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— = THE EVENING STAR. ISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, ru san, 42 THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pens Avenne, Cor. 11th Strest, by Tke Even r Newspaper Company, E 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t Kew ¥ re a nee ener ctrmnie I BOIES ON LABOR. —— - oe His Address Today Before t :¢ L.wa| Democratic Convention. UNIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISORDER Advocates an Agreement on the | Best Tariff Reform Measure. —— BOTH GOLD AND eereee SILVER Iowa, August 1.— The eratic state convention assembled Calvary Tabernacle today at 10:30 o'clock, About 400 delegates were in attendance. Caucuses were held at 9 o'clock and the usual committeemen selected. No candi- Gates opened headquarters, and in this case the office seeks the man. J. M. Parsons, temporary chairman, delivered an address, @aying that Coxeyism was McKinleyism carried to a logical conclusion. After the | Speech committees were chosen, and the morning caucuses reported. The convention then adjourne. for dinner. On reconvening Gov. Boles was chosen permanent chairman of the convention, and spoke at some length. After reviewing the conditions leading up to the democratic vic- tory of 1802, and arraigning the republican party for the policy !t pursued while in power, he continued: “That victory was mot won without definite and oft-repeated Promises by those who claimed to speak for the party as to what would be done if the party success crowned our efforts. If @emocracy would live; if !t would not row, im the first flush of its victory so gallantiy won, lay down its arms, surrender ail for which it fought and prepare its winding sheet for the tomb, it must not lower the standard of the promise made. “There is now no middle ground on which it can cast an anchor. Protection, if right in one instance, is right in all. He who is willing that his party as such shall retrace @ single step from the position it assumed fm 1892, who would surrender an iota of the Sr for which he then fought and won, mot a democrat. I have too much faith im the intelligence of the electors of this republic, in the sober second thought of the plain people of this nation, to believe they can long be misied in placing the responsi- bility for the disasters we are suffering where it belongs.” Tarif a ver. He said further that “Within the party councils I want the voice of crimination and gecrimination hushed at once, ard I want the democratic memters in Congress to @gree upon the very best measure of tariff reform it is pussible to pass and make it the law of the !and without further delay. If it does not come up to the requirement of that pledge as I read it I will not lay down my arms; I will help to keep the wheels of re- form in motion until all that has been promised {fs faithfully performed. This is fry view of the duty of democrats in this crisis, both in and out of Congress. “By an expiicit resolution in {ts last na- tional platfcrm the democratic party is committed to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country and to ‘the coinage of both, without discrimina- tion-against either,’ but it ts expressly @e- clared that ‘the dollar unit of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value or be adjusted through international agreement or by such safeguards of legisla- tion as will insure the parity of the two metals." To my own mind the unqualified Janguage of that plank requires an affirma- tive acticn on the part of the representa. tives of the perty by which it was adopted.” Law. He referred to the unprecedented troubles hh labor circles during the last four months end deprecated t@e violation of law. “I am still more amazed to know that within the Circles of some of these unfons are men ‘who yet condemn the authorities, both state and national, for interposing the military erm of each to put an end to conditions that had reached a completed stage of anarchy and overthrown in some lucalities every semblance of law and order. If these men are not bereft of reason they must by this time realize that ‘the strike,’ as con- @ucted in many places in the recent past, {s revolution, is anarchy, is the incipient stage of civil war. It is vain to aasert that the gcenes of riots, incendiarism and bloodshed We have witnessed Js not the work of mem- bers of any of the «unions, but instead is that of the lawless el2ments of the cities in which they have occurred. If this is liter- a'ly true, it cannot relieve the unions in Question of the responsibility for conditions that their own acts made possible, and which, without such acts, would never have existed. The Sympathetic Strike. “There is snother phase of this question of immeasureable Importance to individuals. It is the queetion of the inherent right or ‘wrong of what some labor leaders term a ‘sympathetic strike,’ and was forcibly pre- sented in the Pullman strike. The ‘sympa- thetic strike’ must go or the unions that engage in it will be destroyed, and with it must go forever the scenes of riot and carnage that have characterized so many recent strikes or the organizations re- sponsible for them will be ground into dust under the fron heel of an awakened public sentiment.”” The speaker then devoted his attention to state issues, charging the republican party with misrule and extravagance, and particu- larly condemning it for its liquor legisla- tion, which he denounced as disgraceful and ridiculous. He advocated the establish- ment of county insane asylums after the plan adopted in Wisconsin and declared that the republican party's methods of handling state inctitutions were wildly ex- travagant. In conclusion the speaker sald: “It is at least the duty of the democratic party to continue to labor for better gov- ernment in state and nation alike; to be true to itself, true to its principles and loyal aways to the best interests, the high- est possible good of the people of whom it forms so conspicuous a part.’ —__—.——_ RUN DOWN BY A STEAMER. ‘The Crew of a Fi: Steamer With One Exception Saved. NEW YORK, August 1—The White Star teamer Majestic, Capt. Parsell, which ar- rived from Liverpool and Queenstown, ran @own the fishing schooner Antelope last Monday morning off the banks. It was @uring a dense fog at 8:30 in the morning, when off the Newfoundland banks, that the ‘eckout sighted the Antelope but a few rods Nstant, directly ahead. At the same mo- fent the men om the schooner saw the tteamer and attempted to escape by putting ‘Beir helm to starboard. The big liner $ too quick for them. however, and, al- though backing with both propeliors at full Speed, crashed into the fishing schooner, @triking her om the port quarter and spli ting her completely to the starboard bow. The lifeboats were instant!y lowered by the Majestic, and so rapid was the work that seven out of the eight men on board were quickly hauled into the bo: The eighth man, named Gabriel Mitchell, aged eighteen, a native of Burin, N.F., was be- low when the steamer struck the Antelope of the men “te and was drowned. Ali more or less bruised by flying ters, and one of them, Wm. Woundy, died on the Majestic from the inju he r The Work of Rescue. John Bugden was lntery Capt. wed in | axle on a train, composed a! Che Lvening Star. > 52. Vor. 85, No. 20,9. the for Majestic on her ar- rival at « He said that until the big prow of t teamer loomed through the fog not a suspicion of her presence was elt by the At that time starboard tack, and she was d time to think,” said Capt. of us Who were on deck put into the water so quickly. tion was lavished upon us b: 1 crew of the liner, and we ul for their consideration Antelope was owned by Bugden and his three brothei Philip and Reuben, ali of whom were rd. She was thirt tons burden and had been out three weeks. 2 cflicers are very > — COAL TRAIN WRECKED. Three Men Were Injared and Prob- ably Four Dead. LANCASTER, Pa., August 1.—A broken ost entirely of coal cars, caused a bad wreck on the Penrsylvania railroad at Pomeroy, twenty- five miles east of this city, at a late hour last night. Eighteen loaded coat cars were hurled from the track and their contents, Aggregating 400 tons of coal, scatterel in every direction, blocking all tracks and tearing up the rails. The debris was not cleared away until this afternoon. Cha Dingees, whose home is in Eggleston, Va., and Wm. Field of Pittsburg,who were steal- ing a ride.were hurled frem the cars ani bad- ly hurt. Miles Frankford, brakeman, of Co- lumbia, also serigus njure and Dingee y that four young boarded the train just east of this as they have not been seen there are fears that the bodies m: be under the tremen- dous heaps of coal, piled along the track. >—— MILES AN HOUR. SIXTY WESTFIELD, N. J., August 1.—Miss Mary Singer. aged twenty-three, of Rocky Hill, who jumped from a Royal Blue line flyer at Rosclie yesterday when the train was going at full speed, is at the home of her brother, John Singer, at this place. She will recover from her injuries. Miss Singer got aboard of the Royal Blue line flyer at Newark by mistake, as she intended to board a iocal train for Fan- wood. When she discovered her mistake she became greatly excited and before she could be restrained she ran to the platform of the car and jumped off when the train was going at the rate of nearly sixty miles an hour. a SENATOR SMITH’S CONSTITUENTS. ot lewood Protest Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 1, 18$4.— Three hundred and twenty-elght signatures to the following protest against the course of Senator Smith of New Jersey on the tariff bill were obtained in Englewood, Bergen county, N. J., between Saturday and Mon- day: To the Hon. States Senator: in-The undersigned, your constituents, all democrats, desire to protest against your action in opposing the Wilson bill as it came from the House of Representatives, and in so doing we wish to emphasize one or two facts which you seem to have for- gotten. In your contest for the United States senatorship it was distinctly stated as afreason for your election that you were in futl accord with the policy of President Cleveland with refererce to the tariff, and shared with him distinctly all his views upon that subject. It was likewise stated as a reason for defeating Gov. Abbott that in you we would have a representative of clean politics and a high standard ef po- litical virtue—in other words, that machine politics would end and independent action and true reform be exemplified by your ef- forts and conduct. Under this impression i ‘democrats of New Jersey were satis- fied. But !t is with extreme regret that we now have to inform you that the confidence hitherto existing is fast giving way to dis- trust, and that your present attitude is even arousing doubts whether your course is Influenced by patriotic motives and a due regard for the opinion, wishes and interests of a vast majority of your constituents. If you persist in the poiicy you are now pur- suing relative to tariff reform, you will materially assist in disorganizing the demo- cratic party by bringing discredit upon it, and you will succeed in having the state of New Jersey, at the next election, swept by the republicans, This may be plain talk, but it is our duty to speak plainly to you that you may under- stand that the democrats of our section are not in accord with you in the policy which you are now pursuing, and that disaster will overtake us beyond question. We hope that as one of the Senators from the state of New Jersey, representing all the state and not a part of it, that you wiil calmly consider what we here say, and that you will act in accordance with the wishes of your constituents. ——.—— FIFTEEN CASTAWAYS. James Smith, jr., United Report Made by One of the Bering Sen Patrol Fleet. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., August 1.— Mail advices to the Associated Press from Ounalaska to July 20, per steamer Wil- lamette, state that one of the Bering sea patrol fleet had just returned from a west- ern cruise end reported speaking to a seal- ing schooner which reported that another sealer, name not learned, had picked up a boat containing fifteen castaways be- longing to the wrecked whaling bark James Allen. The former schooner not being Pleased at being boarded by officers of a man-of-war did 1.ot volunteer any particu- lars. As soon as the sealing fleet enters Bering sea after August 1 definite deta: may be cbtained. The Ranger and Alba. tross visited the seal rookeries at St. Paul and St. George islands and report that the seal were unusually plentiful. It is be- Meved the sealing schooners have large catches. —_——_—_ SALE OF A RAILROAD. The Pittsburg, Akron and Western is Offered at Auct - AKRON, Ohio, August 1.—The sale of the Pittsburg, Akron and Western railroad, un- der proceedings of foreclosure of a mort- gage of $3,600,000, held by the Central Trust Company of New York, will be made at public auction about the Ist of October, un- der a decree of court agreed to by all in- terested parties. Sheriff Williams of this county will be master commisstoner, Un- der the new decree the $241,000 of receivers’ certificates outstanding will have to be paid before the court will confirm the sale. —_.—_—_ SUICIDE IN JAIL, A Desperate Prisoner Makes a Rope From His Cot. BROOKLYN, Avgust 1.—Adolph Brenner, aged twenty-three years, a German, com- mitted suicide in Raymond street jail th: morning between 5:30 and 6 o'clock by gs himself with a rope that he cut cot in his cell. Brenner perate character and was iw jatt mtence on a charge of assault in the first degree upon George Wegerle of No. 31 Bieecker street, Lrookiyn, and also for attempted suicide. m ? } 1 8ays, among other things: TARIFF SITUATION > The Attempt to Bring About a Speedy Agreement. NEGCTIATIONS ARE SATISFACTORY What the Friends of the Adminis- tration Say. - SONSERVATBIVES ON TOP ‘_____+___— Active negotl fons are proceeding, both inside the tariff conference and in influen- to tial quarters outside the conference, bring about a complete and speedy agi rrent on the tariff bill. These negotiations are said to be proceeding so satisfactorily that congresstonal leaders assert that the end is very near at hand, Those familiar with the details of the negotiations say they include fair concessions from both Senate and House. On the three great items of sugar, iron and coal it is denied with much emp’ on the House side that the Senate sugar schedule and the Senate rate on iron would prevail, and that the House would be compensated by a rec procity clause on coal. ‘The House leaders resent this report, saying that it would be equivalent to a complete surrender to the Senate. It is stated by those leaders in- formed of the facts that the sugar schedule will not be that fixed by the Senate, nor the free sugar of the House bill, but a mid- dle ground. Free Raw Materials. Friends of the administration say there is a good prospect that the President's insistence on free raw materials—free iron and free coal—will receive substantial rec- ognition, and deny as impossible all reports that any agreement would be on the basis of accepting the Senate rate on coal and iron. There is geod reason to belleve that Chairman Wilson and the friends of the administration will not yield to such a proposition. The democratic conferees were ‘together again for two hours today and at the close of the meeting the House members expressed the same confidence of a speedy settlement that they had after the meeting yesterday. Chairman Wilson and Mr. Montgomery went at once to Speaker Crisp's private office and conferred with him half an hour. Chairman Holman of the democratic cau- cus committee also conferred with the Speaker. Mr. Holman said afterward that the tariff situation had changed so material- ly for the better that the House caucus would not be held for the present. The conferees would be given every opportunity to get together, he added. Senate Conferees Reticent. The Senate conferees can be induced to say but very little on the situation, and what they do say Is unsatisfactory from a news point of view. One of them was quoted on the floor of the Senate today as saying that there were more indications of reach- ing an understanding than there had here- tofore been. Speaking to representatives of the press, they say that the deadlock continues, and that so far no common ground has been found on the three essen- tial items of dispute, the questions of sugar, coal and iron ore. They admit that various propositions have been submitted to the ecnference by its members, providing in some instances for a modification, and in others merely a change of form, but de- ciare that no amendment has yet been Proposed that can be agreed upon. In the Senate, as a whole, there {s a per- Petual growth of sentiment in favor of an early report of the bili in some shape. ‘The argument most frequently heard is that the business interests of the country demand action at as early a period as possible. And the bill should be no ionger held in confer- ence than is necessary. Outside the conservative Senators, those who have demanded a duty on_ refined sugar, coal and iron ore, the belief is grow- ing that slight modifications will in the end be made and on the sugar schedule. Couservatives Hold the Key. Conservative Senators, if they remain firm and united, hold now as they have held from the beginning the key to the situation in the Senate. The Senate conferees feel evidently that it fs useless to report any bill that cannot receive forty-three demo- cratic votes, and unless some other way is found out of the difficulty which would present itself in the Senate upon the report of a bill materially changed the chances now appear to be that the action of the Senate conferees will be controlled largely by this element. There are Senators who declare that the conservatives will support any bill reported, but they do not appear to have so far given any intimation to this effect. -e- Nominations by the President. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: Postn ters—Jerome W. Pierce, Spring- field, Vt.; Andrew J. Sibley, Monipelier, Vt.; Frank E. Abbott, Riverside, Cal.; George W. Hill, Pomona, Cal.; John N. Scarbor- ough, Americus, Ga.; D. W. Hamilton, Sig- ourney, lowa; W. D. Gerard, Osborne, Kan. Ell Mead, Hutchinson, Kan.; John MeMil- lan, South Omaha, Neb.; Martin E. Con- lan, Alexandria, S. Dak. Peregrine J. Dempster, to be register of the land office at Sterling, Col. Navy—Lieut. Commander William W. Rei- singer, to be commander; Lieut. A. V. Wad- hams,lieutenant commander; Lieuts. (junior rade) John H. L. Holcomb and William Burdick, Heutenants; Ensigns Joseph 1. Jayne and James G. Doyle, licutenants, junior grade. —<—— Will Support Him. Representative Bryan has been tendcred the support of the Democratic Free Coinage League of Nebraska if he will accept a nomination for Senator upon their platform. In making the offer of support the league “We are confident that every clement in the state favorable to the principles you have so ably champlored are favorable to your election as United States Senator, and we are certain that the political party which dees rot champicn your candidacy will not reflect the sentiment of the masses of the peopie of Nebraska.” Mr. Bryan has not yet replied. a Declared a Failure. The cruiser Vesuvius has been practically abandoned as a marine carriage of dyna- ite guns and the naval bureau chiefs have been ordered to report upon the feasi- bility of transforming the vessel Into a torpedo boat of the first-class, together with an estimate of the cost of such an operation. The Vesuvius was built as a dynamite cruiser at a cost of $350,000, as experiment, and although her pnea- matic tubes have never given satisfactory results on the water, there are many naval officers who believe still that they can yet be made of great service. —_"_+- 2 ___ Sent to Mexico. The Secretary of War has appointed First Lieut. Charles G. Dwyer, third infantry, military attache to the United States lega- tion at the City of Mexico. He has been relieved from duty in the Department of Dakota and Is ordered to proceed without delay to bis new post of duty. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1894— Brought About by the New Appropria- tion Bill. Clerks Reduced and Dismissed—The Increases and Where ‘They Go— on Employes the legislative, executive and judic appropriation bill was signed by the Pres ident yesterday afternoon an] the changes therein provided for take effect fmm: ly, with the exception of the reorganization ef the accounting offices of the Treasury Department under the Dockery pian, which does not go into effect until the Ist of er, ‘The total appropriation for the the same as during the fiscal year. The salary of the first secretary of state ts increased 3.40 to $4,500 a year, and the pro- or a $1,000 clerk for proof reading he laws of the United States is omitted, Dill makes a very hi reduction the clerical force of the War Depart- ment, between 35) and 400 clerks being dropped. Of this number 300 were in the record and pension office. This legislation of Congress was anticipated several months ago, however, by Secretary Lamont, and all the changes in the War Department provid- ed for in the bill have already been made. Many of these clerks were dismissed as jong ago as May, and a number of others in dune. ‘The last batch, numbering 150, was dropped from the rolis on the 25th ultimo. So tar as the law is concerned #ll these clerks might have been retained in office and received pay up to today. No explana- tion has yet been made by the War De- partment for its seeming haste in the mat- ter of their removal. The legislative bill made a reduction of $009 in the appropriation for clerks in the avy Department, and In order to meet this eduction nineteen s were yesterday notified that their salaries had been reduced. In the navigation bureau the salaries of two clerks were reduced from §1 $1,000; one clerk's salary was redu $1,600 to $1,400 and that of another from $1,200 to $1,000, ‘The fourth-class clerks who received this heavy decrease in salary are Mr. Moran and Dr. MeNairy, two of the oldest employes in the service of the gov- ernment. Mr. Moran ts about eighty-four years of age. He has been in tne naval establishment for sixty-sevén years and nas been employed in the Navy Department proper for fifty-one years, Dr. McNairy has been employed in the Navy Department for forty-two years. These (vo men, and Mr. Moran in partic are regarded as the best posted men in regard to the per- sonnel of the navy, past and present, in the country. Notwithstanding their ‘age they are comparatively actlye and vigorous, and are considered most efficieat clerks. The other changes in the Navy Depart- ment were as follows: Bureau of medicine and surgery, one clerk at $1,200 reduced to $1,000; bureau of suppiies amd accounts, one clerk at $1,600 redyced to $1,400, two clerks at $1,400 to $1 o Clerks at $1,200 re- duced to $1,000; office of judge advocate gen- eral, one cler t $1,400 redueed to $1,200; bureau of yards and docks, one clerk at $1,800 reduced to $1,60 and one clerk at $1,200 to $1,000; bureau of cohstruction and State Department i last repair, one clerk at $1,809 tp $1,000, one clerk / at $1,600 to $1,400 and cne @lerk at $1,400 to $1,200; office of naval war’ teconds, oneclerk at $1,200 reduced to $1,000; Secretary's office, one clerk at $1,800 reduced to $1,600 and one clerk at $1,400 reduced to $1,200 The changes in the Treasury Department made by the bill went into effect yesterday and today. An tmcrease of $3,300 18 made in the office of the Secretary. ‘This does not s force, however. It merely t pay roll clerks from other offices detailed to duty there. An $1,800 clerk in the loans and currency division 1s transferred to the civil service office. In the fourth auditor's office there is a reduction of three clerks at $1,400, In the sixth audt- tor’s office there is an increase of six clerks at $1,200, five clerks at $1,000 and two clerks st $4) and a decrease of three chiefs of di- vision at $2,000 and one clerk at $1,600, ‘The treasurer's office loses two clerks at $1,000 und one clerk at $4). The Marine Hospital bureau gets an additional clerk at $1,000. ‘The navigaticn bureau gets one more clerk at $1,200, and loses one clerk at §4N). In the bureau of statistics there Is an in- crease of three clerks at $1,000 and a de- crease of three copyists at $720. The sugar beunty division of the internal revenue bu- reau is abolished, causing the discharge of one chief at $2,250, one clerk at $1,400), one at $1,600, one at $1,400, one at $1,200, one at $1,000, one at $200 and a messenger at $840, Number of Dismissals in the Depar Today, The following dismissals of clerks from the Department of the Interior, ordered some time ago, as then stated in The Star, Went into effect today: James: F. Wilkes of Ohio, Miss Sallie Patterson of Massa- chusetts and James S. Cowden of Louisi- ana, clerks of class 1; Edwsrd Mite of Virginia, Morris Keim of Virginia, Mrs. Helen M. Whipple cf Minnesota, Williem T. Johnson of Pennsylvania and Horace Elimaker of Ohio, clerks at $1,600; Andrew King ef Missouci, Albert A. Lott of Ten- nessee, Mies Grace Ttulon of Maryland, Ciinton D. Roosa of Ohio, Stephen M. Long of Wisconsin, James J. Norris of New York and Cr W. Childs of Alabama, copyists ° A SITE CHOSks. Spring Garden ana 17th Street for the Philadelphia Mint. Secretary Carlisle has at last settled the controversy over the selection of a site for the new United States mint at Philadel- phia by accepting the offer of James Moore of that city to sell the property on Spring Garden street at the corner of 17th street for that purpose for the sum of $305,000, This is a reduction of $10,000 fromthe original offer. The offer is accepted on condition that the property 1s‘entirely free and unincumbered and that the owner will remove the foundry and other buildings now occupying it. Congress appropriated $850,000 for the purchase of ‘a site and for the commencement of the mint building. + e+ Gold Holdings.” The controller of the curreficy has pre- pared a statement of the gold holdings of national banks in the priaipat cities at the time of the iast examinatign, showing as follows: July 38. May 4. New York . 4,125,671 Chicago 73,047 Boston . + 808d, 218, Philadelphia 2 11,527,346 Cincinnati . 1,255,800 Washington, D.C. 985,062 Detroit . + 1,164,351 Kansas City. + 1,384,055 Cleveland, Ohio...... 1,680,142 ee ee ee, Carrying Out the Plan. The President today approved the applica- tion of Admiral Oscar F. Stanton to be placed on the retired list, to take effect July 30. This results in the promotion of Com- modore Henry Erben, now commanding the European station, to be rear admiral, and the assignment of Commodore Richard Meade to the command of the North At- lantic station, vacated by Admiral Stanton’s retirement. —___-e-____ Will Be in Charge. In the absence of the frst auditor and the deputy first auditor, Superinlendent Stump of the immigration bureau will have charge of the affairs of that office, PAGES. —_+—___ A Prominent Figure During the War Passes Away. HE HAD AN INTERESTING CAREER --- Some of the Important Incidents of His Life. ——+ HIS PECULIARITIES —_—_»—__- SOME OF Judge Joseph Holt died at 8 o'clock thts morning at his residence on the corner of © street and New Jersey avenue southeast. He was eight even years old, and his death is attributed to the shock of a fall he suffered several days ago, from which his system was not strong enough to recover. In warm weather it had always been Judge Holt's custom to sit out under the shade of the trees in his garden to read the morning papers, and on the day he met with his ac- cident he was descending the stairs in his residence when he stumbled at the lowest step and fell heavily to the flcor. He was badly bruised, but no bones were broken. He appeared to be recovering rapidly from the effects of his fall with the exception that his respiration was somewhat impeded. Yesterday afternoon Judge Holt was visited by his nephew, Mr. Willa G. Sterrett, the well-known newspaper correspondent, and seemed to be :.. excellent spirits and in pos- Judge Mo session of as clear and vigorous intellect as he had half a century ago. He displayed a keen interest in the present tariff contro- versy, as well as political affairs generally, and discoursed upon their various phases with his accustomed freshness and origi- nality of thought. Mr. Sterrett left his bed- side pleased at the improvement in his un- cle’s condition, only to be shocked at an early hour this morning by being waked up and informed of his death. A Very Interesting Career. Although Judge Holt has lived tn retire- ment for many years, and has been so quiet in his movements that he has becn almost lost sight of, yet he was at one time a prominent figure in public affairs, and he had an extremely interesting career. He was one of the prominent figures during the ntebellum days of the war, and had the re distinction of being a trusted adviser of loth Buchanan and Lincoln, and held high offices under the administration of each. He was one of the men of southern birth who remained loyal to the Union through- out the war, and he did much to put Wash- ington in a state of preparation for the in- evitable conflict by taking the office of Sec- retary of War, vecated by Secretary Floyd, a southern man, and aiding Gen. Winfield Scott in his work of organizing the Union armies on a war