Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1894, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1894—TEN PAGES. been invaluable. All injured have been brought to the hospital, and medical sup- plies were turned over to the medical men in charge. so there was no delay in caring for the injured. Every hall and public building of any sort was used as a hospital, and the people joined in nursing, knowing no such thing as weariness in their eager desire to relieve the suffering and surviving. One of the greatest troubles has been with the eyes, the smoke having almost blinded many of the people, and burns were much less frequently met with. The heat was so intense that the eyeballs near- ly shriveled, and nearly every person that passed through the fire is wearing smoked Slasses, or else is unable to see at all. The relief trains came up on the Duluth road from St. Paul at frequent intervals, and at every station the people were ready with supplies for the victims of the fire, which were at once loaded in the cars and brough: to this city for distribution. The appointment of a state commission by the governor to look after the general relief measures has met with general commenda- tion, and the character of the men gives assurance that there will be the most thor- ough care for the injured and generous pro- visions for the hungry and shivering sur- vivors of this great disaster. The word from White Bear that the hero of the limited train, Engineer James Root, is getting along well and will recover from his injuries caused general rejoicing. ‘The Heroic Telegrapher. Thomas Dunn and a family of three others were buried today. Thomas Dunn was twenty-six years old. He was th2 heroic telegraph operator who lost his life because he remained at his post until the Station was on fire. It was his order upon which the train returned to take aboard those who wanted to escape the flames. He put his order through. The train re- turred and carried away over thirty-five people from the fire. He then jumped from a window and started for the gravel pit where so mary saved their lives. Dunn was within five rods of the gravel pit when he fell, and he was unable to get further. His dead body was found almost on. the edge of the safe retreat. He was weil liked by the railroad men, and had a large cirele of acquaintances in Hinckley and other points. FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH. Experience of Those Who Went Out to Rescue. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., September 4.— Engineer William Best of the original res- cuing passenger train on the Eastern Min- nesota says that he felt in as serious a franie of mind last Saturday afternoon as it would be possibie to be under any circum- stanses. “We were brought face to face with death,” he said, “and that is all there was of it. If a man could keep his head under the trying circumstances of that dreadful holocaust he need not fear for his self-con- trol or courage. Soon after leaving Superior at 1:15 p.m. I had to light the headlight owing to the dense smoke, which turned -day into night. The heat as we approached Hinckley Increased. I expected that when we reached that point that we would get into the open and escape the smoke. My surprise was great,therefore,when we found the firs right upon the town. It took but a Slance to see that the town was doomed. The wind blew with great velocity and the flames fairly leaped through the air. people. taken by surprise, were heipless. The coming fire seemed more like a stroke of lightning. “Almost in an instant the train was Swept by billows of flames. We could not pass Hinckley and there was no use to look for orders, for communication was cut off. It was one of those cases where men have to make up their mind in an instant what is to be done and do it without hesitation. Here were hundreds of panic- Stricken people who were doomed if they Were not instantly rescued. On the other hand, safety of the train and its passengers lay in prompt retreat. To stay and rescue as many as we could was our duty, of course, but the great question, and n it hung the lives of many hundreds, 5 how long dare we wait? Ed. Barry was there with No. 23, in-charge of the engine, and W. D. Campbell, the conductor, as piueky and brave feilows as ever passed a mile post. We knew we were safe in mak- ing time, for we could return on No. 23's time, and as this train had the right of way we knew that no other train would dare to stay on the main line without or- ders, if moving south. We hastily coupled @ portion of Campbell's freight train with frond! engine ahead onto the rear of our in “The flame-pursued people rushed toward our train and piled into the cars. Some of them were aged, and then there were the @elpless women and children who had to be helped aboard. We had to shift the Position of the train several times to prevent it from taking fire. We were all breathing fire, as it was. We saw many sights that would have filled us with horror, if seen under other circumstances, but there was horror everywhere. We saw people fall down over- come by the heat and smoke; I saw mothers with their babies make a last despairing ef- fort to shelter their helpless charges. It Was a sight to make men weep, let alone angels. We saw people surrounded by fire, but there is no use in my trying to describe it to you. “An eye witness knows what he saw, but it was positively indescriable. A few of our Passengers became panic stricken, and wanted me to pull out regardless of suf- ferers at Hinckley, but, of course, none of us thought of doing such a cowardly act. We got about 100 Hinckley people aboard, maybe more, and slipped off to take others who had run up the track. At last we real- ized that the critical moment had come. We could not rescue all of the people, for they could not get io the train. As many as came to us were taken. A very large Pereentage of those who remained must have perished. Away we went through the blazing ‘woods, and maybe we didn't fly. it was a race with death. There was death behind, aad, so far as we knew, may- be ahead of us, too. The telegraph’ posts and the ties were on fire, and a stream of flame passed under the train. The people were packed so closely In the train that it Was impossible to move. We passed several buildings that were on fire, the fire having already reached them. At Partridge we stopped and procured water for the pas- ers. The fire was roaring behind us then. The people at Partridge supposed they were saf, but it appears that within talt an hour the fire had reached them. This fact gives an idea of how fast the flames traveled. At Hinckley and all along the line the wind biew a tempest. We drew — of relia when we reached the limits of Superior, and knew that freight was safe.” —— NOT ONE ALIVE AT SANDSTONE. Oliver Dubois Called, but No One Answered Him. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 4—A Duluth, Minn., special to tha Journal says: Oliver Dubois, a French-Canadian farmer living on the outskirts of the little village of Sandstone, was among the 250 refugees from that stricken spot. He saved bis life by jumping into the bottom of a dry well, and was one of the very few who took such a refuge and did not find it a grave reedy dug. His experience was similar in many ways to that of scores and-hundreds of others, but it shows the fearful speed of the flame Mr. Dubois was a little distance from his home. His family. happened to be absent. He heard in the south a mighty roaring and thought a cyclone was coming. The ss of the sky added to the belief, ran still farther from the building pe any flying sticks that might come from the house. threw himself down at the foot of a stump. his head under a root. Scarcely was he on the ground before the awfui heat and the fire showed that he had to contend not with a cyelene, tut with flame. There was a well a few feet away, Into which he Jumped. It was about twelve feet deep and was dry. Above him he could see the roll- of flame sh in the air and then to the ground. His position srew and the ait seemed to be so ex- sted that he could only breathe by claw- ing a hole in the damp earth and pressing his face to the side. As soon as one place stifling he would make ancther lit- well filled with smoke and gas, and after a time that seemed hotter. In what was probably thirty minutes he man: to climb out. “I was so weak I could hardly walk,” said he; “and for a few minutes I was dazed 1 waa aboolesa. god J knew where there were shoes a little ways off. I could mot see the ground at my feet for the smoke, but I groped my way to those shoes, losing my way once and feeling for every step. I found them at last, and they are the only things I own in the world. Then I started into town. it began to grow lighter, so I could see the street. I stood in the center of Sandstone and called. Not a sound came in answer. I called again and again, but the place I had been in only two hours before was as still as a grave. I walked toward the river, fear. On the way I coun more than fifty of them. I the river bank, an there, cre water, I found the people. Duriag the pass- age of the fire women had held their screaming children in the water and had stood mouth-deep in it themselves. Sev- eral, it is reported, haye been found in wells in the neighborhood of Sandstone dead. As was the case at the Prestigo forest fire in Michigan, twenty-two years ago, the’ wells were suffering spots, and were a dismal failure. DANGER NOT YET PARE. ‘The Country Near B: Regarded Anxtously. ST. PAUL, Mirn., September 4.—It scems that the worst danger now in Minnesota is to the southeast of Brainerd and Little Falls, and that section ts being watched anxiously. + Reports are received by the railroads from along their lines, but do not indicate that the end has yet come. The Northern Pacific report that all aiong their Une from Little Falls to Cutting all the small stations, three in number, have been burned. The timber all through that sec- tion is on fire, and the fire is raging furious- ly to the north of Brainerd aad Little Falls. As the timber in that section is much heavier than where the fires raged in Pine county the railroad officials say that noth- ing can save the whole country but a very heavy rain. The showers yesterday were only in places heavy enough to have any real ef- fect on the fires. The Omaha road has re- ports from Washburn that the fires there nave been confined thus far to the out- skirts of the town and that only a few lumber mills and a few lumber yi on the edge of this city have been destroyed thus However, as no rain has fallen there the fires are still burning fiercely, and hopes of entire security are not entertained. A heavy wind would quickly fan the flames and carry them thrcugh the country, and possibly into the town. The train service on all lines between St. Paul ard Duluth has been restored, except on the Eastern Minnesota, and resumption of traffic on that line is only a matter of hours. At some points transfers are made across burned bridges, but they will be re- built tomorrow, at the latest. Sunday and yesterday were very busy days for all the roads. Bridge crews were worl Il along the lires in the burnt districts. je track- men re replacing the warped rails with new steel. The first train to arrive here from Duluth was No. 63 of the Omaha road, which left the head of the lakes Sunday evening. The passengers reported the towns of Barron- nette, Granite, Bashaw and Cowstock com- pletely destroyed. At Shell Lake about 58 houses have been burned. Duluth is taking care of about 1,000 refugees, and sending them lies as fast as the citizens can collect The Omaha road js now in operation, except that e line be- Ashland. One bridge was burned at Beloit and two north of Ashland. All regular trains are now running out to Pine City. A relief special train has been placed on the line between Hinckley and Pine City, and makes frequent trips be- tween these two points. Assistant General Manager Miller is on the ground assisting in_the relief work. Trains on the Northern Pacific between Bramerd and Duluth are running, and the wires all along the line are in good repair. MICHIGAN FIRES EXTINGUISHED. Thrilling Tales of Narrow From the Flames, IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., September 4.