Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 13th Street. by Th i N Company, sing, See Seer Comer New York Office. 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star fs served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents fa mouth. ies at the ecunter 2 cents each. y matl—eaywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saturday Cuinteple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage adted, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Oitice at Washington, RB. C.. as second-class ma{l matter.) ‘F-All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che £vening Star. No. 13,529. WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, JULY 138, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO OENTS. 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: 18 cents per Week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing thelr address from one Post-office to another should give the last address ‘as well as the new one. 88 ‘AIO Sebo CHRISTIAN AND MOSLEM Mission Work Discussed at the Morning’s Meetings in the Tents, THE OUTRAGES IN ARMENTA SET FORTH Natives of That Country Tell of the Horrible Atrocities by the Turks. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENTS The fifteenth international Christian En- @eavor convention, that began in this city last Thursday morning, closes today after one of the most enthusiastic and success- ful gatherings ever known in the history of the organization. This last day has been marked by a climax in the spiritual feeling that has pervaded the city through- out the time of the convention. The meet- ings in the tents this morning were attend- ed by enormous crowds, while all the other features of the program conducted during the early hours of the day showed that the Endeavorers have profited well by their journey to Washington, and that Washing- ton has shared with them the profit of their coming. This was international day with the En- deavorers. The tent meetings bore upon the world-wide significance of the great Movement. In Tent Washington one of the largest audiences of the convention gath- red to hear the story of su‘fering Arme- nia, and at the close of the meeting there ‘Was a tumultucus scene of excitement when Ss. C. K. Rutnam. Rev. B. Fay Mills of Fort Edward, N. Y., @enounced the American government for its inaction. A large sum was contributed to the Armenian fund at the close of the meeting. In the other tents there were addresses by representatives. of nearly every nation into which the Christian En- deavor movement has penetrated. ‘The officers and trustees of the United Society presented the District local union with a beautiful banner to typify their ap- preciation of the hospitality extended to the delegates and the faithful services of the committees and District Endeavorers in making preparations for the great event that 1s about closing. : Tonight there will be meetings in the three tents, in the Calvary, First Congre- gational, Foundry and New York Avenue churches, and in Central Hall, that will formally close the fifteenth convention. At cach of these services there will. be_vocal music, followed by devotional exercises, a sermon and finally consecration services, conducted by officers and trustees of the United Soctety, Intended to strengthen the devotion of the members of the great or- ganization to the principles to which they have subscribed. It is planned that these meecings shall adjourn at 9:40 o'clock, and when the benedictions are pronounced in the various places of gathering the con- vention will be at an end. It is thought that the majority of the delegates will leave the city tomorrow. Some of them have already gone to avold the crowd, but many thousands are stlil here enjoying the hospitality of the local committees and going upon the excursions and side trips planned for their entertain- ment. Several hundred of them have made arrangements, it is understood, to stay throughout the week, in order the better to see Washington and its vicinity. Their close attention to the various features of the convertion, necessitating their aimost constant attendance upon prayer meetings, Genominational and missionary rallies, committee conferences and the meetirgs in the various tents and churches, have com- bined to prevent in very many cases a thorough enjoyment of the attractions of the capital and its beautiful surroundings. So it is that the Christian Endeavor badge ppear slowly from the streets of shington. The great army came sud- denly, but quietly. These soldiers, who are fighting for a purer and more Christian life in this moving time at the end of the century, descended upon the city without bands