Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STA® BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. as, Cor. Lith Street, The Evening Star News; awd Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Kew York Olice, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the elty by carriers, on thelr own uccount, at 10 cents week, or 44c. per month. at the counter -2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United Btates or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents per month. Saturday Quintaple Sheet Sta: with foreien ze added, 00, (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., @s second-class mail matter.) EZ All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known op applicati $1.00 per year; Che Evening Star. Vor 85, No. 20,981. WASHINGTON D.C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1894—TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS DR. WELLING DEAD The President of Columbian Univer- sity Expires of Heart Disease. HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER Eminent as a Writer and as an Educator. GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED The death of Dr. James C. Welling, prest- @ent of the Columbian University and pro- fessor of private and international law in the law department of the institution, oc- curred in Hartford, Connecticut, this morn- ing from heart disease. Brief messages containing the announcement were received Dr. J. C. Welling. by the secretary of the Columbian Univer- sity, Mr. Martin, and a few intimate friends of the deceased, and before noon the news had spread generally over the city, and everywhere called forth expressions of pro- found sorrow. For over forty years Dr. Welling has been identified with the national capital as one of its most valuable citizens. De- voted to the cause of education and ever energetic in his efforts to advance it to the highest degree of perfection and use- fulmess, he still found opportunity to in- terest himself in the substantial improve- ment of his adopted home in every direc- tion. His Early Career. Dr. Welling was a native of New Jersey, having been born in Trenton July 14, 1825. He was graduated at Princeton in 1844,hay- ing received his primary education at the Trenton Academy, and became a private tutor in Virginia. At the end of two years he began the study of law, but in 1848 gave up that profession to become associate principal of the New York Collegiate School. While here he contributed a number of articles to various Jeading newspapers which attracted much attention and led to his engagement in 1850 by Messrs. Joseph Gales and William W. Seaton as literary editor of the National Intelligencer, at that time the leading daily journal in the south. In 1856 Mr. Welling was made associate editor of the Intelligencer and charged with the chief conduct of the paper. He contirued in this position until 1865, and durirg the terrible crisis leading up to and irvolving the civil war he preserved the steadfast course which he had begun at the outset of his editorial career. He was outspoken in his opposition to the disunion movement in the south, and was valiant and loyal in his support of the war to preserve the integrity of the Union when it became inevitable. The steady persistence with which he had deveted himself to his editorial duties told on Dr. Welling’s health, and he relinquished his position with the Intelligencer in 1865, spendit.g the following year in Europe in recreation and study. Returning, he was made clerk of the United States court of claims, and in 1867 was elected president of St. John’s College at Annapolis. In his short career at Annapolis he improved the farcus old college in a variety of ways. During his presilency the number of stu- dents increased from ninety to 2). In 1868 he received an honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbian College, over which he w: destired to preside with such success, and in 1870 was «appointed professor of Belles Lettres in Princeton College. The follow- ing year he accepted the presidency of the Columbian College in this city, and came here to finish a career which had already been so full of honor in another field of scholarly 1 sefulness. President of Columbian College. ‘The quarter of a century just rounding out since Dr. Welling assumed the presi- dency of Columbian College has been filled with success for the institution, due In a large degree to the energy and never-tiring leyalty which he gave to its weal and pros- perity. Dr. Welling, with prophetic per- ception, caw a future for Columbian College among the truly great educational organiza- tions of the world and directed all his force of intellect toward shaping its destiny in such a direction. By an act of Congress the college was in- corporated <s a university, the seat of the institution was removed from the suburbs into the very heart of Washington at 15th and H streets; the law and medical depart- ments were increased in their facilities and increased in their scope; a scientific school and a dental! echool were established and a year ago the plans which Dr. Welling had laid down when he became president had been so completely carried out that he an- nounced his intention of resigning his high office. He carried this into effect during the spring of this year, and his resignation had been accepted by the board of trustees to take effect on October 1. The last complet- ed work in connection with the university which Dr. Welling contemplated with infi- nite satisfaction was the establishment and successful operations of the graduate school. There was something left unfinished, how- ever, which was very near and dear to Dr. Welling’s heart. In 1892, at his sug- gestion, the trustees and overseers of the university ordained that a school of com- arative jurisprudence should be estal fished ‘as an integral part of the universt y system, and authorizing President