Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1894, Page 1

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BOTH LOST HEAVILY Reported Rout of Chinese by the Japanese. ——_ + ——_— TWO HUNDRED SOLDIERS DROWNED ee Press Censorship at Yokohama Less Rigorous. eget THE MIDADO LEAVES TOKIO 7 LONDON, Scptember 15.—A dispatch re- ceived here from Seoul, Corea, dated Sep- tember 10, says that the Japanese force moving from Gensan has completely routed the Chinese at Sing Chuen. Both sides are reported to have lost heavily. A Shanghai dispatch recelved here today announces that six survivors of the persons aboard the Chinese transport Chean, which stranded in the Che Tung Pass recently with 1,499 troops on board, while on her way to the Island of Formosa, have arrived there. Ft was at first announced that in spite ci the panic which prevailed on board the transport after she went ashore all the troops and crew were saved in the ship's boats, but the six persons who have reached Shanghat say that they estimate that about 26) soldiers were drowned in the Che Tung Pass. A dispatch to the Times from Hong Kong today says that the enlistment of Euro- peens for the Chinese service has heen stopped. Seven men belonging to the southern department of the customs ser- Nice have returned to their former duties. | The whole southern ordered north. YOKOHAMA, Japan, September 1 rigorous press censorsh in force since war with China was declared has been relaxed: cal newspap are still prohibited from publishing any news Fegarding the progress of the war or about the movements of the army or fleets. The mikado, accompanied by the members of the court, left Tokio on September 13 for Hiroshima, the point of embarkation of the Japanese troops sent to Corea. Telegraphic Commantentions. NEW YORK, September The Com- mercial Cable Company this morning 1s- sued the following notices: “The Great Northern Company reports latest messages received from Nagasaki show over sixteen hours in transit, twenty-two hours from Hiogo and twenty-four hours from Yoko- hama. Messages from Tokio coming via the eastern route show over twenty hours, and from Yokohama over twenty-six hours in transit. “The Eastern Company reports the cable cetween Benguela and Mossamedes, on the West coast of Africa, is interrupted. Mes- sages for Mossamedes will go by t coast route without change of tariff.” The Direct Cable Company this morning announced that the Eastern Company no- tify them that the Benguela and Mossam- edes cable is interrupted, cutting off com- munication by west coast route with Mos- Samedes and the South African colonies until cable is repaired. Messages for Mos- samedes will go by east coast route with- out alteration of tariff. ———— RUNAWAY AT A FUNERAL. sqi ron has been —The which has been Pifteen Perso ured, Five of Them Fatally. ALLIANC Ohio, . September 15.—A frightful runaway occurred in a funeral Party near Irondale, twenty-five miles south of this city, yesterday afternoon, in which fifteen persens were injured. While the funeral party was returning from the cemetery, the horses attached to @ carriage became frightened, river lost conirel of them. The animals dashed into the front carriage, wrecking it and causing the second team to run off. Both teams dashed into the next two carriages, causing the horses to run away, end al! four teams plunged down a steep bill, completely wrecking the conveyances, and throwing the inmates under the horses’ feet. A partial list of the injured is: Miss Anna Burnside and a younger sister, faces and hands cut in a shocking manner, and breasts crushed; both will die. William Householder, both and crushed. Alex MeBane, seriously injured internally. Elt Cope, head and face frightfully cut; 1s unconscious. Last March Mrs. McBane was caught in @ runaway and injured, dying after giving birth to the child that was buried yester- ay. All the injured were taken to nearby houses, and physicians summoned from sev- eral towns arcund. ——— TODAY'S GREAT MATCH RACE. legs broken crest in Turf Circles in the Gravesend Event. W YORK, September 15.—The race to~ day between Byron McClelland’s Henry of Navarre and James P. Keene's Domino, at the Gravesend track, will be over a mile and a furlong of g-cund. The question cf supremacy as between the two Is one of abounding Interest in turf circles, and hun- dreds of persons have journeyed from Chi- cago, Louisville, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, and even as far as from Denver, to see these two equine champions do battle. Domino and Henry of Navarre never met except once, in a mile race at Morris Park, when, In a terrific battle, Domino's brown head showed in front of the royal chestnut at the finish. ‘The race will take place at about 4:30 p.m. __— IN CHATTANOOGWS POST OFFIC Charges and Counter regen Filed With the Department. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., September 15. Postal ctreles tn this city are just now in the throes of a pending sensation. About a month ego W. H. Winston, a postal agent, was dismissed by the department at Wash- ington on charges preferred by Chief Clerk A. J. Welsh. Friends of Winston demand- ed an invest! of the matter. At the instance of Winston's friends, Di- vision Inspector Harrington of Washington in this city for three days making cial investigation of the charges sainst Welsh. Winston's friends say that the fight has only begun, and that the char- acter of s men connected with the discharge of Winston will be more or less investicated, and that a food of light will be turned on, and that all of them will not be as white as snow when the investigation fs conch i > — CAPT. BRIDGMANS DEATH. The Commander of the Bali ore Car- . ried Of by Cholera. n., September jal to the Journal P. Bridgman of the United of-war Haitimore died here of -ra. He contracted the disease de Asiatic recently in ( Many Believe the Announcement That He Will Not Be a Candidate. Others Say That He is the Only One Who Can Lead the Democracy. and the | | would be in if he ‘The interview with Congressman Wilson, cabled from London and published in The Star yesterday evening, in which he states it to be his opinion that President Cleve- land will not be a candidate for renomina- tion in 1896, has furnished the politicians a peg upon which to hang considerable politi- cal gossip of more or less variegated hue. Unusual interest is attached to the state- ment by them, because of its emanating from a man of Mr. Wilson's prominence and on account of his close personal rela- tions with the President. Some Regard It Aathoritative. By some the statement ts regarded as al- most an authoritative announcement of the President's present state of mind regarding the presidential situation as far as he him- self is concerned. Those who entertain the opinion that the President {s completing during his present administration the work of ahenating from him prominent leaders of the democracy, which, they say, he com- menced in his former alministration, are prone to take Mr. Wilson's opinion as g pel truth. They say there is nothing left for Me. Cleveland to do but to announce early in the game that he has thrown down his hand, unless he wants a number of other prominent democrats to lay down their hands aad let him go it alone. These say that the presence cf Mr. Cleveland at the head of the demo- tic party in 18% would result, if not in affection in the party, at least in a great and fatal lack of enthusi in certain | quarters. They are glad. re, to take Mr. Wilson's ement indication that what the Others Deem Cleveland Inevi On the other hand, there Is an element among the democratic leaders who claim that Mr. Cleveland fs the inevitable candi- date of the democracy in 18! sight of what a deplorable condition they hould happen to die in as an hope is about to occur. shape than any of them, but lacks the pow- er of moving the masses as Cleveland has done. There is no cloud of dust on horizon to indicate the coming of a leader cut of the w all booted and spurre. and the democracy fs not quite ready to trust the consequences of putting up an ex- confederate, like Wm. L. Wilson, who othe wise might do. So the gaze of the specul tors, after sweeping the entire politic: firmament, comes back to rest fondly upon Mr. Cleveland. Result of Hix Tariff Defeat. ay that Mr. Cleveland's def rts to what considered adequate tariff legislation will but strength- en him, like the giant of mythok gained renewed vigor every time thrown to earth. Mr. Cleveland, sert, represented the will of the mass of the democracy in his position on the tariff and the thwarting of the will of the people by the conservative democratic only tend to arouse their anger and nerve them to a still more vigorous effort to gain ‘The his he se ure who he they as- was their object. In that atte they naturally look to Mr. Cleveland as a lea » Residents py States. Among the pensions granted today were ast, Thomas F, | diers" | Geor: Garteld, United States Soldiers’ Home; McCormack, United States Sol Home. Reissue—Thomas Thackerah, uppes, Anacostia; John Edwin Krouse, David and ward Kell, Maryland—Renewal Mills, Talbot county A. Forestvili rge’s county; Cor- reilus Mitchell, ‘ottingham, Prince George's county; Benjamin Williams, Frostburg, Al- lesan vunty. Reissue—Moses Mead, Clin- ton, Prince ‘Ss county; James M. Skidmore, Allegany county; Leonard F. Sitzler, Havre de Gr: Har- ferd county; Charles Jones, Baltimore; Barnhard Flack, Baltimore; Isaac Miller, Lonaconing, Allegany county; John W. Tull, Baltimoi Original, widows, &c. Jokanna A. Kirby, Baltimore. Virginia—Original—Joseph Smith, Hamp- ton, Blizabeth City. Reissue—James Me- Garv Hixburgh, Appomattox count Charles H. Carman, Shenandoah, Pa; coun 1 Haillweod, comae county es Langley, N. K. Renewal—Wiil more, North- wido' rah A, Origin: Norfolk; son, Portsmouth. + e+ Army Orders, Three months’ leave of absence is granted Second Lieutenant Sterling P. Adams, first cavalry. Leave of absence for one month is grant- ed Major Adna R. Chaffee, ninth cavalry. Second Lieutenant Charles C. Smith, twentieth Infantry, is transferred from company I to company G of that regiment. Leave of absence for one month is graat- ed First Lieutenant John L. Barbour, sev- enth infantry. The leave of absence granted Major John A. Darling, fifth artillery, ts extended two menths on surgeon's certificate of disabil- ity. Nenvelut wiweace for one month {s grant- ed First Lieutenant Lea Febizer, twenty- third infantry. Leave of absence for one movth and fifteen days, cn surgeoa's certificate of dis- bility, is granted First Lieutenant Charles F. Parker, second artillery. Leave of absence for four months is granted First Lientenant Herman C. Schumm, second artillery. + © + _____ Interior Department Employes. The register of the Interior Department, complete to July 1, will be issued in a few days. It shows that the total number of employes then was 14,043. Of these 4,042 were in the department proper at Wash- ington; outside the department proper, but in Washington, and 9,282 outside the department