Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1896, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY WIRE International Contest en Half Raters. WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE Big Yachts Racing on the Firth of Clyde. ees ND, OYSTER BAY, L. 1, July I%—Everything was in readiness at an early hour this morning for the_ fir: day nternational race between the chal- lengin ‘rater Glencairn cf the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club and the El Heire for the silver trophy cup offered by the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club for small b The fora the w ats. weather conditions were favorable day's racing. Inside Oyster bay ter was unrufiled and a light breeze from the west. Outside the harbor, | where the course had been laid, a good sai ood blew ing breeze was blowing west northwest, with indications for lighter weather. ‘To- day's race is to be“sailed- on a course starting from .a line drawn from Centre Island buoy to the committee steamer Dun- derburg, three miles to windward or lee- ward and return, twice over. As early as S a'glock the Canadian boys were-hard atayork giving trial spins of the Glencairn. After two close-hauled tacks they found the jib to be rather cl but a little work on the sail remedied this de- fect, although the mainsail still retained its stiffness. The El Heire remained on the beach, covered with canvas on bow and stern, until 10:30, and then the two boats were moored to the leeward of the dock, surrounded by an admiring crowd of the experts. The free-bourd on the Cana- < boat, as they lay side by side, was quite apparent ured at 31-4 inches in faver of the Glencairn. Judging from ithe present weather it favors the American oat. At 11:30 beth tiny racers left their moor- ings at the club warehouse wharf, and, in tow of their tenders, went to the scene of the start. Meteor Winn Again. ROTHESAY, Firth of Clyde, July 13.— There was another contest today between the first-elass yachts Meteor, Britannia, Satanita and Ailsa, in the regatta of the Northern Yacht Club. There was blowing the when yachts got away, a wholesail t. The course was as in the race of Saturday, fifty miles. and the rpizes were and a Meteor crossed the line first at 10:30 a.m., th Britannia close under her lee. Sataniia with Ailsa right in her wake. Saint, Penitent and Niagara started At 11 o'clock to sail a thirty-two-mile race for prizes of i13 and £5, the boats getting away in the order mentio: L. Meteor Won. In the contest between the twenty-raters Penitent won, with the Saint second, cross the finish line and Niagara next. ! The times of the big yachts at the finish | were as follows: i to} HM & Meteor -3 4B Ailsa ..... -3 48 Britannia 3 52 Satanita E -4 0 Be Caress, which also started, was distanced. a STANBURY BEAT HARDING. ‘The Australian's Easy Victory cn the Putney-Mortlnke Course. LONDON, July 13.—James Stanbury, the Australian, defeated “Wag” Harding today in a seulling race on the Thames for the world's championship. The race attracted great crowds to Putney and Mortlake, not- withstanding the intense heat of the day. Watermen along the Thames were especial- ly interested in the contest, and with them Harding was a strong favorite. In their on Stanbury had neglected to allow mself reasonable time to prepare for the ace, and had not undergone a strict train- ing at ary time during the last three years. ‘Thus the Australian ad a terrible task to reduce He indulged day after day violent exercise, and fre- quently brought on severe illness before he left his boat. Lately his work had been better sys- tematized, and when he entered his boat today he weighed thirteen-stone. Harding, on the other hand, did not need to train as severely as his rival, but had been doing steady work in his boat. Today he weighed $ stone S pounds. Harding rows a Clasper boat. while Stanbury rows a Swaddle. Wind and tide were favorable for a good race. The betting was even. Harding won the toss and chose the Surrey side, although there was not much in the choice. After three false starts the men got away at 3<W o'clock, Stanbury pulling 36 and Hard! 35 strokes to the minute. At the tw -second stroke Stanbury led ‘by a length, and at 500 yards from the start was took Hard: two , lengths in the lead and water. The mile was made In 4 minutes 28 seconds, Stanbury leading ‘Dy four lengths. At Hammersmith the Australian had in- sed his lead to six lengths, the time at that point being 8 minutes 17 secons, which is better than the record. The race from this point to the finish was a mere proc; ion, Stanbury rowing easily and frequently looking around to view the course. nes’ bridge was reached in 18 min- utes 17 conds, Stanbury being eight lengths In tiont of his competitor. Stan- bury won what appeared to be a very easy victory. _ ‘fime, 21, minutes 51 seconds. seas Saas HALF 4 MILLION Loss. Destruction by Fire of a Big St. Leuls Elevator. ST. Lou July 13.