Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. @ © Twentieth Century hoe Retailing. Unless you want Shoes good enough for a few days or weeks, this taste of coming wet weather should remind you to provide dampness-excluding Footwear. We Shoe procession. We aim to supply our patrons at them before. GOSGE > School Shoes. A Few Specialties: “Safe’’ 75c. Shoes FOR GIRLS OR SMALL BOYS, Of genuine dongola, with patent leat or pebl wit! ron Clad” $1 Shoes FOR BOYS TO SIZE 4 Of heavy calf, are oF p Laced oF button. Oe psi “Champion” $1.50 Shoes. The best all-around Dress or School Shoes to be found anywhere for the price. “Cork-Soled” Shoes FOR BOYS (R GIRLS. ‘The great Health Protectors. 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You'll admit that there are no beds so easily cared for. You'll admit that there are no beds so dainty and pretty. You'll admit there are no beds so strong and durable. You'll admit there are no beds so cheap. You'll admit, then, that every one should have Enamel- ed Iron or Brass Beds, and if you will inspect our immense stock of them and note our ex- ceedingly low prices you'll ad- mit that every one should buy of us. Any size White Enameled Iron Beds for $4.05 —and not the thin, skimpy, shaky kind that are being sold at this and a little lower prices about town. CRAIG & HARDING, Cor. 13th & F Sts. How to Dress For Bicycling. The Pope Manufacturing Company have published a set of lthographed models showing six neat—pretty—comfort- able costumes for the wheelwoman. They Jgned by Redfern, Kraemer, Mrs. We'll x ERR KH RHA HH ER RH RHR EH ee ce * ee * were d Jenness Miller and Georgie Cayvan. give you a set free if you call. District Cycle Co., 452 Penna. 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It soothes the child. softens the gum, alluys ail fain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for Giurrboea. 25 cents a_bottie. geld-ly Perens sa SS o———_—___———90 WARNING! | This sale ends tomorrow night. —s ‘O Seedeiseecentensesseeseesecensensee Sent os ‘This week’s special below cost sale includes more arti- cles that are absolutely neces- sary to housekeeping than any of its predecessors. The prices below are less than eat Sossengondonteageesees % cost, and good only until 6 , . : % o'clock tomorrow _ night. le % Pay when you please—week- Lg ly — or monthly—no notes— no interest. % z “8 S-piece Overstuffed Tapestry $ Parlor Suite—this week onl $14.50 a Suite—cherry ‘ Hie hee to, 9-00 sete Solid rge gla 16 inche Beautiful Reed Ro ited number of them at edenseetonseete er Woven Wire Springs eatontoceet 40-pound Hair Mattresses Serteet Kitchen Table. seers Brussels Carpet.. Ingrain Carpet. All Carpet made and laid free of cost—no charge for waste in matching figures. GROGAN’S Mammoth Credit House,s POOP OOOO $19-S21-S23 7th st. n.w., bet. H and I sts. 4d Ce a RE J. H. Chesley 1004 F St. and JUDGE KIMBALL —is fining all those without Garbage Cans $5, and yet we are sell- ing excellent “Regula- tion” Garbage Cans for 4oc., 45¢., $1 and up- wards. Save the fine of five dollars and save about 25 per cent of the price S by buying the can of us. . Chesley s., 1004 F St.and 522 toth St. It & Co., 10th, . . . * . . . Teese eeeesevesevese ~~ fel jel I a te {A Day’s 1Sewing = fs —or even a few hours—often results in |+, ibd miost painful headaches. Yet, in many j¢ i gases, the trouble lies WITH THE |. Is 2) It's the Intense strain that 4) ‘| causes the nd head to ache. Your | eyes need re and, perfect rest means | weartng glasses. Allow us to make { FREE EXAMINATION. We select the I glasses that‘ll stop those headaches— just, (lem DF EYEGLASS low as $1. McAllister & Co., EXAMINING properly to the ey ang or SPECTACLES eeeerees ITI gO I ee Curtain BARGAINS. ‘Thirt; tains— cleared oat no big ones, for you. different patterns of Lace Cur- to 4 palrs of each—are to be Lots of bargains, and $1.00 palr. $1.50 pair. 75 pate. is $ THE HOUGHTON C STREET_N.W. PS det F aw Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattans’ Crystal Dis- covery is used. Guarant to restore grn or r to fis natural color in 3 to 10 day Stops the hair from. falling 3 the nicest cresel Is not a dye. out, arrests dandruff and make for’ the hair one can use. No poison No sed ment. No stsins. Price, $1. ‘rial siz B PHARMACY, SOLE AGENTS, 438) Ke s the country on receipt of price. CRULLER Sent, express prepaid, to any part of ju20-tt i Ia a delicacy of the most wholesome Dozen nd people like the way we make jers—the old-fashtoned bome-made 1oc. f of the arts of the baker can improve. Order by mall. Dozen. Prompt delivery. Landover Market, Holmes’ Cor. 1s! and E sts. se5-16d OST BABIE Taleuem Cures red Chafing Heat. Plain or pert! FE Me c Wholesale and re- EVANS’ DRUG STORE, 933 ST. au30-Sd ‘ICE, COAL, WOOD. “Home Ice Co.""—B. M. Willis, Propr. Tel. iso. Depot. 