Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1895, Page 8

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E. parish who were named as defendants last week in injunc- tion proceedings brought by the members of the so-called de jure vestry, who ques- tion the lagality of the last Easter Mon- day election, was filed in court by Mr. J. Walter Cooksey, as, solicitor for the de- fendants. At the suggestion of Mr. Wm. A. Meloy, for the complainants, the case was postponed until 10 o'clock next Monday morning. The answer and the exhibits filed with it make about fifty typewritten pages. It goes into all the details of recent parish history having a bearing upon the questions at Issue. It denies specifically every allegation made in the Dill of the complainants essential to maintaining the contention that the complain- ants and not the defendants, were elected vestrymen at the last parish elec- tion. It devotes much space also to show- ing that the church is a free church, and that the complainants have only recently discovered that it is a pew church, a point which, it is claimed, has much to do with determining the qualifications of voters. It is averred that there were many persons in the congregation who had been for a long time accustomed to occupy special seats, and to secure said seats with reason- able certainty to such persons, a plan was devised whereby upon the signing of a pledge to contribute to the support of the parish a weekly sum any person who so destred could have a special seat assigned him. It is claimed that at the Easter elec- tion of 1894, at which Mr. Torbert, one of the complainants, presided as senior war- den, registrar and chairman, he and others defined the qualifications of votere without reference to the qualification of owning or leasing a pew or part of a pew, and the then vestry when called upon to pass upon the qualifications of voters did so without regard to sald question. Again, at the Easter election of 1895, so amply oppor- tunity was given to challenge voters, no one suggested that the qualifications of voters embraced “the owning or leasing of @ pew or part of a pew,” and no such ques- tion was raised until nearly two months afterward. ‘The allegations that the pews of the church are rented, the defendants assert, are without foundation in fact, and are urged hy the complainants only to ob- scure the merits of the case and-to give color to the unlawful pretensions of the complainants. In reference to the allegations concerning the office of treasurer of the parish, the answer says that May 25, 1895, the vestry deemed it wise to elect R. J. Earnshaw as subtreasurer, and thereupon passed a reso- lution directing the registrar “to turn over to R. J. Earnshaw, the subtreasurer of St. Mark’s parish, such funds of the parish as he now has in his possession, or that may hereafter come into his possession.” In ex- planation of this, the answer says that Mr. Walter H. Marlow, who Is the treasurer of the parish, “acting under the evil counsels and advice of the complainants and other evil disposed persons,” refused to pay the salary of the reetor in the amount ordered by the vestry, and Mr. Marlow had also de- nied the power and authority of the vestry, although hoiding office under it. The answer goes into details in relation to the various parish books and lists, main- taining the legality and proper character of the books and lists kept by the rector, and whose validity ‘was attacked by the .com- Plainants in their bill. History as Told by Defendants. The answer goes on to say: “Defendants are informed that for many years prior to Easter Monday, 1894, the an- nual election of wardens and vestrymen in St. Mark's parish have been uniformly without contest or evidence of personal fecling, and with an attendance of only about eight or a dozen persons, These elec- tions were purely informal affairs, as on many occasions the old vestrymen were the only ones present, and uniformly voted out four of their number and immediately re- elected the same four. Ordinarily, when the affairs of a parish are settled the ne- glect of the qualified voters to attend the Easter elections ig productive of ng great injury, but it is often found that alien an emergency arises the vestry, which has for many years maaged the affaifs of the parish, is found to be unequal to such an emergency. During the year 1893 such an emergency arose in St. Mark’s parish, and the vestry which had been tolerated by the indifference and neglect of the parishioners Proved unequal to the same. By the death of Rev. A. F. Steele, who for more than twenty-five years had faithfully served the parish, the entire management of affairs was thrown upon the then vestry, which was presided over by Complainant Torbert as senior warden, he being also registrar of the parish; that during the said year 1993 two questions of great importance arose, viz: the calling of a rector and the conduct of the mission referred to in sald para- graph. “The said vestry called as priest. in charge of said parish a person who was not acceptable to a large majority of the parishioners, and when it became known that it was the intention of his friends in the vestry to call him as rector a strong and determined opposition sprui up to avert, if possible, such action. Ee atti- tude of the said vestry with regard to mission work in the said parish was re- garded by many of the parishioners as urchristian and unchurchly. A young man, a zealous worker and a consistent Christian, had been in charge of said mis- sion for some years and had held a license as lay reader from the bishop of the dio- cese. Through some inadvertence his li- cense was allowed to expire and was not renewed, although he personally believed it to have been renewed. He went on with the work of said mission as he had been accustomed to do, and