—At 2:30 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the holler rocm of the Merchants’ terminal elevator, ‘located at 2d and Biddle streets. An alarm was immediately turned in, which was soon followed by a general alarm, and although the fire departments responded promptly the large building was complete- ly_enveloped in flames upon their arrival. The building ‘befmg an old and dry one the flames ate their way to the top as quickly as if it had been so much paper. ‘The whole north portion of the city was Mluminated for maby bideks, and such heat was thrown out that the work of the firemen was very difficult, the heat being almost unbearable. About thirty minutes after the fire broke out a 2*-foot smokestack fell, narrowly number of firemen helow. minutes after this the west wall und to be tottering, which neces- the removal of the fire engines at side. The wall collapsed Shortly aft ad. Mr, John F. Ryan, president of the com- pany, did not arrive on the scene until some time after the fire started, and when Seen estimated that the loss would be at ast $00.00). The amount of insurance at this time is unknown. The elevator contained many thousands of bushels of grain, At 4 control. exact amount not being known. ock the fire was brought under gs = DESTROYED BY A TIDAL WAVE. It is Believed That the Est 00 Deaths is we SAN FR July ‘he steam- stip Dorfe has arrived from Yokohama I ng news up to June 25. imates of the loss of life from the Sreat Udal wave reach as high as 50,000, and this number ts belleved to be far be- ate of below the mark. The wave was eighty feet high and swept inland a distance of two and a half miles along 200 miles of coast. Thousands of acres of land under cultivation were devastated. and the tnhab- {tants of the flooded districts are suffering from famine. —_+ Foote and Larned Win. LONDON, July 12—In the all-England tennis tournament today Foote beat Hawes, 64, 6-3, 6-3: Larned beat Hallward, 6—1, 6, 7-5. THEA EVENINGISLIAR, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1896—-SIXTEEN. PAGES. THE RAILROAD FIGHT The Knighta of Labor. Haw Ready for the non ea Con miof Warfare Against the Mefropentian’ Railroad—Mecting ae 9 ine of_the Assembly. Secretary-Treasurer Hayes of tha K. of L. and Mr. HB. Martin of the general ex- ecutive board, who have been in the west for some days past, are expected to return to Washington tomorrow, and then most of the members of the board will be in the city, so that a meeting can be held at any time that {t ia deemed necessary to have one. It is quite certain that with the return of Mr. Hayes the war on the Metropolitan Railway Company,which all readers of The Star know was begun more than two weeks ago, will be carried on with renewed vigor, and it is stated that no effort will be left untried to bring the company to terms, It is understood that the discharged em- ployes of the Metropolitan Railroad Com- pany do not believe that there is much chance for their reinstatement, and several of them have already secured positions, all of which are fully as remunerative, an4 in some instances more so, than those from hich they were dismissed; but even if all those locked out get employment, it will make no change whatever, it is said, in the attitude of the Order of the K. of L. to- ward the railroad company, and, as here- tofore stated in The Star, the general exec- utive board proposes to carry the question before Congress at next winter’s sess'on. The board already has the assurance of scores of members of Congress, whvse let- ters have been received at the headquar- ters of the general assembly here, stating that they are willing to enter inte a full investigation of the charges made againsi the Metropolitan company by the board. Street Railway Assembly. An important meeting of the Street Rail- vay Assembly was held Saturday evening, and the action of M.. F. M. Dent, in re- questing District Assembly No. 66, with which the local assembly is affiliated, to Postpone the operation of the boycott against the Metropolitan Railway Company until after tomorrow, on account of the Christian Endeavor convention, was unani- mously indorsed. A committee was appointed to draft a scries of resolutions expressive of the grat- ification of the assembly at the nomination of William J. Bryan by the democratic ecnvention at Chicago for the presidency, and the resolutions will be sent to that gentleman. It was stated that while Mr. Bryan was a member of Congress he de- livered a lecture for the benefit of the members of the assembly. Messrs. F. M. Dent, V John Ryan were appointed an agitation committee, with power to aud to their num- ber, to cal lon all organized labor bodies in the District, explain the pending trouble, and ask that the boycott be indorsed. The cemmittee was also instructed to go before the various citizens’ associations and secret societies for the same purpose. The delegates to the local Federation of Labor will at the meeting of the latter P. Smith and to be held torgorrow evening, ask that che boycott be approved. There is, it is be- Heved, no doubt that the request will be granted, and those who are managing the ratter say that the boycott will be the most extensive ever inaugurated in the District of Columbia. ———— BRITISH BIMETALLIC LEAGUE Annual Meeting of the Organization in London. LONDON, July 13—The Bimetallic League of Great Britain held its annual meeting today in the Cannon Street Hotel. Tre annual report declares that the cause of international bimetal’ism has made sub- stantial progress during the year, both in Great Britain and abrcad. .It mentions the resolutions adopted by the chamber of deputies in France, the chamber of rep- resentatives in Belgium and the Prussian det, declaring for bimetailism, and con- tinues: “In the United States all parties and classes would welcome inter: ational bi- wetallism. A large section of the people there are, however, so strongly convinced of the urgent necessity for the remonett- zation of silver that they are Indisposed to wait for international agreement. No party of any importance in the United States favors gold momentallism.” The report concludes as follows: “The responsibility for the present and growing dangers to the industrial life of the nation rests upon