Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1896, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1896~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. CLOSE AT 5 P.M. SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M. * POSE F st., AND SONS, cor. 11th. | Stornge, 22d and M. Storing, Hauling, Mov- ing and Packing are spe- cialties with us. Best of service, smallest of charges. Clearing Out Summer Floor Coverings. MATTINGS—25 hundred yds. . in Remnants and Odd Rolls of Fine Japanese and Chinese Mat- tings will be sold now at ONE- HALF their regular value. We must get ready for our new Car- pet stock, and these Mattings must go. We lose, you gain. Remnants from 8 to 30 yards. Martings.... Faney Matting ney Mattings. Faney Mattings. . Fancy Mattings. 85e. Fancy Mattings... de. Fancy ting 5c. Fauey Mattings oe ney Mat Matting Rugs. Matting Rugs, in. Regularly 40e. Now — 25€ Iapanese Matth ae in. Kegulart 45¢ loo Fane Japanese Matting 72 in. Regularly sine . $1.00 jald Art Matting Rugs, 36 Regularly $1.50 and 16 Yamoto Matting Rugs. 8 yds. by 4 yds. Regularly $8. Now....... $5.00 10 Dresden iss Matting Bugs, 3 yds. by 4 yds. Were $12 and Rug Reductions. Yo son. know the stock Here's how thi f Rugs we showed this sea- go: Japanese Rugs wt. Smyrna Rugs. 18 by by 26 tn 42 in Smyrna Carpets. Patterns that cannet be duplicated: @ ft. by 9 ft t. @ in. by 10 ft. 6 in 9 ff. by 12 ft.. It W. B. MOS! Painless Extracting —with pure gas or by <a 5OC. tion of ZONO to the gums.. Highest class dental operations experienced experts at one- half the charge of other first- class dentists. Painless fillings, 75e. up. Very best teeth, $8. Solid gold crowns, $5. U S Dental Ass’n, Cor. 7th & D Sts. “Mantello” Photos, Only 2 Dozen. re dainty photos, and are sure to 1—because We nuke them go they'll redif upon you and us. Same pains photos. © a specialty of artistte pos- * only §2 dozen. H. Stalee, 1107 F St., to M. BL Rradg. Jy31-16a Ww. Teeth Are? sMade White And decay prevented by the use of LISTER’S DENTI- FRICE. The most valuable preparation for the teeth—per- fumes the breath. Only 25c. bottle on’t forget to take a bottle with you ‘Oa leave town. OO - OO OD OO o- 4w. Thompson, | PHARMACIST. ing to ciear out our stock as possible in order to retire from is we're offering bargains reeult that are unparalleled in the blstory of show selling. Like these, for instance: $2.00 Oxfords, $1.23. Russet Oxfords that Sonate $1.23 ‘Ladies’ $2.50 Oxfords, $1.68. rodoeas ee $1.68 (Ladie ” $3.50 Shoes, $2.68. s ‘pace ope $2.6 ( yele Shoes, $3.85. < High-cut Bicycle Shoes, made ( and finis! in the best manner. Reduced from $5 to.. $3.85 $3.85) «Men's 36.00 Shoes, $3.85. ( Patent Leather, Calfskin, En- ame! Leathe $ all stsles. WILSON, HIGH GRADE SHOES, 929 F St. N. W. he Style in Wheeling is to have your costume match your bicycle. and dye it, too, if you like new. TER, 906 G St. aul. Ui clean ‘ye e it look FISCHER, Telephone 1442. 84 The Best Machines for Keeping Time that it is possible to make are American Waltham Watches. Get either the “RIVERSIDE” or “ROYAL” movement. For sale by all retail jewelers. Reoma Pure Rye Whisky Is distilled especially for medicinal purposes, and is highly tecoms ended by the leading physicians for its medicinal virtues. Sold only in quart bottles, $1.25 each. REEVES, POOLE & CO., myls-3m,34 _.1209 F st. nw. The Mortality of Babies —— 16 appalling during hot weather. For Red, —— Itehy Skin and Prickly Heat—use EVA —- TAIAUM POWDER, plain or perfumed. box. a Yeholesale Evans’ Drug Store, 938 F St. Eitan aul-Sd IF_Sic 10e. HEADACHE IS MISERY, WHAT ARE Carter's Little Liver Pills if they’ will pesitiv. cure it? People who have used them speak frank- ly of thelr worth are small and easy to take. IF THE B. CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It sootkes the child. softens the gum, allays al ‘in, cures wind colic snd is the best remedy for liarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. eel0-1y ANGOSTURA BITIERS MAKES HEALTH, AND health makes bright, rosy cheeks and happiness. Dr. J. G. B. SIEGERT & SONS, Sole Manufac- turers. Ask your druggist. Th AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Complaints of Citizens in Regard to Im- provements. Movements of at Shipping the Wharves—Local Notes of General and Especial Interest. The expressions of the citizens here rela- tive to the condition of affairs in George- ! town, and the claims that the section 1s ne- glected by the authorities, are made in vigorous language. Here are some of the things that are being said: Mr. R. A. Casilear: “The sidewalks in Georgetown in many places are as uneven as a rough sea. There are streets here whose condition is a disgrace to the Dis- trict. The Commissioners apparently have forgotts> that our section is supposed to be under their care. We pay taxes, but get very little in return.” Mr. Chas. H. Trunnel: “The existence of a graveyard in the center of a population of 23,000 people, half of the graves of which are open and filled with water, and the whole square covered with a reeking vegetation, is an evidence that Georgetown is very far from the careful eye of the Commissioners. In fact, it is a glaring proof that George- town is ignored by them.” Mr. W. A. Cunningham: “There are many improvements needed here. It would take a large appropriation to put our streets in a presentable shape. Many of the most im- portant streets are guiltless of sidewalks, notably R, S and T.” Mr. Geo. W. King: “There is a crying de- mand for much nere. We need eewers in the western part of the town, sidewalks, public hydrants for the poor people, a west- ern outlet to relieve the present crowded Canal road, and other things too numerous for The Star to print. One would think, from the lack of official notice we get, that Georgetown contributed nothing to the gen- eral supporting fund, yet they ran the as- sessment on some suburban land that I im- proved at a personal expense entirely from one and a quarter cents per foot to twenty cents per foot. There is a general remark against the Commissioners taking the $30.