or trumpets and their coming was hardly realized until the streets were filled with them, and the air resounded with their songs. They will go as quietly, and in a week hence all traces of the great convention just closing will be practically obliterated to the outward eye; but it is safe to say that these thousands of young men and women who wear the simple mon- ogram “C. E."" upon their breasis, have wrought a great work for better living and for g citizenship in ths city of the na- tion, and the effect of their coming will be good and lasting. FOR SUFFERING ARMENIA. Tent Washington the Scene Great Meeting. ofa The meeting in behalf of the suffering Armenians in Tent Washington this morn- ing drew a great crowd, that began to gather long before 9 o'clock. Notwith- standing the heat, the people streamed into the tent by hundreds, and waited patiently the opening of the exercises at half-past 9 o'clock. Shertly before that time Direc- tor Bilhorn called on the audience to sing “Marching On,” then “Speed Away,” “Send the Light,” “Throw Out the Life Line.” In the last hymn Mr. Bilhorn got the minis- ters sitting on the platform to sing one of the verses alcne. Before the musical part of the program was concluded, Mr. Baer told Mr. Bilhorn that several requests had core that he sing a solo. In response Mr. iIhorn sang “Sweet Peace.” When he had concluded Rev. Dr. Way- land Hoyt of Philadelphia took the ros- trum and opened the meeting by introduc- ing Rev. J. E. Fout, pastor of the United Brethren Church of this city, who con- ducted the devotional exercises. There were then about five thousand people in the tent, and more were continually arriving. Before the addresses were begun Dr. Frank Swartwout of this city rendered a solo on the cornet, ‘“‘Rest for the Weary.” Secretary Baer then announced that the various state delegations were all requested to have representatives attend the conse- cration meetings in the tents and churches tonight, in order to respond to the regular roll call. He then made a break into the stated program by saying: “This has un- questionably been as well if not the best conducted Christian Endeavor convention ever held, and this result is largely due to the efforts of the most efficient local com- mittee. There have been several requests that the members of this committee should be seen, as well as known through their works. They don’t want to be seen, but that does not matter. Think of having had a tent blown down and then put up again! Think of this vast crowd taken care of without the teast complaint! It was @ great work! Now, look upon these men!” The Great Work Done Here. The members of the committee, with two Miss Rebeces Kirkorian. exceptions, were all present;-and were in- troduced one by one by name. A hearty burst of applause greeted each as he ap- peared on the rostrum. Wher he advanced to the front Chairman Smith said: “If our prayers have been answered, God is with you and in you for better service than ever.” Then followed Vice Chairman An- son 8. Taylor, Secretary Morgan, Treasurer Foster, Chairman Robison of the finance committee, Secretary Shand of the enter- tainment committee, Chairman Leet of the printing committee, Chairman Sleman of the press committee, Chairman Stowell of the registration committee, Chairman Tuckey of the decorations committee, Chairman Everett of the ushers’ commit- tee, Chairman Skellinger of the evangelistic meetings committee and, finally, Chairman Clark of the music committee. “Back of this committee,” said Mr. Baer, when the introductions were finished, “has been the vast host of local Christian En- deavorers, with their four hundred and sixty-two officers, and the officers and trus- tees of the United Soctety desire to ac- knowledge their efforts, and to present a little remembrance to the District Union. He then brought forward a beautiful ban ner of silk and gold, on the front of which was inscribed: ‘Presented to the District of Columbia by the United Soclety of Christian Endeavor for faithful services rendered,” and on the reverse: “For Christ and Chure In accepting the banner, President Shand said: “I am very glad that the words ‘for faithful services’ have been inscribed on this banner. If you have received inspira- tions from these meetings we pray that they may abide with you in the coming year. If so, this convention will be the grand success for which we have worked and prayed.” Rev. Mr. Greene’s Address. The audience then sang a hymn and Dr. Hoyt introduced Rev. F. D. Greene of Van, Armenia, as the first speaker, who said: I was born in the land of the sultan, where my father {s still laboring in the thirty-eighth year of his service as a mis- siorary of