Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR eee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. 8S ate New York Office, 49 Potter Building. gir imps ‘The Evening Star {s served to subscribers in the efty by carriers, on 1 or “ES all mail rabecrh paid tn agve sat tions must be in tes of advertising made Known on application. SISTER BURNED ALIVE [4S company pwvidenos| HE PUT UP THE CASH|TCOK Is Mrs. Perkins of Minneapolis Guilty of Murder? INSURANCE POLICIES IN HER NAME Said to Have Saturated Bed Clothes With Oil. DENIED BY THE DEFENSE + MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 23.—Mrs. Lora Perkins was arrested last night, chacged with the murder of her sister, Mrs. Louise Hawkins, the supposed motive of the alleged crime being the fact that Mrs. Hawkins had $7,000 insurance on her life. Mrs. Hawkins died August 25, four hours after the overturning of a lamp near a bed where she lay ill. The fire was supposed to be accidental, but a similar accident had occurred several weeks before, and this aroused the suspicions of the volice. In company with the insurance officials, they have been making a quiet investigation, which resulted in last night's arrest. There are two policies on Mrs. Hawkins’ life—one for $5,000 in the Fidelity and Casuglty and one for $2,000 in the Security Mutual Life. The sisters were widows, and Mrs. Per- kins has one child. Mrs. Hawkins’ burns were so serious that she died in great agony without being able to tell what had hap- pened. The police absolutely refuse to dis- close the nature of the evidence. The two policies were taken out April 9 in Mrs. Perkins’ favor. It is understood the state expects to prove that the bed clothing was saturated with oil and ignited, and the lamp overturned to conceal the crime. On the other hand, the defense claims to have an ante-mortern statement of Mrs. Hawkins to the effect that she overturned tne lamp herself accidentally. No one ts allowed to see Mrs. Perkins, but she is cool and unruffied. She will be arraigned Mon- day. a THE BANK NOTE BOYCOTT. Knights of Labor Asked to Join in It. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 23—H. B. Martin of the executive board of the Knights of Labor, who fas just returned from the east, declares the knights are dead in earnest as to the boycott of the national bank note urged by General Mas- ter Workman Sovereign, and that the boy- cott will be put into effect after Labor day, September 2. “After that date,” says he, “all knights, their friends, farmers’ organizations, pop- ulists and money reformers generally, are requested to refuse to take bank notes for any obligation due them. We expect active support from the silver men, who recognize in the banks the bitterest enemies to the white metal. Many labor organizations have already given notice to their employ- ers that they desire to be paid off in legal tender money and not in bank notes, and many employers will co-operate with us. We shall put the bankers on the defensive, arouse public sentiment against banks of issue and ultimately wipe out the malign influence of the banks on our currency system. It must be remembered that bank notes are not legal tender, and no man can be forced to take them. By the time Con- grea is in session next December we ex- Rect the boycott to be in full swing and to ve @ good effect on legislation.” —_-—_— SIR KNIGHTS IN A WRECK. A Hole Knocked in the Bottom of Their Steamer. MONTREAL, Quebec, August 23.—The Richlieu and Ontario steamer Terrebonne, with a party of Knights Templar on board, filled and sunk at the foot of the Beauhar- nois canaf, about 11 o'clock last night. ‘The steamer struck just as she entered the Cedar rapids. The first collision was not very perceptible, but.a little further up the steamer struck again, this time with con- siderable violence. She swung partly round in the current. The fears of the pas- sengers were thoroughly aroused and sev- eral ladies fainted. The engineer came on deck apparently much agitated and re- orted that the steamer was making water fast. This, of course, increased the terror of those on board. Several of them were prostrated. Despite their fears, however, the boat reached the foot of Beauharnols canal, where she settled in about seven feet of water. All the baggage was saved, as the water was not deep enough to reach the upper decks. The unlucky sir knights and ladies landed here at 2:30 this morning, none the worse for their wreck. There were 101 members of the St. Bernard Commandery of Saginaw, Mich., on board; about 15 Den- ver, Col., knights; 67 members of Defiance, Ohio, No. 30,-and their iadies; the re- mainder were general tourists. = CONTRACTORS GIVE IN. Clothing Makers at Boston Claim to Have Won. BOSTON, Mass., August 23.—According to the union officers, the strike of the cloth- {ng operatives is virtually won, and union conditions and wages will henceforth be the rule in this elty. Over 50 per cent of the contractors opened their shops this morn- ing under the new agreement, employing about sixty per cent of the strikers. The smaller ccntractors are rapidly fall- ing into line, and it ts believed most of them will sign the strikers’ agreement soon. About twenty-two of the small contractors have formed an organization to counteract the working union, but they are not meet- ing with much success, Yesterday a circular was sent to all the contractors in the city, requesting them to attend a meeting last evening, when an organization to resist the demands of the unton would be completed. Only ten of the smaller contractors appeared, and the pro- ject was abandoned. Ss SALOONS TO CLOSE SUNDAY. Victory for Police Commissioner Roosevelt in New Ye NEW YORK, August 23.