Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXGEPT SUNDAY THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. ee I w York Office, 49 Potter Building. ———— ‘The Evening Star fs served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on ihetr own account, at 10 cents c per week, or ents P feunter 2 conte each. By mall—anyw Inited States or Canadi—postage per month, Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., &s second-class mail matter.) : 7 All mall subscriptions mast be paid fn a@vance. tes of advertising made known on application. cn Che Evening | Star. No. 13,280. WASHINGTON, D.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. JERSEY DEMOCRATS] THE FORTIFICATIONS BOARO|T AL MAGE ACCEPTS Convention to Nominate a Governor Meets. CHANCELLOR MGILL THE LIKELY ONE McDermott Denies Charges. Chairman LAWS FOR RACE TRACKS TRENTON, N. J., September 26.—The Gelegates to the democratic state conven- ticn have been arriving on every train to- dey, and the town is taking on a conven- tion aspect. The Essex and Hudson dele- gates arrived by a speciai train and marched to the Trenton House. There is no change in the situation from last night, except that Judge Carrow of Camden will be chosen permanent chairman of the con- vention. It is conceded on all sides that Chancellor McGill will be nominated on the first ballot. The work of seating the 932 delegates in the Opera House consumed so much time that it was ‘20 when the convention was called to order by State Chairman Allan McDermott. The rain which fell about 11 o'clock had the effect of making the at- mosphere close and heavy, and the dele- gates, as a general thing, sat in their shirt sleeves and vigorously wielded fans in an effort to keep cvol. Most of the party lead- ers from all over the state were in the hall, including Senator Smith, who was seated with the Essex delegation. Mr. McDermott, in calling the assem- Dlage to order, departed from the usual practice and made a brief speech, in which e said: “For ten years I have been as- gailed in partisan press of New Jersey because I have acted in my professional capacity as counsel for proprietors ¢f a race track. I want to thank the republi- cans for rehabilitating me, for they nomi- nated my fellow counsel, Mr. Griggs, for governor. He is today the worst worried man in New Jersey, because he 10es not know whether he has prohibition or deli- rium tremens.” (Laughter and cheers.) MeDermott’s Solemn Denial. McDermott continued by saying that he ‘was about to perform his last official act as chairman of the democratic state com- mittee, a position he had held for ten years, With great earnestness he said: “All ac- cusation to the contrary notwithstanding, I want to say, on my word of honor as a man, that during my connection with the committee that no matter of legislation was ever consider2d by the democratic state committee. No man was asked to vote for or against legislation in the name of the democratic state committee, nor has the committee ever advecated legislation of any sort; ever had a caucus on legisla~ tion, or ever had anything to do with legis- lation.” (Applause.) In closing Mr. McDermott said he did not believe in the Biblical idea of turning the left cheek to the :nemy when smitten on the right. He had found it the best pelicy when an opponent smites him on the right cheek to “slug nim in the jugu- lar." Mr. McDermott promised that al- though he would not be chairman of the state committee he would speak in va- rious counties for the ticket. Mr. McDermott then introduced Tempor- ary Chairman Samuel Kalisch of Newark, who devoted his remarks to the denuncia- tion of the republicans, charging that all race track legislation was originated by them. Mr. Kalisch sald that in 1889, when Sewell and Hobart and Gardner were the controlling minds in the republican party, @ republican legislator passed the first race track law, which the democratic courts declared anconstitutional. ‘The man who defended the constitution- ality of that law before the supreme court and carried the case to the court of errors and appeals was John W. Griggs, the head of the republican ticket. After the selection of representatives from each county on the committees on Fesolutions, permanent organization, rules, @tc., the convention at 1 o'clock took a Yecess until 2 p.m. ‘The convention reassembled at 2:20. The committee on permanent organization re- ported in favor of Judge Howard Car- §ow of Camden for nermanent chairman. Judge Carrow in taking the chair said there was no doubt but that the man named today will be the next governor of New Jersey, an essentially democratic state. There was only one contest, that of the fourth ward of Patterson, and the commit- tee on credentials reported in favor of the sitting delegates. Resolutions regrettfng the retirement of State Chairman McDermott and expressing the thanks of the democratic party for his services was adopted by a rising vote with three hearty cheers. The platform Was then read and adopted. The Platform. The platform reaftirms the nationsl democratic platform of 1892, and indorses the administration of President Cleveland. Republican legislation is blamed for tlie financial depression. The republican charges of democratic dishonesty and ex- travagance in New Jersey are denied. A constitutional amendment forbidding the legalization of gambling ts favored. Dis- crimination by railways in freight rates Is denounced. ————————— Shipwrecked Crew Rescued. BOSTON, September 26.—The crew of the two-masted schooner Menuncatuck, Capt. Albert Ellis, arrived here today, having es- caped from the sinking ship and been land- ed at Lynn. The Menuncatuck had reached Cape Cod Tuesday morning, when a leak was dis- covered. The pumps had little effect, and when the water was even with the decks the crew abandoned her. About fifteen minutes she sank in twenty fatho: After being in the boat for about four hours they were picked up by the schooner Bella Russell, from Philadelphia. ——.