Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR eee ei) PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8, H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. et eet New York Office, 49 Potter Building, gu Ne eee ‘The Evening Star {s served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Goples ‘at the ¢ounter 2 cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—S0 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with temtered nthe Boat Ofee at W. D. Sea ee tate coe mail su! ti inust In ads 3 Rates of ‘advertising made known’ on application. Che & “Tors Fen g Star. No. 13,233, WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. She proof of the pudding is in Be eating. Yesterday's Star contained 35 cofumns of advertisements, made up of -567 separate announce: ments. These advertisers Sousht pubicif ¢ merefp Space. . A FATAL SHOT Emest Green Killed by Gen. Flag- ler’s Daughter. HE WAS ATTEMPTING 70 STEAL FRUIT The Bullet Passed Clear Through the Boy’s Body. MISS FLAGLER SURRENDERS Miss Elizabeth Flagler, daughter of Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, chief of ordnance of the arn-y, used a revolver with fatal effect about noon today at her home, No. 214+ California avenue, only two squares west of the Chevy Chase electric railroad. The victim was a fourteen-year-old colored boy named Ernest Green, who lived at 1438 Pierce street. Ernest was on the fence stealing fruit when he recelvel the fatal wernd. For several weeks Gen. Flagter’s family, as well as other families in that section of the county, have been troubled by boys, both white and colored, who not only steal the fruit, but who also break large branches from the trees and break dewn plants. From time to time policemen have watched for the boys, but the van- dals seem to have kept away while the officers were on the lookout for them. The little boy whose dead body is now in his parents’ house sauntered out in the coun- ty from his home, and the pears In Gen. Flagler'’s large garden proved especially at- tractive to him, and he concluded io go to the fence and help himself. Upon reaching the fence he climbed high enough to enable him to reach the branch- es laden with fruit, and he was preparing to get in a good supply, when suddenly a bullet entered his right breast and passed through his body. Down from the fence he fell, and with him went some cf the cheice fruit. Fired From the Window. Miss ‘Flagler had fired the shot from the second story window of the house, and, although she could not see through the foliage, she imagined that her shot had probably taken effect. It required but a slight Investigation: to prove what had really occurred. The boy was on the ground beneath the tree and very near the fence, with a hole through his body. Blood was flowing freeiy from the wound and before he could be carried {nto Gen. Flagler’s house by neighbors there was a large pool of the fluid on the ground near where he had fallen. Policeman Stewart of the eighth precinct was called to the house and he reached there before the boy died. The boy, how- ever, never spoke after he was shot. A telephone message sent to the police sta- tion brought the patrol wagon to Gen. Flagler’s house. Police Surgeon Cannon was in the wagon and a quick trip was made to the houce, but the wounded boy had passed to the life beyond and the doctor's services were of no use. The Ball Passed Through the Body. An examination of the wound showed that the bullet had passed through the pulmonary artery and had passed out near the end of the fourth rib. The wound was recessarily fatal and struck the only abso- Autely fatal spot in that region of the body. What hed become of the bullet was a ques- tion the police wanted to solve, and Officer Stewart, who made a search, soon found it in the pool of blood. The bullet was one of thirty-two caliber, and had been sent from a Smith & Wesson revolver. The Weapon was afterward turned over to the officer. While the police were at the house Miss Flagler, who was deeply affected by the eccurrence, had nothing whatever to say. The body of the boy was put in the patrol Wagon and taken to his parents’ home, on Pierce street. This afternoon Inspector Hollinberger summoned John Mymert, driver for Mr. Leroy Tuttle, Leroy place; two servants from Gen, Flagier's residence, a colored man and a colored woman, and the latter's child and G. W. Gwynne, 1407 L street, to appear at the inquest this afternoon as witnesses. Miss Flager at Headquarters. Immediately after the shooting word was received by telephone at police headquar- ters that Miss Flagler was on her way to give herself into custody. Shortly after that she appeared at Maj. Moore’s office, and was at once ushered into his private room. She was accompanied by Capt. Shamer of the ordnance department, U.S. A., her father being out of town. She remained in the office of the superintendent of police for a couple of hours, and all others but those who had business in con- nectign with the case were rigidly excluded. Newspaper reporters were also kept out at Maj. Moore's orders, and later he said that she declined to say anything with reference to the affair. Miss Flagler gave her age to the police as twenty-eight. She is a very attractive- looking woman, and, of course, moved in the highest society at the capital, both on account of her father’s official position and her own personality. Maj. Moore stated to a Star reporter that Miss Flagler had not made any detailed statement and that he had not urged her to do so. An Inquest This Afternoon. Among those who were admitted to the superintendent's room was the coroner for the District, Dr. Hammett, and Mr. Hugh T. Taggart, assistant United States attor- ney. After being officially notified of the death of the boy Dr. Hammett decided to hold an inquest this afternoon, if possible. If the jury can be got together in time the inqvest will be held at 5 o'clock, other- wise it will have to be postponed until tcmorrow morning. In the meantime Miss Flagler will be kept in custody to