Weli- ing to visit the leading universities of Europe in which jurisprudence is taught according to the comparative method and collect all possible information on the sub- dect. Many Honorary Degrees. Dr. Welling was honored by many unl- versities and colleges with honorary degrees and was connected with many literary, scientific and historical societies. Since } he wa ident of the board of trustees of the Corcoran Art Gallery, be- tween whos? founders and himself a warm and intimate attachment existed for many Years previous to the former's death. Mr. : terested in Dr. Wel- ‘ancement of his be- he munificent dona- university was in a large measure due to the sympathy he felt for the ambition of his friend. Hie was a regent of the Smithsonfan Institution and a member of the Washing- ton Monument Society, the Anthropological and Philosophical Societies, the Geograph- ical and others. A meeting of the board of f the Columbian University has Ned for tomorrow morning at 10 to_take appropriate action on Dr. 's death. . Welling was twice married. A widow nnd two young children and a married faughter of his former marriage survive bir No Immediate Action Expected in the Mat- ter of the Superintendency. Only Three Formal Applications Made to Succeed Prof. Mendenhall, but Other Names Are Mentioned. The officials of the Treasury Department do not expect any immediate action in the matter of the superintendency of the coast and geodetic survey. The appointment is entirely in the hands of the President, and, so far as known, he has not as yet given the subject serious consideration. Prof. T. . Mendenhall, who will probably retain the office unt! his successor shall have been appointed and qualified, is now in Europe on leave of absence. He sailed from New York July 5, and as he did not expect to be gone much longer than two months, it is probable he will soon return. Before his departure from ‘Washington he placed nis resignation at the President's disposal, but the matter has been kept quiet, in order to relieve the President from the pressure of applicants that was ex- pected to follow the announcement of a vacancy in such a lucrative office. The action was entirely voluntary on the part of Prof. Mendenhall, and was taken in order to enable him to accept the presi- dency of the Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute of Massachusetts. No formal action bas yet been taken on his resignation, and it will probably not be accepted until his suc- cessor is selected. Three Applications on Fite. ‘There are at present but three applica- ticns on file at the Treasury Department for appointment to this prospective vacancy, but there is a legion of candidates who have not yet pvt their desire on record. Those whose papers have been filed are Prof. John C. Underwood, formerly of Kentucky, but now of Illinois; Prof. Richard M. Bache of Philadelpiia, and Prof. L. J. Boeck of West Philadelphia. Among ‘those mentioned in connection with the office are Mr, Wm. H. Pugh, whose office as commissioner of cus- toms’ wil! be abolished October 1 next; Dr. Andrew Braid, an old official of the coast strvey, who has frequently acted as its superintendent; Prof. Haupt of Pennsyl- vania, and Prof. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University. It is possible that the President may defer action in this matter until he re- turns to Washington, late in October. ——— THE PRESIDENT’S MAIL. It Contains the Marbury Appointment, Which Senator Gorman Opposed. A mail was received at the White House this morning from the President at Gray Gables, but the only thing of general in- terest contained in it was the commission of Wiliam S. Marbury of Maryland as United States district attorney for the district of Maryland. Mr. Marbury was nominated to this office April 12, but Senator Gorman succeeded in preventing his confirmation, notwithstanding the fact that the judiciary committee reported in his favor. Mr. Mar- bury was one of the Cleveland leaders in Maryland, end as such became prominent as an opponent of the Gorman wing of the party. ‘The President made his acquaint- ance and took quite a fancy to him, so much so that his appointment was looked upon as a purely personal one. Senator Gorman was offended by the norrination and made no secret of his efforts to defeat it. That he succeeded in preventing action upon it by the Senate is a matter of record. Under his present commission Mr. Marbury can serve until the expiration of the next session of Congress and no longer, except in the event of his renomination and confir- mation in the meantime. 32+ THE LANCASTER POST OFFICE. What Gen. Jones Says of the Result of the Investigation. First Assistant Postmaster General Jones, who, with Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt, conducted an investigation of the Lancaster, Pa., post office, has returned to Washington. After a brief investigation, Messrs. Jones and Roosevelt concluded that the testimony was too conflicting to make further investigation practicable or advisa- ble, and a report embodying that conclusion will be submitted either to the President or the Postmaster General. Accordingly, the Post Office Department will accept the ex- sting condition of affairs at the post office. Postmaster Malone is practically sustained, withdrawal or dismissal of charges having been provided for. Concerning the investi- gation Assistant Postmaster General Jones said today: “The post office will begin a clean slate, and the department will hereafter require strict observance of the law and justice un- der the civil service provisions and the postal rules by and to all the employes. Matters are to be leit as they are, and no request for reinstatement is to be consider- ed. All charges should be considered as withdrawn. This course will best subserve the public interests. In the future no one will be molested because of political or re- ligious affiliations, and no employes in the