Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING - STAR Bs bead ES, PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, T THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 vania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The E: Star No Company, 5. H KAUFFMAN. Prevt. ———————— ‘Wow York Office, 49 Potter Building. Evening’ Star fs served to subscribers in the ‘carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents or 44 cents per month. ‘at the cents eac! mail—snywhere in the ited States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents month. rastorday Quinteple et Star, ‘$1 per year, with foreign postage udded, $3. (Entered at the Post Ke at Washington, D. 0., as 5 clase mail matter. ‘©7AN malt subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. ti Che Evening Star. No. 13,532. WASHINGTON, D. O THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS 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 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 their address from one Post-office to another shovld give the last address as wellas the newone. * WON'T SUPPORT IT|AN OBJECT LESSON BRYAN’S TRIP HOME —— Controller Eckels Tells Why He Objects to the Chicago Ticket. eS GOOD OF THE COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY a Dem- Up. Thinks There May Be ocratic Ticket Put HitS FURTHER VIEWS ee Mr. Eckels, controller of the currency. who has just returned to this city from a visit to Chicago during the democratic con- vention and to his home In Ottawa, ILL, makes no secret of his repudiation of the platform and nominations of the Chicago convention. He used plain and vigorous language on the subject in the course of a conversation with a Star reporter at the Treasury Department today. Will xot Support Mr. Bryan. “It has been repeatedly stated and not denied.” he said, “that upon several oc- casions “Mr. Bryan declared he would not support the nominee of the national con- vention if he was an advocate of the gold standard and stood upon a gold platform. I take it that he felt that he could not consistently do that which seemed to him would work injury to his country. Upon the same ground I shall not support Mr. Bryan. In his speech at Chicago he un- nounced that the question was one of prin- ciples and not of men. Taking the same view, democrats who refuse his cand:- dacy support will do so because the prin- elples he stands for are at variance with democratic doctrine, and if enforced would be detrimental to the well being of all of our citizens. I do not believe party fealty should extend to the advocacy of any- thing which the voter believes would work harm to his fellows. I do not believe a man can be looked upon as having put himself without the pale of his party when im the party’s name he is asked to indorse prinetples foreign to the party, and can- didates who do not belong to it. If, how- ever, such is the case, I am willing to go out. May Put a Democratic Ticket Up. “The statement issued by the sound money democrats of Illinois is the expres- sion of thetr views as to what ought to be done. If sufficient numbers of democrats elsewhere agree with them there will then be a united effort made to place a demo- cratic ticket in the field. Such ticket will give an opportunity to have the economic questions presented by the Chicago plat- form properly discussed before democratic audiences by democratic speakers. The majority of the voters wish to do the right thing on all public matters, and every means which will enable them to see the right ought to be employed. A long can- Vaz3 upon the merit of the free coinage question will eliminate from it much of the passion and prejudice with which it starts out. In the end I do not believe it will pre- sent a case of the masses against the ciasses, but as many of the masses will be against free silver as of the classes. I look for a very large proportion of the laboring people to be against free silver at the elec- tion. The great proportion of the laboring classes are the most diligent of all readers of the dally papers. They discuss these quest{pns freely, and in the end find where the right side of an economic question {s and indorse {t. This was the case In the tariff discussion, and the same result will follow in this Instance. Some leaders and agitators may attempi to cause them to forget the real question by an Introduction of irrelevant matters, but they will not suc- ceed. Exaggerated Statements. “Many statements are made as to the strengih of the move among the farmers im IHmois and elsewhere, and especially among the republicans. This may or may not be true at the present. The chances are, however, that such statements are ex- aggerated. However this may be four months’ discussion will bring about very different results from those which now are on the surface. The movement has now as aecessories all the enthusiasm of a conven- ton climax, a novel nomination and the curiosity attaching to the announcement of new doctrines and new tests of political faith. These things will not stand against school house discussion and newspaper ar- guments. In the end I believe the defeat of Mr. Bryan will be quite as signal as Was that of Mr. Greeley.” — —re+ SURVEYOR HARRISON'S ARREST. Report of Klautky, Who Was With Him at the Time. Minister Andrade of Venezuela called on Secretary Olney today. It 1s said the call had no conrection with the Gulana boun- dary dispute. So far as can be learned the British have not made any demand for indemnity for the arrest of the crown surveyor, Harrison, on the border. Mail advices received here from British Guiana give the report made by E. C. Klautky, who was with Harrison at the time of his arrest. Klautky claimed Ger- man citizenship, whereupon the Vene- zuelars released him. H2 says they walt- ed elght days before making the crrest, with the evident purpose of getting or- ders from Caracas. When the arrest oc- curred Harrison demanded to know by what authority it was made, and was told that the minister of the interior had or- dered it. Klautky