Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1895, Page 1

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VALKYRIE DISAPPOf%NTED @OUSANDS 3:13 p, m.--Defender has gone about on the port tack and is headed for the finish. } p.m.—The wind has lightened con- siderably in the last half hour and De- fender is not footing as fast as when first Seen com‘ng out of th= fog. She is still seme distance from the finish line. Defender Crossex the Line, HIGHLANDS, September finished at 4:01: LORD DUNRAYV 12.—Derender 'S STATEMENT. Withdrew Because of the Interfer- ence of Excursion Bonts. NEW YORK, September 12.—The Valky- rie has returned to Bay Ridge. Arthur Glennie, Lord Dunrayen's representative, and authorized by Lord Dunraven toa speak, stated "that the reason for not rac- ing was interferences from excursion steamers. He sent a letter to the Ameri- ca’s cup committee yesterday, as already detailed by the Associated Press, to be opened after the consideration of the pro- test, saying that If he could be assured 04 a clear course he would sail, otherwise, net. He merety crossed the line to make a race. Continuing, Commodore Glennie said: “I cannot tell you whether the cup cormmit- tee did or did not receive Lord Dunraven's letter. But, the substance of it was that he would not sail unless he was ran- teed a course free from interference, which he thinks he has pot had thus far. Had we been assured that the course would have been kept clear fer even five min- uies before the starting time, we would sailed. We went down to the line end acted honorably. We went acro: so e it a race and then as you know, e returned. It was necessary for us to cross the iine in order to make it a race. “His lordship, at the time of challenging, $ you must know, gave the committee to understand that ke preferred a course off Marblehead to one off Sandy Hook, for several reascns. But, this suggestion was rot adopted. “When Lord Dunraven was asked this morning if there was not a fair chance, he answered ‘yes,’ hut in reply, he asked what it would be at th> finish?" In regard to Lord Dunraven’s future movements, Commodcre Glennie said he knew absolutely nothing. THE VALKYRIE WITHDRAWS. The British Yacht Retires From the Race. HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, N. September 12.—There was a slight discon tented appearance hereabouts this morning when the sun first struggled through the gray clouds on the horizon and half smiled @ greeting to the smal! fleet of schooner and other yachts anchored in and abvut the herseshoe. Everybody and everything seem- ed to be aware of the fact that it was the day for the third, and possibly last, race in 18095 for the America’s cup, and y somehow, the sparkle of healthy an- ticipation usual to such occasions was not in the air. The unfortunate foul between Valkyrie IIL and Defender at the start of the race on Tu ast, the awarding of the race to Dete and, above all, the t that Valk: looked upon by many as a hop a ‘ht, all ten ied to blue matters up considerably. gut under the gray mantle of clouds hov- ering over Sandy Hook and its vicinity there was a glimmer of bright sunshine, caused by the report that Mr. C. Oliver Iselin had asked the America's cup com- mittee if they any objection to his propozing to Lord Dunraven to resail the triangular race of Tuesday had it that he had received and that another race place of the one award ccount of Vaikyrie’ ea rumor outlook w 1 an h could not ke a favorable impression among all true sportsmen. At this point, the Highlands lights, at 7 o'clock the wind was about S.W., there Was quite a little haze about, and the Ireeze had reached a strength of about twelve knots, having gradually decreased Since 5 a.m. However, the prospects were that it would freshen’ up as the day ad- vanced, and a gecd sailing breeze was an- licipated for the afternoon. The sea was light, a condition of affairs looked ing favorable to the chances of yacht. The Ya Appea o'clock the Defender was Hook, and sailing along Shortly after well outside the nicely under mainsail and staysail. Val- was also under sail and coming swash channel. nder, in her run out to the lightship, fet a small balloon jib. The wind by this time had not increased in strength to any extent, and was still holding a little south ef west. When Defender, at about 9:15 a.m., was alout a third of the way down to the Scot- land liehtship, gain taken in tov Valky off the point of the Hook, s behind, and was rushing Valk Was outside the Hook, sailing mainsail, jib and and Defender was half way out to Scotland lights ill In tow. r to he very much of about the win a tse towers here miles an hour, were running whistling a t the rat and the up and shooners own 5 had a which this y Kood lively je Atlantic sing out Ly the Hook. s well out to Scotland r irom her w ail and lar} r was not drawing ured to be sailing befc ald of her mainsail immed weil aft, way. veering from a little south of west to a little north of it. Both boats were still Tunning before 4t to the start. Defender had passed out by the. Scotland lightship, and Valkyrie, in tow of a tug, was half way out to that peint. Shortly afterward Valkyrie dropped ker tow and went along under her own sails. * At about