footing. Judge Holt was born in Breckinridge county, Ky., in 1807, and was educated at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, and at Center College, Danville, Ky. In 1828 he began the practice of law in Elizabethtown, Ky. He moved to Lovisville in 1882 and to Port Gibson, Mississippi, in 1835, where he Won prominence in his profession, He re- turned to Louisville In 18s2, and after a trip to Europe was appointed commissioner of patents by President Buchanan in 1857, ftom which office he was promoted to that of Postmaster General in 185 In 1860, when John W. Floyd withdrew from the cabinet, Mr. Holt assumed charge of the War Department. He actively co- operated with Gen. Scott in providing against hostile demonstrations at the in- auguration of Lincoln in 1861, Although he had been a Douglas democrat, Mr. Molt now gave his earnest support to the adm istration, denouncei the “neutrality” policy of his native state, and advocated the Union cause in Kertucky and elsewhere. In 1862 President Lincoln made him judge advocate general of the arm: with the rank of colonel, and in 18é4 he was put at the head of the bureau of military jus- tice, with the rank of brizadier genera! He had previously been offered the attorney generalship, bat had declined, and sug- gested Jumes Speed for the place. President Lincoln appointed Mr. Speed. When he entered upon his duties he found a very difficult task before him, but he carried to his work the resuits of Jong experience as a practicing lawyer, a well- stored legal mind and a judicial tempers ment. As aa evidence of the soundness of his leghl attainments it may be stated that his decisions have all stood, and are today the military law of the country. He wasa participant in many important military cases himself, the most important being that of the trial of the assassins of President Lin- coin. Judge Holt was the judge advocate of that military commission, and the con- troversy which he had with the late An- drew johnson over the case of Mrs. Sur- tatt is yet fresh in the memory. No man was ever more violently abused than was Judge Holt for the action of that commis- sion, although he was but one of its mem- bers. A Bi mt Orator. Judge Holt was a brilliant orator, and was said by the late James T. Brady to be the finest orator that this country had produced since Daniel Webster. On the day on which Mr. Lincoln was assassinated Judge Holt delivered an oration at Charles- ton, S. C., on the occasion of the raising stars and stripes over Fort Sumter. He had an extremely happy command of lan- guage. He was particularly powerful as prosecuting attorney, and made a great reputation as such while he was practicing law in Mississippi. He was sald to be the only man at the Mississippi bar who the late 8S. 8. Prentiss did not care to en- counter, He sometimes gave way to his fancy and his wonderful diction in his official report, and there is one report of his, made when he was Postmaster General, that contains some extremety eloquent pas- sages. Judge Holt’s personal appearance was striking, and would attract attention an: where. He was a tall and comn figure, his head cast down by, gray hair, and a face smooth! strongly marked with indica force of character and determin . He was extremely retiring in disposition, and after he was placed upon the retired list of the army in 1s he rarely weat into society, living quietly at his home on New Jersey avenue, his only companion being his books and a few intimate friends, who used to occasionally drop in upon him. He was often urged to re-enter public life and appear upon the stump in political campaigns, but he invariably declined, say- DEPARTMENT CHANGES|JIJDGE HOLT DEAD ing that he had had all that sort of ‘thing he desired and did not care to get again into the whirlpool of political life. He kept TWO CENTS. himself th all matt est, and discussed political men and meu ures with his friends in the liveliest m. ner, ™ n- Approved the E aancipa ation. Judge Holt was one of the southern Union democrats who gave strong approval to th emancipation proclamation of 1862, and on August d an opinion to Secretary Stanton in which he approved the enlistment and subsequent emancipa- tion of those negroes who, living in states to which the proclamation did not refer, were still in slavery. m Procia- Alexander R. McClure {s authority for the statement that at one time in 1804 Lincoln wished to have Holt nominated for Vice President on the ticket with himself as a represent Aft his preference w: Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's nearest fr Leonard Swett, ‘went into the Baltim convention declaring for Holt. The Buchanan € The crisis that changed Buc policy on the qu verat en xin anan’s whole tion of secession was initiated December 12, 1860, when Cass tired as Secretary of te. Soon afte; ward Holt succeeded Floyd as Secretary of War. Dixon and Holt were aggressiv #gainst every form of treasonable rebellion, and they gave a visibly altered tone to everything about the administration in the preliminary disputes with the leading sec stonists. When the South Carolina com- missioners came to Washington to treat for | peaceful separation President Buchanan prepared an answer to them, in which he assumed that he had no power to take any action as President; that the whole dispute Was one to be submitted to Congress, and that he would not reinforce the forts in Charleston harbor. This answer was submitted to the cabinet December 29. The next day Secretary of State Black told the President that if th answer were sent he should resign from the Buchanan thereupon 1 cabinet. President handed him back the paper to b> modit The modified answer was carefully consi: ered by Bback and Holt, who then were, and thereafter continved to be, with Dix, the ag- g-essively loyal members of the Buchanan cabinet. In a reminiscence of Lincoln, Tittan J. Coffey says that when Attorney