Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1896, Page 1

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THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or Postal card. Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 30 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address €s well as the new one. PAST KEY WEST The Spanish Warship Alfonso Chas- ing the Three Friends, —_--+— SPANIARD HOGS THE THREE-MILE LINE 2 Our Revenue Cutters and the Maine Planning Pursuit. GREAT EXCITEMENT SS KEY WEST, Fla., July 6—The steamer Three Friends passed here at 9 a.m., pur- ‘sued by the Spanish warship Alfonso XII. Both vessels were under full steam. The Three Friends was between eight and ten miles ahead of the warship. It has been stated by those observing the race that the warship fired upon the Three Friends. The warslip ts cutting the three-mile limit very close and trying to head off the Three Friends. It is reported that th2 United States warship Maine and United S cutters sre now getting up steam, ng both vessels. excitement prevails here. CUBANS TRANSPORTING AMMUS Numerous Arrests—Exceution Today— sm: x Prevalent. HAVANA 8.—A dispatch recefved here from ( nounces that a man Alejandro Sotolongo has been de- 1 there on the gent sp: (TION July rdenas ned The Meutenant in charge of the firemen of Guanabacoa and three men have been arrested. The former is charged with hav! been the chief of a detachment at the plantation of Loteria, from which Fernandez Castro, a prominent autono- mist, sent arms and ammunition to the : . province of Pinar del yetano Valdes, said to be gn in- Sent recruiting agent, who was trying induce volunteers to’ desert, has been Perdigon Pastrana, an_insur- shot at the Cabanas fortress surgent forces, under Calixio, Jose Ceorecu, Rabi, Capote and others, orted te have pasped miles n Luis, prevince of Santiago de escorting a large convoy of am- munition, loaded upoa mules and bound westward. Tne smallpox epidemic 1s extending r of Santiago de Cuba. le Fourth of July In- cident. Ont., July 6.—A startling cident occurred at the Fourth of July celebration at Long Point, Minn., on the American side of the Lake of the Woods. A large excursion steamer left Rat Portage Friday night, and, arriving at the mouth of Rai river, the Canadian captain went ‘© and got from the American customs er the a clearance to touch at Long » twenty miles west of the mouth. ‘The refreshment buffet of the steamer was not closed, as it should have been, on ar- the American shore. Among those Was a revenue officer, who found vor of the beat open, and immediately 5 the craft ler, put every r and passenger under arrest. ial called to his aid twelve fisher- who boarded the boat and remained all night. Yesterday Captain Me- " Was ordered to sail for the mouth ainy river, but the captain, instead of the mouth, made straight for the water. there, Mr. Carpenter, enue collector, was politely toMi that disembark at once and take his men aboard the small iug Ethel, which Captain McRitchie had towed behind from Long Point for th the Canadians outnumbe: ten to one, Mr. his meu aboard the Ethel, and sailed for Kainy river. SSALE JAIL BREAKING. Fifty-Nine he Okiahoma Desperadves Wild Rush for Liberty. 0. T., July 6—Fourteen pris- chers overpowered the guards in the United States jail late last night and broke jail. Bill Dollin and “Dynamite Dick,” the last survivors of the Dalton gang, who were charged with the murders committed in the Ingalis fight, at which four deputy mar- shals were killed, were the principal actors. Fourteen out of tifty-nine prisoners es- caped. They were ali desperate characters. They got the guards’ revolvers and a Winchester by a rush out of the cages when the gate was opened. They knocked ene of the guards down and then placed the other two guards in the steel cages. Having the guards safe, the ringleaders called fer every one of the prisoners to ape who wanted to. Orly fourteen fol- Icwed. William Beck, one of the escaped returned and said that Dollin s so weak that he sat by the side of the out of the city, wondering how he 1 cseape. Later the outlaws made a named Schotield and his girl get out of a buggy and give it to them. A posse of deputy mars headed by Bill Tilgh- mat, who captured Dollin, is in pursuit of the escaped prisoners. —— GAS EXPLOSION. NATURAL A Leak in a Pipe Causes a Posstbly Fatal Catastrophe. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 6—By the ex- plosion of natural gas at the Evergreen Hotel, seven miles north of Allegheny, last evening, six persons were injured, three, it is feared, fatally. The seriously hurt were: August Stilzer, aged thirty-eight years; Ada Siilzer, sixteen years: John Brooks, ‘ars; Mrs. Frank Marshall, . ‘The hotel was badly dam- ag the explosion, which was caused by @ leaking pipe. Seatngee es Earthquakes at Cyprus. BULLETIN-GENOA, July 6—The steam- er Italta has arrived here and reports that Laruica, Island of Cyprus, has been suffering from earthquake shocks since July 3. The disturbances have been increasing in violence, and extend to Limasol. A gen- eral panic said to prevail at Larnica, and the government and military authorities have been providing tents for the affright- ed people. The town is deserted, and the nt offices, banks and ‘telegraph Were under canvas when the steamer left Cyprus. eo Notable Accession: 'W YORK, July 6—The Newark Daily Advertiser, an afternoon paper, has become a member of the Associated Press, and be- gan this morning rezeiving leased wire serv- ice of news from that organization. In the Jersey City Datly Journal, which recently joined the Associated Press, and in the Newark Daily Advertiser, which be- gins service