Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT oa T THE STAR BUILDIN 1101 Peanaplvania Averwey Cor. 11th Sere, by lke Evening Star Rewepeper Company, S.H. KAUFFMANN, Few York Osfoe, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the Mty by carrie on their own account, at 10 cents Qe week. or te. per month. Copies at the counter - each. By mail—anywhere fo the United ada—postage prepald—5O cents per ath month. Sutrrday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; With forelam pomtage added, $3.00. Che Le NO EDICT ISSUED ——— a The President Has Put No Prohi- bition on Officials, >—— TOWARD HILL HIS ATTITUDE — No Ground for Assuming That He Desires His Party's Defeat. —-+ AN UNFOUNDED STORY It looks much as ff some of those who are alwa nxious to anticipate the wishes of their chief have essumed rather too much in the matter of the alleged objection of Mr. Clevelind to members ef the adminis- tration king part in the campaign. Of cour. probibition of this sort would have significarce « as to New York, and w 1 imply a desire not to have the ad- ministration committed In any way to Mr. Hill. There are unquestionably some gen- tlemen places of greater or less Importance under the admixistratiom with the wish may be father to the t the President will assume an ef unfriendliness toward Hili’s candidacy. Possibly some of these are re- sponsible for the widely circulated and gen- erauly statement that Mr. Cleve- 2 d an “edict” prohibiting his ais from participating in the campaign. A full investigation of the matter fails to dise the existence of such an order from Mr. Cleveland as affecting this cam- paign, nur the fact that any one has been restricted In the matter, except, perhaps, by doubts on his own part as to what he should do. It is quite certain that up to this time Mr. Cleveland has not said any- thing on . Whatever he may His silence as to Hill's can- + interpreted by sume to mean ut Mr. Cleveland has when his silence has been so interpreted, expressed surprise at any one deezn : him to be | ne etofore, s ity to can- of his party. He has before sug- &ested that the assumption should always be in favor of his earnestly sustaining his | party. , that un- pendent upon the of propriety. Mr. Cleve- st term had much to say | Partisanship and objected | nls trying to con- | ntry. ‘This, how- ‘erence to the | not imply the mment employes, ed from proper par- | f has not had any- ject, as yet, as relat- It is hardly to | announce that he vn to the participation of his in the campaign, and, ap- are left to exercise whatever has endowed them with. discovered, however, that assumption that Mr. Cleveland wants ted in New York this fail is seems absurd. RTONS COACHMAN. be expected that he wi ~ has no obje official = 4 Treasury Officials Will Endeavor to Make a Case Against the € je. The action of Secretary Carlisle in caus- ing the arrest of John James Howard, the English under-coachman of ex-Vice Presi- dent Morton, bids fair to prove an embar- Fessing feature in the gubernatorial con- test in New York. Howard was arrested on @ warrant issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and he has been placed in the custody of Dr. Senner, the United States immigration commissioner at New York, pending further examination of his cas He ‘s charged with having entered the United States in violation of the provisions of the alten contract labor law, and if the cbarge is sustained he will be sent back to the country from whence he came at the expense of the steamship line on which he came here. The case against Howard directly, and against Mr. Morton indirectly, was worked up by Prentiss C. Dodge, immigrant inspec- tor ef t district of Vermont. Mr. Dodge came to this city early this week, and reported the result of his investi- ation to Secretary Carlisle in person. He that Howard had told him that he came to this country under a contract made with Mr. Morton to serve him in the caps of under coachman, and that the terms of the contract had been faithfully | “O. an h parties to it. Mr. Dodge ary Carlisle that the British « was in this country In violation of law, and the Secretary issued a warrant for hts arrest The alien contract labor law prescribes a penalty of $1,00) and imprisonment against © person who brings in an alien laborer Jer contract, and also provides that the nm in question may also bring a separate inst the person who imported him, »ver demages. ‘ariless of what Howard may do, It is positively at the Treasury Depart- hat the case against Mr. Morton will be pressed as required by the terms of the | its ob; Vor 85, No. 21,015. Mr. Shellabarger Concludes His Argument for the Defendant. He Mainta! Not Lawf ed That the Senate Did iy Conduct the Investi- is Unauthorized. gation—Quen ‘The arguments in the hearing on the de- mu-rer to the indictments returned against Messrs. John