- 000 appropriated last year and spending it on M street, a street that was torn up sole- ly by the Washington and Georgetown Rallroad Company, and put back so mis- erably that horses slipped continually on the dangerous grades, rendering the second expenditure a necessity. According to plans, the street will be torn up in a week or two. This should either come out of the rail- road company or the general fund.” Dr. A. B. Shekell: “R street is in a very miserable condition. On one side there is no sidewalk, and when it rains the road- way is almost impassable. The improve- ments of the neighborhood are worthy of the best character of streets. The property helders are among the best of the citizens and the most prompt of the taxpayers. The street calls for immediate attention.” Mr. Calvin Payne, a large owner of real estate, hopes that the authorities will at once take heed of the people's cry. Im- provements are being greatly retarded by the condition of streets. A blind man, he Says, can see that Georgetown every year out at the little end of the horn. The West out at the little end of the horn. The West Washington Citizens’ Association was dis- the banded because it was thought that Commissioners would take heed of G town’s needs in the future voluntaril: is now seen, Mr. Payne says, that noth- ing can be secured unless the authorities are dunned. A united effort is always nec- essary to the attainment of improvements that are given to other sections, often with- out the asking. At the Wharves. The following schooners are in port and engaged for next week’s loading: Schooner Agnes E. Manson, 1,400 tons, for Boston; schooner Chas. N. Simmons, 1,200 tons, for Boston; schooner Georgie Clark, 600 tons, for Lynn, Mass.; schooner Clara Goodwin, 1,400 tons, for Boston; schooner Bertha Dean, 1,200 tons, for Boston; schooner Hen- ry L. Peckham, 1,400 tons, for Boston. The following schooners left this week for the designated ports: Chas. N. Patterson, 1,20) tons, Portsmouth; schooner Rose Olavari, 1,200 tons. Boston; schooner Robt. I. Car- ter, 1,200 tons, Boston; schooner Louis H. Goward, 2,000 tons, Boston; schooner Ed- win R. Hunt, 1,700 tons, Boston; schooner Annie M. Stelle, stone, to Hampton, Va.; schooner Oakland, bricks, to Norfolk; Alice Hodges, plaster, for Norfolk. The princi- pal shippers of ‘the coal are Agnew & Co. and the Meredith-Winship Company. The present heavy shipments are likely to keep up all during the month of August. Coal is arriving by way of the canal just about as fast as it can be carried away. Notes. Camp Georgetown at Colonial Beach will break tomorrow. Mr. David L. Reynolds leaves today for two weeks at Colonial Beach. A new house, to be known as the Hotel Kaiser, has been opened here, on 824 street. The Knights Templar of the Georgetown commandery are already making arrange- ments for the pilgrimage to Pittsburg on the occasion of the twenty-eighth trien- nial conclave of the Grand Encampment of the United States. A “Pittsburg club” has been formed. A sick and tired-looking colcred woman came to the station last night and asked for lodging for the night. She stated that she had walked from Rockville in the past day and was on her way to one of the Washington hospitals, where she war go- ing for treatment. The unfortunate was accommodated. Officer Anthony Fennally has obtained leave of absence and gone to Ireland for a month's stay. He is in bad health and there hopes to benefit. Ireland is his old home, his mother still residing there. Officers Seymour, Connor and Ward of the seventh are «!so off duty. Two of them are on sick leave. SS== TALK OF THE TOWN Rumors of Queen Victoria’s Inten- tions Cause a Sensation. WIGHT NOT BE AN ABDICATION Preparing for the Visit of Li Hung Chang. STORIES IN CIRCULATION eee . (Copyright, 1806, by the Associated Dress.) LONDON, August 1.—The persistent ru- mors circulating in regard to the health of Queen Victoria and her intention to retire almost immediately in favor of the Prince of Wales have caused quite a sensation in court and other circles. While it is ad- mitted that such reports have become cur- rent frequently in previous years, there is ho denying that her majesty’s declining health is causing much anxiety to her en- tourage, and it is generally believed that her retirement from public life is only a question of a short time. According to the program, the queen, when not on the con- stinent, will reside either at Osborne or at Balmoral, and will turn over Windsor Cas- tle and Buckingham Palace for the use of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The prince may not be declared regent, but may exercise the duties of such a position to all intents and purposes, according to the re- Ports in circulation. The tradespeople of the West End may approve of the change should it take place, for there has been much regret expressed among them at the very short and long- between visits paid by the queen to Lon- don of recent years. But, should her maj- esty retire, it is safe to say that, from cne end of Great Britain to the other, and throughout the British empire generally, there will be a profound sentiment of deep regret that her majesty’s health is such as to compel her to retire from the duties which she has so long fulfilled to the satis- fection of her subjects. The keynote touch- ed by Col. Walker of the Ancient and Hon- orable Artillery Company of Massachusetts when he referred to her majesty’s “‘woman- liness as a queen and queenliness as a wo- man” finds an echo even now throughout her majesty’s dominion: Though the queen may not be actually upon the point of retirement, it is stated by those who are in a position to judge of the situation that her majesty has felt the weight of her years more and more since the death of the late Prince Henry of Bat- tenberg, who was a most constant and de- voted attendant upen the ancient sover- eign, and that the retirement