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AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, WORLD'S FAIR, AYER’S Was The Only CHICAGO, 1893. Sarsaparilla Admitted at The World’s Fair Get AYERS GARSAPARILLA, WORLD'S FAIR. CHICAGO, her means. \CLES .OF HEALING WHICH ‘performed: Williams” receive the loses? investiga- their friends. ja%3-tn&ethly CUTTING TEETH BE SURE ‘and well-tried remedy, Mre. rup for children teething: softens the gum, allays all and is the best sel0-1y Bitters before jure ite. Manufactured only Siegert & Son. At all dealers. A LUTHERAN CONFERENCE. Quite a Gathering at the Memorial Church Yesterday. ‘The easte-n conference of the Lutheran Maryland synod held an interesting meet- ing yesterday at the Luther Place Memorial Church, of which Rev. Dr. J. G. Butler is pastor. The conference embraces the cities of Washington end Baltimore, together with the adjacent country, and enrolls in tts membership about thirty ministers, who are entitled each to have lay delegates from their respective congregations. The tem- perary officers, Rev. Dr. 8S. Domer of St. Paul's Church of this city, president, and Rev. A. Homrighaus of Zior.’s Church, also of this city, secretary, were made perma- nent for the coming year. From Baltimore those present were Revs. J. G. Morris, D. D., LL.D.; I. C. Burke, G. W. Miller, D.D. Chas. E. Keller, W. H. Dunbar, D.D.; Rich- ard Schmidt, D. Frank Garland, F. Ph. Hennighausen, D.D., and M. E. McLinn of Lovettsville, Va. The Washington minis- ters present were Revs. S. Domer, D.D.; W. H. Gotwald, J. G. Butler, D.D.; A. Homrig- haus, W. E. Parson, D.D.; D. E. Wiseman, G. H. Slaybaugh, C. H. The morning session was devoted to an inter2s<ing discussion of the beneficiary sys- tem by which candidates for the ministry are educated at the expense of the church, which was generally indulged in. Dr. Mor- ris imtroduced a resolution, which was agreed to, providing that the education committee consider this whole matter and report at the coming session of the synod, whether any improvements can be made in the system. The president of synod, Dr. G. W. Miller, was sustained by the conference im a recent ruling mae of the request of the pastor in Frostburg, where the synod convenes, and of the other officers of the bady, that the time of meeting be 7:30 p.m. instead of 2 o'clock, owing to the difficulty = reaching that town” by the afternoon ~~ At the conclusion of the session the con- ference adjourned to a handsome lunch pro- vided by the ladies of the church in the chapel. The afternoon meeting was devoted to considering the question of the proposed division of the synod. Discussion was gen- eral, and the prevailing sentiment seemed to be, although no vote was taken, that good rather than harm would come by the withdrawal of the members in the extreme Western part to form a new synod if they so desired. The division line, it is thought, would be either between Washington and Frederick counties, or Allegany and Wash- ington, Maryland. ‘The conference adjourn- ed to meet after Easter, either in Baltimore or Lutterville, as will be determined later. — ae — of — the confer- @ part, is one of the oldest Lu- theran bodies in the country. It has nearly @ hundred ministers on its rolls, and over 20,000 communicant members. It meets in its _seventy-fifth annual sessio1 in Frostburg, Ma. is ecapeaies ——___ PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900. To Cover More Ground and Be a Big- ger Thing Than That of 1889. The French government has just issued the preliminary regulations for the exposi- tion of 19, and in a circular calling for competitive plans for the gencral arrange- ment of the grounds and buildings gives the first official statement of details that enables the public ts understand what the exposition is to te. The site selected is in substance that of the exposition of 1880— the Champ de Mars, th: Trocadero, with its grounds, the Quay d'Orsay and the Esplan- ade of the Invalides; to this ts added the right bank, the site used In 1%S5, the Palais de I'Industrie, on the Champs Elyzees, with the grounds as far as the Avenuc d’An:in, the Cours la Reine and the Quay de la Con- ference, to which for purposes of trans por- tation may be added the Quay Debilly and the Avenue de la Motte Pequet. This en- largement will bring the entrance to the fair to the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees, thai is, close to the center of Paris, and wil) make the river Seine the middle point of the fair grounds, as both banks from the Point de la Concorde to the Point d’Jena are to be used. The two banks will be joined by a broad bridge op- posite the Hotel des Invalides, for it Is not Proposed to interfere with the ordinary use of existing streets. It will interest foreign exhibitors to read the text of the provision relating to them: “Article 12. Every foreign nation that takes Part In the exposition will appoint a dele- gate to assist the chief commissioner. This delegate will be the only person authorized to discuss with the chief commisstoner, the director general and directors matters which ‘@ffect his countrymen, especially questions relating to the assignment of space mad2 to the various countries, to special build- Ings, and to the admission and installation of exhibits. The administration of the ex- — will in no case deal directly with foreign exhibitors.” Foreign works will be admitted by the chief commissioner at the request of the. delegate of the nation to which the artist belongs, with the approval of the dire:tor of the beaux arts. Proposals must be in be- fore December 31, 1899. Foreign artists ‘whose country is not represented by a dele- —_ will make application before Decen- r 1, 1899, to the chief commissioner, fine arts department, and present thelr works, express paid, st the Palgte of the Champs Elysees, between Decem! 