Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. “PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 vania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Ne Company, > 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Hew York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Fvening Star ig served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents F reek, or +4 cents per month. | Coples at the Foonter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the aited States or Cauada—postage prepald—S0 cents F onth. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, r. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application Che ven ng Star. No. 13,542. WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896—TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. The Star will be mailed to any address fx the United States or Canada if ordered at this office in person or by letter or posta! cord. Persons leaving the city for any period should remember this. Terms: 1 ccnts per week: 25 cents for two weeks, 0! 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance Subscribers changing their address fron one Post-office to another should give th last address as well as the new one, SILVER AND LABOR Free Coinage Not Making Inroads Among Eastern Workingmen. VICE CHAIRMAN APSLEY’S VIEWS Predictions That Nebraska Will Be Safely Republican. ENCOURAGEMENT IN ELLINOIS —_+__—_. Vice Chairman Apsley of the republican congressional committee, has returned from a brief visit to his home in Massachusetts, and was at his desk today. He spent only one day at his home, but in that time talk- €d to many politicians and received reports from various sections of New England. “All of this talk of free silver making in- roads in the laboring classes of New Eng- land is nonsense,” said Mr. Apsley to a Star reporter today. ‘The voters were m: led in the campaign of four years ago by the democratic doctrine advanced at that time, and they are anxious now to return “to the prosperity which reigned prior to the advent of the democratic administration with its poverty-producing doctrines. “Instead of hearing expressions of al- legiance to free silver ideas arwong the peo- ple of my section,” said Mr. Apsley, “I heard, on the contrary, many assertions of intention to vote against the Bryan end Sewall ticket and platform. A number of men came to me personally and expressed themselves as unalterably opposed to the ticket.” Effect on Workingmen. Tke committee is circulating in great quentities Mr. McCleary’s speech against silver, in which he deals with the relation of free silver to the interests of the labor- ing men as follows: “Any man who will examine daily quo- tations of prices as reported in the news- papers will soon discover that they change from day to day, and sometimes change very greatly in the course of a month. But every man-who earns wages is fa- miliar with the fact that they change slowly, an increase of 10 per cent in a year being quite a gain. Prices change quickly; wages change slowly. “Now let us grant what the advocates of free silver claim—that going to the silver basis would “double the prices of cormoditie Does any workingman be- Heve that wages would be doubled too? Even if they should be, how much would the wage earner profit by the change? No Intelligent workingman believes for a min- ute that his wages would be increased by more thar a small per cent—that is, while his wages might be nominally increased somewhat, the prices of the things he has to buy would be increased very much r-ore. So the real purchasing power of a day's work would be greatly diminished. All experience shows that any debasement in the money system of a country raises prices faster and farther than it does wages. This might Influence some em- loyers to consider the. propriety of de- Basing our curreney, but it is precisely the reason why workingmen shuld oppose it. “So far as workingmen are concerned the whole silver question is to be suinmed up in one query, Do you want your wages eut down? If 50, vote for the free coinage of silver. Republican Prediction as to Nebraska Mr. W. F. Gurley, a former Washington- jan, but now a prominent attorney of Omaha, Neb., and an active worker in re- publican politics in that state, is in the efty, and was at congressional headquar- ters today in consultation with Secretary Mercer of Nebraska. “The republicans will carry the state at the next election,” said Mr. Gurley to a Star reporter this morning. “We are pre- paring for an effective campaign. There !s a great deal of hard work before us, to be sure, but I think that with a good organ- ization and a vigorous campaign we will be able to overcome the efforts of the free silver people. The free silver doctrine is an insidious one. It appeals to the preju- dices and the misfortunes of men. You will haa a free silver man clinch his ar- gument with the expression, ‘Well, things could not be much worse than they are so we will try this free silver busi- It is our duty to show them that ‘annot undertake the risk of such an expertment, and that things could be a good deal worse than they are now, and will be if they try free silver on this gov- ernment. Encouraging Reports From Mlinots. Representative George W. Smith of Ili- nois was at congressional headquarters to- @ay, and brought some very encouraging reports from a section of the country from which good news Is exceedingly welcome. Mr. Smith represents a district in the lower portion of the state where free sil- ver sentiment has prevailed to some ex- tent. He said the republicans are rallying to the defense of the national ticket, and are going to vote the ticket as they did In the last’ congressional campaign. Mr. Smith admits that a question was raise] in the minds of the republicans at first by the fear that the declaration of the St. Louis ecnvention upon the financial tssue was a departure from republican principles, but that they are convinced after looking into the