Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1894, Page 2

3 . Sa rene LATE NEWS BY WIRE The Chinese Reported Victorious in she Asan Battles, THE JAPS REPULSED WITH LOSS An Important Dispatch to the Japanese Legation Here. AMERICAN INTERESTS a YOKOHAMA, August 2—The Chinese minister at Tokio has demanded bis pass- ports. The Chinese residents in Japan are being |" placed under the protection of the United States legation. = The Japanese Loss. SHANGHAI, August 2—An official tele- gram received here from Tien-Tsin says that in the battles fought July 27 and July 28 at Asan the Japanese were repulsed with @ loss of over 2,000 men. The steamer Wuchang, which has arrived here, reports that the Chinese fleet was at anchor at Weihaiwel on the evening of duly 3: ‘The Japs Lose a Battle. LONDON, August 2.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says that reports have been recefved there from foreign officials at Seoul, the capital of Corea, that the Chinese, under Gen. Yes, on Sunday last defeated the Japanese forces near Asan. It is added that the Japanese with- drew to Seoul. Twenty thousand Manchurian Chinese troops nave crossed the Corean frontier and are march Seoul. A Na COPENHAGEN, August 2—It is officially announced here that the Chinese northern fleet, consisting of thirteen vessels, has left fiChefoo for Corea. It is added that a battle P hinese and Japanese may be expecte * Contr tion to Japan's Navy. BALTIMORE, Md., August 2—In the de- ¥elopment of the Japanese navy the United tates Academy at Annapolis fs believed to fave had a powerful ind:rect influence,which “Will show in a strong light as the war pro- gresses. From the American Naval Academy have heen graduated since 1873 six talented sub- Beg? of the mikado. One of these had, tn 4884, risen to the rank of rear admiral. In Emperor of China. addition to these a number of other Jap- anese students have been at Annapolis from time to time, but did not remain until they had passed through the course. They were ail members of the Japanese nobility and | Were permitted to enter the Naval Academy at the request of their government, which paid their expenses, the government of this country Seing always ready to extend such courtesies to other nations. ‘The first Japanese to complete the Naval cademy course was Zun Zow Matzmulla, ho was graduated in 187’, and who ten ears later, was a rear admiral. Another tudent, Giro Kunitomo, who was graduated 1877, was in 1885 captain of one of the ikato's war ships, and in the same year tokichi Uriu, a member of the graduating ‘glass of 1SS1, was a lieutenant. He was the fourteenth man in a large class, outranking in his studies a large number of the Ameri- fan students. The other Japanese gradu- ate from the academy have been Kovoka atz, class of "77; Tasuker Serata, class of ‘Si, and Kagekazu Nire, class of ‘D1. ‘Takasaki, who entered the academy in 1891, §s now on the practice cruise with the other adets and will graduate next year. Naval Mcers zenerally think that Japan will have he better of the fight as long as it is a Val war. ussia to Act With England. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2.—It is of- ficially announced that Russia, desiring a ‘gettlement of the war between China and $ will act in complete accord with reat Britain in an effort to secure an im- = solution of the difficulty. Failing @his Russia will_not allow any power to “ake even partial possession of Corea. ‘The Ministers Withdrawn. Another telegram received at the legation ,Says that the Chinese government has 1oti- ;ied Japan that the Chinese minister at »Tokio and the consuls throughout Japan pbe withdrawn on the 3d day of August. In consequence of this ion the Japan- ese ernment has nc 1 its charge Peking its consuls China to withdraw. ation also has a dispatch from lapan announcing that a report prevails here of a sea fight between the Japanese and the Chinese war s resulting in the loss of the Chen Yuen. The report, however, has not been confirmed. The Japanese charge d‘affalres here has Bsked this government to exercise its good « M. mperor of Japan. offices to afford through its representatives ¥ nm be ren- e residents ble Service YORK, Aw —The ntral ice of the Wester fon Telegraph ; reports the cable sftuation in far east improved im so far as reduc of delay in transit is concerned. file yr the grea Toute a ast 1, arrive York st 2. The Comm change in northern Youte to the far east this morning; twenty- five hours’ delay to Japan. Later the Commercial! Cable Company | tant General Tarsney THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST’ 2, 1894—TEN PAGES. reports: Chinese government notify us that the telegraph lines north of Shanghai are blocked, and no private messages can be accepted until further notice. Received at the Legation Here. A telegram has been received at the Japa- nese lezation giving the substance of the fermal presentation made by the Japanese government to the foreign ministers at Tckio, defining its attitude on the Corean question. The telegram is as follows: “The King of Corea has appointed his father, ‘Tai-in-Kun, to have control of the adminis- tration of the government and to direct the reforms which have been determined upon. Scveral days ago the king summoned the Li Hung Chang. Japanese minister at Seoul to the palace, where he was informed that reforms in th? administrative policy of the Corean govern- n.ent had already been inaugurated, with reference to which he would be consulted as occasion arose. The improvements in Corea’s acministrative policy have consequently, notwithstanding the repeated refusals of China to even consider them, been put into operation by the independent action of the Cerean government, and will be carried out aceording to the king's