Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1894, Page 1

" THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 aig Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, The Evening Star N. SHLKAUFEMANN prety Kew Yost Otion 49 Potter Builliag Postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, added, $3.00. 1.00 ; With foreign postage . estas (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., c Ap / ¢ ‘The Evenine Sar fx served to subscribers in the eity by carriers. on thelr own neconnt, at 10 cents rf week, of 4Jc. per month. Coples at the counter Hy mail—anywhere in the United ‘ Sie S arp tail matter.) mail subscriptions must be paid in advai a Karen of advertising inade Knowa on application. Vor 85, No. 20,949. WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. TBe proof of fe pudding is in fe eating. Pesterdar’s Star confained 35 cofumns Of adverfisemenfs, made up HOT, HOTTER, HOT---- Any One in Washington Can Add the Missing Syllable SOLS CALORIC SUPPLY UNCORKED Reasons Why the Country is Swel- tering in a Solstice. MAKING THE WEATHER —— ‘The sun didn’t smile when he got up this morning. He just simply leered with grim Satisfaction at the fun he was going to have with the population in this part of the country today. When he went to bed last night he left a sufficient amount of caloric behind him to cause every sleeping room to feel like a furnace and compel its cceupants to take Turkish bath towels to bed with them in Meu of handkerchiefs. Accordingly, when he came on the scene agairi this morning and announced to the unfortunate people who have to do such things that it was time for them to hurry to breakfast and get to work, he was very much pleased to see such a number of limp vietims vpon whom to further visit his tor- ture. As the morning wore on the sun put on extra exertions, and by 9 o'clock there wasn’t a perfect linen collar around any meck in town, while an hour later any boiled shirt in the District that inclosed a human form divine could have been pulled through a napkin ring, bosom and all. Everybody perspired and complained, and the boys who engineer the various soda- Water fountains sat on chunks of ice be- tween customers’ visits and took surrep- titious shower baths from the squirt'em faucets when the proprietors weren't look- ing. The effect of the intense heat was seen in the diminished numbers on the ‘streets and in the stores. The Saturday crowd never seemed so small before, and ithe bank clerks and the employes of other establishments which observe the Saturday hhaif holiday never welcomed the chime of Boon more cordially in their lives. ‘There was another drawback to the day almost a8 aggravating as the state of the mosphere, That was the persistence with ‘which everybody wanted to talk about it. A Star reporter thought he could get sur- cease from the numerous inquiries about the state of the thermometer received over the telephone and catch a breeze and an item as ‘well out in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant. He boarded a yellow cable car on the ave- mue and fell into the midst of a crowd of Strangers to one another discoursing on the universal topic. Some Stim Weather S$: les. “I think the hottest time I ever seen,” said the man with the Scent shirt and {the black and yellow necktie, “was the mmer followin’ arter the war. Up toe abcut this time o° th" year.weather was jist 5 ’ I never seen corn what growed It was all in tossel, with roastin’ ers om ev'ry weather. = tout and pull it already cooked, and I hope I-may die ef we didn't do that very thing. {1-don’t. know how high th’ theemometer }went that time, becos th’=sun got so hot that it melted th’ brass parts of th’ in- }strumen’ and th’ glass fell on th’ flo’ an’ broke, an’ you kin believe it or not, as you ‘dog gone please, but when th’ quicksilver Tur out on th’ mattin’ it didn't spread a Hbit; but jist begun to stick right up in th’ sair and git higher and higher, and I reckon if a cold wave hadn’ come along that th’ -Mmercury would a reached clean from th’ flo" to th’ ceilin’.” “That was right hot. sald the old man, ‘who had been an attentive listener, “but I don’t think it were anything like the last ‘week in July in 1854; I tell you that it Were hot that time. ‘sure. I ain't never ywore metal buttons on my close since that time, cause the sun made ‘em so hot that they sot fire to my garments, and I came near gittin’ burned to death. We didn’t ve no gas down in my part of Baltimore: I lived in Baltimore at that time, and the durned insurance was so skeered about coal oil lamps that us folks had to use candies for to see by at night. I was al- ways a mitey reader, but I couldn't enjoy the even'n’ paper for three weeks or as Jong as that hot spell lasted, for there warn’t a candle to be had in Baltimore for love or money. Why not? ‘Cause the Weather melted them all. This Occurred in Louis. “See that sear on my neck?" inquired the hoarse-voiced man with the florid face. “Well, that is a reminder of what I call hot weather. Ef you fellers had of step- Ped out of a temperature like it is today into the air of St. Louis at the time I got this sear, ‘you would have given all your Money an’ your last hopes for a drink for an overcoat. They ain't been no hot weath- er nowhere like there was that August in St. Louis. Yas, sir, it was in 1877, and the weather had been right peart for warmth for two or three weeks, but it didn't do much but to cecasionally set a lumber yard ©n iire or loosen solder in the tin roofs, and do a lot of other things that are common almost every year in summer out in St. Louis. Well. sir, I was mighty perticklar sbout my personal appearance in them days, and when it began to warm up real good I couldn't keep a collar from wittin’ to save my life, so I got some of these here celluloid collars. You know, they are made outen gun cotton, nitro-glycerine and dyna- mite and giant powder and a lot of them | other things. all mashed up together, but they certainly are white, and look more naturaller like linen than a paper collar does any time. Well, sirs, one real hot | morning durin’ the time I was telling you about I went out of the Southern Hotel, | where I stoppin’ in St. Louts, an’ | started nm the street, and somehow or other my umbrella was brushed aside, and the sun hit my collar full and square. Gen- the nex’ thing I knew there was and I was knocked forty feet. set off that collar of mine like a percussion cap, and this here scar on my neck shows the truth of what I say.” ‘The car was just passing K street at this point, when the conductor, in mournful Monctene. yelled out “Next is L.” The af man on the rear seat looked up at him half inquiringly, but with much ap- probat.cn, as he responded, with mild em- sir, it's just as hot, without a ir; just as het, without a doubt.” No Hope. At the signal corps the ther did at the same hour yesterday, and Mr. | Garriott, the man who forecasts the | ther, and is responsible for letting know we are going to suffer instead of al lowing us to remain in blissful ignorance of | our meteorological face, no matter what it may be, seemed to regard the instrument with an affection not_unmixed with pride. “Ii that average advance keeps up,” said | jott. as cool, apparently, as a cu- | n cold sto “the maximum will | reach ninety-seven toy. T! f< no hers} to be held out for initiate relief, F ba! e. While the highest teinperature of hot spell will probably be | there are no evidences of a! 2 pac ched tod: probable drop in the thermometer of a heavy chars We have just prepared a bulletin,” he neluded, and the document nh herewith: Weather Hureau Hulletia. The warm wave, whose crest will cover the middle Atiantic and New England States today, first appeared over the upper | Missouri valley Sunday, when the maximum ; almost entirely un outlook is not favorshle for an immediate temperature ranged f-om ® to 100 degrees in Montana, the Dakotas and Kansas. During Monday the temperature rose above 100 in South Dakota and reached 106 degrees at Huron. On ‘Tuesday the warm wave extended over the Ohio valley and the southwestern lake regions, carrying the tempe-ature above ‘#) degrees in those districts, and causing a maximum of 100 degrees at Hannibal and Davenport. By Wednesday the warm wave reached the middle Atlantic states and New York, where the heat has become more intense each day, the maximum having ranged above %) degrees. During Tuesday the temperature fell about ten degrees In the Dakotas, but was followed Wedresday by a marked rise in temperature, which carried the maximum above 100 degrees in the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. The warm wave attained its greatest in- tensity in that region Thursday, when the highest temperatures on record for July were registered at stations in Iowa, Ne- braska id South Dakota. The highest temperature reached on the 26th was 108 degrees at Huron, which was four degrees higher than previously recorded at that sta- tion in any July. The highest temperatures ever reported for July were also noted at Omaha, 106 de- grees; Yankton, 106 degrees; Sioux City, 106 degrees, and Davenport, 100 degrees. This supplementary warm wave overspzead the lake region on Friday, carrying the maxi- mum to 100 degrees at Marquette and La Crosse, and 98 degrees at Saint Paul, Green Bay, Alpena and Rochester. Today the warm wave will produce ex- ceptionally high temperatures in the middle Atlantic and New England states, after which the heat will be somewhat less in- tense, although no marked fall in tempera- ture is anticipated. Causes of the Intense Heat. The warm waves or periods of intense heat over the central and eastern districts of the United States are produced by low barometric pressure in the north and north- west and th pressure over the south- eastern states. When, as in the present instance, an area of low barometer remains nearly stationary in the northwest for a period of several days end the high area persistently occupies the southeastern states the attendant circulation of winds carries northward the heat of the southern latitudes, the earth's surfece is dried and heated by the warm wind and damaging drought re sults. The present warm wave has bee ttended by rain, and the amelioration of the dry, heated conditions which cover the greater part of the central and northern districts east of the Rocky mountains. After that the only thing remaining for Washingtonians to do is to philosophize and swelter, if they are possessed of tem- peraments that permit such a gentle course er to swelter and do the ether they are inclined to irasctbility system will be probably allowable, for it would be a pretty severe recording angel who would keep tab other than on the venial side of the ledger against the in- dividuals who are forced into expletives about this kind of weather. Hottest Day Yet. NEW YORK, July 28.—The United States weather bureau reports today as being the hottest for this city thus far this year. At 12:30 p.m. the thermometer registered 95.5 degrees. PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—Today will Probably be the hottest of the year in this city. At 1 p.m. the thermometer on the re6f of the Federal building registered 94 degrees, and the observer was of the opin- fon that it would rise to 98 ‘before night. The humidity was at a very high figure. Numerous cases of heat prostrations are reported. Variations of the Thermometer. The following were the thermometric read- ings at 2 o'clock at the places yiven: Drew's Drug Store, Connecticut avenue and L street, 99. Scheiler & Stevens, 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue, 9. Acker & Kenner, Pennsylvania avenue near 15th street, 4. H. C. Easterday, New Jersey avenue and G street, 96. F. Petrola, 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 97. Jas. J. Eppley, 14th and Stoughton streets, 96. —_->_— PROMOTIONS AND RETIREMENTS. Expected Changes i Ranking Om- cers of the Navy. The big naval deal, involving important Promotions and retirements, is progressing. satisfactorily to all parties concerned, un- der the skillful management of Capt. James Parker, late of the navy, a personal friend of each of the pe-sons affected. Admiral Joseph Fyffe has