General Bates resigned late in 1864 Mr. Lincoln sent for him and said: “My cabinet has shrunk up north, and I must find a southern man. I have invited Judge Holt to become Attor- ney Genezal, but he seems unwilling to un- dertake the Supreme Court work. I want you to see him, remove his objections, if you can, and bring me his- answer.” Coffey brought back Judge Holt’s declina- tion of the proffered cabinet office, where- upon Lincoln offered it to James Speed. Me Was Twice Married. Judge Holt was twice married, his last wife being Margaret Wickliffe, daughter of Governor Wickliffe of Kentucky. She died meny years ago, and the only near relative the dead man left was his nephew, Mr” William G. Sterrett, now residing in Wash- ington, and another nephew, who lives on the old Holt home place, in Breckinridge county, Ky., where the remains of Judge Holt will be taken for burial. Nothing is known of the condition in which Judge Holt left his worldly affairs. While he was probably well off at the time of his death, he had given away larce amounts of property during his lifetime, for beneath what was regarded by many as @ severe and austere exterior the heart of a philanthropist who was ever do- ing good. It was one of the peculiarities of Judge Holt’s nature that while he was rigid in the belief that reasoning beings should be held to a strict accountability for their actions, he could not bear the idea of sceing a bird or an animal injured. On the old place in Kentucky he would never al- low a quail or any other bird or harmless animal to be killed, and his intimate friends have heard him express wonder many times at the predeliction of men for the spcrt that fs afforded in the hunting field. He could never understand how a man could shoot birds. Judge Holt left but one request. For many years he kept in his possession an old battle flag, and some time ago he expressed to one of his trusted servants a desire that the emblem should be wrapped around him when he died and buried with him. This request will, of course, be complied with. The arrange- ments for the funeral services in this city, in case it is decided to hold any here, have not yet been made. The body will be in- terred in Kentucky on the old Holt place. A Singular incidence. Tt is mentioned at the War Department as a startling coincidence that all persons connected with the trial of Mrs. Surratt died from other than natural causes. Gen. Holt, the last of the historic coter:! with the accident mentioned abow unquestionably hastened his death. Other- wise he might have lived for some time yet, despite his advanced age. Official Announcement. The adjutant general issued a geners! or- der this afternoon announcing Gen. Holt’s death to the army, and paying a high trib- ute to his memory as a man and as a eol- dier. The funeral of Gen. Holt will take place from his home in Kentucky, and @t the request of his family will be devoid of military ceremonies. — EAPOL| TRIAL. Official Report on the Swift Crutser’s Speed. The report of the naval board on the re- cent trial of the Minneapolis shows that on starting on her trial trip the vessel's dis- placement was 75 tons. The speed at- tained, after making tidal corrections, was 28.073 knots per hour. The performance of the machinery was highly satisfactory. The engines ran smcothly and there was no tendency to heating excepting the high pressure cross-head journals of the port and center engines, on gvhich water was freely and constantly used. The boilers per- formed well under forced draft and showed no evidence of priming. The collective indicated horse-power of the main engines during the trial was 20,- 866; that of all the machinery in use was 20,812. It would seem that elther owing to lack of power, or 100 great reduction of steam by the reducing valve, the require- ment that the helm be put hard over from port to starboard in @ certain time cannot be fulfilled. ‘The ship ran aground twice;once on leaving Cramp's yard for seventeen minutes and on returning, between Island and Cramp’s for eleven minutes, but in each case while moving slowly and on a soft mud bottom. So far as could be ascer- tained, in the absénce of complete stores and ordnance, the Minneapolis was found to be strong enough to carry her weights. The hull, fittings and machinery ere strong and well built, and with the exception of the steam-steering gear up to spe-ifica- tions. Still, the vessel is Incomplete, as ts usually the cere, entailing expense, Incon- venience and loss of time before putting the ship into ccmmission. Therefore, the board suggests that hereaficr no versel have her specd trial until ccm pletely fitted in all re- spects, excepting the armament, intertor fittings and paint, inside and out. The ship is believed to be staunch, seaworthy and | handy in an eminent degree, and the great speed obtained, with the fact that th> tre- mendous strain resulted in no breakage or mishap, the report says, reflects the highest credit on the designers and builders. District Commissions. The President has issued commissions to officers of the District militia as folle John V. Hetdt, quartermaster third talion of irfantry; Richard J, adjutant third battalion of infantry; Dantel V. Chisholm, first Meutenant of company A, sixth batialion; Peter Renan‘ sixth battalion; George C. Neutenant, inspectcr of rifle pr: tenant of company A, sixth battalion. Donnelly, ! | Se, fifth | battalion; Thacker V. Walker, second licu- | The proof of fe pudding ts in fhe cafing. Yesterday's * Star confamed 43 cofumns of adverfisements, made up of 688 separate announce: ments. These adverfisers fous$t pubficitp—not merefp space, _——————— ss JAPAN APOLOGIZES | Did Not Know the Kow Shing was | a British Vessel, ENGLAND OFFICIALLY INFORMED | — —— | Effect of the War on the Chinese Treaty Ports. RUSSIA AND § TOKIO, Japan, August 1—The Japancse | Fovernmeat has instructed tts minister in | London to apologize to Great Bri for | firing upon d sinking the transpor ow | Shing while she was fiyt The Japanese minister to inform Great Brot m der of the Japanese cruiser did not k that the Kow Shing was a British vers until after the fight Capt. Galsworthy of the Kow Shing and | many other persons who were on board the transport were rescued by the boats of the Japanese warship Nanima. British Saved. ast 1.