this time the committee boat Luckenbach passed out and ‘by her, and members of the committee dofling s to Lord Dunraven the latter is hand in answer. ) Defender appeared to have ar- fived very near the starting line, but Val- iktyrie was moving very slowly out to that point, or at the rate she nad been going during the last half hour she did not seem likely to reach Sandy Hook lightship but a ery, short time before the preparatory signal. ‘horily before 10 o'clock Defender was within a short distance of the lightship, but Valkyrie was still a good way to the westward of that po‘nt. S Excursion Boats on Hand. The excursion fleet, with its accompany- ing fleet of steam yachts, tugs, ete., was reshirg down through the swash chaunel and out to the etart. In addition, a dozen or more steam yachts were racing out for the starting point of the race. - ‘The w.nd at 10 o'clock was west of north and came blowing past the lighthouse in smart puffs. ‘The haze out to sea seemed to be thickening, and the Sandy Hook Yghtship cou'd he dimly seen. The side- wheeler Clermont was passing out by the Hook, and was following the other stéam yacht: Contrary to expectations, the excursion ficet today was fully twice as large os on Tuesday. From ‘Scotland lightship up through the Narrows there was one con- tinuous lire of boats. ‘The patrol fleet at 10:20 was already on the grourd, and back of it were the big steamers of the Old Dominion line. Some minutes befcre 10:30 the committee boat signaied that the ecurse would be sailed, ani the wind being about west at that time, it seemed as if the yachts would have run toward Long Beach and a beat back. The markboat was then dispatched in the direction of Long Beach, the wind blowing about six knots an hour, so far as could be judged, at Sandy Hook lightship, aithough it was a gccd deal fresher here. It was stated here during the morning that, althor gh the official figures were not obtainable, there is no change in the time allowance of 29.10 seconds which Valkyrie allows Defender. The Course Eaxt by South. At about 10:40 the ccmmittee boat sig- naled that the course would be D. C. G., meaning cest by south, or a run before the wind from Sandy Hook lightship on a line with the Long Island shore, with the turn- ing mark opposite Short Beach and about eight miles from that shore. Both boats then commenced their tactics of jockeying for positions, although the start was twen- ty minutes off and the Valkyrie had not yet set Fer club topsail. Defender went about on the atarboard tack and stood over in the direction of this place. At 10:55 a preliminary signal was fired, and at 11.10 a second preparatory signal was fired. After Some little maneuvering, Valkyrie not hoisting her club topsail and only setting her staystail at the last mo- mert, the starting gun was fired at 11:20 end the yachts crossed the line as follows: The Start. Defender . Valkyri> . Z Valkyrie, however, went -over the line without club topsail, and almost tmme- diately after crossing she came around the lightship on the port tack, and seemed to be out of the race. Defender, however, kept on with her spinnaker, and all sails pulling grandly, while Valkyrie began to signal the committee boat. It then became apparent that Lord Dun- raven had carried out his expressed inten- tion of refusing to race any more in these waters if crowded by the excursion fleet. But, from here, it seemed as if the excur- sion fleet had given plenty of room, and not a single excursion boat was seen within half a mile of her today. Accordng to one account pilot boat 19 and according to another account pilot boat IL blanketed Valkyrie at the start. In any case, disappointment reigned su- preme here. There seems to be jittle doubt that Valkyrie from the time she left her moorings this morning had no real inien- tion of racing, but went across the line the same time as Defender, im order to estab- Msh a race. The secret of the whole disappointment is supposed to lie in Lord Dunraven’s letter Published today, and in the action of the Tegatta committee of the New York Yacht Club in . sustaining Defender’s protest against Valkyrie. Valkyrie Leaven the Race. Valkyrie was taken in tow, lowered her sails and started back on her way to New York. SEI v FROM SANDY HOOK LIGHTSHIP Report Sent From the Steamer Mackay-Bennett. ON BOARD MACKAY - BENNETT CABLE SHIP. Off Sandy Hook, September 42.The Mackay-Bennett dropped anchor at 8 a.m. to the right of Sandy Hook light- ship, and directly off the imaginary line that the yachts cross in starting and fin- ishing. At that time the weather conditions were the best hat have yet favored the interna- tional contests. The haze which during the early morning hung to the bottom of iother ocean with an embrace that was more than affectionate defled the breeze for a brief time, but the sun burned the haze in a short time, and there is now a clear outlook. The line of purple along the horizon melted first into a delicate pink, and after- ward to a pale yellow, until {t merged itself finally into an almost clear blue sky, with just a suggestion of coloring along the sea iine and a few fleecy clouds flying along. The fresh wind made glad the hearts of all the enthusiasts, and little supplications went