matter that such is not the case. One of the forms of campaign documents offered to the republican committee is a little “sticker” poster about one Inch wide by three inches long. gummed on the back, to be easily affixed to any object. It reads as follows: “The republican party stands for honest money and the chance to earn it by honest toil. WILLIAM McKINLEY. It is the idea of the originator of this poster to have millions of copies posted in conspicuous place in every voting precinct in the land, to attract the attention of the passer-by. War on the Popalists. The republican congressional committee, it is understood. will wage relentless war upon the populists In this campaign, as it did In the last one. In the last congres- sional campaign the republican cry was, “Wherever you see a populist head, crack ' There was no temporizing with this Ss. think that is good policy,” said a repub- Congressman, who was visiting con- io headquarters today. “We can't expect to win over any of those fellows, and the only thing to do fs to expose their hum- bugs, show their fallacies, and hold up their wild and untenable doctrines to the scorn of every Intelligent man. I have several thousand populist voters in my district, and I go at them hammer and tongs on this line, as a rule. You have no idea how sensitive these people are. If, in the course of a speech. I do not refer to them, and pass them by with silent contempt, it makes them furious. As a rule these populists are plain, honest people, who are sincere in @ great many of their ideas. As for their leaders, I have ho respect for them at all, but the rank and file of the party really believe in their party, its policy and alms.” Campaign Hand Book. The republican campaign hand book wiil be out in a few weeks. The finishing touches are now being put upon it, and the last of the material will go to the printer this week. It will be a voluminous document, replete with valuable information for campaign workers, and will deal with the financial question and the tariff in a comprehensive manner. Capt. Thos. H. McKee, who has Deen assisting in the preparation of the book, will leave in a day or two for Chi- cago, where he will be attached to the cam- paign headquarters in that city. SILVER BETTER ORGANIZED Sound Money Men Realize That Their Oppo- ; nents Have an Advantage. Work Mast Be Done in Three Which Silver Men Have Been Doing for Twelve Months. A feature of the situation. which the scund money men do not undervalue is the fact that in the matter of organization the silver men have greatly the start. The sil- verites, indeed, are already thoroughly or- ganized. They have been at work for a full year—the regular democratic commit- tee and the free lances of the Bimetallic League holding harmonious relations with each other—and feel that they have now orly to bring their people to a proper ap- preciation of the silver candidates nominat- ed. The issue has been presented in the way of pamphlets and lectures, and but little, the silver men believe, needs to be added in that line. Their attention, there- fore, will be devoted principally to watch- {rg over their flocks and preventing stam- pecing. indulging in Different Calculations. During the greater part of the time the silver men were so employed the sound money men—republicans principally, of course—were indulging in altogether differ- ent calculations. They were looking for a campaign cn the tariff issue, and felicitat- ing themselves on the prospects of an easy triumph. It looked like a walkover to them, and when the results of the pri- mzries showed that Mr. McKinley would win at St. Louis he was hailed by his friends as the next President. It was net until Senator Blackburn swept Kentucky for silver, leaving Mr. Carlisle and the administration with not a leg to stand on, that the republicans awoke to a realization of what was befcre them. The Kentucky winning, emphasizing others that had pre- ceded it, and forecasting others to follow, plainly ‘showed that silver would win at Chicago, and that the issue would have to be met.’ But it was not until a later period than that evea that the republican man- agers were willing to concede silver the first place in the campaign, and began mak- ing their arrangements accordingly. With the silver issue uppermost, therefore, the democratic-populistic combination has its work of organization very nearly com- pleted. A Grent Surprise. There are many surprises in politics, but it is conceded that the present ranks high in the whole list of surprises. Gen. War- ner of the Bimetallic League, and Senators Harris and Jones of the democratic free coinage committee, were regarded us dreamers all last fall, winter and spring. The republicans were unable to understand why they were throwing away so much time, and joked them about it. They were likened to men trying to sweep the sea back with brooms. They were urged to study the November returns, and see plain- ly recorded there that tariff would be the issue this year. The joke is now on the re- publicans. They are studying very closely the organizing methods of the “dreamers,” and concede that their work has been ex- ceedingly well dore. In fact, they find themselves limited to three months in work to which their opponents have already de- Voted twelve. A House-to-House Canvans. In the doubtful middle states, the repub- licans, in addition to circulating great quantities of informing literature, and hold- ing a great many meetings, will condust a house-to-house canvass. The voters are to be reasoned with at home in a_neighborly way. This method of campaigning was used in Indiana in 1880, when Franklin Sanders, a greenbacker, was defeated for governor by Albert G. Porter in October, and Garfield carried the state over Han- cock in November. It has since been used in other states with effect, and it will be employed this fall pretty ‘generally in all the territory of a doubtful description. ————_+o.