Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1896, Page 11

A THE EVENING STAR, WEDN ESDAY, MAY 18, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. 1 — = AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. FLYING THROUGH THE AIR - eee eb oe THOSE AIR MOTORS ww FILLEY IN CONTROL GOOD DIG ESTION THOMAS DOWLING & C0., AUCTIONEERS, DUNCANSON BROS. AUCTIONEERS. Prof, Langley's Aercdecus Voyage for zi ; ; E ES’ SALE OF A VERY VALUABLE AND cit Ora Gi Eat nna What Mr, Kane's Tavestigation of Half a Mile R. 0. Kerens Defeated by Missouri ¢ SOUTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust ¢ and duly recorded in Liber |) ted the 220 of June, isv5, Sasi, of the land records of od at the reywest of the ry see the undersigned trustees Will seit, in front of the prem- ises, on ‘THURSDAY, MAY TWENTY-FIRST, 1596, AT HALE-PASE FOUR PM., part of lot 26 3 division of square 462 built t-story brick dwelling, trimmings, two bath rooms, fn bard wood. ‘Terms made known at sale. improved by an elegantly bay window, stone finished ail through ly PROPERTY IMPROVED BY FRAME DWELLING, NUMBER 715 TENTH STREST NORTHEAST. By virtue of the District of Harry Russel equi 16 . We will offer for sale, at of the premises, on WEDNES EVENTH DAY OF MAY, A.D. 1 XCK P.M., the following dese at FIVE O'¢ real estate and } and running t ter if st (104g) inche- , e west t ence north nine and thence the pk r with all the improv pts aul privileges there easemen ing, or in any wise appertaining, the six (6) ore bu. ing No. wth st Terms of sale: One-third of th pid In cash on the day SS thereafter, und the resid fs, In cne und two y to bear interest therefrom tt 6 per cent per annum, pa deferred p issory notes of the purchaser or pu by a deed of crust upon the property usual form, or the pi er may pity the purchaser should comply of sale within ¢ mentiv in ey talline time the trustees ddvertise and re- pperty In respect of whieh ¢ nd cost of th rtising and recording to be at ‘Two hundred and fifty 6) dollars depesit on each parcel sold om ac- st of the pu eeptance of bid. THOS. EL WAGGAMAN, 17 Fost. nw. JOUN B. LARNER, 1335 & st nw, Trustess. myli-dxds AUCTIONEERS. BUILDING ON” FOL cR OF B of clesi purpose 6 per cent and purchase resale In JOHN BL y for the Heirs of Emily i ANSUN BROS., AUCTION SALE ATE, or ¥ NO. 317 MAHLON ALDIS B. BETS. F istue of a deed of trust bearing Sus, records of the Distri of Co- request of the purty secured t 2 We, the und d trustees, will sell, to t chest " bidide cau front of the prem n FRIDAY, THE TV SECOND DAY OF . AD. 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK ag described real estate, situate In . Distr of Columb: to ty six in square 89S, in -Liber No. 20, folio 30, of rds of the office of the sur or for said ygether With the improvemenis thereon, consisting of a th ry and cellar, bay-window dwelling, 9 r bath and all m.i, and as No. pital street ird of the purchase money nee im two equal installments years, with six (6) per cent secured on the property sold, or a, at option of purehaser. A deposit of $100 required at time of sale. Terms of sale to be complied with im ten days from day of sale, or Ps reserve the right to resell the property cost of defaulting pu All cou acing and r ser. and t 1) and two and to ty WAS N DANENHOWER, Wo G BOSWELL, Leds . SLOAN & Ct CHANCERY SALE 01 ON H STREET ND EST. i ‘ourt of the Di Cause Ln will Gffer for trustee aut of the premises, on OF ‘TH DAY * numbered. twenty hundred and sixty-nine (469), improved by a frame dwelling H street southwest. rd cash, and the balance in one st from the date of ay all cash, at his pe sold free of all ysit_ of $150 will be required If the terms gre not coin- ith within fifteen days the right is re- 4 to resell at the risk and cost of the de- purchaser afier such re-advertisement as eo may think proper. MICHAEL,J. COLBERT, Trustee, 312 F st. nw. F WILLIAMS, ‘Trustee, my8-dkds 600 5th st. nw. AUCTIONEERS. Wa house, plied ANK L. BLE IMPIOY ORTH CAROLINA deed of trust to ns, dated ly recordsd in Liber No. + of the land records of the amd at the reqnest of the we, the undersigned trus‘ees, auction, net the TWENTY-SECOND DAY at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. the situate in of Colmn- Bay, 1880, at FRI rveyor of ng in the ne at the ning Wout wrly line of beast corner of ele with the e theme south wit to the sonth west with rear Hm t to a point of said lot the dividi a point dis ast : thence north to Inte cen sald lots 59 and Mne 11 from the @ lot 59; thence northw. line North Carolina aveme: 18 feet to bestuntag, ements, consisting of & ent brick dwelling. f sale: One-thind of the purchase money 1 in cash and the balance in two equal ts. payable in one and two years, with t at Six (8) per centum per annum, payable ally, from of sale, secured’ by deed of trust pon the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A’ deposit of $200 d of the purchaser at the time of yancing, recording and notarial fees cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten days from day of line be’ ton Ther of id dividh » of said sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell the property, at the risk and cost of the Ge‘autting pu ‘ARUSI, CONSTANTINE H. WILLIAMSON, ‘Trustees, RATH'L WILSON, Attorney for Party Secured, Nos. 622-624 F st. now, my9-d&ds certain deed of trust, recorded in Liber i774, at folio 161 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, we shall sell, at public sale, im front of the premises, on MO} DAY, THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF MAY, A.D. 1896, AT SIX O'CLOCK P.M., lot 21, in square 72z, containing 3,204 square feet of laid, more or jes. Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, at 6 per cent interest per annum, payable semf-annually, or all cash. $100 required at time of sale. Ten days allowed to complete the transfer. ISAAC L. JOHNSON, CHARLES F, BENJAMIN, my13-d&ds ‘Trustees, DUNCANSON GROS., AUCTIONEERS, ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FIRST-CLASS RESIDENCE PROPERTY, “NO. 1806 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. ON MONDAY, MAY FOURTH, A. D. 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK’ P.M., in front of the premises, the undersigned, as trustees, under a di of trust of Novetwber 16, 1893, recorded in Liber No. 1874, folio 44 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and under two releases recorded in Liber No. 1878, follos 143 and 145, respectively, of sild land records, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, all of lot numbered eighty-one (81) in Gardiner G. Hubbard's subdivision of lots. in square rumbered one hundred and fifty-two (152), as per plat recorded in Liber No. 12, follo 28, of ¢ records of the office of the surveyor of sald District, with the improvements, consisting of resi- dence prentses No. 1808 New Hampshire avenue, in the city of Washington, D. C. ‘Terms: One-third of tie purchase money in cash (of which $500 must be deposited with the trustees at thue of sale) and the balance in two equal in- stallments, payable 1 and 2 years from date of sule, with’ interest at 6 per cent per annum, pay- able semi-annually, and secured by first trust on the property, or all cash at purchaser's option. If terms are not complied with in ten days from date of the trustees reserve the right to resell at risk and cost of the defuulting purchaser, on five days’ public advertisement. All couveyanting and recording at purchaser's cost. J. ROBERTS FOULKB, MAHLON ASHFORD, Trustees, apll-d&ds 470 La. av €FTHE AROVE SALE IS POSTPONED, aT the request of the interested, until THURS- DAY, MAY FOURTE! I, 1896, at the same hour — J. ROBERTS FOULKE, MAHLON ASHFORD, my2-d&ds ‘Trustees. T7THE ABOVE SALE HER POST- pened, at the request of the parties Interestad, until TU y, MAY 28, 1896, at the same hour and J, ROBERTS FOULKE, MAHLON ASHFORD, my ‘Trustees. |. AUCTIONEERS. of four v3. and and 137 ete of the within the auc ner Sth and D streets northw the following de sd propert lusive, lots 2 to 1 ton, Lots ‘nu Ww sold’ as a whole. De posit of $200 required at time plied with In fifteen days, ilting pur- CLARK, PF. GRATAM, 1304 Fost. naw. ‘Trustees. ALLEN C. GEO. ms1t-eod&ds THE FEDERATION OF “LANOR. Discussing the Proposed Increase of the Liquor License Tax. The Federation of Labor at its regular meeting last evening, forty-two organiza- tions being represented, and President Jas. F. McHugh in the chair, expelled from mem- bership the Galvanized Iron and Cornice Workers for having, as it was alleged, vio- lated their agreement in regard to work with the Tinn Assembly. The delegates from the Tinners reported that after having learned that the Galvan- ized Iron and Cornice Workers had taken a contract for work which, under trade rules, belonged to the tinners, a committee of the latter called to see the offending body in reference to the matter, and they admitted the charge. Thereupon the Federation, as above stated, expelled the Galvanized Iron and Cornice Workers. Credentials were received from the Lithographers’ Union and the Carriage and Wagon Makers to fill ncies, and Print- ing Pressmen's Union, . 1, sent credentials for a full list of delegate: The legislative committee reported that the bill of the Federation prohibiting alien labor on government work was presented to Senator Hill for introduction in the Senate, and that Mr. Hill stated that he would giv the matter consideration and let the legis lative committee know his determination. The Painters reported that they irawn from the Builiiag Trades Coun Mr. E. M. Blake, chairman of the leg tive committee, reported that the Federa- tion’s contract bill has been approved by the District Commissioners, and favorably re- ported to Congress. A communication was read from the Lithographers’ Union, requesting the Fed- eration to indorse and the legislative com- mittee to take charge of a bill “for making appropriations to supply deficiencies In the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, and for prior years, and for other years, the object being to insert the following In the regular appropriation bill: ‘Providing the public printer {s unable to produce without delay at the government printing office the work hereinafter named, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the present contract for producing copies of the drawings of the weekly issues of patents for inventions, trade mark certificate: drawings for the library editions of patents, for producing exhausted copies and copies of pending applications, and of foreign pat- ents or publications, and for producing the photolithographic work for the illustrated pages of the Official Gazette of the Patent Office, to be extended for the term of one year, from July 1, 189, the provisions of section 379 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to the contrary notwithstand- ing” There was considerable discussion in reference to the advisability of the Federa- tion approving the act of the agitating com- mittee in Indorsing a movement to increa the license fees of saloon keepers to $800. The sentiment expressed by all the speakers was In favor of the proposition, “because the saloon keepers who had in the beginning of the beer war, several