up to Providence that it might con- tinue to iacrease, so that the relative mer- its of the boats in a good,stiff breeze could be determined. And it certainly looked as if it might be so, for schooners and sloops went flying past at a lively pace, and the usual fleet of small boats at the fishing banks danced over the water, throwing spray from their bows. The water conditions were equally as favorable as those of wind, there being but a very slight sea for such a good, stiff Ereeze, and only here and there was there a whitecap It was just such a day, just such a breeze and just such a sea as was wanted for a great race, a race where there would be no fluking. The wind at 8 o'clock was blowing at the rate of six and a half to seven knots from the west, and with every indication of in- creasing. The indications at the same hour were that the race would start from Sandy Hcok lightship, and that the run would be to the east, the turning point to be at a pelnt about seven miles out at sea from Short Beach, on the Long Island shore. In this-event the yachts would use their spin- nekers, and run before a free wind, and after turning it would be a dead beat to windward coming home. Wind Falk Away. Toward 9 o'clock the wind fell off a few points and got around to the southwest. ‘The breeze at 9:10 had died to a knot and a quarter, and the sea was almost like glass.’ It was announced at 10:17 from the judges’ boat that Lord Dunraven was will- ing to sail the triangular race over again today. No signals were displayed, how- ever. ‘The committee boat ten minutes later signaled that the yachts would sail the straight-away course, a run of fifteen miles to leeward, toward Long Beach, and a beat back. The wind was then about west, and blowing at six miles an hour. The mark boat was dispatched to fix the turning mark. The course was signaled as D. C. G., meaning east by south. The two yachts at 10:40 were jockeying for positions. Defender had her club top- sail set and was carrying her mainsail. But Valkyrie only had her mainsail and Jib set. The preparatory gun was fired at 10: Valkyrie at 11 o'clock was coming toward the line on the starboard tack, with only two sails set. Defender was on the port tack on the other side of the line, evidently intending to work over and then turn quic.y. A second gun was fired at 11:10. ‘The second gun was not the starting gun, but another preparatory gun, and the start was announced to take place at 11:20. Valkyrie has now broken out her stay- sail, and is running down for the line. It looks as if she had kept away until the room around the starting line was large enough to suit her. The Start. Defender, when the gun fired at 11:20, had the best position and crossed the line at 11:20:20 with her spinnaker boom out. Valkyrie crossed without her club topsail fup and with no spinnaker set. Valkyrie came around the lightship on the port tack, and seemed to be out of the race. She did not hoist her club topsail or set her spinnaker. She started back to the starting line, but Defender kept on. Val- kyrie then signaled the committee boat. Defender was going dead before the wind with all her sails full and her spinnaker drawing grardly. Valkyrie was shaking and pitcbing about the start, and Lord Dunrayen’s tug was alongside of her. Valkyrie Gave It Up. Defender took in her spinnaker about nine er ten miles down the first leg. The wind was between seven and eight knots, ‘a moderate. : the Valkyrie came down to the line a large schooner pilot boat, No. 1), came directly across and to windward of her. In an instant she was blanketed, and as soon as she got a bit of wind she went to port and pointed to the lightship. As she did so she sent up to her masthead the ensign of the New York Yacht Club, signifying that she surrendered the race. After Valkyrie had hoisted the ensign of the New York Yacht Club the Dunraven tender ran alongside of her and threw her a line. As the English yacht started for home her sails were lowered, and as she passed the Mackay-Bennett she was heart- ily cheered by the latter's crew. The men of the Valkyrie returned the cheers, but all on board refused to answer questions. J The only explanation for the affair ob- tainable here at that hour was contained in Lord Dunraven’s letter, and in the blanketing which she received from the pilot boat just before the start. On the other hand, it was claimed that Valkyrie never intended to start today, for she had not hoisted her club topsail or got her spinnaker ready for crossing the line. Just as she rounded for the start the second time the tender of Lord Dunraven ran alongside and spoke her. From that time on she never prepared any further, so that possibly the blanketing of the pilot boat was not the cause of her withdraw- ing. Howls of Derision, When the crowd of excursion boats, bear- ing probably 15,000 people, saw that the race was a fluke. there were howls of de- rision. All sorts of gibes were hurled at Dun- raven sympathizers and feeling seemed to run very high. It secmed to be the general opinion that Dun:aven did not intend to race when he came out this morning. "The Assyclated Press tug arrived along- side the cable ship at 12:30 and reported that in reply to repeated irquiries as to his