today, both of which are owned and controlled by Mr. Sheffield Phelps, the Associated Press adds to its membership two of the oldest, strongest and most re- Spected newspapers in the state of New Jersey. THREE DEALERS SENTENCED Pena'ties for Unlawful Sale of Oleomar- garine. The Public to Be Protected, Says Judge Cole—One Case Nolle Prossed —Appeals Taken. Judge Cole today sentenced Israel C. Kollock, W. O. Lusby and Samuel J. Mc- Caully, recently convicted of violating the oleomargarine laws. The two first named were sentenced te be imprisoned in jail for three hours and to pay fines aggregating 00, as well as the costs of the prosecu- tion. McCaully, having been convicted only of selling oleomargarine without a license, the other men having been convicted of that and also of failing to stamp it, was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and costs of the suit. Mr. Henry E. Davis, representing the defendants, asked the leniency of the ccurt, stating that the recent prosecution of the cases has served about every pur- pcse, especially the stopping of further Viclaticns of the law. Then, too, they are business men, and have already paid pen- alties In the shape of taxes. Replying to the renarks of Mr. Davis, District Attorney Birney called Judge Cole's attention to the fact that the reve- nue officers had repeatedly warned Kollock that he was violating the law, but that even after that he persisted in violating the Jaw. But, more than that, remarked Mr. Birney, both men, particularly Kollock, had sworn on the witness stand to things they krew were false. Therefore, he could net agree that either of the men was en- Utled to any great consideration in the imposition of sentence. Then, too, Kol- lock never paid any penalty to the govern- ment In the form of a license. __In imposing sentence Judge Cole said that it is plain to him that the purpose of the law is to protect the public. Revenue ap- peared to him to be a secondary matter. It also seemed clear to him that there has been a persistent violation of the law. It may be tkat the indicted parties thought that the law was a dead letter, or that they believed that it was unconstitutional, lut persons who violate the law under such circumstances do it with their eyes open and must bear the results. However, said the judge, he would, in imposing the sentences, make them somewhat lighter becauee of the fact that the present cases are the first under the law. But future violators of the law, he explained, must expect extreme penalties. Judge Cole thereupon sentenced Kollock and Lusby to three hours’ imprisonment in Jail and a fine of $400 for selling the stuff without a label, and a fine of $100 and the cests of the suit. McCaully he sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and the costs of the suit, the men to stand ecmmitted until the fines are paid. Mr. Davis noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals in the case of the three men, and Mr. Joseph Wilkins qualified as surety on the appeal bonds in the sum of $1,000 each. In the case of John L. Gundling, who pleaded guilty several days ago of violating the law on two indictments, Mr. Birney asked that the pleas be set aside, as he had become convinced that Mr. Gundling had not knowingly violated the law. The pleas were set aside, when Mr. Birney nolle prossed the charges. He also nolle prossed @ similar charge against John Holloran. ee STEVENSON FOR SILVER. Didn't Think It Was Necessary to Declare His Record. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, July 6—Vice President Stev- enson is coming out of the woods. He has “been lying low,” as every one knows, on the financial question for two years. This silence has caused him to be dubbed “Stevenson, the Sphynx,” and resulted in his being entirely ignored by the President makers at Chicago this time. Yesterday morning ex-Congressman Thompson W. McNeely wired Mr. Stevenson at Blooming- ton, asking him the date of the great silver conference that met in Springfield August, 1878, and asking if he (Stevenson) did not then and there favor the free coinage of silver. The answer was as follows: Bloomington, Ill, July 6. Hon. T. W. McNeely, Sherman House, Chi- cago: I think the sflver meeting at Springfield was held in the early summer of 1878. I rerember that you and I were in attend- ance. My election to Congress in the fol- lowing November was the result of my advocacy of the remonetization of silver. Sig. A. E. STEVENSON. In addition to this, Jas. O'Donnell of Bloomington gives out the following inter- view: “I can say positively,” sald Mr. O’Don- nell, “that Mr. Stevenson 1s a free silver man. Before he returned to Bloomington I received a message from him requesting me to call as soon as he arrived in Bloom- ington. He got in last Friday, and I call- ed that night. We had a full and free talk on the situation, and he told me that he thought his position was so well known to the country on the currency question that it was unnecessary to dilate on it. I asked him if he went as far as the ma- Jortty of the democrats this year, and he told me that he was for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. He said he had always been in harmony with that view, and could not believe that there were any democrats who were acquainted with his public record who believed otherwise.” These developments tn the case of Mr. Stevenson have created a sensation here, as some think they have placed Mr. Steven- son in the ranks of the available among the free silver men. N. O. M. —_—.__ WASHINGTONIANS AT CHICAGO. A Number of Familiar Faces to Be Seen. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, July 6.