will. The question of Corea’s autonomy ani independence is thus affirmatively settled. A Chinese Pretext. “The Javanese government knows from the most reliable sources that China dispatched a large body of troops over land to Corea, and that on the 25th of July they had al- ready crossed the Corean frontier. The willingness which China had dispiayed up to that time to Nsten to the friendly ad- vice of the forelgn powers, who were ex- ercising their good offices to prevent war between Japan and China, was merely a device for gaining time for warlike prepara- tions. This is now perfectly clear from the subsequent action of China, especlaily by the attack which w: recently made upon Japanese men-of-war near Asan. Under these circumstances the Japanese govern- ment feels compelled to withdraw the pro- posals for the settlement of the difficulty which it had made to China at the sug- gestion of the foreign powers. It profound- ly regrets that the conciliatory efforts made by those powers on behalf of both Japan and China should have thus been rendered abortive, but is certain that the facts will show that this result is due to the unrea- sonable obstinacy of China. Nevertheless, Japan's inclinations are always pacific and she will at all times be ready to listen to peaceful proposals not inconsistent with the actual condition of affairs or with the welfare and dignity of the empire.” This Government Notified. Notwithstanding diplomatic statements to the conirary, the impression has obtained that this government has received official intimations of the existence of a state of war between China and Japan, similar in general terms to the notice served on Great Britain, and having the same effect. The telegraphic blocksde has been partially raised, and cable messages from United States Minister Dun at Tokto have been de- livered to the Secretary of State, and by him communicated to the President. They #re withheld from the public at present, but there is excellent reason for the belief that they officially confirm the reported declaration of war. According to report, the notice is given by Japan, and its pur- pose is obviously to guard country against complications with other nations such as have arisen as a result of the battle fcvght last week, in which a transport fly- ing Great Britain's flag was sunk by Japan- ese cruisers, Minister Dun stated In his message that in accordance with the instructions sent hm by the State Department he is taking care of the Chinese archives in Japan and looking atter the interests of Chinese resi- dents in that country. Instructions to this effect were sent him some days aj China having requested the State Department to direct our minister at Tokio to watch out for its interests in the mikado’s realm dur- ing the existence of hostiiities. The Cirinese Archives. The diplomatic representative of the Unit- ed States in China is acting similarly with reference to Japan’s interests in that coun- try. Japan, through its minister here last week, asked the State Department to al- low our representative at Pekin to take possession of Japan’s archives and protect Japan’s subjects in China. A favorable response was made to this request and in- structions were sent to Secretary Charles Denby, ir., charge d'affaires of the United States legation at Pekin. A dispatch re- ceived from this official announces that he has received the State Department's cable- gram in relation to this matter and will carry out its directions. The Japanese le- gation is also without official notice of a formal declaration of war. It is sald at the legation, however, that such action on the part of their government would not be at all surprising. In their opinion, if a declaration has not been made, oné may be expected at any moment. Japan's blood is up and she will now fight to the Litter end. Naval Officers Instructed. Secretary Herbert has sent a long cipher telegram to Commander Impey, command- ing the United States ship Monocacy, which has just arrived at Nagasaki from Chemul- po, Corea, outlining the proper course of action for the United States naval forces in Asiatic waters toward the hostile coun- tries. The general tenor of the instructions is for the ebservance of a policy of strict neutrality and non-interference so far as the full protection of American interests will permit. Similar instructions have been sent to our displomatic representatives. Secretary Gresham refuses to discuss what the probable attitude of this country would be in regard to the sale of muni- tions of war by merchants of the United States to either Japan or China. There are numerous precedents, however, which bear exactly upon this point. It was held by Mr. Jefferson, when Secretary of State, that the “purchasing within and exporting from the United States by way of mer- chandise articles commonly called contra- band, being generally warlike instruments and military stores, is free to all parties at war and {s not to be interfered with. It has been held also by other Secretaries of State that the “laws of the United States do not forbid their citizens to sell to either of the belligerent powers articles contraband of war, or to take munitions of war or soldiers on board their private ships for transportation, and, although in so doing the Individual citizen exposes his property or person to some of the hazards of war, his acts do not involve any breach of national neutrality, nor of themselves implicate the government.” ‘The Chinese Arms. Thus far China has purchased no rifles in America, because Li ts arming his troops with a new small bore, similar to that re- | cently adopted by the United States, except that the Chinese arm is .515 of an inch bore, while ours is .303. The model is the German Mannlicher, with a_ different cartridge . The only purchases of arms here by \< © far as is known, ts in the form of a contract for 20,000 r% ind caliber. 