Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1896—-SIXTEEN PAGES. IN THE WINDY CITY (Continued from First Page.) Senator he was swallowed up in the crowd before the main entrance. Some Well-Knewn Faces. The crowd rapidly fills the Convention Hall. The press seats. near the speakers’ stand, are on one side of an immense amphi- theater. The delegates, 920 strong. are in the center, the alternates back of them. and upon all four sides rise tier after tier of stout oak chairs, that are quickly being effaced from the vision and their places taken by human forms. Over all arches an iror roof, its girders and supports festooned and draped with brilliant bunting. There is light and ventilation in plenty, and it is altogether a magnificent convention hall if entrances were only provided. Delegates are coming in fast now, some without their coats and hats, and with vests in rags, the resugt of the mad crush at the door. They are thankful to get in alive. ‘The front rows present many faces fa- miliar to Washingtonians. There is old ex- Senator Reagan, the postmaster general of the confederate states. Near him is an- other ex-Postmaster General, Bissell of New York, who seems to be mighty lone some in this crowd of Altgelds and Tillmans. Wm. €. Whitney comes in, but his pres- ence is acknowledged only by a faint mur- mur of greeting from the New York dele- gation. Four years ago his appearance was the signal for tumultuous applause. Near him sits ex-Congressman Tracy, bracing himself to bear the rude things to be said about his ideal, the President, when Till- man ard Altgeld get the swing. Back in the Virginia delegation is Frank Hume of Washington, and Congressman Otey of Vir- ginia is on the stage. -nator Harris is in at last. He looks glad to be here. Congressman Richardson and Senator Bate flank him. There's Snod- grass of Tennessee, too. He was the fellow who was such a friend to the District in the last House, and entertained such broad views. Here comes Jno. R. McLean. He's trying to slip in without exciting attention, ap- parently. Little Lew Bernard of Cincin- nati gives him the seat he was reserving, and the Ohio delegation crowd around him. Across the way is Congressman Amos Cum- mings, the idol of the typographical unions. There have been whispers of McLean and Cummings as a good ticket. Away back in the last row of delegates are the District delegation, looking weary after their struggles at the door. Here's Hill of New York. He comes in escorted by Perry Belmont and ex-Gov- ernor Flower. The crowd spies him in a moment and rises en masse to cheer him. The delegates stand in their chairs to yell and the galleries join in the applause. The common people seem to be glad to see him, and a dozen delegations break up to crowd around and greet him. Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky gets the next ovation. His big gray slouch hat announ: him to his friends as soon as he comes in, and the cheer they raise attra the attention of the whole house, which ly joins the applause. The band, been playing an operatic selec- ticn, quickly turns to “Dixie,” and Senator Blackburn passes dewn the aisles in the midst ef a great ferore from the south- erners. imme: “Little Mac” George McClelland, ew York Congressman and son of the sreat Union general. Some of the old fel- lows are making over to greet the young fellow. John R. Fellows ef New York has just passed across the main aisle to his seat and not a cheer greeted him. He has been a main guy of demccratic conventions for years up to this time. That long, lank fellow over there with ht hair and sallow complexion is Missouri's governor and the manager and boom. He has his eye upon a ion of rooters in the gallery. . Ted-face “de four’ war: ham-footed striker from apparently, goes around »ple to be seated. a Missou- Tammany commenced to order ention around alread. nulemen from the Big Muddy are jealous of any interference at with their convention.” Th i strikes up the street song, “Tell Them That You Saw Me, But Do Not Tell ‘Them Where,” and the crowd begins to ¥ the gold delegates. It's good-natured ugh, but all goes to evidence the ex- ee of a spirit of intolerance among the ver men for their opponents. There is Col. “Nick” Bell, who was su- perintendent of foreign mails in President Cieveland’s first term. He is now one of the Bland boomers. Adjoining his seat, a3 their offices used to adjoin in Washington, is Col. “Dan” McConville, ex-sixth auditor. He is a McLean man, and working hard. The Pennsylvania delegation have brougat American flags in with them, and at 12 when Chairman Harrity advances to the front of the stage to call the convention to vrder the members rise to their feet and wave them in recognition of the democratic boss of the keystone state. Called to Order With 2 Gong. Instead of rapping for order with a gavel the chanman rings a big gong. “They're off," shouts a Tammany man, mistaking his place. Chairman Harmsty arises to present the name of David B. Hill for temporary chair- man, and touches off a mine of applause. ‘The New Yorkers and gold men generally start the applause. It spreads spontane- ou and extends to some of the silver ions. Hill is a magic name. The Join liberally in the tumult. Clayton of Alabama gets recognition to move a substitute for Hill's name. He presents the name of Senator Daniel of Virginia, in behalf of the silver men. There is no doubt of the feeling of the majority of the audience. It's five minutes before the indorsing applause subsides. Old Senator Harris of Tennessee and the senatorial junta smile in grim appreciation. “The convention will be opened by pray- er,” says Mr. Harrity. “And closed with a fist fight,” puts in an irreverent auditor. The young man who delivers the prayer is a beardless youth from Virginia, with the face of a Raphael, who has set Chicago religious circles on fire with Fis sermons. Has name is Edward Stires, from down near Lynchburg, and his voice fills the great auditorium like the peal of an organ. Notwithstanding the great tumult of ap- p-ause, order is restored without trouble when the chairman attempts ft. The peo- ple are in dead earnest now and ready for the first contest of the convention between the gold and silver factions. Young McDermott ef New Jersey comes to the stage to second the naming gf Sena- tor Hill. He begins by stealing some of Senator Hill's thunder. “I am a democrat,” he shouts, and the audience echoes the sentiment. Senator Tillman, in his rusty black coat and crumpled shirt front, looks daggers at him out of his good eye. Old Senator Cockrell of