Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896-TEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY. WIRE Cloudburst in a New Mexican Mining Village. SWEPT THROUGH THE VALLEY Thirty Houses Have Been Carried Away. LOSS OF LIFE NOT YET KNOWN MOGOLLEN, N. M., August 20, via Sil- ver City, N. M—A terrible cloudburst struck this placeat 4 p.m. yesterday, leav- ing death and destruction behind. John Knight, a miner, who resided at. George- town, was drowned in his cabin. Several others are reported missing, but so far only two bodies, those of Knight and an unknown Mexican, have been recovered. ‘These were found in a field about six miles below. About 100 families have been ren- dered homeless and thirty houses washed away. The Colonial Mining Company of Boston has suffered to a large extent, the assay office, the mill house, powder house and blacksmith shop being washed away. It 1s feared the mine is filled with mud and water. The manager and assayers had a narrow escape, being assisted to the bank by means of ropes. ‘The Deep Down Mining Company of Kan- sas City lost their main office and assay office. The place ts situated In a deep can- yon, between high mountains. The flood attained a height of over eight feet in the street, and lasted over thirty minutes. Had tt so continued ten minutes long=r the whole town would have been swept away, as the debris had collected in the street, forming a solid wall just as the flood began to recede. Hardly a business house in the town escaped damage. The wagon road leading up to the moun- tain from the town, whieh was built a few sears ago at an immense cost, and which is the only outlet for freighters, has been entirely ruined, and all goods brought into the camp will have to be brought in on pack animals. ‘The storm was general to this section of territor, a ieieaii ed Graham state that about ‘clock yesterday afternoon a cloudburs $n the mountain side caused a flood at the Confidence ‘mine, a property belonging to the Helen Mining Company of Denver, Col., situated about three miles from there. The flood catied away the shop and sup- plies of the mine. Nine horses that were at the ore chutes loading ore for the mill were washed over the steep precipice and killed. The men-~working at the tunnel barely escaped with their Tives. It ts feared that great damage is done on the other-side of the Mogollen district. Nothing definite can be learned on account of telephone communication being broken. It is feared that the loss of life around Mogollen will be much greater than first reports Hake it. There were at least twen- ty persons, mostly miners, Hving right in the track of the great wall of water. They occupied, for the most part, adobe dwell- and ings. These have been swept away, ant their occupants cannot be heard from. Scme of <hese may_baye been warned in time to get out of t ‘but it is certain that a number have.perisned. The loss to the mining companies will be thousands of dollars. Expensive machinery had lately been put on the mines, and most of this is a total wreck. > CONNECTICUT SILVER MEN. Bryan and Sewall Club Organized at New Haven. NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 20.—Silver standard democrats of Connecticut to the number of one hundred assembled here to- @ay for the purpose of perfecting an or- ganization to carry on state committee work in behalf of Bryan and Sewall. Sympathizers with the movement were present from various sections of the state, Litchfield county alone being unrepresent- ed. On motion the meeting was organized into the Bryan and Sewall Democratic Club of the state of Connecticut. The various committees not being ready to report a recess was taken until 1:30 p.m. Newport News Sound Money Club. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 20.—A sound money club of fifty-fité was organized last night at Newport News, among railroad men principally. The sound money sentiment is very strong in that city, and preparations are made for a grand rally there Monday night to form a sound money league. Ex- Goverhor Cameron and, Jacob Kemple of Wheeling will speak. A small vote is being polled in the pri- mary here today to elect delegates to the congressional nominating convention, Sep- tember 23. Capt. John Lamb, who yester- day carried Henrico county, claims sufficient of the Richmond delegates to elect him over Col. Tazewell Ellett, the present incumbent. —_—._—_ CAUSED BY CHILDREN. Placed Spikes in the Rafis and Ditch- ed the Train. CANTON, Ohio, August 20.—A thorough Investigation was made this morning into cause of the derailing of engine No. 49, near Carrolton, the locomotive rolling down an embankment and killing Engineer Jo- sepk Kirk and Fireman John Hardesty of this city. The investigation shows the ac- cident to have beon caused by children hav- ing placed three spikes on the outside rail of curve where the derailment occurred. Twenty-six men in the caboose escaped death by falling several hundred feet down an embankment, because the caboose was caught in the branches of a big tree. ee Don Dickinson's Firm Dissolved. DETROIT, Mich., August 2@—A dissolu- tion of the legal co-partnership of Don M. Dickinson, H. T. Thurber and Elliott G. Stevenson Is announced to take place on September 1. Mr. Dickinson is said to have been muc! displeased when he returned from the eas’ and found that Mr. Stevenson had to some extent compromised the firm by accepting the chairmanship of the state central com- mittee aud becoming responsible for the Bryan campaign in Michigan. Mr. Steven- son later resigned the chairmanship, but the friction, which, however, never inter- rupted amicable relations in personal in- tercourse, continued, and the result was the decision on Mr. Stevenson’s part to withdraw from the firm. ea Singular Double Fatality. MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 20.—A strange double fatality occurred at the National Soidiers’ Home last night, the victims being Richard Botfleld, aged seven- ty-eight, late of the United States navy, and William I. Gordon, late of Company D, 9th Ohio Infantry. ‘They were assist- ing each other up the steps of the main bullding, when both fell backward to the stene flagging, and were so badiy hurt that they died shortly afterward. See Li Returns to London. NEW CASTLE, Eng., Hung Chang has suddenly curtailed the program of his trip through the provinces. He took a special train for London at 1:40 p-m. today. — Sailing Around the World. MELBOURNE, Victoria, August 20.