Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 110 Pemeyivaie Avene Gr 1th Soot by venue, Cor, The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘Tho Evening Star fs scrved to subscribers In the elty by carriers, on iheir own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. les at the founter 2 cents each. ‘By mail—anywhere in cents le Sheet Star, $1 per year, with wenaet BS we wasn Dee iy fore! ta (n' fered at the as seconi-class rail, matter.) ha neta fx of advertising made ‘Known on pplication. United States or Canada—postage Feri ng Star. WASHINGTON, D.C , SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895-TWENTY PAGES TWO CENTS. Te proof of the pudding is in the eating. Yesterday's Star contained 42 eefumns of advertisements, mare up of 667 separate announce: ments. These advertisers Sought puilicity-net merelp Space, A NEW YORK ISSUE |PEATH OF wiLLiam E. CLaRK/GQOD CITIZENSHIP Mr, Hill May Make Capital of the ; Excise Question. TRYING T0 REUNITE THE DEMOCRACY Appealing to Those Who Think Their Liberties Invaded. THE EFFECT ELSEWHERE Senator Hill, in his letters criticising the rigid enforcement of the excise laws in New York city, has probably sounded the key- note of the democratic campaign in the empire state this year. His calculattons seem to be based-on an examination of the old order of things. The city for years dominated the politics of the state. When- ever the democratic vote between Harlem bridge and the battery was heavy the de- mocracy carried the day; when light, the republicans carried the day. The demo- cratic vote in the city last year was the lightest on record, and the result was the largest republican majority in the state on record. The republican strongholds above Harlem bridge, encouraged by the demo- cratic apathy and disaffection below the bridge, turned out in force at the polls and |, swept everything before them. A Rallying Cry. Mr. Hill is seeking not only to reunite the democratic factions in the city, but to give to the reunited party a winning rally- ing cry. And this cry is his charge that the republicans are converting the city into an old Puritan settlement. He does not attempt to reason out the responsibility much beyond the fact that the republicans are in power, and are giving the directions that are being executed. Mayor Strong is a@ republican and Mr. Roosevelt is a re- publican, and on those two officials, ac- cording to Mr. Hill, hang all the law and the orders. The Senaior ts evidently count- ing on a big protest at the polls against the Sunday closing now being insisted vupen. The rank and file, who are most affected by it, are expected to turn out to @ man and repudiate it, while the mayor and his-friends will be left in the lurch. Experienced politicians concede that Mr. Hill is moving on 2 line that may bring him temporary success. A great town like New York is, as a rule, easily aroused on any question respecting what is known as personal liberty. The large majority of the voters are workingmen, whose leisure is limited, and who are tenacious of their rights. If thé Senator can persuade these men that the mayor's policy is aimed at them and principally affects them, he will have a host at his back in the coming cam- paign so far as the metropolis is concerned. And with the metropolis aroused egain on his side, success in the state, he thinks, will be assured. The Effect Outside New York. But how would such a winning in New York this yar affect the natior al situation next year? Mr. Eilll would bave togstand before the couutry on the character of his victory. If he wins as the champion of free indulgznce on Sunday at home, will not that affect his fortunes in all rural communities, and with those inhabitants of the cities leaning to the other side of the question? What would it avail him as a dential candidate to gain the bo age of lew York on an issue certain to bring him into antagonism with all advocates of Sun- day observance? He could not escape the extreme tonstruction that would be put by his opponents wu) his victory. If he bil- lets the ublicans as Puritans on the lquor question, he necessarily incurs for himsolf and his friends the accusation of being in favor of liquor. In fact, he is al- 5 aed charged, on the strength merely of utterances up to date, of seeking to pany ths Hanae ap dgts a over the coun- ry to tl port of the democratic party in the race of next year. ; The liquor question is one that the poll- ticlans, as a rule, fight way shy of. They handle it with the care that goes with dyn- amite. On the one side are the enormous distilling and brewing interests, generous as campaign contributors, and on the other the churches and the rural voters, strong in numbers and moral influence. Whenever it is possible, the politiclans walk around delicate excise questions. Mr. “Iill is an ex- ception to the rule. He insists that the question in New York shall be fought out at the polls. Will he make the question as Faorment in Congress next winter when fhe proposition comes up to impose an ad- ditional tax on beer? a GOUGING POOR JACK. Court-Martial at New York to Run Down Usurers. ¥ Naval officers here are very much inter- ested in the outcome of an investigation pow being made on board the receiving ship Vermont at New York. Recently Paymaster O. C. Tiany was relieved from duty on that vessel by Passed Assistant Paymaster F. T. Arms. It is sald the change was the result of complaints to the Navy Department that a’system of leading mecrey to teamen at usurious rates pre- vailed among the subordinates of the pay department of that vessel. This particular change on the Vermont was also followed by a general shifting of other pay officers 4n duty at the New York yard. A court of amquiry was appointed to investigate the charges against the officcrs on the