under a “misappre- hersion as to the state of parochial af- fairs” and without intention to disregard the rights of the vestry to be consulted in the matter, he invited certain leading clergymen of the city to officiate in said mission, which invitations were accepted. The Mission Trouble, “This technical violation of the law of the church was made the subject of a set of stilted] formal resolutions passed by the said vestry, calling attention to the said viclation. It seems never to have occurred to the promoters of -hese resolutions that a word spoken privately to said lay reader would have been sufficient to accomplish the desired result. The matter was taken to the bishop of the diocese and for some time the fate of said mission hung in the balance. The inability of the then vestry to settle these two questions in a satisfac- tery manner, or their willful determination to settle them against the wishes of a ma- jority of the parishioners, gave rise to the greatest dissatisfaction among the said parishioners, and as a result the attend- ance at the Easter Monday elections in the year 1894 was increased to twenty-one per- scons. These defendants have no excuses to offer for the attendance of said per- sons, and none are necessary, since they were simply exercising their legal rights. They aver that at said election each and every voter was legally qualified, and they deny that all were allowed to vote, inas- much as two votes were challenged by John P. Torbert and adjudged by the vi try as not qualified. No unfairness was practiced. The majority submitter grace- fully to the rejection by the vestry of two of their votes, and the said action was asqulesced in because there was no appeal therefrom. “Defendants aver that it was in the power of the majority at said meeting to have made more radical changes in said vestry, and the fact that they made only two changes is a strong evidence of their good faith and lack of personal feeling. Defend- ants with the same show of reason might complain grievously that the attendance of the parishioners at the parish meeting of 1895 was 110, as against 21 in 184 and 8 or 12 in previous years, as a result of the ‘general understanding’ which complain- al allege existed ‘that at the election of 1895 all qualified voters in the congregation who sympathized with and indorsed the course pursued by the vestry of 1893, in re- gard to the mission station aforesaid,woulad be on hand to vote.’ “Defendants aver that the complainants and their supporters came to the Easter election of 1895 determined to punish all those who had at the election of 1804 pre- sumed to exercise in a legal way their rights as qualified voters of said parish. They came with boastful overconfidence, having prepared beforehand to celebrate the anticipated defeat of their opponents. Being thwarted in their designs, they, and they only, have since kept the sald parish in the throes of a newspaper warfare, to the great detriment of its material pros- perity and its spiritual growth.” The Rector's List. It is shown in the answer that January 24, 1895, pursuant to a practice in this dio- cese, Mr. Torbert, as registrar of the par- ish, made a formal entry upon the parish register appointing the rector, Mr. Graham, as his assistant for the purpose of keeping the register. Mr. Torbert, they say, prior to the recent election refused to post a list of the names registered in this parish regis- ter kept by the rector, and for that rea- son the rector posted in the church a sup- plemental list of names entered on the “canonical parish register” kept by himself, The defendants aver that the methods fo!l- lowed by the rector in securing information required for the parish books is similar to those followed in every parish in the coun- try. If it were true, as alleged by the complainants, that the votes of seventeen persons were cast illegally, the complain- ants were present at the election, fully cognizant of the alleged irregularity, but permitted the votes to be cast and count- ed without protest or objection, and should not now be heard to question the same. The d2fendants declare that the allegation that any person or persons present at the Easter Monday meeting “were by a ma- jority of said assembly allowed to vote at said election” is false and misleading, be- cavse the meeting was not asked or per- mitted to pass upon the qualifications of voters, aS the vastry of the parish passed ugon such questions, and under their law there is no appeal from their decision. It is asserted that three of the votes counted by the tellers for John P. Torbert were three bearing the name of “Talbert,” and that the votes should have been counted for Mr. Talbert and not for Mr. Torbert. It is declared that the rector of the parish has refused and still does refuse to meet with the complainants or to recognize their pretensions. It is declared, also, that the defendant, William S. Nicholson, who has resigned from the vestry, was in every way alegally qualified voter in the parish, and they deny that at the time of the elec- tfon Mr. Nicholscn was an officer of Waugh M. E. Church. The Bolted Doors. In regard to the allegation made con- cerning the bolting of the church doors, the answer says: “Defendants admit that on or about June 1, 1895, the said vestry took measures to more effectually .ecure the parish church and other church property from the in- trusion of unauthorized persens holding keys without the consent of the said vestry or of the rector of said parish, and they aver that no person who has any ‘legal right and duty to enter’ has been denied admission to said church and other prop- erty. Defendants further say that from April 15, 1895, to the present time none of the complainants have entered upon or de- manded to be admitted to the said parish church and other property for the pur- pose