Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1896--TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|NANSEN HEARD FROM ECKINGTON CARS ——— Two Republican State Committees in Colorado. TWO SETS OF ELECTORS 10 BE PUT UP Arranging for Fusion in Washington State. CHICAGO CONVENTION AW > fens have been called—one for and the other The latter conven ting of the state com: the followers of Said to Have Returned to the Shores of Norway. Reported Arrival at Vardo Island on Board the Steamer Wind- ward—His Project Outlined. CHRISTIANIA, August 13.-The Aften Posten announces that Dr. Nansen, the tic exptorer, has arrived at Vardo Island, Norway, on board the steamer Windward, which recently went to Franz Josef Land in order to bring back the Jackson-Farns- worth expedition. It will be rememb-red that last February news came that Nansen had reached ihe Norih Pele and was returning, but the re- port subsequently proved incorrect, or, at leas?, proof of its correctness was not’ ob- tained. The exredition sailed from Christiania, orway, Jun 24, 1803, the doctor's plat being to make for the new Siberian Islands, and thence head norti until the Fram, by being imbedded in the ice, would be com- hers of the committee ignored the call for another meeting, which was signed by a majority of all the membe This meet- ing was attended py 46 of the 112 in prson and 25 others were rep by xy. A ne chairman wa: Resolutions were adopted repudi action of the previous meeting, the silver question of paramour ance, orsing Senator ‘Teller and com- me the action of the Colorado dclega- tion to t ational ce A state convention w ber at ch it ts silver republ. ublican convention. uled for Septem- intention of the e ihe demor ne rational tieket state officers. The nominate McKinley and probably also a fu Maryland Sound M. BALTIMORE \ugust 1 ecutive committee The Honest Money Democrati ague of Maryland, cided not to hold a state conventi league send delegates to vention, committee adopted resolutions set- 4 ifs purpose to stand on the plat- adopted by the recent demo ared for a form State convention, which dec standard and against the coinage of a atio of tol. John E. es, the member from Marviand of the national commitice cf the dard democrats, will attend the in that capacity yland in its delibe: ded to in e Cockran of hin E paign in th Preparing ELLENSBURG, to Func. sion in this city a fusion ticket jon has perfect- and committees have agree upon the term: signed by the ch: jon, was sent to Bry; ing him the elee ed to fe 2 democratic Wm. H. Waite of to ush C. Walla Tacoma as a ational committee. Controller Eckels’ ¢ DULUTH, Minn., August 1: tral of the Curr James Eckels has arrived son river. He h shing in the Lake Superior re: veral weeks, and the outing has yd him good, for he looked ny and s &Y and vigor. inion. in Duluth from th been vrown, emed to be full of ener- Mr. Eckels talked freely on y democrat: say of S no nomination m is sourd on that quest her Chieage Convention. CHICAGO, August 13.—Anti-sil ve issued a call for a vention to be held in Chi The con the as in ular conve: It that Senaror John M. Palmer will be chairman of the Lics1 Hamilton cf Spring- as A. Moran, Charles state com- ~John wack and Con- James H. Eckels are talked of for Or Virzinia Republicans. Specia? Dispatch to The RICHMOND, Va., August 1 fcan general committee of Virginia Is in jon here today. Tre meeting Is eret. Chairman Scott is not here. Noth- proceedings can be learned. liam Lamb, the state chair- Star. ‘The vepub- ening sc- > republican party, says he will ity h's nome until after the ith headquarters at the Jef- NG, W. Va., August 13.—in the ate convention last night the to make a fusion with the was defeated. ‘The platform, which was adopted, indorses the Chicago platt and ticket. General Cornelius C. ominated for go’ nO. Nominated for Congress. SACRAMENTO, Cal., August trict republican convention has d Congressman G. Johnson. NASHVILLE, 1 August 13.—John Haker was nominated for Congress on the renow first bal t by democrats of the twenty- first district. He ts a the nominee of the populists. Thomas E. Ford was nomi- hated at Duquein several we=ks ago, but declines Connecticut Democrats. HAVEN, NEW Conn., August 13.—The mvention has been called in this city on September 16. The ‘sates to the Chicago convention were to meet d concerning their twelve of the fourteen hav- rt in the proceedings after the platform. -d its approval of delegates. — +> SENATOR FLOOD FINED. Conclusion of the Assault Case at R: Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 13.—The Iong- continued case of Senator H. D. Flood for assaulting Senator W. M. Flanagan on the floor of the senate on the 4th of March was tried in the police court here this morn- ing. Senator Flanagan conducted his side ong-Continued chmond. of the while Senator Flood was rep- resen by Messrs. C. V. Meredith, Con- way R. Sands and W. H. Mann. Judge Crutchiield said he was satistied that there nothing to sustain the charge of fel- ious assault, but that he would punish Mr. Flood for unlawful assault, fining him &5 and cests. —_——- med in London, LO August 13.