classified service allowed to take active part in political work. They cannot run an elec- tion or primary nor appear on the stump, though they can, privately hoid such polit- ical opinions as they wish, and express them in private, outside of office hours.” a TWO DISTRICT MEASURES Left Unsigned at the White House When the President Went Away. The period within which the President may legalize the act “to amend section 533 of the Revised Statutes relative to the or- ganization of corporations within the Dis- trict of Columbia and the joint resolution to compile and publish the laws relating to ctreet railroad franchises in the District of Columbia” will expire tomorrow. They are as good as dead already, however, for the reason that even if the President was dis- pored to sign them, it is practically im- possible now for him to do so. They are in a pigeon hole at the White House. If they had been sent to Gray Gables this morning they might have reached the President in time for action, but they had not gone ata late hour this afternoon, and the last op- portunity was lost. A recent decision of the Court of Claims was to the effect that the President could legally approve an act of Congress at any time within ten days after its delivery to him, regardless of the adjournment of Con- gress. The two District bills that were al- lowed to lapse were delivered to the Presi- dent August 24, and their ten days’ allow- ance, excluding Surday, does not expire un- til tomorrow. The bills were strongly in- dorsed by the District Commissioners and Mr. Ross made a personal appeal for favor- able action, but the President was in such a hurry to get away that he would not then comsider them, and it seems as though it did mot occur to anybody to send them to him at Gray Gables. ——_—___+--e._ The Long Pension ee In the ease of the United States ex rel. Charles D. Long against Commissioner of ¥ensions William Lochren and the Secretary of the Interior, Hoke Smith, the relator to- day filed his replication to the answer of the commissioner of pensions. The replica- tion is im the nature of a general denial, ond the court is asked to place the issues of fact before a jury, or that the court try | | (HOREASING THE NAVAL FORD Those of Americans Resident There to Be Protected. No Great Interference With Com- merce is Anticipated. TO WATCH ENGAGEMENTS There has teen a singular dearth of oM- cial information at the State and Navy Departments in regard to the progress of the war between China and Jupan for the past week or two, and the Impression ob- tains that active hostilities have been tem- porarily suspended. This state of affairs is probably only the calm that usually pre- cedes a storm, and warlike operations may be expected to break out again at any time, Although the United States has not as large commercial interests at stake as some other countries, it Is thoroughly alive to the necessity of protecting its com- merce and such of its citizens as may be sojourning in the country involved in the war. Steps were early taken by the Navy Department for the complete protection of American interests, and several warships are now on their way to the Asiatic sta- tion for that purpose. There are but two warships there at present, the cruiser Bal- timore and the corvette Monocacy. They are both at Chemulpo, Corea. The Mo- nocacy went there from Nagasaki, Japan, about two weeks ago for the purpose of transporting Acting Admiral Carpenter to the Baltimore, which 1s to be his flagship. The stay of the Monocacy at Chemulpo will be short, as she is under orders to visit Chinese ports in order to show Ameri- can residents at those places that they are not entirely devoid of protection. portant Reinforcemen The fleet will soon receive several im- portant reinforcements. The cruiser Charleston left San Francisco several days ago for duty under Admiral Carpenter. She will arrive at Honolulu, Hawaii, in a day or two, and after coaling will proceed direct to Yokohama, # cruise of about two weeks’ time. She is due at Yokohama on the 20th instant, and there is a possibility that Ad- miral Carpenter may select her for his flagship In place of the Baltimore. Other warships now on their way to China are the gunboats Concord and Petrel, both of which were detached from the Bering sea patrol fleet for this special service. They ure Hight draught vessels, and will be of great use in ascending the many shallow rivers in the Orient. The Concord arrived at Yokohama today, and the Petrel is ex- pected to reach that point in a few days, Their arrival will give the United States fair m.litary strength at’ the seat of war, and it is pretty well settled that no further reinforcements will be sent there for the present. The gunboats Machias and Cas- tine, which were recently cut in half at New York and lengthened fourteen feet, are destined for service on the Chinese station, but neither of them will be ready to sail befcre the 1st of October, and it is possible that the Castine will not start for several weeks after that date. October 1 is fixed the date of the departure of the Machias. She will make a leisurely trip and will go by way of the Mediterranean sea and the Suez canal. Incidentally, she will convey the very val- uable Columbian relics now in the posses- sion of the Secretary of State, back to their owners in Spain and Italy. This mission will make a delay of several weeks in her trip. The last mail advices from China to the Navy Department, dated several weeks ago, were to the effect that there were then in the h..rtor of Chemulpo two Japanese war- ships, one Chinese cruiser, one Chinese gun- beat, one German warship, one Russian warship, one English warship, one French warship, and two American men-of-war. Since then there has undoubtedly been a great increase in the number of warships of the various nations interested in the present struggle. No Great Interference With Commerce It is not believed that the