those who oppose that monetary system urder which our prosperity ad- vanced by leaps and bounds.” A letter was read from Lord Aldenhain (Mr. Henry Hucks-Gibbs), president of the league, in which he congratulates the mem- bers upon the great progress which has been made in the United States. “It 1s indeed a striking fact," Lord Al- denham wrote, “that this question, which scme here affect to treat with contempt, should be, apparently, the main political ion before a nation of 70,000,000 peo- Lord Aldenham alluded also to what he termed the ignorance of the London press upon this subject. “They joined,” he said, “the chorus for ‘honest money,’ believing that these words are applied in America to gold monometal- lism, and not, as they really are, to inter- national bimetallism. Whatever may be the result of the presidential election,” Lord Aldenham added, “we may be sure that our cause is prospering.” The meeting was largely attended. Mr. Robert Barclay of Manchester, England, presided. A letter of regret was read from Mr. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treas- ury, who said that only illness prevented him from being present. Gen. Francis A. Walker of Boston, Maas., made a speech, which was greeted with great enthusiasm. Gen. Walker gave a re- view of the silver question from the Amer- ican standpoint. He said that the all-en- grossing topic at the republican national convention in St. Louis was the currency. Gov. McKinley, he said, was never a gold monometallist, and could not be if he tried. Gon. Walker read the Kohlsaat St. Louis resolution on the currency issue and the Boston resolution regarding the gold stand- ard, both of which were heartily cheered. Gen. Walker continued: “It is deeply to be regretted that millions of our best citizens, as represented at the Chicago convention last week, declared for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 without awaiting the action of other countries. This was done passionately, but the effect will be to maintain the gold standard unimpaired.” Among the distinguished gentlemen pres- ent were Lord Lidderdale, Sir Thomas Sutherland, Mr. Wm. E. M. Tomlinson, M. P.; J. W. Scott-Montague, M. P.; Mr. H. 3. Forster, Mr. Moreton Frewen, Lord Sher- born and Profs. Foxwell and L. L. Price and others. ee Death of Maj. Gageby. The War Department ts informed that Major James H. Gageby, 12th Infantry, died at Johnstown, Pa., this morning from an attack of heart disease. He entered the volunteer service as a sergeant in Company K, 3d Pennsylvania Infantry, in 1861, and served gallantly throvghout the war, re- ceiving three brevets. He entered the regu- lar militaty establishment as a non-com- missioned officer, and on account of meri- torious services was appointed second Heu- tenant of the 19th Infantry, in 1863. He rese through the regular grades until 192, when he was appointed major of the 12th Infantry, which rank he held at the time of his death. His death will result in the } promotion of Capt. Henry 4, Humphreys, 15th Infantry, to be major of the 12th In- fantry, and ‘First Lieutenant David D. Mitchell, adjutant of the 15th, to be captain in the 15th Infantry. Postage on The Star. The rate of postage on The Evening Star is one cent for 12 pages, two cents for from 14 to 26 pages. “6 j house. NOT YET DETERMINED When the Democratic Candidates Are to Be Notified. LINCOLN ENTHUSIASM DIMINISHING Disappointed Bland Men Want Him to Run for Governor. -—__ + -—. SILVER REPUBLICANS aes HE CHICAGO, July 13.—The subcommittee of th2 notification committee met in the Clifton House this morning at 11 o'clock and decided to let the members of the noti- fication committee return to their homes, where they will be informed in a few days as to the time of notifying Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall of their nomination. This will be decided by the executive committee of the notification committee. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan left here at 2:20 this afternoon, and will arrive at Odin, Ill, on the Illinois Central, at 9:20 tonight. They will stay there for an hour and twenty minutes. and will go from there to Salem, IlL, which ig five miles from Odin, on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. Mr. Bryan will stay there two days, and then leave for Lincoln, Neb., arriving there Fri- day, where he will take up his residence. He has not determined when the notifica- tion committee is to meet him, but that will be done in a day or so. Meanwhile, Mr. Sewall will stay here and make his headquarters here. Members of the democratic national com- mittee are unanimously in favor of estab- lishing subheadquarters of the committee here. Many of them wish the main head- quarters removed from New York and brought here. The members of the committee still re- maining in the city discussed this prope- sition at an informal meeting held this morning in the heatiquarters at the Palmer Senator Jones of Arkansas, before leaving for Washington, said: “There will be another meeting of the national com- mittee some time during the next three weeks, at which the subject of changing the headquarters will be more fully con- dered. aevou will be safe in saying that tn all probability the campaign of 1896 will_ be directed from headquarters located at Chi- cago. I am in favor of the change from New York for many reasons. Lincoln People Disappointed. LINCOLN, Neb., July 13.