—Several well- known sporting men met Gaudaur, the To- ronto oarsman, at Waterloo railway sta- tion on his arrival here to prepare for his match with James Stanbury, the Austra- lian champion, tnvolving the champion- ship of the world and a purse of from #2,- 500 to $504, which will be decided during the afternoon on September 7. Gaudaur was heartily welccmed and proceeded to Putney, where Clasper is buijing a new beat for him. The carsman said he never “elt in better condition. pelled to drift along the west coast of any lend which might be found. On Avgust 23, 18%, Dr. Nansen sent a spatch from Vardo, reporting that on the of that month he was about to sail into the Kara sea, and that the Fram had be- haved splendidly up to that stage of the y in forcing her way ‘orway, announcing that a telegraph fest, inspecter at a station in the mountains be- tween Lobesy ard Langfjord, had seen a balloon moving in a southerly direction, behevea that it was possibly carrying ches frum Dr. Nansen, but until the Febrvary dispatch no farther news of the balloowof Dr. Nansen was received. Some Previous Reports. In April, 1895, the Figaro of Paris circu- lated a rumor that Dr. Nensen had found the north pole, and that it was situated on @ chain of mountains. It was then added that he had planted the Norwegtan flag thers. The story was generally regarded as being without foundation. On September 17 of lest year advices were in London from the Danish t tion of Angmagsalik, on the east coast of Greenland, that a ship supposed to Nansen’s Fram had been sighted at tin an ice drift. spatch from Chr ‘Then December 6, a di tiaria, Norway, stated that Dr. wife had received a letter by carrier pigeon reporting that the expedition was doing well. As ne carrier pigeons were taken norta by the Nansen party this report was evidently inaccurate, but it was pablished for what st was worth. Career of Nansen. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen is a distinguished ntist of Norw and an enthuslastic er in the possibility of finding the north pole. He is about thirty of age. He en tlania in 1S89, and t nt on sealing trip to De on the ‘oast of Green Viking. er, in 18S appointed which n he urator of the musi ion he retained small until expeilition of six men to Green- ISSS, wh , crossings the southern part of that ortion of the globe. ily during ths trip tha plan of making an his exreditton, and the janned and constructed. ‘das a three-maste 1t)-horse power a to her sai Her displace: sides were so ¢ ics meeting the ructed as to force all sel to pass underneath “pinching” and ie orwegian parliament about $52,000 to fit out his : ia addition, he was assisted in work by ma § one of $, am was launched October aurwik, near Christiania. a MASSACRE OF MOHAMMEDANS. Three Thousand Ven Kille Families Sold. NCOUVER, B. ©, August The mer Empress of Japan, which arrived t night, brought mail advices from the nt as follow: ‘The news from Kansu Is to the effect that the fimous Tuug Funsiang, in obedience to the imperial commend, has begun a mas- sacre of all Mohammedans that he comes cross. n, dren. Fears are entertained of a general rising, especially in Pintianfu and Haitten, which have hi ‘to remained faithful. Floods are doing terrible damage in China. In many places entire tuwns and villages are submerged. All railroads have stopped running. Many deaths have taken place, and hundreds of homeless men, women and children are starving to death. os ORDERS TWO CRUISERS. and Their Vv At Hsiningfu he slew 3,000 business and sold their wives and female chil- SPA he Reina Mercedes Looking the Laurada. GLASGOW, August 13.—Thompson’s ship- building firm has booked Spain’s order for two first-class cruisers of the type of the British warsht now building at Barrow-! 3. PHILADELPHIA, August 13.—It was stated in this city today that the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes has started north- ward along the Atlantic coast in quest of the Laurada. The filibuster sailed a week ago, bearing a portion of one of the best- equipped expeditions that has gone to the insurgents’ aid. The remainder of the arms are to be transferred to her at the dis- tance of a hundred miles off the Florida coast, from a swift tug which should have : of Tampa Tuesday night. redes was in the vicinity Should the re- After lobe, that ts the warship scrupulously de the thres-mile limit; what she could do would be to dog the Laurada until the steamer had to put into some port, where a charge of filibustering mignt be made cut against her. — Land Bill Passed. LONDON, August 13.—The house of com- mons has adopted the Irish land bill in the form outlined by Mr. Gerald Balfour, chief secretary Tor Ireland, in the house yester- day, and has returned the bill In that form to the house of lords. The Standard (conservative) says it thinks that the bill may have to go to the house of commons again before the points of dif- ference are finally settled. ‘Tho Times, in an editorial, expresses the Hope that the lords will acquiesce in the Lill in Its present form and says that any other result would be calamitous from every point of view. ‘The Daily News (liberal) considers that the bill as it now stands is worthless and thinks that the landiord peers will avold a dilemma by absenting themselves from the next discussion in the house of lords. aoe age Carriage Workers’ Association. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 13.—The In- ternational Carriage Workers’ Association committee on resolutions reported against affiliation with the Socjalist Trade and Labor Alliance after a hot discussion. The report was adopted by a single vote. A resolution was adopted asking for the crea- tion of an international strike fund. A resolution was adopted in favor of giving moral and financial aid to the employes of | the Brown Hoisting Company at Cleveland, and the local unions were called on to give assistance. _— Danicl Bulters Dead. CHICAGO, August 13.