—Jno. Blocum of Boston, Mass., who is touring the world, has arrived at Samoa on board the Spray, via the Straits of Magellan. Warned to Lanne CLARKSVILLE, Ark., August 20»John- ston county farmers in the vicinity of La- mar have begun white-cap operations in an effort to rid the community of cotton thieves. farmers called on several families and notified them to leave the community. In- stead of leaving the alleged thieves are arming themeelves with shotguns, and trouble is expected to occur. } similar duty. 1 was hauling a work train last night August 20—Li Last night an armed band of MAINE GOLD DEMOCRATS. Repudiate the Chicago Platform and Ticket. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PORTLAND, Me., August 20,—The gold democrats who bolted the Waterville con- vention held a meeting in Congress Hall, in this city, this afternoon, The mass meeting today was held in accordatice with the authority given by .the Indianapolis conference. The different sections of the state were not widely represzated, only-~a few delegates being present outside of Port- land and nearby places. The resolutions, among other things, say: “We absolutely repudiate 1nd denounce the populistic assemblage kaown as the Chicago convertion and everything ema- nating therefrom.” The resolutions ratify the financial plank adopted in the Maine state democratic con- vention held in Portland June 17. — Nominated on the 239th Ballot. ATLANTA, Ga., August 20.—The dead- lock in the fourth district democratic: con- vention, in session at Warm Springs, was broken today by the nomination of W. C. Adamson of Carroll county on the 239th ballot. Adamson is a free silver man. ——> Gall Hamilton’s Funeral. HAMILTON, Mass, August 20.—The funeral of Miss Mary Abigail Dodge (‘Gail Hamilton”) was held from her late home in this town at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and was attended by a large number of townspeople. ——— Baron. Dhanis Takes the Offensive. BRUSSELS, August. 20.—The Soiri says that Baron Dhanis, commanding a strong force, has taken the offensive.against the Mahdists in the Upper Congo. It is added that the situation causes the gravest anxiety in regard to the security of the Congo Free State, and it is predicted that serious political difficulties may arise. — BANDITS IN ARIZONA. Picturesque and Exciting Features of Far Western Life. Life in Arizona is depicted in a report Just received at the Treasury Department from Mr. Webb, collector of custome at Nogales, Ariz. He says that five bandits from the Ajo mountains tn Sonora, Mexico, came into Nogales on the 6th instant with eontraband horses and attempted to “hold up” the International Bank. They fired about 100 shots tn their efforts to rob the bank, and the fire was returned by the citi- zens with such success that the bold bad men fled. A posse, including Colelctor Webb, took their trail and at the end of fifteen miles came up with them in a low canyon, but they managed to escape in the darkness over the border into Mexico near San An- tonto. The pursuit was kept up for sev- eral days under great difficulties and hard- ships. On the 12th Instant the pursuing party was ambushed in Skeleton Canyon, N. M., and Inspector R. Frank P. Robson was killed. The collector recétimends that a suitable reward be offered for the capture of the men “‘dead or alive,” They are be- lieved to be the same men’ who robbed the United States post office at Separ, N. M. in July last. ° South American Notes. The president of Argentina has issued a decree, a copy of which has been forwarded to the State Department, remitting all du- ties on articles sent from the United States for the purpose of showing the manufac- turing and commercial industries of this country. The mevement. fer..these exhibi- tions originated in Philadelphia. The Venezuelan government has granted a concession to an American to establish permanent exhibitions of American goods at Caracas, Maricaibo and other large cities of Venezuela. A new phase of the long contest between Chile, Bolivia and Peru is reported, by which Bolivia is promised a coast line on the Pacific. More than a year ago a treaty was made, giving Tacha and Arica to Chile, thus leaving Bolivia cut off from access to the oc and one of the few countries situated, like Switzerland, entirely without coast ire. Since then the countries have been negotiating and ft is sald that a treaty has been effected by which Bolivia gets back a strip through Tacha and Arica sufficient to give her an outlet to the Pa- cific. — Army Orders. .- Additional Second Lieutenant Edward L. King, Sth Cavalry, has been transferred to the 7th Cavalry. The order detailing First Lieutenant Will- iam H. Coffin, 5th Artillery, to’ instruczion at the artillery school at Ft. Monroe has been revoked. Capt. Willlam H. Gibson, 6rdnance de- partment, has been ordered to special duty at the Sandy Hook proving grounds, in connection with the test of disappearing gun carriages. Capt. Frank Hea~a, ord- nance department, has been ordered to Capt. Charles Morris, Light Battery F, Sth Artillery, has been transferred to Bat- tery K of the same regiment, exchang- ing places with Capt. Henry ¥. Riley. The leaves of absence granted Capt. Daniel T. Wells, Sth Infantry, and Lfeut. Edward B. Winans, jr. 5th Cavalry, have been extended one month. See Desires to Change His Name. Charles Louis Smith, the child of George H. and Margaret Smith, today petitioned the Equity Court for permission to change his name to Louis Beyer, jr. At birth, he says, he was adopted and reared by Louis Beyer and his wife Mary. Since then ne has been known as Louls Beyer, jr.. and, Mrs. Beyer dying the 28th of last month, | gave him one-half of her estate and made him executor. ————— Burned by Molten Metal. PITTSBURG, Pa., August 20.—By the ex- plosion of molten metal at furnace I of the Edgar Thompson steel works early this morning ter men were burned, three sert- ously. The names of the latter were Mike Strasko, John Lorvick and John Dusma. ‘They were burned about the head, body and feet, but all will recover. The explo- sion was caused by the molten iron strik- ing a pool of water The furnace was not damaged. Se Western Railway Man’s Death. PORTLAND, Ore., August 20.—William Brown, assistant general freight agent of the Canadian-Australian line, died last night. Brown was a well-known railway man, and before coming here was connect- with the Denver and Rio Grande. ee Trereasing Chicago’s Water Supply. CHICAGO, August 20.