W. Macartney and Elverton R. Chapman, the alleged contumacious sugar trust witnesses, was not concluded yesterday afternoon, Judge Cole adjourning the hearing at 3:30 until 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Shellabarger had not concluded his argument in support of the demurrer when the hearing was adjourned, and this morn- ing he resumed. It was not the purpose of the defendants, explained Mr. Shellabarger, to question the constitutionality of the statute governing the case, their purpose merely being to show that the Senate committee conducting the investigation had not lawfully conducted it, and that the questions asked were authoriz- ed neither by the law nor the circumstances in the case. The proceedings instituted against the defendants, said Mr. Shellabar- ger, while, pe-haps, proper under the letter of the aw, certainly was not under the spirit and real intent of the law. Se far as the common law was concerned the thing now sought to be made a crime and offense, said Mr. Shellabarger, never before was such. Therefore, if it was sovght to be made such by statute, all the conditions, precedent and requisites, should have been observed by the Senate when it directed the investigation. That is, ex- plained Mr. Shellabarger, before the Senate could obtain jurisdiction to make the in- quirtes it had to do certain things which the statute made mandatory. But, he said, that mandatory mode kad not been pur- sued in the present instance, and, therefore, the Senate committee was without jurisdic- tion. Consequently, it had no authority to bropound the inquiries which the defendants were charged with, refusing to answer. The grand jury had, contended Mr. Shella- barger, no jurisdiction in the present case until after the Senate committee had re- ported the alleged contumacious witnesses to the Senate and had surrendered them to the Senate for that body's action under the statute. . ‘The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Kilbourn case was quoted by Mr. Shellabarger as sustaining his conten- tion that the Senate committee had no juris- iction In the matter. A general drag-net, said Mr. Shellabarger, thrown out to catch somebody, anybody, everybody, or nobody, is no more a judicial form, proceeding or case, in one of the houses of Congress, in the exercise of its judicial functions, than would such a drag- net be in one of the courts of the country. Mr. Shellabarger, in concluding his argu- ment at 12:20, erted that where a resolu- tion of either house of Congress shows that $s and aims are merely political, nd not in connection with intended legisla- tion, or with any other matters upon which the House could act, but merely intended to subject the party or body investigated to public animadversion, or to vindicate | Bim or it from unjust aspersions, in such an investigation, there is no power to punish a witness for refusing to answe At the conclusion of Mr. Shellabarger’s argument a recess was taken until 1 o'clock, when District Attorney Birney addressed the court in support of the motion to dis- miss the demurrer. ‘The argument of the district attorney was ecneluded at 2:30, when the hearing was «d- journed until 10 o'clock Monday morning. Assistant Attorney General Conrad will then make the closing argument for the government, he to be followed by Mr. Jere. M. Wilson. _ DEMOCRATIC TIDING ews Received at the Headquarters of the Congressional Committee. The following communications concerning the political situation have been received at democratic headquarters, Mr. D. E. Erie, secretary Clinton county democratio committee, St. John’s, Mich., writes: “The democrats are pulling together here in the peninsular state, and there is no doubt but that we are going to secure a great victory.” In a letter received this morning from 8. Pasco, Monticello, Fla., he says: “All of our meetings have been very well attended. Nearly every county in the state went democratic in the election last week. In three or four some third party strength was developed, and the populists elected some of their county officers, but this only because of local quarrels over nominatjons. The state is at present solidly democratic, and will be so represented in the next Congress.” = Robert S. Doublesday, editor Daily St. Paul, Minn., writes us follows: . Hall returned from the third district of Minnesota, to a certainty.” H. C. Tompkins, chairman of the state democratic executive committee of Alabama, writes as follows: “As I wrote you some time ago, I think our pr ects are good for carrying every corgressional district. We are making every effort to get out the voters. I never thought there was any danger but in three districts of this state, and we are making a particu- larly strong effort to get out our vote. If we can get out our vote, there can be no doubt of success in them.” In a letter