5 and 20, 1899. A special jury, composed of Frenchmen and foreigners, will be appointed by the minis- ter of public instruction and of commerce, ae render a decision by December 1, —_-oe—__ A New Use for Natural Gas. From Cassier's Magazine. ‘The possibilities of natural gas evide tly have not yet been exhausted The latest vse which would seem to have been found for it is the making of ice, the idea being simply to expand ihe gas from its usually high initial pressure down to or near that of the atmosphere, nature having done all the preliminary work of compression and cooling, making the gas ready to absorb heat from {ts surroundings immediately upon being released from confinement. Ail that would be necessary would be suitable coils or chambers into which the gas could be allowed to expand. It has been calcu- lated cut quite plausibly, in fact, that with an orsinary gas well, furnishing 1,500,- 000 cubic feet per day, something Iike fifty tons of {ce could be turned out daily at an expense of about 50 cents a ton. The gas loses nothing but its pressure, retaining ell its calorific value, virtue for rolling-mill and glass-works use, for heating brick, Mme and pottery kilns, and tke endless number of other furnaces to which it is adipted. In a certain way, therefore, the may be regarded as af- fording something for nothing—e desidera- im to which many in this world are con- Stantly looking forward. Save pa The London Chroricle published a dis- ja from Vienne that Russia is about to @ squadr yn to Corea. — and, hence, all its} NATURE'S FIREWORKS The Dashing Waves and Billows of @ Molten Sea. THE HAWAIIAN VOLCANO IN ACTION The Royalist Party Still Oppose Registration by the Natives. QUIET DAYS IN HAWAII ss RPA EE Ee HONOLULU, September 1, 1894. President Cleveland’s letter of recogni- tion of the republic of Hawall was re- ceived here on the 25th. It gave satisfac- tion to the supporters of the government. and caused dismay to the royalists. The latter are extremely reluctant to abandon the hopes they have so long indulged in that Mr. Cleveland would restore the queen. To illustrate their temper: While on a week's trip to Hilo, just completed, I found that the experienced and capable purser of the boat, who fs half white, and therefore roy- alist, was making it his business at every way port to inform the people that the tel- egram, via Auckland, N. Z., reporting the recognition, was a “P. G. fraud.” (Those letters mean “provisional government.”) He further stated to them that H. B. M. 8S. Hyacinth, later from Victoria, B. C., had contradicted the report, which was precisely the reverse of her news. He also reported that the royalists were thoroughly armed and had abundance..of dynamite. Of all these statements of his I had positive tes- timony. The queen and her adherents are exces- sively anxious to keep the natives together and prevent their registering and taking the oath, which they are in great numbers anxious to do. They are only deterred by the confident assurances given out that she will speedily be restored, and if any of them desert her cause off their heads will go when she gets on the threne again. Two months yet remain for registration. The election is to be held October 29. The legis- lature will be convened as early as may be after the election. It will be the effort of the government to make the natives unde stand the hopelessness of the queen's e1 deavors to regain power, in order that as many of them possible may be induced to register and vote, cordially participating as willing citizens of the republic. So far the royalist leaders do not in the least re- lax their efforts to deter the natives. In fact, they have never been mere active than now in filling their ears with false- hoods as to President Cleveland's inten- tions, The quesn’s commissioners returned from Washington two days ago. They are quite reticent as to the results of their mission. It is given out that they were in full and frequent intercoarse with Mr. Gresham, and even saw the President. Apparently they do not intend to let the actual facts be known. Possibly they are waiting to gain the queen’s consent thereto. The disrep- utable natite papers on that side keep up a@ strong show of confidence, asserting se- cret information and assurances gained by the commissioners. Meantime public affairs are going along most prosperously and quietly. We have been for some weeks without the protection of an American war- ship since the Philadelphia left. And really it does not seem to occur to anybody that we need the presence of such a ship. Presi- dent Dole likewise took a fortnight off for deer hunting on Molokai and has just re- turned. The governmert is commencing a liberal course of expenditures for public works. Things ere looking up generally, A Trip to Kilauea. I must now tell something of my trip to Hilo and beyond. Having a couple of spare days there, I improved them for a visit tq the volcano of Kilauea, thirty-one miles by carriage road. The beautiful har- bor and town of Hilo, you will understand, is 230 miles run from Honolulu by steamer, taking thirty-six hours, including calls at six way ports, where considerable freight is shipped. Hilo fs on the east side of the large Island of Hawaii. Kilauea volcano lies southwest. A splendid new road con- nects the two points, rising 4,000 feet in the thirty-one miles and passing seventeen miles through dense tropical forests. <A daily stage runs over it, making five miles average speed up and six down, including short stoppages. Two hours’ rest are taken at Mountain View House, midway. The road is perfectly graded and rolled, being, in fact, first-class in construction and lo- cation. It cost $3,000 a mile. We left Hilo at 8 a.m., reaching the fine Volcano Hotel at 4:30 p.m. Some twenty- five guests welcomed their dally mail. These were fome tourists, but largely is- land residents, seeking the bracing air of the mountains. Observe, the hotel is on the western verge of a broad table land. The ascent to this is uniform and gentle. The pit of Kilauea, 600 feet deep and nine miles in circuit, Mes at the front door, the hotel standing on the verge of the great precipice. It most resembles a lake of black pitch. The northeast precipices are densely clothed with bush and fern; to the south and west they are dry and sere. The farther end ts composed of vast mounds of Fellow pumice, ejected a century ago. On the upland around the hotel and west of it are numberless fissures, much masked by ferns, from many of which clouds of steam issue. One group of these fissures deposits sulphur. Half an acre is covered with these sulphur banks not far from the house. Their hot vapor is utilized in a commodious bath room for warm sulphur baths. In the old days, when a grass hut was the only shelter there all the drinking water was obtained from small pools on the rocks, precipitated from the steam clouds by the cold air. Rain water from the roofs is now the supply. Copious rains fall there most of the year. The inner pit of Ha-le-mau-mau was smoking ominously in the distance. A party of half a dozen guests were preparing to set out. We had a hasty cup of tea, and at 5 p.m. started down the steep descent, all well mounted, myself on a veteran and amiable mule. Ten minutes brought us to the black lava at the bottom, then nigh two miles along a rough trail to a little corral where we left our animals. One- third of a mile remained of moderate as- cent over very knobby coils of fresh lava, when we found ourselves suddenly on the ragged brink