of the latter from active participation In the affairs of state cannot be much longer delayed. Li Hung Chang's Visit. The preparations for the reception of Li Hung Chang continue, and her majesty, in spite of the precarious state of her health, is said to be especially interested in the com- ing of the Chinese ambassador extraordi- nary, who has been made so much of in Russia, Germany and France. The Chinese statesman is booked to land in England on Monday, and he will be escorted to Lord Lonsdale's splendid mansion on Carlton House terrace, this city, which has been secured by the government for the accom- modation of Li Hung Chang during the month which he is expected to spend in England. Lord Lonsdale’s establishment tains a wealth of art treasur in which it is sald to be the equal of any house in London, and it is, therefore, capable of adequately accommodating the distin- guished traveler and the sixty persons who compose his suite. As Lord Lonsdale’s liv- eries are canary, gold and light blue, the lord of the yellow jacket will probably be gratified. Li Hung Chang will be escorted to Carl- ton House terrace in a royal carriage, and his suite will be similarly accommodated. On Wednesday he will start on his visit to the queen as Osborne. One of the royal yachts will await him at Portsmouth. Up- on leaving that port the traveler will pass through the Solent at the height of the yachting season, and will enjoy the sight of about as large and attractive a fleet of pleasure craft as ever studded thi Upon his arrival at Trinity wharf, Cow Isle of ight, Ei Hung Chang will be re ceived by the Prince of Wales, and the lat- ter will escort him to Osborne. On the fol- lowing day, Thursday, the distinguished Chinaman will review a fleet of sixty bat- tle ships and cruisers at Spithead. Vanity Fair warns its readers against the members of Li Hung Chang's suite, that the bulk of them are quite a low clas of men. who would not dare to venture into an English or American merchant's private reception room at Shanghai. The newspapers, for some time past, have contained a mass of matter concerning the visiting Chinaman. It is said that the Chi- nese viceroy, when invited to a dinner, in- sists upon dining from his own cuisine be- fore going to the table of his hosts, and he only makes a pretense of dining when he is at the banquets given to him. After the dinner given to him by Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe, the German statesman ex- pressed astonishment, it is said, at the fact that Li Hung Chang did not taste any of the dishes placed before him, whereupon the traveler is reported to have said: “It is not at my age that one changes one’s habits. If I dined with you. I should be foreed to partake of fare which I did not like. Hence I prefer to abstain from eat- ing, rather than be asked to make a face at everything not to my taste.” Prince Bismarck is reported to have there- upon remarked: “How do you know that yeu would not like our good German cuisine, since you have never tried It “That {s true,” the Chinaman fs credited with having replied, “but would you eat with pleasure the Chinese dish of rats and dogs if I served it up at my table?” This question seems to have silenced the great German statesman. Li Hung Chang takes his -neals alone, drinks only cold or warm tea, never eats between meals and takes only two meals a day, one at noon, ocleck. He smokes opium mounted pipe, which is specially cared fo: by one of his servants, and during hi: meals he takes 2 puff or two. He is said to dislike rice, and has about two dozen dishes, including meat, poultry, fish, vege- tables and dessort of various Chinese de- scriptions served up to him at each re- past. On the other inand, it is safd, the mem- bers of the Chinese statesman’s suite soon become accustomed to foreign cookery and in a_ silver. driuk wine and even beer with their meals. The Socinlist Congress. The socialist congress, which has been in session here during the past week, has furnished what is classed as a ridiculous exhibition of impotence and inadequate or- ganization of the simplest de:ails neces- sary for the conduct of a successful con- gress, and the delegates would have been handicapped thereby in any serious at- tempt to do business, even had there been no discord. Mr. Matthew Maguire, the leader of the American section of the socialist congress informed a representative of the Associ- ated Press that absolute ignorance of the principles of the socialist movement ex- isted in the committees appointed to frame the resolutions. For example, he says, that in the agrarian committee, of which he was a member, instead of denouncing the accumulation of capital, the committee wanted to denounce Great Britain's co- lonial aggrandizement. The congress has also proved that so wide is the dissimilarity between the foreign and English-speaking delegates that nothing closer is possible than inter- naticnal sympathy. Concerted methods are out of the question. The English press and people, while cred- iting the congress with serious intentions, heve been much amused at its helpless- ness in the face of internal dissension. Notes of the Metropolis. The British Medical Association opened its annual meeting at Carlisle on Tuesday with its various sections well attended. The usual interesting papers were read and the association decided, in response to the Canadian invitation, to hold its meeting of 1607 in Montreal. Professor Roddick, president of the Montreal branch, was ap- pointed president-elect, and it was deolded that the business part of the meeting was to be held in London and the scientific part only et Montreal. Mr. Robert Crockett, uncle of the au- thor of “The Raiders,” has just retired, and the other at 7, after twenty-seven years’ service as por- ter at the railway stgtion at Castle Doug- las, ond was presente ‘itn a gold watch gon his retirement. anaged to save enough out of his 3 to send his rephew to college at Edinburgh, and is very proud of the