Missouri is whittling a stick and paying no attention to the speaker, while Senator Vest wears a scornful sneer at his pleadings. Many Senators, Blackburn of Kentucky, Jones of Arkansas, Lindsay of Kentucky, Roach of North Dakota, White of Cal!for- nia and others, sit In undemonstrative si- lence ovee the fact that they will soon have to forego “senatorial courtesy” and yote @gainst their distinguished coMeague, Sen- ator Hill Ex-Gor. Waller of Connecticut begs the convention to name Hill for tem- porary chairman and Daniel for perma- nent. “Why, what's the matter with Har- ris?” indignantly cries a Tennesseean, while the old Senator himself breaks into a laugh. When Waller says, “We are in this ccnvention to stay,” the house applauds him vigorously for the first time. Waller is working up the audience into a state of ugliness. He threatens that the eastern democrats will fight the silver men hereafter if they turn down Senator Hill. Hisses and cries of expostulation come from every side. His defiance meets prompt response, and a murmur of sullenness swells an accompaniment to his words. WHERE THE DELEGATES MEET. Description of the Building Erected for the Convention. Speeial From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, July 7.—Visitors to the world’s fatr will remember the location of Buffalo Eill’s wild west show, near Jackson Park. This is now in the neighborhood of 63d street, and fs the site upon which has been erected the Coliseum, the building that is to accommodate the democratic national conveation. The structure has recently been rebuilt, and many features added to it to make it available for the purpose for which it is to be used. The hall will seat nearly twenty thousand persone, and is said to possess excellent acoustic proper- ties. It can be reached from the city by the trains of the Illinois Central Suburban lines, running every few minutes from ‘the lake front. When the delegates assembled in the Coliseum today they found themselves in the most elaborately decorated conven; tion hall in which a national political gath- ering was ever held. More than twenty thousand yards of red, white and blue bunting have been used. Work upon the hall has been rushed in the past few weeks, and everything would have been ready last Friday if it had nat been for a mistake in the selection of the chairs to accommodate the delegates. When these chairs began to arrive the architect stopped the men who were bringing them and told them to take them away. The chairs were of frail make, with folding seats. The architect said they would never do, for when the silver celegates began to enthuse and dance about on the chairs they wouldn't last a minute. He said he wanted heavy, solid oak bottom chairs, that a three-hundred-pound man. could jump on ali day without breaking. The principal piece of decoration in the hall is an American flag one hundred feet long and sixty feet wide. It hangs in the great vestibule, facing the main entrance. Suspended from the roof in the hall are six flags eighty feet long, fifty flags forty feet in length, and a large number rang- ing in dimensions from twelve to twenty- five feet. It is said that the big flag is the largest ever made. Tke coat of arms of every state and territory are displayed on the walls. A number of poriraits of dead Presidents will be placed in conspicuous places in the building. Wagon loads of potted plants and flowers will be scattered throughout the hall to put the finishing touch to the decorations. The arrangements for the press are much better than those that were furnished at St. Louis. There was universal complaint among the newspaper workers at the let- ter convention about the treatment they received. There were not two dozen seats out of the four hundred set apart for the press that were located in ad yantageous positions. In this case, however, tae news- paper workers will be provided for in a much more satisfactory manner, and will be enabled to do their work more readily. The Western Union Telegraph Company | and the Postal Telegraph Company are making ready to surpass the record of handling the press matter at the St. Louis convention, if it is necessary. Ample police protection has been ar- ranged by the local chief of police, and a large force of detectives from other cities in the country will be on hand to look out for criminals from other cities. Vhe tiers of chairs for visitors are so arranged so that every one is able to see and hear all thet takes place on the dele- Sates’ floor or the chairman’s platform. By day the great hall, the dimensions of which are four hurdred and fifty by two hundred feet, will be amply lighted by numerous windows and skylights, and by night more than one hundred are electric lamps will furnish illumination. There is so much air space in the hall and the ar- rangements for ventilation are so vast and perfect that it is hoped the hot weath- er, if any should prevail at that time, will not seriously inconvenience the spectators. Accommodations for the various commit- tees have been provided in one corner of the building, where commodious rooms have been partitioned off. It is said to be the most complete convention hall in the United states. Appeal for Daaiel. Judge Thomas of ‘Colorado follows in an appeal for Senator Daniel. Hill, Whitney, Bissell and Fellows are sitting together, and as Thomas proceeds this quartet laugh among themselves at his pleadings. Another man named Waller takes the ficor and opposes his namesake from Con- necticut. This fellow is from Alabama, and Is an orator of the fiery order. He starts off to boom Daniel at a 240 gait, and rapidly works his audience up into a state of excitement. Jno. R. Fellows of New York mounts the stage to support Hill. The old-time demo- erat is but coldly received. He has talked very bitterly about the silver men in the last few days, and they resent It. He starts off with an implied threat on the part of the gold men toward their sil- ver brethren. The audience listens silently for a while and not a sound of recognition comes from the people in the vast congre- N. O. M. FAMOUS TOOTH CASE. It Was Returned and the Affair Dis- missed. Exekiel Taminosian, the Armenian lec- turer, whose arrest on a charge of lar- ceny because of a dispute about the pay- ment for a false tooth, was mentioned in yesterday's Star, appeared before the Po- lice Court this afternoon, and the case was heard. Dr. Starr Parsons, the dentist who did the work, appeared and stated his com- plaint. As stated esterday, the dentist complained that Taminosian refused to pay for the tooth, and