of a most hideous Tartarus. The dark brown walls of an enormous pit yawned beneath us, with fierce fire foun- tains playing in the great molten lake in the bottom of this horrible well. But a few weeks since this same lake had rested many hundred feet higher on the summit of a very flat cone. It had suddenly subsided, the walls of its inner shaft tumbling after it, making a vast well of 1,400 feet diamete! with perpendicular sides. Fountains of Liquid Fire. The lake below retains its previous con- tour and size, being about 800 feet in di- ameter and having an area of ten acres. It is a molten, tossing sea of liquid fire, mostly veiled by a thin film of glassy crust, which glows by night with red heat. Here and there are huge fountains boiling up. These have for three years quite unt- formly gathered in three groups, each often forming one great fountain. Central of these Is a peculiar pulsating fountain, known as “Old Faithful.” About once in twenty seconds it rises in a large, round bubble or blob, some fifty feet in diameter and thirty high, which drops back with a huge thud, while a great stream of Nquid rushes away from it. Some 250 feet distant in different directions are two groups of spraying fountains. The larger of these occasi into one huge mass of tossing fire fluld, about the dimen- sions of a 00-ton ship’s hull above the sea. The summit of this is in furious play, like the comb of a great sea wave, while frag- ments of spray are flung aloft a hundred feet. The entire surface of the lake is crossed by brilliant, interlacing lines of crevice in the crust film. There are zig-zag and crin- kled like chain lightning. These cracks are in constant motion and change as the ullient currents beneath urge them along. they approach the fountains, sections of crust will tilt and dive below, carrying down air in their spongy vesicles. This air, suddenly expanding with the greater heat, explodes into spray, contributing to the action of the fountain. We had an hour before dark to observe the scene. The vapors greatly obscured the pit, so that no perfect view of the whole together could be obtained, although aly parts were seen separately. An occasional whiff of this vapor sweeping around us showed it to be nearly pure steam, with a slight suggestion of sulphur, As night closed in the fires came out in great splen- dor. They were most terrible, yet fascinat- ing. I had formerly watched them many nights, yet could hardiy. leave them, al- though returning to the hotel hours earlier than most of the others. One remarkable exhibition followed one of the many falls of rock frequently occurring. A consider- able mass rolled in on the opposite side from where we stood. It ed a huge billow of fire, which surged against the bank, splashing up perhaps sevefity-five feet upon the rocky broken tatus at the edge. It seemed to penetrate and saturate this pile, and then ooze back in little cas- cades. Thus a surface of seventy of eighty feet square up the back became brilliantly luminous for several minutes. Guided by the known diameter of the lake, which is 800 feet, I was enabled to form an approximate estimate of its depth below the ruin of the pit as 600 feet, and more. This is much more than others have judged the depth to be. But it is a fearful abyss of horror. One seems to be gazing down into the hidden fiery depths of the globe itself and inspecting {ts heart ef molten glory. Unquestionably, only a few miles—twenty or thirty—below this thin crust on which we dwell is a vs orb of fire, of which this lake in Kalauea Is a little sample oozing up froth the depths. On this globe of inner fire rest all the green lands and the great oceans. What wonder that now and then the crust shakes in restless convulsion? Late in the evening, though the mist of the mountain cloud which settled down up- cn_us, we climbed back to our inn, where fine supper was supplied to our sharpened appetites. The great vapor column rising from the pit was all in crimson glow, stretching far aloft. In the morning, once more white, its summit was supplemented by a splendid white rolling cumulus of cloud. We had seen the great spectacle. After breakfast, the stage trundled up to the door—a party of us bundled in, and at 4 p.m. found ourselves once more in beau: tiful Hilo. KAMEHAMEHA. oo —___ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Tapping Water Mains. In reply to the communication from Col. George H. Elliot of the engineer corps, U. 8. A., referred to the Commissioners by the Secretary of War, as to the issuance of per- mits to tap United States water mains, the District engineer department has recom- mended that the Commissioners inform the Secretary of War that the plumbing regula- tions of the District of Columbia prohibit the tapping of any main larger than twelve inches in diameter without written per- mission from the Engineer Commissioner. Before these regulations were adopted, per- mits were issued by the water department of the District of Columbia to tap the thir- ty-inch main. The latest of these permits bears date of July, 1884. The only permits that have been issued to tap this main since 1884 have been signed by the chief of engineers, U. S. A. Estimates for the Auditor's Office. Auditor Petty has submitted to the Com- missioners his estimate for the expenses of his office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, as follows: Auditor's salary, $3,000; chief clerk, $1,80 one bookkeeper, $1,800; one clerk, $1,600; two clerks, each, $1,40 three clerks, each, $1,200; one clerk, $1,00 one disbursing clerk, $1,500; messenger, $600; contingent expenses, $300. Total, $13,000, Health Office Expenses, In his estimates for expenses !n his de- partment for the next fiscal year, just sub- mitted to the Commissioners, Health Offi- cer Woodward asks for a considerable in- crease in nearly every branch of his office, on the ground that with a more liberal ap- propriation available the work of the office woukl be materially increased. He suggests the appointment of twelve sanitary and food inspectors, who shall be charged with the enforcement of the garbage regulations, and one of whom may act as inspector of live stock, at $1,200; also one chief inspec- tor, who shall be a physician, at $1,450". He thinks that the deputy health officer should be a physician, and by naming the chief in- spector for this office the end will be served. Dr. Woodwari thinks the appa- ratus for the chemfst’s use in examinations in cases of suspected poisoning are inade- quate, and therefore estimates for sufficient funds to provide a laboratory in which the chemist can do whatever work is required by the coroner's office. He makes an earnest plea for the