—The foundation for the new three-mile water supply has heen successfully launched The structure resembles a huge wooden water tank more than anything else. It is an immense af- fair. being twenty feet high, 100 feet wide and weighs 1,75 tons, made of oak and steel, and ts said to be the largest caisson ever constructed. It 1s to be built fourteen feet higher of wood, and on top of that will be placed twenty-five feet of steel. It will be three morths yet before it is towed to its final resting place. = John Daly Relensed. LONDON, August 20.—John Daly, the Irish political prisoner, was released from Portland prison this afternoon. ——— A New Roadway. From the New York Sun. A new kind of highway introduced in California consists of a gutter steel track one-fourth of an inch thick and five inches wide, flat on the bottom, with sides half an inch high, then extending outward one and one-half irch, then down the same. It 1s spiked to a longitudinal timber laid on cross ties, no spike heads being on the sur- face, and the track !s perfectly smooth; the laying ts rour feet eight and one-half inches from center to center—the standard Cs ‘he middle and sides are filled in with stone, so that, in fact, the structure is a macadam- ized road, with steel tracke for the wagon wheels; and on this kind of track one horse will draw twenty times as much as of all the wagons and railroad cars. on a dirt road, and the economic revolution involved in such a plan is not to be doubt- ed, in view of the statement officially made —namely, that freight can be hauled on such a steel track road for less than half the average charge on lateral roads. “t ... LEGAL TRAINING. An Interesting Paper Read by J. Randolph Tucker. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 20.—J. Ran- dolph Tucker read an interesting paper be- fore the American Bar Association this afternoon. In his paper before the section of legal education J. Randolph Tucker of Virginia considered what ts “The Best Training for the American Bar of the Future, What Shall the Schools Teach and How Shall They Teach, and How Long Shall They Teach?” He maintained: First—That the lawyer as a minister at the altar of justice of the ideal Jus, through the actual Lex, must be trained to believe his employment is a public duty, primarily to God and his country; not a mere vocation for private wealth or honor; and that his functions as a lawyer or judge are to be performed for the promotion of truth ard right, and for the defeat of falsehood and wrong. This is the primal lesson. Second—The lawyer should have liberal cultare. Is there anything in philosophy or science, in history or literature, he should not know, in order to reach the summit of his noble vocation? ‘Third—As law ts an historic science, be- cause every law system has had historic development, the student must be taught and should learn the history of legal science; from {ts ancient land marks, along the pathway of its progress to present con- ditions. He should be taught. and learn comparative jurisprudence, thus broaden- ing views of his own by comparison with others, and avoiding the narrowness and error which comes from a too exclu- sive consideration of his own local polity. The interesting relation between the civil law and the common‘ law, which modern investigation has shown to be closer than at one time was supposed to exist; the derivation of much of the common law from the reservoir of the Corpus Juris Civilus and the reflex influence of the com- mon law upon the code and practice of the civilian in our own states; make it im- portant, and essential, where practicable, that each system should be distinctively taught in schools, where the other is the ™main and primal subject of instruction. Fourth—Constitutional law is therefore a special theme for the lawyer of the United, States, for on the integrity and supremacy of these constitutions over men and states, and governments, state and federal, de- pend the perpetuity of our Union, and the security of our liberties as men. How shall he be taught? We must teach him to teach himself. First—By the best text books, which shall precisely state the law as it has been settled by statute and adjudications. I must think is best in the first stages. Second—In connection with this, lectures full and free, showing the natural and moral foundation for the principles, or the historic origin of what is arbitrary, and may seem contrary to morality or reason. I believe in lectures along with text books; not on them so much as parailel to’ them, and embodying the views of the teacher and of other authors. The student takes in by the spoken words of a good teacher what he never derives from the written words of the best author. work well together. Third—By the use of cases, leading’ and illustrative of the doctrine in hand. As a practical question, it may be leit to the teacher to decide whether the study of cases, so admirably enforced on the original suggestions of the eminent’ Prof. Langdell of Harvard, should be cotemp raneous with the study of text books, de. fining and settling general principles, or be deferred to a quasi post-graduate course [and the condition of the title will figure at a later period. In this broad and ever-widening field for’ Juridical duty in this country, 56’ unfyze: in its political organism, and so closely related to the world’s destiny, the teacher must Inspire the student with ‘a deep sense of his duty tor full preparation for the tm- mense work before him.” How long shall he study? I concede three years is better than two, and two than one. I admit one year, two years is too short a period for such a course, nay, I would prefer four, five years to three. Mr. Tucker closed by saying that while. urging a longer course of study than one year, his efforts as a professor of law were to lay a fovndaticn of legal puinciples, based on moral truth and leading cases, such as put the student in a condition for such self-training for life and insare to him the eminent «bility to fit him for the most exalted duties of his great calling. Such training, he said, “had made the great judges from Marshall to Brewer and from Sir Edward Coke to Lord Russell.” Seen reeat TYPEWRITING AS A BUSINESS... It Has Grown to Great Dimensions Within a Few Years. From tte Boston Herald. Within the last ten years probably the number of young women in the country who have undertaken to obtain a living, by stenography and typewriting is not far from 200,000. This estimate is not ac rate, and it is based upon no formal