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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Fecrsylvania Avente, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Oifce, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star fs served to subscribers In the eity by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents mouth. Gopies at the jounter 2 certs each. By matl—anywhere in the Bnired States or Caoady—postage prepald—b0 cents ver month, Sheet Star, $1 ear, with a per 51 the Post Office at Washington, D. C. a sevond-elasa Cotes seatter) t he pald tn ad subscriptions mus advance, Rates of advertising made Enown on application, Che Fvening Star. WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. it only in The Star. OCEAN Cove NGLISH BOAT LEADS TO THE TURN irst of the International Yacht Races for the America’s Cup. RUN 10 WINDWARD FROM THE JERSEY COAST . Defendir Second Over the Starting Line and Continued to Lose. CLOSEST OF ALL THE CONTESTS HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, N. J., September 7.—A dark, cloudy sky frowned over a leaden sea early this morning as the challenger for the America’s cup, Lord Dun- rayen's Valkyrie III, and the gallant cham- pion in its defense, America’s Defender, rolled and pitched at their moorings in the Horseshoe, inside of Sandy Hook, two grace- ful, powerful centers of interest among a fleet of weatherbound coasting schooners and a large number of yachts of all sizes and varieties. ‘Those two rival yachts looked, from the Highlands, like greyhounds held in leash, eager for the dash forward, longing for the test of speed and endurance. All were busy on board of them and on board their tend- ers immediately after the first gray light of dawn Ulumired the battlefield. Securing the News. The eyes of the whole world were upon them, for the Associated Press arrange- ments to cover the race were so complete that not a move on board could be missed, and every change of sail or course was sent by cable direct from the Commercial Cable Company's steamer Mackay-Lennett, dy Hook, and, from shore, by exglu: wire to the Associated Press oifices in } York, recorded there and flashed through- out the United States, all over Europe and all over the rest of the world, through the yaricus agencies of the x SS. In ai the Assoc! had a full staff of reporters and telegraph ope+ raters ou board its special steamer, the Fred. Dalsell, a staff on board the Scot- g telephonic communi- a staff of reporters Hook, and others land lightship hav cation with the shore and operators at in the tall towers of the Highland lights and others still at Seabright, Long Branch and Asbury Park, R away, Far Rs way and Long Beach, and alt this sup- plemented by a complete from the Associated Press pig steamer, with another uff of and operators at Bayview, L. I, having direct wire communication with the Asso- ciated Press offices in New York. The Weather. Thus, every point this morning reported ths weather conditicns prevailing in their immediate vicinity, and, summed, up in brief, they announced that the sky was cloudy, with prospects of rain showers, not severe enough, however, to interfere with the racing. ‘The wind was also east, with northerly tendencies, and had been blowing at the rate of from fourteen to sixteen knots throughout the night. Outside Sandy Hook a pretty heavy sea was running. At 7 o'clock the alr, which had previously been clear enough to enable the watchers to distinguish the two lightships, Scotland and Sandy Hook, began to get misty, the wind commenced to veer northward and fell away until there was hardly enough of it to cause the flag to flutter from the flagstaff. On the other hand, the surf which had thundered along the shore all night, in- creased In strength and there were signs ef an approaching storm. Shortly after 8 o'clock the weather had cleared somewhat and the breeze tncreased in strength. Both yachts had been active- ly preparing for the race since their crews left the tenders after breakfast, and at $:55 Defender started off for the Hook in tow of the tug Wallace B. Flint, although sLe had no sails set. But her jib was up in stops. On the Valkyrie. Valkyrie remained at her moorings; but the members of her crew were all busy as Lees on hoard of her. The weather, at this hour, was far from being satisfactory to the yachtsmen, and was looked upon as being unfavorable to Valkyrie's chances, it being the general opinion that she would not show up well in the heavy ground swell and light air, which then seemed to be the outlook for the racers. Valkyrie passed outside the Hook at end as she did so she broke out her jib Defender followed suit a minute later. Foth yuehts 3% were about a third of the way to Scotland lightship and were under mainsails and jibs. From this point it looked as if Defender's mainsail was much larger than s The Swash channel was then fil steam yachts, tearing down toward Sandy dfook and the lightships, and there were fully thirty of them between the Romer Beacon and the two big yachts, which headed the fleet. At 10:50 the tug Luckenbach hoisted her signal that the starting point would be shifted from Sandy Hook lightship, and she started toward the Jersey shore.,De- fender was taken in tow again and headed shoreward from the lightship, while Val- kyrie, with her tremendous club topsails, ftwung around and began running before the