Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY- EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 40 Potter Building, ets Senter ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the elty by carriers, om ihelr own at at 10 cents per week. or 4% cents per month.” optes at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywheré in the United ghee or Canada—postage prepaid—SO per month, Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 ear, tered at wl it Office at Washi r. ep meting. Tail matter.) ee De Oe mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made Known on application. vents No. 13. WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. The proof of the pudding is in fe enting. Yesterdap’s Star contained 39 cofumns of advertisements, mare up of 591 separate announce: ments. These advertisers foug$t pubficite—not merefp Space. : THE NAVAL ACADEMY |THE sucaR BOUNTY CASES| A BROKEN CONDUIT Report of the Board of Visitors Now Made Public. —_+—__—_ IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS MADE Changes in the Course of Instrue- tion Suggested. NEW BUILDINGS NEEDED ‘The report of the board of visitors to the Naval Academy. of which Senator Faulkner is president, was made public today. The views of the members of the board are summarized in the following recommenda- tions: That the age of entrance to the Naval Academy be not less than fifteen and not over seventeen years. That the present six years’ course be re- duced to five years, all of which shall be spent at the academy. That at the end of the five years’ course those successfully passing the same to re- ceive certificates of graduation; that. those of the graduates who are required to fill vacancies in the naval sefvice be appointed to the same and the residue of the gradu- etes, if any, discharged as proyided by law. Nominated One Year in Advance. That applicants for agmission be nomi- pated one year in advance of the date of their examination for admissior. That there should be but one time of ad- Mission, which should be in May in each Year, and the candidates failing at this ex- amination for admission be not given an opportunity to pass enother examination fer admission to the same class. ‘That Congress be asked to appropriate, as goon as possible, $6,000, to be immediately expended for the improvement and exten- sicn of the sewerage system of the Naval Academy. That the Secretary of the Navy be re- quested to appoint a commission consisting of five naval officers, whose duty it shall be to examine and report upon ihe present condition of the grounds and buildings and the sanitary condition of the Naval Acad- emy. Two Practice Ships. ‘That two sailing vessels be built for the use of the academy suitable for “practice ships.” ~ That a solarometer be purchased for the use of the department of navigation. That the instructjon in plane and solid geometry be improved by the introduction of a better text-book and the free use of original geometrical problems. That the instruction in the differential and integral caiculus be placed under the direction of the head of the department of pure mathematics. That a fulier course of laboratory instruc- tion in physics be provided. That provision for systematic instruction in founding, forging, pattern making and boiler instruction be made in the depart- ment of steam engineering, as well as for instruction in experimental engineering. More Instructors of Modern Languages We are of opinion that increased results in efficiency in speaking the modern lan- guages would be secured by increasing the number of instructors. We are of opinion that in view of the growing importance of our relations with the Spanish-speaking people of South America increased attenticn should be given to instruction in that language. ‘That an annual appropriation of $1,000 be made by Congress for binding such books and periodicals in the academy as it may be found necessary to bind. We have been pleased with the evidence on every hand of the efficient and wise ad- ministration of Superintendent Cooper and the firm discipline and splendid work of Commandant Brownson and the other offi- cers of the academy. Present Buildings Insufficient. ‘The board would call especial attention to the report submitted by the committee on grounds, buildings and sanitary condition. This subject has received the most careful attention of the board, collectively and in- dividually. The weport of the committee on this subject was adopted unanimously, and the board feels that it cannot too strongly commend and support the recom- mendations made therein. The board feels that the Naval Academy should be ar in- stitution second to none of its kind in the world; that it should meet every modern srequirement as an institution of learning, not only as to the instruction given, but as to the conveniences and accommodation af- forded officers, instructors and cadets. It feels that the present buildings are insuffi- client and inadequate for the purposes to which they are assigned, and that a re- construction of buildings, grounds and san- itation, upon the most approved modern architectural and sanitary lines, will not only be an incalculable benefit to the naval service, but a progressive step which will meet the approval of the whole country. The board feels that it cannot too strongly commend the report submitted by the com- mittee on grounds, buildings and sanita- tion, and expresses the hope that its rec- ommendations will be embodied into law the next session cf Congress. : —— e+ CREWE'S NEW POSTMASTER. The Old One in Jail for Robbing the Office. h to The Evening Star. PETERSEURG, Va, July 27.—In accord- ance with the recommendation of Hon. William R. McKenney of this city, member of Cengress from the fourth district of . the Postmaster General has ap- Cc, A. Hammock postmaster at e, this state. Mr. Hammock has had charge of the office ever since the arrest of R. R. Graves, the former postmas for the embezzlement of some $100 or $500 from the office. Graves is in the jail of this city, in default of $1,000 bail for his ap- pearance before the United States district court in Richmond the first Monday in October next. ——>-—_ TOR LEWIS DYING. EX-SENA He Was Prominent in the Readjuster Period in Virginia, Special Dispatch to The Evering Star. RICHMOND, July 27.