—Many Washingtonians are in Chicago, besides the local delega- tion. Mr. Lawrence Gardner, Marshal A. A. Wilson, Dorsey Clagett, Wm. Dickson, M. Hallet’ Kilbourn, Beriah Wilkins, Rich- ard Wrightman, Assistant Secretary Ham- lin end Private Secretary VanSenden of the Treasury Department, Mr. Andrew Lipscomb and Mr. Lisle Lipscombe and Mr. Frank Hume are among them. Col. J. B. Carter, chief of staff to Com- mander McElroy, rtment of the Po- tomac, G.A.R., and Lieut. George Y. Han- sell, quartermaster of the Old Guard, are here on their way to St. Paul, Minn., to secure quarters for the department, the St. Paul Club of Washington and the Women’s Relief Corps for the encampment, to be held in that city. N. O. M. age ee Mysterious Murder. ALLIANCE, Neb., July 6.—Another mys- terious murder has been added to the list of Sand Hill tragedies. W. H. Hubbell, a prominent stock man of this city, was found lying near the railroad track near Lakeside, at an early hour this morning, with a deep wound in the back of his skull. He died in few minutes, and there ts no clue to his murderer. WHO WILL PRESIDE? Temporary Chairmanship at Chieago Still Unsettled. SESSION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE Gold Men for Hill and Silver Mem- bers for Daniel. THE QUESTION OF CONTESTS Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, July 6.—The field for dark horses hourly widens and presents brilliant prospects. The opportunities are almost Mmitless for a candidate with a strong and competent organization. There is absolute- ly no organization among the silver men. They are simply an enthusiastic mass of shouters, clamoring for one theory, free silver. There is no talk of any other part of the platform, not a word of party or- ganization to comba* the great republican machine. The dark horses are beginning to take advantage of the situation. Even Vice President Stevenson's friends come to the front with him, the great financial sphynx. Sibley of Pennsylvania ‘is a1- vanced as an available candidate and his backers talk tariff,the first whisper of that great democratic shibboleth of former times that has yet been heard. McLean 1s growing in strength for first place. The free silver enthusiasts after working off some of their energy are beginning at last to take heed of the fact that they will need @ candidate who can draw a campaign fund from the money centers. Every candidate has divisions in his own ranks. Boies and Matthews are menaced in this Way more seriously. Bland suffers from Altgeldism. Disunion, disorder and enthu- sigsm are the features of the day. There is plenty of shouting, of democratic loyaliy and intensity of feeling, but there is little President-making and no displays of prac- tical politics anywhere. With the conven- ticn but one day off, no one here has a plan of campaign nor an intelligent outline of action to be pursued when the assembly meets. The gold men are still sharply divided vpon the question of whether they shall bolt or not. Roswell P. Flower and John R. Fellows of New York are violent in in- sisting upon the gold men bolting the con- vention. Wm. C. Whitney and Senator Hill are advising against the bolt. In a caucus of the gold money men last night the dis- evssion between the bolters and anti-bolt- ers occupied a great deal of the session, and the caucus adjourned with the question still open. N.O. M. By Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 6—The real work of the democratic convention began in earneat to- day with the meeting of the national com- mittee at 10 o'clock in the committee par- lors at the Palmer House. There was in- tense inter2st in the result of the meet- ing, as the selection of a temporary pre- siding officer promised to develop the first test of strength between the gold and the silver forces. Chairman Harrity had divided the committee work so that the formal matter of distributing tickets and badges was done first, and at 12 o'clock the important work of choosing the con- vention officers and hearing contests was taken up. The nationa! committee held a meeting in the morning, which was devoted to rou- tine business and the distribution of tick- ets. During the meeting there was an in- formal interchange cf views among some of the members on the subject of tem- porary chairman. As stated in the Asso- clated Press dispatches last night, Sena- tor Hill will be proposed by the gold men and Senator Daniel by the silver men, with the possibility that the silver men will have enough votes in the committee to relegt Daniel. One of the gold members was wiil- ing to concede the selection of Senator Daniel by the committee. Senator Daniel of Virginia, for temporary chairman, is the third choice of the silver men, but has been talked of from the be- ginning, and it is probable that he would have been united upon sooner but for his refusal to have his name considered. It is now understood that he will accept, and the silver people profess to believe that he will receive the indorsement of the na- tional committee. There is some criticism of the selection of a United States Senator for the position, but the silver leaders con- tend that this objection is not of sufficient force to stand in the way of the selection of a man so thoroughly qualified as they believe Senator Daniel to be. The general impression prevailed that the committee would name Senator Hill as temporary chairman, but there was wide range for speculation and doubt, owing to the determined attitude of the silver men not to accept a temporary chairman op- posed to their views. The doubt was in- creased by the fact that Senator Hill had at last broken silence, and in statements which were widely read during the morning had taken a decided