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worn the edge from it. There were no ex- pressions but those of kindness for the marching hosts of Union soldiery. It was @ great object lesson In fraternalism, and will bear fruit in the stifling of sectional feeling, the promotion of closer ties be- tween the sections. The veterans were not permitted to feel all the time as if they were among strang- ers. There were Union sympathizers. in Louisville in numbers, and others came across from Indiana and Ohio. These felt incumbent upon them to make their pres- ence known, which they did with a will, end cheered themselves hoarse. The en- thvsiasm was contagious, and gradually spread, forcing even the most luke-warm into expressions of applause and welcome to the veterans. The Grand Army of the Republic should have no fault to find with its reception. in Louisville. N. O. M. Encampment Incidents. Special.From s Steff Correspondent LOUISVILLE, September 11.—The officers of the Department of the Potomac and of the Women’s Rellef Corps attended in a bedy the reception given at the Galt House lest night to the national president of the Women’s Relief Corps. Commander Ander- son headed the delegation, and the ladies in evening dress and the men in full uni- form were introduced to the receiving party. * Maj. Brackett, formerly chief clerk of the treasury, is here booming Baltimore for the encampment in 1897. He is receiving the hearty co-operation of the Department of the Potomac in his efforts to this end. Charles Sumner Post (colored) were given quarters in the school building, and yester- day the local committee tried to sandwich in some Kentucky veterans on them, tu sleep two on a mattress. The commander indignantly objected, and Commander An- derson sustained him, refusing to allow his le to be imposed upon in that manner. aca ze i N. O. M. MANY THOUSANDS IN LINE. Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 11.—After all the demonstrations of the week, the Parade today was the event of the twenty- rinth national encampment of the G. A. R., as it has been of all former encampments. The air was full of patriotic music, and the streets were carnivals of richness in design and profusion of the red, white and blue. Alorg miles of bunting and amid hun- dreds of thousands of cheering citizens, the comrades once more marched on south- ern soil. No contrast could be greater than that of the reception of the gateway of the south today to the opposition at its portals thirty-four years ago. Only one thing could have added to the impressing grandeur of the demonstration, and that is the elec- trical display. The picturesque array of red. white and blue electric lights across all prominent streets, intersections and on many buildings, that has been admired every night so much by the visitors, could not contribute to the glory of the day. But the veterans themselves were the mcst inter2sting feature of the parade, al- though everything that money and in- genuity could command of warlike designs were added to the procession. The vet- erans had spent two days and nights at camp fires and reunions, in hunting up bunk mates and comrades, and in talking over old experiences in the service, but they say they never feel “like old times’ til) they get in Ine. And they formed a long, strong line cf “Yankees” in marching through Kentucky today, while thousands of “Johnnies” grew hoarse in cheering them along the way. And the ladies of Louisville and from all parts cf the south, in briliiant dress, joined in the great chorus of cheers as heartily as they were intense in bitterness along the marches in the days of strife. The veterans showed the weight of years and the effect of service while marching today. It was the general remark that there were never so many old, lame and feeble men in line, but they proudly kept step and “tramped, tramped, tramped,” just as they were the boys still “Marching Thro’ Georgia.” They seemed to feel sad that they were under new commanders, but also to rejoice that they had survived to see this new era. None of the old Unfon generals around whom they gathered so fondly at former encampments, and whose carriages they cheered so lustily in former parades, were here. Their portraits were seen along the line of march, but they are bivouacking where most of the comrades will soon join them. < A Cloudless Sky. At sunrise the only clouds were from the salute of forty guns, and the weather even was for peace. ‘The departments began forming at an early hour under the special otders to have the procession move prompt- ly at 10:30 a.m. At 9:30 another salute was fired for the first grand division to form. At 10 a.m. the guns indicated that the escort was moving to the head of the column and at 10:30 the salute signaled all of the grand divisions to move. Under a proclamation of the mayor the streets where the divis- fons formed and the entire line of march were cleared of everything, while the Louisville Legion, the cadets and Kentcky National Guard patrolled the streets, and there was no delay. Mounted police first cleared the way, followed by a large de- tachment, Headed by Ex-Confederates. The parate was headed, some distance in front of the first grand division, by two ex-confederates on horseback, Capt. John H. Weller and Capt. Wm H. Harrison. They did not wear the gray, but were dressed in black frock coats, with silk hats and red, white and blue sashes, the same as members of the citizens’ committee. They also wore red, white and blue scarfs and rosettes. Capt. Weller carried a very large flag, and the stars and stripes were proudly borne by him. Capt. Harrison carried a very large white banner of peace mounted on a staff like the stars and stripes carried by his confederate com- rade. The two flazs were alike in every respect except in the colors, one being ail pure white. In place of the eagle on the top of the staff the white banner had a dove carrying an olive twig, designating peace and good will. The conception of these two ex-con- federates at the head of the great proces- ston of ex-federal soldiers, with their re- spective flags, was that of Col. Cohn, chairman of the committee on parade and review. The Procession, Following these new participants, who were the striking feature of the parade, the divisions lined vp as follows: Drum corps, Louisville Legion, Grand Army Band of Canton, Ohio; Col. Henry