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b) THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895-TEN PAGES. of Baltimore county. Then Mr. Mudd nom- inated Charles T. Westcott of Kent county, This revealed the fact that Mr. Westcott had combined with the Malster people. The Lowndes people had rather feared this, but it had been discounted. The counties voting for Rose were Alle- gany, first and second districts of Balti- more city, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Fred- erick, Garrett, Howard, Somerset, Wash- ington and Wicomico. These counties voted for Wescott: Anne Arundel, third district of Baltimore city, Baltimore county (Rose not voting), Cecil, Charles, Harford, Kent, Prince George's and Taihbott. The following counties were divided: Dor- —Rose, 13-4; Wescott, 1. Montgomery —Rose, 14 . Queen Aane’s —Ro. , 1. Wicomico—Rose, 2; Wescott, 3. ‘This made the total 683-4 for Rose and 471-4 for Wescott, a total of 116. This was a pretty good forecast of the way the first ballot would turn out and was important from that point. Lowndes Men Win. CAMBRIDGE, Md., August 15.—The Lowndes element won on a test of strength by electing John C. Rose as chairman of the state convention. Lowndes Nominate CAMBRIDGE, Md., August 15. et, as nominated, is as follows: For governor, Lloyd Lownde: For attorney general, Harry M. Clabaugh. ¥or controller, L. BE. P. Dennis. The platform will not be presented until late in the day, but the text of it as agreed on and as likely to be adopted with few if any changes is as follows:. The Platform. The platform has twelve planks and be- gins with national issues as follows: “The republicans of Maryland, in conven- tion assembled, renew their allegiance to the national republican party and declare: “Figet. That they favor such a system of impogagduties as shall protect American industries and provide suflicient revenue for the experses cf government economi- cally administered, so that in time of peace the natioral debt shall rot be increased. “Second. That they cppose any legisla- tion which shall seek to create in this country any other or different monetary standcrd than that of the gold doliar, or the issuance by the government, or by its authority or permission, of any form of currency except such as shall be converti- ble into goli at its face value by-the holder thereof at his pleasure.” ‘The third, fourth and fifth planks deal with reasscssment of property and a con- stitutional limitation on state indebted- ness, ‘The sixth plank Is as follows: “That all the ingenious devices by which the leaders of the hitherto dominant party in this state have sought to prevent a free and fair expression of the public will at the polls shall be swept away.” The succeeding planks declare for contre! of election machinery by the people of th counties; annual registration in Baltimo strict court supervision over election of officers; the right of independent nominees to recure place on official ballots. As to public schools the platform say: “We pledge ourselves to such amend- ments of the school laws as shall exclude politics from their management and -ecure free school books to their pupil ‘The platform concludes with a strong statement of the right of the people to éontrol their public officials, and declares in favor of local popular vote as to ap- plying the merit system to appointme: to police, fire and all other public depart- ments. —The tick- -—__>___ GOING TO CELEBRATE SEDAN. Five Hundred German Veterans Leave Chiengo for the Fatherland. CHICAGO, August 15.—Chicago Germans wil assist their countrymen to fight again the battle of Sedan. They marched for the seat of war today. Five hundred veterans of Deutscher Krieger Verein assemble? at and North Clark with Joseph Schlenker, president of Chicago German veterans, al, and Dr. Julius Sehnudt as: They carrie) the corner of Kinzie streets, the the standard of the Krieger American flag. The column marched through the center of the city to Dearborn s Verein® the tion. There the Veterans of the “war of took the train ‘ew York by way of Niagara Falis. amer Fulda will steam out of New rrying them and hundreds of other Germans back to par- ticipate in the greatest jubilee of the ye in the fatherland—“Sedan Feéer.” Sept ber 2 is the twenty-fifth anniversary the battle of Sedan. All Germany will arise.that day to cele- brate the quarter ceatury birthday of the “Empire of the Land’? and to drink to Bismarck and German-unity. and Lelpsic will be scenes of the greatest demonstrations’ of patriotism, and thither the Ameriean representatives. will ves, ida is due in Bremen August 27. Feasting, dancing, illuminations and pro- ms await the pilgrims there and in Hamburg. m Hamburg they will go to Fried- ruhe, the home of Prince Bismarck. ‘The iron chancellor was voted an honorary member of the Amerigan Krieger Verein on his eightieth birthday, April 1. Joseph Schlenker will tender him his certificate as a member of the American society amid salvos of artillery and the cheers of the pecple. ‘The visiting veterans will then go to Ber- lin and to Leipsic to take part in the cele- brations there, although many of them will go to their old homes to enter into the celebrations of their own Landwehr Verein. Seme of them will never return to the ccuntry of their adoption, preferring to spend their declining days on the soil they fought to defend. —— VICTORY FOR THE 8. A. L. Result of the Manhattan Beach Con- ference. ‘MANHATTAN BEACH, N. Y., August 15. —The representatives of the southern traf- fic interests went into session again this forenoon, and as soon as Vice President Thomas called the meeting to ‘order, the new agreement was taken up. The new agreement has been adopted, and the sixty days’ notice of withdrawal has been ac- cepted. This is a victory for the Seaboard Air Line. Its representative, Mr. St. John, in- sisted on its adoption, otherwise his road would not have gone into the new associa- n. But one article—No. 18—which deals with Gifferentials, remains in dispute, and a committee, representing the principal lines, and Mr. Thayer of the Pennsylvania rail- road, was appointed to consider this article and report on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Hotel Waldorf in New York city. ‘The meeting has been adjourned until that time. The election of officers will also take place at that meeting. ———— THREATS OF LYNCHING. A Prominent Young Indianian Killed by Another. PEORIA, Ind., August 15.