Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR posed esac eee DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, THE STAR BUILDIN pilot Pessapivanie Avenae, Cor. That Sere, by 1e Evening Star N Company, S.H. KAUFFMANN, Pres, ‘ Few York Ofce, 49 Potter Building. The Exening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Bor Beek. or #4e. per month. Cop erate Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1. 5 With foreten poten aulded, a00, aipaiter (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., os secoud-class mafl matter.) £7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Vor 85, No. 20,977. WASHINGTON, D. O., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1894—-TEN PAGES TWO OENTS, FOR THE SOUTH Meeting of the Southern Develop- ment Convention Today. — DELEGATES WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE > The Proposed Permanent Exhibit to Be Located Here. > LIST OF VICE PRESIDENTS einige = The southern development convention opened its session at Willard’s Hall at 10 o'clock this morning. The object of this meetirg of representative business men of the south is to discuss and provide an or- ganized method of Investigation and devel- opment of southern investments and re- sourees, and to take action in any direc- tion looking to an improvement of the busi- ness condition of the south. One idea which will be elaborated in the convention is the Proposition to establish in Washington a permanent exhibit of southern resources and a bureau for establishing communica- tion between northern investors and south- ern Investments. The meeting was called to order this morning by Samuel Blackwell of Alabama, third auditor of the treasury.” Prayer was offered by the Rev. B. Bagby, chaplain of the House of Representatives. Welcomed by Commissioner Ross. Commissioner Ross was then introduced to the audience to deliver the address of welcome. He said he was glad to speak of the interest which the District Commission- ers take in the object of the convention. ‘The portion cf the country which was for- merly called “below Mason ard Dixon's Ine,” but which is now more appropriately called “the New South,” is worthy of the efferts being put forth in its behalf. He said he had often wondered why the am- bitious young men of the cast have not one to the south instead of the wi They vould find a high order of civilization, schools, churches znd entire immunity from the rs of frontier life. Perhaps t such a movement as this ject before the country. Ross commended the idea of a bring the s Mr. manent exhibit in Washington. Lone comes to Washington some time, Mr. Ross, “and this is the place for an > exhibit of the resources ef a country. Mr. Ft ested, however, that in- Stead cf making the permanent exhibit @ sectional one, devoted entirely to southern Indust it should include an exhibit of every section. This suggestion was loudly applauded by the convention and Mr. Ross explained that such a proposition might meet with encouragement in the way of an appropriation by Congress. Muscle and Money Needed. Col. Blackwell, in behalf of the conven- tion, thanked Commissioner Ross for his welcome and the interest shown in the objects of the meeting. He said the Dis- trict of Columbia has an interest In the de- velopment of the south. The south feels has natural advantages of w e whole world should be apprised. ath has everything except muscle, and y, for the proper development of the and it is to obtain these needed quisites that the meeting is held. There may be obstructions in the path of success. There are always obstructions in the way of development. But it ts the obstruction of the sun’s rays that produce the beautl- ful colors of the rainbow; it is the stone in the brook whi caus: it to sing its Sweetest 5 So that these obstructions will bring to the south its greatest pros- perity finally. The south feels that the present movement is one of immense significan He thought a permanent exhibit in Wash- ington should meet the encouragement of every one. An enterprise a great ways from W ington for the development of puntry cannot be as successful shington. Proposed Permanent Organization. A temporary organization was perfected by the election of Col. Blackwell as chair- pe an, and Mr. T. L. Barrett of West Vir- ginia as secretary » following resolution, offered by Mr. W. Seymour White of Fredericksburg, Va., was adopted: “Resolved, that a committee, consisting of one member from each southern state, shall be appointed by the chairman of this mee which shall be know and designated ~ committee on business, to which shall » referred without debate all resolutions submitted to this body, which committee shali consider the feasibility of forming a srmanent to be located at ing for its object fon and development the prome jes of the south, business shall consider that it is practicable to form nization, it shall als th the duty of devising some and uld be accom- ommend to this ent and ft said and id mmittee on report organization.” mmmittee on credentials 1 Laurin orth Carolina, F. D. Yat see, Dr. M. Thomp- $0 mn rail- f the Augusta regretting that they 1 not be present. From Southern States. suggested that a representative ¢ of the Union be accepted to the convention. cur White offered a resolu- as delegates to the conven- n from other states of the of South Carolina moved to $ to provide that only repre- the southern states and the umbia should be named as lited delegates to the con- that representatives from shall have all the courtesies of the floor. Col. Farrow's ‘as adopted. rary organization was then de- in that one vice ideat from each state should be ap- i by the chatr. Hw of Virginia said this meet- the inning of a permanent