months ago, professed sympathy with the members of Gambrinus Assembly have since united with the Master Brewers in their refusal to permit their em- ployes to organize for thelr mutual pro- tection, and also because the Federation believes that, aside from the beer contro- versy, high license would reduce the num- ber of saloons and restrict the sale of In- toxicating liquors.” The Federation decided that, as it had, previous to the action of the agitating committee, indorsed the Increase of licenses to the sum named, it would not recede from that position. ‘The Building Trades Council met last even- ing. President Wm. Silver presided, and the delegates from eight organizations were present. A report was submitted that the Potomac Electric Light Company is employing im- ported and alien Jabor in the construction of its new power house ‘n Georgetown, and that the citizens of Georgetown are very much exercised over the matter. A com- mittee was appointed to investigate. It was stated that two of the organizations represented In the council had refused to sign the council's contract or to abide by certain decisions of the council, and the sec- retary was directed to inform those bodies that unless they agree within two weeks to recede from their present stand in the mat- ter they will be requested to withdraw their delegates. An address was delivered before the council by Mr. E. T. Harrison of New York, secretary-treasurer of the National Steam and Hot Water Fitters. —_—.—__. IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO. When President Cleveland Had His Talk With Postmaster Hesing. Regarding the interview published in the New York World yesterday, and reprinted in The Star, in which Mr. Cleveland was represented as saying that he would not accept a nomination for a third term, Post- master Hesing of Chicago said last night: “I did not tell the correspondent that this tale with the President was of recent date. On the contrary, I told him that it occurred more than a year ago, and I explicitly in- timated to him that when I met the Presi- dent recently nothing whatever was said, directly or indirectly, concerning another nomination or a third.term. “With this amendment, which ts import- ant, the portion of the interview referred to is correct substantially, and to it I have nothing to add.” Them Shows. NO COMPANY MANOPACTORING THEM His Letter to Chairman Babcock on the Eckington Railway. AN EIGHTEEN MONTHS’ LIMIT Mr. T. P. Kane, the representative of the railway committee of the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Association, has addressed the following letter to Chairman Babcock of the House District committee: The failure to reach a vote in the House on the Eckington and Belt Line railway Lil has caused much dlsappointment and anxiety among a large number of citizens of this city deeply interested in this meas- ure. As I understand the situation, the bill will not again come up in its regular order before next District day, the 25th instant, which will be so close to the probable date of adjournment as to render its passage during the present session exceedingly doubtful, especially if the discussion is pro- voked which was manifested yesterday by the motions made by several members. As the representative of the railway com- mittee of the North Cap‘tol and Eckington Citizens’ Association I would, therefore, earnestly suggest the advisability and pro- priety of holding a night session for the consideration and passage of this bill. Its importance to the people of Washington certainly warrants such action, and I ur- gently and respectfully request it. In this connection allow me also to urge that when the Senate and House conferees meet to reconcile the differences of the two houses on this bill that the House amend- ment to the Senate bill he insisted upon, requiring the adoption of the underground electric system within eighteen months from the date of approval of the act, if the compressed alr motors should not prove satisfactory, after a trial of three months. Eighteen months is the utmost Hmit of time that should be allowed for all pur- poses of experiment and actual equipment, and within that period these companies should be required to have in actual opera- tion over all their Hnes within the city limits an approved modern system of rapid transit. The Air Motors. It is not believed that the representatives of the kington company privately enter- tain the confidence in the suc of the air motor system which they publicly pre- tend to have. This belief is warranted by the fact that while expressing themselves to members of the Senate committee as be- ing entirely satisfied with the provisions of the bill as it passed the Senate, requiring the adoption of the underground electric system within two years, in the event of the air motors proving unsatisfactory after a trial of three months, they protest to members of the House committee that the incorpora- tion of this provision in the bill virtually means a confiscation of their property. This action on their part is not only a con- vineing proof of a want of confidence in the air motor system, but ts also an evi- dence of bad faith. If the compressed air system possesses the merit that its advo- cates claim for it, a: je authority is given under this bill to practically substantiate this claim and to adopt that system on all the lines of these companies after demon- strating Its success by an actual test. Therefore, if the representatives of the Eckington company sincerely entertain the confidence in the air motor system that they publicly pretend to have, they cannot con- sistently