Ver- mont, and It is now in sessicn at New York. Pay Director Billings is a promcne of the eccurt and Paymaster Calhoun the judge advocate. The court is instructed generally to ex- amine the accounts and business methods of the pay officers and to investigate the charges of usury and alleged irregular pay- ments to members of the crew. That money has been advanced to the men at excessive rates has been known for a long time, but it has always been asserted heretofore that the practice was confined to subordinates, and in this instance it is not known that direct charges have been preferred inst any officers of high rank. As !s will known, it is an easy matter to impose on the “jack tars’ in money matters. The majority of them will pay any rate of Interest for a little ready money when they have shore leave. Under a system sald to obtain even now on vessels on foreign stations, the lender will take a voucher, or “£. O. U.,” from his victim for double the amount loaned, and on pay day collect the amount of the voucher from the ship’s paymaster. In a recent case a sailor borrowed $15 from the ship’s barber four days befgre pay day, and on ‘pay day the barber collected $20 from the paymaster on account of the transaction, In that case the Interest charge was at the raté of 9,100 per cent a year, The present investigation may have rich developments. = ° The Dawes Conimtission. Gen. Armstrong of the Dawes commis- sion Is in the city for a short time, before returning to the Indian territory to re- sume work with the commission. He says that it is not possible to do much until after ons in August. Some tribe. vernment officer others ele lect rmst A Useful and Busy Career Ended Last Evening. A Snd Occurrence at Hayfield, Va.— Many Busipess Enterprises of the Deceased. Mr. William E. Clark, one of the best known and most respected business men of Washington, died last evening at 11:15 o'clock at his ccuntry home, Hayfield, Va. Although he had been sick for a long time and his friends here knew that there ‘was no hope of his final recovery, yet there was a marked change for the better in his condition yesterday. Thursday Mr, Clark was not so well, but yesterday he bright- ened up considerably and was out for a drive. Toward evening, however, he be- gan to fail, and from that time hé sank rapidly until death came. His end was absolutely painless. He was conscious to the last, and was convers'ng with his wife up to within a few minutes of the time that life passed away. His death resulted from a complication of troubles, the chief of which was diabetes, from which he had suffered for twelve years past. In 1888 and again in 1801-he visited Carlsbad,.and re- celved some benefit. Last spring as well as im the spring of 1804, he spent some time at Southern Pines, whither he had been ordered for his health, but all this only postponed the end. Mrs. Clark and Mr. James E. Clark were at the bedside last evening, and were with him when he died. Final arrangements have not yet been made for the funeral, which will probably be held Monday af- ternoon from his. city residence,, 301 E street. The remains are to be brought to Washington tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Clark was an_attendant at the Central Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was a member, and.it is probable that Rev. Dr, Pitzer will conduct the funeral exercises. A Historic Home. Hayfield, Mr. Clark’s summer home, is one of the most beautiful places. around Washington. It is quite near Mount Ver- non and the historic old homestead was built about 120 years ago by George Wash- ington, and was occupled by Lewls Wash- ington. At present it comprises about 700 acres, admirably adapted for a stock farm. On it are a large number of very fine horses and cattle, in which Mr. Clark took the greatest pride. It was a hospitable home, and Mr. Clark always had a warm welcome for the many friends who went down the river to call on him. Few men have been as actively connect- ed with the growth and development of Washington as has Mr. Wm, F, Clark dur- ing the thirty-four years that he has been a resident of the city, He was interested in a large number of different business ventures and accumulated a property that made him one of the wealthiest men in Washington. He was president of the Central National Bank, president of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co., president of the Abattoir Co., vice presi- dent of the Electric Light Co., a director of the National Safe Deposit Co., the presi- dent of the old Ivy City Fair Association, and a director or heavy, stockholder in a number of other business enterprises. He was connected with the Central. National Bank since 1874, and was elected president to succeed the late Mr. Samuel Norment. He was one of the originators of the steam- ship ling, and at the launching of the new steamer Newport News he contracted a cold, which is supposed to have hastened his end. A Native of Peunsylvania. Mr. Clark was born in Washington county, Pa., March 16, 1835. His father was a stockman, and Mr. Clark early be- came associated with him in business. He continued in thé stock business after he came to Washington in 1861, his stock- yards then being on the site of the B. and ©. station. They were moved.a number of times, finally ending up as the Union stock yards at Benning, and Mr. Clark was the originator of the abattoir company, which he organized for the purpose of doing away with the driving of cattle through the city. Mr. Clark was an unassuming man, and not often before the public eye, yet there are many who. will recall his many quiet acts of charity, for he was a generous giver to the needs of-others, and pee will feel his death as a personal af- ction. In 1871 Mr. Clark married Miss Fannie Wilhelm, who survives him. They had no