Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1895, Page 1

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A NEW BOND ISSUE|WHITNEY AND CLEVELAND| STREET SCHEDULE One to Be Made if the Public Credit is in Danger, @ NO CALL EXPECTED THIS SUMMER The Announcement Given So as Not to Disturb Business. THE SYNDICATE’S WORK A new issue of bonds will be made the moment there fs danger to the public credit. This is the news which comes from close friends of the President, and it is in entire harmony with his declarations last winter, when the contract was made with the syndicate. Matters will not be allowed to drift so far as at that time. The President did not feel justified in taking action then until he had given Congress an opportunity to consider the subject of cur- rency reform, the retirement of the green- backs and the substitution of gold bonds for bonds redeemable simply in coin. It was the original intention at the Treasury Department to let the reserve drift a lit- tle below $60,000,000 before taking action, but the tremendous exports and the re- demptions of paper money which occurred during the closing days of January took the situation for a moment out of the con- trol of the treasury and carried the reserve down with a jump in twelve days from $70,- 763,117 to $44,705,967. This will not be al- lowed to occur again. If there are symp- toms of a real panicy which threatens to arrest the expansion of industry and the restoration of business confidence, an op- portunity will be offered the syndicate to take a new issue of bonds at a fair price, and if the offer is refused, terms will be quickly made with other takers. Action can be taken under section 3700 of the Re- vised Statutes, as was the case with the last contract, or under the general authori- ty to issue certain classes of bonds to se- cure redemption funds. No Call Expected This Summer. There is no expectation at the treasury that a new bond issue will be called for this summer. The admission that it will be made, if needed, and made promptly, is simply intended to forestall alarm and as- sure the business community that they need have no fear that the favorable con- ditions which prevail in trade shall be hope- lessly marred by another break down in the public credit. The administration is firmly enough resolved upon this -point ta keep on issuing bonds at regular intervals, if necessary, until Congress changes the laws so that some power of contracting the currency shall exist by other means than the export of gold. There is no fear that the syndicate will endeavor to bring about a situation demanding another issue of bonds, for the small profit they might de- rive from it would count for little against their probable losses in placing ,other classes of American securities. The muna- gers of the syndicate have several times iz.timated plainly to Secretary Carlisle that they intended to continue their efforts to protect the treasury and their own cus- tomers for American securities, without regard to the exact terms of their con- tract. They are continuing to offer hills of exchange against their own credits, and they are prepared to take stronger action than they have yet taken if the legitimate demand for gold to settle balances should develop into a speculative demand for profit on the shipments. No Disposition to Force the Treasury. ‘The evidence that the bond syndicate have had no disposition to force the treas- ury into another loan is afforded by the fact that the present small demand fér gold for export has been delayed until the moment when the tide usually turns and brings gold back into this country. The years since the passage of the Sherman law have been years of heavy losses of gold to the United States, but even those years have witnessed an excess of imports in Au- gust in 1891 and 1893, a small excess of ex- ports in 1894, which turred into an excess of imports in September, and small exports in both August and September, 1892, which finally turned into an excess of imports in October. The Sherman law is believed to be still at work expelling gold from the country because of the mass of $150,000,000 in legal tender paper which !t infused into the currency. There is no power of con- traction in the currency system except by the locking up of money in the treasury or in the banks. The treasury has at present about $32,000,000 in Sherman notes, $21,000,- 000 in United States notes, $10,000,000 in silver certificates and $5,000,000 In national bank notes. The New York banks held last week $42,000,000 above thelr legal reserves. These figures indicate in some measure the congestion of paper money which, under the relentless operation of Sherman’s law, is expelling gold from the country. It is hoped at the treasury that the demand for small notes to move the crops will soon ease this congestion and arrest the outward movement of gold. Another favorable in- fluence, although a small one, will be the reduction of the monthly deficit in the treasury, which will prevent an increase of the outstanding circulation by the excess of payments over receipts. Some Interesting Figures. ‘The contrast between the helpless condl- tion of the treasury before the bond con- tract of February 8, in spite of an issue of $50,000,000 in bonds in November, and after- ward is indicated by the following figures of the monthly redemption of, legal tender paper in gold for the fiscal year 1895, and for the first month of the new fiscal year: ShermanNotes. _ Total. $555,511 Fiscal year$109,783,800, Tulyeeerees 2,004,680 FREE SILVER CONFERENCE. The Meetings Will Be Held in the Metropolitan Hotel Parlors. Senator Harris has engaged quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel for the meeting of the “free silver conference,” to be held here on the 14th ond 15th instants. ‘The parlors ofthe hotel in which these meetings will be held will accommvudate about one hundted persons, which is some indication of the expected. attendance of free silverites. When the Washington free silver meeting