war will inter- fere in any very great degree with the com- merce between the United States and China and Japan, particularly if the treaty ports are neutralized by European powers, ac- cording to the present plan, and blockades are prevented. It Is predicted that there will be no serious interruption in the ship- ments of tea to this country, and that the price of that commodity will not be mater- jally advanced. The stock of old tea in hand, both in this country and in Europe, is reported to be large, so that there is no especial fear of a tea shortage in the near future. The population of China is so im- mense, and the tea districts especially are so densely settled, that all the men that can possibly be needed for military service can be cailed away without interfering to any great extent with the cultivation and gathering of the crop. As a naval officer who is familiar with Chinese affairs recent- ly expressed it: “A million Chinese might be killed off and they would scarcely be missed in the domestic industries of that country.” The chief articles which the United States is exporting to China are petroleum end cotton goods. A large business in these has been done for many years. During the twelve months ended June 30 last the United States shipped to China $2,846,220 worth of cotton goods and $2,438,636 worth of refined petroleum. These figures are mvch smaller than the average. The amount of case oll sent to China every year is something enormous. The total exports to China in the year 1803 were valued at about $8,000,000, The imports from China amount to about $20,000,000 a year, and con- sist principally of silk, tea and rice, A Strict Neutrality. As has been already stated in The Star, the United States government will pre- serve a strict neutrality in this eastern trouble, and the operations of its military representatives will be directed solely to the protection of American rights and in- terests. The warships will be distributed in Asiatic waters so as to best subserve this purpose. The flagship will govern her movements by the operations of the hos- tile fleets, and will endeavor to be near at hand in all important naval engagements, as a friendly spectator only, however, in crder that her officers may get a practical object lesson in the arts of modern war- fare. The navies of Japan and China include several powerful warships of mod- ern construction and armament, and a meeting between them will give a ‘practical solution of many points in naval archi- tecture now in dispute, especially with re- gard to the ability of modern steel armor to successfully resist the murderous attacks of modern steel projectiles thrown by high- powered rteel guns. An officer on each of the American warships has been specially instructed to watch and report any and ail interesting military operations cf the two belligerents coming under his observation that could be of benefit to the navy of the United States In the unlooked for and un- hoped for event of this country becoming involyed in a foreign entanglement requir- ing a resort to arms. —______-o.+____—_ Assistant Secretary Hamiin’s Trip. Secretary Carlisle received a telegram from Assistant Secretary Hamlin this morn- ing anazuneing his arrival on the revenue steamer Rush at Nanaimo, B. C., yesterday He will probably reach Victoria or Va: couver this evening, and will at once start for Washington, where there is considcr- able werk awaiting his attention. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY INTERESTS IN CHINA THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Studies Will Be Resumed on Monday, the 17th Instant. School Houses and Teachers Ready for the Opening Day—Two New High School Courses. ‘The public schools of the District of Co- lumbia will open for the coming school year promptly at 9 o’clock on the morning of Monday, September 17. In anticipation thereof the boys and girls who have been far away from the confines of the school room since the middle of last June are re- luctantly returning to town .with longing thoughte of the joys of vacation days and with gloomy thoughts of nine months of study before them. During the past few days the presence of the young folks has been noticeable upon the streets, which for weeks have borne a deserted appearance. A business-like air also pervades the vari- ous school buildings throughout the Dis- trict. Painters, white washers and scrub- bers have been diligently at work, and this morning when a Star reporter‘made a tour of inspection everything looked as spick and span as the newest of new pins. The buildings are being thoroughly ventilated daily, and when the teachers and pupils once more assemble they will find their places of meeting as attractive and as healthy as thought and energy can make them. At the Franklin building Superintendent Powel: and his secretary, Mr. Falck, are working like veritable beavers. Mr. Powell states that there will be but few, if any, changes, during the coming year. One new building will be cpened for colored pupils. It has been named the Patterson and is lo- cated at the intersection of Vermont ave- nue, 10th street and U street northwest. ‘Twenty pupils of the Normal School, ten at the Franklin building and ten at the Dennison building, began wotk in the regu- lar course this morning. This is done in order that when the schools open a suffi- cient number of pupils of the Normal School will be prepared to take charge of certain primary schools and also serve as models for their fellow pupils. New High School Courses. An Interesting fact in relation to the new school year 's that two new courses have been arraaged for the High School work. In addition to the academic, scientific and business courses, those entering the High School on next Monday week will have the privilege of choosing a technical course or @ language course. In th@ technical course the branches to be pursued are: First year— English, French or