1814 and 14th st. wharves. KBENNEBEC RIVER JCE—Retail, wholesale and In car-load lots, at lowest market rates. § action saranteed. Best grades Coal and Wood for family trade. apl5-6m. LIBERAL. Led Rimless ‘au9-1m°7 [xem ERREEEEER ERS n looseness of the Fitters will sur Siegert’s Angostui An Obstinate Sauntter. From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat. “The Lord has told me that this house and lot is mine, and I am going to stay right here till I die,” said Catharine White, a colored woman, residing in a shanty near the foot of Dock street, to Constable Lardwehr yesterday, when he served a landlord’s summons for possession upon her. Catharine has been a resident of “Lit- tle Oklahoma” fer fifteen years, and thinks that this fact alone should convince any minion of the law that she is rightly .en- titled to her present home and a block or two of real estate. She wanted the con- stable to distinctly understand that she had lived on the present site long before the Merchants’ Terminal bridge was thought of, and before the river front blossomed into a colony of squatters known as “Lit- tle Oklahoma."”" No matter if the Douls Merchants’ Bridge Terminal Railway Com- pany did want her to get off of the place and improve the property, she wasn’t going to get off, and that settled ft. Four other settlers in the imme, ity were also summoned, and thi to move at once, but tueir readines leave made no impression whatever upc Catharine. The spirit was not with th, The Lord would not defend them again the constables, as he had promised to de- fend her. “And if you don’t want to be struck dead by Mghtning or something or other, you had better go on away and leave me alone,” said Catharine to the constable, When the c: comes up for trial this © and Justice Harmon issues an execution, it is probable that Constable Landwehr will have a lively time in braving the wrath of the old settler and putting her out of her house and home. fate vicin- ishing Discovery. From the Springfield Republican. An astonishing discovery In regard to the production of electricity is announced, which, if genuine, will do away with the necessity of burning coal. Dr. Borchers of Driesburg, Germany,says that he has found that electricity 1s generated by the conver- sion of hydro-carbon and carbonic oxide into carbonic acid, and as this {s the same thing that takes place in burning coal, he accomplishes the same end by chemical means by what he calls the wet proces: While a steam engine utilizes about twelve per cent of the theoretical energy and a gas ne twenty per cent, Dr. Borchers claims that his new process gives no less than thirty-eight per cent. ——+ee—______ A Shot Through the Brain, From the Rochester Democrat and Chron! A man shot through the brain, says Victor Horsley, dies, not through failure of the heart's action, but through the want of the bullet passing through the wet brain jbstanee, and sequent Injury to the je of the brain. The heart goes on beat- tion stops; indeed, the heart not depressed, when a bullet ain, and the proper treatment of a man thus shot Is the same as that re- sorted to in the c: of drowned people— one should try to set up artificial respira- | gore in their respectiv | concerned, they are all alike. | the igerritory is Fort Gibson, the old military LIQUOR AND INDIANS New United States Courts in the Indian Tertitory. TWO JURISDICTIONS RECOUNIZED Difficulty in Securing Titles to the Land Under Indian. Ownership. t PROSPECTS OF THE FUTURE Correspondeave of ‘The Eventag Star. VINITA, Ind. Ter., August 27, 1895. There wes an interview published in The Star a few days ago with Judge Kilgore, in which he stated that he liked his posi- tion as judge of the United States court for the southern district of the Indiari territory, because Fe “runs it.” He is all- powerful. Such is the fact, not only with him, but with Judge Springer in the north- ern and Judge Stuart in the central dis- trict. Their duties are executive as well as judicial, The towns are not incorporat- ef, have no mayors or other officers, and the judges do run things, but it pleases them to run them to suit the people. ‘ Iudge er is as much the mayor of ihe towns in his district as judge of the district, and so are Judges Stuart and Kil- districts. ‘The lack of incorporation, however, in these towns is a great detriment to thelr improvement. Going into the territory on the 'Frisco line from the north the first town of any size is Vinita, in the Cherokee nation. The say it has 2,30) inhabitants, but surely It is not of people. The streets and side- walks are of the same material—dirt. And it y dirty dirt. only place where there are any walks front of two blocks of stores, and walks are wooden platfcrms two feet above the ground, with steps at the end of each block. In a way