1 any arm contracts ag . Noaki, military and naval Japanese legation, has been the great arms factories of land and getting p ae Gen. Tarsney in Contempt. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., August An attachment has been issued for Adju- who had disregarded na to appear before the grand jury witness, He be brought from Denver under arrest upon his return from Kansas City, where he went to identify ex- Deputy Joseph Wilson, who is said to been the leader of the gang that tarred an. feathered the general, A NEW HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Woodward and Dr. Hammett Simply Change Places. Each One Begins the Duties of His New Positon Without Delay— The Transter. It ts now Health Officer Woodward and Coroner Hammett. The change, which was anticipated in The Star several days ago, was made yes- terday afternoon, when the Commissioners went into executive session and officially accepted the resignation of Heaith Officer Hammett end appointed Dr. W. C. Wood- ward to fill the vacancy. Dr. Hammett was appointed coroner. The appointment of Dr. Woodward was rot a surprise. It had been generally un- derstood all along that when a change was made in the health office Dr. Woodward would be appointed to the vacancy. The appointment of Dr. Hammett, however, to the position of coroner, made vacant by the appointment of Dr. Woodward, was in the nature of a great surprise, for no one knew that Dr. Hammett was an applicant. The appointment of Dr. Woodward is re- garded everywhere as a good one, and the Commissioners have received many com- pliments upon their cholce. Dr. Woodward is a Washingtonian, and enjoys the dis- tinction of being the youngest health officer in the United States. He is but twenty-six years of age,a graduate ofthe High School and of the Georgetown Medical College. Dr. Woodward ts well fitted for the position, being well up in his profession, and en- dowed with considerable business «bility. He was appointed a clerk in the city post office by Commissioner Ross when the latter was postmaster, and while there studied medicine. He served in the Emergency Hospital for some time, where he gained considerable practical experience in his profession. This afternoon Dr. Woodward had a long conference with the Commissioners regard- ing changes in the health office. It is un- derstood there will be a clean sweep. The Commissioners directed Dr. Woodward to enter upon his duties at once and make such recommendations from time to time as would insure efficiency in the office. The most important office under Dr. Woodward is the deputy health officer. At present this place ts filled by Mr. BE. D. Tracey, who was appointed by the Commis- sioners some time ago over the recommen- dation of Health Officer Hammett. The most prominent applicant for this position is Prof. Conrad of East Washington. It is believed he will get the appointment. Other changes will undoubtedly follow, but as yet the slate has not been made out. Te fer of Ofice. About noon the retiring health officer met his successor in the office and turned over to him the property of the office. All the clerks were present to say “‘good- bye” to the retiring health officer, and Mr. B. F. Peters, one of the number, made a neat Iittle speech. He said words of raise for Dr. Hammett and complimented im on the manner in which he has per- formed the duties of the office during the past three years. The clerks, he sald, had all been faithful and had supported their ehlef and he knew they wo be equally lo to his successor. mn after the change was made Health Officer Woodward went with Coroner Ham- mett to the morgue, where there was the dead body of a colored man named Wil- Mam Henderson. The dead man was about fifty-five years old. This morning about 7 o'clock he fell in the Georgetown channel near the Long bridge from a boat and was drowned, Soon afterward his body was re- covered. The affair was undoubtedly an accident and no inquest is likely to be held. This was the new coroner's first case. a DEATH OF EDWARD RENAUD. He Was a Good Soldier and Will Be juried at Arlington. Edward Renaud, late a clerk in the pen- sion office, died last night at his home, 1504 13th street northwest. The funeral will take place on Saturday at 8:30 p.m., and the interment will be at Arlington. De- ceased was a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic and the remains will be buried with G. A. R. honors. Mr. Renaud was a native of England, and came to this country some time before the war, and at the outbreak of hostilities went to the front as first sergeant of the thirteenth NewYork cavalry. He had an interest- ing war career and on a nifffiber of fields of action distinguished himself-es-@ fear- less and energetic soldier. The regiment 1 which he served was for a large part o} its time employed in warfare against the confederate chieftain Mosby. In the cam- paigns incident to this service Mr. Renaud saw varied and thrilling service. pnder Grant's administration was ap- pointed in the government service, and for @ number of years held the post of account. ing clerk in the Department of the Interior, whence he was transferred, in 1882, to the | separ tes division of the pension office. Short- ly after the incoming of Commissioner of Pensions Raum a conflict between Mr. Renaud and Gen, Raum arose, which result- ed in the dismissal of the rormer. He was reinstated on December 4, 1803, and had done active work in the bureau up to the time of his last illness. He leaves a widow, who was befor her marriage a Miss Light- fcot, and one son. He was a member of the Pension Bureau Beneficial Association and was held in much esteem by his fellow clerks. The deceased was also a man of considerable Mterary merit and had written some excellent poetry, which has been pub- Mshed in the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Much of his work in this di- rection has received high praise at the hands o? the critics, —_.