says the commander reluctantly performed a disagreeable duty, and showed Harrison and himself every courtesy. Harrison handed Klautky seal- ed dispatches for the British authorities, to which the Venezuelan commander made ne protest. The guard making the arrest numbered eighteen soldiers, includizg two English-speaking coolies.. They were armed with rifles of miscellaneous pat- terns. Klautky delivered Harrison’s dis- patches to Sir Augustus Hemming at Geergetown, and they were forwarded to Minister Chamberlain at London. They are due to arrive there about the present time. -e-—___—. Paymaster Webster's Case. Lieut. Charles H. Lauchheimer, Marine Corps, has just returned to the Navy De- partment from San Francisco, where he attended the court-martial of Assistant Pay- master Edwin B. Webster, in the capacity of judge advocate. The paymaster was tried cn charges growing out of the reten- ton of the bond of his pay clerk. Lieut. Lauchheimer has brought with him the findings of the court-martial, and these are now being reviewed by the judge advocate general, before submission to the Secretary of the Navy for his action. —_-e.____ Important Naval Assignments. Commander Dennis Mullan has been or- dered to assume command of the Pensacola, Fla., navy yard. Commander W. H. Whiting has been as- signed to duty as commandant of the Puget sound naval station. Commander G. E. Wingate has been or- dered to duty as executive officer of the League, Island, Pa., navy yard. Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $297,780. Government re- celpte—From internal revenue, $646,001; customs, $418,991; miscellaneous, $17,514. The Country May Have an Experience of Being on a Silver Basis, Rumored Plan to Use Silver for Re- demption of Greenbacks—Denied by Treasury Officials. The report comes throigh Wall street represertatives here that the country is likely to have an exp<rience of being on a silver basis, not only before there is any legislaticn on the subject, but before the November elections. This report cor- responds to one which was current among some of Mr. Cleveland's friends in Chicago during the convention and may be based upon what was said at that time. Mr. John E. Russell of Massachusetts said in Chicago that it was the purpose of Mr. Cleveland, if gold was taken from the treasury, not to attempt to negotiate fur- ther bond sales, but to use silver in the treasury for the purpose of redemption of the greenbacks. This 1s substantially what the Wall street report sayz, and some slight color is given to it by the fact that the department is engaged now in coining some silver to make up for the defitiency of silver coin in the treasury caused by redemptions already made. The proposition advanced Is that the gold reserve, which is new about $2,000,000 below the hundred- million mark, will be rapidly depleted, and that another sale of bonis to replenish the Gold reserve will not be practicable in view of the existing political conditions. The statement is advanced that capiulists will not seek investment in any new govern- ment bonds and that bids at or above par could not be had if an offer of bonds were made. The depletion of the gold reserv an inability to get gold through bonds and a demand for further redemption of green- backs after the gold reserve was exhausted would leave the treasury no alternative but the exercise of the option to redeem gree! backs in silver. This. it is held, would bring about a period of depression and financial disturbance,with the loss of credit to the government, which would give the country an object lesson of the operation of a silver currency, and it is predicted that should this state of affairs cevelop prior to the election it would have a, very decided influence upon the result. ~ Denied in Official Circles. In official circles all knowledge of such a purpose on the part of Mr. Cleveland is de- nied, and doubt is expressed whether under any circumstances Mr. Cleveland could be driven to redemption in silver where gold was demanded. Treasury officials profess to believe that if it should become neces- sary to replenish the gold reserve bonds can be sold in spite of the unsettled politi- cal conditions. The sales might not be made as advantageously as heretofore, but it Is not dceubted in departments that the Jegal minimum price of par could at least be had. The reserve is not low enough yet to excite serious apprehension, though it is fully realized that a systematic raid might take the gold out very rapidly at any time. It fs not, however, to the interest of the capitalists of the country to force the gov- ernment to a silver basis merely as a po- litical experiment, especially as it is doubt- ful what the effect politically would be. It is sald, moreover, that Mr. Cleveland 1s not greatly impressed by the demonstra- tions of strength in the silver movement. He is said to believe that the alarm is greatly exaggerated; that the silver senti- ment is confined within a small compass, and that the combined gold vote of the country will be strong enough to render the electioa of Mr. Bryan and the success of silver impossible. It is said that he can- not be brought to belleve that the silver movement is anything more than a super- ficlal hubbub. oe. —___ To Be Examined for Promotion. By direction of the Secretary of War, a board of officers has been appointed to meet at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 1, for the competitive examination for pro- motion of a number of enlisted men. Tho detail for the board is as follows: Maj. Jos. T. Haskell, 24th Infantry; Capts. Wm. H. Carter, 6th Cavalry; James S. Rogers, 20th Infantry, and Wm. F. Lippitt, assistant surgeon, and Lieuts. John H. Stone, assist- ant surgeon, and Rowland G. Hill, 20th In- fantry, recorder. The following named enlisted men are or- dered to appear before the board for ex- emination: Corporals John J. Bernard, Troop I, 1st Cavalry; Harry K. Kingsbury, Troop F, lst Cavalry; Private Bert H. Mer- chant, Troop E, Ist Cavalry; Sergeants Francis H. Cameron, jr., Troop F, 2d