___ DEMOCRATIC PLANS. Principal Headquarters Here—Chal- lenge for a Joint Debate. It is regarded as almost certain that the democra%: national committee will select Washington for their principal headquar- ters, and will have a branch in the west. Senator Dubois of Idaho, it is expected, will be a member of the national executive com- mittee, and will have charge of the western end of the campaign. He is one of the most skillful politicians in the country, and has great Influence among the western silver men. It is not the intention of the demo- cratic managers to recognize any issue ex- cept the money question in the campaign. They intend to keep that steadily to the front. They will put an tmmense force of speakers in the field, and all the bolting republican Senators ‘and Representatives intend to take the stump. A challengg will be issued for a joint debate on the financial question, according to the following sched- ule: Teller against Sherman, Towne against Reed, Bryan against McKinley. It is sald that Senator Lindsay of Ken- tucky has given assurances that he will support the democratic ticket, notwith- standing his gold views. ee ee THE VENEZUEL‘ BOUNDARY. Copies of the Britixh Blue Book Re- ceived Here. Copies cf the supplementary blue book tonching the “question of the beundary be- tween British Guiana and Venezuela,” {s- sved by the British government and lald before parliament on the 21st instant, have jvst reached Washington, and have been supplicd to the Venezuelan boundary com- "mission. The volume ts formidable in size, ard embraces new maps, showing consid- erable extensions of the territory claimed to have been occupied by the early Dutch settlers in the disputed tracts. The preliminary statement divides the subject into five heads, namely: First, set- tlements; second, postholders and the juri: diction exercised by them; third, trad. fourth, relations of the Indian tribes; fifth, boundarics. The purpose of the ‘entire werk fs to show specifically that prior to is the Dutch exercised control over the territory clear weetward to the Orinoco. pies THE GOLD RESERVE. is Now $111,000,000—An linois Bank’s Offer. The actual gold reserve on hand today is $105,500,000, and the amount pledged 1s $5,500,000 more, making the reserve really $11,000,000. A bank in Vandalfa, Ill, has offered to exchange gold coin for legal ten- ders, being the only offer of the kind out- side of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. ——_—_-e-_______ CONFERRING ON THE CAMPAIGN. Committeeman Parker to Meet Chairé man Hanna in New York. Mr. Myron M. Parker, District member of the national republican committee, re- turned from a visit to ex-Senator Camden in West Virginia last night, and will leave tonight for New York to confer there with Chairman Hanna and other members of the committee over the work of the cam- paign. Mr. Parker regards the outlook for the election of McKinley and Hobart as wing more and more encouraging every y, and is supremely contident that such will be the result in November, HOUSE WASHED AWAY Fifteen in One Building Drowned During the Storm. et ey PITISBURG SAVED FROM A CYCLONE All the Necessary Conditions Pres- ent, But the Hills Saved It. EXTENT OF THE 2 — DAMAGE PITTSBURG,July 28.—During last night's storm a boardfhg house near Cecil, Wash- ington county, was washed away, and the occupants, fifteen coal miners, were drown- ed. The boarding house which they occupied was blown down and swept away, and of the sixteen miners :n it fifteen are believed to have been drowned. The bodies of five have been recovered. One of the men was rescued. They are all foreigners, mostly Italians, and were employed in the mines of Col. W. P. Rend and the Ridgway-Bishop Coal Company. ‘The boarding house was a little mining settlement called Cecil, on the line of the eight-mile branch of the Pan-Handle road, which leaves the Chartiers division at Bridgeville. The branch runs over to Mc- Donald, and Cecil is located midway be- tween the two points. The fatality occurred at 4 a.m., when the small stream, Painter's run, which emptics into Chartiers creek, was suddenly swollen into a raging torrent by a cloudburst. The streem had been very high on account of the rain, but little damage had been done before- the rush of water which carried away the tenement house. The particulars of the fatality which have been received in this city are very meager, owirg to the remoteness of the locality and to the fact that the wires are down. Five of the bodies of the unfortunates were recovered during the morning at various poirts about a nifle away from where the house stood. The other ten are believed to have perished. One of the six- teen was rescued while clinging to a tree. Another of the occupants of the house was discovered clinging to the boughs of a tree three miles down the stream. He was un- ccrscious and died a few moments later. Damage to Mining Property. A great deal of mining and ofl property was damaged in the district along the run. The water rose some places to a depth of eighteen feet. The loss in the district will amount to thousands of jollars. As all the miners in the house which was swept away were foreigners and mostly Italians, it was impossible to learn their names. Many narrow escapes are reported from the valley through which Painter’s run ccurses, and it is not unlikely that some others may have perished, although there is no further rumored loss of life. Several houses in the valley were swept away, but the occupants, so far as learned, all managed to seek places of safety before their homes were carried down the stream. Seme of the occupants were rescued in skiffs. The rigging In many oil wells was swept away, and the men working about them were compelled to flee for their lives as the torrent bore down the valley on its course of death ard destruction. The high water caused the boiler to ex- picde in the No. 4 mine of Col. W. P. Rend, the Chicago operator. The boiler house wes destroyed and considerable damage wrought, but no one was hurt. The