already been retired with the highest rank, and Commo- dore O. 8. Stanton has been nominated and confirmed as an admiral. The commission of Admiral Stanton was issued by the Presi- dent today, and will be immediately for- warded to thit officer, reaching him, prob- ably, at New York on Monday. According to the prearranged plan, Admiral Stanton made application today for retirement un- der the forty years’ service law, and his application will be granted without delay. This will result in the promotion of Com- modore Henry Erben to the grade of ad- miral next week, and his retirement will speedily follow. ‘The effect of these two retirements will be the early promotion of Commodores R. W. Meade aad Charles C. Carpenter. The retirement of Admiral Stanton will cause a vacancy in the command of the North At- lantic or home station, which will be filled by the assignment of Admiral Meade, who will, however, substitute the New York as flagship of the station in preference to the San Francisco, as at present. It is settled that the New York, under command of Capt. Evans, will remain on the home station, whether the flagship or not, and that she will not go abroad as the flagship of the European station, as has been persistently stated in some news- papers. One reason for this determination is the great expense attending the move- ments of that mammoth war machine. She will not b> sent on a long cruise unless ab- solutely recessary for the protection of American interests. The retirement of Admiral Erben will va- cate the command of the European sta- tion. That will soon be filled, however, by the assignment of Commodore William E. Kirkland, now in command of the South Atlantic station, who will transfer his flag within the next few weeks. ° Admiral Carpenter is now on his way to Yokohama, Japan, to assume command of the Asiatic station, recently vacated by the retirement of Admiral Skerrett. No one has as yet been selected to succeed Ad- miria Kirkiand in command of the South Atlantic station. = o- TROOPS AND THE STRIKE. United Staten Soldie: Keeping Rail- road Traffic Open in but One Seectio: In but one section of the country are the United Stetes troops now actively engaged in keeping open railroad traffic, which was interrupted by the strike. This is the coun- ng the Northern Pacific railroad. en. Otis, at Vancouver barracks, Teday telegraphed the War Department that the Northern Pacific agents had requested him to furnish troops to open up that part of the line lying in the Coeur de Alene coun- try. The general said he had consented to provide the troops from the force now at W: mer, Idaho, with the understanding that they ure {5 conane ineie crs™stiona to pushing forward mail trains and preventing obstructions to interstate commerce. They will not be used, he said, to guard the rail- road generally, save at the request of the judicial authorities. se- 1 Change the Asylum Physician. ‘The Commissioners this afternoon ac- cepted the resignation of Dr. E. W. Rei- singer, resident physician of the Washing- ton Asylum Hospital, and appointed Dr. ¥. B. Jackson to fill the vacancy. THE SENATE BILL It Will Probably Be Accepted by |. the House. —-+ -— THE TARIFF SITUATION CRITICAL p2%, weiter Fe Either the Compromise Measure or the McKinley Bill to Stand. tn THE PRESIDENT’S «POSTTION The democratic members of thé confer- ence committee on the tariff bill were prompt in resuming their sessions today. The meeting was held in the:zoom of the Senate committee on interstate commerce, with all the members present except Chair- man Voorhees, who was absent on account of illness. From the best information ob- teirable the indications are that there will be numerous changes in the less important schedules of the bill. These were agreed upon tentatively in the former conference, and it is considered improbable that the basis of agreement then arrived at will be changed materially during the present con- ference. It Is believed that there will be no ma- terial changes in the metal schedule. When the former conference broke up the House members were disposed to hold out stiffly for considerable concessions on cutlery and Steel rails. The prospects now are that the rates on ralis will be lowered somewhat, but that the cutlery rate will not b> changed. Some Changes Agreed Upon. The Senate conferees probably will ac- cept the House rate of $1 per pound on wrapper tobacco, retaining the Senate lan- suage. There will also be some changes in the woolen schedule, the most important of which probably will be in the paragraph reiating to cioth for men’s wear. The Sen- ate bill provides a duty of 4. per cent on articles of this class of less than 50 cents per pound value and of 5 per cent on ar- ticles of greater value. The indications are that the rate will be made 4% per cent straight. A similar change will probably be made on woolen articles not especially provided for, but it is nut believed that the ; ) per cent, will be accept Cotton cloth and cotton yarns will. prob- ably be reduced to the extent of about 5 per cent, as will laces and embroideries, on which the rate will probably be made 45 instead o: per cent. The Ho rates on china and earthen- ware, which are slightiy higher than those of the Senate bill, will be accepted. The Senate probably will recede from its in- crease of the tobacco tax, and it is said to be probable that there will be a compro- mise on the vonded period extension, the tax being fixed at $1 and the bonded period at five years. The Presi Us Position, Chairman Wilson orrived from West Vir- ginia this morning, and within a short time received a message from the Executive Mansion requesting his presence there. Mr. Wilson was one of the earllest callers at the White House, and he was with the President for some time. He remained un- tl it was necessary to go to the Capitol for | the opening of the second tariff confer- ence. The President's desire {c see Mr. Wilson before the conference opened, coupled with Speaker Crisp’s call at the White House yesterday and the President's request of Mr. McMillin to come to the White House Jast night, were all