>__.. A BRITISH INVASION. A Little Sparrow Interrupts the Staia Senate Proceedings. There 1s an old saying that tells about good luck flying out of a house when a bird fHes in the window, or something to that effect. If this be true, the Senate of the United States should hasten to take out a collective accident policy, for the ban is now on. Just before 1 o'clock yesterday, while the sundry ciyil bill was under heat- ed discussion, a small sparrow flew through one of the windows of the east frout of the Senate wing, immediately over the bronze doors, and, skimming past the great paint- ing of the canons of the Yellowstone and the Colorado, darted through the door g0- ing into the ladies’ gallery. The doorkeeper made a convulsive but futile grab at the intruder, and then held his breath for fear of dismissal. The bird circled around over the bald heads of the Senators in search of foliage. Senator Brice cam through a cloak room door in search of his clerk, und the bird, with a glad “peep” of welcome, made a line for his luxuriant locks. But Mr. Brice changed his mind and popped back into the cloak room, where the apol- inaris bottles were also’ popping merrily. ‘he bird was disappointed, and, after mak- ing one or two ineffectual turns about the chamber, fivttered down to the floor in the vicinity cf the desk of Senator Harris. The Vice President rapped for order. There was a loud senatorial snicker, and five pages ran over to catch the bird. The British guest was spry, however, and for a time eluded the boys, who scrambled over the floor as though they were playiig marbles. The bird tried to find a refuge behind Senator Berry's crutches, which lay on the floor, but one of the youngsters made a quick reach and secured the drab chap. Mr. Harris insisted upon inspecting the bird before the page left the chamber, and when it was shown to him he told the lad to taka it down to the guard room, which was altogether too much for the boy's gravity. It may be recalled that some wecks ago a sparrow flew into the Senate chamber while the Senate was not in session. It is being gravely discussed this afternoon whether today’s visitor was the same one returned to “see the wheels go ‘round.”” ——_+ oe... ‘Two Commiitecs to Meet. Two Pythian encampment subcommittees will hoid meetings today. They are those on privileges, of which Mr. Samuel Ross is the chairman, and on camp and camp ground, of which Mr. Lawrence Gardner is the chairman. It is understood that the first named committee will have considera- ble business to transact, as a large number of bids for a great variety of privileges will come before it for consideration, THE ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Letter Wi Vamp The following letter needs no comment: Evening Star Newspaper Co., ft — Washington, D. G Gentlemen: Please continue our advertisement im the amusement column of The Star for the bal- ance of this week, This ad. was inserted as an experiment and we knoW you’ will be pleased to learn that it has proved far more satisfactory than we had hoped. Our receipts from the exhibition department have almost doubled since this ad. ‘has been running. This shows conclusively that The Star is the advertis- ing medium of Washington. Yours very truly, COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. By F. DORIAN, Manager. August 1, 1904, ee STRUCK BY A CABLE CAR, ieh Shov The Star's ie ty Advertisers. A Milk Cart Demolished and the Driver Injured. There was a serious accident on the 7th street cable road ‘at the T street crossing today, and Welby Mountjoy, driver of one of J. W. Gregg’s milk wagons, was pain- fully, if not dangerously, injured. Grip car 15, in charge of Gripman E. B. Clark, was standing on the track at the northern terminus of the road and the milk wagon had started to cross the track from the west. A north-bound car prevented his get- ting over without delay and being so hear the car at the terminus the driver never imagined that the gripman would start until his wagon had cleared the track. But the cable train moved and the milk wagon was upset. With the driver some- where in the wagon the cable car moved some distance, demolishing the vehicle and dragging the driver fully fifty feet or more. The Driver's Injuries. Pedestrians who saw the affair expected to see the dead body of the man taken from the wreck, but the accident did not prove fatal. Mountjoy had succeeded in keeping his head from the ground, so that the in- juries inflicted were to his arm, leg and body, and the cuts were numerous and pain- ful. ‘The police patrol wagon soon reached the scene of the sad affair and conveyed the in- jured driver to Freedman’s Hospital, and the cable train resumed its journey. Later the demolished wagon was taken away. Considerable milk was lost on account of the upsetting of the wagon. At the hospital the physicians dressed the wounds of the injured man. He will re- cover. —— Asks for Divorce. Sarah Courtlander today filed a petition for divorce from Henry G. Courtlander. The petitioner states that they were married at Baltimore, Md., August 17, 1881, and that no children were born to them. She was but a little more than fifteen years of age at the time. Immediately afterward her husband, she alleges, commenced tem of cruel treatment toward her, as a result, she explains, in part of drunkenness and of a > desire on his part to de- stroy or get of her. They lived together, however, unfil the 15th of November, 1881, when, sho