Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101_ Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H, KAUFEMANN, Pres't. New York Otfice, 49 Potter Building, strate erved to subscribers in the The Evening Star Is elty by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies st the Counter 2 cents eac! By matl— oo ere fn the United States or Cunada—postage prepald—50 cents jer mont: P Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., second-class mail matter.) C7 All mail subseriptions must be paid tn advance, Rates of advertising made known on appli Che Evening Stee. No. 13,207. WASHINGTON, D.O, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS Te proof of the pudding is in Be eating. Yesterday’ Sfar contained 49 cofumns of advertisements, made up ef 85) separate announce: ments. hese advertisers Boug$t pubficite—nof merefp Space, A SECRET ORDER|SOUND MONEY SAFEIMRS FARRALL’S TRIAL The Supreme Temple, Silver Knights of America, Incorporated. FORMED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES Its Aims, Objects and Principles Fully Explained. SENATORSTEWARTPRESIDENT Another secret organization has been formed in this country for political pur- po! It ts called the order of the Supreme Temple, Silver Knights of America, and its general offices are at 1420 New York avenue in this city. As the name indicates, the pur- pf the society Is to advance the cause » coinage of silver. ganization of the Silver Knights was brought about because of the great has been achteved by other t socleties in influencing political af- fairs. The leading spirlts in this move- Ment point to the history of know-nothing- ism of what a secret 1ow-nothings were |. but they even- ienc as a notable 1 abus tually ¢ un important factor in the poli tion ago. Many a man's politi: ed through the influenc ings. do. ay . i of erits of the A. P. A., politic lly those men who ran for oftice a aware that that society exerted a powerful influence in determining how Votes should be c Objects of the Corporation. These notalle e of work in sec a vrumber of 1 carry on thei 3 of the influence ation determined silver party to similar man- ni sin th campaign in ner. The knights are chartered in Virginia as a corporation, under the name of ‘The le, hts of Ameri- Supre names rter as the object of franchis and pi lov to right, eminate ternal nd subordi temples an to the sam 1 to adopt id regulations for their gov« opt F words, grip: tu to elect and to cha and secret w end eniployes 1 du point oftt- a money to li menibe: poration, to disseminate, cir i nd printed d th me; to ndvance, h such p: ples of politic: by the board of 1 to employ ulate uments the government of saic on in of Principal Alexandr! principal office fon at Alexandria, Va., but said cot M have auth to have o! ch other localities as it shall deem best for the proj nsaction of its busin. nd M. D. at 107 South ston street, shall be the Alex: Washin, on whom all processes may be Berved. “Said corporation shall have the right, franchise and privilege of carrying on, Operating and maintaining a SE odical or maxazine, and of printing 2 or fix empleying e nposltore tnereroe inthis a the stockholders in said I be only to the amount of spon held and owned in the same, and to 0 further or greater extent. “The meetings of said corporation shall ye held at such time: places as the card of directors may ord. The officers ef said corpo a president, gory ration sh 20 tion shall be vice president, director general, secretary and tressurer and a board of directors, three of whom shall constitute @ quorum for the transaction of business.” Senator Stewart President. The charter names William M. Stewart n City, Ne president of the . and among the other officers tors are the names of two ex- members of Coneres: It is claimed that the leaders of the movement are men of prominence in all parts of the country, and that a t number of § ators and Rep- re resentatives are included among them. ‘The general offices of the knights, at 1 w York avenue, were visited today ar reporter, who found several clerks at work ling out literature to all parts of the country. The literary bureau is to be one of the most important features of needless to say that I be for the purpose x that the free ¢ at 16 to 1 ts the most ne ge of silver ary thing for the ailvancement of prosperity every: where, and especially in the United St ected, What is Exp i t temples are row be the intry and that mie already able organ ted that by the tt campaign is actively entered Will be lodge rooms of th in every t th wn plan py of th r Knig a plentiful if pros- this and erty on to the on e+ = Army Orders, H. month granted one Rost, 1 ; ved frem duty at the Ir fantry and Cavalry School at Fort Lea worth, Kan., and ordered to join his pany. teenth ‘| The Administration Not Anxious Over the Silver Movement. Mcre