children. His brother, Mr. James B. Clark, was associated with him in several of his business ventures. _ A meeting of the directors of the bank was held this morning to take appropriate action upon his death. The pallbearers will be for the most part directors of the and of the steamboat company. eg UNCLI SAM’S DISPATCHES. What Government Officinis Pay for Their Telegrams. After its customary method at the begin- ning of a fiscal year, the Post Office De- partment is now sending out to postmasters instructions about the use of the wires on official business. All telegraphic dispatches sent bY department officials in the per- formance of their duties are charged for by the telegraph companies under a schedule arranged by the Postmaster General ac- cording to the several laws an the subject passed by Congress. According to this schedule, the government pays a uniform day rate of twenty cents for twenty words, or multiples of twenty, sent over a distance not exceeding a thousand miles, twenty-five cents for the same number of words sent 1,500 miles, thirty cents when sent 2,000 miles, thirty-five cents when sent 2,500 miles, and forty cents when sent 8,000 miles, The night rate Is fifteen cents for mes- sages sent any distance up to 2,000 miles, and twenty-five cents when sent any dis- In estimating dis- 2 the capital of e is sent to the nation. v m capital of the state of de. 5 In all, from July 24, 1868, when the law went into effect, 105 different telegraph companies have ‘filed their acceptance of the terms of the act. The Western Unton Company did so June §, A large part of the other compa sorbed ssions to the Ust The Atlantic 7 New Gen. 3 are. opposed t severalty, but thinks the matt fully. The comi Alester early in August. Printin fon} D.C: x sts ; the Board o egraph Com- pany, New York, N. The Topic of the Christian En- 2 deavor Convention. SYRACUSE HAS DONE THE Bs? WORK Interesting Exercises in the Three Gatherings. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BOSTON, July 13.—Today, the fourth of the great Christian Endeavor convention, is designated as “Good Citizenship” day. At all the meetings of the forenoon the reports, addresses, presentations and songs trended toward the subj: and leading speakers of the day were men whose fame is the result of their efforts for municipal and state reform. Many thousand delegates began the day as they have every day of the convention thus far, with devotions. Morning prayer meetings were held in a score of churches at 6:30 o'clock. Many impromptu meet- ings were héld on the streets, and many a toiler in stote or factory lingered to tuke part in the services on the way to work. The weather this morning was perfect, as it has been since the convention opened, and the delegates are very thankful for their good luck in this respect. Singing on the Sidewalks. Again Mechanics’ Hail was the great objective point of the crowds this morning. An hour before the door of the g) hall opened several thousand persons were si ing Endeayor songs, while they waited cn the sidewalks outside. On the common it was again the same, and every car that. went through the streets adjoining the commor and public garjen added to the host. s Bishop Alexander Walfers, D. D., of Jer- sey City spoke at Mechanics’ Hall interest- ingly of the responsibility of the Afro- American race in American citizenship, and Congressman Morse of Massachusetts aroused enthusiasm by a speech on Citi- zenship. Piccola) ie w. mete D. 1., of Wilber- . lo, was the lea Tent’ Williston. BE. sneaker at At Tent Endeavor a lively and earnest parliament on the subjeci: “What are you gcing to do for Christian citizens?” was conducted by Rey. Wm. G. Clarke of Chi- cago. At all of the morning meetings the pres- entation of a banner to the union making the best record in the work of promoting citizenship was 2 feature of the exercises. in both tents, under the program title “Voices from North America," six-minute reports on civic improvement were made by delegates representing all-parts of the country. In Mechaniew’ Hall. 1 There was not a vancant seat im the en- tire house when the meeting opened in Mechanics’ Hall, and hundreds were stand- ing. Great enthusiasm was manifest in the singing, which began as usual long before Trustee Rev. H. F. Shupe cf Dayton, Ohio, called the meeting to order. The presentation of the barner to the union reporting the best work for promoting Christian citizenship was then made by Rey. C. M. Southgate of Worcester, Mass., who named the Syracuse, N. Y., union as the winner. Mr. Kinney of the union accepted the banner amid great hurrahs by the New York delegation. Congressman Elijah A. Morse of Canton was introduced, and spoke on “The Possi- bilities of Endeavorers in the Puritication of Municipal Politics Without Entering In- to the Strifes of Partisanship.” An announced featuré of the meeting that was not carried out, and whose failure was @ great disappointment to the great audi- ence, was the proposed introduction of Neal Dow of Maine, the famous temper- ance advocate. But the general is now in his ninety-first year and did not respond to the call of the chairman. Secretary Baer of the United Society then announced his resignation from the secre- taryship of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union, organized yesterday. He hoped W. J. L. Closs of Australia would be his suc- cessor.