Gf ‘supervising, caring for and con- trolling’ the property of said parish.” The defendants therefore ask to have the bill dismissed. ——_——-— COLORED EDITORS TO CONVENE. The National Afro-American Press Associntion to Meet in Baltimore. The National Afro-American Press Asso- ciation, of which nearly all of the colored editors of the country are members, has been called to convene in annual session Tuesday of next week in Baltimore. The association will be in session three or four days, and many subjects affecting the moral, religious and educational status of the negro in this country will be discussed. Mr. W. Calvin Chase of the Washington Bee ts the chairman of the executive com- mittee, and he has arranged the program of speakers and subjects to be discussed. The deliberations of the association will be presided over by J. C. Doucey, who was collector of customs at Wilmington, N. C., during the Harrison administration, and who now edits the A. M. E. Zion Church Review. The first day's session will be devoted to the reading of the report of the historian and the hearing of the re- perts of the committees which were ap- pointed at the last annual session. Matt. N. Lewis of the Recorder of Norfolk, Va., will submit a paper. The question of the formation of an Afro- American typographical union will be dis- cussed by A. W. Scott of the Wilmington Sentinel, Robert P.. Bird of the Chicago Conservator, Joseph ‘Dorsey of the Crusader of Baltimore, George Morgan of the Re- publican Sun of Providence, R. I., and Em- mett S. Scott of the Texas Freeman. At the evening session Jessie Lawson, editor of the Colored American of this city, will read a paper on “Editorial Style,” and the “Anonymous Contributor” will be talked about by W. A. Sweeny of the Indianapolis Freeman. These papers will be discussed by T. Thomas Fortune of the New York Age,Chris.J. Perry of Philadelphia Tribune, W. S. Dodson of the A. M. BE. Recorder and C._T. Adams of the Chicago Appeal. On the second day C. J. Perry will tell “How to Secure the Best Syndicate News Service,” and F. L. Burrett of the Omaha Progress, L. A. Martinett of the New Or- leans Daily Crusader, A. J. Alston of the Langston City Herald and Dr. S. P. Brown of the Rescue of New Orleans will discuss the subject. Magnus L. Robinson of the Leader and Clipper of Alexandria, Scott Wood of the Petersburg (Va.), Herald, G. F. Frinklin of the Nebraska Enterprise and Rev. F'. T. Henderson of the South Boston Banner will read papers during the after- noon session. At the evening session Dr. W. Bishop Johnson of this city will contrast the re- ligious and secular press. W. Calvin Chase of the Bee will talk of the “New Leadership in the Negro Race,” and J. C. Doucey, T. 7. Fortune an@-Rev. Dr. W. S. Ham- mond will discuss the subject. They will be followed by Miss E. F. G. Merritt of the Washington Bee, T. T. Fortune of the New York Age, C. A. Johnson of the Colored American, A.B. Adams of the Philadelphia Speck, E. C. Cooper, John Mitchell of the Richmond Planet and Dr. L. J. Coppin of the A. M. E. Church Review. THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bingham. Brown agt. Brown; testimony before R. L. Wallach, examiner, ordered taken. Os- born agt. Smith; appearance of absent de- fendants ordered. In re Washington Gal- loway, Jesse E. Wilson and Lewis Wood, alleged lunatics; writs de lunatico inquiren- do ordered to issue. Renneker agt. Renne- ker; testimony before F. L. Williams, ex- aminer, ordered taken. Beall agt. Danen- hower; Ashley M. Gould appointed guardian ad item. Sherwood agt. Sherwood; appear- ance of absent defendant ordered. Mock- abee agt. Mockabee; testimony before F. L. Williams, examiner, ordered taken. Em- mons agt. Lawton Brick and Tile Co.; sale decreed, with Jchn Ridout, trustee, to sell. Grymes agt. Grymes; testimony before C. E. Thorn, examiner, ordered taken. Green agt. Newman; witness Green required to write his name. Latimer agt. White; ap- pearance of absent defendant ordered. Jones agt. Jones; testimony before Robert J. Murray, examiner, ordered taken. Sum- merfield agt. Summerfield; do. Strother agt. Strother; do. before C. E. Thorn, examiner. Peabody agt. Bureau of Education; appear- ance of absent defendants ordered. Mur- phy agt. Kirby; time to prepare transcript of record extended thirty days. Mulford agt. Bateman; time to file amendment to bill extended to July 7. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Cole. White agt. D. C.; judgment in certiorari. Ergood agt. De Atley; judgment by default. Ruoff et al. agt. D..C.; judgment in certio- rari. Circuit Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Dieudonne agt. D. C.; judgment in certio- rari. Dashiell agt. W. and G. R. R. Co.; motion of Rock Creek Railway Company for new trial filed. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. U. S. agt. Edw. Desmond and Charles Auffort; housebreaking; on trial. Probate Court—Chief Justice Bingham. Estate of David McIntire; order substitut- ing Enock Totten for S. S. Henkle as one of the custodians of the assets. pa SS Knocked Down. Maggie Keys, a seven-year-old girl, was knocked down by a bicycle at Pennsyl- vania avelue and 25th street last evening and was slightly injured. She was taken home by friends. No blame is attached to Gloyé Jones, the rider of the wheel. THEIR RIGHT UPHELD Mr, Thomas Says Oommissioncrs Oou!d Re- ject Garbage Bids. The Point Rained by the Columbia Supply Company Anpwered—Re- yj strictions of a Charter. When the protest of the dotumbia Supply Company against the award of the gar- bage contract to Joshua Warfield was re- ceived by the Commigezioners it was rromptly forwarded to the attorney for the District for opinion. This afternoon Attorney <Thcmas present- ed his opinion, in which he holds that the Commissioners have the legal discretion to reject any and all