physi- clans, whom he thinks are inadequately re- warded for their services, and recommends that they be allowed not less than $40 per month. The chemist’s salary is $1,800; one sanitary ard food inspector to assist’ chemist, $600; Inspector of marine products, $1,200; messenger and janitor, $600; poundmaster, $1,200; laborers, $0 per month, aggregating $2,400 per annum; one driver, $48u; rent of ottice and stable, $1,121 fcr enforcement of provisions of the act prevent the spread of ecarlet fever and diphtheria, one medical inspector, $1,800; driver, $480, contingent expenses, $3,000; the contingent expenses of the health de- partment, $4,000. The estimate for garbage collection is held over, pending an investi- gation to ascertain the best method of re- meving and disposing of s&me. Objecting to Improvements. Quite a large number of interested parties were present in the board room at the Dis- trict building yesterday afternoon at the hearing granted to property holders who cbject to the proposed public improvements in their respective neighborhoods, and .as the list was read out a number of objections were brought out. George K. Finkie, Geo. F. Graham and Dr. William R. Young rep- resented the residents of S street between 13th and 14th stre c. C, Duncanson, 18th street between New York avenue and L street. Miss M. O'Donoghue objected to the laying of brick sidewalks and the set- ting of granite curbs on O street between 2ith and zsth streets; Adolph Levy repre- sented two widows, Louise Gockeler and Minifrede Foley, on K street between 3d and 4th streets, who, he said, would have to mortgage their property to pay the ex- pense of the unnecessary improvements. W. A. Custis, Frank Bowman and F. V. Orfutt protested against the laying of a sewer on Scott street, Georgetown, in ad- vance of making the necessary grades. George W. King appeared to make objec- tion to the interference with the improve- ments by the Georgetown College. He said the city had no outlet west, except by the way of Canal road and Road street, and he did not think the college should be al- lowed to prevent the addition of another openirg. Edward Sheehy and William J. Aiken spoke against the new sidewalks and curbs proposed for C street between 41-2 and 6th streets southwest. Relicf and Obstructed Sewers, The Commissioners have ordered that the sewers on 14th street extended beiween Florida avenue and Roanoke street; on the east side of 19th street between M and N streets northwest; and on North Capitol street between O and P streets be added to the current schedule of work to be dcne from the appropriation for relief sewers and replacing obstructed sewers. The total estimated cost of all three is $7,768.75. Work of the Poundmaster. East week Poundmaster Einstein im- pounded 120 dogs, 3 horses and 1 goat. During the week 114 dogs were killed, 4 redeemed and 1 sold. The fees for the week amounted to $14.50. Nuisances Reported and Abated. ‘The reports of the five sanitary inspectors of the health department for last week show that there were 447 nuisances re- ported and 340 abated. The Fish Market. Gwynne Harris, inspector of marine pro- ducts, in his report for last week states that there arrived at the river front 8,742 bunches of fish, 2,766 Spanish mackerel, 43 carp, 16 drumfish, 4 sturgeon, 5 sea turtles, $0,000 clams, 44,000 crabs and 3,900 bushels of oysters. The condemnations were 459 bunches of fish, 2 sea turtles, 1,600 clams and 10,800 crabs, Notes. A cement sidewalk hes been ordered laid in front of Nos. 1311, 1313 and 1316 Massa- chusetts avenue under the permit system The twelve-inch delivery main on i6th street extended fs to be lowered three feet below the established graded of the street from Florida avenue to Superior street. The Commissioners have approved the ap- plication of J. C. Johnson for a steam engi- neer’s licens: o —— ‘The Woman’s Rescue League of Boston yesterday ordered greetings sent to the wo- men of Kentucky, congratulating them upon thelr “moral and political crusade against Col. W. C. P, Breckinridge.” TALKa«AND FISH Pracagt The Empléyitent of Two Political Leaders at Atlantic City. SENATOR QUAY HOOKS THE FINNY TRIBE reed The Proposkd Widening of the Famous Board Walk. LINGERING AT THE SHORE Correspondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 17, 1804. It would be difficult for the average Washingtonian, who chooses for his sojourn here in this citadel of pleasure a time when the resort is in the full glory of its sum- mer zenith, to picture to himself an Atlan- tic City without. music, with a reign of quietness pervading its confines and the visitors conducting thcmselves with a staid- ness of deportment that would do honor to Bar Harbor or 'Cape May. But such is At- lantic City at the present moment. There are any number of people still lingering here, enticed_by the excellent weather to extend their sojourn, and there are the regular September patrons of the resort,who swell the contingent to proportions that keep the promenade in the evening fairly crowded with strollers, In the host that is to be seen on review there are many familiar faces of prominent visitors from the capi- tal city, and there are others from various states who have a wide circle of acquaint- ances in the national capital. They are to be found together in the beach pavilions, on the hotel piazza, and in the lounging rooms of the fashionable Casino. In the latter place the other evening there was to be observed Gen. J. H. Wat- mough, whose tall and full rounded figure is well known in the corridors of the Cap- itol. His distinguished bearing always at- tracts attention. He was chatting with Col. William Singerly, the big Pennsyl- vania politician, who is doing wheel-horse work in bringing about harmony in the ranks of his party in the Keystone state, and who, at present, is the gubernatorial democratic candidate. It is Col. Singerly’s hobby to talk about the necessity of all factions to work together and try to keep down the depressing majortties which have been making his state the republican stronghold of the Union, and from his inter- ested manner, in which he heid the thread ot his conversation, and punctuated it with infections of his voice and arms, he must have been aiscoursiag on the subject near- est his thoughts. Gen. Watmough is tell- ing bis friends whoa he meets here that he is to remain through the month and may extend the time into October,and from here he wiii yo tu akewood, just above Auantic City, where he proposes, as has been his custom, to make his residence during the fall and a considerable portion of the early winter. He is accompanied by Mrs. Watmopgh. Col. Singerly has with him several members of his family, and