—Dispatches to the effect that Mr. Bryan has concluded to receive the notification committee at Madi- son Square Garden, New York, set Lincoln people wild. Added to this was a quasi-in- dorsement of Omaha as official headquar- ters during the campaign, and as a conse- quence many hearts are today down. Un- less some tangible contradiction !s speedily given to these rumors, it is expected that the ardor of many enthusiastic people will be considerably dampened. Local _demo- crats say he will certainly remain in Lin- ccin, but it is also known that they do not speak by the card. The present attitude of the average Lin- con man Is on the defensive. There is a heavy republican majority in this city, but it appears to be the aim of all to speak In the highest terms of the personal character of Mr. Bryan, which is also above re- proach, but Ina decidedly qualifying tone, politically. So long as the nominee at Chi- cago must necessarily have heen a demo- crat, they are glad it is Bryan. But they freely express the opinion that, considering the platform, he will falf short, in Nebras- ka, of carrying the state by the usual re- ran majority. The gold standard dem- ocrats here are Ike a clam in silence on the political question. The populists of the state hold their county conventions Satur- day to select state delegates. The senti- ment is divided as to the indorsement of Bryan and fusion. Want Bland to Run for Governor. LEBANON, Mo., July 13.—In their disap- pointment over the defeat of Bland for the presidential nominee many Missourl demo- crats have turned to Mr. Bland to lead the party in Missouri this fall as the candidate for governor. He has received many tele- grams and letters the past few days urging nim io become a candidate. These earnest requests and solicitations have not moved him, and will not change his course. He n.ade up his mind several years ago that he did not want to be governor, preferring to continue his fight for the people for the ertire country. He said last night that he would not be a candidate for governor; that he did not want the nomination, and under po circumstances was he after the kubernatorial race. He made this state- ment in the most positive and emphatic manner, leaving no doubt that he meant it, and that the further effort on the part of his friends to induce him to become a can- aidate for governor would be useless. In this conne:tion Mr. Gland said he was a candidate for the democratic nomination for Congress in this his old district. He desires to go back to Congress to make the fight for free silver in the House. Silver Republicans to Confer. MANITOU, Col., July 13.—Senator Teller, who has been a guest of one of the hotels here, wes yesterday joined by Senator Dubois of Idaho and Congressman Hart- man of Montana, awaiting the arrival of Senators Cannon, Pettigrew and Mantle, who are expected on Wednesday, when a conference will be held. Senator Teller will return to Denver. He will be in Mani- tou again Wednesday, however, and at this rreeting an address will be issued as to the course of the republicans who left the St. Louts convention on the national ticket. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Col., July 13. Judge H. C. Caldwell, when asked his opin- ion of the work of the democratic conven- ticn, replied: “The wisdom of its action amounts to inspiration. No better man or scurder platform has been presented to the American people by any party in a third of a century. “It marks an epoch in the political his- tory of this country. If McKinley is the Napoleon of the gold standard forces Bryan is the Wellington of the allied silver forces, and the historical parallel will be complete, except that this modern Na- poleon, after his Waterloo, will go to the headwaters of. Helena.” Kansas Silver Men for Bryan. TOPEKA, Kan., July 13.—Conventions were! held in-the forty-three counties to chose delegates for the non-partisan silver convention, whigh} mects here (next Wed- nesday, to select, gelegates to .the national convertion at S¢?; is. Democrats, pop- ulists ard repubjicans participated in the meetings, and the nomination of Wm. J. Bryan for Pregi@pnt ‘was indorsed, and delegates instru¢ted to vote at the Topeka convention only <fqr men who will support bis nomination? Beven populist county conventions were; also held, and all of these indorsed action of the Chicago convention. z Opposed, to Bolting. Spectal Dispatch ta."the Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Ma., July 13.—The delega- tion to the Chicago convention has return- ed, and while neither the platform or the ticket arouses’ their enthustasm the ma- Jority of them will not bolt. Henry Watterson’s Message. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 13.—The follow- ing was received this morning by Mr. W. N. Haldeman, président of Courier-Journal Company: Geneva, Switzerland, via French cable.— Walter Haldeman, Loutsville, Ky. “Another ticket our only hope. No cempromise with: dishonor. Stand firm. “(Signed) HENRY WATERSON.” jew Hampshire Men Uncertain. NASHUA, N. H., July 13—C. Sullo- way, representing the New Hampshire del- egation, has telegraphed Chairman Amey of the state committee to call a conven- tion to determine what position shall be aesumed by the New Hampshire democrats with reference to the silver question. CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES Salt Creek instead of St. What Lawrence Gardner Says of the Demo- cratic Work to Be Done. Chairman Babeock Tells What the Republican Body is Now Doing. Everything was quiet about the headquar- ters of the democratic congressional cam- paign committee today. Long ago it was decided that nothing would be done by the committee until after the convention had acted and there has not yet been time for the committee ta get together