proper and not at Washing- ton. Of the latter class there were 736 in the land service, 3,676 in the Indian serv- ice, in the pension service and 108 miscellaneous. Of the total number 452 were appointed by the President, 4,367 by the Secretary and ‘ by subordinates. PPADS ng to 2 Clone. Several dismissals took place today in the census office. It was authoritatively given out on the 15th of August that the work of the eleventh census would be prac- tleally concluded by the 15th of September, but tkis prophecy has fallen short, and although the end ts in sight, yet there is no immediate danger of the office closing down. There are about 250 employes at work tor and this number was not ima- terially sed by the dismissals. e+ Retired List. Isaac R. McNary of the has been placed on the retired list count of physical disabilities. On the the | mtime, they say that th no in the party to lead the but orman, they say, will be re- diated by the south and west, on account of his tariff postion. Hill is very much in the same position; Stevenson is in better | | | | Senators will | the following to persons in the District of | Colum Original—Jacob Gagus, United Soldiers’ Home. increase—Thompson | through the state the people are Not So Bad for Democracy as Has Been Painted. SENATOR FAULKNER'S OBSERVATIONS ee Not Many Congressmen Will Be Lost, as Feared — ++ IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS Senctor Faulkner, chairman of the dem- ocratic congressional committee, returned from New York this morning, where he has been to put his hand upon the political pulse of that city and state. This was ac- complished by conferring with the political leaders who make New York city their headquarters. Discussing with a Star re- porter today the sifiation as he found tt, Senator Faulkner expressed the opinion that the outlock for the democracy in New York ts not so bad as some people have painted it. tis true,” he said, “that there is some disorganization of the party in the city and to a slight degree in the state also, and in this situation there is an element of danger to the democracy; but the republicans are in equally an embarrassing position from the same cause, They are torn with dis- sensions and factional fights, and they don’t show as much indication of getting together as our people are exhibiting. The outcome of the republican wranglings will be the victory of ‘Tom Platt. He will con- trol the machine and will nominate Morton for governe As to Congressmen, “The demo not going to lose as many Congressm_n as their opponents have claimed they would. We are weak in one or two districts, but a careful survey of the situation in the state convinces me that we are not in so much danger losing strength in the some people ngressional delegation as r would have ft appe All ning accrue to The advan- e being carefully poin and already they are be at least a taste of the ben- 1. Prices are getting lower the operation » staple articles of particularly true in the ming under the woolen | edule, although that clause of the bill does not go inte effect until January 1. In anticipation of it, however, merchants are | beginning to mark down ‘prices, and the people are quick to find It out, Marked roy tin Busi aroused tu the benefits which them under the new tariff law tages of that act out to ning to re: to be expect en at this of the bill « daily use. ‘Thi matter of goods ‘One thing which struck me very foretbly while I was in New York city was the | nt made on every hand by the ale deaicrs of the marked improve ment in busines 5 thi This is demonstrated by excessively large orders for the spring » orders come in during the fall, and | merchants say that they are phenom nally large at this time. They are so hea jin tact, as to warrant the fear that the | country may be overstocked with goods in the spring. “It 1s a good sign, however, tor | | it indicates more clearly than could other- wise be shown, perhaps, the state of busi- hess throughout the country, If times were hot improving and business increasing these nants would not be receiving such orders for goods. Distribution of Patronage. “Is there much dissatisfaction among the democrats over the distribution of patron- age?” Senator Faulkner was asked. “There does not seem to be,” he replied. n New York city there ts comparatively no dissatisfaction, The distribution of pat- ronage th s effected up to this time has |given general satistaction, I think, and | there is no complaint to make. Throughout the state there is not much bad feeling, etther, especially in comparison to the large number of offices to be filled. Ido not think the democracy in the coming campaign will Jose anything on this account. + The applications for tickets of admis- sion to the public schools of the District of Columbia continued today be un- vsually small in number, and the chief reason therefor seems to be the non-return of many Washingtonians to the city, be- cause of the hot weather. Tickets were dispensed to those who sought them this morning, and they may also be secured at the varlous buildings from 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon. It will be impossible to sive an estimate of the number of new pupils or of the total number of pupils entering for the next school year before Wednesday. chief feature of interest today was teachers’ meetings. There were no ab- Senter and every instructor now has a clear conception of the duties to be begun cn Monday morning. An application for the establishment of an eighth-grade school at