Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1896, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1896-TEN PAGES. GREAT BATTLE OF THE STANDARDS The Money Question Discussed From Dif ferent Points of View, = Vice Chairman Stevens An- swers Mr. Bourke Cock- ran’s Madison Square Speech. ‘The speech of Bourke Cockran continues to excite taik among the politicians of all yerti Vice Chairman Stevens of the naticnal silver committee today gave the following to a Star reporter: Had Mr. Cockran been employed to de- ra speech which would really benefit | the silver cause he could not have done better than in his hired gold speech at Madison Square Garden. To call It an nswer to Mr. Bryan's speech ts an insult to the intelligence of the American people. ‘The one was a clear, logical, comprehensive end able argument; the other was a bom- Lastic explosion of attenuated ideas and «empty words. Were Mr. Cockran to under- take to deliver such a Jargon of rot befor # miscellaneous audience in any other part ef the Union than in New York city, he might well expect the audience to resent his reflection upon their utter lack of a mental being. With three millions of work- eople cut of employment in the United Mr. Cockran implores the laborer aintain the existing conditions for the heneilt of the ‘toiling masses.’ With mil- hens cking out a miserable existe in hovels, living on a strip of bacon k of sunlight, Mr. Cockran be- = them to mainta! present condi- and ripened ‘civilization’ which ¥ enjoy Mr. Cockran’s Logic. ce “sy logic may not be amiss. en of Mr. Cockran’s beautiful It is the gold logic of the times. After spending an hour inj arraying the laberer against the farmer, and trying to demonstrate that the pros- E of the laborer is wholly independent of that of the farmer, and in showing that the low price of farm products is owing to improved machinery, he breaks out Into this kind of political economy: ‘The farme: 's seed upon the ground by that | to motion the wheels of the : he sharpens the tools of the car- he stimulates the construction he causes the engineer to penter, railroads; new bridges crossing currents, new tunnel: 1 under rivers, new canals joining oceans and separating — continent So, Mr. Ceckran is right back to Mr.. Bryan's own argument in Chicago and in New York, | that the basis of all genuine prosperity } st of necessity he the prosperity of the r. He evidently remembers Mr. B: clequent and forcible reference to this subject im his Chicago speech, for he un- weakly undertakes to im- there said that you might ies and your farms, a would spring up again as atedestroy your farms and le s. and ere long grass would grow in tS of your cities. But there can osperity for the farmer when he er acre for his grain, and it costs cre to raise it. That has be of the American farmer for years; in fact, ever since the s° gold standard was fasteneg npon ry in ti ‘That condition of af- hown by the facts, and also by ence of Mr. Cockran’s premises on | jt the question. There have not been any v. mnbers of wheels of factories started dur- | ing the last three years, but thousands en stopped entirely. The carpenter t sharpened many new tools during the past three years, but many thousand tools and carpenters both have dropped | eff from the rust of non-employment. New rail iF new tunnels under ri ew oa joining oceans are as tales that are told under our ‘golden civilization.’ If Mr. Cockran is right and the basis of all pros- perity ig the prosperity of the farmer, and that rothing was ever invented to so ab- FS insure that prosperity as the gold Standard, then why is it that not oniy the farmer, but the laborer, the merchant, the manufacturer have not fairly reveled in wealth and prosperity since the full adop- tion of the gold standard in 18057 Waiting for Prosperity. “How long must we have this ‘blessing from heaven’ before we are to feel its he- nign influence? How long will it take. under the kind of prosperjty we have had for the past three years, to start in motion Mr. ckran’s factory wheels, to build his rall- roads, canals, culverts and bridges, to sharpen the idle tools of the mechanic and to sladden the heart of the unwilling {dler? In ail that vast wilderness of words and lesert of ideas, called a speech, we fail to reason given for the existence of ent hard times or one ray of hope will be different until prosperity tored to the American farmer, which can only come under a monetary system where the price of his products will exceed the fixed costs of producing them. Cockran also undertakes to show he value of savings bank deposits, anée policies, ete., will be depreciated jer the free coinage of silver. That is ene of the stock goid argument® of the campaign. It is inspired by the sav- ings banks and the insurance Companies. ‘Their profit is derived apd t%e enormous salaries paid their officers @re obtained from leaning money. Of o#/urse, no money loaner Wants more morey in circulation. It ts easy now for Money loaners to cover the presen} %upply of money, as they have done are doing, and make it immense- ly val and profitable to them. gp Leaning Profitable. “The only profitable business left in the country today is that of loaning money. It is an easy method of making money, and the owners of the present money supply are not gving to spend much of their cash in making it possible to injure their busi- t ness. Of course the statement that de- posiiors of policy holders would be Injured | is false. Under free coinage with the si : ver dellar made a unit of value along with tie gold dollar, It would buy relatively as much of everything as a dollar wili buy now. And the adeption of free coinase | would make the business enterprises proftt- {| able besid money loaning. It would make it imposstble for « few money manipulators ©f the world to control the life blood of Ny the nation, its circulating medium. It would stimulate trade, put these factory wheels in motion, build these railroads and canals, and bring employment to millions of men now seeking werk in vain, “If we really desire to serve th8t civiliza- tion a which Mr. Gockran so eloquent- ly speaks, Y> certainly can best do so by -meking it Qossidle for all communities to BSF prosperous and happy. Human ex- Zstence does not serve its highest purpose by geiting only enougia to maintain physi- cal