bids. The cpinion in full is as follows “The gravamen of the protest of this company is that it was the lowest bidder by $9,800 for the work. Section 5 of the act of Congress approved June 11, 1878 (20 Stat., 105), requires the Commissioners to adver- tise for proposals for doing any work the total cost of which shall exceed the sum of $1,000 in one newspaper in V hington, and. if the total cost shall exceed $5,000, then in j one newspaper in the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore for one week, and the lowest responsible proposal for the kind and character of the work, which the Commissioners shall determine upon, shall in all cases be accented; provided, that the Commissioners shall have the right in their discretion to reject all of such proposals, Under this. statute, which governs the Commissioners in in iting bids for gar- bage disposal, it was competent for them to award the work to the lowest responsi- ble bidder, and in their discretion to reject all other bids. This of itself is a complete answer to the objections raised by the Co- lumbia Supply Company; but, aside from this, I am informed that sald company is AeA aie under the laws of e of rginia for the purpose onl, of supplying fuel. siarccaee reas “Assuming this to be so, the Columbia Supply Company was not a competent bid- der. No valid or binding contract could have been made with it for the removal of garbage. The charter of a corporation is the measure of its po-vers. It can make no contract beyond the purposes and scope of its charter. Where those powers are exceeded the government may take away its charter; a court of equity will restrain the carrying out of a contract, and a court of law will sustain no action upon it. Da- vis _vs. Gray, 131 Mass., 259.) “In my judgment the Columbia Supply Company, being organized for the purpose of supplying fuel, exceeded its powers when it undertook to bid for the work of garbage disposal. The enumeration in its charter of the business it was organized to do ex- cludes the idea that it has the right to do any other business. But, independently of this question, my opinion is it was within the legal discretion of the Commissioners under the act of 1878 to reject any and all bids for the disposal of garbage.” a Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Samuel Bieber et ux. to Eugene A. Atchi- son, part original lots 1 and 2, sq. n. of 853; $10. Leon Tobriner, trustee, to Henry Kraak, part lot 90 and all lots 91 to 94, }Chichester; $4,400. C. Reynolds Bedford, trustee, to Samuel Ross, lot 285, sq. 156; 7,800. Hiram J. Penrod et ux. to Bettie W. Jamieson, part lot Bx 2k. 37, Brook- land; $10. Same to Katherfne Walsh, part same lot; $10. Chas. T. Yader, trustee, to Chas. E. Lanning, lot {J 1#. 623; $2,650. Herbert M. Locke to Leo Simmons, lot 25, sq. 568; $10. Diller F. Groff to Elizabeth A. Reynolds, lot 25, bil Brightwood Park; $10. John Judge to EI E. Knights, lot 92, sq. 20S; $1. Jacob S. Redman to Chas. S. Campbell, lot 9@q. 383; $7,000, Ethel G. Taylor to Chas ‘Er Stanford, lot 25, sq. 058; $3,800, Brainard H. Warner et ux. to Alex. K. PhiNips, part origina] ‘lot 16, sq. 289; $10. James Fishback to Caro BE. Kershaw, part lots 6 and 7, Kosciusko place; $10. Same to Martha J. Martin, part same lots; $10. Wm. L.JFodlke to Sidney Bieber, Igt 1 $10. —_——>_4— The Fourth at the Pest Ofiice, | Postmaster Willett today issued an or- der as follows: The following:divisiong of the main offiee will be closed to the public on Thursday, July 4, 18% Money order division and registry division. A-delivery by carriers at main office will be made at 7:30 a.m. Carriers' window will be open for. delivery of mail to clerks in the depart- ments from 9 to 10:30 a.m., and for the general public from 6 to 7 p.m, Collections will be made at 12:30 and 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Deliveries at stations at 7:30 a.m. Collections at 12 and 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. County collections at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ‘The following stations will be open to the public for the transaction of business: Station A, 6 to 11 a.m., 5 to 7 p.m. Station B, 6 to 11 a.m., 5 to 7 p.m. Station C, 7 to 10 a.m. Station D, 6 to 11 a.m., 5 to 7 p.m. —_— Carl Browne's Plan. ‘There will be an interesting ceremony on the Capitol steps at the main entrance temorrow mcrning at 10 o'clock, if the plan of Carl Browne, the Coxeyite, is car- ried out. Mr. Browne was married to Miss Mamie Coxey, the blue-eyed lassle who figured as the Goddess of Liberty in the Coxey parade in this city, but the pair are not satisfied with being tied by the ordinary nuptial knot, and propose to again be united in a manner that will attract national atten- tien. For this purpose they have planned to come here on July 4 from Allegheny, where they are now stopping, and to pro- ceed to the Capitol steps. It is said that about thirty-five members of the Coxey army, whe have remained here since the disbandment of that body of men, will meet Browne and his bride and witness the ceremeny. Plans are also said to be com- pleted for a picnic of the commonwealers near Mt. Olivet cemetery. es Protecting Employes. Owing to the frequency cf complaints that contractors did 20t pay their work- men punctually, the Commissioners have ordered that Hereafter the general stipula- tion.of proposals for material and labor shall contain a clause providing fay the punctual pay of workmen in cash, and not store orders, and furnish from time to time, as the Commissioners may direct, satisfactory evidence that this has been done. In case the contfactor fails to promptly pay his men the Commissioners will retain payments due until such claims are satisfied. SS For Free Silver Coinage. At yesterday afternoon’s session of the democratic monetary conference at Den- ver