expects to spend a period of several weeks here to rest before he goes into the Penn- Sylvania c n_with his sleeves rolled up, armed with the sincere intention of lopping off at Teast 50,0u0 of that 150,000 majority with Which the state startled the democratic f last spring. Quay, the Fisherman. On the oth¢r hand there is Senator Quay here, tco, who, ostensibly, is located in a preity State§ avenue cottage to indulge in his favorite ssport of fishing in the finest preserves algng the Jersey coast, which he himself has said were to be found off Brig- antine Beach, but looking behind his avowed object one may discern his fine Italian hand directing ‘the campaign for Hastings for governor, which is now in progress in his native state}! and determined to see that the old and {amijiar majority will be found in support Of ‘his party ticket. He has dancing in: attendance upon him all the leading directors'of his party in his native state/“and ‘ft tie 'telegrapt’ wires don’t cre- ate a wrong Mmpression by the number and length of the dispatches which are going to and fro he has his hand on the throt- ue. The Senator goes fishing. There is no mistake About that, and of recent days he has been landing quite a large number of fine drum. He speat a day or two in angling for this gamey fish without a bite, but he would not vary his monotonous task with casting a line for the smaller fish, such as six-pound sea bass and weak fish, which were known to be at hand in abundance. This iilustrated his tenacious character of landing what he Was after or nothing at all, in a manner which in a measure explains his winning tactics in political matters as nothing else oe a en Quay goes fishing he appears in street attire, just as neat as he ls ever seen on the avenues of Washington. He arrives at the inlet and there he finds his man Friday in the person of Capt. Ben. Sooy awaiting his coming, ready with his sleep yacht, the M. S. Q.’ The craft is as neat as a new pin in appearance, and though not in view its lockers are stocked for the day’s outing. The start is made in the morning. It is usually sundown when the craft hoves again into the inlet from the fishing grounds, and the yacht has covered a distance of twénty miles or more. ‘rhe Senator has been doing bet- ter, in the main, in getting sunburned by his exposure than in catching fish, and by the time he gets through with his sojourn here he will likely be as browned in com- plexion as some of the Washington belles returning from a summer outing at the seashore. A Wider Board Walk. Outside of figuring up the great profits reaped by this extraordinary season the mest interesting topic heard in the hotel circle is the improvements that are to be made to the resort for the next summer. There is talk of widening the board walk, which has of late been going under the mcre euphonious title of esplanade. The city fathers and the hotel men who pay the taxes have concluded thut the present structure with its width of 24 feet is too narrow for the comfortable accommoda- tion of the thousands of people who desire to enjoy a stroll along its sinuous length during the summer, and to remedy this they have decided to have it made 40 feet wide. It will then afford ample “elbow reom” for all, which, it must be confessed, was not to be had this season, and will create a structure the like of which will not be found elsewhere in existence. A new feature to be introduced will be public cabinets at regular distances along the thoroughfare, modeled after those of Paris. The ocean side of the esplanade is to be swept clear of all obstructions and the seat- ing capacity of the beach pavilions iy to be increased. The Washington contingent has been in- creased durt week with the following arrivals: Mrp,..¢ Elther, Miss Ethel B. Reynolds, Josep Specht and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Acdt.-Ruff, Miss Alice and Miss Dorothy C. Rus} Mrs. J. A, H. Evans, Mr, and Mrs. D. rty, R. W. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCrellis, Mrs. R. W. Watker, James R. Ellerson, Dr. King and faf#ily) George P. Dorrance, Mr. and Mrs. Wylligth B. Dick, Mr. and Mrs. J. Meyer, Herman H. Pechin, Mr. and Mrs. J. Libby, Mess A. A. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. L. 8, Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. John Rt- dout, Mrs, iJj of. Lee, Mrs. Mary Van Vranken, *T.AW.1 Trycr, M. J. Speakman, Miss Catheriae Brumett, C. H. Venable, C. H. Wilcox, Mr8?’Mary Mackey, Mrs. 8. L. Myers, James DuBois, T. W. Winship, Thomas Somgrxitle, F. P. White, Mr. and Mrs. Charles,,T, Hendler, Miss McKennon, Mrs. Stanley"Mbtthews, ‘widow of Justice Matthews, Mrs 8S. W. Smith, A. Kemar, Mrs.8! A. Arnold, Mr. ‘and Mrs. Edward Froelich, Mr. and Mrs. John Am. brose, J. 5. Gillams and T. E. Adler. —— A CO-OPERATIVE TOWN. Stevenson, Mrs. An English City Where Nearly Every- body Joins in Ownership. Oldham (Lancashire), England, although, comparatively speaking, a modern town, and peopled almost exclusively by the work- ing classes, holds the lead in many re- spects, but especially in its co-operative movements. No town in the kingdom owns 2s many joint stock or limited companies, which in their turn have created other co- operative combinatiors. Its co-operative stores consist of two so- eleties, each with a membership of nearly 11,000, These societies were the pioneers of the “limited” movement in Oldham, and the cotton industry was the first they began with. Such rapid strides it made that Oldham is known far and wide as the “divi.” The co-operative societies spread still further, and now, in conjunc- tion with the societies in adjacent towns, own a large corn mill, thus sharing the Profits to be made from grinding the grain. There are in Oldham district, in the cot- ton trade alone, about 8, Umited com- Formed. since ita with ‘capitals: varying ‘orm: ce capital from £10,000 to £15,000, chiefly divided into £5 shares. These companies, seeing the prof- its accruing from buying the raw material, at once formed the Oldham Cotton Buying Company, Limited, almost every company having shares; consequently it is to their own interest to do business with the com- pany and thus share in the profits. But they do not stop here. Seeing the large Profit made by the insurance companies, they decided to form one of their own, and the Federative Insurance Company, Lim- ited, sprang into existence, each company holding a number of shares, and encour- aging it by transferring their insurance business to it. It is no uncommon thing for some of the cotton companies to consist of 400, 500, and, in some residing in the town but what owns cotton company or other. ‘The company movement does not stop With the staple