Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1896, Page 1

_—— = ae THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEFT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 emer areel Cor. ae Bt, by The Eveni fe mpany, 8. H KAUFFMANN. Eresees Wew York Oflce, 49 Potter Building. The Etening Star ts served to subscribers in the city by carriers, oB thelr own account, at 10 cen per week, or 44 cents per month. Coptes at ti counter 2 cents each. By twatl—anywhere in tl Vnited States or Canafla—pettage prepaid—0 cents per moth. . ‘aturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with f postage ai 3.00, (Entered at the Post ¢ it Washington, D. ae second-clase mail matter.) TFA! mail subscriptions iauet be paid to advance. [ates of advertising made knewn on applicatt BRAVE MATABELES They Give Desperate Battle to the British. —_+—___. THOUSANDS CHARGE MACHINE GUNS Several English Officers Lose Their Lives. GRE AE — F IGHT * right, 1806, by the Associated Press.) CAPE TOWN, August 7.—Details have received nure of the decisive victory won on Wednesday by the 700 British troops composing Col. Plumer'’s column over a native force estimated to have num- bered from 5,000 tc 7,000 men. The latter fought most desperately and bravely, charging up within a few yards of the British rapid-fire guns. About 500 of the Matabele werrtors were slain during the engagement, which lasted several hours, and the loss of the British included Maj. Kershaw, Lieut. Hervey, four sergeants and about thirty men killed and six offi- cers, several non-commissioned officers and about fifty men wounded, according to un- official figures. ‘The Matabeles and their allies were com- manded by the big chiefs Sokombeo and Umlugulus, and wece divided into five im- pis, or reziments, each of over 1,000 men, well supplied with arms and ammunition. At @ o'clock on Wednesday morning a force of about 700 men, whites and na- tives, cavalry, infantry and artillery, all under British officers, marched to the Um- lugulu valley. The white infantry, com- manded by Capt. Beresford,with two screw guns acd a Maxim rapid-fire gun, was de- tached to make a detour belind some hills, and then take up a position from which the valley could be shelled. It had pre- viously been reported by the scouts that the enemy, in strong force, was encamped in the valley, preparing for a forward movement upon the British positions. A Living Tidal Wave. The main body of the British troops was halted while Capt. Beresford’s detachment making Its way to the position desig- ed for the artillery to occupy. While th movement was being exe ed, the guns belng moved over a small, isolated : the Matabeles made a sudden and ned dash at Capt. Beresford’s com- There was no strategy or conceal- Phe natives rushed forward like a wave, and, in spite of the hot wa fir h was promptly poured into their ranks, led In getting within forty yards e screw guns and reached a pot fifteen yards from the Maxim gun before any of these pieces ught into action. In fact, an- ther minute's delay in opening fire with the guns might have proved fatai to the Berestord detachment, as the white infan- try apparently unable to check the rec . Wild charge of the tribesmen, who Seemed to court death in thelr fierce at- tack upon the column. But, when the screw guns began crash ing case-shot into the enemy, tetring wi plooly gaps In the ranks, and the dea Maxim rattled its hail of lead into the heavy serried masses of the rapidly impis, the natives wavered in and, a moment later, the Tush was stopped and they began to give Way, leaving heaps of dead and wounded on tne field. But, rallied by the chiefs who bravely rushed to the front, encouraging their followers by a display of magnificent h, the native wirriors returned to the harge in the face of the fierce fire of the British guns and Capt. Beresford’s force was, for a fsw moments, completely sur- rounded by surging waves of warriors, who scemed to know no fear. Order to Advance. Th position of the Beresford forces was then most critical, and their commander hurriedly ordered his signal men to ask Col. Plumer to lose no time in advancing ain body to th While snaling was in 8 a hot an r rescue. rogre: mined fight raged around the guns everal British officers and men fell. he distance could be seen two more S rushing forward to join in the at- upon Beresford’s position. Colonel ner ordered the main body of the Brit- oops to advance. The mounted men ‘© sent forward at a gallop to storm the on the left of Beresford's position, which the natives were delivering a dropping fire on the kopje occupied itish guns. The cavalry was gal- y Maj. Kershaw, who charged Within fifteen yards of the enemy's om, when he was shot through the heart by a native, who slmost immediately atterward fell, literally riddled with -bul- lets The advance of the main body of Plumer's forces was quickly noticed by the natives who were pressing around the Beresford detachment, and {t caueed them to take steps to retreat in order to escape being caught between three fires. The guns were thus able to do better execution, and a well-directed fire of case shot, followed by @ well-placed fire of shrapnel, soon changed the native attack into a retreat, and when the full reinforcements came into action che enemy broke and fled. Bravery of the Na The guns and war rockets played upon the natives as long as they were in range, but the main loss of the enemy was inflict- €@ while they were bravely charging al- Most up to the muzzles of the British pieces. The bravery of the natives earned the admiration of the British, but their shooting was of the worst possible descrip- tion. During the first rush upon the Beresford kopje Capt. Llewellyn personally saved the Maxim gun by some smart saber and re- volver work. At one time he was complete- ly alone, the natives having driven back the gunners and being almost in possession of the pieces) The captain's determined stand, however, enabled the British rush