C. alry, John Robertson, Troop C, 2d Cavalry Henry A. Hanigan, Troop B, 3d Cavalry James W. Clinton, Troop F, 4th Cavalry: Thomas M. Anderson, jr., ‘Troop G, 4th Cavalry; Corporals Henry E. Eames, Troop E, 4th Cavalry; John F. Wilkinson, Troop D, 4th Cavalry; William D. Conrad, Troop I, 5th Cavalry; Sergeants George Amer, Troop D, 8th Cavalry; Robert Field, Troop H, Sth Cavalry; Paul Giddings, Troop F, Sth Cavalry; Corporals John E. Hunt, Troop H, Sth Cavalry; George L. Byroade, Bat- tery F, Ist Artillery; Preston Brown, Bat- tery A, 5th Artillery; Sergeants Warren S. Sample, Company D, Ist Infantry; Ira L. Reeves, Company B, 4th Infantry; Corpo- ral George H. Steel, Company D,’5th In- fantry; Private Lovis H. Gross, Company G, 3th Infantry; Sergeants Fred. L. Mun- son, Company A, 6th Infantry; Alfred T. Smith, Company H, 6th Infantry; Joseph D. Bradley, Company D, 12th Infan:ry; Sergeant Major James V. Heidt, 18th In- fantry; Corporal Edward S. Walton, Com- pany F, 15th Infantry; Sergeants Octavius C. Drew, Company C, 18th Infantry; Thos. Franklin, Company A, 18th Infantry; Thos R. Harker, Company D, 20th Infantry Alexander T. Ovenshine, Company C, 21st Infantry4 Corporal John C. Barnard, Com- pany G, 2ist Infantry. SSeS Te Camp With Pennsylvania Troops. Orders were issued at the War Depart- ment today for two troops of the 6th Cav- alry at Fort Myer, Va., and Light Battery C, 3a Artillery, at Washington barracks te go to Lewiston, Pa.. by rail, for the purpose of attending the encampment of the Pennsylvania state troops, which takes place in that vicinity from the 20th to the 25th instant. Capt. Jemes M. Lancaster will be in command of the light battery under Maj. Thos. C. Lebo, 6th Cavalry, who will be in command of the entire de- tachment. The two troops of cavalry will be selected during the day after consulta- tion with Maj. Gen. Ruger, commanding the Department of the East, with head- quarters at New York. —— A Medal of Honor. A congressional medal of honor has been presented to Robert M. Boody of Haverhill, Mass., late first Meutenant, Company B, 40th New York Volunteers, for most dis- tinguished gallantry in action at Will'ams- burg, Va., May 5, 1962, This officer (then @ corporal), at great personal risk, volun- terily saved the lives of and brought from the battlefield two wounded comrades. I action at Charcellorsville, Va., May 2, 181%, this officer (then a sergeant) voluntarily, and at great personal risk, brought fron the field of battle and saved the life of Capt. George W. Carse, Company C, 40th New York Volunteers. ———— Personal Mention. Capt. J. M. Burns, 17th Infantry, Ebbitt on leave of absence. Dr. A. H. Witmer and Mr. Henry Wise Garnett have returtied from a visit to Europe. A Presidentis) Appointment. The President has appointed David J. Bailey, jr., postmaster at Griffin, Ga. is at the The Candidate's Journey From Illi- nois to Nebraska. GREAT RECEPTION —— Richard P. Bland There Joined the Party. —— CURRENT POLITICAL ats AT S2.- LOUIS NOTES ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 16.—It was scarce- ly sun up today when Wm. J. Bryan, the democratic presidential nominee, accom- panied by his wife ard three children, left Salem, Ill, for Lincoln, Neb., Mr. Bryan's present home. There were less than a score of people at the depot to bid the dis- tinguished party good-bye. At each of the stations where the train stopped Mr. Bryar got off and shook hands with the citizens who had come to catch a gllmpse of the free silver candidate. Mr. Bryan made no speeches. The number of people at the stations varied in number from a half dozen to three score, and at several places flags were brought out and waved in his honor. ‘There was an exception at Hast St. Louis, for when the train stopped there about & o'clock there were about 20) railway en - | ployes on the platform, who shouted and scrambled to get near him. Each one seem- ed determined to shake the hand of the nominee. Then there were cries for a speech. In response, he sa’ “People have a curiosity to see the nom- iree for the presidency and shake him by the hand. I have been there myself, and crowded around a train to shake hands with a presidential nominee, even if I did not vote for him. I don't know whether here it is all curiosity or not. You can't tell much about a man by looking at him. I think it is far better to take the platform and study it, and decide whether {t, and I can say to you that Mr. and myself stand on the platform, and if we are elected we will carry it out to the letter. It presents policies which are im- portant, and will be good for the masses of the people. We believe when prosperity 1s brought to the producif® classes of this country it will find its way to the otaer classes. There is no legislation which is good if it does not reach the masses. Prince Bismarck, in a speech made to the farmers a little over a year ago, said that the farm- ers must stand together and protect them- selves from the drones of society, which produce nothing but laws. The producers of the country are just as much entitled to the fruits of industry and to consideration as those who consume things produced.” ‘The train only stopped three minutes, and Mr. Bryan's speech was necessarily short. ‘Fhere was loud cheering and waving of hats when he finished, and the train pulled cut for St. Louls. Joined by Mr. Bland. A half hour later the Bryan train arrived at the Union station in this city, where several thousand persons had gathered to catch a glimpse or shake the hand of the now famous apostle of silver and the pres- {dential nominee of a great party. A most enthusiastic greeting was given the dis- tinguished gentleman as he stepped from the train, and as he and his family moved down the midway of the station to che dining room, where a hasty breakfast was to be taken, cheer after cheer was given by the great crowd, and repeated cries were made for a speech. Finally, Mr. Bryan ylelded to the wishes of the throng, and, mounting a chair, which was ready at hand, he spoke a few words. The party then went to