—At a meeting of the excise commission of the Wine, Li- quor and Beer Dealers’ Association of New York and other members of the association today a resolution was unanimously adopt- ad_declaring: “That on and after Sunday, September 1, 1895, all members of the association shall close their places of business on Sunday, and any member of the association who shall thereafter keep his place of business open, In violation of this resolution and In violation of the law, shall forfeit all his rights, privileges and benefits as a member of said association.” A special meeting of the association is called for Tuesday, August 27, for the purpose of taking action on this resolu- cn, gS The Atlanta at New York. NEW YORK, August 23.—The United States cruiser Atlanta, which has just re- turned from patrol duty on the coast of Perse, passed in Sandy Hook this nforn- ng. nce | No. 13,251. WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. An Extra Twenty Per Gent Recently Die- tributed. . Some Facts to Which Attention Has Been Called, Because of the State- ments Made to the Commissioners. Naturally, the public was much interested in the report which appeared in The Star Wednesday of an interview between the Commissioners and officers of the gas com- pany, in which the former said to the gas officials that they would like the company to furnish gas at $1 a thousand feet in- stead of the present figure. In reply, Mr. Leetch, the general manager, said that while the gas company was willing to supply gas at such a figure, yet it could not see its way clear to do so, and that it could not be done without great loss to the company. He also informed the Commissioners that the company would not be able to make a fair dividend on dol- lar gas for a long time. Everybody knows that the gas company is a well-managed business concern, and its stock stands high as an investment. As @ result of the careful. management as well as the large business which the company has done, it has been able to pay good dividends. These statements made by the general manager to the Commissioners have resulted in attention being called to the fact that a few weeks ago the com- pany paid an extra dividend amounting in the whole to $400,000. This was in ad- dition to the regular dividend, which for the year, amounts to $200,000. This shows a total of surplus earnings paid out this year alone of $600,000. As every one knows, the stock of the gas company amounts to $2,000,000. The par value of each share of stock is $20, and the present market value is about $00. For years past a regular annual dividend of ten per cent on the par value of the stock has been paid, which amounts to four per cent on the present market value. Occasionally an extra dividend is paid, such as, for example, the one of a few weeks ago, which amounted to $4 per share, equal to 20 per cent cn the par value of the stock and 8 per cent on the market value. The last extra dividend was de- clared about two years ago, und amounted to $3 a share, or 15 per cent on the par value. In 1801 there was an iesue of $600,000 in script or bonds, which was made convertible into stock. This {s- sue of bonds was divided pro rata among the stockholders without any cost to them, and therefore was in the nature of a div- idend of $6 a share, or 30 per cent on the Par valu>. In order to pay for the enlargement of the plant and the improvements, bonds have been issued, which, including those given as a dividend, now amount to $1,100,000. The par value of these bonds is $100, and the market value ranges from $113 to $125. It is evident that the business tow done by the gas company enables it to meet all charges and expenses and at the same time yield a good return to the stockholders. For the four years ending July, 1895, it is estimated that the company, in addition to the regular divi- dend of $2 a share, has paid in extra div- idends an average for each year of about $3 per share. PAYMENT OF TROOPS. Changes Made in the Method in the New Army Regulations. The new army regulations will make some important changes in the method of payment of troops, and probably will be found objectionable to all officers who com- mand posts or companies. Instead of send- ing payments to the various posts through- out the country, the rolls will be made up at the headquarters of the army depart- ment, or at the posts where there ig now lecated a pay headquverters. These roils will be acccmpanied by envelopes contain- ing the money due each officer and soldier, and will be sent to the commandant of each post by express. The commandant.| will distribute the rolls and money to the company commanders, and they will pay the troops and make the return. The ob- ject of the change is to save the expense of mileage paid to paymasters and their clerks, who, under the present system, travel from post to post to make the pay- ments. Hereafter paymasters will remain at headquarters, and perhaps in some i:- stances pay headquarters in the different departments will be abandoned and cor- solidated at the department headquarters. —_——_-2-__— NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. They Say Here That Yesterday’s Con- vention Was Not Genuine. Those who are well posted upon demo- cratic politics of Nebraska say that yes- terday’s convention of free silver demo- crats, at which the state officers to be elected next November were nominated, does not mean that there is any new split in the democratic purty or that two demo- cratic tickets will be in the field. It is claimed that the regular democratic state convention is yet to be held, and the gen- uine democratic ticket will be the one which is named by the meeting of Sep- tember 5. It is said that those who took part in yesterday’s convention are the same men who affiliated with the populists at the last election. At that time the populists named a ticket, and these free silver demo- crats agreed to support it. It is said that, carrying out this plan of political reci- procity, the free silver populist-democrats were to name the ticket this year, and the populists would support it. Yesterday’s corvention is, therefore, claimed to have been more of a populist meeting than democratic. ———-2___ FRANCE GRANTS THE REQUEST. Access to Be Allowed to Ex-Consul ‘Waller. : PARIS, August 23.