accepted in congress- i 1 circles that the President was willing to Chairman Wilson and Mr. McMillin know exactly what his position was before the informal conference was resumed. When the visit of Mr. Wilson to the White House became known among mem- bers it was felt on all hands that a settled policy on the part of the administration had been on, and there was intense eagerness to learn which course it would take. Rut Two Courses Open. It was the almost unanimous expression of members that but two courses were open in view of the attitude of the Senate and the tle vote yesterday, viz., to accept prac- tically the Senate bill or to leave th Mc- Kinley law standing, and the expressions were quite general that between the Senate bill, with such modifications as could be obtained, and the McKinley law the President and Mr. Wiloot vue a luctantly accept the former, and thus en the legislative panic and the probable fail- ure of all tariff legislation. No one at the Capitol was authorized to say that this was the President's position as stated to Messrs. Wilson and McMillin, yet it was the consensus of if members nearest to the — ‘ident = Be the House conferees that is was the sit- uation. A member whose relations with the President are very close said that while he could not speak with authority, he had no doubt that an agreement by the conference —even though it be an acceptance of the Senate bill, with sone modifications—would be acquiesced in by the President as the best thing obtainable. The President's let- ter to Mr. Wilson, said this member, had pointed out clearly what the choice of the President had been, but it did not go to the extent of committing the President irrevo- cably against the Senate bill if it was every- thing obtainable from a conference. The Senate Bill to Stand. Chairman Wilson saw severa@l-membcrs of the House during the early part of the day, and while he avoided a direct committal on the issue between the House and the Sen- ate, these members got the impression, in a general way, that Mr. Wilson regarded the situation as extremely precarious, and as presenting a choice between the Senate bill, somewhat mollified, and a continuance of the McKinley law, and that he regarded the former as the lesser evil. Members of the House, in speaking cf ac- cepting the “Senate bill,” use the words as meaning coal, iron and sugar, es there is no doubt of compromise on many of the other schedules. On these three items House members feel that there may be some slight change in the Senate rates, al- though the substantial features will stand. it was significent, in this particular, that a leading democratic member of the House, who expects to start tonight on a cam- paign tour, prepared his speeches on the basis of practically the Senate schedules on sugar, iron and coal. Chairman Wilson Stronger. Chairman Wilson goes into the second tariff conference much stronger physically than he was in the last conference, his stay in West Virginia having done him much good. He no longer wears a ban- lage around his head and over his face. The intense neuralgic pains in his head are gone. His eyes are still somewhat swollen and his forehead discolored, but it is a great improyement from hic condition a week ago. He says he feels vigorous, and this with his great stock of energy prom- ises to carry him through the tariff struggle without the physical collapse imminent at | the last conference Heuse Conferces io Reply. Just after 1 o'clock the democratic con- ference adjourned, not to meet again today. The House members, however, intend to have a meeting today to prepare a reply to the ultimatum of the Senate conferces. Immediately after adjournment Mr. Mont- gomery had a ccnference with Speaker Crisp, and it is urderstood that the demo- cratic leaders of the House will carefully canvass the situation. It ts said that the House members of the conference were verv reticent , and listened without com- ment to the statements made by the Sen- ators. There was no jey of exuberance exhibited: by either side, and House mem- bers who were pregent .amerely said the sit- uation was critical A member of the ways and means com- mittee, who is net ome of the conferees, states that- a strong :wentiment was de- veloped in the House im favor of recalling the House conferees and passing the Senate bill, as grave fears were entertained th: longer. He said that in all probability a call for a caucus be circulated today, and that if an agreement had not been reached by Tuesday night the caucus would probably be heid at that time, with a view to the passage of the Senate bill. An Exeeutive Session. The House democratic tariff conferees went to the ways and means committee room soon after the general conference with the Senators ended, the stray members and visitors retired, atid the four House con- ferees held arexetutive session. It was the first time they:had met in this way, and it was tuken to Indicate a purpose to decide upon a line of action. There was much conjecture also as to the possibility of a definite proposition baving been submitted by the Senators, end a purpose at this meeting of House conferees to accept or re- ject it. It was stated positively by House con- ferees that the meeting with the Senators had been confined to a general going over of the ‘subject, and no z ent was reached on tron, coal or sugar. It was also stated that the republican coaferees would be called in at the next meeting on Monday. At 1:30 o’clock the executive session of the House conferees had assumed import- ant proportions, and was regarded as the turning point of the tariff struggle. The four conferees taken off their coats and had settled down for a long, and it was be- lieved, a decisive movement. It was said by those in a position to know the drift of affairs behind the closed doors that the meeting would probably last until 5 o'clock, and that Chairman Wilson and his three associates were face to face with the plain proposition of whether or not they would accept the Senate bill or nothing. The utmost secreey was observed, but it was said that the final answer to this