Brookland, L. C., has been forwarded to Superintendent Powell by Mrs. J. W. Horner. The com- munication states that there are now twen- ty young people awaiting to enter the grade in question. Custodian of free text books, Samuel B. Simmons, was one of the very hardest- worked men in the District today. The last supplies were delivered to him late this afternoon, but all day he has been en- gaged in filling out the requisitions of the various supervising principals. During the past week Mr. Simmons has handled fuily 20,000 books, In addition to numerous other supplies, — RUN OVER AND KILLED. Joseph Morton's Mangled Body Found in the Swi Yards. Last night about 9 o'clock the dead body of a colored man was found in the switch- ing yards of the Pennsylvania road, near South Capitol street. It was afterward identified 2s that of Joseph Morton, twenty- five years of age, living at 306 F street southeast. His neck was broken and bis body badly mangled. No one, so tar as is known, saw the accident which caused his death, but {t {s supposed he was run over and kilied instantly by a passing engine or train. Merton was walking through the yards at the time, and it is probable that he was struck by a switching train. The body was found by some trainmen, who turned it over to the poMce of the fifth preeinct. Later it was taken to the morgue, where the coroner will hold an inquest this afternoon. —__—_. Marine Band at the White House. Prof. Fanciulli announces the following selections for the Marine Band concert on the White House lawn this afternoon, be- ginning at 4:47 o'clock: March, “The Evening Star” Overture, “Phedre Fanciulll ssenet Paraphrase, “My Maryland’ neman Grand selection, “Lakme” -Delibes: “Batalla De Los Castille) Marin Song for the cornet, “Dear Louise”... Moore Ry Mr. H. Wunderlich. Characteristic, “On the Plantation”. Puener “Hail Columbia’’........... yles Heavy Falling Off in the Internal Revenue Reosipse. ‘The Normal Conditions Will Probably Not Be Restgred Hefore Janunry. a2 oa The revenues of te: government have fallen off almost $1: in round figures for the first fourteen of this month, compared with the, half of August. The receipts frem :customs for the first fourteen days of this. month amounted to $9,227,000 (in rou numbers), against $6,730,000 for the last half of August, while the recipts from in@rnal revenue were but $2,972,000, compard® with $20,634,000 for the latter half of Au it. The loss is due to the enormous sums paid on the whisky which was withdrawn for consumption just before the new tariff act, increasing the tax frcm #% cents to $1.10 per gallon, which went into effect August 29, The receipts from internal revenue for the first four- teen days of the month dwindled to $2,172,- 000, about $4,500,000 below the normal, and were not counterbalanced by the increase in the receipts from customs due to heavy tmportations under the reduced rates im- mediately following the enactment of the rew law. The custom rec-ipts increased about $3,000,000, Where the Tax Comes Fr. The receipts from internal revenue are now confined almost entirely to the tax paid on beer, cigars, cigaret and to- bacco, and average about $250,000 per day, whereas the normal revenue from internal revenue ts about 0000 per day. For the two months, July apd August, while so much whisky was being withdrawn, the receipts averaged over a million dollars daily. normal withdrawal of alcoh spirits (both for the arts and potable its) amounts to about $,500,000 gallons p month, and the Treasury Department ¢ timates that about four months’ sup addition to that for current use w wit drawn during July and August. It is not expected that receipts from the tax on sl- coholic spirits will re mal again be- fore January 1, 185. This will have the effect, it is belt . of keeping the rece of the treasury down to about two-thir of normal, or in other words to about 0,000 per month until January 1, the mal receipts averaging about thirty-t. thirty-three million, 0 or In sed Importations Not Consider- ed This estimate, It should be stated, leaves out of account any large increase in im- portations arising from the operations of the new tariff law. The expenditures have averaged about $34,000,000, but without the sugar bounty, which is now a thing of the past, they will be reduced to. about $51,000,000. For the | next four mo therefore, it is ¢ ated: that the recetpts will be about §$8,000,000, and th expenditures ab January 1, however, the collection of | the ireome tax for the last six months of the j current year will take place, and this will sWell the receipts to about $100,000,000, so that at the beginning of the next urrent y the treasury (When the receipts will | resume their normal figures) would be on the wrong side of the Jedger at $24,000, oo on the first half @f the present fiscal year. There ts to be deducted from th howev ¥ ”, which the treas gained during July and gust, leaving 4 net loss to the treasury the first half of the fiscal year of about $17,000,000, JAPANESE eee PORTS BLOCKADED. Torpedoes Placed tm the Gulf of Tokio and in Naxasaki’s Harbor. Acting Secretary Uhl of the State De- partment received some important informa- tion this morning in regard to the political | é | situation in the orient. It was in the form of a dispatch from Mr, Dun, the United States minister to Japan, who inclosed notice received by him from the Japanese minister foreign affairs of special tn- terest ty American navigators in Japanese Waters. The notice was to the effect that submarine torpedoes have been