Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1895, Page 1

———— THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Pesnsylvania Avence, Cer. 11th Street, b7 The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 5. H, KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Olice, 49 Potter Building, csi Seated The Evening Star Is served to subscriber€ In tho city by carriers, on chelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents ter month. Goples at counter 2 cents en By m ny w United States or Canada—postage prepali ber month. Saturday Quintupt Star, $1 per year, with c © at Washington, D. ©, 8 mall matter.) CAI! mail subseriptions must be pald fn advance, Rates of advertising made known on application — Che Evening Star. No. 13,212. WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS The proof of the pudding is in Be enting. Yesterday's Stor confained 47 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 733 separate announces ments. These advertisers foug$t pufficitp—-not merefp ~ space. A FRIGHTFUL DEATH ——_+ Henry Clay England Cut to Pieces at Kensington, ——— es STROCK BY AN ELECTRIC CAR The Motorman is Acquitted of All Blame by the Jury. DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY Henry Clay England, a lawyer who re- sided at Rockville, Md., and was «widely Jcnown In this city and througnout contigu- ous Marylend, was struck by an electric car in Kersington, Md., last night and in- stantly killed, his body being mangled and lacerated in a shocking manner. At 9:15 p.m., as the north-bound car of the Kensington and Chevy Chas raflroad vas approaching the inters of Pri © avenue and Wa street, a violent jolting of the trucks show- ed that it had passed over some o co Gi eG tion. Ther2 were no passengers aboar car. The motorman, Mr. Thom: Crouch, stopped the car, a ductor, Mr. Richard Butler, ascertain the rature of They found the mangled be lying partly cn the track an’ part tall weeds at the roadside. The co ran co the Noyes library 100ms, where the stockholders of the road were holding their annual meeting, and gave the alarm. Mr, 8. A. Layman, who tives near the scene of the accident, was first to identify the b: Mayor R. 5. Detrick of Kensington, {a president of the roaa on which cident happened, felt {t improper to act as coroner, and the coroner from Rockville, Mr. Mordecai Morgan, with Mr. S. T. Mull!- can, sheriff, were summoned by telegraph to hold an inqvest.° = An Inquest Held. ruction, ly of a man y in the The party, accompanied by the brother of the dead man, arrived at 2 a.m., and im- paneled the following # . Parker Jones, foreman; Thi R. Martin, J. H. Fish- back, Lee Martin, S. A. Layman, C. P. Smith, Alfred R 7. R, Pumphrey, Chas. King, F. Hayes, Orus Shepherd and B. F. Spates. Dr. Anthony Ray was selected as consulting physician. As An examination of the body showed the bones of the left arm and right leg wv On th nd conti along the ti he distinctiy h Yn but heard no ov M rman testified that he y nothing on the t though he ying a s The ¢ luctor eht th truck some brush weod. From the position in which the body found the jury c {that the vas either s upon the rail or upon the tie adjacent. ified Alfred Ray that Mr. had ¢ at his house, Mr. Go y had afterward bathed In Rock creek. About S:15 he left the hou intending to walk to Ohio station and take the ville. It was breu Wes In the habi leep in the midst of a conversation, and it was believed that in one of these fits of abstraction he had sunk down where he was killed. Verdict of Accidental Death. The jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death accidentaliy by being tun over by a motor car, and fully exoner- ted the motorman and conductor from any blame in the matter. The body was taken in charge of his brother, Mr. John G. Eng- Jand, and taken to Rockville for burial. Mr. England was between forty-five fifty yeacs of age, and was of the ¥ known family of his name resident tn Montgomery county, his brother, Mr. John G. England, being the mayor and one of the leading me of Rockville. He was considered eccentric, but those who knew him were aware of his ready wit and really superior mental attainments. fie was much In demand as a put in Maryland, and his frightful de create gencral sorrow and regret wh he was known. d er Delegation Now ne Up. he action of Represeatative Lawson of Georg!a in coming out against the fr coinage of s xteen to one, ts reg ed as a matter of considerable importance to the “sound money cause. The Georgia delegation has stood solidly for silver in Congress, and Lawson !s one of the prom- inent men of the delegation. His coryer- sion to the side of the administration has been a thing of slow growth, and pub- He announcement ts significant as well as important. He is a man of influence in his section of the state, but he is not given to rashn He was probably very well gatic‘ed that the growing sentiment was in that direct.on before he veatared to an- nounce his conversion. The tlon people regard this as and think it indicat t money sentiment is growing rapldl; gouth. Some days ago K entative Tate of Georgia, who figured as a strong silver man in the last House, in Washington and refused to expres infon on the silvor que ed that he was not as firmly fixed as former- ly In position on that tssue. -e-—_____ TROLLEY CARS. The Work of Extending the System in Different Cities. The work of extending the post office car system on the trolley Hnes In the lar; cities continues. The New York proceed- ingg received a setback recently on ac- coui of the crowded state of lower Broadway and the difficulty of putting th mail on the cars. In New