——_ Ladies’ Gymnasium Burned. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 26.—The private gymnasium for ladies, owned and conducted by Dr. Dudley A rgent, an instructor at Harvard College, was burned this afternoon. The gymnasium was used largely by Radelift College students. The bout $3,000, A number of carriages in Irving Blake's stable beneath were slightly damaged by fire. The fire is sup- posed to have caught from a plumber's stove. eS Claims Washington as Home. PHILADELPHIA, September 26—Wm. H. Harris, who claims Washington as his home, has been arrested in this city charged with being a fugitive from the state cf New York. Harris is accused of having defrauded John W. Trim of Brook- lyn, N. ¥., out of $1,600. ——— An Illinois Central Deal. CHICAGO, September 26.—The $10,000,000 increase of the capital stock of the Illinois Central Rallroad Company, which the stockholders of twat corporation will be asked to authorize at the special meeting called by the directors for November 24, 13 to be used in completing the purchase of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southeastern. Complimentary Resolutions to Lieutenant General Schofield Adopted. He Has Been President Since the Board’s Organization—Allot- ments Made. At its session just ended the army fortifi- cations board adopted the following resolu- tion: “‘As this is the last meeting of the Woard at which Lieutenant General Scho- field will preside, on account of his re- tirement from active service, his ‘col- leagues desire to formally record the re- gret they feel at this official parting. “General Schofield has been president of the board since its organization and has guided its decisions with skill and uni- form courtesy. “He has assisted in the development of a formidable system of national defense, and the board rejoices that his labors in this and other fields have received proper recognition from Congress and the Presi- dent of the United States. The board congratulates General Schofield upon his retirement with a rank but three times achieved in the history of our army, and desires to express the hope that he may long enjoy his well-earned release from the cares of public office.” The board made allotments as follows: For testing the new breech mechanism of the 12-inch steel mortar, designed by the ordnance department, 3; for fitting the Dashiel fixed ammunition, $1,5S4; for testing the Diggs minimum recoil field carriage, 2,00). Twelve Weldon field range finders will be purchased and issued to batteries and the artillery schools-for practical test. Lieutenant Fiske submitted designs for a‘ new position finder, using vertical” Instead of horizontal bases, and sighting at the mastheads instead of the water line, which 1s often obscured by smoke. The esti- mates of the board for next year, aggre- gating $245,050, were approved and sent to the Secretary of War. —__—\_+oe+—____ GUSTAV RICHLIEv. His Claim Against the Spanish Gov- ernment for False Arrest. Alex. Porter Morse appeared at the State Department tcday, and, as counsel for Gustav Richlieu, preferred a claim for $20,- 00 against the Spanish government for illegal arrest and imprisonment. Richlieu and Bolton, claiming to be American sail- ors, were picked up off the Cuban port of Guantanamo several months ago by a Spanish patrol. They were in a small boat and claimed that they had come all the way over from Hayti, hunting for turtles. They were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in a filibustering movement, but the American consular agent at Guanta- namo secured their release after a few days’ detention. They then made their way to Santiago, where they were again ar- rested en a charge of coming away from Guantanamo without passports. They were thrown into jail at Santiago, and in spite of the efforts of Consul Hyatt were kept imprisoned for several weeks, meanwhile suffering from fever. The department prob- ably will call upon our consular officers for a full statement of the facts before pre- senting the clalm. ee LIEUT. LEMLY’S RETURN. The Colombian Government: Desires to Retain His Services. First Lieut. H. R. Lemly, third artillery, is in the city, on his way to join his battery at Key West, Fla. During the past four years Lieut. Lemly has been in charge of the military school at Bogota, Colombia, having been granted leave of absence for that purpose by special act of Congress as an act of comity to the Colombian xovern- ment. His leave of absence will ire on the 30th instant. It is understood that the Colombian government desires to have him continue in command of the school. A com- pliance with this desire will require the as- sent of Congress. —_—_+o+____ Army Orders. Lieut. Samuel Reber, signal corps, has been relleved from duty at Fort Riley, Kan., and ordered to duty as chief signal officer of the department of Texas, reliev- ing Capt. R. E. Thompson, signal corps, who Is ordered to duty at St. Paul. Post Chaplain Jas. C. Kerr has been re- ported incapacitated for active service and has been granted indefinite leave of ab- sence. Capt. J. N. Allison, commissary of sub- sistence, has been ordered to break up the purchasing station of the subsistence de- partment at Cincinnati, Ohio, and to take station at New Orleans, relieving Capt. O. M. Smith, commissary of subsistence, who is ordered to duty at Chicago. Col. Thos. C. Sullivan, stationed at Chicago, has been ordered to prepare for duty as chief com- missary of subsistence of the department of the Missouri on the retirement of Lieut. Col. J. H. Gilman, assistant commissary general of subsistence. ———_—_—_—o+_____ Collided With a British Steamer. A cablegram received at the Navy Depart- ment