— On the Ontonagon division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road reliable esti- mates place the number of feet of pine scorched at 200,000,000, which will have to be made into lumber at once or prove a total loss. Trains are operated with great difficulty and danger, the flames having at- tacked the roadbed and warped the rails. The fires seem to be abated. Homestead- ers are arriving here constantly, with thril- ling tales of narrow escapes, having lost everything but the clothing on their backs. A fishing party brings evidence that many of the fwes are of an incendiary nature. ‘They found evidence of where fires had been started in a fine tract of pine near the city. There is a general supposition that they were started by men for the purpose of se- curing work, showing that the pine would have to be cut at once in order to save it from total ruin... Many of the best tracts of pine in this section are owned by non-log- ging capitalists, who have withdrawn them from the market, and are holding them as an investment, realizing that pine timber was increasing rapidly in value. Agents for these lands claim that the fires are started for the purpose of forcing the pine into the market and increasing its value. Be this as it may, the fires mean the employment of many more hundreds of men than was contemplated, and a great increase over the wages paid in the pineries last summer. Woodsmen familiar with the territory traversed by the fire estimate that in the counties Anson, Ontonagon and Pearson in Michigan, and in Florence and Minette, in Wisconsin, over 700,000,000 feet of white pine have been scorched, while not less than 300,000,000 pieces of cedar have been totally ruined. The loss to standing pine will be about fifteen per cent if cut before the worms commence operations. DAMAGE IN WISCONSIN. Escape Not Less Than 150,000,000 Feet of Timber Burned. ASHLAND, Wis., September 4.—Well-in- formed and conservative men here estimate the pire over which the fire has run at not less than 150,000,000 feet. Of this about two-thirds belong to the Diamond Match Company, and about one-sixth to the Nes- tor estate. This timber is not all destroyed, but the rest will have to be cut this year to save it from worms. This fact has al- ready operated to raise wages of experienc- ed loggers about one-fourth, and will make this season a very active one in the woods. As to the cause of such fires as have swept the pine woods and towns the last few days, a railroad official said today that it was all owing to the great amount of brush and rubbish left in the rapid con- struction of the railroads, and also the great amount created in logging. No pre- cautions had been taken to clear up the stuff and burn it. A vast amount of territory burned over by the fires this year had not been visited by fires in years before, and the accumula- tion of dead material had given a lasting existence to the flames which will take day: of rain to effectually extinguish. Every town damaged by fire has been remarkably negligent in the matter of clearing up around the suburbs. Stumps and brush heaps have been left along the tracks and in_vacant lots. The railroads are getting in shape as rapidly as possible. The St. Paul and Du- luth, the Eastern Minnesota, the Omaha and the Northern Pacific spent one of the busiest days of their lives in repairing road- ways, scheduling trains to meet emer- sencies, connecting lost wires and carry ing provisions for sufferers. Even the Wi consin Central, which ts slightly interested, has voluntarily agreed to transport pro- visions to all points on its line where relief is sent free. It Is expected by Wednesday all bridges and tracks on the various main lines shall have been so far repaired that no train will have to depart from schedule time. SAVED BY THE RAIN. The Fires in the Upper Michigan Peninsuln Put Ont. DETROIT, Mich. September 4,_pts- patches from the upper peninsula of Mich- igan show that the rainfall in that region terday and last night has effectually put a stop to the forest fires and will be the means of saving millions of pine and lots of homesteaders’ crops and houses, The dam- age already done, how Is immense, and in many localities t loss can only be avoided by the imme cutting of timber. —_—_ > Scottish Clans in America. NEW YORK, September 4.—The Order of the Scottish Clans in America began a four-days’ extraordinary meeting this morn- ing in the Metropolitan Hotel, BY WHAT AUTHORITY President Dunlop Writes a Letter to Commissioner Powell. —_+—_—_ THE RIGHT T0 STOP THE CABLE CARS, Capt. Powell's Order is Character- ized as Usurpation. SOME SHARP LANGUAGE What promises to be a lively controversy between the Commissioners of the District and the Washington and Georgetown Rail- road Compeny has just come to light. Briefly, it is regarding the stopping of the company’s cars during parades. ‘The first tilt occurred the night of the {l- luminated parade. Capt. Powell was on Pennsylvania avenue, and believing the ecmpany, in running its cars, was jeopar- dizing the lives of pedestrians, sent a tele- phone message to the central power house ordering the engines to stop. The engineer refused to obey. Then Capt. Powell sent word to police headquarters to send officers and stop the operation of the road during the passing of the procession. This was done. The next day Vice Presi- dent Dunlop sent the following letter to Capt. Powell: “It is reported in the morn! today that you ordered one of your sub- ordinate employes (viz., a police officer) during the parade on the avenue last night to order one of our subordinate employes (viz., the engineer at the central power station) to shut down the engine, thus intending to stop the running of the com- pany’s cars, and when the officer reported back to you the refusal of the engineer to take orders from any other than his su- pertor officers, you gave a further order, viz,: ‘Then block the road, &c., &c.’ “I wish to inquire if you are correctly re- ported in the newspaper article ubove re- ferred to; and, if so, request that you state your authority for issuing orders to the subordiaates of this company or orders to stop our cars to any one else on a like oc- casion,' papers of Capt. Powell's Reply. Upon receipt of this letter Capt. Powell sent the following letter to Vice President Dunlop in reply: “Answering the inquiries in your favor of the 30th ultimo, I have to say that I believe the newspaper account referred to by you is substantially correct. I have not seen the account since the mora- ing of its publication, when I read it hastily. “No action, however, taken by me was made sensational nor prominent, neither any order given to a subordinate of your company, when it was practicable for the purpose in view to communicate with a supertor officer of the company. “The facts are that I sent an order by a policeman to that officer or agent who might be in charge of the operation of the avenue line, at the power house, to the effect that the avenue cable cars should stop running until the remainder of the Procession had passed. “After waiting a time, which was con- ‘derable, considering the pressing neces- ities of the case, and the cars continuing to run, I directed a police officer to go each way from the 15th street grand stand and stop the cars. “By comparing the above. statement with the newspaper account you will probably be able to judge whether or not the latter is correct. “Your attenticn is ‘invited tothe fact that there was at the time a dense crowd of peo- ple on the avenue, many of’ them’ being strangers, who by reason of the running of the cable cars were exposed to great pertl of life and limb. It was to prevent loss of life that I acted as I stated. Instead of questioning my authority in the premises, it seems to me that you should approve its exercise, since it may have prevented loss of life or limb for which your company would have been responsible for damages.” Dn yp Charges Usurpation. Thereupon Mr. Dunlop wrote the follow- ing reply, which was received by Capt. Powell this afternoon: “Your communication of the Ist instant in reply to my letter of the 30th ultimo is at hand. I note that while acknowledging the truth of the newspaper article referred to, which states that you ordered the ‘Cars ‘oT this company stopped (thus blocking the road and causing a’ Vilatfon’ Resta com- pany’s charter), you very studiously evade replying to the question of your authority for such an order, but, instead, you intimate that the company should be grateful to you for rendering this uncalled-for and unneed- ed personal service in the management of its affairs. “You have been guilty of grcss usurpation, and I now notify you that I propose to hold you and the District of Columbia Hable for your unlawful act.” A reporter of The Star asked Capt. Powell this afternoon if it was correct that he had ordered the stoppage of the cars of the com- pany as set forth. He replied that he had. He was on Pennsylvania avenue at the time, and believed there was danger and acted promptly. He had taken this action, because he was a Comimssioner of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and had not consulted his associates. —— SOUTH DAKOTA LYNCHING, it Hanged by a WATERTOWN, 8. D., September 4.—The man Bourke who assaulted Mrs. Bourne here some days ago was caught yesterday, and as the officers were bringing him back here ‘ast evening he was taken from them by a mob and hung to an electric light pole. The lynching had been threatened and his summary death was almost expected. —_—- -— IN THE SHERIFF'S HANDS. Grand Army Souvenirs and Badges at Pittsbarg. PITTSBURG, Pa., September 4.—All the G. A. R. encampment souvenirs, badges, etc., made from the metal of historic can- non, and worth about $50,000, are in the hands of’ the sheriff. Wm, Watson today levied upon them on a judgment for $150, held by. him against J. M. Schaefer, the dis- tributing agent. The local encampment managers are arranging for the release of the goods. ee OVER $100,000 Loss. Many Build Burned at Union City, Ind. UNION CITY, Ind., September 4.—Fire after midnight started in Hook bros.’ but- ter tub factory from an unknown cause and soon involved the whole factory and lumber yard and spread to the Schmidt brewery, Smith Pump Company and a num- ber of business houses and residences. The total loss is estimated at from $125,000 to $150,000, with about half insurance, mostly nm the Teutonic and Phoenix companies. == SSS “SWEATERS” ON A STRIKE. Preparing for a Big Demonstration in New York. NEW YORK, September 4.—Employes of five of the largest sweat shops in the New York clothing trade struck today. The ex- ecutive board ‘of the United Brotherhood of Tailors are negotiating with the garment makers, organized under the control of labor union, to control their movement. ‘The feur branches of the clothing works, finishers, basters, pressmen and operators, under the rule of this organization, number about 3,000, all told. They are said to be anxious to @ing fight against the bosses. If their leaders can come to an agreement with the strikers, who are American Fed- eratior. of Labor people, this new force will probably be called out very shortly. GEASS aa Indorsed by the Temperance Men. BALTIMORE, September 4.—At a meet- ing last night of the executive committee of the Maryland State Temperance Alli- * Mgr. Satolli’s recently ennunciated views .regarding Hauor dealers’ connection with the church were heartily indorsed. ALCOHOL IN THE ARTS eas Treasury Officials’ Puzzled How to Carry Out the New Law. Action May, Be Postponed Until Con- gress Shall Furnish Money for Prpper Supervision, No questions ngw pending before the ‘Treasury Department are receiving so much attention from treasury officials as those in- volved in section G1 of the new tariff bill which exempts from internal revenue tax alcohol used in the arts and in medicinal or cther like preparations. For some time past Commissioner Miller of the internal revenue bureau has been diligently at work in the preparation of regulations under which this provision of the act may be carried into execution. Difficulties of the most serious character have been met at the very outset, and at almost every step in the work. It being the law of the land, both Secretary Carlisle