received from Judge H. W. MecCorry, chairman of the democratic con- gressional committee of the eighth district law. The facts will be submitted to the United States attorney for the southern district of New York. Suit will be brought against Mr. Morton at once to recover the penalty prescribed by the statute. Such is the course usually followed, and it is freely asserted that no exception will be made in this case, According to advices from New York Mr. Morton practically admits the truth of the statement made by Howard except as to the precise nature of the services to be rendered. He asserts that he engaged How- ard ag a servant for duties about the and ‘fat he clearly comey within the “ex- cepted clas@" as a “person employed strict- ly a@ a personal or domestic servant.” THE JAPANESE SIDE. The Minister Makes a Reply to Chang Yen Hoo: The Japanese minister in this city has made public @ reply to the letter from Chang Yen Hoon, formerly Chinese minister here, in which the latter severely criticised the course of the Japanese government in forcing a war with China on account of the Corean disput The Japanese minister as- ferts “that the United States has never acknowledged the contention of China that Corea is tributary, but, on the contrary, showed disbelief in this claim by recetving ® minister from Corea and concluding reaty with that country. Mr. Kurino points ut that by the Tien-Tsin convention be- tween Japan and China the right of the former to send troops to Corea is explicitly conceded. China first sent the troops into Corea, continues the minister, which com- pelled Japan to send trocps to protect Japa- nese interests. The Chinese government es. been officially notified by Japan that was no intention that the Japanese t permanently Troops occupy Corea bois oblect of Japan was to eden we Cone sole ‘t of Japan was to effect in ® reform of those abuses which ha@ caused bo many complications, on several occasions which of Tennessee, he says: “The cartoons sent us have been received. They are ‘dandics’ and will accomp! good work for the No- vember election.’ Gen. Charles H. Maasur has returned from his speaking tour in eastern Vir- ginia, and reports that there is no doubt of Mr. Jones’ election in the first Virginia district. Everything is harmonious and he will undoubtedly get a large vote. Judge Hatton of Portsmouth, Va., visited headquarters and notified the chairman that all differences existing in Portsmouth against Congressman D. Gardiner Tyler been there had harmonised, and was no doubt whatever of Mr. Tyler's re-elec- thon. ——e--—_ HAS DECLINED. United States Will Net Interfere in Eastern War. Although not officially admitted at the State Department there are godd reasons for the belief that the United States gov- ernment has formally declined to enter the proposed alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia and Germany for the suppression of premise 9 Leet trea Japan. The roposed intervention o! uropean pow- oe is of a friendly and peaceful character and is said to be intended for the good of the world. Accord! to the story the declination of the United States is based on its time-honored pclicy against entangli SUGAR TRUST WITNESSES) NEW COUNCILCHOSEN Brotherhood of St. Andrew Closing Up Its Convention. THE PROBABLE NEW OFFICERS Business of Various Kinds Trans- acted This Morning. TONIGHT’S PROGPAM The last day of the convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew began rather earlier than the two preceding days, 9.30 being the hour set for beginning the busi- ness session at Metzerott Hall. There was not the slightest falling off in the attend- ance, the hall being crowded to its fullest extent, and the interest and enthusiasm was kept up to the same high pitch. Although the convention comes to a close tonight, it is not thought that many of the delegates will leave the city before Monday evening. There is a strong sentiment against traveling on the Sabbath, but apart from this most of*the delegates are anxious to take advantage of the chance to see the many places of interest about Washington, and preparations have also been made for a mammoth pilgrimage to Mount Vernon on Monday afternoon, stopping on the return trip at Alexandria long enough for the dele- gates to attend a special service at Christ Church and to enjoy the hospitality of the brotherhood men in that city. The pulpits in most of the local Episcopal churches tomorrow will be filled by promi- nent divines who are in the city in attend- ‘Treasurer Faure. ance upon this convention, and the day premises to be a memorable one in the his- tory of the church in this city. The business session of the convention this morning was opened with the hymn, “Lord, Her Watch Thy Church is Keep- and the recital of the Apostles’ Creed, after which Rev. Mr. Murdock offered pray~ er. The meeting alled