—It 1s semt-officially announced that the French government has granted the request of the United States ambassador, Mr. James B. Eustis, to allow a representative of the United States embassy to visit Mr. John L. Wal- ler in his prison, under the usual prison regulations. It is stated, however, that no further steps can be taken until the papers in the ease arrive. It is understood that pres- sure has been brought to bear upon Mr. Eustis from Washington in view of the strong representations made in the Ameri- can newspapers on the subject, and that nothing will be left undone to arrive at the true facts In the case. The negotiations Letween the two gov- errments are said to be proceeding in the most friendly spirit. =e Racing at Saratoga. SARATOGA, August 23.—First race, four and one-half furlongs—Florrie, first; Miss second; Miss Hannah, third. Time, 5614 Second race, six furlongs—Jim Flood Manchester, second; Kandor, third. , 114 3-4. one mile—Ingomar, firs! ; Kilkenny, third. Time, 1.4: Fourth race, selling, four and one-half furlongs—Ellsmere, first; Fiflold, second; Sherry, third. Time, 1:09 3-4. Cotton King finished second, but was disqualified for fouling. Fifth race, hurdle, mile and a half—Mar- cus, first; Campayne, second; Beau Brumel, third. Time, three minutes. Lawyer Fields Files a Paper in Court. DENYING ALLEGATIONS AGAINS? HItt His Explanation of the Curiously Indorsed Check. ORDER OF THE COURT Mr. Thomas M. Fields, the attorney who a few weeks ago was reported to have mis- appropriated $070, and then left town, to- day in a petition in equity stated what he claims are the facts in the transaction. Mr. Charles F. Benjamin, another attorney, was quoted at the time as charging Mr. Fields with the alleged misappropriation. After describing a transaction involving the sale of ten houses, Mr. Fields goes on to say that he had been compelled to leave the city, cn account of overwork, and knew nothing of Mr. Benjamin's charges until the newspaper clippings were sent him by a friend. Upon the receipt of the information, he says, he immediately started for this city. An Emphatic Denial. “Mr. Benjamin’s charge against me of misappropriating the $070 is absolutely false,” decleres Mr. Fields. “After he re- ceived the note and check from Mr. Linger he indorsed the check payable to the clerk of the court. The check was payable on its face to him and myself as trustees. This indorsement he wrote on the back of the check without my knowledge or con- sent, and sent the check to me in this shape, together with tne note.” After explaining that he was at a loss to know why this check was to go into the registry of the court, that he called Mr. Benjamin's attention to the matter, and that the latter then earnestly requested him not to deposit it, Mr. Fields says: Explaining the Check. “In the proper performance of my du- ties as a trustee, and as requested by Mr. Benjamin, I reduced the check into money. To do this it was, of course, necessary to strike out the indorsement written upon it by Mr. Benjamin. He knew this, and also knew that the check would be cashed very soon. Apart from this I had as much right as a co-trustec to strike out the indorse- ment as he had to make it. Accordingly I wrote my name through the Indorsement made by him, and so indorsed the check myself in blank and presented it to the Central National Bank to be cashed. For the check Mr. Fred C. Gieseking, assistant cashier, immediately handed me a package of ten and twenty-doilar bills containing $1,000, from which he first took $30. There was No conversation whatever between us about the check. He examined it, found it correct and unhesitatingly cashed it for me. Mr. Benjamin had not said anything to me about depositing this money in bank, and therefore I took it to my office and placed it in the safe there. It has never been out of my possession since I received it.” With his petition Mr. Fields filed a pack- age containing $970. Mr. Fields characterizes as false all other charges made by persons other than Mr. Benjamin. “There is not one word of truth in them,” he says, ‘and they are emanations of malice and envy, and all of the charges which have been so generously heaped upon me would not have been made except at a time when it was known that I was ab- sent, ignorant of what was going on and helpless.” In closing his petition, Mr. Fields asks that th2 court pass an crder authorizing the clerk to receive the package of money filed with the petition as a deposit to the credit of the cause, with directions to re- tain the same until the claims have been disposed of by the court, and to refund to him the difference between the sum re- ceived from the trustees and a check for $117.50 taken up and claimed to have been paid by him personally. he Money to Be Held. Mr. Fields read his petition to Judge Mc- Comas, who signed an order directing the clerk to hold the $970 until further order of the court, as requested. The Petition Not Received. Later, Judge McComas decided not to permit the filing of Mr. Field’s petition, as it contained statements that should not be before the court. The order was amended so as to grant leave to Mr. Fields to de- posit the #070 into the registry of the court. a BONDING THE RO. A Deed of Trust Filed by the Great Falls Railway Company. The Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company this afternoon filed a deed of trust to the National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company of the District of Columbia, as trustee, to secure 1,300 coupon bonds, aggregating $500,000, pay- able in ten, twenty and thirty years, with interest at 6 per cent, payable semi-annu- ally. The property conveyed consists of the entire line of railroad, equipments, franchises and real estate of the railway company. The purpose of the issue is to provide for the completion and equipment of the road. PILLSBURY WINS AGAIN. Fourteenth Round of the Interna- tional Chess Tournament. HASTINGS, England, August 23.