life. A book, a painzing, a sweet strain gladden the hearis in the cottage much as in the palace. Our snonld embrace the equal adva: all our people. That cannot be accomplish- ea by one-half luxurlating in the wealth ning from the life blood of the other elv highest civilizatton was never meant to be typified by the emblem of a pawn shop.” GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED MILK Send for that ie: little book, “Infant ‘reat value to mothers. Sent ee. N. Y. Condensed Milk ‘71 Madson Street, rae. An Interesting Study as to Who Will Benefit by Free Coin- age. A correspondent of The Star sends the following as the results of his study of the effects of free coinage, especially directed to determining who would benefit by the enactment of a free coinage law: Existing statutes provide for the free coinage of gold bullion by the United States mints at the rate of 23.22 grains of pure gold to each dollar. It is now proposed that the mints shail be directed to coin silver bullion free into dollars at the rate of 371.25 grains of pure Iver to each dollar. This is the 16 to 1 panacea for the financial and economic ills frcm which the country {s so seriously suf- fering. - Let us assume that this proposition has been enacted into law, and that the “free and unlimited” coinage of silver has been authorized by the government, what good is to come of it? Who Is to be benefited, and how? It is possible to give at least a partial answer to these questions. It is certain that the government will reap no advan- tage—not one dime will be added to the treasury of the United States. The coinage of the silver bullion does not make the silver dollars minted the property of the nited States. It has no claim upon a sirgle one of them. On the contrary, the treasury will be depleted to the extent of the expense of the coinage, which 1s to “free,” that is, at the cost of the gov- ernment. So far from being the better able to present to each citizen sixteen silver dollars, which is “free silver” in the thought and anticipation of many, or te make even dn ampler largess, as a few ex- pect, making silver free as some municipal governments make water free, and might make free gas, or to give sixteen silver doltars in exchange for one of gold, which | in the conviction of others seems the more able interpretation of “free silver, 16 it will be less able to aid its suffering subjects by reason of “free silver. It is “out of pock=t” by the transaction. A Grist Mill Idea of it. What does the government do in the premis| This: It directs the offic: the mints to receive and coin all silver bullion presented, and pays the expense thereof, and then returns the minted dol- lars to the owner of the bullion, retaining th epings,” not a very gainful occu- pation. It has coined the money according io the Constitution, but the money is not the government's, not one dollar of it, nor van it get one dollar of it except by’ pur- chase. John Smith brings his 371,009 grains of pure silver to the mint and takes aw 1.coo brigat dollars of the white metal. They belong to John Smith, end to no one else. What has the gevernment doff for Jchn Smith? It has transformed his bui- lion into coin, and thereby made it legal By its statutes and its lded to what would other- n the value of his bullion, This seems to be in the value. It does not issue for it does not belong to the gut it authorizes John Smith he wishes, and it requires of his friends and neighbors and others that they shall receive it in payment of debis at its face value. This may have the ap- pearance of being a collusive arrangement ‘Ss of the mone; government to issue it fe between the gevernment and Mr. Smith, but it is not, as the government gains nothing whatever by the arrangement. Nay, it even promises to buy this silver from Mr. Smith and pay him at the rate of $1.29 per ounce, payment to be made in tax receipts by the collectors of customs, or of internal revenue. Thus, and thus only, can this “free silver" find {ts way Into the treasury of the United States, and there, when so purchased, it lies side by side with other dollars, millions of them, which were purchased at the rate of 70 to $9 cents per ounce. In other words,by the enactment of a 16 to 1 free silver law the government cb- ligates itself to pay nearly double what it would otherwise do for all the silver coin thereafter. received into the treasury. This evidently is a good thing for John Smith, but it is not so clear that it is for anybody else. . The John Smith Classes. But who is John Smith, the great bene- ficiary? It is very easy to say who he is not. It is certain that he is not a farmer, nor a day laborer, nor an artisan, nor an expert mechanic, nor a professional man, nor a teacher; that this John Smith's name is not found on the pay-roll of any large manufacturing establishment in the coun- try, or of any railtead corporation; that he {s not an employe of any of our great cap- tains of industry, nor a membér of any labor, “G1oh, of industrial organization; that “he is fot a depositor in any of the ings banks, nor a tenant, nor smali treeholder; in fact, this John Smith, the ici is in no sense one of the "he must therefore be one of the “classes""—not one of the common people, but of the aristocracy. It Is as certain as anything can be that not one farmer from Illinois, nor cotton grower from Misstssippt, | nor mechanic from New England, nor miner from Pennsylvania, nor any of thelr fellow laborers and sufferers elsewhere will ever take one pound or ounce of silver to the mint to be coined. The material they have for colnage—their qnuscle, their brain, their heart, their life—the mint will not receive nd allow double price for. Alas! these are all many of them have. Who then ts John Smith? Who can he be except a holder of silver bullion—a “silver baron,” or silver mine owner, or silver broker? Who else can bring silver bullion to the mint in any quantity? It is not probable that our housewives will part with their solid silver forks and spoons and tea- sets, to which above the bullion value has been added the cost of artistic manufac- turing. That, indeed, would be the saddest thing of all. John Smith does not neces- sarily live in Colorado or Utah or Montana. He has his home also in Chicago, Cleve- land, Philadelphia, New York, London, Paris and Berlin. He