to regain the gun and he was helped out of his difficulties. feet of the natives will undoubted- ve considerable effect, as the impis defeated are among the best trained of the rebel forces. It is believed, however, that a further advance on the part of the Br: ish forces must be made and another de- feat inflicted upon the natives before terms of peace will be considered by either side. A number of friendly natives, serving with the British, deserted to the enemy during the tight. The engagement lasted avout six hours. Gen. Garrington {s understood to be pre- paring to drive the enemy eastward to- ward the upper part of the country, where another fight may occur before the back- bone of the uprising {s finally broken. ————— KATE FIELD'S BURIAL. Movement to Bring Her From Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO, August 7—A move- ment is on foot in this city to raise funds with which to remove the remains of Miss Kate Field, at Honolulu, where she died a few months ago, to the family plot at Mount Auburn. Miss Field's last request Was that her remains should be interred in her native land, but thus far none of her friends have interested themselves in the case. As Miss Field left no estate, the Examiner has offered to receive subscrip- tions from press clubs as well as from as- seciations and individuals Interested In the movement, the funds secured to be used in bringing the remains to the United States. Remains ——— Che £Hvening Star « No. 13,551. WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. The Star will be mailed to any addr. in the United States or Canada if ordered at this office in person or by letter or postal cerd. Persons leaving the city for any ‘period should remember this. Terms: 18 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Inv: ably in advance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the lost address as well as the apy gne. ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT What Major Powell Says as to the Oommis- sioners’ Action. Telephone Service Differcnt—An In- janction by the United States Company Likely. ‘The usual calm after a storm prevailed at the District building today. After the tur- moil of yesterday, the office wore a peace- ful aspect. Perhaps this was due to the absence of Commissioner Truesdell, who left last evening for Deer Park, to be gone over Sunday. Bright and early this morn- Ing Maj. Powell tarned up, and looked much benefited from his sea trip. He went at once to work. When approached by a reporter of The Star this morning upon the electric light contract, the major stopped werk and leaned back in his chair. He had before him Col. Truesdell’s majority report on the lighting of the parks. He said, in arswer to a question, that he had not yet signed the report. In fact, he had not even read It. There was nothing new to add, he said, to what had already been printed in The Star. The case had been fully covered, and his motion, which was approved by Commissioner Truesdell at the board meet ing Wednesday evening, gave his view He would add, however, by way of expla- nation, that it was the fundamental law of the District that all public works which aggregated in cost over $1,000 should be advertised for, and let to the lowest bid- der. There was no doubt on this point, as far as he was concerned. It was plain law, and admitted of no other construction. Telephone Service Different. Maj. Powell asked if competition was in- vited on the telephore service. He replied that an offer had been received by an out- side company, but the contract for the ser- vice rendered the District by the Chese- peake and Potomac Telephone Company had been awarded to that company. It was different in this case, he sald, be:use it was well krown thai there was only one telephone company. Congress, however, he thought, never intended to grant a }O- nopoly to any company. ‘The case of the electric lighting of the city was different from any other case. This was the first year that there had ever been more than one bid received for the work. In fact, this year only one regular formal bid was recelved, and that was the bid of the Po- temac company. President Thomas of the United States company was an early. caller at the Dis- trict building. He declined to be inter viewed on the subject, adding that the case would work itself out in a little while It is understood that an injunction will be taken out tomorrow by the United States Electric Lighting Company to pro- hibit the Commissioners from issuing a permit to the Potomae company to open the streets. Yesterday afternoon as soon as the record of the case was made no time was lost m furnishing a copy of the Coramissioners’ order to the Potomac company. A copy of the ordcr was printed in The Star of yes- terdey. A letter was also sent to Presi- dent Thomas of the United States <om- pany, as stated in The Star, asking him if iis company would enter into contract un- der the District's specifications for lighting east of Reck creek with arc light, and also maintain a line of lights along H’street. { Th: Commissioners were in a letter-writ- ing frame of mind, for before closing the office a letter was indited to Col. Wilson, 1otifying Fim of the action of a majority of the board and stating a permit would be granted either of the clectric lighting com- panies to make the park connections. Capt. Burr's Report. The action of a majority of the Commis- sioners upon the contract for electric light- ing east of Rock creek, was based, as set forth in the original motion of Major Pow- elt to xecept the Potomac company’s bid, upon the report of Capt. Edward Burr, the assistant engineer commissioner, who’ has the immediate charge cf street lighting. His report was made public for the first time today. It says: “I have the honor to report that for fur- nishing and maintaining electric are lamps only one bid, that of the Potomac Electric Power Company, was received. The United States Electztc Lighting Company declined