gath- ering of statistics, but it Is gathered from a rough estimate of what is going on in all the offices where typewriters are sold. There is no kind of office work that’ cleaner or nicer, or more fitting for young women to engage in, and perhaps no work that is, on the whole, better adapted .to train women to business habits and to. bring out their practical qualities of life. It has been a great rellef to young women, who obtain such a ready and open oppor- tunity to employ themselves to advantage in offices, and has made them very largely independent of aid from others. ‘The wages which typewriters on the average obtain is, if they are good stenographers, about $10 to $12 a week, and a larger sum depends chiefly upon the efficiency of the individual. If a person is very capable, a good speller, understands punctuation and is acquainted with all the details of good writing, she is able to command much larger wages, and if she has a knowledge of bookkeeping, of office routine, with all these other qualifications, she can fre- quently command $25 a week. The health of these operatives is not impaired by their work, and the number of persons who are placed in the course of a year in different business offices is far larger than any one would believe. The question of the service which these typewriters can render is constantly re- ceiving attention from the public schools, and, aside from the help which this kind of training gives to young persons who have to earn their own living, it is of great importance that they should receive train- ing in the use of the typewriter and In shorthand in the public schools. If we were to mention the schools where the typewriter is in use we should have to name nearly every important city and town in the country. It is an open ques- tion in a growing number of the public schools whether instruction in shorthand and in the typewriter should not be placed on the same footing with the instruction in English end other studies that are at once practical and wide-reaching in their rang2. The testimony of many educators is thit “as a teacher of English composition the typewriter today stands without a peer.” One of the great things about it is that it exposes defects in writing, so that they are readily corrected. It is an object lesson without an equal, in every school where it is placed, and it has gone everywhere where civilization is known. The type- writer is today a universal traveler. It is found in Central Africa, in the missionary flelds and at the ends of the earth, and there is ne place where it Is not used. Like the bicycle, it fs an universal favor- ite. It has provided for young women an honorable occupation, and helped them to a new sphere of effort. It has placed them in a position of usefulness which is new and much to be desired, and all young women of character have found it a won- derful help to them in earning a living. Aside from being an educator, it ts the testimony of those who place these wo- men tn offices that they almost never vio- late the proprieties, and that their conduct is such that they give satisfaction in near- ly every instance, and find companions for life frequently among their emplcyers. The future of the typewriter and the stenographer is well assured. They can not be dispensed with, and where a per- son is able to do good and rapid work she is sure to be retained at a rising salary as long as she wishes to work. The boon which the public school can confer upon its patrons through the training in short- hand and in typewriting is sufficient to justify the attention which educators are giving to this new department in the school work. The relief which the type- writer gives to those who are engaged in daily work of writing ts beyond expres- sion, so great that it is never likely to be dispensed with. When one has once learned how to dictate direct to the type- writer he will never go back to the drudgery of the pen, and it is an accom- plishment which ts worth more to one who. has to earn his own living than words can express. To thousands of brain- workers the typewriter has been a great blessing. It has brought comfort, and peace in its train. This || They, 120 days) = Horne & Hussey, Harvard street? 21°12 | BICYCLERS’ BABIES[O'SPUTED STATE LINE] weer vmenm rounesTEINANCE AND TRADE BABIES Parents-Uan Again Take Their Tod- Hers 3 on ‘Their Wheels, 8 OBIECTGNABLE REGULATION REVOKED Waste” Bites Upgered for Use Upon the ~Streets. > BRIGHTWOOD ENGINE HOUSE ae Those owners ‘ot wheels, mostly parents, who recently appeared before the Commis- stoners and entered vigorous objection to the clause in section 30, article 10, of the Pohce regulations, providing that no per- son other than the person or persons pro- pelling “any~Bicycle’stall be permitted to ride-on*'the same, havé’ ‘won the fight. Hereafter the} may take the little ones for an airing on the wheels to their heart's content, for th!s afternoon the Commis- stoners signed an order repealing the ob- noxious clause. ‘the section, as amended, now reads: “No bicycle shall’ be propelled across any in- tersecting street in the city of Washing- ton at a greater rate of speed than six miles per hour,.narcat s. greater rate of speed between intersecting streets and avenues than twelve miles per hour; nor at a greater rate'of speed on any public street or readway outside of said city than fifteen miles per hour. “And the person or persons propelling the same in violation of this regulation shall, upon conviction, be fined not’ less than $1 nor more than $10, and eve-y bicycle shall at’all times be under control of the rider.” Waste Boxes for Streets. The Commissioners this afternoon direct- ed the property clerk of the District of Co- lumbia to procure thirty boxes, substan- tlally of the design submitted tn the com- thunication of the street and alley cleaning department, -and described in The Star Tuesday last. The boxes are to be made of galvanized iron, 22 by 10 by 14 inches In dimensions, painted and lettered “Waste Boxes,. and formed to fit the posts to which they shall be attached. It ie stated in the order that the boxes; are to be used as receptacles for waste Paper and other light refuse, and to be placed at such points in the District as the superintendent of street and alley cleaning may designate. The price to be paid for furhishing and erecting the boxes, it 1s stipulated, shall not exceed $4.50 each if made to fit tapering posts and $4 each if made to fit straight posts. Brightwoeod’s Engine House. It Is understood that. the Commissioners have informally decided on the location for the new fire engine house at Bright- wocd. The board late yesterday after- HBOH* personally viewed the “2lté¥ “dltered and reached an agreement..e@.te the plot to be purchased. Of course the price largely in the deal. The Commissioners, it seems, are satisfie¢ and pleased witn the site they have decided on, Lut this afternoon declined to disclose its exact j locality on the name of the owner. Proposals. Proposals were opened this afternoon at the District bullding ‘for grading Connec- ticut avenue and Harvard street in the suburbs. The bidders and their offers were as followa: Gaskins |& Strang, Connecticut avenue. 