is now a- national bank, and there a great ‘railroad corpora- tion; here a manipulator of pork, there of oil, and elsewhere of stock. He owns gol mines in Cripple Creek, as well as stlver mines in Sirginta City. In fact, if one were {2 site him degp enough, ten to one— Bo sixteeh to one—he would be found to be a yyrital “gold bug,” that is, a great capitalist or millionaire, who, in the popu- list, if not the popular, estimate, is a goldite. A Capitalistic Movement. Johr Smith, in the long run, is aggregated capital, which, in the main, controls all great enterprises, and which will buy up all stlver bullion and silver mines, and all sil- ver miners also, so soon as it becomes evident that the operation will yield large dividends. This 1s John Smith, the great beneficiary of the sixteen to one move- ment in behalf of the oppressed laboring classes. It is surely a good thing for him at Jeast. Whether others will be benefted, will in a large measure depend upon how ko uses his not ill-gotten, but easily got- ten gains. The 1,000 silver dollars taken from th mint are in his safe; no one else can have one of them except at his Pleasure, not one. t is concelvable that he will distribute a portion of his freshly minted coins gra- tuitously among his friends and neighbors who have been anxiously expecting such a favor from the government. This would somewhat mitigate the disappointment of these 16 to l-ites. It would, however, be a surprising revelation as to the character of John Smith, who has never been suspected of being generous with his own money. It is much more likely that he will invest his gains in silver mines, the development of which promises to be so profitable. Here, then, labor will haye its innings and winnings. It is. “far 2 a at ig be a cyeering ary, TFo e Ing am of the Rockles to the flock masters of Ohio, and the wheat growers of Nebraske, and the unemployed Of out great cities to come out and share in the blessings of this re- vived industry, at least, to the extent of receiving miner's wages for miner's work. Who can deny that to this extent the “free and unlimited” is also working to the ad- vantege of the laboring class? What John Will Do. But John Smith will doubtless be willing to invest a portion of his gains in cotton mills in Georgia, and woolen mills in Da- kota, and in street railways in our cities, and in other profitable enterprises in our own country, unless, indeed, he shrewdly concludes that to build mills and railroads in China and Japan will be a better invest- ment, for capital is cosmopolitan. in its feeling rather than patriotic. Why should not it care for a heathen Chinee as well as for a civilized American workman, and draw from the foreign rather than from the domestic labor market, if the profits are only somewhat enhanced thereby? And John Smith is nothing !f not a shrewd capi- talist. He is, however, not the only capi- talist. Brown and Jones, his neighbors, have also their millions, but these millions are béing “hoarded,” that is, invested in government and other gilt-edge securities, and deposited in safety vaults. Erown, Jones & Co. are not going to risk their capital just now by putting it into manufacturing plants, railroads, ete. Why should John Smith take risks which his neighbor will not? Capital is proverbially “timid Why should John Smith's capital be mvure venturesome than Brown's? Is it on the principle that some one else is at times ready to enter where “angels fear to tread?” Besides, if John Smith looks a nd him, and capitalists usually do he will find manufacturing plants of ulmost all kinds fn all parts of the country closed or running on part time; that i there are more of these establishments al than are required to meet all de- mands. Our own domestic plants are now 80 supplemented by those of England,Germany France, our “friendly” rivals, that there really seems to be no occasion for John Smith to invest in this direction. It does not seem probable that the opening e mints to this bullion will result in cning of more mills for the employ- ment of labor—at least, not in this country. Nor is it yet clear how the “common peo- ple” are to become sharers in the benefits of the free coinage of this bullion. I.dustry and Prices, But, assuming that John Smith issues his sliver dollars, and that they gradually get into circulation, how are the poor, the destitute, the unemployed, farmers, me- chanics, etc., for whom the promoters of “free silver" are so concerned, to get pos- session of these shining “tokens” of relief? They must, of course, buy them, and that with the sweat of their brow, for they have nothing else to give. They are assured, however, that this addition to the circula~ tion will set the wheels of industry revol ing, and stimulate activity in all depart- fhents of labor; and so every one wiil have opportunity for work and wages, and that prices cf all commodities will at once begin to rise: the farmer's produce, the miller's flour, the weaver’s cloth, the output of all mauiutactories, etc., and so good times will come again. Undoubtedly and inevitably prices will rise. They always do whep gold goes to a premium or when the pay dium is deprectated in value. Highe are, of course, a good thing for those who have more products to sell than they a obliged to buy, and so, without doubt, tho: who own or lease farms will be benefited, and those who own manufactories. But what of the great army of wage earners who comprise the mass of the laboring population of the country? How will “free sil benefit them, when the increasing = as all advocates of “free unlimited” claim it will, it compels them to pay more fo every morsel of bread and meat and for every article of clothing, for every neces- sity and every luxury required for the sup- port and comfort of themselves and their families? Things Are So Cheap Now. How is one, even a laboring man, great- ly benefited by being obliged to pay more for everything he needs? By what logic will one convince the mill workers of New gland, the mirers of Pennsylvania, the employes of our great railroads, the toil- ing masses of our great cities, the wage earners of the land, who greatly exceed in numbers all other classes combined, that higher prices for everything they need for themselves and those dependent on them are a good thing for the: And yet this is