after being detained a long time he managed to get out of the room and leave, taking the tooth with him. ‘Taminosian referred to his detention as imprisonment and Judge Miller inquired if he jhad thought of entering suit against the’ United States for the so-called impris- onment, at the same time telling him that Dr. Parsons had a right to detain him. The Armenian denied that he had any tdea of entering suit, and the judge said that the first thing most of these people think of is a suit for false imprisonment or charges filed at the State Department. When the court had heard the statements on either side witnesses gave evidence as to the good_reputation of the defendant, and Judge Miller inquired: “Where is the tcoth?” Lawyer Moulton thereupon produced the much-talked-of tooth and sald he was willing to surrender ft. Judge Miller, com- menting on the case, sald that Dr. Parsons was entirely right in the matter, and the orly question for him was whether or not the defendant imtended to defraud the dertist. The judge told the A) ian that is action was unjustifiable, 2nd that the Hine between his conduct and larceny was @ very narrow one. In conclusfon the judge said that the affair was probably the re- sult of a mistaken idea of his rights. Ref- eretce was made to the evidence concern- ing his good character, and he acquitted him of the charge. ——____. Leas Ago, She—“I wonder whtre the custom of mothers taking their daughters to water nee le—*" s Rebekah got her husband at one.” |EDWARD HANDLER'S DEATH The Coroner's Jury Finds an Emphatic Verdict. The Untted States Etectrte Light Com- pany Deelnred Guilty of Gross Negiect. An inquest was held by Acting Coroner Glazebrook this mcrning at the third pre- cinct station house, K street near 20th rorthwest, into the death of Edward Hand- ler, the eight-year-old boy who was killed yesterday morning by coming into contact with an electric light wire in the Rock creek ravine near the P street bridge, as detailed in The Evening Star of yesterday. A jury was impaneled, conststing of Felix A. Van Reuth, J. Keith Edmunds, Wiltam B. Holtzclaw, Nelson H. Duvall and James A. Magee. Among the witnesses examined were W. N. Fuller, Joseph Flaherty, Thomas Fitz- gerald and Dr. McKaig. The testimony showed that a pole bearirg electric wires of the United States Electric Lighting Com- pany had fallen, and in doing so had broken one of the live wires, so that its end was hanging on the ground and buried in the grass, and that the boy came in contact with this. Evidence was also given to show that the same pole had been replanted and that it was still dangerous. The electric light company was rot represented at the hearing and after 2 few minutes’ consulta- tion the jury returned the following verdict: “We find that the said Edward Handler came to his death about the hour of 8 o'clock a.m., July 6, 1896, on 25th street between O and P streets northwest, and that his death was due to shock from an electric wire, owned or ccntrolled by the United States Electric Light Company, nd we further find that the said company was guilty of a gross neglect in maintain- ing such wires and poles. We also find that the said company has replanted the same old pole and has not property insu- lated the connection.” —————— TWO PARDON One of Them is Wm. R. Robinson of the District. Another mail from the President at Gray Gables reached the White House today. He granted a pardon to John Ansbro, con- victed in New York of illegal dumping in New York harbor and sentenced December 20, 1894, to six months’ imprisonment in Ludlow street jail. He surrendered to the authorities April 18, 1896. In his indorse- ment the President says: ‘This prisoner has been imprisoned more than two and a half months under his sentence. He was con- victed under a statute comparatively new, he being the first person sentenced by virtue of its provisions. His offense did not in- volve any moral turpitude, and the punish- ment he has already suffered and the sus- tainment of the statute by the courts in his case, in my opinion, subserved the ends of justice. The pardon of this convict 1s recommended by the judge who sentenced him and the district attorney who prose- cuted him.” ‘The President has also granted a pardon to WilHam R., altas Goliath Robtnson, con- vieted in the District of Columbia of as- sault with intent to kill, and sentenced January 30, 1892, to eight years’ imprison- ment in the Albany penitentiary. ‘This convict,” says the President, “has been im- prisoned about four vears anda half. Iam impressed with the belief that, in view of all the circumstances surrounding the com- mission of his offense, the ends of justice have been answered by the imprisonment he has already suffered. In addition to this, the warden and physiclan of the priso: where he is confined represent that the con- vict’s health is very bad, and that his sick- ness Is such as to make the duration of his life probably short at best and very uncer- tain.” ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Inquest Held Over the Body of John Frizz ‘The inquest over the body of John Friz- zel, who was killed yesterday morning at the car sheds of the Great Falls electric railway near Powter Mill branch, Md., was held at noon today at the scene of the accident. There was considerable doubt as to the holding of the inquest. It was first thought that the District au- therities would hold the inquiry, but the Mcntgomery county officials decided -that #s the accident occurred in Maryland the inquest should be held there. A telephone message was sent to Deputy Coroner Glazebrook last evening from Cab- in John bridge requesting that the body be turned over to the Maryland people for tne purposes of holding the inquest. The re- quest was granted, and the jury of Mary- land residents was summoned by Deputy Sheriff and Constable William R. Embrey. ‘The inquest was conducted by Justice of the Peace Robert G. Davidson. The jury consisied of Messrs. James H. Loughbor- ough, Albert Dowling, Richard Pyles, Ab bert Allen, John Harper, John Crown, Dan- iel Kennedy, James Riley, Oliver Boswell, George Suilivan, Noble €. Dowling and John Lynch, twelve men, and all white. ‘The first witness called was William H. Johnston, the metorman of the car 28, whien ran in the switch and caused the death. He described the accident as al- ready detailed in The Star. J. A. Ryan, the conductor on car 28, gave imilar testimony. Mr. J. J. Camp, the superintendent of the road, was called to speak of the duties of the deceased. J. H. Hamell, a colored man, was another witness. He was @ pessenger on ear 28. Other testimony was heard, and, after de- liberating for some time, the jury came to the conclusion that the deceased met with an accidental death, and holding no one re- sponsible for the sam ——_——— A MOTHER-OF-PEARE HOUSE. Built by a Chinese Fisherman Many Years Ago. From the San Francisco Cail. Odd inhabitants are to be found all over California. Sometimes there is a good rea- son for them being odd, but often it is the result of some crank idea. On the beach near Cypress Point, in Monterey county, there is one that cannot come under the first head and hardly under the last. The residence belonged to a Chinese fish- erman, and {s part natural and part the work of his own hands. The natural por- tion of the heuse is a small cave in one of the many rocks that stick up all over the beach. The other part is a sart of woaden shed which has been built in front of this opening. The lumber used is of the rough- est kind, but the esthetic Chinaman over- came this objection by covering the whole outside with abalone shells, the hollow side being turned out The Chinaman evidently did that many years ago, when the shells were plentiful and had scarcely any market value. Every shell used has been destroyed, as one or tore nails have been driven through them according to their size. Some of the shells are magnificent in color and enormous in size. There is one at least fifteen inches in diameter, and a duplicate in good condition could not be bought in San Francisco for any price. Most of the larger shells, if they were not punctured with nail holes, would readily sell for from $3 to $5 apiece. But that size cannot be had In the market now, and would be difficult to find on the recks on any part of the coast., The general effect of the house, when the sun strikes ft at the proper angle, is daz- zling. The polished, pearly surfaces spar- kle with astounding brilliancy and fash with all the colors of the rainbow. It is a pleasing and surprising sight, and the only pity is that so many beautiful shells were destroyed to produce it. A Helpful Cotertfe. From the Louisville Courfer-Journal. “So you enjoy belonging to the Fat Men's Club?” “Oh, yes; it is delightful.”* “What are some of the pleasurea?’” “Why, every fat man in the club discov— ers at once that all the other men in the elub are fatter than he is.” _ Unaveidable Delay. ‘From the Chicago Dafiy News. “That hanging was half an hour behind time.” “Yes; the sheriff and the condemned man get to talking ebout their bicycles," SOME SIDE.;GLANCES|CHOLERA IN EGYPT r (Continued from Yurst Page.) Mr. Whitney that the ‘gold men will not get up in a body and go ‘out. The sore spot that [8 dangerous, how- ever, i3 the disposal of,,the Michigan con- tests. The action of the silver men on the national committee in wvoting to seat the gold men at the meeting last evening was soothing in its effect. It is not the votes that the gold men want in this ease; it is to protect Dickinson from a direct affront. The terrible confusionas to candidates has given rise to the idéa that the silver men are becoming disotganized and going to pieces. The inference ts not warranted. ‘Their divisions de not extend beyond the question of candidates. The inherent weakness of all the candidates in the field accounts for the inability to unite on any of them. Bland is still increasing his Strength, but he has not yet enough votes to warrant confidence in his success. His supporters are anxious, and the opponents to him in each of the rival camps are pro- claiming thet they surely have him de- feated. His strongest card is to have a caucus of the silver forces for a candidate. This his friends failed in last night, and Started out this morning with little hope of succeeding in it. Locking for a Dark Horse. It is darkly whispered that there must be a dark horse. Every one is looking over the field for one. Turple, Morrison, Hill, Bry- an and George Fred Williams are mentioned here and there, and vague intimations ure thrown out of some statesman yet un- named. The dark horse that is still in sight is Teller. This convention does not seem to be able to get away from him. He may not be nominated. On the surtace his nemination secms the least probable con- clusion of the fight. It is a positive fact, however, that enough secret promises of votes for him at the proper time have been made to in- sure him, if the promises shouid be ful- filled, considerably more than two-thirds of the convention. The time for the ful- {'lment of these promises may not com: they might be repudiated if the time did come. The fact is stated simply as it is at this hour. Many of the managers for other candidates have ceased to regard Teller as in any way a factor. They have been unable to find where his strength is to come from. He is not to be placed in nomination. It is not known where he can get any votes on the first ballot, and, not having any then, they do not see what there is going to be to attract votes later on. This Is the mystery of the convention story. Its development is the only tangible thing to be held in anticipation. If the de- velopment comes it will be extremely in- teresting. If not, it will pass into the cloak room archives of unpublished political his- tory. The pregress of the plan has been steady up to tkis hour and the prospects of its success never seemed brighter. But in a rsituation as delicate and. complicated as this the brightest prospects often come to rothing, and well-laid plans often fail. Candidates Besides Bland. ‘Three men besides Blattd seriously hope for success among the large number of hames tkat are to be presented. They are McLean, Blackburn afd Boies. The c viction the friends of}eacli have that the combination against Bland is going to prove | too strong for the Mi:sourian inspires them with the hope, each for his own c ndidate, that the prize is within reach. With the ‘Teller id elimirat as-it is practically in the general superficial view of the case, there is every encouragement for any re- spectable leader to enter the contest with a fair hope of success. The choice is far from mate. If 1 can be killed off by the combination the ¢anvass can be begun, de novo, no one of the candidates staring with more than a hundred votes. In such a race any one might hope to win. Tillman thinks this and is going in with the hope of getting the nomination. Those who want to nominete Matthews or Turpie think it. There are half a dozen men who have not been thought of who believe the breaking down of Bland will give them a chance. With this in mind all their guns are being aimed