Confident Than at Any Time Since the Talk of United Action by Silver Men Began. The administration {s no longer anxious over the silver movement {n the demo- cratic party. Until very recently Mr. Cleveland and his officials, all of whom are using all the power and influence they have in promotion of the cause of sound money, have been fearful that the example of the Illinois democracy would be con- tagious and that the convention next year would have a well developed case of silver fever. The Danger is Passed. They feel now, however, that the danger is practically passed. They are more con- fident of success for “sound” money than they have been at any time since the tall of United action by silver men began. The threatened combination of the south and west was regarded as serious only in the event of the south being practically solid for silver. The failure of but two or three southern states to come in would make the combination unsuccessful. The Threatened Republican Revolt. It has been felt that the threatened re- volt of the silver republicans from their party would encourage the silver demo- crats to an aggressive course with the idea of securing the republican support. It ts fully appreciated, also, by the sound money men of both parties that the republican silver men will be less apt to go to the ex- treme of bolting their party unless they fre well assured of a very strong and in- dependent support from democrats who favor the while metal. Therefore, whatever ean be done to the disadvantage of silver in the south is a double discouragement to the silver movement and has a tendency to increase the prospects of both national con- ventions nominating gold men. ‘The President's Position. It is beleved that Mr. Cleveland would be willing to make any sacrifice to insure the election of a gold man, even if it had to be a republican, Every effort of the ad- ministration has been directed to attack- Ing the silver people at the point where t would be to them most disastrous. sound money democrats now feel co nt that hold Kentucky, Georgia, Florida a ma surely, anc perhaps one or r southern states before the dal national con- vention are s gives them co fidence t they can prevent the. silv: men getting control of the national cor on, —— ATISTICS. SRNATIONAL The Institute to Mect in Switzerland Xext Month, » Internatioral S$ will hold its fifth meeting the 26th to the 30th of August next. Tho Swi y requested the govern- ment of Switzerland to invite, by the diplo- matic chanrel, all governments of coun- tries members of the institute re- side, to participate and to call attention to the tmportance of the questions to be dis- ss # the hope that the Unit- 2 represented by such of may belong to the United itation has heen received by partment, which has taken to communicate with Dr. J. 8. Bil- Mr. 1 D, Wright and other ical Institute t Berne from where Be Discussed. that will be considered through A plan for the publication of an annual to show the growth of statistical science; in- ternational statistics of mortality and sta- ‘s on abandoned children; investigation of the losses of revenue sustained by coun- provinces and families in the shrink- of personal prcperty; definite results The topics says or resolutions are as follows: secured by the committee on statistics of primary educaticn; a suggestion looking to the collection of statistics of fores statistics of divorces, agricultural stati: “s; a properition that all countries take a census, begin: ing on the same day, in 1900; the application of electrical machinery to the analysis of cersus returns; a proposi- tion for the exchange of census returns concerning foreigners; statistics of Poland in former times; statistics of maritime navigation; report of the committee on anthropology; commercial statistics; accl- dents to labor; national revenues of the pest and present compared; influence of climatic conditions on diseases; measure- ment of the density of habitation; mor- phology and agricultural labor; proposi- tions for uniform registration of popula- tions and the exchange of statistical pub- Meations; priec»s of articles of prime neces- sity and effects of modern stimulants. ———__e—___ POST OFFICE APPOI) How the Papers Travel Back and Forth From Gray Gables. Po: ster General Wilson forwarded to Gray Gables today the largest batch of post oflice appointments he has made since he care into office. It embraced a number of knotty problems that uck In the craw of the department for many month thereby giving sundry hoMovers the enjoy- ment of their ries for nearly four months after they fully expected to step down and out. Among the lot it is sup- posed that appointments were made for the Ellsworth, Me., Lewiston, Me, and Worcester, Mass., offices. There were ten appointments In all. The way in which these appointments go to the