Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1894, Page 2

2. LATE NEWS BY WiRE Still Anxious About Fires in the Northwest. PERIL OF A MINNESOTA VILLAGE Reports From the Scene of Danger. 2 a STORIES OF SURVIVORS DULUTH, Minn eptember 6.-—-Barnum, a lumber town, thirty-five miles down the St. Paul and Duluth road, is surrounded by fores. fires, and the inhabitants are anx- fous. Cariton and Kerrick are also reported still in danger. ‘The relief party which left here in charge of W. T. Bailey and George Ash to search the Eastern line sent word that near Sand- stone it found eighteen dead bodies in one Gugout, iio which the victims had rushed, hoping to escape with their lives, only to find that they had jumped into a veritable furna CHIPP vA FALLS, Fisher Meadow, near Estelle, a small set- Ulement, was wiped out yesterday. John Paul and James Mitchell, two loggers of this city. lost both of their logging outfits and camps and a large quantity of logs. Warren Flint of Estella lost 2 tons of hay. Daalel Arrance lost his house, barn and crops. The Buchanan miil was also de- Stroyed. The Grand Rapids school house Was burned. The fire ts said to be running toward Murray, where danger is apprehended. Mayor Hines of Cumberland has tele- gtaphed that the small towns in that vicin- ity are in ashes. CARLTON, Minn., September 6—Every- Wis., September 6. thing was burned at Cromwell except the school without house. The fire came upon them warning, and the people saved by getting into the lake. Wood- tten, E. P. Duffy, Geo. Wright, Chas. Morse and many others lost every- thing. It is feared that many settlers lost 3. Relief trains were sent from here at once, and brought the people down. A relief committee was organized, and the sufferers cated for. Even the tles of the railroad were burned. No lives are reported Jest in this vicinity. The fires are still smoklering, and another wind would cause sull further disaster. Swiftness of the Flames. ASHLAND, Wis. September 6—The bedies of the eight persons, who lost their lives at High Bridge have been identified as fellows: Frank Bargreen, married, aged thirty; Bargreen, married, aged fifteen; ‘Towney, married, aged twenty-six; Elisha, six years; Walter Graft, eighteen months; Willie Towney, thirteen years; Jes- sie Towney, four years old; Frank Bagron, a@ son-in-law of Towney. Isaac Towney was formerly a baggage- man on the Lake Shore road. He was well known in Ashland. Last September he warried his present wifg, Mrs. Ida Graft, at Antigo. Walter Graft vas Mrs. Towney’s child, and the other children were Isaac ‘Towney’s. Willie Towney, until a short time ago, had been living with his aunt, Mrs. A. Kamer, of Toledo, Ohio. A dis- patch was received from her last night ask- ing after details. The forest fires had been growing all day. ‘Lam afraid the fire will get to my hay,” said Towney during the forenoon to a neigh- bor, John McLean, “I wish you would help me.” The two men worked until noon, and Mclean took dinner at Towney’s. “The whole six of them were at dinner,” said McLean last night. ‘They had no un- easiness whatever for the house or for their lives. When the fire came it leaped from tree to tree, driven on by the strong south- west wind. The flames shot high above the tree tops. I was joined by another home- steader, E. D. Ely, and we tried to get to bis home or mine. We got lost and ran blindly until late at night, when we struck the railway tracks. We lay down to keep from smothering, and stayed there until morning. The roaring sheet of flames struck Bargreen’s house, and it must have been consumed instantly. Within twenty feet frum Towney’s house is a fifty-foot Well, containing a foot or two of water. Into this well, when the fires were upon them, bed clothing, feather ticks and cloth- ing of all kinds were thrown. A ladder was Jet down and Into this death trap the fam- ily went, and all perished. ——>____ BIG BREWING COMBINE. All but Four Chicage Concerns to Be Included. CHICAGO, September 6.—English capital, which has found in Chicago such paying in- Vestments as the union stock yards and the brewing interests, is now looking for another investment. For some time past the creator of the brewery trust, H. M. Bigelow, has been in Europe endeavoring to organize into @ syndicate twenty of the largest brewerles in Chicago, and outside of the present great trust, and which, when completed, is to have a capital of $13,000,- 090, or $2,000,000 more than the present syn- dicate. Despite the hard times and the tghtness of the money market, Mr. Bige- low has been phenomenally successful, and he has secured $4,000,000 of the $13,000,000 Pecessary. Negotiations which have been pending for some months, it is claimed, are now about completed. The new syndicate will be a powerful organization, and will practically wipe out all competition, only four of the large breweries being left out of consideration. It is said by those who are en the inside of the deal that the new syn- dicate will comprise ahout twenty of the twenty-four breweries in this city. —_-——— GOOD TEMPLARS’ ELECTION, Officers Who W Serve for the Next Year. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. STAUNTON, Va., September 6.—The election of Grand Lodge officers, Good Templars, for the year has resulted in the selection of Rev. H. L. Hout of Shenan- doah county, grand chief templar; Thos. Whitehead, jr., of Ambherst, grand coun- sellor, by acclamation; Mrs. J. F. Bir-ell of Alexandria, grand ‘vice templar; eo. W. Hawxhurst of Fairfax, grand secretary, by acclamation; Mrs. A. 'S. Wecdhouse of Staunton, grand superintendent of Juvenile Templars, H. D. Shepherd of Pittsylvania county, grand treasurer, by acclamation. ——_—_ NEW PAPAL CYCLICAL, Mer. Satolli's Supremacy to Be An- nounced NEW YORK, September 6—A dispatch dated at Rome says: The pope is preparing an encyclical letter addressed to the bishops ant people of the United States. The docu- ment has been under consideration over since the visit of Archbishop Ireland to Rome, and it will shortly be issued. The letter will announce the absolute supremacy of the apostolic delegate in chureh matters in the United States, with the simple right of appeal to the pope. The apostolic delegation will take the place of the proparanda fide in directing religious affairs in the United States. The encyclical will not deal with scholas- tie questions. —— Honoring Brave Men. SYDNEY, C. B., September 6.