the task which the advocates of “free silver’ set themselves to accomplish, and this with apparent hope of success. ‘It is evident that they are counting largely up- on finding the laboring class either thoughtless, or dull, or stupid. The proof of such stupidity would surely be found in the acceptance of this logic. Ah, but wages will increase also! Will they? Be sure of this before you “go ahead” and vote for “free silver.” They say so, but who fixes the price of labor? Do the advocates of “free silver,” or even the laborers themselves? Who does not know that the price of labor is the very t to rise? That only after weary and prolonged delay does it tardily follow the Tise in prices of products? That the price of products will rise is absolutely certain. It ts also certain that the price of labor will not rise except by slow degrees, and that poasibly not without the strife and bitter experlence of strikes and lockouts. It will take a long time for the rise in Wages to overtake the rise in products which the laborer must have for his sus- tenance. It is comforting to think of re- celving double wages, and thjs is the com- fort that fs held out to the laboring man; but what if he must pay treble for all he has to buy? Is it not worth while for the laboring man to ponder this question? The Bondholders and Widows. Then, what of that large class whose de- pendence 1g on fixed incomes, annuities, dividends from bonds, interest on deposits, etc.; widows and orphans, and others hav- ing no other source of support? Can these also be persuaded that free silver will bring blessings to them because it will in- crease the price of commodities, though it will not add one penny to their incomes? It Is possible that the blandishments of the white metal may effect even this. It will indeed be a sad and humiliating di appointment to the exploiters of free ver if, in the end, it shall be found that it has wrought incalculable damage to that largest of all classes of our citizens, those who’ are dependent upon their daily toil for thelp daily bread and to that other, though lesser, class, whose reliance is on small fixed incomes, which must rema the same, though prices continue to ris higher and higher. For are not theso the classes for whigh the exploiters feel thi largest concern? Is not the very salt c thelr sympathetic tears over them all? If now again, it is asked, Cui bono? Who has been benefited and how by this 16 to 1 procedure, must not the answer be, the one certain and chief beneficiary is John Smith, the millionaire capitalist? All others must take doubtful chances and be con- fer with such portion of the prey as may all to their lot. It should, however, be borne in mind that it is usually the hawk that secures the prey, and, im this case, the laboring man fs certainly not the hawk. Is it not probable that there is a better and more certain way than the 16 to 1 process affords of again setting in motion the machinery of domestic industries, and thus providiag employment for all who are willing to work and an adequate support for those who are dependent upon their daily toil? If not, then there is little hope for any material improvement in the gon- dition of the great mass of our population. —_.—__. A Gay Party at Linden. Correspondence of The Evening Star. LINDEN, Va., August 20, 1896. Wayside, the home of Mr. H. A. Hall, kas been thronged with Washingtonians since the opening of the season. Friday evening last a number of the residents of the vicinity were invited to meet them, and an enjoyable evering was spent. The *pacious grounds, plertifully supplied with bammocks and rustic benches, were bril- Hantly illuminated, and about sixty were present. Dancing was kept up until a late hour, émong the dances being a mountain Jig by Messrs. Smith and De Butts, which was vigorously applauded. Among the Warren county guests were Mrs. Smith, Miss Esther Smith, Miss Louise Johnson, the Misses Grant, Messrs. Hall, Alvin and Copper, while among the city residents present were Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Loomis and Miss Johnson, Mrs. Waite, Mrs. Smith and the Misses Smith of West Washington, Mrs. Turton, Miss Voute, Miss Dowell, Mr. and Miss Goldney and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Young. ALEXANDRIA ; AFFAIRS The Body of the Reoazt Suicide Not Yet Identified. “ULY WHITES” Wit A VICTORY A Trolley Wire Cpuses Serious Injury to a Railway Employe. GENERAL GOSSIP = The body of the unknown white man who committed suicide at Schwab's saloon, on North Royal street, Wednesday afternoon, is still at Demaine's undertaking estab- Ushment awaiting ‘dentification. Hun- dreds of people have viewed the remains. No one knows anything about his identity, though a number of people remember hav- ing seen the man strolling around the streets on Wednesday apparanily sight- seeing. Mr. I. M. Keil yesterday recog- nized the body as that of a man who strolled into his cominisston house on low- er King street Wednesday morning and asked a number of questions of Alexandria and its enterprises, etc. He walked to the back door of the store and appeared to be very much interested in some improved chicken coops in the yard, and commended Mr. Kell for his humane treatment of his poultry. He asked if he could purchase a shoulder, and Mr. Kell told him he did not usually sell them at retail, but would do so {f it would be an accommodation to him. He said it would, asked the price, and then left, after thank- ing Mr. Kell for his courtesy, and saying he would probably return for the shoulder later in the day. He appeared tobe a rez fined and well-educated man, and Mr. Kell thought he was probably some Washing- tonlan who was taking a day's holiday in this city. The body was photographed yesterday, and every effort will be made to find his relatives or friends. Several gentlemen have interested themselves In the matter, and even if his identity is never disclosed his body will probably be buried in the “potter's field.” Acting Coroner Beach has heard nothing from the Chicago chief of police, whom he wired to endeavor to locate Corwin, the person whose name was signed to the let- ter found in the man’s pocket. Lily Whites Got the Seats. The “lily whites” were seated in the re- publican convention at Culpeper yesterday, and it is sald that the two factions of the “ebony blacks” re very indignant. All three factions went to Culpeper yesterday, but the seating of the whites was to be ex- pected. Casex in the May: Msyor Thompson disposed of the follow- ing cases this morning: Harry Wainwright and William Borden, white tramps, were arrested on complain] of the Southern railway freight yard men, charged with trespassing on the company’s property. Wainwright proved to be a very glib talker, and as the railway men failed to appear against the prisoners, they were dismissed, with Instructicns to leave town at on Luther Finks, white, admitted having been drunk on the street, and was fined $1. James Butler and William Price, both colorel, appeared at the station last night, and each charged the other with assault. Price was found to be at fault and a fine of $2.50 was imposed. Butler was dismissed. Benjamin Johnson, a colored boy, charg- ed with stealing’ money from” Henry Bringle, had his case postponed, Mr. Bringle failing to appear against him. Mary Johnson, colored, was fined $2.50 for harhoring an unlicensed dog. Mary could not pay the fine, and when Officer Atkinson attempted to place her in a cell, she resisted and pit the officer's thumb, painfully lacerating It. George Cogan, white, was fined $1 for as- saulting Tobe Dixon, a simple negro. Cogan threw flour on Dixon for a joke. Railway Employe Injured. Hayes Huntington, a white man, was badly injured yesterday afternoon by a fall from the car shed of the electric railway at the power house in New Alexandria. Huntington was at work among the raft of the shed, and, coming tn contact with the trolley wire, received a shock which caused him to lose his balance and fall to the ground, breaking his right arm, three ribs, and otherwise cutting and bruising himself. He was taken to his home on Commerce street, and Drs. O’Brien and Snowden summoned. His injuries are not thought to be serious. General Notes. Mr. J. Rector Smoot has returned from Cobb's Island. Mr. John 8. Beach, clerk of the corpor- ation court, is still confined to his home by sickness. The Southern railway pay car was in this city yesterday and the men receiv: their salaries for July. It is understood that the electric trains between this city and Washingzion have been given the right of way over the Long bridge. Mr. and Mrs, B, Smoot have returned from a trip to Nova Scotia and several of the northern summer resorts. Mr. Theinas L. Waters has gone to Char- lofteeville to spend some time. Mr. ugene B. Taylor returned yesterday from Capor Springs, and will leave tomor- rcw for Atlantic City, Mr. Herry Wattles of the Citizens’ Na- ticnal Bank returned last night from At- lantic City, where he has been spending his vacation. During a row on Peyton street yesterday afternoon among a lot of negroes Lizzie Richardson was cut in the abdomen by Tom Gibson, who fled after the cutting. The police are after him. The woman is painfully but not seriously injured. Maj. Mcore hes requested the police in this city to look out for a nineteen-year-old white boy named Wm. R. B. Holland, who has been missing from his home in Wash- ington sirce December 18, 1895. pe Hotel Arrivals. Raleigh—F. H. Lancaster and J. E. Tully, New York; C. T. Cates, jr, Knoxville, Tenn.; W. H. Alexander, Mexico Cit: Mrs. G. H. Holland, Miss A. Holland, Miss A. Blackwell and Miss M. Holland, St. Louls, Mo.; G. H. Dawson, Detrolt, Mich. H. Paul and wife, Baitimore, Md.; F: Wendell, Brooklyn, N. Y, Normandie—E. 8. Dickerson and H. Mc- Intyre, jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Hamilton—W. H. Stevens, New York; C. E. Champin, Providence, R. I. Arlington—J. A. Meck and Dr, and Mrs. C..W. Allen, New York. Shoreham—J. Neal, Pittsburg, Pa.; G. B. Sloan, jr, New York. Page’s—Lieutenant Greet, U.S.N. Rigg’s—H. Frost, New York; B. Scott, te aa Canada; J. Caffell, London, Eng- n Willard’s—H. J. Truesdelt, S. S. Dickson, yy lair and M. J. Weaver, New York; J. man, Chicago, Ill. Oxford—C. By Upluge, Jersey City, N. J.; H. Danneker » A, urch, Chester, Pa.; H. L. Moore and wife, Atlanta, Ga. Ebbitt—J. M. Myers and wife, Tiffin, Ohio; J. W. Jones, Memphis, Tenn.; W. EB. Colville, Kansas City, Mo, Metropolitan—W. R. Hall, C. B. Burgess, E. Van Kaalta and G. Heintan, New York. Johnson—N. Dean, New York; A. P. Rawlings, New Orleans, La.; J. Harry Shannon, St. Louis, Mo. —_——_—_ Died in the Jail. Frank Washington, a colored man, sent to jail from the Police Court the 11th of last month to await a hearing on a charge of assault with intent to kill, died at the Jail about 4 o'clock this morning of con- sumption. The man had been fll for some time, and, although everything possible was done for him, he rapidly succumbed to the disease. Warden Leonard notified the district attorney of the man's critical con- dition yesterday, and, had he lived, he yrould probably have been removed to a hospit today. His body will be turned over to his relatives or friends. ‘= Court. COFFEE IN DEMAND YOUR TIRED STOMACH Police Court Miscreants Do Not Oare for Water, Sorry Roll of a Day‘s Collection of Wrongdoers Throughout the City. “They all wanted two or three cups of coffee this morning,” said Policeman Flynn when he took his departure from the dock and went to take his post at the front door. ‘The weather,” he said, “tells on the prisoners quicker than it does on any other class of people. If the thermometer takes a drop they know it, and want more ceffee, and when there is a rise they shout for ice water.” There were thirty-seven victims in the dock, and a score of them figured in Judge Scott's procession. In the first case called there were six defendants, alleged tramps, and Judge Scott's dealing with them will require their feeding by the taxpayers for three months, The names given by the prisoners were James Douglass, Richard Hanley, James Turuer, Henry Lincoln, Joseph Mack and Frederick Anderson. “These men were about the vicinity of the railroad tracks near 15th street south- east,” sald an officer. “Complaints have been made about these tramps loafing about the railroad company’s property, and last night 1 found these men sleeping in a box ear. “I'm a Russian,” said Frederick Ander- son, “and here are my papers.” One paper had been fssued by the Rus- slan government, while the other was a discharge from the New York Naval Hos- pi “I'm sick, the shake: ‘And what are