was ‘first suggested it was expected tobe of an important and na- tional character. Free silver men were in- yited from all parts of the United States, bui for some reason or other the meeting will not be a mammoth one. Senator Har- ris has lately been quoted as saying that the gathering here was not intended to be important In the assembling of great num- bers of men, but that it would be import- ant as a cenference from which important plans might be evelved. There has been no general assembling of the delegates here yet, but quite a number are expected in the elty tomorrow morning. The Ex-Secretary the Only Leader Now in Touch With the President, AH the Others Who Brought Him to the Front im 1884 Are Dead or Have Drifted Away. The admirers of ex-Secretary Whitney in Washington are glad that he has stated bis own position with regard to next year’s presidential race. There was thought to be the need of such a statement. Some unsigned gossip was doing him an injus- tice. This was referred to in The Star Saturday. In that gossip Mr. Whitney was represented as being absolutely indiffereat on the subject of his party's next nomina- tion. The phrase used was that “he would not turn his hand over to secure the nomi- nation for himself.” The construction put upon the alleged deliverance was that he had little or no faith in the democracy’s prospects for 1896. Mr. Whitney’s own statemert, a3 was to be expected, repudi- ates all this. The party, in his judgment, has very fine prospects of success next year, and he announces the intention of contributing his full share toward the achievement of success. Three Names an Starters. It is no reflection on Mr. Whitney's can- dor that his disclaimer of personal ambi- tion in the premises is accepted in a sense purely political. He is a very shrewd man, and as a politician knows all the ropes. He was not to be expected to announce him- self a candidate for the presidency. But neither can he hope to take himself out of presidential calculations. Neither, it Is suggested, does he desire to do so. Poli- ticlans have a way about such things that they themselves well understand, and,.in commenting on one another's maneuvers, frankly expose. When Col. Morrison was told that Serator Hill had declared for him for next year’s leadership, the Illinois man smiled and declined to be grateful for the compliment. He declared that before the year was out Mr. Hill would be found “‘set- ting traps” to secure the nomination for himself. What Mr. Hill said upon seeing that Col. Morrison in his comments on the matter had talked as if-he had not decided as yet what he would do with regard to the mention of his name in connection with the presidency is not reported. But, de- spite all these things, the party managers have all three names, Morrison, Hill and Whitney, down on the list of certain start- ers, and are watching their “work” as closely a3 they are that of any of the ac- knowledged entries for the great stakes. Mr. Whitney and the Administration. Mr. Whitney’s” ¢otdial ‘indorsement of the present administration is not construed as a bid for administration support in the nominating convention. It is accepted as at once a sincere and a diplomatic expres- sion. In claiming success for the admin- istration, Mr. Whitney claims indorsement for his own work at Chicago in 1892. He pledged himself to his party that year to the full extent of his responsibility as a party leader. It is easy to be seen what the effect on Mr. Whitney’s political for- tunes would have been had Mr. Cleveland been defeated at the polls that year. It would have been disastrous for all time. But Mr. Whitney’s work, in the trium- phant election of Mr. Cleveland, was in- dorsed, and now Mr, Whitney indorses the ccuntry’s indorsement. He holds that no mistake was made that year, and shares kimself, of course, in whatever may be al- lowed of success to this’ second term of Mr. Cleveland in office, Nor will it hurt, it is claimed, for the candidate next year to enjoy the good will of the administration to the extent of hav- ing all of tho office holders friendly. This support is of great value sometimes. In fact, it has always been charged that Mr. Cleveland would never have reached the White House at all had the office holders under the Arthur administration rendered to Mr. Blaine anytking like a zealous sup- port. What the support from this source would be with Mr. Whitney as the candi- date next year can only be conjectured from the relations that' have always ex- isted between hifm and Mr. Cleveland. The Only One Left. And this recalls the fact ‘that of-all the men most active in 1884 in bringing about the calling of Mr. Cleveland to the leader- ship of the national.democracy only Mr. Whitney remains near to him. Death or estrangement has disposed of all'the others. Mr. Manning and Mr. Whitney were Mr. Cleveland’s first sponsors. After a time they enlisted Mr. Tilden in the cause. Then, leaving New York, they secured Mr. Randall in Pennsylvania; Mr. Gorman in Marylend and Mr. McLean in Ohio, and that was the combination that conquered all opposition and brought Mr. Cleveland to the front. Mr. Tilden and Mr. Randall soon fell away from him, and Mr. Manning lost his health and retired from’ the Cabinet. Neither Mr. Gorman nor Mr. McLean is on personal terms even with Mr. Cleveland now. But Mr. Whitney remains jn touch with him, and by his own cordial admis- sion still admires and supports him. He takes comfort to himself for whatever he has done toward helping to establish Mr. Cleveland's hold on the party; and it would be strange, it is thought, if such constancy should fail to make an impression on the man who has inspired it. ~ wer i Still, the friends of Mr. Whitney insist that It would not be made to appear that he is the administration’s candidate. me ig FORNEY’S CASE. coL. Interest Felt in the Investigation Which Begins Today. Unusual interest~is being manifested in military and social circles in this city im the case of Col. James Forney of the marine corps, formerly