President is interesting, They are put in a nice, strong wicker-work basket and sent by a speciab messenger to the White House, where the proper record is of them, and the wicker-work basket along with other f mes of papers the other departments, in a large , which is supposed to mallel to Marion nger from Gra it to the Pres ions received ¢ is put, m din the | liouse ee urth-Class F Stmasters, following fourth-class post ers ‘en appointed: At Kent Island, Queen Anne county, Md., G. E. Calloway vice W. H. Cockey, dead; Hatmab, Somer- cet cou K. McDorman, v imber of fourth: Ss posima of which 44 were d by death and resi roe onal Mention. Bell of the Minneapolis ts on st ned in the De- on a visit to Dodge f the Miss Fitch left this afternoon for a., Where he will spend a mouth, Jury Finally Obtained in the Poison- ing Case. OPENING ADDRESS BY THE STATE Witnesses Called by the Prosecu- tion. THE PRISONER'S MANNER Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Md, July 3.—The special term of the circuit couct which convened Monday morning to determine whether or not Belle Farrall caused the death of her husband December 5 last by strychnine poisoning, after devoting two days and a portion of the third to securing a jury, be- gan the trial proper chis morning. At the opening of the court It was demon- strated that the sheriff had been active since adjournment yesterday, for a large number of talesmen were in attendance. The two men needed to complete the jury were soon secured, and after the court had instructed the jury, one member being a colored man, in detail as to Its duties, the indictment was read and the legal fight was on. Mrs. Farrall appeared attired in the same costume worn by her yesterday, with the exception of hat, veil and gloves. When a a talesman, after glanctug at the fair pris- oner, declared to the court that he could not declare her guilty, notwithstanding the evidence might prove inat death of her nusband, Mr: gratefully, and repeated the ex the man passed her on his w stand. During the reading of the long bill of presentment she sat {mmovable, with drcoping eyes and pale countenance. The Opening Address. Without delay State’s Attorney Matthews began the opening address to the j as he recited in minute detail the his y from the Mrs. Belle Far of the case from the standpoint of the presecution M 1 lezned forward in her chair and eagerly drank in every werd. Her lips 1 nervously and she repeatedly ed her head to th sheriff, who s > her, In sile of cert The she was about when ri with smiled sarcas clared that after Farrall lived for s in Washington. Dr. Carrico Testific The defense reserved its opening, and the state called as its first witness Dr. Lewis C. Carrico, the physician who attended the deceased. Dr. Carrico deseribed his vis the night before the latter died, that he thought the deceased ¥ ing with uren cony sion: On two oc- casions that evening Mrs. Farrall begged him not to leave her husband. The s.ck man stated that his wife had given him a dose of particularly bitter quinine. Mr: Farrall told the physician at the time that she had administered a child's dose of qui- nine. During Dr. Carrico’s cross-examination, in speaking of the condition of the alleged murdered man, Mrs. Farrall shed the first tears of the trial. The physiclan stated that on the night in question ke had concluded that Mr. F: rall was net suffering from strychnine poisoning. On learning of the de husband Mrs. Farrall was greatly distre: ed. As the witness recounted the breaking of the news the prisoner again gave vent to tear nd her little boy led close to har bowed head in sym Mr, J. E. Joy, who was present during the sickne and at the death of Mr. Far- rall, followed Dr. Carrico on the stand. His’ testimony was in substance similar to that of the physician. Challenging the Talesmen. Judging from the promptness displayed by counsel for Mrs. Farrall in challenging the men advanced in years, It would seem that the desire of Col, Wilmer and Mr. Mudd was to impanel a jury of young During the examination of those the spectators found consider- them. One citizen stated pressed an opinion regard- guilt of the prisoner, but was par emphatic in declaring that he men. had not formed an opinion, whereat the audience tittered audibl, nd the court made no effort to check the expression. who is known bing wheat at a pronounced suddenly re- entious Ike Another stalwart farmer, to be busily a this time, qualified to membered th $ regarding capital punishment. used. Touching Picture. The presence of one of Mrs. Farrall’s lit- tle sons beside ler in the court room, and in the devotion existing between them, connecticn with the apparent friendlessn ef the handsome woman on trial for he Ife, presenfs a picture calculated to soften the most adamantine heart. Mrs. Farrall young, having not y reached thirt