breakfast, thence to the Missouri Pacific train, and at 9 o'clock departed for Kansas City. At Vandeventer station, in the western part of the city, Richard P. Bland boarded the train, and will accompany the party as far as Jefferson City. A “A NATIO: AL MONEY.” Propositions to Be Submitted to the Populists, SAN FRANCISCO, July E. W. War- ell, chairman of the populist central state committee of California, and J. Taylor Rogers, Mayor Sutro’s secretary, have pre- pared a platform, which it is proposed to present to the national populist convention, to be held in St. Jouls next week. The financial plank follows: “We demand a national money, issued directly by the general government only, as a full legal tender for all debts, and issued without the agency of any private corpora- tion or bank, and in circulating volume subject to law and responsive to our needs, and speedily to be increased to $0 per capita of the entire people. ai Such money shall consist of gold, ‘silver and paper, each dollar thereof endowed with the same function imparted solely from the stamp thereon, and not dependent for its money value upon the price of the material used. Each dollar shall be inter- changeable with, but not redeemable in the other, ard shall be denominated, respective- ly, gold, silver or paper money—all national debts being payable in either at the option of the government. “As the United States is a free and pow- erful nation, and the financial and indus- trial liberty of its citizens should be in- dependent of the action of any other gov- ernment, we demand the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver by the United States at their present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without reference to the course of any for- eign nation. “We demand that all national banks be abolished, ani in lieu of them the govern- ment establish a postal bank in each city, town and village of the United States, con- taining a population of 1,000 or more.”* The platform also declares for the recog- nition of Cuba and against the refunding of the Pacific railroad debts. DISCUSSING PLANS. Republican Managers Given Assur- ances by Gold Democrats. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 16—The re- publican executive committee was late in getting together this morning, but when the members did finally appear they were escorted into Mr. Hanna's private office, the door was closed and the second day's session was begun. The committee remain- ed in session through the noon hour, stop- ping only for a light lunch about 1 o'clock. They will continue until about 3 o'clock, when an adjournment will be taken, and they will immediately take the train for Canton to pay their respects to Maj. Mc- Kinley, who, had numerous delegations not demanded his time, would have come to Cleveland yesterday to meet the committee, as he telegraphed he would. The visit of the Cleveland ladies to his home, together with the delegation of old soldiers who are in Canton today, prevented him. The committee did nothing at its morn- ing session beyond discussing the plan for the cainpaign, which will be largely con- Gucted through the circulation of standard republican literature. The headquarters in New York and Chicago will not be opened vntil after the month’s vacation which Mr. Hanna will take after the close of the ex- ecutive committee sessions. The campaign, so far as the gold states are coricerned, will be easy sledding for the McKinley man- agers, as they have received assurances from democratic administration men that the administration will place no obstacle n McKinley’s course. ‘This means that the republicans will have but one class of opponents to deal with, ard that is the free silverites. The cam- peign is, therefore, bound to be fought in the western states. Nothing further has been dcne about fillmg the vacancy on the executive committee, but every one within the precincts of Hanna's office is firmly of the opinion thet a New York man will cap- ture it. This fact i made almost doubly certain since New York has been made the headquarters. @y Associated Press. 3 CLEVELAND, Ohl6, July 16—The na- tional republican executive committee this morning appointed Perry 8. Heath of Cin- cinnat! press and literary agent and ap- pointed a committee sonsist}; of Durbin of Indtana, Dawes of Iifinela, Payne of Wisconsin and Heath to select offices for the committee im Chicago and New York. This committee will be in Chicago Monday and provide headquarters for that city first. The most important decision reached. by the committee, however, was to visit Major McKinley at Canton this afternoon, to lay before him the plans that have been out- lined, and ask for hig opinion. The party will leave for Canton at.a:15 p.m. The utmost secrecy has been observed throughout the meeting of the committee. PLANS MATURING RAPIDLY. An Immense Thromg Will Welcome Bryan at Lincoln, LINCOLN, Neb., Jtly 16.—Plans for the reception tomorrow night to William J. Bryan are maturing -rapidly. It is now more fully realized that there ts destined to be an immense thrphg in Lincoln on that date, and the prospegt is bright for a demonstration of mammoth proportions. Thousands of letters ate at the post office awaiting the arrival of Mr. Bryan. There is also a rabbit's foot attached to a postal card. Within a radius of 100 miles of Wincoin tickets will be sold tomorrow with the re- turn limit Saturday. Beyond this limit tickets will be sold today and Friday, with return limit Saturday. The Burlington, Rock Island and Elkhorn roads expect to do a large business from Omaha, trains be- ing run to suit everybody almost every hour. Managers of twenty-five different bands have been heard from, all of which will take part in the demonstration. The Natfoaal Party. The Bryan enthusiasm has apparently obscured the fact that another distinguish- ed citizen of Nebraska has been similarly honored. Rey. Charles E. Bentley, the presidential nominee of the new national party, which first flung its banner to the breeze at Pittsburg,, regides with his fami- ly