de- cisive question was likely to be reached be- fore the House conferees separated, and which ever way the decision went the fate of the turiff bill would be decided. The democrats of the conference will meet on Monday again and possibly in the afternoon the republican members will be called in, eS NVESTIGATION. No Present Prespect for Action on the Strike. It is the present outlook that the resolu- tion reported frém the House committee on commerce fpr’ an investigation of the cause of the great railroad strike looking to legislation to pfevent recurrence of such troubles will not ‘result in action this ses- sicn, Although the commerce committee had the floor ygsterday, the resolution was not brought forward, because it was known that it would lead to a warm debate and block the way so that the other bills of the committee could not receive considera- tien. Members of the committee do not @x- pect to be able to get @ day for the bill this Session, an@ if they could secure more time would prefer to devote It to the Nica- tegua canal, Moreover, the tnterest in the strikes has subsided very rapidly since thei collapse, and there if nat the desire for investigation thet there was before Presi- dent Cleveland inted the. commissian, PEDERI. Ese aS Fensivility) of(' @ sCealiag Station Showm By Mepert, The Secretary of Navy has made public the report af Walker in, re- gard to the estabii#hment of a naval coal- ing station at Pearl Hiatbor, Hawiil, show- ing indirectly the entise feasibility of the project. Detailed figuges showing the depths obtained at the dllfeyemt borings ure given, and then summarised &y Admiral Walker as follows: They) show that nothing but loose sand is to bw pret on the line of the proposed cut to aadepih of at jeast thirty feet at mean low=water; that the dredged sand could be safely @ischarged over the western reef by @ pipe, whence it would be carriedsoff By the current. Al- lowing $6,000 for the cost of operating the dredge per month#*the mverage cost of the removal of the depostt is 40 cents per cubic yard. But allowing & cents to cover con- tingencies, the admiral says that if the proposed cut in the bar be 2 feet wide, which ts as wide as tt can be made without touching the coral, and thirty feet decp at mean low waier, it will necessitate the dredging of 20 ards, and will cost $100,000, 1 be 200 feet wide the cost would ve $80,000. It would take thirteen and a nalf months to ac- complish the first and ten and two-thirds months the latter, although it is recom- mended that fifteen and twelve rionths, re- spectively, be allowed. At one piace insite the bar it will be necessary to widen the channei at a cost of $5,000. Sa i SECRETARY LAMONT’S RETURN. Bat There is Great Secreey About It at the White House. Secretary Lamont returned to town this morning suddenly and unexpectedly, and resumed his residence at the White House, as the President's guest. A few days ago he went to his home at McGrawville, N. Y., to visit his family, who are there for the summer, and he was not expected to re- turn to Washington until next week at the earliest. He did not visit the War Depart- ment today, and it‘was said there and also ot the White Housé that he was not in the city. His return is marked with great se- crecy and mystery, and that very fact started all sorts of senatorial stories, of which the one regeiving the greatest amount of credence fs that the President summoned him here to assiat in bringing about a speedy agreement in the confer- ence committee on the tariff bili, The most singular feature of the case ts that, not- withstanding Secretary Lamont's presence in the White Houst nearly all day, none of the officials at the mansion, from the high- est to the lowest, would admit that such was the case. +. Veterame eat Harper's Ferry. . The surviving members of the regiments which served in front of Petersburz, Va., July 3, 1964, will ossemble at Harper's Ferry on next Monday to celebrate the thirtieth anoiversary of the springing of the min at Petersburg, ander the auspices of Lincoin Post, No. 7, G. A. R., Depat ment of Maryland; O, P. Morton Post, No. 4, G. A: R., Department of the Potomac, and their auxiliat and the Army and Navy Club. The ‘3 of the day ave the silver- tongued oratory Dr. Gep. W. Bryant, past vice commandér of the ‘tment of Mis- souri; Gen. Terrence 8. A. Dunc com- mandor of the old fourth regiment, U. S.C. T., and Capt. Wm. H. Appleton, also of the fourth regimemt, U. 8. C. T. There will be three bands of music,.and the affair is likely to prove very interesting. Trains will leave the Baltimore and Ohio station at 9:30 a.m. — -~e RECOGNEING HAWAII. ‘The Belated Aa@vices *rom Minister Willts. Arrive. ‘The belated Hawaiian mail from Minister Willis was delivered at the State Depart- ment this mornimg., It formed a bulky package, and told’ tn a format official way of the establishment ofthe republic of Ha- wail, with Mr. Dele ps its chief cxecutive. ; Copies of the corresppnfence will be trans- mitted to the Sehute* Monday, and the formal recognition of the new republic wili no doubt be prammtiv- nade. AGAIN A WINNER The Britannia Adds Another to Her Record of Victories, THE RACE TODAY FROM PENZANCE A Light Wind Detracted From the Public Interest. DETAILS OF THE EVENT PENZANCE, England, July 28.