ars, and is undeni beautiful, b rds face and figure. She “her costume of com- During as remained arently ta ire her to dinner at the hotel throw from thr ible dining raom though m rall will n . opinion is that her life will be spar Plan of the Defense. Although counsel for the defense decline to make known the course they will pur- sue, it is expected that a strong endeavor is to be ‘nstituted to Deve worthless the t of Dr effer, on the ground tha ‘arrall lived e| swallow s the defens that it fs imp for a person to exist fer the period men- tioned with such a quantity of the drug in his stomach as it is claimed the deceas- ed_swallowed. Failure to discredit Dr. Schaeffer's testi- mony will probably be followed by an ef- fort to convince the jury that the case was cne of suicide, the supposition being that Mr. Farrall, thinking his wife untrue, de- termined to end his life. The defendant, it is understood, will ad- mit that she purchased the strychnine, but did so fully three weeks before the demise of her husband, and with his knowledge, for the purpose of killing rats. Brakeman Hall. Eugene P. Hall, the young railroad brake- man with whom Mrs. Farrall is accused of haying improper relations, has been in court, but no sign of recognition passed between him and the fair prisoner. It is known that several persons will be called as witnesses who saw Mrs. Farrall and Hall exchange kisses in a room at Farrall’s Hotel in Hugkesville prior to the death, while, in addition, it is stated that letters written by Mrs. Farrall to Hall intimating a condition of affairs more grave are in the possession of the state's attorney. Mrs. Farrall and her son are in the cus- tody of the sheriff, and at night are qu tered at his residence in Port Tobac about three miles distant from La Plata. Trying to Hurry Things. To say the least, the triai promises to be far from dull. Every effort will’ be made to bring it to a close in the shortest pos- sible time, and to that end the court will sit seven hours daily, including the Fourth of July. Even at this rate there are some who are of the opinion that a verdict will not be reached within three weeks, but the more conservative agree that one-third that time Is the preper estimate. C. F.C. NEED OF ENGINEERS The Attempted Suicide of Mr. Borthwick Calls Attention to It. They Have to Work Too Hard and Too Long Hours and in Too High a Temperature. The attempted suicide of Chief Engineer Borthwick of the Amphitrite again called direct attention to the frequent! ported lack of engineer officers in the navy A prominent line officer, talking with a Star reporter on the subject tor aid that he had always indorsed the repre- sentations of Engineer-in-chief Melville that there were not engineers enough for the ships. He said the men were overwork. had r too x the recent target th but two ¢ Chief ant, It man to remain on dt a stretch, and that, too, rooms, where the heat y ing the practice there wer Men to coal eighteen fur i men being required to work the turrets. order to secure steam for the machinery were ary velve the : Intense. but four hour engine bb fire the other In the turrets it was found nece: the engines which opc These facts are stated tion that the engiz phitrite wer ers, as Weil ren Borthw and has been in the service thirty-five and it is si k harder now than when he entered the rvice young, also sa partment toda though authority had been given to en 1,00 additional men for the navy, no pro- vision whatever had been made for an in- force of engineers. Chief en- various vessels have asked for but have been unable to secur more help, it because the department had no engine to give t It is pointed out that all th great and, in fact, the small much larger engin re than the ships of the United Stu Heat on the Amphitrite. An officer, board the ber engine ms on id that the heat of The deck enough to temperature in the en- to 140 degrees. STATIONS. king of the condit Amphitrite, s rooms w over the boiler ro cook eggs, and the gine rooms ranged fr. ee MORE QUARANTINE Minister Thompson Reports Need on the Brazilian Coast. Minister Thompson has made a report to Secretary of State in regard to the razilian coast for additional He says that notwith- a coast line almost and to exceed 40 Their has extent, standing 4,000, mile: deep har station in the entire country, which 1s lo- cated at Ilha Granda, sixty-five miles from Rio de Janeiro. The principal commercial ports, such as Para, Pernambuco and Ba- hia, are many hundreds of miles from this point. Consequently it Is a great hardship go to quarantine when order- are apt to be upon provo- quarantine requirements beir rip, I is often In ors, there is only one quarantine ether Ww ays that at Perna that there has beer y in its tion, and that he ha tly devoted him- self to uring a temporary. structure which the present administrat