the American board. After spending my boyhood in Constantinople and being educated in the United States, I set sail Just six years ego yesterday to go myself as a missionary from Christian America to darkest Armenia, at Van, a thousand miles into the interlor from Con- stantinople, and within sight of Mount Ararat. I have come back from Armenia a missionary to Christendom. How can missionaries be heard above the babel of selfish, jealous and discordant cries that rises from a Christian world indifferent to every precept of humanity as well as re- gion? At a time when churches are be- ing turned into mosques and schools into cattle sheds, and ‘vhen—most disheartening of all_tke gifts of American Christians are 89 small that the missionary board is com- pell d to order retrenchment to the extent of 3u per cent of the work hitherto carried on—under these cireumstances, I say, a few of the missionaries at the front may well be spared for the more urgent work of arousing the churches at home. Water cannot rise higher than its source. The apathy of the Christian worid is felt in the darkest recesses of heathenism and Islam. ‘The home of the Armenians 1s the cradle of the race, the mountainous plateau be- Rev. F. D. Greene. tween the Black sea and the great Meso- potamian plain. Their empire has at dif- ferent epochs extended from the Caspian to the shores of the Mediterranean. Their history dates back 4,000 years. They are mentioned {i Genesis, Chronicles, Ezekiel and Jeremiah, on the Cuneiform rock in- scriptions of Assyria and Babylon, in the records of Herodotus and Xenophon. The Armenians. The Armenians have their own language and are a distinct people, belonging to the best type of the Caucasian race. Their character is the resultant of three in- fluences, of which the first is their physical environment. The alr of the table lands, which range from 3,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea, is cool, dry and bracing. The soil is not overproductive, and demands the added toil of irrigation. ‘Chere 1s thus no opportunity for luxury or idleness. The result is a race physically superior, of ac- tive and sound body. What Webster said of the granite state is true of Armenia. “It is a place to raise men.” The second influence is industrial compe- titfon and excessive taxation, which has developed in the Armenian the keen and active mind They have been oppressed -for centuries by their Moslem invaders, as the Jews have been oppressed by Christian na- tions. This has driven them into every art and trade, as well as into agriculture and commerce, and in every field they have excelled. The third influence fs that of the Chris- tian religion, and this has developed their spiritual natures. The Armenians have a distinction which will always be theirs, of being the first to embrace Christianity of the race. Their king Dertad was baptized thirty-seven years before the Emperor Con- stantine issued even the edict of ‘Toleration of Christianity in 313 A. D. The Armenians are a deeply religious people, as their whole history and literature shows. It has not been a religion of the head, but of the heart. Its evidence is not to be found in metaphysical discussior. and hair-splitting theology, as in the case of the Greeks, but in a brave and simple record, written with the tears of the saints and the blood of martyrs. This is the race, superior in body, mind and spirit, that after having proved its fitness to survive by every test of history and science is threatened with extinction in our day. From a nation of perhaps 12,- 000,000 it has bees reduced to 4,000,000, of which only about 2,500,000 remain under the sultan, the rest being in Russia, Persia and other lands. Turkish Misdule. This remnant is having the life crushed out by a system of taxation and misrule that makes it almost impossible to earn anything, and that seizes not less than 50 Per cent of what is earned. Add to this the continual plundering by Kurds and Turkish officials, the frequent blackmail, imprisonment, extle and torture, and you have a faint general conception of the con- dition of the Armerians in normal times of peace. They cannot get justice in court, for no infidel can even give evidence against thelr Moslem oppressors in court, because testimony is considered ® religious act in which only the faithful can engage. “Why, then,” you exclaim, ‘do not the Armenians defend themselves and strike back?’ Be- cause they are not allowed to have a single gun or sword, because they are greatly outnumbered and because the tron heel of the Turk is already cn their throats, Do you ask what the motive of the Turks is in thus oppressing them? It is first that the Koran commands that all infidels shall be Killed or brougit low. Second, because the Turks fear that the energetic, progres- sive Armenians would in time escape from their own weakening grasp. Third, the Turks hepe that by disposing of their Christian subjects they may get rid of the censtant nagging and interfering of the pcwers in their behalf. This half-hearted, ineffectual interference by Europe was the immediate oceasion of the massacres, which could bave easily been nted if prompt, united and decisive actlon had been taken. The blackest page of the world’s history sirce time was dated “In the year of our Lora” is that written in the blood of Ar- menian martyrs in 1895. The actual occur- rences are indescribably horrifying, and of Rev. W. P. Bentley. such colossal magnitude as to stupefy the imagination that tries to grasp them. Fifty thousand murdered, with every ac- companiment of fiendish cruelty and out- rage. Half a million reduced to beggary by the plunder or destruction of their property. Two hundred and fifty thousand perlshing of starvation .and disease! A rogion as large as New England, New York and Pennsylvania swept by a cyclone of blocd, fire and lust! It was not the out- burst of sudden, unaccountable and uncon- trollable forces of nature. Itwas premedi- tated, deliberate, calculating, and the demon of the storm wrapped in the center of the cloud, but hurling bis withering bolts with unerring aim and unflinching purpose was Abd-ul-Hamid, well titled “Shadow of God on Earth.” The land of the sultan is shrouded in- eclipse. The crescent has obscured the son of righteous- ness. On my missionary journeys through the mountains of Armenia my guard has been halted by hrigands, who @emanded, “Who is this that you are conducting along here?” The guard would take pains not to let it leak out that I was a citizen of the great American reptblic. afe*would briefy remark, ‘He is an Engilshman,” and noth- ing ‘more was necessary. It-may not be flattering to our pride, but it 4s well for us to remember right here hétween the White Houge and the Capito) that the old clothes of a third-rate Englishman are a better protectior. in Turkey than the best Ameri- can passport. Work of Christian Endenvorers, Christan Endeavorers, this work be- longs to you. Shall we who are horrified at the stoning of Stephen, the first martyr, stand by like Saul, “consenting unto the death” of the Armenians, the martyr race of the nineteenth century? The lesson taught by these massacres fs not that the Kurd isa brigand or that the Turk is merciless and lustful. That was known before, and is what their veligion has made them, and will continue to make them,until the power of the crescent is broken. The great lessons to be learned from ,these horrors is that Christendom is not Christian. The very word Christian has lost its meaning and beer made odious. It may yet become @ term of ridicule and reprogch. We need ancther ideal end another word to express it. Oh, you who rejoice in the name of Christian Endeavorers, would you feel com- fortable under the rame Christlike Endeav- orers? Do ycu really want to be iike Him who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor? Then give up your luxuries that others may have the necessaries of Ufe. The price of a glass of soda water or @ horse-car rid2 will keep @ child who is starving in Armenia for a syeek. The price of a concert ticket or a pair of gloves or a feather on your hat 1s the difference be- tween life and death for some one. Every dollar given not only keeps body and soul together, but add: new strength to the moral and spiritual nature of those poor Christians of outrage and fanaticism. There is a point of exhaustion beyoRd which they cannot resist. Save them ere it is too late. Never was there a more economical and far-reaching system of relief than that established with #0 1auch energy, fidelity and skill throughout that vast region of suffering and Gesolation, The work pecu- Marly belongs to us, for jt is entirely in the hands cf American missionarieS and the Red Cross agents under oug o¥n distin- gished Clara Barton. With fie accord the American people urged her t@-go forth and pledged themselves to support the Red Cross in thé” name. of Him whose blood dyed the cross of our galvation. Let us make good our word; tet uphold the honor of our civilization; let_us prove the sincerity and value of our Christianity; let us wash from our hands the blood of these martyrs; let us save the remnant of fhe Armenian race. e Miss Kirkorian_Talks. Before {introducing the next speaker, Miss Rebecca Kirkorian of sAintab, ‘Tur- key, Dr. Hoyt said that word had come from the rear of th® tent that while the ladies’ hats were very