Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1895, Page 1

“died assumed the gubernatorial dignit THE EVENING STAR. * BLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avente, Cor. 11th Street, The Evening Star Newspaper Gamer, 8S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. bat an at Kew York Oiice, 49 Pottar Building, pice Bea ‘The Evening Star Is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Der meek, or 44 cents per month. jes at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere tn the Tint} te or Canada—postage prepaid—S0 cents per mon Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.00. @atered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., a8 second-class mail matter. 7 All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Ghee Evening Star. No. 13,259. WASHINGTON, D.C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. Ee proof of te pudding is in f§e eating. Saturday's Sfar confained 38 cofumns of adverfisementfs, made up of 810 separate announce: ments, SBhese advertisers Boug$t pubficity—not merefp Bpace. THE DAY ELSEWHERE New York Workmen Mostly Took an Outing. oTTIKING GARMENT MAKERS PARADE Over Nine Thousand Men Boston Marched. in THE WEATHER PLEASANT NEW YORK, September 2—The weather is perfect teday, and there is hardly any labor organizetion in the city but what had mapped out for itself a parade or an ovtirg. This year the latter manner of spending the holiday predominated. The Ust of excursions to points outside the city was long and well arranged. For the first time in many years:the Cen- tral “.abor Union did not parade through the streets. Coney Island was deemed the bei er place to spend the day, and as a re- sult the Sea Beach Palace there was crowded with the men whose delegates practically regulate the labor element of the city from Clarendon Hall on Sundays. "offset this, however, there were ar- Tanged the parade of the striking garment workers and the demonstration at Union Squz re of the Knights of Labor, with which organization the garment workers are af- fillatec. In the garment workers New York Saw today practically the only body of men on strike ai the present time in the city, and it was perhaps on account of the ap- Parent content among the other trades that the Central Labor Unien did not demon- Strate ‘ts strength by parading in the streets. The New York letter carriers, headed by Postmaster Dayton and his staff, marched to the post office on their way to the Let- ter Carriers’ National Association conven- tior tn Philadelphia. T:> anarchists went out to Mantzel’s Park, Staten Island, to see John Most and Claus Zimmerman wave the red shirt and talk of general destruction. Big Parade at Boston. BOSTON, September 2.—Organized labor today observed its ninth annual legal holi- day in the city of Boston with its usual pa- rade, and with almost innumerable sports and amusements. The day broke clear and cool, and at an early hcur marching bands, escorting labor unions from various parts of the city, and crowds hurrying to the de- pets and wharves bound for the various amusement resorts, filled the streets. The spectacle of the day was the parade of the labor organizations of the city and vicinity, in which over 9,000 men partici- pated, notwithstanding the fact that, owing to the late severe business depres- sion, a number of the larger organizations, which have been under considerable ex- pense in providing for their idle members, did not app2ar in the lines because of the extra expense involved. ‘Tried to Drive Through the Parade. PHILADELPHIA, September 2,—While the Cgat Pressers’ Union was marching to the Libor Lyceum Hall at 6th and Brown streets today to prepare for the labor parade it came in contact with an express- man, who attempted to drive through the ranks, and a small riot ensued. The line was passing up Sth street by Commerce at the time, and John Preole, aged twenty- two years, who drives a wagon for Scott's express, tried to go through the line. The coat pressers, who are nearly all Russian Jews, resented the attempt, and one of them seized Preole’s horse by the head. Preole told him to let go, and upon his refysal jumped down from his seat and atone d the man, This was the signal for a general fight, and not only the coat pressers, but out- siders, took a hand. During the progress of the fight Max Fox was struck on the hegd with an iron bar, receiving a frac- tured skull. He was taken to a hospital, where his condition is pronounced serious. ‘Two Celebrations at Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—Two separate and distinct celebrations marked Labor day in Chicago. The labor congress, socialistic in its tendencies, held a mass meeting and pienic, preceded by a parade, the principal speakers being Keir Hardie, Frank Smith and John Swinton. a building trades council gave a coun- ter &¢raction in the way of a parade, pic- ric and mass meeting of its own. No attempt was made to carry the red flag in the congress parade, Mayor Smith having issued strict orders against such action, ‘Two Parades at Columbas. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 2.—There were two Labor day parades here, the trades assembly and anti-trades’ assembly. The split was due to the charge that some of the uniforms worn were not sold by union clerks. Tne union clerks in the trades assembly carried their objection to these uniforms, gnd the persons wearing them formed ,an- other parade. The respective bodies passed and repassed on the streets, but all went oft harmoniously. Patrick McBride is addressing the antli- assembly men, and State Senator Emern- aart, Hon. N. R. Hysell, Mr. Bishop of the state board of arbitration, and David Ran- kin of Cleveland the other body. ——— NEWS OF THE KITE. Prof. Dyche Taken Aboard at Hol- steinburg. ST. JOHN, N. F., September 2.—The first news of the Peary relief expedition since its departure was received today. It came by the American schooner John E. Macken- ate, returning from the Greenland halibut fishery. The Mackenzie met the .“ite with the expedition at Holsteinburg on July 15. At Holsteinburg the Kite took aboard Prof. Dyche, ore of the members of the expedi- on, and sailed again that same evening. Very little ice was reported south of Greenland waiers. The crew of the Mac- kenzie think the Kite will have no difti- culty in reaching Whale sound, where Peary’s headquarters are located. The return of the relief party is expected about the end of this month. ss ANDERSON DEAD. EX-GOV. fie Was a Well-Known Lawyer in Ohto. DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 2.—News was re- celved here today of “he death of Charles Anderson, ex-gcvernor of Ohio, at Kutta- wa, Ky. He was lieutenant governor un- der Brough in 1865, and when the latter He was a roted lawyer; married Eliza J. Brown here in 1838; was colonel of the famous ninety-third O. V. and w con- nected with some of the leading families of ts city. ee Shot Hix Head om. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Hickman, Ky., says: At 2 a.m. Tom Butcher, a desperate negro, sas taken from fail by a mob. His head and his body riddled with Masks of some of the mob were ‘ound near the negro’s dead body. WORK OF TREASURY Just Now It is Furnishing Small Notes and Silver Dollars, Demand Not So Grent as Usual—The Policy Pursued—Some Gain In Gold to the Government. The furnishing of small notes and silver dollars to meet the demand for money to move the crops is likely to.absorb the energies of the Treasury Department dur- ing the next few weeks more than the de- mand for gold. The circular sent out by reasurer Morgan on Tuesday last, offering to exchange small notes for deposits of large legal tenders and gold at New York, was responded to by telegraph within a few hours of its publication, and orders have since been pouring in upon the treas- ury to deliver small notes at various points in the cotton and farming districts of the country. Demeud Not So Active as Usual. The demand Js not so active this year as it has sometimes been, and is not expected to be, because the national banks are bet- ter equipped than usual with small notes, their surplus reserves are larger and the Treasury itself has been making its recent shipments of money in notes for $5 and $10. ‘There is a large supply of both these de- nominations in the currency reserye yaults of the treasury. The supply of notes for $1 and $2 is not so large, but can be increased if necessary. There is little discrimination in the de- mands upon the treasury as to the char- acter of the paper currency sent out, so long as it is in new bills for small denomi- nations. The usual policy of the depart- ment is to unload silver certificates as far as possible, to follow these by Sherman treasury notes, and to retain the old legal tender notes until the last. The diffusion of small Sherman notes in distant parts of the country prevents their presentation at the subtreazuries for redemption in gold and the hoarding of the legal tenders cuts off in a measure the excess of currency redeemable in gold at New York. Margin of Free Silver Dollars. The margin of free silver dollars against which silver certificates can be issued was $28,250,187 at the close of last week, in- cluding $8,493,614 in certificates in the treas- ury cash. The treasury notes issued under the Sherman Jaw in the treasury were $33,- ‘9, and