placed at the entrances to the harbor of Nagasaki; that all prohibited from entering or leaving those harbors without conduct of a pilot’ vessel having on board an officer of the imperial Gulf of Tokio and the v sels are Japanese navy, and that no vessels what- ever will be permitted to leave the harbor between sunset and sunrise. This action is practically a blockade of the ports m tioned against all vessels of an unfriendly character. The blockade was establishod on the ultimo, and will be maintained until the cessation of hestilities, Mr. Dun says that he has given due publicity to this action in all the papers of the Jap- anese empire for the benefit of American commer ie ER TARIFF QUESTION. ANO' Experts Consider Claims Filed for Linseed O11 Drawbacks. The omission from the new tariff act of the prohibition against the payment of drawbacks on linseed oil cake made of im- | ported lnseed oil for export, contained in the McKinley and preyious tariff acts, has led to the filing of claims for these draw- backs. The prohibition In the former acts was made to avoid fraudulent practices. The | matter has been referred to the special agents of the department for an investiza- tion, both as to whether fraudulent prac- tices can be stopped the drawbacks are allowed and as to whether oil cake, a by- product after the oil been expressed,is a manufactured product under the construc- sion of the law permitting rebates on mamu- factures of foreign terial for export or simply a “refuse,” not entitled to such re- bate. Personal Mention. Dr. and Mrs, J. V. Calver have returned to Washington after @ four months’ vaca- tion in Europe. Muckjof the time in Eng- land was spent in a c¥gling tour, which was pleasurable in spite of the chilly rainfall that so frequently interfered. Senator Ransom hag returned to Wash- ington temporarily, after an active cam- paigning tour through the state of North Carolina. He is making an active canvass for re-election to the Senate, and expresses confidence of his success. ooo A Washington Man the Lowest Bidder Frank Baldwin of this city is the lowest bidder for the construction of the super- structure of the public building at Kansas City, Mo., at $315,154, provided granite is used. Bids for this work were opened at the Treasury Department yesterday. There were nineteen bidders from different parts of the country. = Naval Orders. Lieut. F. W. Coffin, detached from the Bennington and on waiting orders. Assist- ant Engineers John T. Myers, E. S. Kel- logg and David Van H. Allen ordered to | New York navy yard, ford, Ensigns G. W. Lieut. G. H. Stat- Brown and Marvin Jchrson ordered to examination for promo- tion. Alderson TL Alderson of West Vir- en taken suddenly ill at his A sireet northeast. It is feared that he is threatened with a fever. al CLEVELAND IN 1896|NEW YORK QUTLOOK|RECUCED REVENUES|COQMMENCING TO CUT|!% Fall of the Official Ax in the Treas- ury Department. REDUCING FOR REORGANIZATION Nearly Two Score Clerks Dismissed From the Service Today. EXCITEMENT AMONG CLERKS ee The “Dockery ax” fell in the Treasury Department tcday with disastrous effect, and {ts manipulation will be actively con- tinued from now until the Ist of January, by which time it is expected that the reorgan- ization of the accounting offices of the de- partment called for by the Dockery provi ions of the legislative, judicial and execu- tive appropriation bill will have been en- tirely completed. ‘The first blows fell upon Mr. Jason E. Buker, chief of a division of the treasurer's office; Mr. D. W. Herriot, ssistant teller in the same office, and upon thirty clerks of various grades, ranging from $720 to $1,800, selected from different bureaus of the department. The names of there clerks are withheld for the present. Scattered Among Various Bureaus. Some of them are in the treasurer's office, some in the internal revenue bureau, some in the first controller's office, and others in the third, fourth and sixth auditors’ offices, nd the offices of the supervising architect and the commissioner of oms ne changes take effect on tie Ist of October, and these dismissed have been granted leave of absence until that date As the Dockery bill calls for a reda outright cf 156 clerks in the Tr partment, it will be ry te 126 more of the present for at however, that a! ngements will be made for the continue: employment of about 100 of this number up to the first of January. This 1s made possible by a pro- vision of the legislative bill opriauing cus! fon De- discharge It is pro 08 for the purpose of & the pro- ed reorganization of the service. Even if this arrangement is made, however, It | will still be necessary to dismiss twenty- six clerks n row and the first of October. System Pursued in the Slaughter, It is said at the Tre Department that the changes re¢ | made in occord: | the merit system, to do so, and that the made from the entire J instead of confining th | that to be abolish aired by law are being with the principles of far as it is possible selections are beir department. serv m to the bure 1. This is done so nable the Secretary to retain. the of the more efficient clerks in the ees legislated out of exist Today's tich created siderable excitement among the clerks generally, and there is much anxtety rd to the others that | ay be sel —_———__-+.e— CHOLERA ON THE CONTINENT, | nt Reports Sh the Danger a6 Been sed. "| Official reports to the Marine He service € to show that the danger p | of the cholera in Europe seems to be passed. {Surgeon Fairfax Irwin, who ts on duty in Europe for