or- in the District, and care should in selection of officers. He t each state delegation should esident. amar urged the convention ly in this regard and not be too forming @ permanent otganiza- in din the selection of vice presidents. tion said it 1s not now proposed to organize permanently. It ts only proposed vice prestients~ of —this meeting, = question of permanent organization ite List of Vice Presidents. The resolution authorizing each state @elegation to name a vice president was then agreed to, and the following names were subsequently announ Alabama, pt. Jos. F. Johnston; Arkansas, W. G. Vineenheller; Florida, D. H. Yancy; Geor- pia, Levi Ballard; Maryland, Jno. M. Car- | gress. ter, jr.; Louisiana, Wm, H. Wise; Missis- sippi, Stephen D. Lee; North Carolina, E. A. Ebert; South Carolina, T. Stobo Farrow; Missouri, D. D. Burns; Tennessee, Aleck A. Arthur; Texas, Judge E. P. Marshall; Virgin ‘are B. Gay; West Virgina, J. L. Berry; District of Columbia, 8. 5S. Yoder. The chair then anrounced the following ccmmittee on scope and plan of business, in accorlance with the resolution, of Mr. White of Virginia: Virginia,W.8.White;Ten- nessee, W. M. Fuqua; Mississippi, L. Q. C. Lamar; Alabama, T. G. Garrett; West Vir- ginia, T. F. Barrett; Arkansas, W. G. Vin- cenheller; Georgia, T. S. Jones; District of Columbia, C. C. Glover; South Carolina, C. A. Reed; North Carolina, W. F. ley; Florida, E. H. Yancy; Maryland, A. B. Howard, jr.; Louisiana, B. C. White; Texas, J, B. Bocock; Missouri, ex-Gov. Fletcher; Kentucky, John M. Brooks. Mr. W. Seymour White said the south has many blessings which she is willing to have the rest of the world share with her. The object of the committee on plan and scope is to aid in creating this division of bless- ings. He therefore asked all persons who have any plans to that end to meet the committee. At this point a recess was taken until the afternoon session. Col. Blackwe m Alabama. The afternoon session convened at 3 o'clock and the states were caijled for rep- resentatives to make addresses. Col. Samuel Blackwell of Alabama, in a pithy address presented to the gathering the advantages of his native state. He be- gan by setting forth its social and climatic advantages, and continued: “In the near future, as a place to do any kind of com- mercial or manufacturing business, it will stand almost without a rival. Think of our coal fields that are yet scarcely touch- ed. Our state geologists, E. A. Smith and Henry McCalley, in their renort to the governor of Alabama, during the winter of 1886, on the Warrior coal fields, say they contain not less than 113,112),000,000 tons of coal, of which about 103,304,000,000 tons would be available coal, or of seams of eighteen inches or over in thickness. There figures are simply enormous, and tell us In plain black and white that the available coal of the Warrior coal fields 13 three times that of the estimated available bituminous and semi-bituminous coals of the great coal-producing state of Pennsyl- vania, and that if this was spread out even- ly over the surface it would cover the whole state of Alabama, 52,250 square miles in ex- tert, over two feet in thickness, and that at the present rate of consumption of coal of all Kinds it would last the world 2 yee Alabama has two other coal fields of con- siderable extent, the .Coosa and Cahaba. The iron interest is almost beyond estimate. The Red mountain, at whose base Birming- ham is located, is sixty miles long, and 1s practically inexhaustible. Our timber re- sources are almost inexhaustible. The capacity of the soil for cotton pro- Guction is at least 25 per cent above the present production, and additional milis would stimulate the cultivation of the full capacity of the soil, “The state is moving grandly forward. Today geolegy is walking with granite san- dals and carbon scepters throughout all her mineral fields, laying her immense wealth at the feet of her children. We have a grand country to welcome you to. was in her happiest mood when she de- pressed our valleys and lifted our moun- tains. Saffron-attired and vermillion-em- broidered, Alabama has shaken the dust from her garments, and lifts her rosy fingers to open the gates of the orient, through which she will soon pass as the brightest — in the constellation of American free- jom."" Resources of Ark. he ‘The state of Arkansas being called, E. L. Eerry, representative of the state at large, responded as follows: rkansas has been considered rather be- hind the procession in development, but I want to say that if we could simply reach the ear and confidence of capital, the world would stand much surprised at the result. In fruits, both small and large, we have ‘ood for years in the very front rank. At every state fair and at the great world’s fair our apples were pre-eminently the best. “As for minerals, we have iron, lead, coal and zine in abundance. The zinc {ts found in easy reach, at the very roots of the grass, whereas, everywhere else it is found deep down and requires great expense in mining. “Our timber interests are developing rapidly with the demand for hard woods and pine, and all we require ts capital in railways and legitimate development of the abundant resources of both surface and in- terior of the earth. To this end we will be found heartily co-operating with our sister states in maintaining a permanent organization by which work may be done.”