these platforms are a great convenience; they afford a very comfortable place on which the Indians sit’ and lazily swing their feet and while the hours away, thelr ponies being tled to thé posts which support a roof above the plat- form. Waste water is thrown into the strect at several places, and the hogs find them convenient. But'in respect to ani- mals running at large Vinita Is no worse than the rest of the territory towns, for there ts no stock law in operation in the territory, as the Arkansas statutes in force do not contain any law against stock run- ning in the public streets. And then there are no trees in Vinita— yes, there are about a dozen trees in one or yard. How I did long for shade in town. Some of the other towns are th better off in that respect, but so far as pavements and genera! improvements are It does 7m strange that in a town at the junction of two great railroads, the St. Louis and San Francisco, and the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas roads, popularly known as the “*Fris co” and the “Katy,” respectively, there is no attemipt made to beautify it. But there is a reason for ft. The people do not own their dwellings or business houses. Ne Tide to the Property. Although the white people there may ea living, they naturally do not use their surplus to improve the landscape, for they have not and cannot secure a perma- nent title to that which they occupy, und no great development wilk or can come to that country until they:do. The best a white may can do is to purchase the privi- lege of using a piece of ground on which to erect a dwelling or store from the na- tion, or the Indian who happens to have the property he desires. The Indians claim the right to take such land again, but they exercised it, and the United States courts now established in the terri- tory, it is reasonabie to say, will never per- mit them to do it. Rents are excessive in the territory towns, probably because the white landlords repre sent that the Indians may take the build- ings at any time, and, consequently, claim that returns on investments must be nai quickly. A cheaply constructed five-room freme house in Muskogee, the headquarters of the court for the northern district. cost- ing not more than seven hundred dollars, rents for $16 to $18 a month, or $192 to $216 a year, and then the owner pays no taxes. These houses have no modern improvements whatever, and in many cases there is not even a well on the premises, water being purchased from men who make the hauling of water their business, and sometimes a very lucrative one it is. The houses are al- mest invariably one-story frame structures, so bullt on account of the winds 1 prevail a large p of the time, an] {udding, instead of being lathed and plastered, is covered with canvas, which is papered. One of the most beautiful spots in the ‘ost. Jefferson Davis was stationed there Wenile Jetersennant in the United States army. It is reached by a drive of about seven. miles from Muskogee through a grazing country. The roads through the ferritory ere generally wide, being often as much as 150 feet. A peculiarity with them, however, Is that they are often changed. When the occupant of a large tract wishes road running through his to change @ land he simply moves the wire fence to any other place he chooses. On going horseback riding .one frequently finds a road changed very materially from the place where it was a week before. About four miles from Muskogee we were ferried across the Arkansas river in an old boat by three Indians. The ferry is about 100 yards below the junction of the Grand and Arkansas. The two streams remind one of the Mississipp! and the Mis- sourt, the Grand being clear and beauti- ful and the Arkansas muddy, like the Mis- sourl. The valley of the Arkansas is very fertile, cotton and corn growing there in great abundance. The fine oak trees In this river bottom have all been girdled, and another year will find them dead, the eceupants wishing to make full use of this rich bottom land. Fort Gibson is on an eminence around whose base on the south and west flows the Grand river. Under the treaty ceding it to the United States for a military post it was provided that in case of abandon- ment it should revert to the Cherokee na- tion, and so this reservation with the stone buildings thereon, costing fully $100,000, constructed by the government, now be- jongs to the Cherokee nation, The bar- racks, with several other buildings, front cn the south and west of the parade ground, which is still outlined by trees. The view from this hilltop is superb. The Grand and Arkansas are in sight. The hills in every direction rise to greet the eye, and a delightful breeze sweeps across the hill. As one sits on the veranda of the bar- racks he may see the stars and stripes floating from a