to determine upon its plans for the campaign. Mr. Lawrence Gardner reached the city today from Chicago. He had little to say about the outlook except to remark that he believed the democratic party would sweep the country in November. “Tt has not yet been decided when the committee will meet,” said Mr. Gardner to a Star reporter. “We have not had time to call a meeting, but it will shortly be done, and we will then lay out a program for our work during the campaign. We have an abundance of literature which can quickly be sent over the country, and, of course, that will be the character of our work in advancing the campaign. “When I went to the Chicago conven- tion,” continved Mr. Gardner, “I had no idea of the strength of the silver cause. I had no idea of the hatred for Mr. Cleveland existing in the west. Mr. Bryan will make a memorable camphign. Hie work will not be in the west or south. There is no need for work there. That section is solid for free silver. Mr. Bryan will turn his atten- tion to the east, and I tell you when he stands in Madison Square Garden and talks to 10,000 working men and explains to them why he wants the free coinage of sil- ver and what he wants to do to advance their interests, there will be a marked ef- fect that will make itself known in a ma- terial way on election day. Bryan's pow- erg as an orator are simply ‘wonderful and superb. I had never heard such a speech ag that he deiivered at the convention. Such powers exerted in the east will not fall to give powerful results.”” One of the trophies of the convention ‘Mr. Gardner brought back to Washington was a $20 gold piece. It was handed to him by a Californian to pay for something to be sent out to him. Mr. Gardner did not dare show the yellow coin while in Chicago for fear that it might be as a yellow flag to a bull. But back in the east he feels at ease In the possession of the trophy, which he pro- poses turning over to one of the Washing- ton merchants. ‘The Republican Committee. Considerable work 1s being dene at the headquarters of the republican congres- sional campaign committee in the Norman- alo. “I have just given an order for another half a million documents,” said Mr. Bab- cock to a Star reporter today. “Our work is going along energetically and consists of giving information to the people. We think that Is all that is necessary in order to stop this flat money craze. “The populists are helping us mightily just now. They are for Bryan and every- body who votes for Bryan will vote for so- cialism and anarchy. A populist is a so- cialist when he shows his true colors, and I don’t think socialism is to prevail in this country. The people have better sense than to indorse such a system. When you find a snake the thing to do is to crush it, and that is what I want to see done with this populistic movement under the leadership of Bryan. There is no use saying: ‘Oh, this is a very nice snake, and if it keeps its mouth shut and doesn’t bite it will do no harm at all.’ It should simply be crushed. Ve want no socialism and anarchy here.” e committee has now about ready for mailing eighteen pamphlets, mostly of six- teen pages each. Other documents are be- ing prepared. _ A collection of editorials from bolting democratic papers is being prepared and will probably be gotten out shortly ready for mailing, though as they cannot be franked, it is not Mkely that they will be as widely scattered in that form as documentg that form a part of the con- gressional record. Senator Mitchell of Oregon was a vis- itor this mornfng at the republican head- quarters. Will Filed. Isaac Lyons fs named as executor in the will of the late Jacob Lyons, dated Au- gust 28, 1895, and filed Saturday afternoon. Of the estate, including part of Barry Farm, Georgiana Lyons is to. have two- thirds and Isaac Lyons one-third. IN ONE OF THE GREAT TENT MEETINGS. STREET LIGHTING|A CUE FROM GRay GABLES Potomac Electric Company’s Bid! Cannot Be Accepted. COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER AFFAIRS Provisional Acceptance of the ] Company's Bid. ELECTRICITY IN GEORGETOWN the United States Electric Lighting Com- pany, that the Commissioners had no power to accept the bid of the Potomac Electric Light Company to light the city, has been upheld by the attorney for the District. Several days ago it was stated that the Commissioners had accepted the proposal of the Potomac company for incandescent electric ight, and as the bid submitted by that company covered all of the streets of the city, it was thought that incandescent lights would be substituted for the gas lamps. But such was not the case, as pointed out. at the time in The Star. The Commissioners could only accept a con- tract for incandescent lights by the Po- tomac company for that territory west of Rock creek. Existing legislation prohibited that company from exte: gs its wires east ot Rock creek, and the opinion of Judge Bingham prevented it from lighting any lamps by means of overhead wires. There was a great desire on the part of the Commissioners to bring about a compe- tition In the electric ighting business, and the attorney for the District was consulted several times concerning their jurisdiction in the premises. He decided in the first instance that the Potomac company had no right or authority to light 4% street, should a contract be awarded to it, and today held, in an opinion to the Commisstoners, that they were without authority to accept the Potomac company’s bid. Important Matter. There was an executive meeting of the The contention of President Thomas of beard of Commissioners this morning upon