to order by President Houghteling, and the first item of business was the reading of reports. Mr. Bailey read the report from the committee on work among the colleges, and Mr. John S. Ward that from the committee on ex- ternal relations, both of which contained a number of recommendations that were adopted. The report of the committee on external relations embodied an. expression of the principles of the brotherhood, with suggestions for a closer union with the brotherhoods of other lands. In the declara- tion of principles the object of the organiza- tion was put down as the spirit of Chris kingdom among young men, and the rules 4s two in number, the rule of prayer and the rule of servic Resolutio: aud Greetings. Mr. Sterling of the committee on resolu- tions reported a number of resolutions, the first against a suggestion to change the constitution so far as it referred to the eligibility for membership. A proposition to organize a “death benefit” feature in connection with the brotherhood was voted down, as was also a resolution to instruct lay readers to wear the red cross of St. Andrew on their cottas during services. A resolution to authorize the publication of 15,000 copies of the proceedings of the con- vention was introduced and referred to the committee on resolutions. Secretary Maynard read a number of let- ters and telegrams of greeting from various parts of the country and from different chapters of the brotherhood. One telegram was from Mr. Thos. J. Windom of Gaives- ton, a delegate to the convention, who had got as far as St. Louis on his way to Washington, when he was taken sick and prevented from proceeding farther. Presi- dent Hougteling instructed the secretary, in the name of the convention, to send a tele- gram of love and greeting to the absent brother. At this point in the proceedings a recess was taken for a few moments, while a contribution was taken up for the memorial that the brotherhood intends to erect in memory of Charles J. Wills of New York, a young man who was one of the hardest workers in the organization, and who gave up his life to the advancement of religious work. Welcome for ans. In resuming the regular work of the con- vention Mr. Houghteling said that it was with great pleasure they noted the spread of the brotherhood principles among other nations and races. All the delegates had feen with the greatest satisfaction the presence in their midst of three delegates from the original people of America. He would ask them to come upon the platform, and at the conclusion of his remarks four ‘ul Indians came upon the stage, all Sioux, Mr. Napoleon Wabasha, Mr. J. Clark Spotted Bull, Mr. Charles Goodthun- der and: George Cloud. @ Fpeech, ai Sioux torgue. Charley thunder acted as his interpreter, and even as translated into English the little speech was full of eloguence and not without thos as he tol iow full was his heart of joy and love as he came before them to speak experience in the west ai the Indians, went on to speak at some of the spread of the Christian religion among the Ls i i BRECKINRIDGE’ SUSPENDED Action Takem by a Pre@byterian Church in _ Kentudky. —--- Debarred From Cémmunion Until February 1, 1895—The Law in the Oase. —— IS, Ky:, Octdber -13.—Col. W. C. P. ‘kinridge has ‘heen suspended from union by Mownt Horeb Church in Payette county. pastor of the church, Rev. Charles T. Thempyon, gives the Ken- tuckian Citizen the/follewing statement of the action of the churel: “On last Sunday morning at the Mt. Horeb Church the pastor read publicly the action of the chureh concerning Col. W. Cc. P. Breckinridge, who had made to them a confession of his gyilt and asked the prayers and love of his brethren in lead- ing a Christian life.” . The unanimous decision of the officers was that, while accepting his repentance as sincere and heartfelt, the great publicity of the sin demanded some public action; so he was suspended from the sacraments un- til February 1, 1895. ‘The law of the Presbyterian Church Book of Church Orders, paragraph 158, is:‘Definite suspension {s administered when the credit of religion, the honor,of Christ and the good of the offender demand it, even though he may have givem satisfaction to the court.” i ATTACK ON te CATHOLICS, Speech of Ex-In nm Comm: Mofgan. MINNEAPOLIS, Mian., October 13.—Gen. T. G. Morgan, In commissioner under Mr. Harrison, in an address before the state Baptist convention on “Rome in Poll- tics” made a bitter attack on the Catholic Church, which, he declared, was a political organization. The pope, he said, would soon try to have the ablegate recognized at Washington as an ambassador from a po- litical sovereignty. He charged his holiness with securing the defeat of Harrison on account of his administration of Indian affairs, He asserted that ninety-nine out. of every hundred Catholics were democrats, erly enough remaining republican to keep up appearances. He referred to Archbishop Ireland as a man who carries a United States Senator in his vest pocket for con- venient use, and added that the arch- bishops of America were at this moment behind closed doors plottingt against free schools and the free institutions of America. ie ANOTHER DAY OF SPEECHES. loner Gen, Harrison Left ansville This Morning. EVANSVILLE, Ind., October 13.