Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1895, Page 1

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Yesterday's Sor confained 36 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 652 separate announce: ments, These advertisers fought puSficity—net merefp - Space. BURNED OUT OF HOME The Y. M. C. A. is Now Without a Shelter. A DISASTROUS FIRE THIS MORNING _ The Stores of Messrs. Bryan and Lambie Damaged. STARTING A BUILDING FUND The home of the Young Men's Christian Association on New York avenue was to- tally destroyed by fire at an early_hour this morning, entailing a very considerable less. The grocery store of Mr. C. C, Bryan, adjoining the Y. M. C. A. building on the west, was also badly wrecked, the upper part of the building eing burnt out and a large portion of the valuable stock being destroyed. The ¥. M. C. A. building was a double structure on the north side of New York avenuc, 1409 and l4ll. It was a three- story building, with a basement, and had a well-equipped gymnasium in the rear. All that is left of it now is the front, which stands like a shell. The back part is noth- ing but a pile of smoking embers. The contents of the building are a total loss. It comes as a hard a blow to the assocla- tion, which has been making herculean ef- ferts for years to pay eff the indebtednegs. The fire had its origin in the western pdt- tion of the Y. M. C. A. building, but by the time the fire department was on the scene the flames had spread into Bryan's store, and those who were on the spot at an ear- ly hour say that it was by far the hardest fire to fight since the Knox fire, which oc- curred just a year ago tonight. As a curi- cus coincidence, the two upper floors of the Bryan building were occupied as a storage warehouse. A large amount of household furnishings and trunks contain- ing personal belongings were stored in the upp2r part of the building, and there wa very little indeed that the flames passe by. ~ Probable Origin of the Fire. ‘The Bryan building abuts on the Y. M. C. A. building. The front rocm of the latter, alongside of it, was occupied as an office by Secretary Pugh. In the rear was a small air shaft, and opening into this were two smali windows on the first, second and third floors of the Bryan building. The fire had its origin either in this air shaft or directly adjacent to it, and the flames entered the Bryan building through the windows on the several floors almost as goon as they had got full headway in the Y¥. M. C. A. The fire had got tremendous headway by the time the first engine reached the spot, and even then it was seen that there was little or no chance of saving the building in which it started. The flames rose to a great height, and the smoke and heat were intense, making the task a doubly diffi- ,cult one for the firemen. Fortunately there were no serious casualties, although Tiller- man Charles Hopkins of truck A had a hand badly cut by broken glass. As near as can be ascertained the fire must have started about 5:20 o'clock a.m., although !t was several minutes later be- fore it was discovered. The first alarm reached headquarters at 5:32 from box 117, located at the corner of 15th and I streets, and it was sevebal minutes after that be- fore the first engine reached the scene of the conflagration, There was a confusion of alarms, ¢wing to the fact that two boxes were rung ‘in simultaneously. The result was the< there was some doubt as to where the fire actually was burning, and at least one or two of the engines were started off on rather « wild goose chase. The first alarm was turfed in by Policeman Will- fam J. Settright of the first precinct, who wes on duty in the neighborhood, and turned in an alarm from the box in front of the Riggs building. According to his story he reng the box on three different occa- sicns, and says that a number of street railroad employes and others saw him do it, But there is no record at headquarters of any alarm being turned in from that box. Diseovercd by Policeman Settright. The fire was first discovered by Police- man Settright, who was near the building at the time. His attention was called to the smoke by a colored boy, and at first they thought it was from the kitchen of the Elsmere, which is just back of the Y¥. M. C. A. building. A closer inspection, however, showed that the lower part of the ¥. c. A. building was filled with smoke, and the policeman hurried as fast ag he could to the box tn front of the Riggs House. Then he jumped into a night liner and hurried back to the scene of the fire. Together with Policeman Cooper he broke in the front door of the building and found that the fire then had not got much of a start, but, owing to the dense smoke, {t was almost Impossible to locate its exact position. In his opinion, a few buckets of water or a hand extinguisher might have put out the fire, but there was nothing of the sort at hand. The engines did not re- spond, and the passing minutes seemed like hours to tie two policemen. Settright again jumped into the night liner and ran back to box 146, and rang it twice this time. This was about 5:30 o'clock, as near as can be determined, for Settright had just returned from the patrol box, where he had gcne to hang up his rubber coat. A Mix-Up as to Alarms. ‘Tho first alarm that reached headquarters was at 2 o'clock. Through an accident which would not happen once in thousands of times, there was a mix-up, boxes 142 and 147 coming in at the same moment. The first alarm that went out, however, was from 147, but engine No. 2, from the house on D street between 12th and 13th streets, responded to 142. Policeman Sut- ton was standing at the corner of 13th and ¥ streets when the engine drove up, and there was some parley as to where the fire was, and the engine started back to its house, under the impression that there was a false alarm. Just then they heard cries from the direction of 14th street and New York avenue, and hurried off toward the place where the