—With a@ steady southeast wind blowing across beautiful Mounts bay, one of the most picturesque parts pf England, Vigilant and Britannia started this morning on their thirteerth race, with the score standing nine rages to three in favor of the Prince of Wales’ yacht. It had been arranged that Mr. A. D. Clarke's Satanita was to meet the American yacht today, but her sailing master last night, dissatisfied with the time allowance imposed upon him by the regatta commit- tee, telegraphed to Mr. Clarke that he was going to Falmouth, and he would not race today. Soon after the Satanita sailed for the port mentioned a telegraphic message was received at Penzance for the Satanita’s commander, in which her owner ordered the yacht to be raced under any conditions. But it was too late; the Satanita was by that time well on her way to Falmouth. In celebration of the Mounts bay regatta Penseance was in holiday trim today. Flags were flying everywhere, and everybody turned out to enjoy the day's sport. Thous- ands upon thousands of people during the earl? morning hours flocked into Penseance from all the neighboring towns along the coast, determined to see the big race at all hazards. The fame of the American racer has spread far and wide in England, and her praises are to be heafd on all sides. ‘The sloop, her owner, her commander and, her crew have made friends everywhere by th an-like conduct, and nobody il begrudge her the victory if she defeats the Britannia today. The Prize and Course. The race today was for a prize of $200, given by the town committee, and not for a yacht club prize, as in all previous con- tests between the two cracks. As to the course, it was beyond question a good one, weil out to sea and back to Port Leven and from there home. The first leg was about eight miles long, almost due south to a mark boat anchored off the coast; from that mark the second leg nine miles due east to Port Leven, in Mounts bay, where mark boat No. 2 was anchored, and from there another leg of eight miles com- pleted the twenty-five miles, making one- half of the course; twice around completed the total distance of fifty miles. Both racers had their club topsaiis up just previous to the start, and when the gun was fired which sent them on their way they ‘dashed over the line in beautiful style. The start es fine a one as could rey : about a | ¥ along stead of by canvas afone. The esplanade was thronged with people as the yachts got away, and the hills over- looking the buy were covered with specta- tora. The Brit: Len ‘The forty-rater cutter Corsair, with 35m. 10s. time allowance, also started, but she was virtually out of the race at the first mark. The Britannia increased her lead on the reach to thg open sea. She was standing in closer to the land and was racing along splendidly. Both yachts took a couple of tacks to weather the mark, the Vigilant coming further eastward. The Britannia, in the meanwhile, was increasing the gap be- tween herself and the sloop and passed the first mark boat quite half a mile ahead. The times of the two yachts at mark boat No. 1 on the first round were: Vigilant, 11h. Britannia, 11h. Sim. 33m. 55s. At this stage of the race the Britannia had the lead of 2m. 2%. The wind by this time had hauled southward slightly and was lighter than at the start. The Vizilant hoisted her big jib topsail on rounding the mark and chased after the cutter in fine style. The Britannia, however, was stiil gaining on the broad reach to Port Leven, which she passed in the lead. The times of the two yachts on the first round at mark boat No. 2, off Port Leven, were: Britannia, 12h. 16m. 30s.; Vigilant, 12h. 19m. 10s, - Therefore the Britannia had a lead of 2m. 40s. here, having gained 15s. on the last leg. 30s. ; Lost the First Round. After passing the mark the Britannia set her spinnaker to port for the run home, and the Vigilant did the same as soon as she got around, and both yachts ran along very fast, with a stronger wind. The Vigilant gained on this run before the wind and di- minished the gap between her and the cut- ter, The sails of both yachts were well filled, the breeze remaining steady, although moderate in force. As the two yachts ap- proached the home mark the esplanade was ‘k with multitudes of people, excitedly ching the racers, The excitement was increased when the Vigilant tried to get on the Britannia’s weather, but she was too far away to succeed, as the cutter was about a quarter of a mile to the northward and nearer the mark boat. ‘The tirst round was completed as follows: Pe ccd 1h. 14m, 55s.; Vigilant, 1h. 17m. Britannia consequently had a lead of 2m. 13s. on the Vigilant at the end of the first round, but she had lost 27s. on the run before the wind from the last mark buat home, ‘The wind was more southerly as the yachts headed away on the second round, and they were obliged to engage in a dead beat to the open sea mark boat. Thus there was a better prospect of the Vigilant pull- ing up. Lighter Wi a The Vigilant, with a lighter wind, dia not gain so much on the beat out as was expected, and on rounding the mark for the reach to Port Leven the Britannia moved faster in the soft breeze and lengthened the gap between her and the sloop. At the open sea mark boat, on the sec- ond round, the following were the times of the two yachts Britannia, 2h. 36m. Vigilant, 2h. 38m. 10s. At this stage of the race, Britannia led by 2m. 05s., hi on the last leg. En route to Port Leven the breese con- tinued softening, which was a great dis- appointment to the spectators, after the good promise of a fine racing wind during the morning. The lightening of the breeze naturally de- the Vigilant’s chance of winning, and at that stage of the race the Britannia was looked upon as almost certain to cross the finishing line ahead of her rival. The Bri ‘Wins. The times of the two yachts at the Port Leven mark boat on the second round were as tollows: Britannia, 3 hours 24 minutes 30 sec- onds. Vigilant, 3 hours 27 minutes 46 seconds. By this it will be seen that the Britannia had a lead of 3 minutes 10 seconds at this ‘—ark. against = lead of 2 minutes US sec- onds at the last mark boat, showing a gain of 1 minute @5 seconds on the last leg. slightly and spinnakers were on the home stretch. The Corsair through- out the race was hopelessly behind. There was little difference in the gap between the Vigilant and the Britannia on the reach home, in a light westerly breeze. The Vigilant set her balloon jib, but it was of little service to her, as her position was such that the Britannia was bound to win unless some accident happened to her. Eventually the Britannia crossed the line a winner. Sa ae STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. They Are Reticent—Op! gard to the § The diplomatic representatives of the United States in China, Japan and Corea are very remiss in their duties during the existing international crisis in Asia, or else the officials of