- “The Responsibility of the Afro-American Race in America,” was the topic of the Jast address of the mornjng, and was de- livered by Bishop Alexander Walters, D.D., of Jersey City. In Tent Endeavor. ‘When Trustee Rev. J. M. Lawden of Bos- ton called to order the meeting in Tent Exdeavor there were probably 6,000 people present. The usual praise and service of twenty minutes was led with vigor by Percy 8. Foster of Washington, D. C., Rev. Walter Brooks of the same city leading prayer. “Voices From North America” were heard next. They were six-minute reports from all sections of the continent. The Cana- dian report, made by Rev. A. M. Phillips of Montreal, especially ~held the attention of the audience. Other reports were: “The South,” by Rev. John Boyd, D.D., of Char- lotte, N.C.; “The North,” by Rev. Pleasant Hunter, D.D., of Minneapolis; “‘The East,” by Rev. Q. M. Prati ‘he West,”. by Thos. Jones of Kansas City. Aiter singing Rev. W. C. Clarke, D.D., of Chicago“led the open parliament on the subject “What Are You Doing for Chris- tian Citizenship?” Nearly a score of delegates in all parts of the tent participated in the discussion of the subject which followed. The presentation of the banner for the kest work in promoting Christian citizen- ship was made to the Syracuse, N._ Y., union by Rev. S. Edward Young of New- ark, N. J. The meeting then adjourned at 11:15 to allow the delegates to attend the open-air meeting on the commons. In Tent Williston. When Father Endeavor Clarke, the most notable of all the notables in the big con- vention, opened the meeting in Tent Wil- Uston at 9:30 o’clock he was greeted with applause lasting several minutes. Presi- dent Clarke then appointed Rev. W. M. Pat- terson of Ireland as officer of the day. Af- ter a brief prayer and praise service an interesting series of six-minute reports, entitled “The Voice From North America,” began. 4 First was “The Voice From the North,’ which Rev. C. D. McDonald of Grafton, N D., echoed. The south spoke through Prof. W. P. Taylor of Birmingham, Ala., the west through Rev. J. A. Allison, D. D., of Seattle, Wash. Miss Charlotte Thorndike Sibley of Belfast, Me., told what the far east was doing and Canada spoke through Rev. Tower: Ferguson. G. L. Morril, D. D., of Denver, presented a banner to Syracuse, N. Y., for the great zeal in promoting Christian citi- zenship. e Before turning the banner over to the 7s, Mr. Morr made a fierce attack upon the enemies of the “Little red school house.” Rev. H. N. Keany accepied the banner in a felicitous speech, which was warmly applauded. Singing, chorus and congregational, fol- lowed and Bishop B. W. Arnett, D. D., of Wilberforce, Ohio, the d = on Respon of an American Ci nd singing follc made to the open on commons, then a journment ¥ ing on the Bo: oon fes clonded and steatly dowrpour of rain began. v the first since the ope! of the conver tion. But the ardor of the conventioni was not dampene3, and thousands attend- ste ed the opening meeting on the commons at noon. The Mecting on Boston Common. The noon rallies were held today at the us:1al places in the streets, wharves, “halls, stores and manufactories. The largest of these was in Faneuil Hall. All were well attended despite the counter attraction of the common meeting. A downpour of rain just-before the noon- day interfered with what Id otherwise have been the largest religious mass me: ing the world ever saw. However, the en- thusiasm of the Christian Endeavorers carried through the great meeting success- fully and a great tidal wave of enthusiasm and religious zeal flowed over the common. The band stand below the soldiers’ monu- ment was utilized for a pulpit. President Clark presided at this immense meeting and George K. Somerby led the mighty song. Rev. S. F. Smith, D.D., re: @ beautiful poem written for the occasion. Gov. Greenhalge,“ who was to speak, was unavoidable absent, and Lieut. Gov. Wol- cott took his place. His address was a sort of continuation of his remarks of last Thursday which aroused such enthusiasm. The first. speaker was B. S. Capen of Boston. He spoke of “The Civic Religion” of the Christian Endeavor Society and sa‘d that any patriotism which leaves out God lacks the highest inspiration. Mayor Edwin U. Curtis of Boston dwelt at length on niunicipal reform and city life, and said it was the duty of all Chris- tians to take an interest in the municipal affairs and ta see that the best’ interests of the inhabitants were honestly served. Dr. S. F. Smith was introduced amid great applause, and as a compliment a verse of “America” was sung, followed by a verse of “God Save the Queen.” By this time the rain began to pour down in torrents, drenching thousands who were without umbrellas or other shelter, and President Clark immediately announced an adjournment to the big tents. Fifteen thousand persens soon found seats in these, and the services were resumed immediately. resident Capen __ briefly opened the meeting In Tent Williston. Lieutenant Governor Wolcott’s speech on “Good Citizenship” was heartily applauded. Rev. Donald MeLauren, D. D., of Chi- woke next on the same theme. Dr. al poem, pre- viously read in the other tent.) The serv- ice closed with the benediction. in Tent Endeavor President Clark intro- duced Rev. Dr. Nehmiah Boynton of Bos- ton to preside. He asked for the grandest Chautauqua greeting the world ever saw to the venerable Dr. Smith. 