to bid for this service. The prices named by the Potomac Electric Power Company are $94.00 per lamp per annum in George- town, and $10) per lamp per annum for ex- isting and additional lamps in Washington east of Rock creek. These prices are reason- able, and are considerably Lelow the amount authorized by the appropriation act, and for which the United States Eiectrie Light- ing Company offers to continue the lighting during the present fiscal year. It is recom- mended that the contract be awarded the Potomac Electric Power Company for elec- tric are lamps in Washington west of Rock creek, as may be reached by such under- ground connections as the Commissioners may deem that they are empowered to au- thorize under existing legislation, with re- gard to underground conduits, at the prices named in their bid—$10) per annum. These contracts should take effect at such time as the Potomac Electric Power Company has its underground conduits completed, So as to do the lighting entirely by underground wires.” ae PINGREE’ |OMINATION. Thought to Strengthen the Republi- can National Ticket in Michigan. In the opinion of republicans here the nomination of Pingree for governor of Michigan will in the end strengthen the republican national ticket in that state. To have an avowed free silver man to lead the republican local ticket cannot be alto- gether satisfactory, but the situation in Michigan {s peculiar. It 1s acknowledged that there 1s a considerable free silver fac- tion in the state, but its strength is not to be measured by the strength of Pingree. His victory 1s attributed to his popularity in certain quarters where the money ques- tion does not enter into calculation. His nomination after the indorsement of the republican naticnal platform is regarded as amounting to a compromise between the disagreeing factions, and it is thought that this will hold to the support of the repub- Mean ticket a considerable number of the discontented who might have gone over to Bryan tf they had been turned down com- pletely at the republican state convention. Pingree represents largely the discontented element, and, it is believed, can hold them in line for the republican ‘national ticket. Looked at from this point of view, the re. publicans indicate a disposition to accept the situation with complacency, the nom- ination of a free silver man on ‘the repub- Hean ticket having some compensating features Personal Mention. Secretary Hoke Smith has gone to Lin- colnton, in western North Carolina. His family has preceeded there from Georgia, anc the Secretary will be away about ten day: R. Ross Perry, John C. Wilson, Col Armes, Edwin C. Cutter, Albert Duval, B. F. Bittinger, Frank McCleary, Robert O. Holtzman, Ernest Holtzman, Frederick D. McKenney, Harry Jchnson’ and George Glover are at Atlantic City. R. Preston Shealey is now at Mountain Lake Park, Md., and will go later to the Theusand Islands. Capt. Woglman Gibson is spending the summer at Takoma Park with his brother, Mr. John E. Gibson. Mr. Claude I. Dawson and Mr. William F Henter are spending a few weeks with relatives in New York. Lieut. William Yates, 1st Cavalry, has been granted leave of absence for ‘three months. WAS TIRED OF LIFE = Shocking Suicide of an Unknown Man Up the River. DETERMINED ON SELF-DESTROCTION He Reached His Jugular Vein With a Small Pocket Knife. CLUES FEW TO IDENTITY The body of an unknown white man was discovered shortly before 8 o'clock this merning on the grass a few hundred feet from Cabin John run and about 200 yards from Cabin John bridge. The body was that of a man about twenty-four or twen- ty-five years of age. he discovery was made by Philip Jackson, a colored laborer employed by some stone masons doing work on the bridge. Jackson saw the body at 7 o'clock in the morning when on his way to work, but thinking the man was sleeping off the effects of a drank, did not disturb him. Passing by the bridge an hour later, and seeing the body in the same position, he went up to awaken the » Ey, and was surprised to find a corpse. Ilocd covered the body and the ground, and the negro, frightened out of nis wits, dashed up to Cabin John Bridge Hotel and gave the alarm. Deputy Sheriff Embrey w summoned and took charge of the rem placing Mr. J.°H. Harper to guard the body while he went to notify the coroner and se- cure a jury. A bed sheet was secured from the hotel to cover the remzins, while the blood spots which surrounded the body were covered with paper. The Death Struggle. Just wher the suicide occurred nobody knows. The young man was geen early in the afternoon yesterday, and at about 11 o'clock last night was seen on Cabin John bridge. From the position of the body and the blood on the ground, death did not come painlessly. There is a gash on the right side of the neck just under the jaw- bone, while on the left side there Is a ghastly wcund. The young man evidently jabbed the knife in the left jugular vein, and after making several slashes, drove the knife still further in, and turned it around several times in order to insure self-destruction. There is an open hole fully an inch in diameter, through which the blood poured. There were bloody spots all around the body, and the straw hat of the suicide was fully ten feet from where the body lay. After inflicting the wound, the young man evidently staggered around until he was too weak to stand, when he dropped and gradually senk until death relieved his suf- ferings. Simple Weapon Used. The deed was done with a small peazl- hardled pocket knife, the largest blade, not more than an inch and a_ half in lergth, doing the deadly work. The knife was found on the ground a few fect from the body, and near by a handkerchief gat- d with blood was lying. From all ations the young man, after gashing himself, vainly endeavored to stop the flow of the blood. The body was found lying in a natural position, with the feet crossed and the arms extended. The eyes were wide ope with a ghastly stare, while the mouth w