full extent of the damage wrought was not known till daylight, when rack and ruin was apparent on all sides, Steeples were blown from churches and adjoining buildings crushed, houses were unroofed, trees broken off and in some cases torn up by the roots, while the havoc caused by the heavy rainfall of last week was re- peated. ‘The list of killed and Injured as far as reported is as follows: Dead—Jacob Affelter, aged thirty-five, 17 Forward avenue, instantly killed on Green- field avenue by a falling fence. John Figus, aged twenty-two, skull crush- ed by falling tree at Sugar Camp Grove. Injured—Abner Hayes, freight receiver P., Ft. W. and C. Co., struck by lightning, may recover. Avgust Sendtz, Robinson road, Allegheny, with family of six, shocked by lightning, all in_a eritical condition. A. M. Bennett and two children, 25 St. Clair street, struck by lightning, condition critical. George Miller, 226 Main street, Allegheny, fatally injured. ‘Thomas O'Conner, Jacob Metz, Charles Kesaick, Harry Haddel, all seriously in- jured by falling trees, at Sugar Grove. Henderson Ritchie, aged fifty-five, struck by lightning at McKee’s Rocks, will not re- cover. Sidney Gebhart, South Side, lightning, will recover. William Parenitt, postal _ messenger, struck by lightning, injuries slight. James Brady, janitor of the Ralston pub- lic school, struck by a flying bough. Police Officer W. P. Smith, struck in the back by a flying signboard. Motorman Shaw of the Bloomfield line, shocked by lightning. Six girls in Armstrong’s cork factory, cut by flying glass. “Uncle Bob,’ ed_by lightning. E. McGovern, a baker, and an unknown boy, slightly hurt by falling awning. —— Myles, six-year-old daughter of Geo. Myles, 20 Mulberry alley, struck in the head with a brick. Mrs. Thompson of Carbon alley, struck by falling chimney. Unknown stable boy, blown against a cart at 22d street and Pennsylvania avenue and broke two ribs. Three Records Broken. ‘Three metecrological records were broken yesterday. It was, in the first place, the hottest day of the year. The thermometer at 4 o'clock was 93 degrees, the maximum point. The rainfall for six minutes beats all records in the local weather bureau, which extend back twenty-eight years. From 4:30 to 4:36 over a third of an inch of rain fell Into the gauge on the roof of the gov- ernment building. The other record breaker was that a veritable cold wave passed over the city during the storm. The registering ther- mometer in the weather bureau showed that in forty-five minutes the temperature fell from 90 degrees to 71, and then went back to 84. Had it not been that the slight- est change is registered in ink, this phe- nomencn would not have been noticed. The sudden change caused to a great extent a terrible electric display, that continued without intermission until midnight. Up to 9 o'clock this morning the rainfall was 1.42 inches, and, as the ground is thor- oughly soaked, all of it will reach the rivers, and the flood of Saturday will probably be repeated. Heralded by Dark Clo ‘The approach of the storm was heralded by black clouds that turned daylight into struck by a well-known negro, shock- darkness. The constant roll of terrifying thunder and ineessant flashes of vivid lightning gave warning to pedestrians to seek places of safety. The wind rose to a gale as the rain began to fall, and then the hurricance came on with a roar, driving the rain in solid sheets before it. In an instant the streets in many parts of the city were filled with flying branches of trees, roofs were lifted from houses and sent whirling over chimney tops, knocking them down like ten pins, signs and fences and trees fell, crushing out the lives of two men and injuring others. For a little over a minute the hurricane blew at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and then decreased to twenty-four miles for five minutes, and ceased. The thunder and lightning, however, kept up a terrifying dis- play, while the rain continued to pour down for an hour. Im the Country, After an hour of low murmuring thunder and sheet lightning the storm broke out again, but the force of it seemed to be in the country districts back of the south si: hills and reports coming in at a late hour contained the information that much dam- age had been done by lightning and an ex- ceptionally heavy downpour of rain. This storm crossed Sliver lake, and the dam, un- able to stand the strain of the flood behind it, gave way, turning Finley’s Hollow into a raging torrent and #welling Negley’s run into a river until it emptied into the Alle- gheny near the Brilliant pumping station. At Braddock hail added to the damage, and when the hurricane reached Turtle creek it assumed the @wful proportions of a cyclone, doing untgid damage. In the oil fields derricks were blown down, par- ticularly in O'Hara township. Sewickle; Coraopolis, Bellevue @nd McKee's Rocks suffered severely. In Millvale and Sharps- burg hail caused havoc and glaziers will be busy for several days. Saved by the Hills. Col. Frank Ridgway, the local official, was at his desk when the first storm cloud darkened the sky. He said last night that he had never seen a more perfect cyclone formation in the clouds and that the clty was not visited with a cyclone worse than that which caused the St. Louis horror is due to the intervening hills. ‘The circular movement of the wind was broken in the lower strata, or else there would have been a path plowed thrcugh the two cities several blocks wide. In the evening another storm swept over the city, during which torrents of rain fell, while the wind blew a gale, but no serious damage resulted. From 8 otiock until mid- night .75 inch of rain fell, making a total of 1.42 inches. The storm ted in long-con- tinued rumbling, that rolled through the heavens with the nolse of distant cannon- ading, the lightning, méanwhile, illuminat- ing the sky with incessant flashes of bluish, glaring light. It was not until midnight hour that the storm ce#ed. Damage