today from Commander Hanford of the U.S. 8. Alert, at Gueyaqull, states that his ship was in collision yesterday with the British steamer Condor, and the Alert’s bowsprit was carried away. The collision occurred as the Alert was entering the har- bor at Guayaquil. As no further details are given, the officials at the Navy Department fae aoe to believe that the damage was slight. ————+2+______ Convicted by Court-Martial. Private Augustus B. Sanders, battery A, fourth artillery, has been convicted by a general court-martial, convened at the Washington barracks, of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military dis- cipline, and sentenced to one month’s con- finement at hard labor and to forfeit $10 per month for two months. The sentence has been approved by Gen. Miles, com- manding the department, except that the forecure of pay and allowances is limited to ——___-e. General Henry's Transfer. Gen. Guy V. Henry, lieutenant colonel of the fifth cavalry, stationed at San Antonio, * Texas, has been transferred to the com- mand of the third cavalry, with station at Jefferson barracks, Mo. Col. A. G. Miller of the third cavalry is now on detached service with the Mexican international boundary commission, and the command of his regiment has been conferred upon Lieut. Col. Henry as a special compliment to the latter officer. ——-o+_____ To Be Barled in Arlington. The following named gentlemen will act as pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Crook tomorrow morning: Secretary J. Sterling Morton, Gen. M. R. Morgan, Gen. T. H. Stanton, Col. H. C. Corbin, Col. C. B. Scho- field, Mr. William Crook, Mr. John F. Wag- gaman, Lieut. L. W. V. Kennon, Lieut. Lucien Young of the navy and Mr. Logan Carlisle. The interment wiil be at Arling- ton cemetery and the cortege will start from the B. and O. depot at 10 o’clock to- morrow morning for that hallowed spot. ————_-o+____ Fourth-Class Postmasters, Twenty-six fourth-class postmasters were appointed today, of which twenty-three were to fill vacancies caured by resigna- tions. gun with breech mechanism for |} Will Preach Here as Co-Pastor With Dr. Sunderland. HE IS 10 BEGIN A MONTH HENCE A Letter Received From Him by the Committee Today. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER Se Rev. Dr. Talmage of Brooklyn has ac- cepted the call to be co-pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this clty. This de- clsion was communicated by him to the special committee of elders, deacons and trustees in a letter which was received this morning under cover of a note addressed to Dr. Sunderland, the pastor of the church. This result of the efforts of the church to secure a pastor to ald Dr. Sunderland in the heavier duties of the pulpit of the his- torical institution on 4% street is no sur- prise co the officers and the leading mem- Tbe Hill Telnagl bers of the church, as they have been quite corfident from the beginning that Dr. Tal- mage would, under the peculiar circum- stances now existing, be glad to come to Washingzon to work. He is to be co- pastor of the church, of equal authority with Dr. Sunderland, and will probably preach one-half of the sermons. It is not certain whether he will take the Sunday evening services regularly or not, but he sed a tentative preference for ‘vics, and such an arrangment may The Letter of Acceptance. In his letter to the committee, of which Elder Wight is chairman, which was dated yesterday, Dr. Talmage said: “Dear Breth- ren: The call signed by the elders, deacons, trustees end members of the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Wash- ington is before me. The statement con- tained In that call that you ‘do earnestly, uranimously, harmoniously and heartily, not one voice dissenting,’ desire me to be- come co-pastor in your gteat and historical church has distinctly impressed me. With the same heartiness I now declare my ac- ceptance of the call. All of my energies of my body, mind and soul shall be enlisted in your Christian service. I will preach my first sermon Sabbath evening, October 27.” To Be Trunsferred Formally. This delay of over a month in the for- mal inauguration of Dr. Talmage’s serv- fces here is made necessary by the fact that certain preliminaries must be ob- served before he can becume a member of the presbytery of Washington city. Of course he could occupy the pulpit of the First Church in an informal way before that event is consummated, but this would not be deemed regular or proper under the circumstances. He is now a member of the New York presbytery, and must be formally transferred to shington. By an odd coincidence the two presbyteries meet on the 7th of October, and an effort will be made to have all the red tape of the proceedings unwound on that occa- sion. If by some accident the papers could not properly be laid before the Wash- ington presbytery in time it is possible that a special meeting will be called for this purpose. Installation Services, After the formal transfer of Dr. -Tal- mage from one presbytery te the other has been effected, and his name has been en- rolled here, it will be necessary to install him as co-pastor of the First Church. This ceremony is an important one and is usu- ally the occasion of considerable effort on the part of the church. With so promi- nent a man as Dr. Talmage the subject of installation, the ceremony is apt to be unusually interesting. In a note to Dr. Sunderland he has expressed the prefer- ence that the installation should take place Wednesday or Thursday evening, October 23 or 24. Dr. Sunderland will write at once to Dr. Talmage to inquire for his prefer- ence as to the pastors who will be invited to preach at the installation services. There will probably be three addresses, and Dr. Talmage will be asked the ustal con- stitutional. questions® by the Washington presbytery. Coming