in a modest house af the northeast cor- ner of 2th and M steeets. When inform- ed this morning thatia report had been sent out from Ohio tefthe effect that the execullve committee of the national party had come out flatfipted against Mr. Bryan, Mr. Bentley @aid: “I hardly un- derstand the tenor of buch a report. The national party is out Matfooted against all candidates except its own, and Is cer- tainly not opposed to Mr. Bryan any more than to Mr. McKinley, In fact, the na- tional party is more fm favor of the Chi- cago platform than the 8t. Louts platform. “We are unalterably opposed to the gold standard, but. our finageial plank does not 0 to the length, breadth and scope of the democratic declaration. Mere is what the tational party says omthe money question: All money should be Igsued by the general government only, and gjthout the interven- ticn of any private c ‘corporation or banking Iinstitut#®m. it should be based upen the wealth, stablity and-tneegrity of the nation. It should, be # full legal terider, for all debts, public and private, and should be of sufticient volume £0 mest the demands of the legitimate; business interests of the country. For the purpose of honestly liqui- dating our outstanding; coin obligations we favor tbe free and uplimiteé coinage of silver at the ratio of ® to 1, without con- sulting any other ndgti@h. “Any one can readily interpret this dec- laration, because it méAns exactly what it says, and is so plaiy ttt he who runs may “After yourself whom does the national party favor for President?” “If the national party had no other dis- tinctive principle éxcept free silver we would gv over to Bryam bag and baggage,” he promptly responded, “but we have been contending for other principles for years as prohibitjonists, chief of which are prohibi- tion and woman suffrage.” Who do you think will be elected Presi- dent, Mr. Bentley," asked the reporter. “I will answer that question by simply saying that if all the anti-monopoly ele- mente—mind you, I do‘not say free silver— can be united, I do not think it will be very difficult to defeat McKinley. present, howe.er, this is rather doubtful,” answered Mr. Bentley guardedly. “Who do you think will carry Nebraska?” “That is a matter upon which I do not care to say anything,” responded the rever- end gentleman, with a twinkle In his eye, and the interview came to an end. Rev. Mr. Bentley: will participate in_the Bryan reception tomorrow evening, and on Saturday afternoon leaves for St. Louis, where he goes to confer with a number of party leaders. From §t. Louis he goes to Columbus, Ohio, to attend the national party state convenyon, which meets there next Wednesday. Rev. Mr. Bentley in- tends to take the stump during the cam- paign, and will make speeches in many Parts of this country. , Prof. Prettymnn’n Re-Election. s Jal Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, July 16.—The re-election of Prof. E. B. Prettyman of Montgomery es Frincipal of the State Normul School yes- terday has raised a smell storm of dissent among local republican politicians, and Gov. Lowndes ig being xoundly abused to- day for his alleged desertion of Dr. William H. Purnell, the repubiféan aspirant. Con- servative members of.the party, however, are glad that the charge of undue parti- sanship can be avoided in this instance. Want Bryan at Baltimore. 1 Dispatch to The Bréaing Star. BALTIMORE, Mé@., July 16.—Chairman Rvsk of the democratic, city committee hopes to induce Candidate Bryan to speak in Baltimore during eastern trip, and has sent him an invitation to appear here. The silverites will give him a rousing reception should he corhe. Political Notes. FERGUS FALLS, Mfpn., July 16.—On the seventh ballot the populists of the seventh ccngressionul convention uominated E. E. Lemmon for Congress over ex-Congress- man Been and several 6fher candidetes. The platform ingtrugts delegates to St. Lou's to seck to urify Ahe reform clements if such action did not interfere with pop- ulist principles. ‘ FONDULAC, Wis.,July 16—Senator Vilas has prepared an to democrats of Wieconsin, advising them to derounce the action ef the Chicaga.ponvention and co- orerate for another eonvention, and bas submitted it to Gen. Bragg of this city. Gen. Bragg hag prepared an address, which he will submit to the delegates-a:~ large to that convention. The general de- clares it his conviction that the preserva- tion of the democratic party organization is dependent on the calling of another na- tional convention and the nomination of candidates on a democfatic gold standard platform. ¢ SAN FRANCISCO, Juty 16.—Eugenc V. Debs has written. Igtter to a populist in this city, in whic he gays he is not a can- Gidate for the popul'sé ncmination for the presidency. 3. - Spe Drowned in*Lake Minnetonka. MINNEAPOLIS? Minn., July 16.—While bathing at Lake Minnetonka, a summer re- sort near this city, Florence Mills, aged seventeen; Birdie Mills, ag@l fourteen, daugiters of F. B. Mills, and Helen Che- ney, aged thirteen, daughter of William Cheney, all of this city, were drowned last evening. The accident was due to their Walking into a channel dredged some years @§0 to accomrhodate steamboat traffic. All the bodies have been recovered. BURNED BY GASOLINE A Young Italian Now Lies at the Point of Death. HIS SUFFERINGS INTENSELY PAINFUL Great Excitement on D Street Be- tween 9th and 10th. BUILDING NOT MUCH HARMED —_.