—Daniel Bulters, a prominent grain merchant end member of the board of trade, Is dead. He was the first man to utillze private wires for the gathering of crop and market reports, and also the first to make use of the Atlantic cable in tne grain business, The Time for Running on Quicker Schedule Postponed. SE TALKING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS Mr. Truesdell Changes in the Public Interest. Proposes Some ns OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS --- ‘The patrons of the Eck!ngton and Sol- dicrs’ Home Ra!lway Company will not en- Joy the more frequent schedule on that line, beginning tomorrow morning, as provided in the order of the District Commissioners, signed July 15. This order directed the ccmpany to put the cars of the Eckington road on a more frequent schedule between 7 and 9 o'clock a.m. and 4 and 6 o'clock p.m. This new schedule was to be put in operation tomorrow morning. Mr. W. Stuart Symington, vice president ard gen- eral manager of the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home and Belt Line railways, ap- peared before the Commisstoners this after- roon, and claiming that the travel on the read did not warrant a more frequent schedule, requested that the order be not enforced. A general discussion of the working of the road followed. Commiss‘oner Trucsdell remarked that the public claims the right to go, through from the New York avenue line to the Treasury Department without transfer, and suggested that the cars of that line be run through, and that the st line reach a termjnal point at 5th streets, and discontinue running to trest and New York avenue, as at nt, : fr, Symingten explained that the East Washin ston line Is the one that reaily helps to meet expenses, and therefore those cars are run through to the Treasury Depart- ment. 2 Commissioner Powell asked: “Why not run the market Line from 7th and B streets along G street and out North Capitol street to T street?” 3 i Very few people come down North CapIi- tol street to the market, put in Commis- sioner Truesdell. t why wouldn't it be just a the company,” replied Commissioner Powell, “and be much better for the public to run out North Capitol street?” “It would make an unnecessary ell replied. question is one I should have to sub- he general management of the com- stated Mr. Symington. the cars travel Commissioner t on to say that the Eckington road n that has created su: tion with the general public lishment of the transfer s G streets. There is a greater amount vel on both F and G streets, een 7th and Isth streets ner portion of those ri service is demanded. popular, and in nine c 1 will not patroniz if any other line will carry inatio - § than and a better he added, on any t of ten 1 that him “Now, ington," continued Com- missioner uppose you consider the running of your cars through from vrida avenue to sth and G streets as a substitute for the pending order?” “One strong objection to that proposi- tion sation of our stables,” replied r Truesdell said that the on company has an epportunity now to please the publi Another thing, he added, the law requires the cars to run hrovgh an right to s¢ some experience ins continued Commissicne. can safely say that more Money is made by endeavoring to please the people than in antagonizing them.” r. Symington then explained that the he company is to make no change ments unt!] the 1 the management poss rate the lines. “I ‘h matte! Truesdell, pnsultation, de- cided to postpone the enforcement of the order of July 15 requiring the more fre- quent schedule for ten days longer. Mr. Symington took occasion to state. lefore Joaving, that the equipment of the motor line is rapidly nearing completion, published statements to the contrary no withstanding. A new stack has_ been erected at 4th and T streets, he said, and some machinery has already arrived. Men are working at the wells and an additional well will probably be sunk. All that re- mains to be done, according to the general manager, is to put In the machinery. The cars are built and the bottles are on the way irom Germany. All in all, he sald everything is in a satisfactory and prom: ising state. Amended Bullding Regulations. The Commissioners have amended the building regulation relating to stables so as to read as follows: “No building shall be erected or any existing buliding recon- structed fur stabling horses above the first or ground floor, but this provision shall not apply to private stables which are wholly cr completely fireproof.” The alteration makes it possible to quarter horses on the second floor, provided the st:le is fire- proof and is used for private purposes. Lamps in Holmead Manor. Relative to the recent request of Mr. D. B. Gottwals of 811 11th street northwest for the erection of lamps on 13th streei, Holmead Manor, the Commissioners today replied that should there be a sufficten number of gas lamps discontinued on ac- count of the contemplated erection of elec- tric lamps, the question of placing gas lamps on 18th street north of Lamar street will be considered. The Commissioners state that they recognize the importance of erecting lamps on the street mentioned, and that the locality will be among the first to receive consideration. Will Sweep Earlicr. The Commissioners, replying to a com- plaint from Messrs. W. S. Anderson & Co., $19 B street northwest, to the effect that 9th street between Louisiana avenue and B street is swept at too late an hour in the morning, state that an effort will be made to have the sweeping done hereafter at an hour sufficiently early to preveat interference of traffic upon the street. Want the Attorney’s Opinion. The