latter's, career. Before the commission’ on Indian mili- tary expenditures, Lord Wolseley, the com- nender-in-chief, ‘testified, on Wednesday, that he would not like {9 put the British Indian troops in front,ot Jruropean soldiers, and that he would nof like to fight France, Germany or any other army with Indian troops. His remarks have caused the great- est outcry in the press an} hav st mget severe ghapranp iM) have roused the The Globe, for instance, says: T 5 ya: Lord Wolseley 1s ng lopger our only gen- eral, because, in the one war which many believe inevitable with Russia, our Indian army, which he recklessly, insults, will play an Important part, and we should not like to see them called upon to follow such an intensely unpopular commander.” rerd Wolseley’s testimony was cabled to i la, where it has aroused great indigna- tion. A dispatch from Simla says: ‘The igh authorities fear it will cause great discontent among the Indian troops.”” John Margit elaborate article by Mr. Irelands Tacyp the late chief secretary for Bereta the, Nineteenth Century, on ar- tonttlon, Is attracting considerable atten- Mee of Orley contends that while the n¢ of difference between Secretary Olney and the Marquis of Salisbury is narrow, yet one British non-possumus would easily He wenont inte the risk of a fratricidal war. fe Strongly opines that what Is to be done must be done quickly, and dreads the re- sult of fatalistle confidence in the wisdom Pi. Downing street. Mr. Morley adds that or the foreign office to leave arbitration alone would be nothing short of a disaster tP one of the greatest causes now moviag the western world. If Lord Salisbury fails the question will be set back many year Theatrical Gossip. The theatricat season is now upheld by very few places of amusement, and these, practically, are only those devoted to musi- cal pieces or to melodramas, But Augustin Dal on Crutches’ Production of “Love n Tuesday was received with the greatest favor by the press and pity is expressed that it was produced so late in the season, as, it is claimed, the play would have run all through the season. A successful ballad of “Rip Van Winkle with the Jefferson plot and Planquette music, was produced at th a eS ee t the Alhambra on George Edwardes, having scored an ac- customed success at the Gaiety with “My Girl,” that piece will hold the boards with- out interruption, as will The Geisha,” Whose popularity has not suffered by the Whose pope S not suffered by the The Vaudeville s as Night Out.” utland Barrington has resigned from the Savoy for his vacation,and his part in “The Mikado’ has been acceptably taken by ed Billington, who sz long in New Ered | : ang it so long in New Charles Warner closed his successful se: son at the Princess as Conpeau in “Drin last evening. Tonight Sutton Vane's is still crowded to witness ir in Sight of St. Paul’s” will be given its first London representation. Arthur Bouchier, this week, completed twelve months of successful occupation of the Royalty—a house that for years had never had a run of more than a month to any profit, and which had come to be con- sidered so unlucky that no sort of a run was possible. Mr. Bouchier will return to the Royalty at the close of his tour in the United States, which fegins in the autumn. He will open with “The Queen's Proctor,” which he has made a London success _Forbes Robertson, who closed the Lyceum Sa last, has made up his mind not to ap ain in London for at least a year, though his h Mr. Harrison remains undi > end of this month he bi his provincial: tour, but Las not yet de or not to pro- ion of “Uthel- 10.” ed an engagement merican trip, by which, uader ment of Edward Marks, she appear in all the principal citles of the nited states and Canada, Her e ment opens with a four weeks’ appearanc® at Koster & Bial's, New York, comm December 14. Mile. ilbert was recently approached | by Me Dorn and Barron of the Winter . Berlin, who offefed her 4,000 marks week for per a season in the German capital. Her reply was: When I have ceaged to be an attraction in Paris, 1 shall then move to Berlin, Yvette Guilbert has signed engagements with Parisian manag She s that extend until to receive an accumulative h reaches a very large sum for the year of the world’s fair. During Au- gust and September next the artist will enjoy av ation in the south of France, re- appearing in Paris during October and vember, with a repertoire of twenty new Among these are the popular Amer- compositions Girl's a Bowery and “Nancy.” urice Grau sailed on the Augusta Vic- ‘om Southampton yesterday. He will in the United States for a w and wil! then return to London and begin hard work here in connection with his man- agement of Covent Gard Mr. Grau has pract gagements with all the le: My Girl” cluding thé’ De Beszkes, s Eames and Nordica, for both New York and Lendon. The De Hesz! in Wagner, be the chief novelty of the Ne son. Mrs. A statement Maybrick’s Case. as recently printed in some American papers to the effect that the real reason why Mrs. Flo: not been released is 0 opposition of Queen Victoria. Her majesty «1 to have asked for a copy of ce, and that because it contained allegations of an intrigue with a lover the | queen intimated to Mr. Henry Asquith, home secretary in the Rosebery govern- ment, and latterly to Sir Matthew White Kidley, the present home secretary, that un- Ger no circumstances would she receive or norial in favor of the release of Mrs. Maybrick. At the request of Baroness Roques, Mrs. ybrick’s mother, a representative of the tiated Pr has investigated the story and 1s able, on the highest official author- ity possible, to state that the story has ab- solutely no foundation in fact. Not only has her majesty never intimated any wishes in the matter, nor requested any copy of the evidence, but she ne} pressed, officially, any opinion in the case to any home secretary, with whose action, if it was decided to release Mrs. Maybrick, her majesty would not interfere. ‘The printing of such so-called “idle