await » result of the hearing, the shooting the body of the dead vas taken to the home of his parents, S Pierce street. The inquest, however, wili be held at the sixth precinct station howse, on New Jersey avenue. The people who live in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred have long complained of gangs ef hoodlums who tres- on private property and make the of plants and flowers almost an sibility. A number of people who live on Connecticut avenue beyond the Bound- been threatening to shoot unless jsance was stopped. What Miss Flager Claims. Facts in connection with the shooting are very meager and by no means easy to get at this afterncon. The young lady her- self has persistently declined to talk. The information received by Mr. Taggart was that Miss Flagler is near- and claims to have pointed the the he to the effect sighted, pistol toward knowing that the pur ‘al impre noon W young lads It was cation bail, but this ¥ boy without actually was there and fired for raring him off. It is the ion that the inquest this attach any blame to the ernoon that appll- vr her release on not done up to a late hour, and prob will not be done, due to the fact that the Inquest is to be held this afternoon, when it Is likely that all the (e- tails of the shooting will be made publi What Her Fricads Intimate. Although Miss Flagler remains silent upon the shooting, it is intimated by her friends that when she pulled the trigger she had no idea of shooting the boy, but only wanted to make a noise for the pur- Pose of frightening him. i It has been a long time since death has resulted from a shot fired in this way, and there is some speculation as to the prob- able outcome of the case. The coroner's jury will, of course, take the first action, and they may exonerate the lady in event of her making a statement to the effect as stated above. If, however, the jury fails to exonerate her, she may have to go to jail, although a strenuous effort to have her released on bail would be made. The police displayed unusual activity in the matter of getting together the wit- nesses in the case in order to hold the in- quest this afternoon. Detective Carter was sent from head- quarters this afternoon to make a hasty investigation and he soon succeeded in getting the names of the witnesses. The dead boy's father, Richard Green, is & messenger In the pension office. The news of the boy’s sad ending proved a great shock to his parents, and friends of the contig will probably attend the in- ques: Bad Boys in the Neighborhood. Dr. Tindall, secretaty to the Commis- sioners,, who lives not far from. General Flagler’s house, said to a Star reporter this afternoon that the shooting of the Green boy was a much-needed lesson, al- thcugh he was sorry the ending had been so serious. Many boys who go swimming in Rock creek, he said, come across the hill and play havoc with the fruits and flowers. Many of them are roughs, who use the most obscene language and otherwise an- noy the residents. The conduct of many of them, he said, has been frightful, and he only wished something had been done to break up the nuisance earlier in the season. He wished, however, that the bullet from Miss Flag- ler’s pistol had only grazed the skin. Her Parents in Canada. Gen. Flagler and wife, the parents of Miss Flagler, are at present in Canada on a summer outing. Miss West, a daughter of ex-District Co:nmissio.er West, and an employe in the office cf Capt. Fiebeger, will accompany Miss Flagler to the inquest this afternoon. —_—>___ TO BE RETIRED TOMORROW, Col. Wm. Winthrop, Assistant Judge Advoente General of the Army. Ccl. William Winthrop, assistant judge advocate general, will be placed on the re- tred lst of the army tomorrow by opera- tion of law on account of age. He has been stationed at the War Department for sev- eral years past. In his retirement the army loses one of its most valuable officers. He is a native of New York, and entered the army in April, 1861, as a private in com- pany F, seventh New York state militia. His brother, Theodore Winthrop, the well- known novelist, also enlisted as a private in the same regiment at the same time. Col. William Winthrop served in the rarks for some time. He was subsequently ap- pointed lieutenant colonel of vol:nteers for gallant conduct at the battles of Yorktown, West Point, Hanover Court House, Freder- icksburg and Antietam. In February, 1867, he was transferred to the regular establishment as a major in the judge adyccate general's department, a branch of the service for which ne* had shown unusual capacity. He is a _gradu- ate of the law schools of Yale and Harvard colleges, and had established a practice in Beston and New York, which he surren- dered at the outbreak of the war of the re- bellion to fight in the ranks for the pres- ervation of the Union. Thirty Years’ Service. He has been connected with the law de- partment for more than thirty years, his first service having been under Judge Ad- vecate General Holt in the troublesome days during and succeeding the war. From 1886 to 1800 he was professor of law at West Point. In addition to his regular duties, Col. Winthrop wrote a treatise on military law, the first edition of which was published in 1896, and has received ready and wide acceptance among military authorities, being the only work of the kond in:the English language. Its thor- ecughness and scholarship have led to as general a recognition abroad as at home, and it is asserted by an English judge advocate general that this work changed the course of procedure in English military courts. The digest of the opinions of the judge advocate general has also been the werk of Col. Winthrop, and has passed through many editions, standing at the head of works recommended by the de- partment for the information of the offi- cers. An abridgement of “The Military Law” is used at West Point. Promotions to Follow. The retirement of Col. Winthrop will re- sult in the following promotions in the judge advccate general’s department: Lieut. Col. Thomas F. Burr, to