the purpose of watching the progress of the dise writes thus from sgow under date of August 28: “There has been an extension of chole many and in Austria-Hungary sinc report, extenst in last licia, but in Germany not alarming. Th appears to be at tandstill in Holland and Belgium, and not increased greatly in Russia. On the hole, it may be said that the spread of nolera is not so ming as at this time last week, and the danger point, the Prusso-Russian frontier, it. apey to be well under ccntrol. As far as danger to the | United States is concerned, it may. b | that very few emigrants ‘ jat this ‘time, and’ at the ports of Gr | Britain (an inspection of which 1 have just completed) all precautions as to detention and disinfection are being taken, Indeed, tle nearly all the greater steamship lines declining to take emigrants from infected jdorts, and have instructed their agents to | effect. ated Cases in Prussia. cas of cholera still continue occur in the province of east Prussia, | chiefly in the district of Landsberg, but the only spot where it has assumed the character of an epidemic on th side of the Russian frontier ts the village of Nied- zwedzen, in the district of Johannisburg where, up to Sunday le there 4 ses ani 21 deaths. All precauttos, however, have been taken, and there is not considered to be any cause fer increased anxic! Owing of choles t to the danger of the importation from Russia the Prussian au- thorities have ordered that the frontier between Upper Silesia and Russia shall be blocked. Until further notice travelers | will not be allowed to cross the borders, except at certain specified points and after careful medical examinatlo The Kol- nisches Zeituag of August 24 states that the day before the following cases oc curred in Germany: At Trohi, near Dan- | zig, 3; at Little Plehnendorf, 2; at Weich- selmunde, 1, and Oldschlosen, Prof. Koch on the Subject. Prof. Koch arrived at Konigsberg August 26 and expressed his approval of the pre- cautions there taken against cholera. At the last meeting of the imperial cholera committee in Berlin he emphatically contra- dicted the opinion prevalent in many quar- ters that this year's cholera is not so dan- gerous as formerly and that, therefore, less caution $s necessary. In ‘support of his opinion he pointed to the epidemic at Niedz- wedzen, in east Prussia, At the same time he said’ there was no reason for fear, as all necessary precautions had everywhere been taken, Dut that, nevertheless, there was need of the greatest caution, not only on the part of the authoritles, but also and es- Pecially of the people. Five deaths and tour new cases are reported from a suburb of Thorn and three cases from other places on the Vistula. The Vossische compialns that the Argentine government subjects all ships fiom German ports after the 9th instant to eight days’ quarantine, though it is known that cholera has appeared only in cast Prussia, not to mention the fact that scien- tifle research long ago demonstrated th uselessness of such measures, whica meri subject passengers to great inconvenience and severely hamper commerce. “The public bathing establishments In the city of Posen have been closed by the police, owing to the danger of cholera. It Is stated that most of the cases occur ring in Holland have been trace] to either drinking or bathing in the iniceced water of canals. = 2 —_—_ The Surveying Party im Sate. A dispatch received this forenoon at the geological survey from Topogtapher Gan- nett, at Ketchum, Idaho, announces the receipt there of information of the safety of the surveying party on the Rio Grande, which ft wes rumored had been massacred by India es Ninth Payment on the Towa, The acting Secretary of the Navy has made the ninth payment of $91,890 to Cra of Philadelphia on account of the tion of the seagoing battle ship Phis vessel wil be paid for in thi nis. 4s the work progresses. installm: MEREDITH'S DISTRICT The Fight Will Be the Hottest in Vir- ginia. Col. MeCall, the date, Thi Republican Ca One of the most vigorous contests in the ceming ccngressional campaign in Virginia will be waged just acrors the river in Con- gressman Meredith's district, which includes the city of Alexandria. Congressman Mere- ith is said to be making progress against a very stiff head wind. They have two candidates in the field against him, a populist and a republican At the last election there were 10,000 popu- list votes in Mr. Meredith's district out of a total of 27,000 votes cast. The populists are making a very strong fight against him at this time, and the republicans have also ecncluded that now 1s their opportunity to rut in a few licks also. It is said that there is a very mixed up state of affairs in Mr. Meredith's district, and a great deal of dis- satistaction among the democrats. Too Near Washington, Mr. Meredith's is not an easy district to represent on account of the fact that there are so many gentlemen in the district who would Ike to assist in running the affairs of the government for a salaried consideration. Mr. Meredith has endeavored to satisfy their cravings in this respect, but unfortun- ately there have not been enough offices to &o around. In fact, those who did get offices were de- cidedly in the minority. As a consequence i there are a large number of people in Mr. Mered‘th’s district who feel that the ad- ministration has not done anything, and they look upon Mr. Meredith as the person whom they should hold responsible for this inaction, Mr. Meredith of Me of Virginia and Barnes vland were regarded