Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1895, Page 1

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ENGLISH ELECTIONS|FOR SOUND MONEYINQ HASTY ACTION Gold and Silver Men in This Ooun- try Take Comfort. BIMETALLISTS IN ENGLAND Finance Was a Feature in the Re- cent Campaign. THE GOLD MEN’S VIEW ‘The overwhelming majority by which the conservatives, under Lord Salisbury’s lead- ership, have been returned to power In England seems to c&rry a degree of com- fort to both the gold and the silver men in this country. In their reasoning on the subject, the sil- ver men start with the conceded proposition that both Lord Salisbury and his nephew and principal lieutenant, Mr. Balfour, are bimetallists. Then they proceed in this way: This fact was known to all of the English constituencies, as also the addi- tional fact that pressure was being brought to bear in England, as in other important commercial countries, to secure an inter- national agreement in the interest of a much larger absorption of silver as redeem- ing money into the financial system of the world. The question, in a certain form, in- deed, entered into the campaign. Candi- dates were interrogated by the Bimetalllc League, and some of the answers showed that it was receiving due attention. There- fore, as the silver men reasun, Lord Salis- bury in office again means a bimetallist in office, and the great host at his back means support for his opinions and policy all the way through. Nor wiil he lack for an op- portunity when the newly elected parlia- ment meets to go on the record. If he does not move of his own accord, the question will be respectfully presented to him by some more aggressive friend of silver. Action of some kind is confidently predict- ed, and favorable action is considered prob- able in the light of the new premler's pow- er and opinions. The Gold Men’s Theory. The gold men, on the other hand, make this same overwhelming majority the basis of their assertion that nothing will Inure to the benefit of silver as redeeming money as the result of Lord Salisbury’s return to office. They ascribe the sweeping change in English public opinion to one cause, and to that cause alone: Mr. Gladstone, by force of one of the most fascinating per- sonalities of the century, had carried the country along for some years in favor of a policy for Ireland which, his opponents charged, would, if enacted into law,weaken the prestige of the empire. It would set up a division calculated to widen in the end into angry disruption. Lord Salisbury came forward with his view, animated his party with it, and won over, as he proceeded, several of Mr. Gladstone's former support- ers, Joseph Chamberlain among the num- ber. The battle was a long and a hard one. It required some years to win it, and then the opposition had to lean upon a species of luck. The relentless tyranny of old age removed Mr. Gladstone from the active lists, and his younger successor proved unequal to the burdens of the vet- eran’s armor. And so it has come about that, at last, the Hberals are deposed, and the conservatives are again exalted. An English Policy. But, the gold men ask, what instruction dees his success at the polls convey to Lerd Salisbury and his party? This, the gold men reply, above all others: The new policy must in every particular be an En- lish policy, calculated for the English meri@ian and guaranteed to increase and preserve English power and prestige. No tampering with any of the principles or agencies that have made England great. No experiments, on sentimental or other grcunds, that might result in England's loss either at home or abroad. The new premier, the gold men declare, has been as good as warned. He must guide by the lesson of Mr. Gladstone's fate. Mr. Gladstone’s policy has been voted a menace to the political prestige of the empire, and the liberal party that supported it thrown out. How long, the gold men ask, would Lord Salisbury be likely to hold office should he propose a financial policy dead against the business interests of the em- pire? How many of the men now behind im could he keep behind him in such cir- cumstances? His individual views about Dbimetallism the gold men in this country concern themselves little about. “Their re- lance—and it is a firm reliance—is on the tuitive sense and the power of English evita for self-preservation. That capital, e gold men think, will control the con- rvatives, as in the past it controlled the iberals, on all questions of a purely finan- elal character. ————_+ e+ UNDER CIVIL SERVICE. Firemen in Department Buildings and Clerks in Pension Agencies. The President today promulgated an order placing the firemen ip the department buildings of this city under the civil service rules. The order includes about one hun- dred men. An order was also made extending civil service provisions to employes of pension agencies throughout the country. This will take in about 500 clerks. —_—_—__-+e-—______ _ Army Orders, Maj. Charles B. Penrose, commissary of subsistence, has been granted leave of ab- sence for two months, during which time Licut. James L. Wilson, fourth artillery, will perform his duties as purchasing com- missary of sutsistence at Baltimore. The leave of abserce of Lieut. G. H. B. Smith, fourth infantry, has been extended fifteen days. Capt. Frederick A. Smith, twelfth infan- try, has been detailed as professor of miil- tary sclence and tactics at the Michigan Military Academy, Orchard Lake, to take effect September 1. Lieut. Edmund M. Blake, fifth cavalry, 4s relieved from duty at the Virginia Mill- tary Institute, Lexington, to take effect September 1. He will be assigned to duty at Washington barracks. o—____—_ Minister Baker's Visit. Mr. Baker, United States minister to Nic- aragua, Costa Rica and Salvador, arrived in the city last evening, on