and Commissioner Miller, as administrative offi- cers of the government, are earnestly en- deavoring to find some way by which it may become operative, but thus far the so- lution of the matter seems as remote as at the beginning. No Money or Machinery for Adminis- tratio: It is explained at the internal revenue bureau that it would be easy enough to formulate regulations were it not for the fact that Congress has provided no money or machinery by which the department would be enabled to administer the law. Its enforcement would be easy also were it pos- sibie to confine its operation and benefits to the large manufacturers,who might be look- ed after with comparatively little expense, but the act, It ts pointed out, forestalls any such interpretation by providing that ‘any manufacturer” may use alcohol for the spe- elfied purposes, free of tax. While this “use’’ must be controlled by regulations made by the Secretary of the Treasury, yet it would be a violation of the spirit of the act, if not its letter, it is said, were those regulations so drawn as to practically debar from the benefits of the act any honest and legitimate manufacturer, however small. The great question to be solved, in the view of the matter taken by treasury officials, ts how can effective supervision be established over -the 200,000 druggists and other pros- pective beneficiaries of the act without the aid of a very large force of agents. This force the Secretary has not at his dis- posal, and, under the law, has no authority to appoint. Map Postpone Action, Treasury officials who have given the matter much consideration and who ad- vance these views say there seems to be only one course open to the officials, and that is to postpone action in the matter until Congress reassembles in December, when, it is contended, the act will be either repealed outright or so modified as to ad- mit of being executed without almost un- Mmited opportunity for fraud. There is at least one precedent for this course. On August 5, 1861, Congress passed an act taxing all incomes above $800 3 per cent per annum. As in the present case, no pro- visior for carrying it into effect was made, with the result that nothing was done under it until the meeting of the next session of Congress, when, @u July 2, the act was repealed. Whether this course will be pur- sued in the present dilemma cannot be stated, but it is pnder serious considera- tion. e+ —__ MR. sTethEtsor's SUCCESSOR. The Name ¢f Me. Samucl Phillips is Proninently Mentioned. The board of directors of the Metropolitan Street Railwdy Company have not, as yet, formally takén up for consideration the matter of elécting’a successor to fill the vacancy caused by. the death of the prest- dent, the late William J. Stephenson. A meeting of the directors will be held to- morrcw, when it is expected that the ngt- ter will be considered. Mr, A. A. Wilson, the vice president of ‘the road, is at present performing the duties of the president. A number of r'ames have been mentioned in connection with. this vacancy, and among these is that of Mr. Samuel Phillips. He is one of the large stockholders of the road, and, as is weil known, has had large experience in the management of street railroads. He was for some time president of the Washington and Georgetown rail- road, being Mr. Hurt's immediate predeces- sor. After resigning that position he rer moved to New York. Some time ago he returned to this city, and for the greater part of the year makes his home on his farm, near Rockville. a ASPHALT PAVEMENT BIDS, A Surprise at T Opening by the Commit: mers Today. ‘This was the day set apart by the Com- missioners for opening bids for the laying of asphalt pavements in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year. The bids which were opened proved a surprise to everybody. Thomas H. Thontas offered to lay asphalt pavements on a six-inch hy- draulic base for $2.05 per cubic yard, and $1.85 to lay asphalt on a four-inch hy- draulic base. The Barber Asphalt Company bid $2.25 to jay asphalt pavements on a six-inch base, and $2 for laying it on a four-inch base. The Cranford Paving Company, which uses the Barber Asphalt Company’ exclusively, submitted a very low bid, For laying of pavements on a six-inch hydraulic base they asked $1.16 per cuble yard, while the laying of the same class of pavement on a four-inch base ther charged but $1.53. The Washing n Asphalt Tile Company offered to lay 1 pavement on a gravel base for $1.78 per cuble yard and $2.25 per cubic yard on a concrete base. Bids were also opened today by the Com- missioners for grading Massachusetts ave- nue extended. The bidders were E. G. Gunnel, 39 1-2 cents per cubie yard; Lyons Brothers, 40 cents; Andrew Gleeson, 29 1-2 cents, and R. G. Isreal, 22 7-8 cents, NINA W. S$ ALL RIGHT. The Little Schooner Spoken in Mid Ocean. BALTIMORE, September 4.—Captain Frietsch, who sailed from New York four weeks ago for Queenstown, alone, in the fore-erd-aft schooner Nina, a tiny craft of twenty-four feet on the keel, was spoken August.26 by the Atlantic Transport line steamer Menantic, which has arrived in Baltin.cre. Upon being signaled by the Nina, the Menantic hove to, The occupant requested Capt. Main to send an officer on board the Nina to yerify the statement that he was alone. Third Officer Rowden per- formed this office, and found everything snug and comfortable on board. The lone mariner told ythe people on the Menantic that he was in.the kest of health and spirits and was gled ‘to hear a human voice again. August 14 the Nga weathered a severe gale, during which her rudder split and she leaked siightl, ig Frietsch was given his position, 49.40 north latitude, 40 west longitude, ich was 1,255 Queenstown. The little schooner shoved off and contin het perilous voyage, with “Good luck" shouted after her from the deck of the Menantic. + Capt. Friets{h sefit two letters aboard the steamship tobe mailed. One was to his mother in Milwauk(e, from which place the owner and his. schopner hailed. miles from —_ ‘TENNESSEE IS INDIGNANT. Leading Citizens Demand Action Against the Lynchers, MEMPRHIS, Tenn., September 4.