stand against the sil- ver men. The statement attribute to him over his signature that the New York delegation would walk out of the convention if the Michigan Gelegation was counted was taken as particularly ominous of trouble ahead. The silver leaders are to meet at 2 to de- termine whether the temporary chairmgn ramed by the committee is acceptable. Whether he is or not, the committee will doubtless make their recommendation to the convention, and the fight of the silver men wiil be made as soon as the conven- tion assembles tomorrow, on the question of accepting the presiding officer presented by the national committee. Aside from this question the national cemmittee will hear such contests as are presented. The only ones expected are those of Michigan, South Dakota, Nebraska and Nevada. It is understood, however, that the contestants will await the ap- peintment of the committee on credentials before urging their contests. It was nearly 1 o’clock when the national committee was called to order again. The first business was to make up the tem- porary roll. The anti-silver delegation from Texas appeared and announced the with- drawal of their contest. The Silver Caucus. The silver men are anxiously discussing among themselves whether they will have a caucus before the convention meets. The majority of them appear to be of the opin- jon that there should be a general mecting of the forces tonight, but the states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky and some of the-other delegations are holding out stiff- ly against the proposition, some of the dele- gates going so far as to say they will not attend if one is held. The matter will be determined at the general meeting uf the general silver comiittee io be held at 2 o’cléck today. Blackburn and Lindsay. Senator J. C. S. Blackburn and Wm. Lindsay, who have been on opposite sides of the currency, question, and betwcen whom considerable bitterness has existed, were brought together by Phil German, the Ellis Island immigrant inspector, and a close friend of Secretary Carlisle. Senator Lindsay announced that he could not af- ford to leave the democratic party on a count of the currency question, and tie two Senators then went in to breakfast to- gether at the Auditorium-annex. The Ken- tucky delegation will-organize tonight. Boies Expected to Return. Ex-Gov. Boies is expected to return to Chicago some time during the day. The gold mcn of Iowa are perfecting an organ- ization for the support of Boies. The lead- ers are Richardson, member of the national committee; Cato Sells, Judge Kinney and T. M. Gobble. The latter is one of the four gold delegates from Iowa. The other three gold delegates refuse to participate in the movement for the nomination of Boles and have already given notice that they intend to bolt a silver nomination, whether it is Boies or any other man. The organization of the Iowa gold _men has for its purpose the holding for Boies all silver delegates possible, and when he has secured enough to effect a nomination ic supported by the gold delegates from eastern states, these delegates are to vote for him. Of course it is necessary to se- cure pledges from eastern delegates to bring about his nomination. It is not known how many eastern delegates can be secured. Under this arrangement it is not intended that the eastern gold delegates shall vote for Boies until he has enough silver votes to nominate him, because it is feared that the support of any gold delegation would drive the silver forces away from him. Gen. J. B. Weaver of lowa was in con- ference with the Boles leaders today, and said that he was in faver of fusion of the democrats and populists, not only in con- gressional districts and state of Iowa, but also throughout the nation. Gen. Weaver, who was the populist candidate four years ago, says he is for Teller, and hopes that Teller will be nominated. If Teller is not selected he will support Boles, and will urge the populists to support him if he is nominate1 by the democrats, provided he is not norainated with the aid of gold votes in the convention. Weaver says he will not support any democrat who 1s nomi- nated in this convention with the aid of gold v>t:s and will urge the populists to oppose fusion for such a candidate, espe- clally if there ls any appearance of a com- bine in favor of a silver candidate which looks like a compromise with gold forces. Program of the Gold Men. The program of the gold men has begun to assume shape, though ft has not yet been entirely agreed, nor has it been submitted to but very few leaders of the anti-silver forces. During the gold conferences Mr. Whitney, who is the reeognized leader of the gold forces, has counseled the anti-sil- ver men to stand together and to be ready to act in a solid body when occasion re- quires. He has not indicated what action is to be taken, but refers to it as something that is to be determined on later. It is un- derstood that as the matter stands now the course is not to walk out of the convention, but to remain until the close. ‘Then, when the silver men have captured everything and adjourned, a conference will be held and arrangements made for a con- vention some weeks later of anti-silver democrats for the purpose of putting in nomination a man whom they can support. Of course, if the silver men go to the ex- treme of turning out the gold delegates in Michigan and capturing that state, a bolt may be immediately precipitated, but the convention to be held te select a gold can- didate is not likely to be hastened by an actual bolt from the conyention. There are a number of gold men who are very much. opposed to this program. They weuld much prefer that no candidate be