S. Cohn, chair- man of the committee on parade and re- view; Thomas Satterwhite, jr., and Capt. Cc. E. Hordstron, adjutants, special citi- zens’ aids (red sash); citizens’ committee on parade and review, 10) members (white sashes for leaders of platoons, blue for rank file). Carriage, No. 1, the governor of Ken- tucky and staff; carriage No. 2, the may- ors of Louisville, New Albany and Jeffer- sonville, and Col. Thomas H. Sherley. pres- ident citizens’ committee, the board of managers and invited Chicago military band; Columbia Post of Chicago as Grand Army escort to commander-in-chief; Com- mander-in-chief Gen, Thomas G. Lawlor and staff; members of the council of ad- ministration,aid-de-camp to commander-in- chief. First grand division—Red flag, Wiscorsin, Pennsylvania. Second grand division—White flag, Ohio, New York. Third grand division—Blue flag, Connecti- cut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, California, Rrode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Potomac, Virginia and North Carolina. Fourth grand division—Light red flag, Maryland, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, In- diana. : Fifth grand division—Yellow flag, Colo- rado, Kansas, Delaware, Minnesota, Mis- souri, Oregon. Sixth grand division—Light green flag— West Virginia, South Dakota, Washing- ton and Alaska. Seventh grand division—Orange flag, Ar- kansas, New Mexico, Utah, Tennessee. hth grand division—Purple flag, Louis- jana, Mississippi, Florida, Montana, Texas, Idaho. Ninth grand division—Dark green flag, Arizona, Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Indian Territory. Tenth grand division—Light blue flag, Kentucky and battle flags of Kentucky regiments in charge of guard of honor. Features of the Parade. Among the features of the parade was Old Ned, the war horse, over forty years old, that has heretofore tramped with the boys along the line of march. Old Ned is now so feeble that he today rode on a a float. Tue New Hampshire department carried @ large eagle. fa The Ohio boys all wore buckeyes, the Kentuckians had corn and crackers, and others bore the emblems of their states. Minos, THE “EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1895~TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE B. F. Myers Nominatel by Penn- sylvaria Democrats. UNANIMOUS ACT OF THE CONVENTION The Opening Proceedings Today at Williamsport. ———— PRELIMINARY BUSINESS er WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., September 11.--B. F. Myers, ex-Congressman, of Harrisburg, was unanimously nominated for state treasurer by the democratic convention this afternoon. The convention to select candidates for state treasurer and the six superior court judgeships met in the Lycoming Opera House this morning. The unusual condi- tions surrounding the contest for judicial places on the ticket made the convention ‘more than ordinarily interesting. The convention was called to order by State Chairman Wright and the proceed- irgs begun with the reading of the call for the convention. Ex-Deputy Attorney General Stranahan ef Mercer wes chosen temporary chair- man. Mr. Stranahan, in taking the chair, con- gratulated the convention upon the large attendance of delegates and spectators from all over the state and the intelligence and enthusiasm of the gathering as well as the good feeling manifested. After the appointment of committees on resolutions, credentials and permanent or- ganization the convention at 12:10 took a recess until 1:30 p.m. The convention reassembled at 2 o'clock and proceeded to business without delay.The committee on credentials reported in favor of the sitting delegates from the first Phil- adelphia district and Snyder county. George W. Gibbons, chairman of the com- mittee on permanent organization, reported in favor of John M. Garman of Luzerne for permanent chairman. Mr. Gibbons and Frank C. Osborne of Ailegheny conducted Mr. Garman to the chair. —— BEAT THE ENGLISH RECORD. A New York Cenirnl Train Runs 440 Miles in 420 Minutes. BUFFALO, N. Y., September 11.—The New York Central flyer arrived at the Central station at 12:40, having made the distance from New York to Buffalo, 440 miles, in seven hours. This beats the time of the Empire State express one hour and forty minutes, and knocks nearly three-quarters of an hour from the latest and much vaunted English record of 450 miles from Euston station to Perth in 7:45. The flyer, which left New York city at S340 a.m., arrived at Albany at 7: covering the 143 miles in 134 25 seconds. Stopped at Albany, changing engines, one -ninute. The flyer passed Batavia at 12:07, West Batavia at 12:14, Looneyville at entered the train shed here at 12:40 flat amid the cheers of hundreds of people gathered to witness the actual finish of a wonderful record-breaking performance. Charley Hogan, the pilot of engine 903, was surrounded by a crowd eager to con- gratulate him on the run from Syracuse, 149 miles, in 141 minutes. Hogan said that he could ‘have done ten minutes better, but for a heavy head wind, which he encount- ered in the run from Ratavia. As it was, he made the last thirty miles in twenty- four minutes, averaging forty-elght sec- onds to the mile. Several miles, however, were reeled off much faster than that average. —_—~—.__ PHI BETA KAPPA. Triennial Session of This Distinguish- ed Society. SARATOGA, N. Y., September 11.— Twenty-six out of the thirty-four chapters of the Phi Beta Kappa Society began the triennial session this morning, when au address wis made by Col. Thos. Wentworth Higginson of Cambridge, Mass., president. ‘The following elections were made: Presi- dent, Henry C. Potter, New York city; sec- retary and treasurer, E. B. Parsons, Will-| jamstown, Mess.; senators, D. C. Gi¥fman, Baltimore. Md. E. Hale, Roxbury, Mass.; F. P. Nash, Geneva, N. ¥.; E. B. Parsons, Williamstown, Mass.; Adolph Worner, New York city; S. E.’ Baldwin, New Haven, Conn.; H. L. Chapman, Bruns- wick, Me; Wm. Lamb, Norfolk, Va.; C. F. Thwing, Cleveland, Ohio; H. E. Scudder, New York city, and J. F. Hurst, Washing- ton, D.C. A large number of applications from col- leges were received and yoted upon. ———.—__ THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION. Half a Dozen Governors to Be Present on the Opening Day. ATLANTA, Ga., September 11.