flagstaff in the national cemetery at the northeast corner of the old reservation, where there are buried 2, persons, only 215 of, whom are known. While on the veranda my attention was attracted to a full-blood Cherokee by the Grand Army button which he wore, and he seemed delighted at being noticed. Nearly all of those old soldiers have passed away. Five thousand and fifty-six Indians from the Indian territory enlisted in the Union army. Their officers numbered 182, one- third of whom were Indians, the others being white. Enforcing the Liquor Laws. The judicial proceedings in the Indian territory are peculiar. The United States courts there have jurisdiction of cases in- volving white men or white men and In- dians, but in cases in which Indians alone are concerned the Indian courts have ju- risdicticn; but justice is rarely obtained in them, It being the understanding every- where that in a civil suit in those courts the man with the most money wins his case. The Department of Justice has made some complaint of the cost of the United States courts in the Indian territory, but when one takes into consideration the dis- tances which are traveled by witnesses and the number of witnesses neces- sary to secure conviction in some eases, especially for the introduction of Mauor, it is not to be wondered at. The crime which {s most prevalent in the territory {s that of introducing liquor. It is against the law for any one to make, sell, give away, bring in or have brought in any intoxicating Mquors whatever, whether medicated or not, the penalty being a fine of not more than $30 and imprisonment for not less than one month or more than five years. There are those who make the introduction of liquor a business, and when such a person is caught he should and does receive a long term. More cases come irto the courts for introducing liquor than for any other crime, afd to the crime of in- troducing Hquor can be attributed many others, such as shooting or brandishing a firearm, breaicin the peace, or assault. A conviction for introducing liquor is rarely found hy a jury. The evidence must be most conclusive. This is because the people want liquor, and it is a hard matter to get a jury composed of men who have not a fellow-feeling for the man who in- troduces it. An Indian who has once had liquor will pay any price to secure it, and thus the profits of these whisky peddlers, as they are called, are very great. They bring in the poorest whisky and get the highest price for it. The methods which the whisky peddlers use are interesting. After nightfall they fire a pistol once to notify their customers that they are about; soon thereafter they fire a second shot as notice to put the money down. When they have secured the money they put the whisky in the place where the money has been laid and retire to a concealed place and fire a third shot, which means, “There's your whisky.” The United States court at Fort Smith, Ark., also claims jurisdiction over liquor cases, and something shculd be done by the next Congress to correct this matter. Be- sides increasing the cost of prosecution to the government there is another and im- portant reason. Fort Smith is just across the line from the Indian territory. If an Indian goes there to trade he is at once ac- costed by a runner for a saloon, taken in- to a saloon and given a drink. When he has had one he warts more, and when he starts home he is full and takes in his pocket a quart or two of whisky. About as soon a3 he reaches home he is seized by a deputy marshal and taken to Fort Smith for trial for introducing liquor into the territory. Witnesses are called from the territory to secure a conviction and the liquor Gealers see to it that these wit- nesses in turn are sent home in a drunken coniltion and with another supply of whisky, These Indians in turn are seized ani other witnesses are necessary for their conviction. Defective Jail Buildings. The jails are totally unfit for occupancy. The United States jail at Muskogee is a frame structure, covered with iron, prob- ably fifty feet square, and into it are herd- ed from eighty to one hundred and twen- ty prisoners constantly. The jail is the height of two stories, but has only one floor. The space is divided, the largest portion being about fifty by thirty-five feet. The portion fifty by fifteen at the southern end is again subdivided. The room in the east half of this subdivision is used as a guard room, and the portion on the west contains two floors, the first floor being a cell in which boys are con- fined, and the upper portion is again sub- divided, one portion being used for a dun- geon and the other for a hospital. There were in this hospital at the time I visited the jail one young man in the last stages of consumption and another who was that morning taken down with