Orleans matters are progressing smoothly, and the depart- ment Is ready to do fits part as soon as Postmaster Daniels announces that he fs ready. In St. Louis the system Is to be extended—more than doubled, in Postmaster Carlisle of that city has here for the purpose of arranging atters, and It Is hoped that there will be little or no further delay. In Chicago only one postal car Is runving, and it is not likely that any more will be put on. The city council does not, it is said, seem to take kindly-to the scheme, which 1s also opposed by the labor unions. The are said to fear that any future street car strike would be seric pled by the fact that mail-carrying cars Could not be obstructed without running the risk of interference by the United any oF on, and in other ways indicat POSTAL States troops. SS Think It Was Not a Suicide. ‘The friends In this city of the late ex- Gov. E. A. Stevenson of Idaho, whose sud- @en death was announced in yesterday's Btar, do not credit the theory that he died by his own hand. They believe it more Ukely that Gov. Stevenson took the fatal dose of laudanum for the sole purpose of g pain and inducing sleep, and they are much shocke the supposition that ho may have ccmmitted suicide. COINS FOR ORIENTALS Representative Doolittle Favors Mintirg Special Dollars. Our Relations With China and Japan —The Success of the Eng- lish “Chop” Dollar. Representative Doolittle of Washington, who has recently made a trip to China and Japan, speaks very encouragingly of the Prospect of extending American trade in those countries, and he thinks that the opening up ef the interior of China, under the provisions of its new treaty with Japan, will furnish an opportunity for American enterprise. He suggests various methods of developing this trade, one of which would be the coinage of a portion of our silver product into coins, such as would be accepted by the orientals. He observed with especial interest the popularity of the English silver coin known as the chop dol- lar, and expresses the opinion that the United States should lose no time in tmitat- ing the example of Great Britain in pre- paring a special coin for the trans-Pacific trade. Silver in the Orient. “I have,” said Mr. Doolittle, ‘already heen quoted upon this subject, and do wish to be put in the light of unduly pre ing my veiws upon the public. I feel the impor! ce of the qui ion, however. The good feeling on the part of both the Chi- nese and the Japanese teward the United States is unmistakable, and the universal expression of opinion emong Americans in both China and Japan with whom I talked that if the United States government ze itself to the u the Ameri are of the oriental trade which goes to Europe. ver Is the money of the orient. Gold a discount there. While gold ts, of cburse, more valuable than silver, at the established ratio, even then the people pre- fer the white metal, and I, for one, think that the United States would score a great gain in that section of the world by open- ing its mints to the abselute free coinage of silver. In lieu of that, and at least tem- porarily, I should like to see the ehep dol- lar scheme adopted. The chop doilar is a coin contatning about 416% grai ali heavier than our American Its particular value con that it ts known to the ori it pur, $ “t and the coniparative dollar of a few ye More “Chop” Than Mexicnn Dollars. Mr. Doolittle says that according to his observation there were more of the chop than Mexican coins in circulation. arked on one s'de by the profile value. thet government has found the kK so well that a large British biished at Hong K 1 {uct, but above all would, ording to my opinion, go a long way ard promoting our trade in that part of the world. A chop dollar w in China or Japan thr will buy in the United State: Mr. Doolittle would not undertake to say what amount of these coins should be minted in this country, merely expressing the opinion that the quantity should Le controlied by the demands of our trade. He thinks that with this concession to the orientals and with a general reform in our consular system, and the subs! few steamship: merce of the United States with the orient could be increased many fold. +e +____ THE SECRETARY’S BUSY TIME ¢ Able to Take a Vaca- tion Just Now. Secretary Herbert intended to leave Woeshington early next week for his sum- mer vacation, but the pressure of business In the Navy Department has been such as to Gelay his departure until the last of the nth, Among other matters requiring his peisonal attention is that of determining the plans for the new battle ships. Here he has found the bureau chiefs strongly opposed to the pians of the construction bureau, and in order to obtain the sugges- tions from all whose opinions are valuable, the Secretary has invited Admiral Rams Commodore Selfridge, Acting Admiral Bunce and Commander Bradford to submit cheir views. <All of these officers have not yet submitted their opinions to the Secre- tary. Besides the battle ship problem, the contracts for the torpedo boats and for the six new gunboats are to be let, The Secretary has yet to consider the case of Capt. Howell, recommended for promotion to commodore, but against whom charges were made which necessitated an investi- gation. This business is all upon the Sec- retary’s desk, together with the usual reutine of the department that occupies his attention. Mr. Herbert ———— Personal Mention. Mr. B, F. Peters, appointment clerk of the Navy Department, has gone to Casco Bay, Me., where he will spend his vacation with his family. Mr. W. P. Van Wickle will be unable to sail for Eurepe as expected on the steam- ship Paris