in command ef the Brecklyn barracks, and now In command of the marines at the navy yard at Ports- mouth, N.H. His cffiolal conduct is to -be investigated by a court of inquiry, which meets at New York today. The court con- sists of Capt. W. 8. Schley, Commander J. G. Green and Pay Inspector George A. Lycn, with Lieut. L. W. T. Waller of the marine corps as judge- advocate. This ccurt was ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to investigate certain allegations pre- ferred by Col. Charles Heywood, colonel ccmmandant of the marine corps, with headquarters In this city, against the ad- ministration of Col. Forney. These allega- tlors are embraced in specifications under the general heads of negligence of duty, falsification of vouchers, failure to report matters which should have been reported, and other official irregularities. Other, of- ficers of the marine corps aré said t6’be implicated in the matters under investiga- ticn, Lut as Col. Forney is regarded as the respensible head he will have to stand the brunt of the blame. Some bric-a-brac pur- cbared with government funds and used in the ornamentation of Col. Forney’s private quarters are in some way mixed up in the case. It is said they have disappeared, and that Col. Forney has failed to make a proper accounting of them. —____\_~e.————— + A Medal of Honor. as Alexander A. Forman,’ corporal company C, seventh regiment of: Michiigan: infamtry, has been awarded a medal of honor for dis- tinguished gallantry in“ actiéi at the ‘bat- tle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 81, 1862. Cor- poral Forman continued fighting after be- ing wounded in the. Jeg,- until -he inted from loss of blood, when he was taken oft the field. . —_————_-o+_____. Naval Cadetr Appotatee:——-— Owen Craighead of Plaquemine, La., has been ay pointed a cadet at the Naval Acad- emy, with his brother, Walter B. Craig- head, as alternate. 5 The Commissioners Will Consider Thoroughfares to Be Improved. THOSE ALREADY DETERMINED UPON Petitions Now In From Citizens. of Different Sections. THE LEFT OVER LIST Within a few days the new schedule of the streets that are to be improved duting the next fiscal year will be taken up by the Commissioners. Those interested in any particular street had better get their appli- cation before the Commissioners, before the schedule is finally adopted. Already over half of the streets to be im- proved have been decided upon, and the schedule according to sections is printed below. The new schedule, however, will be made on a basis of $400,000. The streets .| that have already been selected will use up exactly $215,500 of this sum, and it can be readily understood that when the county is considered (for as yet it has not been) the remaining amount will not go far. During the present year not much work of this character has been done,owing to the economical policy of the last Congress, as far as District appropriations were con- cerned. The result was that many of the streets that were recommended by the Commissioners were left out. These, how- ever, will take precedence over the new ones recommended, and will be improved in the order they were presented to Congress. As stated above, more than half of the new schedule has been adopted by the Com- missioners, and is as follows: g Schedule of proposed work on streets— 1896-97. Northwest. W street from 12th to 13th, $4,500; Florida avenue from Ist to North Capitol street, $11,000; T street from 7th to 9th, $5,000; Riggs street from New Hampshire avenue to 19th street, $6,000; U street from 16th to 18th (west side), $135,000; I street from 23d to 26th, $10,000; C street from 9th to 13%, $10,000; 25th street from H to K, $9,000; T street ‘from 7th to Florida avenue, $5,000; Rhode Island avenue from New Jersey to Florida avenue, $5,000; Ohio avenue from 34th to 15th street, $%,000; D street from l4th to 15th, $4,000; K street from Ist to North Capitol, $5,000. Northeast. Thirteenth street from East Capitol to Emerson, $9,000; M street from 2d to Flor- ida avenue, $9,000; Florida avenue from 9th to M street, $11,000; B street from 8th to 9th, $11,000; D street from Maryland avenue to 9th street, $5,500; F street from 3d east- ward, $2,500. Southwest, D street from 7th to 9th, $8,000; F street from 7th to 9th, $12,000; I street from 3d to Gth, $9,000. Southwest. South Carolina avenue from 7th to 9th street, $4,000; C street from 11th to 12th, $4,000; 14th street from G to E, $1,500; Ken- tucky avenue from Lincoln Park to B street, $3,000; 13th street from East Capi- tol to D, $8,000; L street from 4th to 8th, $4,500; E street from 13th to 14th, $6,000. Georgetown, M street from 3ist to 32d, $7,000; 27th street from M to P, $9,000; Olive street from 28th to 30th, $5,000. Applications From Property Owners. The following applications from property owners will be taken up by the Commis- sioners for consideration, when the new schedule fs finally to be adopted: ‘The repaying of B street north from Ist street west to Delaware avenue. This street has been urged for improvement for the past two years, and a long petition is on file setting forth the reasons why the improvement should be made. Mr. Edward W. Byrn is urging the improvement. Another petition urges the improvement of Pierce street between Jefferson street and the alley in the rear of lots 102 and 103 of Griswold’s addition to Anacostia; also that High street be extended across the lots mentioned above to connect with ierce street. Neely & Company, together with a good many residents, wouid iike to see C street southeast between 10th street and Ken- tueky avenue improved. Ever since October, 1891, when a long petition was sent to the Commissioners, the property owners interested have been trying to get Delaware avenue southwest between K and P graded and regulated. This year Mr. A. D. Hazen and others com- bine in another petition asking for this im- provement, and it is more than likely the Commissioners will give the matter favor- able consideration. ‘There are some propety owners