you going to do want to go to the hospital,” he an- swered, “or I'll die.” He explained that he had been in this country for more than thirty years, and was always willing to work, but ‘hard times overtook him, and being sick, he now wants treatment. “I guess he will get as good treatment if sent down as he will if released,” said the court. “I think so, too," said Prosecuting At- torney Pugh; “for if he is released he will only wander about the streets.” Tried to Have a Chill, Another of the sextet made an effort to have a chill, but could not succeed. “I'm a sick man,” he said, “and was going to the hospital this morning.” What's your complaint?” inquired the court, “I've got “and had the cramps. ‘Two others said they were on their way scuth looking for employment, while another of the party said he was going home. “I'm on my way home from Kentucky said the only boy in the party. “1 came here on foot from Alexandria, and intended to resume my journey this morning. “Where is your home?” “In Massachusett “Three months each.”” Michael Hill, who lives in Northeast Washington, and who is known among his drinking associates as “David B. Hill,” wus fn the procession on a charge of dis- orderly, and he answered “guilty “Five dollars,” said the court. “This man is a nephew of David B. Hill your honor,” remarked Mr. Pugit, jokingly, “and you might deal lightly with him.” He went down for fifteen days. Denirens of the Dump. When Henry Henson, Louis Foster and Minnie Edwards, all colored, appeared at the bar of justice they entered three pleas of “not guilty” to a charge of vagranc They were found on the dump not far said the prisoner, “and I have the malaria,” he answered, from the river front between the Long bridge and the bathing beach. There the woman overhauls the debris and gathers rags, bones and old iron, and when Police. man Eruce found the men keeping her company he arrested the whole party. “These men are continually hanging about the dump,” said the officer, “and people about the bureau of engraving and printing have made complaint against them.” “And did you find them there last night?” “Yes, sir, they were there on the pile of rags the woman had picked up.” “Yes, judge, we were there,” said one of them, “but we are not vagrants because we have good homes over in Virginia.’ “In what part of the state?” “We don't live Jackson City,” he an- swered, “but we live on the hill near the brick yar “And what were you doing on the dump?” “We were coming along there last night and this lady was there all alone with her rags. She couldn't move last night and we stopped there with her because we didn’t want to see her stay there alone.” “I guess they are vagrants all right,” said Mr. Pugh, “but the proof is a little short. “I think so, too,” the judge sald. “Case dismissed.” Albert Murray, a young colored man, Froved himself such a good talker that the court thinks he would make a good campaign orator. He had been efrested on a charge of dis- orderly condct, and Policeman Tyser said he saw him in a fight. He also said he saw btm throw a stone. “Indeed, your honor, he didn’t see me throw a stone.” said the defendant. “There's always a lot of loafers up there near the market and one of them attacked \<. Following this explanation Murray put up @ great speech, telling of the witnesses in hg cage who had not appeared, and the fudge finally released hime Sergeant Anderson had a colored man named Robert Brown before the court on a charge of indecent exposure. The offense Was commiited on an Anacostia street car, and was go offensive that some of the pas- sengers left the car and female pedestrians had to get out of the way. “This Is a case cf the grossest miscen- duct," the court remarked, and fined Brown $ or fifteen days on the farm. Edward Myers, Carl Bayly and Cornelius Bush, charged with violating ihe bicycle regulations, failed to answer the roll cail and their collaterals were forfeited. Cruelty to Animals. There were four cases of cruelty to ani- mets called, the defendants veing Charles Ford, Edward Warren, Henry Jones apd Patrick Horne. None of them appeared for trial, and their collaterals were for- feited. ain’t been shootin’ no crap,” was Cor- neltus Snowden’s plea when arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct. “Ncbody said anything to you about cra said the attorney. “I know they didn’t, but that’s what the Police said.” “He was engaged in a game yesterday,” said the officer. “It's almost impossible io prevent these games, so I arrested the boy.’ “You will have to pay a fine of five dol- lars,” said the court, and the boy went down. Charles Brown, a young colored man,was out driving yesterday, and as his horse was in some way related to a mule he got in trouble. “The old horse balked,” he said, “and backed the wagon against a car.” “And broke a fender,” said the prosecut- =f witness. it was stated that Brown had been drinking, and that his act was due to care- lessness, but he denied this, and attributed tHe trouble to the balky horse. Proof of Horsemanship, “If I had been drinking,” he said, “I could never have managed the horse. 1 was driving my wife, father-in-law and my wife’s mother home, and you know if I had been drunk they wouldn't have been in the wagon.” The court concluded that the accident was no fault of the driver and dismissed the case. Freeman’s alley was the place where George Pinkert got in trouble yesterday. “He was mixed up in a disorder there, the policeman said, “and it was only one of the many disorders that are witnessed there so frequently.” “But ’twa'’n't me,” said the prisoner. “I ain’t one of them fellows what lives in alleys and raises a fog all the time. I lives on 4th street, and the policeman’s wrong.” “He may be,” said the court, “but the proof is against you. Enter up a fine of three dollars.” In the last case heard a young man ¥ hare no appetite,” you eay, “and the lilt: 7 Go cat docs me no good. At frst Te feels cold and dead in my gfomach and by and by I have aud pains that sometimes go to my chest and back. I feel weak, low spirited and out of sorts all over. I fancy the demon of dyspepsia has got me.” ‘That's the way you talk and no wonder. But wait % moment. Let us reason together, Perhaps thus far your stomach ts merely tired. You have been euting too much, eating the wrong things, and ir- regularly. You