tomorrow, owing to the delay of the builders in completing the Brad- bury building, and has cabled Mrs. Van Wickle in London to return with friends on the steamship New York from South- ampton July 13, arriving in New York July 20. Mr. Chas. A. Cotterill leaves this eyen- ing on a flying trip to Detroit, New York and Bosto! Mr. C New York les Rauscher leaves tonight for nd sails tomorrow for Europe. He will sp: two or three weeks in Paris. Edward M. Hull, principal of Wood's Commercial College, has been in- vited to make the opening address at the temperance convention to be held in Har- risburg next month, Chief Engineer C. W. Rae of the Naval Academy is on a visit to the city. Lieut. L. D. Greene, seventh infantry, and Lieut H. L. Cavanaugh, ninth infan- try, are visiting this city on leave of ab- sence. ++ The Monterey's Trip. The coast defense ship Monterey left Cal- lao, Peru, this morning for Panama, on her way to San Franci The department is well satisfied with the performances of the Monterey on this crulse, it having been in the nature of an experiment. SSS Ea To Call for Bank Statements. It 1s said that the controller of the cur- rency will call on the national banks of the country fur a report of their condition at the close of business some day this wee probably tomorrow. —— ee Fourth-Class Postmnsters. Sixty-one fourth-clazs postmasters were y of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or resignations. Examined for Promotion. A board of engineers has examined As- sistant Engineer E. W. Winchell for pro- motion to the grade of passed assistant en- gineer. MR. FOSTER TALKS He Tells a Star Reporter Something of His Experiences. WELL TREATED BY THE JAPANESE How Li Hung Chang is Regarded in China. TRANSFER OF FORMOSA Mr. Jchn W. Foster, whose return to the city, after his six ronths’ labors in assist- ing in the arrangements for a treaty of peace between Japan ana China, was noted in The Star yesterday, is already planning to leave in a few days for his summer home on Lake Ontario, but he found time this morning to talk most entertainingly with a Star reporter about scme of his ex- periences and impressions of the trip. 7 ughout his stay Mr. Foster was treated with the utmost consideration, not enly by the Chinese, in whose interests he was engaged, but by the Japanese as well, whg Icok upon him a: than any one » Tesponsible for th sful termina- uon of the negotiations for peace. Nothing could spe: more highly of the manner In Which he handled his delicate mission tha the fact that both n: feel that they are indebted to him fer his good offices. In the of the | conversation this 7 said: much of the kindness ample, both in ki, where the , the government nd in § two conferences were hi set aside a handsome private house for my occupancy, i the comforts supplied and everything was done to make my stay a pleasant During all the time I was in Japan*witn the peace plenipotenuiaries we were guaride: es of the gov- ernment, and y of us went out to watk or ride we were attended by special police, but never, in Japan, Cina or For- did T meet with the slightest demon- ation of unfriendliness. Of course, I met on the part of the na- that 1s evinced toward all foreigner: but never did it become unpleasant in any way. Won Favor From Japan. “flow did {t come about,” asked The Star rte n entertained such a ly fesling toward you? The sugges- been mate that they feel that if for your advice the terms treaty would not have been ratified tion uf € would be se I the troubles. nty, not as the but as they y were first presented to entpotentiaries I fe't they © e and we submitt memorandum in the form of a compre ve document, in which were to the terms, were so far mo than en set forth the the peninsula. The viceroy had an idea, though i do not know that he had any assurances of it, that the Russian government wouid ntervene to prevent Japan from securing any territory on the mainland of As:a and that made the negotiations that much easier. “But the Japanese were not sure then that the terms of the treaty would be ri idly Hved up to, They remembered scme of the actions of China in the past and they feared that history might repeat i self, You may remember that in 1858 England and Fi considered sufMl waged war on China, the war terminating with the treaty of Tien Tsin. Regarding the matter as si tled the two European nations w their forces from China only to ii the latter nation had no intention of al ing by the terms of the treaty, which overthrown when it reached Pekin. There was nothing for them to do but fight It all over again and to take Pekin, where the final treaty was signed. Jar there might be a repetit! cedure, but I am glad Ml not be the hip on the di terms for peace Were as rea- le as could possibly ected, I was strongly in favor of the adoption of the treaty ani 1 it upon the Chinese plenipotentiaries h the result that it was finaily ratified at Pekin. There was considerable opposition to the treaty and many of the viceroys and generals united in a protest against its adoption, but a wiser judgment prevailed. The Transfer of Formosa. *Y was present when the formal transfer of Formosa was made. Formosa is a valuable acquisition to Japan, and, so far as I have seen it, a most beautiful country. The transfer was made by Lord Li, the son of the viceroy. We were given to under- stand that the mission would be attended with considerable danger, but I did not seriously consider it as such. As it turned out, there was no occasion whatever for apprehension. Formosa was in a state of insurrection at the time, so that there was no actual delivery of the government prop- erty on the {sland. The transfer was made on board the vessel which Lord Li had chartered to take the party to Formosa, and was in the form of an instrument in writing, precisely as one would make a transfer of a lot here in Washington by a deed. The cession of Formosa was the last act in the fulfillment of the terms of the treaty, excepting the first payment of the indemnity, which is not due until next October. The consequence was that when I returned to Japan the government of that country was satisfied that the treaty would be adhered to in d faith, and was for showing a very kind'yv spirit toward me. Several banquets and other honors were tendered me, but I declined them.” The Attack on Li Hung Chang. Were you present when the attac! rade upon Li Hung Chang?" “Not actually on the scene at the time of the ence. I had gone off with my Henderson, to take tea with se gentleman, who has a hand- some villa on the seashore. I returned perhaps five minutes after the shooting oc- and was present when the first ation of the wound was made. For- it was not as serlous as was at red. This was the only unpleasant incident that attended all the labors of the on.” sit true that Li E into disfavor with result of the war? “No, I should hardly say that he has. You know the government of China is a curious one. It is not actually ruled by the em , who is young and must y ely on the advice of his councillor: ‘he government of China is really a ernment of boards, and no one man yin authority. For instance, in: of having a single man as secretary foreign affairs all matters of that are attended to by a committee, of wi a prince of the royal blood is the chair- man, and which has six members besides. There Is no secretary of the treasury, but all the finances are looked after b board or committee, and so on through all tt branches of the government. T 4s the privy council. In China, other covntry, there are all sort: cal sects and factions, and wii ig Chang has fallen the government as a of polit many of these the viceroy is for the time being unpopular. They look upon him as the man who is most responsitle for the treaty, and as a conquered peopie they are inclined to blame him for many things for which he was in no sense résponsible. They hold him to account for starting the war, and insist that the army over which he had control should have been able to meet the Japanese with credit to themselves. In point of fact, the viceroy and those asso- ciated with him say that he advised against hostilities and took the ground that they were not prepared for war and must assuredly meet with defeat. Then, too, the treaty was not his, but the en peror’s. All of its terms were submitted to the emperor, who approved of them and authorized Li Hung Chang te bring the hegotiations to a close. In a sense the viceroy is temporarily under a cloud, but it is only for a time, I am sure. In point of fact, he is the ablest man in China today, and by long odds the mest progressive. In my opinion he will be the strongest factor in the ultimate regeneration of the coun- try.” HOPING FOR ILLINOIS Sound Money Democrats Believe They Will : Secure the Delegation, They Claim That a Reaction Hax in—County to Be Held. Conventions Reports from Tilinois rece: ticians in th's city indicate a ed by pol growing feel- ing of confidence on the part of the sound money democrats that they will be able to prevent the sending of a free silver dele- ion from that state to the national con- It is claimed that a strong re- ly set in amortg the demo- ng from the extreme as of recent Altgeid-Hinrichsen free silver the ecnyention. Peyond the systematic and sustained campaign of education the sound money democrats are conducting in that state they are calculating upon another im- portant element to aid them in overthrow- ing the free silver men at the next state convention. It will be this convention which will select the dele: es to the na- Uonal convention. It is explained that next year the state convention Is to be formed under entirely different eircum- nees from those surround-ng the recent At the next one state oilicers are to be chosen, and in each county convention, to the state meeting, county to be selected. County The Tuls means, conventions will be well attended and e. Conventions. it is said, that the county ch test between e of a co one of them the est Wi township end voting precinct and the re- sult will be that no one faction is likely to have a walkover. n new and on th i silver fe ly overcome the fr the pro 1g times, and will be send sound money @elezates from to the state convention and whi » silver fellows in fate fight. Why They Are Encouraged. ve to the situation in Ill! no!s wh claim is significant. ‘They say that every now and thea some man who was regarded as being astride the financial fence, or leaning toward the free i of it, comes out for sound that no one is heard to declare Y as a new start in his po- eer. They argue from this that the cause of sound money is making friends all the time, while free silver is not, WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. Dismissals and Promotions Reported to Civil Service Commission. The follow'ng dismissals were today re- ported to the civil service commission as %@ place in the War Department Record and pension office—Clerks of class 1, Edward Allen, F. P. Gibson, George F. O'Hair, Henry A. Smith and Charles Abert; clerks of the $1,000 ciass—Chari H. Bliss, Daniel Clarke, Clifton Lowe, William H. Bogan and Henry W..Furniss, Office of the surgeon gei class one—James D. Hendley, Henry and Reuben L. Shimer. Office of rebellion records—Charles Ra taetter, topographer, at $1,200; Alfred Shaw, pressman and compositor, at $1,200; Lucy G. Crane, assistant compiler, at $1,200; Kate H. Greene, examiner of arch- ives, at $1,000; Clara V. Staats, assistant in- dexer, $900; Laura L. Mitchell, reviser of preof, at $900, and Fanny M. Reynolds, expert copyist, at $000. The following transfers and reductions are ordered: Office of the surgeon general—John J Beardsley, transferred and reduced fror class 4, in the office of the rebellion rec- ords, to class 2, in the office of the surgeon general; Francis M. Durkin, from expert copyist, $900, office of rebellion records, to clerk class $1,000, office of the surgeon gen- eral. Record and pension cffice—Wiliam W. Lecture, William 'T. Spencer, Samuel A. Muhieman, Philip H.Cass,Albert G. Knapp, James L. Austin and William T. Hughes, reduced from clerks class 1 to clerks of class $1,000, Office of the quartermaster general—John Barry and Oehlman Von Nerta, promoted from class $1,000 to class 1; Isaac N.Flucky and John G. McCreight, from sicilied type- writers at $1,000 to clerks of class 1. Sallie I, Norton, transferred and promoted from indexer at $1,00), office of the rebellion rec- ords, to class 1, office of the quartermaster generol; Misses Isabel Lattimore and Kate B. Cock, from examiners of archives at $000, office of retellion records, to clerks class $1,000 in the office of the quartermas: ter general; Virginia Sutton, from assistant indexer at $900 in the office of rebellion rec- ords to clerk class $1,000 in the office of re- bellion records, to skilled typewriter at $1,000 in the office of the quartermaster general, office of the adjutant general—Helen M. Chamberlin, transferred and promoted frem copy holder at $900, office of the re- bellion records, to clerk, class $1,000, in the office of the adjutant’ general; William ¢. Stump and Carolina L. Harrold, from examiners of archives at $000, In the office of rebellion records. to clerk of the $1,000 class in the office of the adjutant general. Office of the commissary general—Hattie Hobart, transferred and promoted from ex- pert copyist at $400, in the office of the re- beliion records, to clerk of the $1,000 class, in the office cf the commissary general. Se aes Was Appointed From New York. Mr. H. V. Colton of 412 5th street north- west, whose name appeared in the list of discharges from the pension office as hay- ing been appcinted from the District of Columbia, was appointed from the twenty- first, now the twenty-third, congressional district of New York. He was in company F of the thirty-fiftth New York Infantry, and served the full term of his enlistment, recelying an honorable discharge. +e > To Command the Katahdin. Commander R. P. Leary has been ordcr- ed to command the ram Katahdin, and Lieut. M. L. Wood, now on duty at the Na- yal Academy, will be her executive officer, It is expected that the detail for this ves- sel will be completed in a short time. al—Clerks of Wiliam D. HAD A WALK-OVER Cornell’s Opponent at Henley Failed to Start, ONE OF THE LEANDERS BLUNDERED Gave the Word Before the Rest Were Ready. ARGONAUTS ROWED — WELL HENLEY, Eng., July 9.—Cornell wins. The fifty-sixth anniversary of the water derby in Great Britain opened today and promises to be one of the most interesting on record. This is mainly due to the fact that the seven entries for the grand chal- lenge cup, the “blue ribbon” of aquatics, ; included that of the crew from Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca, N. Y. The weather this morning was warm and cloudy, and a light wind was-blowing from Buchinghamshire shere, but by the time the first heat was started at noon a very strong wind was blowing from the same direction, giving the crews there a great advantage. In fact, although fast time will not be made if the wind continues blowing as it is now, every crew on that side of the river should win. The Cornell crew has the Bucks shore in its race with Leander this afterncon, CorneHians in Good Spirits. Sunday’s rest and yesterday's light prac- tice had a permanent effect for the better on the members of the Cornell crow. They rose early this morning, and after a light breakfast, which had been preceded by a good rub down, they arrived at the boat house at 9:29 In good spirits and con- fident of victory. Hager, Fennell ard Spellman especially showed marked tmprovement. Hager, in conversation with the representative of the Associated Press, said: “I think I am all right again, though not as fit as a week eliman and Feinell echoed the senti- ment of ail the crew when they sald: “We will make the race of our lives, and we hope for the best result.”" EA. T on of the Argonaut of Toronto, ng the prospects of the ll crew, in conversation with the rep- tative of the Associated Press, said: think the * fans will win. Their time on the ri er than that of the Leander crew, and if they can only ter the three-quarter post the will cross the finish lne first.” HM stroke of the Ar- gcraut mmenting on the’ subject. sd The Cornell boys ing out all 1 quick, will be i or at the start, w: r this cor ney, the coach of the k in bed this morn- neil crew, W: ing, and did not come to the boat house with the young men from Ithaca. The Cornell crew left ir boat house at 10 o'clock and eir racing shell slow- ly to the starting point. The weather then was warm and cloudy, and there was a ving from the Bucks shore. The scene on the river was one of un- usual animation, even. for Henley. The large fleet of houseboats and other craft were moored along the banks of the Bucks shore, gayly decorated with flags and flowers, and filled with large parties of fashionable people. The Rival Crews. The Cornell crew entered their boat at the following weights: M. M. Rose, 96, bow... 169 pounds E. O. Spillman, '97, Tonawanda, N. ¥., a member of the freshman’s crew of last year, No .