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oe eee woes 7 ; ve ee a 4 THE EVENING sTAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Drones, Gor iid Seas, ty Peunsylvania Be Nykscrecae ee ——- Few York Ofice, 40 Potter Bulliing matter.) Che Len Vor 85, No. 20,971. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, g Star. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1894—TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. FOUND HIM GUILTY Recorder of Deeds Taylor and the Civil Service Law. COMING REPORT OF THE COMMISSION The President Will Be Presented With Convincing Proofs. . LEAGUE AND BUREAU ed In the course of the next day or two there will be placed in the hands of the President a report from the civil service commission giving the results of the investi- gation now practically completed by that body into the charges alleging that C. H. J. Taylor, the recorder of deeds of the Dis- trict of Columbia, had been soliciting cam- paign funds from government employes contrary to the provisions of the civil serv- ice law. The members of the commission, in accordance with their usual practice, re- fuse to make any statement as to the re- sults of their investigation. They have been engaged for several days past in thor- ougbly ascertaining the facts and yester- day Mr. Taylor himself appeared before the commission and made an argument in his behalf and gave an explanation of his connection with the matter. As is well known, the trouble tn which Mr. Taylor is involved arose out of letters bearing his signature as an officer of the Negro Demo- cratic League asking department em- Ployes to call at his office or at the head- quarters of the league on business of im- portance. It is claimed by those who are familiar with the facts that Mr. Taylor's violation of the law in this connection is clear and undeniable. It is understood that this will be the conclusion reached by the civil ser- vice commission in the report which will be submitted to the President. Mr. Taylor, it is said, has not displayed the adroitness, to use a familiar illustration, necessary in skating near the edge of the tce without tumbling into the open water. It is said that he not only approached the limits laid down by the law, but he threw himself bodily over it, and it 1s his poaching on the grounds fenced in by the law which the commission will point out to the President. As to Race Prejudice. ‘The attention of the civil service com- mission has been called to a statement at- tributed td “Mr. Taylor, in which he claimed that the investigation was made because the Negro Democratic League was a col- ored organization. He expressed the opin- fon that various state political organiza- tions had been ‘ooking after voters from their states, assessing campaign contrib- utors and doing what the negro league had done, and yet they were not molested. Mr. Taylor attributes this d‘scrimination to race prejudice and intimates that if he had been a white man no investigation would have taken place. In their communt- eatign to Mr. Taylor the civil service cone mission request him to Kindly furnish them with the names of the state acsociations whom he claims are violating the law and such facts as may be in his possession, as- suring him- that the matter will receive their prompt attention. s Gross Violation of Law. The inquiry into this case of Mr. Taylor has been conducted by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Proctor. The other member of the com- mission—Mr. Lyman—has been away, but he returned last night and was at the office today, and will, no doubt, make himself familiar with the case, so that the report, which will be sent to the White House either tomorrow or the day after, will in all probability bear the signatures of the three commissioners. It is understood that the facts stated in this report, as well as the findings which will be based upon them, will be of such a character as to demon- strate beyond the shadow of a doubt that Mr. Taylor has grossly violated the civil service law. To Abolish the Bureau. Members of the Negro National Demo- cratic League are determined to have the Afro-American bureau of organization of the democratic congressional committee abolished, and Robert G. Still, chief of the bureau, and his colleagues are equally de- termined that the bureau shall be main- tained. The former assert that the league is the only organtzation required to meet the demands of the colored voters of the country and to harmonize all factions of negro democrats, and the latter strenuous- ly insist that the bureau is a necessary ad- Junct to the committee. In the letter sent today by the league to Senator Faulkner, chairman of the democratic congressional committee, H. C. C. Astwood, chairman of the executive committee of the league, stat- ed that the cnly question at issue is the ad- visability of having but one national or- ganization. “It is certain,” he said, “that the two organizations cannot exist without a conflict, and, as one can do the work, there is no need of two. The bureau is local, the Jeague national; a selection