Commissioners have requested the attorney of the District to give an opinion upon the first provision in section 24 of the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1895, amending the act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Com- pany. The Commissioners desire to know whether the language used would be satis- tied by a conveyance by a plat duly record- ed, or by a deed, whether it should be ac- companied by a certified copy of a resolu- tion of tne board of directors of the com- peny authorizing it. May Dispense With Conductors. The Commissioners late this afternoon, by order, authorized the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company to dis- pense with conductors on the cars of its North Capitol street line temporarily. Can’t Have the Extra Lights. In a communication to President O. T. Crosby of the Potomac Electric Power Company the Commissioners this after- noon stated that while there is no question of the desirabiltty of maintaining incan- descent eletric lamps along Woodley Lane ayd on Woodley bridge, the appropriation r the current fiscal year will not admit of a compliance with a suggestion made by President Crosby for such extra light- ing. Nor can his proposition for the main- tenance of twenty additional lights at Eck- ington be at present accepted, by reason of the pressing demand for lights in other sections where they are more urgently needed. : —_———__ Everything Left to the Widow, The will of the late Edward Piepenbring, dated July 13, 1896, was filed today, The widow of the testator, Maria Piepenbring, is appointed executrix, and to her the es- tate is given, with remainder at her death to Emma Schneibel, a daughter of the tes- tator. LOSING ITS STRENGTH |The Free Silvgt Movement in the State of \ & Ohio. =———- Memocrais ‘¢ Losing Time—Trouble in Fusin; With the Populists— r ‘4 Lack of Campaign Funds. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 13.—There are irdicatiors that the free silver movement is losing its strength in this state. Wheth- er this is due to what the republican lead- ers in their predictions have spoken of as the operation of the natural conservatism of the American people, or to the distribu- tion of campaign Mterature by the state republican committee, matters not. The fact is generally noted. ‘The Kterary bu- reau of the state’republican committee 1s flood'ng the state with printed arguments against free coinage. Many of ihe news- papers of republican politics are using an effective form of argument with the Mexi- can silver dollar. They advertise to give subscribers credit for half a dollar on their subscriptions at regular rates and one Mexican dollar in return for one Ameri- can dollar. ‘This, with the explanation that the Mexican doliar contains a little more silver than the dollar piece ef the United States, and that it is of only one- halt the value of the United States dollar because Mexico is a free-silver coinage tion and does not agree, as this nation does, to keep the value of the silver dollar equal to the gold dollar, 1s caus'ng readers to stop and think. Democrats Losing Time. The democrats are losing much yalua- tme. The republican state comm't- tee has been at work for two months sead- ing out Lterature perfecting its county olganizations, ‘This w. it has or ized its speakers’ bureau, and with the elcse of the week the work on the stump on the republican side will be under way, the state campaign pro being opened here on Saturday evening. ‘The Wobian policy of the democrats seems to he forced upon it by the free silver leaders of the party, who insist that there must be it fusion with the popul ‘The party ea’ not even fill the two vacancies on its te until aft populist state conventi which will be held on the 20th. he populist leaders are sticklers, and the democratic leaders must proceed w: caution in hegotiatng with the democratic state comm on the question of ft Uve element of the committee, whic Aopelessly | in the minority, fear that si ae sion to the populists, as givin them half of the offices to bi jilled, Seta THE CHOSEN SITE District Commissioners’ Action Re- garding the Western High School. A LETTER THAT MISLED OWNERS The Earle Property, and Not the Rittenhouse, Favored. —S PROTESTS EXPECTED In the selection of a site for the new w n High School building the Commis- stoners of the District of Columbia are experiencing difficulties. There were two hitches in soliciting bids, but finally these troubles were settled, and all that remained was to decide upon a suitable piece of ground from the number offered. The Commissioners met in hoard session late yesterday afternoon, and, after a tong ion, addressed the following communi- ‘on to Mess W. Rittenhouse and Randall Hagner, trustees of the Riiten- house estate, on Q street between 28th and Mills streets. “The Commissioners will be glad to con- sider any other proposition which you may sce fit to submit with regard to the site for the Western High School, which w'll enable them to open Q street through said prop- erty, and enable them to secure the ground north of Q street so extended, including the old mansion, at a reasonable figure. It will ry to have a definite reply by to- What Was Inferred it was inferred by some that this letter ind cated that the Commissioners had de- cided to purchase the Rittenhouse estate, b definite information to the contrary was given out this afternoon. The board had just concluded a hearing with the sencral manager of the Eckington railway, vhen Col. Blunt, one ef the bidders io furnish the site, requested an audience. “Gentlen.en,” ‘he began, “I see by morning papers that you have not yet 1a conclusion regarding the site for tern High School. 