put up, so that they could remain within the organi- zation and vo.e against the ticket named by the silver men. This course is preferred by the western men, who feel that the gilver organization will be very strong in their states, and belters will get a cold shoulder in the future. It Is understood that the eastern men feel that the beSt way to withhold votes from the sfiver ticket is by putting up a candidate. Many of the eastern men do not want to be put in the position of having to choose between the republican candidate and the democratic silver candi- date. Another Democratic Candidate. Gen. Tracey of New York, who was a gold leader in the Fifty-third Congress, when the silver-purchasing law was re- pealed, says that he does rot think that a bolt of the party ticket will be organized at this convention, but that the people who do not approve of the nomination of a sil- ver man will ask for another candidate, and that it will be a spontaneous demand. He thinks the situation will not be far different from that In 1872, when the stal- Wert democracy refused to support Horace Greeley and put Charles O'Connor up as a candidate in order that the democrats who would not vote for Greeley and were bit- terly opposed to the republicans could cast their votes for a straightout democrat. The idea of a second ticket is also ad- vceated by those who desire to make the Rrotest against a silver platform and can- Gidate as emphatic ‘as possible. Gen. Tracey says that while this has not yet reached the stage of a definite program, yet he regards it as the natural and inevitable sequel to the complete control of the con- vention by the silver forces, which now seems assured. ‘Those of the eastern delegates who have been in the habit of following the iead of Senator Hill are at a loss to know just where they stand. They are waiting for Senator Hill to announce his plan, and his announcement seems to be tardy in its ap- pearance. The arrival of Tammany this morning seems to have brightened up the gold ut- mosphere considerably, but the brightening ig simply because of the strengthening of the numbers present, and not because of any revived hope of winning. Those among the Tammany men who may be accounted leaders are very much averse to the taking of any arbitrary action by the gold stand- ard contingent. They say that the demo- cratic conventions have always been obe- dient to the rule of the majority, and this should be no exception to the ruie. They say that a vigorous fight should be made by the gold men upon all of the questions where they disagree, but when defeated, the defeat should be accepted gracefully. There was a new ant rather novel fea- ture of the eastern situation. It was the arrival of a delegation of about sixty col- ored people calling themselves the National Negro Democratic Association. They are presided over by James’A. Ross of Buffalo, and are scheduled to hold a meeting to- morrow night. A majority of them are for silver, and they expect to pass a resolution to that effect tomorrow night. ———— FROM THE POTOMAC. Delegates From the District and Maryiand. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, July 6+—The District of Co- lumbia delegation to. the convention arriy- ed last n‘ght. They ere spending the day getting into touch with the situation. It is thought they will not hold a delegation meeting today, and some members of the party think they will not select the na- tional committeeman until after the nom!- nations are made. The Maryland delegatiorf reached here at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in two special ears over the Baltimore and Ohio road. The delegation was made up of Edwin Warfield, R. M. Venable, Gen. John P. Roe, ex-Congressman Talbott, John E. Hurst, Spencer C. Jones, Murray Vandiver and twelve district delegates. Mr. Warfield, who heads the delegation, is a prominent business man of Baltimore. He said: ‘he Maryland delegation, with probably three exceptions, stands firmfly for gold, and if there was any show fer an honest money nominee at the cojivention, we would prob- ably cast our vote for Wm. C. Whitney, who is held in the highest estimation in our state. We regard the probable adop- tion of a silver plank as fraught with dis- aster to the dem@eratic party and peril to the business interests of the country.” The West Virginia Gelegation is enthusi- astic for free silver, and for any candidate who will be acceptable to the majority of the convention. He nrust, however, be an uncompromising silver man. N. O. M. TOUCHED THE WIRE Little Edward Hamdler Instantly Killed This Morning. WIRES CONCEALED IN GRASS ———-—_—_ A Pole Had Falien and Was Left There. AN INVESTIGATION Full of life and bcyish enthusiasm, Ed- ward Hamdler ,a lad eight years of age, arose from the breakfast table at his home, southeast corner of 25th and N streets, at just 8 o'clock this morning and started out with several companions for a morning play and enjoyment. The group of children proceeded to a deep ravine, through which flows Rock creek, just one square north of Eddie's home and directly south of the P street stables of the Met- ropolitan Railway Company, and stoppe« at a spot where a base ball diamond is laid out. ‘This site has long been the play- ground for the children of the neighbor- hcod, and the litile folks this mornir were about to clioose sides for a game of base ball when suddenly EddieHamdler feil to the ground and began writhing in ap- parently great agony. The companions of the little boy were neturally frightened at the happening and most of them fled from the spot. Th lad’s parents were just finishing their morning mcal when a little girl rushed into the house, saying, “Come