17 cents. a-eubic yard, the work to be eom- pleted in 120 days; Harvard street, 23 cents a@ cubic yard, the ork to be compiected in 120 days. Henry ‘Voigt,- Connectieut atenue, 18 | cents a cubic yard, the work to be com- pleted in 100 days. R. Seek, Connectigut avenue, 331-8 cenis a cuble erd, the work to be completed in cents ‘a cubic yard, pleted in 90 days Andrew Gleeson, Connecticut _avenue, 16 12, certs a cubic yard, the work td be completed in 120 days: Harvard street, 23 cents. a cubic yard, the work to be -om- pleted in 90 days. G. B. Mullin, Connecticut avenve, 16 cents.a cuble yard, the work to be com- pleted in 119 days; Harvard <street, 23 1-4 conta a cuble yard, the work to be vom- pleted in 120 days. Bids for Asphalt Paving. Proposals for laying asphalt pavements in the, District were this afternéon'opened at the District buiiding. The bidders and thett Gffers were as foliows: , Barber Asphalt Paying Company, (inch base, 31.63 a square yard; 8-inch base, $1.83 @ square yard; resurfacing--over cobble, $3,10-a square yard; furnishing and spread- ing binder, $6.90 a ‘yard: Bermudez Asphalt Pavin; inch base, $1.75 a square base, $1.95 a square yard; resurfacing over cobble, 53 cents a square yard; furnishing and spreading binder, $12.50 -a ‘yard, Washington Brick ‘and Tile Company— Six-inch base, $1.77 a square yard; eight- imch base, $2/a square yard. Scho Estimates for 1897-98. ” Messrs. Jess H. Wilson, George H. Har- ries, D. H. Hazen and L. A. Cornish, repre- senting the board of school trustees of the District of Columbia, visited the District building late yesterday afternoon and urged that the Commissioners forward to Con- gress the estimates prepared by the trustees for the school year 1897-08, with all the items included as recommended. Particular stress was paid to the needs of manual training apd new school buildings. THE DEAD YACHTSMAN. the work to be com- Company—Six- Memorial Sérvices Over the Body of Baron Zedtwitz. _ RYDE, Isle of Wight, August 20.—The memorial services here this afternoon held as a tribute of respect to the late Baron von Zedtwitz, the German dipiomat, who was Killed Tuesday as the result of a col- liston between his yacht, Isolde, and Em- peror William’s yacht, Meteor, were at- tended by representatives of the queen, ihe Primee of Wales, all the yacht clubs and a large number of distinguished yachtsmen were present in person on their own be- half. The German consulate sent a dele- gation to the services, and a number of magnificent wreaths, including several from the Royal Yacht Squadron, were placed upon the casket. The body}, will be taken to Dresden for burial... ix The post-mortem examination of the re- mains. showed that the baron’s skull was fractured, and that two of bis ribs were broken. Further details. regarding the accident show.that the. Ieolde’s bowsprit knocked a hole into Britannia’s main cabin, and the Prince: of Waleg has ordered his yacht to retire for phe nce of ‘the season. It is believed that Meteor, Satanita and Allsa will also retire from any further racing this year... as ———— SILVER’S RECENT DROP. The Explanation Given by the West- © Gazette. voponfa bo 20.—The -Westminster Gazette this’afternoon, in its financial ar- ticle, attributes the fall in silver to the in- ability of speculators in the United States to carry silver purchased with borrowed money, and the scarcity of buyers. It says: 5 “The quantity of silyer lying unused in the banks-of@hina fs large, there being much less demand for.it owing to the set- back to trade in both China and Japan, due to the smallness of the purchases of silk by Amerféa ard Europe. What the people are anxious to know is what is the amount of silver which is still carried by speculators in the United States. But no Information ts obtainable upoa this point, though it must be large.“ ‘The price is now declining, and the figure may induce more active speculation beth in London and India.” = -— 2 An Aileged Fraudulent Concern. The Postmaster General has issued a rest |fraud order against the Creditors’ Bene- | ficial Association of Rockford, Ill. j Stead, two resolutions jit. yard; eight-inch j DISPUTED STATE LINE A Geographical Jarndyce Oase Before the — . Maryland and West Virginia Contest Over a Wedge of Territory at the Potomac’s Source. The United States Supreme Court will soon after it reconvenes be called upon to settle a dispute between the states of Mary- land and West Virginia which grows cut of an error committed by Lord Fairfax when he laid out the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia 1 years ago. The question is as to the ownership of a strip of land three-quarters of a mile wide at the widest part, thirty-seven miles long ane. tapering to a point, and now claimed 4 part of Garrett county, Md. re has truly been as lawyers have termed it. “a lung-drawn-out case,” and on account or the length of time which eiapsed before Maryland andertook to assert her rights. Although it is claimed there is no doubt ot ner rmgnt to the strip of land Im question, the juugment of the court may be against her. According to the evidence gathered on the subject by the vanous attorneys gen- eral ot Maryland who have handled the case, the mistake appears to have arisen through the setting up of the Lord Fairfax stone in 1746 near the head of the North branca of the Potomac river, instead of the South branch, under the impression that the former was the longer stream and prop- er headwaters of the river, and without the knowledge or assent of Lord Balti- Tacre, who subsequently protested aguinst the boundary line as thus established. No further action was, however, taken unul 1771 on ac-ount of the raging of tae French and Indian wars during the inter- vening twenty-five years. In 1771 the gov- ernor of Maryland appointed a