—Today the fourteenth round of the international chess masters’ tournament was played at Brassey's Institute, In this city, the results up to 5 o'clock being as follows: Pollcck beat Gunsberg in a Vienna game after tweniy-five moves. Schlecter beat Tinsley in a queen’s gam- bit, declined after thirty-eight moves. Techigorin beat Bardeleben in a pawn to queen’s four opening after thirty-two moves. Pillsbury beat Bird In an Evans gambit after forty-two moves. erage te, FALL IN A COAL SHAFT. ‘Two Men So Badly Hurt That They Will Die. PETERSBURG, Ill, August 23—While a cage with the men in it was being lowered into the Hill Top coal shaft today the en- gine got beyond the engineer's control and the cage fell, severely injuring Adam Yer- kins, August Nelson, John Ford, Patrick Kelly and John Limberg. Each had legs broken and received internal injuries. Kelly and Limberg will die. 5 ——.__. Barnes Sues for Divorce. TRENTON, N. J., August 23.—John Al- bert Barnes today instituted proceedings for divorce against his wife, Helen Edith Barnes, naming ex-Mayor Frank A. Ma- gowan as co-respondent. Today's suit was foreshadowed in yesterday’s proceedings here, in which Barnes sued Magowan for $100,000 damages for the alienation of his wife's affections. ———_—_. A Whole Square Burned. OSCEOLA, Wis., August 23.—A whole square was burned today with the excep- tion of the Osceola Bank. Losg over 350,- 000, with less than $5,000 insurance. The Stromsburg and Shelby fire companies were called and responded. Suicide of the President’ of the Alexan- dria Board of Trade. Frank A. Reed Sends His Brain and Dies—Despond- ency the Cause. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 23.—Frank A. Reed, a well-known citizen of this city, committed suicide at his residence near the corner of Prince and St. Asaph streets this morning. Shortly after 9 o’clock the employes of the post office, just across the street, were startled by a pistol shot ringing out on the morning air. They rushed quickly to the doors and windows, but nothing could be seen. It was learned very shortly, how- ever, that the sound had emanated from the residence of Mr. F. A. Reed, and even then he was a dying man. Dr. Klipstein, who lives next door, was hurriedly sum- moned, and in a few moments was at Mr. Reed’s side, where he found that he was sinking rapidly from a large bullet hole just back of the right ear. It was found also that the force*of the bullet had shat- tered the skull horribly. Everything known to medical science was done to revive the rapidly sinking man, but it was seen that there was little hope of saving his life. He Mngered until about 11:30 o'clock, when he Actions Preceding the Act. Mr. Reed had been down town during the greater part of the morning, having been at the corner of King and Fairfax streets about 9 o'clock, talking to various friends. 1t was not noticed at that time that he was either in an excitable or despondent mood, and he gave no sign of what it was evidently his intention at that hour to do. From this corner he went straight to his home, and‘to his own room, saying noth- ing to any of the members of his family there, and the first they knew of any de- sire on his part to end his existence was the sound of the pistol shot echoing through the building. The members of his family and the servant hurried to the room and found Mr. Reed stretched on the floor in a pool of blood that had flowed from the bul- let hole in his brain. Mr. Reed had been very despondent over business and personal affairs for some months past and has been indulging a lit- tle freely for the same length of time in intoxicating Mquors, presumably for the purpose of relieving this despondency and deadening his unhappy feeling. It is be- Heved that his brain had become affected from this cause and his d unbalanced, though dt was never dreamed jt would re sult as disastrously as has been the case. The pistol used by Mr. Reed to €nd his life was a 4#-ealiber of rather ean old make and had been in the Housed? is thought, for Some ‘time. “He leayes a Wife, who has been an inyalid for some time. They had no children. : His Business, Career. Mr. Reed came to thi# cjty. fome time be- fore the war from Magsachusetts and sqn- gaged in the graim and/pammisston busi- ness with Mr. Bidtidge, which business they carried on’ succggefully during and some years after the War. Of late years he has been in business with Mr. Riordon, under the firm name of F. A. Reed & Com- pany, ice dealers. This firm are the agents for several lines of stéaiiers plying on the Potomac river and Cheshpeake bay. He was oné‘of the most prominent business men of the city and has always been ac- tively engaged in evérything to the best Interests and promoticn of the city, and at the time of his death was president of the Alexandria board of trade and also a mem- ber of the board of Washington, where he ably represented the interests of this city. It was Mr. Reed that first conceived the idea and finally carried into éffect the elec- tric railway line between this city and Mt. Vernon. He secured the ifiterest