by leagues two of the most un- | iu the House, on account ot being so clcse to the national Was not a dsy during th omgress when these two mem- not. besie office seekers So easy to come over from a their member at the a little chat with him | j about that office. It would rot be a very | bold assertion to say that these uwo © ren could have supplied a good-sized artment of the gov nan t with « ployes from among their constituents w applied for office, n speak of who wanted it not push claims. Mr. Comp she tion, resigned from Congress, und a federal vifice in Baltin Where Congressman is at rest | troubleth not. Mr. Meredith, to go through another term. The Republican Candidate Hopeful. | Col, P, H. McCall, the republican candi- | date for Congress ir Mr. Meredith's dis- | trict, was in the clty today. He spoke at | Louisa Court Hoi se last Monday, and since | that time has canvassed in that portion the district. He has found many demo: cratg who say they will stay from the polls | in November, and was approached by many democrats who voluntarily promised to v for him. He thinks his chatices for election | are good, as he has already received promises of support frem nicre democrats j ton of « bers were who fcund it home and drop in | sessior Capito? and have the nd the constituent r however, wants than 1t would have taken e Park Agnew when he ran for Congress on the | biican ticket Col. McCall believes that in the counties that have heretofore given large democratic | majorities there xre a great many voters who have allowed others to think for them. It is to these he expects to app amongst whom he will make a c active canvass. os RAILROAD BRoONDs. ROME Holman Wa ir Issue James D. Holman has against the American § Company, Jes, L. Lawrence praying for an injunction and ing. The complairant states that on the 24 of November, 1801, the Rome § Company of Rome, Ga bonds, conveying to the fi ant all its property ed a bill “n equity urity and Trust d John King, | an account- named defend- | in trust to secure the payment of the t and the interest thereon, Defendant Lawrence was the presi- | dent of the railrcad compe nd held all, | being authorized m for the | netit of the ¥. Some of them, the | } complainant asserts, he disposed of a and others he pledged and hypot) ‘d for the o pany s bers hat La 1 certain of the ove the bonds, e com: nce clipped due interest and still retaias The complainant states that he is the holder of $3,004) par value of the bonds, hay- ing received them from Lawrence as securl- ty for the payment to him of $2,500 due and owing to him from Lawrence. Defendart King, the complainant alleges, holds $2),- Sw of the bonds as security for the pay- ment to him (King) of several thousand dol- 's due from Lawrence. The indebtedness, complainant says, is also secured by capital stock of the Kome Electric Light Company, of the par value of $24,000, ind by other valuable Securities unknown to the complainant. The complainant avers that King, who Was @ stockholder and director in the rail- road company, holds other bonds and in- terest ecupons of the com’ » and alleges that King came possessed of them in an unlawful and inequitable manner, in viola- tion of his duty as an otheer of the com- paay, and in derogation of the rights of the complainant as a bona fide holder of the bonds. The complainant alleges that King took advantage of his posiiion and depre- ciated the value of the company’ plant and property for the purpose of gaining ab- solute control of the road, thereby securing the sale by the trustees, ‘the American Se. curity and Trust Company, of the road on the Sth of last Jul; King became the pur- chaser. at. $31,740, and the complainant complains that the road was worth many thousand dolars more than that sum. The complainant asks that defendants King and Lawrence be required fully to state to the court how and when they became Possessed of the bonds in question, and as to all matters which may tend to acquaint the court with all the pertinent matters at issue; that the auditor of the court shall state an account between the parties to the suit. and that the American Security and Trust Company shall be enjoined from pro- ceeding further in the matter of the sale and conveyance of the road. -_ Filling the Post Offices. The total number of fourth-cluss post- masters appointed today was twenty-eight. Of this number twenty-one were to fill Vacancies caused by death and resignation, and the remainder by removal. The Vir- ja appointments were as follows: Ber- ton, B. B. Kinsley, vice W. B. F signed; Bowmans, W. R. R. W. Windle, resign at ea Change in the Navy Pay Office. Pay Director Frank C. Cr will take charge of the navy pay office in this city cn the Ist proxtmo, relieving Pay Director Thomas T. C: , who is ordered to set- tle accounts. Tr o- wury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $273,665. Government receipts. From internal revenue, $253.218; custom G71; miscellaneous, $7, OWENS MAKES GAINS Primaries Being Held Throughout Seodicdhads tha THE FORMER AHEAD AT FRANKFORT A Pitched Battle Not Far From Versailles. eieninenniiisisamsiil GENERALLY THINGS QUIET FRANKFORT, Ky., September U.—The estimate of the vote in this city up to this hour is: Owen: ; Breckinridge, 51; Bet- tle, 22. At 11 o'clock Breckinridge was run- ning ahead in Woodford county, and re- ported as carrying Lexington by two to one over Owens, Owens Ahead in Bourbon County. CINCINNATI, September 15.