—John F. Lewis is dying this morning at his home in Harri- sonburg. His brother, Judge Lundsford L. Lewis of the supreme court of Virginia, has gone to his bedside. John F. Lewis was one of the most prominent figures in Vir- ginia politics during the readjuster period and was twice lieutenant governor of, the state, being elected with Gov. Walker and again with Gov. Cameron. During the ad- ministration of Gov. Walker, in 1869, he was elected to the United States Senate on the republican ticket and served one term. ge To Exterminate Carp. PHILADELPHIA, July 27.—The New Jersey fish commission has started a move- ment for the purpose of exterminating carp in the streams that were liberally stocked with that species of flsh a few years ago. It has been discovered that carp live en- rely on fish spawn, and they multiply very rapidly. Since their introduction in local waters other food fish have gradually diminished, =~ What Senator Oaffery Says of Controller Bowler’s Position in the Matter. . It in Serious for the Planters — Pre- paring for the Coming Hear- ing at the Treasury. The delegation now in this city from Louisiana to appear before Controller Bow- ler on behalf of the sugar bounty cases which have been held up are very much concerned over the outcome of their visit, and are not, inclined to be oversunguine that the controller will reverse his decision, which will result in having the entire amount of the sugar bounty, over $5,000,000, held up on the ground that the appropria- tion was unconstitutional “This is reclly a very serious matter,” said Senator Caffery to a Star reporter to- day. “Controller Bowler is a very con- scientious man, and he believes that he has the right to hold up an account be- cause in his judgment the law which authorized it is unconstitutional. Has Looked Up Authorities. “I have looked carefully over Storey and Kent to see if I was not mistaken about what these great authorities say on the judicial powers of the government. I have found that such judicial power was lodged in a supreme court and certain inferior courts within its jurisdiction throughout the country. =~, in spite of this, Control- ler Bowler has discovered what I cannot find in either of these great legal authori- ties. He shas discovered another supreme court in the Treasury Department, and he presides over it. This court has the power, it is claimed, to declare any and all acts of Congress unconstitutional, and ‘from its decision there is absolutely no appeal. The entire action of Congress might be nullified by Controller Bowler in all instances in which appropriations are carried. The sugar bounty is not the only inierest that may suffer. Congress approp/iated $100,000 for the Atlanta exposition, it appropriated as a subsidy to certain steamship lines, and Mr. Bowler may adjudge both of these ap- propriations to be unconstitutional. The Serious Part of the Matter. “The most serious part of this whole mat- ter is that Mr. Bowler has the power to -lo wkat he is doing. It is provided by the Statutes that the controller shall have au- thority to pass unon any and all accounts, and from his decision there is no appeal. The Secretary of the Treasury could not reverse Mr. Bowler’s decision. In the case of these sugar bounties Congress passed the law, and the President, who is sworn to defend the Constitution, approved it. To cur amazement and surprise, Bowler has discovered this supreme court in the Treasury Department, and is conscien- tiously of the opinion that it is his duty to pass upon the constitutionality of the acts of Congress. This is the first time a controller of the treasury has ever asserted his authority to turn down an account be- cause the law authorizing it was not con- stitytional, and this action has been re- served for Mr. Bowler.” : Preparing for the Hearing. Controller Bowler ts diligently preparing for the hearing that is to be given on the 7th instant to the Louisiana delegation on the question of the sugar bounty. A corps of clerks are now busily engaged in hunt- ing up opinions of attorneys general and precedents to back up Mr. Bowler’s position on the sugar bounty cases. It is expected that when the hearing comes off there will be a mass of such evidence, and it is un- derstood that the controller has no inten- tion to back down from his position. Representative Price of Louisiana arrived inthis city today from his Tennessee plan- tation, where he has spent most of his time since the adjournment of Congress. He came here as a member of the Louis- jana delegation, and will remain over until after the hearing before Controller Bowler. Put Up as Collateral. “There is a phase of the sugar bounty question that is not generally given the weight it deserves among people cutside the ranks of these who are recipients of the bounty,” said Senator Blanchard to a Star reporter today. “Planters, depending on the word of the government as express- ed by Congress, have put up tneir sugar bounty certificates as collateral for loans, and these certificates are now in the hands of innocent parties. The banks have ac- cepted them and the greatest injustice is now being done by the holding back of the payments. I believe Controller Bowler is acting conscientiously in holding up these accounts, and he ts a capable officer of the government, but he certainly ‘steps out of his realm when he undertakes to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. That power is placed in the Supreme Court. In the case of the income tax laW it was not the government that raised the question of constitutionality, but a citizen.” - —___—__-2-+_____ THE VENEZUELAN AFFAIR. Lerd Salisbury’s Policy Promises to Make Some Trouble. While no official news has been received here touching the reported friction between the Venezuelans and the British colonists in Trinidad, growing out of the seizure of British trading craft in the- colonial waters, It is believed that the difficulty has resulted from the