fire actually was. Engine ted on K street between 16th and 17th streets, was the first to arrive and get its stream on the burning building. A recond alarm was turned in at a the general, calling out the entire d rent of the city, was rung at that time on the battle was of (Continued on Ninth Page.) flercest, AGRICULTURAL PUBLICATICNS Outside Specialiats to Be Called Upon to Prepare Brief Papers, Practical Suggestions Instead of Tech- mical and Statistical Matter the Object to Be Sought. A new departure has been made in the fublication work of the Agricultural De- partment. Hereafter it ‘will call upon spe- cialists jn certain lines of agricultural work, though not connected with the of- fice, to make investigations of importance to agricultural interests and to prepare brief papers or articles embracing the re- sults of the work. These will be paid for at rates which the department regards as reasonable, the funds being provided for in the congressional appropriations. Many persons well known here and abroad will be asked to contribute. The new scheme originated with Assistant Secretary Dab- ney, and, it is stated, has never before been adopted by any branch of the govern- ment. Its object is to do away with the publishing of labored articles of unusual length, couched in technical, scientific lan- guage, and of little interest or importance. The plan will be carried out in all the tranches of the service, though many of the publications will be written by experts in the employ of the department. Messrs. R. B. Handy and John Hyde, jr., have been detailed to assist the editorial division in supervising the work. Concerning the change in the method, Assistant Secretary Dabney said today: “There are printed from year to year a larger number of copies of the depart- ment’s annual report than of any other book printed in the English language, with the single exception of the Bible. Hither- to, however, the annual volume has been a collection ef divisional reports, in which at one time or dnother lists of clerks, esti- mates of ecpenses, the disparagement of the work of other departments, the ex- ploitation of new varieties of agricultural products subsequently found to be of little or no va'ue, and more or less matter of a highly technical character have been inter- mixed with whatever was of real, practical interest and value to the agriculturalist. All this ts now changed. “Werk bas already been begun on the year book for 1895, and it is the intention to introduce into it further new features. Farmers’ bulletins will hereafter be issued every two weeks, and it will be the en- deavor to make them of as interesting, in- structive ard practical a character as pos- sible. Among those now in course of prep- aration are bulletins on sheep feeding, poultry feeding, silos and silage, potato culture, frosts and freezing, the culture and diseases of the peach and alfalfa.” —_—___e—_____ WEATHER BUREAU CHANGES, A Number of Transfers and Promo- tions Made by Secretary Morton. The following changes have been made in the professional and clerical forces of the weather bureau by oriér of Secretary Morton: Edward E. Garriott, promoted to te professor of meteorclogy at $2,500 per annum, and placed in charge of the station at Chicago; Elias B. Dunn, local forecas- ter at New York, at $1,800, promoted to be local forecast officfal at same station at $2,- 000; Henry J. Cox, promoted to be forecast official at $2,000, and ordered to ratain his present station at Chicago, and assigned to duty as assistant to Prof. Garriott; E. B. Calvert, observer at Chicago, transferred to Washington to be private secretary to the chief of the bureau; Alexander McAdie, transferred from local forecast official at Wasiiington to be assistant forecaster Ae San Francisco; Charles E. Linney, rector of the Illinois state weather serv! promoted to be observer at $1,300 at Chicago, and directed to retain charge of the state weather service; Ferdinand J. Walz, pro- moted to be local forecast cficial at Dav- enport, Ta., at $1,500; Henty E. Williams, clerk in the Washington office, promoted to be chief of division at $2,000; Alfred J. Henry, clerk in the local office, promoted to be chief of division at $2,000, in charge of the records; Frederick J. Randolph, clerk, promoted from $1,400 to $1,600; Charles Holmes, clerk, promoted from $1,- 200 to $1,4°0; Edward A. Beals. promoted to be observer, at $1,400, at Minneapolis; brank C.eaver, cerk in the weather bureau, promoted fram $1,000 to $1,200; H. L. Ball, obgerver at Parkersburg, W. Va., promoted from $1,000 to $1,200; A. E. Hackett, ob- server at Cones pect. Jon 1,000 to $1,200; J. L. ine, obsel Saveton es, promoted from $810 to $1.00), and L. C. Culver, observer al Mil- waukee, promoted from $720 to $840. —————— A SLIGHT BRUSH. Campos Describes the Recent Battle With the Insurgents. HAVANA, July 24.—Gen. Lachambere has had a slight brush with the insurfents and has dispersed them in the neighborhood of Bayamo. Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campos has arrived at Manzanillo on his way to the city of Santiago de Cuba. Gen. Arder- fus, the son-in-law of the captain general, and who acts as captain general here dur- ing the absence of Marshal Martinez de Campos at the front, has received a letter from the latter, In which it is said that the fmsurgents are disbanding in every direc- tion. The letter also confirms the exclu- sive accounts cabled to the Associated Press regarding the battle of Valencuela, speaking of this engagement as if it had been notning more than sport for the Span- ish troops. De Campos adds, however, that there were two critical moments for the troops during the battle. One was when Gen. Santocildes was killed, and the second was when the Spanish troops were charged by an overwhelming force of insurgent cavalry. Maj. Garrido, commanding the Santa Catalinas squadron of cavalry and a small detachment of Simanca regiment of infantry, has had a brush with the insur- gents at Perseverancia, province of Santi- ago de Cuba, in which five insurgents were killed, and the troops captured a quantity of ammunition, horses and mail matter be- ionging to the insurgents. Arrival of Troops. MADRID, July 24.