Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1894, Page 3

= W.@ T. U._THE REGULAR MEETING OF Auxiliary will be held TOMORROW (Wed- }, August 22, at a aw. Al Mr. M. Prostdent. : i ALISM.—J._H. ALTEMUS WiLL HOLD A every TUESDAY EVENING ‘at Woes Hell, 721 6th st. nw, 1t* ALL argon tn gi WARNED NOT TO Regotinte or accept either of two notes for the sum of $200 dated Sey 1 808, Anadale to the order of E. H. indorsed by John A. Anadale, payable, in 12 and 18 months after sald date, de ninterest at © per cent, as said notes will pot pa! JOHN A. ANADALE, 1 Bm at _aua2te CHAS. A) ANADALEL WRMAN'S | HOME “MISSIONARY SOCIETY. — ton Grove we THUISDAY Recast age meeting anniversary, 5 m. Members and lends urged to be present. ? it THE TRUTH, AND A TRUTH WORTH YOUR TIME TO READ. Some use gas-tar, so-called metallic and rubber Reints, sand and coal oll, et cetera, as roof paint. ‘ow, why not deal with reliable people have Zellable paints at about the price paid for imita- J. HL. CHFSLEY & CO.. 1004 F st. ) MINERAL PAINT CO., 1335 F st. __ ‘aul4-3mm THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN CLARETS—AND you caunot buy the same quality of Clarets at our tices im this ‘city. §- bottles ‘california Caret for $1. AS. THARP, 812 F st. nw. au2l IDENT KNGHTS OF PYTHIAS ARE HEREDY Notified that we have just completed in our own factory a handsome iine of solid gold K. P. charms, pins and buttons, which we shall seil at special lew prices. An immense variety of hand- some solld gold and buttons at $1.00 each. ARIS & CO.. Jewelers, 7th and D nw. REBY N THAT THD PART _——- lately subsist between Christian Sehnet- der, ‘liam Berens, Henry Berens and Wiliam Be: of Washington, D. C., under the firm chneider & Rerens,"” was dissolved on ‘TIETH (20TH) DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1804. by mutual consent, Christian Schuclder retiring from the said firm.’ All debts owing to the sald partnership are to be received by the William Berens, Henry Berens and William ns, Jr., and all demand Bership are to be presented to them for pay a ‘The business will be continued by William Rerens, Henry Berens and William Berens, jr., under the rene, jr, Witees:) ee ee RISTIAN SCHNEIDER, MYER COHEN. WM. Bi S. au20-3t* WHILE YOUR FAMILY IS AWAY ‘Try our regular 50c. dinn»r. Our menu embraces all seasonable substantials and delicacies. mS fervice ts perfect. Our cooking, most appetizing, Served from 4 to 7. Sundays, 1 to EF Munchener Hofvran Beer on draught. REUTER’S ST. AND SHE WASHINGTON BENEFICIAL EXDOWMENT ASSOCIATION. Certificate holders in this company would do well to examine into the merits of the Mutual Life In- surance Co. of York, which is the oldest lire ‘uited States and the largest in . 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SIGHTED Minister Kurino Discusses the News- paper Accounts. COMING TO WASHINGTON SHANGHAI, August 21.—No news of any importance has been received here recently in regard to the movements of the fleets or concerning the military operations. In fact, it may be distinctly asserted that no real news concerning the war between China and Japan has reached Shanghai since August 12. The two Japanese spies who were arrested in the French settlement of Shanghai are under the protection of the United States consul and will remain so until a charge is clearly formulated against them. LONDON, August 21.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai today says that the court of inquiry has established the fact that the commander of the Japanese war ship Naniwa ordered the destruction of the drowning men from the Chinese transport Kow Shing, which was sunk by the Japan- ese. The dispatch adds that Vice Admiral the Hon. Sir B. R. Fremantle, in command of the British China station, is collecting de- tailed evidence on this subject. A dispatch from Shanghai says that Ad- miral Ting, acting under imperative orders, has so disposed the smaller vessels of the Chinese fleet as to prevent the Japanese from landing troops in Chinese territory. The swifter and stronger vessels are openly cruising in the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li, ready to fight the Japanese, but up to this time they have not had the good fortune to meet them. Minister Kurino Discusses Dispatches SAN FRANCISCO, August 21.