object to the requirement in this bill in regard to the underground electri system, as the success of the compressed air motors would render that provision in- operative. ‘The wide discrepancies between the pub- lic statements of these officials and the pri- vately ascertained facts in regard to the present stage of development of the com- pressed alr motors are not calculated to in- spire confidence in the minds of the public in the success of this system, nor to strengthen their belief in the sincerity of the statements of the company’s agents in regard to them. The propelling forces of this alleged rival of ele we are told, are found in a mingling of nature’s elements of wind and water—cheap, plentiful and inexhaustible ingredients—but for weeks and months I have pursued this ignus fatuus of the Eckington company from city to city and from place to place, wherever it was said to be either in actual existence or in pro- cess of gerferation, and have found noth- ing byt wind, wind, vitiated wind. What His Investigation Shows. Since my last communication to you on this subject, giving the result of my inves- tigations up te that date of the migratory wanderings of these air cars and the vagar- isms attributed to them, I have continued the investigation, based upon the state- ments which, you will remember, were made by a representative of the Eckington company at the public hearing before your cormmittee on the 20th ultimo, that this VYaporous compound was then being con- cocted at Worcester, Mass., that he had been there himself the week previous, had not only actually seen this apparition, but had ridden upon it; that it was a great success, would supplant electricity as a propeller of street cars, and that an order ae ter of them would be filled in thirty a. 1 had an investigation made at Worcester to see what there was real in these state- ments and received the following report: “I visited the Osgood Bradley Company in Worcester and asked them about this air motor. They ere the only car builders in Worcester, and have never heard of any such motors being built there. There is a construction company in Worcester, but they build tracks only. I will write to some Westfield parties about it, as the street railway up there was run by some such motor for a while last summer. It is the only road in Massachusetts that I know of that has used this sort of power.” Under date of April 27, I received a fur- ther report, as follows: “A man connected with the Worcester street railway informs me that some party has a car at the machine shops of the American Wheelock Engine Company and is experimenting with an air motor. This cecmpany has been formed recently and is composed of New York parties. The Cramps (shipbuilders) have some interest in !t.”* Under date of April 30, I received the fol- lowing: “I learned through the Blackstone Valley street railway that a Mr. Hammill is ex- perimenting with air motors at the shops of the American Wheelock Engine Com- pany in Worcester. They say he ts experl- menting only and not building cars for any company, as the machine is not complete. From all I can learn, I am of the opinion that his work, or any other on air motors, is experimental only.” Under date of May 4, I received the fol- lewing from Mr. Hammill, the experl- menter, himself: “T received your letter of the 2d Instant, seeking information in regard to compress. ed air motors. I can confidently say that no company has them in operation in the United States, and that no company in Worcester !s manufacturing them. At the present stage the car is running smoothly, and with a few more alterations will be a complete success, but {t will be cheaper for you to manufacture them yourself than to buy them.” Mr. Hammill seems to have got the Im- pression that I wanted to engage in the propagation of these air ducts. Urges a Limit of Eighteen Months, While raising no objection to the pro- posed experiment with air motors and their adoption, as provided by this bill, if proven to be satisfactory, we do not want to be left entirely to the mercy of these bottled elements, and therefore urge the retention in this bill of the House Recvision reducing the time to eighteen months within which a permanent underground electric system shall be adopted in the event of the failure of the air motors to give satisfaction, thus tempering the wind to the shorn District lambs and giving assurances of something more substantial than this hefrloom of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company. ——.__. Wiiliam A. Simsrott, ex-secretary and treasurer of the Switchmen’s Union, died Monday night of quick consumption at Chicego. A Successfal Experiment Described by Prof. Alex. Graham Bell—Cir- eling T ugh Space. So many misleading and erroneous state- ments have been jnade with reference to the experiments which Secretary Langley of the Smithsonian has been conducting in the sphere of aeri@l navigaticn that Prof. Langley decided yesterday to make an au- thoritative statement on the subject. Yes- terday afternoon at 8 o'clock representa- tives of the press were present by special invitation in his office in the Smithsonian. The first official annourcement of the suc- cess which has attended his efforts so far was made in the form of a letter from Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, who recently witnessed the experiments made down the Potomac. The letter, addressed to the editor of The Evening Star, was as follows: “Last Wednesday, May 6, I witnessed a very remarkable experiment with Prof. Langley’s aerodrome on the Potomac river; indeed, it seemed to me that the experi- ment