needs but a moment's consideration of the interest of the party at stake. Continuance of the bureau cannot fail to engender strife and factional opposition.” Mr. Astwood called on Senator Faulkner today to urge immedi- ate action in abolishing the bureau. Taylor at the White House. Recorder Taylor is a shrewd manager and knows full well the advantage of the first move. He got ahead of the civil service commission today in one respect. He was one of the many céllers at the White House this morning to see the President, and, like many others, failed in his mission. Simi- larly unfortunate was the recorder in his efforts to see Private Secretary Thurber. ‘The office of the latter was thronged at the time with Congressmen waiting for an ou- dience with the President. Mr. Taylor had with him, however, a carefully prepared statement of his connection with the Negro Democratic League and his brief connec- tion with Mr. Still's Afro-American bureau, written with the evident purpose of show- ing the President that he was entirely in- rocent of the grave charges against him that are being investigated by the civil ser- vice cormmission. It is understood that he denies having made any political assessments or that he has in any wise violated the civil service laws governing the political conduct of federal office holders. This statement was sent in to Mr. Thurber with the request that it be submitted to the President at the first favorable opportunity. He hopes in this way to get his defense before the chief magistrate in advance of the sub- mission of the report of the civil service commission, and he !s likely to succeed in this purpose, as nothing had been received at the White House from the commission im regard to his case up to a late hour this afternoon. Additional Witnesses. A number of witnesses, said to have re- ceived assessment letters signed by Taylor, representing the Negro National Demo- cratic League, were examined at length to- day by the commission. The original charges were filed by W. Calvin Chase, editor of the Bee, a colored newspaper of this city, and b/Y a messenger in the In- terior Department named Barnes, who is also business man: of the Bee. Ktoth Chase and Barnes, well as Secretaries B. L. Dawkins and M. C. Keonce of the league, have appeared pefore the commis- sicn as witnesses. THAT TARIFF BILLITN HIS OFFICE No Danger of the President Vetoing the Measure. He Has Not Relented Toward the Senate, but Finds a Condition Not a Theory Confronting Him. It is unquestionably Mr. Cleveland's pres- ent intentidn to permit the tariff bill to be- come a law without nis signature. There is no danger of his vetoing the bill, though he would probably like to do so if the busi- ness condition of the country would admit of his doing so. It is evident, ver, that he dees not want the bill to to the archives of the State Department with his signature attached. It would be somewhat of a humiliaticn for him to approve the measure which he has already so roundly denounced, and by withholding his signa- ture he can maintain his attitude of dis- approval. Effect of a Veto. Information from all sources shows him that a veto, and the continuance of Con- gress in session which would result from it, together with the disturbance of busi- ness arrangements, which have been made upon the assumption that ithe McKinley law is to be replaced by the Gorman law, would almost surely cause a panic in com- parison with which the recent business troubles would seem insignificant. It is this situation, and probably this alone, which will induce him to let the bill be- come a law. Not Relented Toward the Senate. Men who have seen him say that he has not relented toward the Senate bill at all, but he ‘finds himself confronted by a con- dition, not a theory, and is not at liberty to gratify his own personal feelings in the matter. By withholding his signature from the bill he can give expression to his con- unuirg dissatisfaction with the Senate and show that he stands by his letter to Mr. Wilson. Great pressure ‘s being brought to bear upor him to change his determination and to sign the bill, but those mos¢ inter- ested have no idea tha: he wiil dv so. Those democrats who have to go before the people for re-election almost at once upon the record they have made on the tariff question are greatly alarmed at the prospect of having to take the stump in de- ferse of a measure which the President re- fuses to sanction with his signature. If the President adheres to his present intention, as he probably will, the bill will become a law at 12 o'clock Monday night, and Con- gress will probably adjourn early the next Cos There is no more than a Possi- bility of the correction of the alcohol item, and the other errors are almost certain to have to stand until next session. , Party Danger Exaggerated. It is evident that Mr. Cleveland thinks that the importance to his party of his sign- ing the bill is greatly exaggerated. The bil! has already been condemned by demo- crats publicly, and even with the aid of his signature to the measure they cannot turn around and