the old legal tenders were $23 The latter amount does not in- clude, however, all the legal tenders lock- ed up in the treasury, for $76, KO are held against currency certificates which are issued to the national banks on the deposit ef legal tenders in the treasury as a more convenient means of maintaining the bank reserves. The first two forms of notes alone form an ample working margin for treasury purposes and will prevent the em- barrassments which have been suffered in years when the genera] cash was low. The treasury suffers no net loss by exchanges, but requires a margin of $25,000,000 more or less to cover notes in transit and in process of redemption. Agaregate of Redemption. Redemption of Sherman notes and silver dollars takes place, from time to time, where silver dollars are preferred for cer- tain purposes, and the rotes thus redeemed are canceled and retired. The aggregate of these redemptions, since Secretary Car- isle inaugurated the policy of cancellation has been $11,343,722, and the outstanding velume of Sherman notes has been reduced by the process to $14,584,280. The process of currency exchange adds something to the gold reserve, as many of the country banks are. willing to direct the deposit of gold at the New York subtreasury by their New York agents in return for small notes delivered in their own cities. The government still gains a little gold also by the exchange of Columbian half dollars, of which about $820,000 have been issued, for the yellow metal. — 2 e+—____ COAL SHAFT ON FIRE. Lives of Three of the Miners in Perll. PANA, Ill, September 2.—The old shaft of the Pana coal mine is ablaze, and the lives of three men are in peril. It is pos- sible that those who are imprisoned in the pit may escape by shaft No. 2, but this is by no means certain. The fire was first neticed at 8:30 o'clock last night. In a few minutes great vol- umes of smoke came out of the mouth of the pit. It was not known how many per- sons were in the pit, and there were fears at first of great loss of life. At length the company's officials made known that only three men were below when the flames broke out. The shaft of the burning mine is 700 feet deep, and this, with the great amount of smoke and gas, made it impossible for the workmen to get at the fire. The origin of the flames is not known, but it is supposed the fire was caused by an explosion of gas in the abandoned stables in the mine. Late last night the entire force of diggers of the mines was at work in shaft No. 2 in an endeavor to rescue the imprisoned men. There are fears that when entrance to the burning mine shall have been effected, it will be found that the three coal diggers have succumbed to gas, if not water. PANA,IIL.,September 2.—Fire in Pana mine No. 1 was subdued today. Contrary to first reports, all the miners appear to have excaped. ed MANY WILD RUMORS. The Earthquake at Philadelphia Started All Sorts of Reports. PHILADELPHIA, September 2.—The seismic disturbance had scarcely passed yesterday when all kinds of rumors be- came current. One which has spread like wildfire was to the effect that the earth- quake had opened a long fissure near George’s Hill, in Fairmount Park. It was reported that men had sounded to the depth of 190 feet and had not touched bottom. Thousands of persons visited George’s Hill, but none succeeded in locating the abyss. The 150-foot standpipe, holding 250,000 gal- lons of water, which stands on the hill, was undisturbed, and a careful examination proved that its foundations were still se- cure. —_—_ —_ SAYS CAPT. CROSSMAN CONFESSED. A Story Regarding the Cargo of the Allinnea. MADRID, September 2.—The Polish Count Hobkirk, whose statements regarding the action of the American steamer Allianca in Cuban waters some months ago created considerable excitement here, declares that Capt. Crossman of the Allianca confessed to him that his vessel carried contraband of war, adding that as he was in Cuban waters he had to depend upon the superior speed of the steamer to avoid being over- hauled. ——— Christian Endeavor Union, A regular monthly meeting of the execu- tive committee of the District Christian Endeavor Union will be held this evening at 8 o'clock, in the Calvary Baptist Sun- day school house, cu-ner Sth and H streets northwest. At this meeting the finances of the union will be discussed and the out- line for the mass meetings for the re- mainder of this year will be presented. LABOR LABOR'S LEGION OO Thousands in Line Represent- ing Organized Bodies, a TRADES ILLUSTRATED Many Business Houses Handsomely Decorated With Flags. PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE DISPLAY ee Cheers Greeted the Paraders All Along