+—___ As a result of the careless use of gaso- line about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, Jo- seph Mantegari, a young man twenty-five years of age, is now at Emergency Ho: pital suffering intense ageny, and with @eath, in the opinion of medical experts, but a few hours distant. Young Mantegari is a son of G. Mante- gari, the proprietor of u restaurant at 911 D street. The young man is well known down town, being familiar to the passers- by on Pennsylvania avenue, he, in con- Junction with his sister, having conducted the small fruit stand on the 11th street side of The Star bufldings. This afternoon Mantegari filled a small bucket with gaso- line, and, securing a paint brush, began to apply the fluid to the woodwork of a porch at the rear of his father's establish- ment. Opening beneath this porch is a doorway from the first story of the buil/ ing, and directly inside a cooking range is located. In patating about the doorway the young man approached too near the step and stumbled. This caused the bucket contain- ing the gasoline to partly upset and a quantity of the fluid fell directly upon the tove. In an instant Mantegari’s clothing had taken fire, and he was soon a mass of flames. He rushed into the yard, but not before thc woodwork about the porch was in a@ blaze. The father of the young man at that moment glanced into the yard, and noting the condition of affairs rushed to- ward the fire alarm box at ‘ith and D Streets and summoned the engines. Seeing that something was wrong, Mr. Warren Reed, who is connected with a cigar store in the neighborhood, rushed to the yard and made a strong endeavor to extinguish the flames. He succeeded in tearing away the clothing about the upper portion of Mantegar!'s body, and lowered him to the ground. A large crowd soon gathered and it was not long before the engines and the reserve force of the first police precinct were on hand. The sufferer was wrapped in a blan- ket, placed in a patrol wagon and hastily driven to the Emergency Hospital. There the entire house staff set to work, first to relieve the Intenze pain and next to apply stimulants. The entire upper portion of Mantegari’s body was shockingly burned and he presented a horrible appearance. All the skin was gone and the flesh was raw. ‘The legs were also burned, but not s0 badly @s the upper portion of the body. There 40 be po Goubt thet the young man ihaled the flames. white on the operating table he con- stantly emitted “groans ‘of anguish. As stated, his recovery would be nothing short of a miracle, and it 1s not thought that he ean live longer than a few hours. The fire about the porch was quickly ex- tinguished. The damage to the property is very slight, the fire -department having practically nothing to do. Mr. Reed was slightly burned about the hands in aiding Mantegari. ———— RAILROAD TAXES. An Effort to Be Made to Collect Those in Arrears, Another effort is about to be made by the District Commissioners to collect from the various railroads in the city the back taxes due. These taxes were for cars, the Tate being $6 for two-horse cars, and $3 for one-horse cars. Few of these taxes were ever paid, and the aggregate foots up a good many thousand dollars. Every year it has been the practice of the assessor to call attention to this mat- ter, but nothing has ever been dome, ex- cept to make a formal claim upon the sev- eral companies for the tax. f, Some time ago Assessor Trimble in a let- ter to the Commissioners called attention to this matter, and urged that some steps be taken to collect the tax. His recom- mendation slumbered all through the ses- sion of Congress. But at the beginning of the present week Major Powell brought it to life, and In a recommendation to the board of Commissioners urged that an- other effort be made to collect the taxes, and if not successful, to bring the mat- ter to the attention of Congress, with a view of obtaining legislation to compel the railroads to pay up. pa Se NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN PARKER His Scleetion Regarded as an Ex- cellent Thing for Local Republicans. | The announcement of the ele-tion of ex- | District Commissioner Myron M. i?arker to fill the vacancy in the naziona! republi- can committee from the District of Colum- bia occasioned little or no surprise among well-informed republicans here, who were aware that he had the support of many of the most influential men in the party. One well-known republican voiced the senti- ments of a great many others when he sald that Mp. Parker's selection wo ild assure to local republicans a larger influence in the affairs of the party at large and their bet- ter recognition from the national leaders. Mr. Parker is at present in Massa -hu- setts, but will return to Washingion about the 22d instant. —_— COAST DEFENSES. Secretary Lamont to Announce the Allotments Very Soon. Secretary Lamont, who has been busily engaged since the adjournment of Con- gress in arranging for the better protec- tion of our exposed and insufficiently de- fended coast line, in accordance with the Provisions of the fortifications appropria- tion bill, returned to the city this after- noon from a visit of inspection of the mili- tary defenses of New York harbor. It Is expected that he will issue a statement in a day or two ==nouncing the allotments of the appropriations for fortification works for the current fiscal year. The work will %e performed on the general lines laid down by the Endicott board as modified by Secretary Lament, with the assistance of Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, and Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance, to meet existing conditions. Under this project the bulk of the Sattre appropriation will be devoted to strengthening the defenses of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Washington city, the important ports en the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts and San Francisco and the princi- pal ports on the Pacific coast. Gen. Craig- hill has been in almost daily consultation with Secretary Lamont on this subject since the legislation was enacted. When not convenient to meet in this city the two officials have met by agreement in New York city. They visited Fort Han- cock on Sandy Hook Tuesday last. _—$—<$+-2-<—____ Peary Sails Today. ‘The Secretary of the Navy today received a telegram from Civil Engineeer R. E. Peary, at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, say- ing that he will sail from Sydney at noon today in the steamer Hope, and that he expects to return the last of September. VANDERBILT'S CASE CRITICAL Failed to Obtain Needed Rest Zast Night. Mr. Webb Says That a Slight Change for the Better Has Been Noticed Today. NEW YORK, July 16.