wind. At 10: am. Defender was half way from the lightsnip to the new starting line point off this coast, about one and one-half miles southward. Valkyrie and the excur- sion fleet were following her. The Luck- enbach had a small tug beside her, and it was evident that the latter was to be used to mark the other end of the starting line. Defender, at 11 o'clock, was about a mile northeast of what was looked upon as being the new starting line. She was in tow of a tug and had her big club topsail set, the largest of its kind that she has yet stretched to the breeze. She was in tow, and Valkyrie had also been taken in tow. Suddenly the Luckenbach again changed her position, and headed closer inshore, with the little tug following her. There was no prospect of a start before 11:30 a.m. ‘fhe wind was then northeast and only about six miles an hour, which would give them a beat from close to the Jersey shore clkse teward Far Rockaway shore and a run home. Defender at 11:40 cast loose from her tow. A minute or so later Valkyrie also east loose of her tow. The starting point, it appeared, would he east of D ae by-the-Sea. The wind was very light, not ever five miles an hour. The Course E. by S. At about 11:50 the Luckenbach signaled that the course would be east by south from near Normandie, which would be a beat righi cut to sea from the Jersey coast. At 11:55 the preparatory signal was hoisted; Valkyrie dropped her tow. De- fender then was just to the northward of the Luckenbach, heading out to sea on the starboard tack and Valkyrie went about on the same tack and headed after De- fender. : The British yacht had her baby jib top- sail up in stops. Both yachts were keeping a little to windward of the small tug which marked the end of the starting line. The two racers at noon were heading toward the line, close together and jockeying for position. Valkyrie was nearly abreast of er. ‘The wind at noon was about east and only blowing about four miles an hour, the yachts having little more than steerage vay. A couple of minutes after noon Valkyrie broke out her staysail and Defender ap- peared to be drawing out from under Val- kyrie’s lee. The excursion fleet and the patrol boats had formed about the starting line and everything was ready to start the yachts on their wa; The Start. The yachts crossed the line, but had hardly got away when they were recalled, the start evidently having been a false one. The judges’ boat then hoisted “blue peter” again, and the yachts were prepared for a fresh start. The yachts crossed the line, unofficial time, as follows: Valkyrie ew 08 Defender -12 20 10 The wind at the start was about east, blowing at the rate of about four miles an hcur. The sky was cloudy and there was a mecderate sea running. Jyst previous to the start, Defender slipped in between the judges’ boat and Valkyrie on the latter's weather quarter, and both yachts went across on the star- board tack under mainsails, club-topsails, staysalls, jibs and jolly jibs, Altnough Defender was slightly to wind- ward in crossing, Valkyrie soon began to draw away, and at 12:27 she had a lead of about 200 yards on Defender and appeared to be gaining constantly, although the two yechts had to pick thelr way through the exctrsion fleet,which hampered their move- ments badly. In fact, the captains of the excursion beats never interfered so badly with the movements of the yachts as they did at the start today. The wind at 12:30 p.m. was freshening nd there were good prospects of a rattling breeze before the racé was ended. Valkyrie during the next few minutes did not gain so much on Defender, and as the yachts palled out from the excursion steamers De- er appeared to be deing better. De- fender was getting a good breeze and was cutting down Valkyrie’s lead. Valkyrie at 1240 p.m. went about on the port tack and crossed Defender's bow. The American yacht followed suit after- ward. Both yachts were then heading southeast. + The Interfering Stenmers. The excursion boats were stif standing very close to the racers and one of the in- terfering steamers had to back water in order to allow Defender to pass. The two yachts held on to the canvas, under which they crossed the line, and When the tack was made, the cup chal- lenger did not seem to be more than half a Jength ahead and to windward of Defender, while the American boat seemed to be out- footing the Britisher. At 12:50 p.m. the Luckenbach steamed ahead of the yachts in order to lay out the course fifteen miles to windward. Valkyrie was then widening the distance between herself and her rival. The boats had port tack, Valkyrie not making so much disturbance while going through the water as Defender did. The race at this point was an extremel; close one, but it seemed as if the Britis! boat had the best of it, for she was ap- parently crawling away from Defender. The Britisher had her large baby jib topsail set, while Defender only had her ordinary jib topsail. The wind was fresh- ening, and both yachts were standing south by east, close hauled. In spite of this, from here it seemed as if Defender's jib topsail was heading her off, and it was evident that she did not hold the wind as well as_ Valkyrie, which was pointing higher, though Defender seemed to be foot- ing faster. Quarter of a Mile Gap. From here at 1 p.m. it seemed as if there was a gap of fully a quarter of a mile be- tween the two boats, and