the Line. — WORKINGMEN’S GREAT DAY Labor day was observed in Washingtoa by a parade that in its general appearany was most creditable to the city. The mem- bers of many of the labor organizations were handsomely uniformed and march2d with the precision of veterans. The great trades unions like the Typographical Unio, with upward of 1,80) men in line; the bricklayers, with a turnout of 650 men, made a most impressive showing. The Knights of Labor assemblies, the different todies subordinate to D. A., No. 66, turned cut in full force, having a thousand or more men in line. There were various esti- mates made of the whole number in line, ranging from 5,000 to 10,000, The thousands of anxious eyes that scan- ned the heavens this morning as soon as their possessors were out of bed found naught but propitious signs. The cloudless blue dome gave promise of a perfect day, and the cool air, stirred by gentle breezes, was full of invitation to the pleasure and exhilaration that outdoor exercise meant. So best clothes were brought out and don- The Grane ». I's Badge. ned by young and old and middle-aged, and the crowds which began to throng the streets at an early hour presented a holi- day appearance indeed. While to every one the beautiful weather was inspiring, to the members of the various trades unions and labor assemblies and their dear ones and friends it was a theme for enthusiasm, and so Washington turned out a smiling, happy throng, that fringed the thoroughfares with effective pictures and enjoyed the striking pageant that passed to the full appetite that hearty good will and satisfaction- in- spire. There were sights ard sounds in every section of the city unusual to a Monday or any other day. Persons looking up from their breakfast tabies saw pedestrians hur- rying by, clad in suggestive garb, with gay as! DAY ¥ badges flaunting their bright gold in the sun. The shrill pipe of a fife and rattle of a drum in the near distanee made it hard work for pater familias to keep Johnnie and Mary at their oatmeal, while restraint Was out of the question when the full cho- rus of a splendid bamd broke upon juvenile ears, and banished appetites Hke a fog be- fore the sun. At the City Hal. It was no wonder when ali these things are taken into consideration that every- body in Washington was early astir and hurrying to secure points of vantage whence to see the Uabor dey parade. This anxjety to see the turrout altogether, in- stead of in its formative stages, probably accounted for the rather spectators who gatherec the city hall while the laboring men were marching to their re- spective places preparatcry to taking up the march ttrough the city. Those who were there, however, were treated to many pleasant spectacles. Chief Marshal Mc- Hugh and his aids were ‘arly at the point of concentraticn, and the former reined in his fretting charger immediately in front of the Lincoln statue, where he remained until the procession mcved. On the streets and avenues for six solid blocks around the participants in the parade began to gather almost as soon as the marshals reached their respective posts,-and for over an hour there was a steady stream of marching men filing in from all sections with bands playing, banners waving and right faces beaming with the conscious- ness of what their prespnce meant at such a_time. a c Every now and then a float, drawn by gaily caparisoned horses, would come steadily along, and the people would crowd to examine and admire it, and again other displays would appear to secure a share of the attention and compliment. The Line Forming. By 9:15 the streets and avenues which had been given up to the various divisions were crowded with the meg who repre- sented the best there is in the greatest of republics. A wa’k among them developed many things. Quiet, orderly, and entirely conscious of the importance which their gathering upon such an oceasion meant, they bore themselves «dmirably. They were the brawn and mus-le of the capital ef the proudest nation on earth. They were banded together: for self-protection and the perpetuation of thelr own’ rights, with a full and impartial regard for the rights of others, and at no time or place was the truth of “Labor Omnia Vincit” more emphatically accentuated than in the early morning of today, when the men who believe in and uphold that eternal motto were assembled to peacefully celebrate their own value and impertance as a chief component of the national eommonwealth. The Nationnl Emblem. ‘There was another significant thing about that immense gathering. too. That .was the omnipresence of the stars and stripes. Upheld by stalwart arms in great s\ken banners; festooned on floats and