—Drs. Janeway, Delafield, McLane and Draper, who were in almost constant attendance last night at the bedside of Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr., is. sued the following bulletin at 3:40 this merning: “Mr. Vanderbilt passed a rest- less night. His condition this morning is less favorable than it had been yester- day. Among the callers at the Vanderbilt man- sion this morning was ex-Secretary Wm. C. Whitney. When he left the house he said that he had not seen the patient. He said that the rumbling nolse caused by ve- hicles passing through 5th avenue and 37th street had greatly disturbed the patient during the early morning hours. During a sterm in the night the tan bark which had been placed in the roadway around the house was washed away. The doctors are still in attendance, and the servants in the house have been cau- toned not to make the slightest noise. Mr. Vanderbilt's condition is said to be critical. Dr. Janeway and W. D. Sloan left the Vanderbilt residence at 11:40 o'clock. Dr. Janeway says that Mr. Vanderbilt's condi- tion was unchanged from what it had been this morning. A consultation of all the physiclans will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when an oificial bulletin will be issued. An official at the Grand Cen- tral station is authority for the state- ment that Mr. Vanderbilt's condition is very serious, but that the crisis has not yet been reached. Word was received from Chauncey M. Depew this morning that he would leave for New York on Saturday's steamer. At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Van- derbilt's condiiton was said to be extreme- ly critical. H. Walter Webb ‘left the house at 2:20 ck. He had been there for some time. ‘Whatever change there may have been in Mr. Vanderbilt's condition since mora- ing,”” he said, as been for the better.” The attending physicians are now in con- sultation. — PERSECUTION ALLEGED. Railway Mail jerks Make Charges Aga it a Superior. SAN FANCISCO, July 16.—John F. Lewis, who was dismissed from the railway mail service June 1, has fled sensational charges against Superintendent Samuel Flint, with the Postmaster General at Washington. Lewis asserts that he was discharged be- cause he testified against Flint a year ago, when Clerk Colver of Los Angeles preferred charges of drunkenness and favoritism against his chief. He charges also that A. ©. Mahone, E. C. Murray, J. E. Mandeville of Sacramento and E. B. Spear, all clerks been dismissed within the past femtsmgecatea, were dismissed for the same *SThe general charg-« which Lewis has pre- ferred against su,..‘=tendent Flint allege drunkenress, the use of vulgar language, direct and intentional violation of depari- ment orders in allowing money lenders to transact business through the main office of the eighth division, lack of discipline, favoritism, political and religious discrimi- ration and gambling. Similar charges were filed against Super- intendent Flint about a year ago. They re- sulted in an investigation by post office In- spectors, who practically exonerated Flint, and the dismissals of the men were based on the official report.. The only new charge now is that of religious discrimination, and the Post Office Department officials are not inclined to regard the present charges very seriously. HANGED FOR CHILD MURDER. A Crael Mother Suffers the Penalty of Her Crime. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 16.—A special to the Courler Journal from Pikeville, Ky., says: News reached here yesterday from Coe- burn, Va., to the effect that Mary Snod- grass was hanged at that place last Fri- Gay for the murder of her child. The Snod- grass woman was a disreputable character, and was compelled to leave this place on that account. She went to Coeburn, where her child was cared for by negroes until it was about a month old, when it was turn- ed over to its mother. She Gid not want it, and tried to get rid of the child in va- rious ways. The county judge told her that she would have to provide for it, and she took it to her home. One night about midnight some people living close by heard the little one secream- ing. Black smoke was seen issuing from the chimney, and the door was burst in to ascertain the trouble. The child had been placed in the fire and the mother was hold- ing it in place !n the flames with a long iron poker. It was burned almost to ashes. The inhuman mother was arrested and placed in jail. The infuriated people want- ed to lynch her, but the promise of speedy justice caused them to allow the law to take its course. She was tried and con- victed of murder in the first degree. — > CHICAGO'S NEW TOWER. It Will Be 1,150 Feet High and 300 Feet Square at the Base. CHICAGO, July 16.—Chicago expects to have a tower which will be the highest structure of its Kind ever constructed. It is to be called the city tower, and will be ) fect high, and 300 feet square at the base. The tower company is an incorporated one, capitalized at $800,000, having for its president D. R. Proctor, and will rear this lofty steel skeleton on the old base bail property, owned by New York people, for which « lease for a term of years has been secured. This enterprize is based on business lines, and the projectors of the scheme intend to cquip the tower with a theatcr, restaurants, searchlights and tele- scopes, while such entertainments as air- ship flights, balloon ascensions, parachute drops and high tight rope performances, as well as electrical and pyrotechnical dis- plays, will be given. Chicago's tower, its promoters say, will surpass the famous Eiffel tower in Paris, in point of design, magnitude and appoint- ment, and will contain fourteen elevators as against six in the Eiffel. ———_ THE LOGAN DISASTER. Conductor and Engineer of the Ex- eursion Train to Blame. OMAHA, Neb., July 16.—A special to the bee from Logan, Iowa, says: The coroner's jury which has been inves- tigaiing the wreck in which twenty-seven lives were lost here Saturday night last night returned a verdict holding Engineer Montgomery and Conductor Reed of the ex- cursion train guilty of criminal negligence. Warrants were issued, and they will be brought here tomorrow. They are in jail at Boone. es Tragedy at Toledo. TOLEDO, Ohio, July 16.