charges, her husband wilfully deserted and abandoned her. For the past several years Mrs. Courtlander says she has taken and has been known by her mother’s name, Fisher, and she prays that she be allowed to assume and use that name. ——_————— He Wears Oats, Representative Bankhead returned from Alabama today and entered the House wearing a sprig of oats upon his coat lapel. “That's our dampdign emblem,” he explain- ed, “and means that Col. Oates ts our can- didate for governor.” Mr. Bankhead reports that a very lively campaign is progressing in Alabama, but that the friends of Col. Oates are confident that he will be victorious. Mr. Bankhead was’ surrounded all the morning by Col. Oates’ colleagues, anxious to learn the lat- est news from the campaign, and they were very much gratified at his reports. ‘Treasury Expenses and Recet A comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States shows the total receipts during July to have been $34,809,839, and the expenditures $36,648,582, a deficit for the month of $1,- 880,243. The receipts for customs ageré- gated $8,427,338; from internal revenue, §26,- 200,487; miscellaneous, $1,181,513, The ex- penditures for pensions amounted to nearly $13,000,000. The public debt during July in- ercased $1,552,004. The cash balance in the treasury also increased during the month $1,480,015. + e+ Reunion Postponed. It has been decided by" Representative Grosvenor of Ohio, and Gen. H. V. Boynton of the executive committee of the Army of the Cumberland organization, to postpone for one year the reunion which was to have been held at the Chattanooga battlefield September 19 and 20, as the dedication of the field, which has been acquired for a government park, has been postponed untll September, 1895, to glve time for the erec- tion of monuments by states. ——-2 Not Law Clerks. The law clerks in the office of the assist- ant attorney general, Interior Department, have, by order of Secretary Smith, had their official designation changed trom law clerk to assistant attorneys. The change is made because the title law clerk does not ccnvey a just idea of the dutles performed by the gentlemen. The salaries remain the same. —.- Brought Here, Detective Carter today went to Baltimore and returned with a young man named W, B. Phillips, who 1s wanted on a charge of passing a worthless $20 check on Auer- bach, the avenue merchant. Phillips was arrested here several months ago and turn- ed over to the Baltimore authorities, who wanted him on a charge of beating a hotel. When they had finished with him they sent word over here, and the young man will now be tried here, -_ Verdict Confirmed. In the Inquiry as to the sanity of Jere- miah Costello, the finding of the jury, that he is incompetent to manage his affairs, has been confirmed, and his wife, Catherine Costello, has been appointed as'a commit- tee; bond, $5,000, > Brookiyn Dry Dock. The trouble over the construction of the big dry dock at Brooklyn ts dificult of set- tlement, an@ Secretary Herbert has called on John Gillis, the contractor, to show cause why his contract should not be can- celed. t ——_+-e The Burnt) Chicago Lumber District. CHICAGO, August 2.—The sixty acres of the lumber district over which the fire swept last night were still smouldering to- day, but before daylight all danger of a spread of the flames was over. The total less is $1,190,000) largely covered by insur- ance. The humber of men thrown out of employment {s 2200, Two men were killed and a number were injured, ean Army Orders, First Lievt. Ormond M. Lissak, ordnance department, will proceed to the presidio of San Francisco, on official business, Capt. Frank Baker, ordnance department, will proceed to Fort Adams, R. I, and Fort Hamilton, N, ¥., on official bus! rs ‘The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such periud as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month, ¢7But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept @ith mall subscrip- tions, A COMMONWEAL. PETITION It is Presented in the Senate Today by Mr. Peffer. It Recites the Usual Story About Lack of Employment nd Wants Appro- priatio: for Public Works, Senator Peffer today presented to the Senate a petition from the combination in- dustrial army, now encamped opposite Georgetown. The petition asks for imme- diate relief from Congress, and also for the passage of a bill drawn in the usual com- monweal form, providing for the employ- ment of all citizens who desire to work upon public enterprises at $2 a day for eight hours’ work, and for the issue of an enor- mous quantity of paper money. The peti- tion, which was referred to the committee on education and labor, is as follows: “The United States industrial army is composed of many thousands of unemployed American citizens, and represents, by general consent, millions of unemployed, or partly unemploy- ed and underpaid workmen. They have naught but their ability to labor to provide for themselyes and families, and the aver- age wealth possessed by them would not purchase a decent coffin. A portion of this army is now encamped near Washington, thousands more are on the way, and thous- ands now languish in jail, who were driven by hunger to trespass on railroad property. For years they have peacefully and hopeful- ly awaited for private and public enterprise to give them work, and their condition is now such that their loyalty to the laws of the land is being put to a severe test, as witness the violent outbreaks that are be- coming so alarmingly frequent, and are so ominous of calamity to the nation. Potlti- cal lberty 1s a _n.cckery where economic slavery exists. This army ‘s organized in the interests of peace, and apert from the borrowing of transportation in an emer- sency. it has been, and will continue to