—Great excite- ment prevails at Chesterton, north of this city, today. Will Tratedas, twenty years old, and Lon Powers, twenty-one, became involved in a dispute at § o'clock this morn- Ing, and Powers killed Tratedas by shoot- im twice with a revolver. das a prominent young man. large crowd gregated around the ers Is confined, and threats of lynching are heard. Officers have gone to the scone. ——— FIGURES TO BE KEPT SECRET. The Measures of Vigilant and De- fender Not to Be Publisifed. NEW YORK, August 15.—The measure- ments of the Defender and the Vigilant as taken by John Hyslop, the official meas- urer of the New York Yacht Club, will not be given to the public. The America’s cup committee and the regatta committee of the club, the latter ef whom will have the immediate control of the trial races next week, will be the only possessors of this important information, except the com- maniers of the yachts, who wil! naturally, ff not necessarily, be told how big thelr vessels are, in order to permit each to do seme ftigurirg on his own hock and also to let him know just where he has to come in to wi Th in. en settled by the two com- it may be guessed that the been reached as the outcome of an objection to the publication of the figures filed by Mr. Oliver C. Iselin of the Defender, LATE NEWS BY WIRE Investigating a Suspected Murder in St. Louis. A BODY TAKEN FROM THE GRAVE Arrest of Thomas R. Howard on Suspicion. IS HE A POISONER? ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 15.—The body of Nancy Leathe, a negress, sister and heir of Priscilla Henry, another negress, whose bagnio has been for years the most no- torious in the city of St. Louis, was ex- humed by order of the coroner today, and the viscera taken out for chemical ex- amination. In the meantime Thomas R. Howrad, a descendant of the English family of that name and a broker of thirty years’ stand- ing, who has been the paramour of the Henry woman and has had charge of her affairs, is under arrest pending the result of the investigation. Some days ago Howard was arrested, charged jointly with Florence Williams, a cook in the Henry house, with attempting to fraudulently transfer to himself (the Williams personating the Henry woman) $25,000 worth of the $100,000 worth of real estate accumulated by the Henry womai curing a career of shame of many ye Bond was given and Howard was releas but the Williams woman was held in jail. The Henry womar had been ill, but im- proved during Howard's brief incarceration. From this a chain of circumstances led to a suspicion that Howard was slowly poison- ing her, and that he had aiso poisoned her sister, who died some weeks ago. ‘The coroner seized a lot of medicine, which Howard had been administering to the Henry woman, and some that had been given by him to the Leathe woman before death. These medicines are being chemical- ly examined also, and a report is expected shortly. In the meantime Howard was re- arrested, and is still held. —_———_. ARS FOR MURDER. Verdict in the Trial of William J. Urquahurt. RICHMOND, Va., August 15. Va., special to the State says: The jury in the murder trial of William J. Urquahart, charged with killing John E. Gay, un November 8, 1870, today rendered their verdict, finding the prisoner guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixing his punishment at five years’ imprisonment the penitentiary. The trial has been in progress since Tues- day, and the case was submitted to the jury last night, but they could not arrive at a verdict, and were placed in the sher- iff’s custody until today. The prisoner's counsel, after consultation with the ac- cused and friends, decided not to move for a new trial. Judge Kiiby passed o'clock this afternoon. When he asked Urquahart if he had any- thing to say the latter replied: “Not a word.” Soon after the killing Urquahart fled, and remained a fugitive until three weeks ago, when he surrendered to the authorities and asked for a trial. He is related to prominent families of this and Isle of Wight counties. THE REORGANIZERS. -A Suffoik, sentence about 1 FIGHTING Plan of the Objiecting Stockholders of the Whisky Trust. NEW YORK, Atgust 15.—Application was made to Judge O’Brien in the su- preme court today by Louis Marshall of counsel for the objecting stockholders of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company (whisky trust) for a resettlement of the order denying an injunction to restrain the reorganiz ition committee from bidding on the seventeen distilleries which were sold at Chicago yesterday for $9,800,000 by or- der of the United States cireuit courtly Mr. Marshall sald that while the refusal of am injunction had permitted the reor- ganization committee to bid at yesterday's sale, yet theré’seemed to be some question in Judge O'Brien's mind as to the legality of certain parts of the committec’s scheme of reorganization. He sald that the entire an of that committee was before the court in the application for an injunction, and he asked Judge O’Brien to so modify his previous order denying the injunction so as to prevent the committee from carry- ing out the scheme by transferring the property purchased yesterday to a new company about to be organized with a cap- ital stock of $35,000,000. He said that a resettlement of the order was asked for because the committee had bought the distilleries and would carry out its plans before papers could be prepared to enjoin them in another action. Decision was reserved. te CHOLERA IN JAPAN. It is Raging Among the Returned Soldiers. VICTORIA, B. C., August 15.—Although passengers arriving by the oriental liners that have reached Victorla this week agree in the statement that cholera is working frightful havoc in Japan, the newspapers of that country contain no reference to the devastation of the plague. This is proba- bly due to the fact that the disease finds its victims chiefly among soldiers recently returned from the front, and the govern- ment therefcre takes advantage of the law relating to the press censorship to its fullest extent. According to officers of the Victoria and more recently arrived Empress, of Japan, the military has suffered a loss of thou- sands during the past few months, and the principal stations in Japan are at present converted into great hospitals. The For- mesa expedition has proved especially dis- astrous. —————_ PREPARING TO RETURN. Indians WUl Go Out Again After Game. a DENVER, Cel., August 15.