beautiful they. were also very large, and he-asked that the Endeavorers of the gentle sex remem- ber their pledges not to interfere with the comfort of others. --Before he had concluded his good-natured request there Was a very general uplifting of hands and a. lowering of plumes and flowers. Miss Kirkorlan was then presented and ad- dressed the audience. She was dressed partly in the costume of: her native land and partly In the dress that is more fa- miliar to Americans. A parti-colored drepe hung from her head -and framed her intelligent olive-hued face. She spoke in very exceltent English and was perfectly understood, At times during the course of her address she-was greatly affected by her recital of the sufferings of her native people and tears filied her eyes, and there was an instant response from her hearers. Miss Kirkorian said: I am exceedingly grateful for the priv- ilege of standing before so many bright and pewerful young soldiers. of God’s kingdom and bringing to their notice the sad con- dition of my poor people in Armenia, who are persecuted, wronged and slaughtered for the sake of Christ’s name. I ask your prayer and action for their rescve. In this effort you will have the Great Captain ss your leader, and the glori- ous crown = victory as your reward.” At the eng of the nineteenth century, at the culminéting point of civilizatien and humanity, (Fe, ste suffering, sugh atrocities, such cruel: and distress;as ‘would: prop- erly put to shame the dark ages. in the history of missions the present situation cannot te paraielled. © If we suffer only the loss of our property (Continued on Eleventh Page} THE GOLD BALANCE Effect of Its Decline Below the $100,000 Mark. EFFICIENCY OF THE LAST BOND ISSUE That is Now Being Discussed by Treasury Officials. FORM AND DENOMINATION —_.___ The decline of the gold reserve below $100,000,000 1s exciting renewed discussion at the treasury regarding the efficiency of the last bond issue. The net reserve has held its ground very well during the six weeks since the end of May, but it suf- fered heavy losses before that date, and the end of six months will see two-thirds of the gold proceeds of the bond sale with- drawn from the treasury. The reserve stood on January 6, when Secretary Car- lisle announced the last bond issue, at $61,531,726. The proceeds of the bond sale were $11,106,282, so that the reserve would have stood at $172,697,858 If there had been no losses during the period of payment for the bonds or since that time. The actual losses have been about $73,000,000 in net. amount, so that only $38,000,000 of the pro- ceeds of the bond sale remain in the treas- ury. The actual losses have been some- what greater, but have been offset to the amount of two or three millions by gains of gold from miscellaneous sources. It is hoped at the treasury that these gains will be considerable during the summer and autumn, as the demand arises for small notes and silver dollars to move the crops. It has been found possible at such times to obtain gold in exchange for currency by offering favorable terms to the holders of gold. One of these favors has consisted in baying the express charges on the transfer of the gold to the treasury and on the transfer of the notes from the treasury to the original holder of gold. No Fear From Gold Certificates. The treasury is no longer in danger of the exhaustion of its gold coin held against outstanding gold certificates. The amount of coin officially reported at the close of last week was $109,912,184, and the amount ef gold bullion was $32,563,183. The pur- bose of the recent reduction in the charge for gold bars from one-eighth to one-tenth of one per cent was to preserve this low ratio of uncoined bullion to coin held and to obviate the necessity for the coinage of the bullion. A high charge for bars might Pye ate as a restriction upon gold exports if the charges were not high enough to throw the demand for gold upon the coin. There is no object“in retaining bullion in the treasury, except for the convenience of exporters, while it is very important to keep the amount of coin equal to that of the outstanding gold certificates and to all other legitimate demands. Coin is treated in many European countries as bullion and goes to the melting pot, so that its ship- ment back and forth may entail the re- peated-coinage-of the same gold by the United States mint. It 1s proposed to coin up the- bullion ag rapidly as convenience bermits, but in the meantime {t will be cold to gold €xporters at the reduced rate in the absence of light-weight coins. The treas- ury, in pursuance of the policy of throwing obstacles In the way of gold exports, pays the lightest coins which