it also appeared as if Vatkyrie was considerably to wind- ward, although not footing as fast as De- fender. But it looked as if she was con- stanuly drawing away from the American boat, although the latter was running nicely. For some reason or other, Defender did not look as if she was holding up to the wind as closely as she had done in her races with Vigilant. The two yachts were sull on the port tack and headed southeast. Valkyrie at 1:04 was still on the port tack and leading Defender. The British yacht’s immense club topsail was doing splendid work, while that of Defender, in comparison, was quite small. The patrol boats by this time seemed to have succeeded in keeping the excursion fleet away from the racers. As the two yachts worked down the course the decided windward position which Valkyrie had secured showed up more plainly than ever. The wind was still hold- ing eastward. Valkyrie and Defender at about 1:12 p.m. went about on the starboard tack and headed east northeast. From this point it looked as if Valkyrie had a lead of about half a mile. Valkyrie Gaining. The race is, no doubt, a remarkably close one, and on this tack, as on the previous, Valkyrie seemed to be gaining. On this tack, the fleet of excursion boats was kept well away from the racers by the patrol boats, which were doing good work, Valkyrie, as the time wore on, to be steadily increasing her lead. Both yachts, at 1:20 p.m., were holding off shore on the starboard tack, and Defender, from here, seemed to be doing much better. ‘The excursion boats were clustered about Valkyrie, according to whut was made.out here, in an outrageous manner, while De- fender seemed to be keeping by herself. The race is such a close one that such in- terference on the part of the steamer cap- tains is very detrimental to the boat which is being thus handicapped. Accoraing to some of the experts here, Valkyrie would have quite a lead at the turn if she con- tinted to gain, as she appeared to be doing, in spite of the fact that Defender footed much faster and higher recently than at any other time during the race. The racers were racing along with a nice breeze at 1:30 p.m., and had sailed over atout four miles of the cours Valkyrie had managed to shake off the thick of the excursion fleet, which caused the steamer captains to turn their atten- ticn to Defender. One notable exception to this mvch-to-be-blamed Lchavior upon the part of the accompanying fleet was the action of Mr. W. K. vanderbilt, with his big steam yacht Valiant, which he kept fully half a mile to leeward of the excur- sicn fleet itselt and nearly a mile from the racers. The wind at this hour was about east- rcrtheast, and blowing at the rate of say seven miles an hour. Valkyrie at 1:10 p.m. went about on the port tack and the Defender followed suit a minute or so later. But Valkyrie then again went about and soon afterward Ds- fender did the same. * The Most Exciting Race Ever Held. The race is undoubtedly the most excii- ing ever held for the America’s cup, as it has been close since the start, and at times from here it was difficult to distinguish which yacht was ahead. Defender and Vaikyrie, just before they met, went about and tacked in opposite directions, much to the appointment of the fleet, and it looked as if Defender was unable to force Valkyrie about and pre- ferred to split tacks with her rather than get into a box under her They then stocd away Defender on the port ward. About Half Way to the Tarn. But at 2 p.m. Defender went about on the starboard tack out from Valkyrie. The two yachts were then about half way over the course, so far as could be judged from here. At 2 p.m, Valkyrie was about a quar of a mile ahead of Defender. still standing to the e: board tack, both boats being sailed for all they were worth, and in a most exciting manner, though Valkyrie was well ahead. Shortly afterward a heavy fog began working up from the eastward, and it be- gan to look as if it might possibly shut out the view obtained of the race from here. Nearing the Outer Mark. 2:40 p.m.—The racing yachts appear like- ly to turn the outer mark within the next fifteen minutes. Defender ceems to be reaching for it with sheets eased. The shift of the wind more to the suuth has been of great advantage to Valkyrie. Seen From Far Rockaway. FAR ROCKAWAY, L. L, 2:27 p.m.—The boats are still on the same course. The Valkyrie appears to be widening the dis- tance. The haze has left and the boats are entirely clear of the steam fleet. 2:37 p.m.—Defender appears to be gaining slightly. Everyone who can muster a glass is along the beach; on bath houses, cot- tages and every point of vantage. The patriotic sentiment is apparent whenever a slight gain of the Defender is reported. 240 p.m.—Valkyrie apparently widening the gap. A fishing schooner. which was standing the same course, was passed by the English yacht as though she were at anchor. 2:50 p.m.—The English beat apparently has a lead of about three-quarters of a mile. seemed each other, ¢o the south- Valkyrie Turns the Stake. On Board the Steamship Mackay-Bennett, September 7.—Valkyrie turned the stake boat at p.m. and immediately ‘squared about for the run home. ON THE MACKAY-BENNET®. Scencs of the Day Near Sandy Hook Interesting. ON BOARD THE MACKAY-BENNETT, near Sandy Heok, September 7.