at “Silver Dick.” The action of the Iilinois delegation, after a hard fight and many failures, in coming cut for the Missouri champion, has added materially to the strength of his boom. Yet its force is somewhat shaken by the fact that this declaration was made by a bere majority urder the unit rule, and many of the Illinois men are working against Bland, though they are pound to vote for bim. Some believe that the attack on the re- ligion of Mrs. Bland is going to injure Bland’s prospects. This is not apt to prave true. The feeling of resentment against such an attack and the very manly man- ner in which Blard replied to it is more than likely to bring support to him. The greatest fear is that the subject being brought up at all is going to add an em- barrassment to the many with which the democratic party {s already confronted. They have been trying to keep all religious. questions out of the convention. Now they are confronted with a demand for a decle- ration In favor of religious liberty on the one hand and for some A. P. A. declaration on the cther. The course of the gold men in the con- vention is Hkely to prove a great surprise. Mr. Hill does not approve of the proposition to unite er him es their candidate at the wind up. He does not want a bolt. The ccrelvsion ts that they had better make the best of a bad bargain and try to throw the nomination to as respectable a candi- date as possible. Another plan has been Proposed for the one which contemplated casting their votes finally for MeLean. The leaders think the new plan, which they carefully guard, is a better one from @ political point of view, and more dra- matic as well. It has in view the success of the party if possible, and is in accordance with the spirit whieh Hill has shown from the first. Many of the gold men want mething more than the certain defeat of the ticket nominated at“this convention. Hill is not one of theke.'"He is the dog Tray of democracy. Hl-tregtment does not drive htm away, not if he can help himself. He closes his meditations at night with “I am @ democrat.” ‘He gt sun with “I am a demperg ‘This convention will }ave,to declare itself not a democratic convention and drive him out of it, if they want‘hint'to go. Then he Will still say “I am a Wetipcrat,” and will add, ‘You are: not.” = If there should be a-general bolt on the part of the gold men it: migBt insure Bland’s. nomination, tHougli this 1s prob- ably not taken inte co ‘ation by the wise men from the east: With say 300 delegates withdrawn the whole number of delegates wouldé then'be ‘reduced to 630 Under the generally accepted parliamen- tary practice existing enly authorized: membership of a parliamentary body is counted. In the House and Senate two- thirds or a majority means that the actual membership and dead men are not taken into aceount. Under this construction ft would take but two-thirds of those left to nominate if there were a bolt. If 300 dele- gates and their alternates should leave the convention 426 votes would probably be construed to be two-thirds of the conven- tion. It would apparently be easy for Bland to get that many. The Bland peo- ple are not afraid of a bolt. J. P: M. ————.—__ Pinced om the Retired List. Lieut. Wm. C. Strong of the navy been placed on the retired list on acco of disabilities, Over Four Hundred Deaths Thus Far Re- ported. The Pestilence Attacks the British Troops and is Spreading and Increasing. CAIRO, July 7.—There were seventeen cases of chclera and five deaths from that disease among the Egyptian soldiers here yesterday, and four cases and four deaths among the British soldiers. Among the civilians there were three fresh cases and three deaths. At Alexandria there were ten cases and five deaths. In Cairo and elsewhere, up to the present, there have been 465 cases of chclera and 403 deaths from that disease. Of this number, 118 cases and 112 deaths eecurred in the prov- inee of Gharbien and ninety-two cases and elghty-seven deaths. FIFTH MARYLAND DISTRICT. ‘These Most Likely to Re the Congres- sional Nominees. Special Dispatch to The Bvening Star. BALTIMORE, July 7.—State Senator Washington Wilkingon of St. Mary’s coun- ty was at the Carrollton this morning, and told The Star correspondent that he was highly gratified at the political situation in Maryland, as far as the interests of the republican party were concerned. In speaking of politics in the fifth congres- sional district Mr. Wilkinson said: “There is no question about the nomination of Speaker Mudd, and his election will ensue as surely as day follows night. The silver issue has split the democrats, and as ev- ery-one expects them to nominate a silver man for Congress, a large element of their sound money men will vote. for Mudd. We will carry the state for McKinley and Ho- bart by 2 rousing majority, and the situa- tion at Chicago is making voters for us daily. It is going to be a great year for republicans, and the party in Maryland will be in the front rank.” When asked whether many members of bis party in southern Maryland had been affected with the silver craze, 5 nator Wilkinson replied: “I can only speak for my county, and there there are no silver republicans, All the free coinage sentiment belongs to the democrats exclusively, and they are welcome to i Southern Maryland democrats who are in town today say that Mr. William B. Clag- ett of Prince George's county will be nom- inated for Congress. Mr. Clagett is one of the fifth district delegates to the Chi- cago convertion, and is a radical silver Qn . When he returns he is expected to begin his cempaign for the nomination. Silver has a strong hold on fifth di t democrats, and there is little prospect of a gold man’s attaining the nominatio: > THE ANTHROPOPHAGOTS CHIGGER. The Bane of the Picnic Season In Old Missouri and Therenbouts. From the Kansas Journal. Simultaneo.sly with the advent of the merry picnie season comes the chigser, a beast of mystery and of a retiring dispost- tien. His Labits are predatory, and, like the wicked flea, he frequently goes where ne man pursueth. But while not possess- ing the saltatory powers of Pulex irrtans, he is much harder to hold up. Those who have had the good fortune to witness lovely woman capture a flea always have high praise for the expert manner in which it is done, but the chij laughs ‘her to seorn and hides his diminished head Dereath her cuticle with great speed and consequent irritation to the surroundin; tissue. He gets there before sie doves, and cven the new woman cannot cireum- vent him. The chigger is no respecter of person, and nobody is exempt from