his way home to Minnesota on leave of absence. He vis- ited the State Department today,and had a conference with Acting Secretary Adee in regard to the situation tn Central America. He says that affairs are comparatively quiet on the isthmus at present. oo A College Detail. Capt. C. C. Hewitt, nineteenth infantry, has teen ordered to duty as professor of military science and tactics at the West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. relieving First Lieutenant F. D. Ramsey, ninth infantry, who is ordered to join his regiment. —_—_+e. Gen. Schofield Still at St. Paul. Lieutenant General Schofield is now ad- ministering the affairs of the army from St. Paul. He arrived there last evening, and the length of his stay is not stated. Inas- much as official matters will be sent to him there by mail, it will certainly be several days before he resumes his journey east. Object of Secretary Smith's Present Trip to Georgia. He Will Speak in Every Prominent City im the State and Goes Con- fident of Success. Secretary Smith goes to Georgia with the determination to cenvert the democrats of that state to “‘sound” morey or else to spoil some ore’s political future. His own fu- ture is at stake in the fight, and with such an issue ard the energy and skill which he possesses, it is believed that he will warm up the politics of the state. He has succeeded already in making a division among the Georgia congressional jelega- tion, which was »efore solidly for silver, and he proposes to extend his stumping tour so as to get the ear of the people of the whole state, speaking at every prom- {nent point in the state. He has worked up sufficient strength for his side of the contention to insure his being given an en- thusiastic reception everywhere he ereaks, the friends of the adminfstration bethg numerous enough at each place selected to make a good crowd, independentlly of those in doubt or opposed to Cleveland's financial policy. Mr. Smith is unquestionably con- filent of success. It is admitted by his friends that if he should fail to hold the state for “sound’’ money it would leave very little promise of political preferment for him in the future. On the cther hand, if he wins it will be a triumph which his friends think will make him the raost con- spicucus man of the new south, inspiring the east with a confidence in him which might render him the jirst available south- erm man for the presidency. The Georgia senatorship is a more immediate reward he has to expect from victory. He there- fore dces not go into the fight in a per- functory way._ Administration Line of Policy. The administration line of policy in try- ing first to capture the southern democracy and then the democratic national conven- tion Is expected to be exactly that followed in Kentucky. They will make no effort to secure the indorsement of the single gold standard, but will endeavor to prevent any declaration in favor of silver 16 to 1, or any denunciation of the administration. Every failure of the silver men to secure the adoption of a straight-out free silver resolution will be counted a victory for the administration and for the gold cause. In dealing with silver democrats the adminis- tration cry is: “Consider party first.” If this cry is effective in keeping silver in the background at the democratic conventions ‘this summer and fall it is believed that there will be no serious difficulty in secur- ing delegations to the national convention next year who will consent to say “nothing in particular” in the national platform and agree to most any nomination and any sort of policy which will give promise of victory to the party rame. ————— THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT. Chief Engineer Baird Will Probably Succeed Engineer Williamson. Althoughg ro appointment has yet been mede it is practically settled that Chief Engineer George W. Baird of the navy will succeed Chief Engineer Thom Williamson of the navy as euperintendent of the State, War and Navy Departments building. The change will take effect on the 5th proximo, when Mr. Williamson will go upon the re- tired lst by operation of law on account of age. He has expressed a desire to re- main in his present duty up to the date of retirement, and his wishes in this matter will undoubtedly be respected. Otherwise he would be given leave of absence, a privilege to which his long and steady application to duty has entitled him> A Native of This City. Chief Engineer Baird is a native of this city, and is well and favorably known to its residents. He was formerly assistant superintendent of the building, and conse- quently is thoroughly familiar with the work he will be called on to perform. More recently he has been attached to the dispatch boat Dolphin. His only competi- tor for the superintendency is Chief En- gimeer David Smith, who has just con- cluded a cruise in the Pacific on the flag- ship Philadelphia. He Is now on his way to this city from San Francisco. He was regerded £8 a strong candidate for the office, Inasmuch as he hails from Massa- chusetts and had the indorsement of the Secretary of State. How Mr. Baird Will Win. The significance of this indorsement lies in the fact that the appointment is vested in the Secretaries of State, War and Navy. Secretary Olney favored the selection of Mr. Smith. Secretary Herbert was pledged to the support of Mr. Baird, and, since Secretary Lamont’s return from his west- ern tour, he has been won over to the cause of Mr. Baird. Therefore, as that gentleman has a majority of the votes necessary to a choice it is reasonable to infer that his ultimate appointment is assured. —_____-e—_______ THE FORTIFICATIONS BOARD. Important Action Taken as to Rifle Range Finders. The board of fortifications and ordnance has been in session in New York for rev- eral days, considering various