to Property. The damage to property was gencral and various. The wind mroefed dozens ef houses, while others wete damaged by the water washing their foundations away. Sul others were struck by Hghining. The traction lines, as usual, were compelled to suspend operations. Gteat heaps of dirt gnd debris from the previous floods, piled rear the tracks, were washed down again, and the only lines whféh escaped serious delays were those cn the south side. In the Penn avenue mifjdistrict two large smoke and draft stavks were blown down, buildings were whroofed, trees were uprooted, and searcely & house inthe dis- trict passed thro’ the storm iritact. But- lerest got a repetition of the storm of July 15, and persons who spffered property loss on that occasion had the same experience yesterday. The east end got its first hard touches of the year. Trees and telegraph poles went down under the wind. Fences and outbuildings were destroyed, and large bulldings suffered the loss of roofs and win- dows. Brushton and Wilkinsburg suffercd to a considerable extent, but not so badly as the districts nearer the rivers. ‘The 2d avenue, 5th avenue and Hill dis- tricts got the full fury of the storm, and the damage is general and widespread. Windows, trees and small structures were destroyed. Many houses were unroofed, and it is remarkable that there were not more persons seriously injured. ; Wiren Dinabled. The telegraph and telephone systems of the two cities were badly damaged. All the police and fire alarm wires were wrecked to a greater or less extent, but by dint of hard work during the night they have been put in fair shape again. The C. D. and P. Telegraph Company suffered greatly. Al- most half the telephone lines in Allegheny county were out of order last night, and strenuous efforts are being made to repair the damage. At 9 o'clock a.m. it was estimated that 700 lines were still out of order. The West- ern Union and the Postal Telegraph com- panies suffered much damage, but by hard work enough lines were kept open to handle pressing busines: The clectric light and street railway wires were badly disordered by the wind, and were crossed and recrossed with other lines until inemen got them straightened out. All the railroads suffered heavily from landslides, but the through lines are all 6pen, and trains are running with very little delay. The Chartiers railroad is blocked at Cannonsburg by the washirlg away of a bridge, and the Pittsburg, Vir- ginia and Charleston road 1s impassable beyond Monongahela City. The southwest branch of the Pennsylvania railroad 1s also tied up by washouts and slides, but the offi- cials hope to have trains running within a few hours. Another Drowned. Wm. Rose, a Swedish gardener, aged fif- ty years, was drowned near Boston, Pa., at.5 o'clock this morning while attempting to ford Long run. His body was recovered in the Ohio river three hours later at Ava- lon, twenty-eight miles from Boston. This mekes elghteen deaths so far reported. A Chicago dispatch says: Col. W. P. Rend was confident today that the loss of life by the flood near Cecil, Pa., was not among his employes. He, has no Italians working for him, and does not recognize any of the rames of others mentioned as ever heving been on ‘hrs pay rolls. He thinks the victims were probably, employed by the Pittsburg and Gteveland Coal Com- pany or the Ridgway4Bishop Coal Com- pany. Seven Bodies RecOvered. Later.—A dispatch from Cééil, Pa., at noon says seven bodies have beet recovered and eight are still missing. The unfortunates weft not all foreigners, as at first reported, Afkong the bodies that have been recovered wére those of Higgins Wilkinson, Mrs. McKéaney, the k r the boarding house; os ee Gee McKenney, a son; Jennie Holmes, a domestic, and an un- known ofl man. The waiter rese twenty feet in a few minutes. —»= = THE COLORAD@ DISASTER. forecast Large Number Sti11 Senr@hing for the Missing. DENVER, Col., July 28:—Indications now are the worst of the work of the cloud- burst in Clear Creek and Bear Creek canons on Friday last is known. Fears for the safety of several camping parties that have been expressed prove it to have been unfounded. Seyen bodies of the twen- ty-nine known to have been drowned are yet unrecovered, but'large forces are work- ing night and day. | Intense Hegt at St. Louis. - ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 28—The heat in this city for the last two days has been in- tense, a maximum of about 100 degrees in the shade being recorded. There were many prostrations. The fatal cases were those of Mrs. Kate Bryon, aged twenty- eight, and William Zeihman, a carpenter, who died soon after being taken to the hos- pital. There were several other serious cases. |DR. JAMESON GUILTY Convicted With His Friends of Vio- lating the Neutrality Act. SENTENCED 70 FIFTEEN MONTHS Others Given Smaller Imprisonment. Terms of JUDGE’S CHARGE ee es HOSTILE LONDON, July 28.—Before the lord chief justice, Baron Russell of Killowen, Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Hawkins, in the queen's bench division of the high court of Justice today, the trial of Dr. Jameson, Maj. Sir John Willoughby, Col. R. Grey, Cel. H. F. White, Maj. R. White and Capt. Henry F. Coventry, charged with violation of the neutrality laws in invading the ter- ritory of the South African republic, was resumed. The court was packed with peo- ple in anticipation of the conclusion of this celebrated case. Arguments having been concluded yester- day, the chief justice began his summing up today. Lord Russell's remarks were distinctly hostile to the defendants. He be- gan by pointing out that none of the e=sen- tial facts in the case against the prisoners had been contested, and that there was no doubt in regard to their having taken part in or abetted the preceedings at Pitsani and Mafeking, where the invading forces were mustered preparatory to entering the Transvaal. It was entirely unimportant, in the opinion of Lord Russell, whether