was of such historical importance that it should be made public. “I should not feel at liberty to give an account of all the details, but the main facts I huve Prof. Langley’s consent for giving you, and they are as follows: “The aercdrome, or ‘flying machine,’ in question was of steel, driven by a steam engine. It resembled an enormous bird, soaring in the air with extreme regularity in large curves, sweeping steadily upward in a spiral path, the spirals with a diame- ter of perhaps 100 yards, until it reached a height of about 100 feet in the air, at the end of a course of about half a mile, when the steam gave out, the propellers which had moved it stopped, and then, to my further surprise, the whole, Instead of tum- bling dov.n, settled as slowly and grace- fully as {it is possible for any bird to do, touched the water without any damage, and was immediately picked out and ready to be tried egain. “A second trial was Kke the first, except that the machine went in a different direc- tion, moving in one continuous, gentle as- cent as it swung around in circles like a great, soaring bird. At one time it seemed to be In danger as its course carried it over a neighboring wooded promontory, but apprehensicn was immediately allayed, as it passed twenty-five or thirty feet above the tops of the highest trees there, and as- cending st ll further, its steam finally gave out again, and it settled into the waters of the river, not quite a quarter of a mile from the point at which it arose. “No one could have witnessed these ex- periments without being convinced that the practicability of mechanical flight had been demonstrated. Yours sincerely, “ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.” Prof. Langley’s Statement. Prof. Langley made a brief supplement- ary statement in further explanation of the experiments. He said: “The aerodrome or flying machine has no gas to lift it, as in the case of a balloon, but on the contrary, it is about one thou- sand times heavier, bulk for bulk, than the air on which it is made to run, and which sustains it somewhat in the way which thin ice supports,a swift skater. The power is derived from a steam en- sine through the means of propellers, but, owing to the scale on which the actual aerodrome is buiit, there has been no con- densing apparatua to use the water over and over. Enough can be carried for only a very brief flight, a difficulty which does not belong to larger chires than the present example, In which the supporting surfaces are but about fourteen feet from up to tip. The distance flown each time Was about one-half mile. The rate of speed depends (as in the case of any vehicle on land) on whether it is going on a level cr up hill. In the case of this last trial of May 6, the machine was ascending, that ts to say, it was going up hill all the time, and went through a distance of one-half mile or more in one and one-half minutes, or at the rate of a little more than twenty miles an hour. The question has often been asked about the capacity of the aero- drome for carrying passengers. It would seem unnecessary to make the statement, but I may as well say, once for all, that it carried no passengers on this trip.’* —_——> RETIREMENT OF CLERKS, A Strong Indorsement of the Tawney Bill by One of Them. Mr. E. P. Hamlin, a clerk in the Post Ollice Department, has written a letter to Congressman James A. Tawney, Indorsing thé bill presented by the latter, providing a plan for the retirement of clerks at a certain age, or after a certain period of service. “Permit me to cordially thank you for your efforts along this line,” says Mr. Ham- lin in his letter, “and to indulge the hope that you will persevere to the final passage of the bill through both houses. The bill, possibly, needs amending, but no man- made thing was ever perfect in its concep- ton, and as this is a long stride in the direction of perfecting, and the more fully carrying out, the inherent principles of our clvil service system—of which we already feel justly proud—as an humble and young worker in this service, I hail it with much enthusiasm. Recently the local public press has been burdened with the productions of the overtaxed brains of many of my fellow clerks on this subject, some of which seem to be the offspring of base ingratitude and a chronic case of dyspepsia; they seem to consider it a salary or pension grabbing scheme, a piece of political trickery, by which a lot of ‘old fossils," as one has very unkindly put it, will be foisted upon unwilling contributors. “The facts do not warrant any such con- clusion, and as I am informed today has been appcointed by the committee in charge for hearing those opposed to the objects of the bill, I would suggest that an early date be appoirtted for those in favor of the Dill to be heard. I would urge that the section limiting the time to five years within which moneys paid in may be refunded with 4 per cent Interest, be stricken out, and a sec- tion inserted providing for such refunding at any time the clerk may resign or be dis- charged. The first four years of the exe- cution of this law would, of course, be barren of reward to any one; hence some- thing of a burden; but thereafter, it seems to me evident, there must come a line of promotions with each retirement which would ctherwise not be made. Many of our good and tried public servants are incap- able, by reason of years or infirmity, to perform the duties devolving upon them in their daily official life, and yet through the humanity (praiseworthy it 1s) of their su- periors they are kept in office drawing a full salary (pension), when if retired from