sured him should be furnished. son thinks the reform is one deserving of attention in the interest of the American which are engaged in the South ican trade. SS Post Office Department Promoti The following promotions were made to- day in the Post Office Department: C Sheridan, New York; A. C. Parker, DMstric of Columt . J. Healey, New Yo p ; RC. Walton, Indiana; N, A. trict of Columbia; H. M. Mars D. L, Allison, Connecticut; Mrs. e, New Mexic Missouri; y .. ‘Monroe, ic uieee 0 to. $000; $1,000. Leibha 40) to Foster Coming Home. retary of Staite John V been engaged for Ja couve ington, Mr. Foster is 1 to reac this city about Monday night, as he will spend Sun- day in Chicago. ELKINS AND PLATT|SPAIN AND THE MORA CLAIM) A CHIEF SELECTED The Two Political Leaders Held a Conference Yesterday. MORTON'S FUTURE MAY BE AFFECTED Significance in the Meeting Be- cause They Were Not Friends. MR. KERENS ALSO SEES PLATT —— Perhaps the political future of Gov. Levi P. Morton of New York state will be much affected by a conference held yesterday be- tween Senator-elect Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, generally accredited as be- ing the manager of ex-President Harrison’s candidacy for renomination, and Mr. Platt, the acknowledged boss of New York ma- chine republican politics. Mr. Elkins called on Mr. Platt at the lat- ter’s down-town office, and the two talked over state and national polities. Mr. Rich- ard C. Kerens, member of the national re- publican executive committee for the state of Missouri, and the close political friend of Mr. Elkins, also had a friendly talk with Mr. Platt on the previous day. Mr. Kerens has favored Mr. Elkins for second place on the national ticket and at times has ap- to regard him as a good first in the s While Mr. Elkins @ to the ex-Pres- few people who look upon him as quietly maneuvering in order that he may be re Sa strong pr te if complications arise t been extn , there are not adi figured must prominently before the publi Significunce in the Visit. But gre volved in the visit of I s to Platt, be- use of the Mr. Platt Ss held with Ir. Morton has had veason to aspire for presidential nors because any mun who can c * York state holds the highest possible an be play g£ develop nad ae f and prob- York could his is the Morton's presidential boom, faiied to the dis: fr. Mor’ his humil i to call the they haye n there is loes not wa the presidency it is ) is acknowledged to i r and political st th having: that iil for city, ur vv. Morton's Followers v nensy. This meeting would not have been looked upon as so rem . Platt, rkable had M have hard) or been on sj y of years. t one tir he was of t the an recommended under Mr Ww | I of interest. t the famous De; there was not cut the old mee has this chan t the ne ity of tre an en- | to the m has been the at has brought the together ther, f old frie *s followers are feelin; the oute they hav lisle to Go There. Nebraska is to be the next battlefield for a contest between the free silver and sound money democrats. Encouraged by the sv of the gold treatment upon the free silver democrats of Kentucky, a trial of it is to be made in Nebr: Morton ka. » Secretar, Ss received a tee | from Mr. Tobias tor, the democratic national committeeman from Nebraska, urging the attendance of Secretary je and Secretary Morton at the demo- atic state convention, which 1s to be KL Sep xt. This convention is to nom! » minor state officiais, but sd to be made by the silv Bryan, to re a declaration upen the money question, end the sound money forces are Mning up for an anti-silver campaign. ‘The invitation to tt sent as the result of central committee held to fix the the calling of the convention, and the A ter to > ary Mort vas sent the d after the meeting of the Mr, Castor writes est is being mani- vention, and ion of re- veginning of in order to ound mone ve the party is confident that that time Nebras' by line for sound mone efforts of Br is a steady growth of sound money id Seeretary Morton idea of havin the conyentio: with the resulis attend imy rlisle’s per- 1 campaign in Ken and his vic- tory over the combir s of the free aders of that 2 will urge ‘arlisie’ to ney _Moveme id to the nan Castor ults from it. HOWSER'S MURDER. in pre- MR. The Criminals Captured and a Je elul Investigation Progress. At the Instance of the father of Howser of New York, the State ment yesterday cabled the United States consul at Valparaiso, Chile, to Stigate a report that Howser, who was payim: for a mining company in Chile, hi Killed. The consul has replied that the man was murdered and robbed » to pay off the miner: " have been captured, and that a Judicial in- vestigation is in prog Dz Depart- Naval Movements. The cruiser New York arrived at Graves- end yesterday, and the Columbia a: Lat Southampton. The Alliance {s at Tangier, and the Raleigh arrived at Key West, Fla. A Oommission to Take It Under Ad- visement. The State Department Cannot Under- stand the Move, as the Claim Has Been Conceded. MADRID, July 3.