reason for giving up the race, Lord Dun- raven and his party made no attempt to answe> aad left Valkyrie’s deck, taking refuge below. Designer Watson and Sailmaker Ratsey sat cn the British yacht’s boom smoking their pipe complacently, but refused to answer any questions and turned their backs on the interviewers. In the mean- while the Yankee boat was sailing over the course before the light winds which pre- vailed and amid the exulting tootings of all the steam craft in sight. The members of the New York Yacht Club on board the committee boat Luck- enbach said that they know no more about the real cal of Valkyrie's withdrawal then do the press reporters. It was hinted here that Defender would not try to finish in the time limit, so as to make it no race. ing Toward the Outer Mark. 11:38 am —Defender is flying along like a white swan before the wind, and the fleet following her is having a hard time to keep up with the American yacht. 11:50 a.m.—There !s no doubt that Val- kyrie 1s going either to Bay Ridge or to Erie Basin. Half the excursion fleet is with her and the other is efther undecided or started after Defender. The latter can be dimly seen in the fog. She appears to have taken in her spinnaker, and the com- mittee’s boat is apparently trying to catch up with her. 12:17 p.m.—Defender appears to be still standing away, although without her spin- naker. She should turn the mark at about 1 p.m. Valkyrie is now half way between Scot- land lightship and Sandy Hook. The air EXCURSION FLEET igs Uy ae LILY OFF WAITING (As sketched by a N. ¥. Times artist) PE IG08 PITT PLE is very clear and the- Long feland shore can be seen for some distance: 2:21 p.m.—Defender is now well down to the outer mark und can still be seen from this point. She is sailing along without ef- fort under mainsail, club topsail and two headsails. The Valkyrie is in line between this point and Manhattan’ Beach and the press boats are surrounding her and the reporters are plying Lord sunrayen and his friends with questions. 12:45 p.m.—Valkyrie is now headed up through the matn shtp chennel,and is about three miles this side of the Narrows. QUARANTINE, September 12, 1:24 p.m. —Yacht Valkyrie in tow of tug E. M. Wil- lard, passing Quarantine, bound in. FAR ROCKAWAY, September 12, 1:24 p.m.—Nothing can be seen of Defender from this point, as the fag shuts out all view of anything in the vicinity of the mark hoat. HIGHLANDS, September 12, 1:28 p.m.— Valkyrie has disappeared through the Nar- rows in the direction of Bay Ridge. The wind off here continues light from the westward out near the lightship, and there is scarcely any wind at all. In fact it seems to be perfectly calm. The Mack- ay-Bennett still lays alongside the light- ship; nothing can be seen of Defender. She has disappeared in the fog. BAY RIDGE, September 12, 1:35. p.n ‘The tug Commander is now alongside Val- kyrie off Bay Ridge. HIGHLANDS, September 12, 1:50 p.m.— Defender came about a moment ago, and is now standing towards Long Island on the port tack. Turned the Outer Mark. 2 p.m.—A dispatch from Fire Island says that Defender turned the mark at 1:40, ap- proximately. FAR ROCKAWAY, September 12, 2 p.m.—Defender can be seen headed for the finish line, and about five miles from it. She was on the starboard tack, but has gone about, and is now on the port tack. A steam yacht preceded her, and a portion of the excursion fleet was following behind. HIGHLANDS, September 12, 2:20 p.m.— Defender can dimly be seen on the port tack. She will probably finish about 3 o'clock. | 247 p.m.—Defender has come about on starboard tack, headed in this direction. She has one more tack to make before sie crosses the finish line. LORD DUNRAVEN’S DENU (ATION, The Interference of Exeursion Steam- ers His Topic. NEW YORK, September 12.—Lord Dun- raven’s strong denunciation of the inter- ference of steamers with the racers is look- ed upon in quite a serious{light, as there seemed no doubt that hé méant what he said when he threatened to withdraw from the race if interfered with téday. His let- ter on the subject is as follows: “Gentlemen: “It is with great reluctancé that I write to infcrm you that I decline to sail Valky- rie any more under the circumstances that have prevailed in the last two races, end for the following reason: “First. To attempt to start two such lerge vessels in such confined and among moving steamers and tughoats is, in my opinion, exceedingly dangerods, and I will not further risk the lives of my men or the ship. “Second. At the start of ¢he first race the crowding was so great that we could not see the markboat, and covli not tell wnen We were near the line; ahd we were much hampered by steamers, ‘Cgpecially on the race home. ‘Today on the reach home eight or nine steamers were to the windward of me, and, what was worse, a block of Kteamers were steaming level with me and close under my lee. I sailed nearly the whole distance in tumbling, broken water and the heavy wash of the steamers. “To race under these conditions is, in my cpinion, absurd, snd I decline to submit myself to them again. ‘I would remind your committee that, foresceing the trouble that might oceur, I urged upon them the desirability of sailing off Marblehead or some locality