1 Fully 9,000 handkerchiefs waved aloft, making a magnificent, spectacle. In a clear voice Dr. Smith read his poem. It was followed by a chorus selection, and the address of Mayor Curtis upon Ameri- can citizenship. The services closed swit! < lLymn_ the words of whi ry the singing of were written Dr, Smith and by the benediction. —_——>—_ GOV. SHEPHERD HERE He Will Remain Two or Three “Days With Hie Wife and Daughter, The Family to Sail for Earope in a Few Days for 2 Two Months’ Stay Abroad. Ex-Governor Alexandér R. Shepherd, ac- companied by Mrs. Btepherd and _ their daughter Mary, now Mrs. E. A. Quintard of Tennessee, arrived In Washington early this morning from Batopilas, Mexico, and are stopping at the Arlington Hotel. Gov. Shepherd left his Mexican home on the 2ist of June with Mrs. Shepherd and their young daughters Grace and Isabella. In forty-eight hours after leaving Chihuahua they had crossed the plains, which it need- ed forty days to covér when the governor first took his family to Mexico. The younger ladies were left at Suwanee, Ten! where Mrs. Quintard resides with her chil- | % dren, but they will join their father and mother in a few days in New York. When a Star reporter called upon Gov. Shepherd at the Arlingion Hotel this morning he smiled and sald: “d don't think there is anything more for me to say to your paper. With its ac- customed enterprise The Star sent one of its young men nearly five hundred miles to meet me, and we.talked a blue streak yesterday afternoon and evening all the way through the valley of Virginia. My plans are very simple. With Mrs. Shep- herd and my daughters Grace and Isa- bella I will sall for Europe on the Ger- manic on the 3ist of July. We will be gone two months. We will come back to Wash- ington in October and stay here two months, and after that my movéments are uncertain. ¥ told your young man who met me in Tennessee that I would probably take a trip to China and Japan if my pres- ent disposition continues and I find the time. I left everything in Batopilas in charge of Mr. Lyndon H. Stevens, who been my partner and associate in the man- agement of the business since 187, having charge of the New York end, and who every one loves that has the privilege of his friendship. I will probably be in Wash- ington two or three days. Yes, I have had a good many callers this morning, and have kept close to the hotel and have had no opportunity to look around town.” Mrs. Shepherd is looking remarkably well, although she suffered severely yesterday from an acute attack of headache. She is delighted to be in the land of civilization, green leaves and fidwers again, but her chief sat- isfaction seems to Ie in the fact that she has at last succeeded in getting her husband away from the arduous labors to which he has been making a martyr of himself for so long. Mrs. Quintard is de- lighted beyond all power of expression, as she puts it, at having her father in the states again and ‘at being with him, and it would be difficult to find a family happier thar the Shepherd family as represented in Washington. ‘The governor’s views on various important questions, and particu- larly those affecting Washington, will be found in another portion of The Evening tar. Gen. Pleasonton’s Ine! Gen. Pleasonton, who has been ill in his lodgings, corner 13th and E streets north- west, for some time, has developed a new complication within the last days which is causing him intense suffering. He con- tracted a cold several nights ago, conse- quent upon a sudden change in the wea er, and severe neuralgic pains set in to such an extent as to deprive him of the sleep so necessary to one in his weakened condition. -————___+ e Appointed Dispatch Agent. Acting Secretary Dabney has appointed J. P,-Roosa of New York city dispatch agent at that place for the Agricultural] Department. Mr. Roosa has the same office under most of the other government de- partments, receiving a salary of $400 a year from each. His duties are.to attend to official transportation business there, in- cluding custom house, freight and express matters. ——— 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 désire’ at the rate of fifty cents per month. But all such orders must be ac- “companied by the money, or the paper ¢: not be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. Sl LV E R PLAN S MR. SPOFFORD’S ACCOUNTS STRAINED Bimetallic League May Be First in the Field 5 WITH CANDIDATE AND PLATFORM Talk of Jones of Nevada to Head the Ticket. THE SIBLEY SUGGESTION The latest news from the Bimetallic League is that it intends to be first ‘n the field with a presidential ticket and with a national platform. The precise time for the taking of this action 1s yet to be deter- mined. It may be as early as next winter. It may not be until next spring. But, in any event, some time before the two old parties meet and declare themselves the league, with its champions up and its col- ors flying, will be ready to do business. - A Change of Plan. This works a change of program. It lke- wise more fully explains the ley move- ment of last spring. The putting forward of Mr. Siviey at that time was merely in the nature of a sugges:ion. It was not, could not have been a formal remination. Tt was the work only of a committee. Mr. Sibley’s friends express satisfaction with the way the suggestion has been received, and some of them think it is not likelly that he may be formally and regularly romi- nated as the free s!iver candidate for Pres- ident. But the regular and proper sense of things Is to be taken, and whether Mr. Sibley or some other free silver man is chosen to carry the banner, the Jeague’s invitation will be for all friends of silver, regardless of past affiliations, to fall in and fo him. The purpose at one time was to wait until the old parties had acted. There was talk of a probable bolt from each of them, and the bolters were to be conferred with beth as to a platform and a ticket. West- ern republicans ard southern democrats were to be consulted, and a winning com- bination, if possible, formed out of the league members proper and the seceders from the old organizations. But this plan has been rejected. It would delay matters teo long. It would niake it impossible for the fyeo silver men to get on before August of the presid jal year, and that would be too late. Three months’ time would not be sufficient. The present Jan, therefore, calls for earlier action, nd so early that seceders from either of the old parties, dissatisfied with the old essociations, may find a camp already organized to receive them. It is even ex- pected to encourage a belt from the old farties, by stiffening