have given it too much to do, and Uke all Mying things, when overworked, it stops at length from sheer exhaustion. There may not be an actually diveased condition as yet. Still it 1s nature's warning, and you must heed ft or worse will follow. “But I must eat or starve,” you say. True enough, but safety usually lies tu middle courses, Here ts one for you. You dou't need drastic purges or exciting stimulants. Your coudition ts one easily relieved {f we go about i¢ gently and sensibly. ‘The tired stomach won't work under whip and spur. It bas probably had too much of that already. What you require is some- thing that is at once a fvod and a digester of food. Such an article is the Shaker Digestive Cordial, discovered and prepared by the Shaker Community of Mt. Lebanon, N. Y. Taken right after eating, 0 as to mix with the food, It does the stomachs work for it, gives it the advantage of further rest, strengthens you im a watural way, and soon enables the stomach to do full duty. There ts nothing else lke this st palatable remedy. Yet the Shakers respect your doubts, and authorize draggists to sell a trial bot- Ue for ten cents. aus: and , certal named Ernest Bergstraund was defendant, the charge against him being vagrancy. Jt was claimed that he was found on his way to a peach tree, but this the court could not hold made the young man a vagrant. The latter denied that he had any idea of touching the peaches. The charge against him was dismissed. _ Garbage Dinpoxal, To the Editor of The Evening Star: Your article on the garbage service, pub- lished some days ago, struck a responsive chord in the breasts of many of our citizens who fail to see why the garbage contractor should receive so much consideration at the hands of the Commissioners. He was given this contract at his own terms, and was bonded to collect and cremate the garbage As a matter of fact he has not nor has he of the city. <remated the garbage at all, done anything that world & intends to do ¥o in the futu has now been rurning three seasons he has yet to lay the foundation of his cre- matory. The South Capitol street plant may be excluded from consideration, as it is only a toy, at best, and was erected for exhibition purposes solely. Its capacity is too limited to be taken into account, and it is usually out of order. The health depart- ment has been wrestling with this problem for years, and don’t seem to be able to master it. I would therefore suggest that the engineer department be placed in charge of this work. Our engineer officials always get the very best results in whatever they undertake, and all their contracts are car- ried out to the letter. If they had chai of the gurbage service I am quite sure would be put on an efficient basis, and that Senator Gorman’s boon companion would be compelled to fulfill every requirement of Lis contract. In conclusion, I that the health officer states that the contractor has sixty-three carts at work, and gives a daily Vice to 48,000 houses. “In the fi the contractor hasn't sixty-three less you count ia the wheelbarrows. ‘ond place, he doesn’t give a daily ser- e, for the simple reason that sixty-three In the carts couldn't make one complete round of the city ina whole week. J. L. THOMAS, 124 B street southeast. > THE FRAM REACHES TROMSOE. Enthusiasm Over the Arrival of the Vessel. Dr. Nansen’s arctic exploring vessel the Fram has arrived at Tromsoe, Norway. The entire town has been decorated in honor of the event and considerable en- thusiasm is manifested. King Oscar has wired Capt. Otto Neu- mann Sverdrup of the Fram, expressing sentiments of the heartiest welcome and congratulating him on the honor won for Norway. Thefe is great enthusiasm throughout Christiania, bunting being every- where displayed, the decoration in the har- bor being especially tine. A dispatch to the Aftenposten from Skjervo says that the Fram reached open water Augtst 13. tion expr would ha A member of the expedi- es the opinion that the Fram enetrated much farther into the arctic regions, and that perhaps the orth poie would have been reached, if the am had been frozen in east of the New iberian Islands. In the highest latituc ched (86.15 north) members of the ex- ploring parties saw guillemots, fulmars and narwhals, but no other signs of or- wapic life were apparent. The boat drifted from a point 85 grees north. The greatest sea tained by sounding was fOWest temperature nots was 52 degrees below zero. F. H. Johansen, the stoker, it is reported, had a narrow escape from a terrible death. He was attacked by a polar bear, but was rescued, Dr. Nansen gained twe weight on his journey ing the Fram. Prof. S. A. Andree told Capt. Sverdrup, who visited the aeronaut, that it was now too late to make the proposed ascent, and that he would probably soon return to Spitzbergen and make another effort reach the north pole in a April. The Fram, it is said, still has provisions capable of sustaining her crew ia the arctic regions fc. three years. Fearing that the crush of the ice would wreck the ship, Capt. Sverdrup and the crew were obliged, after Dr. Nansen left, to remove all the sledges, provisions, ammunition and light furniture, » de- depth ob- 185 fathoms. The ty-two pounds in to Vardo, after leav- to balloon next —___+e.—__ Status of the Munitobn Question. In the Canadian house of commons yes- terday Sir Charles Tupper asked ff the re- port in the press was correct that the Manitoba school question was about as good as settled. In reply the premier said that he sent for Attorney General Sefton of Manitoba, and had a conference with him upon the matter. Further than that he would not say anything at present. In the senate Sir Oliver Mowat was also asked what stage the Manitoba school question was in, and he replied that the government not expect to have the matter finally disposed of this session, but before another ion it would be removed out of the —___—_+e2-____ AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Tomorrow. Walter B. Williams & Co., Aucts., 10th 2 Sale of furniture, carpets, mattings, August 22, at 10 o'clock a.m, . horses, carriages and harness” Bensinger, Auet., 940 La. ave. n.w.—Pers y aule of horses and mares, vebicles, &c., on August 22, at 10 o'clock a.m, uicliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 F ular sale of household furniture urday, Angust 22, at 10 o'clock a.m o'clock, horses, vehicles and harness. Aucts., 612 E st. now. Sale of household effects on Saturday, August 22, 10 o'clock a.m.; riages and harness, C. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st. now.—Sule of hotxehold farnitare, &e., on Saturday, August 22, at 10 o'clock a.m.; also, at 12 o'clock, bicycles, nd carringess hors BE = AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS, 1 Pa. ulso, ave. now. &., on Sat- alse, at 12 also, at 12 o'clock, horses, car- Peremptory sale of the en- tire stock of Cutlery, Mathematical and Surgi- calInstruments, &c., &c., at 431 oth street n.w. . 1896, BEG: we shall sell, on ‘the premises, the entire stock’ of goods at "431 9th street northwest, consisting of Mathematical and Surgical Instruments and Ap- pilances, Trusses, Pocket and Table Cutlers se * Tools, Razors, Scissors, Ear Trumpets, a lot of small Hardware, & 180 Show Gases, Counters, Forge and Anvil. Terms cash, 2u20-3t DUNCANSON BROS., Aucts. AUCTION SALP5, w0MORROW. WALTEL B. WILLIAMS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, REGULAR SATURDAY SALE Of Houschold Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, ete. r sales room, cor. 10th and 1) sts. 0.W. TOMORROW, ! 4 , AUCTIONEBRS, Gucerssurs to Kateliffe, Darr & Coy SGULAR S. PARLOR FURNITURE. Dis NW. AUGUST TWEN@X- 920 7 SATURDAY the rooms at 1 x HORSES." BALE TOM 7 It TWENTY IND, ithin the Bux Mares. In this tine rs, young and Cheaper Stock to suit D To BE SOLD To THE HIGH- ALSD od 20 New and ond-hand nds, Harness, ete D ATTEND THIS ND PEER MiiRORS, ~ Ua? PIANO, OAK AND WALNUT Bovik- AK LIBRARY TABLES, FLAT-1y OAK BED koom svrr MAT- THESSES, | SPIN REMINGTON ~ SHOLES OWRITER STAND, OFF! HAIRS AND BOARD, PICTURE TABLES, *- bay. TWENTY SE a (CLOCK AM. within our auction rooms, 1407 G street worthwest, we will sell the C. G, SLOAN & 00., Aucts. FUTURE pars, SLU, 6 AUCTN., 1a FOUR TW $ 12uy, 1206, zi THM i AVENUL AND Flite Virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated the Merch, GSS, amd duly recorded im wey. OMe Of land in liver 19, folio counistin HOw as lance in two aul two dat thue of s at purchase plied with tn e the trust resell the pouperty, at t purchaser, after day of right to de. risk sueh THOMAS M. pu2i-d&ds GAL THOMAS DOWLING, TRUSTEES’ SALE N 1312 4UcT., 6 IMPROV! ELEVENTH ‘ Ty virtue of a certain deed of trust, 4 nber 2s in front TW cK PM t M., the following od twenty-thre org Bond and E a of original jot n) thousand and one (1001), and a two-story brick building and fru, numbered 0: proved bj tack building. Terms: One-third cash, tulince in one amd twa years, With interest, secured by a deed of trost upon "the property, or all cash, at option. $100 deposit required at conveyancing and recording at grits ® coat. If terms of sale ure pot complied with in ten dave the trustees. res Fight to resell, at the tisk and cost of defaulting purchasers SAMUEL 1. War MICHAEL L WELL aul2-dhds ‘Trustecs, THOMAS DOWLING, AUCT., 612 E ST, NW. ae of a certain de 1se1, and duly recor one of the in, and at the 3 parties secured thereby, will sell, at p a in front of the premises, on MOND AUGUST TWENTY-POURTH, — 1506, at FIV ? K IM, the following described prope Lot numbered twenty-two in Bond aud Schutdt, trustees’, euldivision of origional fot nine fa Square Lumbered ten hundred and one (1001), and improved by a two-story brick building and fame back building. Md cash, balance in one and two years, eat, eCured by a dood of trast or all cash, at purchaser's option. quired at time of sale, AN conv ding at purchuser’s cost. Colaplied. with in ten days th the reht to resell at the risk and c ing purchaser. anl2-akds RATCLIVFE, SUTTON & CO., AU Success rs to Ratcliffe, TD ALUABLE BUILDING AN STREET NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trast, duly recorded fn Liber No. 1854, at folio 127 land records f 1 the request of the parties secured there ersigned trystogs will oTer for sal olte net , In 23 of the premise on TU ietpay, TY-FIFTH PAY of AUGUST, A.D. 1500, ab JALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, jeser tb ad and prenis: Washington, District as the west sixteen thereof of sublot ninet trustee of rt 91) of FB, MeGulve, division of original » eorentncn 417), hundred and sfty-tvg (5%), 4 recorded in the ‘office a the surveyor of the Dit trict of Columbin, in Book 19, e 98, together with all the improvements, rights, ete. Te. ‘Ove-third cash, the balance in one and two years, with interest’ from the diay of sale at r Db, payable semi: lend of trast on the each, wition of the pure 200 required at the time of sale sale are Lot complied wit day of sale the trustees resery at the risk and cos! jusive, iu square said subdivisl om A« If the terns of In fifteen days (rom the the right to resell Of the default days iserie per published tn Washington, mveyancing aud recoding at the cost ee JOHN W. SCHAFFER, EUGENE CARUSI, Tristecs. aul s-d&is DUN TRUSTEES’ SALE REAL ESTATI ANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. OF VALUABLE IMPROVED IN THIRD STREET BETWEEN AND C STREET YLAND AVENUE Under aud by autberity of a decree of the Su- preme Court of the District of Caluuia, passed on he Gi dag of August, Ts, in eyullp canse of Elizabeth Morrison and others against. William A. Bamilton and others, aud known as No. 17,422 on the docket ef said court, we, the — undersigned Mg’ ayctiow tn frwut of bbe %, THE TWENTY Sty: TH DAY OF AUGUST, "A.D. Js, AT au OCUICK PM. the followipg dovcrttid real eatate in the elty of Washingt istrict of Columbia, to Wit: Subdivision lots Nos. teen, fifteen, alxteen and seventeen hered seven’ hundred und elzhty-three, 2 subdivision lots are reconded in Book 10, fo and Book 11, folio 89, respectively, of the suri efice of sald District, together with the improv rents thereon. ‘The suid subdivision lots are to be > tw. deeds of trust thereon amount- thirteen, four- in square num- sold subject ing to $1 The ter Ibed by sald 1 and the balance in r pare if $200 required on e: ale, Terms of wale to be ov ed with ays, and the trustees, In the event of non- a I the ‘property at the risk and cost of defaulting purebaxer after five days’ previous notice All conveyancing and recording at chastr's cost. Para AS. MAURICE SMITH, No. 456 La. ave, n.w., JOHN RIDOUT, aul7-dids lsat No. 344 Dat, mw., >