Here to Reside Permanently. Dr. Talmage’s son fs pastor of a church at Pittsburg, Pa., and he has Invited his father to preach there the first Sunday in October. That will probably be his last sermon before he becomes co-pastor of the First Church of Washipgton, and it is ex- pected that he will move here permanently shortly after that occasion. He expects to dispose of his house in Brooklyn by lease or sale and to take up a permanent resi- dence in Washington. It is well understood that Dr. Talmage has long wished to oc- cupy a pulpit at the national capital, as he kas a great fondness for the city, where he has a number of intimate personal friends. Among these is Dr. Thomas Chal- mers Easton, pastor of the Eastern Pres- byterian Church, who was his co-pastor in Brooklyn for a number of years. A propo- sition was made to him some months ago by local people for him to come to Wash- ington and preach in Convention Hall, just as he occupied the New York Academy of Music last winter. He was seriously con- sidering this, it is sald, when he was called by the First Church, Dr. Talmage’s Career. Rev. Dr. Thomas De Witt Talmage is a native of New Jersey. He was born at Bound Brook in January, 1832, and was educated at the University of the City of New York. He did not graduate from that institution, but determined to enter the ministry, and completed a course at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, graduat- ing from there in 1856. He was at once ordained pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church in Belleville, N. J. He later went to Syracuse, and from 1862 until 1869 he preached in Philadelphia. During the civil war he was chaplain of a Pennsylvania regiment. In 1869 he was made pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brook- lyn, N. Y., which was the church which was recently burned for the third time. The grst Tabernacle, which was the name given to-Dr. Talmage’s later church edifices, was built in 1870, and had a seating capacity of 400. It was enlarged the next year to at 500 more, but was destroyed by fire December 22, 1872. Work was begun at once on a new tabernacle, which was dedi- cated February 22, 1874, with seats for 5,000 persons, It was then the largest Protestant church in America. The Third Conflagratton, This church was later burned, and was replaced a few years ago by a third taber- nacle, which was destroyed by fire about a year past. There was an effort made to re- store this in turn, but, owing to the enor- mously heavy debt which had been incurred by the preceding disasters, the congregation decided not to undertake the work. After the destruction of the tabernacle, Dr. Tal- mage preached for a time during the win- ter in the Academy of Music in New York, and attracted great audiences, but he did not feel satisfied with this irregular work, as he had no congregational hold upon the people who were attracted to the hall by tis oratory. Dr. Talmage {s a voluminous writer upon @ great variety of subjects, and has pub- lished enough books to fill a small libr: He is also a constant contributor to se eral periodicals, and is editor, as well, of the Christian Herald. He made a trip around th2 world a few years ago that be- came famous, and brought him into con- tact with many of the monarchs of the old world. He formed on that tour an inti- mate acquaintance with the late Czar of Russia and acquired an intimate acquaint- ance with the inward workings of that somewhat mysterious empire. In his peculiar style of pulpit oratory Dr. Talmage is thought by a majority of all who have heard him to be without an equal in America, and he has often been called the Spurgecn of the western hemls- phere. His mind is filled with information oa all subjects, and his sermons, lectures end addresses are wonderful examples of magnetism and eloquence. His lectures have made him wealthy, as the will of his late wife testifies. She bequeathed him a large fortune, which represented his ‘ec- ture earnings of earlier days, which he nad regularly transferred to her. He has been for some time practically independent of the salary as pastor, and for some time after the building of the third and last tabernacle in Brooklyn he preached with- cut remuneration of any kind. Dr. Talmage’s family is essentially min- isterial in its characteristies. He is ene of four brothers, all of them missionaries or ministers. The eldest is John Van Nest Talmage, a missionary of the Reforned Church in China. Rev. Dr. James R. Tal- mage js a prominent preacher in a Con- gregational church, and Rev. Goyn Tal- mage occupies the pulpit_in a Reformed Dutch church. Thomas DeWitt Talmage in 1862 was given the degree of A. M., and the University of Tennessee in 1884 con- ferred upon him the degree of D. D. Though sixty-three years of age, he !s to- day in the prime of health and vigor, and is filled with energy and enthusiasm for his work. ——._— ENLARGING ERIE CANAL. Subject Prescnted to the Déep Water- ways Convention. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Septentber 26.—The committee on nominations presented its recommendations at the opening of the morning session of the deep waterways convention for the re-election of the old officers and the election of seventeen mem- bers of the executive board. The report was promptly adopted, The members of the new board will de- termine by lot what shall be the terms of the members, six of whom will serve for one year, six for two yearg and six for three years. The eighteenth member will be chosen by the other members of the committee. The first paper of the day; was on “Do- ™estic Shipbuilding,” by Prof. George Tun- ell of the Chicago University. It indicated careful research and thorough study on the part of the speaker, who took the position that American shipping will be revived when ships ean be built in America cs cheaply as in foreign lands. A debate followed, Mr. Alex. R. Smith of New York disagreeing with Prof. Tunell as to the decline of American shipping. He ascribed the prosperity of foreign ship- ping to subsidies. Mr. Chauncey N. Dutton of Washing:on and Mr. Gustav Lindenthal of New York, Prof. Lewis M. Haupt of Philadelpnia, John A. C. Wright of Rochester and others discussed the varfous routes and plans pro- posed for a ship canal from Lake Erie to the ocean. Mr. Thomas P. Roberts of Pittsburg read a paper on “Enlargement of the Erie Canal.” —<_——_—_ HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE. Damage at Minneapolis Estimated at $60,000, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 26.