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—— THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2), 1895-TEN PAGES, SPECIAL NOTICES. ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, Seuthern Jurisdiction of the United States.—A stated meeting of Mithras Lodge of Perf No. 1, will be held at the cathedral, .W., on TUESDAY, August 20, 1805, at 7:30 Work, fourth and fifth degtces. By order FRANCIS J. WOODMAN, 334, deg, en. Mai W. HARRY OLCOTT, 15th deg., It E2 retary. FURLIC GENERALLY nsible for any debts: , Annia Dries, “JOUN te. au20. THs t iS TO NOTIFY TH I will not be re vler and W, CAL CLARET, 6 BOTS. FOR $1. Our high standard of purity and excellence is strictly intained in this California Claret, of which we are selling 5 bottles for $1—we couldn't afford to let It be otherwise! JAMES THARP, S12 F ST. E NIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES. goon be organized in this city. formation inquire of G. H. _Commander, Hotel Vendome A GOOD LUNCH FROM 12 TO 2, 1 Se. 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Open every evening but Sunday, rain or shine, only We prefer not to teach pupils in the rain. 8,500 square feet of space, with sandpapered surface, and the most lofty and star-spangted canopy of any riding school in the U. S. Lighted by elec- tric lights in the evening. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., 4723-28 Washington, D. ©. Pp. ARTIFICIAL DAYLIGHT. A New Idea Carried Out in a Picture Gallery. From the Providence Journal. Capt. Abney, F. R. S., several years ago, in conjunction with another investigator, made a report to the British parliament upon the causes of the fading of pigments from exposure to light. It was stated in this report that the rays which produce by far the greatest change in pigment are the blue and violet components of white light; and that these, for equal illumination, pre- dominate in Hight from the sky. They are, however, least in sunlight and in diffused cloudlight, and are present in comparative- ly small proportions in the artificial lights usually employed in lighting a room or gallery. He has now communicated in the form of a paper before the Society of Arts the result of his exper!ments in the produc- tion, for the Hghting of picture galleries, of an artificial kind of daylight which should not fade the pictures one-tenth as fast as natural daylight ts capable of doing. In this it ts claimed he has succeeded. The first dea was to correct natural white light by glazing the skylight with yellow glass, but this suggestion was rejected, because, although {t would protect pigments, it would give such a tinted Hght that wou prevent the blues from being properly seen. The outcome of Capt. Abney's studies of the subject was the project to cut off the violet rays from natural white light wth out altering the color. This apparently problematical idea has been successfully carried out in the lighting of the Raphael Cartoon Gallery at South Kensington, where the daylight Js filtered through two colored glasses, one a blue green and one yellow—the combination resulting in a white light which {s a very close match to that of the electric light, rendering the blue pigments exposed to it a little more brilliant than they would appear by nat- ural daylight. There {s a loss of 65 per cent of light; but where the skylight is large enough this does not matter, especial- ly as the necessity for a blind or for ground glass is done away with. = Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVE: VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Custoria’ is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to indorse it. Few are the intelli- gent fumilies who do not keep Castoria within ensy reuch."” CARLOS MARTYN, D.D. New York city. SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT Terrible Explosion at a Carnegie Farnace. CLEARING OUT THE CLOGGED BELL Suddenly Formed Gases Had No Way to Escape. MEN BLOWN INTO THE AIR PITTSBURG, Pa., August 20.—An explo- sion at furrace H of the Carnegie Steel Company at Braddock at 5 o'clock this morning killed six men, fatally injured three more and destroyed $50,000 worth of property. The names of the killed were: Steve Havrela, cut in twain, thirty-two years old, lesves wife and two children. Joseph Luckay, thirty-eight years old, burned, leaves wife and four children. Joseph Copp, burned, thirty-two years old, single. John Meka, thirty-two years old, single. John Pookopovec, burned, twenty-five years old, single. ijchn Grucha, burned, thirty years old, single. All were Poles and Huns except Grucha, who was a Germen. Nine of the injured were brought to the Mercy Hospital in this city. They are re- ported to be resting easily. Of the injured it is now thought five will die. Their names are: John Wart inhaled the flames, married, two children John Skonda, married; Mike Jura, married; pe Kapenos, single; Andrew Drobne, single. ‘These men were frightfully burned. The following were seriously injured will probably reco" John Wagasky, John Zbroriay, James Harrison, two un- known men. A number of others sustained slight burns and cuts by being hit by flying brick, but they were able to go to their homes, and their names could not be learned. Caase of the Explosion. The explosion was due to a “hang” in the furnace, which suddenly was loosened and dropped Into the rclten metal below. generiting an immense quantity of gas so suddenly that it could