—Criminal Court Judge L. H. Cooper left for Nash- ville at midnight, where he will meet Goy, Turney and personally lay the facts con- nected with the lynching of the six alleged negro barn burners near Millington, Tenn., pefore the governor and urge that a large reward be offered for the lynchers. The grand jury has taken up the lynching and several indictments are expected. ‘At a meeting of magistrates of Shelby county resolutions were adopted denouncing the lynching and demanding that the lynch. ers be brought to justice. The whole city is aroused over the butchery of the negroes and scores of leading citizens are petition- ing the governor to offer rewards for the members of the mob, THE WOMAN’S STORY Mrs. Glascock’s Incredible Statement in a Raleigh Paper. HER RELATIONS WITH MR. STEWART She Talks Glibly to a Star Reporter About the Case. MR. STEWART’S COMMENT A new phase has been given the Glascock divorce cage, in which Senator Stewart of Nevada is named co-respondent, by a letter written by Mrs. Carrie Brady Glascock, the defendant in the divorce sult, to the News and Observer of Raleigh, N. C. In this let- ter Mrs. Glascock makes a serious charge against Senator Stewart, althcugh verify- ing most of the statements made by the lat- ter In his open Jetter to the newspapers printed during the last week. Mrs. Glas- cock writes to the News and Observer as to her home paper for the purpose, she says, of getting her own defense before her peo- ple. She says that when she and her hus- band and children came to Washington from Asheville, three years ago, it was sug- gested to her that she might obtain a gov- ernment position, but although she had a letter of introduction to parties here who were supposed to have influence, she found that it was difficult to secure an appoint- ment without the personal effort of a Sena- tor or Representative. Mr. Glascock ob- tained employment in the Richmond and Danville office, but he and the children were taken sick with malarial fever and she found that a position for herself was neces- sary. “My attempts proved fruitless,” she con- tinues. “A friend here informed me that Senator Stewart was considered a ready and willing man to ald struggling women to obtain government employment. I ap- plied to Mr. Stewart for his influence and presented my letters of indorsement. He appeared much interested in my case and expressed great sympathy for me. He said he wceuld try to get me a position, and thought he would soon succeed. He in- formed me where he kept an office, where I could call and see about the appointment. When I called some days afterward at his office he inquired about my condition and that of my family, and said he had not yet secured a position for me, but to call again, and he thought it would be ready. He hand- el me ten dollars, which, he explained, I might need, and that I could return it from my salary when I obtained the position. I accepted his loan on that understanding. When I called again, some time later, he was stili unsuccessful, and thought he would be more fortunate in a few days; I must call again. He insisted on my receiving another loan of ten dollars, and some weeks afterward I once more called to see if the position was ready.” Her Accusation. There was another loan, this time of $60, after which Serator Stewart left the city and Mrs. Glascock did not cail for some weeks. She tells this incredibie story of her next visit: “He was very ccrdial and friendly, even fatherly toward me. His venerable face prevented his d-monstrations of affec- tion from being as offensive as they other- wise would have been. He seated me on his sofa and irquired after my health. As I was still afflicted with malaria he said he had a sure remedy, which he took him- self. He made up a dose in a glass and gave it to me to drirk. It put me to sleep. When I came to myself I found that he bad taken advantage of me. I accused him of his crime and started to leave the office. He pleaded with me not to make a scene; that he lad a family at home; that he had been overcome with his attachment for me; that he had obliged me so long, had worked so hard to get a position for me,had given me money when my family were sick and I was in distress, that I ought not to do him the great injury of exposure. He as- sured me he had certain and immediate prospects of receiving a permanent position for me, with a large salary, which would place me and my children in comfort and beyond all want In the future. His prom- ises and flattery finally overeame my in- dignation, and I consented to accept the prominent position he was soon to have ready for me. “When I called again to receive the ap- pointment it was not ready, but his prom- ises and flattery were. He had now ac- quired power over me; as I had not ex- iim he could expose me; besides, I owed him money that I could not pay. He persuaded me to submit to him. I was now at his mercy, and he could command me as he pleased.” Action for Mivorce. Theh follow details of money pafd, some times $20, sometimes $25," promises to ob- tain the position and frequent calls at the Senator’s office. “He had so wound the coils of his influence around me,” contin- ued Mrs Glascock, “I seemed unable to escape his grasp. One of his bank checks found in my pocket by my husband aroused his suspicions, and he then followed me when I went out and had others to watch me. He met me soon afterward coming out of the Senator's room. He created a stormy scene with me, and I realized the great shadows into which I had been led, and life no longer appeared worth having, and but for my little children J think I would have drowned myself.” Mrs. Glas- cock goes on to tell how her husband began action for divorce on the 18th of May last, and told her that he did not care for her any longer. She communicated her condition to the Senator, but he sent her no relief. She then became desperate and wrote scornful letters to him. Accompanying this letter, which the News and Observer prints at length, with a por- trait of Mrs. Glascock, ts a letter written by Sister Mary Gertrude of the Convent of Mercy at Charlotte, N. C., to a “Miss Smith, Washington, D. C.” The letter, which is