—The early morning indications for the race between Defender and Valkyrie were not as prom- ising as had been anticipated at § am. The wind, which was E. N. E., was light, the sky was cloudy, with an occasional sun- burst, and a slight indication of a freshen- ing breeze. Early as the Associated Press tug had started for the Hook, there’ were many other craft on the way, .steaming and puffing down toward thé old lightship. Off Bay Ridge the largest flotilla df yachts ever gathered in this vicinity lay at anchor. The international contest has Mevér excited the interest of the present series for the Amer- ica’s cup, and the bright a@nd arly start of the advance fleet was t@ken as evidence that about the line of the staft a fleet wiil be gathered greater than hgs' yet signaled the contenders off on their Struggle. The Navahoe and Mayflower, the latter the old cup defender, were passed near the Narrows going out, while B. D. Morgan’s cutter was passed a short time later. CONTRADICTORY BULEETINS. The Washington Publi¢, However, Got the Truth at The Star Office. There was unusual excitement in Wash- ington as the race between the yachts progress and every bulletin posted out was eagerly read by half a thousand eyes and more. The Star office posted news of the race as rapidly as it was received, and when the reliable information came in to the effect that Valkyrie was in the lead there was generally expressed regret that the wind was not stronger, so Defender might show her gleaming sternpost to the rival from over the seas. At the other newspaper offices, and at the public places where the progress of the contest was posted through the agency of one of the press associations and the tele- graph companies, the bulletins changed the places of the boats and gaye the De- fender the lead. This complexity of in- formation naturally perplexed the many who were interested in the struggle, but the wise among them knowing what abso- jute dependence might always be placed in the truth of anything The Eyening Star publishes in either its columns or upon its bulletin boards, settled themselves down to the unpleasant capviction that the English boat was beating the Defender over the early part of the course, anyhow, season- ed with the hope that the Yankee yacht would overhaul the Briton before the finish line was crossed. The bulletin that came shortly after 1 o'clock, indicating tat the breeze had fresh- ened and promised to increase, inspired the loyal rooters, who are praying for the safety of the America's cup with renewed courage, and there were many visits to nearby resorts to further stiffen the feel- ing with something wet and frothy. There were several enthusiasts who could not stand the effect of the double set of rports being given cut locally about the race, and they came up into the news room of The Star to find relief from their anxiety. They were shown dispatches from a variety of places along the course, en shore and from the Associated Press steamer, all of which placed the Valkyrie ahead, and this satisfied their uncertainty, even ff it added more to the burden of patriotic disappointment. As the time approached for the stake boat to be turned, and the wind was shown to be in favor of the English boat, there was increased tension on the nerves of the bulletin readers, as It would be known when the turn was made beyond any ques- tion which boat was really in the lead. At 3 o’cleck the wires flashed 'the news: Valkyrie turned the stake boat at p.m. and immediately squared for home. This settled the uncertainty. The Star was right, as It always is, —_-—_+ PROCTOR EXONERATED The Result of the Commissioners’ Oonsid- eration of the Qase, Mr. Truesdell Will Recommend That the Detective Be Declured Not Guilty, The report of the Commissioners in the case of Detective Proctor, who was tried for the part he took in the Maxwell-Flynn case, will be made public next week. Detec- tive Froctor will, it is expected, be exon- erated, and the police manual amended, ich will prevent members:of the detec- tive force in the future taking any part in such cuses. Commissioner Truesdell, acter a long cov- sideration of the evidence in the case, recommends such action, and there is no doubt the Commissioners will agree with him. Commissioner Truesdell has subinit- ted to the board his report of the case, covering a number of typewritten pages. He carefully reviews the evidence and calls attention to the unfavorable criticism against Procter’s action on the case, which he says was unjust, Proctor simply acting under the orders of his superio: The story of this case fs too well known to the readers of The Star to need com- ment at this time. Suffice’ to say, Proctor was tried before the police trial board for conduct unbecoming a gentleman and an cflicer. verbatim account of this trial was submitted to Major Moore, and he re- turned it to the Commissioners. The trial board recommended an exoneration, the finding being “not guilty.” The papers were then reviewed by the prosecuting at- tomey fer the District, and then Commis- sioner Truesdell was ‘requested by the other two Commissioners to make a report upon the case. This Commissioner ‘Truesdell readily agreed to do, the direct stvervision of the police coming under him. He spent con. siderable time going over the testi and after much labor reduced it in sub- stance to a report, in which he carefully reviews the testimony and comments upon it, finally ending with a recommendation