German, ebra, man- ual training and drawing; second year— English, French or German, physics, geom- etry, maqual training and drawing; third year—English, French or German, physics and chemistry, manual training and draw- ing; fourth year—English, French or Ger- min, manual training and drawing, with physics or chemistry and review mathe- matics as elective studies, Pupils pursuing the technical course must attend the Cen- tral High School. The studies prescribed in the language course are: First English, French, German and algebra; second year—English and English history, French, German and geometry; third year—English, French, Ger- man, trigonometry and surveying, | with Physics or chemistry, hist ry and political economy as >lective studjes$ fourth year- English, French and German, with history, geology, analytical geometry and college algebra as elective studi¢s, —_—-_-—_. GASTON AND FRIENDS KILLED. Murdered, It is Said, by Men He Had Deceived. ATLANTA, Ga., September 4.—A report was received this afternoon that Rev. B. F. Gaston, a negro, who has been getting up emigrant expeditions for Africa, and who lay in jail in New York for a long time, was shoc and killed, together with six of his friends, at Devorant, in Hancock county, this morning. Gaston has been there some time, work- ing his emigration scheme. It is said his assailants were negroes whom he had duped on a former occasion, Mr. Gaston was well known in this city, having been here for some weeks in the in- terest of his colonization scheme. He, it will be remembered, had some trou- ble with his secretary, whom he accused of having robbed him, but she was acquitted when the case came into court. > WHITE HOUSE REPAIRS. Closed to the Public and the Work of Renovation Commenced. A small pasteboard sign at the main en- trance of the White House announces that the building ts closed for repairs. Today a large force of workmen began making gen- eral repairs to the bullding,and will prob- ably be engaged tn that work until the mid- €le of next month, the date fixed for the President's return to Washington. The old flagstone sidewalk. flanking the semi-circu- lar driveway is being torn up, preparatory to the substitution of a granolithic pave- ment, similar to that on the avenue front. The old building is to be entirely repainted inside and out, and the furniture and deco- rations will receive a thorough renovation anc cleaning. The public will be excluded eon the building until the repairs are com- ple —___+- e+__—. THE ERICSSON’S TRIAL. It Will Not Take Place for Ten Days, Probably. ‘The Navy Department has been notified | by Lieut. Usher that the Ericsson will not be ready for trial for ten days. It was ex- pected by her builders that she would be ready tomorrow, and representatives of the department were requested to be on hand at that time. The officials of the Navy Department, however, ex; that it would teke some time to get her ready for the trial, and the delay was anticipated. —___+ e+ —-___ Personal Mention, Assistant Secretary Sims of the Interior Department has returned from the New Jersey coast and is now acting secretary of the Interior. Mr. Ross Elliott of Alexandria, Va., left yesterday for Ellicott city, Md., where he will attend the Rock Hil College this season. Prof. George J. Becker left this morning for Baltimore, from thence to Emmittsburg, where he will spend a week or 80 in the Blue Ridge mountains. ——— The Raleigh to Take a Cruise, The U. 8, 8. Raleigh, which was built at the Norfolk navy yard, will soon go on a cruise cutside the capes. She has never left the navy yard, having remained in still water since she was completed. She will make a cruise out to sea and also up Chesa- peake bay. —__+e.+____. Acting Secretary of War. Gen. Schofield is acting as Secretary of War, in the absence of Secretary Lamont and Assistant Secretary Doe. He spent his vacation at Bar Harbor, and looks to be in the best of health. a The Essex at Havre. The training ship Essex, now making a cruise of European waters, arrived at Havre today. NOW A POPULIST|DOEMOCRATIC HOPES) REI IEVING DISTRESS Senator John P. Jones No Longer a Republican. HE HAS NOTIFIED HIS CONSTITUENCY A Letter Will Be Published in Ne# vada Tomorrow. A POLITICAL SENSATION Today furnished a genuine sensation in political circles by the statement that Sen- ator John P. Jones of Nevada, who has rep- resented his state in the United States Sen- ate for over twenty-one years as a repub- lican, has formally renounced his allegiance to that party and cast his lot with the popu- Ests, Senator Jones has written a letter to his constituency, which will be published in Nevada tomorrow, #nd will be the first inti- mation to the people of that state that he has doffed the political garment which he has worn with such distinction for so many years, and will don the garb of the third party. His intentions have been kept secret from all but his mest intimate associates, and it was his intention to have the first public announcement of his action made in the letter which will be published in his Folitical home. The Question cf Silver. With this end in view Senator Jones de- clined today to speak of the contents of his letter, but it is understood that his change of policy is based almost entirely upon the question of silver. It is said that the letter will state that the only hope for silver lies in the principles of the populists, or third party, that nothing is to be ex- pected from the democratic or republican party, and for this reason he espouses the cause of the party which publicly and sin- cerely embraces a policy which he deems to be for the best interests, not only of his own state, but the people at large. It is understood that the letter is not written in an apologetic strain, but that through- out it manifests the spirit that the present action is taken freely and without regret. In support of this declaration the fact will be pointed out