—James A. Much- ler, a bricklayer, in a fit of jealousy, fatal- ly shot his wife last evening. He tried to eccape, but was captured by the police. Five shots were fired, four of which took effect. His wife had left him on account of cruelty, and on her refusal to again live with him he fired the fatal shots. W. E. RUSSELL DEAD > Sudden End of the Boy Governor of Massachusetts. HEART DISEASE I8 GIVEN AS THE CAUSE aa eee Appeared Last Night as Well as Ever. — = IN A CANADIAN CAMP ~— Qu EC, July 16.—Ex-Goy. William E. Russell of Massachusetts was found desd this morning in his fishing camp, at Ade- laide, near Grand Pabos, Quebec. He passed through Montreal in the bes: of health, end was then on his way to the salmon grounds in Gaspe. The particulars of his death are very meager. Grand Pabos, the nearest ph sta- tion from Adelaide, has only 20) Inhabit- ants, and there are few facilities for get- ting explicit information. It appears Usat this morning the guides went to the Rus sell camp, and when they tried to wake him up it was found that he was dead. It is supposed that he died of heart disease. He died at the camp of B, F. Dutton, He was as well as ever when he retired laet night. Col. H. E. Russell and Col. Francis Peabcdy, jr., left for Massachusetts with the body. William Eustis Russell was born ai Cam- bridge, Mass., in 1857, and was educated in the public hools and Harv Col- lege, where he graduated in 18% He studied law with his father and at the Boston University Law School. He was a brilliant student, winning the Lawrence prize for the best essay on “Foreign Judg- ments, Their Extra Territorial Force and Effects,” and at graduation receiving the first degree “summa cum laude" ever given by the university. He was admitted to the ber in 1880, and at once entered on the practice of the law. In 1855 he was elected mayor of Cam- bridge, having already served as alderman and counctimai In 1888 he was nominated for governor, to be defeated by Gov. Ames. Yet Mr. Russell ran ahead of Cleveland by over 1,000 votes. His campaign was fought cut most brilliantly, the young candid. for governor taking the stump and visiting every part of the state and speaking in every hamlet and cross-roads. In 1889 he was again nominated, bat was defeated by Gov. Brackett. In 18% he tried again, and was success- ful. His administration was high-toned, but amounted to little in the way of prac- tical reform, owing to a hostile legislature and council. He was a candidate for re- election, ex-Congressman Charles H. Al- len of Lowell running against him. Rus- sell was again elected. While governor be attended the = inauguration of President Cleveland with hi aff. Since retiring from office Mr. Russell has devoted himself assiduously to his lucrative law practice, giving. however, much of bis time to political work. He was a delegate-at-large to the Chicago con- vention, where he labored hard to get the tajority to abandon their convictions and cond declare for the single gold standard. He was voted for in the balloung for candi- dates, never receiving, however, more than a handful of complimentary yotes. Se, BOTH WERE DISAPPOINTED. The Hangma’ a the Murderer Wanted the Execution. JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 16—There were two disappointed men in the Hudson ccunty jail in this city today. Paul Genz, the murderer, who ir being happy because his exegution, which Was to have taken place today, has been pestponed, was very surly and cursed be- cause he was not to be hanged, and the other was Hangman Van Hise of Newark, who was to have officiated at the execu- tion of Genz and John Mackin. Genz killed his sweetheart, Clara Arnim, in Hoboken two years ago, while Mackin, who is twenty-three years of age, killed his wife, Lizzie, and her mother, Mrs. Hridget Ccrnors, and attempted to kill his father- in-law, Maurice Connors, and — himself. Their hangings were both set down for tcday. Hangman Van Hise yesterday afternoon put up the gallows in the jail yard, and everything was in readiness for the execution. The counsel of the con- Gemned men went to Trenton last evening, applied to the court of errors and apy for writs of errors and they were ¢ The lawyers, Stuhr and Dennin, then hu riedly returned to Jersey City, where the Writs were served on Judge Lippincott, Sheriff John J. Toffey and Clerk Fisher, fcrbidding them to hang the men pending a_review of their cases before the court of errors. Mackin, wnen he beard that he had a new lease of life, fainted, while Genz, who a few days ago tried to kill one of Fis death watch, became very surly and cursed every one in a@d about the jail, saying he wanted to be hanged so thai he eculd jon his “Edelweiss,” his name for Miss Arnim. —_— BRIDGE WAS TOO Low. Musicians Scraped Off Buffalo Bill's Band Wagon at Massillon. TOLEDO, Ohio, July 16.—Buffalo Bill's band wagon was driven under the Fort Wayne railroad bridge at Massillon at 11 o'clock and all the occupants scraped off. Four musicians were fright injured and two will probably die. The injured are David Keene, driver, leg broken; Philip Reichie, crushed and bruised; John Moccia, back crushed; Alfred Vitelli, collar bone broken, bruises; Guiseppe Laure, chest crushed, will die; Flocco Domenica, injured over heart, may dig, The wagon was drawn by eight horses, and got beyond control of the driver. Mr. Cody is doing all possible for his men. Ee CRUCIFIED THE MESSENGER. How the Khalifa Will Prevent Bad News Being Brought to Hi LONDON, July 16.—A dispatch received here tcday from Wedy Ha!fa reports that the messenger who carried the news to the Kahalifa at Omdurman that his army had been defeated at Firket was immediately put to death by crucifixion. Tne khalifa announced that the same fate as that which befell the messenger would be im. pcsed upon any one who mentioned Firkal in his hearing.