efforts of the Vene- zuelans to maintain a strict guard off the coast of thelr country against the landing of revolutionary forces. Reports of recent date indicate that. President Crespo fears the landing of such a party, and it is supposed here that he has in- structed his revenue cutters to look out for it. The British Island of Trinidad is near to the Venezuelan coast and at two points known as Serpent's mouth and the Drag- on’s mouth, the channels separating the island from the mainland are so narrow as to make it very difficult to distinguish the lines of jurisdiction between British and Venezuelan waters. It is at these places, affording easy means for the trans- portation of fillbustering expeditions, that the seizures are reported to have been made by the Venezuelans. Salisbury'’s Policy. A special from Curacoa, Venezuela, says: Advices from England indicate that Lord Salisbury 1s stubbornly opposed to submit- ting the whole British-Venezuelan ques- tion to arbitration, holding to the pro- gram advocated by him in 1899, when ap- plied to by Guzman Blanco. The general opinior here is that it will be much more difficult to settle the ques- tion peacefully with Lord Salisbury at the head of the British government than it would have been had Lord Rosebery remained in power. It is reported that President Crespo imtends to leave soon for Europe. Arrangements are being made to place some one in the president’s office who is isfactory to the followers of Crespo and those of Guzman Blanco. A Curacoa letter states that a_ meeting there, presided over by Rojas Paul, bit- ter speeches were made against England. —_—_—__—_\_-.o._____—__. Insane Ssylum Burned. MADISON, Wis., July 27.—The new build- ing of the Dane county Insane asylum at Verona was struck by. lightning at mid- night and entirely consumed. Supt. Edwin, who was fighting the fire onthe roof, was precipitated to the ground with falling walls and was injured so badly that* he will die, The patients were moved to the other buildings in. safety. The loss is 0, Singular Accident Happens to’ the Washington Aqueduct. DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE The Water Supply Will Be Short Until Monday. PROMPT ACTION TAKEN An awkward though not immediately se- rious accident occurred to the Washington aqueduct this morning about 3 o'clock, and as a result the city will have to be placed on a short supply for probably about thir- ty-six hours from this time. Prompt ac- ticn on the part of the authorities in charge of the water supply prevented what might have been a more serious calamity, as im- mediately after the accident measures were taken to prevent a waste of the water, and there is now available a supply that can certainly last for two days from the time of the accident. Frjday morning all the water in the Del- carlia reservoir, the old basin north of the distributing reservoir that was aban- doned some years ago and recently re- paired, was drawn off for the purpose of permitting a thorough examination to be made of the bottom of the reservoir. This released the pressure from the walls of the basin and causing a sloughing away of the soil in the embankment that covered the bye-conduit that has for several years been used to conduct the water from Great Falls around the Delcarlia basin into the main condult and so to the distributing res- ervoir. This bye-condult was not incorpor- ated in the general plan of Gen. Meigs, but was proposed to the Secretary of the In- terior by Silas Seymour, chief engineer of the aqueduct, in 1864. The plan that he proposed was to use the Delcarlia reservoir as a settling bastr, allowing it to fill with water, then to stand fer several days ty arder to settle, mean- while supplying the lower reservoir from the Great Falls dam by means of this bye- conduit. ‘The idea was that as soon as the water had settled in the other basin the gates would be opened and the purer water would be allowed to flow directly through the conduit through the city mains by way of the lower reservoir. This was tried for several years ahd only abandoned when it was discovered that the Delcarlia reservoir was subject to the pollution of the surface drainage from the neighboring farms. The Bye-Conduit Breaks. The bye-conduit is partly tunneled through the rock and the remainder is built of stone masonry. Some time after the construction a part of the tuneling caved In, and it was then lined with brick. At about 3 o'clock this morning watchmen at the reservoir discovered that water was coming in a considerable stream from a section of the masonry cenduit near the outlet of the Delcarlia basin, within a few yards of the southern end of the bye- conduit. It seemed to be spurting upward near the crown of the arch, and in a short time a considerable gap was opened in the stone work, which had been exposed by the falling away of the soft soil that formed the embankment. The bank has been saturated with the water that had lain against it in the reser- voir for years. The gap widened until it was about ten feet long on the horizontal axis of the conduit and four to five feet high. It is of irregular shape and for about one-third of its length the side wall is cut from the crown to the bottom. It ts thought that the first weakening cime at the haunch of the arch, which depended for its strength largely upon the solidity of the embankment beyond. A Serious Danger Averted. Maj. Knight, the officer in charge of the aqueduct, was notified by the watchman immediately by telephone, and he hastened at once to the scene of the disaster. Mean- while the gate of the conduit leading to the distributing reservoir was hastily closed to prevent any further flow south- ward, and‘as quickly as word could be sent to the distributing reservoir the watchman there was roused, and as a double check upon the flow the influent gate there was also shut, so that in a short time after the accident had occurred there was not a drop of water passing between the two reser- voirs. If this had not been done it is prob- able that in a short time the lower reser- voir would have been completely: emptied into the upper one, leaving the