship lines iuing to take emigrants from infected » aud have instructed their a Fores, and er agents to it may be said Isolnted Cases in Prussia, Isolated cases of cholera still contin: ccur in the province of east Prussia, chiefly in the district of Landsberg, but the only spot where tt has assumed the character of an epidemic on this side of the Russian frontier ts the village of Nisd- zwedzen, in the district of Johannisburs where, up to Sunday last, there had been 67 cases and 21 deaths. “All. precauttois, however, have been taken, and there is not considered to be any cause for increased anxic Owing to the dan, of cholera from Ru thorities have ordered that the frontier between Upper Silesia and Russia shall be blocked. Until further notice travelers will not be allowed to cross the borders, except at certain specified points and after careful medical examination. The Kol- nisches Zeituag of August 24 states that the day before the following cases oc- curred in Germany: At Trohi, near Dan- zig, 3; at Little Plehnendorf, 2; at Weich- selmunde, 1, and Oldschlosen, Prof. Koch on the Subject. Prof. Koch arrived at Konigsberg August 26 and expressed his approval of the pre- cautions there taken against cholera, At the last meeting of the Imperial cholera committee in Berlin he emphatically contra- dicted the opinion prevalent In nany quar- ters that this year's cholera 1s not so dan- gerous as formerly and that, therefore, less caution $s necessary. In ‘support cf his opinion he pointed to the epidemic at Niedz- wedzen, in east Prussia. At the same time he suid’ there was no reason for fear, as all necessary precautions had everywhere been taken, Dut that, nevertheless, there was need of the greatest caution, not only on the part of the authorities, but #lso and es- Pecially of the people. Five deaths and tour new cases are reported from a suburb of Thorn and three cases from other places on the Vistula. The Vossische compiains that the Argentine government subjects all ships fiom German ports after the 0th Instant to eight days’ quarantine, though it is known that cholera has appeared only in cast Prussia, not to mention the fact that scien- tific research long ago demonstrated thi uselessness of such measu whica mere subject passengers to great’ inconvenience and s hamper commerce, “The public bathing establishments In the city of Posen have been closet by the police, owing to the danger of cholera. It IS stated that most of the cases occur ring in Holland have been tracel to either drinking or bathing in the iniected water of canal te er of the importation a the Prussian au- +ee The Surveying Party in Sate. A dispatch received this forenoon at the geological survey from Topostapher Gan- nett, at Ketchum, Idaho, announces the receipt there of information of the safety of the surveying party on the Rio Grande, which {t wes rumored had been massacred by Indians. —___—+20+____ Ninth Payment on the Tow The acting Secretary of the Navy has made the ninth payment of $91,800 to Cramp & Co. of Phi lphia on account of the construction the seagoing battle ship lowa. 1 will be paid for in thirty installm es the work progresses, of it] The Fight Will Be the Hottest in Vir- ginia. Col. MeCall, the Republican Candi- date, Thinks He Has a c One of the most vigorous contests in the coming ccngressional campaign in Virginia wil! be waged just acrors the river in Con- gressman Meredith's district, which includes the city of Alexandria. Congressman Mere- ith is said to be making progress against a very stiff head wind. They have two candidates in the field against him, a populist and a republican. At the last election there were 10,000 popu- list votes in Mr. Meredith's district out of a total of 27,000 votes cast. The populists are making a very strong fight against him at this time, and the republicans have also ecncluded that now 1s their opportunity to rut in a few licks also. It is said that there is a very mixed up state of affairs in Mr. Meredith's district, and a great deal of dis- satistaction among the democrats. Too Near Washington. Mr. Meredith's is not an easy district to represent on account of the fact that there are so many gentlemen in the district who would Ifke to assist in running the affairs of the government for a salaried consideration. Mr. Meredith has endeavored to satisfy thelr cravings in this respect, but unfortun- ately there have not been enough offices to &o around. In fact, those who did get offices were de- cidedly in the minority. As a consequenc* there are a large number of people in Mr. Mered‘th's district who feel that the ad- ministration has not done anything, and they jook upon Mr. Meredith as the person whom they should hold responsible for this inaction, bers were not beste who fcund it so e home and drop tn ed offi. ekers, ome over from mi their member at the department of the ployes from ame un with « constituents w applied for office, to speak of who wanted it 4t1 not push claims. Mr. Comp in sh tion, resigned from « a federal oifi where Congressm troubleth not. Mr. Meredith, to go th eh another term The Republican Candidate Hopeful. Col. P, H. McCall, the republican candi- date for Congress ir Mir. Meredith's dis- trict, was In the clty today. He spoke at Louisa Court Howse last