be, law abiding, half starved and rz is, thus showing to the world an patience and endurance and determination unparalleled in history, Had we the tim and facilities, we could have brought a ton’ weight of petitions from the poverty strick- en masses. They ask for immediate em- ployment on public works at fair wages, or else the national assistance to supply their own wants by co-operative Industry; to have our leading industries nationalized and the product for service to be furaished at cost; free coinage of silver and a legal ten- der currency issued direct to the people; to have the importation of foreign laborers stop until there is a demand for their labor, 6r until the serfdom of the wage- earner is abolished. Therefore, as the hour of adjournment apprcaches and our needs are urgent, we, the undersigned, at the re- quest of the army and the millions we rep- resent, do respectfully petition your honor- able body to pass the bill hereunto attached, or, failing in that, to pass some measure of immediate and ter porary relief.” ‘The petition was signed by nine members of the army styling themselves an advisory board, as folows: Lewis C. Fry, Arthur Vi- nette, Thomas Galvin, Frank Campbell, Charles L. Kelley, George Howard, 8. H: Thomas, Charles Clark and Allen Jennings. All of these names were signed in the same handwriting. —_—_—_-e.+—______—. THE CONTESTED ELECTION CASK, A Strong Effort Will Be Made to Keep Settle Out. The Williams-Settle contested election case ts to come up in the House on Monday. A curious situation ts presented in this case. The elections committee decided in favor of the republican contestant, Settle, but since this ection was taken a resolution was adopted permitting members of the commit- tee to sign the minority report and in favor of Williams, the democrat. Five dem- ocrats have availed themselves of this per- mission, on the grounds that they did not understand the case when the original re- port was adopted, and it is said that the other democrats, except Paynter, want the case recommitted, that they may reach a different conclusion. A strong effort will be made t@ prevent Settle getting his seat, and it looks as if it might succeed, either by a direct vote or by a@ recommital to the committee. —e INTERNAL REVENUE. Amount of Total Collections for the Year Reported. Commissioner Miller of the internal reve- nue bureau in a preliminary report of the operations of his bureau during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, states that the total collections from all sources of inter- nal revenue for the year were $147,168,442, as agairst $161,004,989 for the fiscal year 1898, a decrease of $13,836,547. The several items of receipts during the past year are given as follows: Spirits, $85,200,546, de- crease for the year, $0,480,714; tobacco, $2s,- 617,898,decrease #3,271,813; fermented liquor: $31,414,498, Gecrease $1, 728,479, Increase $52,536; ; banks and $2.26; miscellaneous, $153,021, de- crease $22,360. The withdrawals for con- sumption during the fiscal year are given as fellows: Spirits, other than whisky, 430,553 gallons; whisky, 87,846,834 gallons; fermented Hquors, 83,884,783 barrels; cigars, cheroots and cigarettes (number), 7,250,700,- 568; snuff, 11,627,002 pounds; tobaceo, chew- ing and smoking, 235,451,805 pounds; oleo- margarine, 66,427,900 pounds. The report shows that the number of l- censes issued to producers of sugar under the sugar bounty law was The ex- enses of executing that law amounted to Riot 882, and the bounty paid amounted to $12,000,8 Of this sum $11,114,200 was pald on cane sugar, $10,868,896 of it going to Louisiana; $852,174 was paid on beet sugar, of which $55,708 went to California; $17,- 812 was paid on sorghum sugar, all of which went to Kansas makers, and $116,121 was pald on maple sugar, of which $68,267 went to Vermont makers, $25,401 to New York, §$8,0 to Pennsylvania, and $6,153 to Ohio. The total collections from internal revenue in the district of Maryland, which includes the District of Columbia, were $3,842,242. The Soldier's Sentence Remitted ana the Officer to Be Tried, The President has remitted the unexe- cuted portion of the sentence in the case of Private Cedarquist, the soldier who was punished for refusing to obey an order to engage in target practice on Sunday, and the President has directed that the officer who gave the order be tried by court mar- tial for violation of the army regulations against such exercises on Sunday. Maj. Worth, who is stationed at Omaha, is the officer referred to. : Two District Hills, The President has signed two bills of great interest to the District, and they are now laws of the land. One is the act to authorize the Metropolitan railroad to change the motive power for its cars to electric underground propulsion. The other {s the joint resolution to establish an ob- servatory circle as a’provision for guarding the delicate astronomical instruments of the United States naval observatory against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood, and undue vibrations from traffic upon the exte thoroughfare in the v! An Examination. An examinaticn will be held at the rooms of the United States civil service commis- sion, commencing at 9 a.m. on August 9, for a position in the bureau of statistics, Treasury Department, at a salary of $1,000 per annum. The eximination will be tn the drafting of mechanical designs and the calculation of areas, circumferences, cte, Persons who desire to take this examina- tion must file applications at once, pea Sagas CS Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was twenty-five, of which eighteen were to fill "vacancies caused by death and resignations. John W. Carroll was appointed at Cape Charles, Va., vice Garland P. Moore, removed. + e+ The Potomac Fints, The conference on the river and harbor bill fixed the appropriation for the tmprove- ment of the Potomac flats at $150,000, The House appropriation was $100,000. The Sen- ate appropriation was $250,000, CARNOT’S ASSASSIN FINANCE AND TRADE (Continued from First Page.) When the prisoner resumed his of the terrible crime he said: « laid my left hand on the carriage and hustled aside a young man who was in my way. Then I made a dash at the president and dealt him a violent thrust with my dagger. The blade struck fast in his breast and my hand touched bis coat. “As I stabbed him I cried, ‘Vive la rev- olution? "" Judge Breuillac asked the prisoner what oveurred at the tragic moment when he cxught President Carnot's eye. The pris- oner said: ‘ “President Carnot looked me straight in the face. I felt his deep glance the mo- ment I poignarded him." (Sensation and uproar.) Continuing, the prisoner added: “I ran quickly off, shouting ‘Vive Ja anarchie,” but I was stopped by the crowd. He Fiercely Replied. Replying to the question “Did you not wish to strike elsewhere?” Cesario ex- claimed, fiercely: “I wished to strike his heart, but my arm failed me—the blow silanced.” The president of the court completed the narrative of the crime and said: “The re- sult of your crime was President Carnot’s death.” Cesario, upon hearing this remark, ironi- cally remarked: “I am an anarchist and I hate the bourgeois, society and the heads of the state.” “Do you admit your crime was premedi- tated?” asked the president. Cesario answered: shall tell the jury that at the proper time. The president then remarked: “We know you always manifested the intention to kill President Carnot, saying ‘nothing will stop me; neither thought of self or par- That is true,” sald Caserlo, calmly. “You said, also, ‘if I could go to I would kill the premier and King (Renewed sensation.) Then He Sueered. Caserio laughingly sneered at this last assertion and exclaimed’: “But I cannot pee them since they are not together at any time.” ‘Questioned in regard to the truth vf the pl. revealed by the soldier Lebrane, who is said to have been aware of the whole -plot, hatched at Cette, according to gen. eral belief, and as to whether he had any accomplices, the prisoner replied, in sub- stance: “I alone meditated the coup.” “But,” interposed the president, “the anarchists who instigated you to commit this foul deed were animated by a feeling of revenge against President Carnot for rot having pardoned Vaillant. Even mem- bers of his own family were threatened. Among others, President Carnot received a document from London, written in blood, and addressed: “President Carnot, Slayer,’ and announcing that he would be killed be- cause he had not pardoned Vaillant. ‘You appear,” added the judge, “to have obeyed your leader.” “No,” exclaimed Cesario, “I had no lead- ers and no accomplices. I acted freely and of my own accord.” When the prisoner had finished speaking, the judge resumed his remarks, and said: “A day or two after the crime a photo- staph vf Vaillant was sent to the Elysse, inscribed: ‘He will be avenged.’ Do you disavow the senders?” “I don’t know them,” was the prisoner's answer, A Conference at Chattanooga, Which Has Just Closed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., August 2—The executive committee of Southern Interstate Immigration and Industrial Association, which has been in session two days, has ad- journed. Last night a committee was ap- pointed to induce northern capitalisis to Invest money In the south, and to encour- age domestic and foreign immigration of the right sort. Gov. Northen of Georgia proposed a plan to encourage immigration, which was passed upon favorably. In brief the plan contemplates organizing local as- rsociations in each county and State. The committee appointed to meet with the South- ern Passenger Association in reference to rates were instructed to correspond with the Southern Exchange, New York, with the view of @ general co-operation in the devel- opment of the south. Some of those pres- ent were’ Gov. ‘Peter Turney, Tennessee; Northen, Georgia: Gov. Stone, Mis- souris Gov. Tillman of North Carolina, and po O'Ferrall of Virginia, and other states- ee Unnecessary Quarantine Regulations. Secretary Carlisle has recommended to the House a bill to amend the quarantine act of February 15, 1893, so that it will not apply to vesseis plying between for- eign ports near the United States and do- mestic ports adjacent thereto. In explan- ation he writes that it ts expensive and unn y, besides involvi vexatious delays, to require consular bills of health for ferry boats plying between the United States and Canadian and Mexican ports and particularly those on Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario. The proposed bill rae the Secretary discretionary power to es- tablish quarantine regulations for such vessels when necessary. An Important Capture. Benj, F. Tufts, head postal clerk on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rallroad, has been arrested by Post Office Inspectors Stuart, Christian and Mercer at Chicago for postal thefts covering a period of sey- eral years. He has confessed. This is re- garded by the postal authorities as an im- portant capture, — +e Exeta Sails From Mexico. The gunboat Bennington sailed from Aca- pulco, Mexico, today with Ezeta and the Salvadoran refugees for San Francisco. The sick are convalescing. The case of the refugees will not be finally settled until they reach San Francisco, + |e Clerk Appointea, Alfred C. Cammack of the District has been appointed a $000 clerk in the State De- partment. ier pes Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for re- demption today, $211,000. Government re- ceipts: From internal revenue $641, customs, $584,859; miscellaneous, $129,149. — Se Nominated for Congress. FORT WORTH, Texas, August 2.