city’s mains without a source of supply. ‘This is due to the fact that the Delcarlia reservoir being empticd wat at that time considerably below the level of the dis- tributing reservoir, and sithough there ts a fall in the conduit of about eighteen inches in its course to the south, the dif- ference in level would have practicaily emptied the lawer basin, and so have de- prived the city of its supply forga good many hours. Meanwhile, the entire flow of water from Great Falis through the conduit was pour- ing into the Delcarlia basin through the gap thus made. Maj. Knight caused care- ful examinations to. be made of the aper- ture, and it was soon decided that there was no danger of an immediate enlarge- ment, and that any further breaks, if any should occur, would be on the side cf the reservoir, so that there was no probability of any waste of the supply. The bank on the other side is hard, solid and dry, and, the pressure being relieved by the breaking of the inner bank, there is no possibility now that the conduit will give way in the opposite direction. May Be a Blessing in Disguise. Maj. Knight said to a Star reporter this afternoon that the only thing to be done was to wait and economize water for a few hours. The relief necessary can only come when the level in the Delcarlia reservoir equals or exceeds that in the distributing reservoir. At the rate of consumption from the latter and of the inflow at the former he estimated this morning at the time of the accident that it would take about forty- eight hours to complete the equilibrium and to warrant his opening the gates and throwing the Delcarlia reservoir iftto the city system. When that is done he will not attempt at the present time to repair the break in the bye-conduit, but will permit the supply to flow into that basin through the gap thus formed by accident. The prac- tical effect of the disaster then will be to place the Delcarlla basin in service a few days sooner than was intended and with an influent gate that was not provided for in the original specifications. If, upon cbservation, it is found that the conduit is suffering damage from the flow of water through the gap, some measures may be taken to repair the break or to establish at this point a more regular place of irflux. The flow through the bye-con- Quit could be stopped at any moment by shutting the gate at the upper end and allowing the supply to pass into the Del- earlia basin, through the original gate that was built before the bye-conduit S con- structed. The Delcarila reservoir is in excellent condition to be used at once, having been thoroughly drained of the water that had heen standing in it early in the week. There was perhaps a few thousand gallons immediately around the southern gate heuse, owing to a lower level having been provided there for the elaborate system of gates and outlets. This water, however, is feirly pure and fresh, and will probably have ro deleterious effect whatever upon the supply when the Delcarlia reservoir is filled to such a height that it-can be turned into the system. S Capacity and Congumption. Each reservoir has’ the enormous capac- ity of about 160,000,000 gallens, thus mak- ing a total capacity of both basins of about 320,000,000. The lower resesvoir was not full at the time of the acti@ent. At noon today the water stood 3.8 feet below the flow line, as the point ef fail capacity is called. That is 146 feet above datum and the bottom of the reservoir is about 135 feet. Thus at.noon tthe stage of the wa ter in the distributing reservoir was 142.2 feet, giving a margin of seven and two- tenths feet. Former experiences have demonstrated that the normal consump- tion of water by the city lowers the level in the distributing reseryotr about four feet a day, so that there was at noon to- day a little less than enough to last for forty-eight hours. The pipes leading from the distributing reservoir are at 120 feet above datum, but this dogs. not- represent the capacity of the reservoir; as the aver- age height of the bottom of the reservoir is, as stated, about 135 feet. -The consumption 1s now about 47,- 000,000 gallons per day. This is considered by engineers to be an’unusual consumption for a city of this size. In 1874, when the city had a population of about 130,000, a little less than half of the present popula- tion, the consumpticn was 17,500,000 gallons per day, a little more than one third of that at present, showing that while the population has about doubled the consump- tion has nearly trebled. Water Users Must Be Economical. Major Knight saic this afternoon that it was extremely fortunate that the break oc- curred on a Saturday, as the intervention of Sunday would probably save the city from serious inconvenience if not from danger. Sunday, he added, is a very light day on the aqueduct, owing largely to the closing of the departments, whieh are among the largest consumers of water in the District. He said he had no doubt but that by very early Monday morning the water wilt have reached a sufficient height in the Delcarlia reservoir to warrant the opening of the gates, and then the emergency will have passed. He hoped that the people would be patient as well as economical, for it was more than possible that owing to the necessity of draining the distributing reser- voir to a pretty low level the water to- morrow might be somewhat turbid, and it is altogether likely that when: the gates ere opened Monday there will be more or less turbidity in the water, as the break- ing away of the bank has, of course, wash- ed into the basin a great deal of earth that will have to settle, and it is not likely that there will be time enough to allow it ta stand for this purpose. The Commissioners this morning on being informed by Maj. Knight of the break in the bye-conduit, issued an order to the ef- fect that the use of Potomac water in ex- terior fountains, street washers and other hose connections and for all unnecessary purposes Is suspended for today, tomorrow and Monday. This, of course, means that the customary use of the street hose to lay the dust and cool the asphalt in front of residénces cannot be permitted for these three days. — ANNEXATION IS COMING. A California Congressman Tells the Hawatians So. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 27.—The steamer Australia, from Honolulu, July 20, brings the following: Congressman S. G. Hilborn of Oakland, Cal., is here in fre- quent cénsultation with Président Dole and cabinet. At a banquet last evening he made a speech, and declgred~the United States mvst annex Hawall. He said the true situation was not known in the United States. If it was, the national lawmakets would not hesitate a moment about an- rexing the territory.” - Hilborn’s intimate ‘friends here say he will have introduced at the next session of Congress a bill looking :to: the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, apa providing for a joint congressional commission to visit Honolulu and examine its affairs. Hil- born’s friends say if his anpexation scheme passes he will expect to be appointed gov- ernor of Hawali. Presi@egt Dole is pre- paring a document concetning the cable proposition, which will be semt to all friend- ly powers, asking their aig. unless the United States decides to build the. line. The recent acquisition of, Prench Frigate shoal indicates this government’s wishes to keep out the B. C. cable, pending the action of Congress. The ‘French Frigate Islet annexed for the gable’ landing is a precipitous rock cf coral agd shells, a hun- dred and twenty feet high. It ds named Lehua Island. i J. H. Wodehouse, formetly British min- ister here, leaves August J. It Js under- stood he will proceed to: Washington to intercede for Kaiulani, whom many talk of making queen if Hawail ts not annexed. The government says the proposed annual pension of $1,000, which the legislature re- fused to give Kaiulani, will eventually be granted. —————— A GENERAL STORM. The West Visited by a Furious Down- pour. CHICAGO, July 27.—Dispatches from many points in the northwest tell of a fu- rious rain, hail and wind storm yesterday and last night. Telegraphic communica- tion with many points was completely in- terrupted and was rot restored up to a late hour. The damage to telegraphic ser- vice was mest severe hetween Chicago and St. Paul and Minneapolis, the two latter points being entirely cut cff until after mid- right. Among the many points reporting a furious storm, accompanied by severe hail and lightning, are Peoria, Rockford. Galena, Savannah, Illinois; Dubuque, Ke- okuk and Eldora, lowa; Eau Claire and other points in Wisconsin. From South Dakota the only reports received so far are from Watertown and Britton. Both these piaces report that the storm destroy- ed all crops in its path. But few fatalitl as reported, these being caused by light- ning. —_.__ Personal Mention. Commander Reisinger of the war college class, at Newport, R. IL, is convalescing from a severe and sudden illness. Messrs. T. J. Brooke and John K. Hayes leave this afterroon for a sojourn of two weeks at Piney Point. Lieut. M. F. Waltz, twelfth infantry, is in the city on leave of absence. Capt. John B. Hussey, who has been crit- ically ill for the past ten days, expected to go to the Virginia Hot Springs Monday, but a relapse yesterday makes his depart- ure uncertain. Assistant Secretary Hamlin left here to- day fer Marion, Mass., his country home, where he will spend his summer vacation. Mr. John Clancey of No. 33 Myrtle street, an old citizen of this city, will sail from Philadelphia the latter part of next week for a year's visit among the principal cities of Europe, accompanied by his wife, daughter and son. Mr.Clancey goes in hopes of improving bis health, which was im- paired in United States service during the late war. Naming the New Gunbonts. Secretary Herbert has en under con- sideration the subject of raming~the three new gunboats which will] bé. launched at Newport News about Septémber 1. He-has taken with him on the Dolphin a list of the various names suggested, and it may be that he will announce his decision at some point where he stops on his cruise. Miss Kate Field has earnestiy reauested that one of the boats be named after Queen | Isabella, in recognition of her aid in the discovery of America. Jt is probable, how- ever, that the names selected will be three towns in the United States, and there is no lack of claimants for the honor. At the Navy Department Boftoik. Gloucester and New Bedford are“strong favorites, but there is ground for the belief that at least one of the boats will be christened after a western town. CARLISLE’S VIEWS Profit to the Democracy From Free Coinage Agitation. OPINIONS OF REPUBLICAN LEADERS The Records of the Two Parties to Be Compared. TEXT FOR NEXT YEAR Comment is now heard on the views at- tributed to Mr. Carlisle in a recent conver- sation with a visftor from Virginia respect- ing public questions. and party prospects. Mr. Carlisle complains of the publication, but only on the score that the conversation, as he understood it, was a private one. It was not’ intended for the newspapers. But he does not repudiate the sentiments as- cribed to him, and they are accepted, there- fore, as accurately portraying his estimate of the situation. The Silver Question. The most important point of the whole utterance is thought to relate to the silver question, Mr. Carlisle is of opinion that, all things considered, the democracy will greatly profit Ly the agitation of the free coinage issue this year. At the outset it seemed to be premature and unwise; but a different aspect has come over the face of things. The fighting, it is true, is vigorous, but it will serve in the end to educate the party and give the two factions a better understanding of each other. Mr. Carlisle seems to think that by next year matters, by reason of the fighting now in progress, will be easy of adjustment, and the de- mocracy will have little difficulty in march- ing into the presidential field in good order. In much better order, he predicts, than the republicans will be able to show. The re- publicans, according to his view, will but then have begun their factional contention, with the time all too short for their satis- factory settlement. Republican