other than New York harbor, and that they refused to do so. At the same time I would testify to my full belief that your committee have done everything in their power to prevent overcrowding. “The fact is that when a contest between the representatives of two yacht clubs ex- cites so much popular interest and attracts such crowds of people, if the races are sail- ed in the immediate neighborhood of a great city and the dates of the races and times of starting are known and advertised, it is impossible to keep a course free from causes of exceptional danger and clear enough to assure the probability that the result of the match will be decided accord- ing to the relative merits of the competing vessels. “I have the honor to remain your obedient servant. DUNRAVEN. “The America's Cup Committee. Valkyrie yesterday was towed to the Erle basin, lightened of two tons of lead ballast, forward, scrubbed and touched up and partly measured by electric light. Ac- cording to estimate, the lightening of tne British yacht raised her from two and one- half to three inches on the water line. But the work of completing her measure- ments was to be finished at Bay Ridge this morning, if possible. = Defender was also taken to the Erle basin yesterday and there the damaged topmast was replaced by a spare one, which for- meriy belonged to Colonia. —_—.___ THE FIN SITUATION. With the Syndicate’s Action. There is no special change in the financial situation today. The action of the bond syndicate in depositing $3,000,000 yesterday to recruit the gold balance 1s highly grati- fying te treasury officials, from Secretary Garlisle dowh. It is generally accepted as a clear indication of the purpose of the syndicate to use their best endeavors to keep the reserve up to the $100,000,000 mark, at least until the Ist of October, when their contract expires. It is not like- ly that they will make any further deposits after that date, and there is a feeling of hope that the gold balance will then be able to maintain itself through legitimate trade without outside asststance. The treasury gold reserve is now stated at $99,370,000. Ce et Slight Earthquake in’ Sprin. MADRID, September 12.—A slight shock of earthquake was felt today at Grenada and Volz Malaga. The disturbance lasted four seconds. No damage was done. THE LIGHTSHIP FOR THE SEVERE WIND STORM)* CONTRACTOR HELD UP/ DEMOCRATIC RECORD The Village of Cape Vincent Struck by a Cyclone. COLLAPSE OF THE RAILWAY STATION Fatal Injuries Received by Two Excursionists. HOUSES LIGHTNING STRUCK WATERTOWN, N.Y., September 12.—A terrific thunder storm visited this section last night. Wires are down in all dlrec- tions, and communication was cut off for hours, except on one telegraphic wire. The storm was of such force as to actually sway the passenger cars on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad near Richlands. The wind and lightning were accom- panied hy a deluge of rain. Several farm houses in this vicinity have been struck ny lightning and burned. The roads were washed out in places, and fallen trees block the highway in many parts of the county. It was the most severe storm in years, although lasting only about one hotr. The cyclone struck the village of Cape Vincent just as a large excursion party en route homeward from the Jefferson county fair at Watertown were about to take the beat for Kingston, Canada. The itome, Watertown and Ogdensburg depot col- lapeed. Gecrge Godfrey and Thomas Arneel of Cape Vincent received injuries from which they died within an hour. The following were injured: Miss Lizzie McGowan, Fred. Strong, Will Rivers and Eugene Fitzgerald, Miss Addie Dennison, Miss Addie Dunham, Miss Adele Seymour, Miss Rose Stumpf, Miss Augustus of Cape Vincent, slightly; Miss Fitzgerald, Cape Vincent, internal injuries, probably fatal; J. M. Anderson, New York, fracture base of brain; Miss’ Maud Walshe, Kingston, Ont., severe scalp wound; Miss Lilla Wil- son, Cape Vincent, fractured clavicle, Mrs. Jchn Aicken, Hamilton, Ont., fractured limbs; David Andrews of ‘Pierrepont Manor, left hand badly mashed. The following business blocks were un- roofed: Burdick & Armstrong, C. W. Lon- draville, L. O. Woodruff, front smashed in Miss Davis’ millinery store, Parker Broth- crs’ store, Miss Kate Walshe’s millinery store. The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg rcund house was smashetl int kindling Woed. ‘Trees were uprooted. ‘The damage amounted to several thousand dollars. eee FLAW IN DURRANT’S STORY. ad Evidence to Be Brought Forward Against the Prisuner. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12,—The prosecution in the Durrant case have found another flaw in the story told by the young medical student on the day of the Blanche Lamont murder. When Durrant Was suddenly confronted in the church by George King, the organist, he explained his condition of utter pkysical and nervous collapse by the statement that he had been overcome by gas while engaged in re- pairing electric wires In the attic. Dur- rant asked King to get him a tonic. The Prosecution will contend that if Durrant had been asphyxiated, his knowledge of medicine would have taught him that freah air imstead of a nerve tonic was whal he needed. Durrant’s class mates at Cooper Medical College will be placed on the stand to show that the prisoner, as well as all of the students, had been taught that the only remedy for partial asphyxiation is oxygen. Durrant would soon have graduated from the college, and the prosecution will con- tend that he was too well informed to have ordered a nerve tonic, which nauseated him when he drank it, if he had really been suffering from the effects of gas. The prosecution also showed that Dur- rant’s hat and coat were not in the library when King entered the church, but were there when he returned from the drug store. The inference will be drawn that Durrant wanted to get King out of the church, not to bring him relief with a drug, but to give himself time to recover from his consternation and opportunity to carry his coat and hat from the rear of the church to the library, where it had been his habit to place them while working in the church. AND SWITZERLAND. FRANCE Termination of a Tariff War That Has Lasted Four Years. The State Department has been placed in Po: ion of the particulars of the under- standing recently arrived at between France and Switzerland through a report made by Consul Germain of Zurich. This is in the shape of a modus vivendi rather than a treaty, and it marks the termina- tion of a tariff war between the two coun- tries, which has been in progress for the past four years. France appears to have made a quite general reduction on articles imported to that country from Switzerland, while Switzerland agreed to withdraw its special tariff against France, made con- cessions on special imports from the French district of Gex, and also agreed to changes in the control of the forests sit- uated on the Franco-Swiss frontier, retain- ing its general tariff without alteration. ‘The agreement has been ratified by both the Fiench senate and the French chamber, but has not been acted upon by the Swiss federal assembly. —_—____—_-o+_____ A Duluth Bank Fails, DULUTH, Minn., September 12.—The Iron Exchange Bank of this city has gone into liquidation, and is in charge of John E. Merritt. It has been doing an unprofitable business for some time. Its capital is $1(),- 000, and the deposits amount to about $0W,- START. The District Commissioners Write a Sharp Letter to the Garbage Man. Mr. Warfield is Told to Call of His Employes Who Were Mislend- ing Complaining Householders. For some time past there has been a sreat falling off in the number of com- plaints from citizens on account of bad garbage service, and the authorities were congratulating themselves that the im- position..ef. fines had’ solved the question of good service, agd the contractor was really giving the city a good service. Fines to. the amount of $500 per month seemed conducive to that result. But the authorities erred. The contractor, with great forethought and cunning worthy of a@ better cause, had not been idle. Such large fines were troublesome, and not at all profitable. So he set to work to re- duce them, and, according to the health officer, certain employes were sent about notifying householders, especially those who had complained of poor service in the past, not to notify the health office in the future when the collectors failed to call for the garbage, but to notify the con- tractor by telephone or letter and he would see that the matter was immediate- ly attended to, and would not occur again. This was recently brought to the atten- tion of the health officer, and he investi- gated it, and“distoVered that the state- ments were well founded. He was a little vexed about ff, and forthwith conferred with the Commissioners. The result of that conference was a letter, which was sent to Contractor Warfield today, and which read as follows: “The attention of this department has been called to the fact that some one in your employ (doubtless ‘the inspection service) has presumed to notify house- holders who have had ocassion to enter complaint about neglect to collect garbage as required by the terms of your contract that should they fail to receive satisfact- ory garbage service in future to so notify the contractor direct by telephone or other- wise, instead of entering complaint, heretofore, with the health officer. 1 have to direct that you instruct your inspectors to desist from giving- householders such misleading advice. The garbage regula- tions promulgated by this department and distributed throvghout the District re- quest householders to” report promptly to this office any failure on the part of the garbage contractor to render proper serv- ice. At the date of issuance of said regu- lations it was regarded as highly import- ant that such a course be pursuéd, and the necessity for its continuance.is quite as essential now as then. Should it become otherwise, which is by no means likely to occur, the public will receive due notice thereof from an-ofMficlal source, instead of through the agency of your employe: —_—___ 2 CAPT. SUMNER’S SENTENCE, id to Be Suspension From Rank and Duty for a Year. Secretary Herbert had a consultation with the judge advocate general and Lieut. Draper, judge advocate of the court, today in regard to the case of Capt. Sumner, re- cently tried by court-martjal at New York for_the improper. he