trade (cotton). The butchers were not long behind, and then was formed. the Oldham Hide, Skin and Fat Company, Limited, which effectually demoralized pri- vate enterprise in that direction. Even the bill posting and advertising business was invaded, the printers forming the Oldham Bill Posting Company, Limited, through it posting their own bills and advertisements. The publicans were not left in the cold, and very soon two aerated water companies were in full wean ome publican, so long as he dealt with the company, holding so many shares. These he must relinquish when he ceases to deal with them. In fact, there is no business, not even poultry farm- ing, which has escaped the company craze, and it is a by-word that at one time you could have floated a dog keunel in Oldham. -——___— ——_+e. THE TOME INSTITUTE. Beginning of a Great Educational Enterprise. The Jacob Tome Institute at Port De- Posit, Md., was opened yesterday, and al- ready the school is filled. The plan on which Mr. James R. Campbell, the director, will work will be, according to the Balti- more Sun, to establish, under one roof, a miniature public school system on improv- ed lines and modern methods. It will em- brace every grade of public school work from the kindergarten to and through high school studies, manual training, and form study and drawing will form an important part of the curriculum, and it is proposed The Tome Institute. to carry this feature of the work from the lowest to the highest grade. The manual training for boys will be confined to car- pentry for the first ear, but will ultima take in smithing,” ie w= forging and machine work. The girls will be taught sewing. For the pupils everything is free, they not even being required to furnish their own books or stationery. The children of Port Deposit are to be first accommodated, then the children of the county, then the state and lastly the country at large. The institute as it stands at present is but the beginning. Mr. Tome says so, and the inscription over the main entrance of the building, “The Jacob Tome Institute, Bulld- ing No. 1,” indicates it. The present bulld- ing cost in round numbers $110,000, he says, and the institute as it now is has an en- dowment of a million dollars. There will be another building, located on the other side of the street, and @ few feet north of the present building. It is said by one who ts very close to Mr. Tome that when the school broaden: out it may do so on the lines of the Pratt In- stitute of Brooklyn, Drexel Institute of Philadelphia and Armour Institute of Chi- cago. ——oo—____. Leo XIII in St. Peters, From the Fortnightly Review. The scenes that have lately been wit- ressed in St. Peter's bear witness to what may be called an extraordinary recrudes- cence of papal popularity. Imagine 20,000 persons ck sely packed from early morning till 6 o'clock in the vast area beneath Michael Angelo’s dome, thousands outside in the great space in front (once the race course of Nero, where hundreds of Chris- tlans were burned like torches in tubs of ofl). Remember that all those thousands in St. Peter's were there by ticket, as the general crowd could not have been admit- ted with safety. All day long simply noth- ing went on in St. Peter's. The patient crcwd, of which the writer was one, waited. The church grew dark—only in the far distance thousands of wax candles and swinging chandeliers shone out over the high altar and faintly {illumined the colossal dome. At about 5 o'clock a wild shout was heard from the multitude in the distance outside. It was known that the pope had left his apartments in the Vatican and was descending by a private passage into St. Peter's. The instant he entered a cry of enthuslasm arose within at the bottom of the dim church, which was taken up by the expectant multitude. Very slowly borne high aloft by his guards, the old man moved up the middie aisle, seated on his royal throne, robed “in white samite, mys- tic, wonderful.” He wore the red slippers and was shadowed by the tall peacock fans (imperial peculiarities imported from Per- sia by Caligula, and adopted by the popes after the third century, when the seat of government was removed to Constantino- ple and the pope became joint magistrate of Rome and assumed imperial attributes and temporal power). From the moment Leo XIII entered until he disappeared in the far distance, an al- mest invisible speck at the high altar, and the service commenced, the roar of en- thusiasm never ceased rolling like thunder throughout the building, while the wild waving of scarfs and pocket handkerchiefs was like the shattered trembling of a corn- field in a hail storm. The scene was re- peated as the pope passed back again down the aisle at the close of the service. He rcse majestically and bowed in blessing to the right and to the left. It was a scene fraught with singular spiritual and tem- poral associations never to be forgotten. Leo XIII’s personal popularity in part ex- plains a reception which certainly no other Fotentate in the world could at present command, ———cee______ BAGGAGE SMASHING. When Trunks Are Damaged Railways Are Ready to Pay the Bill. New York Letter to the Chicago Record. It is not generally known that the trans- fer companies in New York, Chicago and other cities expect to pay for the baggage they smash, and this seems to be a season- able time to bring that fact to the atten- tion of the public. Every railway baggage- master is required to give the transfer company a receipt for all the baggage he recefves, ard will not accept a package un- less it is in good crder. The same rule is applied when the transfer company receives baggage from the railroads, so that if a trunk is delivered at its destination in a damaged condition the blame can be traced and laid where it belongs. Mr. S. W. F. Draper, general manager of the New York Transfer Company, tells me that they have to pay several thousand dollars every year for damaged baggage, and often are required to give indemnity even for the loss of a strap. In order to secure themselves they carry an accident insurance policy of $12,000, and this not only covers damages to baggage, but acci- dents to their wagons, or drivers or horses. If one of their wagons happens to run over a child, or take the wheel off a buggy, the accident insurance company pays the bill. Last year the total damage collected under the insurance policy was about $2,500. This year, if their good luck continues, it wil! be less. —_—__+0+____ Admiral Farragut’s Pilot. Martin Freeman, for many years keeper of the Horn Isls1d (Miss.) light station, is dead. He will be known in history as the man _ who piloted Admiral Farragut's squadron into Mobile bay during