—A gunboat has ar- rived at Santiago de Cuba from Manza> nillo, bringing information that two col- umns of Spanish troops, one under Gen. Navarro and the other under Col. Aldave, commanded jointly by Gen. Lachambre and comprising 4,000 infantry, 300 cavalry and three guns, arrived Sunday at Neuvi- tas, the port cf Puerto Principe. The dispatches add that the town of Bayamo, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, where Captain General Martinez de Campos is assembling troops, has been provided with fresh stores of ammunition and provisions. —_——.——_ Drowned. NEW YORK, July 24—John Doyle and James Leahy, brass finishers, were drowned in,East river at midnight attempting to row across in the Kills. They had been out for a hot day. Their bodies have not been re- covered. ad Stanley J. Weyman. ‘Next Saturday's Star will contain the first installment of “The Cat and The King,” a most interesting story by Stan- ley J. Weyman, author of “A Gentleman of France,” etc., one of the most popular authors of the day. The story will be in three installments, published daily, begin- ning with Saturday. A detective story of intense Interest by Howard Fielding, called “Stamps Enclosed for Reply,” will be published in full in the same issue. BANNOGKS AT WAR Over Two Hundred Men on the War Path, GEN, COPPINGER ORDERED AFTER THEM Lives of Settlers and Their Prop- erty in Danger. THE RIGHT TO HUNT POCATELLO, Idaho, July 24—The In- dian war has broken out in’ earnest. Union Pacific Engineer Robert Fitzpatrick, who pulled the north-bound freight into Poca- tello last night, confirmed the reports that the Bannock Indians killed a settler, his wife and child in the Salt river valley, and that the white men pursuing the Indians killed six of them before they escaped to the mountains. Mail Carrier Vail, who ar- rived at Montpelier from Star valley, also told the same story. The Fight Begins. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 24—Gov. Rich- ards has recelved the following dispatches from Adjutant General Stitzer, who is In- vestigating the Indian troubles. The gov- ernor will at once take action to put state troops in the field should advices make it necessary: “MARYSVILLE, Wyo., via Market Lak Idaho.—The Indians are in force at the Junction of Granite creek and Fall river. All passes in the Jackson Hole are now guarded by Indians. Capt. Smith has just come in, wounded in the right breast by In- dians. Prospectors are driven from the mountains. Pickets are guarding the va- rious passes. Horses are equipped, ready to mount, and everybody {s armed to the teeth.” “TETON BASIN, Wyo., July 23, via Mar- ket Lake, Idaho.—Arrived here today on the return trip. The settlers in the basin are very uneasy. It is reported here that many Indians are leaving Fort Hall to join those in the mountains. Indians from other reservations are also believed to be join- ing them. Letters and couriers have been sent out from Jackson Hole to the various settlements, asking for aid, and settlers have decided to go into the mountains to fight Indians tomorrow. The settlers have given up all hope of saving their crops, and are preparing to move the!r children and women out of Jackson Hole.” The various companies of the National Guard at different points in Wyoming have been advised to hold themselves in read!- ness for prompt movement. Asks for Troops, The Secretary-of ,the Interior has re- quested the Secretary of War to send troops to. the scene of the Indian disturb- ances in Wyoming, and it is understood that the request will be granted as soon as the official papers are received by the Sec- rethry of War, and troops will be ordered instantly to the vicinity of the trouble. The action of the Interior Department was taken up on receipt of the following telegram this morning from Indian Agent Teter, who was ordered to go from the Fort Hall reservation in Idaho and investi- gate the trouble between the whites and Indians in Wyoming and to induce the In- dians to return to their reservation: “I have investigated the troubles between the Indians and settlers in Wyoming and ad- vise that troops be sent there immediately to protect the law-abiding settlers. The lawless element among the settlers seem determined to cause conflict with the In- dians. The settlers have killed four to seven Indians, which has incensed the In- dians, who have gathered to the number of two or three hundred near Fall River, Uintah county, and refuse to return to their reservation. I find that the Indians have killed game unlawfully, according to the laws of Wyoming, though not urlaw- fully according to the treaty of the Indians with the United States, thus usurping the prerogatives of the settlers, which caused the trouble. Nothing but the intervention of soldiers will settle the difticulty and save the lives of innocent persons and the de- struction of property.” The Request Approved. Commissioner Browning forwarded Agent Teter’s dispatch to Judge Reynolds, the acting’ secretary of the interior, with a recommendation that the War Department be requested to send troops to the scene immediately. In the meantime two tele- grams from Gov. Richards of Wyoming were received by the Secretary. The first was a copy of Adjutant Gen. Sitzer’s report above. The second was as follows: “‘Dis- patches from the adjutant general, who is on the ground at Jackson Hole, repeated to you today. Will the federal government take the matter in hand of returning the Bannocks to their reservation, or will Wyo- ming be expected to do so? Please wire me reply.” * ‘As goon as possible a letter was prepared and sent by Acting Secretary Reynolds of the Interior Department to the Secretary of War, which, after repeating the dispatches received, says: ‘The danger