—The open- ing day of the cotton states and internation- al exposition September 13 promises to be a tremendous success. Atlanta is already filled with strangers. Governors of a half dozen states will be present; there will be an imposing military parade, and addresses will be made by distinguished gentlemen. The opening oration will be delivered by Judge Emery Speer of Georgia. Business houses will be closed from 12 until 4, and the whole city will go to the park. At night the attracticns will be the electric fountain and Paine's pyrotechnic display on the lake. Saturday, the 2ist, will be Blue and Gray day, and it is expected 100,000 people will enter the gates that day. Thousands of veterans from both armies will attend. ——~>__. DEATH FROM A SLIGHT CAUSE. Rev. Dr. Gammon Stumped His Toe Last Spring. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 11.—Rev. Dr. J. Polk Gammon, for many years pas- tor of the Third Presbyterian Church in this city, and one of the most prominent divines among the Presbyterians of the state, died at his residence this morning, after a long and painful illness. A remarkable incident in the death of Dr. Gammon was that it resulted from his stumping his toe. While at the general convention of the Presbyterians in Dallas, Tex., last spring, he stumped his toe, and the bruise grew troublecome. It was neces- sary to amputate the toe, and then gan- grene set in and his foot was amputated. Dr. Gammon grew worse, and the leg was amputated, but blood poisoning finally ren- dered the efforts of the surgeons useless. —————— THE WILMINGTON SUSPECTS. Evidence of ‘Their Filibustering Scheme Put Before the Grand Jury. WILMINGTON, Del., September i1.—In the United States district court today Dis- triet Attorney Vandegrift said that as the evidence to be presented to the grand jury in the matter of the alleged Cuban filibus- ters might consume a week's time, he would make a motion that the petit jurors be discharged, and they were accordingly dismissed from further attendance until next Wednesday. The grand jury retired, and Mr. Vande- grift furnished them with the evidence in his possession. They spent the afternoon in hearing evi- dence against the alleged filibusters and adjourned until tomorrow morning. Se Geo. Drinkwater of Chicago Dead. CHICAGO, September 11.—George Drink- water, one of the charter members of the board of trade and a prominent figure in commercial circles here forty or fifty years ago, is dead, aged eighty-five years. > Convention of Ticket Agents. BOSTON, September 11.—Four special trains arrived this morning over the Bos- ton and Albany railroad, bringing delegates to the convention of the international asso- ee of ticket agents, which was opened CARE OF THE CAPITOL/MR, MILLS’ VIEWS|GRADE CROSSINGSIFINANCE AND TRADE What Has Been Done to. Improve the The Architect Tells How Every Mem- ber is to Have an Electric Bell— Changes and Recommendations, ‘The annual report of the architect of the Capitol, Mr. Edward Clarke was filed today with the Secretary of the Interior. It an- nounces the completion of a number of dif- ferent improvements that will be quite roticeable when Congress once more occu- pies the vast building. An elevator has been put in operation in the vestibule lead- ing to the Supreme Court room, and the eastern elevator in the House wing has been changed from the gravity to the pressure system and extended to the sub- basement. A passage and stairway has been constructed to connect this elevator with the committee rooms in the terrace. A great deal of work has been done to repair the copper roof and the sky-lights of the building. The heat inside and cold without last winter expanded the glass unequally, and hundreds of panes breke. It will take 300 new panes to complete the work. As required by the House, electric bella have been put in the members’ desks and connected with annunciators—one in each cloak room at the extreme erd of the hall. This provides for 300 ‘‘cails.” On the right side of each desk is a little push button flush with the surface of the desk and with wires leading through the desk legs to brass plates on the floor, where be- neath the floor they are grouped into cables and carried to the annunciators. It is suggested that new coal vaults are needed at the House end, and a new kitchen for the restaurant. An additional steam boiler is also asked for the House wing, for use in case of accl- dent. Arrangemerts are in progress for the purchase of the House and Seuate electric lighting plants and the extension of them. In the way of art, Mr. Clark says the busts of George Clinton and Richard M. Jchnston have been received, and Mr. W. H. Duckstein has restored and repaired four pictures in the rotunda, four in the House and several in the gallery story of each wing—in all sixty paintings. Some have been rebacked. Mr. Duckstein has also cleaned the statues in statuary hall and glazed the plaster statue of Washing- ton by Handon. The state of New Hampshire has pre- sented to the United States the statues of Webster and Stark. The bronze tablet to mark the spot where the exercises were held at the lay- ing of the corner stone of the Capitol has been put in place. Complaint is made that heat and cold produce leaks in the roof of the marble terrace around the south, west and north sides of the Capitol. A copper roof is rec- ommended. The Botannic Garden connected with the Capitol is pronounced by the report to be in its usual good condition. Many repairs and improvements have been made. ——_—_—_—-e—___ BALTIMORE POLITICIANS. They Are to Re Found in Numbers Around Hendquarters. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 11—The headquarters of the democratic state com- mittee at the Carrollton presented scenes of considerable activity this morning, the eccasion being the arrival of Senator Gor- man. The Senator reached Baltimore about 10 o’clock, and on arriving at the head- quarters assumed immediate control. As soon as Mr. Gorman’'s presence became known prominent city and county politi- clans began to arrive, and the headquarters have been well filled ‘all day. Among the first to call upon the Senator was Mr, John E. Hurst, the nominee for gcvernor, and he was shortly followed by I. Freeman Rasin. Messrs. Hurst and Rasin were closeted with Senator Gorman for scme time, and other conferences were held with several of the county leaders, the different chairmen’ of subcommittees and a number of business men who held a meeting last night in the interest of Mr. Hurst. Senator Gorman said to The Star corre- sponcent that it had been decided to begin an active campaign at once, and that from now on the party organization would exert its utmost efforts in behalf of the ticket. The Senatcralso said that he was entirely satisfied with the situation, that a number of difficuities which at first had threatened the success of the ticket were disuppear- ing, and that he was confident that Mr. Hurst would be elected by a large majority, Senator Gorman, from now on to the elec- tion, will spend the greater part of his time in this city, and will personally conduct the campaign. The wepublican headquarters were also well attended during the day, and among the visitors was Mr. James A. Gary, who has just returned from urope, and who was in conference with Chairman Welling- ton and the repuh leaders this morn- ing. The republicans are working actively for their ticket. Their campaign has been uggressive from the siart. and they pro- pese to keep it so. Chairman Wellington sald todey that he believed taat much had been accompiished in behalf of Mr. Lowndes by the activity of the commit- tee, and this, with the aid of anti-Gorman yetes, would certainly clect the republi- can ticket. Mr. Lowndes is expected at the republi- can headquarters late this afternoon. Mr. Hurst, accompanied by a large party of friends, will visit the Cecil county fair at Elkton tomorrow. The democratic committee will establish a literary bureau to ald the county papers in the fight. The defection of the Sun and the News has seriously embarrassed the organization, and documents of a partisan character will be circulated to offset the influence of the city papers. — CHARGED WITH SWINDLIN Ex-Congressman McShane of Chicago Arraigned CHICAGO, September 11.—Ex-Congress- man John A. McShane, one of the wealth- lest citizens of Omaha, was arraigned here today, charged with conspiring with F. H. Culver, a Chicago attorney, to defraud the real estate firm of Bartlett & Roach. The defendant asked for an immediate trial, but the case was continued until tomor- row. = The real estate men charge that McShane and Culver deliberately conspired to swin- dle them out of $65,000, while the éx-Con- gressman declares that he is innocent, and threatens to bring suit for camages for false imprisonme: —_—.___ Thinks Both Should Contrcl. LONDON, September 11.—The St. James Gazette publishes an article in its issue this efternoon replying at length to American rewspaper criticisms of its article on the Nicaragua canal question. The Gazette takes the position that both Great Britain and the United States should have equal control over the canal, and adds: “it will be more the fault of our government than of the American if we do not get this. Let us join with America in guaranteeing the capital of the canal company.” ——.——_— Tobacco Warchouses Burned. LANCASTER, Pa., September 11.—Early this morning the large tobacco warehouses owned by Roland Brubaker and John F. Brimmer, and occupied respectively by Amos B. Hostetter and John F. Brimmer, were destroyed vy fire of incendiary origin. The warehouses were valued at $5,000 each, and the one occupied by Hostetter con- taired leaf tobacco, valued at $65,000. In the Brimmer building there was leaf to- becco valued at $55,0¢ od A Defaulter Located. ATCHISON, Kan., September 11.—R. 8. Meade, the Atchison insurance agent who absconded a few years ago with about $50,000, intrusted to him by widows and others, has been located in New York, and a telegram has been sent ordering his arrest. Meade was a prominent church member. A big reward is offered for his arrest. ———__ A Receiver for Sala. LONDON, September 11.—An order of court has been issued appolnting a téééiver for Geo. Augustus Sala, the well-known newspaper writer and author. He Compe Ont Squarely Against Free “dy sie A. VIGSRQUS LEPTER ON FIRARCE United’States Cannot Alone Main- tain the Parity of the Metals. GOLD THE POOR MAN’S MONEY Senator Roger Q. Mills of Texas has wiitten a letter to James G. Dudley, chair- ™man of the democratic state committee of Texas, in which he comes out squarely against the free coinage of silver by the United States, independently of other na- tions. In his letter he says: “I have been called upon to give to the Feople of Texas an expression of my opin- fon on the financial questions now being discussed on the stump and in the press of the state. I have spoken in and out of Congress on all the phases of the pending controversy,..and had supposed that my cpinions were known to all of my con- stituents. “I repeat now what I have so often said, that I am in favor of retaining both gold and silver in our circulation, and have been ever sirce the coinage question has been brcught.into controversy. I advocat- ed the unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1 as long as I could see a prospect of keeping them both in our circulation. United States Can’t Go Alone. “The contirued fall of silver and the pro- gressive abandorment of it as a standard of value by other countries has separated the two metals so far that the conclusion has been ferced upon my mind that the United States alone cannot bring them to par and keep them at par throughout the world at that ratio. “I would be glad to have all the mints of the world open to the unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at 151-2 to 1 or 16 to 1. But this is a result that cannot be produced by, any one nation, because no ene country is able to control the demand and supply of all the goid and silver in the world, We must ascertain what we can do independently of other countries and what the best interests of the people of the United States require us to do.” Free Coinnge Arguments Reviewed. The Senator reviews at length the conten- tions in behalf of free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, and the argument that it would in- crease the prices of all commodities, saying the latter wauld be true if the increased coinag2 of all other countries kept pace with ours, but that increased coinage by this country would not increase prices in other countries. This being vo, the gold dollar as the com- mon international measure of value, would go to Europe, because it would buy more commodities there than here, while the sil- ver dollar would remain in this country. The Senator then announces his opposition