tales” it is considered here always marks the periods of election struggles in the United States, though why Mrs. Maybrick should always be brought up at such times, pre- cisely like political issues, English officials cannot understand. But what they do maintain is that if Mrs. Maybrick’s friends are really anxious to influence the home of- fice they should abandon their newspaper campaign in America, which is not a m od of agitation favored by English govern- ment officials. The Maybrick case came up in the house of commons agajn: yesterday, when the home secretary, Matthew White Ridley, was asked whether ‘the sovernment would lay on the table tho: statement of the lord chief justice, Baron Russell of Killowen, which attracted so much comment in March last. He replied that the government could not do so, as the course’ was unusual and undesirable, and asthe letter was written in his private capacity and not in his ca- pacity as a judge. ,Jt was stated in March that the present nome secretary had re- considered the Maybrick case and had prac- tically decided in Mrs. Mayhrick’s favor, but that the lord chantélior, Baron Hals: bury, to whom the cas? was subsequently referred, had prondunced against the un- fortunate woman, and Mr. Henry Aisquith, the late home secretary, Was also quoted as intimating that he Was, opposed to the re- lease of the prisoner. oth these opinions were contrary, it is. believed, to that of the lord chief justice, Who !8,said, in the letter referred to in parliament Vesterday, to have expressed the belief that Mrs. Maybrick was unjusfly convicted. The Navy Department Headless. Secretary Herbert has gone to Alabama to vote for Johnson and free silver. He will return Tuesday evening. Assistant Becretary McAdoo has gone to Gloucester, Mass., to accompany the Dolphin back to this city. He will resume his duties at the Navy Department Monday morning and will act as Secretary while Secretary Her- bert is away on his vacation. Until his arrival, the department will be without an official head in this city, none of the bu- reau officers having authority to act for the Secretary. Mr. Herbert has arranged, how- ever, te be within telegraphic communica- tion with the department in case anything should occur requiring his attention be- fore the return of Mr. McAdoo. OPENED IN THE WEST Senator Thurston Inaugurates the Republican Campaign. MAJOR M’RINLEY TALKS 70 VETERANS Protest of the Single Taxers in Del- aware. VARIOUS POLITICAL MATTERS ee ‘The political campaign of 1896 was open- ed in the west at Madsion, Wis., yesterday. In the presence of 8,000 people Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska and Clar- ence 8. Darrow of Chicago for two and a half hours presented the respective sides of the currency question. Each talked for an hour and a quarter. Senator Thurston said in part: “My countrymen, there is a disturbance in the political world over the question of money, There have been disturbances in the political world in years gone by ever other questions. We are meeting a new issue today, so far as a presidential can- vass is concerned, and yet as I look the forces over I find that arrayed upon one side is the same old stalwart patriotism, i the same se-urity of accomplished efforts which has stood upon the statute books of the United States for the last thirty for that wonderful measur: and advancement which ha its fullness and all its wonder to t! alone of the United States. “I say to you tolay, in all sincerity candor, believing it to be a legitimate gument, and knowing that it is appropriate to say that if I had no other guide to light me onward in the right path of my political duty, it seems to me that justice and honor to’ my country would be safer for me to turn away from the leader- ship of Tillman and Altgeld and Waite, to follow the liberty of Allison and Reel, and the greatest among them all, Willlam Mc- Kinley. (Loud applause.) “I happened to hear W. J. years ago in the congressional campaign in my state. JI pledge you, my countrymen, and it 1s a solemn fact, that from the be ginning of that campaign to the end that William J. Bryan advocated no other issue, no other argument than that upon ariff. ‘our years ago I heard William J. Bx an to a great audience in my stace ‘Give us free trade and the American work ingman’s wages will go up.’ But they went down. He said: ‘Give us free trade and business will boom.’ But it busted. (Loud applause and laughter.) “The same man today with a new prom They have discarded the issue of four years ago, and they ray now: ‘Give us free silver and the wages of men will Increase; give us free stiver and the prices of products will rise: silver and new avenues of be opened up; give us free silver business of the country countrymen, a_ busine which depends your wel View of the predictions of four yea don't you think it would be advi ask for a little collateral that prom (Loud applause and ch “You asked Bryan four comes before you give us tree ployment will and the My oom.” are to sail out on an known : to cut se from all tined landmar to go beyond an chor, the uh glittering r that WILL BE PAID IN Go LD. Major National Debt se A deleg bout four hundred old soldiers and workingmen, mostly engaged in the tin plate industry, from Guernsey county, went to Canton, Oh afternoon to call on Maj. Mc! Maj. McKinley spoke without manuscript and with unusual empha He said “It gives me great grat jon to receive this call from my old friends and neigh- bors 2nd fellow-citizens of Guernsey coun- ty. Ihave made many visits to your coun- ty in years gone by. I know most of you personally. I know something of the qual- ity of your population. I know something of the spirit of your peopie. “I know somethirg of your loyalty devoticn to the Union in war much of your loyalty and devotion to triotism and good government in pea: and knowing you a d and I know know you, I am certain that neither flood nor fire would stop you from doing what you had proposed to do. (Laughter and ap- plause.) 