his ravages. The statesman of high degree and the terder m equally toothseme. may look upon a th composure, and |, nighp a ger, but a king Kk on a chi Dy ‘reason of the smallness of the bux, and that is where the chigger “lays it over” royalty. Certain learned gentle- men who are versed in insect lore tell us that the chigger !s a mite, and there is »bably no one with the temerity to dis- pute the assertion. He is indeed mitey, ail in spite of our most de- yecially at those rural fes- jen‘cs that the chigger ai perts himself with the greatest aband There he has his innings and proves hi self a Nemesis of the deepest dye. joy yourselves while ye may, ye me: picnickers, for on the morrow ye itca! ‘The delights of the merry-go-round and the custard pie are but evanescent things, soon to fade away, but the chigger bur- rows like the tooth of remorse and bites like sixty Gr any other mathematical co: putation sufficient to convey the id The habitat of the chigger is among the weeds and grasses. There he remains in umbrageous retirement, enjoying ihe beauties of nature and biding time. The time soon cones. A fair summer girl trips alorg with dainty footsteps or per- haps reclines at ease upon the emerald sward, when the chigger marks her as his prey and takes possess‘on at once. It is a fair land of promise and the grazing is good. The chigger rolls that damsel under his tongue as a sweet morsel, and in_the exuberance of his glee shouteth, “Yum, yum.” The remedy for the chigger fs various. Every woman has her own private for- mula for a potent chiggercide, ranging ‘ircm face powders to spraying with fran- gipanni, but they all pale into insignifi- vance beside the ancient and time-honored practice of anointing with bacon. A crisp piece of breakfast bacon showing a Streak of lean and a streak of fat in the reper proportions fs poison to the chigger; 2 sad commentary upon his epicureon tastes, but as he is strictly anthropopha- ‘gous this ts not a matter of great surprise. ‘To pour off into the wounds made by the ckigger is to grease with bacon. It is ke the precious cintment which ran down upon Aaren’s beard, and its influence is as ‘alm upon the distraught victim of the thigger’s voracity. But one thing must ‘be borne in mind. While Bacon may render vain the chigger’s sharp bill, The scent of the smokehouse will linger there still. —— DIED OF A BROKEN HEART. But His Appetite Appeared to Be in Pirst-Rate Order. Samuel Johnson's ghost has reappeared. His death is annually brought to the minds of his friends and relatives by the appear- ance of the ghost. His story as related by those who knew him is a sad one, and they do not think it strange that his spirit should wander restlessly between the earth and the other shore. Samuel Jehnson or “Freshey” es he was familiarly called by boon companions, avas the life of any party with which he might mingle, they sey, and his merry laugh was louder and could be heard a couple of squares farther than that ef any other person of his station in life. It wouldt seem that every one loved “Sammy,” ag the girls called him, but there was one dark maiden wito refused his af- feetions with seeming scorn. His friends thought it was a “bluff,” so they said, and her true state of mid would have been revealed had Samuet remained om earth. | That night, however, at the lawn party whea this maiden refused Samuel’s hand, he. seemed overcome with woe. He would not speak to any one during the evening, but confined himself to eating im sitence. & solicitions friend who observed him said that he commenceé with some sweet Yearly as the seasons roll around the ghost. af Samuet vistts the place of his | where he tried to assuage his grief. he pays visits among Samuel’s complexion was very very dark the only parts of his which visibl to awestruck spec: are the of Bis, egos, jis cacth, e,collar, a pair of cuffs and e peir of one lar duck pants, THE LAST CAPTURED SLAVER. Her Captain Snid to Have Been Hang- ed on Bedlow’s Inland. From the Cleveland Leader. The only captain of a slave vessel who suffered the death penalty in America was captured by a crew of which one of the members is now a citizen of Cleveland, the engineer of the People’s Gaslight and Coke Company. “The slave ship was the Erie, and it was the last American slaver captured,” said Mr. Matthews in talking about the histori- cal event. “She was taken off the mouth of the Congo in the spring of 1861 by the Unit- ed States sloop-of-war Mohican. I was cap- tain of the foretop and of the starboard watch. The capture was accidental. The vessels dealing in slaves would slip out in the intervals between the patrol beats of the men-of-war, and they knew pretty well our habits. But this time the Mohican was delayed two days in waiting for mail, and going from the island of Fernandizo we sighted a vessel making from the mouth of the Congo. We were flying a French flag and the stranger floated an American flag. We signaled her to heave to, but this re- quest not being regarded, a shot was fired. Then she hove to without offering resist- ance, and a party being sent aboard found every one dressed alike. It was thus some days iefore we discovered who was the captain. She was manned by fifteen men and had on board 8 slaves and three slave agents. The slaves were landed and the sleve agents ang five Spaniards, who did not wish to claim American citizenship, were sent away in a trade boat. Eight of the slaver’s crew were shipped on the Mo- hican, and the officers and two of the crew were brought to America. The slave ship was taken to Liberia. . “The captain of the slaver was Nathaniel Gordon, and a year after his capture he was swung on Bedlow’s Island, where the Statue of Liberty now stands. The first mate was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment, the second mate received a five years’ sentence and the two men were each given a year. “The severe dealing with the officers was due to the intense feeling on the slavery question, as the war had just broken out. ‘The second mate and the two men volun teered to enter the army and were allowed to go free. Our lieutenant, Dunnington, Went into the confederate navy after bring- ing Gerdon back. “About three months before the experi- nee with the Erie a slaver escaped us by being disguised as a whaler. The simula- Ucn was very perfect, and on the decks we vould see even the boiling vats. The cap- tain showed papers which disarmed sus- picion, and when the ‘whaler’ put up for the night at the mouth of the Congo our captain informed him that next morning he would come around on a visit. “In