quick; some- thing’s the matter with Eddie.” The fa- ther of the latter rushed to the hollow and vd, found his son lying stunned, so it seem in the grass. The senseles form was cai ried to the home of the boy and Dr. Mc- Kaig summoned. The latter on arrival de- cided at a glance thai life was extinct and two frightful burns, one on the spine and the other on the hand, told more plainly than words that electricity had ended an- cther life. Just ten minutes after Eddie Jeft home in such a happy spirit his life- less body was carried through the door- way and a cheerful household changed to cne of sorrow and gloom. Policeman Thomas H. Qualls, who was on duty at the time of the sad occurrence, in his report said: “Death was the result of an electric light pole that, falling down, left the wires exposed and made it extremely dangerous.” The pole men- tioned is the property of the United States Electric Lighting Company, and was sit- uated but a few yards off the bank of Rock creek, directly on the play ground. From scme cause not yet plain the pole had toppled over and the fall had severed the wires previously supported by it. These wires were party covered by the grass, and, unconscious of the hidden danger, little Eddie Hamdler this morning stepped on a live end and as quickly as @ flash his earthly career was at an end. Those who visited the spot later expressed surprise that several other children were not killed. A Star reporter who made inquiries at the office of the United States Electric Lightiag Company was informed that the company is ignorant of the cause of the fali of the pole, and po: es no idea of the time that the wires were severed Several persons who reside in the localit: however, state that the pole has Leen down for several days. Shortly after the accident a gang of men were sent out by the company, the pole raised by them and the wires spiiced. A representative of the company also vis- ited the parents of the dead boy and of- fered te ald them in any way possible. ‘The offers were declined, and thi is no doubt that suit to recover damages will be instituted against the owners of the wires. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook was in at- tendance at an inquesi this afternoon, so that no official investigation of the killing of the Hamdler boy has as yet been made. There is no doubt, however, that an in- quest to determine the responsibility for the death will follow. —_—>—_—_. JOHN E. RUSSELL’S VIEW. Thinks We're Going to Have Free Silver Any Way. Special From a Staff Correspor dent. CHICAGO, IIL, July Ex-Representative John E. Russell of Massachusetts says: “I do not intend to bolt the convention. It is not the intention cf the gold men to bolt. They know that it is going for silver and all they can do is to accept the best treat- ment they can get and hope that it will be courteous. There is no danger of the New York people bolting; neither Mr. Whitne tor Mr. Hill contemplate such a thing. We have to support the ticket and hope for the test. If Mr. Bland is nominated on a free silver platform that will be no reason fer us to bolt. “If Teller is-nominated I surely will not bolt. I did that once, when Greeley was nominated. I bolted and took the stump for Grant. It was a mistake, which I shall rot repeat. I should have supported Gree- ley. If Teller is nominated on a democratic platform I shall support him. s ‘We are going to have free silver an; how, no matter who is elected. If Mc- Kinley is elected on a gold platform he cannot avoid free silver. We gold men have got to make up our minds to that. He will have to ask Congress for authority to issue gold bonds. Will they give it to him? Certainly not; no more than they would give it to us. Then what is he to do? He will ask for revenue. Congress will not give it to him unless he consents to free silver. He will have to consent. The hope and intention of the republicans is to force us to a silver basis before the close of Mr. Cleveland’s term.” “Is that likely to be done?” “I should say it was. If Mr. Cleveland is forced to offer more bonds it is sure to be done. It is in the cards now. I think you will see the gold reserve disappear shortly. It will be lapped up like a newsboy laps up hokie-pokie ice cream. If this occurs, the treasury will go on a silver basis. We are going to have silver in spite of all we can do, no matter how the election results. John E. Russell is one of the most pro- nounced gold men in the country. J. P. M. — APatriotic Celebration. SARATOGA, N. Y., July 6.—The national patriotic celebration of Daughters and Sons and Children of the American Revolution continued today, the fourth day of the ex- ercises. The meeting of the Children of the Revolution was presided over by Mrs. George P. Lawton, president of the local chapter of Children’of the Revolution. Mrs. Daniel Lathrop of Concord, N. H., president of the General National Organization of the Chiléren of the Revolution, delivered an address. The exercises were interspersed with patriotic songs. Walling Sentenced. NEWPORT, Ky., July 6—Alonzo Walling, convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan, be sentenced today to be hanged August THE DISTRICT CANDIDATE Washington Interested in the Outcome at Chicage. Sketch of Mr. John R. McLean, Who is Looming Up Into Prominence for a Place on the Ticket. ‘The name of Mr. John R. McLean has been mentioned so favorably and promi- rently in connection with a place on the democratic ticket to be nominated at the Chicago conventicn that all Washington, irrespective of politics, is deeply interested in the subject. This is not surprising, be- cause while Mr. McLean is a citizen of Ohio and the owner of its greatest