are within the legal Imit of tolerance when it has them on hand, but most of those received tor the jJate bond issue have already been worked off and those remaining are comparatively new. The matter of reducing the ch: ‘Be Was the subject of a conference between Assistant Secretary Curtis and Treasurer Jordan at the New York subireasury. Mr. Jordan desired discretion to fix the charge according to the situation of the moment and the terms offered by particular expor- ters. This was felt to be contrary tu the policy of the treasury, but a reduction of the rate was yielded to his recommenda- tions. Classification of the Recent Bond Innues. One of the interesting subjects of study at the treasury regarding the recent bond is- sues is their classification into registered and coupon bonds and into different denomi- nations. The law permits the transforma- tion of coupon bonds Into registered bonds, but does not permit a change from regis- tered back to coupon. The result of this condition is that bonds are usually taken in the coupon form when first issued, because they can thus be more easily transferred from the syndicates, which first take them, to the brokers, and from the brokers to permanent investors. Permanent investors generally prefer to have their bonds regis- tered, because they are not then put to such ‘serious risks of loss. A new issue of bonds remains for some time chiefly in the coupon form, but gradually changes to the registered form, until the latter inclades much the largest proportion of the entire issue. The age of a bond issue might be determined by a skillful student from the proportion of bonds which are registered. The old 4 per cent bonds, mostly issued in 1877, are now registered to the amount of $490,327,600, out of $559,505,900 outstanding. The 5 per cent bonds issued in 1894 to the amount of $100,000,000 have been registered to the extent of $58,922,350. The two issues of new 4 per cents, in 1895 and 1896, are both dated February 1, 1895, and are not sep- arated in the treasury accounts. The dis- tribution*of the entire sum of §162,315,400 on July 1 was $89,000,500 in registered bonds, and $78,224,900 in coupon bonds. The latest figures available for the issue of 1895, be- fore it was combined with that of 1896, arc those of January 31 last. The registered bonds were then $36,273,000, and the coupon bonds were $20,042,400. Denomination Classification. Coupon bonds are not issued above the de- nomination of $1,000, but ten thousand is a favorite denomination for registered bonds. The issue of 1895, as distributed on July 1, showed 70,520 bonds outstanding in coupon form of the denomination of $1,000, while the number of $500 was only 4,255: of $100, 4,955, and of $50, 1,638. The registered bonds included nearly as many of the denomina- tion of $1,000 as $10,000, but the amount w: much smaller. The number of $10,000 w 7,982; of $5,000, 474; of $1,000, 6,778; of $500, 910; of $100, 1,566, and of $50, 218. The issue of 1894 includes 5,274 registered bonds of $10,000 each, 5,877 of $1,000, 2,987 of $100, and 133 of $50. The coupon bonds include 40, of $1,000 each, 2,907 of $100 each, and 1,039 of $50 each. AMERICAN PLAYERS ABROAD. Foote and Larned in the All-England Tennis Tournament. = LONDON, July 13.—Play for all-England tennis championship opened at Wimbleton at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The weather was the hottest that has been experienced this season. The winner at this meeting will be required to play Mr. W. Baddeley, the holder of the championship. There are thirty-one entries for the singles, including Mr. A. E. Foote of Yale, Mr. Larned, Mr. Mahoney, Mr. Chapman and Mr. H. Badde- Jey. —————— “ Rifle Shooting at Bisley, England. LONDON, July 13.—The annual rifle shooting contests opened today. “at Bisley. ‘There were very few spectators present, but those few were obliged to seck refuge from the great heat beneath the canvas The chief events in these matches are snbadnlea to take nlace naxt weet. SENATOR CHANDLER TALKS What He Says of the Nomination of Mr. Bewall. It Makes the Ticket More Respect- able, but Will Not Give It an Extr Vote. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire this morning, talking to a Star reporter about Gen. Sewall, the democratic nominee for Vice President, said that the Maine man is @ protectionist. The Senator, although ad- mitting that Gen. Sewall is a splendid man, predicted dire defeat for the democratic hosts in November. “I don’t know Gen. Sewall personally,” said Senator Chandler, “but I have a high opinion of him. He has always been a democrat of the strictest sect, a man of the highest and purest character, and a busi- ness man of superior ability. He is con- nected with one of the largest ship-building and railroad corporations in New England. ‘There isn’t a word to be said against him Personally. About a year ago he came out for free silver. I have no reason to doubt that his change was from an honest study of the subject. I understand him to be a protectionist, as much against free ships and free trade as I am. He believes in in- cidental but ample protection by customs duties to American manufacturers and the Wages of American labor. This may not make him acceptable to the democrats, but will commend him to the populists, who are largely protectionist Does Not Strengthen the Ticket. “Does the nomination of Gen. Sewall Strengthen the ticket?” the Senator was asked. “It makes it more respectable, but no stronger. It won't give the ticket an extra vote in the east or perceptibly increase It in Maine.” “Then you don’t think the ticket will have a chance in November?” “It has not the slightest chance to win unless we are to imagine that half the American people will go crazy between now and November. A broad wave of insanity is all that can elect the ticket.” “Will the democrats make a showing in Maine?” “The personal friends of Gen. Sewall may help him increase the democratic vote in Maine, and thus keep the democratic party from disappearing at the poils, as would otherwise have been the case. Without his nomination the democratic vote would have been little more than ‘scattering.’ The re- publican majority in Maine will not be More than 30,000. In His Own State. “Did you notice the assertion of Senator Tillman that your state will vote for sil- ven in November?” “We are expecting, and believe we will get, 15,000 majority in New Hampshire in November. Our people are bimetallists, but there is no sentiment for the immediate free coinage of silver, which is the issue. Substantially all the leading democrats of the state will vote for McKinley. Those who do not will take to the woods.” - TO LEND RESPECTABILITY. The London Times’ View of 8: Place on the Ticket. LONDON, July 13.—In an editorial on the Foliticel outlook in the United States the Times says: “Mr. Sewall seems to have been nomi- nated for Vice President in order to give an air of some respectability to the demo- cratic party.” Discussing further Mr. Bryan's chances for the presidency, the Times say: It seems certain that he must be reckoned with, and he may go further than his op- Ponents profess to believe possible.” The same paper expresses the fear that the putting up of another democratic can- didate would only prove the numerical weakness of the sound-money democrats. “Further,” the Times continues, “it re- mains to be seen whether, should the elec- tion of Representatives in November pro- duce a pro-silver House, Mr. McKinley would be firm enough to veto free coinage. oo, the situation is vital for Amer- ica.” English View of Bryan. The comment of the Chronicle upon poli- tics in the United States is as follows: “Mr. Bryan's character fs as high, his in- tellect is keen and to many western farm- ers he is a political idol dearer, perhaps, than any man since Lincoln. Given the disastrous silver policy, {t must be admit- ted that Mr. Bryan is the most acceptable representative of it. Without sharing Mr. Smalley’s pessimist notions, !t cannot be denied that the newspapers of the eastern siates have always made an utterly absurd diagnosis of the vast silver movement. M. Zola once predicted that a great class war would break out, not in Europe, but in a new country. Is this portentous event real- ly beginning in the United States? “We believe that Mr. McKinley will w but the outlook is most stormy. It is war to the knife between two theories of ‘eco- nemics and finance. It is fortunate that both sides are championed by men of un- doubted high character.” ——.—_ Normal School Superintendent. Special Dispat-h to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, July 13 —It is row expect- ed when the state board of education meets at Deer Park tomorrow Dr. W. H. Purnell will be elected superintendent of the State Normal School, to succeed Professor Pret- tyman of Montgomery county. Up to a few days ago Professor Prettyma: re-election lias been considered probabie, but Dr. Pur- nell’s friends have been industrious in ad- vocating his candidacy, and it is generally believed that their efforts will prove suc- cessful. Dr. Purnell has an enviable repu- tation as a scholar, and enjoys great per- sonal popularity. For a number of years he was supcrintendent of public instruction in Delaware, and was also president of Del- aware College. He is a former postmaster of Baltimore, and although a republi. in no sense a radical perty man. > One Paper Surrenders. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 13.—The Rochester Herald will hereafter appear with the names of Bryan and Sewall at the | read of its editorial column for the first time without comment. The Herald has keen an advocate of the gold standard. THE LOGAN DISASTER Twenty-Eight Persons Killed and Many Badly Wounded. —_.___—_ ENGINEER MISUNDERSTOOD ORDERS Switch Tender Failed to Close a Switch. ———E CRASHED INTO A FREIGHT peti ee LOGAN, Ia., July 13.—A railway disaster in which twenty-eight lives were crushed out and many others were terribly injured occurred on the Northwestern railroad near this village Saturday evening. Only meager details of the disaster could be sent to the outside world until long after ihe wreck had been cleared and the dead and injured taken from the scene of destruction. An excursion train bearing a large party from Omaha crashed head-on into a heav- fly loaded freight train soon after pulling out from Logan on the return trip. The en- gineer of the excursion train misunderstood orders, having been instructed to remain on the siding until the freight had passed. Wiliam Shaffer, the agent of the North- western at Logan, saw the excursion train pulling up. He was horrified to note that instead of slacking up at the switch, the train was rapidly taking on more specd. He rushed down the platform and asked an employe if the special had pulled out, and received an affirmative reply. “Then God help them,” said Shaffert “they have pulled out without orders, and No. 38 is due in a minute.” But it was too late to avert the catastro- phe or to even attempt it. The excursion- ists were not yet out of sight when the crash came. Freight train No. 3s, with a full head of steam, one minute behind time, dashed around the curve at a forty-mile- an-hour gait, and no human power could avert the disaster. Two cars of the excur- sion train were telescoped. The floor of the baggage car was wedged so tightly into the coach that all efforts to remove it were futile, although a thousand willing hands were joined in the attempt to lift the cover that was concealing the dead and imprisoning the injured in a living tomb. Finally an ax was procured and the car floor cut away. An Appalling Sight. The sight was beyond the power of words to portray. It appears that the space in the car between the floor of the coach and the floor of the baggage car was with dead and dying humanity. Groans and agonizing appeals for help came from the imprisoned and spurred the rescuers to the greatest efforts. As soon as a little space within was cleared the workers climbed inside the ccach, and the work of passing up the bodies of the dead and in- jured progressed more rapidiy. Only five dead bodies were taken out and laid in a row on the grass along the railroad track, and the injured were also taken in car- Tiages to Logan. in a v hort time the arpeal for heip had been answered by all the physicians from Logan and Missouri Valley, and then some system was intro- duced into the manner of carrying on the rescue work. Wagons and carriages were sent from Logan and the injured were brought here for treatment. The Lusk House, the New Moon building, the Opera House and the Odd Fellows’ Hall were turned into hos- packed pitals and the injured cared for as well as permissible. Then the dead were removed to the town undertaking establishment and laid out for identification. Twenty-five bodies were taken to that place. It was after mid- night yesterday when the work was finally completed. Before daylight came the dead and injured were taken to another train and sent to Omzha. Train Men Arrested. CHICAGO, July 13.—After an investiga- tion the police arrested the following on a cLarge of criminal carelessness in causing last night's disaster: Ja’ Gram, engineer of excursion train; William Dolan, fireman on same engine; Mike O'Donnell, engineer of switch engine drawing freight train: Jas. Meehan, fireman of same engine; James K. Niskern, operator, who, it is charged, caused the fatality. The chief blame for the accident 1s laid upon Kniskern, who, it is charged, care- lessly walked away without throwing back the switch so that the picnic train could Pass on the main track. James Gram was the engineer of the pas- senger engine and William Dolan was his fireman. ther received any injury of consequence. Michael O'Donnell, the en- gineer of one of the freight enxines, was in the cab with Fireman Meehan at the time of the collision, and they, too, leaped early enough to escape serious injury. They were cut a little by flying splinters. itil tod FIRST AND BEST. 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