* The convention will meet again tonight at 8 o'clock, when several papers on south- ern development will be read. Delegates Who Have Registered. The following delegates and visitors to the convention have registered: C. M. Hamilton, Richmond, Ind.; J. A. Hamilton, Cambridge City, Ind.; U.J. Shiek, Colorado; c. R. Smith, Washington; S. H. Slaught, president Fiber Silk Manufacturing Com- pany; B. J. Landry, Assumption Parish, La.; Isaac Newell, West Point, Knight, Philadelphia, Pa.; U. S. Morrow, | Westfield, N. J.; U. H. Moore, Dubuque, Icwa; D. F. Saum, Washington, D. C.; R. H. Clarke, Mobile, Ala.; L. A, Potter, Beau: fort, N. C.; C. G. Haight, New York cit; L. Bingham, A. Reed, Anderson, elty; David T. Day . 8. Harrison, Starkville, M! Walter Harrison, Meri- Hormwell, Brownsville, Buckey, city; Luther Sterling, Alabama Sterling, Alabama; U. S. Abrams, city; Max Lansburgh, Bal- timore, Md.; Levi Ballard, Palmetto, Ga.; Norman N. Camp, city; Grigsby E. Thomas, Jr., Columbus, Ga.; George U. Worthington, Evansville, Ind.; T. Spelton Jones, Ga.; F. Schell, Gaffney, 8. C.; hone, jr., Lynchburg, Va.; Julian Fish- brom, Charleston, S. C.; M. Coffin, Little Rock, Ark.; J. S. Charleson, Philadelphia; U. D. Dabney, Charlottesville, Va.; E. McKean, Lake county, Florida; J. HM. L Mobile, Ala.; John M. Carter, jr., B. Smith, Mount ’. Rudden, Mount deiphia; Dr. H. Kalneowskt, H. Ingraham, Charleston, 8. C.; J. tes, Fredericksburg; U. S. White, Freder- ‘ksburg; A. P. Rowe, mayor of Fredericks- berg; H. B. Keene, city; E. A. Ebert, Salem, N. C.; Thomas C. Fletcher, W. G. Vincenheller, Arka John C. Hester, city; John M. Gracie, Little Rock, Ark. James L. Tanner, Peorta, Ill; Charles Cat- lett, Staunton, Va.; W_R. Marks, Orlando, Fila.; John T. Walker, DeLeon Spring, Fia.; D. M. Somerville, Chicago; J. H. Cutchin, Roanoke, Va.; A. MelInty Ocala, Fla.; W. M. Fugua, Johnson City, Tenn.; M. B. ler, Liberty, Va.; Raymond D. Kaight, acksonville, Fla.; Robert W. Bert, Raleigh, N —— New York and New Jersey Bridge. No action will be taken on the report of the board of engineers upon the New York and New Jersey bridge until the return of Secretary Lamont. The report, it is understood, approves a plan for a bridge vpon the lines of the bill passed by Con- The total length of the span will be 3,150 feet from plerhead to plerhead. Some diseussion has arisen as to the practicabil- ity of constructing a bridge with a span of that length, but it Is understood the board has found it entirely feasible. cian: 7 ES West Point Cadet Appointments. Cadet appointments to the United tSates Military Academy have been issued during the past week to Frederick Lewis, Comings, ; George Horner (alternate), Dayton, and John J. Staunton, Bayonne City, NIJ. man of the Record. Mr. George A. Tracy, president of the ‘Typographical Union, has been appointed foreman of the Congressional Record, He assumed his duties today. ORGIES OF CHILCATS Filled With Firewater. They Fought Among Themselves, MADE WILD DEMOKS BY WHISKY Horrible Scenes Witnessed After the Battle. LATE TROUBLES IN ALASKA PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., August 30.— The City of Topeka, which arrived from Juneau, gives details of a fierce battle among the Chilcat I:dians, which resulted in six men being murdered and a large number wounded. The Indians were drunk, and, being armed, did great damage to themselves. A few days previous to the fight two Canadian sloops from British Co- lumbia arrived at Chilcat laden with a vile quality of liquor. Large quantities were soon dispensed with in exchange for furs, ete, Then began a scene of savage orgy. The Indians are naturally savage and hostile, and when affected by whisky become wild demons. Immense fires were started, and several! hundred Indians assembled to drink liquor and dance. Toward morning a dispute arose over a trivial matter, which resulted in the leader of one faction being stabbed to death. The Indians then divided into two parties, and a battle commenced. The two whisky smugglers, unobserved, slipped away from the scene. No white people knew the incidents of the battle. Settlers living a few miles dis- tant heard yelling, and, surmising the origin of the trouble, dared not venture to the neighborhood until late in the after- noon of the next day. They beheld a sickening sight. Dead and wounded Indians were lying all around the Village. Some were frightfully mutilated and others were suffering agonies from their treatment. A small band of survi- vors, elated with success and thirsting for more blood, had gone down the beach, threatening to return and embark a crowd of savages and annihilate the white set- tlers in the vicinity. The white people be- came alarmed and sent to Juneau for as. sistance. Just before the Topeka sailed Deputy Collector of Customs Slater and a posse had arrived on the steamer Wrestler and started for Chileat to arrest the smug- glers, seize the liquor and quiet the In- dians. The Chileat Indians are Only during recent years mitted the white traders country. Frequently they miners crossing the divide into the Yukon country. On several occasions the gov- ernor has had to send a revenue cutter there to suppress disturbances. All this spring on different occasions unknown white men coming down the coast in open boats were robbed and murdered. There are now two or three Indians in the Sitka jail charged with murders. The Chil- cats believe in witchcraft and several women have been put to death in recent years charged with being witches, _ AIMED TO KILL SATOLLI. ile tribe. hey per- to enter interfere with Arrest of a Man Who Belonged to an Anti-Priests’ Club. NEW YORK, August 30.