active labor, at say $600 per annum, they would be happier, the service !mproved, and ambitious young men and women would receive merited promotions which are cer- tainly incentives to, earnest and faithful service. And then, under this retirement system, we all would feel better contented that for a mere pittance per annum we would be assured’ of'a certain support in our old age, or, in the event of retiring from office earlier in life, the refunding of all money paid in with 4 per cent interest, the Same we would receive from postal or other savings banks for small savings.” In conclusion Mr. Hamlin says: ‘Permit me in closing to say that it is my humble belief, and it seems to be the consensus of opinion of those to whom I have talked on the subject, that 4 uniform rate of pay, of $600 to $750 per annum upon retirement, would be just and equitable to all concern- ed. When a man arrives at the age of re- tirement, the probabilities are that he will have no omall children, and perhaps not even a wife to support; hence $600 per an- num would keep him nicely. “I wish you the fullest success in your undertaking, for I feel that it is only a matter of time until some such measure will be operative in our civil service, and am only sorry that at this time you are not encouraged by more of my fellow clerks,” ———. Court of Appea! In the Court of Appeals yesterday after- noon two opinions were handed down. One of the opinions was rendered by Mr. Justice Morris, in the case of John H. Adriaans, appellant, against Isaac C. Lyons. The decision of the lower court was confirmed. The other opinion reversed the decision of the court in the case of Levi W. Meech and others, appellants, against the Smith- sonian Institution. Republicans, CONVENTION DECLARES FOR W’KINLEY Nearly an Al-Night Session at St. Joseph. CURRENT POLITICAL MATTERS ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 13.—In last night's session of the state republican convention the Filley men had things their own way. The temporary organization was made permanent and the only disappointment which the Filley men met was the losing of ore of the state committeemen-at-large. The chairmanship of the state central com- mittee was awarded to Mr. Filley by ac- clamation, and, to crown his victory, at 1:30 a.m. he was elected delegate-at-large to the national convention. The report of the Platform committee was adopted without debate, Not until 4:30 this morning did the con- vention adjourn, after resolving in favor of McKinley, in favor of sound money and electing four delegates-at-large to the na- tional convention. ‘The convention was in some respects the noisiest and most troublesome ever held in the state, but at its close Chauncey 1. Filley of St. Louis still held the reins. ‘The dele- gatcs-at-large are: Chauncey I. Filley of St. Louis, ex-Congressman F. G. Nieden- ringhaus of St. Louis, Maj. Wm. Warner of Kansas City and J. H. Bothemel of Sedalia. Alternates, Byrd Duncan of Butler county, Charles F. Gallen Kamp of Franklin, H. R. Williams of Greene, Charles P. Covington of Pike. Maj. Warner withdrew his name, but was elected as the last delegate choser. The convention re-elected Chauncey IL Filley as chairman of the state central com- mittee and passed a resolution favoring him as member of the natioial republican com- mittee, to succeed R. C. Kerens, who was “turned down” by the delegates. OURL FOR McKIN LEY. Delegates From the St. Joe Conven- tion Instructed for Him. After The Star's report of the Missouri republican convention at St. Joseph closed yesterday, the delegates still remaining in the streets, an agreement was reached oy which the doors were opened and the dele- gates allowed to enter. The Filleyites claimed the victory, and said their boss was allowed to distribute all tickets. How ever, it was noticed that the Kerens dele- gates were allowed to enter the building. After a delay of three hours, Chairman Filley appeared on the stage and called the convention to order. After the reading of the call prayer was offered, and Mayor Vories welcomed the delegates. The build- ing was packed. After the address by Mayor Vories, Mr. Filley made a speech, in which he predict- ed success for the republicans of Missourl this year. He was loudly cheered, but above the cheers could be heard cries for “Maj, William Warner.” Filley would not heed the calls, and announced the tem- porary officers, a3 follows: Chairman, Re resentative Richard Bartholdt; secretary, Albert Griffin, The cries for Warner continued, but above all could be heard the voice of the chairman calling the roll of congressional districts for members of the three commit- tees—credentlals, permanent organization and resolutions. ‘Maj. Bartholdt’s Remarks. In assuming the chair Maj. Bartholdt counseled harmony of action, and then sald: ‘We are assembled today to rea‘irm the doctrines ani lessons of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and Blaine, and to fire the first gun in a campaign, the main object of which is to substitute, in the administra- tion of public affairs in state and nation, these doctrines for the false poiicy of the democratic — par: a@ policy which has brought our great and rich country to the very verge of bankruptcy and ruin, which Means to substitute bad money for good, end which gives employment to European labor in preference to our own. “We are here to unfurl the banner of protection, sound money and reciprocity, and to invite all the people to march under it to prosperity. “We are here not to propose a name for President of the United States, but as re- publicans always responsive to the peo- ple’s