consistently praise it. The most they can say is that it carries lower duties than the McKinley law, that it is a step in the right direction and the best they could do under a peculiar set of circum- stances. The fact of the President refusing to sign it will probably be accepted by the radical tariff reformers, who are the most dissatisfied with the bill, as an evidence that the party does not intend to regard this measure as a fulfillment of their prom- ises, but will persist in an effort to make still further reductions. It is argued, at all events, that the House made a hard fight for it, and that “Grover is standing out for principle.” +“ Congress Will Last Until Tuesday. Speaker Crisp told members of the House ¥ho were anxious to get away that he thought the session would last until next Tuesday. Chairman Wilson is expected back from West Virginia today, but he was not about the House during the session, Senator Faulkner and other members of the upper branch of Congress were about the House through the day discussing the prospects. Later in the day it became ac- cepted as certain, as a result of the vari- ous calls made on the President, that he would not sign the bill unless his present purpose was changed. —————+o+___ Army Orders. Leave of absence for two months, on surgeon's certificate of disability, is grant- ed Second Lieut. John W. Furlong, first cavalry. First Lieut. Oscar I. Straub, fifth artillery, will be relieved from further duty with the first artillery and will join his battery. Leave of absence for two months is granted Capt. E. Van A. An- druss, first artillery. Leave of absence for four months is granted Capt. Folliot A. Whitney, eighth infantry. The leave of ab- sence granted Chaplain Allen Allensworth, twenty-fourth infantry, is extended one month. Leave of absence for two menths is granted Capt. John L. Philips, assistant surgeon. Leave’ off absefice for three months is granted First Lieut. Madison M. Brewer, assistant surgeon. Leave of ab- sence for one month is granted Capt. Wm. H. Corbusier, assistant surgeon. By direc- tion of the President, First Lieut. Asa T. Abbott, U. S. A., retired, is detailed for service as professor at the Bishop Seabury Mission, Faribault, Minn. By direction of the President, First Lieut. Warren R. Dun- ton, U. S. A., retired, is detatled for serv- ice as professor at the Ohio Military Insti- tute, Cincinnati, Ohio. —__- « -_____ Tceasury Appointments. Secretary Carlisle today appointed Harry M. Turner of West Virginia and Hamilton C. Kibbie of Illinois to be inspectors under the in migration laws. He also appointed John R. Neeld inspector of hulls of steam vessels at Pittsburg, Pa. The appropriation for the coast and geo- detic survey carried in the sundry civil bill is $8,000 less this year than last, and it is estimeted that a reduction of about twenty employes will be necessitated. Maj. Kretz and his assistants in the appointment divi- sion were engaged ‘today in arranging a plan of reduction, and it is expected that the result will be anrounced tomorrow. oe Summer Cruise of the Cadets. The U. 8. 8. Bancroft practice vessel for the summer cruise of the cadets of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., left New York Wednesday and will reach Hampton Roads Friday, August 24. The Bancroft will then go to the mouth of the Patuxent river, about forty miles be- low Annapolis, for a few days’ excursion for the cadets of the first class line divis- jon in hardling a vessel underway. The Bancroft will reach Annapolis about the 28th instant and the cadets will be given leaves of absence until the beginning of the regular term, about October 1, —____+ e+ —_____ Restoring the Right. ‘The House committee on judiciary today favorably reported the Senate bill restoring to the Police Court of the District the right of appeal to the Court of Appeals. This right was inadvertently abrogated by the bill creating the Court of Appeals. ——<—_o+______ A Cleaning Up. The ‘House committee on ventilation and acoustics has reported a resolution to the House providing for the removal of the great collection of documents in the base- ment and cellars of the House wing. This is in accordance with the intention of that committee to improve the hygienic condi- tions of the House the corridors, The President Receives Many Callers at the White House. THE FATE OF THE TARIFF BILL lt Will Become a Law Without Cleveland’s Signature. PRESSURE TO SIGN IT The President was in his office at the White House bright and early this morning. He showed no signs of his recent attack of malaria and rheumatic gout beyond light limp in his walk. Secretary Gresham, Postmaster General Bissell and Attorney General Olney were each with him for a short time before 10 o'clock, but, it is said, they each called more out of personal so- licitude for his health than with any pur- pose of considering public business. The President had no time today to dispose of the vast amount of legislative and other business that has accumulated on his desk during his brief sojourn at Gray Gables, for hardly had his door closed