be colonel, ard Maj. Gecrge B. Davis, to be Heutenant colonel. A vacancy will be created in the lst of judge advccates with the rank of major, one of the most desirable billets in the army, which can be filled either from the army or from civil life. In the ordinary course of events there will be no more vacarcies in this depart- ment until 1901, when the three ranking officers will retire for age, namely: Brig. G. N. Lieber, Col. T. F. Barr and Col. . Clous. —_____+-e+_______ THE FOX RIVER SITUATION. Gen. Dee Returns From a Visit of Inspection. Gen. Doe, assistant seczetary of war, re- turned to this city from a visit of inspec- tion of the government works on Fox river, Wis., where there are serlous differ- ences between the navigation and manufac- turing interests. Gen. Doe directed a meas- urement of the flow of the water in the river to ascertain whether more water ray be safely allowed to run off. He says that nothing can be determined until this measurement is completed. The situation at Fox river is told in a recent dispatch from Appleton, Wis., in the following rota: ds: “In consequence of the order from the Secretary of War forbidding the use of any water from Fox river for power pur- poses, all the mills in Fox valley, some fifty Im number, are shut down, with the exception of less than half a dozen, which have steam power. At Appleton every mill is shut down, and the situation is fur- ther complicated by the fact that if the order is strictly enforced there will be no electric service, no street lignts, and pos- sibly no light for private consumers, who take light from the Edison Company until they can substituts steam for water power. In the meantime, many hundreds will be out of employment and many thousand dollars’ of profit will be lost by the manu- factrrers.” Gen. Doe refuses to discuss the question at present. Personal Mention. Senator Daniel of Virginia arrived in the city last evening and left for his home this afternoon. Mr. Daniel was engaged during the day in attending to busine in the de- partments. Minister Ransom of Mexico is at the Metropolitan. 7 Mr. Edward Miller and Mr. Jamj2s Greer have gone down to the lower Podmac for a two weeks’ fishing trip. Mr. Eckels, the controller of the currency, eturned from Illinois, vieutsnant Colonel W. H. H. Benyaurd, es s of engineers, statiored at San Fran- is on a visit to this city on leave of ace. OVER IN MARYLAND|NO More PuaLic seeps| THF SWIFT COLUMBIA Probabilities That the Coming Cam- paign Will Be Bitterly Fought. REPUBLICANS PLANNING 10 WIN That Confront the Democracy Are Serious. Conditions A PROBABLE CONFERENCE ee The indications are that Maryland will in a few weeks become the field of one of the hottest political fights that ever preceded a presidential battle royal. For a long time many republicans of position In the na- tional affdirs of their party who have not hitherto taken an active part in state elec- tions outside of their own commonwealths have been watching the course of affairs in the orlole jurisdiction with more than passing interest. They were well aware of the growing discontent among Maryland democrats over the manner in which their party affairs were being managed, but they had seen such+signs before, and preferred to wait until Senator Gorman showed his present strength with his followers before taking any concerted action. ‘The convention of Wednesday, which re- sulted in the nomination of John BE. Hurst as democratic candidate for governor upon a platform eulogistic of President Cleveland and Gov. Brown, both of whom the straight-out democrats, who delight in the uppellation of “Gorman men,” hate as cordially es they love their leader, was proof sufficient to the republican leaders in ques- ticn that the regular democracy in Mary- lend was in‘sore straits. To their way of thinking the work of the convention was a knife that cut both ways. Increased Democratic Discontent. Two great secticns of the state where democratic discontent is already more widely prevailing than anywhere else in alaryland were totally ignored in the die tribution of nominations. | These were western and southern Maryland. The gubernatorial nominee, John E. Hurst, an eastern shore man by birth and a Ralti- morean by aduption, was accompanied by Marion De Kalb Smith for controller, and State Senator Crutkers for attorney gen- erel, both eastern shore residents. To control the convertion, too, it was openly asserted that Senator Gorman had smashed promises made before it convened to the wight and left, and thus alienated many fcrmerly loyal and devoted friends and lieutenants, The sacrifice of Hayes left a number of very sore democrats, who are said to be still regarding their wounds and getting madder all the time. The setting aside of Spencer Jones again, after he had made way for Frank Brown four years ago, failed to have the effect of making his many friends in western and southern Maryland throw up their hats for the Bal- timore ticket when they heard of it, while the democrats of the Judge Fisher type, who have Leen bitterly opposed to Senator Gorman and his metheds all the time, are hotter than ever. No Chunce for Enthusiasm. ‘Then, again, the most serious condition satd to confront the adherents of Senator Gorman is the fact that there is not the slightest hope of arousing any enthusiasm over the ticket. Mr. Hurst, a successful Baltimore merchant and millionaire, they fay, never took any part in politics in Mary- land, saye to enter zealously and cnergeti- cally into the fight against reassessment when that important measure was hefore the legislature. The bill providing for it was passed, but the same interests with which Mr. Hurst was identified secured from Gov. Brown its death blow in the shape of a veto. Now Mr. Hurst claims he is in favor of reasseesment, but his past record, and the fact that all his Baltimore friends, from whom his substantia: support must be ex- fected, ar2 bitterly against it, will tell, it is said, against tim when the votes are cast in November. Republican Interest