Opinions. The republican eaders are a little sur- prised at all this. In their opinion, Mr. Carlisle is reckoning without his host. What, they ask, Is the practical result up to date of the democratic warfare over sil- ver? They answer, Ncthing. What, they further ask, is likely to be the practical 1e- sult of all the warfare indulged in hetween this tlme and the end of the year? And they again answer, Nothing. What are the different democratic state conventions do- ing this year? Settling the silver question? By no means. Those controlled by the ad- ministration are, the republicans charge, simply dodging it. Unable to secure an un- equivocal Indorsement of its policy, the administration asks, and gets, only an in- dorsement of the party's financial ‘leliver- ance of 1802, in which the free silver men profess to find full warrant for their free coinage views. So the republicans are esk- irg, where will this land the democrats next year? What advantage will they pos- Seas. over the republicans? Will not the; as will the republicans, still have their na- tional platform to make? The silver men in both parties will be demanding recogni- tion for silver, but with the difference that they will be, numerically, infiritely stronger in the one party than in the other. The contest in the democratic party will be be- tween eight-tenths for and two-tenths against free colrage, while in the repub- lican party bine-tenths against silver will oppose one-tenth for silver. Two Records Compared. The republican leaders are hoping for good returns next year from the compari- son they will institute between their treat- ment of silver when they came into full power in the spring of 1889 and the record made by the democracy when it succeeded to full power in the spring of 1893. The republicans in the campaign of 1888 prom- ised, if intrusted with control, to enact legislation favorable to silver. This was in compliance with the demards of the free coinage members of the party in the west. The republicans won at the polls, and the Sherman act of 189 was the redemption of that promise. It was not all that the sil- ver republicans desired, but they accepted it as an evidence of good faith on the part of the gold faction*of the party. The dem- cerats in the campaign of 1892 promised, if put into full control, to enact legislation favorable to silver. The Sherman act had disappointed everybody, its author included, and the democrats not only denounced it and demanded its repeal, but declared the purpose, if the necessary legislative major- ity should be given them, to put something in its place that would be entirely accept- able to the friends of silver. They elected both Congress and the executive, and yet the net result to date is the repeal of the Sherman act, a large issvance of bonds for current expenses on a gold basis and the setting of the President's face like flint against all overtures of the free coinage men for some help in the interests of their cause. Teat of Next Year's Stumping. Such is to be the text of much of next year’s republican stumping on the silver question. The free coinage men are to be plainly told that they’owe their existing discomfiture to the democratic trimph of 1892. They are to be assured that had the republican party been kept in power sil- ver’s interests would have been considered and respected. The Sherman act would probably have heen repealed, as was done on Mr. Cleveland’s recommendation, but that would have been follcwed by some measure upon which both gold and silver men could have stood, and which would have insured silver a larger usefulness as redeeming money in‘the currency of the country. ONLY ONE COMMISSION. That of Col. Wright's Successor Did Not Come Today. A mail was received at the White House this morning from the President, at Gray Gables. It contained but one commission— that of Thomas H. Craven of New York as assistant appraiser of merchandise at New York. There was surprise at’ the absence of the commission of the new register of wills of the District of Colum- bia, and that need not now be looked for before Monday. This commission was pre- pared at the Interior Department last Wednesday and was mailed that evening to Gray Gables for the President’s signa- ture. In case he had desired to do so, the President might have acted in the matter in time to have had the commission reach the White House in this mornjng’s mail. It is understood that the commission of Mr. Craven, which reached here duly signed this morning, was mailed to the President from this city at the same time and in the same package as the commis- sion for the new register of wills. The fail- ure of the latter'to be returned in the same mail would seem to indicate that the President desired a little more time than was anticipated to consider the question of the appointment of Col. Wright's suc- @ssor. Secretary Lamont was then on his way to Gray Gables, and it is possible the President desired to consult with him be- fore making the local appointment. The first installment of the $2,000 prize detective story, “The Long Arm,” by Miss Mary E. Wilkins, will be printcd in The Star Saturday, August 3. TIDAL WAVE OF PROSPERITY Representative McMillin on the Business Revival in the South. “ He Says It js Wonderfal in Every Respect—No Uncertainty as to the Future. Representative Benton McMillin is greatly encouraged by his trip south recently. He is enthusiastic over the commercial and in- dustrial outlook throughout the south. “Tt fs really wonderful,” said Mr. McMil- lin t@ a Star reporter this afternoon. ‘No one who was acquainted with the situation in the south a year ago can realize the won- derful change except by personal observa- tion. I don’t care what you attribute it to, it 1s sufficient to me for the time being that it is here. And this is no ordinary boom, to make a great hullabaloo and then peter out. Not a bit of it, This has a solid foundation, and has come to stay. People say good times are coming. But that is not all, They are, In a measure, already here, and will, mark my words, be followed by an era of prosperity just as remarkable and senseless