carriaves; carried in willing and sturdy hands taat gave them proud fillips through the air; pinned on besoms or stuck in the ends of hundreds of canes, Old Glory was every- where. There were none of the uniform: or buttons and gold fringe of the military no gun barrels gleamed in the sunlight; no swords glistened or scabbards shone, but the flag was there in every conceivable shape and form—some of the marchers even carried red-white-and-blue umbrellas —and it was good to look at, especially when it was so apparent that every man who carried, wore or walked beneath it was ready, if need be, to shed the last drop of his heart's bicod to defend the institu- tions and principles of which it was cm- blematic, Reading the Debs Resolutions. These were waving fioating every- where, and everywhere significant, when, at 9:15, a bugle sounded as a signal for the formal proceedings ef the day to begin. Chief Marshal McHugh signaled to Mr. 8. A. Clemers to do the portion of the duty confided to him. This was the reading of the resolutions which had been adopted by the various laboring organizations protes:- ing against the arrest and imprisonment of ‘Eugene V. Debs. Mr. Clemens mounted a chair, and beneath thé feet of the statue of the martyred apostle of liberty read the resolutions. ‘The resolutions were as follows: “The organized workingmen of the Dis- trict of Columbia in mass meeting assem- bled on Labor day, September 2, 1895, de- clare: “That the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs. and other officials of the American Railway Unicn was an unwarranted and arbitrary extension of judicial power, os- tens:bly for the maintenance of law, but in reality In the interests of corporate power, which by dishonest methods secured from a federal court and the national govern- ment legal and armed support in an event which was the direct result of corporate greed and imposition. “It was ar act that outlaws jabor. an ingenious scheme to defeat the object of labor organizations and render the wage earner helpless to resist the degrading im- positions of combined capital. “As law-abiding citizens of the Ameri- can republic, we solemnly protest against this arbitrary and dangerous exercise of the judicial power—the incarceration and punishment of men without trial by jury or the observance of any of the forms of Jaw guaranteed by the Constitution, and we demand of the Fifty-fourth Congress, soon to assemble, such legislation as will unmistakably and forfall time define the rights of laber in all future conflicts with the gigantic and. powerful corporations which now control the interstate com- merce of the country; therefore, “Resolved, That the legislative commit- tee of the Federation of Labor, in con- junction with that of District Assembly, No. 66, K. of L., be requested to prepare for presentation in both houses at the ensuing session of Congress a bill or bilis intended to give legal protection to or- ganized employes of corporations and se- cure them in the future from an arbitray and unjust application of the law of in- Junction under the questionable construc- tion placed upon it by the federal judi- elary in the case of Debs and his comrades. And be it further “Resolved, That we demand of Congress such legislation as will make clear the status of the organizations of labor en- geged in the carrying trade, the interstate commerce of the country, and that the powers and the duties of the federal ju- diciary in all matters ai issue between the corporations on the one hand and their employes of the other be plainly defined.’”” The March Regan. Upon the conclusion of the reading, the bugle sounded again, and there was a straightening of lines and a hurried consul- tation of the chief marshal and his aids. In a few moments everything was in readi- ness, and another blast rang out that was taken up aad repeated as the echoes reach- ed each division. There was a burst of brass, the shrill sound of fifes, the blare of trumpets and the roar of drums, the clash of cymbals, and the long stationary tines grew animated. The Labor day parade of 1895 was in motion. The parade was preceded by an escort of police, immediately following which came Chief Marshal McHugh and his special aids, Messrs. W. H. Stickels and W. B. Hyde. All were mounted on fine horses. The chief macrhal wore a magnificent red, white and blue silk sash, trimmed with gold, and a badge. Mr. Stickels wore a white silk sash, and Mr. Hyde one of red, similarly trimmed, and each wore a badge. THE FIRST DIVISION. Many Organizations Marshaled by Dominick Walsh. The first division was in command of Marshal Dominick A. Walsh, who was mounted on a fine black charger. The mar- shal