resolutions were adopted saying: “Be- lieving that the masses of the demorcatic party throughout the United States are in sympathy with the movement for the restoration of silver, we allyupon them to take such action as will secure the selection of delegates to the next national conven- tion who will declare absolutely for the free coinage of silver at tHe ratio of 16 to 1. “Resolved, That we expressly dissent from the financial policy of the present administration. We are. opposed to the issue of interest-bearing *bonds in time of peace.” if Thirteen delegates to the democratic bi- metallic convention, to Ne hpld in Wash- ington, August 14, Were chosen. eee eg gee Louisiana Election Prauds. A case involving the alleged Louisiana election frauds of 1876 has been docketed in the United States Supreme Court. Thg title is Caroline P. Southworth, adminis- tratrix of John P. Southworth, vs. the United States. It is appealed from the Court of Claims, and involyes a claim for fees on the part of Southworth, who in 1876 was a United States commissioner. Acting in this capacity he issued $283 war- rants for arrest for violation of the elec- tion laws in the twelve days from the 26th of October to the 6th of November. He was so busy that he used a stamp instead of writing his name. The Treasury De- partment refused to allow the claim on ac- count of this and other irregularities, and he took the case to the Court of Claims, where the decision was also adverse to him. —_—__-e+_____ Presidential Postmasters. The President ‘has appointed A. L. Board postmaster at Seymour and Oscar Y. Rath- bun at Whitewright, both in Texas, THE DISTRICT AT ATLANTA The Joint Commission Issues an Appeal to the Public. Fands Wanted to Make a Creditable Exhibition—The Plan to Be Followed. Today the commission in charge of the District exhibit at the Atlanta exposition issued the following: To the Citizens of the District of Colum- bia: The joint commission appointed by the Commissioners to represent the District of Columbia at the Atlanta exposition have finally decided upon the number, character and secpe of the “official exhibits” which they will endeavor to make at the Atlanta exposition, and now ask your generous as- sistafice in raising the fund necessary to make said exhibits complete, successful and an honor to the District ef Columbia. Ik was decided to limit the scope and character cf the exhibits, in order that completeness might be attained. The official exhibits will consist: exhibit of the public schools of ct, similar in character to the recent exhibition at the Franklin School. 2. Colonial exhibit, consisting of rare and historic relics connected with colonial and revoluticnary times. The exhibits ef the works of Washing- rary and literary exhibit, con- sisting of books, MSS., etc., of Washington autkors and writ 5. The exhibit of the women’s peace con- gress. It was the object of the commission in making the above selection to secure ex- hibits which would be characteristic of Washington, and to have them as complete as porsible. It will require only $2,500 or $3,000 to box, ship and prcperly display these exhibits at Atlanta, and the joint commission feel that the citizens of the District will be more than glad to subscribe the money necessary to carry out this laudable design. Contributions will be received by the offi- cers of the joint commission, the members of the finance committee and the Washing- ton press. T. A. Lambert, chairman; Con- rad H. Syme, secretary. The Finance Committee. The finance committee is as follows: ‘Jesse B. Wilson, B. H. Warner, Jno. E. Herrell, Jno. J. Edson, Geo. Herring, Jno. W. Thompson, S. W. Woodward, Commis- soner Jno. W. Ross, Secretary Hoke Smith, c. J. Bell, J. P. Minatree, Beriah Wilkins, F. B. Noyes, G. C. Conn, Thos. Somerville, S. H. Kauffmann, Mrs. Blount, Mrs. A. A. Birney, R. W. Tyler, Mrs. Geo. M. Barker, Sam'l Wheatley, S..S. Shedd, C. A. Snow, 8. G. Cornwall, W. H. Moses, Frank Hume, Jas. J. Lampton, Levi Woodbury, Mrs. Jas. H. McGill, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Mrs. Reginald Fendall, J. M. Wilson, Jno. R. McLean, Geo. Truesdell, Riggs & Co., Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, Geo. F. Oyster, E. D. Easton, M. M. Parker, Miss Kibbey, Samuel Bryan, Barnes & Weaver, Mrs. E. C. Dean, A. L. Barbour,Thos. Waggaman, Walter Davidge, M. W. Beveridge, W. M. Galt, Mrs. Jas. F. Barbour, Ralph Galt, M. A. Ballinger,Chas. Schneider, Sam’l Ross, A. S. Pratt, W. F. Holtzman, Geo. E. Lemon, A. A. Thomas, L.. G. Hine, O. G. Staples, L. P, Shoemaker, Jno. T. Devine, Thos. W. Smith, temporary chairman. ——___ TORPEDO BOATS. . THE NEW Advertisements for Proposals Issued in Newspapers of the West. With but a single exception, newspapers in the east have not been given the ad- vertisement just issued by the Navy De- partment calling for proposals for building three new torpedo boats large enough to go to sea and make twenty-six knots per hour. This is owing to the fact that the language of the act under which these boats are to be built permits them to be constructed on the Atlantie codst only in the event that the Navy Departmcut is un- able to secure reasonable offers from _re- sponsible bidders on the Pacific coast, the Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico. The department is making every effort to carry out the purpose of the act of Con- gress in this respect, and so it has pub- lished its advertisements in the papers of the Pacific coast, at San Francisco and Seattle and Portland, and for the first time in papers in Dubuque, New Orleans, Mo- bile and Pensacola. Inquiries are being received at intervals from tron workers and ship builders along the gulf and on the Mississippi, which encourages the depart- ment officials to hope that bids will be forthcoming from these sections of the country, and, to