—The Cook arctic excursion was happily concluded by @ banquet last night at Sydney Hotel, given, as the menu announced, “In honor of Capt. Wiligm ‘T. Farrell of the steamship Mi- rand and Capt. George W. Dixon of the American schooner Rigel for their gallant conduct in saving the passengers of the Miranda and bringing them in safety to Sydney.” For Deseerating the Lord's Day. WALTHAM, Mass., September 6.—The municipal court room was crowded this morning with prominent members of the ‘various athletic associations interested in the case of E. A. Wilkins and Sumner Pain of the Boston Athletic Association, who were arrested last Sunday charged with wiolating the Lord’s day by playing gol: he defendants were found guilty and fin each. The case was appealed, and were held in $50 bonds. THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894—-TEN PAGES. EVILS OF THE TIMES. tor Vilas Ascribes Them to Re- Pp jean Legislat MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 6.—The state democratic convention was called to order promptly at noon today by Chair- man Wall, who announced that Senator W. F. Vilas would be temporary chairman. A roar of applause followed this announce- ment, which was renewed when the Senator appeared on the platform. ‘The evils that had fallen upon the coun- try Senator Vilas attributed to three causes, namely, the Fifty-first or so-called billion- dollar Congress, with all its misdeeds, its silver-purchasing law, its McKinley pro- tection act, and its unexampled extrava- gance, not only in direct appropriation, but in entailing future obligations, yet to be discharged. Senator Vilas reviewed at length the difm- culties that have been placed in the way of repealing the poisonous causes of the dis- asters by the republican minority in Con- gress, beginning with the Sherman act, down to the McKinley law. The Wilson bill had required but moderate amend- ment to have made it an efficient measure of reform; there was much in it, however, to give rejeicing that it has become a law, notwithstanding the successful assaults {nat had been made upon It by the protec- tionists. The income tax stands most ac- ceptable among its particular provisions, and all men are compelled to confess its justice. The most grievous thing mani- fested in the battle for tariff reform was the power displayed by trusts and com- binations—the natural enemies of democ- racy—and the discovery ef their hold upon some withir the ranks of the democratic party. Tariff reform would be achieved in the full measure of justice and right. It was but delayed, not defeated. ee CAPT. STEPHENSON DISMISSED. Another New York Police ys NEW YORK, September 6.—Police Cap- tain John T. Stephenson was today found guilty of bribe-taking, and dismissed from the force. The verdict of guilty was a unanimous one on the part of the police commissioners. Capt. Adam A. Cross and his wardman, George Smith, who were dismissed from the police force on August 31, obtained writs of certiorari in the supreme court to- Phe application declares they were il- legally removed from the department, and that there was no vidence against them on which to base the decision, and they ash for their reinstatement. The writs are re- turnable in twenty days. Officer a DEAD. HONORING THE Soldiers’ « DES MOINES, Iowa, September 6.—The laying of the corner stone of the lowa Sol- diers’ and Sailors’ monument took place today. The parade was second only to that of the great battle-fiag day celebration. ‘The marchers moved promptly in three di- visions at 2 o'clock this afternoon to the monument site, immediately south of the capitol, on the brow of a hill, overlooking the entire business portion of the city. Gov. Jackson was president of the day. The ceremony of laying the corner stone was in charge of the Masonic fraternity. An address was made by ex-United States Senator James Harlan. —— INDICTED AS LYNCHERS, == Three Persons Charged With Murder of the Six Negroes. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 6.—The grand jury this morning returned indict- ments for murder in the first degree against W. 8. Richardson, J. D. Laxton and E. T. Atkirson, in connection with the lynching of six negro prisoners near Millington Fri- day right. There are six counts in each bill. Richardson is the officer who had the prisoners in charge, and Atkinson was driver of the wagon in which they were be- ing transported from Kerrville when the lynching occurred. Richardson, Laxton and Atkinson were out on $5,000 bail each, but were jailed this morning, after the indictments were found. The investigation into the lynching of six negroes near Millington is being pushed with vigor. Reports from Kerrville and Millington state that the lynchers have become alarmed over the firm stand of Gov. Tur- ney and Judge Cooper, and many of them are making preparations to leave the country. A sheriff's posse went to Kerrville last might for the purpose of capturing those suspected of complicity in the lynching be- fore they escape. —_— SECRETARY HERBERT'S TRIP. the Leaves Boston for New Lo BOSTON, September 6.—The United States dispatch boat Dolphin, with Sec- retary of the Navy Herbert and party on board, left her anchorage at the Charlestown mavy yard early today, bound for New London. On the trip Secretary Herbert will stop at Gray Gables and visit President Cleveland. The Dol; —_—_—_ Sunk a Schooner. CHATHAM, Mass., September 6.—The schooner Mary J. Casterner, with a cargo of scrap iron, from Boston for Philadelphia, was run into and sunk off here yesterday evening by the four-masted schooner Wm. K. Park, during thick weather. Capt. Wil- let said today: “We were struck between tne fore and main rigging, and cut five or ix feet deep, causing our vessel to sink almost instantly. We narrowly escaped with our lives.” ——eens Who Are They? NEW YORK, September 6.