propositions. The board took what is regarded here as important action in adopting three differ- ent range finders and recommending that one of each kind be sent to each regiment of cavalry. Two of these are the Fisk and Lewis. The name of the other is not known at the department. The board also recom- mended the purchase of the Rafferty re- lecator, a device which has been tested and found practicable for locating ships in harbors. The ship can be located from a distant point and telephoned to the place where the battery is located, and the ship may be fired at even though not in sight from the battery. The boara also visited Sandy Hook and inspected the ordnance and works at that peint and observed the tests of the guns there. —____- e+______ Arbitration Tribunal Proceedings. The first volume of the Proceedings of the Fur Seal Arbitration Tribunal, Paris, 1893, has been issued by the government printing office and the other fifteen vol- umes are expected to follow rapidly. The edition is 6,000, of which the Department of State has 1,500, the Senate 1,500 and the House of Representatives 3,000. ——— Acting Adjutant General. Gen. Vincent is “acting adjutant general in the absence of Gen. Ruggles, who has gone to the northwest on a tour of inspec- tion. He will visit the encampment of the Wisconsin National Guard at Camp Doug- lass. —_—___-e-——__- Government Receipts. - National bank notes received today for redemption, $217,926. Government receipts: From internal revenue, 512,348; customs, $607,915; miscellaneous, $214,032. —_____—_-e+_____. Court-Martial Postponed. The court-martial trial of Private Thomas Gill at the Washington barracks, set for today, has been postponed until August 1, on account of the absence of some wit- nesses, Developments Today in the Ana- costia Railroad Troubles. BEFORE COURT AND COMMISSIONERS A Writ of Mandamus and the Re- scinding of the Charter Refused. PROCEEDINGS DETAILED eee Judge Cole today refused to issue a writ of mandamus compelling the Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Company to re- sume the operation of the road, as petition- ed by William H. Peck, a citizen of Ana- costia. The rule to show cause why the writ should not tssue, granted yesterday by Judge Cole, resulted this morning in the filing by the company, through Attgrney Job Barnard, of a demurrer, not an an- swer. Mr. Barnard claimed that the peti- tion of Mr. Peck did not show that he had any action or right to ask for a writ of mandamus; that the petitioner did not show that the defendant violated any duty prescribed by law: it did not show that the defendant had the power or means to do the thing that was asked to be done, and that it did not show that the duty sought to be enforced was clear and indisputable. Mr. Barnard first clatmed that a citizen has not the right to ask for a writ of man- damus in his own name, but must file the petition with the United States, from re- lation with the citizen, as plaintiff. He then declared that no one is more anxious to run the cars than the company, but add- ed that it is unable to do so, and went on to say that one reason why a detailed an- swer to the petition was not made was for fear it would add to the fire of feeling now turning in Anacostia. Mr. Barnard’s Argument. “The court cannot run a railroad by a flat or mandate,” ccntended Mr. Barnard, “and neither can it employ men for that purpose. The board of trustees are the parties vested with authority to operate the road; the question as to whether or rot the*road can be operated with or with- out loss is for the trustees to determine, not a railway employes’ urion. Further- more, it must be shown that a party has power to do a thing asked, otherwise it is futile to go to court in an endeavor to compel the desired performance.” In reply, Mr. Ralston, representing the petitioner, stated that the issuance of a writ of mandamus is discretionary with the court, the right to the writ not being an arbitrary one. “Mr. Peck has an inter. est peculiar to himself in this matter continued the attorney. “His property {n- terests are attacked, and also by the exi- gencies of his business he must have means of transportation to and from his place of employment. I have been unable to find a case where the circumstances were similar to the one at issue that the writ of mandamus was not granted.” The attorney read from several authorities. No Ground for the Writ. Judge Cole stated that the impartial run- ning of cars docs not prove that the com- pany has not abandoned the road, and went on to say that there was no ailegation in the petition to show that the company runs cars and horses. ‘Suppose the horses are disabled and the company has not the means to supply new ones or to introduce cable or electric power, wouldn’t It be folly for me to issue a mandamus to compel the operation of the road? I do not think there is the slightest ground for tne issuance of a mandamus.” The demurrer was therefore sustained and the petition dismissed. Mr. Ralston was denied the privilege of amending the bill. All Quiet in Anacostia, ‘There is no news whatever teday in Ana- costia in regard to the strike. Everything there is quiet. All the pariies interested are calmly awaiting the action of the court, to which the most important part of the con- troversy has been transferred, as has al- ready becn stated in Tne Star. A mass meeting of citizens and sympathizers of the strikers is to be held tonight in Anacostia. WILL LOOK INTO IT. ‘The Commissioners Receive the Ana- costia Citizens’ Committee. © “All we ask, gentlemen, is that you en- force the law. If the act of Congress chartering the Anacostia railroad does not provide for two-horse cars, with modern conveniences, we will gracefully submit, but we think it does, and come here this morning to urge you to compel the rail- road