behind the three cabinet officers than it was again opened for the admission of several Sen- ators and Representatives and other func- tionaries who are deeply interested. in various measures now awaiting executive action. These gentlemen streamed into the White House during the entire forenoon, 4nd taxed the tact and ingenuity of Private Secretary Thurber to the utmost in pre- venting ‘their crowding the President too much. Mr. Cleveland was so much occu- pied with his callers that he had little op- portunity to attend to the mass of business requiring his prompt attention. He had barely time to attach his signature to sev- eral nominations he desired the Senate to act upon before adjournment, Speaker Crisp Calls. One of the most prominent callers was Speaker Crisp, who Informed the President, so it is said, that Congress had practically concluded its business and was ready to ad- journ, provided it would not interfere with his plans, It is understood that the Presi- dent gave no intimation of his purpose in regard to the tariff bill, and that Mr. Crisp is as much in the dark as other people as to whether the President will sign the bill or will allow it to become a law without his signature. Officials supposed io have the confidence of the President assert positive- ly that the President wili not sign the bill, but that it will certainly become a law without his signature, and that its provi- sions will go into effect next Tuesday morn- ing and not a day before. Such is generally believed by treasury officials to be the President’s present pur- pcse, but there is a possibility that it may be changed, in view of the strong political pressure that is being exerted to have him sustain his party in Congress by signing the bill without unnecessary delay. Speaker Crisp is credited with saying that the dem- ocrats will have to defend the tariff bill as a wise economical measure in the com- ing political campaigns, and that their test efforts in that direction will be nulli- fied and set at naught unless they have the President's indorsement of their action. It would never do, according to this theory, for the democratic speakers to support a measure that a democratic President re- fused to approve. Where the Tariff Bill is Now. The tariff bill is still in the possession of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the en- tire machinery of that vast department has been put in operation to render its provi- sions effective the instant it becomes a law. The entire force of the customs and internal revenue bureaus is busily engaged, day and right reparing for the enforcement of the bill, Customs officials and collectors of internal revenue in all parts of the country have been supplied with copies of the bill and have been specially ype x fre- gard to the construction of certain disputed sections. A great deal of time, energy and money will have been wasted by the offi- clals and employes of the treasury service throughout the United States in the event of the disapproval of the bill. It may be accepted, however, with almost absolute confidence, that the bill will not be vetoed, and that if it is not signed, it will become a law by constitutional Imitation, without action. As now understood the President is inclined to the latter course, but it is Possible he may be persuaded to change his mind and affix his signature to the bill. Secretary Carlisle Has a Talk. Secretary Carlisle visited the White House this afternoon by special appoint- ment, and had a long conference with the President In regard to the disposition of the tariff bill. It is understood that he returned that document to the President with the statement that he saw no objec- tions to its becoming a law. —__+ e -_____ MAPS OF SUBDIVISIONS. They Cannot Lawfully Be Recorded im the Recorder of Deeds’ Office. Another chapter was added today to the history of District legislation in this Con- gress by the passage through the House of the following Senate bill: That hereafter it shall rot be lawful for any person or per- sons to record any map or plat of the sub- division of land in the District of Columbia in the office of the recorder of deeds for said District, whether such map or plat be tached to a deed or other document, or is offered separately for record. The bill was recommended by the Com- missioners, who reported that its enact- ment into law was rendered advisable by the fact that such plats are now recorded in two places—in the surveyor’s office and the recorder of deeds’ office—while it is only ean to have them recorded in one place. —___- e-+_____ THE ERICSSON’S TRIP. She Has Started for New Orleans on Her Journey to New London. The torpedo boat Ericsson sailed from New Orleans at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning on her long trip to New London. It is probable that if the machinery works well her first stop will be at Pensacola, Fia., or Port Royal, 8.C., where coal will be taken on, and the voyage continued. Before leaving New Orleans the fresh-water crew, who had brought the boat down the Mississippi from Dubuque, were laid off, and