—A special to the News from Pocatello, Idaho, says: Information comes today from the agency at Ross Fork, twelve miles north of Po- catcllo, that the Indians are preparing to re- turn to the Jackson's Hole hunting grounds as soon as their hay harvest is over and supply themselves with meat for winter's use, claiming that the government rations are insufficient. They will resist all efforts by the settlers to prevent them from hunt- ing. It is believed they will be joined by the Shoshone, Utes and Lempis. It is known that the Indians are eagerly await- ing for the troops to depart, and expect from past experience to he able by united movement to kill plenty of game and re- turn to their homes before the soldiers could again reach Jackson's Hole. ‘Agent Teter thinks that instead of let- ting the contract to private parties for the large Fort Hall canal, which is to be built, the Indians should have been put on this work. There would have been no troubles, and it is not too late to give-it to them now. SS SS ‘CHING A MURDERER. LYS Lite Grace Given to Emmett Divers. ST, LOUIS, August 15.—Emmett Divers, the negro who outraged and then killed Mrs. Cain, near Fulton, Mo., a couple of weeks ago, and who was brought here for safe-keeping, was taken from the sheriff at Fulton about 1 o'clock this morning by a mob and. hanged to a railroad bridge. Divers was taken from here yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Buchanan of Calloway county, and arrived at Fulton e time after midnight. heriff Buchanan left the train with his prisoner some distance from Fulton, and was proceeding with in a carriage, when he was intercepted by a mob of more than a hundred men, the negro ani hanged him. THE QUESTION Or WIRES The Oommissioners Want Them to Go Underground. An Opportunity to Test Their Powers— The Old Poles on Thirteen- and-a-Half Street. Another effort has been made by the Commissioners to put overhead wires un- derground. This time they selected the wires belonging to the United States Elec- trie Lighting Company, along 13 1-2 street. Some time ago the electric lighting com- pany made an application to the Commis- sioners for permission to replace its iine of poles along that street with new poles, claiming that the present line of poles was dargerous, many of them being decayed. An inspector was sent to examine the poles, and he reported several of them in bad condition, but did not think the whole line should be replaced by new poles. In answer to this it was claimed by the elec- tric company that many of the poles were rotting from within. They had beza stand- ing for seven years, and that was long enough for any pole to stand. The application to replace these poles was just the opportunity the Commission- ers wanted, and they immediately sent the paners to the’ attorney for the District with the reguest that he inform them what, if anything, could be done toward compelling the company to bury its wires. It was stated today that in the absence ef any specific legislation the Commis- sioners were without power to bury these wires, and that they had not the right to refuse a permit to the company to re- place its poles with new ones, if the ne- cessity of the case demanded it. When Congress meets, the Commission- ers, it is understood, propose to present a. bil giving them authority to order all overhead wires underground. — READING THE QUEEN’S SPEECH, A Large Gathering of Spectators, but Few Members. LONDON, August 15.—After the house of commons reassembled today the members were summoned to the house of lords with the usual formalities and the queen's speech was read by the lord chancellor, Baron Halsbury. There was a large number of spectators at the reading of the speech, but there were only a dozen members in attendance. The United States ambassador, Mr. Thos. F. Bayard, and Mrs. Bayard were present. In the ladies’ gallery there were quite a number of spectators. The speech was as follows: “My Lords and Gentlemen: The com- munications ‘which I receive from foreign powers assure me of the continuance of their good will, I am happy to say that no international complication has arisen in any quarter calculated to endanger the peace of Europe. The war between China and Japan, which was in progress at the opening of the last session, has been brought to a conclusion by a peace which I trust will endure. I observed strict neu- trality during the war, and have taken no action In respect thereto except such as appeared to me likely to be favorable to a termination of hostilities. “I deeply regret to say that the most atrocious outrages upon a body of English missionaries are reported from the province of Fu-Kien, in China. In reply to earnest representations addressed to the Chinese government by my direction, active meas- ures, which I trust will prove effective, are being taken for the punishment of’ the murderers and all persons in any degree responsible for these crimes. “The interral troubles which have brok- en out in the Armenian districts of Asia Turkey have been attended with horre which have moyed to indignation the Chris- tian nations of Europe generally, and my people especially. “My ambassador and the ambassadors of the Emperor of Russia and the president of the French republic, acting together, have suggested to the government of the sultan reforms which, in their opinion, are neces- sary to prevent a recurre: of constant disorder. These proposals are now being considered by the sultan, and 1 am anxious- ly awaiting his decisi The speech concludes with a reference to incorporation of Bechunaland inw Cape Color: The speech to the commons merely says at the estimates for the service of the year, whish Were not voted at the last ses- sion, will be laid before them. ie second portion of the speech says ly Lords and Gentlemen: At this sea- son of the year St will probably be found more convenient to defer to another session the consideration of any important legisla- tive measures except those which pre peceseary to provide for the administrative charges of the year.’ a REVEALED HIS OWN CRIME. A Stronge Affair Being Investigated by Detectives. TWEED, Ont., August 15.—On the 16th of Augist last Annie Callender, a young English girl, living near Peterboro, dis- appeared, leaving no trace. Today a strange discovery was made. Edward Dowdell, section foreman at Sheflield sta- tion, found under the timbers of a bridge a few miles east of Tweed a piece of planed beard about thirteen inches square, on which was written the following state- men| “SHEFFIELD, April 26, 1895. “To all the world: A greeting. This is to certify that I did, on the night of the 16th of August, 184, murder Annie Cal- lender, a young English girl, in the little cemetery at Peterboro, and with a piece of rope and railroad iron I sunk her dead body in the lake. I did it to hide crime. I feel that God will never forgive me for it. I cannot vest day or night. I would like her body taken up and buried (Signed) “FR.” The case is in the hands of the detec- tives. ——— ACT OF A MAD MOTHER, Threw Her Baby From a Window and Leaped After It. BALTIMORE, Md., August 15.