1 am glad to me tives of labor who are morning. “I congratulate them upon the advance that has been made in the tin plate indus t the repre: embled hi enta- u to which Col. Taylor has referred. I am glad to know that republican legis lation gave to this country an industry that gives work and w: to American workingmen and brings happiness to American home: at cheering and ap- plause.) I am glad, my fellow ns, to meet my old comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic. (Applause.) My com- rades of th s ago, for the war commence , and it is nearly thirty-two years since its close. It seems not so long nor so far awa I look into the fac fore me today I see that age is its lines of care upon them. Their no lo: -ady and as firm a: ago, but their h s loyal to the old flag of the Union emendous cheering), and they are just s loyal to national honor today as th were loyal to national unity then. (Ap pla ) nen the war closed there were two great debts resting upon this government. One was the debt due to the men who had loaned the government money with which to carry on its military operations. The other debt was due to the men who had willingly cfiered their lives for the pr vation of the American Union. (Chee: The old soldiers waited on their pen: ons until the great debt of the government was well out of the wa: “They waited patiently until the govern- ment of the United States had reduced nearly two-thirds of that great money debt. The old soldiers never were in favor of repudiating that. (Applause.) They wanted every dollar of the debt paid in the best money known to the commercial world. (Applause.) And every dollar of that debt, up to this hour, has been paid in gold or its equivalent, the best recognized money of the world (cheers), and every dollar of that debt, my comrades, yet to be paid will be paid In the same ‘unques- tioned coin. (Tremendous cheers.) “Most of that debt is out of the way. The great debt of this government is now to the surviving soldiers of the republic. (Applause.) There are 970,000 pensioners on the honored pensten roll of this govern- ment today, and the government pays out of its public treasury in pensions over $140,000,000 every year to the soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphans. Every dollar of that debt must be paid in the best currency and coin of the world. (Great cheering and cries of ‘The republican party will see to that!) “There 18 nobody more interested in maintaining sound and stable currency than the cld soldiers of the republic.” (Ap- plause. Cries of “You are right, major.") SINGLE TAXERS IN JAIL. Many Others Willing to Suffer for the Right of Free Speech. A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun from Dover, Del., says: Fifteen up-to-date martyrs are in jail at Dover. They are ad- vocates of the Henry George theory of sin- gle tax. Their enthusiasm for the cause has led them to speak from one end of Del- aware to the other. Recently the Dover authorities have taken it into their heads that this speaking was a violation of an old municipal ordinance which was unearthed by some one opposed to the single-tax doc- trine. This ordinance is as follows: “It shall be the duty of the president of the council, the councilmen, the constable of Kent county residing in Dover and of the town constables to suppress all riotous, turbulent, disorderly or noisy assemblages or gatherings of persons in the streets, squares, lanes or alleys or other places within the limits of said town, and for this purpose it shall be the duty of any of the said constables forthwith to arrest any s well as I do} such persons so offending and carry them | before ai alderman for a hearing, and upon | conviction any such ‘person shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $10, or may be committed to jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or until | such fine end costs be paid, at the discre- tion of the alderman. The Men in Prison. Under this ordinance the arrests were made. Those arrested are: Arthur H. Stephenson, merchant, Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Charles A. Brothers, teacher, Dover, Del. Victor Durand, farmer, Smyrna, Del. W. H. Keevan, salesman, 12th and Mar- ket streets, Philadelphia. Samuel Melville, insurance agent, 111 Jus- tison street, Wilmington, Del. H. B. Tawresey, ship-joiner, 111 East 7th street, Wilmington. Rev. August Dellgren, minister, 1224 King street, Wilmington. Alexander D. Stirlith, machinist, 209 East 22d street, Wilmirgton. Frederick W. Moore, printer, 714 French street, Wilmington. lames J. Haggerty, florist, 1616 West 6th street, Wilmington. James O'Neill, clerk, Philadelphia. Dr. D. F. Longstreet, lecturer, Dover. P. F. O'Hara, grocer, 612 West 2d street, Wilmington. Joseph W. Gross, barber, 46 Lord street, Wilmington fhomas Graham, Del. 240 Mutter street, salesman, Carrington, What Mr, Stephenson Sa: When a representative of the Sun pre- sented his card at the jail in Dover he was met by Deputy Sheriff Downs, to whom he expressed a desire to be admitted to see the single-tax prisoners, The sheriff es- corted the reporter to the main hall of the Jail containing the cells. It is about 40 by | feet, and in this space were congregated the single-tax advocates, while the faces of other prisoners could be seen peering from the cell doors. Mr. Arthur H. Stephenson, who was chairman of the single-tax campaign com- mittce, was found sitting at a table engai ed in answering a voluminous correspond- ence, Among other things he said: “Thit gross outrage on American liberty will have no terror for us. We can see through the whole thing. It is done for political purposes. Seventy-five per cent of our converts have been drawn from the democratic party in this state, and the manipulators of the democratic party have determined to squelch us out by taking these high-handed methods. But such methods will be ineffective “We have arranged to have a speaker in Dover every night. Already 122 have en- tered their