the foreign enlistment act had been proclaimed at the places named in 1895, There was no doubt, he said, that the ex- edition was of a military character, and Whether it was aimed to overthrow the Transvaal gevernment or to force a change of the laws in the republic in the interest of others it was equally an expedition against a friendly state. The jury retired at 4:30 p.m. When the jury returned the foreman an- nounced that all the defendants had been found guilty of the charge of violating the foreign enlistment act. Dr. Jameson was sentenced to fifteen months’ imprisonment without labor, Major Sir Jo! Willoughby was sentenced to ten mcnths’ imprisonment, Major R. White was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment, and Captain Henry F. Coventry, Col. R. Grey and Col. H. F. White were sentenced to five months’ imprisonment. Lord Russell, throughout, summed up most adverszly to the raiders and conclud- ed with submitting to the jury a series of questions difficult to answer any way but atfirmatively. After an hour's absence the jury returned and answered all the questions in the af- firmative. Thereupon the chief justice said that thi finding amounted to-a verdict of guilty, and he directed the jury to so find. HIS VICTIM'S BODY. Corpse of a California Sheriff Found Near Nevada City. NEVADA CITY, Cal., July 28.—The dead body of Sheriff David Douglass and the corpse of an unknown highwayman were lust night found lying a few feet apart in a woods two miles from town. There were five empty chambers in the pistol of the sheriff, who had been shot through the head and In the right eye and hand. The bullets of the sheriff had gone through the rcbber’s heart, abdomen and hip. The un- known man had a rifle, but it had not been used. It is supposed Douglass was shot by a confederate of the highwayman. A number of bold robberies have re- cently been committed in this neigh- borhood, and all seemed to have been the work of one man, who stopped coaches and private conveyances on the roads near Nevada City. The sheriff and his deputies had been untiring in their efforts to cap- ture the highwayman. Finally Sheriff Douglass, believing that a large squad of deputies served to put the highwayman on his guard, determined to attempt the chase single handed. He started out Sun- day accompanied only by his dog. The dog returned ard searching parties tracked the sheriff to the spot where officer and prisoner lay dead side by side. SaeerEa gees Capt. Beck Seriously Injured. BANCROFT, Neb., July 28.—As Captain Beck, Indian agent, of the Omaha and Win- nebago reservation, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Mrs. Wales of Fort Mc- Pherson, Ga., and Mr. Hillis, secretary to the superintendent of Indian schools, was driving down a hill from his residence to the agency the neck yoke broke. The horses started to run, overturning the car- riage, throwing Mr. Hillis about twenty feet and injuring him slightly. Captain Beck and wife were thrown under the carriage. Mrs. Wales was injured in the lower limbs. Her little boy escaped without a scratch. The captain’s injuries are dangerous. - > Tidal Waves of Lake Michigan. CHICAGO, July 28—A series of tidal Waves along the western shore of the lake yesterday caused the water to rise over three feet above the normal water mark. The first and highest wave was at a.th., and from that time on until 1 o'clock there was a succession of ebbs and flows that were about one hour apart. About 1 o'clock another tidal wave, nearly as high as the first one, appeared. Professor High of Northwestern University said he would not attempt to explain it unless it were some upheaval at the bottom of the lake. NEAR —_~—.__. Race Riots in Switzerland. ZURICH, Switzerland, July 28.—Riots, which broke out on Saturday, arising from the killing of a Swiss by Italians, were re- newed yesterday evening and continued all night long. An infuriated crowd attacked the Italian quarter and committed serious excesses. The rioters were finally over- powered by the police and military and after seventy men had been arrested the disturbance was finally quelled. = - Coming Home From Abroad. LIVERPOOL, July 28.—The White Star Line steamship Teutonic, which leaves this port tomorrow for New York, will take among her passengers Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Flagler, Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry, Senator Eugene Hale of Maine and Col. John Hay. a eo A Pythian Offictal Short. PORTLAND, Ore., July 28.—George Mc- Connell, grand keeper of records and seals of the Knights of Pythias of Oregon, has disappeared and his accounts with the order are about $2,000 short. It is said he has gone to his former home in Canada. Tarkey May Issue Paper. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 28.—It is ru- mored that the Turkish government con- templates the issue of paper money. ee Mitigation of Sentence Likely. LONDON, July 28.—The Westminster Ga- zette, this afternoon. says that during the debate on the home office vote Friday next the home secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, will probably announce a mitiga- tion of the sentences of the Irish political prisoners. Armes is perfectly free to : on the dispatch boat Doiphin on a L MAJOR ARMES’ CASE He Collected His Rents in Advance and is Beyond the Court's Jurisdiction. im Go Where He Pleanes, Except on a Sen Voyage, According to Army Regul It was reported at the War Department today that Major George A. Armes, who Was supposed to be in Canada, is at Takoma Park, Md., just beyond the District line. Under the army regulations, officers on the retired list are required to notify the adju- tant general of any change in their address. The books show that Major Armes’ addre: is 1405 F street, where it has been for sev eral years past. If he has made any change in the matter he has mot thought it neces- sary to inform the military authorities. So far as can be learned at the War De- partment, there is no