a crew of salt-water sailors was ship- ped for the ocean voyage. It is the inten- tion of the contractors, however, animated by a spirit of local pride, to run’ the vessel on her trial trip in mg Island sound with a crew made up entirely of western men, most of whom have never seen the ocean. The Navy Department has no control over the vessel until she makes a successful trial trip, so they will await the experiment with interest and some apprehension. West Point Cadets. Military cadets have been appointed dur- ing the past week as follows: Hubert A. Dodge, Detroit, Mich.; Frank M. Langdon (alternate), Detroit, Mich.; Llewellyn W. Oliver, Escanaba, Mich.; Michael Luery, Chicago, Ill. . Resignation Accepted. The resignation of John R. Neeld, inspec- tor of hulls at Pittsburg, Pa., has been ac- cepted by the Secretary of the Treasury. STILL WITHOUT A QUORUM The Senate Was Unable to Do “Any Busi- ness, Not Much Was Lone by the House— Colloquy Between Messrs. Camminge and Stone. Even before the reading of yesterday's journal in the Senate today the absence of @ quorum was pointed out by Mr. Mander- son (Neb.), and the roll being called showed the presence of thirty-thtee Senators, ten less than a quorum. Sergeant-at-Arm’s Report. Mr. Harris moved that the sergeant-at- arms be directed to request the presence of absent Senators, but Mr. Pasco and Mr. Cockrell pointed out that the same order made yesterday was still in force, and the latter asked that the report of the ser- geant-at-arms be read. This was dated August 23 (today), and reported that of the forty-two Senators who failed to answer to their names yesterday only two were in the city, and one of these (Mr. Voorhees) was too ill to attend. The others were tele- graphed to attend immediately. Up to 12:40 o'clock thirty-six Senators had responded. ‘They were Messrs. Allison, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, Cockrell, Coke, Cul- lom, Faulkner, Gallinger, George, Gibson, Gordon, Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hill, Hun- ton, Jarvis, Jones (Ark.j, Kyle, Lindsay, McLaurin, Martin, Mitchpil (Oreg.), Mitch- ell (Wis.), Palmer, Pasco, Pugh, Ransom, ‘ugh, Roach, Turpie, Vest, Vilas, Walsh, White— 36. Of these thirty-one are democrats, four republicans and one populist. The Absentces. The absentees were Mesérs. Aldrich, Allen, Brice, Butler, Caffery, Call, Camden, Cam- eron, Carey, Chandler, Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois, Frye, Hale, Hans- brough, Hawley, Higgins, Hoar, Irby, Jones (Nev.), Lodge, McMillan, McPherson, Manderson, Mills, Morgan, Morrill, Mur- phy, Patton, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Proctor, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Smith, Squire, St ‘Teller, Voor- hees, Washburn and Wolcott—48. Of these thirteen were democrats, thirty-two repub- leans and three populists. Four republican Senatomp, Messrs. Man- derson, Pettigrew, Quay afid Shoup, were in the Senate chamber, but failed to answer, and were recorded as absetits Senator Brice was abserity attending the funeral of a relative: Semator Camden telegraphed that he woulil'be here at noon if his train was not delayed; and Senators Sherman and Wilson wererexcused from further attendance on ‘aecount of sickness. The sergeant-at-arms that Sen- ator McPherson was on Bis way to Europe. The telegraph company ‘reported that three Senators could not be found. One replied that he would be in Washington today, an- other tomorrow, and a third this evening. Another that ft would? be. impossible to come. Four were ill. Several had left their home without leaving their new address. No answers had been réceived from the re- mainder. - a a At the request of Mr, Gray. the list of ab- sentees was then read. _ To Compel } ce. Mr. Harris then gnid ‘that the orders given yesterday to the sergeant*at-arms to request the presence of absent Senators hav- ing proved ineffective, he meved that the sergeant-at-arms be diregted to compel their attendance, and this was agreed to. ‘While the Serate was’ waiting for a — to appear Mt. Pryden, the execu- ve clerk of the White House, appeared with a message fromh the President, sup- posge to, be nominations, : but could not present them. The republicans were ready to furnish four votes to make a quorum to go into executive session, but the ts needed three additional to complet¢é the number. At 1:20 p. m., finding it impossible to get & quorum, the Senate, on motion of Mr. — adjourned watil tomorrow at 12 o'clock. THE HOUSE, About fifty membefs were on the floor when the House met today. There was, as usual, a great rush on the part of members for recognition to pass billa of local im- portance. A bill was passed to extend the time in which the Hutchinson and Southern Railroad Company ‘can construct a ratlroad through the Indian Territory, Two private bills also passed. Mr. Bynum (Ind.) then demanded the regular order. Thereupon Mr. Cummings, chairman of the committee on naval affairs, presented the report of the committee on the armor plate frauds. With it he presented a joint resolution to authorize and