interested in C street northeast, and they have urged the Commissioners to include the paving of that street between 10th and llth in their new estimates. George C. Henning, presideat of the Trad- ers’ National Bank, is on record with a pe- tition that D street northwest between Uth and 10th streets be resurfaced with asphalt. South Capitol Street. One of the strongest petitions before the Commissioners comes from John Kennedy and others, calling attention to the condt- tion of South Capitol street from G to M, and urging that the same be either grav- eled or repaired. The conditicn gf the roadway of North Capitol street frcm O street to Florida ave- nue has frequently been called to the at- tention of the Commissioners. Recently they were asked to place that stree: on the schedule for improvement next year. A lengthy petiticn from C. A. Snow and others urges the Commissioners that Han- cock street between F and G streets north- east be paved. It will be duly considered. Joseph Paul urges that 20th street north- west from S to Florida avenue and the south side of Florida avenue from Connec- ticut avenue to 18th street be put in the estimates for improvement next year. Another petition for the improvement of Morris street northeast, square 860, comes from N. H. Shea and others. John Hanccck is desirous of having 24th street between Pennsylvania avenue ard M street improved, and in a letter to the Commissicners requests that the same be paved with asphalt next year. A good many people are interested in the permanent improvement of E street rorth- west between 19th and 22d and Virginia avenue in order that some of the heavy travel may be diverted from F street. This matter will be carefully considered by the Commissioners, and it is believed this will be one of the new streets recommended for improvement. Columbia Heights. The Columbia Heights Citizens’ Associa- tion is early in the field with recommenda- tions concerning the improvement of cer- tain streets In that sectlon. It recom: mends that 13th street be paved With con- crete blocks from Florida avenue to Clifton street and asphalted from Clifton street to Whitney avenue. Further, that several streets connecting 13th street with Bright- wood avenue should be graded? and sewered and water mains laid together with side- walks. The streets recommended for this improvement are Roanoke and Irving. The association also strongly recommend that all cross streets between 13th and 14th, and also Huntington, Bithey/ahd Bacon streets be graded and concreted, W. W. McCullough urges the concreting of W street betw22m, 18th and iith. This is one of the improvements that will doubt- kkss be recommended. The street is built up on both sides, amd mothing but a dirt road exists there at present. Several requests ave on file for the open- ing. and grading of Scott street, Georze- town. 3 George H. French files a petition for the improvement of T strect lorthwest west of New Hampshire avenue, and 17th street nerthwest north of T street. Allison Nailor desires the paving of Ist street northwest between New York avenue and N street. ¥. M. Gunnell requests the repair of E street northwest between 19th and Virginia avenue, so that herdic coaches can go up said street. This is another street that will likely be Improved. An estimate of the amount reou!red to do this work has already been made. ‘A number of different people have asked the improvement of Kentucky xvenue southeast by paving same southward from Lincoln Park. Several petitions are on file for grading and regulating K street rorth- east between 11th and 12th streets, and this is one of the streets in the northeast section that will receive the consideration of the Commissioners when the time comes to make out the new schedule. Twenty-Ninth Street Northwent. The condition of 20th street northwest between Q and Road streets has long been a source of complaint, and it is possible that the Commissioners will accede to the demands of the citizens and property hold- ers there and recommend its paving next year. Another street that certain property hold- ers think needs improvement is Oregon avenue between 18th and lth streets. A strong petition was recently presented to the Commissioners, urging that an as- phalt or asphalt block pavement be laid on D street southwest between 9th and 10th streets, in place of the ol& cobble pave- ment. The improvement of 12th strect east be- tween Florida avenue and N street has also been applied for, and this concludes the list now before the Commissioners. It is expected, however, that the publica- tion of this story will bring out requests from property holders all over the city for improvements that are urgently needed. During the present week Capt. Fiebeger, it is understood, will carefully consider the needs of the unimproved streets, and rec- ommend to the Commissioners the adop- tion of a street schedule. This, however, may be amended by the Commissioners, who will carefully consider applications and make personal inspections where such are needed. . —— CLAY-WORKING TSDSSTRIES. Interesting Statinties: Presented in the Geological Survgy Report. The statistics of the clay-working indus- tries of the United Statesare reviewed in the report of the geologieab survey. It is the-first time that this j#umject has been considered in an annual eupvey report. A list of over 14,000 opergtarshas been pro- cured, and information abtaimed from uear- ly all of them. * § ‘The total value of the clay products of the United States for 1804, excluding pot- tery, was over $65,000,000); @he only com- parison that can be mgde is*with the cen- sus of 1890, which placed thétvalue at $67,- 000,000. Fifty-three per cent'of this value was in bricks, which numbered 6,152,000,000, There were enough of Gest to make a walk over eleven feet wide all around the globe. Ohio stands at the head of the states in ciay manufacture, Its products being val- ued at $10,668,000, or over 16 per cent_of the product of the whole country. The other states follow in this order: Tlinois, 