the morning he was gone, having taken 1,300 slaves aboard. We sighted a Vessel in the U®tance, which we pursued and found to be an English man-of-war also trying to catch the ‘whaler. THE ABSENTEE LANDLADY. How Her Boarding House Was Well Run During Her Absence From the Place. From the New York Tribune. It was during the luncheon hour at the Art Siudents’ League that the conversa- tion about the bearding house wiih the absentee landlady oceurred. “Lam on the lookout,” said one of the sirls, “for a boarding house run by a land- lady with no more feeling than a plaster “ast. 1 have had a little too much of the sympathetic landlady who makes her per- sonal interest in y s said the life class girl. Lot bothered with any landlady.” “Ok, then you've a flat of six girls with ao head ai all, and daily rows over din- ners,” said the first, with the look of one Who had drunk of the bitter cup of co- jberative housekeeping without a heuse- ee per. “No, Pm in a big boarding house, filled too, with a lot of The house is run ya who live in a flat | “We're it our house daily to start the ball have much time ot They on don’t personal > they ri to affairs lan “Who scolds the servants? ener. “There's not one of the six who needs calling down very often. They all know how to do their work, and they do it. Ff We have any complaint to make about the servants, we can write to Mr. or Mrs. G., or we can speak to them when they come to the house; Mr. G. at 9 in the morning, asked a list- or Mrs. G. at 5 in the afternoon. Sometimes when there is an empty room, one or the | other of the G.’s comes and stays a day or two with us.” _ Suppose,” said an ‘antique’ girl, with a lively imagination, “you should have a ccok who would take it into her heed t> Set drunk at 5:30 p.m., should you have te Wait until the coming of a G. at 9 am. of the following jay for steps to be taken? teps would be taken at once,” said the landlady-less boarder. “I know, because the very thing happened quife recently. The laundress Called a policeman, and the housemaid came around and knocked on the different doors to let Us know that dim. ner would be served fifteen minutes late, owing to the departure of the cook. Ths dinner was sent to us from the B—— Hotel and next morning breakfest, too. The Eouse maid told me that Mrs. G. had told the servants just what to do in a case Hike that. and that they had done it.” “Mrs. G. must have ahead,” murmured <Es Preparatory student. “I'd like to draw “She has a head,” the life girl agreed, “and sh2 ruas her boarding houses niece smoothly sitting up in her flat than a let ef fussy landladies do who trot around ace iS and worrying their servants all ie LUSCIOUS WATERMELONS. A Brunctte Stntesman Tells How the Refreshing Melon Should Be Faten. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “You want to know something about the watermelon crop, and not politics. Well, bless your soul for that; it is a relief from the awful monotony of campaign talk. “Alabama watermelons will be as good this year as they ever were, and perhaps better, but to eat a luscious melon is most interesting. Never cut a watermelon; it spoils it. Let it drop and then pick up the pieces and eat them with your fingers. dust imagire biting a chunk out of the ripe red heart; the heart that sparkles all over with little globules of honey water, and when you get it in your mouth it evaporates and disappears, but Icaves there the sweetest taste that drives care away and makes the whole world sunshine. But, of course, I'l admit that to establish that feeling for any length of time it is RBecessary to eat more than one melon. “Yes, I have eaten the hearts of nine melons without stopping, but I reckon F could finish several more. When I made that record the supply gave out and I had to stop. “People t the north, I understand, do Bot eat the seeds. If they had a stomach Fke mine, made in the boiler works, they could eat most anything, and I am par- ticularly fend of the seeds, as they are the most nutritious. Justice Brewer's Whisky and Quinine From the New York Tribune. Justice Brewer, in a merry mood the other day, told a little story about the Ven- ezuelan commission. There are three Yale mem cn the commission, which is a fact ai- ways mentioned whenever any Yale man says anything about the commission, and as Justice Brewer is one of the three Yale men, he began his story that way. So, as there were three Yale men on the commis- sion, the Yale Alumni Association in Wash- ington invited the five members as their guests of honor at a recent meeting. Jus- tice Brewer attended, but the others were prevented from going. At the right time in the evening the chairman made a mock heroic speech about the courage of the commizston and the miasmatic dangers they must face searching in the jungly swamps of Venezuela for the Schomburgk line, and in behalf of the association gave them—at which signal a tray was brought forward with five flasks of whisky and five packets of quinine. On behalf of the com- mission Justice Brewer accepted the gift. Afterward, he said, he forwarded the pres- ent. The Yale men, being in a majority, might have kept it all. But they chose to be Nberal, and gave the others as their share—the quinine. “But they were both democrats,” he sald, “and they kicked.” j and Mrs. Barbauld, Sir Walter Scott, Your Palate is Your Stomach’s Conscience. Your stomach knows what is good for you., ‘Thin people are thin because the fool they ear is not absorbed. Reasons, either wrong food, oF right food undigested. Fat, ols an@ grease will mot make any oue fat This ts because they are Indigestitde. Thin prople find tt hard to digest their food. Fatty foods make it still harder. Hive you ever noticed that almost with ception thin, pale, dyspeptic, anaemic people huve an aversion to fat? This is of itself proof enough that such foods are bad for them. Let ydur palate tell you what to eat. Nature mates very few mistakes, and we xtould listen to What she says, Thin people may become fatter, and cyspeptics more comfortable, by taking the Shaker Digestive Cordial It agrees with the weakest stomach, It helps the weak stomach digest other food. It is fattening and invigorating in itself, for tt contaims artificially digested food. ‘The Mount Lebzuon Shakers lave made a great many Interesting discoveries within the past bua dred years, but mone more important than this ingenious cure for all diseases which ure traceable to faulty digestion. A single 10-cent butte will tell whether ft is adapted to your case, ead cau de had through any druggist. DOGS WERE HIS TEXT. Chicago