slightly open, showing a white, even set of teeth. The right hand s tightly clenched, the knife apparently having been held in that hand. Description of the Suicide. The unfortunate man was dressed in a blue serge coat, with black diagonal serge pantaloons. He had no vest and only a shirt, with no collar, though a gold but- ton s visible in front. A new leather belt was fastened around the waist. His face was thin and was covered with a da: or more growth of beard. His eyes were blue, and he had dark brown hair. When starched by Deputy Sheriff Embrey two pennies and two keys were found in his trousers pockets and taree car tickets of the Capital Traction Company, and a wet handkerchief was found in his coat pocket. Nothing is known of the young man at Cabin Jchn. He appeared there yesterday afternoon and was first seen by one of the w ers at the hotel. He asked for a drink o2 waier, and gettirg no satisfaction went over Into the stable yard across the road. Here he was seen by Thomas Henley, the rman in charge of the stables. Complained of Being Sic! ‘The young man was looking very badly, and in response to an inquiry, stated that he was very sick, having an attack of vomiting spells, which came on him twice a year. He asked for permission to wash his face in the watering trough at the hy- drant. This was given, and the young man washed his face with the handkerchief which was found in his coat pocket. Be- fore leaving the yard he asked the direc- tion of the canal. Nothing more was seen of him until about 11 o'clock at night, when some people saw him crossing the bridge. Nothing more was heard of him urtil the discovery of the body this morn- ing. ——— WILL CARRY NEBRASKA. What Chairman Post Says of the Re- publican Prospects, A letter was received at the republican headquarters toduy from George W. Pos:, chairman of the republican state commit- tee of Nebraska, in which the utmost confi- dence is expressed in the prospect of the republicans carrying that state. Mr. Post says that the great growth of the silver sentiment in the state, which has been her- alded, has not become manifest. On the contrary, he says, the movement seems to be on the decline. He thinks he sees un- mistakable signs of this, ——__o._ A Land Decision. Secretary Hoke Smith has decided in favor of the town site settlers of Manches- ter, Okla., in their case against Gilbert M, Morrison as to lands in the Enid land dis- trict; and sustains the general land office cting the claim of Jefferson county, Il, for swamp land indemnity, under the acts of March 2, 1855, and March 3, 1857. ——____-e--____ Presidential Post O1fces. The following post offices will be raised to the presidential class from the fourth class, their gross proczeds reaching $1,900 for four consecutive quarters: Alexis, Ill.; Fairfield, Conn.; Groton and Howard, 8S. D.; Iuka, Miss., and Columbus, Pa. a Naval Cadets Appointed. Harold D. Rumery of Portland, Me., has been appointed a cadet at the Naval Acad- emy. He was nominated by ex-Speaker Reed. -——————~-2+______ Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $270,045. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $422,760; customs, $804,642; miscellaneous, $23,44: ——— Naval Movements. The battle slip Massachusetts arrived at Newport News, Va., this afternoon from Philadelphia. The Dolphin is at Newport. THE FALKLAND MYSTERY The Sunken Ship Was the City of Philadel- phia, She Was From the Friendly City Bound for San Francisco With Twenty-Eight Souls Aboard. SAN FRANCISCO, August 7.—The ship which was wrecked on-the Falkland Is- lands May 14 was undoubtedly the ‘clip- per ship City of Philadelphia, which sailed from New York on the morning of Febru- ary 2 last, bound for San Francisco. Nothing more was heard of the vessel until late in July last, when advices from the Falkland Islands, under date of June 9, indicated that the ship had foundered there. The articles saved by the salvers have been described minutely, and have heen recognized by the shippers to be the identical goods shipped to San Francisco on the City of Philadelphia. The crew of the City of Philadelphia numbered twenty-five men. It was com- manded by Capt. Johnson, who was ac- companied by his wife and family, besides there being one passenger. The United States consul at Port Stanley, the capital of the islands, reports that on the evening of May 14 news was brought to Port Stanley that a large shij evidently of American build, struck on the Billy Rock and broke up. ‘The officers of four British ships, who, with their crew; made up ‘a rescuing party, have filed com- plaints with the British government again: the inadequacy of the pilotage and Iife- saving service at Port Stanley, which is a British harbor of refuge. Late in May the services of @ diver were secured, who went down into the vessel, but was unable to ascertain its name or hailing port. The only trace of humanity found on board was the body of a young woman, about eighteen years of age, dress- ed in maroon-colored dressing gown, a gold watchchain about her neck, but nothing to furnish a clue to her identity. The body was buried according to the Episcopal ser- vice by the government of Falkland. § eral articles were recovered from the wreck, but the only one giving a possible clue to the identity of the vessel was part of a lawn mower marked on the outsid the wheels, “Philadelphia, Lawn Mower,” and on the inside of one wheel, “Philadel- phia. Style M, 18 the receivers for the condensers, of which the diver reports a number of different sizes, were marked “Manufactured for Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, San Francisco and Sacramento.” AS ees SETTLEMENT. to Take Diamond Stock at $170. CHICAGO, August 7.