13 per cent; Pennsylvania, 11 per cent; New York, 8 per cent} New Jersey, 6 per cent; Indiana, 5 per cent; Missouri and Iowa, 4 per cent; Massachusetts and Michi- gan, 3% per cent; Maryland, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2 per cent. Discussing asphaltum, the review says that the largest deposits are found in Cali- fornia, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas and Mon- tana. Asphaitum is -also found in K, tucky and Ohio. That from Utah ts th urest in the world, the total product in ‘$04 being valued at $353,900. Soapstone is found in all the Atlantic states, the principal deposits being in New York and North Carolina. ‘be product for 1804 was valued at $401,00), an increase of about G0 per cent over IS. —$—_$§_<$<$<—-on AN EXPERIMENTAL TANK. One to Be Constructed at the Navy Yard Here. The construction department of the navy has earnestly endeavored for several years to secure the establishment of an expéri- mental tank in which models of warships could be tested to settle important ques- tions in connection with naval construction. Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn ear- nestly indorsed the recommendation of his predecessor, Constructor ‘ Wilson,” that a fund of $60,000 be provided for this work. Congress has never been Imduced, however, to make the necessary appropriation. In the absence of a specific appropriation Mr. Hichborn has decided to go as far as he can in the matter, and he has ordered As- sistant Naval Constructor Ferguson to the duty of preparing an experimental tank at the Washington navy yard. It will not be all that is desired, but will be the best that can be done under the circumstances. It is proposed to build it jn the slip between the old shiphouse and the main branch of the Potomac. It will be about seventy feet long, thirty feet wide and twelve feet deep and will be first used for testing models of battle ships Nos. 5 and 6 the designs of which are now being prepared at the Navy Department. The principal point to be set- tled by the tests relates to the resistance of ships to waves as the result of friction on the bottom. It is also expected that they will determine questions as to speed, stability, turning and otter questions of value. in the construction of ships. . The testing of naval vessels in advance of their construction is @ subject that has engaged the attention of naval experts for a number of years. Nearly every country in Europe now has an imental tank in which models of new ships). whether built for war or commerce, are subjected to pre- liminary trials before the. work of actual construction is begun. #mgland, France, Germany, Italy and Russia'test models of their vessels in this way, amd such exper!- ments have been found of great value. Whether the project at? tBe Washington navy yard can be fully carrted out remains to be seen, and it is mere:than probable that the financial assistance of Congress will be necessary for its successful execu- tion. —_—_—_——__- 2 —___—__ WILL SEND A WARSHIP. Probable Action of Admiral Kirkland en the Tarsus’ Riot. It is said at the Nayy Department that Admiral Kirkland will probably send a vessel to the coast of Syria. The admiral is at Gravesend, England, with the San Franciifico, and the Marblehead will prob- ably reach that pincé today. No orders have been sent from here to the admiral to send a Ship to, the Mediterranean, but upon being advised-that American interests are“in danger, it is expected that he will at once send a vemtel‘to:the scene of dis- turbance. The- ships named may have to be eoaled before they can sail away. It was the intention of the admiral to keep the ships in northern waters during the hot weather, unless they were needed south, as it is much more healthy for offi- cers and crew. Se Presidential Appoimtments. The President today appointed" Wm. G. Moore a gunner in the navy~ and John P. J. Ryan third Meutenant in the revenue marine service. POSSIBLE MURDER Charles Hammond and Wife Sus- pected of the Crime. CAMPBELL HALLS SUDDEN DEATH Circumstances Surrounding lt That Require Investigation. - —— AWAITING THE AUTOPSY ——— Charles Haramond, colored, twenty-seven years cli, ard Rose Hammond, his wife, who is cne year his senlor, were locked up at the sixth precinct station this afternoon on suspicion of murder. In the little room known as the morgue, in rear of the police station, and only a few fect from where the prisonere were behind the vars, was the kody of their alleged victim, Campbell Hall, ten years cld. He is Hazamond’s step- brother, and has been living with Ham- mond and his wife at No. 722 Ball's evurt, in rear of 3d street northwest, betwcen G and H streets. This morning the boy was found deed, ond suspicicn rested on the parties who are new in custody, the police alleging that the boy’s death resulted from injuries received at the hands of one or beth of them. Last night the boy was out in the alley, erd had a conversation with Policeman Cox. In this ccnversation the policeman asked the boy how he felt, knowing he bad been complaining, and the Lilile boy who Was 50 near deail: mide him the answer: “I'm all right.” Found Dead in Bed. This morning, however, word came that the boy was dead. He had been found dead in bed and the potice at once. notified Deputy Coroner Glazebrook. This official acted promptly in the matter, and after a short investigation he ordered the arrest of the parties and had the body removed to the morgue, where an autopsy was com- menced at 3 o'clock this afternoon. It is known to the police that the step- brother of Hammond has given the latter and his wife considerable trouble, and the wife admits that the boy has been whipped with a strap, but she says not cruelly. On one occasion the police went to the house and found the boy tled to the bed te-keep him from running away from home. He had been in the habit of run- ning away, so it is said, and returned only about a month ago from a trip of two weeks from home. A Suggestive Circumstance. In addition to the scrious