of a conflict between the Indians and settlers seems imminent, and I fully approve the recom- mendation of the commissioner of Indian affairs and respectfully request that you cause to be sent to the scene of these troubles a sufficient military force to pre- vent conflict between settlers and Indians and protect the lives of the settlers and re- |. turn the Indians to their proper reserva- tions.” S The Troops Available. Mr. Browning, commissioner of Indian af- fairs, called on Secretary Lamont at the War Department this morning, and re- quested that troops be sent into the Jack- son Hole country, for the purpose of com- peiling the Bannock Indians to return to their reservation. While Mr. Browning was inclined to minimize the danger of the situation, it is understood that he repre- sented to the Secretary that he considered it sufficiently grave to call for the presence of a detachment of soldiers. ‘The commissioner said that while four or five Indians had been killed, he had re- cetyed no official informaiion of the killing of any white people by the Indians. The latter were off their reservatioa, however, and in a prohibited country, where a con- flict was liable to occur at any time. The commissioner said he had no exact informa- tion as to the number of Indians now in the Jackson Hole country, but was informed that there were from 200 to 200 of them. He also said that the Indians had gone into this region on a hunting expedition, and that they had a shadow of right to do this under their treaty with the United States, which authorizes the Indians to hunt off their reservation. The regulations of the Indian bureau, nowever, forbid their going into a country frequented by whites for this Purpose; consequently, the Indians are in the Jackson Hole country contrary to cr- ders. Furthermore, the agent had found it impossible to prevail on them to return. Secretary Lamont promised to give the matter immediate attention, but_hefore act- ing. he desired to confer with Gen. Ruger. He sent for the latter, and the two were closeted together for some time. ‘They were provided with maps of the country where the Indians are supposed to be, and went over the entire situation especially with reference to the availability of troops and the time necessary to get them to the Jackson Hole country. The nearest troops are at Fort Douglas, Utak, where there is a regiment of in- fantry, under the command of Col. Pen- rose. There is also a company of infantry stationed at Fort Wakochie, and a company each of infantry and cavalry at-Fort Boise, which can be made avaflable in case of M R. BRICE S TASK FREE SILVER SENTIMENT The Indians’ Rights to Hunt. The following clause of the treaty where- by the Bannock Indians were located upon their present reservation shows the right of the Indians to hunt in Wyoming: “The Indians herein named agree * * * that they will make said rescrvation their per- manent home, and they will make no per- manent settlement elsewhere; but they shall have the right to hunt on the unoc- cupied lands of the United States so long as game may be found therein, and so long as peace subsists between the whites and Indians on the borders of the hunting dis- tricts.”” ‘The treaty was made in July, 1868. The policy of the Indian bureau of late years as been to persuade the Indigns to use! this hunting privilege as sparingly as pos- sible, but the existence of their right is said at the Indian bureau to he unques- tionable. Now that trouble has broken out, the hunting privilege is suspended by the terms of the treaty, and the Indian office has ordered the Indians back to their reser- vaiions. Gravity of the Situation. In addition to gonsulting with Gen. Ruger ut the department, S@cretary La- mont also <onferred by telegraph with Lieut. Gen, Schofield at Chicago as to the best course to pursue in the matter, with the result that telegraphic ‘orders were sent to Gen. Coppinger, commanding the de- partment of the Platte, with headquarters at Omaha, to proceed at once to the scene of the disturbance at Wyoming, in order |.to ascertain the exact situation, Gen. Cop- pinger was also instructed to order such movemeit of the troops in hig department as will insire the Lo of the set- tlers said to be in danger, and secure the peaceful return of the Indians to their Teservation. ‘The sending of a general officer on a mis- sion of this kind indicates the gravity of the situation and the ‘esire of the authorities to be prepared for prompt action in the use of troops, if it should he found neces- sary. The disposition of troops in execu- tion of the orders of the War Department is left entirely to the discretion of Gen. Cop- pinger, who will be governed altogether in the matter by hts knowledge of the situa- ticn. Convenient railway routes will facili- tate the pronipt movement of reinforce- ments, In case the troors in the near vicin- ity are not sufiiclent for the purpose. To- day’s action is taken more as an extra pre- caution against the possibility of an Indian outbreak than with any apprehension that it is inevitable. Gen. Coppipger will prob- ably arrive on the scene of frouble by Fri- roe ee has a considerable distance to Travel. 