-162 pounds E, C. Hager, "95, Buffalo, who rowed in the freshman and ‘varsity crew of light wind blo law, Elmira, N T. Fennell, year at rowin, George P Db. 161 pounds ear, No, 7. 160 pounds Tom Hall of Washington, Ont., known the “veteran,” stroke of the fresh- and ’Varsity crew for three stroke Ses 17+ pounds F. D. Colson, ‘$7, Buffalo, cox- swain of the freskman crew of last year, coxswain. 109 pounds To ‘these weights were added three rounds dead weight to make up the mini- mum required for coxswain. The crew of the Leander Boat Club en- tered their boat as follows CoN Graham, bow J. A. Ford, No. S. Graham! No. 3. F. J. G. Duncanson, No. W. B. Stewart, 240 pounds 166 pounds 169 pounds 187 pounds 187 pounds Cc. D. Burnell, No. 188 pounds M. C. Pilkington, No. 172 pounds Cc. W. Kent, stroke. 1 pounds F.C. Berg, coxswain. 118 pounds It will be seen that there is only twenty- four pounds difference in the weights, emitting the coxswains. It was decided that the race should be Started at 3 o'clock this afternoon, instead of at 0, as at first announced. Throngs of Americans, At noon today, judging from the number of American flags flying on all sides, and by the many familiar faces on and about the water, it was estimated that there were fully 5,000 Americans present at Henley. They came by coach and by train from London to sustain Corneil with cheering and every other magk of encouragement possible, A Pretty House Bont. One of the prettiest house boats on the river was that of Frank Mackay of Chi- cago and W. J. Ritchie of San Francisco. It was situated in a splendid position on the course, and was flying four American flags, and had a Hungarian band playing upon {ts upper deck. On the deck were as- sembled a large party of Americans, in- cluding Mr. and Mrs. M. H. De Young of San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Palmer and others equally well known. Among the other promiment Americans here today are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Croker of New York, Mr. T. E. Roessle of Washington, Mr. Judson of St. Louis, Mr. Elwyn Baron of Chicago, Mr. James J. Bel- den of Syracuse, Mr. Edward Knox, Mr. Peter Morris and Mr. J. C. Cummings of New York. Mr. John E. Wilkle of Chicago drove a party to Henley from Maidenshead on a coach. His guests included Messrs. Percy F. Earn and Mr. Fuller and the two Misses Fuller of Chicago. Messrs. Hall and Fry of the Cornell Glee Club and fuXy three hundred American stu- dents and thelr friends assembled in little knots along the course, with flags in their hands and streamers on thelr umbrellas and sticks, prepared to encourage the Cor- nell crew. ‘The theatrical profession of the United States was out In force, prominent among its representatives being Henry E. Abbey, Nat Goodwin, Sol Smith Russell, Jennie Yeamans, Mr. Frohman and Francis Wil- son, When the first crews were started at noon a very strong wind was blowing from the Buckinghamshire shore giving the crews pulling on that side of the mver a great advantage. In fect, it was pre- dicted that every crew pulling along the (Continued on Eighth Page.) WHY DEMOCRATS SMILE They Think They See Brighter Prospects Ahead. The Gloom Disappearing — Several Things That Have Given New Hope to the Party Leaders. ‘Within the last few weeks there has been @ pronounced revival of hope among demo- cratic leaders of bright prospects for the party in the elections next fall. This fact is shown by conversations with the po- ltical leaders who have visited Washing- ton at Intervals during the past month, and with those who remain in the city but keep in touch with the country at large. The unanimous opinion of these people is that the democratic outlook is not nearly so gloomy as it has been, but on the contrary is actually beginning to take on something of a rose color. The old simile of the “‘sil- ver lining,” etc., is not used any more. The revival in business, of course, is the basis of their hope. There is no dis- count on the revival, and the democrats are claiming the credit for it. The protection democrats of the type formerly represented by Mr. Randall, and now personified by Mr, Gorman ard others, say that the good times result from their tariff bill. The low tariff democrats claim the result as theirs. They say that 'f such prosperity can come from a partial reduction of high duties, how much greater wouid it have been if their ideas had been carried out in full. At any rate, it is claimed as a democratic victory. Counting on Republican Dissensions. Another feature of the situation which gives the democrats hope, is the dissen- sion existing er threatening among the re- publicans in certain sections. In Pennsyl- vania, for instance, they hope the great re- publican landsiide may be partially cleared away by the fight between Quay and Hasunes, and the general dissatisfaction with the state administration which it is claimed exists. In New York great results are expected from the factional troubles. In Illinois, it is claimed, the action of the republican legislature is sharply criticised throughout the state, and the same com- plaint is made in Indiana. Of course, while counting upon the fam- ily troubles of their opponents, the demo- crats do not speak of the differences in their own party over financial questions, but when they are likened to the man who saw the mote in his brother's eye and yet failed to discover the beam in his own optic, they say that the republicans will also get into