—Gen. Harrison appeared at the breakfast table today bright and early, ready for another flay of speech maki At ¥ o'clock the special train bearing #im and his party left ever the Air line for Indianapolis. Stops were made at New Albany, Jeffersonville and other points where meetings had been arranged, —___. A GRIM DETERMINATION. Men Are Working om the Post Office Despite the Rain. Were it not for the grim determination of the managers of the farce that is being en- acted on the square-bounded by 11th, 12th, C and D streets northwest, in this city, to firish the trench on the north side of the new city post office before another week shall have begun, the total of men at work on that slumbering pile would today be very wer. Yesterday the eight-hour law was again smashed into smithereens, and the laborers were kept at work until after 6 o'clock, without any extra money. The “emergency” was created by the fact that one small contract, let long after it should have been, was in danger of treading on the heels of a large cantract, itself very much behind time. But the extra effort did not succeed in finishing the work, and so the laborers were hired once again today, thirteen of them, and set to work in the rain, which normally puts an end to outdoor efforts. This was not the only sign of a Grim De- termination to get through what has proved to be a very disagreeable job. The coming of a litde rain did not effect a stoppage of the work on the great stones for the main entrance, for an awning was stretched over the east end of the portico and there three men worked all day, careless of the mois- ture and happy in the chance to add to their earnings. These two facts of themselves should demonstrate that there 1s no disposition on the part of the brains of the enterprise to let the brawn of Washington suffer from lack of employment. Sixteen men working dally every working day of the year would finish the building on or about the 4th of March, 1909, on which day would be inaug- urated the third national administration fol- lowing the present one. These sixteen men, as 1s seen by the experience of today, could work right straight through all kinds of weather, rain or shine, They are hustlers over across the way. ‘There were 49 men at work on Monday, 47 on Tuesday, 35 on Wednesday, 19 on Thursday—The Star's original figures will have to stand until actually disproved— 53 on Friday and 16 teday. This makes an average for the present week of 361-2 men, as against an avernge of 381-6 for last week. The average of the two weeks end- ing today, therefore, is 371-3 men. There has been but one unfavorable day in that period, and, today, as sald, there is no ces- sation of the work, That fraction of a man quoted in the averages must not be mistaken for Little Willie, who has gone from the site without a promise having béen given of when he is to return. He may be still waiting for schooners or he may be looking for a job as water boy on scme other building. He Pot seemgto be lated over the way as his talents ce! re. the other The mention, of day has brought in’ Office of The Star instances ick work on large There ispace for only an oc- instance. most recent. con- in this ett he is = t w now com- PS a ice, @ masonry begun on the 25th of last, and the stone work was started on the 10th of May. The proprietor says that he will open his house on the Ist of December, which will make a record of sete compl i TERRIFIED THE TOWN Murderous Huns Held at Bay by Their Neighbors. TRAGIC END OF A DRUNKEN QUARREL Excitement in a Settlement Near Wilkesbarre. TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED WILKESBARRE, Pa., October 13.—As a result of-a drunken riot at Maltby, a small Hungarian settlement near this city, one person has been instantly killed, two fatally wounded and two others seriously injured. The killed and injured are: George Sivoski, aged seventeen years, head blown to pieces. Lizzie Fosky, aged fifteen years, shot in the back and abdomen; cannot recover. John Jenkins, aged twenty-eight years, shot in the abdomen and left hand blown off; cannot live. Maggie Moore, aged fourteen years, shot in the arm and both legs; will recover. Thomas Moore, aged twenty-three years, shot in both legs, left knee shattered; will recover. Drunken Quarrel in a Saloon. A Slav named Michael Paloski was the cause of the wholesale shooting. Early in the evening Paloski became intoxicated and going to the