to this gpbstitution of the silver standard for our pregent standard, and in an argu- ment of much length gives reasons, polit- ical and Susfhess, in support of his position. He quotes'statistices to show that wages here have rigen under our present standard, while necessities have fallen in value, and comments on these figures as follows: Gold the Poor Man’s Money. “It hag been said that gold is the rich ™man’s money. These figures prove that it is the poor jnan’s money, and the money of every one. who works for wages. “The wagé worker is always cheated by any depréciated money, more by depreci- ated papér'‘mmoney, because it has no in- trinsie vale to check its expansion. The wage worker always gets the most for his service whtn the dollar in which he is paid is the gotflar of the commercial world. The whole people, except speculators and commérefal “gamblers, are injuriously af- fected by: dé@preciated money of any kind, ‘but -the injury is ‘felt with crushing effect by the.man or woman whose life depends upon constant employment and datly earn- In conclusicn, he advocates payment of the public. debt us rapidly_as possible, op- poses the sale of interest-bearing bonds in. time of peace, and favors issuance of non-interest-bearing treasury notes to tide over temporary deficiencies In the reve- nues. 'TO ‘(PREVENT SALE. Suit Entered by Albert Gleason Re- garding Some Stock. A bill in equity was filed today by Albert Gleason against the National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company and others to prevent the transfer by the Ivy City Brick Company of 148 shares of its stock to James Lansburgh, Charles C. Duncanson and Bryson W. Chase. The complainant says that he gave the stock, worth, he claims, $14,800, to the de- fendant company as security for a loan of $7,400. Not being able to pay the inter- est on the loan, he claims that the stock was sold last month to Mr. Lansburgh at $5 a share. He asserts that he was assured that the stock would not be sacrificed, but insists that {t was, and prays that he may be al- lowed to redeem it, when it shall be sold again, and the proceeds applied to the pay- ment of the indebtedness due the trust cempany. ———————— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Building Permits. Building permits were issued today as fol- lows: Thomas W. Smith, to build a three- stery brick addition to the Hotel Emrich, 39 C street northwest, $4,000; Adolph Mein- keing,to erect one two-story brick store and dwelling at No. 507 Q street northwest, to cost $3,500; Thomas W. Pickford, to erect one two-story and basement brick dwelling at No. 816 New Jersey avenue, to cost $5,000; Franklin Insurance Company, to build a one-story brick side and rear addi- tion to 611 12th street northwest, to cost $1,000. ‘ Defective Flues. Harbormaster Sutton reported to the Commissioners this morning that several Gefective flues had heen discovered in the boiler of the police boat Joe Blackburn, and that it would be several days before it would be in operation, as they had to send to Charlestown, W. Va., for the flues. A Public Henring. The Commissioners will give a hearing to the committee of the Brookland Citizens’ Assoclatfon “in regard to !mprovements needed in‘that subdivision tomorrow morn- ing at 11 o'tlock. a Fourth-Class Postmasters, Twenty-eight fourth-class postmasters were appcinted today, twenty-six of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or resignations. The Reason Bor Advetaing: Advertisers use The Star because they get profitable resultsfrom their advertising in it. * They know, also, that each one pays price for a like service. Advertising space is not iven to one in order t it may act as a decoy ee a No “discount” for one, “speci eee oO and “extra 7 ln discount” for stil] an er, Like price for like service is the only fair way. Power of the Oommissioners to: Regulate Protection at Them, An Act of the Legislative Aasembly That May Prove to Be Ap- plicable to the Case. When the attention of District Attorney Birney was called this afternoon by ao Star reporter to the opinion of Mr. S. T. ‘Thomas, the attorney to the District, in which Mr. Thomas holds that the District Commissioners have no authority to make police regulations requiring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Comyany to station flagmen at all of the road's grade cross- ings, and keep them there at all hours of the day and night, Mr. Birney stated that while he had not carefully read Mr. Thomas’ opinion, it was undoubtedly true that in the absence of statutory require- ment railroads are not compelled to so protect their crossings. Act of the Legislative Assembly. The district attorney’s attention was then called to section 2 of the act of the legislative assembly of August 23, 1871, re- quiring railrvads to keep at their crossings a flagman with a red flag in the daytime, ard in the night time a flagman with a flag and lighted lamp. Mr. Birney then sald that he thought that was a sufficient statu- tory requirement. It depended, he thought, whether Congress, as in the case of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, specially reserved to itself the right to make such regulations. In a case which came before the late Chief Justice Cartter some years ago, said Mr. Birney, in which the road was sued by some one who complained that the road had failed, as required by the act of the legislative assembly, to protect its cross- ings, the judge sustained the point raised by the road, that Congress in chartering the road had reserved to itself the right to regulate such matters, and that, therefore, the act of the legislative assembly did not apply. if No Reserved Right Was Made. “But,” remarked Mr. Birney, “if no such right was reserved to Congress when it chartered the B. and O. railroad, then, ac- cording to the logic of Judge Cartter’s opinion, the act of the legislative assem- bly would, I think, apply, and the B. and O. railroad could be proceeded against for failing to protect its grade crossings, as re- quired by that act.” Mr. Thomas Explains. When Mr. S. T. Thomas’ attention was called by a Star reporter to the act of the legislative assembly, he sald he had not noticed it, and when asked whether that act dces not compel the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to maintain a flagman and lanternman at every crossing and all night, until the last