to abide by its charter.” This was the plea the committee of citi- zena appointed at a recent mass meeting in Anacostia made before the Commission- ers this morning at a special hearing ar- ranged for It. Chairman Bryan, after introducing the other members of the committee, said they did not come with set speeches and care- fully-prepared arguments, Lut only to pre- sent to the Commissioners a petition froin the earnest people of Anacostia. He then invited the secretary, Mr. Henry Johnson, to read the petition, which asked the Com- missioners to rescind the permissioa given the Anacostia company to run bobtuil vars, Mr. Johnson supplemented the reading of the petition with the statement that he was not only a citizen of Anacostia, but a stockholder in the Anacostia railroad, and what he said was in the intercst of the pecple of Anacostia. “Mr. Griswold, the president of the road, falls back, gentlemen, on the authority granted by the Commisstoners to operate his road with one-horse cars, when we in- sist upon better accommodations,” said Mr. Johnson. “Treat us fairly, and let us stand or, fall by a strict enforcement of the law. Withdraw the special legislation which permitted this road to operate its cars without conductors, and with only ene horse, and we will take care of the future.” He then read the petition, which sets forth the reasons heretofore’ published in The Star. Commissioner Ross Asks Questions. In the discussion which folowed Com- missioner Ross said he understood that the privilege of allowing the road to oper- ate with one-horse cars was granted some time ago by the engineer department after an investigation of the company’s books, which demonstrated, he understood, the inability of the company to do any better. Commissioner Ross said that at a former hearing it was suggested that a committee representing the citizens examine the books of the company. He desired to know if that had been done. Mr. Bryan said he had applied to Mr. Griswold for the information, but it was denied him. The road, he said, did not want the citizens to know. He was una- ble to anything material. Continuing, he said: “Anacostia has novhing to hope for from the present management of the road. We had better wait a year without any facilities and then get what we want than to accept that which would not only be un- lawful, but detrimental to the best inter- ests of the citizens of Anacostia. Mr. Griswold has stated that the road does not pay to operate; that the receipts have not increased in proportion to the population. This is easily explained. The traveling public would rather walk in to the cable cars than to be subjected to the poor facill- ties offered by the Anacostia railroad. It ig the policy that has been pursued by this ea. company that is wholly falling off in its receipts.’ Declined to Act Hastily. The Commissioners promised to take the matter up shortly, This did not altogether suit the committee, which wanted imme- diate action, so that the mass mecting to- night could be apprised of what action the Commissioners would take. Commissioner Ross said he was in favor of giving everyone a chance to be heard before taking summary action and -he thought Mr. Griswold should have a. chance to be heard before anything was done. It was suggested by the committee that the Anacostia citizens had not been consulted when the’ Commisstoners: granted the use of one-horse cars, but Commissioner Ross answered that two wrongs did not make a right, and Mr. Griswold would be heard before anything was done. eee ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAGERS. Tesponsible for a They Have a Delfghtful Time in the Mountains. BLUE MOUNTAIN, Md., July 19.—The members of the eastern district: advisory committee of the Associated Press were the gcuests of Matager Shannon at the Blue Mountain House yesterday, and they not only enjoyed the hospitality of this famous Maryland resort, but were delight- ed with the beautiful mountain scenery. In the evening a dance was given in honor of the visitors. Today’ the party will visit High Rock and Mount Quirauk, from which points can be seen some of the finest scenery in the country. After luncheon here at 3 o'clock the visitors will be driven to Buena Vista Springs Hotel, where they will be entertained by Mr. George K. Mc- Gaw. Gen. Agnus. received a telegram from President Mayer of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, inviting ‘the party to take a trip over the Alleghenies and spend some time at Deer Park atid Oakland, but as the visitors will leave for their homes Sat- urday the invitation could not be accept- Gen. Agnus said, however, that the party would be delighted to accept the In- vitation next year.:The party here in- cludes James Elverson and wife, Philadel- phia; Gen. Agnus, Misa A. Agnus, Miss E. Agnus, Baltimore; Arthur Jenkins and daughter, Syracuse, N. Y.; P. C. Boyle and wife, O' City; A. P. Langtry and wife, Springfield, Mass.; Col. Chas. 8. Diehl and Foster Coates, New York; Frank A. Rich- ardson, Baltimore; Gen. John M. Hood, Baltimore, and Oscar Leser, Philadelphia. ——— ENCOURAGING RAINSTORMS. ~ —— : Good Crops Are Promised All Over the West. OMAHA, Neb. July 19.—It rained throughout Nebraska last night and con- tinues in every portion of the state this mcrning. The intensely hot weather of the past five days has ripened small grain rapidly. Harvest kas commenced. Wheat and oats stand five feet high, and so heavy that a strong wind would level them. The greatest yield for many years is in sight. Corn looks fine. MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, July 19.