—It ts reported here mn Hannekin and another for- «icner, who was on board the tr: nsport Kow Shing when she foundered were saved. The name of the second foreigner resc is not given. Japan’ that Col. Official Notifies: LONDON, August 1.—The Japanese mints- ter at 2 o'clock this afternoon informed the Earl of Kimberley, the secretary of state for foreign affairs, that a state of war ex- ists between Japan and Ch Hugh Matheson of Hugh Matheson & .. and Jardiné, Matheson & Co., London and Shanghai, from whom the Chinese transport Kow Shing, sunk by a Jap cruiser, was chartered, received a dispatch today from Tien Tsin, dated August 1, sey- ing that Col. Von Hannekin, formerly aid- de-camp of Li Hung Chang, the viceroy of China, who was on board the transport when she foundered, was saved. The dispatch adds that a court of inquiry has been opened Tien Tein, in order that the facts in connection with the sinking of the Kow Shing may be known. Fina’ the dispatch to Mr. Hugh Matheson says that it is reported at Tien Tsin that war between China and Japan will be formally deciared this afternoon. Spain Buys Cruisers. The Spanish government, as a result of its misgivings, officially expressed, regarding the possible result to the Philippine Islands, in the event of Japan becoming the domi- nant power in the east, purchased three cruisers from English firms today. As al- ready announced, the Spanish government. is apprehensive that Japan may utilize the troubles at the Island of Mindanao as a Pretext to execute her alleged ambitious designs regarding the Philippine Islands. Telegraph Communication Restored. NEW YORK, August 1—The Angio- American Telegraph Company announce this morning that the lines te Chefoo, Tien Tsin and the north of China have been re- stored. The Commercial Cable Company tseuead the following notice this morning: “Tele- graphic communication between Shanghai and Chefoo, Tien Txin and the north is re- stored. Messages for Japan via the » £7 Toute are still accepted only at sender's risk.” Fight to the Bitter E The Pekin correspondent of the London Times telegraphs: “The attitude of the Chinese government Since it learned of the loss of the troop- ship Kow Shing aas coinpetely changed. Hitherto it has been inclined to be con- cillatory, but the indications now are that it will pursue the war against Japan with the utmost vigor. Li Mung Chang, the vice- roy, in an interview at Tien Tsin recently, declared that if war were once provoked China would fight to the bitter end. It is the opinion of ail that the provocation has been given, “A starding and painful impression has been caused in government circles and also among the members of the diplomatic corps by the news of the sinking of the Kow Shing and the loss f > manv Lives. Ac- cording to the reports received at Pekin, only eleven of the 2,000 men aboard were saved.” Chinese Legation News. The Chinese legation today received a dis: patch from Tien Tsin, dated 11 am. Au- gust 1, but no mention was made in this message of @ second naval battle havi taken place between China and Japan, an ho mention was made of a conflict havin taken place between their armies on land. BALOMORE, August 1 Dp Al Wilson of the Southern Mecho- dist Church, who has traveled extensively in China and Japan, ard spent mi in close connection with the miss in these countries, says: “There is much reason to fear for the safety of the mis sionaries, both men and women, now sta- tioned in China and Corea, While not ai. rectly concerned in the dispute between China and Japan, the missionaries wih probably feel its effects, because of the readiness of the natives to visit the re- sponsibility of trouble on foreigners, ne matter how remote the work of the mis- sionaries may be from the cause of the trouble. Corea is a remarkably exclusive country, and does not eye foreigners with favor even in the most peaceable times, The Chinese are so deeply pervaded with superstition that natural antipathy to for- eigners merges into fanatical hatred and fear. “While this present danger to the mis- sionaries Is to be feared, it is likely that the war, in the long run, will help the cause of the missions, by calling attention to them and to their objects, and by stimulating the government to greater concessions in their behalf.” Going Home to Fight. OTTAWA, Ont., August 1.—Two carloads of Chinese, numbering 100 persons, passed through here last night from New York en route for China, to fight for their native country against Japan. While the coaches remained on the siding at the depot the dcors were closely guarded that none could escepe. It was stated that they had fire- arms and ammunition with them. They were a very orderly crowd of the bette class of Chinese. The Interests of Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, August 1.~-Tne Rum sian mewspapers are unanimous in ing that whatever the result of the war be tween China and Japan, Russia will not tolerate any diminishment of Corcan ter ritory nor alienation of Corean indepen- j dence. Russia, it is added, will not permit | any interference upon the part of Great | Britain or any other power, if such inter | ference endangers Russian interests. Finally, the Russian newspapers urge governmeat to adopt military and j8easures in the Pacific and upon the j fo-Corean frontier ulated tou | interest of Russia, should she be called upon | to defend them. 2 work A brief cablecram enno: j rival of the U. official news from the #¢ me to the gov resentatives in mise that off the su