train arrives and de- parts, he stated that he could not say that the act did not apply. But he ex- plained that the question which called forth his opinion was, “Had the District Commissioners authority to make police regulations requiring the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to station flagmen, day and night, at all of its grade crossings?” What He Decided. “I simply decided,” said Mr. Thomas, “that they have no such authority in the present state of legislation. The act of the legislative assembly, if it applies, is in itself a police regulation on the subject, and the question now to be ascertained is, did Con- gress, In chartering the B. and O. railroad, expressly reserve to itself the right to alone provide for such protection? If Congress did reserve to itself such power it may be doubted whether the legislative assembly had authority to legislate upon that sub- ject. Just now, not having the acts of Con- gress relating to the B. and O. railroad be- fore me, I am unable to say whether those acts reserve to Congress the right to regu- late the operation of the road at grade crossings. “If they do not reserve such right, then the act of the legislative assembly would seem to apply. That is,” explained Mr. Thomas, in conclusion, “unless the courts should hold that the act was a piece of general legislation, and, therefore, beyond the powers of the legislative assembly.” ——— ANACOST! GOES DRY. No Liquor License to Be Issued This ar. Anacostia’s hope for a bar room was blasted this morning by the excise board when it rejected the application of Benja- min Mendell for a retail liquor license at No. 7 Harrison street. The case, it will be recalled, was the subject of a special report by Inspector Woodward of the excise board, who interviewed all the residents in the immediate neighborhood of the proposed saloon, with a view of getting an expres- sion of their views. The report was some- what conflicting. It was printed at the time in The Star, and, while it showed a small majority in favor of the saloon, the returns were questioned. Today's action by the excise board settled the question of a bar room in Anacostia this year anyhow. It is understood that several applications will be filed next year for saloons in that section. The excise board granted a transfer li- cense to J. J. Reilley from Daniel Hennes- sey, 935 2d street southwest, and wholesale transfer licenses to John Magruder from 1122 to 1 Connecticut avenue and from Dennis Byrne to Byrne & Craycroft. The excise board also issued the following order, which, owing to the short notice, will not apply to cases filed on next Tues- ay) which will be acted upon October 16 next: “That all applications for licenses and transfers shall be filed with the excise board at least thirty days prior to the sec- ond Wednesday in each month. — a Funeral of Mrs. Kate Russell Scott. Funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Kate Russell Scott were held this morning in the Fifteenth Street Presbyter- jan Church at 11 o'clock. Dr. Grimke of- ficiated, and a large congregation of friends and relatives were assembled to pay their respects to the bereaved family. Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Russell of this city, and was well known among a large circle of friends in Wash- ington. ee St. Asaph Races to Begin Earlier. Commencing Monday, races at St. Asaph will begin at 2:15 p.m., instead of 2:45, There were six well-filled events on the card presented here today, the quality of which was first-class. The track was in first-class skape, weather clear and warm; attendance, good. Six books. ——— To Manage the Estate. George E. Johuson, a son, was today ap- peinted by Judge Cox a committee of the personal estate of Ruth Johnson, who was last week declared by a marshal’s jury to be insane. Mr. Johnson’s bond was fixed at $1,000. —— Fell From a Horse. Eugene Belt, a colored man, thirty years of age, fell from a horse on Thomas Circle at noon tuday. He was badly cut about the head and legs, and was removed in the pa- trol wagon from the second precinct to the Emergency Hospital, where medical aid Was 18adered. —__ Personal Mention. s Paymaster L. G. Boggs of the navy is in the city on waiting orders. Lieut. Charles S. Rysley of the coast sur- vey steamer Eagre is spending a portion of his leave of absence in this city. United States Treasurer Morgan left Washington yesterday for a ten-days’ va- vation, which he will spend with his family at Saratoga and at his home in Bridgeport, Ccpn. ———2-—_ Apxious for Peace in Samosa. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, September 11.—Advic2s from Samoa,dated September 5, state that ex-King Tamoasese recently came to Apia and submitted overtures for BPérmaneht peace, t6 be considered by the British and German consuls and King Ma- Uetca. The conditions of the ex-king’s pro- posals have not been disclosed. sc tocks, eB; it. Q & uM Del.. ‘Lack. & W. N.Y. & N. Enj Cc. as ing & wi il Bt é Bf 108 bid, ki i Cc i Another Bond Issue Discussed in Wall Street. TALK OF $1 PAUL'S DIVIDEND The Speculative Public Inclined to Hold Off. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 11.—Speculation was hampered this morning by continued doubt on the subject of the bond syndi- cate's obligation to maintain the gold re- serve, and the delay in making good the amount recently withdrawn for shipment. There are constantly multiplying indica- tions that the syndicate is endeavoring to Cevise some plan whereby the treasury will be enabled to keep intact the $100,000,000 reserve fund without depleting the rapidly decreasing gold supply of the bond syndi- cate. The method ty which this result is sought is as yet unknown to the street, but a small bond issue is at the moment given the preference over all other rumors. The result of this condition is manifest by a general contraction in business and Mberal sales of long stock on every rally, ‘The low prices for the cereals in the Chi- cago markets are responsible for a falling off in grain tonnage on the western roads, and the value of the Granger shares con- tinue to be depressed. * A rumor was circulated during the after- nocn to the effect that, owing to the yacht race tomorrow, the directors of St. Paul would meet at a late hour today to declare dividends on the stocks of that company. It is said that while at least one per cent is assured