saloon of John Moore started @ quarrel. He was ordered out of the sa- Icon and becoming enraged at this kind of treatment he started for his Lome to procure a shotgun. He got the gun end on his way back to the saloon he encountered Dan Kyan, who Was sitting on his porch, together with Lizzie Fosky and Maggie Moore. Ryan ad- vised Paloski to go home, but the latter, who was in a terrible rage, raised his gun and fired. The two girls received most of the shot and fell to the porch shrieking with pain and blood spurting from their wounds. John Moore, who had been attracted by the shooting, quickly picked up his sister and Ryan gathered up the Fosky girl in his arms, and both made a rush for the door to escape the enraged Slav. Before the men were able to get inside of the door the drunken fiend emptied the contents of the second barrel into the girls. Moore receiy- ing part of the load in his knee. ‘The shoot- ing attracted a large crowd and Paloski was Joined by two of his countrymen, who were also supplied with guns, John Jenkins attempted to arrest Paloski, when he received a load of shot in’ his stomach. The crowd then rushed upon the Slavs and attempted to disarm them, but the three men escaped into their boarding house and barricaded the door. The three men thrust their heads through a window and threatened to kill the first person who attempted to enter the house. The crowd began to fall back, and as they did so one of the three men fired, but the shot did not take effect. Wanton Marder. People living on the opposite side of the street were attracted by the shooting, and had their heads out of the windows. One of these was George Sivoski. One of the Slavs, seeing the head of the boy, took de- liberate atm and fired, the full charge strik- ing the unfortunate boy on the left side of the head, tearing half of his head and face away. The boy fell dead. The terror-stricken neighbors closed their windows and barricaded their doors. The murderous Slavs, finding no human beings to shoot at, turned their guns on lighted windows, posts, trees and anything their fancy suggested. After all had become quiet several men, armed with revolvers and shot guns, went to the house to arrest the murdere: The door of the house was found open, however, and the men were nowhere to be found. They had deserted the house. Two men were arrested at Kingston this morning on suspicion of having been con- nected with the shooting. Two guns car- ried by the murderers were found in a pond near by. ———__ AMBASSADOR BAYARD RETUCG, He Denies That He H. Entered Into Any Political Deal, NEW YORK, October 13.—Mr. T. F. Bayard, United States ambassador to Great Britain, returned to America today on the American line steamer Paris, which reached her pier shortly after 8 o'clock this morn- ing. He was accompanied by his iwo daughters and four granddaughters. Mr. Bayard was met at the dock by a number of Delaware friends. Mr. Bayard was ask=d by a reporter if he cared to say anything regarding the alleged existence of an un- derstanding between himself and Willard Saulsbury by the terms of which Mr. Bayard would succeed to Mr. Higgins’ seat in the United States Senate and Mr. Sauls- bury to Mr. Bayard’s position as ambas- sador to the court of St. James. He replied, with a deprecatory shake of the head, “Ali bosh, all bosh. I never, as I have before stated, entered into a political deal with any one whereby my own personal inter- ests would be advanced.” Regarding his desire to be a candidate for the Senate he refused to say anything. “I shall,” he said, “go to Washington this afternoon, and from there, in a few days, to my home in Wilmington, where the greater pcrtion of my stay in America will be spent. I expect to return to England in November next.” Col. James O. Broadhead, United States minister to Switzerland, was also a pas. senger on the New York. He was accom- panied by Mrs. Broadhead and they will go at once to St. Louis, where Mr. Broad- head said laughingly he might have an op- portunity to vote for a democrat. He was very enthusiastic in ‘his praise of Switzer- land, and declared that that country had the best system of government in the world. oe than ae a og should think so.” —_——_—_ RIVALING THE MAMMOTH CAVE. “y Interesting Series of Caverns Discov- ered in California. RUSSIANS TO THE FRONT Troops on the Chinese Frontier Being Beinforced. Coming Conference of the Powers— China Has Not Asked for Peace —The Olympia. BERLIN, October 13.—It_ is announced here, in a dispatch from St. that the Russian troops in the towns, vil- lages and passes on the Chinese frontier are being greatly reinforced, and that large quantities of provisions and war material are constantly arriving at these places. Everything, it is added, is being prepared for a forward movement into China if this should be decided to be necessary. PARIS, October 13.