this subject, and the doors leading to their sanctum were locked. The attorney for the District was summoned before them, and the subject of street lighting was immedi- ately taken up. This is perhaps the most important subject that kas come before tho Commissioners during the year. It means if the Commissioners have the power, a new light for the streets, avenues and al- leys of the city. The bid of the Potomac Company was broad in its scope, and a direct challenge for all public lighting. Its bid for Incandescent Mghts was $20 per lamp per year, and as this is the price paid the gas company for gas lamps, it will be seen at a glance that the object of the bid is to supplant the gas lamps. No one denies a cerzain anxiety on the part of the Commissioners to bring about a change in existing conditions relative to street lighting. Their hands are practically tled in the gas lighting matter. This was demonstrated a few days ago, when the Commissioners were forced to accept the bid of the gas company based upon speci- fications drawn by the company. The Com- missioners’ specifications were totally ig- nored. The United States Electric Lighting Company submitted a bid, based upon the act of Congress which regulated the price His Opinion. The hearing this morning was attended by the three Commissloners and the attor- ney for the District. Major Powell called the subject up, It is understood, and ex- Plained the conditions. The attorney was asked, it 1s stated, what action he had taken regarding their request for an opin- fon upon the question whether they had the right to award a contract to the Poto- mac Electrie Company for street lighting east of Rock creek. The atttorney replied, it is understood, that he had given the mat. ter his careful attention and consideration, and had come to the conclusion that by reason of the wording of the clause relat- ing to street lighting in the current ap- propriation bill, the Commissioners could not accept its bid, nor award it a contract for lighting east of Rock creek. It was stated later that the opinion of the attorney for the District, after being read by the Commissioners, ‘was returned te that official, together with a brief filed by the Potomac company, salting forth why it should receive the contract. The attorney was requested to examine the matter care fully, and submit a supplemental opinion. The Commissioners refused to discuss the matter with a reporter of The Star when applied to for information concerning the secret hearing. Major Powell sald. “There is nothing new. We have grantod a contract to the Potomac company for lighting west of Rock creek with arv lights. The matter of the contract for lighting the streets with electricity east of Rock creek is under consideration.” This afternoon a permit was granted the Potomac company to lay underground con- duits west of Rock creek as follows: M street from Aqueduct bridge to Rock creek; 32d street from M to O street; 33d street from M to the property and Ohio Canal Company. Later in the day the Commissioners wrote a letter to President John R. McLean of the gas light company notifying him that the Ccmmissloners would accept his bid for lighting the streets of the city at $20 per lamp per annum, provided he would agree to their specifications. The specifications submitted with the letter, it is understood, are much simpler than those upon which bids were originally asked. the Chesapeake ¥ SS ES Contract for Two Launches. The War Department has made a con- tract with a Brooklyn firm for the con- struction of two steam launches. One of these vessels will be placed at the service cf Major Gen. Ruger, commanding the department of the east, with headquarters at New York. The other craft ts intended for the use of the officers stationed at Fort Monroe, Va. These boats will be op- erated by steam and will cost about $10,000 each. They will be forty-five feet in length, copper sheathed and fitted in the interior with mahogany. —-+ 2+ Overcome by Heat. Frank Buckner, colored, fourteen years old, was overcome by the heat near 7th ard R streets yesterday. He was sent to his home on Reeves street by the police. What the Secretaries and Other Govern- e——— The President Said to Be Writing a Letter Stating What Sound Money Democrats Should Do. | ment Officials Are Waiting for. All the leading menibers of the admin- {stration continue to maintain a discreet silence as to their individual course of action in the presidential campaign now fairly before the people through the action of the two leading parties at St. Louis and Chicago, respectively. Many officials who have heretofore been open and free in their denunciation of the policy of free sil- ver have become strangely dumb on the financial question since their party in con- vention assembled declared for the free and unlimited coinage of the white metal. It was expected that officials like Secre- tarles Carltle, Smith, Morton and Herbert, who have been outspoken for sound money in all their recent public utterances, would rot now hesitate to declare their continued adhesion to that cause, despite the action of the Chicago convention. But such is not the case. The gentlemen named, like all their assistants in the government service, have each studiously refused to comment upon the democratic platform one way cr the other, notwithstanding the almost uv.i- versal impression that jt is entirely repug- nent to their ideas of financial propriety. The Impression prevails today that they all await a cue from the President at Gray Gables, and that most of ther, if not all, will follow his course of action. There