the measles. When a long sentence fs imposed at all, the criminals wish for more than a year, for then they are sent to one of the peni- tentiaries in the east, where healthful regulations prevail and work of some kind is provided, but on a sentence of a year or less they are confined in this pest hele, without any sanitary arrangements what- ever, with nothing to do. Some provision should be made by the next Congress to put these men at work on the streets of the towns in which the jails are located, so that their minds might be properly oc- cupied, and an opportunity afforded for them to breathe pure air and see the light of day. The awful condition of this prison pereecs description. It rivals Anderson- ville, The Cherokee nation has no jail in which to detain prisoners before trial. They are kep®by a guard, who stays with them con- stantly until a trial is had. Upon convic- tion they are placed in the penitentiary at Tahlequah, the capital of the nation. In the Creek nation criminals are gen- erally punished by: w. ig. They are whipped for the first and second offenses of larceny, and for the third offense are shot. It seems strange to see such laws on the statutes of a nation Hving within the jurisdiction of the United States. The establishment of the United States courts has brought to the principal towns a number of lawyers with their families, who have an elevating influence upon the Indians themselves. Merchants have also ecme in, and have invested large sums in stores of great magnitude. There are de- Pertment stores in some of the large towns. One of these keeps in stock anything in the way of house furnishings and hard- ware. The fact that whites have gone into the territory and engaged in business when they could not so much as purchase the ground on which to erect stores is an as- surance that with thé advent of the day of allotment, when they will be permitted to buy the land on which their stores and dwelling houses stand, they will make large investments in every branch of trad » and the real Indians being in actual po: session of permanent homes, will take on the habits of the white man and become thoroughly civilized and useful American citizens. ——_.__ BALDNESS WAS NO BAR, But He Hoped to Get Home Without Being Buncoed. From the New York World. An agent soliciting trade for a Broadway photegrapher recently called at the Park avenue home of one of New York's best- known physicians and tried to convince the doctor that he should have his picture taken. He was selling ——'s photograph coupons. The physician has a terribly baid head. Nothing but a fretful fringe remains of an erstwhile luxurious head of hair. On that account he had long ago given up hav- ing photographs of himself made, so he replied: “No, thenk you. I want none of your coupons. I have broken myself of the pho- tograph habit. My head is too bald for the business.” But the agent was persistent, and finally the physician said: “I will make you a fair proposition. I will take a double dose of your coupons if you will promise to fix my pictures so the bald spot will not show. “All right,” said the agent, after a mo- ment’s reflection. ‘Mr. —— can arrange that. Such things are done every day in our business. Here are your coupons. Come ue the gallery for your sitting next Satur- aye? When he went to the photographe:'s studio the following Saturd: the doctor was met at the door by a lai who, when the cus- tomer removed his silk hat, said: “Oh, this is Dr. is it? Pass righ along this way. us to know why this lad had been forewarned of his visit, the physician passed in and was fina met by a young lady, who glanced at his head and said “Oh, Dr. —, I believe. The man who wishes to have photographs which will in dicate that -he has a full growth of hair on his he “I'm the man,” cian, as he ng room. said the man in charge of the cameras, “this is Dr. —, is it not? The man for whem we are to make photographs which will not show the baldness of his head, as our ageat promised. Just kindly step oyer to the other end of the room. No, do not lay your coat and hat down. Keep the overcoat on your arm «nd kindly place your hat on your head. That's right; now look pleasant, please. There! Your picture's taken.” “Well! I hope I can get home without being taken in by a gang of bunco steer- ers,” said the physician, after he realized that he had been made the victim of a clever trick. Life-Saving Sleeves. perplexedly replied the Went on out into the From the Boston Globe. A new use has been found for balloon sleeves, through the ingenulty of an en- terprising inventor, which promises great results. The “bustle” inside the sleeves has up to date been adopted somewhat warily, as hardly filling a long-felt want. But now a silk life-preserver is to take its place, which can be inflated at will, and