—Mystery still sur- rounds the movements of the special com- mittee of the stock exchange. It has given out no intimation as to when it will repor No one outside this committee will be able to give out any Information regarding the stock exchange and when it will again open its doors. It is said by some that had not the exchange been closed the failure of the Moore brothers would have affected the financial interests of Chicago as much ve BASIS OF pore Bros. as did Baring Brothers’ downfall affect England. This, however, is only conrjec- ture. The members of the comm!ttee have s» far retused to talk or give out any in- formation as to when the exchange will re- syn- sume business. It is reported that the dicate formed to settle Diamond centracts will take all stock in the nam of the Moores upon a basis of $170 per share. It is estimated that the Moore hold- ings amount to about 45,000 shares. It is also said that New York Biscult can be beught at 70 cents cash. >-— HAD THE WHY HE POISON. A St. Paul Clergyman Charged With Murdering His Wife. ST. PAUL, Minn., August 7.—When Rev. J. C. Hull, the preacher arrested at the re- quest of his wife, charged with attempting to poison her by administration: of poison in repeated small doses, appeared in the pelice court he had no attorney and neither side was prepared to proceed, so that the case was continued for ten days, In the meantime, he is held without bail. Mr. Hull became prominent locally a year ago when ke made serious charges of persecu- tion against certain members of nis con- gregation, being at the time pastor of the Avenue Methodist Episcopal only defense that Mr. Hull ist the sensational chargé ought against him is the claimi that his wife is now and has for some years been insane, and that during her insane periods he had been accnstomed to secrete poisons ard other dangerous things. He says that he had thus secreted a vial of poison which was fourd on his person at the time of his arrest. The family physician denies the charge of insanity against the wife, while others insist that incarity is the reason for the actions of the man for a long time Dust. Clinton — AN ANARCHIST IN CUBA. Insurgents Destroying Tolacco Plan- tations and Doing Great Damage. HAVANA, August 7.—Mrs. Dominica Gonzales, eaid to be an anarchist, has been detained by the police. In a collision between mixed passenger trains cn the outskirts of the city an ex- ploring engine has been smashed, several cers were damaged and derailed and two passengers were seriously wounded. The insurgents have burned and demol- ed the tobacco fields of La Rosita and Fumenito, at Union Derries, and have de- stroyed the magnificent tobacco plantation of La Carlotta and the coffee plantation of Alfonso XII, province of Matanzas. In the latter case seventeen houses of different descriptions were destroyed, and ihe dam- age done was estimated at $600,000. ——— GRIEF MADE HIM SUICIDAL. ‘A Clarksburg, Md., Citixen Foand Nearly Dead. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., August 7.—John H. Gibson, a prominent citizen of Clarks- burg, late yesterday evening made an un- successful attempt to take his life. Missed about heme his family searched and found him in an unconsctous and prostrate condi- tion in a cornfield on the premises. With his, pocket knife the throat had been gash- ed from ear to ear, the carotid arteries barely escaping. Dr. J. E, Deets was hastily summoned, examined and pro- nounced the wound serious. The flow of blood was stopped, and this morning the physician thinks Mr. Gibson may recover. He has regained consciousness, but {s total- ly ignorant of the circumstance of the at- tempt upon his life. Some years ago a son of Mr. Gibson was killed by a horse in a runaway accident, and his grief at the time affected his mind. Friends account for his action yesterday by concluding that the r curring incidents of the unfortunate end of his son, occasioned by his visit to the scene where it happened, weighed so heavi- ly upon his mind that he determined to end bis existence. ‘ Tramps Killed in a Wr MARENGO, Iowa, August 7.-«! ight train ran off the track near here this morn- ing on the Des Moines railroad and a num- ber of cars were badly wrecked, besides scme other damage. Four tramps who were stealing a ride were killed. There was no other loss of life. HOLDING QUT HOPE Cooling Showers May Give Tempo- rary Relief Tonight. WASHINGTON AND THE HOT WAVE Nothing Permanently Pleasant Di cernible at Present. Pee S| MAJOR DUNWOODY’S VIEWS With wilted collar and crumpled cuffs Forecaster Dunwoody sat in his office at the weather bureau this morning and swept @ scientific eye over the map that showed the meteorological conditions of a stifling and stewing country. A Star re- porter stood opposite to him and anxiously awaited the dictum which was to mean solace er protracted swearing to a quar- ter of a million oppressed people. There was a dark, angry-looking splotch on the map, extending from the lower point of Lake Michigan down across the upper half of Pennsylvania and New York and en- veloping New England and the eastern Caradian provinces in its frown. “That is a bank of showers,” said Major Dunwoody, calmly. “It seems to be mov- ing down in this direction, and last night, if you observed the western sky, you saw a line of black clouds fringing the horizon. Those clouds were probably the advance guards of the showers. They will proba- bly reach here this afternoon or tonight, and give temporary relief, at least, from the oppress:veness we have been suffer- ing.” Sut” he continucd, fingering his collar Lutton as though he were almost willing to lose it and let its linen prisoner free, “there is no permanent relief from th heat in sight. There is not a cold wave anywhere in the country, and the condi- ticns do not promise anything of the sort. The Crest of the Wave Passed. “I think, however, that Washington has reached the crest of the hot wave and will slowly sink into the cooler trough. Hot waves rise slowly. They scem to push themselves up by stcady persistence. Some- times they drop suddenly; then, like at Fresent, they recede as slowly as they came. What is the hottest temperature recorded at the weether bureau here? One hundred and four degrces, on