seems to be no doubt in democratic circles that the President and the principal members of his official family will re- pudiate the demecratic nominees on the free silver platform, but there is a great diversity of opiriom as to the manner which they will demonstrate their dissatis- faction with the action of the convention. It seems to be generally accepted that they will not vote for Bryan and Sewall, but it is regarded es extremely improbable that any single one of them will go to the ex- tent of voting for the sound money ticket represented by McKinley and Hobart. In other words, it is believed that they will | observe a masterly inactivity throughout the campaign, and will not vote for either ticket. It was rumored here today that President Cleveland is engaged in writing a letter to one of his political friends giving his views as to the proper couse for sound money democrats to pursue under existing condi- tions, and that it will be made public in a few days. The rumor cannot be verified at this end of the line, but there are many officials in the departments who hope that it is true. They are becoming restive under the continued strain of stlence and un-| certainty. Should the President announce his purpose of bolting the democratic tick- et, there will undoubtedly be a rush of offi- cials to follow his example. Many of them desire to state their position at once, but refrain from doing so out of ueference to the wishes of the President. snare saa oe A DEMAND 0 MacCord’s Claim for Arrest and Alleged Brutal Treatment. It is understood that the Sceretary of | State has instructed the United States | minister at Lima to de:nand the prompt PERC, Mr. settlement of the cl of Victor H. Mac- Cord, an Avuerican citizen, for alleged | brutal and inhuman treatment by the | Peruvian authorities. $s for $200,000. Department for n Mr. MacCord’s claim | It has been before the State | arly eleven years. While | Secretary Olney shot specify the amount | that should be paid in satisfaction of this | ciaim, it is understood that he contends that it 1s a just and equitable claim and | one entitled to prompt satisfaction. The claim grows out of the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. MacCord by the Peruvian authorities in 1S85 while be was acting superintendent of the Arequipa and | Cuzco railroads. There was a revolution | in progress at the time. Through the al- | leged pertidy of the engineer of a train con- veying troops on the road of which Mac- Cord had charge it was delivered into ihe | hands of the revolutionists. MacCond was immediately imprisoned. and word was sent to him to arrange hi} affairs, as an order had been issued to shoot him within an hour. He was march- | ed out to the parade grounds before a file of soldiers armed with rifles and asked if | he wished to say anything before being | shot. He was, however, saved by friends | and transferred to another prison. He | was released after several days of intense | suffering as a result of harsh treatment on | the payment of $7,500. 1 KEY WEST, Fla., July 13.—Advices from Havana state that a panic prevails in the Spanish army in consequence of the terri- ble increase of yellow fever in the last few days. It 4s estimated that fully forty per | cent of th2 cases prove fatal. In Santiago | de Cuba tkere are 4,300 soldiers in the hos- | pitals, Major General Linares is stricken and | his life is despaired of. The physicians and nurses are utterly incapable of coping with the disease. The epidemic 1s also very serious all along the trocha. In some cases entire companies have been stricken. General Arles and nearly every member of his staff | are il. Captain General Weyler has caus- ed the erection of new hospitals along the trocha, and will send to Spain for addi- | tional physicians. At Baraca, Holguin and other places in eastern Cuba the fever is raging with great | virulence, and ‘it is spreading to the cen- | tral points. From Matanzas come most | distressing tales. In that city, it is said, | the mortality is about sixty per cent, and that it is becoming difficult to bury the dead. The hospitals of Havana contain nearly six thousand patients, and every day the number is being increased. Friday 450 sick soldiers were brought in from Pinar del Rio province. To enforce a judgment of $250, a bill in equity was filed today by Chas. H. Allen- der against Kate R. Powell and others, asking the sale of lot 14, square 682 The complainant Is represented by Attorney Bates Warren. ——— Baltimore Markets. IMORE, Md., July 13.—Flour dull—western 0; do. tum- nt, $3.50a§3.75; spring wheat straight, receipts, 9,358 barrels. Wheat firm spot and month, 39a50%: August, 59%4a60; tember, Olga: steamer Nod keds SoMma56 BAL super, receipts, 96,800 bushels: exports, 48,000 bushels; stock, 430,425 bushels; sales, 35 bushels rm wheat by sample, 571614, on grade, ‘4u6l4. Corn strong—spot, month, 4; August, 32 asked; mer mixed, 205 a31 exports, 17,143 bushels; ports, none; s x 34 asked, eurhy ushels, $16a$1 » Liverpool, . for onde ly and August. par 100 Ibs. do. _hhnita Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F Street, members New York stock exchange, ecrresponden Messrs. Ladenburg, ‘Thal- mann & Co., New York AIN. Ypen. High. Law. Close. Wheat—Sept. 55% | 55KK c. Bim-% DTK Corn—Sept ao™ Shy Dee 2% Br Oats—Sept 15% 15 Pork~Sept 85; 745 3.70 3.70 $05 4.05 300 3.60 3.80 3.80 Low. Close. 677 679 629 631 632 6.34 628 630 | flected in the cour: | centralizing of inter FINANCE AND TRADE Moderate Buying Continues on Lon- don’s Part. nS eS INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES STRONG Politics Continues to Absorb Atten- tion in Wall Street. —_— ++ SRAL MARKET REPORTS ae ae Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 13.