1 therefcre de- the sire to uw “Pardon me,” quietly interrupted Con missioner Ross, “but we decided this morn. ing to purchase the Earle property, if the ttle be good. Col. Blunt had nothing more to say, and bowed himself out of tne room. rive a large element of the conservative | ‘The deal has not yet been ciosed on pa- democrats, who are still ready to vote for | ber, but at the District building the Earle Bryan and free silver, under protes:, out | Site Was regarded this afternoon as the one of the party, and that the populists would probably put such a man as “General” Coxey on the ticket if given the chance — a weight that would bear the tcket dewn to defeat. Fuse With the Populists, The fact that the committee failed to fill the vacancies at the meeting here on Tue day is conclusive evidence that a propos: ton to fuse is to be made to the populist state convention. The greatest secrecy re- garding this agreement 1s maintained by the irembers of the committes. It is hinted that the proposition that will first be made to the popiilists is to give them half of the te tleket—the two places that are op- portuneiy vacant—in consideration of the support of that party for the democratic clectoral ticket, and the rest of the state Ucket. It is almost certain that that will not be accepted, if made, The populists im that their share of the electoral tick- s thre ct that has been generally over- t in three of the Ohio districts s have electoral nominees to gold. The gold stand- ment of the party was in the majori- ard eb ty there. If Une democrats should carry the te they might still lose these three electoral votes. As far as the bond of honor gees in thé case of these men, they are net pledged to voie for the nominee of the democrat:c party, so much as for a can- aidate who stands for the maintenance of the present money standard. They are nominated now and cannot be withdrawn without their consent. = Lack of Fund The democrats In this state will, as usual, labor under the disadvantage of a lack of campaign funds, unk the national com- mittes will come to its aid Mberally. The that would be purchase The property was oifered by John W. Pilling and Thomas E. Waggaman for George Earle, and con- sists of the entire square bounded by 35th street on the east, 30th street on the west, U street on the north and street, or the New Cut road, on the south. 116,640 square feet, or nearly three acres, are included in the tract. It fronts 300 feet on Sath street and feet on T street. ‘The property is known as “The Cedars,’ and on it is a homestead, which is stil o upied as a resi- dence by Mr. Earle, The price asked in the Lid was $35,000, What the Commissioners Say. ‘as the Earle site selected in pref- to the others?” the Commissioners were asked by a Star reporter. “We viewed all the property offered,” was the reply, “and, after taking every- thing into consideration, decided the Earle to be the most eligible. Any state- ts we might make at this time concern- the details. of the selection might de- or hinder the sale, which has not yet ‘onsummated. ill you give the paid for the property “We would rather not make that public until the deal is closed,” said the Commis- sioner. nount that is to be Protests Promised. It is expected that there will be a vigor- ous protest made against the Commission- ers’ choice of the Earle site. When the of- fer of this slte was made, some citizens of Georgetown protested against locating the High School there. It was understood this afternoon that a delegation of citizens from West Washing- ton intended to storm the fort of the Coza- missioners with a protest, big and bulky. made on the grounds that 1 every, Sats : A protest 1: republi hold every state office and all| ..2 Bins site is too far out and aot casy the state tutions. For the last three | of access, the nearest street car line being years the state has been going republican hy such large pluralities that there are but few counties in which the republicans do not control most of the oflices. As for the federal o'ficers holding office within the state, they are for the most part against free silver, and will refuse, generally, to contribute to the campaign fund, Execu- tive Chairman McConville is now in New York to lay the case before the national committee and secure an appropriation from that committee for this state. The repubilcan leaders are still tryinz to induce Major McKinley to revoke his de- cision to make no speeches in the campaign away from Canton, and to attend the meet- ing here on Saturday, but will he come? Recs Os THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Nothing Yet Accomplished at Alexandrin Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 13.