enables the weerer to float in perfect ease on water. iling parties made up largely of ladies the helm very much e, With each female member of the cempany transformed into an animated life-preserver, for if one moves carelessly cn the deck and gets overbo: there is no danger of a t! The bal- leens will also add no littie to the sail area in fair winds. The life-saving sleev 1 doubth prove a big thing, and all thet it is puffed up to the | bs. IT WILL BE LIVELY The Fight to Be Made in Ohio This Fall. DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE 10 WORK Republican Campaign Opens on the |0th. THE LEGISLATURE IN DOUBT Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 5, 18%. With ex-Governor Foraker, the dashing young leader of the young republicans, at the head of the republican column and ex-Governor Campbell, the most popular man in the democratic party in Ohio and the best fighter, leading the forces of the Ohio democracy, Governor McKinley tak- ing an active part on the republican side and Senator Brice a deeply interested par- ticipant ¢n the democratic side, It need hardly be said that the outlook is for a very lively campaign. The result cannot be told in advance, as it was last year, with perfect certainty. Probably the republican plurality will be brought down to the old-time figure. Pos- sibly the democrats may carry the state. It will certainly not take more than five figures to express the republican majority. Speaking of the outlook a few days ago, ex-Governor Campbell said the fact that the republicans carried the state last year by over a hundred thousand votes did not mean anything bearing on the result this year. If they had carried it b: about thirty thousand, said he, that would mean trat they were in good, solid fighting trim and in a condition hard to beat. The new democratic state central committee has already had a meeting, ecelected an executive committee, and that committee has organized and held one meeting. The time for the formal opening of the siate campaign is determined upon, and the state headquarters of the party have been opened here. All these rapid movements indicate that the campaign will be pushed on the democratic side with energy and dash. In an interview just before the meeting of the state central committee, when an executive chairman was to be chosen, ex- Governor Campbell said he had not de- cided whom he would recommend for the pesition, but he would say that whoever should be given the place would accept it with the understanding that he must be in his office every day from the opening of the campaign until election day, irom 7 o'clock a.m. to midnight. It was to be a business campaign. In this connection it is recalled that when Mr. Campbell was a ci date the last time for the governorship, and was feated, the executive chairman, Johr Fartey of Cleveland, went off to Geo bay fishing in the midst of the campaign, and was gone for about two months, leay- ing the campaign solely in the hands of the secretary, H. H. Hyman, who was a stranger in politics. It was’ known that Mr. Campbell did not like this, but Farley was not his choice. Senator Brice, w was then flirting with the governor's enemies in Cincinnati, had control of things, and gave Farley the chairmanship. Brice Gave a Medge. There seems to be little doubt as to the truth of the story sent out from Spring- field that Mr. Campbell required Senator Brice to pledge in writing a considerable sum of money to be used in the campaign, as much of the campaign funds, and as strong an effort to be given to the election of the state ticket as to the election of the members of the general assembly. It secret that Campbell is without funds s: as would be needed to make a successful race for the office of governor. He did not wish to enter the race, and when he was urged to do so by his party friends, on the ground that it would be worth a great many ‘votes to the party to have him on the ticket, he made the demand, as he thought he had a right then to do, that if it Was as a party measure that he was to be placed on the ticket, his expenses mu: be paid by the party. To thi it is said, there was no objection at all. Senator Brice was especially agreeable to the proposition. The details were arranged at a dinne- given to Messrs. Brice, Camp- bell and a few other leaders of the party on the day before the nomination by John H. Thomas, the wealthy manufacturer of Springtield The choice of executive chairman for the democratic campaign seems to have fallen upon ex-Congressman C. M. Andersen, as a compromi between the Brice and the Campbell interests. After canvassing a great many names, Mr. Campbell decided upon two, either of which would be a ceptable to him for chairman to conduct the campaign. These were the names of Anderson and Dr. J. A. Norton of T: who