stimulate the inauguration of new naval shipwrights, the department kas been at some pains to furnish the in- quirers with all information that might properly be given them in the way of de- tailed plans of the coats and matters of internal construction that will assist them in submitting estimates. One purpose of so doing has been to correct a very preva- lent impression among embryo naval con- structors that a torpedo boat is easy to build, betng nothing more than a powerful engine encased in the smallest hull that will float Ler, for, in reality, it is one of the most uncertain products of the naval architect, and only the highest degree of Cesigning and structural skill and the use of the best material can turn one that will stand the severe strains and develop the very high speed adsolutely required by the contracts under which the torpedo boats are’ built. Success in building vessels of ordinary type and merchant craft is no guarantee of good results in the first at- tempt at bullding a torpedo boat. —-e Marbles and Minerals in Spain. Ccnsul General bowen at Barcelona has sent a report to the State Department upon the marbles and minerals of Spain. He says that although having plenty of mar- ble, Spain's quarries have never been de- veloped like those of Italy, France and Belgium. In recent years, however, the marble sawing industry eveloping rap- idly owing to the duties imposed on the importations of like material from other countries, Bricks and tiles are now being produced in large quantities, and the making of ceramics, delft and porcelain are success- ful industries. Glass and crystal mannu- factories are doing a large business. The mineral preduct, the consul general shows ving the ouput in tons, of 1894 was as follows: Quicksilver, lead, 151,000; fron, copper, 70,000; zinc, 34,000 antimony, 15; salt, 533,280, and los of silver. (A kilo is about 21-5 pounds.) 1N LABOR CIRCLES/VALKYRIE LOST AGAIN Recent Happenings Among the Men Who Toil. The Carpenters and the Work on Mrs. Childs’ House—Non-Union Men From Philadelpbia. Two more non-union carpenters, accord- ing to reports made to labor organizations, reached Washington yesterday from Phil- adelphia for the purpose of going to work on Mrs. George W. Childs’ new house. Information received here from Philadel- phia by union men fs to the effect that the men were engaged at a compensation of$2.70 per day of nine hours. This is 30 cents less per day than is now being paid at Mrs. Childs’ house to other non-union men and ‘there is considerable speculation among the members of the craft, who have become aware of this fuct, as to the Meaning of this new mov: Affidavits have been forwarded to Mrs. Childs at Philadelphia to show that three union men were recently discharged from workirg in her employ for no other reason than that they asked for an increase of ay. ai is also stated that contrary to the rule, which has been in practically universal use here for many ycars among both union and non-union carpenters, to work but eight hours on Saturday, when they work nine hours per day during the rest of the week, the carpenters on Mrs. Childs’ house are compelled to work nine hours every ay. Society of Carpenters. The meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, which was held at Costello’s Hall, corner of 6th and G streets northwest, Monday night, was well attended and was a very pleasant affair. The occasion was rendered doubly inter- esting by the fact that the installation of Beaten by the Britannia and Ailsa. j MORE DEFEAT FOR CUP CHALLENGER Breeze Seemed Too Strong for the Yacht. AN INSPIRING SCENE HUNTER'S QUAY,Firth of Clyde, July 3. —Britannia, Ailsa and Valkyrie sailed to- day in the race for the Muir challenge cup in the regatta of the Royal Mudhook Yacht Club and the cup challenger, Val- kyrie, was again beaten. The regatta was sailed in a nice south- west breeze accompanied by brilliant sun- shine. Britannia, Ailsa and Valkyrie III started in the race for the big yachts, the prize being the Muir challenge cup valued at 100 guineas, with 25 guineas added, and Eucharis, Zenita, Niagara and Dakotah started in the race for the smaller yachts. There were cight events on the program of the Mudhook Yacht Club today, but in- terest centered almost entirely in the races for yachts above forty-rating and in the contest in which the twenty-raters took part. The course for the large yachts was as follows: From Hunter's Quay, pas#ing the commodore’s yacht and No. 1 mark boat, thence to a mark beat off Skelmorlie, (oe to a mark boat off Ascog, Isle ot Bute, thence to a mark beat off Kilcreggan, thence to mark boat No. 1, twice around, officers who will serve for the ensuing six months took place. These are: President, Mr. A. Margrave; secretary, Mr. A. Murray; treasurer, Mr. E. Burly; check steward, Mr. A. R. Lingley, and sick steward, Mr. W. C. Bringer. The following were elected del- egates to the Federation of Labor: Messrs. A. Murray, W. 8. Henson, W. S. Spencer, W. A. Reed and H. B. Ashley. A commit- tee of three was appointed to confer with similar committees from D. A., No. 66, K. of L., and the Federation of Labor to ar- range for a Labor day celebration. Announcement was made that the society had found it compulsory to call off the work at the Catholic University those members who were employed there by reason of the refusal of the superintendent to pay the rate of wages asked by the s0- ciety, and regret was expressed that such a course had become necessary. Two new members were initiated and cne application for membership was received. The affairs of the society are in a highly Prosperous condition, and, with one or 1wo exceptions, all the members have regular employment. Brotherhood of Carpenters. Union No. 190, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, met Monday night for the first time in