—Minister Kurino of Japan ts keeping a keen eye on the newspaper dispatches from Seoul and Yokohama. He said last night that he could not believe all of them were correct, for there was an understanding between him- self and his government that when there was serious fichting he should be apprised at once. “I have, consequently, been expecting a cablegram,” he said, “but since my arrival I have not received one. Consul Chinda has not received any, either. “In connection with this, I want to com- bat an impression prevalent with some of the American people that I am here to raise a loan, and, possibly, to get American troops and officers. My coming is in no way in reference to the war. We are in need of no guns, money nor men. We have @ standing army of 8,000 men, with re- serves sufficient to make 200,000, All are well trained. Even in Japan we.have far more applicants for places to fight than we require. Our people are anxious to volun- teer, but we do not need them. The volun- teers would be in the way of the trained troops. Our people, too, are offering money to the government, but we do not need it, and steadily refuse it. “Since my arrival, a number of Japanese and others have offered their services, but I have explained the real condition and en- deavored to discourage them. Besides the 200,000 trained men, we have forty-seven warships. We are thus well equipped. “I think the policy of China is to move slowly, but it is a dissevered, dismembered country, and even time will avail nothing. The people are not patriotic. It is a Tartar dynasty, and they do not care if the coun- try does go to pieces. Why, in 1868, when the French and English sought to open Canton, the Chinese would not stand by China It is the same way all over that country. Li Hung Chang cannot hold the Chinese together. “A dispatch from London this morning, referring to what took place at Saigon, said the Japanese had used great strategy. It implies that the Japanese retreated and that then the Chinese came in and were slaughtered. This is a mistake, and the en- gagement is evidently confounded with that at Riozan.” Minister Kurino will leave tonight for Washingto: Col. Wasson Summoned to Japan. RIVERSIDE, Cal., August 21.—One of the most important men in thjs country in his relation to the present controversy between Japan and China, and who is likely to Prove an important factor in a direct way, as he ts certain to in an indirect way, in the war now waging over Corea, !s Col. J. R. Wasson of Sedalia, Mo., formerly a well-known officer of the United States army. The Japanese government has sent for Col. Wasson and charged him to repair at once to the scene of the conflict and there to take command of the mikado’s forces. He has been asked to do this because of his familiarity with the Japanese, methods, and his known ability as a com- mander. The government officials know this from Col. Wasson’s connections with the Japanese army at one time as a military instructor. ears ago, during President Grant's first term, the mikado requested of this govern- ment that a young military officer of mark- ed ability be sent to Japan to introduce into the Japanese army American tactics and methods of warfare. It was a desirable and honorable position and President Grant selected Col. Wasson, a close friend and a great favorite. Wasson had previously been sent upon a similar mission to Egypt upon the request of the khedive and spent two years in the Nile country constructing the military forces, earning considerable re- nown for his tact and ability in that line, but it was in his relation with Japan that he achieved his greatest fame. In 1874 he accompanied Gen. Saigenas, chief of staff, with the rank of colonel, in the expedition against Formosa. Col. Was- son conducted the expedition to a successful termination. The success of the enterprise and the satisfactory manner in which it was carried through so pleased the mikado that he bestowed on Col. Wasson the decoration of Rising Sun of the Imperial Order of Meiji, a distinction no other foreigner ever enjoyed. A warm personal friend of the colonel re- siding in this city is in receipt of a letter from the ex-soldier, giving the facts as to the offer made by Japan. ————— The Damaged Caisson. Naval officials are much gratified to hear that the damages to the calsson at the Mare Island navy yard have been fully re- paired and that the structure is as good as ever. The survey ship Thetis will be Placed in dock in a few days. Naval Orders, Ensign J. L. Latimer has been trans- ferred from the San Francisco to the De- troit, relieving Ensign Kaiser, who is or- dered home. Lieut. E. R. Harris, frem the Naval Academy and to hold himself in readiness for sea. Lieutenant Commander Franklin Swift, from the torpedo station to duty as executive officer of the New York. Commander E. F. Heald, from the New York to duty In the navigation bureau. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORLIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ is so universal and its merits eo welf known that It seems a work of supereregation to indorse it. Few are the intelli- gent families who do not keep Castoria within = CARLOS MARTYN, D.! New York city. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1894—-TEN PAGES. The Soldier Boys Strike Their Tents and Return Home. The Close of the Camp at Ocean City, Md—Practice With Rifle and Revolver. Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP GILBERT THOMPSON, OCEAN CITY, Md., August 20, 1894. One of the prettiest and most successful features of the camp was arranged for last night in the form of a company reception. Immediately after supper, preparations were begun, and everything was in readi- ress about 8 o'clock. A fly tent was put up on the camp ground for the bugle and drum corps, and they played, at inter- vals, all during the evening, and were ap- Plauded heartily. They, or their dress, zouave uniforms, or both, are objects of a great deal of admiration from the young people, and more or less from the older ones. ‘There were lanterns put up in several places, and all the tents were lighted up, and, with the moonlight and the regular camp gasoline lights, the whole camp was very well lighted. One tent was turned into a lemonade stand, with blankets to do duty as rugs, and all the tents were dressed off in their best. But Capt. Aver- ill's tent was especially well decorated. There was a large company flag just at the front of the fly, the front of the tent Was covered with the stars and stripes, the benches and floor were covered with blankets, and a very pretty lamp at the back of the tent shed a soft glow over the whole. This was the main reception tent, where Captains Averill and Horton received the visitors, essisted by Mrs. Horton, Miss Aydelotte and Mrs. Wilkerson. When all was ready, the assembly was blown, and the company, in full dress, pa- raded up the board walk. This was the notification that the company was ready for ‘riends, and almost as soon as the boys were dismissed the visitors began to arrive, and they soon came so fast that they almost snowed under Lieut. Middle- ton, who was introducing them to Capt. Averill. After passing tke captain’s tent, each party was turned over to one of the company, who escorted them to the fem- onade stand and then through the camp. Col. Fava and Quartermaster Sergt. Free- man took a flashlight of Capt. Averill’s tent and some of the visitors, and it turned out remarkably well. It was Professor Fava’s first trial of outdoor flashlights. Among those present from Washington were Mr. and Miss Burns, Miss Lucy Oys- ter, Mrs. Burford, Mrs. John F. Wasgaman, Mrs. Duane Fox, Robt. E. Morris, Henry E. Waggaman, Mrs. Greenwell, Miss Bald- win, Miss Mattingly, Mrs. Green. Among others were Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Becken- baugh, Signor Hazazer, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Stewart, Miss Lillie Bokee, Mr. Cle- man, all of Baltimore; Lieut. Warrington of the fifth Maryland regiment, Mr. and Mrs. Cluett of Troy, N. Y.; Miss and Mr. Foley of New York city, Miss Heinzer of Wil- mington, Professor Solmson, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Collins of St. Louis, Miss Quill- man of Philadeiphia. There were over one aoe visitors during the hours from 8 to 10, An incident of the parade up the board walk was that some good people were try- ing to hold a religious meeting in tne At- lantic Hotel, and Capt. Averill was accused of trying to break up the meeting with the racket of the bugle and drum corps. The report of the inspection of tents yes- terday showed that the engineers ure rea- sonably, tidy—or, at least, at inspection time. The other criticisms were unimport- ant, being about the arrangement of clothes and rubber blankets. The prize tent was one occupied by members of the drum corps, Sergt. Churchill and Sergt. Landon. Lieut. Holt had some men on the range before breakfast this morning, hoping to give all the men a chance to complete their scores at 500 and 600 yards, but a terrific thunder storm came up and stopped the pro- ceedings. The scores for today are us fol- lows: At 500 yards: Lieut. Holt, 15 and 18; Sergt. Johnson, 13 and 15; Corp. Steward, 17 and 14; Corp. Lepper, 14 and 5; Sergt. Stevens, 8 and 13; Private Kemp, 11 and 11; Private McMichael, 14 and 15; Private Wright, 17 and At 00 yards: 0. Averill, 12 and 14; Sergt. Chandiez, 11 and 7; Sergt. Johnson, 17 and 13; Sergt. Stevens, 13 and 23; Corp. Steward, 18 and 11; Corp. Lepper, 12 and 9; Private Kemp, 0 ‘and 8: Private Lyon, 10 and 5; Private McMichael, 4; Private Wright, 15 and 3. Sergt. Stevens’ score of 23 has elated him very much. Company C purchased a medal some time last winter, to remain in the possession of the company and to be worn by the win- ners in the monthly shoots of two scores of five shots each in revolver practice, accord- ing to the regulation time of fifteen seconds for five shots. That contest came off to- day. Ail the men have not shot yet, but the scores are as follows: Capt. Averill, 13; Sergt. Chandler, 0; Sergt. Stevens, 3; Corp. Stevens, 0; Corp. Lepper, 6; Pvt. Coit, 9; Pvt. Gustin, 3; Pvt. Love, 2; Pvt. Wilker- son, 0; Pvt. Sunderland, 0. Sergt. Stevens has had possession of the medal for some time, as there has been no revolver prac- tice lately. Capt. Averill leads so far. Lieut. Holt is officer of the day today. Corp. Lepper is corporal of the guard, and the privates of the guard are Pyts, Smith, Sunderland and White. The men are now busy packing up, and the tents will be struck this afternoon. It was feared at one time that the storm would prevent the taking down of the tents, but they have dried off all right. The camp was visited by another thunder and wind storm last night, but the tents withstood the winds perfectly, much to the surprise of the boys, as it is not very much trouble to pull the stakes up out of this sand. Several of the company have been ob- liged to leave before the ‘camp was over. Fvt. Newman went last Frida: Lieut. Ruebsam and Pvt. Pellen yesterday after- roon, and Lieut. Middleton bade us fare- well this morning. The company will leave here at 8:20 tomorrow morning, and hope to arrive in Washington between 4 and 5 o'clock. The company will sleep in the hotel tonight. There will no doubt be many farewells in the moonlight by the sea to- night. The boys will long remember the rolling breakers, the moonlight strolls along the beach and the pleasant acquaintances they have made here. 4:30 p.m.