direct the Sec- retary of the Navy to remove from the Monadnock, the monitor Terror, Oregon, Indiana and Massachusetts, and the cruiser Monterey certain specified arm- or plates, and to subject.them to the bal- Ustic test at the Indian Head proving grounds. The resolution also directed a Speedy report on these tests. Mr. W. H. Stone (Pa.) asked whether the report did not prejudge the Carnegie Com- pany, to which Mr, Cummings replied that a = eat eroiation, the adoption of which he ; Feported. been unanimously ir. Henderson (fowa) hore testi t this latter statement, aad said that one of the republican members of the committee had informed him that they desired it adopted. Mr. Stone Wants a Minority Report. Mr. Stone called attention to the fact that. no members of the minority were present, and he wanted to reserve the right of the minority to file a minority report. Mr. Cummings objected, strenuously. He declared that there wag no minority. The subcommittee and the committee on naval affairs had been unanimous, he would give to Mr. Stone the privilege of trying to scare up a minority. “Did the minority sign that report? ask- ed Mr. Stone. be FP cm make a report,” “Without seeing it?” 2 “I think they were veny beld.” “I think they were very wise,” retorted Mr, Cummings. “They should have the privilege of mak- desire,” per- ing a minority report if sisted Mr. Stone. t “What does the gentlemam want?” asked Mr. Cummings angrily. “Does he want the Carnegie Company to @ report?’ “The gentleman wants Carnegie Com- pany to have fair play,” returned Mr. “something it nad not had.” Cummings refuted this assertion and the resolution was adepted without divi- sion. ? Then, at 1:05 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 12 lock. Personal Ment! Mr. Frank Botcle: the amateur pho- tographer of this city, who was awarded three prizes for the best scenic photographs at the late amateur competitive exhibition at the.Cosmgs Club, is at Lake rge. ‘The many ds of Mr. Boteler are anx- his return, anticipating‘ much Another Medal of Honor. A medal of honor has been awarded to Second Lieut. J. C. Delaney of company I, second Pennsylvania volunteers, for dis- tinguished gallantry at Dabney Mills, Va., February 6, 1865, in going between the two battle lines and rescuing a wounded com- 1ade who had fallen in the last charge. A SUICIDE EPIDEMIC A Banker's Leap From Richmond's City Hall Tower. FINANCIAL TROUBLES . HINTED AT A Johnstown, Pa., Alderman Takes Prussic Acid. A CHICAGO MAN’S FATAL SHOT Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, RICHMOND, Va., August 23.—A horrible suicide was witressed here this morning, when Mr. J. M. Winstead, president of the Piedmont .Bank of Greerstoro’, N. C., jumped from the tower of the city hall to the pavement, 101 feet below. He struck upon an irosa railirg on the eldewalk and was terribly mangled, every bone in his body being broken except the skull. About $8,000 in checks and other negotiable paper was found upon his person. That it was a case of suicide, and not an accident, was made evident from the fact that the man removed his shoes before his terrible jump. Papers found upon his person lead to the belief that he was in financial trouble. Mr. Winstead reached here yesterday afterncon from the south, and registered at Ford’s Hotel. He ate his breakfast at the hotel this morning, and conversed with parties in the dining rocm. At the city hall he asked for the keys to the tower, which were given him. Shortly afterward his mangled corpse was fouad upon the pavement. Several persons witneesed his leap. SUICIDE OF AN ALDERMAN. He Was to Have Been Tried for Em- besslement. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., August 23.—William C. Bland, aged fifty-two years, alderman of the thirteenth ward, committed suicide to- day by taking prussic acid. He had been drinking heavily. His goods had been levied upon by the sheriff, and he was to have been tried tomorrow on a charge of em- bezzlement. Suicide or Accident. € ALTOONA, Pa., August 23.—Today the coroner's jury completed its inquest into the death of Bank Examiner Miller. The ver- dict rendered was that the death of Exam- iner Miller “resulted from a pistol shot fired by the deceased, but whether acci- dentally done, or otherwise, is to the jury unknown.” A Broker Shoots Himself. CHICAGO, August 23.—A. 8. Tucker, a rominent board of trade broker, shot and illed himself in Washington Park today. No cause is known for the suicide. ————— DR. HIRST EXONERATED. ‘The Sat Frauctsco’ Cleared “* of. te Charges Against Him. SAN FRANCISCO, August 23.