commission, mder wiich a survey was made by Tuomas esap, who found that the most westerly fcuntain of the Potomac was the South branch. Another delay was caused by the revolutionary war. ‘The state of Virginia then took possession of her territory and, as clvimed, ceded to Maryland all land un- der her charter. Subsequently the contro- versy was resumed between the two state: as appears by various resoiutions of the leg. islature of Maryland and letters which Passed between the governors of the two states between 1796 and 1826. Virginia also passe? an act in 1833, having for its object the settYement of the boundary line and the appointment of the commissioners, who Were to meet similar commissioners on the Part of Maryland. In 1834 the state of Maryland filed a bill in the United States Supreme Court againsi the state of Vii ginia to settle the case, which, however, the belicf that the question could be ami- cably settled, was subsequently withdraw: But no settlement reached and the question then lay dormant for sixteen years, being revived in 18H, when both states passed acts for the appointment of commissioners to have the line surveyed. Farther Efforts. Nothing was done under these acts, and In 1858 Virginia passed an act providing for a joint commission to trace the southern boundary from Smith’s Point to the At- jantic ocean, and the western Loundary from “the Fairfax stone to the Pennsyl- vania line.” The Maryland act of 1852 pro- vided only for the appointment of a jo commission to run a line north from the Fairfax stone, with the expr: that such line, “when ratified ty both leg- islatures,” should be the voundary between the two states, but it contained no pro- ision concecaing the settlement cf the southern boundary. Commissioner T. J. Lee of Maryiand met + McDonald, comm:ssioner of Virginia, and proceeded ‘to carry out. in- structions in reference to the tern boundary. The services of Lieut. N. Mich- ler United States army, were obtained, and @ line was run from the Fairfax stone to the Pennsyivania line avont three-fourihs of a mile wes! of the Deakins line. This would give Maryland the wedge of land she now claims in the contri ‘s ‘The legislature of Marylana promp! ratified this line, but Virci ia did not, jp one to mark Mich- ler's tine, and another to send an agent to Europe to collect documeatary evidence “to ascertain and estavlish the true lines of boundary, ete.,”” thus leaviag the ques- tion still open and, as the state of land now claims, lea y mitted to her original under ber charter, and the distinct recognition of her boundaries thereunder by the Virginia con- stitution of 1776. No Settlement Reached. The war prevented further consideration of the question, and afterward the state of West Virginia, which was formed during the war, claimed she was not bound by the M@chier line, as Virginia had never ratified West Virginia in 1868 passed an act for a jomt survey, but none made, and ‘ Maryland took no further steps until 1886, when the governor was requested to bring | the matter to the attention of the governor | of West Virginia, and the legislature of the latter state then passed an act ratify- ing the Michler line, but with such resiric- tions as were rot acceptable to Maryland. The present suit was afterward entered by Attorney General Wiliam Pinkney Whyte and Mr. John P. Poe, his successor. Attor- ney General Harry M. Clabaugh having succeeded Mr. Poe in office, will try the case before the Supreme Court. FATHER AND SO: AT opps. Application for the Dissolution of a Partnership. Fred Drew today petitioned the Equity Court to dissolve the partnership between him and George Drew, under the firm name of George Drew & Son, in the manufac- ture and laying of artisicial stone pave- ment and mastic roofs. The partnership, says the complainant, was entered into Oc- tober 1, 1889, and he charges that the de- fendant has fallen into habit of inebriety. rendering the further prosecution of the partnership impracticable. The complain- ant also charges his partner with failing to account for money collected, and says he is seeking to drive him, the defendant's son, and two daughters out of their home, 1818 4th strect, paid for, he says, in large measure out of the earnings of the firm. The defendant, he also charges, is endeav- oring to prevent him from realizing what is justly due him. Therefore he asks the court to dissolve the partnership, place it in the hands of a receiver and restrain the defendant from collecting any money due the firm or dis- posing of any of its assets, including sev- eral pieces of real estate. Attorney J. J. Darlington represents the complainant, and Judge Cole granted a temporary restraining order, returnable Monday next. Three Wills Filed. The will of the late Mary Beyer, dated July 14, 1896, was filed today. The tes- tatrix’s adopted son, known as Louis Bey- er, jr., ls named as executor. To Elizabeth K. Maus and Caroline K. Lefevre, sisters, and to Helen J. Fenton, a niece, $5 each is given. The residue of the estate is equally divided between the executor and Helen B. Johnson, a niece, they being di- rected to always provide a home for Louis Beyer, sr., husband of the testatrix. The will of the late Nellie Florence Pum- phrey Kimball was also filed today. It ts dated November 22, 1892, and appoints her husband, Ephraim Gardner Kimball, ex- ecutor, and makes him sole beneficiary. ‘The widow of the testator, Anna Schon- born, is appointed executrix by the will of the late Henry F. Schonborn, dated June 28, 1880, and filed today. The estate is given to the widow for life, or so long as she remains unmarried. If she remar- ries she is to have only her dower, the residue of the estate tu be then equally divided among the testator’s children, Will- iam, Anna, Henry and Theresa. eee The Missing Jobn M. Bayne. John M. Bayne, the young man reported to have attempted to end his life In West Chester, Pa., this week, is said to bé a son of the late Wiliam Harmon Bayne, who was connected with Adams’ Express Com- pany here for severa! years. He will fall heir to about $32,000 in a short time, and, upon the strength of this, it is said, he had borrowed considerable money and had been drinking before he went away. His wife has been making anxious inquiries atout him, and has probably gone to Penn- sylvgnia to bring him home. He ts an actor, and is about twenty-five years old. WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS, AU Parties and Factions Displaying Much Activity. Correspondence of