—The democratic convention resumed its session at 10:30 this morning. Coats were again thrown aside, and fans were at a premium. Mr. Shackleford of Orange got the floor and moved that the two-thirds rule be re- scinded and the majority rule substitut- ed, so that the lowest candidate be dropped and not renominated ner voted for more than twice. Mr. May of Alexandria moved to strike out the second clause of the resolution. His amendment was lost by a vote of 12,915 against 3,! Mr. Gordon of Louisa moved to strike out “dropped twice” and substitute “dropped once.” The majority rule was the rule for a democratic convention. Mr. Shackleford called attention to the fact that a two-thirds rule had always been the rule in democratic conventions. He thought, however, the circumstances here called for the majority rule. (Applause.) Mr. Gordon said he had been misunder- stood; that Mr. Rixey came to the con- vention advocating the majority rule and would go out so. The vote upon the resolution as a whcle was then begun, which resulted in 1: for to 3,189 against, but before the vote could be announced several delegations changed their votes, making 9,598 for the resolution and 7,375 against it, and it was lest, not having a two-thirds vote. After comsiderable discussion the ma- jority rule wasadopted by a vote of 15,140 against 1,732. Another ballot was taken without changing the complexion of af- fairs, when Mr. Hume of Alexandria coun- ty introduced ® resolution that when a candidate's name had heen dropped twice under the rules it could not be placed in nomination again. The vote on thls resolution was then taken, and resulted in 8,885 for and 8,102 against it. Under the rules of the house of delegates, which were adopted by the convention, the fesolution was lost, not having the necessary two-thirds majority. At 1 o'clock, upon motion of Mr. Hume, the convention took a recess until 2 p.m. —_-— ZAPPQ) CHOSEN, Will Represent Washington on the N. A. A. O. Executive Committee, SARATOGA, N. Y., August 13.—At the meeting of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, James R. Doyle of Bos- ton, Walter Stimpson of North Cambriige, Mass., and Charles Catlin of Chicago were selected membsi'’s of the executive commit- tee to hold office three years. Claude Zappone was elected in place of Oscar P. Schmidt of Washington, D. C, ———_ Mrs. Lee Wants a Divorce, Martha A. Lee today petitioned for di- vorce from Jerry Lee, to whom she was married here October 26, 1882, They lived tegether until April 18, 1892, when, she alleges, her husband deserted and aban- doned her. She asks, too, for permission to resume her maiden name of Banks. At- torney G. M. Ambler represents Mrs. Lee. the the Tenleytown road, several squares dis- tant. But greatest stress is laid on the fact that situated just across the street from the selected site of the new High hool building is the House of the Good ShepherJ, a reformatory for wayward and penitent girls. Tue institution is all richt, sey these citizens of West Washington, Lut all the same they are strongly adverse to sending their young daughters and sons to school opposite it. Futhermore, it is ebjected that a cemetery is located just one block distant. 2 When the representatives of the Ritten- house property were informed today that the Commissioners had chosen the Earle site they expressed much indignation, be- cause they thought they had been badly treated. They said they had every reason to suppose that the Commissioners had chosen their site, and after receiving the letter referring to the opening of Q street, had gone to the trouble of considering and making a new proposition that complied with the Commissicners’ wishes. oui Rie abe “HUGHES, OF THE TIME! The Heat Kills a Well-Known W ington Character. This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Leonard Herbert, janitor of the May building, cor- per 7th and E streets northwest, found W. D. Hughes, who has been for years one of the best-known characters in the District, dead in his bed in the room occupied by him on the top floor. The dead man was fully dressed. Hughes had been drinking quite heavily of late, and It 1s supposed that the com- bined effects of the heat and alcohol caus- ed his death. His body was removed to the morgue. His tall, stout figure; his florid face the militant expression always in his eyes; the military whiskers and the rich brogue were familiar to all old citizens of Wash- ington who were enforced subscribers to the paper he issued at irregular intervals under the title of the Washington Times. In its columns Hughes gave attention 0 what he regarded as the crying evils of the day, but he reached the penultimate of his powers when addressing himself to the wrongs of Ireland. He was valiant in the defense of his opinions and his friends alike, and, while eccentric to a great de- gree, he will be sincerely mourned by all fhose who are left over from the old regime. h- —_-+ — HOTEL ON FIRE. The Manhansett House on Shelter Island Burning. NEW YORK, August 13.—The Manhen- sett House, a large summer hotel on Shelter Ismnd, 1s on fire. Greenport, L. I., has been telegraphed for assistance. Latest informa- tion indicates total destruction of the hotel. SS The Difference. Fiom the New York Weekly. Small Boy—“Pa, what is the difference be- tween a pessimist and an optimist?” Pa—‘Well, let me see if I can illustrate. You know I am often discouraged, and things don’t look to me as if they’d ever go right, Well, at such times I can be said to be a pessimist. But years ago, when I was @ young man, everything looked bright and rosy, ahd I was always hopeful. Then I was an optimist. Now, my son, can you under- stand the difference between @ pessimist and an optimis! Small Boy- the other isn’t. Why Postponed. From Judge, ‘When the wedding notice appeared In the paper it was announced that the ceremony ‘was necessarily postponed for several days owing to the non-arrival of the bride's trousers. The ignorant printer had mis- spelled the word trousseau, GREAT PAINTER DEAD Sir John Millais Passes Away After a Long Milnes, President of the Royal Acndemy Some of Hix Famous Work. LONDON, August 13.