September 7, ISS]. “I have always doubted the accuracy of the instruments that recorded it, however. We were in the old buildmg then on G streset. The hottest August day on record here was the 5th of the month in 18s 2; 100 degrees was recorded then.” Such a recital seemed to make the air a little more bearable simply by comparison, but the thousands who didn’t know any- thing about it fanned and fumed and emit- ted perspiration and profanity as if August 7, 1896, was the hottest day ever felt, here cr elsewhere. On Streets and in Slums. On the streets, which were almost de- serted, the thermometers showed signs of weather as torrid as yesterday, and the strong breezes that blew from the south- ward, while aiding the evaporation from human forms, moist as weil as divine, caught up the reflected heat from concrete and granolithic and drove it into pedestri- ans’ faces like blasts from the open doors of a furnece, Those who were compelled to be out- doors buffeting the breakers of business were therefore greatly to be pitied, but their sufferings were tame compared to those experienced of that great army which lives on the nether side of the city, swallcwed in the slums and plunged in poverty. Down in the alleys and up in the tencments women went about their hard domestic duties faint to the point of pros- tration, and babies and children panted for breath like animals. To these poor plodders ice was an almost unknown lux- ury, and thin clothing a dream of wildest avarice, so they sought the nearest pumps and wore as few rags as the law would allow. It was among these miserable crea- tures that the heat was felt in its most merciless character, and when they crept out into parks end reservations and sought surcease beneath the shade of the trees even the policemen failed to disturb them. Northern Lights Last Night. The night that preceded this blighting daylight gave little sleep to the under- world, and upper creation semed restless, too. From 8 o'clock to midnight and after- ward there was quite a display of “north- ern lights,” as the aurora borealis is popu- larly termed. Shafts of white and luminous fluid shot up several degrees from the ho- rizon and floated slowly to the west, as though truants from the milky way that traversed the heavens from north-northeast to the southwest. There was no connection between the intense heat and the aurora, however, according to scientific men, be- cause the northern lights are believed to be far beyond the limits reached by the clouds. But many persons who saw the il- lumination in the north attributed it to the prevailing solstice, while the more su- perstitious devoutly expected, as usual, that the world was coming to an end, and, as usual, were pleasantly disappointed. No Drop in the Thermometer Today. The weather bureau bulletin today an- nounced that the weather would be gen- erally fair during the day, with probably showers it. the evening or at night, and slightly cooler temperature tomorrow morn- ing. The official thermometer showed no indications of letting up in its ambition to rise. At 1: yesterday a maximum of 96 degrees had been recorded. At the same hour today the mournful tale told by the. mercury was precisely the same. Deaths tm New York. NEW YORK, August 7.—There is no per- ceptible diminution of the heat and hu- midity that has prevalied here all the week. By 9 a.m. the police had reports of the death of two of those who were pros- trated yesterday. One was Patrick Lonan, a longshcreman, and the other, Wm. Mee- han, a laborer. At 10:30 a.m. the tem- perature was 86, with the promise of yes- terday’s record of 91 degrees being eclipsed before the day is done. WATSON NOT INVITED. Has Not Been Requested to Attend the Bryan Notification Meeting. At the populist headquarters satisfac- tion is expressed that Watson in his speech at Atlanta declared his purpose of supporting Bryan. So far as is known here no invitation has been extended to Mr. Watson to be present at the notifica- tion meeting at New York next week. In view of this fact there is considerable speculation as to the meaning of his re- mark at Atlanta last night that he would be heard from at the meeting ct New York. At populist headquarters no word has been received from Senator Allen, chairman of the committee on notificazfon, and it seems to be taken for granted that the committee will not be called upon to act. ——————_-e+_______ Co it Recognized. The President has recognized Sao-Tseng ,Sze as Chir ese consul at New York. McKINLEY’'S ACCEPTANCE His Forthcoming Letter Will Treat of the Tariff in a Large Degree. The Definite Policy of the Republi- cans if They Shall Again Into Power. The Star's information from Cleveland, that while the financial qucs:ion will receive due consideration, the tari will also cut a prominent figure in Mr. McKinley's forth- coming letter of acceptance, is welcome news to many influential republicans here. Why not? they ask. How could he fail to give it prominence, either with consistency or with safety? The party is committed to protection of the revenue-producing v riety, and Mr. McKinley is its candidate largely because of his eminent services in giving that policy expression. To Mcet the Money Question. But, more than this. These republicans are beginning to think {t necessary to meet the money question with something deti- nite. It will not do, they belleve, to call the silver movement a craze and assume that it will die out. Neither will it do sim- ply to say that the silver contention does not bear the test of a thorough examina- tion as a remedy for hard times. That po- sition is purely negative. What is neces- sary Is something positive. These republi- cans feel that the party must be able to show not only that the democratic-populist policy will not work, but that their policy the republican policy—will work. A Definite Pol! Now what is their poliey? And what reasons do they offer in support of it? The questions almost answer themselves. Their policy is