— The Minneapolis chamber of commerce building caught first this morning. The fire was brought under control by 9 o’clock, and the actual damage confined to the upper floors, although the entire building was drenched. The chamber of commerce is a handsome five-story stone structure at 3d street and 4th avenue south, two blocks from the milling district. It was erected in 18S¢ at a cost of $180,000. It fs the center of the grain trade, the corn exchange end flour exchange occupying adjacent corners. The chamber kas 650 members. The build- ing has Icng been too small for its business, and the opportunity will now be embraced to rebuild and enlarge. The loss is estimated at $30,000 on the building and $30,000 on the contents. The insurance on the building is $125,000. The in- surance on the contents of the various of- fices is so diverse as to be unobtainable as yet. There could not have been a more un- fortunate time for the fire, as the grain trade is at its busiest. Temporary arrangements for trading have been made in the flour ex- change building. —— DELAYED BY FOGS. Arrival of the Paris at Southampton Behind Time. SOUTHAMPTON, September 26.—The Paris arrived today. The run from New York to Southampton was slower by twenty hours than her record time. The delay, it is explained, was caused by the prevalence of heavy fogs. The Paris brought twelve bales of sails belonging to Lord Dunraven’s yacht, Valkyrie III, and consigned to H. Ratsey, the sailmaker. The Paris also brought $10,000 in gold colf, and 4,862 boxes and forty-nine crates of California fruit. The latter will arrive in London late tonight, and will be sold at auction tomo: row. The fact that all of the fruit Is con- signed to one firm, together with the ex- treme heat which ts now prevailing in Eng- land, is thought to be against the realiza- tion of gcoa prices in about the proportion of 61 to 50, ‘ ———_—. ST. LOUIS’ DOUBLE TRAGEDY. ‘Two Dead Bodies at the Eatrance to Lower Grove Park. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 26.—At an early hour today Robert Schmitt, a clothier, discovered the dead bodies of Jos. Renisch and Delia Bowen near the Lindell railway entrance to Lower Grove Park. The right temple.of each was pierced by a bullet, which caused a great flow of blood. About 2 o'clock a lady living in the vicinity heard two pistol shots, but did not know who fred them. A note from the girl was found on the dead man’s body, reading “(Good- bye to all. I shot myself.” It is supposed that Renisch shot the girl and then killed himself. ———.__. Arrived from Europe. NEW YORK, September 26.—Among the passengers arriving this morning from Bremen and Southampton on the steamer Aller were Frederick Cassebeer, Alexander McDonald, Colonel Wm. Mayer, Captain George C. Benney, Major W. H. Smyth and three Japanese officials named Captain Lieutenant Kato, Count Mita and Imperial Japanese Intendant Panak. MR. HILL’S POSITION |Y!8S!N'A DEMOCRATS) DEFYING THE TREATY Failure of Compromise Has Increased His Embarrassments. THE FATEFUL NUMBER THIRTEEN He is Criticised by Tammany and the Other Faction. CHANCES FOR RECOVERY od In one sense, Senator Hill's embarrass- ments have increased by reason of the failure at the last moment of his com- promise scheme at Syracuse. Tammany will point its forepaw at him and say: “I told you so. Those Fairchild people are not democrats, except upon their own terms, You should have known they’d throw you down if it served their purpose to do so. The man who dickers with then always loses. They are always ready for a dicker, but the bargain must always be driven their way. They have no objection to me as an ally if only I'll stand back and let them reap the benefits of the combination. They never fight me during presidential years, when, as usually hap- pens, the man in their favor is up for election. I am all right then, and am en- couraged to do my utmost. But when I ask at other times a full share of the pick- ings, I’m denounced as a disreputable fel- low, with whom square folks ought not to associate.” Criticism on Both Sides. This is the kind of taunt Mr. Hill will hear now not only from Tammany, but from his colleague, Murphy. It is agreed, too, that it will both nettle and injure him. He must lose heavily with Tammany, for although the compromise fell through it was carried far enough to insure Tammany’s humiliation, Tammany would have been obliged to surrender one- fifth of New York city’s representation In the convention if the Fairchild people had consented to accept the allowance. So that after offending Tammany he failed to win the other side. Some of Mr. Hill's friends criticise the city kickers pretty severely. They hold that the Fairchild people should in all fair- ness have met him saerifice for sacrifice. Surely Mr. Hill was making sacrifice enough. Probably no leader of his caliber and consequence ever went further in the interest of harmony. Mr. Wheeler had headed a bolting ticket against him only last y Mr. Fairchild had never been his friend. And yet there he was standing championing the interests of those two men and their friends agairst