—The heaviest rain storm in many years visited this section last night. The whole country is thoroughly soaked with the rain, the fall being over two.inches within an hour. A big corn and potato crop is now fully assured. Considerable. damage resulted from washouts and lightning. LEWISTON, Ii, Jylyii9—A heavy storm has sw>pt this region’. There was a cloud- burst and great damage to crops, fences, railroads and brtdg2a. ——— NORFOLK AND WESTERN. e Effort at Reorganising the Company in London, | LONDON, July 19.—Several members of the Norfolk and Western reorganization ccmmittee are In this city and conferences have been held with the English security holders looking to the formation of a plan for the renubilitation of the company on an equitable tasis as between the stock. and bondholders. It is not likely, how- ever, that any definite agreement will be arrived at before September, as the pres- ent earnings of the road, owing to the strike, are not regarded as furnishing a proper basis for a reorganization plan. In view of the fact that the greater part of the company’s securities are held on this side of the Atlantic, the work of securing assents to the plan must be done here in large part. — AFTER THE BANNOCKS. The Government Officials Believe the Indians Wilf Behave. DENVER, Colo., July 19.—A special to the News from Lander, Wyo., says: Gov. Richards has telegraphed Gen. Sheldon, commander of company B, W. N. G., to place his company under arms, subject to orders at a moment's notice. He was or- dered to procure saddles and pack horses for the command in readiness for a cam- paign against the Indians in Jackson's Hole, if necessary. At Fort Washakle there js no cavalry, and only one company of in- fantry. They number about forty men, and nearly a third of them are on the sick list. The War Department officials state that no serious trouble will result from the ar- rest of the Bannock Indians in Wyoming for violation of the game laws, and that the Indians will peacefully return to their reservation upon the call of their agents. They feel, however, that the matter has been injudiciously ‘handled by the civil authorities in Wyoming, who might have avoided trouble and bloodshed by calling upon the Indian agents before trying to ar- rest the Indians. ——SS RUMORED COLLISION. Indefinite Accounts of a Fatal Acci- dent in the West. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 19.—Offictals of the Peoria and Eastern here report that a freight train on their road dashed into a Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis passenger train on the Peoria and Pekin Union, be- tween Pekin and Peorta, Several persons were killed and wounded. The officials here have no particulars, but traffic on the Pe- oria and Eastern from the west was de- layed, and train No. 86 made up at this point. None of the Peofia and Eastern trainmen were injured, aceprding to the re- port. The report that a Big Four passenger train was also wrecked is a mistake. PEORIA, Ill., July 19—Rumors of a rail- road wreck near here, In which six people were killed or injured, latk confirmation. There has been no wreck excepting that on the Peoria and Pekin Union last night, in which Miss May Wright lost her life. ——— Seeking Homes fn the South. CHICAGO, July 19.—Thé Home Seekers’ Association, through the Rev. W. H. Car- wardine, one of its directors, shipped a number of the Pullman ex-employes to new homes in St. Charles, La. Some time ago a committee from the Pullman colony visit- ed the south and selected this place. The Home Seekers’ Association has secured them employment there, and if those who left Chicago yesterday are satisfied about forty families from Pullman will leave in the fall. =~ The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any aadress in the United States or Canad for such period as may be desire@at; the rate of fifty cents per months (But all sue orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. THRILLING SCENES The Young Baptists’ Union Singing National Airs. “AMERICA” AND “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN” Enthusiastic Reports From All the States. OF OFFICERS a ELECTION BALTIMORE, M4., July 19.—With prayer and song the second day was begun of the fifth internatioral convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America. State banners were planted throughout the tent this morning, and around these ral- Med the delegates and visitors from the several states as they arrived. Each band took possession of the tent for a time, and a noisy time it was, “Maryland, My Mary- land,” “The Star Spangled Banner,” “The Red, White and Blue,” wer mingled with hymns until Ontarlo came up with “God Save the Queen.” Finally the great cholr got an audience, sang “America,” and com- parative calm prevailed. The states broke cut soon again with calls for the conyen- tion of 1896, to be held in their own par- ticular places, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Texas being particularly conspicuous. The Brooklyn, N. ¥., band was quiet today. It is hoped to have the convention of 1897 in Brooklyn. Devotional exercises were con- ducted by Rev. A. B. Chaffee, D. D., South Bend, Ind. Te union elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, John H. Chapman, Iilino!z; vice presidents, P. F. Rothong, New Jersey; J. R. Shenstone, Toronto, Ont.; Gecrge B. Taylor, D. D., Virginia; recording secretary, Rev. H. W. Reed, Illinois. ‘The cemmittee on important topics coa- gratulated the unicn on the rapid and re- Natle growth in all that makes for the unffication, cultivation and wise direction in thelr great constituency. A Brilliant Scene. The salutation of the flags and minute guns by representatives of the state and provincial unions then tcck place, the choir singing ‘“‘We Are Christian Soldiers.” One minute was assigned to the speaker of each state and province, and in hoppy phrase and exhilarating story each made his re- port, follo by a verse of holy song by the delegation from state or province. Vir- ginia.sang to the music of “Old Virginia’s