—The tents are down, and soon Camp Gilbert Thompson will exist only in memory. 6 es The Choral Society's Excursion. It will be hard to find anything more pleasant to do tomorrow evening than to go down to Marshall Hall- with the Choral Society on the Macalester. ‘There will be daylight for the start and mooniisght for the homestretch, and besides dancing there will be music by the society, a solo by Mr. Pearman, the English tenor, with a character sketch by Mr. Conley, to add variety. Many of the members of the Business Woman's Club are going to avail them- selves of this opportunity for an unusually pleasant outing. Tickets can be obtained from members of the Choral Society or at the music stores of Messrs. Ellis, Droop, Metzerott and White. —_—_—> Marriage Liccnses. Marriage lcenses have been issued to the following: Albert C. Stitély and Carrie R. Massey, both of Chicago, Ill. ;Charles Giles of Prince George’s county, Md., and Annie Johnson of Culpeper county, Va.; Lee De- lootch and Fannie Hicks, both of Montgom- ery county, ; Vincent D, McCoy ana Odellia_ Heaston; Cadmus A. Martin and Olivia L. Thomas, both of Richmond, Va.; Dr. John H. Junghaus and Mary E. Mace. —_—— Democratic Candidates in Texas. The democratic convertion was in session nearly all day at Dallas, Tex., Friday completing the ticket for state officers. The following are the nominees: Gov- ernor, Charles A. Culberson; leutenant governor, George T. Jester; attorney gen- eral, M. M. Crane; commissioner of land office, A. J. Baker; controller, R. W. Finley; treasurer, W. B. Wertham; su- perintendent of public instruction, J. M. Carlisle; chief justice of the supreme court, R. T. Gains. The convention ad- journed in the afternoon sine die. C. A. Culberson, the standard bearer for gov- ernor, is a young man of thirty-five, a fin- ished scholar in law and literature and a fluent and eloquent speaker. He was the choice of the young men of the state and its progressive element. ——_+o+______ Mrs. Eunice Conrad, the oldest woman west of the Alleganies, died Saturday at her home in Gilmer county, W. Va., at the oe ap get “REST Nearly Every Class at'the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I EARLY DEPARTURE OF THE NEW YORK eres wt] Trial Trip of the Cruiser Cincin- nati, : PROGRESS OF THE MAINE Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NAVY YARD, Brooklyn, August 20, 1894. At no time for many months has this navy yard presented such an interesting field of study to those interested in the naval progress of the country as at present. Nearly every class of vessel in our small, but hard-worked and efficient, navy is rep- resented here now. Ships of the navy are arranged in classes according to size and tonnage for conven- fence in designating them. Of the first-rate there are so far only two ships in the navy in commission, the New York and Colum- bia, though several of the battle ships and big cruisers now building will come under that class. The New York, flying the flag of Admiral Meade, commanding the North Atlantic station, is lying at the coal dock. She is, generally speaking, in almost perfect con- dition, and after a few minor repairs and a visit to the dry dock to have her hull cleaned and painted, she will leave the yard. It takes careful work to dock the big cruiser in the largest dock at this yard, as the gateway is only a few inches wider than the ship and there is but little water to spare over the sill of the gate even at high tide. Need for Larger Dry Docks. This need of larger dry docks becomes more and more urgent as the big battle ships of the Indiana class near completion, for there is not a single government dry dcck where they can be docked. The one now being slowly built by Con- tractor Gillis at this yard will not be fin- ished at the present rate for two years, and though the work is far behind it is not being pushed by the contractor. It will be, however, the largest dock in the country, and will take in the largest ship in the world and have room to spare. Sull ships increase in size as time goes on, and it may be too smail in twenty years. Of the second rate there are at the yard new the San Francisco, the Cincinnati and the Lancaster. ‘he San Francisco is an unusually finely finished ship, and she was considered the trimmest and cleanest