wishes, to ratify the choice which they have already made. “We are here to call attention, to the ob- ject lessons of the last eight years, four republican and four democratic. Under President Harrison $26,000,000 worth of bonds were redeemed; under Cleveland $262,000,000 were issued. In 18¥2 the wages rising, prices of manufactured goods fall- ing, with lessened hours of labor. ‘What more?’ asks the great leader of the repub- lican majority in Congress; ‘what more do you want, except more of the same sort? “Under Cleveland and under the Wiison an annual increase of imports of $125,000,- 000, with European labor working double time to supply the American market, while American labor is tramping the streets in vain search of employment. “The democratic party, through pledges it has never redeemed, through promises it has never kept, through charges of dis- honesty time has proven false, through de- bauched elections in the south, through appeals to prejudice, passion and ignor- ance, came into power. They promised prosperity; they have brought poverty and distress. They predicted increased mar- kets; they have increased our exports. They pledged a better administration; they have put incompetency upon the throne. They guaranteed universal employment and high wages; they have brought idle- ness and rage. They predicted a reduction in public expenditures and a quick extine- tion of the public debt; they have brought national insolvency and bond issues in time of peace. They promised general prosperity; they have brought woe, want and wretchedness, “The people have come to realize these facts, and In 1894 emphasized that knowl- edge; and now in 1896 have met to prepare for another emphatic declaration that can never be gainsaid, to declare that the great republican party shall again assume the reins of control in this country, and again restore the Union to its rightful place on the great thoroughfare of peace and pros- perity. “This 1s not a fight of men against men; individuals sink into insignificance as com. pared with the great issues of today. It is not even a fight of party against party, because the plain people have long ago be- gun to desert the generals of democracy and rally around the banners of Protection and sound money. It is the struggle of the human destre for happiness and prosper- ity, to which the Declaration of Indepen- dence has given us the title deed against misfortune and disaster, brought on by democratic misrule and continued by that vestige of Bourbon power which, in the na- ture of things, remained untouched by the popular storms of November, 1892. It ts a struggle of the bright sunlight of nature against the dark clouds of false pretense and false principle, which have sent light- ning strokes of failure and bankruptcy, of disaster and starvation into every town and hamlet of our country.” After Mr. Bartholdt closed the convention took a recess for an hour. When the con- vention reassembled, the report of the com- mittee on resolutions was presented adopted. = ae The Platform. The platform opens by congratulating the republican party on the rapid strides which it had made in the state. The doc- trine of protection and reciprocity is dealt with at some length. American products are demanded precedence over those of for- elgn countries. Duties on all imported commodities, except luxuries, are asked for, except in the case of such as cannot ba procured here, which shall be placed on the ree list. The platform concludes as followst We demand a return to the sound republi- gan policy of protection and reciprocity. Under the doctrine of reciprocity as advo- cated by Blaine and enforced by Harrison's administration, our export trade was vastly increased, and new and enlarged markets were opened to our farm products. The re- peal of that law by the democratic Congress know it. 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We despise the present administration for its hostility to the interests of the Union scldier, and we pledge anew to the veterans of the republic watchful care and recogni- tion in their just claim upon a gratcful people. We recognize William McKinley champion of the doctrine of protection, a gallant soldier, an able statesman, and a true and loyal American, and the delegates elected by this convention are directed to cast their votes for the nomination of Will- iam McKinley for President of the Unit States. A BOLT IN DELAWARE. s the Two Sets of Delegaten to St. Louis Chosen. In the afternoon the Higgins men bolted the republican convention at Dover, Del., and held a separate one In the state house, with Hastings presiding. The following delegates to St. Louis were chosen: An- thony Higgins, John Pilling, Hiram Reedy, Dr. Paris T. Carlisle, Cornelius P. Swain and George H. Hall. for McKinley. The reguiar convention selected J. Ed- ward Addicks, D. F. Stewart, J. Frank Allen, Dr. Hiram R. Burton and Dr. Caleb R. Layton. The fight between the factions was pre- cipitated by a motion for the chair to ap- point the committee on credentials, as re- ported in The Star. After the recess, the turmoil was contin- uned, and the break came when the com- mittee on credentials reported in favor of unseating several Higgins delegates from Wilmington. The Higgins men protested in vain, and then left the convention. The Addicks men applied the unit rule to nearly all questions, and carried everything before them. The Addicks delegates were uninstructed. The platform adopted declares loyalty for the principles of the republican party; cp- poses free silver and condemns “the demo- cratle conspiracy in this state, which de- nies our