2. THE PANAMA TROUBLE No Warship as Yet Ordsrdd sto Colon by At noon Secretary Herbert snjd that he had not ordered a warship to either Pana- ma or Colon to protect thé Panama rail- road property. He would say-nothing as to his intentions, however, ‘and from the fact that Acting Secretaty of:State Adee was again in consultation with kim today it is expected chat some. naval force will soon be dispatched to the.scene of trouble. The difficulty probably arices from the lack of a ship at a convebiently near point that can be spared. Save the Atlanta, which is in quarantine at Key West after her return from the West Indies, all of the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron are in north- ern waters preparing fer the execution of the naval maneuvers which have been in contemplation for the past year. Difficulty as to a Vessel. To detach one for service at Colon would seriously interfere with the success of the plans of Admiral Bunce, and, in addition, a ship could not be got there from New York in less than ten days or two weeks, by which time great damage might have resulted. It is possible to order the At- lanta to leave Key West, regardless of the fact that she has not served the legal time in quarantine, but that fact might operate to prevent her entrance at Colon erany other port which is.quarantining against yellow fever. Probably the most available ship is the Ranger, now at Guayaquil, Cos lombia, or the Menterey, now on her wat north from Panama, which might be intef- cepted by telegraph orders at Acapuldo, Mexico, and sent back to the isthmus. Guarded Instructions Necessa: In view of (the peculiar nature of the ob- struction to the operation of the Panama railroad, the instructions to the naval commander who is sent to the Isthmus must be guardedly framed. It is held that the United States has the right to main- tain free communication on the railroad in the event that Colombia falls to carry out. her obligation to keep it open, and if there is any forcible obstruction to traffic our naval forces will undoubtedly remove it. But further than that, and ineidentally pro- tecting the property of the railroad com- pany from destruction or damage, the sail- ors cannot go, and they have no power to compel the strikers to operate the road. Pressure for Protection. The New York officers of the Panama Railroad Company have appealed to the government authorities to assist in the pro- tection of their property, which they rep- resent to be endangered by the pending labor troubles. The question of dispatch- ing a war ship to the scene of the trouble will probably be settled this afternoon. ee ES SS THE DIRECTORS TO MEET. Managers of the ‘M. C. A. to Confer This Afternoon. The president of the asggciation, Mr. L, Cabell Williamsog, spent some time today at the ruins ,of the old building. His thoughts, however, were rather with the future than with the past. He: expressed himself as being in favor of therection of a new building at the earliest possible mo- ment. He thinks that the present site should be enlarged somewhat im order to provide space for the building which will be needed. He has called:a meeting of the board of directors to be held ‘thissafternoon at 4 o'clock at his office, Mr. Pugh, the general secretary, who ta on his way to this city, is expected to reach here in time |” to attend the meeting. ‘Temporary Quarterss The first matter that will come before the board will be the selection of a place for the temporary office of the association. Several tenders of places have already been made and include the Western Presbyte- rian Church, the Foundry Church and the Central Union Mission. The attention of some of the officials has been called to the rooms in the First Congregational Church, but, of course, it is not known what action the board will take, é —— if To Keep Fraits Fresh, Consul De Bellet at Rheims, France, has ir formed the Department of State, through an official report, of the discovery of a new process for keeping fruits fresh, which consists in treating them to a vapor from water and alcohol. The discovery was made by a Mr. Petit, who contends that even fruits which have begun to decay may be preserved for an indefinite length of time by the process. oe Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for re- demption today, $257,036. Government re- ceipts—From internal revenue, $335,004; customs, 663,209. Miscellaneous, $77,896. _men are not sprinters. Silver Men Think It Too Big for His Resources, IS PLAN TIRE THAT IN KENTUCKY Belief That the Fight for Free Coinage Will Continue. SOME SUGGESTIONS MADE ‘The real size of Mr. Bric2’s undertaking in Ohio is revealed only after a careful examination. The silver men regard it as much too big for the Senator’s resources. The program, as outlined, follows closely the Kentucky program. The democracy is to meet in state convention, reaffirm the financial plank of the Chicago national Platform of 1892, indorse the national ad- ministration, nominate a state ticket, and adjourn. Then the financ‘a] question is to be dropped, or, if discussed at all on the stump, handled with scrupulous regard to the President's attitude, and as if the con- ventions deliverance had brought the party in Ohio definitely and finally into line with the President. = The silver men smile at what they con- ceive to be the incongruities contained in this proposition, and they proceed to speci- fy. Said one of them—a man of prominence —to a representative of The Star today: Potuters for Mr. Brice. “Mr. Brice should be instructed not by what the Kentucky democracy recently did at Louisville, but by the situation in the state today as the result of that action. What is that situation? It is infinitely worse than it was before the convention met. And why? Simply because it is sought to put a construction on the plat- form adopted not in accord. with common sense. Friends of the administration in- sist that the reaffirmation of the financial plenk of the Chicago platform of 1892 meant an indorsement of the President’s geld policy, and hence discussion of the subject on the stump by democratic speak- ers during the campaign must be in terms of approval of the President's course. That won't work. That can’t work. That would drive two-thirds of the democratic speak- ers in the state, with Mr. Blackburn at their head, off the stump. The men who advocated free silver before the convention did so, in a measure, by authority of the construction they had been publicly putting on the Chicago platform of 1802. The financial plank of that platform nas been reaffirmed, and now the silver men are stronger in their faith and purpose thas before. The talk of keeping silent on the subject is nonsense. That policy would make the men enter‘ng upon it ridiculous. The silver men could not keep silent if they would. They are too prominently and unequivocally on the record.’ If they tried to keep silent the republicans would drag them by force into discussion. Their choice, therefore, is between a silence which they could not long preserve and a frank and manly declaration of their hon- est opinions. Neither the suggestion that in view of the Louisville convention’s ac- tion they should go on the stump and re- cant, nor considering themselves read out of the party by that action betake them- selves to obscurity, is to be- entertained for a moment.” The Silver Fight to Be Kept Up. “Then the fight for silver ts to be kept up during the campaign?” was asked. “Of course. Why not? What authority igs produced for stopping it? No ‘cowardly makeshift’ like that adopted at Loutsville can stop it. If the democratic party, state or national, is to be committed to the President’s financial views, it_must be by an open, specific declaration. The language used must be such that he who runs may read, not such that he who reads may run. We have had enough ES a estion. Some 0: ur plic this silver qu DOS SN te side to side on pupule se neeagaae facility. The democrats have been se- HIS enocen tried. Take that financial plank of the Chicago platform. What were We made to say by that? That the Sher- mani silver act was ‘a cowardly makeshift. ‘And yet in twelve months from that time what did we see? Why, nine-tenths of the democratic members of the United States Senate, in an effort to save silver from what they feared would be utter annihila- tion, holding on for three months to that ; act like grim death to a defunct Afri- can! Never, since the world began, has there been another such spectacle. And it was brought about by this very effort to make the party blow hot and cold on the game proposition.” You think, then, that Mr. irg from Brice must ‘pring forward something specific, and have it adopted, if the administration is to re- celve any help or comfort at Springfield?” Some Specific Declurntion Needed. “The question answers Itself: Mr. Brice is traveling in Mr. Carlisle's wake. There is the same sea ahead, and he'll have to take it in the same way. He hopes to pass through it as well as his convoy did. But suppose he does. Is he not certain to be in the same condition then? The silver men have not been silenced in Kentucky, and cannot be by the mere parading of an old platform in public again. The same wil! be true in Ohio. The reaffirmation of the denunciation of ‘a cowardly makeshift” be- comes, in the circumstances described, as cowardly as the republican makeshift de- nounced. The democracy is either for or against silver. The silver men In the party, believing it to be for silver, propose an in- aorsement of free coinage at 16 to 1. Let Mr. Brice propose in opposition to this the resolution quoted in The Star of yesterday. That would be a fair way to test the sense of the Ohio democracy on the subject. No more makeshifts or shifty expedients, Both the party and the country are tired of them, and distrustful of the men who for- mulate them.” ——— IN A DEPLORABLE CONDITION. The American Negroes Who Went to Mexico to Settle. Bad news has been received at the State Department from the colony of American negroes who went into Mexico some time ago and settled on a tract of land near Tlahualilo. A telegram was received at the department this morning from United States Consul Sparks at Piedras Negras, stating that the negroes are in a deplorable condition. Most of them are confined in a camp of observation, many suffering from contagious diseases and from other causes. These emigrants went from the southern states of the United States, mostly from Alabama and the Carolinas, under most alluring promises from the emigration agents of comfortable homes in Mexico, but, from all accounts, they have been ill- treated and suffered great hardships from the time of their arrival in that country. ————__-e-_____. Persoval Mention. Mr. Henry Small, who has been spending several weeks with his family in the Adi- rondacks, returned yesterday. Lieut. Edward Lloyd, fifteenth infantry, is in the city en leave of absence. Lieut. Perry Garst, cn duty at the Naval Academy, is .n the city on leave of ab- sence. > Mr. Wm. G. Lee of 1718 14th street north- west is among the passengers who sailed today for Southampton. Will Be No Further Revolt Agninst the Democratic Party. -! Senator Caffery, who, with Senator Blan- charé and Representative Meyer of Louisi- ana, Is here to look after the held-up sugar bounty, was asked by a Star reporter to- day something about the feeling in his state concerning political matters. “They are more interested in this bounty matter than anything else just now,” he replied. “We have no election on this fall and all political talk is as of something a long way off. However, there is interest taken in general political matters. The siiver men are doing considerable talking.” “What is the sentiment of the state on this question?” was asked. “The sentiment in favor of the free coin- age of silver seems to be dying out. The silver people are making a noise, but the people generally are thinking seriously of the matter, and the sentiment is dying away before reason. “How do you think the delegation to the national convention will stand on that question?” “I do not think they will stand for silver. The chances are that the delegation will be divided.” “Who are they talking of for the presi- dential nomination?” “No one. They will support any one the convention selects.” Representative Meyer’s View Representative Meyer said that the state was very much divided on the silver ques- tion, and he could not predict how their delegation would stand in the national con- vention. In answer to a question as to the status of the threatened revolt in Louisiana against the democracy, which figured in the last congressional election, he said that there was not much talk of that sort now. Phe passage of