of many capitalists in this now thriving enterprise, and for the first year was the superintend- ent of the line, after which, until his death he was vice president of the Washingto: Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric rai way. His name has always been prom! nently connected with ail matters apper- taining to the city’s interest and his death will be a great loss to the community. Mr. Reed was also a very prominent Mason, being a past eminent commander of the Grand Commandery of Virginia and grand senior warden of the Grand Lodge of Ma- sons of Virginia. At the time of his death Mr. Reed was about sixty years old. The arrangements for’ his funeral have not yet been made, though it is anticipated that he will be buried with Masonfe honors. All day long the many friends of the de- ceased man have called at his late resi- dence to express to his beloved wife theif deepest and most heartfelt sympathy in her hour of great bereavement. ———_ THE KENTUCKY FIGHT. What _ Ex-Representative Caruth Thinks of the Situation. Ex-Representative Caruth of Kentucky, whose term expired with the last Con- grees, arrived in Washington from Louis- ville. There is probably no better informed man on Kentucky politics than is he. He evidently does not expect Blackburn to be re-elected to the Senate. Speaking of the campaign for governor, he said that the sound money”men were greatly displeased with Mr. Hardin's speech for free silver, and matters were badly unsettled at pres- ent. He was satisfied, however, that they would all fall into line and the democratic candidate for governor would be elected. The Senatorship Fight. “As to the senatership,” he said, “I don’t think any one can tell anything about it. Blackburn has eaused very great indigna- tion by his course. The lines are drawn sharply between the Blackburn and anti- Blackburn forces, and the fight is bound to be a hard one. If the anti-Blackburn peo- ple win, it is an open question whom they will elect. On the surface, McCreary seems to have a little the best of {t. Under the surface there is a very strong senti- ment in favor of John G. Carlisle, and there appears a probability that the party will settle on him for the place. His friends regard it as likely that he will be forced into the senatorship.” ——o.—___—_ Pleased at Campbell's Nomination. Both Auditor Pugh and Controller Bowler are highly satisfied with the nomination of Mr. Campbell as governor of Ohio by the demoeracy, and have joined in a congratu- latory telegram to the nominee. Mr. Pugh and Mr. Bowler were leaders in a revolt in Hamilton county, Ohio, against Campbell when there was a@ serious disaffection some years ago in the democratic party of their state, but they are now admirers and firm supporters of the man they formerly op- posed. ———__-2—______ Fourth-Class Postmasters. T. J. Woodland was appointed postmas- ter at ‘Selden, Gloucester county, Va.,today, vice Beauregard Burke, resigned. Twenty- three fourth-class postmasters were ap- Pointed today, all to fill vacancies caused by death or resignations. Treasury Receipts. National bank notes recelved for redemp- tion: today, $H41,768. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $136,186; customs, $575,740; miscellaneous, $20,283. a Bullet Inte | TWO CENTS. Se proof of fe pudding is in fe eating. Yesterdar’s Sfar contained 33 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 540 separate announce: ments. These advertisers Bought pubficitp—not merefp Space, They Are Glad at Mr. Balfour's An- . nouncement, NO INTERNATIONAL «© AGREEMENT England Could Not Be Brought to Bimetallism. MR. CRISP’S TRIP Mr. Balfour, in the house of commons yesterday, set the seal of disappointnfent on the hopes of those silver men who had been counting so fervently on an interna- tional agreement. He gave it as his opin- fon that such an agreement in the interest of bimetallism could not be reached. The question therefore follows, why further agitate the proposition of an international conference? This opinion does not surprise the more extreme silver men in Washington. They have been looking for it. It is in conso- nance with their own views, held from the moment of the ascertainment of the great conservative victory in England. They knew Mr. Balfour's personal feelings in the premises, but they predicted that silver could not materially benefit from them. And so it proves to be. For all that he is the leader of the largest majority In the house of commons of modern times, Mr. Balfour can do nothing toward the rehabil- itation of silver as redemption money. This announcement is a source of comfort to the free coinage men. They hall it as simplifying the issue in this country. In their opinion, the settlement of the ques- tion has for six years at least been re- tarded by glittering promises of securing England’s aid in the fight. And yet, as they hold, it has never been among the Frobabilities to enlist England in the-cause. The old evasion, therefore, is no longer serviceable. England is not in it, and can no longer be used by the men who, they claim, have been hiding behind her. An Agreement Impossible. "Zhe question now is thought to be stripped of all incumbrances. It must be decided purely in its relation to the policy of this country. An international agreement is pronounced improbable by an authority from which there would appear to be no appeal. Can the United States afford to open her mints to both metals without re- gard to other countries? And shall she do 50? Mr. Balfour’s pronunciamenta comes’ in good time. The election this year in but one stace is likely to be affected by it. Mr. McCreary’s campaign in Kentucky for United States Senator Is based upon the proposition of an international agreement. ‘The few stiver