the war. which will probably be THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. A WET BLANKET Effect of Postmaster Warfield’s Ac- tion on Machine Democrats. THEY GET NO APPOINTMENTS AT ALL All the Offices Go to the Opponents of the Ring. SAME IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE of The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 17, 1894. Postmaster Warfield this morning threw a wet blanket over the regular or machine democrats when he gave out a lot of ap- pointments to subordinate places in the Post office. Eight men were appointed to responsible and lucrative positions, and all are noted as belonging to the reform or kicking element of the party, and not one 1s friendly to the people who are at present in control of the democratic state and city party organization. Mr. Warfield further announced that he did not intend in any way whatever to recognize the machine democrats, and that all his future appoint- ments will be made in the same way. He has already made three sets of changes since he took charge of the office, and all, with the exception of one man have been either anti-ring democrats or republicans. The one exception was a young man who Was appointed to the position of spittoon- washer, and he was given the place “to please Congressman Rusk,” for whom the postmaster professes the highest personal regard. As a consequence of this policy the politicians who expected to secure places in the post office are greatly disappointed, and are openly denouncing the postmaster and the President who gave him the place, and the party leaders who urged Senators Gorman and Gibson to assent to the con- firmation of Mr. Warfield are figuratively kicking themselves for their folly. They Pow expect that the chief federal office in the state, with over five hundred subordi- nate places in the gift of its head, will be turned against them, to give aid and com- fort to their enemies in the next campaign. As a further result of the statement that no regulars will be provided for, all those straight-out party men who have filed ap- plications for positions have decided to withdraw considering it useless to ask for what they now know they cannot get. The bosses are also said to have is- sued orders to all their henchmen and heel- ers that no more favors are to be asked of the postmaster, but that he is to be ignored hereafter as an alien, and worse than a republican. The city bosses and the supporters of the city machine have not only been completely ignored in the division of the spoils in the Post office, but they have secured very little up to date in the way of places in either the internal revenue office or custom house. Collector Vandiver has almost completely cl the personnel of his staff, and out of the one hundred and ten subordinates whom he found in office when he went in, more than a year ago, only three or four remain, the others, who were all republi- cans, having been turned out to give place to democrats, and in the whole number of new appointees a very few are city men, the others being politicians from the coun- ties. The collector of customs, Dr. Frank T, Shaw, has been in office since the 15th of May, and while he has not succeeded in firing out all the republicans and replacing them with democrats, yet he is doing so as fast as he possibly can without crippling the service, and nearly all of his appointees are county people—the city securing a few minor positions. All these things are mak- ing the Baltimore politicians very sore, and they are threatening all sorts of dire calam- ities to the party if they are not allowed their share of the spoils. The republican headquarters, in charge of Chairman H. M. Clabaugh and Secretary H. C. Naill, are now open in the Carrollton Hotel, in the same house and on the same floor as the democratic state headquarters, under charge of Mr. Hattersly W. Talbott as chairman, and Mr. Spencer Watkins as secretary. Chairman Talbott has appointed Mr. Edward M. Flannery, one of the editors of the Laurel Journal, as assistant secre- tary, and Mr. W. Fesimyer, one of the doorkeepers of the house of representa- tives, as messenger. Not much apparent work has been done at either headquarters yet, but the preparations for an active campaign on both sides are actively going on. The new registration of voters began Mon- day morning, and the first day’s sitting showed that the most interest in that im- portant work preliminary to election Was being takcn by the republicans, whose ward workers are doing everything in their pow- er to get their vote on the books. P. W. —__—>___ THE MOSQUITO KING. An Extremely Picturesque, if Not Very Strong, New World Sovereign. From the Philadelphia Record. The Mosquito king, whose territory has been occupied by the Nicaraguans, is not a very powerful sovereign, but he is an ex- tremely picturesque figure. There is none other like him. His realm, a small slice of territory on the Central American coast, is peopled with a naked race of Indians and negroes, the ne- gro blood predominating. In the old times black slaves ran away from their Spanish masters. They formed the nucleus of a set- tlement in the tropical wilderness. Other runaway slaves joined them. Some married Indian wives. A_new type of the human race sprang up. The Spanish sought to con- quer the Mosquito settlements, but the Mos- quito people proved themselves the braver and better men, on the battlefield at least, and maintaified their independence. They have repulsed all attacks until recently. This region is called the Mosquito country, presumably because of the number, size, ferocity and persistence of the mosquitoes. Why any white men should want it is difi- cult to see. Negroes—at least those of the Mosquito kind—can enjoy themselves well enough there. The w= is lord of life and death in Mos. quito land. He ts a great stickler for dig- nity. He is much more careful in that par- ticular than the future King of England. Recently an American war vessel anchored off his coast, and the king went down in great state to meet the captain and welcome him as the representative of the President of the United States to his domains. The king is very tall, very muscular and very black. He wore hiz uniform of state, which consisted of a magnificent three- kind former!: cornered cocked hat of the waved frequently and with great, during the conversation that pee end hind him followed princes and chiefs of the — also in variegated and rather light ire. king. ‘Good morning,” said the captain, “Which way?” said the king. “I come to see you,” said the captain, “You great man?” asked the king. “No,” said the captain; “but my master, the President of the United States, is. I “ng