not escape by the ordinary means, and the explosion fol- lowed. The terrible loss of life was due to a pe- cullar cause. A few minutes before the explosion occurred one of the top fillers dumped a barrow of material into the bell of the furnace, which he had forgotten to raise. This clogged the top of the furnace and prevented the gases escaping. A gang of sixteen men, in charge of James Harrison, were sent at once to the top of the furnace to remove the obstruc- tion. All were closely crowded around the bell of the furnace removing the material which had been dumped on it, when there was a terrific explosion, and men, barrow tools and material were hurled in all di rections. Flames, deadly gases and smoke belched from the furnace top, and the gang of men fell as if shot. Cnly one man was killed instantly. He was blown from the furnace top along the metal roadway to the elevator shaft, down which he fell, striking on a car, and was cut in two, one-half of his body falling on one-half of the car and the other half on the side. The Werk of Rescue. The explosion was heard all over Brad- dock, and crowds at once rushed to the scene, but none expected to witness such horrors. A relief crew was quickly or- ganized and went to the top of the fur- nace, where lay fifteen men, bleeding, torn, burred and dying. The flames and smoke were still coming from the furnace, and the work of rescue was dangerous in the extzeme, but, cover- ing their hands, faces and heads with clothes, the rescuers went bravely to work. ‘The injured men were all leaning over the mecuth of the furnace when the explosion cccurred. Three men died before they reached the bottom of the elevator shaft, and the other six died between 5 and 8 o'clock this morning. As fast as the injured men were taken from the furnace top they were removed to an improvised hospital in the compan: office, and the company’s staff of physi- cians and medical aid from McKeesport and Pittsburg summoned. Five cf the men were so badly burned and terribly injured that the physicians did not deem it neces- sary to remove them to any hospital, as death seemed inevitable in a few hours, nos no hospital could relieve their suffer- ing. ‘Two of the men who were on top of the furnace, when they reached the ground, were revived, and there belng some hopes for their recovery, they were taken to their homes. Scattered Far and Wide. The contents of the furnace were blown out and scattered for hundreds of yards around the furnace, falling in all parts of the yard, cutting and burning about ten men who were working below, but none were seriously injured. The fiery shower fell on the carpenter shop of the company, about one hundred yards from the furnace, and it was soon in flames, and was destroyed, with its con- tents. The bell of the furnace was shat- tered and scattered, the roof of the cast house ‘was crushed in and ruined, the con- tents of the furnace were scattered abroad, and the belief is that the furnace is badly damaged and may have to be rebuilt. If this should be the cage the total damage will be $30,000. Many Pathetic Scenes. ‘The Braddock fire department was called cut, and prevented the spread of the flames, and the members also aided in the work of rescue anc did police duty. ‘The scenes as the men were carried to the office of the company were intensely exciting and pathetic. Women and chil- dren rushed frantically from their houses, and the large force of policemen and guards was powerless to prevent them from rush- tng into the improvised hospital and dead house in the search for some member of thelr families. Tears and lamentations, anxious faces and agonized expressions, wringing of hands and tearing of hair, were all witnessed around the scene of death and destruction, and the stoutest hearts were moved to pity. The homes of the injured and killed men were near the furnace, and the streets in that vicinity were filled with a mass of weeping, frantic,” half-crazy women and children. That part of Braddock is indeed a kouse of mourning. eS DEATH ROLL OVER TWENTY. ‘Twelve Bodies Taken From the Ruins at Denver. DENVER, Col., August 20.—Twelve bodies have so far been taken out of the ruins of the Gumry Hotel, and it is evident that the death roll, when complete, will contain twenty-four or twenty-five names, possibly more. The dead already taken out and identified are: Frederick Houbold, manager of opera house, Lisbon, Iowa; Robert C. Greiner, manager of Gumry Hotel; Mrs. Robert C. Greiner; James Murphy, contractor, Den- ver; George Burt, Rock Island railroad conductor; F. McCloskey, mine owner, Cripple Creek; Mrs. G. Wolfe, Lincoln; a child of Mrs. Wolfe; Wm. Richards, ele- vator pilot; B. L. I Lorah, Central City, Col.; Ferdinand French, treasurer of Gilpin county, Col.; Myron F. Hawley, Union Pa- cific railroad clerk. ‘The statement made yesterday that Mrs. R. C. Greiner, one of the victims of the Gumry Hotel disaster, was a daughter of Peter Gumry, who was also killed, proves incorrect. Mr. Gumry was never married and leaves no known relatives. All he knew about himself was that he was of French birth and that his parents were drowned at sea. Of all the crew and pas- sengers of the British brig Peter Gumry, when she foundered off the banks of New- foundland over fifty years ago, he alone was saved. His rescuers gave him the name of the wrecked vessel. He leaves property valued at $100,000. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER u AP, EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken fsobars or lines of equal alr pressure, drawn for or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each areas of high and low barometer. at 8 a.m. 75th meridian time. each tenth of an inch. ten degrecs. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. ‘Small arrows fly with the wind. Solid ines are Dotted lings are isotherms The words “High and ‘Low’ show location of THE COOL WEATHER. Indications Are That It Will Continue Until Thursday. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday.—For New England and eastern New York, fair; west- erly winds. For the District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, generally fair; variable winds. For Virginia, fair, preceded by showers in extreme western portion; variable winds. A ridge of high pressure extends from Flofda to Manitoba. A storm of slight intensity has developed to the nerth of Montana. Rain has fallen in the past twelve hours in the middle Mississippi! valley and in Texas. The following heavy rainfalf (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Kansas City, 1.36. Comparatively cool weather may be ex- pected for the Atlantic states till Thurs- y- . The present cool spell was anticipated five days ago, and those interested can see the course of it by examining the above map. During the hot spell a high pressure was stationary off the south Atlantic coast, ard, in addition, a low uppeared in Mani- toba and remained nearly stationary. As @ consequence, the st: ant air became heated up to great ights, and south winds added to the the heat. Now_a ridge of high pressure extends from Florida to Manitoba, and there is a considerable motion in the air, thus stir- ring up the different strata. In addition, there is a great variation of beat each night, and this also cools the lower at- mosphere. The present prospects are for a continuation of the cool spell till Thursday, when it wlil warm up a little in the after- roon, but will hardly reach 90 degrees. We need not anticipate more than two or three 00-degree days this season. Rain has fallen in the middle Mississippi valley. The temperature has fallen in the middle At- lantic states; the lowest at Washington, 54 degrees, which is one degree below the lowest ever before observed at this season. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at & a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 77; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 82; condition at north connection, 36; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, §2; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Low tide, 1:31 a.m. and 1:58 p.m.; 22 a.m. and 7:54 p.m. ‘Tomorrow.—Low tide, 2:22 a.m. and 2:43 P.m.; high tide, 8:12 a.m. and $:42 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:17; sun sets, 6:49; moon rises, 5:10 a.m.; moon seta, 7:06 p.m: New moon at 7:56 a.m. this day. The Bicycle Lamps. All bicycle lamps must be ligh(ed at 6:49. The police regulations require that “all cycles, bicycles arid tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:03 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:03 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: a.m., 68; 2 p.m., 78; maximum, 81; min- imum, 54. CONDITION OF SEAMEN An Investigation Which is Being Made by the Labor Bureau. Facts Which Government Agents Are Gatheriug in Principal Seaports of the Country About the Sailor. The bureau of labor has recently under- taken an independent investigation in a field of irquviry which it has not before en- tered. The work of American seamen in the merchant service is the subject to which the officials of the bureau are devot- ing a part of their attention during the present season. Agents have been station- ed at five principal ports of the country— New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and San Francisco—whose busincss it is to investigate the conditions of the life and service of the common sailors employed in the merchant shipping carried on under the United States flag. The terms upon which seamen sre em- ployed, the wages paid them, the treat- ment accorded to them at sea and, inci- dentally, the rations and accommodatiors furnished on shipboard are being investi- gated. Particular attention is being paid to the contracts made with seamen and to the custom which largely prevails among ship captains of engaging the services of middlemen to enlist their crews. During the last Congress an effort was made by the National Seamen's Union to secure the enactment of legislation to Im- prove the condition of the men in -he mer- chant marine. Several bills were intro- duced in both kouses providing for a high- er standard of rations, for better sleeping and living quarters on shipboard, for the abolition of whipping and all manner of corporal discipline, and doing away with imprisonment as a punishment for the vio- lation of civil contracts by sailors. These measures were strongly opposed by delega- tiens from the shippers’ organizations of the country, and as strongly advocated by representatives of the Seamen's Union. Objects of the Investigation. None of the measures were successful’ except the bill doing away with imprison- ment for failure to fulfill contracts. Their advocacy by the union before Congress, however, called attention to alleged condi- tions which seemed to furnish a proper field for investigation by the labor