—Mrs. Ber- tha North, twenty-seven years old, hurled her ten-days-old infant from a third story window of her home today and then leaped after it. Both may die. The mother wrapped the infant in a feather pillow and tied a string about it. The bundle had just struck the cobble pavement, twenty-five feet below when the mother, clad in a night robe, sprang from the window and landed beside the infant. Both were taken to a hospital, where it was found that the shock and internal injuries to the child and the broken bones of the mother would probably result fa- tally for both. Mental disorder following childbirth is supopsed to have caused the mother’s act. a Railway Building in Guatemala. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. August 15,—RI- cardo H. F. von Winkler, who is superin- tending the construction of C. P. Hunting- ton’s new rallway lines in Guatemala, ar- rived in this city on the steamship Colon, He says Huntington fs putting a great deal of money into the new road and that it fs rapidly developing into an immensely valu- uable property, for it is being pushed through the heart of the richest coffee and cane sections of Guatemala. The road is completed from nine miles below Escuintla. ne A Venerable Engineer's Death. LAPORTE, Ind., August 15.—Edward Wil- cox, one of the oldest engineers in the ser- yice of the Michigan Central railroad, died at Michigan City last evening from the in- firmities of old age. Wilcox was at the throttle of the engine that pulled the re- mains cf Abraham Lincoln from Washing- ton to Chicago. He was a personal friend of Lincoln, whom he had known from boy- hood. ————.4+_—. Another “Hope” Story. “The Madness of Lord Harry Culver- hewse,” by Anthony Hope, will be publish- ete In Saturday's Star, extensively and beautifully illustrated. The scenes are in Strelsau, in the forest of the Castle of Zenda, made so familiar by Hope’s famous book. THE OLD PRINTER Civil Service Rule Intended to Let Him In, THE UNION’ WILL, DISCUSS 17 The Civil Service Commission: De- sired No ‘Age Limit. WHA-T. THEY SAY + “ The civil service commission yesterday notified the expert board of examiners for arplicants for places in the government printing office that a consultation was de- sired to discuss some features of the rules recently adopted governing the application of"civil service prinetples to the office. The ore which they chiefly desired to consider was that fixing the age of forty-five as the maximum limit of age for applicants.. This age limit was not proposed by the com- missioners, and they do not now regard it as a necessary feature of the rples. The limit was the suggestion of the printers themselves, and it was supported by the public printer.. The idea. was to secure young men, as the trade was regarded as requirins able-bodied and’ capable em- ployes: The idea was that the office should be entitled to the proficiency which on old employe might acquire through a lonz period of service on its force. But it did not seem desirable to seek to put In new employes who might have reached an ad- venced age outside of the office under con- ditions that would not add to their avail- ability. The Opposition. The opposition to the application of the civil service rtles to the government print- ing office has appeared again, although the office has been placed under the rules, and it is well known that the President cannot recede from the action he has taken, even if he were convinced that it would be ad- visable to dé 80. Sunday Columbia Typo- graphical Union will hold a meeting to con- sider a memorial to be presented by ex- President Kennedy. The cause of the movement against the civil service rules is that the first examinations did not secure a sufficiently large list of eligibles for the po- sitions of compositors, pressmen and elec- trotypers, This fact, it is said, was tele- graphed over the country, and printers are going to flock in here, pass the examina- tions and flood the government printing office. All this will happen when there are hundreds of printers in Washington who are barred by the age limit from taking the examinations, or are unable to pass although young enough to come within the rule. It is proposed to offer and pass, if possible a resolution informing ° typo- graphical unions in other cities that there are printers enough here to do all the work Congress and the;government departments y¥ put upon the.printing office. It is also expected that an effort will be made to authorize a request to the civil service comraission to discontinue the scholastic examinations andjrequire only the practical tests. yb What Commissigner Harlow Says. Commissicner Harlow, when seen by a Star reporter, sakdz: “I have noticed that Mr. Kennedy intends to bring up before the Typographical Union the question whether the age limit and, ike schola: xamin: tion cannot he dispensed with. I have hesitation in saying taat the age limit was not insisted/upon by the commission, and, indeed, wasimot desired by them. far'as my experieude and observation x0, other things equal, age-up to perhaps sixty y adds rather than iakes from the efficiency of theuprinter, So long us he is able to get into the office and get up on his stool he is able..to set a5 imuoi type, oud that as accurately, as u young man, course, it is obvious that large Corporations and also the government service would nat- uratly desire young employe: ith the idea that as time passed, and they gained effi- ency, the government imight have the benefit of their improvement. And there is also this to be considered, that more or ion has been current ubout the use of typesetting machin: in the gov- ernment printing office, and i believe lam right in saying that as’a rule the oid print- ers have been averse to learning the nse of these machines. All, or very tearly all, of the operators .on typesetting machines today ure young men, with whom ambi- tion is still an abiding factor in their daily work. “AS to the scholastic examin care to say that it is of such @ simple cha’ aeter that it seems to me no printer of any ordinary intelligence ought to shrink from it. It is not formidable enough to ‘fluster’ iim, and hardly more than enough to test nis profictency in the ordinary