that Detective Proctor Le adjudged not guilty im accordance with the findings of the police trial board, and the police raan- ual be amended so that fn the future tectives will not be permitted to handle cases similar to the much-ventilated Max- well-Flynp episode. —__ Personal Mention. Mr. Campbell Carrington has returned from Europe. Lieut. M. M. McNamee, third cavalry, is in the city on leave of absence. Adjt. Gen. Ruggles has been summoned to New York by the death of Mrs. Siocum, his sister-in-law. Henry L. Spaulding, one of Howard county’s (Iowa) leading lawyers, and one of the visiting knights on their return from Boston, who has been stopping the past few days with his uncle at 122 Massachu- setts avenue northeast, was ealled home suddenly yesterday. Leo. F. Zwissler will leave for Louisville, Ky., tomorrow. Mr. J. V. Wiggins of Lone Star, Tex., has returned to the city after a summer's vacation in Europe. John H. Thomas of Missouri has resigned his clerkship in the War Department and will return to alia, Mo. He was in the Ford's Theater disaster end had his arm broken. x Mr. Charles L, Hine of Chicago is irf Washington on a visit to hig father, ex- District Commissioner L. G. Hine. Mr. George A. Williamson teturned yes- terday from a trip to the Hub and the New England summer resorts. Mr. J. Arthur Kelly is spending his vaca- tion at Atlantic City. Max Weyl has returned from a two months’ sojourn in the mountains of Vir- ginia, e he found very good matevial for He leaves today for Glou- cester, Mass.. for a month's stay as the guest of Mr. Parker Mann. IN THE CASE FIGURING THE VOTE|"E tAW IN 1 Politicians Speculating on the Re- sult in November. EXTENT OF THECHANGEIN SENTIMENT Has It Been Enough to Insure a Democratic Revival? ANXIETY OVER TWO STATES The politicians are using their pencils on the subject of the vote in November. Will it be large or small? If large, to what will it be reasonable to ascribe the change from last year? If again small—and particularly if the democrats are again inert—what will the portent be touching the race of next year? Last Year's Majorities Not Expected. Nobody is expecting a duplication of last year’s majorities. They grew out of a con- dition which, to some extent, has certainly changed. In the proper acceptation of the term, there was no race at all last year. The democrats put up tickets, but did not support them. The republicans had a walk- over. Numerous explanations were offered for a state of things so unusual. Im- Fatience with the administration on ac- count of Its foreign policy, the effect on the people of the scandals growing out. of the tarift legislation, and lingering kicking here and there about patronage, all were quoted to azcount for the marked neglect of democrats In every section of the country to go to the polls on election day. The re- turis next morning, to use the language entirely appropriate to the occasion, cast a gloom over every democratic community. The more despondent of the brethren gave vp all for lost, and began discussing the problem of reorganizing the party in time for the natioral race in 100. Some Change, but How Much? While a change from that condition is noted, the extent of It cannot be foretold. Nor is there agreement as to the cause of it. The administration has not changed its foreign policy, the tarift bill, which cost the democracy such travail, is not yielding revenue enough to support the government, and those men who were murmuring last year because of failure to secure recogni- tion in the distribution of the offices are still murmuring. The man who murmurs on that account continues to murmur until he is taken care of. And since then the serious divisions in the party on the silver question, and the agitation of the third term question, have been added to the causes already contributing so much to the democracy's discomfiture. But, neverthe- less, the democracy is belleved to be in much better fighting form this year than last, The party shows unmistakable signs of it, and the republicans concede it by tkeir preparations for a good stiff battle in all the territory classed as debatable under normal, or approximately normal, conditions, Is There n Democratic Revival? But to what extent must the republican majorities of Jast year be reduced to give the democracy the appearance of a genu- ine revival—a revival calculated to inspire confidence in national success next year? Suppose the majority in Ohio should be brovght down from one hundred and forty thousand to thirty thousand. Would that boost Mr. Campbell for the Presidency and correspondingly injure Gov. McKin- ley? Would not the state still be left re- Mably in the republican column? If last year’s majority snould be wiped out al- together by Mr. Campbell, that would of course create a tremendovs sensation. His stcck as a presidential quantity would go to par at one bound, while that of Gov. McKinley would necessarily suffer depres- sicn. Take New York. The republicans have no thought of polling last year's ma- jority in that state. There are still serious divisions in the ranks of the democracy. The issue of Hill and anti-Hill remains, and more recently the contest—well defined below the surface of things—between Mr. Hill and Mr. Whitney over the control of the delegation to next year's national con vention has begun. But the democrac has rallied from last year’s beating. Mr. Croker