statement made against the couple the police say that some menths ago another boy who lived with them died suddenly. That boy’s life was insured for $200, so the police say, end they think this boy was insured for a similar amount. When Dr. Glazebrook ordered the arrest of the couple Policemen Langley and Estes went to the house and found them. They were locked up on suspicion, but they deny any violence, except che statement by the woman that her husband used a strap on the boy. ‘On one occasion, the police learned,the boy jumped from the second-story window to escape a beating. “He was a bad boy,” said Policeman Cox this afternoon, “and I had thought of having him sent to the reform school.” Mrs. Hammond’s Statement. Mrs. Hammond, who has cared for the boy for a long time, was seen in her cell this afternoon by a Star reporter, and she denied that she had ever whipped the boy. “My husband whipped him with a strap about two morths ago,” she said, “but I know that did not kill him. : Continuing, the woman said that the bey had been very bad, and had repeatedly gone off and remained away for several days. About a month ago, she said, he came nome after an absence G? about two weeks, and he complained of a misery in his stomach. “I gave him some pills and castor oll,” she said, “‘and he got better, although the misery did not leave him. This week I was going to have my doctor come and see him. I would have had him in attendance last week, but he's out of the city.” She was asked by the reporter about the time the boy jumped out the window, and she remembered the occurrence very well. But, she said, there was no one upstairs at the time, and the boy only imagined he was going to get a whipping. She said she could bring witnesses to | prove the truth of her assertions. The exact cause of the boy’s death will not be known until the physicians have finished the autopsy. It is thought that the inquest will be held at 11 o’clock tomorrow mol ‘e- —_—_._—_ APPROPRIATION ALLOTMENTS. Sums for Contingent Expenses for the Different Departments. The appropriation “for contingent ex- penses at the headquarters of the several military departments, including the staff corps serving thereat,” contained in the act making appropriations for the support of the army for the present fiscal year has been allotted as follows: To the Department of the East, $330; to Missouri, $330; to Cali- fornia, $300; to Dakota, $315; to the Platte, $315; to the Colorado, $315; to Texas, $300; to the Columbia, $300. Total, $2,505. In a general order making this allotment Acting Secretary Doe says: - ‘The law provides that this appropriation is “to be expended in the discretion of the several military department commanders.” In view of the opinion of the Attorney General, dated July 16, 1886, as to the authority competent to give orders under section 3683, Revised Statutes, for pur- chases payable from the contingent fund, department ccmmanders are advised that the authority conferred upon them to ex- pend this appropriation cannot be “‘delegat- ed or transferred to any one else,” and each department commander “should not only give the order himself for the purchase, ae should approve the vouchers therefor also.” - —_—_——__ o.__ Personal Mention. G. W. Taylor, W. H. Wanamaker ard M. ‘W. McCartney have returned from Atlan- tie City. Lieut. Henry C. Barber, first cavalry, is in the city on his way to Fort Sam Hous- ton, Texas. Mr. William Heywood of the State De- partment haa returned from a short va- cation at Ocean City, Md. Mr. E. L. Reckard, private secretary to the Postmaster General, left town a few days ago for Atlantic City, where he will spend most of his vacation. He was ac- companied by his mother. Representative Bankhedd of Alabama has gone to Atlantic City, where he will remain for a few days. Mr. Henry B. Martin of the. executive board of the Knights of Labor will to- day or tomorrow start for Minneapolis, Minn., to make a ten days’ visit to his Col. Alexander Mackenzie of the engineer corps has resumed his duties at the War Department, after a visit to Nashville, Tenn., on official business. Col. Heury Casson, Wisconsin's secretary of state and formerly chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture, is in Washing- tor for a brief visit. A CRY FROM TIEN TSIN Foreigners Call Upon and Amer‘ca. England They Declare That Diplomacy is Use- less—Minister Denby Reports That Redress is Promised. ‘Special Tien Tsin Dispatch. ted, 1895, 3 occa te SSS cated Peet ae TIEN TSIN, China, August 12—A meet- ing of the foreign residents of this city was held here today. It was decided to communicate by cable the necessity of im- mediate intervention in China upon behalf of the United States and British govern- ments, and the following telegram was, ac- cording to a resolution by the meeting, ad- dressed to the Associated Press as an ex- pression of the sentiments of the foreign residents of Tien Tsin, and as an appeal to the people of the United States for as- sistance: “The foreign community of Tien Tsin ex- press sympathy with the friends of the Ku Cherg victims. They consider the Chi- nese officials guilty, and the British and Americans blame the continued apathy of their governments for the situation. They regard England’s demands for an inquiry into the Ku Cheng massacre to be useless, for, as before, thé officials. will buy inno- cent heads as substitutes for the actual criminals. They protest that the Szechuen commission implicated the officials of that province. England and America-must send an ultimatum threatening reprisals. “Diplomacy is 1seless. We implore at- tention. (Signed) -_. “BIGKENSON, Chairman.” Irquiries made by a representative of the AssociatedPress at the offices of the Hong Kong and Shanghai banking corpora- tion, in this city, as to the identity of the chairman of the meeting which cabled an appeal to~the United States through the Associated Press regarding the recent massacres in China show that ihe signer of the appeal is probably W. W. Dickin- son, chairman of the