men, therefore, who may have been attracted to him on that line will probably go over to Mr. Blackburn, who is urging free coinage without agrec- ment, or else go over to ex-Gov. Buckner, who is. for the gold standard cutright. A definite choice one way or the other will have to be made. The situation in the other states is svch that the silver issue has practically been postpcred until next year, and so it will not be until then that this official declaration with regard to England will have its full effect in this country. And the free coinage men are glad of this. Mr. Crisp’s Trip. “Growing out of the discussion of this subject is an explanation of the visit abroad of Mr. Crisp. The ex-Speaker is a member of the board of commissioners recommended and partly filled ty the last Congress to represent the United States at an international monetary conference should one be called. It is said that sev- eral months ago Mr. Crisp became satis- fied that a conference was unlikely, and that if he was to acquaint himself at first hand with the views of foreign statesmen on the silver question it must be by means of a visit as an individual. His friends agreed with him, and advised the irip. They pointed out that, as leader of the mincrity in the next House, where the finances are certain to be so strongly de- bated, he would need all the information he could acquire, and that :t should be of the most reliable character. This is said to have decided the matter, and he set at once about preparing for the journey. So, whether there is held a conference or not, Mr. Crisp will be ready next winter to dis- cuss the silver question according to the best European lights, and ‘n a conclusive manner. ——___+-e+—_____ TO INVESTIGATE THE RIOTS. A Chinaman Who is Implicated Said to Have Been Chosen. LONDON, August 23.—A dispatch from Shanghai published in the Pall Mall Ga- zette this afternoon says that the utmost dissatisfaction and indignation prevails among the members of the foreign colony at the appointment of the formerly de- graded viceroy, Liu, who is regarded as be- ing the originator of the Cheng Tu riots, to investigate the recent outrages and the cause thereof. It was said at the State Department that if the report is true that Viceroy Liu has been appointed to investigate the Cheng Tu riots, then the foreigners have good cause for complaint. If the report be true it is probable both the British and Ameri- can governments will protest. Viceroy Liu was governor of the province in which Cheng Tu is situated, and he was said to have been guilty of gross negli- gence, which by some persons was regard- ed as amounting to complicity in the Chi- nese riots of la8t June. There are a great many men in Caina named Liu, and it is thought possible that there has been confusion of names. - ——+_—_ VICTIMS OF THE TROLLEY. Two More Denths Caused by the Brooklyn Heights Line. BROOKLYN, N. Y., August 23.—There were two deaths today of a man and a child by being rum over by the trolley cars of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com- -pany. The man was knocked out of a buggy by a trolley car. He was badly wounded about the head, and died before medical aid arrived. In the inside of his hat was “ound the name Warren Dudley, Danville, Va., the only clue to his identity. Essie Denham, aged two years, was being led across the street by an older girl, who became corfused at the loud sounding of the gong of the trolley anc ran, leaving the baby cn the tracks to be killed instantly. Both motormen were arrested. The body of the man was {dentified later as that of the Brooklyn contractor John J. Read. ———— KILLED HERSELF IN BED. Denth of Mrs. Samuel Bloomfield at Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga. August 23.—Mrs. Ella Bloomfield, aged twenty-one, shot and in- stantly killed herself this morning. Her husband, Samuel Bloomfield, was awak- ened at 7:30 a.m. by the report of the pistol. He found his wife lying dead be- side him with a bullet hole over her right eye. Her hand rested on the handle of a revolver which Bloomfield placed under his pillow. He thinks the shooting was ac- cidental. The Bloomfields came here one year ago from Elgin, Illinois. Acting Secretary Ades Did Net Intend to Rebuke Him. ‘There is, However, Considerable Talk in Regard to His Admin- istration. There was considerable talk at the State Department tcday about the statement given out by Acting Secretary of State Adee yesterday afternoon regarding the Waller cese. Many pecple drew the infer- .ence from that statement that the State Departmert was dissatisfied with what it is said was officially regarded as the lack of interest shcwn in the case by Ambassa- dor Eustis Mr. Adee's attention was today called to this comment on his published statement, but he disclaimed any intention to imply that there was dissatisfaction with Mr. Bustis, and that the statement was not a rebuke of his course. Mr. Adee remarked that if any one had read such intention “between the lines” of his statement he had read what there was no intention of inserting. Some Gossip on the Subject. But there are people in official life who regard Mr. Eustis’ course in several in- stances In the past as “undiplomatic,” and because of this belief they think the Presl- dent and the State Department have been displeased with the ambassador's course. The London speech was looked upon as an impropriety by many, as it involved a pub- lic discussion of d2licate diplomatic affairs by an ambassador of the United States. The alleged interview in the Figaro regard- ing Spanish affairs in Cuba, while promptly denied by Mr. Bustis, has left an impres- sion that Mr. Eustis has been guilty of talking injudiciously. ‘ The Waller Case. In regard to the Waller case, it is as- serted