on the common stock, there is some disposition to double this rate, in view of recent increased earnings. The price of the stock was not influenced ma- terlally by such reports, a decline of one per cent being reflected at the time of their publication. Rock Island and Missouri Pacific each yielded to active sales for substantial de- clines from first prices. The speculative public ts disposed to hold off until the several uncertain features of the present situation are disposed of, and professional supremacy again threatens the street. It is not thought that the period of doubt will be prolonged, however, and its termination will resuit in a resumption of the upward movement. ‘Tennessee Coal and Iron sold down 2 per cent on realizing sales, usually in small lots, but was purchased at the decline by interests identified with all of its recent movements. Sugar was fairly active under buying, in which both accounts were rep- resented, a gain of 1 3-8 per cent resulting in the course of the morning. Trade re- ports are in the main satisfactory, but the street is divided cn the wisdom of an ad- vance at this season. In e@ majority of instances the lowest prices of the day were those recorded dur- ing the last hour of business. The sales during this period were credited to the accounts ef several large operators, whose transactions on the short side of the market in recent years have made them recognized leaders of bear campaigns. The substantial advance in the more meritorious issue during the summer and the growing doubt as to the success of Its continuation without a moderate reaction greatly facilitates the efforts of this pes- simistic contingent. ‘The deposit of any considerable amount of gold by the syndicate would cause a sharp rally in prices, and in some quarters the action is confidently relied upon, but the delay in taking this step is taken as a pesitive indication that gold from this scurce will soon be withheld. With busi- ness conditions continuing to improve, however, the low prices now recorded will ccrer or later afford an excellent basis for conservative buying for the long ac- ecunt The syndicate deposited $3,000,000 in gold. —— AND COMMERCIAL. FINANCIAL The following are the opening, the high. est and the iowast and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Yor’: stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Lor Open. Wigh. Last. UL 119% 1 Mig ed - 181g Den. & R. t By Dis. & Cattle Feeding. 19% General Electric. “ Ry Mtinols Central 2 sos ee alos ashe cae Lake Shore.....: 15034 Brie .... : 4 Louisville & “Nashviiie. o Long Island Traction. 2.00. wee cee ween Metropolitan ‘Traction. 4 Manhattan Elevated. - a3 Michigan Central. 101g Missouri Pacific. 4 National Lead Co. 3 ific. Northern Pacific, Pullman Pal. Car Southern Railway, Phila. Traction. Texas Pacific. Tenn. Coal & Iro1 Union Pacific. Wabash... . Wabash, Pfa. Wheel: L. Erie. Wheeling & L. Erie,Pfa. Western Union Tel ee Washington Stock Exchange. o'clock m.— S. 4s, registered, 111% pon, 112% bid. U.S Sales—regular call—12 Government Bonds.—U. bid, 112 asked. U. S. 4s. 1925, 121% bid. U.S. 5s, 1904, 115 bl District of Columbia Boads.-20 year bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 112 bid. er stock 7s, 1901, curency, 115 “id.” Water stock 7s, 1903, bid. 3's, registerad, 2-108, 100 bid Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and G town Railroad conv. 6s, Ist, Washington and Georgetown Tt: 150 bid, 158 asked. 112 bid. hington Gas Com. hington Gan Com. . 68, 125 bid. U. 8. Electrle Light conv. id. ‘American Security and Trust Ss, F. and A., 100 bid, 103 asked. American Sevurity and Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid, 103 asked. Washing- ton Market Company Ist 6s, 110 bid, 116 asked. Washington Market Company, imp 63, "110 Wid, 116 asked. Washington Market ' Company, extn. 6s, 0 . Masonic Hall Association 5s, 103° bid. Washington Light Infantry 1st Gs, 100 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Republic, 245 bid. Metropolitan, 270 bid. Centzal, bid.” Farmers and Mechartes’, 180 bld, 195 asked. Citizens, 130 bid. Columbia,’ 131 bid, 139 asked. Capital, 317 lers” 105% Ohio, $2 bid, ‘ational Safe ington Loam and Lincoln, 95 iid,’ 105 asked. ed. Safe Deposit and Trust Compani Deposit and Trast, 120 bid. W: ‘Trust, 121% bid, 126 asked. American Secarity and ‘Trust, 140 Id. “Washington Safe Deposit, 90 asked... Rajiroad Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 270 bid, 285 asked. Metropolitan, $4 bid, 98 axked. Georgetown and Tenaliytown, 20 Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 49 bid, 50° asked. Georgetown Gas, 50 bid, 00 asked. U.S. Electric Light, 134 bid, '136 asked, Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 36 bid, 43 exked. Franklin, 40 bid. Metropolitan, 7) bid. Corcoran, 55 bid. Potomac, 68 bid. Arlington, 145 bid, 15 asked. German American, 155 bid, 200 asked, tional Union, 10 bid, 16 asked. Columbia, 13 6 asked, Riggs, 7% tid, 8% asked. People’ Commercial, 5% 1% bid. Lincoln, 8" bid, 8% asked. bia. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 106 bid, 116 asked. € sitle, 7 bid, 84 asked. District Title, 50 arked. ‘Telephone thesapeake asked. American Graphophone, lies ked. Pneumatic Gun Miscellaneous Stoel shington Market,14 bid. Merganthaler Linotype, 190 bid, 195 asked. —~—_—— Carriage, Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, September 1.-Flour dull, changed—receipts, 11,285 barrels; shipments, 14,5 barrels; sales, 440 barrels. Wheat weak—epot end mouth, ; October, OO%81; December, C2 S024 uterinee No Syed 56% a50% —reeeipts, 8,08 Dusheis, 060 3 Block, 650,848 shel; southern wheat by 5Sa8l. weak— 2 Malia western, 20)a27: Xo. 2 mixed, 24124%4—revelpts, 11,866 bushels; stock, 122,370 bushels. Rye quiet and steady—No, 2, 44 for nearby—receipts, 200 bushels; stock, 63,- 210 bushels, Hay steady—chol-e timothy, $14.00a $15.00. Grain freights quiet und steady, unchanged. Sugar and butter steady, unchanged. Eggs firm— fresh, 16. Cheese firm, unchanged. ee Grain and Cotton Markets, Cotton and grain markets, reported by W. B. Hibbs, stock, grain nak atin Beaker, 2S) ae 37 or 20 29 ‘CHOLERA AT HONOLULU. Subsidence of the Scnre—Denths Due * to Poisoned Food. . AUCKLAND, New Zealand, September 11._The British steamer Mariposa, which left San Francisco on August 22 for Hono- lulu, Auckiard and Sydney, arrived here