wore dark clothes, drab hat, with blue silk sash, trimmed wit gold, and military beots and gloves. immediat 'y following Marshal Walsh were the officers of the Federation of La- ber and D. A 66, Knights of Labor, on foot. The different societies forming the divis- ion came next, as follows: The Horseshoers. The Journeymen Horseshoers’ Union had eighty-one men in line; Patrick Connolly, marshal; M. A. Walsh and John Collins, aids. They wore dark blue pants and shirt, on the front of which was embroidered a large horseshoe and badge. They were ac- companied by a portion of Boyd’s band and a section of the Kit Carsom Drum Corps, fifteen pieces each, under the direction of Maj. William C. Wilkinson. Their float cresenited a blacksmith shop, beautifully decorated, in which severa! men were at work making various articles of iron. They also had in the line a large silvered horse- , which was supported by three men. Follo-ving the horseshoers was the float of District Assembly No. 63, K. of L. This represented a book store and school room combined. In one end was a book store, : which the proprietor was supposed to be ng books for the children to use; while the other was a lady school teacher, (Continued on Third Page.) FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS No Punishment Likely to Follow Their Recent Activity in Political Affairs. Mr, Cleveland Said to Have Changed His Views as'to Partisanship and His Original Order. There has been some speculation, more or less serious, as to what President Cleve- land may do In the cases of federal office holders who have been active in primaries and conventions, in view of his old order prohibiting such activity. At the time his order against offensive partisanship was issued participation in primarjes and con- ventions to control party nominations was regarded by Mr. Cleveland as sufficient ground for the removal of a federal office holder. The fearless activity of this class recently has up to this time remained un- accounted for, as under this famous order they would be subject to dismissal. Has Changed His Views. This temerity and activity is explained by the statement that Mr. Cleveland has entirely changed his views on the subject and that the order is intended to become a dead letter. It is stated that Mr. Cleve- land has become convinced that his orig- inal thecry on the subject of offensive par- tisanship ts utterly impractical. He recog- nizes that under it he would have either to decline to appoint his friends to office or else, appointing them, lose their services to the party. He has decided that he does not want to do either the one thing or the ether, and, therefore, the order is to be disregarded in the future, as it has been of late. It is said that Mr. Cleveland has for some time been convinced that he could not afford to have his friends put in the list of non-combatants by becoming beneficiaries of his official bounty. Allowed to Fall Into Disuse. A formal revocation of the order of July 14, 1886, would surely have excited much comment and involved explanations. It was therefore merely allowed to fall into disuse. It is said that office holders are relieved from sll obligation to consider the order, and that they are in no danger of being called to book for taking part in party conventions, primaries or campaigns. ———__-e MILITIA AT ISHPEMING. Five Military Companies Arrive at the Seene. ISHPEMING, Mich., September 2.—Five military companies sent from Cheboygan, Calumet, Houghton, Ironwood and Mar- quetie to protect the workmen, arrived at 4 o'clock this morning by special train. Tents were immediately itched, and at 7 o'clock picket lines were established in the vicinity of the various shovels and guards ordered out. : The steam shovel operatives arrived this morning and were escorted to their board- ing houses under military protection. Several hundred of the strikers, with their wives and children, assembled at the different mining locations, watching the Movements of the militia; but there was no disturbance, and none is expected. The shovels at some of the mines were started at 10 o'clock, and the shipments of ore to Marquette will likely begin this afternoon. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 2.