Aroused. With these conditions in view, therefore, many republicans of national prominence are regarding Marylend as an inviting place in which tc have a skirmish with the enerry all along the line. ‘They appreciate the fact that the effect upon the republican voters next year would be enormous if the party could wrest the state out of the democratic hands that have held it so long and so tenaciously in No- vember, and they believe with a proper di- rection of local republican affairs by the leaders in the state and a settlement of any differences that may exist between them the prospects for defeating a disorganized democracy will be-most propitious. ‘Accordingly the proposition has been made, and is now being considered, that some of the republican leaders who usually have the control of things in presidential campaigns should meet within a few days and confer together over the advisability of atding the Maryland republicans in their approaching campaign by sending them a supply of the sinews of war sufficient to meet any effects that the other side, re- inforced by Mr. Hurst's largess, might have, and to send forcible speakers into the state from one end to the other. It is probable that this course will be pursued, and that Maryland will ring with reverber- ant campaign oratory of an unusual de- scription from the Allegany pine woods to the marshes on the Chesapeake. eS A SEVERE REPRIMAND, But Nene of the Navy Pay Officers Will Be Court-Martialed. Acting Secretary McAdoo acted today on the recerd of the court of inquiry in the case of pay offlvers of the receiving ship Vermont, stationed at New York, charged with viclating the regulations in loaning money to enlisted men at usurious rates of interest. He was embarrassed in his action by the failure of the court to report its conclusions on the evidence, but it is understood that he considered the cireum- stances sufficient to justify a severe repri- mand to the officers involved in the finan- clal irregularities. ‘Among those included in the general reprimand, it is said, are Capt. Silas Casey, commanding the Vermont, Paymaster Otis C. Tiffany, Pavmaster's Clerk Moriarty and Paymaster’s Yeoman Russman. It is said, however, that none of them will be subjected to trial by court-martial. = ON et Will ttend the Maneuvers. The French government, through M. La- faivre, chare d'affaires of the French em- bassy here, has asked the State Depart- ment to have the military attache cf the United States embassy “t Paris attend the annual field mane: the French trcops on September ‘The department has accepted, and the United States officer at Paris will ve instructed .o attend the mancvgers and make a report. Gen. Saus- sier, military governor of Paris, will be in command, and the event is being arranged on such an extensive scale as to attract much attention in European military cir- cles. Aside from the brilliancy of the spec- tacle during the review of the troops by President Faure, it will be of practical value to military experts in showing the French army’s high state of efficiency. ers cf The Department of Agriculture Will Buy None This Year, The Law Authorized Only Those Rare and Uncommon, and None of These Are to Be Provided. It is now finally decided that the seed di- vision of the Department of ‘Agriculture will go out of existence on the ist of next October, amd that after that date the goy- ernment will cease distributing seeds throughout the country. This fact has al- ready been briefly stated in The Star, but since then the details of the facts leading up to the decision of Secretary Morton to accomplish the abolition of the seed division have been made public. The Secretary has had his letter to Chief Fagin, in which he informed him that the division ‘would cease to be after the date mentioned, and the chiof’s reply to the Secretary, printed in convenient form for diatribution, so that this matter, which may form the subject of considerable controversy in the next Con- gress, may be thoroughly understood. In his letter to Mr. Fagin the Secretary first directs him to submit his annual report before October 1, 1895, and gives an outline of what the report shall contain. Only Rare Seeds Wanted. He then gives a copy of the decision of Attorney General Olney of April 26, 1895, in which answer was given to the following questions: “Can the Secretary of Agriculture legally purchase any, other seeds than those de- scribed in section 527 of the Revised Stat- utes, to wit, seeds ‘rare and uncommon to the country, or such as can be made more profitable by frequent change from one part of our own country to another,’ under au- thority of the act of March 2, 1895? “Would it be proper and lawful for the Secretary of Agriculture, in view of the verbiage of the act of March 2, 18 and the wording of section 527, of the Revised Statutes, to advertise for proposals to fur- nish the Department of Agriculture seeds, bulbs, trees, vines, cuttings and plants ‘rare and uncommon to the country, and for such as can be made more profftable by frequent changes from one part of our_own country to another,’ reserving the right to reject any and all bids?” To these queries the Attorney General replied as follows: “1. ‘The seeds pur- chasable under the act of March 2, 1895, are limited to those deseribed In section 527 of the Revised Statutes—there being no reasonable ground for ci#iming that the act of March 2, 1895, operates, or was in- ténded to operate, as a repeatf the earlier statute. “2. If not obligatory upon ¢he Secretary of- Agriculture to purchage .secds, trees, ete., conformably to section.3709 of the Revised Statutes, it is certainly compe- tent for him to make the purchases con- formably to sald statute,. the. right to re- ject any ang.all bids beimg reserved. But the form of the questiom jgqsuch that I think it proper to call attention to the fact that while seeds purchesed must be such as are ‘rare and um mon .to. the country or such as can-~, meade more profitable by freauent chauges from one part of our own coumtry t@ another,’ the trees, plants, shrfibs, vines and etittings to be purchased are such ‘as are adapted to general cultivation and to promote the gén- era] interests of horticulture and agricul- ture throughout the United States.’ ” No Seeds at All to Hé Bought. The Secretary ther goes én to inform the chief that this decisicn precluded the pur- chase of seeds for distribution except those rare and uncommon to the country, etc. and, in accordance with the opinion, he called for bids for such seeds,bulbs, shrubs, cuttings, etc, to be opened July 1, 1895. Three bids were received and submitted to a committee consisting of Messrs. E. S. Harnden, F. L. Evans and J. B. Bennett, officials of the department, who, July 4, reported to the Secretary that none of the bids met the requirements of the adver- tisement, and they therefore recommended their rejection. In acccrdance with their report the Secretsry rejected all the bids, and concluded his letter ;to’ Mr. Fagin as follows: “Therefore, in view of the above opinion of the Attorney General, and because of the result of the advertisement above, which was duly published as. provided by law, and in concurrence with the finding of the committee of awards upon the bids above referred to, there will be no seéds purchased for gratuitous promiscuous dis- tribution during the fiscal year 1896 by the United States Department of Agriculture. In view of the above, you will observe that the necessity of your being continued in office, together with the force immediately under you, will not exist after October 1, 1895, by which date it 1s demanded that all business of the seed division shall have been thoroughiy finished yp and reported upon. I should be unjust to you and my- self if, in closing, 1 failed to express my sincere thanks to you for the efficient in- dustry with which you have discharged all the duties pertaining to your laborious and trying position during the last two years. Therefore, very heartily and unre- servedly I commend the work which you have supecintended with so much good judgment and fidelity, and wish for you employment and success in the future com- mensurate with your character and, abil- ity.” The Chief Agrees. In his reply to the Secretary's letter Chief Fagin said: “I congratulate you upon the action taken in this matter, as I have been fully convinced since my first examination of the work of the division that no reason- able excuse could be offered in behalf of its continuance, and so reported in my first annual report.” - © HELP FOR MRS. WALLER. SEEKING Wife of the Madagusears Ex-Consul Said to Be Destitute. Attorney Kennedy and .ethers interested in the Waller case are ht present trying to devise means of secvring financial assist- ance for Mrs. Waller, who, notwithstand- ing she has escaped from Madagascar to Mauritius, is still destitute among stran- gers and far from home, Mr. Kennedy has made arrangements at the State De- partment to have any funds contributed deposited there and forwarded direct to Mrs. Waller. He has. telegraphed the facts of Mrs: Waller's condition to Gov. Morrill of Kansas, in whighistate Waller formerly resided, with the hope that some- thing may be done there for her relief, and will also-seek the ald of members of the negro race. Mr. Kerredy says the counsel in the case are content to await its adju- dication for their fees, and that no money is necessary to assist in the prosecution of the claim. ————+ o+_- + Officers’ Insignia. , The Secretary of War has amended the army regulations relating to the insignia for Officers*undress coats, so as to provide that the distinctive ingignia to_be worn on the undress: coat of officers of the corps ¢! engineers Will be the.gasile and the letters U, S., all embroidered in silver or made of silver metal, to’correspond as: to size and arrangement upon the collar to the insignia of other officers of the line and the staff corps, as prescribed in the aforementioned orders. Pres*dential Postmasters Appointed, The President tcday appointed the fol- lowing postmesters: W. W. Shanks, Ode- bold, Iowa; Frank Reed, Bismarck, N. D.; John Richardson, Hoquiam, Wash. All Expectations Surpassed by the Crack Cruiser. NEW WARSHIP TRANSATLANTIC RECORD Arrival at New York From South- ampton. NAVY OFFICIALS DELIGHTED —_>—_—_ NEW YORK, Augtst 2—The United States cruiser Columbia was sighted from Sandy Hook at 9:30 this morning. The Co- lumbia sailed from Southampton, England, at half-past 12 on Friday afternoon, July 26, passing the Needles at twenty minutes past 1. Her time, therefore, irom the Needles to Sandy Hook bar is seven days, one hour and fifteen minutes. Columbia reached quarantine at 10:25 a.m. Her log gives her arrival at the bar at 8:59, and time of passage from the Needles to Sandy Hook lightship, six days, twenty-three hours and forty-nine min- utes. Her day's runs were 405, 460, 473, 458, 455, 453 and 405 knots. The total dis- se is 3,109 knots. Average speed, 18.41 nots. The Southampton record is held by the American line steamer New York, and is six days, seven hours, fourteen minutes, being about eighteen hours better than the crutser Columbia's time. fhe St. Louis left Southampton about twenty-four hours after the Columbia. Her western record is six days, eighteen hours and forty-seven minutes, made on her last trip. To equal this time the St. Louis is due to arrive off the Sandy Hook lightship at 3:25 p.m. tomorrow. The Columbia, on her official four hour: trial in November, iS, averaged 22.81 nots an hour, and attained a maximum, of 25.30 knots an hour over a distance of nearly eight knots. During the entire passage the cruises was run under natural draught. Thirty-six hours of fog was experienced on tive voy- age, during which the cruiser steumed at her usual speed. Moderate winds and Weather were encountered all the way acress the ocean. ene At quarantine the Columbia was boarded by the health officer, and the surgeon re- porting all well, the cruiser proceeded up the bay. HOLDS THE RECORD. The Cblumbia Has Exceeded All the Expectations. The