was Campbell's commissioner of ra! ways and telegraphs when he was gov- ernor. Why Norton Was Opposed. It is probable that Mr. Campbell pre- ferred Norton and it is rumored that he had really set his heart upon him, but Walter B. Ritchie of Lima, who repre- sented Senator Brice at the committee meeting, said the Senator's friends in the committee would oppose Norton for the reason that he was a radical free silver man and would not pledge himself to re- frain from advancing the cause of free coinage if made executive chairman in the documents sent out from the com- mittee rooms. The Senator thought that as the state | convention had decided against free ver’ it would be bad policy for the state committee to seem to controvert its deci sions. He did not think it improper for the gold standard men to make this re- | quirement upon the candidates for the po- ion of executive chairman, and as Mr. Norton refused to make any such pledge he could not be considered for the position by the men who represented the single gold standard in the contest in the state convention. Mr. Norton's name was then withdrawn and that of Mr. Anderson was the only one before the committee, = ‘The New Chairman. Mr. Anderson was a member of Con- gress from 1885 to 1887, representing the old fourth district. The republicans r districted the state during his term an as this threw him into a republican dis- trict he was retired from Congress. Since then he has been out of polities. By ap- pointment of Governor Campbell he was the president of the Ohio world’s fair con’ mission. He is almost a giant in tu being about 6 feet 6 inches in height and as straight as an Indian. Since his election to the executive chair- manship It has been reported that Ande: son is a radical free coinage advocate, but this is a mistake. He is very conservative on the question and would certainly not favor the unconditional and unlimited coin- age of silver the ratio of 16 to 1. It ts safe to say that the state democratic com- mittee in Ohio will not be converted this year into a bureau for the dissemination of free coinage literature as it was last year by the chairman, Allen W. Thurman. Opening the Republican Campaign, The republicans are making great arations for the opening of their paign at Springfield on the Wth ins: The republican state league of clui offered a banner worth trying for to th club sending the largest delegation to par- ticipate in the parade on 1 A large attendance is prow ditfculty has been experi favorable railroad rate to th the ri A. orgian t occasio: d, but some ed in getting and this has led filing of a peculiar complaint ag: i ‘oad manage by those who have the opening In 2 They claim that Senator B: through his railroad interests, con prevent the offeri It happens line o under has, iv al low r on the main » which the republt agers are making a big cry about it, Mr. Griffin's Defent. The most interesting eve in political matters In th ate last week was th defeat of Charles P. Griffin for the no; nation for state senator in the thir third district at the Findlay convent The district is entitled to three senato: | for him was to pa time. It is composed of five counties, des Lucas covnty—Toledo. The For- aker faction in Toledo, easily in control of the party machinery, secured a solid delegation of 117 delegates to the conv: “len from Lucas county for Griffin, who has always been looked upon as a close friend of Foraker. With these votes he only need- ed to get twenty-eight more to nominate him, and he had five other counties In which to get them. Besides, he had the 117 delegates in his own county so firmly that he could pl e them to any of the candidat for the other nominations, in consideration of support to him. But they did not dare do it. Griffin was that such a combination, id he sure to secure the nomi- nation, would be certain to invite defeat at the polls. o he is retired to private life, unless a pian to have one of the nominees for representative withdraw to give Griffin his place the county ticket succeeds. Griffin la Grisfin . years ted him by less than a h E republican trict. The result of the convention k the republicans of the Toledo district fought ago, and defe dred votes in a strongly Ashley ‘ I in bad fighting shape, and it will not be a Surprise if there Is a general turning over of the northwest to the fall in consequence. The Fight for the Legislature. This. would be of great advantage to Sen- ator Brice, of course, for it would mean a demccratic gain of about twelve on joint ballot in the general assembly. A carefully made estimate of the next legisiature. made last week by an experienced republican politician, shows that unless the republl- cans can carry Hamilton county this fall ey cannot retain control of the legisla- The defeat of Griffin seems te call for