teday. ! Her captain reports that at Honolulu he learned that the cholera scare, which had prevailed there, and which was the sub- ject of a dispatch from Mr. Mills, the United States consul general at Honolulu, to the State Denartment at Washington, had passed over. The deaths which had been attributed to cholera were traced to poisonous food eaten at a native feast. The Chincse immigrants who reached the Island of Hawali by the steamer Belgic from Hong Kong and who had been sus- pected of introducing cholera, were releas- ed from quarantine before the departure of the Mariposa from Honolulu. ——._ —_ GARBAGE QUESTION. The Comminsionera Discussing the Various Systems. As The Star goes to press the Commis- sioners are discussing the garbage problem with Contractor Warfield. Three systems were presented, the Smith, Brown and Dixon. There is little doubt that the Commissioners will accept the Sn.ith and Brown crematories. Feeding the Cook’s Friends. From Harper's Bazar. “I don't claim to rank with Copernicus, Columbus, and the other great discover- ers,” said the sad-eyed man, “simply be- cause I’ve found out that the feminine mind is a queer thing; nevertheless, I have made thai discovery. “Yes?” interrogated the lstener, encour- agingly “Yes,” repeated the sad-eyed man, posl- tively. “For instance,” he continued, af- ter waiting a short time to see if the list- ener dared to dispute it, “it is a peculiarity of every good cook to ask any of her friends who happen to drep in about meal time to eat something. Now, my wife ob- jects to that, I euppose on the score of economy. The consequence is that the cooks get mad «nd leave, and I have to be always hunting for a new one.” “But your wife is right.” said the lsten- er; “it would be very expensive to feed all the cook’s guests.”” “I deny that,” asserted the sad-eyed man, emphatically. “I've calculated it, and the actual expense of advertising, Intelligence office fees, fares spent in looking up recom- mendations, and so forth, averages be- tween seven and eight dollars for each new girl, Then the amount of material wasted in my wife’s cooking school experi- ments while we're without a cook, together with the waste of incompetents we have to try, will average fifty dollars. The doc- tor’s bills congequent upon the consump-~ tion of those experiments by self and fam~ ily will average fifty dollars more. And the strained relations existing between my~ self and wife, together with all the other discomforts, at such times, I wouldn't have for five hundred dollars. Now, adding up, I find it costs me for each change we make six hundred and seven or eight dollars; and as we go through this experience at least ten times a year, I find a total cost of six thousand and seventy or eighty dol- lars per year. On the other hand, I will contract to furnish all the food a cook will give her friends in any yeat for one thou- sand dollars. Consequently i’m just five thousand and between seventy and eighty dollars out of pocket every-year. And that is considerable for a man who earns three thousand.” es pe Chicago's Electrical Experiment. From the New York Times. Chicago is about to try an interesting ex- periment. It is proposed to combine the electric lighting and water supply systems of that city, and so do away with the ne- cessity of additional power at the old pumping station, save considerable money, reduce the strain on the pipes near the pumping house, increase the pressure at the more distant points and make the vhole water system more effective and economical in operation. The electric light plants require the use of dynamos for light- ing purposes during the hours when there is the least demand for water. At night the great manufacturing plants are shut down and make but slight demands on the water mains. In summer, when the de- mand for waster is almost doubled, less service is required for the dynamos for lighting purposes. In the heated season it is not necessary to turn on the current for street lighting until after all the lawns are sprinkled and the 10,000 steam plants of Chicago have ceased drawing water from the mains. In the winter months the water supply gives less trouble, and the de- ficit of pressure is more easily overcome. ‘The new scheme involves the connection of the great dynamos in the four electric Keht plants owned by the city with electric rictors, which shall furnish power to such minor pumping stations as the water de- partment may decide to establish. The re- inforcement stations are to be so operated that the pump will create a suction from the direction of the main pumping station, and exert a pressure in the opposite direc. ticn, A second plan is to erect a water tower, and force the water into it. The Argan seed ie connected in the tower a float operating a governor by mea of which the height of the water would regulate the speed and capacity of the pump. In this way the system would be automatic and self-regulating. ———_-+e+ The Wrong Agent. From the Boston Post. A funny story is being told of a certain elderly society woman well known in the Swell circles of New York's best set. Mme, —— was in search of a new man servant. and heard of a registry office in a certain square down town. Thither she drove in much state one-afternoon, and, on arriv- ing at the square in question, her footmar asked a policeman where was the “agency.” The man in blue majestically waved the equipage to a certain house. Madam was admitted. “I have come about a young man,” sh¢ remarked to the bland proprietor. “Yes, madam; I quite understand,” was the reply. “He must be sober and honest and used to good families.” “Oh, yes, madam: I think we have the very thing on our books. Would you like to see his photograph?” “His photograph! His photograph! crie@ Mi —, “I suppose the man’s straight?’ “Oh, yes, madam; a very fine man. A fcrtune is no object, I imagine?” is last was a movement of the hand ard the carriage with its pawing horses could be seen through the window. ‘A fortune with my footman!” literally shouted the lady. Then the proprietor explained that his was a matrimonial agency, and that the registry office was on the other side of the square. —__+ e+ ____. Possibility of Roosters. From the Chicago Record. At the gardener’s: Lady—“What are these little greén plants?” - Garden: plants, Lady—“Well, now, if I should buy som and set them out are you sure they'll lay’