pees Ms —— ” “We mighty rulers!” said the king. him the Mosquito king is his friend a jure!” sald the captain. You come with me. I give you good din- ner,” said the king. Accordingly the captain and his officers accompanted the king to Bluefields, the capi- tal, and were entertained there in the style becoming a host who, if he were to visit —. — be entitled, according to mon- archical rules, to a seat at table ahead of Bismarck or Gladstone. <Eees The Effect of Massage. Recent experiments for determining the effect of massage upon the blood show that it increases the number of red blood cor- puscles enormously, and also the hemo- globin, though to a less extent. In some cases there was an even greater increase in the white blood corpuscles. Dr. 8 Weir — suggests that the increase is due t JOHN PLACE RAIDED. But Sergt. Daley Thinks Some Ong Must Have Warned Them. Some months ago a verdict of a Police Court jury held John Shea guilty of a sec- ond offense of violation of the liquor law, and he was seht to the workhouse, in addition to being fined. That was not John’s first offense, as the charge and ver- dict show, but for some reason President Cleveland set aside the action of the court and granted a pardon. This kind act was itigens® started in the direction of the Shea resi- enjoying a quiet smoke fron’ house, while Mrs. Maria Shea, his wife, and her daughter Annie were in the house. The officers went in and made a search of the Premises, including the back yard and shed, but nothing in the nature of an intox- icant was found. Mrs. Shea herself making rée- marks about the officers and insinuating that they might help themselves to what tried next week. + — BEGUN IN EARNEST NOW. New Scholars at the Pablic Schools< Prosperity of Colored Schools. New scholars reported in goodly numbers this morning, and, together with the trans- ferred pupils received yesterday, the public schools of the District of Columbia are Pow properly started on the work of the year. The school rooms were well filled to- day, and when the children who have not yet returned from their vacations arrive, it is thought that but few empty seats will remain. The colored schools are equally as flourish- ing as the white schools, and Superinten- dent Cock is almost swamped with work, attendant upon the opening at his office in the Sumner building. Mr. Cook stated to a Star reporter today that a larger number of colored persons attend the public schools ia proportion to the population than do white persons, and he is entirely pleased with the outlook for the coming year. The average attendance last year was 1,041, with a daily percentage attendance of %.1, which is very creditable. It is expected that fully 11,000 colored pupils will be en- rolled before the close of September. At the colored High School Principal Car- —_ = hands full dividing his classes Into sections and properiy assigning the pupils thereto. He is unable as yet to cor- rectly estimate the number of pupils en- tered, although there are 600 at least. courses pursued in the white and co! schools are similar in every respect. — on SOLICITING VOTES, The Attention of Police Officers Called to an Old Order. op Major Moore yesterday issued an order to the members of the police force concerning the Washington Times’ watch contest, call- ing their attention to an order issued in 1880 to prevent sclicitations for aid by any member of the force to secure for himself or any other person prizes thus tendered. “Appeals of this character, in the interest of individual members and not for the good of this department as a whole,” says the order, “cannot fail to give annoyance to citizens, and, furthermore, such competi- tions are calculated to engender petty jeal- ousies detrimental alike to the discipline and efficiency of the force.” The order referred to reads: “That in the future no member of the police force will be permitted, under penalty of severe purishment, to engage with any club, asso- ciation or society to dispose of tickets or other devices for the purpose of raising money for the benefit of any such organiza- ticn,” Senator J. P. Jones of Nevada was ques- tioned in New York last evening in regard to a letter sent him by Chairman Coffin of the Nevada republican state central com- mittee asking him to resign his seat in the United ftates Senate, to which he had been elected by republicans. Senator Jones said: “I have not as yet received a letter from the republican state committee, and con- sequently can say nothing in regard to it. When the letter reaches me, which will be im four or five days, if such a letter has really been written, then it will be time for me to reply. And, as the republican state central committee have given their letter to the papers, I presume my answer will have the same publicity.” ——___-+e<-__ The Dress Suit Case. From the New York Sun. The traveling bag known as the dress sult case was originated about thirty-five years ago. For about thirty years it was used al- most exclusively for the purpose indicated by its name. About five ycars ago it began to grow in favor as @ bag for general use and ite sale as such has since increased rap- Its thinness made it easier to carry itself generally as an alJ-around It was said at a well-known trunk and beg establishment that of all oo See bags of that size now sold, pro! iy per cent are dress suit cases. Probably less than 10 per cent of these are bought for the exclusive carrying of dress suits; the large majority of them are bought for use as regular traveling bags. They are made in various sizes and depths, the deeper ones being used as deep dress suit cases. They are sold at various prices up to as high as $25 for a fine alligator. ———-eee _______ Icelanders Coming to North Dakota, From the Cincinnati Enguirer. “Iceland ts fast removing to the United States. That is, its people are,” said A. B. “They are going to Dakota just a I do not know, but they cannot be blamed for leaving the island, that 1s more like a burned-out cinder than anything else. It used to be much more fertile than now, nc the climate more equable. To those familiar with Iceland the change during the last decade is very marked. In North- ern Dakota thousands of Icelanders can already be feund, an@ a visit to their ‘ar- off northern home wiil reveal the fact that there are few, if any, who “o net con- template a departure to this country at an early day. ——s0. Vict m te Yellow Fever. Word has been received at the State De- partment that Alexander L. Pollocs, United States consul at Salvador, has fallen a vic- tin to yellow fever, which is reported to be epidemic in Salvador. Mr. Pollock was born tn Austria, but had been a resident of Utah for many years,