Shore,” and was loudly applauded. Penn- sylvania preseated a very strong delega- tion. Oregon invited the convention to ac- cept its hospitalities in 1896, and Ohio fol- lowed, saying ‘f the place for holding the be fixed so far ahead, e he would sccn want the convention. North Dakcta announced the condemnation of lotteries and the liquor business by the state. New York presented letters from the private secretary of Gov. Morton, Mr. Ashley W. Cole, and from Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn, seconding the invitation of the delegation to hold the con- vention of 1897 in Brooklyn. Michigan reported 13,000 Baptist Young Pcople, and thus the states and provinces continued to the close. Massachusetts asked that the convention of '98S be held in Boston. When Maryland was called there Was great applause, and the choir gave a stanza of “Maryland, My Maryland,” the great congregation making a grand chorus. Denver demanded the convention for 1897, end while delegates throughout the tent shouted “amen” a fantastically dressed Person marched through the main aisle bearing a quadrilateral banner inscribed “Pike's Peak or bust in 'y’ ‘Go west, young men, and take the ladies,” “Ho, Denver, 97," “One mile above Brooklyn.” ‘The District Heard From. The District of Columbia was received with ‘The Star Spangled Banner” and three cheers. Rhode Island asked the con- vention for '07 and sang a verse to the air of “Old Kentucky Home.” California presented the youngest repre- sentative yet appearing in the convention— Mr. George M. Purnell of Sacramento. He was obliged to take the platform in re- sponse to the calls of the convention, and there repeated his speech, winding up with a word for Denver in "97. There was no afternoon session in the tent. Instead thereof there were held twelve “‘workers’ conferences” in various shurches, the general topic being “The Noung, People's Society as @ Working ‘orce.” ——___ THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS. News of the Tory Victory Still Roll- ing In. LONDON, July 19.—Blection returns come in slowly. They do not indicate that the sweeping victory of the unionists ts being in any way checked in the shires. Mr. Herbert H. Asquith, who was secretary of state for home affairs, was re-elected for East Fifeshire by an increased majority, and the Midlothian division of Edinburgh- shire, which has been represented by the Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone since 1880, re- mained liberal, although by a decreased majority. At 6 o'clock this afternoon the following was the result of the elections: Conserva- tives, 260; unionists, 48; total, 317; Mberals, 86; McCarthyites, 43; Parneliites, 6; labor, 2; total 137; grand total, 454. ——— INSURGENT DEFEATS. Their Losses in Dead nnd Wounded Are Considerable. HAVANA, July 19.—A strong force of insurgents recently attacked a detach- ment of Spanish troops at Guandon, near Baracoa, proyince of Santiago de Cuba. The troops made a gallant defense, und after two hours’ fighting, the insurgents were obliged to retire, leaving many dead and wounded on the field. Maj. Tejeda of the volunteer forces has dispersed a band of insurgents between Corojal and Mounts Santa and Rita. The insurgents left two dead and one wounded on the field, and, in addition, the troops captured two prisoners. —.+—_— DESPERATE FIGHTING. The Chinese Are Stubbornly Holding Ground in Formosa. YOKOHAMA, July 19.—An official dis- patch received here from the Island of Formosa says that the Chinese are making a stubborn defense of that territory. After the capture of Lung Taupao on June 14, an attempt was made to effect d junction be- tween two Japanese battalions at the river Takukau; but the attempt failed, and a squadron of Japanese cavalry, which was suddenly attacked by a superior force of hinese, was cut to pieces, only three rs escaping. The junction of thestwo Seettons was effected on ‘July 16. ee Alleged Investigation. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 19.—H. W. ‘Van Senden, private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle, who has been here for several weeks, has left for Portland, Oreg., where he will continue his investiga- tions. His ostensible mission here was to make the annual examination of the branch of the United States mint. THE ERICSSON EXPLOSION Official Report Made to the Department by Lieut. Upshur. She Was Running All Right Up to Within a Few Minutes of the Accident. Lieut. N. R. Usher, the naval inspector of the torpedo boat Ericsson, has made an official report to the Navy Department up- on the recent accident sustained by that boat. He says: “It was the intention to run the boat for two hours under trial con- ditions, the coal not being of the best qual- ity. The run was to be again between the lightships off Bartlett's Reef and Cornfield Shoal. At 9:24 o'clock passed Bartlett's Reef lightship, having only little more than 100 pounds steam. The steam press- ure constantly increased, and Cornfield Shoal lightship was passed at 9:58, the en- gines working without fault. The distance —113-4 knots—was made in 33 minutes 20 seconds, against the ebb tide, and the steam pressure had increased to 225 pounds. A short turn was then made, rather shorter than usual, and the vessel started on her return run to Bartlett's Reef lightship. Shortly after passing Cornfield Shoal light- ship, Assistant Engineer E. L. Beach, United States naval inspector of machi- nery, reported that the revolutions were about 390 and the steam pressure on engine room gauge 240 pounds. A very short time after this came the sound of an explosion in the engine room, and the escaping steam enveloped the afterpart of the boat. The stop valves on deck were-closed as quickly as possible. The engineers’ force at the time in the engine room numbered five. Mr. Beach had