daily newspaper, he resides in Washington most of his time, and is among the most sub- stantial and highly esteemed citizens of the national capital. Mr. Mclean is a gentle- man possessed of great wealth, and not a small portion of it is invested in this city. He is the president of the Washington Gas- light Company and a heavy holder of its securities. He is a director of the Capital Traction Company and owns a iarge block of the valuable stock of that corporation; while his real estate holdings here are, like those in Cincinnati and elswhere, extensive and valuable. late Washington McLean, who died several years ago, after he had removed his resi- dence from Cincinnati to this city. Wash- ington McLean was one of the political powers of the west up to the day of his @eath. He had helped to make Presidents and unmake aspirants for that proud posi- tion, und under his direction his paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, became one of the most potent influences in the politics and domestic affairs of Ohio, as well as in K tveky, and the more doubtful states, Hucally, of Indiana and West Virginia. son took active charge of the Enquire fore his father’s death, and has si tinued to be its lirective influenc The Kind of a Man He Is. Mr. McLean is a man of attractive per- sonality, especially to those who are on tn- timate terms with him. He has a keen mind and a ready wit and an appreciative sense of both the pathetic and the humor- ous. In business he has been uniformly successful,and invariably so just and equit- able in his dealings with his fellows that John R. McLean's word Js regarded in the commercial world as good as his bond. It 1s in his domestic life that Mr. Mclean is peculiarly happy. Eight or nine years ago he married Miss Emily Beale, the daughter of Gen. Edward Beale, who was Gen. Grant’s most intimate friend, and who was for many years one of the most prom‘nent men at the national capital. Mr. and Mrs. McLean had ore child, Edward Beale McLean, who is now about seven years of age, and who msy be said, with- out exaggeration, to be the center of his father’s universe. If he had not been such a smart and well-balanced bey he wou have been spoiled beyond all hope of re- demption long ago. Everything that a juvenile heart could wish has been show- ered on young Beale, as he is called, after his revered grandfather. His toys are the newest and, of course, the best. His little equipages include @ yariety of turnouts, not the least important of which is a min- jature four-in-hand. A square of the ground formerly occupied by Holmead cemetery, in the northwestern section of the city, was purchased by Mr. McLean, and is now Beale's playground, a house having been erected there for his accommodation and the grounds being laid out in order to per- mit him to enjoy himself with his little friends to his heart's content. Great Social Favorites, Mr. MeLean’s mother also resides in Washington, and occupies the former resi- dence of ex-Gov. Shepherd, at the corner of Connnecticut avenue and K street. His two sisters also live in Washington. They are Mrs. Bugher and Mrs. Haze Lean and his family are great so ites, ard the entertainments at the Lean mansion, correr of 15th and I streets, are numbered among the most exclu: and elegant given at the national capital. One of the best indications of the thor- oughress of Mr. McLean's character is to po- His be- con- al favor- be found in the devotion with which his friends regard him. They are represented in all classes of life, because as - ful newspaper men, an active pol and a business man of enormous intere=ts, he has mixed with the world thoroughly. Those to whom he has extended his friendship and hts confidence—and they are numerous—repay it to the top of thei ability, and at the recent convention in Omo this influence w: shown when Mr. McLean recetved almost the un vote of the delegates for delegate: to Chicago. Said to Be Sure of One Place. While nearty all the politicians are at- tending the Chicago convention at pres- ent, the feeling among those still in the c is that Mr. McLean, while standing an excellent chance for the first place on the ticket, is pretty nearly assured of the second place anyhow. The news from Chi- cago indicates that McLean's unique po: tion among silver leaders will result to his great advantage, as well as to that of his party, if he is given the nomination. declared that if Mr. McLean were nomi- nated he would not present any vulnerable points to personal attacks of the opposi- tion. It is pointed out that he could not be charged with being a silver fanatic or a populist or the possessor of socialistic tendencies, for the simple reason that he a ten-times millionaire, and is a holder of United States securities, in addition to his other substantial and widely divergent interests. Those who know Mr. McLean best say that no matter what occurs at Chicago, the result will make no difference in him perso: and that he will be the same shrewd, sensible and matter-of-fact gentleman that he has been heretofore. a Personal Mention. Lieut. Col. C. I. Kibben, 21st Inf. on a short visit to the cit at Plattsburg, N. ¥. Capt. C. H. Heyl, 2%d Infantry, has ported at the War Department for special duty at headquarters of the army. He is stopping at 3406 V street. Licut. J. S. Purcell has reported at the . Department for examination for promotion. Passed Assistant Surgeon J. M. Moore of the Norfolk Naval Hospital is in the city on leave of absence. Capt. E. Troup Randle of Union Springs, Ala., and the Rev. De B. Waddeli of Meridi- an, Miss., are visiting Mr. W. P. Couper of 2S Towa Circle. Mr. John Lord Nisbet of Savannah, Ga., is visiting his cousin, Mr. W. P. Couper of 28 Iowa Circle. In the absence of the first assistant post- master general and his chief clerk, Mr. Thomas E. Roach is in charge of the bu- au. Mr. Roach is one of the old-time faithfuls” of the Post Office Department. ry, is trom his station Mr. McLean is the son of the | There are just two sources from which the Mr. Me- | Me- | It is | THE CAMPAIGN FUND Auother Money Question Confronts the Democratic Delegates, EASTERN CAPITALISTS COUNTED CUT —— ee Conditions Necessary for Western Financia! Support. JOHN Rk. ee MLEAN’S TERMS = See Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, Jyly 6.