the necks and backs ef the silver men participating in the re- pu an and the democratic national con- ventions. The sound money men in those conventions will, it is predicted, drive a merciless hargain, ersattempt to do so, and the silver mea will go out the more readily for realizing that there is a place already provided where they may lay their anxious reads. Jones as 2 Candidate. Upon whom is this league nomination Ukely to be bestowed? Mr. Sibley’s name has, the silver men say, in an informal canvass of severalgmonths, awakened no enthusiasm. The demand seems to be for a man of more national force, and Senator Jones of Nevada is mentioned. He is in pesition to take the nomination, and, pre- sumably, {f it is pressed upon him, he will. He is accounted a populist at present, but like his colleague, Mr. Stewart, he is’ first of all for silver. He ranks with Mr. Teller —and is the only western man who does— as an all-round debater on the silver side, and his long service in the Senate has given im an international reputation. He and Mr Teller are in full agreement on the sil- ver question, and his prestige as a repre- seniative of silver would probably be as great as that of the Colorado Senator if he were not a silver mine owner. This fact arms his opponents with the charge that there is an element of selfishness in his advocacy of the white metal. Mr. Teller escapes this by being a poor man, and speaking only for his people. Personally, Mr. Jones is most highly esteemed by pub- lic men in general, and is recognized as being as capable an organizer as he is a debater. Mearwhile, the Bimetallic League is com- plaining that no reply has been recelved to its polite challenge, issued to the New York gold men for a joint debate on the finances. °-+—____ INDIAN BEEF QUARANTINED. A Large Shipment Delayed Under the New Regulations. The shipment of a large cattle supply for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in Ok- lahoma has been delayed by the new regu- lations of the Agricultural Department, which now govern transportation of ani- mals and their carcasses within a state or territory. The cattle, numbering about 5,000 head, are.now in the upper part of the territory. The Indian bureau has post- poned the shipment, provided for in a con- tract that took effect July 1, pending in- formation as to what action might be taken under the new quarantine regulations of the department, which took elfect at the beginning of this fiscal year. Agricultural Department officials say that there is no suspicion of disease among the cattle, but that the inquiry of Indian bureau officials is to determine any question that might arise in view of conflicting federal and ter- ritorial regulations on the subject. ——— ST. LOUIS MAKES BETTER TIME. Average Speed Increased From 18.38 to 19.17 Knots an Hour. NEW YORK, July 15.—The American line steamer St. Louis arrived from South- ampton today, on her second voyage to this port. She left her dock at Southampton July 6, at fifteen min- utes after noon, passing the Bishop's Rock light at 11:49 p.m., same date, and reached the Sandy Hvok light ship at this morning. Her time of passage was 6 days, 18 hours and 47 minutes. The days’ runs were 443, 471, 476, 489, 489, 467 and 286 to Sandy Hook, covering a total dis- tance of 3,121 knots. The average speed was 19.17 knots’ an hour, against 18.38 knots her first trip. The St. Louis brought 301 saloon, 124 second cabin and 539 steerage passengers. Among the passengers were Senator Pet- tigrew of South Dakota, Willlam T. At ams, Joaquin de Aguero, Benjamin Brew- ster, James Clark, Logan Carlisle, Dr, Stanton Coit, W. Bourke Cockran, Dr. Z. “Taylor Emery, Mrs. Moreton Frewen, C. Stanley Hurlbut, Mrs. George Inness, Ed- ward T. Jeffery, Mrs. John Leslie, Gen. 8. E. Merwin, Representative J. H. Outh- waite, F. Thompson and A. K. Wright. ——— She Did It. , The dovble-turreted monttor Amphitrite has returned to Hampion Roads after a trial of her great guns at sea. She was out with instructions to fire the big h dir her th : that t with satisfactory results. the fying gra ion been done The Librarian Thinks There Should Be a Separate Bureau of Copyrights. What He Said toa Treasury’ Offcial— The Matter of Dividing Salaries. When the Treasury Department took up the question of the delayed accounts of the librarian of Congress an expert was sent to the Capitol to see Mr. Spofford’s books and to make a cursory examination of the accounts pending an official report from Librarian Spofford. stated at the Treasury Department, dis- covered that. Mr. Spofford had divided salaries so that he might employ two clerks on one salary. For instance, wherc Congress had appropriated ‘noney to pey $100 per month to a clerk Mr. Spofford had employed two clerks at $50 per month. When this was discovered the official isk- ed Mr. Spofford what authority he had to divide the salary. ‘ The: provision of law under which the librarian acted is to the effect that when the duties of a clerk of a higher grade can be performed by one of a lower the employment may be given to two or more and the salary ‘thus divided. Said the Mbrarian: “You at least cannot accuse me of ex- travagance. I have made the --alary go a long ways and the government has re- ceived double benefit from it.” The treasury accountant replied that the law. provided especially against dividing salaries, and that when Congress appro>ri- ated $100 a month for a clerk it intended that the clerk. should receive that amount and not that it should be paid to two clerks. Mr. Spofford claimed that he had acted according to the ‘aw as he wnder- stood it, and it is said he believed himself to be fortified by the law in these acts. The present investigation into the ac- counts of Librarian Spofford is giving rise to suggestions Which may te