branches of a common education. The commission would have ‘no power to discontinue this examination, and I may add also that it Is now beyond the power of the President to undo the action he has tien in placing the government printing office under the civil service rules.”” Commissioner Procter’s Views. Commissioner Procter said: ‘The prob- lem was of course more or less complicated which confronted us in the government printing office, but I think it was fairly well met and of course some of the rules can be modified and ought to be. The commis- sion did not desire the age limit and will be prompt in abolishing it if the printers themselves desire it. The civil service rules were not forced upon the government printing office, and the President in signing the order did so only at the request of the printers themselves. This age limit was proposed by the printers’ committee and for the reason that it was deemed advisable to secure young rather than aged employes. I do not think this a sufficient ground for barring out the older printers. The cordi- tions of the printing trade today are such that there is probably a very much larger proportion of aged printers than of young ones, and these are especially at a disad- vantage with the typesetting machines. For the present at least, no disadvantage would be likely to follow in the government printing office if the age mit were remov- ed. Asa matter of fact in the general de- partmental service It is not often that the appointment of an elderly applicant is un- avoidable. I have had our clerks look through the lists of certifications and it has never oczurred in the history of the com- mission that an executive official in any of the departments has had three old persons, all of whom were over forty-five years old, certified to him so that he was compelled to appoint an applieant over that age. The scholastic examination cannot be done away with. There J this to be sald, also, that for one year the public printer can re- instate any discharged printer and for three Tonths after thé rules go into effect, in case the list of éligibles is not sufficient to meet the labor reaitirements of the office, he may appoint any fit person without any examination.” Civil. Service -ta the Government Printing Oflice. ‘To the Editor of The’ Evening Sta: Now that the government printing office has been placed under the sheltering wing of the civil service Jaw, it is no doubt the intent of the members of the commission to do justice to ‘those without as well as these within thé Office, and not to place any unnecessary obstacles in the way of competent and worthy applicants obtain- ing employment in that great workshop. To be eligible for the preliminary examina- tion the departmental blank must be filled out, accompanied by the vouchers of two residents of the same state, certifying to the character, habits, etc., of the applicant, attested before a notary. In addition to this blank, applicants for any of the me- chanical positions in the government print- ing cffice must furnish the testimony of three employers, foremen or fellow work- men, attested by notary, that they have been engaged in the printing business or cne of the other allied trades at least five years, one of which must have been as a journeyman. A printer makes application; furnishes the necessary departmental testimony that he is a citizen,of good moral character,&c., corroborated by two residents of his state who have known him over thirty years, &c.; also the government printing office blank, with the evidence of one employer, ion, IL only one foreman and one fellow workman that they have known him from twelve to twen- ty years, that he is q skilled workman, and other nece: testimony, all attested by notary, with seai attached. The applicant certifies, under oath, that he served an ap- prenticeship of five years, also, at the print- ing business, His application is returned to him with the order of the commission that he must furnish corroborative testimony that he actually served an apprenticeship. Now, to a man who has been a journey- man printer for over twenty years it may be an utter impossibility to furnish proof that he served four or five years as an up- prentice. In many printing offices no record is kept of the employes excepting the time sheets or the pay rolls. I doubt very much whether The Evening Star could furnish proof that certain printers who graduated from that office twenty or more years ago actually served their time in that office. To the graduate of a year or two it may be easy enough. Remember, this is all required before a person can take the elementary or educa- tional examination, and has nothing to do with the practical examination whatever. Many cases might be cited of men skilled in the various trades connected with print- ing who never served an apprenticeship. The ablest proofreader in New York, the head of the proof room oi the greatest pa- per in the world, is not a practical printer. The foremost color printer in this country today, in my opinion, never served a day as an apprentice. A foreman of the stereotype rcom of one of Washington’s dailies never Was a stereotyper’s apprentice. From this it will be seen that it is not absolutely necessary to have served an apprenticeship to be skilled in a trade, any more than that serving an apprenticeship makes a compe- tent workman. Membership ia a trade union is prima facie evidence that a man is a competent workman, and should at least be sufficient evidence of eligibility to take the educational examination for printers in the government printing office. In my humble opinion the age limit sho 11d also be abolished. There are very few men at any of the trades but what are more skilled at forty-five than at twen- ty-flve, and in several of the branch- es it. requires service of many years to acquire the skill necessary to fill the most important positions. I venture the assertion that seventy per cent of the positions of foreman, proofreader, maker-up, ete., in the first-class printing offices of America are held by men of forty-five and over, and why these men should be debarred by their age from seek- ing place in the government printing office is beyond my comprehension. I am also of the belief that there should at least be a minority representative on each of the practical examining boards, who does not hold position under the public printer. The reason for this is obvious. . PRINTER. — MANY AT THE TRACK. The Heat Did Not Prevent a Large At- tendance. A gocd card and a fast track were the attractions at Alexander