—Sir John Millais, president of the Royal Academy of Aris, Sir John Everett Millais was the most distinguished English painter of the pres- ent day. He succeeded Lord Leighton in the presidency of the Academy, and since the death of that great painter has be recognized as not only by virtre of his effice, but also by virtue of his talents ¢nud accomplisnments, the first artist of the British empire. As early as April last his friends were sheckid by the announ>e- ment that Millais was seriously ill, and that his disease was cancer of the throat, induced by inordinate smoking, and pro- neunced as undoubtedly fatal as soon as recognized by his physictay An 0} tien of tracheotcmy, performed on May 10, afforded but little relief, and that was only temporary. John Everett Millais was born in South- ampton June 8, 182v. He belonged to an old and well-known family of the Island of Jersey, and the most of his chil-thood was spent in the Channel Isiands and in Fran Millais’ taste for art, exhibited in early boyhood, was fostered by iis parents, who sent him, when in his ninth year, io Sass’ Art School in Bloomsbury, to study draw- ing. In 1840 he entered the Royal Acad- emy, Where he distinguished himself in all the schoo!s, winning the silver medal in each, and, in 1847, the gold medal for his historical composition, “The Tribe of ien jamin Seizing the Daughters of Shilvi This picture, was exhibited at the Pa Institution in 1848. His “Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru” had obtained a place cn the walls of the Academy two years pre- . and in 1847 his “Emissaries of Seizing Queen Elgiv I tributed, also in the last named y : large cartoon, fourteen t by ten, enti. ‘The Widow's Mite,” to the competi- exhibition in Westminster Hall. Med While a student in the Acuiemy the pe- culiar ideas which afterward developed into a school of art agitated his mind. He tacitly rebelled aga‘nst the teachings of his masters, and, toward the close of his course, united with several fellow-students in feunding an association alverward the “Pre-Raphaelite Brother- mission was to forward their Among his associates in this movement were William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, both of whom have since become prominert exponents of the peculiar theories of this school, Their avowed object was to restore to art the mplicity, truth and earnestness which characterized the early Christian painters, and which, they asserted, had been lost under Raphael anc his contemporaries and successors, who had derived their inspira- tion from classical and pagan rather than from Christian sources. In 184 Millais ex- hibited his picture of “Isabella,” from Keat’s poem, his first practical iustration of his art theory; and, at the same time, Hunt gave his ideas in the same his “Rienzi,” and Rossetti in his “Girlhood of the Virgin.” From the exhibition of these three pictures some writers date,with good reason, the advent of pre-Raphaclit- ism, the influence of which has been so po- tent in th English art of the century. In the exhibitior of 1850, notwithstanding the ridicule of the critics, who showed a disposition to treat the efforts of the broth- erhood as a juvenile freck rather than as a serious attempt, Millais and his asso- ciates appeared with new evidences of thelr earnestness and of their intention to pros- ecute vigcrously the war which they had begun against what they derominated con- ventionalism in art. Millais’ “Ferdinand Lured by Ariel” showed unquestioned abil- ity; and a second canvas, exhibited with- out a name, by the same artist, command- ed such universal attention as to elevate the school at once from the realm of ridi- cule to the domain of sober criticism. This picture represented the child Jesus in the werkshop of Joseph the carpenter. Whatever were its good qualities or its faults, it certainly had one merit—it com- manded atteation, and brought its author prominently into notice; and since that time, Mr. Millais has occupied an enviable rank among English artists. In 1852 Millais devoted himself to the de- piction of a tender sentimentality, without, however, abendoning any of his character- istic peculiarities. In “The Huguenots,” a composition of two figures, and “Ophel his contributions of this year, his admirers recognized a grace and beauty of design excelled only by the :nanipulative skill dis- played in their execution. In 1833 Mr. Mil- lais was elected an associate of the Royal Academy. He was a constant contributor to the academy exhibitions thereafter. In 1863 he was made a full member of the academy, and shared with his friend Leigh- ton the highest honors of the institution. John Ruskin, the warm friend and parti- san of the Pre-Raphaelit wanting a por- trait of his young and beautiful wife, em- ployed the young and handsome artist, Millais, to paint it, and, as a consequence, the youthful couple fell in love with each other. Ruskin, already approaching mid- dle age, did not fly into a Jealous rage, but amicably recognized the facts of the situ- ation, and lent his aid to adjust matters accordingly. By his help a divorce was privately procured, and Mrs. Ruskin be- came Mrs. Millais. In June, 1885, her majesty conferred bar- known as onetcies upon Millais and upon George Watts. On the 20th of February last Sir John Millais was unanimously elected presi- Gent of the Royal Academy, to succeed] Leighton, deceased. sae re SS Mr. W. F. Pedrick’s Funeral, At the funeral of Mr. W. F. Pedrick, which tcok place in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon from his late residence, 2036 Arch street, the impressive burial service of the Episcopal Church was read by the Rev. Mr. Walton of St. James’ P. E. Church, of which the deceased was a mem- ber. The New York and Philadelphia bar were well represented. The pallbearers were Mr. Charles C. Beaman, Mr. Wm. Beaman, Mr. Dean of New York, Mr. Louis De Rousse and Mr. Franklin M. Olds of New Jersey; Mr. Robert Patterson Mr. J. B. Agnew, Mr. F. Miles Day, x Charles Sylvester and Mr. Benjamin Cross of Philadelphia. —__—__ Grain and Cotton Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Me: Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. Low. Chose. Wheat—Sept toy Gott: Dee. a Bahay 13g” T3534 bg ioe 6. 