that Senator Jones’ term of service will not expire until 1897, and that therefore this move cannot be said to be for mere political effect solely in the ap- proaching campaign. He will e for Nevada in about two weeks, and will enter actively into the work of the campaign and will probably take the lead of the populists’ movement in that state. Of Solid Populistic Complexion. This action of Senator Jones makes the Nevada delegation in Congress solidly of @ populistic complexion. Senator Stewart's position is well known, and Congressman Newlands, the only representative in the lower house, was elected on what was called the platform of the silver party, in opposition to republican and democratic candidates. Senator Jones has been considered for years one of the ablest men on the repub- — a x the SS chamber. His voice has not been heard very frequently of late years in the ordinary debates of the Senate, but he kas been a moving spirit in the councils of ‘the party. He has been regarded as an exceedingly well-informed man upon all subjects of national policy, although his attention has largely been devoted to the silver and financial ques- tons: His fealty to the republican party has never been questioned, and it is said that his action in leaving the ranks will come as a surprise to his colleagues. Sen- ator Jones was elected to the Senate in 1873, re-elected in 1879, 1885 and 180. He is an Englishman by birth, but has been a citizen of Nevada since 1867. He is one of the richest men in the Senate, although he has never made very much display of his wealth. ——____- e-______. VERMONT VOTES TODAY. Republicans Trying to Roll Up an Un- i Majority. MONTPELIEH, Vt, September 4.—Ver- mont is today holding a state election, and from present appearances a large vote will be polled, A full state ticket, members of the legislature and two Congressmen are to be elected, and there are four tickets in the field for ail except the congressional race, nominations having been made by the populists and prohibitionists, as weil as by the republicans and democrats. The republicans are said to have made unusual efforts to give an extra large rajority for their ticket in Vermont. The candidates for governor and licutenant governor, Col. U, A. Woodbury of Burling- tor and Capt. Z. M. Mansur of Island Pond, are both one-armed veterans of the war. Col, Woodbury his been lieuteaant governor and also mayor of Vermont's biggest city, Burlington. H. Henry Powers, in the first district, and Gen. William W. Grout, in the second, will, of course, be re-elecied to Congress. Dillingham was elecied in 1888 by 27,618. In 18 Woodbury was beaten for the nomi- nation, and C. 8. Page was elected, but by only 12,803, the smaiiest majority ever given @ republican candidate for governor. Many of Wocdbury’s friends bolted the ticket. Two years ago Levi K. Fuller was elected by 17,942. is year the republicans are talking of a 30,000 majority, but the demo- crats say they will do well if they get over 22,000. —— REGARDED AS AN INSULT. The Irrigation Convention Didn't Like Secretary Morton's Letter, DENVER, Col., September 4.—The Denver delegates to the irrigation convention were stirred up by the receipt of the following letter from Mr. Morton, Secretary of Agri- culture, in which he paid his respects to the convention as follows: “The questions considered by these irri- gation conventions have nothing to do with practical irrigation. They amount simply to the coming together of a body of citizens for the purpose of petitioning Congress for grants of land end accession of whatever control or ownership the general goyern- ment may have of the waters of the arid region.”” A delegate objected to the words of Mr. Morton as an insult to the convention and moved that the document be returned to Washington. J. E. Leet appeared in the role of peace- maker and the letter was piaced on file. The committee on permanent organization recommended for permanent officers of the congress Edward Mead of Wyoming, presi- dent; John C. Foster of Kansas, first vice president; Thomas L. Smith of Colorado, secretary; A. M. West, first assistant sec- retary; H. V. Hinckley of Kansas, second assistant secretary. Vice presidents from each state and ter- ritory were named. The report was unan- imously adopted. Several resolutions were introduced, which were referred to the committee without debate. Among them was one by Mr. Pierce of Texas, who asked that Congress be requested to appoint irri- gation commissioners for the purpose of agreeing upon the division of the waters of the Rio Grande. Mr. Dennis of Canada asked that Canada be included in the resolution. It was agreed to. The irrigation convention will not meet today until 8 p.m., the members having gone upon an excursion through the great agricultural belt of northern Colorado. At the evening session addresses will be made by the delegates from Canada and Mexico. Senator Faulkner Thinks the Next House Will Be Democratic, The Revival of Business is Causing a Change of Sentiment and the Cam- paign Will Be Aggressive. “I sincerely believe now that, with the wonderful improvement in the industrial interests of the country which is going on, the next House will be held by a fair work- ing majority,” said Senator Faulkner, the chairman of the democratic congressional committee, to a Star reporter today. “I am frank to admit,” he continued, “that a month agg the political horizon was rather cloudy, and our confident hope of maintaining the demccratic supremacy in Congress was in somewhat of an eclipse. The reaction during the last two wecks, however, throughout the whole country has simply been marvelous. Reports from all sections of the country indicate already to @ great extent that the party has thrown off its lethargy and indifference, and is arousing itself for one of the most earnest, aggressive and enthusiastic campaigns that we have had in the country for some time. This is