—The Times- Star Paris, Ky., special, dated noon, says the Clays were not challenged, as had been expected, and that Owens Is getting a ma> jority in Bourbon county, which was con- ceded to be Breckinridgs’s stronghold. Four votes were challenged out at Frankfort, where Owens is reported to be sweeping things. Specias from other points indicate that Owens is running ahead more than ex- pected. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 15.—A spe- cial to the Times from Versatiles, Ky., says out in the miles rorthe: Faywood neighborhood, five st of here, this morning there was a pitched battle between eighteen or twenty Lreckinridge and Owens men, the result of a discussion of the outlook, during whicn G. W. Gill & Breckinridge man, was stabbed twice with a dirk knife just above the hy and in the back, danger- ously wound m It was imp to find out who did the cuttin, very one partic ng in the fight pecomAL as as an oyster. The unded man says he is coming to Ver- lies “to vote for Bill Breckinridge if it kills him.” The physician who dressed his wounds says that he will die if he persists in carrying out his declaration, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, LEXINGTON, Ky., September 15.—By @ clock this afternoon the democratic vot- ers in this congressional district will have given their verdict on Col. Breckinridge’s plea for a political and personal vindica tion, and the vital issue involved in this hard-fou nd bitter ass will be sete tled. Notwithstanding the intense personal antagonism aroused by this unusual con- test, and im the face of all the fiery and licose traditions of Kentucky politics, the campaign has ended with a remarkable degree of peacefulness and good order, an@ no of violence or bloodshed are serle usly expected to mar the creditable ex- ition of self-control given by both face tions in this district under such abnormal and trying political conditions. It was feared that the closing rallies a last night by the rival forces d to a collision im the streets, but ings, after final addresses by Col. Breckinridge and Mr. Owens, dispersed quietly, and the last hours of a campaign of inflammatory oratory and unmeasured invective were marked by a decided epathy, in strange contrast to the explosive out« aks of partisan fervor which had been So confidently predicted. The only political sensation of the evens ing was the announcement made cautiously from Paris, in the neighboring county of scenes | Bourbon, that the Owens leaders there had avietly ¢ one before a district judge Uving in Georgetown, Mr. Owens’ home, and j secured a temporary injunction restrain« ing the authorities at the polls in Bours bon county from imposing on challenged | Voters an oath to support the regular nom- | inee the November election. The Injunction was made returnable next Friday, so that its power could not poss sibly be exhausted in time to release the Judges of election from its prohibitions. As the judge who granted the injunction is a personal and political friend of Mr, Owens, the Breckinridge managers imme- diately Issued a protest against his action, derouncing it as unfair interference with the machinery of the primary election. Aw the onder applies to but one county, how. ever, 1 will work ro great hardship to the Breckinridge faction, nor can it possibly be of any considerable benefit to the Owens side. The imposition of a pledge to support the nominee of the primary will not, in- deed, keep more than a few doubtful voters from the polls in each county, and even if enforced with the greater rigor cannot de- prive Mr. Owens of more than one or two hundred votes in the whole district. As Much Doubt Now as Ever. The result of today’s vote Is as much en- veloped in doubt now as it has been at any time during the last two or three weeks, It is expected that a total vote of some- thing over 18,000 will be cast, and as the day is a perfect one for an election there seems to be no reason why the full demo- cratic strength in the district should not be gotten to the polls. Two years ago at the presidential election Cleveland got in this district 16,598 votes against 9,748 for Harrison. There was some laxity of interest then, and it is estimated that the absorbing interest in today’s con- test will increase the democratic poll of isv2 by fully 10 per cent. This district is divided Into two distinct portions, geographically, politically and #0- cially. The “back country,” or Ohio river valley counties and the counties of aristo- cratic and exclusive blue grass region. The back country end comprises the three coun- ties of Oldham, Owen and Henry, all in- tensely primitive and bucolic in character and strongly “moss back” in politteal opin- fon. This end of the district, casting about 5,000 democratic votes, has always been ig- norea and suppressed by the democracy of the richer, more populous and more jn- fluential blue grass section. No one in the “backwoods” end had ever, before this year, seriously aspired to represent the district in Congress. The Third Candidate. But in the formation of opinion startea by the disclosures of the Pollard trial an ambitious young lawyer of one of the “lower” counties—Mr. Settle of Owen—hap- pened to see an opportunity to further @ hitherto unexpressed desire for political honors, and his candidacy, boldly announced and vigorously pressed, has become one of the most perplexing factors in the Breck- inridge and anti-Breckinrilge contest. Mr. Settle has joined neither side on the moral issue raised by Col. Breckinridge’s demand for a “vindication,” and his can- vass has been made chiefly as the repre-