that Mr. Eustis has not by his con- duct shown that he has appreciated what is generally regarded as the intention of tke State Department to take vigorous steps in urging uction in regard to the im- risonment of Waller. It is said that Mr. ustis has been slow to carry out what it is thoaght was the intention of the State Department, and that every step in the proceedings has been taken only after definite instructions, in several instances reiterated before their effect could be seen. But no one at the State Department will authorize any statement that the ambassa- Gor’s conduct has not been satisfactory to the administration, and if it should be un- satisfactory there is no probability that any action would be taken until the case of Waller is disposed of. - INVENTIONS BY WOMEN. ' Nearly Three Hundred Patents Issued Yearly to the Sex. -The patent office has issued a second ap- pendix to its list of patents issued to wo- men, bringing the list down to March last. The office was established in 1790, and the first patent issued to a woman was in 1809, to Mary Kies, for a method of weaving straw with silk or thread. Six years later one was issued to Mary Brush for a corset. It was not until 1828 that more than one patent per year was issued to women. In 1802 only fourteen patents were issued to women, that being the largest in any year up to that time. The war, however, de- yeloped the inventive genius of women, and the annual number of patents issued to them increased rapidly. Many of them were for inventions for either fighting or nursing devices. The annual issue in- creased steadily year by year. In 1870 it was sixty, in 1880 over ninety-two, in 1890 over two hundred and in 1893 over three hundred. From 1809 to 1888 women’s inventions averaged thirty a year, from 1888 to 1892 two hundred and thirty a year, and since 1892 two hundred and eighty a year. The pamphlet gives a classification of women’s inventions. This shows that wearing ap- parel leads the list, with 160 different pat- ents in thirty months. Then comes cook- ing utensils, with 100 inventions; furniture, with 55; heating, and washing or cleaning apparatus, with 40-odd each; sewing and spinning devices and building apparatus, with about 30 each; educational, medical apparatus, toys and trunks, about 20 each. Other lines in which women have tried their inventive faculties are baby car- riages, barrel and bicycle attachments, printing and bottling apparatus, boxes and baskets, clocks, flowers, horseshoes, motors, musical instruments, plumbing and preserv- ing devices,, screens, stationery, theatrical apparatus, tollet articles and typewriter at- tachments. Very few of the patents issued to women were for entirely new creations. Excluding those especially concerning wo- men’s work, nearly all the other patents were for attachments to some previously existing device. SS Pensions Allowed. District of Columbia—Original—Thomas P. Doyle, U. 8. Soldiers’ Home, Washing- ton; Frank Humphrey, U. 8. Soldiers’ Home, Washington. Relssue—James H. Godfrey, Benning, Washington; Morris 8. Persing, Washington. Original widow’s, &c.—Minor of Lewis Murphy, alias Daniel Sullivan, Washington. Mary!and—Reissue—George Jackson, Pa- role, Anne Arundel; William T. Kinneman, Easton, Talbot. Original widow's, &c.— Christina Warner, Baltimore. Renewal— William H. Robeson, Frostburg, Allegheny. Renewal and increase—William T. Court- ney, Baitimore. Virginia—Restoration and reissue—Chas. R. Cox, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. Renewal and reissue—William Haw- kins, Portsmouth, Norfolk. Increase—Chas. H. Day, Occoquan, Prince William; John Cresswell, National Soldiers’ Home, Eliza- beth City; Robert H. Way, National Mili- tary Home, Elizabeth City; Frederick Al- len, Portsmouth, Norfolk. ——_—_—__.. Importation of Swiss Cattle. Secretary Morton has received a com- munication from United States Minister Broadhead at Berne, Switzerland, in reply to an inquiry about Swiss cattle. It an- nounces the recent importation of Swiss cattle into this country by the Havemey- ers, and says the animals arrived in New York in excellent condition. The prices are quoted as ranging for bulls from $380 to $570, and for heifers from $285 to $380. The French contest with the Swiss the claim for the best milch cattle in the world, and a report on French cattle is expected soon from the consul general at Paris. ——————_e—______ The Report Here. The acting secretary of the navy has re- ceived the report of the court of inquiry in the case of Col. Forney of the marine corps. The entire record covers about seven hundred pages, and Acting Secretary McAdoo has not yet had an opportunity to give it his attention. The inquiry was held at Brooklyn, upon charges made by Col. Hayward, commandant of the marine corps. —-“(s—__ Commander Perry’s Action Approved. The Navy Department has been informed by Commander Perry of his action in not saluting the French flag at Tamatave. His course meets the approval of the depart- ment. Tamatave is not a French port. Consul Wetter, who represents the United States, Is credited to Madagascar, and in the official register of the State Department the representatives of thé United States in Madagascar are rot listed under the head of France, but of Madagascar. S OWN LIFE/SILVERMENSATISFIED|G°SS!P_ 480UT MR. EUSTIS| THE HAWAIIAN CABLE Efforts to Secure American Co« operation. NECESSARY 0 THE UNDERTAKING Granted a Conditional Franchise for Twenty Years. TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAN FRANCISCO, August 23.