indicated by the very large prima- ries and enthusiastic conventions being heid in almost every ccngressicnal district. I do not mean by this that the party is over- confident. It realizes that it has to fight an astute, able and earnest organization, which has so long fattened upon the re- sults of power and been entrenched so firmly behind the protective barriers of legisiation that nothing but unity in the democratic organization will enable the lat- ter to maintain its supremacy. Preparing the Campaign Book. “The congressional campaign committee is devoting its time to the preparation of the campaign book and to selecting ani issuing such campaign literature as will show clearly the results of recent legisla- tion in Congress. The committee is apolo- sizing for nothing, does not stand in any way upon the defensive, but all of its litera- ture is aggressive and issued with a view of convircing the public mind of the ad- vantages of the priaciples and policies of the democratic party over those of its com- mon enemy, the republican parity. In sus- taining the legislation of the democratic Congress the purpose of the committee Is to also fully uphold the policy of the demo- cratic administration on all branches of public matters with which it nas had to deal. “In other words,” concluded Senator Faulkner, “this is a democratic fight against the republican party, in which we have no dissension, but all are united in a common cause against the common enemy.” Senator Voorhees and the Campaign. It is stated today that Senator Voorhees has decided to take an active part in the Indiana campaign, and will leave for the scene of action September 18. As is well known, Senator Vcorhees has been in bad health for several months, and his physi- cian has all bat forbidden him to take an active part in politics. It is said, however, that the Senator believes that is strong enough to go through the campaign, and has decided at any rate to attempt it. —_—_—_—_—+-e+—___. = PLAYING CARD STAMPS. Two Million Printed by the Barcau of Engraving and Printing. Two million of the new playing cara revenue stamps made necessary by the tariff bill have been printed by the bureau of printing and engraving in the last two weeks, This playing card tax is a revival of the old war taxes, and is a feature of the new revenue act, which is making much work for the officials. Every pack of playing cards offered for sale, whether at the manufacturer's, the wholesale dealer's cr the retailer's, must have a stamp affixed, undcr penalty of a heavy fine for selling uustamped cards, Consequently the col- lectors are obliged to look over the stocks ot stores in their districts where cards are likely to be kept, and see that every pack pays a revenue of two cents to the government. After the stocks now in hand at the retailers have been sold out, it will be easier to collect thts tax, because all cards can then be stamped in the first place at the manufacturing establishments. fwe varietics of the stamps are being printed, a red stamp, which, besides the usual heading and denominations, bears the words “ On hand, August, “4,” and a blue one for regular use, printed, “Series of "4." ‘The designs are very simple, consisting only of a hand of cards beside the inscrip- tions. A change in the plates for all the internal revenue stamps is being made by the bu- reau, to conform to the new law. The Words “Series of 18M" will be displayed on all the revenue stamps hereafter, Those already in stock of the last series will not be wanted, but will have the same words stamped across the face, or will be sur- charged, a8 the technical term is. —_$—___— OFF FOR EUROPE. Chairman Wilson Sails Tomorrow on the City of Paris. Chairman Wilson of the committee of ways and means passed through Washing- ton this morning on his way from his West Virginia home to New York, whence he sails for Europe tomorrow on the City of Paris. He was apparently very much improved in health and expressed much pleasure at be- ing able to enjoy a vacation after his long and arduous struggle with the tariff. “How are things looking up in your dis- trict?” queried a Star reporter, who saw him at the depot. “Oh, pretty well, I think,” was the smil- ing reply. reckon I'll manage to fix them up in proper shape when I get back,” and there was an inflection of quiet confidence in the West Virginian’s tone that was still more emphasized by the glance that ac- companied it. ——————_+e+_____ The Government Appeals. The Attorney General has noted an ap- peal from the decision of the Court of Claims in the case of the heirs of Donald McKay for the recovery of damages sus- tained by the government's interference with the construction of a monitor in 1863, ‘The court gave judgment for the claimants in the sum of $124,000. The case wi!l now go to the Supreme Court and is not likely to be settled for at least a year. —-e-+— Commodore Matthews Retarna, Commodore Matthews, chief of the naval bureau of yards and docks, has returned from his vacation. Several matters before the board of constraction will now receive prompt attention, as the commodore is president of the board, and business before it has been held up awaiting his return. Cholera Spreading. Consul General Mason, at Frankfort-on- the-Main, has telegraphed the State De- partment that cholera exists at Bargeln, near Marburg. eo Treasury Receipts. The treasury receipts today were: Cus- toms, $1,121,753.74; internal revenue, §452,- 154.07; miscellaneous, $35,515.19, National bank notes received for redemp- tlon, $52,378. ——_—- e+ ___ Coinage During August. A statement by the director of the mint shows coinage during the menth of August as follows: Gold, $7,722,000; silver, $976,000, of which $748,000 were standard dollars. The Humane Undertaking Going On in the Northwest, FOOD AND HOMES FOR THE SUFFERING Belief That Michigan Fires Were Incendiary. MEN WHO WANTED WORK PINE CITY, Minn., September 4.