Monday. time has canvassed in that por district. He has found e constituent owever, Wants many crats who say they will stay f in November, and was democrats who voluntarily promised to v for him. He thinks his ch election gvod, as he has Promises of support £ al eived the m micre democrats than {t would have taken ct Park Agnew when he ran for Congress on the republican ticket. ‘ McCall belleves that in the o that have heretofore given large democr: wajorities there ure a great many voters who have allowed others to think for the It Is to these he expects to app and amongst whom he will make a clu: a canvass. — ROME RAILROAD BONDS, dames Holman Wants to Have Their Issue Examined Into. James 1). Holman has filed a bill ‘n equity egainst the American Security and Trust Company, Jes. L. Lawrence and John King, praying for an injunction and an account- ing. The complainant states that on the 24 of November, 1801, the Rom: Company of Rome, Ga bonds, conveying to the fh ant all its property in trust to secure the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon. Defendant Lawrence was the presi- dent of the railrcad com; nd held all, or nearly ail of the bonds, being authorized and empowered to dis; benetit of the company. Some of them, the complainant asserts, he disposed of abso- lutely, and others he ple 1 cated for the company’s be plainant also and retained certain of the ove coupons on the bonds, and still retaias a. The complainant states that he is w t-named defend- fe com- ce clipped holder of $3.0) par value of the bonds, } ing received them from Lawrence as s- ty for the payment to him of $2,500 due and ing to him from Lawrence. Defend King, the complainant alleges, holds &,- Go of the bonds as security for the pay- ment to him (King) of several thousand dol- 's due from Lawrence. The indebtedness, cemplainant says, 1s also secured by the capital stock of the Rome Electric Light Company, of the par value of $24,000, end by other valuable securities unknown to the complainant. The complainant avers that King, who Was @ stockholder and director in the rail- road company, holds other bonds and in- terest ccupons of the company, and alleges that King came possessed of them in an unlawful and inequitable manner, in viola- tion of his duty as an other of the com- paay, and in derogation of the rights of the complainant as a bona fide holder of the bonds. The complainant alleges that King took advantage of his position and depre- ciated the value of the company’ plant and property for the purpose of gaining ab- solute control of the road, thereby securing the sale by the trustees, the American Se. curity and Trust Company, of the road on the Sth of last Jul: King became the pur- chaser, at. $31,740, and the complainant complains that the road was worth many thousand dolars more than that sum. .The complainant asks that defendants King and Lawrence be required fully to state to the court how and when they became Possessed of the bonds in question, and as to all matters which may tend wo. the court with all the pertinent mat issue; that the auditor of the court state an account between the parties to the fult. and that the American Security and Trust Company shall be enjoined from pro- ceeding further in the matter of the sale end conveyance of the road. —_ Filling the Post Offices, The total number of fourth-cluss post- masters appointed today was twenty-eight. Of this number twenty-one were to fll vacancies caused by death and resignation, and the remainder by removal. The Vir. a appointments were as follows: Ber- at shall ton, B. B. Kinsley, vice W. B. Payne, re- signed; Bowmans, W. R. Bowman, vice R. W. Windle, resigned. a Change in the Navy Pay Office. Pay Director Frank C. Crosby will take charge of the navy pay office in this city cn the Ist proximo, relieving Pay Director Thomas T. Caswell, who is ordered to set- tle accounts, Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $273,605. Government receipts From internal revenue, $252.318; custom $4,671; miscellaneous, $7,269. Mr. Meredith of Virginia and Barnes Compton of Maryland were regarded by thelr colleagues as two of the most un fortunate men in the House, on account ot | | their districts being su clcse to the national jcapttal There was not a day during th session of Congress when these two mc: | Capitol and have @ litte chat with him | jabout that office. It would rot be a very | bold assertion to say that these two Cc gressnen could have supplied a good-sized of them for the | CLEVELAND IN 1896|NFW YORK OUTLOOK/REDUCED REVENUES COMMENCING TO CUT|!N MEREDITH'S DISTRICT OWENS MAKES GAINS Primaries Being Held Throughout Sheshdiathonhs ‘Ste rn THE FORMER AHEAD AT FRANKFORT A Pitched Battle Not Far From Versailles. _— 2+--—~ THINGS GENERALLY QUIET FRANKFORT, Ky., September 15.—The estimate of the vote in this city up to this hour ts: Owen: i2, Breckinridge, 51; Set- Ue, 22. At 11 o'clock Breckinridge was run- ning ahead in Woodford county, and re- ported as carrying Lexington by two to one over Owens. Owens Ahead in Bourbon County. CINCINNATI, September 15.