—The Journal says that it learns that a conference of the rep- resentatives of the powers will shortly be held at Pekin, with the view of appointing a beard of arbitrators to settle the war be- tween China and Japan. LONDON, October 13.—Sir Halliday Ma- cartney, councillor of the Chinese legation in this city, in an interview today declared that the report that China was suing for peace was untrue. He added: “Any such proposals are not within sight by a iong way.” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 13.—The efforts of the United States toward increas- ing the force inChinese waters have resulted in the hurried completion of the 5,80)-ton cruiser Olympia, which will be soon de- livered at Mare Island to the government, and as early as her complement of 46) sailors, marines and officers can be provided filll be dispatched to the scene of the con- et. —— THE PRICE OF BREAD. Some of the Reasons Given for Not Reducing It. The statement made yesterday by the re- cording secretary of the Bakers’ Assembly, in a communication to The Star, to the effect that an argument against a reduction in price of bread lies in the fact that it would be very difficult to increase the price if flour should advance in cost, is echoed by the employing bakers. “That argument is true,” said Mr. Berens to a Star reporter today. “It is easy enough to secure public approbation by a cut in prices, but it would be a very difterent mat- ter when necessity should compel an in- crease in prices. When flour was $6 a barrel there was positively no profit to the bakers; fortunately that high figure was not main- tained for a very long time. It was caused by a corner in wheat, and if the price had kept up the employers would either have had to reduce wages or cheapen the quality of the bread.” “What would you do if flour should again increase in price?” asked The Star reporter. “If it showed any signs of remaining at $6,” he said, “there would be a falling off in the quality of bread and a shaving of the weight. No change would be made until the increase passed beyend reasonable loss. I will show you what the people are getting now in the matter of weight.” Mr. Berens then selected a number of loaves from the counter at random and weighed them. The scales showed them to run from two to three ounces above the specified weight of sixteen ounces fixed by the law. “Now we would have to weigh that bread right down to sixteen ounces; we might use compound lard instead of pure lard, we could economize on Brown sugar instead of white and otherwise make up the difference. Probably a cut in wages would follow. The bakers today are probably the best paid members of any labor union because they get werk all the year round. I will show you by my pay roll for last night,” said Mr. Berens, producing his books, “that the average rate paid to my bakers is $15 per week.” A careful computation proved this statement to be correct. “The journeymen bakers recently agitat- ed the advisability of demanding a general increase of $3 per week on the wages of each man employed in the shop, but this was laid over for one year. The statement of the journeymen that there are idle men of their craft in this town is absolutely in- correct. It is almost impossible to get an extra man to help out in an emergency, There are no idle men here. In this con- nection I would like to ‘say also that the statement that there is a combination be- tween employers and journeymen to keep up prices ts news to’ me. I don’t know anything about any such combination, and do not credit it, because the employers and the union are not on very friendly terms. “While the price of flour has been de- clining,” continued Mr. Berens, “there has been a steady improvement in’ the quality of bread, brought about by competition, at- tended with an increase in the expense of making it and delivering it. The new style evens which we use cost $1,200, while for- merly our ovens could-be bought for $300. I have to keep twenty-seven horses for the delivery of my bread, including the extra trips necessitated by accommodating the Public in the delivery of hot bread, and the cost of keeping those horses, including re- pairs and necessary expenses, is over Soo @ month. “Another ftem of expense is the loss which occurs by the accumulation of stale bread. When a wagon starts out in the morning it is imposs‘ je for the driver té estimate just how isany loaves he will re- quire; consequently he always brings back more or less bread, which is a dead loss to us, Inasmuch as it cannot be sent out again the next morning, because the people of this city won't take stale bread. “I want to say in conclusion that it would be practically impossible to reduce our wholesale price 1 cent a loaf. The grocer cannot sell it for less money, because it wouldn't pay him to sell bread at a profit of half a