the Columbia. at Southampton. A conclusien of the conference it was announced that the ac~ tion of the Nayy Department on this case would not be made public before tomorrow, There is an impression that the court found the officer guilty of some of the charges and sentenced him to be suspended from rank and duty-for a pericd-of one year on reduced pay, and also that the findings and sentence of the court have been approved by Secretary Herbert. Capt. Sumner was arraigned on three charges, and pleaded not guilty to each. The tirst charge is culpable inefficiency in the performance of duty. This is based upon a specification in which it is alleged that Capt. Sumner permitted the Columbia to be put into the cock at Southampton on July 5 without first examining the dock. The second charge is suffering a vessel of the United States navy to be hazarded in violation of clause 11 of article 8 of the articles of the regulation of the navy, based upon an allegation that Capt. Sum- ner allowed the vessel to remain in the dcck without floating her after he discov- ered that she was being injured. The third charge is neglect of duty, in that Capt. Sumner paid the bill for docking without protesting because of the damage. ARCHBISHOP SATOLLI. No Information That He is to Be Created a Cardinal. Archbishop Satolli said today that he had absolutely no information or intimation con- cerning the report that he was to be cre- ated a cardinal, It is stated that he is proceeding with his duties as though there was no intention whatever of his being re- called to Rome for advancement or assign- ment to new wotk, It is stated at the residence of the papal ablegate that the report of the establish- ment of diplomatic relations between the Nicaraguan government and the Vatican has no new features since the announce- ment Some months ago. An archbishop in Nicaragua has been selected as the admin- istrator apostolic and the Nicaraguan gov- ernment has sent a representative to the Vatican. The arrangement was made in- directly by Archbishop Satolll. Since his return to Washington, Arch- bishop Satolli has set at rest the rumor con- cerning the blessing which was bestowed upon a Methodist minister at Chicago. It appears that a religious ceremony was con- ducted at the Sacred Heart Convent. Af- terward the archbishop met the minister, but he is not aware that the gentleman was in the room where the religious cere- mony took place, and where the congrega- tion was blessed. PROSPECT. Difference Between the Naval Ord- mance and Construction Bureaus. There is a prospect of a clash between the ordnan’e and construction and repair bureaus of the Navy Department over the recommen iation made by Chief Construc- tor Hichborn, that the armor for vessels to he hereafter constructed be included in the contract for the building of the ves- sels themselves. The letter making the recommendation has been referred by the Secretary to the ordnance bureau. In the absence of Commodore Sampson, chief of that bureau, no official views are given out, but sufficient is known of the attitude of this branch of the department to warrant the prediction that the proposition will be ongly antagonized. It is claimed by the of the ordnance bureau government to coniract for an do itself is to take the ing the cest of construction, ame time of securing poorer work- pert has not yet n will be in the matter. The ordnance are very confident there will be ni nge, while the opinion seems to prevail in the cen- struction office that the Sec is in clined to receive Commodore Hichborn's recommer dation with favor. Government Receipts. National bank notes recived today for re- cemption, $195,130. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $496, $825, miscellaneous, $38,708. That is to Be the Main Issue Next Year, THE ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN POLICY It Will Be Severely Attacked by the Republicans, THE TARIFF QUESTION If the democrats are going to rest con- tent with the tariff legislaticn of the last Congress, trusting to the return of good times for their vindication, and if the sil- ver question is to be eliminated as an issue between the two parties, each convention Geclaring for sound money, there are but two Issues ip sight for the presidential campaign. One is contingent upon the policy adopted by the republicans, the other is already made up. If the republicans should contend for another general revision of the turiff, looking to a practical restora- tion of the high McKinley duties, as indi- cated by Senator Sherman, that would, in all probability, become the main issue. The democrats would be glad to have the issue made in that Way, for they would then as- sume “the conservative attitude of letting well enough alone and not disturbing busi- ness by ceaseless agitation. In this attl- tude they would expect to have the sympa- thy of all who are not actual, direct suf- ferers from the present tariff and of all those who prefer a fixed condition not en- Urely satisfactory to a condition constantiy shifting, even with the hope of temporary betterment. Moreover, a fight on these lines would unite the democrats, those who favored and those who opposed the Gorman bill and those who favor and those who oppcse