Columbia, named in honor of the seat of government, now holds the trans- atlantic record for speed against the ships of all other navies in the world. She has exceeded the expectations of her most ardent admirers in her trip across the At- Mlantic, and is justly entitled to be known hereafter as “The Gem of the Qeean.” Seldom has any event caused so much pleasure and excitement as the rews that reached the Navy Department of the un- paralleled performance of the Columbi The news of her arrival was first known at the department through the Associated Press pulletin, saying that the Columbia | had been sighted off Sandy Hook at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Subsequently the 1ews was received in official form through the following telegram from Captain Sum- rer, commanding the ship: Capt. Sa@ner’s Announcement. NEW YORK, August 2. The Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C: Columbia.—Needles, 2 p.m. 26th ult. Sandy Hook lightship, 8:59 today. Aver- age hourly speed for whole run, 18.41 knots. Whole run under natural draught. Twenty-six hours of fog, but no delay therefrom. SUMNER. Aeting Secretary McAdoo responded to this telegram at once, saying: of “The department extends to you, the offi- cers and men of the Columbia, its comgrat- ulations and thanks on the result of the rua from the Needles to Sandy Hook light- ship, thus making an unexampled record for a warship.” Her Sailing Orders. The Columbia was one of the vessels at the Kiel celebration representing the United States. She started on her home- ward run from Southampton last Friday, under orders from the department to make her best speed to New York under natural dranght. She was known to be a fast ves- sel for a short run, but many critics were keptical as to her endurance and capacity for a lang run, as compared with the ocean greyhounds of the merchant marine. This trip was to demonstrate her abilities in that respect, and the department confi- dently put her in practical competition with the mail steamers of record-breaking speed. i Prior to her departure the Columbia had beer. placed in dry dock at Southampton and her huli cleaned of its marine growth and barnacles. Ircidentally the hull was strained by a false adjustment of keel blocks, but according to Capt. Sumner's report the injury sustained was too slight to be counted as a factor in the vessel's long distance speed trial. His judgment has been fully sustained. The Columbia passed the Needles, bound from Soutrampton to New York, at 1:20 p. m. on Friday. The Augusta Victoria was at that time on her way ‘across the Eng- lish Chanael to Cherbourg to take on pas- sengers from France. She did not leave Cherbourg until 7 p.m. Then the Columbia was probably more than 160 miles ahead of her. She arrived today also. A Gratifying Point. A prominent naval officer pointed out what he considered the most gratifying points concerning the speed trial. He said that when all the conditions under which the Columbia made her run are considered the result must be regarded as remarkable. In the first place, he said, the coal, while good, and probably much better than the cheap variety usually supplied our vessels at home, was not the bes: quality of Welsh coal. Then, again, the engine departments of our cruisers are not as fully manned as either the ships of the merchant service or those of foreign governments, and con- sequently the endurance of the men in the engine and fire rooms is more severely taxed. As an illustration of this fact, it is only necessary to give the following com- parison bétween the Columbia and the English cruiser Terrible, which was re- cently «launched: Columbia, Terrible 20,000 25,000 4 rs Horse power.. In other fords, the work on the engince officers is just 60 per cent harder on the Columbia than on <he English ship, while the men on our ship have to do one-third more work than do the men on the other service. Among men-of-war there is absolutely nothing to compare the Columbia with, as none of them ever has made such a run, and none could, not only because they do not carry the coal, but because they have not the power. The Navy Department, however, has the report of a twenty-four-hour trial of the English cruiser Royal Arthur, made in the Pacific some time ago, and her maximum speed for four hours was only 18 knots} while for the twenty-four hours of the trial it was only 16.5 knots. This vessel is offi- cially rated as the same displacement as the Columbia. Of the other fast British cruisers, none of them has done anything at all comparable with this performance of the Columbia. In fact, the cruiser Blen- heim, on which the British plume them- selves, made only a maximum of 14 knots when returning from Halifax, after having carried the body of Sir John Thompson there for interment. It Marks an Epoch. “Secretary Tracy, in his annual report for the year 1892, said that the administra- tion was prepared to rest its reputation in naval achievements upon the Columbia, the Minneapolis, her sister ship, and the bat- tleship Indiana, The performance of the Columbia, backed by the knowledge that the Minneapolis, more lately constructed, is even an improvement upon her in speed justifies two-thirds of this prediction al- ready.” This was the comment of an expert naval ofticer upon the Coiumbia’s record today. And he then proceeded to make himself this striking prediction: “I think it safe to say that the run of the Colunm®ia, taken in connection with the fact that by the use of her forced draft during twenty-four hours she could easily have reducéd her time at least two hours, will give more concern to the British admiralty than any achievement that has been accomplished by a naval ves- sel not under the British fiag since the ap- pearance of the little Monitor in Hampton Roads, during our last war. “They would much rather see the already promising navy of the United States in- creased by three of the finest battleships afloat than to have it possess a flyer such as the Columbia. They have battleships in plenty themseives