bureau, and so the matter was taken up. The bu- reau entered into the work without inten- tion to sustain the theories of either the seamen or the shippers, merely desiring to throw whatever light it might upon the condition of the United States merchant marine. This is the only branch of labor for which special laws have been enacted evens the terms of contracts and ser- vice. It has always been assumed by the gov- ernment that the sailor was a proper sub- ject for paternal legislation, and the offices 0: shipping commissioners have been insti- tuted for his protection. The investigation is expected to develop whether the system of commissioners can be considered a sue- cess in fulfilling its mission. The two investigations ordered by reso- lutions of Congress are making satisfactory progress. In making its inquiry into the effects of machinery upon labor, the bu- reau is going exhaustively into the history of nearly every branch of manufacturing in which machinery has taken the place of hand labor in recent years. One factory of each class is taken as an example, and the amount and cost of production and other details through each process of the work are learned, as well as the number of laborers and the time required for the pro- duction of goods under different systems. Incidentally attention is being paid to the sanitary conditions of work and other phases. Products of Hand Labor. Mr. O. W. Weaver, the chief clerk of the bureau, says that the reports which have been received up to date show that the pro- ducts of hand labor are still placed on the market in competition with machine-made gccds in a surprisingly large range of manufactures. The other investigation asked for by Con- gress deals with the conditions of female Tabor. The report to be made upon this subject will be a comparative one, dealing with the employment of women at two different periods, ten years, or perhaps twenty years apart. Information is be- ing sought regarding work in factories, in shops, in offices and homes. Com- parisons of wages, of hours and of the classes of work open to women will be made. The bureau is endeavoring to reach the exact facts regarding the standing pre- sumption that women receive smaller wages than men for work of a similar class per- formed by both sexes, and the reasons for existing conditions. ° All of the work of the bureau of labor is done by its agents. No dependence is placed upon correspondence as a means for securing statistics and other information. ———_-2-—_____. Excise Board Work. The excise board today issued a transfer retafl liquor license to Andreas Neuland, 634 2d street southwest. DURRANT'S BAD. RECORD 3 3 It is Boing Investigated Hy the, Prosecu- tion, | q The Effort to Establish. an, Alibi in the Lamont Murder:€ase and to Disprove It. SAN FRANCISCO, August 20.+The pros- ecutors of Theodore Durrant, ‘suspected of the murder of Blanch Lamont and Minnie Williams, are at present egaged in devel- cping a fruitful line. of testimony, which promises to throw a powerful side light on the conduct of the young man toward wo- men. While Durrant is pictured by his friends as being a meek, modest youth, it is proposed to prove his baseness was boundless when associating with women, and letters written by the prisoner to his female acquaintances will be introduccd as evidence. ‘The audacity of the prisoner is shown by a letter now in the hands of the police, which he wrote to a local actress a few weeks before the murders. Although he had known the young lady but a few days, he wrote her a letter so suggestive that she declined to answer it, and a few days later he followed it up with another just as offensive. The Meek, Modest Youth. So bold did Durrant become that long before his arrest it is suid a number of young women declined to attend parties to which he was Invited or associate with him in any way. Some of the women who have been in- sulted by Durrant will be placed on the witness stand, and their testimony will be of importance in refuting the line of de- fense that so moral and conscientious a young man could not commit two atrocious murders. From a reliable source it was learned that, no matter what is accomplished by the present trial, it is intended to bring Durrant before a jury on the charge of killing Minnie Williams. This course will be rursued, even if Durrant should be found guilty of the murder of Blanche Lamont. The idea of the prosecution in doing that would provide against the pos- siliilty of the supreme eourt granting 2 new trial in the Lamont case. It ts even probable that the district attorney would consent to a change of venue for the Will- iams trial. Much speculation has been indulged as to what Durrant’s counsel expect to pre- sent to the jury to combat the evidence now in the hands of the prosecution. From hints that have been dropped, it appears that the records of the Cooper Medical College will form the basis for the attack on the testimony of Martin Quinlan, Mrs. Leake and others. Durrant’s Possible Alibi. The records are the rolls of Dr. Wm. F. Cheney’s class at the college. Durrant was one of a class of seventy-seven students who attended Dr. L. Cheney’s lectures. The rolls show that he was present at the lec- ture delivered at the college on the after- nocn of April 3 at the precise hour that the prosecution claims he entered Em- manuel Church with Blanche Lamont. Dr. Cheney's lecture hour is from 3:30 to 4:30, and the roll of