undated, commends Mrs. Gla: cock to Miss Smith as one who had rm ceived instructions at the academy and as worthy of ald. Interview With Mrs, Glascock. A Star reporter called on Mrs. Gliscock this morning, and showed her the copy of the News and Observer which had come to this office. She verified the statement as hers, and said that the facts contained in it were true in every particular. The statement, she went on, had been sent by her to her friend,Mr, Josephus Daniets, the chief clerk of the Department of the Interior, who had sent it to the Raleigh paper, in which he is interested. Mrs. Glascock then went on to make seme remarks concerning her relations with ator Stewart, and the latter’s charge that she and her hus- band are working in a conspiracy to black- mail him. “I know the world has no use for a wo- man who falls,” she said, “especially when she admits her guilt, but there is nothing left for me but the truth, and I am going to tell the truth, whatever may happen. “Nothing more can now come to me than I have endured for years, and I am glad of the chance to speak. For some years my husband has been unable to support me and the family. He has gone down steadily, through drink, until when we came to Washington, three years ago, he was un- able to do much of anything. It was a matter of getting bread and butter for our little ones, and I determined to find a posi- tion if I could. A man whose name I shall not mention now said to me that Senator Stewart would possibly help me. I went to the Senator, with the result that he forced me to be untrue to my husband. Now, I am practically convinced that this man, although he professed later to be an enemy of Senator Stewart's, sent me to him to oblige the Senator. I have been told that there are men here who hang around the Capitol making a business of just such things. It has been hinted to me that Senator Stewart saw me around there and sent this fellow to get me to come to him. I should like to prove that, but I cannot now. Her Word Agninst His. “T cannot begin to tell you how fond ana affectionate Mr. Stewart was toward me, He has gone down on his knees repeatedly and declared, even sworn, that he would stand by me whatever might happen; that he loved me better, indeed, than any other woman on earth, and that he wanted to protect me. I say to rou now, solemnly, as thevgh I were about to die, that the man secured stich a hold on my heart that I would have left my husband for him at any time gladly,though I would not leave my children. “T had no idea until Senator Stewart mad his affectionate demonstrations toward me the day he gave me the medicine that he had any such notions. “fhe stuff was in an ordinary medicine bottle and tasted bitter. I cannot tell you how it affected me, ex- cept that it made me feel very queer, very arcwsy, and—well, all I know is that I lost complete control cf myself. “Then our relations continued for perhaps eight or nine months. Sometimes he sent for me, sometimes I went to him to see about getting the position. At all times he was sure that he would soon get the place, and he was always affectionate and tender. He was very liberal with me as to money, and I do not believe that he gave Mrs. Stewart more means than he placed at my disposal. “I cannot prove these things, of course, for they are not susceptible of proof. It is my word against his. Yet, there is one men who, if he would tell the truth, would verify what I have said. That is Senator Stewart's secretary, who, I am ashamed to say, entered the office one day unex- pectedly and found us in a compromising position. But, of course, his mouth is seal- ed. So far I have no lawyer, and I do not know whether there will be one on my side cr not. My husband seems determined to press the suit, and I understand he has Ceclared that he will obtain custody of at least thre of the children. I know I have shown myself unworthy of keeping charge of them, but I cannot overcome my mother- love for them, and I want them all if I can keep them. Her Relations With Mr. Glascuck. we are working together. sir, solemnly, that that is false. We have not lived together as man and wife last December, when he first began pect my relations with there was a row, and I wish he had, and It would have been the best t both, wrung to bursting. I defended myself, however, and forced him off by throwing that conch shell at him. He lived in the house with tive in Statesville, N. C., telling me that my husband was then there. Last Thurs- day a letter came to the door here by post- man addressed to him in a strange hand- writing, postmarked Statesville, and I sus- pect that it was sent as a trick to get me to open it. I did not, however, and merely handed it back to the postman, saying that I did not know where Mr. Glascock was. Simply Told the Truth. “Detectives are around here atout all the time, watching the house and spying on my movements. They are in the employ of Senator Stewart. My husband has never hired detectives. He may have wa‘ me, and had his friends help but he never paid a cent for Mrs. Glascock of Hi : poor. There is little furniture left, and children seem with emotional accent. Senator Stewart's Commen Senator Stewart was in his office od paper hastily, and then said: have read the thing; I have seen it. I don’t want to make any statement. I have given my side of this affair to the public, and now I am going to be quiet. 