the State Department are stretching the bounds of diplomacy to the utmost when they say, day after day, that they “haven't heard a word” from any of the countries, regardless of the fact that the press dispatches from the orient tell of daily events fraught with the utmost im- portarce to all the civilized nations of the earth. The official statement frequently repeated at the State Department and at the Chinese and Japanese legations that no of a ‘deciaration between China and Japan is not of so much significance as might at first be supposed, for the reason that officials gen- erally do not expect a formal declaration of that character to be made by either na- tion. They will gradually drift from diplo- matic disagreement into open hostilities, and will wage war on each other without making any formal announcement to the world to that effect. The French campaign against the black flags, which was waged with vigor for six monhs, and incidentally involved the blockade of Chinese ports, was not preceded or accompanied by a declara- tion of war, and, in fact, it is said that in these modern tim+s the form of a declara- tion fs not usuady adopted. Hostile na- tions simply drift into war, and are fully en, ed before the fact is fairly realized. This practice has the commendable ad- vantage over the old form of a declaration of war of permitting the combatants to patch up their differences more easily by the arts of diplomacy, and also enables them to disavew consequences. The unexpected appearance of Prince Cyntacuzene, the Russian minister, at the State Department yesterday afternoon gave rise to considerable gossip. It is stated, however, that his visit had no special sig- nificance. He is summering at New Lon- don, Conn., and being called to Baltimore on official business yescerday, he improved the occasion to come over to Washington to discuss the latest phase of the Corean com- plication with the Secretary of State. He returned to New London last evening. The Corean K It is admitted in diplomatic circles here that the King of Corea is a virtual prisoner, but it is insisted that actual possession of his person has not been taken by the Japa- nese troops. It is stated that the palace of the Corean king is surrounded by large grounds, and that around this the Japanese have placed an armed guard, so as to con- trol the movements of the king. In de- fense of this action it is explained that its event the king from being taken by the Chinese, the Japanese fearing that their rivals would take the king away bodily to some other place. The Chinese then would have the titular representative Corean of the in their power, and could induce it is declared, to issue .. favorable to the that would. moral effect on the be harmful to Roatize Business Transacted—Drama- tle Copyright Bill Up. in the House today ¢wo dilis were passed by unanimous consent—for the relief of Jemes L, Townsherd ard Benjamin F. Poteet. Objection was made to the further consideration of bills of tais character. A joint resolution was presented by Mr. Sayers (Tcx.), and agreed to, extending un- til August 14 the appropriaticns of the past fiscal year. On June 2 a resolution was passed extending the appropriations for one month, but it has been found necessary to neke a further extension for euch appro- Priations as have not been passed or are still in conference BI Passed. Then a number -of bilis were passed by unanimous consent, among them the fol- lowing: Senate bill granting an American register to the steamer Oceana; to pension Mary E. Hamilton, widow of a soldier of the Indian war of 1818; to dispose of four condemned cannon of the navy by donat- ing them to Sac City, Iowa; referring to the Court of Claims the case of the tow boat Future City; for the relief of Wm. Hendershot of Butteville. Oreg., and to pay Cc. P. Gooch moneys for carrying the mail. ‘The following private bills which have been favorably reported by the committee of the whole at the Friday night sessions were 5 Granting pensions to Adelaide J. Propos, Drusilla J. Rigg, Samuel Burns, Willis Manasieo, Mrs. E. 8. Luke. For the relief of John H. Malcom and to remove the oma of desertion against Patrick Kelle- er. Bills for the relief of Wm. E. Bond and George Isenstein were also passed. The Dramatic Copyright Bil. Today having been assigned to the com- mittee on patents, the first bill called up was that amending section 46, Revised Statutes, relating to copyrights, so as to read as follows: Any persons publicly performing or rep- resenting any dramatic or operatic compo- sition, for which a copyright has been ob- tained, without the consent of the proprie- tor of said dramatic or cperatic composi- tion, or his heirs or astigns, shall be lable for damages therefor, such dumages in all cases to be assessed at a tum not less than $100 for the first and %w for every subse- quent performance, as to the court shall appear just. Mr. Covert (XN, Y.), in explaining the bill, stated that the most successful American playwrights had had their work pirated by men who stenographically reported the plays and then publicly offered copies for sale. Thus works fer which theatrical menagers had expended large sums of mon- ey were publicly offered for sale at & apiece, and this bill was intended to protect the authors or owners. Mr. Hopkins (Ill) opposed the bill, which, he said, gave to the courts too great powers —powers that Were not conferred upon them in any other respect. For instance, some poor, straggling company of players in an obscure town in Texas which is producing a play claimed as the exclusive property ot some man in New York could be enjoined against continuing to produce the play. It would allow a judge in New York he said to issue an injunction against a per- son or company in any part of the United States, and if the injunction was not obey- ed, he could issue a writ of attachment and send a New York marshal into any state in the Union to serve it. Such powers were not now by any federal law as it is and as it would be under the p bill, and without disposing of the bill the House, at 2:20 o'clock, adjourned. —— + e+ — _ ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Lecal Men to Ald Centen The advisory committee for the District for the coming Baltimore centennial has been finaily agreed upon as follows: B. H. Warner, John W. Ross, Lawrence Gardner, Theodore W. oyes, Beriah Wilkins, John G. Slater, C. G. Conn, John Joy Edson, S. W. Woodward, John B. Wight, Gardiner Hubbard, -Charles: J. Bel Anderson and Scntt Towera. the Baltimore Alexander D. | WAR’S PROGRESS The Latest Developments in th China-Japan Trouble. ALREADY PEACE IS BEING DISCUSSEP The Friendly Offices of the Foreign Powers, PLANS OF CAMPAIGN ee ne SHANGHAI, July 28--Further news ree ceived here this evening confirms the out« line of the situation of affuirs between China and Japan as cabled to the Associat~ ed Press. In addition to the Hugh Mathieson @& Company steamer Kow Shung, which w: sunk by a Japanese cruiser as it was bell used as a transport for Chinese troops, all on board being drowned, the Chinese Trad- ing Company's steamer Tooman, which was also being used as a transport for Chinese troops, has been sunk by the fire of a Jap- anese warship. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank agency here is unable to obtain official ews to the effect that war has been pro- claimed, but the agency states that war is everywhere believed to exist. The Chinese government, through Messrs. Jardine and Mathieson, is making inquiries in London as to the price the market would give for a Chinese loan of several million pounds sterling. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has applied direct to the Chinese government at Pekin, offering to take the loan, but the bank referred to was. informed that the government was not in need of money. This morning all the steamers of the Chinese Trading Company now here and all incoming Chinese merchant steamers were ordered to remain here until further orders from Tien Tsin. An Offcial Account. YOKOHAMA, July 28.—The Japanese gov- ernment has issued the following official Statement of the recent engagement be- tween the fleets of Japan and China: In consequence of severe provocation, three ships of the Japanese squadron were compelled to engage the Chinese fleet off Fontao, or Round Island. They captured the Chinese warship Tsao Kian and sunk a Chinese transport, with soldiers on board. Unfortunately, one of the largest Chinese hhon-clads of the northern fleet, . cruiser Huan Tai escaped to Pusan, Corea. The three Japanese warships engaged were the Akitsushima, the Takachiho and the Hi Yei. They escaped entirely without. The Warships. The Chinese warship Chen-Yue, reported: injury. is & steel vessel of 4,150 tons, 3,400 horse power and carrying twelve guns She was Takachino is @ steel vessel, built in England in 1885. She is of 3.7% tons, car- ties ten guns and has an estimated «peed of nineteen knots, which speed, by the way, is also attributed to the Akitsushima. The third vessel of the Japanese squadron, the yg 2 a composite vessel, buflt In Eng- in . construction. Her tonnage ie 2.284, she has & speed of twelve knots an hour and car- ries nine guns. Resort to Diplomacy. VICTORIA, B. C., July 28.—The steamer Empress of India, eleven days from Yoko- hama, arrived yesterday. Ignorant of the latest cable advices, the passengers almost to a man are strongly of the opinion thag China will not fight, but will diplomatically et out of the corner into which she haa been driven. That seems to have been the general opinion of foreigners in the orient when the Empress left. Proposals for a Settleme: ROME, July 28.—The following dispatch was received from Tokio, Japan, today: The Italian minister, acting in concert with the British minister, has presented to the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs + proposals made by the Chinese looking to a settlement of affairs in Corea. These proposals will be coasidered by the Japa- hese government, which has reserved ite reply. London Legation Notified, LONDON, July 28.—The Chinese legation today received a dispatch from Tien Tsin saying that the King of Corea was cap- tured by the Japanese on July Zt This ts regarded as explaining the collision which took place at Seoul, the capital of Corea. The Toonan (not Tooman as previously cabled) was a vessel of tm to bathing from Hong Kong. She was commanded by Capt. Lowe, and belonged to the China Merchant Steam Navigation Company. She had been chartered from that company by the Chinese government, in order to trans- port troops to Corea between the Japanese und the palace guards. The Chinese minister today informed the Associated Press representative that there has been no formal declaration of war be- tween China and Japan, in spite of the collisions which have occurred, and that the pourparlers tending towa: peaceful settlement of the disputes between the two. countries still continue. neice HAWANAN REPUBLIC. Firmly Established, SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.—The steam. ship Australia arrived today, six and one- half days from Honolulu, bringing Hawai- jan advices to July 21. Peace prevatis throughout Hawaii, and the new govern- ment appears to be firmly established. The jury system under the new constitution is causing some trouble in the country dix- triets. The constitution requires all jurors to take the cath of allegiance to the new re- rublic and adjure all help in restoring the , monarchy in any form. In one country dis- trict it has been impossible to get enough jurors to serve, Honolulu royalists having sent out a circular saying that no answer had yet been received as to President Cleve- jand’s intentions, and warning natives to Keep out of politics, end to take no oaths of allegiance. Even the most ardent royalists, however, have little hope that the commission recent- ly sent to Washington will be able to ac- complish anything in ex-Queen Liliuckala- ni’s behalf. One evidence of public faith in the new government was shown just before the steamer sailed. Ten thousand dollars of gove-ament bonds that previourly to the adoption of the new constitution had cone begeing were easily dinpored of af.