names as willing to @ome to Dover and speak, even in the face of ar- rest and impriscnment. When the 122 have been arrested we will have others to take their places. Jails and _ politicians have no terror for our people. We will furnish them with enough to pack the jails in every county A Petition of Proten “Already this outragcous treatment has begun to rouse the better clement of the citizens of the state. A petition is being circulated and is being generally signed. protesting against the methods brought in use by the little coterie of Dover polit- ns, For myself and for the others I in- nd to use every effort in my power to sift the matter and see whether we have | been legally or illegally deprived of our | rights. I will sue out habeas corpus be- | fore the United States court at W | ton, and shouid I win w town of Dover for $5,\44) in The town authorities they intend to remain the plan alreac will be made in vany in carrying arted, and that a ery ho matter S$ they have to arrest. to the county for each prisoner a day, which is allowed for food. out The class ef men who are thus imprisc ed is fara z Mr. Stephe Soa 1s 4 merchant, and 1 off. so far a this world’s goods previous pol are conc ical creeds the about equaliy divided t lem: erats and the re lican: they voted the prohibition tick CURRENT P Matters at Are Being Considered by the Voters. ard ©. iccued a si nator Ed ver, Col zh tion in the campaign. He - silver question is most vital, and that, recognizing that international bi- m is the most desirable means & which silver could be restored as a mone 1, he firmly believes the United Stat could restore it independently of other na- tions. He maintains that his position has lways been during his seven years in the te the same as that of the other silver tor: The finance Wolcott last night m) out ed St 1 plank of the republican plat- | form, he says, is far from satisfactory, but | he holds that the pledge for the furtherance | of international bimetallism must be taken | | | in good faith in view of the party's record en other questions. The platform is, he effirms, aside from the money question without flaw, and the nominee of the party a man of highest presidential qualification What we need in Colorado,” he adés, “is | less hysterics and more common ser He S with the opinion that “free coinage will never come out of the jumble and folly Platform, nor will it be heralded by the bells of populism.” nator Allison has written a letter in ch he expresses the belief that an inte ynal agreement on the subject of inte: 1 bimetallism is probable with asonable time, and says this belief rests first upon the desirableness of such an ement, Both pr jous metals are neces as the basis of value and of the world which cannot be carried on with- mable fixed par of exchange. The eds to justify his views iting the evidences of the growing.} allie ntiment in Great Britain and concludes as foliows: pr question is a vital one in a and “The world-wide sense.and international bimetal- sil lism is making rapid progress in Europe. and, if we make no mistake now, Is like produce a practical solution wheret gold will again circulate at a pr: parity in value at an agreed ratio. Tammany Hall of New York city will in- dorse Bryan and Sewall without waiting for ate convention. The executive com- » yesterday afternoon passed by ac. clamation a resolution to that effect, after defeating a motion to postpone action by a Vote of 71 to 4. Immediately immense tures of the democratic nominees were raised on the outside of the building and Pleparations bezun for active work. James J. Martin presided and John C. Sheehan offered the resolution and Support- ed it with a speech. Regis i er Sohmer, Henry Purroy, Senator Guy and Congressman Cummings also advocated immediate action, Mr. Martin offered a resolution deferring action until after the state convention, and Rollin M. Morgan seconded it, but it received only four votes. Mr. Bryan, the democratic presidential candidate, has announced his itinerary for his eastern trip to meet the notification commitice from the democratic national convention in Madison Square G. S SSSR quare Garden Au. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will leave Lincoln 6 o'clock Friday evening, August 7, arriving in Chicago Saturday afternoon. ‘They will stop over Sunday and will leave Chicago on the Pennsylvania road about midnight Sunday night, reaching Pittsburg Monday night. They will stay over night in Pitts. burg and leave tor New York early Tues. day morning. arriving there about 6:30 Tuesday evening : The national committeé will meet in New York at the time of the notification and jan portant campaign work will be discussed. From New York Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will go to Bath, Me., and spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Sewall. The return trip will not be arranged urtil after the New York meeting. Mr. Bryan is not making any dates for speeches at this time and will not do so until after the national committee has been consulted. Arthur Sewall, the vice presidential can- didate, has expressed himself upon the is. sue of the campaign in an interview, in whicn he said: “The only issue of the campaign is free silver. The republicans have been trying to force the tariff to the front, but cannot do it. It is such a secondary isste that the people are not thinking about it. The trouble is not there. The people want pros- perity, which is having every man at work, and all the wheels moving. They have tried high tariff and low tariff and matters have been continually growing worse. “The democratic party have decided that the trouble lies in the financial system, and the remedy is the remonetization of silver. “The people have decided the same way, and what they want they will have; also what the people want is right; it cannot be otherwise."