Island today, and the large crowd that was on hand was as- sured of a good day’s sport. The weather was clear and very warm. Five books were on, First race, maidens, one-half mile—Par- thian (King), 20 to 1, first; Clair W. (Car ter), 6 to 1, second; Archilies (Congdon), to 1, third. Time, 51. See Tomorrow's St. Asaph Entries. First race, five furlongs—Jchnson, 100; Clair W., 100; Gascon, jr., 100; Dr. Reed, 97; Tanglefoot, 97; Job, Indian Girl, 95; Carrie, 95; Countess, 95. Second race, two-year-olds, four furlongs —Al Helenbolt, 1 Carpenter, 105; Elves, 98; Ratt Goundy, 98; Tyro, Willie Dexter, 95; ster, 95; Rapids, 95; Sorroso, 95; In- heritance, 95. Third race, seven furlongs, sellirg—Dery- , 108; Lilipute, 106; ar son, 100 nda, 1 Archbishop, 100; Renaissance 100; Sir Rae, 100; Trojan, 100; Wyoming, 97: Hazel, 9%. Fourth race, four and a half furlongs— Eclipse, 4 110; Joe Mack, 1 Herndon, a Sonora, 1 Miss Modred, 97; Jewel, Fifth race, five furlongs, selling—Oxfora, 107; Ninety-Seven, 107; H . 107; Little ‘Al Minnie S., 105; dowae, 100; Leporelio, 7; Princess’ Alix, Susie R05; Melinda, 1s, race, seven furlongs, sellin, Sccks, 100; Monitress, li; Peas Dron, 20, Hippona, 101; Oaklawn, 10; Belle of Fermoy, Psyche, 98; Gaiety, ; Black Beauty, 5. Racing at Saratogn. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 15.—First trace, selling, five furlongs—Waltzer, first; Runaway, second; Prig, third. Time, 1.v1%. Second race, five and one-half furlongs— Floretta, first; Clissie B., second; Coda, third. Time, 1.09. Third race, four and one-half furlongs— La Gallienne, first; Florence Colville, sec- ond; Predicament, third. ‘Time, .56 3-4. Fourth race—Merry Monarch, first, Can- beste secend; Kilkenny, third. Time, ———._—_. Publishing Companies at Law. A bill in equity was today filed by the Funk & Wagnalls Company, a publishing eoncern of New York city, against the Quinby-Hutchinson Publishing Company of this city asking for the appointment of a receiver and requesting that all debts due from the subscribers of the local firm be turned over to him. ; It is charged that the defendant com- pany some time ago became the agent of the Funk & Wagnalls Company for the sale of the Standard Dictionary in the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Subsequently the Quinby-Hutchinson Com- pany fell in arrears to the New York firm in the sum of about $6,000. An execution in a judgment obtained in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia devel- oped that the property of the local com- pany was worth approximately but $250. The complainant company asserts that the Washington branch has been extravagant in clerk hire and office fixtures. It is, there- fore, asked that the subscription moneys due the company be turned over to the re- ceiver to satisfy the alleged claim of the complainant. Judge Cole issued a rule to show cause against the Quinby-Hutchinson Company, returnable August 22. ——_—__ The Cement Workers’ Union. At last night’s meeting of the Cement Workers’ Union the announcement was made that it is probable that the member- ship of the assembly will receive large ac- cessions soon, as all the employes in sey- cral establishments that are now non-union have declared their intention to unite with the body. Messrs. Daniel Sheehan, 8S. H. Watson and C. F. Hilton, who were ap- pointed as a committee to select a uni- form to be worn in the Labor day parade, reported that they would be ready to an- nounce their conclusions at the meeting to be held next week. ——_ Suing the Railrond. Suit at law to recover $10,000 damages was this afternoon filed by August Klein- leinn against the Washington and George- town Railroad Company. The plaintiff claims that November 10 last he was struck, knocked down and badly mangled by a cable car at the junction of 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest, and still suffers as a result of the same. ———.__ Arguing the Animal Extracts Case. Arguments in the case of the Columbia Chemical Company against Dr. William A. Hammond, involving the manufacture of certain animal extracts, occupied the entire session of the Equity Court, Judge Cole presiding, again today. —>__. To Examine Applicants. ‘Tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock the Com- missioners will conduct another civil sery- ice examination for the position of in- specter of the water department. Over forty notices have been sent out to those who have applications on file, and it is be- lieved that the capacity of the board room will be tested by those who take the ex- amination. —_—_-__ Government Receipts, National bank notes received today for redemption, $343,867. Government _re- ceipts—from internal revenue, $446,933; cus- tcms, $776,776; miscellaneous, $79,455. eS To Be Retired. Civil Engineer U. S. White has been ordered before a retiring board. Assistant Surgeon M. S. Guest has been ordered to the Minnesota.» [FINANCE AND TRADE Speculation Remains Favorable for the Balls. GRANGER STOCKS ARE PUSHED UP The Result of Good News Regard- ing Crops. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 15.—Opening prices were inclined to irregularity this morning, but the main features of speculation con- tinue favorable to the tong account. Lon- don was dull at our closing and was scarcely considered by local operators. The market for foreign exchange shows further evidences of weakness and gold exports by Saturday’s steamers are not likely to assume alarming proportions. Offerings of drawings against exports of grain continue to furnish the desired re- lief in this respect, and are expected to increase in, volume during the balance of the season. The reports of weather conditions in the west denied the probability of frost in the corn belt and were the basis for renewed buying of the Granger shares, Burlington in particular profiting by the movement. New England attracted attention by opening at an advance of 3 per cent over closing figures and subsequently adding 3% per cent to initial figures. The reason for this erratic action is due to the scarcity of stock in the street and the urgent de- mands of a disappointed short interest. The present price of this property is the result of an absence of borrowable certifi- cates, as sentiment is strongly opposed to the perpetuation of a fictitious value. Distillers sold off during the early deal- ings, but subsequently rallied under buy ing for both accounts. The term of the receivership is said to have been profitable to the company, but the destruction of the monopoly once enjoyed will interfere with future profits to some extent. An effort will be made to advance the stock in sym- pathy with any improvement in other parts of the list, but it is not likely that any material advance will be permitted for some time to come. Tebacco was again active on a descend- ing scale, as the result of rumors of a strong independent organization which will contest the field witn the present-com- bination. Sugar was steady under the an- nouncement that the demand from the trade continues to absorb the major por- tion of the available refined product. An advance in retes will probably be announced before the close of the week, which will be the signal for reaewed buy- ing of the stock. 