—The Evening World says: A dispatch from St. Louis an- nounces the arrival of a delegation of New York city aldermen and other officials, “who are on a tour of the principal western cities, studying the different forms of con- ducting municipal institutions.” No committee of New York city officials has been authorized to make such an in- spection, and there are no aldermen or other city officials absent, except Mayor Gilroy, who {s in Europe. ————— For Governor of New Hampshire. CONCORD, N. H., September 6.—Colonel Henry O. Kent was unanimously nomi- rated for governor by the democratic state convention today. The platform reaffirms the principles of the Chicago platform and congratulates “the party and the national administration upon the substantial re- demption of their pledges to the country, upon which the last national election was rts indorses President Cleveland. The re- publican party is scored for extravagance and corruption. en The Trial of De! CHICAGO, September 6.—The trial of President Debs amd other A. R. U. officials was resumed today with kK. M. Mulford of the Western Union Telegraph Company on the stand. One of the telegrams received especial at- tention from the government attorneys. It was acdressed to C. B. Herman of Denver, instructing him to “pay no attention to court injunctions.” Mr. Multord made an attempt to identify Debs’ signature, but his effort was not very satisfactory. =e her Strike Threatened. NEW YORK, September 6.—In addition to the 15,000 persons now out of work by reason of the strike of the sweatshop coat makers belonging to the Brotherhood of Tailors, 15,000 tailovs affiliated with the Knights of Labor will strike tomorrow morning unless meanwhile a_ settlement shall pe effected. —_— All Prisoners Escaped, MILAN, Mo., September 6.—By means of a false key the county jail here was clear- ed of all its prisoners but one about day- break this morning. —__ William Hayes shot and killed his wife and seriously wounded his mother-in-law at Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday night. Gilbert Potter has confessed the murder of his wife, who was found dead with a t hole in her head in Rice City, R. L., fonday, and he is under arrest. TAX PENALTY REMISSION On General Principles the Commissioners Have No Authority. Their Attorney Recommends Such a Course 1 a Certain Case Owing to the Pee lar Conditions, Errors in the tax ledgers are not infre- quent, and the District oftentimes loses considerable money therefrom. One of the most interesting of these cases came to light today, and demonstrates conclusively the absolute necessity of correctness in these matters. Against « part of lot 3, In square 411, ther3 stand: on the tax books of the Dis- trict unpaid general taxes for the year 1874 and every year since, together with unpaid special assessments, penalties,interests and costs. When the bill was made out it was observed that the taxes had about eaten up the property. It was evident that the District could never sell the property at a tax sale for one-half of the amount now due, and the owners recently offered the prircipal sums due withovt penalti in- terests and costs, in full settlement of all taxes against the property. An Investigaticn of the records disclosed the fact that the property was not assessed for general taxes in the name of the true owner as provided by law. So the papers were sent to the attorney for the District | for an opinion, an.1 he recommends the ac- | ceptance of the compromise offered. His opinion on the subject is as follows: “There appear to be twenty years of gen- eral taxes in arrears against this property, and there does not appear to have been any effort during that time to collect them. The | law requires real property to be assessed for general taxes in the name of the true owners, and ‘That if one-half of the tax * of December, 1477, and in each year there- after, said installment shall thereupon be in arrears ard delinquent; and there shall then be added, to be colelcted with such taxes, a penalty of 2 per centum upon the amount thereof, and a Ike penalty on the first day of each succeeding month until Payment of sald installment and penalty. And if said installment shall not be paid before the Ist day of June, 187k, together with one-half of said original tax before the Ist day of June, a like penalty shail then be added to the last cne-half of said tax, and the whole together shall consti- tute the delinquent tax, and be dealt with and collected by sale of propert Never Owned the Lot. “It appears that this property is valued for assessment at $119 (within $15 of its real value, as I am informed), and that the general taxes and penalties about equal or nearly equal: the assessed value of the Property. Aside from this, the property in question is in litigation, and it has not yet been determined to whom it belongs, and the title is In doubt. ‘The taxes are assessed in the name of C. T. Holtzclaw, who ap- Pears never to have owned the lot “On a full consideration of the case it seems to me that there are several reasons why the application in this case should be granted. “In the first place, $304.61 of the claim for general taxes is made up of pen- alties. Courts do not favor penalties or forfeitures, and are loath to deprive a citi- zen of his property by the enforcement of them. In th» second place, it is doubtful whether the taxes are valld, since they are assessed In the name cf a man who, tt is sald, had no title; and, thirdly, as a’ prac- tical question, it seems to me no one would purchase the property at a tax sale and pay for it $004.79 the amount of twenty years’ tax penalties against it. No busi- ness man would risk putting that much money into a single piece of property at a tax sale, especially when the amount of the purchase price would be nearly equal to the true value of the property. “As a general proposition, the Commis- stoners have no power to remit penalties for non-payment of taxes, but on account of the doubtful character of the claim for penalties In this case, I am of the opinion it Is one which should be compromised, for the reasons before stated. If it was a case of private concern thene could be no