cent a loaf. The public will he benefit of the reduced cost of flour in the quality of bread which they receive and in the extra work.” —_——_. DISTRICT ESTIMATES. THE HELD UP TRAIN The Bold Robbery Near Quantico Last Nigh STORIES TOLD BY EYE WITNESSES No Trace Yet of the Gang of Bandits. A VIGOROUS PURSUIT MADE csenienneilbiae A train robbery that will ever be memor- able in the history of daring crime was committed last night about 9:30 o'clock on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, thirty miles from this city, be- tween Brooks’ station and Wide Water, Va. The express leaving Richmond at 7 o'clock for the north and Fredericksburg at two minutes of 9 was brought to a stop by seven masked men, who, after intimidat- ing the trainmen, attacked the Adams ex- press car with dynamite, secured an en- trance, forced the messenger in charge to open the money safe and took therefrom and successfully made off with money to the amount of many thousands of dollars. The robbers then uncoupled the engine from the train, and after riding on it a con- siderable distance got off, let it go ahead at full speed, with throttle open, until it was demolished by running into a switch that had been opened at Quantico. The details of the thrilling affair show that it was planned with consummate skill, and carried to success with unsurpassed boldness. The Dalton gang in the west never accomplish- ed a more startling sensation. All the ac- companiments of the approved “hold up” were had. Threats of murder were used to intimidate trainmen,express messengers and passengers pistols were flourished and fred, and the robbers decamped with their booty with- out hindrance, and were far away from the scene of their exploit before the startled victims and spectators of their deed had time to collect their senses. The engineer of the train was Frank Delkeger; the firemat: was a colored man. Conductor Birdsong was in charge, and J. 8. Crutchfield was the mesenger in the Adams express ca™. Stopped by Masked Men. As the train was running about forty miles an hour between Wide Water ang Brooks’ station, at a pcint twelve miles the other side of Quantico, the engineer was astonished to se2 two masked men jump from the tender into the cab, with drawn volvers in their hards. The weapons were leveled at Deleger and his assistant, and they were sternly ordered to stop the train on pain of death. The command was complied with. The fireman and engineer were then compelled to leave the engine and sit upon the embankment beside the track, and while they were guarded others of the gang of robbers, of whom seven in all were counted, proceeded to the express car. A demand was made upon the mes- senger inside to open the door, and when he refused a stick of dynamite was thrown against one of the side doors, shattering its lower end and breaking the iron sill in haif, Rifliing the Express Car. Messenger Crutchfield thereupon opened the car, and one heavily built man, dressed like a farmer and wearing a red handker- chief as a mask, entered and compelled Crutchfield to open the safe. After remov- ing everything it contained, and throwing aside a package conteining $6,000, which he evidently supposed to hold papers of no consequence, the robber demanded that the other rafe in the car be also opened. Upon being told by the messenger that it was simply a “deadhead” safe, he demanded to see the way bill, thus showing his famil- jarity with the customs of the express com- pany. His examination satisfied him of the valueless cendition of the unopened safe, and he left the car with the money pack- ages in a bundle. @ifter the robbery was accomplished the perpetrators compelled the fireman to uncouple the engine. Running Away Wi! the Engine. The gang then boarded the engine an ran it up the road toward Quantico. They probably left it at the conjunction of the railroad with the river, and then opened the throttle and let it bound ahead, as the telegraph operator at Wide Water saw an engine pass at top speéd afew minutes be- fore 10 o'clock and telegraphed a warning to Quantico that a runaway engine was go- ing in that direction. The authorities at Quantico opened a switch leading to a sid- ing upon which were a number of freight cars. The locomotive entered this switch running at a rate estimated at sixty miles an hour, and crashed into the freigat cars, demolishing them and itself. Description of the Locality. The place where the train was stopped is in a deep cut near Brooks station, after emerging from which the road runs paral- lel with and near to the river, and almost on a level with the beach. It is probable that the robbers had a boat awaiting them at a point along the shore in this vicinity, as it would have taken them scarcely a minute to get from the track to the water's edge. 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