1 have nothing more to say.” “But Mrs. Glascock makes a very serious charge against you here about drugging her,” said the reporter. ‘harges! Yes, more charges,” sneered the Senator, angrily. “If the people want to believe what 1 that wretch has to say, they are welcome, They have played the badger game on me, and I am tired of it all. The case is now in the courts to be settled, and I have no more to do with it.” “Do you know where Glascock is now asked the reporter. “Know where he is? Of course, I do. He's right here in town; right ‘in her house. That's where he No, sir, no more statements from me.” —_>—_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. As to an Engine House Site. The Commissiorers today received the fol- lowing letter from Mr. J. M. Wood, chair- man special committee on engine house site of the Benning Citizens’ Association: “In view of the fact that a new engine house is soon to be bullt in Northeast Washington, and that at the present time the village of Benning, as well as Ivy City, Langdon, Trinidad, Eckington, Brookland and the Reform School and other thickly settled communities in the neighborhood of 15th street and Benning road, is wholly without fire protection, we urge upon you the selection of a site as close to this inter- section of said thoroughfare as possible.” Against Col. Winthrop’s Claim. In April last Lieut. Col. Win*hrop, U. 8. A., made claim against the District for the ‘sum of $350,as the value of a horse belonging to him, which, while being driven one day on M street extended between 3ist and 32d Streets, was tripped and thrown down by the rough, broken and slippery pavement, ard was injured to such an extent as to necessitate its being killed. Mr. S. T. Thomas, attorney for the District, in his opinion rendered to the Commissioners con- cerning the case, says: “It seems to me, on consideration of the case, as presented in the papers before me, the District is not Mable. The street eppears to have been in a reasonably good condition for travel. The accident happened in daylight, and appears to have been one of those happenings class- ed as unavoidable accidents, for which no cone is responsible.’ Condemned Building Commission. The District Commissioners have appoint- ed Architect Appleton P. Clark, jr., and Builders Daniel J. Macarty and James H. Byrum a special commission, with compen- sation at the rate of $10 for each, to ex- amine certain frame and brick buildings in Georgetown, the removal of which has been required by’ the inspector of buildings. An appeal having been taken by the parties owning the property necessitated the ap- pointment of the commission. Indorsing Mr. Cornish. A number of colored ladies of the eighth division of the District of Columbia called upon the Commissioners today to request the reappointment of Mr. Lewis A. Cornish as trustee of the public schools for that division. They presented e petition stating tha “Mr. Cornish has proven, as you well know, to be an energetic worker, and an | untiriag trustee. He has never sought, nor | can it be justly said to use his position to promote self-interest, nor has he permitted | nis friends to influence him in the proper | administration of his office. He has ad-| ministered his office to the satisfaction of the well disposed and intelligent class of colored people throughout the city. We heartily indorse the remarks of the dele- gation of ministers who waited on you about two weeks ago, ‘that Mr. Cornish is the right man in the right place, a credit | to the city and a benefit to the schools,’ ” Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as follows: Geo. Koehler, one frame dweiling at 1511 Oak street, Mount Pleasant, to cost $2,000; H. F. Downey, one frame dwelling at 40 A street southeast, to cost $250; D. B. Groff, three brick dwellings, Nos. 82a, 831 and 333 BE street northeast, to cost $5,000; J. F. Moxley, two frame dweilings at 25 and 27 19th street northeast, to cost $1,000. ——_- An Elevator Conductor Appointed. The acting Secretary of the Navy today appointed Richard K. Morris of Louisiana an elevator conductor at the naval obse-va- tory. ——_——-2-—__— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 69; 2 p.m., 77; maximum, 78; min- imum, 67, FINANCE AND TRADE London Representatives After Amer- ican Stocks. PRICES ADVANCE IN CONSEQUENCE Comment on Reading's Reorgani- zation Plan. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS nn Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 4.—Stock values were advanced from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent at the opening of today’s market and were moderately strong on a small volume of business. London prices were improved correspondingly and representatives of for- traders generally railroad list, were working in the interest of ment. Chicago Gas was early trading, but loss on covering Jater in the day. of substantial reductions in present rates in order to compete with rival companies are responsible for the depression in this stock. The last hour's trading was generally strong at fractional gains for the day. The and improve- depressed 1 per cent on Tegained the bulk bulk of the business came from showed few signs of broadening. ——~—__ est and the lowest of the New York seat eeneiees Soar oo Ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Stocks, ‘Open. High. Low. Close SESS et Sy OS a American a ee ‘American an any ‘Atchison Cee a Canada San Chesapeake Lf ©.C. Cand ‘Chicago. B. End ‘Chic. ane i? Gre ana be ax Bes. usr. oe seek te ise Desware ana f IRB IBBIG 1BB5g 1355 i "a BB 36% (BT i 6%, uIe weg res 12055 Lise log ieee. setae! “biz Ss as > & New Jersey Central. 118s ins New York Central, wig WX Yea z 2 N. ¥.. C. and St. Louts, a. ane Sie ‘* N bran rg t (iit 8 be F85z03, f ERES! oft Neiropalitan. 250 ee tan, bid, asked. 134 bid. Columbia, 137 bid, "150 asked. Capital” 114 bid, 125 a West 110 bid, 115 asked. Traders’, 100 bid. Lincoln, 96 bid. Safe it and Trust . National Safe it ay aS Washington Loan curity and Trust, 131% bid, 189 aaked. Washing. ton fate Deposit, 100 asked. Rellroad | Stocks.—Weshington and Georgetown, 285 bid, 812 asked. Metropolitan, 80 bid, Ao asked” Gelumtda, 70 aeked. Georgetown and Teonally- Did, 52 asked. Miscellancous Stocks.—Great Palis 100 asked. . 1.70al.00; do. ‘famt'y. do. 3. itt 5 -. spot. SS4y055%g; September, 55" December, Bilan? atediner No ied, Boag receipts, 137,088 ‘is; stock, 909,657 bushels; sales, 115,- 200 bush Ming wheat by sample, Dade, Corm, dull—spot Sst: | September, ;' year, asked —receiits,. 4.408 : stock, $4,059 Uaxh- els; sales, 11,000 bush southern yellow corn, Ol. Xo, 2 bushi B0—receipts, 407 bushels; stock, Hay quiet food to chalice “timo: ts q Rutter steady — fancy . 18a20; do. Indie, 17 © " ed, L2A15. Hugs atonds—Sreab, ‘15 fancy New York, G0 size, 10%ui , Uyallh; do. 23 Ilyal ad = Chicage Graiu and Provision Markets, Reported by Sileby & Oo.