the law authorizing the payment of the earned boanty on su- gar had silenced complaints, and he didn’t thihk that the democrats would lose any- thing in the state, unless resentment was excited by the payment of the bounty be- ing stopped by democratic officials. Speak- ing of national politics, he said wat the people of Louisiana did not pay any atten- tion to talk of a third term for Mr. Cleve- land. They did not consider the possibility of his wanting a third term or his getting it. ———— MONTANA AND IDAHO LANDS. The Mineral Commissioners Find One- Fifth So Far Agricultural, It is Dying Out in Louisiana, According to Senator Caffery. Representative Meyer Thinks There The June reports of the twelve mineral commissioners appointed by act of the last Congress to ascertain the character of the public lands in Montana and Idaho are be- ing received at the Interior Department. ‘The commissioners are divided into four parties. Three parties are in Montana and one in Idaho. So far they have been able to examine and report on about 30,000 acres out of a total of some 10,000,000 submitted for their adjudication. Commissioner Lamo- reaux of the general land office computes that it would take them five years to merely ride over this immense territory, even if they made no stop for examining the character of the land. ‘The appropriation for their work is limited to 320,000, and the monthly expenses are about $4,000. So far about one-fifth of all the land examined has been certified to be agricultural. ‘The procedure observed is the same, what- ever the character of the land. The com- missioners first file with the register of the local land office a monthly abstract of their findings, stating the character of each forty acres examined. The register advertises this report in the local papers for sixty days. At the end,of that time he reports to the general land office all cases in which no objection has been made to the commis- sion’s findings, which then become absolute and cannot be altered by any subsequent proceedings, unless fraud should be shown. Whenever any one contests the findings of the commission the case is heard by the local land office and adjudged by it, and if the decision is unsatisfactory appeal may be had to the department. ——- STREET EXTENSION, Secretory Lamont and Gen. Craig- hill Looking Into the Matter. Secretary Lamont and Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers of the euburban high- way commission, are devoting considerable attention at present to the first section of the street extension as proposed by the District Commissioners. They spent an hour yesterday afternoon considering the subject. Capt. Fiebeger, who fs secretary of the commission, was also present. He has prepared a synopsis ofall the protests to the proposed plan and has also prepared a large map showing the topography of the territory in dispute. After their consulta- tion Secretary Lamont drove out to the extreme northwest section of the city in company with Capt. Fiebeger and made a personal inspection of the points in dispute. The commission will not have a formal meeting before August 1, which is the date fixed for hearing arguments in support of the protests against the Commissioners’ plan. —______ A COMPROMISE. Detnils of the Designs of the Two New Battleships Being Arranged. The board of naval bureau chiefs appears to’be now animated by a spirit of compro- mise so far as the designs for the two new battleships are concerned. The controversy which arose between the ordnance bureau and the construction bureau as to the height of the armor belt has been settied by a decision to place the belt, which will be seven feet six inches broad, so that three feet and six inches of its breadth will be below the water line, which is a com- promise between the demands of each of the bureaus named. At the meeting this morning the question of weights to be ul- lowed machinery was under consideration. In this case there was a difference between the construction bureau and the engineer- ing bureau, the latter demanding room for 1,200 tons of machinery and the former seeking to limit the weight to 1,000 tons. ‘The result of the meeting this morning was to compromise the matter by fixing the weight allowance at 1,100 tons, although some minor details remain to be adjusted. —_—_—_—_-2+—__<_ A TALK WITH THE REGISTER. Maj. Praden’s Vixit to the Court House Causes Some Excitement. Maj. O. L. Pruden, one of the secretaries to President Cleveland, visited the office of the register of wills today and held a long conversation with Register L. A. Wright. In consequence a rumor was soon in vircu- lation that the register had been asked to tender his resignation. In answer to a query from a Star reporter as to whether or not there was anything portentous in the conyersation,Col. Wright said: “It looks bad.” Shortly thereafter he left the building. ‘An employe in the office declared em- phatically that there was no truth in the rumor, while another, when asked if the register meant to resign, replied signifi- cally: “You reporters get hold of the news pretty quick.” > RAILROAD ROBBERS Lake Shore Train Held Up by Highwaymen. ‘ DYNAMITE FAILED 10 OPEN THE SAFE Large Sum of Money Thus Escaped Being Taken. SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE TOLEDO, Ohio, July 24—Lake Shore train 37, going west, was heid up and robbed at Reese, thirty-elght miles west of here, at 12:40 this morning. The train had pulled into a blind siding to allow a special to pass, when six masked men, at the point of revolvers, compelled the express messenger to unlock the safe. The amount taken is not known, but it is estimated at $8,000. Superintendent Blodgett and Man- ager Caniff left at cence on a special train for the scene of the robbery, notifying the police officials at all adjacent towns to be on the lockout. Officials believe the rob- bers were In touch with the employes of the road. As a usual thing the money car- ried on this train does