protection, not prohibitory, bui high enough to hold the home markets for home products, and low enough to produce ample revenue. This policy, the republi- cans insist, has always worked well, and to the advantage of the country. They like- wise insist that had it never been inter- fered with, the country would never have fallen upon its present embarrassments. When there was an ample revenue for the support of the government, and the treas- ury had a surplus to show, there was no trouble elther about greenbacks or about the gold reserve. Restore that condition of affairs, and a long step will have been taken ‘toward relieving the pressure until the government can use its offices about opening the mints to silver by international agreement. What Republican Success Will Mean. Stated in this way, the republican posi- tion becomes well understood. A reply is likewice made to the very wide inquiry as to what republican success in November will mean. Both populists and silver demo- crats are pressing the point. They are in- sisting that the success of the republicans will simply insure a continuation of the present policy of the government and hence a continuation of the hard times. As they put it, the government is operating on the gold ‘standard now, and everything is pinched. That, they assert, accounts for the pinch. There must be a change, and they propose free silver. Return to Satisfactory Co As these republicans now contend, there must be a reply to this. The silver argu- ment, they, adinit, has a certain persuasive- ness on its face, and men who have felt the pinch are eager for a remedy. The Proper reply, they argue, is to point to the time when there was no pinch, and propose a return to conditions which’ were So satisfactory to all. A statement as to the full measure of what a new tariff law uld be need not be advanc2d—could not with clearness be advanced. It will be suf- ficient to say and to promise that the re- turn of the republican party to power will mean not only a defeat of the free silver attempt to debase the credit and to add to the distress of the nation, which is a nega- tive advantage, but will mean an increase in the government's revenue, a starting up of all the hives of industry, and conse- quently a general change and betterment of the times. And that will answer the question of the ccalition opposition. They not only discard the silver remedy for hard times on the ground that it will only make times harder, but they propose a remedy of their own for the cure of hard times in the shape of a tariff which will produce ample revenue, ard protect home indus- tries. o—___ THE SECRETARY'S APPRECIATION. His Letter to Gen, Batchelder on the Latter’s Retirement. Secretary Lamont has written a personal letter to Brigadier General R. N. Batchel- der, late quartermaster general of the army, in regard to his retirement from active service. The Secretary says: “I very much regret that observance of the new regulations prevents me from expressing in your order of retirement the sense of loss which I feel the public service sustains in your separation from active duty. e “I am sure that the efficiency, energy and strict enforcement of economy which have characterized your control of the quartermaster’s d@partment, and which it was my pleasure to publicly acknowledge in my last annual report, and the conse- quent permanent benefits to the army are so generally recognized that no restate- ment is necessary. “Successful administration of the chief office of your corps, added to important connections with the army during the most active and interesting period of its existence, must bring to you a satisfaction which few can now posses: “With my best personal wishes for your health and happiness I beg to remain, “Faithfully yours, ete.” General Batchelder is now in New York, where be went soon after his retirement. He was seriously ill at that time, and al- though somewhat improved in health, is still confined to the house. Changes at the Artillery School. A number of changes have occurred in the detail of officers at the Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. The following named officers will be relleved from duty at the school and will join their proper batteries: Lieuts. Sidney S. Jordan, Delamere Sker- rett, Edward F. McGlachlin. First Lieut. Wilmot E. Ellis will be re- leved from,duty with Light Battery F, 5th Artillery, in time to enable him to join his proper battery of the 4th Artillery (K) at the Artillery School, September 1, 1896. The officers of the new detail for the Ar- tillery School, includirg those ordered there from light batteries, will report at Fort Monroe, Va., September 1, 1896. Those transferred or relieved from duty with bat- teries serving at that station, who are not on detached service or under orders for such service, will join their proper batteries within thirty days over and above the time necessary to reach them in the ordinary course, except the officers transferred to light batteries. Such officers, except Lieut. Ridgway, who will join on the expiration of his leave of absence, wiM report for duty with the light batteries on October 1, 1896, when those not already relieved will pro- ceed to join the batteries to which they are transferred. ——-e-_____ Gen. Bragg a Commissioner. Secretary Lamont has appointed Gen. E. 8. Bragg of Wisconsin a commissioner to make certain investigations concerning the rights of the United States in connection with the improvement of the Fox and Wis- consin rivers, directed by the last river and harbor act. GOLDEN DEMOCRATS Scope of the Conference at Indian- apolis Today 2S QUARREL OF ALTGELD AN JONES Ex-Chairman Tauberieck Says Pop- utists Are for Bryan. as POLITICAL —_—_ TODAY'S NEWS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August provis‘onal national committee of those democrats not indorsing the recent hicago platform and ticket holds {ts initial meet- ing here this afternoon. It will first con- sider the question of calling another na- tional democratic convention. After this matter is settled and the character of the call is agreed upon then will come up the usual matter as to whom and where the national convention shall be held. The are questions of policy to be passed on as well as those of “time and place,” and the meeting will be participated in by more than the usual committeeman from each state. While over two-thirds of the states j have representatives as members of the previsional national committee, there ae more advisory visitors than committeemen, The occasion is more in the nature of a gereral conference of the gold-standard democrats than that of a committee me ing. 7.