ship in the Columbian naval review last year, but hard service in the West Indies and Central America has Jeft its marks on her, thodgh he will dcubtless soon ve in as fine form as ever, after the two months’ typed to her en- gines, hull and battery are completéd. The Cincinnati, which was built and equipped entirely at this yard, ig at last perfectly ready for her trial trips, as far as the ship itself goes, but the crew are to be broken in and the engines made to run smoothly by a run up the sound and some practice in Gardiner’s bay, which lately seems to have become a regular drill ground for the navy, as it is a very smooth and clear stretch uf water, with the reefs and shoals well defined so that they may be easily avoided, The long and tiresome work of fitting out all the intricate details of a man-of-war, from the pans for the galley cock to the port curtains in the captain’s' cabin, ts a mass of tiresome detail, and it is harder than furnishing a house, as everything must take up as little room as possible and fit the place for it exactly. The Lancaster, which recently went out of commission here, after a long China cruise, is in the Simpson dry dock, being generally repaired for active service again, and will be ready for her crew in about three months. She may Le used as a train- ing ship, but the number of ships in the navy fs siaail, and, as she fs stfll a staunch old craft, she may be employed on service in the West Indies, where wooJen ships are cooler for the work and keep their hulls cleaner under water than the new steel ships. Many naval officers Jeprecate the sending of old wooden ships to the China station, for it is by these representatives that the Chinese and Japanese largely judge us, and a few modern cruisers—at least good ones us they have themselves—would have a wholesome effect in forming a respectful opinion of the United States among them. Another representative of the secoid class—the monitor Miantonomoh—is ex- pected at the yard soon. Though the use of this clumsy and unseaworthy type of vessel is questioned by many, the two which have been building here are being slowly completed, and when the contractors de- liver their side armor it will take but a few months to have them ready for service. ‘The Naval Cadetw Crutne. Of the fourth class, the gunboat “Ban- croft,” now used as a practice ship for the Neval Academy, is here with half of the first and second class of line cadets, and all the engineer cadets, It is a short instruction cruise, during which the cadets visit all the principal navy yards and ship yards on the coast, and re- ceive detailed instruction in the work go- ing on there frcm the officers of the Ban- croft, who are from the corps of instructors at the Naval Academy. The young eas are glad to get a chance to visit New York, and the opportunities for official sightseeing in the big navy yard, and for sightseeing of another kind over in the big city, are excellent, and every hour of the short time allowed off duty is spent ashore. The quarters for the cadets on the little gunboat are comfortable indeed. They have excellent bath rooms and wash rooms— quite a contrast to the old “Monongahela” and “Constellation,” where the cadets were jammed together on a _poorly-ventilated deck ss closely as hammocks could be swung, and allowed so little water for washing purposes that only the seniors got fresh water to wash in at all, and where a bath tub was unknown, and a dip over- beard had to be substituted. The “Machias” and the “Castine” are aiso of the gunbcat type or third class, and after the costly experiment of cutting them in two and adding fourteen feet to their lergth,-because their original plans were de- fective, they are almost ready for service, and will soon be put in commission, and probably sent to the China station, where their small draft will enable their ‘efficient use in the shallow rivers and’ harbors of China. mn Cutting Gunboats in Two. The neat work of cutting these two ships into two parts, drawing the two parts four- teen feet apart and buiiding in amidships a new section of the ship to fill/the fourteen feet was quickly and efficiently done here. It was to overcome a lack of Btability that the alterations were made. " The Vesuvius, which beurs the distinction of being the only ship of her kind in the world—a “dynamite cruiser"—is here, and she is always an object of interest to naval officers, who see the possibility in the use of her b gceragems guns, with their great shells of high explosives, yet their general use does not seem ogee at any time scon, for, though the officers who have served on the Vesuvius are warm’in their praise of her, they have not convinced many others of the practical use of this vessel. ‘The trials were fairly successful, yet some very persistent obstacles were met in the use of the high-explosive shell, and it is now proposed to change the Vesuvius into a torpedo cruiser, that is, a vessel larger than the torpedo boat and smaller than the cruiser, which, with easy maneuvering