purpose to co-operate with the civil courts in the proceedings against Major Armes for failure to comply with the orders of the District court in the pending proceedings for divorce, which have resulted in an order for his arrest for con- tempt and the sequestration of his estate. Ever since the former order was issued by Judge Hagner, before whom the cause is pending, Major Armes has been beyond the Jurisdiction of the court, and it ts under- stood that he has bousted that he will cir- cumvent the courts, He Got the Money. A day or two before the issue of the order placing his estates in the hands of a se- questrator, so it is stated, Major Armes met several of his tenants at the Takoma Park Hotel, by agreement, and perfected arrangements for the payment at once of the rent of the premises occupied by them, mostly suburban residences, for the re- mainder of the present season. In cele- bration of his success in this matter, it is said, he entertained his tenants with a fine dinner at his hotel. Having thus secured a goodly supply of ready funds and at the same time having apparently forestalled the execution of the mandate of the court for the collection of his rents for several months to come, it is understood that the major has decided to return to the neighborhood of the St. pamrenie for a season of fishing and hunt- ing. The Army Regu fons. Although retired officers are amenable to the articles of war and the regulations of the army, there is se restriction on their movemenis, except that they cannot go “beyond sea” without the permission of the Secretary of War. Consequently so far as the military authorities are concerned, go any- where he pleases on the American i nent. The army regulation int nded to require permission for army officers to leave the jurisdiction of the United Stat but under its terms “beyond sea” specific permission is unnecessary for a visit to the “neighboring countries of Mexico or Canada or any place on the western con- tinent not entailing a voyage by sea it thus appears that Major Armes can go to Canada und stay as long as he likes, pro- vided, however, he is not ordered to re- turn by the President of the United States As already stated, Major Armes is amen. able to the articles of war and the army regulations, and it is held at the War De- partment that he is at all times subject to the orders of the President of the United States as commander by virtue of his au- thority as commander-in-chief of the army and nav: What the President Can Do. Speaking of the case today, a prominent oMficer of the army said that while Ames might defy the civil courts so long as he kept away from the District, it was clearly within the power of the President to order him to Washington at any time in the in- terest of public business, even if the pur- pose of the order was merely to place him within the jurisdiction of the civil courts. Disobedience of such an order, the speaker said, would render the offender liable to dismissal from the service. Court-martial proceedings would necessarily of such a transaction. It may be stated on authority, however, that the President is not at ali likely to take the course indicated without request from the civil courts, and it even certain that he would go to su extreme even in such a contingency. The question has not been considered seriously at the War Department, and so far has not gone beyond gossip and speculation. Ss form part Secretary Herbert's Plans. Secretary Herbert will leave here Thurs- day night for his home in Montgomery, Ala for the purpose of voting for Johnson, the democratic candidate for governor, at the election which takes place next Monday He expects to return here by Wednesday the 5th proximo, and immediately start cruise of inspection of the northern and eastern naval stations, in the course of which he will undoubtedly make a short visit to the President at Gray Gables. The Dolphin, which is now at Boston, will start for this city in a few days. Secretary Her- bert has arranged to deliver a lecture on naval topics at the Naval War Colleze, Newport, on the Sth proximo. —__<_e.____ A Carrier Pigeon Reported. Capt. Berginal of the Frenca bark Alice and Isabelle, from Philadelphia to Sables @Olonne, Vendee, France, has reported to the hydrographic office that June 11, about 7 p.m., latitude 39 degrees north, longitude 71 degrees west, a carrier pigeon came aboard, probably from the east coast of the United States. It had a copper band on each foot, the right one marked “G. R. L.- 1 94." This pigeon may be reclaimed by its owner. In the meantime it kas been intrusted to the “Messagers de l’Ocean” hemi.g chef of Sables d'Olonne, Fraa = eon Army Leaves, Lieut. Lucien G. Berry, 4th Artillery, has been granted leave of absence for two months. The leave granted Lieut. Col. Arthur Mac- Arthur, jr., assistant adjutant general, has been extended one month. On account of disability, the leave of ieut. James Hamilton, 3d Artillery, has been further extended one month. SS Personal Mention. Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, has re- sumed his duties at the War Department after a short absence in New York. Maj. James M. Bell, Ist Caval: the city on leave of absence. Metropolitan Club. Capt. Henry Romeyn, 3d Infantry, is on a visit to this city. is in He fs at the — Government Receipt National bank notes received today for redemption, $206,124. Government receipts From internal revenue, $193,876; customs, $558,25 miscellaneous, $23, —_——__—-e. A Naval Cadct Appointed. Julius F. Hellweig of Baltimore has been appointed a cadet at the United States Naval Academy, in place of C. C. Roehle, deceased. —__+- e+_____ Naval Movements. The Navy Department is informed that the Marblehead left Messi1.a this morning for Catania and that the Philadelphia has sailed from Portland for Port Angeles. RAIDED THE HALL Anarchists Invaded the Socialist Con gress in London. VOTE PASSED 10 KEEP THEM OUT This Excited Their Fury and Ex- citing Scenes Followed. ae ANGRY WORDS AND BLOWS LONDON, July 28.