_ The democratic national platform, adopt- ed at Chicago, as certified by the official stenographer, E. B. Dickinson, contains a clause in the money plank, which, accord- ing to Senator Jones, chairman of the democratic nstional committee, was reject- ed by the convention, and has no place in the official platform. In the cert'fied copy of platform, after the sentence “we favor such iegislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract,” appears the clause, “but it shall be care- fully provided by law at the same time that any change in the monetary standard should ‘not apply to existing contracts.” This latter clause, according to Senator Jones, was not adopted. It was offered as an amendment by Senator Hill. All amendmeats to the platform proposed by Senator Hill were rejected. FREE COINAGE CATECHISM. rd) Argument Wage-Earners, From the New York Evening Post Q. What do the free coinage leaders espe- cially charge against the gold standard? A. They declare that it has helped the rich and has caused distress and loss to every- body else. Q. Is this statement true? A. It is not. Q. Suppose the gold standard nad worked injury to every one except the rich; how should we know the fact? A. People with small incomes would have been growing steadily poorer since the gold standard was adopted. &. Have such people been growing poor- er? A. Or the contrary, their pr ty, since this country returned to the gold standard, in 1879, has increased in an un- precedented degree. Q. What proof have you of this? A. The increase in savings banks Q. By whom are suck dep: A They consist almost entir surplus income of tradesmen, wage rs and smail producers. & What are the figures of these depos- s? A. In 18) the total savings bank de- were $1,844. or 129 per uthori official s cent = tates Kevern- ment, published in the reports of thc con- troller of the currency. <@ What do the figures show? A. They show that during the seventeen years sin this country’s return to the single gold andard, the savings of its poorer peop have been a thousand million dollars larg than they were in any preceding period Q. Are the savings bank deposits our only proof that the people have prospered under the gold standard? A. The Iding and loan associations are another striking proof. Q. Who a the depositors with butiding and loan associations? A. Chiefly waxe earners, tradesmen and people with email salaries Q. What do the reports of these assoc tions show? A. Twelve years ago the with such al wer paratively insignificant. of the United Stat da showed the aggregat he returns of labo: 10,0000) to be xday the to-al of these d in this country is estimated at © . Q. How do all these. fiz comy with savings t ing and Ican ja tries now on a silver countries have neither building « nd with buil ants in ard? A Savings & r in those Sevings to ¢ Q. How xplain so en savil gs of People’s suv Q. What at Wa tion of the gold does this re have incre the resump f m oof st paymenis? A Up to the latest date covered by the re- pert they had increased 202-4 per In many indusirie he increas liad much larger. Q. Then the average wage-carner’s has increased under the gold st ile living ex s have deor uch are the fa thi ‘vantage conti un- er coinage? A. Jt could ne ready shown that wages would rybody? A neously, if at all, while necessaries of life would rise Q. Do the free coinag. ders admit this in. pric they at all 5 low, and that free coina, Q. But do not the high prices for food, hold nece s will cause general con- tentment and prosperity? A. T Q. How n We be not right? A. Read up the rec when currency inflation had s in try Look ther countries wh are high under a si When were prices this in country A. In 1865 and What did the Ame: le of that time think of the high prices? A. Th ned bitterly. “ here record of such complaint. A.Go to a public library and read the new of those years. Give some illustrations. A. In 1 Kk papers seriously advised pe ple to stop eating me n order to check the high pr Let m readers puly lished in these papers complained that miik, buiter, were almost be yond the poor “h. One letter the New York ‘1 June 29, ISG serves to be que All last winter writer says, “I could hardly afford to buy any meat. The little bits of beef and mut- ton that we poor people buy cost so much that my wife cays it is like eating money You « letters. Q. Would people object te now as much as they did then? A. Every head of a family and every housekeeper is competent to answer this question Q. If prices advanced under free coinag would not the employer of labor be pay very much hicher wages? living expenses would incr his income, his business would by into confusion, and all h come a matter of spe Q. rese before 1s his experience. Q. But surely, if the money suppl creased, the wage earner would get share? A. He could get no more than his employer paid hin. Q. But might not his employer advance wages simply because the money suppl) had increased? A. We leave the answer to this question to the wage earner himself, —see- A Case of Verbal Injury. According to a report recently received at the State Department, the criminal code of Austria includes an offense described as a “verbal injury,” consisting of language re- flecting upon the conduct of officials, es- pecially policemen, in the discharge of their readily consult all these publis thrown profits would be- lation. Was this his experience when prices A. It was emphatically in- duties. The penalty for such an ¢ ts imprisonment for forty-eight h on bread and water, An American citizen re- cently visiting Vienna had a personal ex- perience with this lew. He had done some- thing which seemed to call for tie ion of the local police and in th of his conversation with the officer of the law he expressed the opinion that he h been treaied in an “outrageous m: This remark was regarded as a “werbal in- jury” under the law, and the pe was subjected to forty-eight | onment on a bread and water ¢ -e- - Transfers of Real Milton M. Ins. Co., lots Anna P. Wes’ proper ‘Susan M. Williamson to TR wards, Jot 24. bik. 21, Broo Weaver et ux : lot 4. 23, Gol. Hts, ath and Win, SAK. i E. Et 8. S) Dik.