as was the panic from which we ere now recovering. Caure of the Panic. “There may be great difference of opinion as to the causes which led up to the panic, but there can be no doubt that the main cause was lack of confidence. Men grew afraid of one another and commercial hcures that had always had their ee paper discounted by the banks without hesi- tation first met with delay and afterward by refusal to loan. There was really no reason for any such condition, nor is there any reason at this time for the remarkable change to the other extreme; but it is here, and in no case is the change any more re- markable than in the south. The south stands today at the very threshold of a commercial and industrial revival such as it has never known. Business is booming, factories are all running on full time, some over time, while the crops are wonderful. The corn crop will, in my judgment, be the largest ever known and bids fair to be the best. No Uncertainty as to the Futare. “All the natural conditions are with us, and with them there can be no uncertainty, to my mind, about the future. Aside from any effect this may have politically, it is good encugh to satisfy all but the chronic calamity bowler, whose occupation has gone for a good long time. But, politically, this great tidal wave of prosperity cannot fail to have a marked effect, and this effect will be as naticnal in its character as the good timese The party in power, whether justly or not, fs always held responsible for existing conditions, as witness the vot= of the people at the last election, when democratic voters were 80 scarce in some sections of the country as to almost be curiosities. It will be different next tima, and between now and the next election I am sure will be witnessed one of the most remarkable reversals of the people’s judg- ment on record. New York, thanks ,to our reform friends, is certain to go democratic, and I have equal confidence in the presiden- tial result in 1896.” —_———~e-+________ EXTRA FEATURES. Today’s Marine Band Concert and the Program. The rain last Saturday prevented the per- formance of the military concert by the Marine Band, and so the program of to- day’s concert has been made to include those numbers that have been chosen to represent the military music of this city. A new number has been added, that dedi- cated to Colonel Wm. Green Sterrett of Texas, to be rendered this evening for the first time. The concert will begin shortly after 5 o'clock. Both troop A and the light battery have been ordered out by their ccmmanders and will attend the concert. The program follows: 1 March, “High School Cadets’ 2. Overture, Military........ Jendelssohn 8. March, “The Light Infantry”.Campagna 4. Grand military fantasia; episode of the war of independence in Italy.Ponchialli Synopsis—Bivouac; lights down; taps; a lovely night; alarm and battle; lamentations of the wounded; last . words of a dying soldier; renewing the fight; victory. 5. March, “The Corcoran Cadets”...Sousa 6. March, “The National Fencibles”’.Sousa 7. Symphony Militaire. .-Haydn 8. March, Fanciulli 9. March, Fanciulli 10. Battle, Morin ll. March (new) “The National Rifles” Miss Marble 12. Descriptive, “A Day With Troop A,” "5 Fanciulli campfire; taps; repose; from night to dawn; foraging; attack on a barn- yard; the boys enjoy a song and dance; coming home. . March (new) “The Light Artillery,” Fanciulli . March (new), “The Only Texas Star,” Fanctulli (edicated to Colonel Sterrett.) . Fantasia, “Memories of the War,” Reeves 16. Patriotic hymn, “Hail Columbia”.Fyles eee THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. Col. Ludlow Thinks It is an Ideal Summer Resort. Co]. Ludlow of the engineer corps, pres- ident of the Nicaragua canal commission, undertook to convince a Star reporter the other day that tho Isthmus of Panama is an ideal summer resort. He said he went there with all sorts of dire forebodings about fata] fevers, poisonous snakes, un- bearable heat, etc., and was most agree- ably surprised at his actual experience. According to his story, the climate was delightful during the entire time he was there, June and July. He has concluded, he said, that the tropics is the best place after all to spend the summer. He said that he and his companions did not suf- fer at all from the climate, and had re- turned to the United States in better health than when they hod left there. While they were traversing the route of the canal they had never found the heat oppressive and the nights were invariably cool and pleasant, with a temperature ranging between 70 and 80 degrees. . Al- though they had to use nets against mos- quitoes, they hed been singularly exempt from flies and other pests, to which the people at home are subject in summer. The colonel said he was perfectly sincere in these statements, incredible as they might appear to the popular mind. While he was perfectly willing to talk about the country and the climate he became dumb as the traditional clam when the subject of the canal was broached. ———-_-e-____ New York and a Third Term. There is a great deal of talk in New York about Cleveland’s “third term’ boom. Neither Tammany nor the county democ- racy seem to_approve it. Both organiza- tions are now getting ready for the cam- paign, both will nardle a great deal of money, and both would unite on Wm. C, Whitney as a presidential candidate. N. man who is not in favor of “sound money” will be likcly to get the support of New York. Cleveland himself is represented in New York as not in favor of a third term. He is quoted as saying recently, to a friend, that Mrs. Cleveland was opposed to it. PEACEFUL BANNACKS All Quiet on the Snake River Today. THE TROOPS ARE IN THEIR MIDST The Agent Says the Indians Will Submit. NO RUMORS VERIFIED A dispatch sent by Agent Teter of the Fort Hall, Idaho, Indian agency, from Idaho Falls, shortly after midnight was received at the Indian bureau today. It states that the agent has joined Gen. Cop- pinger en route to the scene of the trouble. Messengers sent from the agency to the Bannacks have returned from Jackson Hole and report that the Indians will not resist arrest. “The