enacted into a law by the next Congress for the govern- ment of the library when it is installed in its handsome new building on Capitol Hill. It 1s said that an entire -eorganization of the library force will then be made, and that Congress will be asked to provide a superintendent of the library, whose duty it shall be to take charge of all financial affairs and shall look after che govern- ment of the building generally. This offi- cer, it is said, should act independently of the Hbrarian, whose duties will be contined strictly to the care of the books. It is thought that Mr. Spoffcrd will send his acceunts te the auditor of the treasury for the state and ether departments within the comifng we2k. While the treasury offi- cials have made 2 cursory.examination of the books in the librarian’s office, the main portion of tl investigation of the li- brarien’s accounts will be deferred until the officiel aecounts have been rendered in due form. Mr. Spofferd’s Recommendations, In conversation this afterroon with a Star reporter, who called his attention to the foregoing statements, Mr. Spofford said: “It js true that I have made the sugges- tion referred to looking to a reorganization of the library. I also made another to the officials of the treasury, which I shall also make to Congress next winter. It is for the establishment of a separate bureau_or divi- slun for the registering of copyrights. As it is row the librarian has about four times as mych work as one man can get through with.” It is no small task to manage the largest library in the United States, to oversee all the work of cataloguing and the receipt of new books, as well as to keep in- formed so as to supply Congress, officials of the government and the public with such information as the librarian is constantly being called upon to furnish. In addition to this there is the ryision of the mat- ter of copyrights. is latter involves a great deal of an immense Treason why the librarian, and I shall Congress that a special officer be provided for this department of the work of the Ubrary. He should be a bonded officer, but he should not be detachec from the livrary, for the reason that the il depends for its growth largely upon the books which are received for copyright.” Mr. Spofford declines to discuss the mat- ter of his accounts, beyond saying that the examination is now being made, and that results would probably soon be reached. —_—__o+_____ TO SECURE ORIENTAL TRADE. Mr. Doolittle’s Reasons Why Silver Coinage Seems Desirable. Representative Doolittle of Washington terminated a brief visit to Washington to- day and went to New York. He expressed himself freely to a Star reporter on the all-absorbing topic of silver coinage, and sald he was for it heart and hand. “During the past twenty-five years,” sald Mr. Doolittle, “but little money has been made by the United States outside of com- merce with the European countries. Of course, they have taken the surplus of our small grains, live stock, meats, etc, when they could not purchase these neces- saries of life from their own people at home or in their provinces. It has been through no disposition to reciprocate that they have meade these purchases, simply a cold and enforced business transaction. “England’s great field for money-making during all this time has been in India, China, Japan and Latin America. For many years past she has been the cham- pion of the single gold standard par ex- cellence of the world, but has not hesi- tated in her dealings with all the countries mentioned to avail herself greedily of the opportunity presented for the use of silver, and has traded and trafficked in that metal, charging discounts both ways,thus to an al- most incredible extent enriching her peo ple engaged in trading, banking and in other lines of business in those centers. It is with a silver key that she has un- locked the door to these opportunities. Mexico, of course, has been greatly bene- fited in finding in those countries a ready use for her silver coin, which for many a day has been a standard of value in the orient. “Citizens of the United States have not even had the advantages extended to the producers of the white metal in Mexico. ‘The countries of the orient and South America today offer the only opportunities to the United States for the building up of commerce in a way to benefit our people very largely; but, without the use of silver, this cannot, in my judgment, be accom- plished. England, as I have stated, was able to succeed in no other way. She was able to discern that fact and has used silver so coined as to be accepted by the people of those countries. This seems to me to be the important question presented to the people of the United States; shall we reap a harvest resulting froma compli- ance with conditions existing abroad by furnishing a money those people will un- derstand and make use of, by building up our merchant marine, revising our sular ‘service, and purchasing sufficient grounds to establish our representatives in those countries in a respectable way, or shall we continue to act blindly in disre- gard of all these opportunities for the ac- quiring of prosperity ond the upbuilding of our commerce across the Pacific? “We may all be sure Grest Britain is not letting opportunities slip anywhere, but is embracing every one of them in the most intelligent manner possibl ee Naval Movements. The cruiser Atlarta left Santiaso Cuba this morning for Key West. 0 lookout for fillbusters. The flagship cisco has joined the Marbichc kholm. The monitor Amphitrite is at Fort Monroe. ae the This official, it was | IN. DOCK Cruiser Columbia May Be Seriously Injured. DAMAGE DUE 0 INEXPERT HANDLING Much Chagrin Felt by Englishmen at Southampton, CAPT. SUMNER’S REPORT ———— es (Copyrighted by the Associated Press.) LONDON, July 13.