—The international so- clalist and tredes union congress resumed its session today at St. Martin’s Town Hall, with Herr Singer, the well-known German socialist and member of ¢ tag, presiding. The cre delegates who presente mission were c door, and several were bearers denied admittance. This led to a series of quarrels. The galleries, w disturbances started yesterda: today. . Herr Singer, in cailing the order this morning, said it was not de- sired to call upon the authorities to station , were cle congress to a string of police outside the hall, but stewards had been appointed instead te keep order in the building. The ussion cf the question of the admission of anarchists to the hall was then resumed, and the English 5 which controlied the preliminary bu: this morning, decided by a vote of 104 to exclude anarchists. ‘This action no sooncr became known te the anarchists outside than they became furious with raze and gathered, short before 11:30, in a threatening body in fr of the ha! They were there addres by their leaders, whose fiery words so ex- cited the mass of anarchists that they made a combined rush for the doors of the hall, overturned the doorkeeper and poure’ into’ the galleries in spite of all opposition This caused a repetition of the excitia scenes of yesterday. The delegates on the floor of the hall rose in a body were shouts and yells, mir: threats, from various sections, hundred delegates tried in the attention of the ch: ger utmost to quell the rising storm. these efforts the German was more succe ul than the Northumberland miner, Cowey, yesierd: After h ceeded in res thing i ‘Tom” Mann and James Ki in turn recognized. Both the E leaders spoke favor of at le Herr Hyndman. Their remari the anarchists. About a vain to attract r, while Herr Sin- were wildly applauded by On the other hand other English labor leaders made speeches against admitting the anarchists. This broucht forth a storm of disapprov- al from the latter, during which a few blows and many angry words were ex- among the foreigners, who could ty be prevented by the more peaceful from engaging in a general free fight. Eventually orders were given to put out the disturbers of the peace, and when some show of £y doing was made something lke order was once more restored and the de- bate was resumed. After further speeches for and against the admission of anarchists it was agreed that properly acc ited anarchists, includ- ing Louise Michel, should be permitted to be present at the’ de After several hours of additional discu sion, the congress, voting by nationalitie upheld the Zurich resolution by IS'g to 2%, the effect of which is to exclud: from the congress. During the voting there was another scene of the greatest excitement Fierce stouting and yelling, mingled with scuffing and threatening, prevailed among the for- anarchists eigners, and probably served as much as ; Ise to harden the hearts of the admitting the ar chist €icment to the deliberations of the international socialist. and trades unions congress. $9 MARYLAND'S FIFTH DISTRICT. Judge John B. Brook After the Dem. ccratic Nomination. Dispatch to The Evening Star. LTIMORE, Md., July 2 Speci —Republicans and democrats here alike are surprised at the announcement of the candidacy of Judge John B. Brook of Prince George's county for the democratic congressional nomination in the fifth district. About fifteen yi Judge Brook left the democrat and became an appellate judge of circuit court for Prince George's county, and during his term has been regarded as an out-and-out republican, His term expires this fall, and his reason for re-espousing the e of the dem is attributed to his advocacy of f When the announcement of h to the democratic secure congressic nomination was first made members both parties were not disposed to treat it striously, but that Judge Brook is thor- oughly in earnest, and has no difficulty in regarding himself as a democrat again, there is every 1 In to believe Among those who are mentioned as Wis successor are F. Snowden Hill, ¢ of internal revenue; Mr. G and Assistant Mert that Governor The prevailing opinion is Lowndes will appoint Mr. Merrick. The recently revived opposition to Speak- er Mudd’s congressional aspiration is ho ing its own, and the speager’s friends are loud in their cries of “treachery he lat- ct of their criticism is John A. Belt ce George's county, who is accused of having gone over to the ction, Mr. Belt refuses to indicate his position, Ac- . Wat- son, candidate for Vice President on the populist ticket, in a telegram from Thom- son, Ga., to the Herald, says: ‘Our executive committee must decide the question of dividing electors, If Mr an accepts our nomination and Mr. all should retire, Texas populists would prob- ably be content with Bryan and Watson, even though Bryan did not indorse all the platform. “I was absolutely sincere when I said I would not accept cither place on the popu- list national ticket. 1 thought our party would have no difficilty in naming a straight-out populist ticket, and I did not desire either place. 1 stayed away from the convention ly to avoid prominence, and the Georgia delegation had positive instructions not to allow the use of my name. After the con- vention met and the fusion strength di veloped it seemed that our party would be swallowed up by the Bryan forces, and to have gone into the presidential campaign With no populist on the national ticket meant death to the peaple’s party. “The Georgia delegation then telegraphed me, urging me to allow the use of my name to harmonize the factions and save the party. I consented, and 1 will abide the consequences. When I said I would not ac- cept I did not dream that such a crisis could possibly come upon our party. —_—____ Troops for Matabcleland. BULUWAYO, July 28.—A force of impe- rial troops is being hurriedly pushed to the front from MacLoutsie to Mangwe and Fort Tuli. The situation is becoming more serious every day.