men who had composed almost his personal body guard in politics. The Fateful Thirteen. And what was the heggle about? The Hill men reply, about a fraction—a very vulgar fraction. Mr. Hill had fought Tam- many to a standstill and secured an al- lowance of twenty hundredths of the city’s vote. But the Fairchild people were der manding thirty-three hundredths, and then grew rigid. The difference between the two was just thirteen-hundredths, That fatal thirteen! If Mr. Hill is at all super- stitious he has cause for reflection in this. Is there any way for Mr. Hill to retrieve himself? His friends ccnfess that he has suffered a genuine “throw down, such a catastrophe for such a man in such a state as New York is highly injurious. Mr. Hill is an expert. His management of men has been lauded and copied. In cer- tain lines he has been considered invinc- ible. But he tripped on this occasion, and has fallen heavily. And yet, as his friends point out, he was on the right line, and working in a leader-like way and in_ the party’s cause. Without harmony the New York democracy can do nothing, this year or next. There is no harmony now. Sooner or later harmony must be secured, or New York sinks out of sight as a controlling factor in democratic national affairs. Mr. Hill's is the only feasible plan. There may be differences of opinion as to details, but there is but 6ne way to bring two warring factions together. Both factions must make concessions. Mr. Hill is not a quitter. His friends predict that he will keep right on, and that before the campaign ts over he will recover his lost ground. He still has control of the state committee. ———— HER SIN ENDED IN SUICIDE. a A Maine Woman Who Eloped Re- pented and Returned. DEER ISLE, Me., September 26.—Mrs. Violet Haskell who, on June 17 last mar- ried J. H: Brister, colored, leader of the Pickanniny Band at Cincinnati, Ohio, af- ter leaving her husband, Everett J. Has- kell, seriously ll here, was found dead in the woods near here late yesterday. She had evidently committed suicide. There was a bullet hole in her head and a re- volver lay near by. Mrs, Haskell lived with Brister but a few weeks, returning to the bedside of her husband here soon after the publication of the story of her elope- ment, with the explanation that she had received a letter from her brother-in-law, Charles Haskell, announcing the death of Mr. Haskell. She produced this letter, but her brother-in-law denied that he was the author of it. Mrs. Haskell was forgiven by her husband, who is now dangerously ill, and she had been with him almost con- stantly since her return. —— LONDON PAPERS AMUSED. the Convention Chiengo. LONDON, September 26.—The newspapers of London today profess to find in the Froceedirgs of the Irish nationalist con- vertion at Chicago material for amuse- ment. The Globe this afternoon observes that Mr. Finecty and his colleagues de- serve the thanRs of the wcrld for furnish- ing an entertaining farce. In the course of an article cn the conven- tion the St. James Gazette uses the fol- lowing language: “There are rone so valiant as the exiled Hiternian in the secure atmosphere of ar American liquor saloon; there are none so ready as he to attack the Saxon when the Sexon cannot get at him, or so patriotic in raising other people’s money for war.” agen Trial of the St. Paul. Lieut. Commander Seaton Schroeder and Lieut. R. T. Mulligan have been ordered to conduct the trial of the Amerikan steam- ship St. Paul, designed as an auxiliary cruiser of the Gaited States navy, in order to ascertain whether she meets the re- quirements of the law with respect to such vessels. The trial will take place next Wednesday cver the usual naval course off the coast of Massachusetts between Capes Porpoise and Ann. The conditions of the trial will be similar to those in the case of her sister ship, St. Louis, and she will be required to make a minimum speed of twenty knots for four hours. With the ac- ceptance of the St. Paul, the United States will have four fine auxiliary cruisers at its disposal, namely, the New York, the St. Louis, the St. Paul and the Paris. ————— Naval Movements, The training ship Alliance left Fort Mon- roe yesterday for New Ycrk. The Navy Department is informed that the gunboat Machias sailed from Chin- kiang yesterday for a visit to ports on the Yangtze Kiang. Comments on at Representative Turner Thinks They Should Not Touch the Silver Question. Every Effort Should Be Made to Se- cure Harmony—He Has No Fear of the Republicans. Representative 8. S. Turner of Virginia was in Washington today and left this af- ternoon for Richmond to be present at a meeting of the democratic state committee this evening. The committee will consider methods for conducting the Virginia cam- paign. On this subject Mr. Turner said to a Star reporter today: “My own opinion and the opinion of the people of my district is that silver should not be allowed to interfere with the har- mony of the democratic party in Virginia. Whatever is to be done regarding the white metal at present it seems to me should be left to the republicans. They will have the next Congress, and it will be for them to take any action they think best. Many Disturbing Elements. “In Virginia we have a good many dis- turbing el2ments in politics now among the ranks of the democracy. These dis- turbances are In the nature of little things that have come up in the party to cause dissensions, and all our efforts should be to wipe them out, and to secure the greatest harmony. I cannot see what good would resuit from a discussion of silver in our coming campaign, and it would doubtless tend toward dividing the party in factions, and perhaps tend toward a split of some kind. For that reason I favor leaving sil- ver out of the campaign. In Virginia we have no one to fight except democrats, any- way, and we