7 Manhattan’s statement for the quarter ending June 30 reports a surplus of $379,- 799 over charges, as against $793,702 for the same period last year. These figures attest the correctness of previous statements rela- tive to the serious competition of the surface lines. The regular quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent was declared on National Lead preferred, the question of resuming dis- bursements in the common stock being postponed until the regular monthly meet- ing. The company is said to be doing a business fully justifying an early resump- tion of dividends on the latter issue, but a conservative business policy may cause a further withholding of presenf profits. There {s considerable quiet speculation go- ing on, however, in anticipation of an ad- vance, due to the official announcement that the management is again willing to put the stock back among the dividend payers. The afternoon’s trading was dull and uninteresting, owing to the absence of any non-professional demand. The anthracite coal situation premises to remain for an indefinite period in its present »msatisfac- tory state and no important movement is likely for the present. Reading may be- come active should active reorganization be announced, but on trade conditions alone there is nothing to base any import- ant undertaking. The Grangers offer the best evidences of increased traffic and fall receipts are likely to stimulate active buying-in this group. Profits derived from, this source will be invested in roads entirely removed from the grain districts,-and eventually the en- tire market will become active in sym- pathy with the enthusiasm inspired by agricultural prosperity. The future of speculation is therefore more interesting than the present, as traders’ terms are ap- parently the only quick profits offered under existing conditions. oe a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the ‘owest and the closing prices of the New York stock market tcday, as re- ported by Gorson & Macartney, members New Yor’: stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Stocks. High. Low. Last. American Sugar.. M4 4K 83g 1143§ American Sugar, Pid. RS SS American Tobacco. 10835 108% American Cotton O11. 25% 96 Atehisoi 1K 1K Canada Southern: 5 Canada Pacific. Chesapeake & Ohio.. Chic. & Northwestern. Central... Lake Shore. 5 Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Flevated. Michigan Central... Southern Railway, Pf Phila. Traction. Texas Pacific. bash, PYd..... . Wheeling & L. Erie. wll L. Erie,Pfd. Western Union Tel. ‘Wisconsin Central. Silver . —_—_.— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Traders’ Na- = | Bank, 10 at 105. After call—Beit Rallroad at 8. Government Bénds.—U. 8. 4s, reg.. 112 b id, 1125 U. 8. 4s, cou id, 113 asked.’ U. 3. 4s, 1925, 12134 . 8. 5s, 115 bid. Distriet of Columbia Bonds.—20-year Fund. id 6s, 112 bid. . 5s, Water 103 bid. 30-year Fund. Stock curency 7s, 1901, 115 bid.’ Water Stock cur- rency 7s, 1%)3, 116 bid. Fund. 3.658, 110 bid. 2-108, 344s, 190 bid. iscellaneous | Bonds.—Washington and George- town Ratiroad conv. 6s, Ist, 182 bid. 165 asked, Washington and Georgetown Rallroad cony. 6s, 2d, 152 bid, 165 asked. Metropolitan Railroad com 6s, 108 ‘bid. Belt Ratlroad 5s, 4 bid, 86 asked. Eckington Ratirond 6s, 102 bid,’ 105 asked. Colum: bia Railroad 6s, 110% bid, 113% asked. “Washing- ton Gas Company, scr. A, 6s, 113 bid. Washing- ton Gas Company,’ ser. B, "6s, ‘114 bid. “Washington Gas Company Electric Potomac Telephone 5s, 98 and Trust 5s, F. and’ A. cony. Gs, 125 bid. United Light conv. 5s, 125 bid. bid. “American Security Se- American A.“and 0., 100 bid. Wash- 110 bid. Washing- i10 bid. “W Shorr 108 Md. conte fail States ton Market Company imp. Market Company exten. 68, Masonic Hall Association Ss, 100 bid.” Washington Light In- fantry Ist 6s, 10u bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 250 vid, 300 asked. Bank of Republic, 250 bid. Met- Topolitan, 285 bid, 310 asked. Central, 275 bid Farmers ‘and Mechanics’, 175 bid. Second, 135 bi Citizens, 130 bid. Columbia, 130 bid, 140, asked Capital,” 115, bid. West End, 105 vid. ders’, 203 bid, 100 asked. “Lincoln, 100 bid. Ohio, 82 Safe Deposit, and Trust Compantes.—Natlonal Safe Deposit and ‘Trust, 120 bid, 130 asked. Washing- ton Loan and Trust, 120 Md, 125 asked. Amerfean Security and Trust, 137 bid, 142 asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 60 bid, 80’ asked. Railroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, °275 bid, 290 esked. Me! it asked. Belt, 30 asked. Batinpion, Bi oaks “eae ig bid Georgetown Gan: Sols bid“ Uantea Bates wn Gas, Electric Lignt, 138 bias’ bereesunaaia Insurance Stocks.—1 "8, 35 40 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid, ‘90 asked. 50 bid. Potomac, 65’ bid. Arlington, 140 bid, 160 asked. German “American, 165 bid, 200 asked. oe Union, ae Columbia, 13 bid. Rie. e's, asked. 814 asked, ‘Gomerctaa, ag Ula age a tle Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 106 bid, 115 asked. Golzmbia Title, 7 bi ed. ashington Title. 8 asked. District ‘Title, 10 bid. Telephone Stocks.. ‘Pennsylvauia, 38 bid. Chesa- a rage 55 bid. American Grapho- 28 bid, .30 asked, a. si Miscellaneous Stocks.— bid. “Great Falls Toe 190 DM two _aaeke” pat un Panorama, 30 asked. Livcoln Hall, 70 bid. Merganthaler Linotype, 180 bid. és iv. ———— Grain and Cotton Markets. reported by W. B. ss broker, 3421 F Fg: High. Low. Me a oe ox ‘Close. 691 68! Et Eo ce Bt O08 beh oss 610 59T 6. 58T 5.52 .6TB Ope High. Low. Close, 2% 7.81 7.27 «7.27 rao te E37 743 746 742 749 ee Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, August 15.