studehts is mot called until the close of the lecture. On! this oc- casion the doctor says his!lectu#e was a little shorter than usual, ald that he may have ordered the roll called -as ‘early as 4:20 o'clock. If Durrant was present and answered to his name thén he ‘tould not have been at the church with Blanche La- mont. Oa we Dr. Cheney considered the polit so im- portant that he spent two days in trying to determine the truth or falsity of the facts as shown by the roll. The’ seveftty-seven | members of the class wi in his private office one by one and interrogated as to whether they had remarked Durrant’s presence at the lecture, whether they had heard him answer when, his name was called, and whether they had answered for him. To the last two interrogatories they all answered in the negative. Some were under the impression that Durrant had at- tended the lecture, but none’ were sure. Dr. Cheney’s investigation brought cut one important fact. It was on April 10 Durrant went to a fellow student, Edward F. Glaser, and asked for the notes of Dr. Cheney’s lecture, delivered the afternoon of the 8d. The prosecution looks upon this as proof that Durrant did not attend the lec- ture, for had he done so he would have made his own notes. —>___. _ The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the Paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. AN AMERICAN CLUB Objects of an Organization Now Being Formed in Washington. 10 BE HELPFUL 70 THIS HEMISPHERE Closer Commercial Affiliation Be- tween Republics Aimed At. —_—_>+—_—_ SOME PLAIN STATEMENTS — Several years ago—in 1888, to be exact— when the proposition to celebrate in somc significant and memorable manner the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America began to take tangible shape, a bill was introduced in Corgress providing for the establishment of a permanent ex- position of the three Americas in this city, in commemoration of the great event. Am:ong other things the measure, which Mr. Belmont reported favorably from a unanimous committee on foreign affairs to the House, contained a provision for space for a permanent building to contain @ permanent exhibit of the history, an- tiquities, resources, arts and industries of the Spanish .American republics, Brazil (then an empire), Canada and the various colonies of North, South and Central Amer- ica. Immediately a vast amount of interest was aroused throughout the Americas, and men of foresight and perception saw in such an exposition the future means cf bringing the western nations into closer affinity with each other and of forming binding commercial ties that would result in the mutual benefit of all the people concerned. Tne diplomatic representatives here of the various countries to the south of us welcomed the proposition with gen- eral enthusiasm, and the tocsin of “‘Amer- ica for Americans” was sounded in louder and more vibrant tones than ever. Congress, however, failed for a variety of reasons, which need not be specified here, to approve the scheme of such an exposition, and the celebration of the event- ful visit of Columbus to these shorcs took the shape of the wonderful display at Chi- cago. More Intimate Relations Desired. The desire for closer commercial and friendly relations between the countries of the western hemisphere, however, which had long been present in patriotic bosoms, and which was heightened by the agitation in favor of the three Americas’ exposition, was not allayed by the failure to establish it. Influential Americans, both in the United States and elsewhere, continued to discuss the propriety of a more intimate intercourse between the people of the vari- ous republics, and for a long time past the idea of establishing a club in this city for the purpose of accomplishing this re- sult has been seriously under considera- tion by well-known men. Consequently, a tangible movement is now in progress which looks to the formation in Washing- ton of an organization to be known as the Western Hemisphere Club. The objects of the promoters may be readily appreciai- ed by a circular which they have prepared and which is now being sent to persons whose views are known to be in sympathy with the matter it contains. : Danger From Foreign Powers. “The western hemisphere is menaced by the insolent rapacity of allied European governments,” says the circular. “Their power is intrenched in every eligible mil- itary and naval site bordering on the ex- tended cocsts of this part of the world. The flags of squadrons hostile to western civilization are everywhere seen. Contro- versies without merit are fomented by Europ2an powers against weak western re- publics as a pretext for forcible acquisition of thelr territory. Weak men in great places of power obsequiously submit to this intolerable policy. Under it the inde- pendence of long-established states is jeop- ardized, their credit injured, their develop- ment arrested and the spirit of their peo- ple broken. The controlling principle of European politics in their foreign relations is conquest and the acquisition of muney. The seat of this principle is brute force. The hope of the hemisphere is in the United States. Among its sacred traditions is the doctrine that European governments shail not intermeddle in the affairs of the hem- isphere. This tradition is permitted to wane; the craft and intrigue of eastern diplo- macy evades it; an imbecile and truculent ambassy abroad, ashamed