municipal council of Tien-Tsin, and a partner in the firm of Cojlins & Co., well-known merchants of Tilen-Tsin. ; PROMISES OF REDRESS GIVEN. Minister Denby Calls Chtha’s Atten- tion to the Recent Outrages. The State and Navy departments each received dispatches from its representa- tives in China today In regard to the sit- uation growing out of the recent assaults on missionaries in the interior. The dis- patch from Minister Denby related to the reported lvoting “Of American missionary property at Yungfuh, near Foo Chow. He acknowledged the receipt..of the depart- rrent’s instructions of the 7th instant, and stated that he had urgently represented the facts to the Yamen on the 10th instant and bad obtained instant promise of protection and redress. Yungfuh ‘is believed by the officers of the State Department to be the same as Sungfuh, Suypak and Inghok, mentioned in the press telegrams, the variatfons in the name being doubtless due to erroneous transmission over the trans-Siberian cable, in the course of which many transcriptions and repetitions are necessary. Two cable messages were received from Admiral Carpenter, commanding the naval forces on the Asiatic station. One an- nounced that he had dispatched the crulser Detroit to Foo Chow, which is the nearest point for a vessel of her draught to the Scene of the recent disturbances at Ku Cheng. This action was taken before the receipt. of the cable message of Acting Secretary McAdoo of Saturday, stating that considerable Feat existed in this country over the safety of American missionaries in China and suggesting a dis- tribution of the American fleet for their protection. The Detroit started on her voy- age for Foo Chow Saturday morning, and a telegram was received at the depart- ment on that day saying that she had sail- ed for Chefoo, a port to the north of Shang- hai, in a direction entirely different to that which the vessel had actually taken in going to Foo Chow. The mistake in the name of her destination was male in the telegraph office and was not corrected until late in the afternoon. The Detroit Near Foo Chow. A cable message was received at the de- partment this morning from Capt. Newall, commanding the Detroit, announcing his arrival today at Pagoda, an anchorage about nine miles below the city of Foo Chow. Later in the day a second cable message was received from Admiral Carpenter say- ing that in obedience to the department's suggestion he had sailed this morning in the Baltimore from Nagasaki for Chefoo. His object in going to that port is to put himself in close communication with the American minister at Peking. Chefoo is the nearest and best port in China for that Purpose. Acting Secretary McAdoo today sent an- other cable to Admiral Carpenter approv- ing his action in going to Chefoo and ad- vising him to keep in constant communi- cation with Minister Denby in order that the latter might have the benefit of prompt assistance in the dispatch of armed forces to points where they may be needed for the protection of American interests. i There are now three American warships in. Chinese waters in addition to the Bal- timore, which is on her way to Chefoo. These are the Yorktown, at Shanghai; the Machias, at Chefoo, and the Detroit, at Foo Chow. Other vessels that could be utilized speedily in case reinforcements were need- ed are the Charleston, at Nagasaki; the Concord, at Chemulpo; the Petrel, Yo- kohama,and the Monocacy, at Port Arthur. All of these vesse’s are within three days’ easy sail of the Chinese coast. - Doesn’t Belicve in Reprisals. The dispatch from Minister Denby indi- cates that the American minister does not share the views of other citizens in China, who think that reprisals should be made. It is claimed that all that could be done by the department has been done, unless the policy of the department and the govern- ment should be to begin hostilities every time there was any trouble with American citizens in any foreign land. It is claimed that the only way possible for-the government to proceed is through its diplomatic officers, the manner in which it would require a foreign government to proceed in case property or lives of foreign- ers in this country were in danger or de- stroyed. In this connection attention is called to the fact that in the case of the Mafia riots all correspondence was through the Department of State, and also to fre- quent instances wherein Chinese have suf- fered by riots in western states, the adjust- ment being through the diplomatic officers of the two nations. A high official of the navy said today that it would not be right for the United States war vessels to begin bombarding Chinese towns and killing Chinese people who are entirely innocent, because Chinese riots have taken place in the interior; especially when the Chinese government has already assured our minister that everything possible is being done to prevent further trouble and to bring the offenders to justice. + e+ Pleased With Mr. Eckeln. Mr. James O. Lyford, a member of the new Hampshire legislature and the chair- man of the banking commission of that state, Is in the city, the guest of General R. N. Batchelder at the Shoreham. Mr. Lyéord came to Washington on business connected w his duties as bank commis- gioner and has had several interviews with Controller Eckels. He had never met that officer before, but he considers him in every way 2 business man and thoroughly equipped cn barking matters. THE WATER GAVE OUT Fierce Fire in a Crowded. Phila- delphia District. LUCKILY THE WIND DIED AWAY Half a Dozen Firemen Overcome by the Heat. + A NUMBER OF. ACCIDENTS —————— pees PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 12.