—Edward Stolz, who proposes to kill Mgr. Satolli, the papal delegate, was arraigned in the Harlem police court today. Stolz is a wild-looking man and appears to be suffering from alco- holic mania. He is well dressed and fairly intelligent. A policeman arrested him on the Kings- bridge road last night, where he was shout- inging, “Kill him, kill him,” and making lunges at some imaginary object. At the police station the prisoner, who wore no shoes, said that he formerly kept a saloon at Meadville, Pa. He sold out and came here, God having called upon him to kill Mer. Satolli. He had no hatred of Satolll, but wanted to kill all priests. A club of ten, of which he was one, had been or- ganized to kill all priests. He had been selected by the club to strike the first blow. In court today, while composed and talk- ing otherwise rationally, he still adhered to his story that his mission was to kill Satoili. He was seit to Bellevue Hospital, where he will undergo examination as to his sanity. Mar. Satolli's Return, LONDON, August 30.—A dispatch — re- ceived here from Rome says that the report that Mgr. Satolli will return to Rome at the end of the year is confirmed. Accord- ing to this dispatch, after the return of the papal delegate from the United States the Vatican will publish the result of his m sion, which will show, as already frequent! stated, that the pope is entirely satisti with the work of Mgr. Satolli, and that s holiness considers that the church qu ns in the United States are almost set- tled. igs: A VERDICT OF GUILTY, Leonard Will Probably Sentenced Tomorrow. John J. Leonard, the South Washington grocer and dry goods dealer whose place was raided by Sergt. Daley and two om- cers about three weeks ago, as published iu The Star at the time, was tried in the Police Court yesterday. When the raid was made barrels of whisky and wine were fcund in the piace, and the alleged retail stock, two cups of whisky and a bottle of gin, was found in an iron safe behind the counter. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and sentence will probably be imposed tomor- rew. The charge was second vifense, which provides a jail sentence in addition to a fine. Leonard has been convicted a number of times of violating the liquor law, and ac- cording to the evidence in the case yester- day he told two policemen that the Com- missioners had driven him to keep a “speak casy’’ by refusing him a license. John J. Be TEXAS CATTLE: EN COMPLAIN, They Say That the New Tarif? Will Injure Their Interests. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., August 50.—It is claimed by the cattlemen of southwest Texas that the new tariff will result in sericus injury to their interests in this section, The duty is reduced from $10 per head to 20 per cent ad valorem, and now that grass is good on this side it is expect- ed that at least 100,000 cattle will be brought into Texas from Mexico within the next sixty days, and, after being fattened, marketed in this country, thus forcing down the prices. Thousands of head of cows and stock cattle will also be brought into Texus from Mexico. There will also be large ex- rertations of cheap horses from Mexico into this country, Seg Miners Cut the Shaft Ropes. A Chattancoga, Tenn., special dispatch to The Star, dated August 29, says: Striking miners at the Whitwell mines, near South Pittsburg, cut the ropes in the main ghafts this morning, necessitating a delay of a month before the work can resume The mines have been {dle for three monthp and were to have resumed September 1. Great excitement there. THE NEW CITY POST OFFICE Contract for Drainage Along the Avenue Front Awarded, What the Supervising Architect in His Recommendation to the Secre- tary of the Tre ry Says. Secretary Carlisle today awarded the con- tract for drainage of the Washington city Fost office, along exterior walls of Penn- sylvania avenue front and connection with llth street sewer, to John Pierce of New York, the contractor fcr the stone and brick work of the superstrueture, at his Lid of $1,038, the work to be completed within twenty days. In a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending this addition to the existing contract, Su- pervising Architect O'Rourke says: “Acts of Congress authorizing the con- struction of this building limited the cost of the same to $2,000,000, and authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for work up to full amount of Mmit, irre- spective of the amount of the appropria- tion actually made. Up to this date $700,- 000 has been appropriated, leaving a bal- ance yet to be appropriated of $1,300,000. The total expenditures and cutstanding Habilities to date are $1,423,187. There re- mains, however, in the treasury of the amount actually appropriated an unexpend- ed balance of $248,391, and it is proposed to pay for the work of the drainage recom- mended’ out of this unexpended balance. there is no question as to the necessity for the work. On June 23 the acting su- perintendent of the building called atten- tior to the fact that large volumes of water had found its way to pler No. 3 and was washing out the bed joints, thereby doing great damage to the pler. An inspector Was immediately sent to the building and directed to make full examination in the matter. On June 30 his report was received, which shows that the water referred to come from springs, which are numerous on both of Pennsylvania avenue between the Department and ‘the Capitol aid in order to obviate the trou- he recommended that the exterior of north wall be coated with cement and the that drein pipe be laid along the same and be conected with the sewer on Mth street, thus collecting the water and carrying the same away from the building. Upon this report, drawings and specifications, sho ing the amount of work necessary, were prepared in this office and gent to the su- perintendent with directions to obtain pro- resals by circular letter from three or more parties in this city. Under this’ authority the superintendent obtained four proposals, the lowest of which was that of John Peirce, in amount of $1,038, and it is rec- ommended