Some explanation from ex-Gov. Woraker, who has earned a great reputation in pol- ities of never forgetting or failing to take care of his frie Of course, he could have got the nece: votes for his friend Griffin if he had wanted him nominatad. It is said that he feared Griffin was not a strong man, end would hurt nis cwn chances of getting to the United States Senate if he was put on the tieket. It is also charged in certain quarters that he failed to support his old friend, FE. W. Poe, in his race for the gubernatorial nomina- tion this vear, throwing him aside for the Wealthier and more popular Gen, Bushnell at the last moment. Poe felt this keenly, and said to The Star correspondent at the time: “It is beyond the understanding of my friends that there should be any doubt as to whom Foraker Wants to see nominated as long as I am a candidate. As much as I have done for Foraker and borne for his sake, it would ee of course he would be for me democrats this —___ CAPT. SUMN STATEM Tg. He Telly About the Dry Docking of the Columbia. The evidence given by all of the wit- nesses in the Sumner court-martial at the Brooklyn navy yard after The Star's re- port closed yesterday was mainly a repe- tition of that brought out last week. When the prosecution had closed, Capt. Sumner was sworn. Capt. Sumner safd that on his way from Kiel he received orders from Washington Capt. Sumner. ~ to dock the ship at Southampton and paint her bottom. He described his ordering of coal and the making of the contract for docking the ship, which corroborated the testimony given Paymaster Read. He told the docking master, Lewis, that the ship had a bilge keel and Lewig said the dock would be ready for the Columbia on the following Monday, July & He hand- ed the docking plan of the Columbia to Lewis and all the information that was demanded. Lewis and all the others whom he met there impressed him as being familiar with docking and thoroughly capable and re- liable in every res t. When the strain- ing of the ship was reported to him on Monday evening, he sent for Capt. Lewis and together they inspected the ship on both sides from stem to stern. He was satisfied after a careful examination that the ship would not receive any further in- juries by being allowed to remain in the and he did not think it necessary od the dock. Strict orders were given by him to keep a close watch to ascertain if the ship was receiving any further injuries, and if so to report to him. About the dle of the afternoon on Tuesday, July 9, the witness , he received word that the ship was receiving more injury, and he ordered the work of painting to be stopped and the dock flooded. In regard to the paying of the bill for dockin; Sumner said he thougiit that ke Capt. § he most dignified and proper proceeding all the ship’s fore his vessel left Southampton. On cross-cxamination, the witness said there was no particular mention of pump- ing out the dock to prepare it for the Co- lumbia when he was making the contraas with the docking company. He was as- sured no less than three times by the pany ft ‘eek, which preceded the Columbia in the dock, was of similar con- struction to the cruiser. He stated that he had this assurance in writing from Superintendent Dixen, and produced a letter with this statement in {t. The witness said that no cflicer was sent to examine the keel blocks nor the dock while The Greek was lying there. This concluded the defendant's evidence. The court then aGjourned until 12:30 o’eleck today. In Wednesday's telegraphic report of the Sumner court-martial the following sen- tence occurs: “As Capt. Sumner has plead- ed guilty to the charges pref2rred, it is ex- pected that the trial will be bri The statement as to Capt. Sumner's plea is an error. He has not y ded guilty to the charges preferred. The sentence was in- tended to cover the admission of Capt. Sumner before the court of inq August 28, in effect that the injuries to the vessel were caused by itnproper docking and that he was to blame in part for not having ex- amined the dock. Gees Ninety-First Birthday of Twins, From the Cinclunat! Commercial Gazette. John and R riff cre twin broth- ers who were born in Preble county, Ohio, August 31, 1804. Their father and mother died at the age of " five years, leav- ing sey children, four of whom are still living—the twins and two other brothers, whose ages run from e to ninet; cne years. All of them were married. ied about fifty years ago. T ne John has two sons, about 5 old, with one of whom he makes within a mile of his brother Rich: es at Deertieid, nd has dren, four boys and girls, the most distingulshe of these a law: of Portiand, Inc ner of Goy. Gray, de farmers all their lives, and use I f in and out of a wagon. air of pior have aly icket. 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