thinks that Tammany will again ccntrol the city through divisions in the ranks of the allied republicans and mug- wumps. Wiil the state go with the city? New York is accounted a democratic state, and so a democratic majority there this fall might net convey a greater intelli- gence than that the local democracy had again come into possession of its own. . Hill's fortunes would be somewhat ad reed and Gov. Morton's somewhat {n- jured. But if the republicans, by even ten or twenty thousand majority, should again the state, the blow to the democracy a heavy one, operating against the state's influence in next year’s national cenvention and in favor of that ‘good tern man,” whose coming in compro- mise majority to save the national day is now in some quarters so impaiiently awaited. Anxiety for Two States. This line of speculation does not include the condition of affairs In Maryland and Kentucky, where the democracy,in a square contest, has never been defeated. That Is a condition apart. It is likewise regarded as of the greatest moment. If those two states should go republican this fall, the result would be charged up to the adminis- tration, and the effect on the presidential race necessarily be most depressing. The de- fection from the regular order in both states is from factions flying the adminis- tration’s flag; and this must be remedied, or democratic defeat, it is thought, will ‘in- evitably follow. Even a close vote in those states maintaining the old supremacy would operate as a democratic disaster considered in its national relation. < CIVIL SERVICE E AMI ‘TIONS. Another to Be Held Places in the Government Printing Office. The civil service commission has fixed the @ate for the next examination of applicants in this city for the trades in the govern- ment printing office September 30. The two examinations already held will furnish a fair list of eligibles for the po- sition of compositor, but probably not enough to supply the demands. Very few applications have been received for the positions of bookbinder, pressman, stereo- typer and electrotyper. Those who desire to compete should obtain blanks of the commission and file their applications at once. Applications will be accepted for positions in the government printing office up to the close of office hours on Septem- ber, 28. The number of applications for positions in the government printing office from states remote from this city is compara- tively small, and hence there {is at present a fair charce for applicants from the Dis- trict of Columbia. The maximum age limi- tation for all positions in the government printing office has been removed. The date for the skilled laborer examination has not yet been’ fixed, but will be announced hereafter, The commission will hold an examination on September 27 to fill two vacancies in the Department of Agriculture, one in the position of assistant and histologist in the division of agrostology, at a salary of $ per annum, and the other in the div! of vegetable physiology and pathology, the salary of which is $1,200 per annum, festions Under Which the Sugar Bounty Cases Go to the Court of Claims. No Doubt That the Case Will Ulti- mately Go to the United States Supreme Court. Section 1063 of the Revised Statutes, un- der which the Oxnard sugar bounty claim is to be referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication, is as follows: “Whenever any claim is made against any executive department, involving dis- puted facts or controverted questions of law, where the amount in controversy ex- ceeds” $3,000, or where the decision will affect a class of cases or furnish a prece- dent for the future action of any execu- tive department in the adjustment of a class of cases without regard to the amount involved in the particular case, or where any authority, right, privilege or exemption is claimed or denied under the Constitution of the United States, the head of such department may cause such claim with all the vouchers, papers, proofs and documents pertaining thereto to be trans- mitted to the Court of Claims, and the same Shall be there proceeded in as if or- iginally commenced by the voluntary ac- tion of the claimant, and the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon the certificate of. any auditor or controller of the treasury, direct any account, matter or claim of the character, amount or class described in this section to be transmitted, with all the vouchers, papers, documents and proofs pertaining thereto, to the said court, foi’ trial and adjudication, provided that no case shall be referred by any head of a de- partment unless it belongs to one of the several classes of cases, which, by rea- son of the subject matter and character, the said court might, under existing laws, take jurisdiction of on such voluntary ac- tion of the claimant.” Section 1064 provides that “all cases transmitted by the head of any depart- ment, or upon the certificate of any au- ditor or controller, according to the pro- visions of the preceding section, shall be proceeded in cs other cases pending in the Court of Claims, and shall, in all respects, be subject to the same rules and regula- ticns.” ‘The right of appeal from the Court of Claims is set forth in section 707 of the Revised Statutes, as follows: An appeul to the Supreme Court shall be allowed, on behalf of the United States, from all judgments of the