powers and great speed, can operate suc- cessfully against torpedo boats that attack @ squadron. Progress of the Maine. The first rate cruiser Maine, which has been so long building here, is practically completed, with the exception of some of her battery and the circular gun-shield turrets, that cannot be mounted until the guns are. She is nearly of the battleship class, as her great beam and heavy armor cut down her speed on a calcula’ to seventeen knots, though her trial trip may develop more than this. is a roomy sbip, where the comfort of the crew has only resentative ie which the @ tour of She knots more engines and boilers, which to be of the latest type, are to be built at the machine shops of this yard, and the plans are now being constructed in the bu- Yeau of steam engineering. These contem- plated repairs will make the Chicago a fin modern cruiser, though she has always been with officers and men. —_ NORTH CAROLINA POPULISTS. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., August 19, 1894. The state executive committee of the populist party has issued an address to the People of the state. It is an only subject— the election law—and demands a free and fair election. The address is rather high sounding. It begins by saying that “the executive committee on the eve of this, the most important political campaign for many years past, if not in fact the most momen- tous campaign in the history of the state, are persuaded that some words of advice as well as warning to the voters of North Carolina may in this crisis of public affairs serve a good purpose and aid in arousing popular sentiment to the patriotic duty of having free and fair elections.” The ad- dress goes on to say that formerly the federal supervision of elections was “a constant source of irritation, and excused in some measure a resort io methods of contrivance, trickery and fraud as a coun- ter-irritant, which, upon occasion, and in some localities, have most effectually sup- pressed a free ballot and a fair count.” The address says that now federal inter- ference with elections is a thing of the past, and calls upon all good citizens to aid in rooting out all fraudulent political methods and practices. The address dwells at length upon the new election law, and says: “It is a good law, but is perverted. It calls upon citizens, particularly democrats, to use their influ- ence in inducing the county commissioners to appoint election officers recommended by the various political parties. There is almost a threat in the closing words of the address, which says: “The exercise of the pretended power to erect ‘bull pens’ for voters and to force citizens to cast their ballots in dark rooms in the day time by candle light, juggling of ballot boxes, and the exclusion of voters from the places where ballots are counted and returns made, and like practices which have been used in well-known localities in North Carolina, should be condemned by the peo- ple, such outrages upon citizens will not be countenanced or tolerated at the ap- proaching election. We make this appeal now at the beginning of the campaign, in the interest of peace and order and for the good of the state, to the end that strife and violence to avenge wrongs may not be re- sorted to; that peace and harmony may be promoted, and the law be justly and hon- estly administered, and the result~of the election, whatever it may be, shall meet the approbation and cheerful submission of all law-abiding citizens.” The populist state committee considered the matter of placing some one on the supreme court ticket in lieu of Henry G. Connor, who, in a card, said he would not be the nominee of any party. The com- mittee does not think this card is a with- drawal, and so Connor's name will remain on the ticket and be voted for. Only upon a plain statement that business matters forced him to decline would his name have been dropped, so State Chairman Marion Butler tells me. Mr. Butler conceived the idea of the nomination of a non-partisan supreme court, and he carried his point in the state convention, which put up two republicans and two democrats for justices. One of the democrats, Walter Clark, has since received the unanimous nomination of the democratic state convention. The | Populists want to capture the legislature, yet so devoted is Mr. Butler to bis pet idea of a non-partisan supreme court that he assures me he would rather win the court than the legislature. The State Farmers’ Alliance inaugurated the populist party. Two years ago thous- ends upon thousands of men left the Alli- ance, some because they were democrats, others who were populists, because they thought it had done its political work in putting the populist party on its feet. Four years ago it had 105,000 members; now it has 27,500, its president says. It has been at a low ebb, and its finances have barely been sufficient to meet its expenses. Its oflicers say It is now getting out of politics and will in future pay more attention to agricultural matters. The democrats who left the alliance say they intend to stay out. The Prohibitionists.