—Rev. A. C. Hirst, president of the University of the Pacific, and a pastor of Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in this city, has been cleared, by the ecclesiastical court, of the charges of gross immorality preferred against him by Professor Rogers. The verdict says: “We find the charges maliciously and ab- solutely false, After a mos’ careful exami- nation of the testimony, it is our judgment that the charges have their origin In a wicked conspiracy to defame the character of the accused, and there is no evidence in the case that even remotely compromises or reflects on Dr. Hirst as a Christian gentle- man cr a minister of the a ‘The charges against Dr. Hirst, who is one of the leading ministers of the Pacific coast, were of a most is character, and created a great sensation. Rogers, who claims to be a minister, in- duced several boys to make the charges. One of them, a boy named Bidwell, is said to have been implicated in the Cleveland street scandal in London a few years ago. Yesterday Rogers was denounced before te committee by his counsel, who gave up case, —_—_— MAY APPEAL TO COURT. A New Move in Disputes Over Wages Advised. PORTLAND, Oreg., August 23.—The new wage schedule prepared for the Oregon railway and navigation engineers and fire- men has not yet been accepted by the committee of fifteen representing the men. G. W. Vrooman, chairman of the grievance committee of che Federation of Union Pa- cific Employes, is here, and has been in conference with the men. While the men will not commit themselves, it is now be- lieved that Vrooman is urging them to ap- peal to the court with the view of re- ceiving an order restraining Recelver Mc- Neill from making the proposed reductions. Concerning the situation, McNeill said: “We do not recognize Vrooman in the matter. The question is one between our- selves and our employes. We are directly with the men and expect to arrange a schedule that will be accepted without re- course to the courts.’ ee INTERPRETING REVELATIONS. A Pamphlieteer Tries to Prove That the World is Near Its End. KANSAS CITY, Mo., August 23.—A small pamphlet, entitled “What Do These Things Mean?” is being freely distributed among the homes, particularly of workingmen, about town. It is interesting, inasmuch as it attempts to prove that the end of the world is at hand and the wonderful things told in the book of Revelations are about to come to pass, The recent railroad strike is declared to be the last sign of prophecy. This last sign, it declares, is distress with perplexity. Nations have been perplexed before, and likewise have been distressed, but this is the first time, it is asserted, that both calamities have come at once. ‘The pemphlet is published by the Inter- national Religious Liberty Association. At their office no one was able to fix the exact day for the end of the world,.but it was stated that the present generation will live to see it, and that most of us will be pres- ent when the end comes. oo WERE TIRED OF BALTIMORE. Six Boys Who Ran Away to New York City. PHILADELPHIA, Avgust 23.--Six run- away boys from Baltimore were arrested in a fruit car in the lower end of this city to- @ay. They gave their nemes and residences as follows: Daniel Lidle, aged twelve years, 46 Market place; Louls Beberski, aged thir- teen years, 350 Front street; Meyer Blumen- thal, aged thirteen years, 237 Gay street; Peter Hoffman, aged fifteen years, 1420 McKelvy street; Simon Flaxman, aged fif- teen years, 100 Baltimore street, and Chas. Smith, aged nineteen years, of 1117 Mc- Kelvy street. The boys said they had become tired of Baltimore and started out to see the coun- try. They were committed to prison until their parents are hesrd from, once Gelivered FUTURITY'S RICH : Circ Trials of Manchester and Counter ‘Tenor —Taral W! Ride Agitator and Garrison Counter Tenor. NEW YORK, August 23.—The chief topic in racing now is the Futurity, the richest stake for two-year-olds in this country, which is to be run off on the track of the Coney Island Jockey Club, at Sheepshead Bay, on Saturday. None of the younsters that are to start have shown anything like consistent form, and one new candidate afier another for the honors of the two-year-old racing has come to the front only to be knocked down by a new one. In the beginning of the season it was thought that Jacob Ruppert had all the stakes at his mercy with Gotham, Counter Tenor and Manchester, for they had been case. Then Mr. Ruppert put John Campbell in charge of the lot. Tne horses were taken 2 A g 3 5 5 : a 5 $B 2s will Counter Tenor. Col. Ruppert makes secret of the fact that he hopes to win "Gideon and Dal leon an ily will be well represented by Butterflies, Waltzer and Keenan, and Mr. Gideon thinks highest of the filly first ramed. She was as fast, if not faster, than any of the colts in training in the spring, but broke down. She has ered, how- ever, and is now all right again, although one race would Waltzer has w: a 5 § » terflies trains ail right up to the day of the ppt Kad for she is AS 2s hasbeen seen in years. cago today to attend an important meeting of the Transcontinental Passenger Associa- tion, ° Speaking of his mission Mr. Gray said: “For some time there has been considerable complaint on account of scalping, cutting and general lization of rates. The association has no intention of in the rates now in force, but will endeavor to devise means for maintaining the pres- ent schedule.” meeting has the reason that all at this time indicates it the demoraliza- tion of rates bids fair to be brought to an NEABLY RUN DOWN BY THE OREGON Narrow Escape of a Tug in Sam Fran- cisco Bay. SAN FRANCISCO, August 23.