of the people they represent, hasten to concede its 'mpo- tency. Liberty is not self-sustaining. Eter- nal vigilance is its price. If castarn cu- pidity may dismantle weaker states of this hemisphere and build on their ruins insti- tutions incompatible with ours the fate of this country is certain.” Principles of the Proposed Club. Continuing, the document says: “The principle of self-reliance out of which our institutions arose can alone save them. The people of this hemisphere, constituting the worli’s great family of republics, can save themselves by giving joint notice that spoliation of them must cease; that hence- forth no European hand shall violently touch a single government of the hemis- phere. “If controversies arise they will be over- looked by the United States and force will not be tolerated to settle them. A prefer- ence should be cultivated in every school of the hemisphere for the removal of all foreign flags and form of power therefrom. It should be given out as the deliberate purpose of the hemisphere that the people thereof are entitled to govern themselves in their own way, and to secure this they pledge their united resources. Inhabitants thereof so believing, irrespective of politics or creed, are requested to join the West- ern Hemisphere Club, situated at Washing- ton, D. C., where it is to be hoped the sug- gestions herein contained, properly modi- fied, may be made the basis of union to secure the execution of these principles.” Mr. Chandler’s Views. Mr. Jefferson Chandler, the weil-known lawyer, is greatly interested in the move- ment, and in conversation with a Star re- porter today he stated that he believed such a club as that proposed would be of much value in influencing public sentiment to a proper conception of the dangers that now confront the western hemisphere, as well as bringing the representative men of all of the western countries together on a common plane, where instructive discussion of international questions on this side of the giobe might be enjoyed with much profit. As yet, he said, no plans have been made for the detailed organization of the club, but he believed that when its objects became generally known there would be no doubt about its formation quickly following. eee THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 2—Judge McComas. Ruoff agt. Willett; order directing receiver to sell. In re estate of Antoinette Levezzi, lunatic; decree appointing Jas. F. Hood trustee. Norton agt. Cowdey et al; order ratifying sale nisi. Fry sgt. Lucas; order cenfirming sale and reference to auditor. Henderson agt. National Sanitary Co. orde- authorizing trustees to accept bal: arce of purchase money and to convey. Jones agt. Jones; appearance of absent de- fendant ordered. Anglo Amer. 8. and L. A. agt. Kimmell; reference to auditor or- dered. Cireuit Court No. 1—Judge Cole. Keane agt. jon; marshal ordered to pay funds jn his hands to plaintiff. Lim- erick agt. Gilson; do. Pulham et al. agt. District of Columbia; judgment in cer tiorari. Wood agt. District of Columbia; do. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge Cole. Reynolds agt. Wormley; commission ordered to issue. F. A. Carpenter agt. American Gas Company; judgment by de- fault. Probate Court—Judgs McComas. Estate of Wm. E. Tucker; will filed. Es- tate of Thos. C. Gessford; inventory filed. In re Carl J. F. Graff, guardian; order authorizing guardian to execute lease. Estate of Clara Parrish; will filed. Estate of Julia A. Wilbur; inventory filed. tate of Benedict Milburn; do. ——— James Keir Hardie Coming. Mr. James Keir Hardie, member of par- lament and president of the ndependent labor party, who classes himself as a dem- ocrat and a socialist, is a passenger on board the Cunard Line steamship Cam- pania, which left Queenstown Sunday for New York. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS i pane meanwnsaaraaanSaroa FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). FOR RENT (Offices) FOR SALE (Lots)... FOR SALE (Miscellaneou: HCRSES AND VEHICLES... HOTELS ..... LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENTIO: MANICURE . MARRIAGES MEDICAL .. OCEAN TRAVEL. PERSONAL .. .. - PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOA’ PROPOSALS .. RAILROADS . SPECIAL NOTICES. : STEAM CARPET CLEANING. STORAGE ..... SUBURBAN PROPERTY.... SUMMER RESORTS. UNDERTAKERS: WANTED (Board) WANTED (Help) WANTED (Houses) WANTED (Miscetlaneous) WANTED (Rooms) WANTED (Situations RRR RR RATA A BARAT RATERS ARR RATE THE COLORED SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Mr. Bruce, It is Said, Will Decline Re- appointment. The term of service of the trustees of the public schools of this city will expire the 13th of September. The final meeting of the present board will be held the 10th. There are three colored members of tne board of trustees besides Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, the colored woman trustee. Al- ready there has begun an active canvass among the colored people for the selection of three suitable persons to represent them on the new board. The general opinion among the colored people is that none of the Incumbents will be reappointed, ex- cepting, perhaps, Mrs. Terrell, who was ap- pointed recently, when the women trustees were provided for by act of Congress. Ex-Senator B. °K. Bruce, who is one of the present members of the board of trustees, pald a visit to Commissioner Ross yesterday, and in this