- Two years ago the prohibitionists put up a state ticket. This year they will not do so. What their plans would be was not known until a few days ago, when they held a state mass meeting. They adopted resoluticns to the effect that, while there is & strong sentiment in this state in favor of prohibition of the liquor traffic, yet the temperance forces lack organization, and, therefore, efficiency in accomplishing the ends sought, and that hence it is best to organize a state temperance association to include all the temperance forces of the state on a non-partisan basis, and which shall have for its aim the agitation of temperance subjects and the creation of a sentiment in favor of better temperance Jaws and the more effective enforcement of the laws now on the statutes. Twenty-five counties were represented, and the delegates warmly favor the extinction of saloons, The Fusion Movem Inquiries of all kinds are coming in as to how the fusion, or co-operation, as they now prefer to call it, of republicans and popu- lists is progressing. Not one of the repub- licans can tell. The populists have, of course, announced as a party their readi- ness to fuse on the state ticket. But the best informed republican cannot say in ad- vance of his party's state convention, Au- gust 30, what it will do. Ex-Ccngressman Kitchen, who was until a few months ago a democrat, but who is row cne of the populist orators, is not pleased with the populist platform, because it attacked the last legislature, of which he was a member. The populist state chair- men ssys that Kitchen was well pleased with the platform, and also with the idea of having a non-partisan judiciary, and that he so expressed himself. Kitchen now at- tacks both Faircloth and Furches, the re- publicans nominated for the supreme court by the populists, and says they are unfit for the positions. This language has con- siderably stirred the republicans, who have no kve for Kitchen. They say he has been for years the rirgleader of the perpetrators of election frauds. Congressi Conventions. Day after tomorrow the most exciting congressional convention of the year will be held at Lumburton by the democrats of the sixth district. There are five aspirants, Jchn D. Bellamy, J. T. LeGrand, Frank McNeill, James A. Lockhart and H. B. Adams. No man can now name the winner. ‘The same day the democrats of the sec- end district will make a congressional nomination. There is not the least reason to doubt that they will renominate Con- gressman Woodard. All opposition to him has withdrawn, These are the last of the democratic congressional conventions. The democrats have a new state chair- man, James H. Pore. He is quite young, but is a hard worker. He has head- quarters in this city, and has appointed Wiley Rush secretary. The republicans are working hard to handle the colored vote this year, and there are many visits and much talking, this be- ing thought better than letter writing. The democrats have nominated six su- perior court judges. In only one case was there a renomiration. Never before were there so many changes. But seldom have there been so many changes in congres- sional nominees on the part of the demo- crats, only five Congressmen securing nom- inations, while four are new men. _——_. ‘Women Driven Out by Women. Two dissolute women went to the little town of Dalton, Iowa, to live in the out- ekirts of that place a few days ago. The other night about fifty women. raided a harness store, got the whips, went to house and drove the women through the streets, ig them unmercifully, and out into the country, warning them not to come back. 2 ——_+e+—__—_. 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COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 20, 194. ‘The organization of the members of the labor unions of the state into a political party by President John McBride of the United Mine Workers, and the fusion of it with the populist party, is the most inter- esting event in the politics of Ohio since the adjournment of the legislature. Politicians are now trying to estimate the strength of the new party. It is generally conceded that McBride will be able to carry to the aid of the populists a very large element of the union labor vote of the state. That they are with him in this movement was shown by the general response made to his call to send delegates to the convention. There are about 100,000 union labor men in this state. These are McBride's own figures. Of these 23,000 belong to his or- ganization—the United Mine Workers of America. He will be pretty certain to draw with him into the populist party practically all these miners, and there is little room to doubt that the union labor people of the state have quite generally made up their minds to vote the ticket of the new party. The populists are likely also to receive the votes of quite a number of farmers who have been voting heretofore with the demo- crats, and not a few who have been affiliat- ing