Court of Claims, adverse to the United States, and on be- half of the plaintiff in any case where the amount in controversy exceeds $3,000, or where his claim is forfeited to the United States by the judgment of said court, as provided in section 1089. There is no doubt among lawyers that the sugar bounty question will be event- vally submitted to the United States Su- preme Court for decision on the general question of the constitutionality of the bounty legislation. It is known that the Treasury Department will not accept the judgment of the Court of Claims in case it is In favor of the claimants, and it is cer- tain that the latter will not accept an ad- verse decisicn. ———_-2+_______ THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN. Secretary Carlisle Will Not Take the Stump in That State. It is authoritatively denied that Secretary Cerlisle is going to speak for the demo- cratic state ticket if Maryland. His not taking the stump there, it is explained, is not due to any lack of interest on his part or on the part of the administration in the ticket. It appears that Mr. Cleveland draws the line with his cabinet officers at their taking part in the campaign outside their own respective states. It is asserted that he holds that they may, with pro- priety, exercise their influence for their party at thelr homes, but that it is not be- coming for them to meddle in other states. Therefore it is not to be expected that Mr. Carlisle will speak anywhere but in Ken- tucky. He has declined invitations to speak in various parts of the country. He has not yet decided that he will take the stump in Kentucky, though it is probable that he will, but whether he does or noi, it is euthoritatively announced, he will ad- here to hic determination not to speak in any other state. Of course, it is not Mr. Carlisle's per- sonality that is wanted in the campaign in Maryland. The active participation of any other as closely allied to the administra- tion In support of the ticket would serve the purpore of demonstrating the friendly interest of Mr. Cleveland in democrati success in the state. However, the theo: that the officials of the administration should not participate in politics outside their own states greatly limits the opper- tunities for the administration to show this friendship. It is said that assurance has been given that Mr. Cleveland wishes the success of the democratic ticket, and has no sym- pathy with the opposition of the so-called Cleveland democrats. The most effective way of proving this would be for Mr. Car- lisle or some other member of the cabinet to make a speech in support of Mr. Hurst. If this is barred by theories of propriety it is uncertain how Mr. Cleveland will make menifest his attitude. It is reported that Mr. Gorman snd Mr. Cleveland are to have a friendly interview at the White House as soon as the Presi- dent returns, but it is not probable that there will be any such meeting. ——_e___ BOLD SAFE BLOWING. Store end Post Office at Leiland Rob- - bed. Sheriff Dove of Prince George’s county, Md., called upon Inspector Hollinberger this morning and reported that the store and post office at Leiland, Prince George’s county, was robbed last night by safe blow- ers, There was no one in the store at the time. Once inside the building the robbery was an easy matter. The store was ran- sacked,-and the part used as post office was also overhauled. ‘When the burglars had gathered together what they wanted in the store, they turn- ed their attention to the safe, which they succeeded in blowing. From the safe they took postage stamps and money to the amount of more than $500. The nolse of the explosion was heard by persons living not far from the station, and early this morning the sheriff was on the scene mak- ing a thorough investigation. It 1s certain that the sefe was blown because of tne neise and also because of the shattered condition of the steel. It is thought that the officers have a clue which may lead to the apprelension of the burglars. —-——._—_. THE CHINESE INVESTIGATION. 5. ister Denby Reports the Names of Two of the Commissioners, Min'ster Denby informed the State De- partment today that he has selected United States Consul Sheridan P. Read at Tien Tsin as one of the members of the com- mission to investigate the destruction of American missionary property during the rioting at Cheng-tu last June. The other members representing the United States will be Commardcr Francis M. Barber, United States naval attache at Toi rican missionary not yet r is to be selected here: ter Denby, and tiese gentlem in representativ quiry, which will earliest possible moment, NERVE OF A WOMAN Clara McArthur Jumps from the Brooklyn Bridge. DD MW 10 SUPPORT HER FAMILY Dressed Herself in Male Cloth- ing. APPARENTLY RECOVERED NEW YORK, September 7.