—c. K. Beli was tcday unanimously renominated for Congress by the eighth district demo- cratic convention. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, August 2.—Flour dull, receipts, 7,611" barrels: shipments, 31, alee, 1,075 barrels, 4 inchanged— 5S barrels, Wheat firm and higher. September, ; Steamer bushels: 12, 186 5 wal S4a35 Angust, 167,548 corn, “3a No. 2 white ‘RG. celpts, 4,348, , 22023; do. good ladle,’ 14 fresh, 12, Silsby & Co., Bankers and Brokers, cue. Range of the Thermometer. Tho followin, thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 75; 2 p.m., 85; maximum, 89; mint- mum, 7, London Prices Today Were Higher Than Yesterday. A PROBABLE TARIFF AGREEMENT The Transactions in Sugar Were of a Waiting Character. — THE DISTILLERS’ TRUST Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 2.—London pricet this morning came 1-8@3-8 higher than ous closing bids, and arbitrage houses weré rather free buyers of St. Paul and Louls4 ville and Nashville. Foreign houses say the strength of the London market was based on advices from this side of a probable agreen.ent upon the tariff. This made some of the room traders bullish for a turn, and they started in to bid up the gran ¢ Chicago Gas and sugar, right at the ‘opens ing, causing a rally, averaging about 1 per cent, during the first hour. The Chicago houses that were so prominent in yester- day's selling were buyers, presumably to cover shorts. They bought about 10,000 shares of various stocks around the = about half of it being C., B. and Q. an Chicago Gas. This latter specialty, how- ever, displayed little snap, New York look- ing with suspicion on the Chicago selling as anticipating another “opposition ordi- nance,” so easily engineered through the common council of that cit Sugar fluctuated, as for several days past, on more or less ‘conflicting advices from Washington, but its action gave no indica> tion that anything definite had been agreed upon in conference, and the transactionr were entirely of a waiting character. Distillers showed evidence of a continuse tion of manipulation noted yesterday, every little rally be aken advantage of to fee® out the stock. It was rumored that thé ide or independent distillers have forme an asrociation, or agreement, to act it This, in cone nection with the fading hopes of the = at Washington, caused a rather depr feeling on the stock. solidated Gas was stronger, the sales ash” indicating a desire on the part of some of the recent sellers to get backt thelr stock; the same was also true, to @ less urgent extent, of Manhattan. One of the firms that withdrew upwar® of half a million gold from the subtreasury yesterday for shipment per steamship Nora mannia today decided not to ship until Saturday. Today's shipments, theref amounted to only $5,000, Instead of ‘about a million and a half, as was anticipated, An additional amount was engaged today, however, for export Saturday, and bank: expect to see between two and three mile Hons go out on steamers sailing on that Although there is no change in quotes tions for sterling and continental bills from, those of yest , there is a disposition shown by bankers to hold prices more firm- ly. This is not due to any noticeable tne crease in the inquiry from remitters, father to the absence of classes of bills. Brokers cialty of cotton and future delivery crease In this line of ers banyan to pay the Actual rates for sterling are: fers, 485 1-2a48S 3-4; demand, days, 487 1-2. eg i g & |. Distillers was also sold dows fractionally. In the last half hour's trading a combina. tion of room traders broke Sugar to 103, a& which price stop orders, supposed to be for & suspended trader, were uncovered, whick carried the price to 102, where inside sup- port was developed. a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. dents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close American Sugar. 108 (108) American Sugar, pf oy American Tovacco. American Cotton Oil. wd Atchison... Chicago. B. and Q. Chic. ana Nortawestern, chi oo eaege Denver and Rio Grande. ‘Dis. and Cattle Feeding Genera! Electric . Bne....... Louisvitie and Nashvitie. Long Isiana ‘iraction. Rarepenann Traction. an} “paces tie, ptd. rth American. Pacific Mau.......-) Phila. and reading | Pullman P. Car Co. “*? | Richmond ‘Terminal. : | Phila. Traction. Texas Pactic.. Tenn. Coai and iron... Union Pacite. Wabash... Wabasn, pia... Wheeling & Lake Erie. Wheeling &L I pfd. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central Silver. . = —2——- Washington Stock Exch: Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m. Gas, 1) Georgetown 3 mac Fire Insurance, 5 at Insurance, 60 ai 5. Puenmatic ment Ronds.—U. 8. 4a, registered, 1131 ed. U. 8, 48, coupon, 114 vid, Jha U.S. Sa, 117% bid, 118% asked. ict of Columbia’ Bovds.20-yrar fund Se, 208% bid. Bo.yeur fund Om “goid. 119 ta. "Wat stock 901, currency, 11S bid, Water sto 7 fl currency, 120 bid. 8. funding, cum tency, 112 bid. Sige, registered, 2. ‘a Miscellancous Bonds.—Washington ‘and G town Rallroad conv. Gs, Ist, 183 bid, 187 wah Washington and Georgetown Railroad Sony. Gs, 135 bid, Metropolitan Ratlroad conyy asked. Belt Railroad Ss, 6 ny 100 bid. Wi, | Frankiin were the readings of the | @ . 114 bid. 115 td Gs, 190 bid. US. Blectric Ligt Chesapeake and Po Awerlean Security ' American Se- Washlng- we Company conv mpany Market Compa Assoclation 5s, f let 6s, 101 bi, 10 100 & Ravk of Washington, 313 the Republic, Rank S asked bid, posit and T 11 rust, 1 Trust, 48 askea, 76 asked, 0 on sapeake ond Votomar, "a BA, 7) on, 5 laneous Stocks. Washington Market, . 130 bid, 150 asked. 20 Lid, 100 askedy by bid, 100 asked, Pueumatic Gun Carriage,