6. is ie 3.55 se 320 3.33 827 3.50 Low. Close. 7230 7.44 723) 7.52 730 067.49 731 7.55 Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, chai -_ August 13.—Plour dull, un- 8.846 ‘barrels; exports, | 12,386 eat steady at de- September, 60%a 2 red, 54%4254%— receipts, 24,226 80,057 bushels. cl experts, 274,25 bushels; jstless 21.000 No. 2 white western, 20127, 28%4a24—reccipts, 30,185 bushels; bushels; stock, 656,594 bushels. nearby, B8aii4; western, aca bushels; exports, none; stock, 38,070 | steady—cholce timothy, $16.50 bid. firm—considerable done, in parcel room, ‘unchn Sugar strong, unchanged. Butter firm-fancy c ery, 16a17; do. imitation, 1315; do. Indie, 1 Indie, 10ai1; store packed, 7a. Eggs firm fresh, 10ali. Cheese, market tirm and advancing fancy few York, 60 lbs., cheddars, 8%; do., 35 lbs., flats, 8%; do., 22 Ibs., picnics, 9.’ Whisky’ unchanged. R FINANCE AND TRADE eden Fresh Buying Orders From London Are Expected. BRYAN DID NOT AFFECT STOCKS Advance in Prices All Along the Line. GENERAL > — MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to Th NEW YORK, A the cl -The reaction at > of the ma te due to y ay, the realization of ‘ofts on the advance of the past few days, and helped very ma- terlally by the traders who looked for profits over night on account of the po- litical atmosphere, gave way to an opening today showing a large adv in all the active stocks, The strength of our securi- ties Nsted on the London hong re Pcrted by early cable, made it very evident that orders from that center would again tor in our market, which fact be- parent in the advance in after the de very high opening. Mr. Bryan's effort last night, with the wild demonsiration accompaniment, in acknowledging the nomination of the demo- cratic party, and portraying therewith what the preliminary course of the party would be, and prophesying the course of events after the success of the silver cause, id not have the effect on stocks that has sliion would be after the last night, athonsh number, was ret al- demonstration composed of a large tended by any of the leading politicians of the party from th which fact un- doubtedly had influence in the street, The course of the price of stocks, after opening to a material advance with a num- ber of buying orders around t 20m, Look ain it again when “ Moveme noticed were an a sharp decline, only to re @ continuation of t Started. Sc of the gal Ivance of nearly 3 per cent in Burlington, wi directors met and declared the resu- lar dividend of 1 per cent on this stock. The action of Manhattan during th “al im- provement of stocks hax marked upon; this stock being inclim sag @ The stock t ned 10 73% after the noon hour, on a general run of shorts to cover, the k advanced showed some improvement. The noticeable contraction of silyer in London and the price quoted the metal market for the past week has attrac some attention. Now that the political horizon is a little clearer for the time inz,and affairs in financial circles are s: in the price unfavorable in the local me what easier, a continuation of higner pric ue to the covering of shorts, may be looked for, but a anent high pric for stocks is not warrented by the condi- tion of affal After the delivery hour the tinued to show an improvem: rections, which contin the net result of a g in some speciaities. There is also not! much better tone to the bond market, and es for good bonds closed with a much or figure. market con- - ———— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schicy, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close, American Sugar... 100 1029 é American Sagar, Pid eacedeagud American Tobac aK “obig American Cotton Oil 8% 8K Atchison. 103; 108% Baltimore & Ohio ig 1K Bag State Gas. WH 186 Canada Southern.. a 434 Canada Pacitic boxe east is” is 4 Sy BIg BR BL 3 6H Bay 53) Consolidated Gas, 1s” an is ass” Del., Lack. & W. = Wis Lae lao, lay Delaware & Hudson...-° 1165 liTy lies lisg. Den. & RioGrande, Pid..." Soeg angen er American Spiriis Ene. General “Fiectric Miinois Central. Laclide Gas. Lake Shore 2. Louisville & shvil Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missourt Pacitic National Lead Co... tional Lead Co., Pid. ew Jersey Central ew York Central Ont. & Western Pacific Mail... Phila. & Keadin, Pullman P. C. Co. Southern R Leather, pfd Wabash, Pia. * Wheeling & L. Eric.. Wheeling & L. Erie,! Western Unton T Owing to the excessive tinue its sessions until the fist M. sked. Miscellaneous Bonds 10 a asked. Me iid J. Lincoln, ate Deposit Deposit and ‘Tras and Trust, 1 Trast, 140° asked. Washington Ss n and Ligh Stat 9 bid, 14 asked. Li . fly Dd, 10 ns Telephone ye, alg bid, a.” Norfolk and W: asks Virginia Ws A requisition in jail here, ¢ Washington, now ge is wanted in Fairfax county, where, It is claimed, he indulged in horse + - = ‘According to the information telegraphed y the commander of the Third Corps, there is absolutely no truth in the news to the effect that about two hundred of our soldiers had been killed by insurgent bands in a supposed encounter at Ali Botoch.”