—A revival of misgiv- ings as to the future resulted in a sharp recession In stock values this morning. The improvement at the close of last week's business had all the ear marks of artificiality, and failed to inspire purchases outside of the short interest. From an opening level about on a parity with Sat- urday’s final figures, prices receded stead- ily until declines varying from 1 to 2 p« cent prevailed in all departments. At the decline the buying was not of the best, (/ non-professional clement holding aloof as heretofore. In the present condition of the market the stability of prices will decrease in di- rect ratio to the decrease in the short fn- terest. Politics continue to absorb attention, th serious phases of the outlook increasing rather than decreasing upon more mature reflection. There may be no fears of a GEN financial revolution, but there is a more general recognition of the for cembined ¢ffort against a deliberate at- Conditions which in- k tempt to incite one. spire confidence are lacking, and the b of the effort is Ikely to oppose decli rather than to favor advances in values. London has nct sold stocks in any sig- nificant voluimc, on the contrary, moderate buying continues from time to time, but the comments of the English press ‘upon recent political developments in this coun- try are not wholly reassuring, despite the strength of international securities in the foreign market. ‘The local market giv le evidence of Support except such as comes from tra‘ers and can ill afford a reversal of forcign sen- timent. London is rarely hasty in arriving at con- clusions in commercial or financial opera- tions, and It may be, that the ellver dem- onstration has not yet been classified as a speculative factor. Conservative traders incline to this view and refrain from creasing present Mabilities pending some solution of the doubt. Sentimental silver experiments should not shake confidence in ultimate tri- umph of gold, but a consideration for tem- porary effects justly warrants caution, The withdrawal of upward of half a mil- lion gold for export, in addition to mod- erate withdrawals for local hoarding. haa a tendency to emphasize the possibilities of the present monetary nervousr 7 steady inroads being made upon gold reserve cannot be recarde difference, no matter how unj may and must ¢ of prices, There was almost no news, politics and the gold movem peing Values. certai Rall outside of ni, capable of out immediate for more le with contraction finance and trade. ion: toward the « ness were un chara ruling, in many instances, a lowest level. Sugar was parti and the railr: . and partly for more import flected net declines, Farning ing the day were fairly sails had no effect on the market, st on ol The transa owing er subjects, Washington Stock Exchange. gular call—12 o'clock m. Capital Trac- 4s, ree upon, a bid, 1, 11G6ly Asked t Bonds. 0, asked UL S U.S. 48, Bonds gold Gs, 11 © Fund Bs, 10 Me bid. Fund aneous Bonds Metropolita: LIS asked. Belt Rite Skea. Washington ) asked, 100 bid A., 100 0! 1.0., 100 bid. Wastitayg bid. "Wa Market imp. 6s, 109 bid. nxton exten. Ge 109 bid. Masonic Asner 108 bid Washington Light Infaniry Ist ts, 90 National Bank Stocks Bank of W bid. Bank of Republic, 240 bid. ¢ Companies Nat : Washing fean Security asked, nally toy tS 44 bid, 46 asked. United States Ele 100 bid, 107 asked. Insuran 82 mar Firemen’s, an, 50 bid. Pot ) bid. “German Ame # bid, 14 asked i xs, Tay bid, Ny a Lincoln, Tq bid, St) asked bid. asked ’ Z Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Bxtate Tit 6 asked. wanla. 38 bid, 50 60 VM, 65 asked. ty asked. - 1i asked.” Poeumatle A, bid, 110 asked. Colymbla Title, 5 bid. District Title, @ bid, 10 asked hone ‘American Grapbophane, hophene, pia. 15 bid, 25 asl Maneous | Stocks.—Mergenthaler — Linotype, 120% asked Lanston Monotype, 5 bid. T Qeked.” Washington ‘Market, 12 bid. 18% msked Great Falls Ico, 120 bid, 180 asked. Lincoln Hall, 0 asked. $i BELGIAN. ELECTIONS. Clericals Have a Majority of Fifty- Eight in the Deputies. BRUSSELS, July 1%—Complete returns from the election for members of chamber of deputies show that there were 105 cleri- cals, 18 liberals and 29 socialists chosen. This gives the clericals in the chamber a majority of 58 votes TO OPPOSE AMERICA. Ex-Premier Sagasta Thinks European Powers Should Unite. MADRID, July 13.—Seror Sagasta, for- mer prime minister of Spain, in an inte view on the subject of suggested aill- ances, declared that Euroy e 3 y as must be exerted to maintain its po against the policy recently developed ica. in Am - > One Effect of Bryan's Nomination. It is regarded than & coincidence that the rece ulle- tin announcing the nom hing more of the of some tion by the democratic convention wa ne- diately followed in the office of the chief prk of the State Department by the m ous and inexplicable fall of a large d of Liberty, forming one of the prin- cipai ornaments of the old-fashioned eight-foot clock that nds at one side of the room. The ineid comment among the them have come to regard for good or evil according to their wishes in the matter. Found Dead. Mrs. Mary J. Kelly was found dead in her bed at her home, No. 1119 avenue, about 11 o'clock today. about eighty years old. Because no attending physician, the notified. She was she had coroner was ee Haynd Roberts, a Nebraska farmer, shot his wife to death and committed suicide yesterday. Roberts was a wealthy and ec- centric individual.