difficulties over the silver issue in due time, and that In this respect it is a standoff between the two parties. The Administration’s Stand. Administration democrats cherish the hope that some prestige will accrue to the party by its stand upon the silver ques- tion. They say that the free silver mania will soon become a thing of the past, a laughing stock and object of derision in politics, and that when this occurs the people will remember that when the craze was at its height the democratic leaders had the courage to come out boldly and op- pose it, while republican leaders and repub- lican conventions dodged the issue. Upon this recollection the administration men will make the clain: that the dominant ele- ment in the democratic party is the sound money party of the countr ————— EE HE WAS PROMPTLY RELEASED. How an American Passport Got a Man Gut of Trouble. Consul General Judd at Vienna, Austria, has informed the State Department that Johann Baca, an American citizen, was ar- rested there on the 4th of June, on a charge of non-fulfillment of military duty,and that his money, amounting to 875 florins, was taken from him. On receipt of complaint from the consul general, the Bezirkshaupt- mannschaft of Mestek ordered the im- mediate release of Baca and the return of his money. According to Mr. Judd, Baca’s arrest was caused by his failure to present his pass- port to the proper authorities on his arrival at his former home. The Bezirkshaupt- mann (district captain), in apologizing for the arrest, said it would not have occurred if he had known that Baca had acquired citizenship in the United States. “Numerous cases have come to the knowl- edge of this office," says Consul General Judd, “in which naturalized American citi- zens from Austria have had difficulties with the police on returning to their own | country. If such persone would present their passports promptly to the authorities on arriving at their home, instead of ap- pearing to evade them, annoyance and great trouble to themselves would be avoided.” 2—____ CUBA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, The Proposal to Hold it in New York City Causes Some Discussion. The proposed meeting of Cubans in New York for the purpose of electing a pres- ident of the Cuban republic to succeed the late Presdient Marti has attracted some at- tention here, and the government officials are likely to watch the proceeding very closely. There is some difference of opinion as to what attitude the government will as- sume toward the meeting, and it is prob- able that this will be decided by the prog- ress of events at the New York meeting. While the neutrality laws would seem in spirit to prohibit such movements on Amer- ican soil against a friendly power, it 1s con- tended in some quarters that in fact the law does not operate in a prohibitive way unless the pl&in purpose of the demonstra- tion is to make the United States the basis of armed attack against the Spaniards, which will not be the case at the New York meeting, which is said to be for a purely civil purpose. In other words, the general opinion is that some overt act must be committed as a condition to interference by the government here, but just what action is sufficient to fall within this prohibition is not defined. o—__ THAT EUSTIS INTERVIEW. It Causes Considerable Adverse Com- ment in Paris. LONDON, July 9.—Mr. H. De Blowitz, the Paris correspondent, commenting in the London Times today upon the alleged interview with the United States ambas- sador to France, Mr. James B. Eustis, pub- lished yesterday in the Figaro, says that euch an interview evidently constitutes a new departure in diplomacy. In reference to the utterances attributed to Mr. Eustis regarding Canada, Mr. De Blowitz says that it would be diflicult to believe that the ambassador represented a friendly na- tion, Several of the Paris newspapers also com- ment today on the alleged interview. The Estafal says that if Mr. Eustis ad- mitted that the United States supported Japan against France, Russia and Ger- many, Canada against England, and Cuba against Spain, and that the United States has ambitious commercial ideas respecting Madagascar, ‘all these acts and plans are contradictory of the professions of the Monroe doctrine, and, combined with their apparent fargetfulness of our former fra- ternal relations, compel us to antic!pate that the future will be darkened by dis- putes and misunderstandings.”” The Libre Parole also severely criticises Mr. Eustis, and, accepting the Figaro in- terview as genuine, says that the Ameri- can ambassador has committed a breach of the laws of hospitality. FREE SILVER TACTICS An Effort to Force the Hand of the Democracy, STRANGE COMBINATIONS FORMED For the Purpose of Cornering the Democratic Party. SOUTHERN POPULISTS The fact that the populists“in Kentucky desire the defeat of Gen. Hardin, the dem- ocratic candidate for governor, and that in Alabama an open alliance between the Pop- ulists and republicans {s on the cards and likely to be consummated, presents a new feature in the maneuvering of the day. What is the meaning of it? The Kentucky Populists denounce Hardin because he con- sented to stand on a gold platform. But if he 1s defeated Bradley, the republican can- didate, will win, and he is standing on a platform much more pronounced in its dec- laration against the populistic édea of finance than that of the democrats. Nor is there the slightest agreement on the sub- ject between the populists and the republi- cans of Alabama. There, in Kentucky, the one party is for and the other against free silver. But the popul!sts are willing in that state, as