citizens the equal opportunity to qualify and vote.” It then says: “We are in favor of our delegates at St. Louis votiag for such persons as a nominee for Presi- dent as they may deem for the best inter- ests of the nation MONTANA REPUBLICANS. The Convention Indorsed the State's Representatives in Washington. The Montana republican convention was held at Butte Monday. The only contest was between the old line republicans and the A. P. A., the latter making a fight against the tndorsement of Senators Man- tle and Carter and Representative Hart- man, because of their views on the Indian appropriation bill. The test vote came on a motion to seat a contesting anti-A. P. A. delegation from Granite county, and the A.P.A. were defeated by a vote of 107 to 104. Resolutions were then adopted commend- ing the action of Senators Teller, Dubois, Cannon, Mantle and Carter on the silver question, and “demanding the restoration of silver to its ancient money function as a means of equalizing the difference in exchange, and the re-establihsment of the protective tariff policy as a necessary means of equalizing the difference in wages and the cost of living.” Bimetallism, protection and reciprocity were declared the three cardinal prin- ciples of republican faith, and a declara- tion was made for the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 independently by the United States. The democratic administration was denounced for its efforts to foist upon the country its twin factors of cheapness—free trade and the gold standard, and for dis- honoring the nation’s flag in Hawaii, refus- ing to recognize Cuba and increasing the national debt. An effort was made to instruct the na- tional delegates to walk out of the St. Louis convention in case free silver was not reo- ognized, but the effort failed. McKinley’s name was coldly received. These delegates to the St. Louts con- vention were selected: Senator Lee Mantle, Senator Thomas Carter, Representative They were instructed | Charles Hartman, Thomas C. Marshall, Alexander Metzel and J. W. Strevell. The delegate ‘e not instructed. AH that all six di Kinley form. spatch says egates are and will ac It 1s understood favorale to Me- cept him on any plat- WENT AS A CORRESPON Melton, the Young American ed by the Spanish, A special from Jacksonville. Fla., to the w York World Orna Melton, on to death in Hava of the men sentenced for his tion with the Competitor expedition, is well known ia K West, where he taught school last fall and winter. The Cu 8 there now regard him as a great hero, and they are anxiously awaitiag news of his fate. He won many friends by his quiet demeanor. . Melton is of medium stature, with good features, a fair complexion and a slight mustache. While a fluent talker, he is inclined to be reticent at times. His father, D. W. Melton, was a Heutenant in the confederate army. The young man (he ts only twenty-three years old) is a college graduate. Before coming to Florida he taught school in Arkansas. While in Key West he acted as corresponient for several western news- papers. - Being of an adventurous disposition, when the Cuban war broke out he de- termined to go to the island and furnish news for several American papers. His object was to get inside the insurgent line so as to be able to report the tual situation. He came through this city about eight months ago and saw the edi- tor of one of the city papers here in re ence to the matter. e then, and you t to Key est, where he remained until he left for Cuba on the Competitor. At Key West Melton met the corre- spondent of a Jacksonville and an arrangement was mi s Was to go to Cuba a inside the insurg vided with the was especially ood th a non-combatant for the so furnishing ne ad t tain amount o' ¥ should be for- warded each month to his father at Aurora, Ark. In view of this the Spanish claim that Melton was taken with arms in hand seems incredible. seo | = BOUGHT A STEAMER, City of Richmond May Be Used for Filibustering. A report is current among the steamboat men along the river front that the steamer City of Richmond, which last year ran be- Be tween this city and Colonial h, has been purchased by parties interested in the Cuban cause, and is being fitted up at Bal- timore for the purpose of carrying arms and ammurition to the Cuban insurgents, The sale of the City of Richmond was, it is stated, consummated In Baltimore Friday last, when her former owner, Mr. B. F. Mahane of New London, Conn., received from a man who gave his name as Har- man, and his residence Florida, $14,000 in cash for her. The price Is regarded here as an excel- Yent one, as the City of, Richmond ts a very old boat. She is a side-wheeler, feet long, feet beam, and draw: en feet of water. Mr. Harman stated, it said, that it was his intention to use the steamer as an excursion boat in Florida waters, but some of those who assisted in taking her around to Saltime mon report was that she was to be used to ad- vance the Cuban cause. The City of Richmo: without recard to exper ’ leading ship-building firms of and equipped with every modern imt ment, including electric lighting, etc., some old rivermen today told a Star reporter that, In their opinion, no matter what is eapended on her, she will never bh to get down to Florida or Cu style of construction preclude her outriding the troubles which stant recurrence along the south the Atlantle coas' but . as her the idea of con- part of The many imitations of HIRES Rootbeer simply point to its excellence—the genuine article proves it. Made only by The Charios K. Mires Co., Philrdeiphia. ‘A ioc. package makes o gailous. Sold everywhere.