with which they could corner our own limited fleet of these craft, but they haye®nothing that could capture the Columbia, which would be free to scour the seas and inflict untold loss upon British commerce. They have never liked her since she was Ghristened “The Pirate” in a jok- ing spirit by ore of our engineers, who had much to do with executing the details of the plans for this triple screw ship. With a painful recollection of the ravages commit- ted by the Alabama they cannot contem- plate with equanimity the possibility of what might happen with a ship so superior to her in every way as the Columbia loose upon the high seas. An American Iden. “It should not be forgotten, while we are congratulating ourselves upon the posses- sion of such @ ship, that she is really an American idea. In most of our nayal con- struction we have followed for years in the wake of Grect Britain and France, im- proving upon their models, it is true, but still following the general lines. But the Columbia was a wide departure from all Previous patterns. It was the idea of En- sineer-in-chief Melville to eqyip a ship with triple screws for high speed and economy, and our construction bureau gave its aid to the project by designing what. was then the longest hull and finest lines of any naval ship in the world. The good judgment shown in the combination has now been established. It is true that the Columbia has been severely criticised by some naval experts as inefficient as a fight- ing ship. But it should be remembered that she was never ‘calculated to fight battle ships or armored cruisers; that she can by her high speed easily keep out of the way of such craft, and that she ex- sctly fulfills her mission as a commerce de- stroyer.”” Newspaper Men Guessed Best. Several days ago a pool was made at the Navy, Department as to the time it would take the Columbia to make the run. There were eighteen entries, including naval cf- ficers, ship-builders and newspaper men, and the calculations took a wida range. A few guessed that the Columbia would ar- rive today, some tomorrow, others selected Sunday and one individual named Monday as the time of arrival. Nearly every hour between the extremes was named. Mr. Cramp, who built the vessel, was in the pool. He said she would not be pushed and would hardly reach Sandy Hcck before noon of Sanday. He was way off, and so was Secretary Herbert, who said in a re- cent interview that the vessel would hard- ly arrive before Sundzy afterncon. The naval officers fixed on Saturday, and the newspaper men on Friday. The’ pool was won by Mr. Cal. O'Loughlin of the New York Herald, who guessed within twenty minutes of the actual time con- sumed. Mr. Hood of the Associated Press was second best, and Mr. Oulfhan of the United Press was a close third. Mr. McAdoo’s Statement. Acting Secretary McAdoo made the fol- lowing statement to a Star reporter in re- gard to the Columbia's performance: “The department is, of course, very highly gratified, not only at the performance, but over the decision to make the test, as there were many misgivings whether the ship would be able to do herself justice as against the fast mail steamers, which are especially designed, equipped and manned for making fast time over this particular ocean route. The department knew that the Columbia was a very fage ship, and that in a race for life she would fear no rival, but it is exceedingly gratified at this long run performance and showing as to her coal endurance. “It will be observed that the ship did not use at any time forced draught, and that therefore the voyage was made entirely un- der normal conditions from beginning to end. This performance following closely upon the unusual p. bestowed upon our ships by the best Ei ean critics cannot but be very gratifying to all Americans, The Official Time. The official time of the Columbia is given in the following telegram from Commodore Sicard, commanding the New York navy yard, to Acting Secretary McAdoo: “Columbia, six days, twenty-three hours and forty-nine minutes from Needles to Sandy Hook lightship.” AWAITING THE CONTROLLER. Additional Sugar Bounty Claims Held Up for Mr. Bowler’s Opinion, The work incident to the payment of claims under the act appropriating $238,289 in liquidation of unpaid bounty claims for sugar produced prior to August 28, 1894, is being rapidly pushed forward in the in- ternal revenue bureau, and already a large number of the claims have been scheduled and sent to the auditor for approval. None of them, however, will be acted on until after Controller Bowler has passed en the questicn of the constitutionality of the act makirg the appropriation. The claims under the act appropriating $5,000,- 000 as a bounty on last year’s crop of cane suger are coming in very slowly. Less — a dozen have been received thus far, an several of these have been sent back for correction as to the evidence of correct polariscope tests. The applications for refund of the emount paid as income tax prior to the de- cision of the United States Supreme Court against the constitutionality of the income tax are coming in sith surprising slowness. { more than one-half of the whole num- r has yet been received, but those al- ready at hand are being examined and eer- tified to the Secretury for approval prepar- atory to their payment. SINGLE TAX MEN Their Field of Operations Transferred to Delaware State. IMPOSSIBLE 10 INFLUENCE CONGRESS Easier to Control a Small Legis- lative Body. MR. SIDDON’S EXPERIENCE Single tax advocates—those who favor the raising of revenue exclusively by the taxing of land values without improve- ments—have transferred the field of their operations from the District of Culumbla and from the little tewn of Hyattsville, Md., to the state of Delaware. This change in the tactics of the single tax people was brought abcut because it wes considered easier to influence a small legislative body like that of Delaware by @ vigorous campaign among the people of the state than it was to secure favorable action from Congres: When