—The two divi- sions of the Michigan naval brigade lo- cated in this city have received orders to prepare for duty at Ishpeming. The re- serves, if ordered north, will take their Gatling and rapid-firing guns. ‘They are composed of the sons of the wealthy and aristocratic families of Detroit and bave been organized cnly about a year. This will be their first taste of actual service. es BIG FIRE AT ROCHESTER. Sheil, Rosenbaum & Steefel’s Clothing Store Burned. ROCHESTER, N. Y., September 2— The wholesale clothing store in the Levi Lock, 2ccupled by Sheil, Rosenbaum & Steelfel, was burned at 8:30 o’Clock this morning. The total loss is estimated at $515,000, of which above firm loses $75,000. In the same block were three other whole- sale stores, owned by Kochenthal, White, Marks & Co., Kaufman, Dinkelspfel & Co. and L. Adler & Co., who lose, respectively, 25,000, $10,000 and $5,000, all insured. By the greatest efforts of the firemen the fire was cortfined to the one store, but the others suffered considerably by smoke and water. The fire started in the boiler room and spread rapidly, the elevator shaft serving as a great chimney through which the flames rushed with a roar that could be heard on the street. os FIVE HUNDRED IN PURSUIT. A Tbief Chased Through Streets. CHICAGO, September 2.—Five hundred people chased a thief through State street today and aided in his capture. The pri: oner, who gave his name as James Will- jams of San Francisco, was charged with robbing the till of the Masonic Temple As- sociation of a large sum. He started down the crowded thoroughfare on the run, but was easily captured, owing to the crowds gathering to see the Labor day parade. The prisoner at police headquarters was identified as John B. Gordon of Louisville. RLACK’S DENIAL. Chicago's MR. He Himself Authorized the Statement Which He Recently Repudiated. Chauncey F. Black, president of the League of Democratic Clubs, published a letter last week in answer to some criti- dism that had been passed upon him, which he spoke of the statement that offi- cers of the League of Democratic Clubs who met in Washington a short time ago, designed to use the league of clubs to ad- vocate the financi&l policy of Mr. Cleve- land, as a gratuitous newspaper falsehood. The statement that the officers of the league intended to use all the power of .he league to assist in securing the indorse- ment of the administration’s financial poner wes authorized by Mr. Black him- self. He authorized the statement that that was the purpose of this meeting. It is understood that Mr. Black came here with the idea that the president and secretary of the league had authority to declare ad- vocacy of “sound money” one of the doc- trines of the league, but that he was im- formed that the executive committee only could authorize such an order. The ques- tion was submitted to the executive com- mittee, which stood § to 7 for silver. The Defender Flonted Again. NEW YORK, September 2.—The facht Detender was floated from the dry dock at 9 o'clock this morning, and was imme- diately taken in tow to New Rochelle. The Valkyrie will draw up to the Erie basin Thursday. While there she will be meas- ured with Defender. The figures will not be given out, however, until the night be- fore the race. William Gayer Dominick of the stock brokerage firm of Dominick & Dickerman, New York, died suddenly of typhoid fever at his summer home at Quogue, N. Y., Sat- urday. RECORD UP TO DATE How the Democratic Friends of Silver Look At It, ARE SATISFIED WITH THE -RESULT Only Maryland Has Declared ” Against Free Coinage. IN OTHER STATES The friznds of silver in the democratic party have cast up to date the sum of the year's agitation of the question of free coinage, and profess to be well satisfied with the result. With the exception of New York, all the states to hold elections this fall have been heerd from. But one, Maryland, has declared against free coin- age at 16 to 1. The democracy in the oth- crs has simply reeffirmed the financial plank of the Chicago platform of 1892. New York is expected to follow Maryland, but this will not disturb the friends of sil- ver, for, as they hold, it is already man- ifest that the whole proposition will be Presented to the next democratic national convention for settlement in practically the same form in which it was presented to the last national convention. The eastern dem- ocracy will again oppose free coinage, and the southern and western democracy will again demand it. The only material change looked for is that the money ques- tion, and not the tariff question, will be the principal feature of discuss‘on. The Money Question to Be Dropped Now. Particulars are offered in the support of this conclusion. Although Mr. Carlisle dic- tated the plank in the platform touching the finances, the silver question, except by Mr. Blackburn, who is speahing against the platform, has been abandoned in the Kentucky campaign. Mr. Carlisle's friends on the state committee have united in an address to the democracy to drop the sub- ject and help elect the stete ticket, re- gardiess of Gen. Hardin's course or views. Further