don’t want a fight among our- selves. As I have said, the republicans have control of Congress, and our fighting over silver in Virginia would result in no good or practical end.” . No Fear of the Republicans. “You do not fear the republicans will carry the state on the issue of a new clec- tion law, as Gen. Mahone has claimed?” the reporter asked. “Not at all. The republicans have al- ways talked about the election law, and they would have done so no matter how the democrats might have framed the law. The Walton law was framed to prevent bribery in elections, and it has accomplished that purpose very well. There are still some minor poirts of weakness in it, but they will be corrected.”” —_____-o+___ NORMAN WIARD’S PROPOSITION. He Wants to Rifle Obsolete Smooth- bore Ordnance. If the board on fortifications accepts sev- eral propositions made by Norman Wiard, and the latter is able to carry out his en- gagements, the United States will be in possession of by far the largest and most powerful rified gun in the world, and the means will be at hand for the easy con- version of what is now obsolete ordnance into the most effective modern rifles, Mr. Wiard made his propositions to the board during the present session, and was heard at length in explanation of the details of his projects. First, he asked that the board make an allotment for the Reading-Wiard twelve-inch rifle, which he has brought al- most to the point of completion. This is an old Rodman smoothbore cast- iron gun converted into a rifle, and Mr. Wiard told the board that this weapon would show one-third more energy than any other twelve-inch rifle, could be fired more rapidly, and would show greater en- durance than the best of the modern-built expensive steel guns. Next, he offered to take the big twenty-inch smoothbore cast- iron Rodman gun just removed as obsolete from the earthworks at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, and convert this into a twenty-Inch rifle. As the largest rifle in any service is sixteen-inch caliber, this would be the greatest rifle ever made. The sixteen-Inch guns have all failed, but Mr. Wiard asserted to the board that this twenty-inch rifle would stand extremely rapid firing, endure at least 100 rounds in ten hours, and throw a shell weighing a ton with energy far surpassing any shot on record. ‘The last proposition is to built an all-steel high-power, sixteen-inch rifle, which he guarantees to excel in endurance and per- formance any service gun of like size in the world, and to possess the remarkable Froperty of becoming stronger with every shot fired from it. This last property is to be secured by some peculiarity of construc- tion that is not yet fully disclosed. The board has taken these propositions under consideration. —$—_<§_+e.___ CRUISE OF THE CASTINE. Capt. Perry Did Good Service on the East Coast of Africa. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today announcing the departure of the gunboat Castine from Cape Town, South Africa, today, for St. Helena, on her way to Montevideo, a cruise of ubout 6,000 miles. The Castine has re- cently visited Madagascar, Mozambique and other places on the east coast of Af- rica. The Newark, flagship of Admiral Norton, commanding the South Atlantic squadron, is now in dock at Cape Town and is available for service in Madagascar and vicinity in case the presence of an Ameri- can warship is needed in those waters. Capt. Perry, commanding the Castine, rendered good service on the east coast of Africa. He spent some time at Mozam- bique looking into the case of United States Consul Hollis, who got into trouble through shooting a native whom he caught in his house under suspicious circumstances. At Madagascar Capt. Perry stirred up the French officials by persisting in collecting important information in regard to the case of ex-Consul Waller, which he has since placed at the disposal of the State Department. Incidentally the naval com- mander had a little incident of his own, growing out of his refusal to salute the French flag, and thereby recognize the French protectorate over Madagascar. —_<—_~.—————— Personal Mention. Colonel Alexander Mackenzie, first as- sitant to the chief cf engineers, has re- sumed his duties at the War Department, after a month's vacation in the west. He was at Rock Island, IIL, most of the time. Postmaster General Wilson went to New York last night, to be gone until Saturday. Assistant Secretary Curtis has returned from his vacation and was at his desk in the Treasury Department today. General Van Vliet returned to the city yestwday from Shrewsbury, N. J. Lieutenant John E. Craven of the navy is visiting friends in Brookland, D. C., on leave of absence. > Chaplain W. O. Holman of the navy has been ordered to duty at the Washington navy yard. The Ra at Fort Monroc. Capt. Thon-as L. Casey, jr., corps of en- gineers, stationed at Norfolk, has been or- dered to relieve Maj. C. E. L. B. Davis of the government works in his charge at Fort Menroe, to take effect October 1, on which day Maj. Davis will relieve Maj. Knight of cherge of the Washington aque- duct, with Lieut. Gaillard as his chief as- sistant. ——__-2—_____ Government Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $226,276. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $500,960; customs, $789,505; miscellaneous, $12,154. British Sealing Schooners Openly Violate Regulations. COMPLAINTS OF AMERICANS RIDICULED Our Vessels Held Strictly to Ac- count. USE OF ARMS BY HUNTERS ———— SAN FRANCISCO, September 26.