—Every other person that one meets on the streets of Pine City today gives visible evidence of bicodshot eyes and burned noses and cheeks from the conflict with the fire. The women who are numbered among the refugees, are thinly clad, and many are. without covering for their heads. Many of them sat outside the eating house last even- ing comparing notes with other unfortu- rates until called to occupy the cots in tents in the park. There are fifty tents, erd each housed four or five people last night. Grindstone lake, ten miles north of Hinck- ley, has been the camping ground for sev- eral summers of parties from Hinckley. This year a larger number of people were camped there than usual, and consequently when a fire was seen to be encroaching on Neal's place, three-quarters of a mile from one of the camps, several of the men start- ed for the scene. John Patrick and Messrs, Ellsworth and Collins were among the num- ber. Other men were fighting the fire when they got there, and !t was supposed that they cr uld get it under control. The relief party hardly reached the scene, however, when they discovered flames shoot- ing over the tops of timbers back of their own cemp. Patrick started back along the shore, while the others got into a small skiff and padcled faster than they had ever before, Loping to reach the camp before it was overwhelmed. While they were still | scme distance away they saw the women rushing into the lake and the camp outfit gcing skyward in flames and smoke. A Ball of Fire. Patrick hardly comprehended these things, however, as he had not gone far before a ball of fire darted across the lake (over @ mile wide where he stood) and knocked him down as it sped on ‘ts work of destruction through the forest. His clothes were ignit- ed, and for a time he was completely dazed. When he had recovered his senses, the fire was all about him, and only a narrow path- through the water elevator at the edge of the lake remained. The bank shelved off very steep all along and offered an avenue of escape. As he was splashing through the water a stray dog fell in behind him and marched along in his company. The two had an en- -counter a little later with a big black beast that barred their pascage, and would under ordinary circumstances have annihila a both man and cur. Bruin, who was squat- ted in the water, did not even geign to no- tice them, but simply moved &side about six Inches, so that they could pass, and Patrick doubts if the dog realized that the bear was there. They finally reached a space where the rcad opened out from the lake, and here met twenty-one homesteaders and their families, who had been fleeing through the blinding smoke ahead of the flames. All the members of the party threw themselves into the lake and remained there until the flames had passed over. None were serious- . night. They lay on the banks of the lake vntil morning, and then started back over the road they had come in the direction of Sandstone Junction. Patrick has not been seen or heard from since. Eleven of the settlers, one a woman, with a baby five weeks old, got into an old canoe and paddied out into the lake. The waves nearly filled the boat several times, and the baby was frequently held aloft to keep it from drowning In the boat. ‘The frail craft drifted ashore in the early morning over a mile from the camp. Pat~ rick, after passing an awful night full of anxious forebodings, was able to reach his family, overjoyed at finding them unharm- ed. Just inside the doorway of the hospitad lest evening sat a tearful and woe-begone woman, while at her side, with a bandage around his forehead, stood a bewhiskered man, to whom the woman was listening with rapt attention. The man was M. A. Greenfield, and the woman Mrs. Thomas Henderson. The tale he told was the sad- dest she had ever heard. We who stood by groaned in sympathy with her, for she ‘was hearing the sad fate of her boys, four- teen and sixteen years of age, who had perished in the flames at Greenfield's farm, five miles from Hinckley. The boys, with their father, were cutting a road through from the Duluth railroad toward Green- field's when the fire forced them out. They reached his place, and with his family tcok refuge in the cellar. One of them, when the flames enveloped the house, never got out, and the other perished in a culvert where he had taken shelter. Mr. Greenfield's five children found @ fiery grave in the cellar, ani his wife, al- though still alive, is in the hospital and so badly burned as to be beyond hope. Miss Hammond of Hinckley, who occu- pies a bed near her, is in a similar condi- tion. Mr. Albright, the bookkeeper of the Brennan Lumber Company, sat with Sec- retary Hart while the registry of those needing relief progressed, and rendered valuable assistance in identifying those who applied for relief. The Work of Relief. So thoroughly have all the arrangements been made for the relief of the sufferers around Hinckley tbat everything moves along without any hitch, and the day there was comparatively quict, although all are busy, and the wants of every one have been well cared for. The people of this little village have responded nobly to the cry for help that came from their suffering neigh- bors, and all that could be done has been done for their relief. Clothing, medical sup plies, bedding, provisions and other supplies were poured in from all parts of the state here and@ sent where most needed. The regulars from Fort Snelling have been of great help, as their tents at Hinckley were greatly neeced, besides which the po- lee duty which they can do is of advant- age. The crowds of curious people are go- ing over the grounds looking for relics of the horrible disaster, and the systematic searching parties are looking for more bedies in the woods. Gen. Bunker represents the governor in the relief measures, ond Mr. H. H. Hart of the state board of charities has been on hand with his counsel and help, which haa