—Mrs. Clara McArthur, the young woman who attempt- ed to jump from the Brooklyn bridge two day3 ago, but was prevented from doing so by the police, dropped off quietly into the darkness at 3:30 o'clock this morning, and she is now lying at Hudson street hospital a prisoner under the formal charge of attempted suicide, Although when she was picked up she Was unconscious, she had apparently en- tirely recovered from the effects of her jump by 7 o'clock, and will probably be able to be arraigned in court this after- noon. The latest bridge jumper seems to have been moved to the feat not so much by de- sire for notoriety as by her wish to earn a living for her husband, who is a railroad een out of work, and her five-year-old ehiha. The man has been without work for time, and the family has been ving Poverty. Meanwhile, as the rent fell behing and the cupboard grew bare, accor: the story she told when arrested beethe bridge police, on making her previous at- tempt to jump, her mind had been inflamed by persons who told her how easily she could earn $100 a week by jumping from Brooklyn bridge, and afterward appearing in a museum. Mrs. McArthur was driven on the bridge in a furniture van from the Brooklyn side at about 3:40 o'clock thig morning. She was dressed in men’s clothing, consisting of a pair of trousers, blue woolen sweater covered with a common blue jumper, stock- ings and heavy shoes. The stockings wero much too large for her and were filled with sand in order to give the necessary weight to her feet and pre- vent her from turning over in the air. ———— BALTIMORE'S REGISTRATION LIST. Democrats Charged With Intentions 2 to Pad It. | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 7.—It was rumored about the republican headquarters this morning that the democratic machine would exert every effort to pad the regis- tration lists In Baltimore city, and the re- publican leaders are consequently on the alert to prevent such a move on the part of their adversaries. Chairman George Wellington of the re- publican state committee said this morning that he had anticipated such a move, but that he intended to expose it, and felt © confident that he could prevent it. The republicans are working with great enthusiasm, and they do not propose to be defrauded of any gains in the city by unfeir registration lists. Harry W. Clabaugh, the republican nom- inee for attorney general, was in the city this morning, and says that the members of the republican ticket are very much pleased at the cordial reception accorded them at the several county fairs they have recently visited. The visit of Senator Gorman to the demo- cratic headquarters yesterday has had a very appreciable effect on the democrats, and Mr. Hurst’s cause has felt a decided boom in ccnsequence. The veteran demo- crats echo Mr. Gorman’s assertions that despite the present inauspicious outlook the regular democratic ticket will receive a substantial majority in November. Older democrats point to the successful outcome of the Jackson campaign eight years ago, which began_under just such unpromising conditiors, From now on the Hurst cam- paign will be pushed with the utmost vigor. Senator Gorman is expected back Monday morning, and from now on will assume control of the campaign. Chairman Harry Welles Rusk of the city committee spoke most enthusiastically of the chances of the ticket. Next week a business men’s democratic movement is to be started in Baltimore in the interest of Mr. Hurst, and numbers of prominent democratic bankers, mercpants and others will identify themselves “with the ment. Among those who are intere: its formation are Mr. Douglass Thomas, president of the Merchants’ Bank, Mr. John W. Hall, president of the gas’ com- pany, and others. airman Talbott of the state committee said this morning that the outlook was becoming brighter every day, and that the fight would be no harder than many in former years. SS EX-SPEAKER CRISP RETURNS. Not Disposed to Suny Much About Sil- * ver's Prospect NEW YORK, September 7.—Ex-Speaker Crisp was surrounded by newspaper men as soon as the steamer New York,on which he was a passenger, arrived at her dock. On the silver question he was not dis- posed to speak and would not commit him- self on financial subjects any further than to say that English capitalists were fast buying up American bonds. Mr. Crisp expressed himself in favor of the nomination of William C. Whitney as the democratic nominee for President. “His record as Secretary of the Navy was good, and showed him to be not only a capable, but a most desirable candidate at the present juncture,” said Mr. Crisp. —_—.—__. ARCHER TRANSFERRED. CAPT. Various Other Changes Today in the Interior Department. Capt. Archer, superintendent of the pen- sion building for several years, has been transferred to a clerkship in the pension office at $1,400 a year. John Hancoek of Flori@a, a clerk of the $900 class, has been appointed superin- tendent, to succeed Capt. Archer. The following changes in the Interior Department were announced today: Patent_officc—Appointments: John B. Hull of Georgia, fourth assistant examiner, $1,200; Charles A. Conrard of Kentucky, copyist, $720; Frank H. Hiatt of the Dis- trict of Columbia, messenger boy, $30). Pension office—Promotions: Thomas A. Stockslager of Oklahoma, clerk, $1,600, to pal examiner, $2,000; Frank C. Sharp of Michigan, clerk, $1,400 to $1,600; Sylvester T. F. Sterick of Ohio and George P. At- yell of Iiinois, clerks, $1,200 to $1,400; Jas. G. Johnston of Pennsylvania, copyist, $00, to clerk, $1,200; Jean Baptiste Gallenne of Louisiana and Morris E, Sabin of Wiscon- sin, $900 to $1,000. ee Mishap to the Normannin, NEW YORK, September 7.—The stear- slip Normannia, which arrived today, was Gelaved by breaking of the high-pre cylinder of her port engine on Se: tember 1. She proceeded with the sta’ Icard e for sixteen hours untl th F rs had been made to the de-

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