—The Spanish govern- ment has appointed a committee to con- sider the claims of the United States re- garding the confiscation of the .estate of Antonio Maximo Mora, an American cit!- zen, residing on the Island of Cuba. The value of the property taken from Mora was alleged to be about $2,500,000. This was done during a previous insurrection in Cuba. In December, 1886, Spain promised to pay $1,500,000 under this claim, with in- terest on such part cf the indemnity as should be deferred. Cannot Tell What It Menns, The State Department hae not yet been advised of the appointment by the Spanish government of a committee to consider the claim of Antonio Mora, and the purpose of this reported move can only be conjectured. If it is proposed to institute an original inquiry into the merits of Mora’s claim, it is probable that our government will de- cldedly refuse to be bound by any findings the committee may reach, for, from ou point of view, this Is no longer a m in a legal sense, but a judgment re: ed af- ter full inquiry, and confessed by the Spanish government in‘ terms that make it as binding as any judgment can be. If the purpo: to placate public opin- fon in Spain, which has run very strong- ly against the allowance of Mora’s claim, and to pave the way for the payment of the money, it is not probable that our gov- ernment will interfere by any open expres- ns of dissent frcm the proposed pro- gram. Tt may be, however, that the object of the appointment of the committee !s to provide means for raising the money and § the debt by one of the mi m Spanis! in the good stroyed, the claim, that early had a nipping de- Nowed then in severe f efal soni, as it Is now, owing to great expense of the oper the Cuban insurgents, 11 adopted the val’ warrants or } which the United S$: of the ow of the s then spent many year. accepted in i ps destre in the duce the nish goverament to redeem these bonds. It is believed here that if the latest move of the Spaniards is not solely in the interest of delay, it may be de a to frame a similar eme for the setule- ment of Mora’s claim. BISMARCK’S ILLNESS. About It Difficult Reliable News to Obtain. LONDON, July ews regarding the condition of Prince Bismarck ts c ra ictory and difficult to obtai The London urs of the s vusly ill is doubted. IMPROVED HER TIME. Second Trip to South- ampton. The St. Louis’ LONDON, —The American line steam: which sailed from New York June clearing the Sandy Hook bar at P.m., passed Scilly at 6 o'clock and the Li at this morning. She should reach dock in Soupthampton at about 5:20 this afternoon, On her previous trip which was her first one, the St. Louis n the voyage in seven cays, three hours iiity-three minutes, and to have made her present trip in th the Nee Should she de she will have tive ho he ed y the st Bismar due to thampton record is held steame: merican line kk, and is six day minutes, made in Si have equa this morn- this trip will the s bel mi i that of the de the eastward triy s, ele and leven twelve minu ng some- thing more than eleven ho ead of the fhing more than ele hours ahead of the — ae WILL SELL HER JEWELS. Mrs, Stanford Unwilling to Let the University RANCIs utter. 3.—The Chron- that Mr: d Stanford is to start for where she will dispose of her collection of jewels, valued alf a million dollars, Among the Eugenie dla- ich Mrs. Stanford that the reason for action is her desire to anford University a su with the government over te had tied up the are badly needed to main- the order to rais In ‘s. Stanford will and BRISTOL, with the assistan of the Defen s ng the rigging her yet in pl. y of the new Her topr mast ye ‘The wi nthe pleted ght, and masts and bowsprit s svon in place permanentiy. In. at the carpenters a - and their work should be ne d by the end of the week. on STORM IN MARYLAND. GREAT CH July 3.—Today has brought news from different sections of Kent of the great storm of Saturday ani Sunday. The downpour was almost precedented, and, as a result, the roads bridges ard fields are badly washed. Jonn Quinn haa a horse and two hogs killed the lightning. Romie Byron had a ho killed, and lightning struck in many other places. At on it was estimated that a hundred t of wheat in the sheaf had been wa rom adjoining fields a banked up against the fences along t public roads. At rice’s mill the dam w: Washed out and quantities of wheat were washed into the public r Mill dams tn the upper portion of county were un- Forecaster Moore to Succeed- Pro- fessor Harrington. NEW HEAD OF WEATHER BUREAU Why Maj. Dunwoody Could Not Be Appointed. PROMOTED FROM THE RANKS It 1s understood that Willis L. Moore, now in charge of the forecasting office of the weather