hesita- tion about it, and good administration and the public interest Jostines it in this case.” ——————— A MONSTER CHORUS. One Proposed Feature of the Cotton Exposith The Atlanta Constitution today publishes a plan to have, as a part of the exercises of the opening of the cotton exposition next year, a monster musical chorus of 10,000 singers. It is proposed to draw this im- mense force from cities and towns all over the state of Georgia, using Atlanta, Au- gusta, Savanrah, Brunswick, Macon, Co- lumbus, Dalton, Rome and Thomasville as centers. The scheme is being projected on a scale that will rival the great peace jubilee chorus, which contained voices. Prof. N. Du Shane Cloward of this city has been communicated with, and will probably go to Atlanta in a few days to submit plans for this chorus to the expost- ticn managers at their invitation. He claims to be able to put 10,000 voices in drill for the coming event, making the southern plantation melodies the basis of the chorus, intermingling the national airs of all the cotton-growing countries of the world. eee Why Mrs. Stott Wants a Divorce. Desertion, drunkerness and extreme cruelty are the grounds upon which Mollie A. Stott seeks a divorce from William W. Stott, according to her bill of complaint, filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia this afternoon. The couple were married December 15, 1881, at Lynchburg, Va., and lived together until October 23, 1883, when the wife claims that her husband deserted her. It is further charged that for more than three years prior to filing the ill the hus- band was a confirmed and habitual drunk- ard, and has in no way and at no time contributed to the support of his wife, but has spent all his time and money in drink- ing and loafing in houses of ill fame in Roanoke. Mrs. Stott goes cn to say that in May, 1882, about one month before her first child was born, her husband, while intoxicated, applied to her the most indecent and vile epithets and also violently assaulted her, striking her in the back, knocking her down and choking her until she was nearly breathless. Again, in October, 1883, the bill recites, about a month before the last child was born, Mrs. Stott was violently assault- ed by her husband, who struck ier a severe blow upon her left shoulder, knocked her down and then drove her out of the house. ‘The plaintiff asks-a divorce, permission to resume her maiden name, Mollie A. Rob- erts, and the custody and guardianship of her son, who is eleven years of age. —— The Attnchment tained. The case of Trautman, Hecht & Co. of Baltimore, M4., against Adolph Oppen- heimer of this city was brought to a close late yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff: on July 31 last secured an attachment against Oppenheimer on the ground that he had as- signed, disposed of and secreted certain Property with the intent to hinder, defraud and delay his creditors. Oppenheimer filed a motion to quash the attachment a few days after it was and after an oral hearing of testimony, ering about nine days, Judge Cole dismiss- ed the motion to quash and sustained the attachment. — ee Concert at Marine Barracks. The following is the program of the Ma- rine Band at the barracks this evening: 1. March, “The Evening Star”.....Fanciulli Overture, “Phedre’. -Massenet 3. (a) “Arabesque,” (b) “Slumber Song, Schuman Verdi 4. Grand selection, “Aida” 5. “The Mill in the For ‘ilenberg 6. Paraphrase, “My Ma: Heineman 7. Patrol, American”. Meacham 8. “Hail, Columbia’ Mr. Bruce Not in It. Mr. J. E. Bruce of this city has written to The Evening Star to contradict the statement that he was a member of the Murray Club, recently crganized by Mr. R. D. Ruffin. In his letter Mr. Bruce says that in his opinicn there are already too many clubs and leagues of a political char- acter among the colored people. He says he is friendly to Mr. Murray, however, and will do what he can to ald his egmvass at the proper time. -Fyles * ” * shall not be paid before the Ist day | 13,000 | NEW YORK NA A Busy Scene of fotivity at This Gov- ‘ernment Shop. riaan Progress of the Work on the Various Vesscla-ihe Importance of the Marine Guard. Correspondence of The ‘Evening Star. NEW YORK NAVY YARD, September 3, 1804. With sixteen hundred workmen employed building and repairing ships, and one hun- dred and seventy-five officers and fourteen hundred enlisted men at the yard and on the various ships in commission at the yard, this big government workshop is a busy place. The work on the first-class cruiser Maine is progressing rapidly, and but little remains to be done except to mount her guns and put in place her boats and de- tachable fittings before she is ready for trial and commission. She has ben taken from the stone dry dock, where she has for months been a familiar sight, and the Quin- | tard Iron Work Company, who built her en- gines, Lave made a dock trial of them, to see that everything works smoothly. They express thems@vyes well pleased with the re- | sult and predict that the engines wiil give | her the required speed of seventeen knots. | The ship has the broad beam and com- paratively low freeboard of the battle ship | class, and with her square house-like super- structures and ungainly military masts and the great turrets breaking the smooth lines of her sides, she does not have the trim look of the cruiser class; stil!, she has an ugly, businesslike look, that is not belied by her powers of offense and defense, Her bat- tery is heavy and she carries almost enough armor to put her in the battle ship class of ships. The ship will be ready for her trial | trip in a few weeks. The place of the Maine in the stone dry dock will soon be occupied by the monitor Puritan, which has been so long under co: struction that people outside of the service almost despai> of ever sezing her compte! ed, yet the work goes steadily on, and the delay is not due to the government officials at the yard, but to the failure of the con- tractors to furnish the armor plates for her complete waterline belt. Most of these plates are now delivered, or nearly com- pleted, and the work of’ putting them in place on the oak backing already