The Evening Star. WHEELING, W. Va., August 17,-1806. Ex-Governor E. W. Wilson was nominated for Congress by acclamation by the demo- crats of the third district at Charleston August 15. Wilson made a characteristic speech, denouncing Cleveland. Judge David E. Johnston of Monroe was nominated by acclamation for presidential elector. G. W. Atkinson, republican candidate for governor, finished a ten days’ campaigning trip in the Kanawha and New River val leys last week, and is now hard at work in this end of the state. The state executive committees of the Populist and democratic parties have agreed upon a compromise, whereby the FINANCE AND TRADE Importation of Gold the Topic in Wall Street. SS PROSPECTS OF ITS CONTINUATION ie Better Feeling in American Securities. London for Populists agree to place four democratic] GENERAL MARKET REPORTS electors upon their ticket in return for the democrats placing two populists upon the democratic ticket. The conference will be held at Parkersburg, the two electors. Sound Money Democrats. Alfred Caldwell, Z. T. Vinson, J. D. Baines, E. M. Turner and Randolph Stalnaker of the executive democrats have issued a “National Demo- cratic Party Call for a State Convention,” vo be held at Wheeling, Saturday, August 29, 1896, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of =e the convention to be al jianapo} Ind., on Septemb 1898; also, to select six aleucors for the state of West Virginia, and tran: act such other business"as may be deemed and expedient. A part of the call is as follows: ‘In taking this step the gentlemen present presidential electors | WCuld affect matters in financial circle: o. asian August 20, to name | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 20.—The profession- al element, who conducted the principal part of the trading on the exchange yesterda’ was today again conspicuous In stock trans- committee of the sound money | actions, The course of the market, there- fore, was dull and the character of the transactions very light. The sole topic of conversation In the street today was the importation of gold, whether it was profitable, and how its continuation The terrible strain on the money market, its natural consequences, have un- doubtediy been lightened considerably, and felt that they were pursuing the only course | the tone, productive of the imports of the left open to them as true democrats. They cannot give their platform, first, because the: metal, will have a betterment simply in the Support to the Chicago | fact that there will be a cessation of the talk regard 1a financial ‘proposition for the free eats | Of the awful state of affairs. With gol ‘ree coin: of Silver at the arbitrary ratio of 16 tol as coming in from Europe the demand for it utterly destructive to the financial interests | here can be met without recourse to the of the country, the great majority of the people who must depend upon the wages of labor for the sup- port of themselves and families; sccondly, because the attack upon the courts con- tained in that platform is an attack upon the very citadel of Nberty in this country, and, if carried into successful execution, will end in the utier subversion of law and the power of the sovernment to preserve social order, and 1s a menace to property and a covert invitation to riot and pillage.” Dr. Lon Garrett was nominated for the state senate by the sixth district republi- cans at Huntington, August 15th. Populist Candidate for Governor. I. C. Ralphsnyder of Preston has accepted the nomination of the populists for governor and will formally open. his campaign at Clarksburg September 3. He proposes to contribute handsomely to the campaign fend. He was much dissatisfied with his overwhelming defeat In the democratic con- vehtion, and at the failure to secure a fusion ‘on the state ticket. For n Fusion has been effected, wuonal electors a udge Joseph R. Paull of Wheeling and H. C. Hervey of Wellsburg were nomianted for’ circuit inalges by the republican judicial ‘nvention at Wheeling, August Lith. ‘General Lee “Pafrchilds of California is stumpltig for the republicans in the central part of the state. The labor unions of Wheeling find fault With the late de: pmocratic state convention for failure to incorporate a plank, as fr atested, demanding the enactment of an eight-hour law. One Tea of Congress. Col. Robert McEidowney, the versatile editor of the New Martinsville Democrat, has often been urged to make the race for Congress in the first district. This is what he says: “I try to look at the practical side of the matter. The uncertainty of election is a consideration, but aside from that the expense and physical labor are considerable, and it 1s not such a desirable thing, you have received a majority of the votes. You go to Washington for two years. You spend your first year getting there, and your second year in retaining the place. Every succeeding nomination requires an effort, and often a bitter fight. It is an honor to be a Congressman, but a new man, unless he possesses remarkable ability, is seldom heard of, especially when he has his repu- tation to make, No, i never had the con- gressional fever.” Gen. C. C. Watts and Col. W. W. Arnett, democratic candidates for governor and Congressman, respectively, will open the campaign in Tyler county, at Middlebourne, on Saturday, August 22” The resignation of Gen. Watis as United States district at- torney has been accepted by the President. sei POWDER MILL XPLOSION. One Man Killed and Three Badly , Hurt. HAZELTON, Pa., August 20.