—Another money ques- tion besides free coinage is playing a part in the game here. The question is asked: “Where is your campaign fund coming from if you nominate any free silver dem- ocrat?” This is a serious question. The campaign cannot be run without some money, any more than they can elect without votes. The campaign could not be kept up th Weeks without money to mect experses. democrats might draw their campaign funds. On a gold basis they could count on New York and the wealthy east gen- erally for the necessary funds. On the silver basis, any prospect of suc cess, they c court on the western mining states sor money. By adopting the account in the east, where they have h tofore most of their campaign funds. They do this deliberately, spurn- ing Wail street gold. But there is a Ife preserver aitached to this lofiy righteous- ness. There is plenty of money in the West to be contributed to the silver cause. It was calculated that they would not need a great deal of money for a camp: of the people, such as contemp ted, and that what was easily availaile would be enough, It now appears that this western mone y is available if Telier ts a candidate, but j@ot othewise. The silver mine owners end other rich men of the silver states are ready to contribute handsomely to the campaign fuud if they feel that they can seize victory as a return for their in- vestment, but they do not want to throw ny of this good y into a rat hole, believe that the nomination of Teller by the democrats and the nsclidation of the silver vote would have in it the proms Of success and they are Willing to con- tribute frce to the cause. The western mony is behind Teller just as the east- ern money is behind Whitey or Cle mining states capitalists do not ber however, that anything can be ac- complished if a straight democ Tat is nom- inated and the silver vote divi . There is a campaign fund of four or tive mil- lion dolars, perhaps much more, in sight if Teller is nominated. If he is net there will be practically no money available. This presents a striking situation. The democrats have already cut off their eust- suppil with their eastern vote. If reject Teller they will cut off their tern supplies, as ll as the silver re- ican and populist votes, The eastern gold men ar beginning to is and ere t 1g to take advantage The proposition is py ted in its simplest form: “You can't do auythiag With the independent siiver men unless you nominate Teller. If you are going to stand by party principles, rejecting th | pendent votes, and the campai ; there remains but one of two things for you to do. Either make terms with w stern gold men) and secure and our mone or else go to a You are the lest of have neither votes anough nor money In other words, the nomination of eny pronounced silver ma utes the east- ern vote and wiil be without compen: in the lected. west unless feller is the man se- McLean Declines, The nomination of John I. McLean might make up in part for the loss of the eastern campaign fund, but it would hardly pre- vent an independent silver ticket being put in the field, and would draw contributions from the silver sta The Bland people, appreciating the sita- ation to some extent, went to McLean with the proposition that he accept the vice presidency on the ticket with Bland. Me- Lean declined to entertain the preposition, for the reason, as some of his frien: plain, that he does not think IJand could be elected and docs not want to ally him- self with defeat and to play banker in a losing game. He knows that there are few besices himself who could be dep-nded upon to contribute to a fund for the election of a Bland-McLean ticket. If the ticket to be Teller-MeLean, or McLe in- would look at it differently. he The fact ts too plain that the silver campaign fund is be- ler hind Teller and no one e is one of cold inst sentl- ment. The arguments of practical polities are all against the nomination of a straight democrat for first place. e. The question Encouraged by this situation and 1 fact that the majority of the conv are not well organized on anything but the adoption of the platform, the gold men are talking of making a fight for a candidate. Some ef them say that they think they might make a showing for Hill if the: worked together properly. Hill has not at- ended any of the gold confer and has managed pot to identify himself with the violent denunciation of silver. nday morning papers repyblished his letter to the Atlanta Constitution, in which he favored placing silver on the same foot- ing with gold, and the democrats are be reminded that he is a mod Hill With a M The suggestion is made in furtherance of the idea of making him a candidate that a platform declaring simply th same mintage privileges should be exte: to silver as to gold, and the nominatio Hill on that platform would save t aed of CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION Souvenir edition of The Star for 10 cents. Fuli daily reports of the great convention, from July 8th to 14th, mailed to any address for 10 cents. Every -issue will be handsomely illustrated.