mounted will soon begin. The othe: monitor so long under construc- tion here—the Terror—is nearly completed, her four ten-inch guns have been mounted, two in each turret, and when the turret hoods are on and the minor fittings of the ship in place, she will be ready for duty. Castine and Machias. Next in construction work, the gunboats Castine and Machias are nearly ready for their crews, the officers having been detail- ed and ordered for the latter, and the gen- | eral expectation is that she will go to the China station, where her light draught and handiness will make her efficient in river and harbor work. This sort of work is found particulatly in China, where the craftiness of the people lead to building the great citigs ay some distance from the coast, on shaTlow , rivers, as an effective means of defense. > The old wogden, ship Lancaster, once a “pride of the fav: ’ in the days of the old wooden ships,’hes fbeen dry docked, cleaned and repaired, and fis almost ready for aay duty she may be gequired for. These old r= their anti-fouling but- | wooden vessel: tom sheathing of @pper, are in some ways | better adapted forfwork in the tropics aud jon stations where dry docks are few and far between thaa the modern steel ships, | which must be frequently docked to have | their bottoms’ ’scrahed. Otherwise they | cooler and ncte éomfortable for the cre | with the great clear gun deck, which, in the [modern floatitig castles, is cut into many compartments, and’ much of the space tal up by the extta machinery that is needed to give the racing speeds required to suit | the modern naval constructors’ tdeas, Besides these ships under construction, there are of the ships in commision and tive service the New York, now flying (ie flag of Rear Admiral Meade, who com- mands the North Atlantic station; the San Francisco, erstwhile flagship of the Pacilic and then the North Atlantic stations; the Atlanta, the pioneer of the ‘new navy, and the Vesuvius. The New York is “high and dry” in the Simpson dry dock, having her hull painted. Her long sojourn in the tropics coated her great expanse of bottom under water with sea grass and barnacles until her speed was cut down several knots from the fancy clip she showed on her trial trip. Standing at the bottom of the dock and looking up, her sides loom up like the walls of an immense building, and one is struck by the comparative smallness of her two bronze propeller screws; and it is hard to realize that “so small a fin can move so great a fish so fast.” |The San Francisco is undergoing her first extensive repairs since she went in com- mission, and when these repairs to her en- gines and battery are completed, she will be ready for a prospective cruise as flagship of the European station, relleving the Chicago, whose engines are’ to be replaced at this yard by new ones of more modern construc- tion, which will greatly increase her speed. The Atlanta has taken on board a new crank shaft to replace the one which has sent her many thousands of miles, once to Evrope, twice to South America and up and down our coast. This work is to be done at the Norfolk navy yard, where a dearth of repair work may cause the “laying off” of meny workmen. The Vesuvius is to have a few repairs, and await the action of the atthorities as regards changing her into a “torpedo chaser.” ‘The Largest Marine Post. ‘The marine barracks here is the largest pest of the marine corps, with the exception of the Mare Island navy yard post; yet the lerge amount of government property to gvard at this yard, where there is so much building and,repair work going on all the time, makes this the most important post, and ic is commanded by the only colonel in the corps, he being next in rank to the commandant of the corps. Extensive repairs are being made at pres- ent in the quarcers for the officers and men, which will make all at the station more con- tented with their work, and greatly add to the appearance and efficiency of the post. At the post there are seven officers and 220 wen, and, though the work of guarding the large area of this big yard is severe on such a number of men, it seems to be efficiently one. The new gate at the foot of Sands street, which has already been started, is not to be such an imposing edifice as at first plan- ned. It was originally designed to be an arch over the gateway, containing offices and quarters for the guard on duty for the day, but considerations of the expense involved have caused the designs to be changed, so that Jt will now consist of two buildings of gne,story each, one at each side of the gateway, but so constructed that they may atfany future time be built up another story and arched over the drive- way. The entrance to such an important place as the jlargest navy yard of the re- public shouldicertainly present a handsome appearance, and *the new one when com- pleted will bd a great improvement on the old entrance, andjalso is in a fer more con- venient place; Coptrdband Liquor. Every day erowds of visitors come to the gate and ask'to see the yard and ships, the big cruiser New, York being the prime favorite, and all rpspectable appearing pe: ple are admitted with a pass, though many are searched to ascertain that they carry no spiritous liquor in, as this is a favorite way for the workmen and enlisted men to obtain liquor, which is always ruinous to Giscipline and work. Many persons seem highly insulted that they should be sub- jected to search, but if they would reflect that government regulations arise from strict necessity, and know no distinction of persons, they Would see that it is no insult to them, and gladly submit, thereby assist- ing the government to preserve order. Un- fortunately, the surrounding neighborhood abounds in citizens of a low class, who too frequently attempt to steal government property from the yard, hence vigilance is ever necessary on the part of the watch- men and sentries. With tha completion of the armored cruiser Maine and the monitors Puritan and Terror there will be a great reduction in the force of workmen at the yard, un- less some new building work is provided or much of the repair work of the navy is sent to this station. —_.