connection it was currently rumored among the colored citi- zens that the ex-Senator had notified the Commissioner that it was useless for him to give himself any trouble as to his selec- tion, as he wouid not be a candidate for the place again, when the time came for the Selection of the new trustees representative of The Star called upon Mr. Bruce at his residence, 2010 R street nerthwest, this morning, and inquired of him the significance of his visit to the Com- missioner on yesterday, so far as the trus- teeship was concerned. Mr. Bruce said that it was true that he had visited Commis- sicner Boss, but that the subject of the selection of the new trustees was not dis- cussed by either one of them. He said that he had no idea as to what action the Com- missioners would take relative to the se- lection of the trustees, and that he was in such a position that he could not discuss the subject with any of the members. He said that while he had not addressed the Commissioners upon the subject, it was true that he was not a candidate for | the place, and that he was not interesting himself in the question either one way or the other. When questioned as to why he was not a candidate, Mr. Bruce would not express himself. A friend of the ex-Senator said that he would not be a candidate because his business interests in the south would not permit him to give time in the future to school matters. “Why,” said he, “I know that the Senator ought to be at his home in Mississippi now, as it is cotton-picking time there, but he has delayed his trip in order to be present at the final meeting of the board of the 1Cth. He will leave here immediately upon the adjournment of the board, and will spend scme time upon his piantations.” ‘ke other colored members of the trustee beard are Dr. F. D. Shadd and Mr. Cor- nish. Mr. Cornish’s friends will apply to the Commissioners for his reappointment on the board. Dr. Shadd, since he has dis- solved his connection with the staff of Freedman’s Hospital, will be enabled to de- vote more of his time to the school work, and it is for this reason that his friends will petition for his reappointment. Mrs. Terrell, the colored woman trustee, has only served about five or six months, and it is believed she will be reappointed. While the friends of the incumbents are making efforts to have them retained, there are other candidates in the field, and some per- sons advocate appointing an entirely new board. Among the candidates named is Rev. George W. Lee, the pastor of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. —.__. Signe of Better Times. As one indication of better times, the Lyman D. Morse advertising- agency of New York reports that the prospects for a large advertising business were never bet- ter, and that orders ere now being booked from a largely increasing line of customers. The Morse agency has been compelled to enlarge its quarters in New York, and in that spirit of enterprise which is constantly developing something of value to the vat- rons of the firm, jas ealarged and increased the working capacity of the firm's head- quarters. One of the features is a tele- phone system which connects the desk of the head of the house with each depart- ment in the establishment. —_—.__ Bids Opened Today. Bids were opened by the Commissioners this morning for the construction of the proposed addition to the Brightwood School building. The bidders were: C. Thomas & Son, $13,627; W. T. Garrison, $14,183; Geo. W. Corbett, $12,745; J. F. Levy, $18,500; J. W. King, $15,768; D. F. Mockabee, $13,616; A. W. Sweeny, $13,995; J. M. Dunn, $11,600; Cc. R. Monrce, $12,334; J. J. Quinn, $13,489; J. H. Howlett, $13,200; W. H. C. Thompson, $12,400. Bids were also opened for the construc- tion of the U street pumping station. The bids were as follows: Spein & Co., $24,790; C. Thomas & Son, $26,885; W. A. Kimmell, $28,858; J. R. Young, $20,593; J. M. Dunn, $24,000; Manning & Parsons, $33,000; D. F. Mockabce, $25,398; C. R. Monroe, $21,997; George W. Corbett, $25,445. —_._—_ Didn’t Know It Was Loaded. . Fred Doty, the thirteen-year-old son of N. A. Doty, and Lenford Love, the teu- year-old son of Orin Love, both living near Mehoopany, Pa., secured a pistol yesterday and went out in the field to play “Wild West.” Doty bade Love to open his mouth and fired a bullet down hie throat, severing the spinal chord and xilling him instantly. They did not know it was loaded. ———_-+e+_____ Senator Chandler Protests. Senator William E. Chandler has written a letter to the interstate commerce com- mission protesting against the proposed agrement of the Trunk Line Association, by which to maintain east and west- beund rates, referring to it as an agree- ment to prevent low and secure high rates of transportation. The Senator says the object is to abolish competition in freight and passenger rates, and as soon as pos- sible to raise present charges. Beecham’s Pills for con= stipation, toc. and 25c Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Annual Sales More Than 6,000,000 Boxes. FINANCIAL. AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO., 1405 G st. =» Capital (paid in), $1,250.00. Surplus, $200,000. As much money as you wish to borrow will be loaned by this com- pany on real estate and collateral security at prevailing rates. AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST O0., 1405 G st., it Cc. J. BELL, President, The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, CORNER, 