dispatch makes no men- tion cf the reported wholesale massacre at Jackson Hole, and little credence is given the massacre story by bureau officials. They say that in the event of such a mas eacre the bureau would be tmmediately notified by the agent or his representa- tives. Massacre Not Confirmed. Up to noon today no information had been received at the War Department either in confirmation or denial of the re- ported Indian massacre at Jackson Hole, in Wyoming. At that hour there was, in fact, no positive information of the arrival of Gen. Coppinger and the troops at Market Lake. It is taken for granted, however, that they have -been on the ground since daylight this morning. Gen. Coppinger telegraphed last night that such was his expectation. He expected to reach there at 1 o'clock this morning, and the troops were due about 7 o'clock. It is said at the department that no time will be lost at the railroad station, and that the troops will proceed without delay to the scene of the disturbance, less of the accuracy of recent reports of blood- shed. The officials decline to speculate as to the time that will be necessary to reach the Jackson Hole region after leaving the cars at Market Lake. The distance is 120 miles, but the condition and character of the roads are unknown. It is not expected, however, that the distance can be covered in_much less than thirty-six hours. The officials also decline to discuss the reported massacre, but it is evident that the report is not accepted as true. They also decline to say what policy may be pursued in the matter of sending reinforcements. “That matter,” said Acting Adjutant General Vin- cent, “is in the hands of Gen. Coppinger. He is Instructed to advise us on that point, and nothing can be said in advance of a statement from him.” Nothing had been heard at army head- quarters from Gen. Ccppinger up to 8 o'clock, and it is therefore assumed that affairs are quiet. A CALM ACCOUNT, Explanation of the Trouble Between the Settlers and the Bannacks. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 27.—Adjt. Gen. Stitzer has forwarded his report of the In- dian trouble to the governor, It is quite a lengthy document and covers fully the causes Jeading to the troubles. Mr. Stitser says: “In an interview on Sunday with four prominent residents of Jackson's Hole the following statements were given me as grounds for the action of the settlers: “They claimed that the Bannacks, Shos- hones and Lemhis have for the six years past slaughtered game in large numbers, mainly for their hides. In 1894, after re- peated appeals from the counties, the In- terior Department ordered that no more passes should be given to Indians allowing them to leave the reservation for the pur- poses of hunting. It is estimated that 5,000 elks were killed in that year. This year the settlers in Jackson’s Hole deter- mined to enforce the game laws against Indians and whites alike. On June 24 pro- cess was issued for the arrest of nine Ban- nack Indians for violating the law. When the constable and posse attempted to serve the papers they resisted and threatened to Kili the members of the posse unless they went baek to Jackson's Hole. Arresting the Indians. “Just about this time a squaw man living at the Hole received a letter from the Ban- mack reservation, stating that the Ban- nacks intended to go on the war path and kill the whites in Jackson’s Hole country. This letter was shown to the settlers, and created a great deal of excitement. . “July 2 elght Bannacks were arrested for killing game and six of them fined $75 and costs, and sentenced to jail until the fine was paid. They escaped from their guard, and on July 10 nine of the same tribe were arreste4. They attempted to escape after the trial, and were fired upon by the whites and severil of them were killed. “July 9 Capt. John Smith, a miner and Prospector, was fired on from ambush and wounded in the right breast. He returned. the fire, killing one of the Indians. The shooting of Capt. Smith caused a great deal of excitement, and the settlers, believing that the letter received by the squaw man was true, prepared to defend themselves against the expecta attack. “Besides killing large numbers of gam all the Indians arrested had in their =o session hides taken from the settlers’ cat- tle, which the Indians had killed. It js claimed over 3,000 head of elk have been killed this season. The Indians chased game into the settlements, and by shooting indiscriminately among the houses, en- dangered the lives of settlers.” A Small Band. POCATELLO, Idaho, July 27.—Fifteen In- dians and +50 saddled horses passed through Beaver canon yesterday from the Lem- his’ agency, going in the direction of the National Park, supposedly to join the Ban- racks in their massacre of settlers. Ex- citement in Bocatello is growing hourly. Good Advice. BOISE, Idaho, July 27.—-The* Statesman at midnight received a message from a re- Mable man at Market Lake, Idaho, which says: “Pay no attention to wild reports about Indians in Jackson’s Hole. Every- thing is quiet at present.” The Warm Spring Indians. PORTLAND, Ore., July 27.—An Indian war, similar to that which has broken out between the Bannacks and Utes and the settlers in Wyoming, may ergage the at- tention of the Oregon authcritles in the very near future, unless the Interior De- partment at Washington takes immediate steps to prevent the Indians now on reser- vations in this state from indiscriminately slaughtering game and fishing in season and out. Ever since Fish and Game Pro- tector McGuire has been in office he has had trouble with reservation Indians. ‘aval Movements. The Detroit arrived at Wuhu_ yesterday, and sailed today for Kinking. The Machi- as arrived at Cheefoo yesterday. The Marblehead arrived at Christiant. The Mon- y has arrived at Acapulco on her way te fan Hranciacd. The Columbia sailed from Southampton yesterday on her speed trip across the Atlantic to New York. —_____-2-____ Government Receipts. National bank notes received for re- demption today, $365,370. Government ro- ceipts: From internal revenue, $412,883; customs, $582,887; miscellaneous, $21,139.