that the same be atcepted as being reasonable, as unless this work is performed great damage will be done to the building and the stability of the pler referred to endangered. — R TRANSPERRED. SAN Sent From the White House to the Post Office Department. Miss Alice Sanger, who enjoys the dis- tinction of being the only woman ever em- ployed in the Executive Mansion in a cleri- cal capacity, has been transferred to the Pest Office Department. This was one of the last acts of the President just before his departure for Gray Gables. Miss Sanger is now away on leave of absence, and, at last accounts, was at Colorado Springs, Colo., in the Rocky mountains. Her leave of absence will expire on the 10th proximo, The change, however, takes effect on the Ist proximo, so that she will not again re- sume duty at the White House, but will zo to her new office in the Post Office Depart- ment instead. It invotves a reduction of $200 a year in her annual salary, which will be $1,400 a year hereafter, instead of $1,000 as at present. Miss Sanger has been employed at the White House since the beginning of the Harrison administration. Before that she was one of the assistants at the Harrison headquarters at Chicago when Gen. Har- rison was nominated, and remmined with him constantly from that time until his re- tirement from the presidency. She acted as a stenographer to Maj. Halford when the latter was private secretary to the Presi- dent, and has assisted Mr, O'Brien in steno- giaphic work for President Cleveland and Private Secretary Thurber. She is an ex- cellent stenographer and typewriter and a most efficient all-around clerk, and is a liv ing contradiction to the slander that a wo- man cannot keep a secret. She never be- trayed a trust of any kind. The only ex- planation offered for her transfer is that there is not enough work at the White Hcuse to justify a continuance of the pres- ent force, and it is said that the vacancy thus created will not be filled—at any rate, for the present. -e- NEW DEPUTY Dr. Larkin Glazebrook Was Today Ap- pointed to That Position, Dr, Larkin Glazebrook was tcday ap- pointed deputy coroner for the District, his appointment to take effect the Ist of Sep- tember. Dr. Glazebrook is a young phy- si n of this city, and was highly recom- mended for the position, which for several years past has been held by Dr, Edward M. fer. Heretofore the deputy corone has becn without authority to act in the absence of the ccroner, and under the re- cent act of Congress a deputy coroner is authorized to assume all the duties of the coroner in his absence. The compensation of the deputy coroner was fixed at $5 per day while so employed. >_> Personal Mention, Messrs. W. O. Ison and H. A, Ison have returned from an interesting trip to Canada end the eastern states, visiting Quebec, Lake St. John, the Saguenay river, the Bras d'Or lakes, Halifax, Bae Harbor, Bos- ton and other points of interest. Councilman R. T. Briggs, representative knight of Richmond, Va., is stopping with his sister, Mrs, E. C. Roper, of 1419 Cor- coran street. . Rev. Charles C. Andrews, formerly pas- tor of Christ Church, {fs in the city on a visit. On Sunday next he will deliver a lecture at St. Matthew's Mission, corner of M and Half street southwest. William A. Hungerford left the city yes- terday to spend a couple of days in New York. S. H. White has gone to Parksburg, Va., for the next two weeks, Dr. N. Willis Pomeroy hag refurned from Asbury Par! A CORONER, Secretary Smith left Washington today for Georgia. He will make @ speech at Atlanta. “ Postmaster General Bissell day for Buffalo. He will rerkain away a morth on his vacation, leaving Second Assistant Neilson as acting postmaster general. left here to- ee = Concert at the Barracks. The following is the program at the Ma- rine Band concert at the barracks this af- ternoon at 5:15 o'clock: 1. March, U. S. S. Chicago.. 2. Overture, Raymond............. 3. Grand Concert Waltz, Brilliant. 4. Grand Fantasie, .-Fanctulli ‘Thomas -Chopin Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 5. Largo, from the opera Xerxes.....Handel . Mediey, A night in Bohemia. nciulli Introducing old and new songs. . March, Mecca, Liberati . Hail Columr‘e Kyles A FATAL ACCIDENT. An Elderly Woman Struck by an Engine in South Washington. A VICTIM 10 THE GRADE CROSSING. Horribly Mangled and She Died at the Hospital. AN INQUEST TO BE HELD It has been several wecks since the life of some innocent person has been crushed out on one of the murderous grade cross- ings of the steam railroads in this city, but there was a sad accident on the Vir- ginia avenue crossing at 6th street south- west about 8 o’clock this morning, which will certainly result in the death of the victim. The stretch of track from this cor- ner to the Baltimore and Potomac is regard- ed as the most dangerous part of the road, probably because a number of persons have been badly injured or killed along there, and this is the third accident within a few months. The Victim an Elderly Woman. This time the victim is an elderly woman named Mary Flaherty, who resides at 44 Jackson street northeast, near the govern- ment printing office. She is seventy-five years old, and at the time of the accident she wore un old-fashioned Sonnet tied over her ears, which, it 1s thought, prevented her hearing the moving engine. She had attended early service at St. Dominic's Chureh and had started on her way home. When she reached Virginia avenue just in front of the Jefferson school building the engine, No. 131, in charge of Conductor C. J. McCafferty and Engineer L. M. Steese, with a caboose attached, came along at a fairly good rate of speed. ‘The watchman lowered the gates just be- fcre Mrs, Flaherty reached