—The battle ship Oregon was out on the bay yesterday, and her engines worked beautifully. Com- ing down the bay from above Goat Island, Capt. Goodall opened her out for a spurt, and she fairly few through the water. She presented a very fine showing as she sped along the water front with @ bone in her month, which seemed to be about ten feet high. She sent the spray flying in all direc- uons. While she was going along at this terrible pace the Rockaway had the temerity to cross her bows, and the little boat barely escaped being cut in two. It was very ex- citing for a while, and those on the tug had an experience which they will remember for a@ long time. The tug had been sent out with a photographer to take a snap shot at the vessel while she was throwing up the spray. It would have been a better picture if the vessel had been snapped, but as it was the tug came near being snapped. Capt. Goodall saw the danger, but at first did not imagine that the little boat was going to attempt such a foolhardy experi- ment. He sounded two whistles, the tug responding with only one. In a mo- ment the greatest confusion prevailed, and it seemed impossible for the Oregon to miss the Rockaway, as the latter kept right on her course. The tug was going at her best, and Capt. Goodall rang to back the warship at full speed. Her impetus could not be checked at such short notice, and she was carried on by her momentum almost on top of the tug. The iatter’s stern was under the Oregon's bow, and the next moment she was lost to sight from the shore. A big roller from the Oregon had struck the tug’s siern and actually pushed the vessel out of harm's way. —_ Admiuistered Justice Himscif. LOUISIANA, Mo., August 23.— Oscar Purghan, a Salt River farmer, has shot and killed John Irby, a teamster. Irby, during the absence of Purghan, had entered the latter's home and found Mrs. alone. He criminally assaulted her, enfore- ing his demands with a pistol. Purghan at himself to the authorities, Soa | STAKE/BAD ARMOR PLATES A Review of the Testimony Showe ing the Frauds. TESTS RECOMMENDED Representative Ames J. Cummings, Mminary repcrt upon the investigation the armor plate and bolts furnished to pany. The investigation has been in progresg for weeks, and during its course t has been given by the principal officials markably complete and minute review the case. The committee finds that of fraud bave been sustained, stores company severely and recommends, as been already stated in The Star, tha’ nine suspected plates in use should be as the only method of proving their fi or unfitness. It also finds that the Ive. but that harge of + no cl dishonest; upon the inspectors. x! i reports of treatment of plates were cystematically made to the ernment inspectors. Ging Fee eg received the double ment pro for in the specifications either contract. A report of a double ead ment, however, was made to the ment mspectors. governs i Ef Fess Hy is admitted by Superintendent Schwab, that the specifications meant that the TI the ; of the company 700 plates and lots of bolts, “It is ‘ says the report, “that the bolts ne’ ceived but one treatment, while it eal they he second charge is said to be s ax | the utmost importance that receive two treatments. The peculiar to which they would be subjected in bat! from projectiles and from ramming req it. Experiments had been made sho’ that unless this treatment was given bolts would break under a heavy blow, ing the armor, in a measure, ‘less, is a bad result of this acknow: age: a {investigation shows that there wo furnaces for the treatmen’ plates and bolts at the works ~ amounts at eveciting times. When the cons tract of February was signed the pany was far behind in its deliveries the first contract. Its three furnaces w: entirely inadequate to carry out the pros visions of that contract,yet for five mon it bad only three furnaces in which do the work required by all the con! This, in the view of the committee, indicates one of the motives of the sw intendents of the press shop and ai plate cepartment in making false of the treatment of the plates and bolts the government inspectors. “It is clearly evident to the co:nmit! that there were not enough furnaces turn out the work reported, if the pla were treated according to the spect tions of the coutract and in acco: with the direc of the government spectors.” The fourth, fifth and sixth charges said to have been admitted, and regardi the “jockeying” of the testing machi Cummings says: “The reason for nipulation is shown in the evidence. rye itself was making private of the plates and knew beforehand, as 4] Perintendent Corey testified, what the a val tensile strength of each plate was, I¢ it was below the minimum the maz tion of the machine necessary to bring within the minimum was made. It is evicence that the required manipula’ was indicated to the man at the =i § by private marks on the record, sent f Corey's office with the order to pull specimen.” The seventh and eighth charges are : to be proven by a report fram the