In Kentucky, to unite with the republicans against the democracy. Forcing the Issue. A well-accepted explanation of this al- lance is that the populists are anxious to see the democracy driven into a corner on this money question, and are willing to as- sist, directly or indirectly, in the drive, They are opposed to the gold Policy In any form and as championed by anybody, but it is especially objectionable to them as championed by the democracy. The repub- Mcans have never stood for anything elsa, They have never had but the one flag tying, And that flag fs still flying. If they rezurn to full power in March, 1897, populists and everybody else will know what to expect. But the democracy had, until recently, been the party of silver. It had pledged’ itself repeatedly to free coinage, and had come to be regarded as the sole hope of the cause. Now all is discord and contention. The democracy is nearly split in twain on the subject. One faction Is for and the other. 1s against silver, but the faction favoring the white metal seems, according to the Populistic fdea, to Jack the courage to come out and take the one step that might force the issue, And so the populists will endeavor to force the hand of the free coinage wing of the democracy. They want the demo- cratic party broken up. They want the free silver men in that organization to be obliged to choose between silver and anti- silver, with a new organization represent- ing the former and the republican party the latter. If, therefore, by helping to de= feat, either directly or indirectly, demo- cratic candidates in any of the states, standing for any office, this end -of dis- ruption can be forwarded, the populists will consider it work well done. The popu- lists believe that only through democratic disruption can free silver win, and their faith is that a good sound drubbing ad- ministered all along the line this year will open the eyes and strengthen the resolution of all the real friends of silver in the dem- ocratic party, and bring them to see that new alignments are absolutely necessary to put the silver issue through. May Postpone the Issue. But would not this necessarily postpone the fesue? If the democrats are to lose this year, the republicans are to win, and re- publican success this year might be fol- lowed by republican success next year. And the republicans, once more intrenched in national power, might defy for some years tuc best efforts of the strongest new or- ganization constructed out of the populist party, and the bulk of the disrupted demo- cratic party. Senator Stewart holds that if next year’s battle is lost the silver men will be routed for good and all. In his carefully selected language for campaign- ing purposes, “the chains of the people will be riveted for at least a generation,” and “the gold men will administer on the af- fairs of the worid.”’ But, ail the same, the populists are wishing for democratic defeat, and in order that it may be ac- complished,are willing to strike hands with the most pronounced gold men in the re- publican perty. THE ENLARGED G. P. 0. The Fire-Proof Addition Now Ready for Occupancy. Col. Wilson has made a report to the chief of engineers in regard to the work of repairing and enlarging the government printing office. He says that the five-story fire-proof building between the southwest and south center buildings wili probably bo completed and ready for occupancy by to- morrow. The excavation for foundaticn of the six-story fire-proof structure on the Site of the old stables has been pushed for ward as rapidly as safety would admit, The work necessitates in some cases under mining the west wall of the printing office and the buildings just west of the govern- ment Jand. The excavation on the west) line is nearly finished, and the concrete has been placed in position over two-thirds of it. The west wall of the government’ printing office where undermined for foun- dation has been carefully shored. Needies of 12-inch timbers have been run through the wall, and the concrete for three of the | piers has been placed in position, and thé brick work commenced. During this month it is proposed to com- plete the foundation, and to commence the erection of the steel frame of the buildin, and also the brick work. Contracts wii also be made for shore work, ornamental terra cotta work, doors, windows, ete. —————+e—___. MANY PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED Second Section of a Train Runs Down the First. QUEBEC, July 9.—A terrible accident oc- curred at 3 o'clock this morning at Craig's road station o nthe Grand Trunk railway, about fourteen miles west of Levis. A very large pilgrimage from Sherbrook, Wirdsor Mills and Richmond had left the latter town about 10 o'clock last evening for the shrine of St. Ann de Beupre. There were ‘two sections of the train, one running a few minutes behind the other. The first section was standing at the Craig’s road station taking water when the second sec- tion, passirg the semaphore, dashed into the rear Puliman coach of the first sec- tion, smashing it to kindling wood and killing, {t is said, everybody in that car except the Pullman conductor, who jump- ed. Engineer McLeod and Fireman Perkins of the second section were both killed out- right, ‘The Pullman coach was telescoped into the first-class cars of the first section, icill- ing a number of passengers riding in them. The dead and injured will be taken to Levis, when their names will be ascertaln- ed. MONTREAL, Quebec, July 9.-The of. ficials of the Grand Trunix railway report that the number of killed Is but thirteen and that twenty-nine is the number of thd injured.