their new hall, No. 627 Massachusetts avenue northwest. The hall was well filled, and great interest was man- ifested in the proceedings, which, for the greater part, were covered in the report in yesterday’s Star of the withdrawal of the union carpenters from working at the Cath- olic University. The following officers for the ensuing term were installed: President, Mr. W. E. Burner; vice president, Mr. M. D. Rose; treasurer, Mr. J. M. Heisley; financial secretary, Mr. L. F. Burner; re- Mr. Charles Scherer; iam Foss, and conductor, Mr. H. Donaldson. The ceremony of hb stallation was performed by Past Presi- dent G. Edmonson. Several new members were initiated. The Federation of Labor. The delegates who have recently been elected—nearly 200 in all—to compose the Federation of Labor for the ensuing six months will meet for organization Tues- day night next at Plasterers’ Hall, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 4% street nérthwest. It is generally believed that with the exception of Vice Presidents George O. Cook and Ledru Boyd, who do not, it is said, desire another term, all the present officers will be re-elected. These are as follows: Presidert, Mr. James F. | McHugh; recording secretary, Mr. Joseph K. Potter (thirteenth term); secretary- treasurer, Mr. S. A. Clements; sergeant-at- arms, Mr. O. P. Ayers. Arrangements were made to hold a meet- ing last night, prior to the open session of ‘| the Federation of Labor, of a session of the joint committee of District Assembly No. 66, K. of L., and the federation on Labor day parade, but the constant arrival of per- sons who wished to attend the open meet- ing interfered to such an extent that only an informal conference could take place. It was, however, determined to request the secretary to send out invitations asking the delegates from*the vatious organizations proposing to unite in the Labor day demon- stration to meet at a hall and place to be agreed upon in a day or two, some day next week. It is understood that the jourrfeyman tile workers have been granted an increase of wages by their employers, but the amount will not be known until the meeting of the former, Friday night. = . Not a Washington Mechanic. The Washington mechanics who were working at the pensjon building when the dummy was thrown from the dome Friday last, and a panic produced among the em- ployes, as was told in The Star of the same day, have made an investigation of the af- fair, and have, they say, ascertained that the offense was not committed by a resi- dent of this city, nor was the party who did the act a member vf any society of or- ganized labor. —— Pension: lowed. Virginia; Original widows, etc.—Lavinia Foltz, Alexandria, Alexandria. Original— Thomas Green, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. Reissue—Samuel Sherry, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. District of Columbia: Original widows, etc.—Minors of Harrison Thornton, Wash- ington, D. C.; John P. White, Washington, D. C.; Ernest Rittenhouse, Washington, D. Cc. Increase—Edward Dougherty, Washing- ton, D. C. Reissue—Lewis Gibson, Wash- ington, D. C.; George W. Reeves, Washing- ton, D. C.; Fred. E. Baukhag, Washington, D. C.; Stephen Turner, Washington, D. C.; George B. Boyce, Poultry, Rutland; Charles Gordon, Washington, D. C. Maryland: Original—Charles Whittman, about fifty miles in all. Valkyrie III allowed Ailsa 2 minutes 59 seconds, and she allowed Britannia 4 min- utes and 2 seconds. When the big racers put out of Holy Loch for their preliminary spurts this seen? in order to get their sails setting nicely for the day’s racing, a nice breeze was blowing from the southwest, causing Britannia, Ailsa and Valkyrie to glide through the water in great style. A Beautifal Scene. At the club house on Hunter’s Quay a most beautiful scene was witnessed. The Firth of Clyie was dotted with white sails. All sorts of yachts and excursion boats were moored or at anchor near the point, and every point of vantage here at Dun- docn, in Ellan, Toward Point, Ascog, Skel- mcriie, Inverkip, Cloch Point and Gourock was occupied by crowds of picnickers, pre- pared to witness a good day’s racing. Fiit- ting here and there in the sunshine were small fleets of pretty yachts, all watching the big racers, and preparing to accompany them as far as possible over the course. Britannia, Ailsa and Valkyrie carried club topsails and big jibs, and it would be diffi- cult to imagine a finer sight than witnessed when these :acers were put through their preliminary canters. . The Start. When the starting gun was fired to send the big yachts away, at 10:30 a.m., Britan- nia and Ailsa crossed the line almost to- gether, with Valkyrie a couple of lengths behind. Britannia had the weather berth, and she goon pulled ahead. The big racers passed the Cloch light house as follows: Britannia Ailsa .. Valkyrie III The starting of 10 41 45 Ailsa and surprise to yachtsmen, as it was generally believed that neither of them would race today, chiefly owing to the fact that the yachts in this race have hitherto been obliged to be handled by amateur steersmen, and it was in this race last year that Mr. A. D. Clerk's Satanita sunk Valkyrie II, so the Prince of Wales, owner of Britannia; Lord Dunraven, the representative owner of Val- kyrie III, and Mr. A. B. Walker, the owner of Ailsa, were not anxious to sail today un- Ger the same rules. Consequently they made a joint representation to the regatta committee of the Mudhook Yacht Club yes- terday, with the result that the rule was waived, and the yachts today were sailed by their regular skippers. Valkyric made a poor showing. She heeled over a great deal in the fairly stiff breeze, which promised to blow steadily throughout the day. he following were the times of the big racers in rounding mark boat No. 2 off Skelmorlie: Valkyrie, Britannia was a pleasant #H.M.S. Britannia . 