bureau at Chicago, has been selected as chicf of the weather bureau to succeed Prof. Harrington, whose removal Was arnounced in The Star yesterday af- ternoon. The selection of Mr. Moore, it is expected, will be officially announced with- in twenty-four hours. The appointment v be strictly on the line of civil service, as Mr. Moore kas been a lifelong employe in the service. He is a republican, and was vers Torty-one years ago. He had no po- litical backing for the office, and the an- nouncement of his appointment will be the first intimation to him that his selec- tion has been considered by the President and Secretary Morton. He received his first appointment to the signal service when twenty-one years old, and has been with it and the weather bureau ever since. He was educated at the signal service military school of Fert M Va., and ranked sec- ond in a graduating class of thirty mem- bers. In 1886 he became sergeant, securing the promotion by devising economical, expeditious mechanical methods of issuing daily weather forecasts and maps,”and was immediately assigned to the pr: ion of meteorological char Later he took charge of the forecast bureau at Minneap- olis and was subsequently transferred to Milwaukee, where his work won sj mention from Secret Rusk. La: Sa competitive examination for @ bureau professorship, in which scientific experts and forecasters for the office. The ten candidates lected tor forecast anding highest were work at the bureau in Washi Mr. Moore ranked high’ He submitted a comprehensive es: methods for making forecasts ather and a S$ were made by a committee con- late chief of Prof. Har- Moore now succeeds, ig of Prof. Mendenhall, ust and geodetic surve: . whom Mr. and Maj. Dunwood; sistant chief of the weather bureau. won afterward Mr, Moore was sent to Chicazo and placed in ge of that station. s of that has been unanimous in commending work. He a phenomenal record last Mareh in 1g 130 cold wave sig- nals, of which 115 were verified by the s themselves. He also acc ¥ pre- ve whic! December and ° t Jan- in the serv ‘ord he h ation for the new du Moore is well known i » he served for several y ther office. ime he job printing workin point proof mare this city, ars in the mnducted a at night in the weathe tering the ghamton, XN Y. Some this city, > attention to him. team at the i in the car Wanted Maj. Dunwoody. cretary Morton h ng time ated to place Major Di at the head of the bure i when moval became a ident licer to the ident thus to be ¢: srably inclini but th t might € 2 the d before the At y Gen- wether or not an officer of the lian pest on was consulted. but con- t ha could not his fear that under the law would not be per- ible. E: and now ecretary of e inion that Major Dunwood tel as chief of the w essor n the Departm tice, however, coull not ses his to rendering ‘an offictal opinion, Secretary reluctantly aban¢ i the effort . Dunwoody, whom he be- to be the ideal chief of the bureau. it was that he decided to keep the appointment within the service, and to chocse one of the local forecasters, the eligible of whom he had fr n consid- , in view of such an nt of Jus- ay clear and the Between Dann and Moore. t the choice lay between Forecaster stationed at New York, and Prof. Moore, at Chicago. After some considera- ction the Secretary decided to recommend Prof. Moore's appointment, and his com- mulssion was sent to y Gables late last week for the President's signaty As far as known, It has not yet been returned, al- though there is no prob lity that Jt will not arrive in due time, authcrization for ~ Prof. charge of the bu The with the President's take Moore to se pr bureau of sur- » know hing- rs or ath al de. y had m him for Prof. - no mis- Harring- ng Prof. Moore has for a year or more had Ke of the weather service of four tes lying west und north of Indiana to the Rocky mountains, his h riers being at Chi is a mest import- t region, covering as it does the section ef the country that pr greate amount of wheat, and b 1 ei upon the weather s¢ of the mest Vital ir + e+_____ More Treasury Department Changes. Additional changes In the ¢ sal force re announced of the Treasury Department as follows: Appointments—OfMfice of the Secretary— s A. White, $900. Office of controller —James A, Long, $100. liter for Treas- $000 to $1.0" ent—-H, J. hospital Pp. We SLM, Office of cont _ D. Terrill, $1,200 to $1,600; R. $1,200 to tfice of internal Han W. ck, $100) to. $1,800; broken and tremendous washouts made in the public roads. Five dams in ihe upper ctlons of Queen Anne’s Were also wi out. Great damage was done to y poultry in Kent, as also to young birds. . $1,400 to $1,600; H. P. Hud- dleson, $1,400 to $1, nese changes took effect July 1. On the same date the salaries of forty-two clerks were reduced, but the department has de- cided not to make their names public.