>—__ Mr. 0. ‘L. Praden, the President's assist- ant private secretary, 1s spending his vaca- tion in the vicinity of Scranton, Pa. VY YARD|THRONGING THE FAIR Constant Stream of Visitors Into Rock- ville’s Exposition. t of Premiums Awarded Today for Displays of Cattle, Dogs and Swine. x special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 6.—The second day of the fair opened with a rush from early morning until noon. A constant stream of visitors on foot and in vehicles has poured in at the gates. Hard times, hot weather, great clouds of dust spreading a mantle ovr everything makes no difference, The people have come to see the fair, to mingle with their friends, to have a good old-fashioned time together. ‘The pretty lit- tle grounds are hardly large enough to com- fortably accommodate the great crowds in attendance. ‘The number is roughly estimated at from 10 to 7,000. he following premiums were announced today English setters, best dog, bitch, » and pup, James H. Veirs; second best J. ©. Moulden. Pugs, best dox, best litter pu H, ' Davidson. pup, W. C. Losh- ing. Special prizes: t St. Bernard, sitk umbrella, od by Saks & Co.; best brace sh fox hounds, $10, offered by Chevy Chase Club; best St. Bernard pup, silk hat, offered by Jas. Y. Davis & Sons, all won by F. Ray Keys; best fox terrior, J, H. Hoffer, best brace American fox hounds, W. C Loshing; best dog on exhibition, James P. Veirs. Cattle, Hereford—First prize, E. G. Merri- man; second prize, E. G. Merriman. Dur ham—First, W. K. Jones; second, Chas. Veirs. Oxen—first, R. B. Farquhar; sec- ond, J. H. Gassaway. Sheep, Cotswold—Best lot ewes, G. F. Snouffer; Shropshire, best two-year ram; Z. M. Cook, second;'C, M. ‘Ceok, best one- year ram, R. Miller, second; R. Miller; best ram lamb, G. F. Snouffer; se ond, Z. M. Cook, lot of ewes; %. M. Cook, lambs, Z M. Cook; southdowns, two-year one-year ram, J. W. L. bitch and best Best ire, best two-year boar, Wm. Muncaster; second, Charles Veirs; year boar, G. M. B. Brown; best two-year sow, W. E. it sow under two w sow and pigs, “harles, Veirs; lot of shoats, W. E. Mun- second, Charles Veirs; Poland China, best boar, G. F. Snouffer; sow and pigs, J. C. Bentle: t of shoats, J. C. Bentley; Chester whites, best boar and best sow, Lee Offutt; best two-year sow, W. E. Muneas' best one-year sow. Charles Veirs; sow and py', Charles NVeirs; lot of shoats, J. H. Bogley; second, Charles Veirs. —>— On Object Lesson in a Window. In a window in the building 1214 F street there has been on exhibition for some days past a scene that bas attracted the atten- tion of large crowds of people. It is a set scene representing a gentleman's library with all appropriate furniture and fittings. On one side of the table is a man sitting knee-deep in newspapers, magazines and periodicals of all sorts and from ail parts of the world. He has been trying to keep up with the times by reading them. all. On the opposite side of the room is a man who is taking his ease, but getting there just the same, by reading Public Opinion, a copy of which he holds in his hand, and which is supposed to contain a careful com- pilation of all that is best in all the periodi- cals. The window is a part of the tem- Do y display of Public Opinion in this elty. Lynching Condemned. At the meeting ef Equal Rights Council, No. 40, at Zion Baptist Church, F sireet southwest, last night, Rev. W. J. Howard presiding, and KR. C. Brook: pretary, Williams were adopted condemning the recent ‘Tennessee iynehings “as a race outrag: a curse upon American citizenship and a stis- ma on our laws.”” ‘he efforts of Miss Ida B. Wells were commended. -_ Recommendation in Blandford's Case. The Commissioners have written to the Attorney General recommending the par- doning of Charles H. Blandford, if on ex- mination he be found to be irresponsible through insanity or other mental defect re- quiring his treatment at the Governmert Hospital for the Insane. — No Famine in Corea, The Christian Herald has ut last received a message from United States Minister Sill, in Corea, in reference to its inquiries, which states, “No famine prevails in Corea.” The Herald will therefore return all contribu- tions to the subscribers to the relief fund. Better. A special from Elkins, W. Va., say Ex-Secretary Elkins’ proved. that health is much im- —— The President Di From the New York Tribune. In Webster's oratory the Miltonic phrase and paraphrase recur ang he draws liberal- ly from Scriptural sources for illustration, ornament and literary form. Burke drew from the highest classic sources, as well as from all others, overlcading his discourse with a wealth of rich ornament, which sometimes incumbered its movement. Cleveland seems content with Mcore as the source from which to draw his rhetorical decorations. He might, indeed, go further and fare worse, as it was sald to one who denied the theory of purgatory, for Moore was, without doubt, a mellifious gossoon, tis strain sometimes rising to prophetic loftiness and grandeur and uttering some- times the pathetic retrospect of a people iningling their cries of anguish and tri- umph and humillation and pride, so that all the world and after generations might hear them. There is no sense in ginding at the President because he has availed him- self of a quotation from the minstrelsy of lerne; from the sweetest lyrist of her sad- dest wrong, whose words taught grief. to fall like music from his tongve. It was the best thing in the letter, lending a cadence of melody to his own grief and indignation, Pretty W which otherwise might have run inte ca- cophany and barking, so impetuous was the presidential emotion, whistling through the interstices of his epistle like a north- western tornado through a_ barbed-wire fence. On the whole, the President did pretty well, We are against him in polities, but always ready to Jo him justice and pat him on the back when he quotes good lter- ature correctly or pulls its feathers out to stick in his own cap. a coe Ss He Wants Damages. From the New York iferald awyers y with new meth- ods of procedure and novel grounds for ac- tion, but there is an Englishman who