Clergy: Talks About the lelity of Man’s Faithful Friend. From the Chicago Daily Trivane. The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones preached his annual humare sermon at Oakland Music Hall (All Souls’ Church), yesterday morning, taking for his subject “Dogs Faithfulnes: Among other things he instanced the following achievements o dcgs made in history and son Perhaps the most developed skill and censcience in the canine world is founy among sheep dog. One of these belonging to a Cumberland farmer, on the idle and cruel bet of the master, took a flock of sheep from Cumberland to Liverpool, a dis- lance of over ® miles. The master won the wager, but lost the dog, who died soon after the feat was accompiished. stone, in his book on the dog, tells of a Fiteshire dog driving a flock of sheep seventeen miles, returning at intervals to bring along her wheips, which she had Drought into the world on her way. What of that Pompeiian dog who was found stretched over the body of its young master? He wore a collar upon which was inscribed the heroic story that he saved the life of his young master three times—once from the sea, once from robbers and once from the wolves. “Coming to the sublime fidelity of the Newfoundland dog and the Si. Bernard, 1 have time for but two iljustrations: The Newfoundland dog, who, in 1789, escaped to the shore from a shipwreck off Yarmouth with the captain's pocketbook tn his mouth. He kept it until he had picked a tran whom he could trust, and te him he offered up his precioas burden. “The story of old Barri, the great St. nard, whose scuffed body is the attrac- tion of the Berne museum, has gone around the worli—he who had been the means of rescuing forty-two persons fr ath on Alpine heights, and then fell victim to his benevolence, being killed by a traveler who mistook his preserver for a wolf. “Turn through English poetry in search of dogs, and by what a delightful company you find yourself surrounded. Beginning with poor Tom's curs in ‘Lear,’ we find Burns’ “Two Dogs,” Cowper's ‘Dog Beau,’ Werdsworth’s ‘Little Music,’ and that oth- er dog of Wordsworth, who was found in the neighborhood of his master’s skeleton, who had lost his life three months before. A sadder fate awaited the dog of the geog- rapher, Mitchell, who lost his life in the Alleghenies, and the dead body of his faith- ful dog was fuund months afierward, lying near the body of his master. “Mary Howitt has given us the story of Mrs. Browning her faithful I ” Timothy Titcomb his ‘Blar Sigourney, Thomas Campbell, Lewis Mor- ris, have all had their dogs. Matthew Ar- i has given us “Gelsts Grave’ and aiser Dead,” whil Trowbridge has given “Roger, the ful Vagabond,” and Hans Breitman tells us that the one thing ‘aboudt dat deg dat’s not fcr sale, ‘tis the vag of dat dog’s tail.” Robert Browning had his dog “Tray,” ch suggests Stephen Foster's ‘Old Dog Tray.’ “We cannot take leave of these dogs of Literature without noticing the two grand- est of them all—Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, who, neglected and dying on the dung heap, alone of all the waiting fricnds in Ithaca, recognized his master in bis own perscnality, and then, after twenty years’ waiting, died; and the great dog of the Hindu epic, the Mahabhrata. The dog followed the prince after all his human companions had fallen out by the way, clear up to the gates of heaven, and there, When the great god Indra refused the dog admission, the prince refused to enter with- out him.” oe A DISAPPOINTMENT. Brought About by the Dinsntisfac- t of the Summer Boarders. From the Detroit Free Press, There was a good deal of suppressed emotion in Elihu Geehaw’s voice as he asked for his mail at the village post of- fice. Ain't well, be ye?” said the postmaster. “My body's well "nuff," was the reply, “but my feelin’s is hurt. “Ain't business good “Some ways ‘tis an’ some ways "tain’t. Betwix’ us two. summer boarders is the durndest cranks that walks.” Course,” was the sententious rejoinder. ‘hey wont deer parks an’ baronial ruins fur $8 a week.” “Well, we done our best. We thought that ex Icng ez we wus goin’ ter take boarders we'd tend to thet branch 0° the bus’ness an’ not try ter run too many things ter oncet. So I went in light on gardenin’ an’ sold the cows. Me an’ my wife talked it over an’ we thort thet we'd better lay out a little money rather 'n hev “em gy without luxuries like they was us: ter. I paid the highest prices fer a lot 0° things, ircludin’ canned tomatusses an’ condensed sail thet had sugar already into it, ready tur use.” ‘You didn't git no ‘preciation, did ye?” ‘Not a bit. I wasn't so much surprised when they didn’t pay much ‘tention ter the canned tomatusses, fur I don't think they're mich better'n the other kind my- self, an’ I was jes’ tryin’ ter humor ‘em. But when they turned up their noses at the condensed milk thet hed sugar already in- to it, I must say I give in an’ got discour- aged.” ————— holy Cuckoo. From the Pittsburg Dispateh The American cukoo belongs to the wood- pecker tribe, and is only a summer visitor, coming about the first of June and leaving early in the fall for Florida. Unlike the English cuckoo, ours builds its own nest and raises its young, to whom it is a most devoted parent. We have two species in this country, the yellow bill and the black bill, the latter being best known in Penn- sylvania. Both are smaller than the old world’s species and differ from it in color, being greenish olive above and bluish white be- reath, while the European bird is black winged. The American cuckoo has a tail longer than its body, which gives it a hawk-tike appearance, and the plumage is soft and silky, like that of the owl, which enables it to fly without making any noise, so that we often hear its call without being able to see the bird. Burroughs says: “This call of the cuckoo has a solitary hermit-like sound as if the bird was alone in the world and called on the fates to witness his desolation.” He has never heard the call answered, nor has he ever seen two birds together. ‘The call is heard most in cloudy weather and before a rain, from which the birds gets the name of rain crow. ——__+e+-____ Geod Advice. From Harper's Magazine. Old Gotroks (savagely)—“Well, sir, I hope you're ready to go to work now. Your dabbling around the continent has cost me a pretty penny.” Cholly Gotroks (remonstrating)—“Now, fawthaw, fawthaw, it’s six to one an’ haw dozen of th’ other. S'pose I'd stayed home an’ dabbled raoun’ Wall street, naow? If y’ really want to "save money give me another letter of credit and ship me back to Paris.”