free coinage of silver readily join~ ing hands in opposition to “a return to McKinleyism.” It would also distract at- tention from the not too satisfactory record of the party since Mr. Cleveland's election. Tarif Insue Not Expected. It is not believed, however, that the re+ publicans will allow the contest to take this form. A large number of leading re- publicans, especially those in the eastern manufacturing districts, say that the law passed by the last Congress is a protection measure, unavoidabiy recognizing the prin- ciple contended for by the —— party and repudiaiing the professi of the free traders. They criticise it as imper- fect, illogical and uneven, but not opposed to the protection theory nor not even as making the duties too low in all cases, ig is said that the manufacturers in tron, woolens, cotton and most of the important manufacturing industries are amply pro- tected, contrary to the theories of the party responsible for the law. The com- plaint is that it does not imformaliy apply the principle which it recognizes, but dis- criminates unjustly in a few conspicuous instances, where some attempt is made to apply the doctrine of iow tariff, and in *o doing makes a sacrifice of revenue which the government cannot afford. An the on this ground does not, of ity, & purpose to disturb business’ by another general revision of the tariff, nor involve a struggle for the restor- ation of the McKinley duties, which the pegeelicans are by no means united in de ‘sh a Won't Disturb Business Interests, It is believed manufacturers generally would not unite in support of a proposition for a general increase of duties, and that the business interests would not sympathize with a renewal of tariff agitation. Tne party proposing any general disturbance of existing conditions of law would prob- ably be at « disadvantage. Recognition of this sentiment has led Mr. Clevelund and those who egree with him in opposing the Gorman bill to abandon the purpose de- clared in Mr. Cleveland’s famous letter to Mr. W. L. Wilson, not to accept that bill, but to continue the fight for lower duties, There is now no intention on the part of any democrats to go into the campaign next year to fight for lower duties, Those most intimately in sympathy with Mr. Cleveland on this question disavow any such idea. A similar recognition of put senti- ment in favor of not being disturbed is al- most certain to deter the republicans from entering upon an agitation for a general increase of duties. They will probably hold the law up as an evidence of the abandon- ment by the democrats of their free trade theories, and attack its imperfeciions in detail without committing themsclves to @ general revision or even to a higher aggregate of duties. It is believed that but a small minority of the republ: favor a different course. The Democratic Record. If the tariff is thus elimnated as a live question, the issue left in sight is the rec- ord made by the democrats during the past two years. Even if some tm- portant new issue should arise, it would of recessity enter one w or the other into the record of the administration. At present there is no issue looking to the future if both parties are to take the same position -on the silver question, and the democrats must go before the country ask- ing approval of what they have done. These are the more important acts they will have to ask approval for: The repeal of the Sherman law for the purchase of rilver, which was accomplished chiefly through the assistance of the republicans in the House and Senate; the passage of the Gorman tariff bill, the repeal of federal election laws, the interference with the formation of the Hawaiian republic and attempt to restore the dethroned queen; the sale of bonds, increasing the public debt more than $165,000,000, and involving the syndicate contract under which $50,000,000 of bonds were sold far below their market value, and the accu’ ‘ulating deficiency in the treasury. Some Specific Criticiums. Besides these, and a large number of mat- ters of less importance, the action or inac- ticn of the administration in a number of matters which cstablish the character of the administration's policy in dealing with foreign powers will have to be defended against most severe criticism. This is briefly the record which bids fair to be the only issue in the campaign. The democrats are not themselves united in support of this record in {ts entirety, but features strongly approved by some are as strongly disapproved of by others. The bond contract, which has terrors for mest democrats, gives Mr. Cleveland and his immediate supporters very little uneas- iness. While Mr. Cleveland’s own sentiments are not known, his friends and most earn- est supporters are “fly concerned about cord made in foreign affair: publicans n ‘Therefore mend it. n to make amends tate Department, and kness and timidity acts of bold- vigo iration’s are particular: Olimey has the dispos for the past of the wants to have the wei ven out of mind by 3 He wants to make a new recerd. The ion is whether an oceasion of suff- cient consequence to overshadow the past will arise. a Fourth-Clixs Postn Twenty-cizht fourth-class postmasters ed iolay, twenty-five of o mm ances ¢ sed by,