with the republicans and have become dissatisfied with the results. So that it would be a fair estimate of the vote likely to be cast by the new fusion party to say that it would not be far from 100,000. This increase in the vote of the party coming from the old parties in pretty nearly equal proportions, it is not likely to materially af- fect the general result in the state in an “off year” like this. The movement is likely, however, to have some effect in the congressional elections. It is not at all improbable that the popu- lists will elect a member of Congress or two in Ohio this year. Possibly they may elect more Congressmen than the demo- crats. In several districts where the demo- crats know there is no chance for them to elect a they are about to ef- fect a fusion with tne populists, and this movement promises to succeed in defeating the republican candidates. The republicans are ridiculing the idea, but the fact is that Coxey is very likely to be elected in Gov. McKinley's old district the eighteenth—by this sort of a movement, and the scheme is about to be worked in at least two other jonal districts. The Steubenville Gazette, the democratic newspaper in the sixteenth dis- trict, has placed the name of the populist candidate for Congress at the head of its €citorial columns, and is urging the demo- crats to indorse him, or at least not to nominate any candidate against him. This course will probably be pursued. This dis- trict embraces a great coal mining region and was the principle seat of war in the trouble growing out of the recent miners’ strike. ‘There is great disccntent among all the voting population. They are dissatisfied with both the old parties. Living just across the river from the scenes of the great Homestead troubles, they were in- fected by them, and two years ago showed their discontent by Gefeating the republi- can candidate for Corgress—Col. P: though the district had been overwhelming- ly republican. The democrats know there Js not the ghost of a chance for them to elect one of their party there, and conclude that the best thing for them to do is to prevent the election of a republican, if pos- sible. If the new movement is strong anywhere, it will certainly be where John McBride is strongest—in the mining districts of the state. As would naturally be expected a similar movement is now being planned in the eleventh district. This district Hes in the heart of the great mining region of the Hocking valley, and is estimated to con- tain about 7,000 miners, besides several hundred other union labor men. The republican candidate is Gen. C. H. apes ee ye Congressman from that district. ¢ normal republican plu- rality is about 3,000—much less than the number of union labor voters in the dis- trict. The democrats have not nominated @ candidate for there, and the best information is to the effect that they will not do so. The lists have just announced that they will open their state campaign at Nelsonville, the great mining town. This indicates that they expect to make a con- centrated fight in this district. With the paratively easy thing for them to defeat Mr. Grosvenor under the circumstances that exist. There is some talk among labor-populists of electing @ populist Congressman in one of the Cincinnati districts, but it is scarcely Fossible. They could not hope to do it with- out the aid of the democrats, and that is out of the question in Hamilton county. The Democratic Congressmen. . ‘The democrats of Ohio are sure of send- ing only three of their party to Congress this fall. These are F. C. Layton, in the fourth district; J. A. D. Richards, in the seventeenth, and D. D. Hare, or whoever gets the nomination, in the thirteenth dis- trict. They may elect Sorg in the third if he is a candidate, but he has not yet an- nounced his willingness to make the race again, and many predict that he will not do so. It is very doubtful whether any could be elected there or not. It is possible that Johnson may be return- ed in the twenty-first district and Outh- waite has something more than a fighting chance in the twelfth. This will be the first time the latter has ever had a it for the congressional election here. contests have all been at the primary elec- tions to secure the nomination, which until now has been as equivalent to election. A family row was narrowly averted at the meeting of the democratic state central committee here last week to prepare the call for the state convention. A number of the members, smarting under the defeat of | 1 the House tariff bill, and blaming Senator Brice for it, came with resolutions in their reading ag the or his stand against the matter. it Senator Brice’s friends heard af tt. ‘Treasurers of Rasorta tions organizations can deposit funds with and receive interest. The money American Security and Trust Co., 1405 G St. ©. J. BELL, President, FIDELITY ERUILDING AND LOAN 808-914 ABSOCIATION G st. Of WASHINGTON, D. 0. ow. 6 AND 8 PER CENT CERTIFICATES. 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