—The While the movement is an outgrowth of the free silver element controlling Chi- cago convention of Jul it did not take organic form till after conver when an address was issu: and a coufe ence held in Chicago, July 23. On the fol- lowing day a temporary plan was ado under which the meeting ts held here today. This temporary plan provided for an ex- ecutive committee consisting of Bragg of Wisconsin, Broadhead of Missouri, Mala man of Kentucky, Robbins of Ilinc Bynum of Indiana, which has ma: arrangements for the meeting toda: carried on correspondence with gold ard democrats in those states not repre- sented at Chicago July 2%, £0 as to have a full representation at this time. The tem- porary organization will be succeeded to- Gay by a permanent organization, which will continue unt!l a national conveation is held and the customary party machinery is made up in the usual way. The cu- tive committee will this afternoon make a report of all that has been done up to the present time, and then turn everything ever to the uational committee. For a Third Ticket. Members of the executiv: a short that ni, committee held meeting this morning. Delegates continue to arrive and by noon all will probably be here. Gen. E. 8. Bragg, who is regarded as one ef the most important personages to be present, will arrive at noon. John C. Bullitt of Philadelphia said: “The democrats want something around which to rally. There is a strong sentiment in Pennsylvania among the democrats against Bryan and free silver.” Mr. Bul- litt said that he was of the determiuatic to aid and give encouragemeni to the gold standard sentiment in whatever way it was possible. F. W. M. Cutcheon of St. Paul, speaking from the standpoint of Minnesota demo- crats, thought a third ticket should b named, provided it could be done without the election of Bryan. “It is worth our while,” said he, © maintain -he demo- cratic party. We don’t want to be ab- sorbed by the republican party and there- fore cannot vote for Mckinley Mr. Cutcheon said that in Minnesota a third ticket would draw twelve democratic votes where McKinley would not draw on: For the third ticket he favors John Carlisle for President and E. S. Brag; for Vice President. Ex-Congressman Outhwaite of Colum- bus favors a third ticket, but has no choice of candidates. “The primary pur- of this movement,” said he, “is to the democratic party and its prin his necessarily involves the pop- ulist ticket named at Chicago.” Produced the dle. CHICAGO, August 7.—The Times-Herala says: There is a fight on between Governor Altgeld and Chairman Jones of the demo- cratic national committee. It will be fought out at the New York session of the committee, which convenes Tuesday, August 11. While Governor Altgeld will not be present, he will be represented, and from present indications Chairman Jones will be compelled to recede from certain positions he has taken. If certain of the western leaders have their way Senator Jones will be forced to practically abdicate his position as commander-in-chief of the democratic forces. While the complaint is general all along the western line, the difficulty has pro- ceeded to the point of an open rupture be- tween Senator Jones and Governor Altgeld. The latter, in private conversation, has declared that no more unfortunate sele tion sould have been made. Governor Alt- geld holds Chairman Jones personally re- sponsible for the Sewall-Watson muddle, and is of tne opinion that had the Senator remained away from St. Louis matters would have adjusted themselves in much better shape. Some sharp correspondence and telegrams have passed between Governor Altgeld and Chairman Jones. When Mr. Jones left St. Lou's at the close of the populist conven- tion he announced his intention of meet- ing Goveraor Altgeld in Springfield or Chicago before he went east. He left his Arkansas home one day last week, and a score of western democratic leaders came to Chicago for the purpose of having a conference preliminary to the first formal meeting of the national committee. Sen- ator Jones went from St. Louis direct to Washington, and in reply to the state- ment that Governor Altgeld had waited two days in Springfield for the purpose of a meeting, said that he had no idea that the governor was anxious to see him. The Altgeld people charge a painful lack of energy on the chairman's part, and claim that he is not acceptable to the pop- ulists. UTAH REPUBLICANS, They Are Urged to Distr Br: ari Views. SALT LAKE, Utah, Augu@ 7.—Chairman J. E. Deely of the republican state central committee has issued a call for a meeting of the committee. He says Bryan's free trade record is such that the republicans of Utah should think seriously before put- ting the various industries of the state in the hands of such a candidate and such a pirty. He recommends that the republican party place in nomination McKinley elec- tors and all republicans unite in the elec- tion of a Congreseman and local officers, and that at the primaries and the conven- tion no test shall be made that would alien- ete any true republican from allegiance to the organization. NOT SAYING A WORD. Mr. Cleveland Says He Has Not! to Do With the Gold Conference. NEW YORK, August 7.—In answer to an inquiry as to the truth of a report pub- lished in this city yesterday that President