—Col. Z. 8. Spalding, who was recently voted an an- nual subsidy of $40,000 by the Hawalian government if he would lay a cable from Honolulu to San Francisco, is anxious to secure the co-operation of the United States in the undertaking. To that end arrangements have been made to hold a special meeting of the chamber of commerce today to decide the best plan of laying the matter before the government, Vice President Craig of the chamber of commerce has received private advices from the islands giving further particulars of the conditions under which the Ha- waiian government gave Spalding a fran- chise to ley a cable to this country. Spalding is granted an exclusive franchise for twenty years, “To construct e land cable upon the shores of the Hawalian group and a submarine telegraph cable or cables to or from any point or points on the North American continent or any is- land or islands contiguous thereto.” The first cable must, however, have its terminus In San Francisco, and it is for the maintenance of this that the subsidy will be paid by the Hawaiian government for twenty years. The agreement is hedged with further conditions, among them one that the United States shall join in the undertaking “by the granting of substantial assistance to the contractor.” : If this assistance be not granted; or if the contractor fails tocomply with the con- ditions of the agreement, the Hawailan gov- ernment will have the right of canceling the contract sixty days after service on the banking house of Bishop & Co. at ngoeren! @ notice of its intentions so to 0. After the cable has been lald penalties will be fixed for interruption of the service, except by the government, for a longer period than ninety days, Should the inter- ruption last one year, then the entire con- tract mey be canceled, A free right of way across all govern- ment lands and exemption from duty on all materials and from taxes and port charges is granted to the contractor for twenty years, as well as the privilege of condemn- ing and appropriating such property or rights of way as may be necessary for the operation of the cable. If the government should desire to assume control and owner- ship of the inter-island lines at the end of one year after the completion of the sys- tem, it reserves the right to do so on pay- ment of the cash cost of the land, stations, lines and equipments, free of all incum- brances and iiens for bonds, or interest on bonds. The contractor Is required to give bonds to the amount of $25,000 for faithful ful- fillment of his contract. * What Mr. Spalding expects the United States government to do will be outlined by him today at the meeting of the trustees of the chamber of commerce. —>.—_ DETECTIVE POWERS DEAD. Probably the Victim of Train Rob- bers. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., August 28.—De- tective George W. Powers of the city police force, who was shot last night, presumably by one of the Fennille train robbers on a Grand Rapids and Indianapolis train, died this morning. Up to 10 o’clock this morning no valid clue to the assassins nas been obtained. Fuller descriptions of the men seem to weaken the theory that they were mem- bers of the train robbers’ gang, and there is now a strong belief that they were members of the party who broke jail at Toledo Avgust 17. The entire detective and sheriff's forces are out and“there are rumors every few minutes of captures, but they carnot be verified. The officers believe the men wiil be captured before night. ——.__ WILL TOUCH THE BUTTON. President Cleveland Will Start the Machinery at Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga., August 23.—It has been arranged that President Cleveland will touch the button at Gray Gables on Sep- tember 18 and set in motion the machinery and unfurl the flags on the cotton states and industrial exposition buildings. The principal address of the opening day will be delivered by an orator of national repu- tation, whose name is not yet made public. The board of directors has directed the committee on ceremonial to issue an in- vitation to Booker T. Washington, presi- dent of the Tuskegee (Ala.) Normal and Industrial Institute, to take part in the exercises of the opening day and to de- liver an address on that occasion, thus recognizing the negro race in the official program. —_———_—_. TRADE WITH JAPAN. Steps Being Taken to Largely In- crease It. TACOMA, Wash., August 23.—The Jap- anese government, through its consulates, has taken steps to increase the already large trade between Japan and the United States. The chamber of commerce has received from Japan six cases of smoked and salted Japanese fish, which the chamber ts invited to sample and ascertain if a market for the product is obtainable in this country. The letter accompanying the fish states the package of them has been only recently started, under the guidance of the goveru- ment, which is seeking to ascertain if there is a demand for them in American markets, It is understood the Japanese will experi- ment with other food products in a similar way. —_————_ ANOTHER THEORY ADVANCED. Discussing the Recent Gumry Hotel Disaster. DENVER, Ccl., August 23.—The latest theory advanced regarding the Gumry Ho- tel disaster is that it was Mr. Gumry in- stead of the engineer who caused the ex- plosion. It is claimed that Mr. Gumry, knowing that his engineer was drinking, may have gone down to see the boiler had plenty of water in it, and finding that none showed up in the water glass he may have turned on the pump. —_—<————_ DYNAMITE UNDER A TRAIN. Conch Badly Shattered, but No One Injured. BUTTE, Mont., August 23.—An attempt was made last night by some unknown miscreant to blow up the east-bound North- ern Pacific passenger train by placing a stick of dynamite in a “frog” at a junction half a mile east of the city. Nearly the whole train passed over the dynamite be- fore it exploded. The last coach, filled with passengers, was badly shattered, but no one was injured, One