just finished noting the data and had come on deck, and Mr. Coleman, the engineer having the trial in charge, was also at the moment on deck. After Mr. Beach had come on deck the steam pressure had increased to 250 pounds. Higher than this it was not wished to car- ry the pressure, as the quality of coal used taxed the blowers unduly to maintain high- er pressure. Mr. Coleman hed gone to the after blower to have it slowed down. All the force in the engine room succeeded in getting out by the engine room ladder, but were badly scalded by escaping steam. So far as can be ascertained, the starboard low pressure and second intermediate cyl- inders are broken and must, be replaced by new ones. As soon as the'machinery has cooled sufficiently the full extent of the injuries will be ascertained.” | ——E THEIR LAST TESTAMENTS. Bequests of the Late Henry H. Dade and Mary Jane Jones. Henry H. Dade, by his last will, filed for probate today, directed that his estate be divided In certain specified portions among his sons, Walter S. Dade, James P. Dade and William Henry Dade, and his daugh- ters, Mary Jane Jenkins, Mary Anne John- son, Adeline Mays and Annie Sevenia Dade. Walter S. and James P. Dade are named as executors. The will of Mary Jane Jones, who resided at 1019 19th street, has also becn filed. The personal effects of the deceased are to be divided between Elizabeth J. Jones and Janie Walker C. Jones, who are named as executrices. The residence at the num- ber mentioned is to be jointly used by the executrices for five years after the death ef Mrs. Jones, when, the will provides, it saall be sold and the proceeds equally divided among all the children of the testatrix. —_~—._— MISSING DANA DAVENPORT. No Clue Whatever to the Whereabouts of the Young Minister. Rev. W. G. Davenport of Anacostia, who for several days has been in Baltimore and vicinity searching for his son, Rev. Dana Davenport, who so mysteriously disap- peared from his home near Harrisonville, Md., two weeks ago, returned home last night without having obtained the slightest clue to the whereabouts of the young man. Some friends of the family are making a thorough searck today of the ne‘ghborhood of Carter's Wharf,near Fredericksburg, Va., where one of Dana’s Baltimore friends has said he thought he saw him about ten days ago. +. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Miscellany. Permission has been granted A. M. Shear to erect a gospel tent on the lot at the northeast corn:r of 9th and H streets southwest. Private George Stamler of the police force has been fined $10 for neglect of duty. ohn McKeon has been appointed an ad- ditioral private on the metropolitan police force. Want an Officer to Supervise. The Commissioners have requested the Secretary of the Navy to permit an officer of the bureau of steam engineering of the Navy Department to supervise the ten days’ duty trial of the 5,000,000 gallons pumping plant furnished the District by the Nordberg Manufacturing Company. To Examine the Chicago System. The Commissioners have decided to ex- amine the merits of the Anderson garbage furnace, now in operation at Chicago, be- fore deciding to approve a system for dis- pesing of the garbage of the city under the rew contract. Health Officer Woodward will leave for Chicago in about two weeks. It requires about’two weeks for the com- pany to get the furnace in working order. ————— The Cubhn Cigar Makers. The commissioner general of immigra- tion has received a telegram from Immi- gration Commissioner Bethel at Tampa, Fla, stating that the Plant Steamship Company had refused to return to Cuba the ciger makers brought over by that company and recently ordered deported as contract laborers. The grounds of the refusal are not known here, but the officials say that no valid excuse can be given, as the war- rents for the arrest and deportation of the Cubans were issued by the court before which they were tried. The case has been laid before the Plant company’s officials at New York, and it is expected that they will See the uselessness of further opposition to the orders of the court. ° Mutual Benefit Society Incorporated. Articles of incorporation were this after- noon filed by the Concordia Circle of the District of Columbia. The objects of the society are for mutual cssistance in cases of distress, sickness and death of the mem- bers and for social purposes in general. Nine officers are provided for the circle, the incorperators of which are John En- ders, John H. Schombert, John H. Schver- ger, John Schcrr,-Wclfgang Ruckéarschel, Gustave Bender, Louis Brandt, Edward Brown and Wm. L. Blterich. ——___ Local’ Pensions Issued. Washingtcn—Supplemental, Plato T. Lee; reissue, Daniel Sanders; reissue, Henry S. Davis; original widow, Elizabeth W. Suth- erland; origiral, William T. Tinker; re- issue, Charles Perkins. Also, William Wat- son, Alexandria, Va., reissue, and Milford O. “Meys, Silver Hili, Prince George's county, Md., reissue. ———— Fourth-Class Postmasters. Thirty-three forth-class _ postmasters were appoints’ today, twenty-seven of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or resignatiors. : TRAVERS IS HANGED An Execution at the District Jail De- void of Unusual Incideat, NECK NOT BROKEN, BUT DEATH EASY The Prisoner Leaves a Consoling Letter for His Aged Father. —_+_—_ UNUSUALLY SPEEDY WORK ————__. James Travers, the young colored man who murdered his mistress, Lena Gross, the 19th of last November, was hanged at the District jail at 11:36 this morning. The execution was conducted quietly and with- out any hitch, and was wholly devoid of any incident beyond those attending thé ordinary enforcement of the extreme penal- ty of the law. ‘The last hours of the murderer were pass- ed in prayer, and he quietly and resignedly awaited the dread hour. Yesterday after- noon the condemned