has just made himself prominent in his profes- sion as a deviser of a unique basis for a suit for damages. He has entered a suit inst a newspaper, asking damages and an injunction, on the ground that his prac- tice has been injured by the newspap withholding his name in cases where he has been successful and publishing it only in cases which he has lost. Eminent counsel have been retained on both sides and the action will be bitterly contested. ——_ +0 ealth at Berlin reports that The board of h ut Germany, from August 27 to Suptember , there. were fifty-three cases of cholera and twenty-one deaths from the disease. The habeas corpus case concerning the custody of Millionaire byers hag beep trans- ferred from Philadelphia to Ailegheny county. Stephen M. Folsom, late presidenc of the Albuquerque (N. M.) National Bank, has been sentenced to five years in the peni- tentiary for making false statements of the bank's financial st ding. Footpads on a St. Louis street car were prevented from robbing the — passengers Tuesday night by the interference of Con- @uctor Van Arthur, upon whom they in- flicted serious and probably fatal injuries. J. W. Witt, superintendent of public schools at Decatur, Texas, was killed at that place Tuesday evening’ by S. Simmons, a young business man of Sherman, Texa: United States man-of-war Atianta sailed yesterday from New York for Norfolk, where she will receive a new shaft. | i of Its Distriv: The Commissioners, as stated in yester- day's Star, have received from The Even- ing Star Newspaper Company a check for $3,919.48, being the amount subscribed and sent to The Evening Star by citizens for the benefit of the families of the brave fire- men who lost their lives at the Knox fire, The Commissioners this afternoon acknowl- edged the receipt of this check in the fol- lowing letter, addressed to Rudolph Kauff- mann, secretary of The Evening Star News- paper Cimpaa “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to acknowledge the receipt through you, as secretary of The Evening Star Newspaper Company, of a check for $3419.43, representing amount of subsci ing Star by citizens of Washington for the benefit of those who were dependent upon the firemen who lost their lives in the dis- charge of their duty at the recent dis- astrous fire at the Knox bullding, and re- questing that the Commissioners see that the money is properly distributed. The Commissioners will endeavor to satisfac- torily discharge the trust thus reposed in them. They are confident that the eontri- bution will afford much needed relief and be appreciated by the community at large whica will promptly recognize this evidence ef The Star's public spirit and practical benevolence. % > DRAYTON SLES FOR DIVORCE. Reopening the Scandal of Two Years Ago. James Coleman Drayton, the well-known New Yorker, has instituted proceedings to secure a diverce from his wife, Charlotte Augusta Drayton, a daughter of William Astor, of the family of which Jchn Jacob Astor was the founder. Mr. Drayton seeks a legal separation upon the statutory grounds. Hallett Alsop Bor- rowe is named as the co-respondent. It will be remembered that in March, 1892, at London, Mr. Drayton challenged Mr. Borrowe to fight a duel. The chalienge was declined. ‘The cbject of the bill ts stated to be that Mrs. Drayton may make reply and that the arriase may be dissolved. The care and control of the children is asked to be given unreservedly to Mr. Drayton. In the autumn of ist] Mr. and Mrs. Dray- ton went to Wimbiedon, England, where Mrs. Miillam Astor was staying, and soon after@umors, which were iaughed at, were circulated in the drawing rooms where ru- mors are hushed. at Was true that Mr. and Mrs. Dray- ton were not in harmony. In March, 1s, there was published an extract from’a let- ter of Mr. Drayton, accusing Mr. Borrowe of having “inflicted upon him the mort stievous injury that one man may ini upon arcther,” and demanding satisfaction in European terminology. Mrs. Drayton was disinherited by her fathes, but her brother, John Jacob Astor, took her under his protection. Mr. Dray. ton returned to New York in June, 182, and since ihen there have been rumors, often reiterated, that husband and wife were to be reconciled. 2 ooo Charged With Robbing a Pensioner. Jacob Diemer, who is in the saloon busi- ress at 625 D street, was arrested this | afternoon by Detective Lacy on a charge of petty larceny. Tuesday last Francis Marrhall, an old colored pensioner, went in- to Diemer’s saloon to get his pension check cashed. The old man claims that the check Was for $36 and that Diemer handed him but $26, refusing to rectify the mistake. Mr. Diemer deposited $20 collateral and was released. He declared that the old man himself was misteken, having been handed the full amount of the check. That, he said, he could prove by numerous witnesses, The case will probably be called tomorrow. Death of Mrs. M.D. Helm, The death of Mrs. Martha A. Helm, which occurred yesterday at he home, 124 E street northwest, caused sincere grief. The deceased, who was the wife of Mr. M. D. Helin, was the daughter of the late Mr. William Dumble of Muncie, Ind. She was married to Mr. Helm about sixteen years ago, and had since resided in Washingion. She possessed many charming qualities. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 3 o'clock from the residence on E street. Mr. Helm, who has the sympathy of many friends in his bereavement, is confined to his home as the result of an accident jast Tuesday. As he was getting out of a car at 10th and G streets a bicycle rider, going at great speed, ran into him, knocked him down and injured his ankle seriously. m Day. Tuesday was pension day, and that fact was fully demonstrated in the Police Court yesterday and today by the presence in the acck of an unusually large number of dis- solute women, white and black, who prey upen and rob the old pensioners. These oid soldiers are lured into the dens, and then, ith “knock-out” beverages, they are ren- ered stupid or unconscious. When they re- cover they are moneyless, and not infre- quently their clothes are gone. South Washington, especially Louse alley, is a regular hot bed of such crimes, and today Of that locality were charged with veen eee afeconss with v. " Judge Kimball made short work of then, sending them down in default of real estate bonds, ad Death of Dr. Cat Dr. R. L. Caton, a young dentist of this city, died at Providence Hospital this morn- € about 4 o'clock from typhoid fever. Dr, Caton was well known in this city, having come here from the south about eight years ago. He completed his educa- a here and then graduated at the dental college and had become years of age, and had a large circle of friends and acquaintane who deepl; bo sret_ his death. Capt. Baumer, “chiel clerk of the House naval committee, wh, was a warm personal friend of Dr. Caton. jas with him when he died. The body has been aken,t0 luee’s Chapel, where it is y lying in state. The dat tal has not yet been fixed." {°F te fune- —— An Alleged Nuisance. A vigorous protest, signed by a large number of citizens and property owners in the squares west of 34th strest and south of N street northwest, was received by the Cemmissioners this afternoon against the factory at the foot of 35th straet, used for ‘he, purpose of rendering grease from ani- matter. The stench, the petition sets fcrth, is unbearable and injurious to health. The factory was previously located s on M street, east of 34th, but was removed upon ccmplaint of citizens. When it was about to be established in its present locatih Protest was entered with the health cfticer and he promised to attend to the ratter, put he did nothing, and now the y is running day and night, includ- ing Sundays. giare ion a Chicago Wheat Corn Oats Pork Wigs stipments, 42.854 In at steady pot, 35) ser, Outs steamer 3 shipan st Mev red, mn a ats, 62, es,” 6 Western, E54a362 ern, 33%4a34—recelpts, 13,517 bushels 408 bushels. Rye firin and ‘steady relpts, boasted ull sind steady $14.00. FINANCE AND TRADE Monotony Marks Operations in Wall Street. ABSENCE OF ALL 10 SELL Improved Outlook for the Granger Stocks. MARKET REPORTS - SRAL GEN Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The monotony of professional operations was more than ever conspicuous in today’s purposeless trading, and the motives responsible for the frac- tiona! alterations in values dety analysis. Initial figures were slightly reduced from yesterday's finals, but were well held in spite of the general lack of interest. Lon- don prices were about on a parity with our own, and were not a factor in the local dealies. The bulls have the best of the situation, but are inclined to wait for the bears to start the upward movement by coverng outstanding contracts. The ab- seace of any pressure to sell is an encourag- ing fev ture of the situation, but ts not suffi- clent to overthrow the power of the room element. An aggressive movement in either direction will be necessary to expand the Speculutive horizon and attract the atten- tion of the general public. Until such a movement is well under way, the present narrowness will continue, and the daily repurts barely escape insignificance. The granger stocks were improved about per cent oa covering and a somewhat more promising outlook for fall earnings. The movement of merchandise incident to the passage of the tariff bill is, in a great measure, responsible for increased earn- igs im certain sections of the country in which loca! conditions cannot be relied uper to continue the improvement. in view of this any taking of profits on recent purcheses will probably encourage the = vad a new short interest. South- em securities are coming rapidly into favor with far-sighted and conservative eperators, who are withdrawing their pur- chases from the market to await the era Prosperity so confidentl; dicted for that section of the country. A sod investment demand is noted for all {lasses of assured dividend-paying secur- es. Sugar and Distillers were practically the only features of today’s market, the trad- ing in each being on a liberal scale. Sugar t a reduction of 1-2 per cent to 104 and sold off on free offerings of large amounts to 12 1-2, many stop orders being uncovered on the decline. The prospective reduction in the dividend rate was responsible for the break. The announcement that the directors would not act upon the next dividend until Tuesday created considerable mistrust among traders. who immediately began to cover and forced the price well in advance of first figures. The mysterious air adopted by inside inter- ests on this subject has given rise to the be- lief that the recent decline was a device for the entrapping of the overcredulous. ‘The marketing of a large block of long Stock caused a break in distillers during the afternoon to a point 23-4 per cent under opering figures. The feeling of the street continues very bearish on the future of this property. The balance of the Yndustrials were generally steady. ‘fhe market for foreign exchange contin- ues weak with a declining tendency. An increase is noted in the supply of bills drawn against future deliveries of export- ed_ merchandise. The last hour's trading was dull, and, with a few exceptions, reflected fractional concessions from first prices. ———_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the hich- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway: Stocks. Open. High. Low. Close. Aneta "Sy "Ss BY OSS ‘American Tobacco... wet i OE American Cotton Ol... 334 Ss By BK ae ya w% ot; tag esapeake and + C. and St. L. ‘Chicago B. and Qo). Chic. and Northwestern, Chicago Gas. > G, M. and St. Paul Del., Lack. and W . Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande. Dis. and Washington Stock Exchange. Soles—recular call—12 o'clock mm. —Washingta_ Me: Sat 40 Government Borde. U? @ 4a, 13% ae ig % 134 Did, 1143, asked. 8 3 m Railroad « Washington and \d trope elt Railroad rkington “Railroad Ga, MF haw is, series A, most and Trust, 183 oxked. ‘Trost, 120 bid, 124 ark . 182 ind 134 asked. Stocks, Washington asked M bid, 70 asked. own, Light Bked. ‘Tithe Insurance Comme se : Great Falls Teo, 138 ts Inter-Ocean Building, 100 asked. 4 —_—_— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 am., 70; 2 p.m., 86; maximum, 87; mini- mum, 66.