15TH ST. AND XEW YORK AVE harter speci tof Congress Jun., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1800, and Feb., 180%, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. W. B. Hibbs, Member of the New York Stock Exchange, Banker and Broker, 1421 F Street. Correspondent of MESSRS. LADENBULG, THALMANN & ©0., my18-160 46 Wall st., New York. CAPITAL: ——. C. T. Favenner, Member Washi Stock nge, Teal Estate nod. Stock eke 9 and 11, Atlantic building, Investment Securities. Steck, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for cash or on margin. oxtiton bought and sold in New York or New leans. Private wires to Now York, Chicago and New Orleans. ‘Telephone 4%: eplo-tr LIFE. TONTIN: AND PAID-UB . ar A N=, WMENT “RANCP POLICIES PURCHASED FAM DISCOUNT. apitt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1419 F st. nw. FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Stocks. Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cottom, Direct private wires to principal cities. Long-distance telephone 1414. Correspor dent of Messrs. Theo. W. Myers & Ga, No. 47 New st., New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Je10-28t8 Tilford & Maynard, BROKERS, 1341 F Street. paceeatent of Price, McCormick & Co., New York. Members New York Stock Exchange, Cotton Ex- change and Chicago Board of Trade. Private wires to New York and Js2-3m — CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK’ STOCK EXCHA NGI 1419 F st., Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 89 Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government onda Deposits. Exchange. Toons. Railruad stccks and londs and aol! securities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A specialty mide of tavertment securities. Dis, trict_bouds and all focal Raflroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in Americen Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savings accounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6and td fe20-208 ——— UNIVERSITY NOTES. Columbian University. The movement which was started last year to raise the funds necessary for the equipment of a mechanical laboratory in the university met with marked success. The students of the various scientific courses will now not only be provided with the different instruments employed in their professions, but will be able to manufac- ture many special appliances themselves. Among the new features announced by the university is a scheduled course of lectures in the Corcoran Scientific School, beginning the first week In October and continuing un- til the close of the scholastic year. In the department of fine arts, as applied to archi- tecture, a course of practice In the compos- ing of monuments, buildings, etc., of differ- ent styles has been added to the studies, This department is under Professor Loulé Ameties, gold medalist of the Royal Acad- emy of Fine Arts, Turin. In the Graduate School a course of bibli- ography and bibliology has been added to the curriculum of studies. Professor Henry C. Bolton, recently president of the New York Academy of Sciences, will have charge of this department. Catholic University. Rey. Father Zahin, president cf Notre Dame University, Ind., who has recently been the guest of Bishop Keane, has left fer South Bend, Ind. Father Zahm has made all preliminary arrangements for the establishment of a Holy Cross College in Brockland. it will be a house of studies similar to those of the Marist and Paulist Fathers and affillated to the university, Several professors will come from Notre Dame University about September 1, pre- paratory to the opening of the coilege about the middle of the month. Thc num- ber of students who will matriculate is fourteen, ten of whom are from Notre Dame and four from Canada. Dr. P. J. Garrigan, vice rector of the university, left on Wednesday for the New England states. He will not return until September. Rey. Daniel B. Quinn, who {is tc have charge of the school of Greek in the depart- ment of letters, is at present in -\thens for the purpose of collecting the necessary type for the publication at the university of the Greek periodical called the eae This paper will contain regular reports the work done in the department of Greek. It will be the first publication the kind in this country and will be iss quarterly. On October 1 at 10 a.m. a meeting of the board of directors tekes place; 8 p.m., ded- ication of the McMahcn Hall and inaugu- ration of studies; at 7 p.m., meeting of alumni to organize an association. Oc- tober 2, annual meeting of the archbishops of the United States, reception of the dele- gates of the eucharistic congress, solemn high mass at St. Patrick’s Church, serm by Bishop Keane. A procession of congress will take place in the university grounds in the afternoon, closing with ben- ediction. October 3, second session of the eucharistic congress; exposition of the blessed sacrament, and in the evening ben- ediction In the presence of all the members of the congress. Howard University. Miss Mary E. Jones, who graduated from the college department last year, has been engaged as instructor of United States history in the normal department. Miss Prout, who was matron last year, will be succeeded by Miss Torry this year. Dr. Rankin, who is spending the s' mer in Stockbridge, is expected home September. Important changes in the curriculum of studies will be announced on his return.