not amount to much, but for some reascn it was heavy last night. The passengers in the coach were not molested. The robbers took to the woods and disappeared. The detective force from this city started at once for the scene on a special train, and the country is being closely watched for suspicious persons. How They Did It. The engineer says that when some dis- tance from the switch he saw the switch was turned, displaying the red light, and as he turned on the alr brakes several shots were fired at the cab. One of the shots pui out the headlight. When the train stopped four robbers went to the express car, in charge of Messenger Nettleman of Buffalo, and ordered him to open the door and come out. Nettleman refused, but the robbers threatened to blow up the car. He then came out. When the door was opened the four men entered. They secured the contents of the local safe, amounting to about $50, and then went at the big safe, which contained considerable money. Since the Kendalville robbery the express com- pany has supplied its cars with dynamite- proof safes, and this safe stood the test of four dynamite cartridges fired by the rob- bers. This discouraged them, and jumped from the train and disappeared. Polite Fellows. James P. Stark, a clerk in Superin- tendent Johnson's office of the Lake Shore road, was on the train at the time of the robbery. He was seen at his home this mornirg and gave the following account of the robbery: “I think it must have been about 1 o'clock this morning. I was sleep- ing in the smoking car and was awakened by hearing several shots. After hearing the shots I heard four explosions of dynamite, and then all was still, and soon the train pulled out for Stryker, where we arrived at 1:20. I went into the express car afterward and the messenger said he saw only four men. The interior of the car did not ap- pear to be damaged except that the win- dows had been shot full of holes. The only evidence about the through safe was a small dent in the door. The robbers did not*make an attempt to get into the pas- Senger coaches. When the robbers left the express car one of them shook hands with the messenger and apologized for putting him to so much trouble.” What They Got. The amount of money secured cannot be ascertained, as it is not known how much jocal money the express car varried. The opinion prevails, however, that the rob- bers secured between $300 and $1,000 from the United States Express Company. A representative of the company said: “The robbery was committed near the vil- lage of Kendalville, Ind., where the big ex- press robbery occurred about two years agv, and in the opinion of the company it was perpetrated by the same gang.” The trainmen believe that the despera- does were old railroad men, but as all were masked with handkerchiefs, none were recognized. The large safe, which resisted the attacks of the robbers, contained a large amount of money. How much the officials refuse to say, but had the safe been opened the loss would have been very, large. Later a telegram was received by Super- intendent Mitchell of the United States Express Company from the messenger in charge of the car attacked by the rob- bers, saying that only a few packages in the local safe had been secured by the bandits. All of the money collections made between Cleveland end Toledo and at To- ledo wer? in the large safe, and the only money in the small safe was that — up at stations between Toledo and Ri Siding. It is now believed that the largest amount possible for the robbers to have secured is but little more than $100. The Haul Discounted. CHICAGO, July 24.—United States ex- press officials here declare that but $150 was secured by the train robbers who held up the Lake Shore express at Reece siding early this morning. The train reached here today and after receiving the messenger’g report if oe company officials stated that the Btory that a large amount had been stolen was incorrect. They declared that the books show that not over $150 in all is missing. Clues Found, CHICAGO, July 24.—Lake Shore detec- tives, who were put on the case immediate- ly after the robbery, believe that the work was done by the same gang of farmer brigands which held up a train at Kessler, Indiana, some time ago. Several chisels, a towel in which the tools were carried, and other clues were left behind when the men left the train, and were secured by the de- tectives. The description of the leadar of the bandits tallies exactly with that of the tall countryman, who led the Kessler raid. His men in both robberies addressed him as Jim, and in both instances he displayed the dare-devil bravado and absolute authority over them. The railroad’s secret service men were confident that they would soon have the entire gang under arrest. Arretsted on Suspicion, WAUSEON, Ohio, July 24.—Five men are under arrest here on suspicion of being con- nected with the hold-up ‘of the Lake Shore train at Reece station last night. The de- tectives refuse to state what evidence there is against them. Two tramps, who were on the train; jumped off when the shooting De- gan, and ran baek to Archbald and notified the Lake Shore pecple there, and in less than three hours a special train, carrying the sheriff of the county and a posse, with several Lake Shore officials and detective: arrived at the scene of the hold-up. sheriff and his men, as well ae the detec- tives, immediately started to scour the ad- jacent country. ___.—_ Strikes Expected. COLUMBUS, Oh‘o, July 24.—Secretary Patrick McBryde of the United Mine Work- ers of America returned today from Pitts- burg and says if the demand there for an advance of wages August 1 is not conceded a strike will be the result. The Indiana miness are now out. He says if the Pitts- burg operators grant the advance August 1a similar advance will be granted in Ohio and Indiana. If the advance is not con- ceeded and a strike is oriered in Pennsyl- vania there can be no question but that it will extend to Ohio. 4