—Much chagrin was caused at Southampton by the report thet the “United States cruiser Columbia was seriously strained when shef Placed in dry dock there for the purp0se of clean- ing and painting her. The vagus state- ments made gave the idea that the affair was greatly due to the negligence of the management of the dock, and this impres? sion has not been dispelled. : The following is the statement made by a competent person who was present during the operation: The Columbia was docked at Southamp- ton on Monday jast in the London and Southwestern Company's dock by the com- pary previous to her speed trial trip across the Atlantic. Captain George W, Sumner, the commander of the Columbia, had pre- viously furnished the company with dock- ing plans of the vessel. When the water was pumped-out-of the dock it wus discov- e1ed that no bilge blocks had been fitted and the keel itself, from the ram 1 near the stoke hole. bulkhead, a distance of about 100 feet. was entirely unsup- ported. The whole weight of the ship was thrown upon the rest of the keel. Captains Sumner instantly required the contractors to block up under the bilges and forward part of the Cplumbia’s- kecl and have an inspection made of the cruiser inside and out by the officers of the Co- lumbia. This inspection showed that there had bean a slight indentation of the keel under the boiler compartment, with a buck- eting of the frames and a cracking of the cement. No other injury was discovered, so the work of scrubbing and cleaning ‘the ship's bottom was proceeded with. Captain Sumner, however, was not satis- fied and made a rigid inspection.of the crulser on.the following afternoon. Tt was then discovered that the bucketing of the outer bottom and strips and franjes under the boiler compartments was increasing. The stanchions between. the double lottom and the protected deck had begun to bend, and. the Columbia’s commander <lecided to have her, floated immediately. Conse- quently the work of painting and cleaning the cruiser was stopped and was not fin= ished when the Columbia left the dock at. the next high tide. The stanchions: were partly straightened again after the cruiser Was once more borne up by the water, and the many boilers and steam pipes have since been tested with the result that no further injuries haye yet been found. ‘The News at the Navy Department. ‘The Navy Department was informed sev- eral days ago of the mishap to the Colum- bia while in dry dock at Southampton, as reported In the Associated Press cable dis- patches today; but for some reason has seen fit to keep the information from the public. Capt. Sumner sent two cablegrams on the subject, the first reporting that the vessel had been*strained, and the second, made after the examination had been con- cluded, stating that no serious injury had been sustained by the vessel: He expects -to start homeward today, having almost completed coaling, which ‘was a rather tedious task. ‘The Damage Underestimated. Notwithstanding the captain's statement that no serious injury has been sustained by the Columbia, some of the officials here, basing their view on the full details con- tained in the press dispatches, are inclined to fear that he has underestimated the real Gamage. It is inconceivable to them that such a vessel could Me under heavy, strain in a dry dock without receiving sub- stantial injury, and the fact that the stanchions supporting the protective is an evidence that she must have been badly strained. If her bottom plates are buckled and bent, as reported, it will interfere greatly with the ocean speed -trial, which was look- to- dzy. However, it is sald that the damage is not irreparable, and when the 5 re- turns to New York she will probably at once place in dock and egain examined by the constructors. If it is found that she is badly warped she will be sent to Cramps, her builders, to be straightened, which will involve the removal of many of her plates and frames, and consume much time. How the Accident Occurred. The accident is ascribefl at the Navy De- partment to the fact that the dock people at Southampton are not used to handling naval vessels. It is not necessary in the case of merchant steamers to pay very much attention to blocking up in the dock, but in the case of an extremely, long, nar- row ship, like the Columbia, carrying the heavy weights of great guns and ca riages, and anchors and cables, and the equipment that goes to make up a man-of war, and with the thin hull plates that are necessury to the attainment of that light- ness to gain high speed, our con- structors ara extremely careful to sup- port the hull at every point where any strain may be expected. Hence the Colum- bia _was supplied with a complete set of plans for the guidance of dock hands in Placing the blocks under her, and the ac- cident tc the ship is undoubtedly attribut- able to the failure of the workmen to fol- low these plans closely. —_——__o-__ WILL RACE TOMORROW. Defc nder and xant Will Try Their Paces. BRISTOL, R. L, July 13.—Capt. Nat Herreshoff’s face wore a satisfied look this morning when he conducted Messrs. Van- derbilt, Iselin and Morgan, members of the Defender syndicate, aboard the yacht and found that his workmen had practically completed their labors on Defender and that she would be ready to Sail for New- port between 4 and 5 o'clock in company with the Vigilant. It is likely that De- fender will be turned over to the syndicate toflay. On the run to Newport Defender w der easy sails and tomorrow si ea a trial with Vigilant off N A. Willard, manager for th will sail on the Vigilant this eve he expects to give,Defender a = c test off Newport if the weather Is favor able. wu gi E. TEACHERS SIGHT-S! Adjournment of the Educatiount Con their parted on e £ a fornia, Yellowstone Park andthe City of Mexico.