man was visited by his old father and by one of his sisters, who had come in response to a letter from the man’s counsel. The meeting was a pecu- Marly affecting one, but Travers was ap- parently the least moved, and bade his relatives farewell with the assurance that he was fully prepared to meet death, and would die in full confidence of God's for- giveness. His relatives had come up from Charles county, Md., where Travers was born and raised, and where he lived until he came to this city a few years ago. Religious Influences, Travers refused to see any clergymen yesterday but Father Sullivan of S:. Pe- ter’s Catholic Church and Father Mat- thews of St. Peter's Colored Mission. The priest remained with him until about 6 o'clock last evening, and after they left, the unfortunate man read his Bible and prayer book until nearly 10 o'clock, when he retired to his cot. He soon fell and slept until 3 o'clock this morning, when he was awakened, he said, by the fises. He almost immediately fell asleep again, but his slumbers, until he finally arose at 6, were somewhat fitful. Reading the Death Warran ‘The priests returned to the jail about an hour later, and were with thelr charge until all was over. They early administer- ed the last sacraments of the church to tim, and from then until the march to the scaffold was directed the time was spent in prayer and religious meditations. The man early dressed himself in a neat suit of black cheviot, white shirt and black tie and patent leather shoes, furnished by Warden Leonard, and at 11:30 precisely the warden entered the man’s cell, the one that was occupied by Griteau when Séret. Mason shot at him, and while the official read the warraat of execution Waters pinioned Travers’ arms and wrists behind him. The march for the scaffold- was then taken up, Warden Leonard lead- ing, Fathers Sullivan and Matthews follow- ing and reading the service for the dying. ‘Travers followed them, beirg eg! “f Deputy Warden Russ and G Wood- ward. At the Scaffold, The scaffold was reached at 11:32, and as the guards bound the unfortusate man’s ankles and knees the priests continued the reading of the service for the dying. Just before the black cap was placed over his head Travers kissed the crucifix, which | Father Sullivan held before him, and after the cap had shut out forever his sight of the world the doomed man continued to respond in a perfectly calm and coliected voice to the words of consolation coming from the clergymen. The Drop Falls. At 11:36, just as Travers was repeating the supplication, “Oh, Lord, Jesus, have mercy upon me,” Warden Leonard waved bis handkerchief to the unseen executioner in the cell opposite the scaffold, and Trav- ers shot down into eterni He fell over six feet, and, save for a slight twitching of the arms and legs and twice convulsive- ly drawing up his knees, he swayed to and fro without sign of life. “One More Man Gone.” As the slight noise of the falling drop was heard, one of the prisoners in the north wing of cells yeiled out to his mates; “One more man gone,” but no other sound was heard. The body was lowered at 11:41 a few feet that Jail Physician D. K. Shute and the other physicians might examine the pulse and heart. The heart beat until 11:58, although he was then practically dead. At 12:03 he was pronounced dead and was then Icwered into a coffin. Upon examining the man’s neck it was found by the doctors that it had not been broken. The lower jaw, however, was discovered to be dislocated, and the verdict of the phy- sicians was that the man died of strangu- lation and shock, and they were of the unanimous opinion that deaih was perfect- ly painless, the dislocation of the jaw af- fecting him as does the knock-out biow known in the pugilistic world. A Small Asscmbiage. The number of spectators present at the execution was one cf the smallest in the history of the jall, and the warden was congratulated tpon the fact that it was conducted without the slightest hitch, A force of about fifty policemien,under Lieuts. Kelly and McCathrsn, preserved order, but the crowd was so small and orderly that their services were not necessary. The grand jury with Foreman Joseph C. John- son was present, and but for the policemen and the members of the grand jury the crowd would have numbered less than fifty. The jury, who certified to the carrying out of the judgment of death, was composed mainly of newspaper men. Among the spectators was the father of the murdered woman. . A Letter to His Father. . Just before the execution Travers handed Warden Leonard a letter which he had written to his father. The letter was writ- ten last ‘ht, and implcred his father to teach the writer's sisters and brothers to walk in the fear of the Lord. As for him- self, sald Travers, his family should not worry, fo* Le was fully prepared to Meet God, and would walk through the shadow of the valley of death without fear of evil. He asked his father to take good care of his little girl, and requested him to get pos- session of her. To a sister he left his string of beads. To Be Buried at Mt. Olivet. After the coffin had been closed’up, it was taken in charge by an undertaker and the body carried to Mount Olivet cemetery, where it wilT be buried today In a lot do- nated py the Catholic Church. In just one hour and fifteen minutes from the time Warden Leonard entered Travers’ cell to read the death warrant the man was dead, his body en the way to the cemetéry, the expenses incident to the enforcement of the sentence paid for, and the return to the court required by law on its way to the clerk of the District Supreme Court. ‘Travers’ Crime. ‘The crime for which Travers today puld the extreme penalty of the law was the murder of his mistress, Lena Gross, the 19th of last November. For several months previous to that time he and the young