agitation of the subject will mean democratic defeat. The elimination of the subject may lead to victory. Party suc- cess, therefore, is put above the silver question in the home of the Secretary of the Treasury. It is conceded that the democracy will not carry the silver questicn into the cam- paign in Ohio. Mr. Brice is content with the deliverance of the party at Springfield. Ex-Gov. Campbell will make his canvass for governor on state issues. Besides, he is a compromise man 4s to silver. He leans as much to one side as to the other. In Maryland nothing further will be heard of silver. The campaign there is pitcred in a Incal key, and one so high no other sound will be possible. Silver and anti-silver are wholly forgotten in the more burning tssue of Gorman and anti-Gorman. ‘The kicking democrats in that state are less concerned about the country’s finances than about the Gorman power in the pri- maries, They are fighting the senior Sena- tor this year. They'll fight free coinage next year. In New York, The New York campaign will also turn on local issues. Liquor seliing in New York city on Sunday and Mr. Hili’s and Mr. Whitney's presidential aspirations will be much in evidence. There can be little if any controversy about silyer. Both parties in the state are practically one on the sub- ject of money. So that whatever plank the democracy may insert in its platform at Syracuse as to the finances will entail no discussion on the stump, This composes the summary of the situ- ation as the free cofnage democrats view it. There are other states on the list, but the four states mentioned are the import- ant states. All four contain presidential timber ornamented with presidential light- ning rods. Kentucky is the home of Mr. Varlisle, Ohio of Mr. Brice and Mr. Camp- bell, Maryland of Mr. Gorman and New York of Mr. Hill and Mr. Whitney. And yet, as the silver democrats contend, the result in none of them in November will have a pronounced bearing one way or the other on the silver question. That will still remain, to be fought out on the floor of the next national convention of the party. ————— AMONG THE LABORERS, Prof. Fancitli's Explanation Not Ac- cepted by the Plasterers’ Unton, The prospect of a settlement of the difi- culties between the members cof the socie- ties of organized labor and tre Marine Band is not nearly so bright as ft was a few days ago, the Plasierers'’ Union at their mecting, yesterday having 1efused to accept Prof. Fanciuili’s explanation of the matter, ‘The eccentric engineers at their last meeting adopted the following program to ebserved this afternoon at Marshall Hall: Address by Maj. U. S. McComas of lilicnis on “Problems That Confront Us,” to be followed by an address by Mrs. Mar- ion G. Walfort, and at 4:30 there will be a game of base ball between the teams of the Washington Light Infantry and the bureau of engraving and printing. At the meeting of the Cigar Makers’ Unien held Saturday night, report was made that the members of Columbia Ty- pographical and Bricklayers’ unions. have promised that none but union made cigars rare be sold on their respective excursions today. He ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Wm. Harness Tries to Cut His Throat This Morning. This morning about 9 o'clock William Harness of No. 3055 Q street made an at- tempt at suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, but did not succeed, although he is painfully injured. Harness is forty-four years of age, and has been sick for some time. His sickness caused him to become despondent, and this morning he attempted to end both his iliness and despondency by using the razor. He was found by an- other member of the family before he had a chance to make another attempt, and Dr. Munson was calied In to attend him. Although the cut, across his throat is a serious one, the doctor says it is not neces- sarily fatal, and he will in all probability recover. SS Executive Clemency. The President has pardoned Blueford Foreman, sentenced in the western district of Arkansas In 1894 to two years’ imprison- ment and costs for assault with intent to kill, on the ground that the convict has be- come totally blind. He has also commuted to imprisonment for one year the two years’ sentence imposed upon David S. Stalmaker fcr robbing a United States post office in West Virginia. oo The Trial Trip of the St. Louis, Commander Bradford and Lieut. Muili- gan, the naval officers who represented the government on the trial trip of the St. Louis, have returned to Washington and reported to Admiral Ramsay. They speak in enthusiastic terms of the vessel, and wil) begin the preparation of their official report upon the trial trip at once.