the track, but she walked around the end of the gate and started to cross. Just then the moving ergine came along. The engineer saw the old woman, but he could not stop in time to save her. The engine was backing, and the caboose was attached to the pilot, being drawn after the engine. Frightfully Injured. In less time than it takes to tell the story the woman was thrown to the ground and frightfully injured. A number of pedestri- ans who were on the street at the time witnessed the occurrence and hastened to the spot where she lay groaning and screaming. After being knocked down the wheels had injured her feet. One foot was almost cut off and the other was terribly mangled. Then, too, her legs were badly bruised, and she was internally injured to the extent that this injury alone would probably cause death, Although so horribly injured, the unfortu- nate woman was still in her senses. She Was gently removed from the track to the sidewalk, and made as comfortable as possible until the fourth precinct patrol wagon arrived, which was only a few min- utes, and the sufferer was removed Providence Hospital. ss Died After the Operation. At Providence Hespital the physicians performed an operation, taking off one leg and the other foot. The patient lived through the operation, but soon after it was completed she died. The Geceased is the best known woman in the section cf the city in the vicinity of St. Aloysius Church. Many persons sup- posed she was eccentric. She lived in the hetse of Mrs, Farrell and sold smail ar- ticles of dry goods, lemons and lamp chim- neys from a basket. As a church-goer she had no equal, for she never missed a service and seldom a day passed that she did not go to church three times. About one year ago, when a woman was killed on the railroad, it was reported that the victim was Mary Flaherty, and her name appeared in some of the papers. Since that time she has feared death on the rail, and the sad news of her ending Was a great shock to her friends. Her life was insured, and she will be given a Chris- tian burial. The coroner will probably hold an inquest tomorrow. —_—- -__ FOUGHT OVER BRECKINRIDGE. A Fatal Duel With Knives in Clark County, Ky. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 80.—The Times-Star Lexington, Ky., special says: “A duel to the death with knives occurred in Clark county, near Bocnesboro’, yester- day, over the scandal feature of the Ash- land congressional contest. John. King, a Breckinridge man, Mving in Fayette county, met on the highway his old friend, George Cook, who lives in Clark county. Cook said any woman who went to hear Breckinridge speak was no better than a courtesan. i\ing dismounted from his horse, saying his wife and daughters had heard Breckin- ridge. Cook insisted It was a shame. He also dismounted. Both drew knives and blood flowed freely until Cook dropped, having three stabs in the breast. King has escaped.’ ——— MAY REVOLT AGAIN, Mysterious Movements of Nicaraguan Refugees. NEW YORK, August 30.—A special dis- patch to the World from Colon, August 2, says: A strange schooner has been seen off Bocas Del Torre, and several prominent Nicaraguan refugees there have simultane- ously disappeared, giving rise to the report that another movement against Zelaya will begin at Mosquito. Another noteworthy fact is that the Nicaraguans and Indians here, who have been reduced to beggary, are now well supplied with funds, and have been purchasing arms in shops to such an extent that the dealers have cleared out their entire stock of pistols, rifles and am- munition. ag DID NOT START, The Vigilant Did Not Participate in Today's Regatta. DARTMOUTH, Eng., August 80.—The Vigilant, contrary to expectations, did not take part in the regatta of the Royal Dart Yacht Club today. She will, however, in all probability, meet the Satanita in a race here tomorrow. od WHAT BRITISH YACHTSMEN THINK. Self-Glorification for Ignoring Irreg- ularities by the Vigilant. LONON, August 30.—The Times, in a re- view of the season's yachting, say Brit- ish yachtsmen are well content to let the question of supremacy for 18% rest on the record, the Britannia beating the Vigilant twelve out of seventeen contests. The events of the season have shown that Brit- ish designers and builders are not inferior as to building big cutters, and that British sailmakers and sailors are superior to their American adversaries. We must not fail to thank Mr. Gould for his sportsman-like visit, which has given such a spurt to yachtirg. Some of the purists on this side have made complaints, which were strictly right, against the Vigilant’s irregular- ities, and if the results of *he racing had been different these irregularities, though possibly due to ignorance, would have caus- ed soreness in this country, but the sailing committees have ignored them. We may congratulate ourselves that in the circum- stances they can afford to ignore them. —_.—_ LIQUORS WERE SOLD. New York Catholics Say That Mgr. Satolli's Remarks Didn’t Apply to The NEW YORK, August 30.—The first ex- cursion from New York of an exclusively Catholic society since Mgr. Satolli, Arch- bishop Corrigan and Bishop Watterson have expressed themselves on the liquor traffic was run out today by the United Branches of the Catholic Knights of America. The question whether the knights would sell liquor was settled by a sight of their barges today. There was on board everything in liquid form, from beer to champagne. When one of the managers was asked if liquor was to be sold, he replied: “Certainly. The bar privilege has been let, and we have as much right Lo sell liquor as any other excursion party. So long as it is taken in moderation there can be no objection. We do not think that the letter of Mgr. Satolli indorsing the stand taken by Bishop Watterson had any reference what- ever to this diocese. We think it was con- fined only to the diocese of Ohio. The news- paper comment on this matter has been un- called for.” —__— OFFICERS ELECTED. Directors Meet of the New Baltimore, Chesapeake a Atlantic R.R. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 30.—The board of directors of the company which bought the Baltimore and Eastern Shore railroad yesterCay met here today and elected John E. Searles of New York, president, and ‘Winthrop M. Tuttle of the same place, sec- retary. The name of the company was changed to the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad Company. The property now owned by this corporation consists of the Baltimore and Eastern Shore railroad, eighty-two miles in length, from Claiborn to Ocean City, the Maryland Steamboat Company, the ‘Choptank Steamboat Com- pany and the Eastern Shore Steamboat Company, consolidating the three principal steamboat lines on the Chesapeake bay. Mr. Searles is the well-known sugar trust man, and Mr. W. O. Havemeyer, the presi- dent of the sugar trust, is one of the direc- tors and the principal stockholder in the rew corporation. —_——___ DEFERRED TO THE PRESIDENT. Resign From the ate Committee. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 30.—Collector of Customs Frank T. Shaw, Deputy Col- lector James A. Diffenbaugh, Appraiser Lloyd Wilkinson and several other federal officials in Baltimore have decided to resign at once as members of the democratic state central committee, in accordance with the request of President Cleveland, made some time ago. Senator Gorman desired the gen- tlemen named to remain on the committee and defy the President's order, but the officials have evidently considered it the best plan to resign at once, and they made public their intentions of doing so. BURGLARS’ WORK. Masked Robbers Beat the Occupants of a House Insensible. BEAVER FALLS, Pa., August 30.—Mask- ed robbers broke into the residence of Dr. A. Mercer of this place about 3 o'clock this morning, and, after beating the doctor and his son into insensibility, ransacked the house. The robbers secured but $19 and a few pieces of jewelry. The doctor ts in a critical condition and it is feared will die. His skull is fractured and his right side paralyzed. His aged mother, who was kept quiet at the point of a revolver, is also in a serious condition from fright. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., August 30.—One of the most daring robberies, and perhaps the largest robbery of a private residence ever committed in Knoxville, came to ght this morning. The victim was Mrs. L. C. Houk, wilow of the late Judge Houk of this district and mother of Congressman Jno. C. Houk. She had been out of the city for the summer, and upon returning home discovered that the residence had been entered by burglars and relieved of valuable silverware, silk dresses, laces, old gold and coin to the amount of about $1,800. Lee Sharp, a boy fifteen years old, has been arrested. —_ THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held at Richmond October 2. NEW YORK, August 30.—The stockhold- ers of the new Southern Railway Company have been called to meet at Richmond, V: October 2, to consider for approval and rati- fication a proposition to execute a mortgage or deed of trust to the Central Trust Com- puny of New York covering the property of the company, including franchises and lines of railroad, to secure an issue of $120,000,000 5 per cent gold bonds, payable July 1, 1004, The directors will also ask for authority to mortgage the railroad and other property of the late East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company for $4,500,000 at 5 per cent interest, the mortgage to become due September 1, 1930, and to be payable in gold, these latter bonds to be in lieu of the equipment and income bonds on which the mcrtgage has been foreclosed. ——— FRENCH CANADIANS ANGRY. ‘They Denounce What They Term It to the Tri-Color. NEW YORK, Augvst 30.—A Montreal dis- patch to the Evening Post says: A section of the French Canadian press are indignant at what they call an outrage on the part of the authorities who have charge of the provinclal exhibition at Quebec. The @iffi- culty Hes in the fact that the French flag is not given official recognition. The Patrie says: “We ask all the exhtb- itors to exact thet the tri-color flag be made to float over the exhibition buildings and to withdraw rather than to abide by the dictates of a pedantic castor, who is asham- ed of being French. Let there be no exhi- bition rather than allow France to be in- sulted there, for if there is then a fiasco the people of Quebec will know whom to blame.” ns Not Acted On. One of the cases left unacted on by the President is that of Recorder Taylor, whose removal has been urged because of alleged flagrant violations of the civil service law. The President may have taken the papers in the case to Gray Gables, but even in that event it is not likely that speedy ac- tion will follow. ——+o-—_____. Experts in Soll The civil service commission will hold an examination on October 2 to secure ell- gibles to fill two vacancies in the position of assistant in the division of agricultural soils, Department of Agriculture, each at a salary of $1,000 per annum. Residents of the District of Columbia will not be ad- mitted. +e Treasary Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $149,309. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $1,454,801; customs, $851,730; miscellaneous $12,438 A FINE DISPLAY Divisions Today. SOME VERY EXCELLENT WORK DONE Hearty Applause Cheers the Con- AN INTERESTING SCEN The competitive division drilis of the Knights of Pythias were scheduled to begin tcday at 9 o'clock, in order to get through with the contestants who were drawn for the second day of the bloodless battle. At that hour there were two uniformed divis- fons on the fied, Mystic of Girard, Kansas, many very fine points that cannot be from the stands, or, if seen, that appreciated by the usual watcher, count heavily for or against prize that it is a dangerous thing for any one to try to “pick the winner” according to noise of the handclapping. Must Follow the Schedule. Yesterday's drill was an instance of this uncertainty. One of the smoothest exhibi- tons of drilling of the day was a total fall- ure in comparison with others less brilliant, merely because the commanding officer, in his nervousness, failed to follow with exact- by Gen. Carnahan. The rules require that the orders shall be given “in their order,” and one movement once passed shall not be taken up again afterward, but the omission shall be scored a zero. This also applies to the giving of any order ahead of its turn, The only way, therefore, for the spectator to ascertain whether his favorite division is drilling in championsnip time or aot is to follow every command with a copy of the schedule before him. Yesterday there were several zeros scored on more than one division of the knights. So that the judges alone, following the divisions all over the field, and scattering so as to take in every point of view, can give any estimate of the true standing of the gallant fellows who appear before them. Of course, applause helps the knights along; it is very encouraging to twenty-nine nerv- ous men to hear the plaudits of their friends, but aside from such moral effect, the audi- ence has nothing ‘o do with che case. Practice by the Mystic Division. This morning Capt. M. T. Bussell, com- manding the Mystic Division, took advan- tage of the delay in the coming of the judges and put his men through their paces in the space behind the grand stand. He might have drilled them on the field it- self, but this would perhaps have given him an advantage over his competitors by mak- ing him familiar with the ground, so he took his prize winners off the space allot- ted to the drills. This division took first prize at Kansas City two years ago, and is determined to defend the honcr against all comers, especially the Hastings Division, which held the prize for two or three en- campments, but which did not compete two years ago. But yesterday's drills showed that at least two other divisions will be in the race at the finish. At about 8:45 o'clock Col. Travis of Gen. Carnahan’s staff, who was cn duty yester- day, arrived with the score sheets, and was followed in a few minutes by J. W. Baird of Texas, also of the staff, who took the place of Col. Phillips for the day. At 9 o'clock the judges had not yet ap- peared, and Capt. Bussell began to grow rervous. He had his men fail in, k as neat as a lot of new pins, in their silver heimets, and then he waited until ten min- utes past the hour, when he marched the line over and reported to Col. Baird, who told him to give his men rest until the judges should come. It was fortunate that this was done, for it was %:40 before the Judges entered the field. Lieuts. Wood and French were on hand at the hour, but, owing to some misunderstanding about the carriage sent for him, Lieut. Kennan was delayed for over forty minutes. In a very few minutes Capt. Bussell had his division lined up before the Judges for the first drill of the day. The Mystic Knights were with- out their famous wooden grassho) that |has accompanied them to victor: Beto A Fine Showing. During the drill Col. J. E. Sawyer of Michigan reported for duty on the com- mittee of staff officers to relieve Col. Travia, who was needed at headquarters. The champions completed mspection at 931, and started off at a brisk pace to complete the schedule. They worked like ja splendid machine, and made no notice- able breaks. The wheels and evolutions were to the eye practically perfect. The sword movements were splendidly executed, the blades flashing in exact cadence. The division completed the drill in just twenty- two minutes, within the allowance, al- though a trifie more than the average. The spectators, who by this time numbered about three hundred, applauded the com- mand vigorovely as it left the field. The Williamsport Division. In a few seconds the twenty-nine men from WYlamsport, Pa., forming the Wil- Mamsport Division, No. 19, Capt. W. H. Faber, were facing the judges. It was at ence apparent that this command would have to overcome a large handicap in the form of a low score on inspection. The men wore caps on their belts in the first place, which increased the chance of reducing the tally. Then the belts were not as straight as they might have been, and ye 4 = entire inspection one man stood wit! elbow crooked out nearly a foot in order to keep the touch. The movements, too, were rot smooth. When the division deployed the lines of the platoons, instead of being continuous, converged into a great obtuse angle. One of the men dropped his cap during the cuts and another strated to go to attention too soon from parade rest. The drill lasted seventeen minutes. New Albany Division. The next division to drill was New Al- bany, No. 5, of New Albany, Ind., com- manded by Capt. H. M. Cooper. This divi- sion went into the field under serious difi- culties. One of the men was recently scald- ed from the waist downward, and has only been wearing shoes during the last few days. He wore a huge carpet slipper on his left foot up to the time the division fell in to take the field. Then another man, a few weeks ago, was fallen upon by a horse, and