—The Times- Star Paris, Ky., special, dated noon, says the Clays were not challenged, as had been expected, and that Owens is getting a ma> jority In Bourbon county, which was con- ceded to be Breckinridge’s stronghold. Four votes were challenged out at Frankfort, where Owens is reported to be sweeping things. Specias from other points indicate that Owens is running ahead more than ex- pected. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September cial to the Times fromm Versatlles, Ky., says out In the Faywood neighborhood, five miles rortheast of here, this morning there was a pitched battle between eighteen or —A spe- twenty Lreckinridge and Owens men, the result of a discussion of the outlook, during which G. W, Gillespie, a Breckinridge man, | was stabbed twice with a dirk knife just above the heart and in the back, danger ously w > find « ¥ one par’ who did the mg in the fight coming 4s a as oyster. The unded man says he is coming to Ver- seilies “to vote for Bill Breckinridge if 1 kills him.” cian who dressed his wounds he will die if he persists In ut his declaration, Dispatch to 7 INGTON, says carrying mber 15.—By @ o'clock this mm the democratic vot- 7S in this congr jai district will have ven their verdict Col. Breckinridge’s al vindica- | Ived in this Hl and bitter canvass will be set- | stand intense personal antagonism aroused by this unusual con- | test, and in the face of all the fiery and bellicose traditions of Kentucky politics, | the campaign has ended with a remarkable dex peacefulness and good order, and no scenes of violence or bloodshed are serie usly expected to n the creditable ex- n of self-control given by both face | tions in this district under such abnormal | and trying political conditions, It was feared that the closing raliles le here last night by the rival forces ight tead to a collision im the streets, but both meetings, after tinal addresses by Col. Breckinridge and Mr. Owens, dispersed quietly, and the last hours of a campaign of inflamma: Ty and unmeasured invective were i by a decided apathy, in strange contrast to the explosive out- breaks of partisan fervor which had been niidently predicted. The only political sensation of the evens ing was the announcement made cautiously jfrom Paris, in the neighboring county of Bourbon, that the Owens leaders there had auietly gone before a district judge living in Georgetown, Mr. Owens’ home, and secured a temporary injunction restraine ing the authorities at the polls in Bourn j ben county from imposing on challenged | Voters an oath to support the regular nome | inee at the November election, The Injunction was made return Friday, so that its power could not poss sibly be exhausted in time to release the Judges of election from its prohibitions. | As the judge who granted the injunction j 18 @ personal and political friend of Mr, le next, Owens, the Breckinridge managers imme- ah issued a protest against his action, denouncing it as unfair interference with | the machinery of the primary election. As the order applies to but one county, how- ever, it will work ro great hardship to the | Breckinridge faction, nor can it possibly be of any considerable benefit to the Owens side. The imposition of a pledge to support the nominee of the primary will not, in- deed, keep more than a few doubtful voters from the polls in each county, and even if enforced with the greater rigor cannot de- prive Mr. Owens of more than one or two hundred votes in the whole district. As Much Doubt Now as Ever. ‘The result of today’s vote Is as much en- veloped in doubt now as it has been at any time during the last two or three weeks, Tt is expected that a total vote of some- thing over 1840 will be cast, and as the day is a perfect one for an election there seems to be no reason why the full demo- cratic strength in the district should not be gotten to the polls. Two years ago at the presidential election Cleveland got in this district 16,538 votes against 9,748 for Harrison. There was some laxity of interest then, and it is estimated that the absorbing interest in today’s con- test will increase the democratic poll of 1sv2 by fully 10 per cent. This district is divided Into two distinct portions, geographically, politically and #o- cially. The “back country,” or Ohio river valley counties and the counties of aristo- cratic and exclusive blue grass region. The back country end comprises the three coun- ties of Oldham, Owen and Henry, all ine tensely primitive and bucolic In character and strongly “moss back” in politteal opin- fon. This end of the district, casting about 5.000 democratic votes, has always been tg- hored and suppressed by the democracy of the richer, more populous and more in- fluential blue grass section. No one in the “backwoods” end had ever, before this year, seriously aspired to represent the district in Congress. The Third Candidate. But in the formation of opinion startea by the disclosures of the Pollard trial an ambitious young lawyer of one of the “lower” counties—Mr. Settle of Owen—hap- pened to see an opportunity to further @ hitherto unexpressed desire for political honors, and his candidacy, boldly announced and vigorously pressed, has become one of the most perplexing factors In the Brecke inridge and anti-Breckinriige contest. Mr. Settle has joined neither side on the moral issue raised by Col. Breckinridge’s demand for a “vindication,” and his can- vass has been made chiefly as the repre- els