—A terrific explosion occurred at the Tomhicken Powcer Company's mills, Derringer, Pa., today One man was instantly killed and three others were terribly injured, as fol- lows: Killed—E.: J.. Whitebread. Injured— Reter. Sholl, Oliver Ross, John Kissbach. | The buildings were completely demolished. | Phe cause of the explosion is not known, | but it is believed the powder in the drying house was ignited by coming in contact with some hard substance. me ee Wiges of Walter Girls. From the New York ‘Times. The girl waiters in a first-class dunch room are paid more than the average of women workers at other employments. They receive $8 a week and their meals for working eight hours a day, $4 for half time, five hours, and 33 cents for four hours of extra work. It is unskilled labor. No pre- vious experience is required, and there is a gfeat deal of competition for that reason. The “tip” ts almost unknown to the lunch- room wor-an waiter. “We have to work hard.” said one girl, talking of her labors one day, “but it is easy to learn how to do the work. I had never waited on a table before, and I be- gan on full time. But you never did see anything like the way people act here when | Wheeling & L. there’s a crowd. They will not do a thing | Western unless you say please. I come along with a lot of boiling hot coffee and call ‘One side,” but three of them. will stand right in the middie of the floor until I say ‘One side, please.” We do not get ‘tips’ very of- ten, although one of our young women got $2.70 one election night. A gentleman gave me 50 cents once, and sometimes we get 5 cents or 10 cents. A man gave one of the girls a pany once. She did not look at it until after he was gone. Perhaps he thought it was a 5-cent or 10-cent piece.” e+ Want to Go Barefoot. From the New York Sun. The following letter was sent to the president of the board of park commission- yesterday: a ‘Dear sir—The members of the Knelpp- Verein No. 1 of New York beg of you to be kind enough to designate for them a con- venient spot on the lawns of-one of our public parks where the adherents and dis- ciples of the Kneipp cure are permitted to walk barefoot in the early dawn or in the evening on the grass. “Many members of our society complain that whenever they attempt to take this most healthy of all exercises they are con- fronted with the prohibitory sign, ‘Keep off the grass.’ Now, what we want is to get on the grass, especially when it is dewy. “Yours respectfully, Beat HENRY F. CHARLES, “President of the Kneipp-Verein No. 1 vo! N. Y., 42 Bond street.” ia oe ———_ sos Fined for Entertaining His Family. From the Chicage Tribune. Ex-Congressman Isaac W. Stephenson of Wisconsin, one of the largest vessel owners on the lakes, was fined $500 by Deputy Col- lector of Customs John Hitt for violation of sectien 52 of the Revised Statutes. As Mr. Stephenson puts it, he was fined for giving his family and several friends an outing on his big steam freighter named after himself. Mr. Stephenson took his friends out for scveral days’ ride last week and touched at the port of Chicago. The officers of the revenue cutter Calumet saw a party of women and children on the freighter and bearding it the master was ordered before the collector of the port for carrying pas- sengers without a license. Mr. Stephenson said the people were members of his family and invited friends. He was informed that the law did not make any distinction. The people were passen- gers within its contemplation, and the fine of $500 was imposed. iMr. Stephenson paid the fine rather than have his boat tied up by the collector, and has taken an appeal to Washington. after | and particularly unjust to | gold reserve, and the banks consequently will be spared the necessity their supply. Although it is doubtful about the profit accruing from the importation of gold, still it should not be so, considering the pres- ent low rate of exchange, and the fact that the bullion brokers are requiriag a pr mium for the metal from % to | cent. As for the continurtion of zh DP conditions are very favorable. The unse Uled condition of business of <his cov with the uncertainty of an eu the very tight money, have pr» chants from buying large stooks of goods, which has caused imports to fall off co: siderably, while at the same time exports have been quite large, with the result that there is a balance of trade in our favor. A continuation of the importation of gold will certainly be an improving factor, will undoubtedly be-felt, and its inft noted. London quotations were slight of attacking y in excess of our figures today, but cables from the other side still reported a better feeling to- ward our.speurities, and a co! the improvement felt over the the coming electior market inuation of anxiety of The foreign exchange vas steadier today, with a very light business. Sterling rates were as fol- 0 Cable tramsfers, 4853-4: long bills, 1-2 and 4843-4, and ehort bills, 485 1-9 and 458-4. The trading teday was featureiess, and the quotations did net vary to any great degree. “After opening quite strong, with just_ a slight deviation “from yesterday's closing, tae market commenc and shortly before the corded a gain of 1 poi Burtitigton, selling ex. di particularly strong, anda instrumental toward suka: ip, ane light trading, lost its cain of the hours. Just before d movement set in, due dictory to the recent 1 imports merket continued to during the heurs, and the final quotations show a loss for the day. — AND COMMERCL FINAN The following are the openi: and the lowest ani New York stock m the highest prices of the may Oa Sw ve a Canada Sy Canada ‘Chesapeake & Ohio. c.C.C. x pI Louis Delaware & Hudson, : i Den. & Kio Grande, Bi “Rdg Americaa Spi Ene - General Electric... Niinols Central ..... Laclide Lake Shore.. Louisville & Nasi Metropolitan Tractic Manhattan Alevated. Nigam Central... jason Pacific. . ational Lead National Lead Ce, Pia. New Jersey Central... New York Centra. North American Western. Mail... Pacitic Phila. & Reading. Pullman P. C. Co. Southern Ry., Pid. Phila. Traction... Texas Pacitic.. nn. Oval and Iron. Union Pacitic.. . Leather. pfa Wabash, Pra. Wheeling & L. Erie. Erie,Pt Tel *nion Silver. *EXx-di md Cotion Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1 street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. IN. Open. “High. Diy Bel Low. Close, Wheat—Sept. Dec: 23 Jan Ribs—Sopt: Jan. Month. September ‘October. November Decembe Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, M4. 20.—Flour dil, nn- changed—recetpts,, is: exports, ‘5,480 barrels; sales, 150 and month yaGIX: Sep tober, December, 65% asked: xteame thern wheat by sample ‘spat, month 159.680 baste! Steamer minal” 2 exports, 4 “bushels: fe, 32.000 ashes soutiern, wh exports, wady to. diem ‘nd choice timothy, firs steamer steady wushel, 34d... quarter, 3s, August unchanged." Butter frm do. imitat store An Injunction Prayed. Alta S. Howlin and others today filed @ bill in equity against the National Mutual Pullding and Loan Association of New York, and others, praying that aang reed to accept from them the sum bf Moss in Tull satisfaction of debt due it from the estate of the late Emelia E. Berkeley, secured by deed of trust on sublox 49, square 1020. The association claims $931.95. The com- plainants allege that the trustees are about to sell under the deed of trust, and ask that they be enjoined from so doing. Attorney John Ridout represents the complainants, heirs-at-law of Mrs. Berke- ley.