—Infor- mation has come to the federal authorities here that many British sealing schooners have been carrying arms, in open defiance of | the treaty, and that the hunters have boldly ' violated every clause of the law. Com-; plaints will be made to the State Depart- ment, and the matter will be laid before the British government. If the stories of American sea captains who have cruised in the arctic regions since the Paris decision on Bering sea matters may be believed the British fur sealers are systematically violating every condition of the treaty, carrying plenty of arms, doing as they please and laughing at threats or com- plaints from America. it is claimed that the British vessels are all cruising boldly, without regard to ‘the treaty, because there are ro American cruis-! ers to watch them and protect Ameri rights under the treaty. ~ a On the other hand, it is sald that, by reas son of advantage of position and super-| jority on the seas, Great Britain is care-! fully guarding our vessels, and that every, violation of law, however technical, is promptly reported and summarily dealt Government agents will ascertain every fact possible concerning these allegations | and the State Department will lay the! charges before the British government.! Violations thus far discovered pertain to! fishing within the prescribed sixty milea! of the Isiands of Pribyloff, known as Seal! Islands. It is alleged that guns and fires arms have been used in violation of the treaty, and that no attention has been paid to the injunction that prohibits any. kind of fur realing at certain seasons of the year. ‘ —_——.__. ST. ANDREW’S BROTHERHOOD. ~ Over 1,000 Young Men Will Attend the Convention. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 26.—The members of th2 Brotherhood of St. Andrew in convention here are all young men, and most of them are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, though any baptized per- son, whether churchman or not, may be- long to it. it is unlike the Christian En- deavor, Epworth League, etc., in not being in any sense whatever a social organization, ard in not admitting women. It is a body of workers. None are admitted except after a long probation, and even after admission, if any cease activity, they are expelied. Its object is to bring young men within hear- ing of the preaching of the gospzi—not of necessity the preaching of it from Episcopal pulpits, but from any pulpit. Its members are business men, and they work among ether business men. Unlike the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation, members of it rarely speak in pub- lic, and they have no,buildings. Their work is man to man, whenever and wher- ever opportunity offers. The brotherhood is about fifteen years old and has about 16,000 members, chiefly in the United States and Canada, though the movement here is attracting attention In England. The convention is not a legislative one, for the order has no legislation to do, but a spiritual retreat and to discuss the best way to induce more young men to go to church on Sunday. The meeting is the’ tenth annual one, and that of 1896, which will probably be held in Buffalo, N. Y., is to be a joint American and Canadian conven- | ton, From 1,000 to 1,500 young men will be here, none of them visitors, but all dele- gates who are required to report back to their fellow members in their respective chapters. ——___ CONSUL DE KAY’S DENIAL. 4 Never Reported to the State Depart ment on Mr. Stern’s Case. BERLIN, September 26.—Mr. Charles De Kay, the United States consul general at Berlin, has authorized the Associated Press to say for him that a pretended interview with him which was published in news- papers of the United States last month, and in which he was made to say that he had made a report to the State Depurtment at Washington upon the case of Mr. Louls Stern of New York, who in July last was sentenced to imprisonment and fine for in- sulting Baron Thuergen, assistant to the royal commissioner of baths and associate judge in Kissengen, was a pure fabrication, Mr. De Kay said to the Associated Press representative today that he had never written to the State Department saying that he would have acted as Mr. Stern did under similer circumstances, and that, moreover, he has never made any such statement to anybody. To have done 80 would have been an act of gross discour- tesy to his colleague, the United States con- sul general at Frankfort, to whose division the whole of Bavaria belongs. For similar reasons, Mr. De Kay added, it was out of the question that he should have made any. report upon the case to Washington. es MISS HARTFORD’S RETURN. ' She Repents Her Story of Terrible Ex- periences in China. VANCOUVER, B.C., September 26—- Among the passengers on the Empress of India, from China, was Isabel Hartford of Dover, N.H., one of the two aduit sur- vivors of the fearful massacres at Wha- | Sang, near Ku-cheng. Miss Hartford ts now cn the way home for a brief rest to recuperate from the terrible experience, though she is still eager to prosecute her m‘tsionary work in China, and intends to return shortly. She is the first person to arrive here from the scene of the mas- sacre. The story of her experience has already been told In the cable dispatches and in mail advices rreviously received. ——_—_ PEOPLE MUCH EXCITED. A Priest Charged With the Kidnaping of a Girl ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 26.—A great sensation has been created here by the mysterious disappearance of fifteen-year- old Maud Steidel, who stepped out of her mother’s home Tuesday night and has not been seen since. Yesterday afternoon the mother of the girl openly accused Father, Dominick Wagner, the priest of St. M parish, with having spirited her daughter away. The police and detective also visited Father Dominick and accused him of her, abduction. He-denied the charge. Excite- ment runs high, and lynching has been talked of. ——__. Expelled for Fraud. NEW YORK, September 26.—This morn- ing President F. L. Eames of the New York stock exchange formally announced the expulsion of J. B. Manning from mem- bership in the exchange on charge of fraud.