the campaign to secure a trial of the single tax theories in the District of Columbia was opened, the advocates of this system of taxation were very hopeful that they would b> able to succeed in their wishes. Single tax leagues throughout the United States joined in sending peti- tions to Congress, and with Hepresenta- tives Tom Johnson of Ohio and McGuire of California in the House, it was thought that an interest could be excited which would set afoot an educational campaign that would be extremely valuable because of its national character. It was argued that if this system of tax- ation could be put in force in the District of Columbia it would stand as a great ob- ject lesson, and it was firmly believed by the single taxers that great benefits would be derived from the enforcement of their system. Failure Here and in Hyattsville. This course was probably the direct out- come of the influence of Henry George, the great single tax advocate. Mr. George was ambiticus and believed that the efforts of his followers should be confined to mak- ing the issue for which he fought a na- tional one. His own success in New York city, where he had #massed a large vote on the issue of single tex, made him hope- ful that the country ceuld be carried with- in a few years. But after the matter had been discussed in Congress awhile, or rather before committees of Congress, and in meetings of the single tax advocates throughout the District, it became evident that there was an enormous influence of conservatism to overcome in Congress. So strong was this conservatism in regard to the single tax problem, that it was not long before the leaders of the movement came to believe that their efforts should be con- centrated in some smaller area. Hyattsville, Md., was chosen in which te enforce the single tax, as it was re~ garded as important that there should be | some locality that could be pointed to as existing under a single tax law without any of the caJamitous results that oppo- nents of the system predicted. A short victory was gained in Hyattsville, but even there success could not be permanently se- cured, and the single tax system went out ef force. . Delaware Selected. At this stage of the advocacy of single tax the single taxers were undecided in what manner they should proceed to ad- vance their cause with the best hope for success. The constitution of one state af- ter another was examined, but it was found that these instruments would have - to be amended in order to put single tex in force. It was rather a discouraging out- look when it was discovered or at least it was belleved that the constitution of the state of Delaware would permit the en- forcement of the single tax without amend- ment. Mr. Jackson H. Ralston of this city and one of the most prominent single tax advocates of the country advised single taxers throughout the United States to concentrate their efforts on Delaware. It Was a little state with its population di- vided between urban and suburban com- munities, and the character of the people, it was believed, was such as to make them fruitful material for the advocacy of the reform theories. Mr. Ralston’s suggestions have lately taken material form, and a campaign is now on in Delaware for the conversion of voters of the state to the single tax theor- ies, so that when a new legislature is elect- ed in the fall of 1896 influences may be brought to bear to secure single tax legis- lators. There are a number of single tax» clubs in New York city, and they comprise many good stump speakers. For several weeks these speakers have been going down into Delaware to remain over Satur- day and Sunday, when they entertain the people with giscourses on the desirable ef- fects that Would follow from an adoption of the single tax. Last week Mr. Frederick L. Siddons of the firm of Ralston & Sid- dons made a trip to Delaware, when he made several speeches in favor of the tax. Referring to this trip in conversation with a Star reporter today, Mr. Siddons said: Mr. Siddons’ Experience. “I found the people of Delaware very much alive to the single tax. After speak- ing in Wilmington, and when about ready to go to my hotel, there were six or eight groups of people along the street discussing the subject, while they gesticulated vigor- ously. “In each of those groups there was at least one man who was standing up for the single tax. We have at least gotten the people of Delaware thinking about the single tax. This campaign will be carried on during the next year and a half, when the legislature will be elected. e have not yet distributed muck lterature in Del- aware, as we prefer awakening a lively in- terest in the subject before sending out reading matter. If the prospects are de- sirable this will be done a little later on, and before the election comes off prominent speakers will be put on th stump in the state. Single tax leagues all over the United States have taken up Delaware idea with a lively interest, an contributions of money and offers of spenk= ers have come in very freely. Since began this work there has been a deman for carrying on a like work in Rhode Isl+ and, and interest in New York state in the subject is being again wakened. The <4 sult of the Delaware campaign will highly interesting, and if the good effects of single tax can be shown in that one state a very great advance will have been trade toward putting it in effect through- out the country.” ; + e+_____. Fourth-Class Postmasters. Madison Fiedler was today appointed , postmaster at Avenel, Montgomery countye | Md., vice R. P. Rapley, resigned. z At Gilliam, McDowell county, W. William DeJarnette was appointed, vi A. McGuire, resigned; Joebranch, Wy county, W, Va, William Mullins waé pointed, Vice-Nannie Workman, resigni Little, Tyler county, W, Va., J. M. ed eee vice J. 6. Cooper, A oth, Kanawha county, W. Va., Kennedy was appointed, vice T. L. Mont. ! gomery, dead. } The total ne of fourth-class pos! ters appoin was twenty-e! abe which twenty-tWo weré 0 fill vacani caused by death and resignations. we