—Flour quict, anchan: —receipts, 20,677 barrels: shipmenth, T28t barrier sales, 500 barrels. Wheat easy—spot’ and month, 6844; September, 693260; December, T2tsa 72%; steamer No, 2 red, G54a 4,807 bushels; shipments, 96,000. busi: stock, 761,033 bushels} sales, 149,000’ bushels—sonthern wheat by sample, 69370%; do. on grade, Ms. Cor easy—spot, 452454; month, 45 ‘asked: September, 43% bid; year, 38 asked; January, 874 asked—re- ceipts, 6,526 bushels; stock, 62,035 bushels; sales, 14,000 _bushels—southern white corn, 45; do. yel low, 48. Oats fi active and lower—No. 2 white 0, 2 mixed, 2114a25—receipts, re quiet bushels; irm—cholce timothy, Grain freighta more au eam to Liverpool, per bushel, 2a2icd Au- cork for orders, per quarter, 26.60 a2s.7i4. ist. Sugar firm, unchauzed. Butter and eggs, steady and firm, unchanged. Cheese un: changed. ———— A HOT DAY. A Sinte of the Weather That Called for the Remarks About Texas, Another man from Texas floated into Washington on the front end of the present hot wave and was in a gun store on the avenue near 1ith street this morning buy- ing some cartridges to shoot ortolan with when the season opens. He was there also to casually talk about the weather. He took another view of Texas torridity to that expressed last Saturday by the re- doubtable Hon. Sampson Hoptoe. He leaned confidentially over the counter to the clerk and told him he ought to go to Texas if he wanted to see hot weather. “That Is,” he explained, “hot accordin’ to th’ thermometer. ’Taint nothin’ to see th’ mercury git up to 106 in the shada down there, but it don’t feel anything like as hot as it does here because the air's dry. Why, you can stand out in the sun down in Texas on a hot day and hold up a piece of meat on a fork and broil it, su, just as good as you could on a grid- The same results would not seem un- reasonable to have been expected in Wa: ington ioday if the experiment had been tried, although a good many people might think that the fork would have melted be- fore the meat got cooked. It was hot to the point of danger, because of the great amount of wetness in the atmosphere. The thermometer rose only 3 degrees above the record of yesterday, and the official tube at the weather bureau marked a maximum of 91 degrees by 2 o'clock, but the air felt as if the heat was up toward the hundred mark, and thé perspiration poured out of myriads of pores and trickled down necks and stood on foreheads without any ap- parent tendency to evaporate and dry up,as it should have, even under the influence of the steady breeze that was blowing. All this disagreeable combination of uncom{for: able conditions made the Washington pub- lic get even hotter under its ccllar than vsual, and the weather buresu came In for an unusual amount of vigorous vitupera- tion. Consequentiy there is no tendency on the part of the community to bekeve the announcement that tomorrow will be cooler, for pretty nearly everybody has settled down to the conviction that August is going to keep on being hot, just as it has succeeded in belng every year since the personal chronology of the oldest of oldest inhabitants begen. —_—_ BODY IDENTIFIED. “THE The Boy Killed Four-Mile Ron Was Policeman's Cotter’s Son. Policeman Da¥id’Cottef, ‘who has charge of the bathing beach, feared that the boy repcrted as killed yesterday “fternoon on the railroad nesr Four-Mile Run was his son. The latter,, Thomas Cotter, who is sixteen years old, did net return home lest night, and as soon as news of the killing of the boy reached Georgetown this morn- ing the cfficer concluded that the dead boy was his son. This afternoon the officer and his son John went to Alexandria, and fovnd that their fears were not unfounded. The dead boy was identified as the missing son, and the body will be brought bere for interment. Deceased was an unusually bright boy. He attended Georgetown Coliege last year, and was preparing to return at the opening of the coming season. Yesterday morning he was at police headquarters to explain a transaction about a bicycle which he claim- ed he had bought, and it is supposed that he was walking to Alexandria at the time he was killed. ——__. Another Bond Issue Unlikely. BALTIMORE, Md., Ausust 15.—Gen. Alex- ander Brown, who formed the subsyndicate in Baltimore to co-operate with the Mor- gan-Beimont syndicate in furnishing the gold for the last issue of bonds, comment- ing on the gold export, says: “There is not the slightest cause for alarm. The syndi- cate has the situation well in hand, and will keep the treasury gold reserve intact. Commercial bills are beginning to appear in the market, and they will furnish abund- ant exchange, and will effectively check the outflow of gold. As regards the talk of acother bond issue, I do not think there is the slightest foundation for it. The rates for exchange are already beginning to weaken, and I firmly believe that the ship- n.ents of gold are nearing an end.” i Railway Employes to Confer. FORT WORTH, Texas, August 15.—One of the largest railroad conventions ever held Texas will be called to order here today and continue throughout the 16th and 17th. It will include the Brotherhood of Lecomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Lecemotive Firemen, Order of Railway Telegraphers, Order of Railway Conduct- ors, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and all the other railway organizations in Texas. The object is especially to secure such legislative measures as would be a benefit to the organizations. Among the matters to be considered will be the arbi- tration bill, which was passed by the last legislature, but so amended and cut to pieces that its usefulness to the men was greatly marred. ——_- —_ Canadian Copyright. OTTAWA, Ont, Aueust 15.—The mission of Deputy Minister Newcombe, who went to England to adjust the copyright difficulty, has: been a faiiure. He will return shortly without having accomplished anything, partly because of the political turmoil that prevailed in England during his visit, and partly because the home authorities are hopelessly opposed to the Canadian view. ———— Trying to Prevent a Bull Fight. DENVER, Col., August 15.—The Colorado Humane Society, through Secretary Thomp- son, has appealed to Gov. Mcintyre to issue a proclamation forbidding the pro- posed Mexican bull fight at Gillet in the Cripple Creek district Saturday, September 24. It is believed the governor will exercise all the authority of his office, even to the extent of calling out the troops, ff need be, to prevent the exhibition. ———>— ‘Tramps Killed in a Wreck. WILLIMANTIC, Conn., August 15.—A west-bound freight train last night broke in two a mile from Pomfret station. The two sections came together after the breai, wrecking seventeen cars. Brakeman Bent son was slightly injured and three trampf killed.