—A fire wkich did damage amounting to between $350,000 and $400,000 started in the big five- story building occupied by Brown and Bailey as a paper box manufactory, and before the flames had been put under con- trol the big gas fixture establishment of Buck & Co., adjoining, and a dozen dwell- ings which surrounded the two factories were laid in ashes. The fire originated on the first floor of the building occupied by Brown & Bailey, at 412 Franklin street, at 8:30 o'clock, but it was nearly 9 o'clock before an engine had responded to the alarm. The delay proved disastrous, as the in- flammable matter in the box factory was @ mass of flames before the firemen ar- rived. They then turned their attention to saving the adjoining buildings, but the sup- ply of water was inadequate, and it looked for a time as if the whole block bounded by Franklin, 8th, Willow and Callowhill streets would be swept away. ‘The firemen worked heroically until 10:45, when the fire was gotten under control. The principal losers are Brown & Bailey and Buck & Co. The formers’ loss will reach $150,000, with an insurance of $100,- 000; Buck & Co.’s loss is between $100,000 and $125,000, with an insurance of between $75,000 and $80,000. Yeager & Bro., coal dealers, place their loss at about $20,000, while the loss on the burned dwellings will reach in the “seighborhood of $50,000. The dwellings were nearly all occupied by im- moral persons, and the reputable residents in the section seemed to be pleased at the Icss sustained by their objectionable neigh- rs. The flames communicated to the dwell- ing at 410 Franklin street and quicny gutted this house on the south side. the north side dwelli Rumber.414 to and including 424 Franklin street were com- pletely burned out:-‘Phe--flames “leaped across Willow street, a narrow thorough- fare, and soon the row of small dwellings en the south side of. that street. were aflame. Nos. 729, 731 and 733 Willow street were destroyed in almost-a flash, and at that hour (10 o'clock) it looked as if the ertire block was doomed. But the wind, which had been blowing strongly from the northwest, died out, and the firemen were able to check the progres of the flames. About a half dozen firemen were over- come by the heat, but were quickly re- suscitated. Policeman Walker of the twenty-second district had a leg broken while assisting in carrying a fireman from a burning dwelling. Fireman William Boston of Engine Com- pany No. 26 had his leg broken by falling through the floor in the dwelling at No. 422 Franklin street, and two members of Engine Company No. 13 were burned about Pe face when the walls of the box factory fell. Driver Joseph James of Engine Company No. 34 had his leg broken while en route to the fire, caused by his engine upsetting while attempting to turn out of a street car track. Mr. Buck of the firm of Buck and Com- py said that his firm had between 400 and 500 tons of stock in their building, ccnsisting of valuable alabaster, fancy mantels, chandeliers, ete. It is thought the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. ——— THE WAR ON BRICE. Western Reserve Democrats Are Up in Arms. ‘The Evering Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 12—The western reserve ig up in arms against Senator Calvin S. Brice, and the convention at Springfield will be the scene of a lively contest. The Ashtabula democrats have indorsed Judge Blandin of this city for the United States Senate to succeed Mr. Brice. Even in Lima, the home of Senator Brice,a rebellion has 5} up against him. The democrats of Allen county have pum- meled the Senator. Clark and Butler coun- ties have gone back on him, and it is now regarded as an absolute certainty that Cuyahoga county will repudiate him at the big county convention to be held next Sat- Special Dispatch to urday. In this city the war against Mr. Brice is very bitter. Requests have been sent to every ward asking that anti-Brice dele- gations be made and presented at the cau- cuses to be held Tuesday night. Brice workers claim that they wiil offer no oppo- sition to the anti-Brice movement here, and will let the county go by default. This statement is’ not credited. Mr. Brice now has on his hands the fight of his life. If he keeps control of the dem- ocratit machine in the state he will win a signal triumph against great odds. Never has there been such a fight against him on the western reserve. Messrs. Sorg, Killbourn, Holden, Thomas and Thurman form a quintet of Ohio democrats now being talked of and in- dersed for the nomination for governor. Paul J. Sorg can have the empty honor if he wants it. Colonel James Killbourn of Columbus is forging to the front and is a likely winner in case air. Sorg drops out. This is ex-Governor Campbell's prediction, and the ex-governor is considered good authority. Mr. Killbourn is a manufact- urer and has the “sinews” fer carrying on the war. Mr. Holden is considered to be a formidable dark horse. If free silver prevails at the convention he may come to the front with a rush and carry off the empty prize. There is strong talk of his being indorsed by the Cuyahoga convention. Jonn Thomas of Springfield is a candidate, and so is Allen W. Thurman, who was indorsed last Saturday by the democrats of Ashtabula county. a ATTACKED BY STRIKERS. Police Charge the Mob and Capture Twenty-One. PITTSBURG, Pa., August 12.—One hun- dred Italians, laborers formerly employed by Booth & Flynm on street improvements, but who are now on a strike for an ad- vance of twenty-five cents per day, at- tacked a party of workmen on Squirrel Hill this morning. The workmen made a strong resistance, and several were injured in both crowds, but none fatally. ‘The police charged the mob and captured twenty-one of the rioters, who had marched Into the melee under a red flag. Work is being carried on under police guard. Nobody was seriously hurt in the dis- turbance. The attacking party hurled stcnes at the workmen, ‘but none took ef- fect. No further outbreak of the Italians is feared. —_s—__—_ Around the World Awheel. OAKLAND, Cal, August 12.—George T. Lohr and T. F. Cornel have left for a trip around the world on their wheels. They will go direct to Portland, Oregon, and thence, by way of Minneapolis, t¢ New York, where they begin their journey across the European continent. They ex- pect to be absent about two yeurs, and to return to Oakland from the west.