11 06 00 Ailsa .. 106 15 Valkyrie 1 06 30 The boats raced in fine style toward mark beat No. 3 off Ascog, Isle of Bute, which Britannia rounded in’ ahead of Ailsa, the latter being half a mile ahead of Valkyrie. Reaching to mark boat No. 4 off Kifcreg- gan, on the first round, the breeze held good, and the distance between the three Dig racers was kept much the same. Pas: ing in Ellan pier head on the way to Kil- creggan the three yachts were timed as follows: H.M.S. Britannia . 114001 Ailsa ...... 11 41 21 Valkyrie 1 42 10 With little change in their relative posi- tions the yachts rounded Kilcreggan mark boat No. 4 on the first.round in the follow- ing order and times: Britannia .. After rounding the Valkyrie fell away perceptib home. The first round was completed by the big yachts as follows: = Britannia Ailsa .... Valkyrie III Soon after the big yachts started on the reach to mark boat No. 2 off Skelmorlie on the second round it was found necessary to lower Valkyrie’s club topsail, the breeze apparently being too strong for her. The yachts passed Cloch light on their way to Kilcreggan as follows: H.M.S. Britannia . 24:16 Ailsa. 25 21 Valkyr' . oe OL Britannia rounded the Ascog mark boat No. 3 on the second round a mile ahead of Allea, which was still leading Vaikyrie by about two miles. At this stage of the race Britannia was looked upon as being a cer- tain winner, barring accidents. Valkyrie set her working topsail and heel- Se Yellow Fever Increasing in Cuba. The United States consul at Santiago de Cuba reports that yellow fever Is on the in- crease there, but says it is impossible to give the number of cases, owing to the fact that physicians in private practice do not report their cases. He says there were nineteen deaths in the city from this cause during the week ending June 22. ° The,patent Otlice Gazette. The first issue of the Patent Office Ga- zette under the new contract for the pres- ent fiscal year appeared yesterday. There had been so imuch strife over the contract for the Gazette that there was a good deal of curiosity yesterday to see if the publi- caticn would be out on time and in good shape. This was the case to the last let- ter of the agreement. The typographical appearance of the Gazette is all that Com- missioner Seymour expected or desired, and it would be difficult to distinguish any difference between a copy under the new contractor and the old. The illustrations are reproduced in clear and distinct lines and the text, which is photo-lithographed frcm type-set copy, is exceptionally well done. = ——_+-o+__ The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. 7 But all such orders must be ac- companied -by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. Cumberland. Original widows, ete.—Harriet i Chesapeake Cit: Cecil; Rebecca Pleasant, Frederick. In- crease—Fhomas H. Bryan, Annapolis, Anne Arundel; Abraham K. Shoff, Corriganville, Allegany. Reissue—John T. Douglass, Bal- timore, Baltimore; John W. Boon, Hope, Queen Anne; George M. Kilman, Annapolis, Anne Arundel; David H. Legat, Havre de Grace, Harford; Isaac Groff, College of Saint James, Washington; Conrad Zink, Elk Ridge, Howard; John A. Peddicord, Emmitsburg, Frederick; Charles G. Orri- son, Frederick, Frederick; Jas. E. Roberts, Baltimore, Baltimore. Renewal and in- crease—Thomas Jones, Annapolis, Anne Arundel. ——<——— oo Stamps Issucd Last, Year. Official figures compiled at the Post Office Department show that the tota] number of stamps of all kinds issued to postmasters during the fiscal year just closed was 2,- 823,000,000, valued at $56,885,418. This amount is an increase in valuation of $4,- 000,000 over last year. The total value of envelopes issued to post offices was $12,- 036,019, and postal cards $4,968,161. To Be Docked at Cape Town. The gurboat Castine, which has arrived at Cape Town, will remain at that place for the next month and be placed in dock, urless she gets pesitive orders from the Navy Department to continue on her way to the Brazilian station. —____- e-____ China’s Actual War Indemnity. Aceording to a dispatch received by the Secretary of State from Mr. Denby, United States minister at Peking, of May 14 last, the war Indemnity to be paid by China to Japan, under the provisions of the Shimo- noseki treaty, amounts to 288,800,000 Mex- ican silver doll ed ov with her lee rail touching the wa- ter, while Britannia and Ailsa still carry- ing their club topsails went along much stiffer. Britannia Wips, The following are the times of the three big yachts at the finish: H.M.3. wees 258 37 2 57 35 2 58 45 According to the figures Britannia beat Valkyrie by 3m. 8s. actual time, and by 7m. 10s. corrected time, giving her the allow- ance of 4m. 2s., which Valkyrie gives her over a 50-mile course. On the other hand, Allsa beat Valkyrie 1m. 58s. actual time, and by 4m. 57s. with her time allowance of 2m. 59s. —_—_.__ The Centennial of Lithography. At the request of the French embassy, the State Department has given public no- tice of the fact that there has just been formed in France a committee to organize an international exposition of the centen- nial of lithography, to be opened in Paris, August 15 next, and to be conducted under the patronage of the French government, the ministers of commerce and of public instruction being directly named. Copies of the regulations for the exposition have been furnished to the State Department, in order that it may be made known to artis- tic and industrial societies in the United States. ——___—-e Military Reservations Turned Over. By direction of the President, the mili- tary reservations of Fort Townsend, Wash- ington, and of Fort Marcy, N. M., have been turned over to the Secretary of thé Britannia Interior for disposition under the lay. They are no longer required for milit purposes. ate