Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1896, Page 2

2 =— THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY AUGUST 31, el YS ee 1896—TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE| Opening Grand Army Week at St. Paul. CANDIDATE BRYAN AT CHAUTAUQUA Progress of the Relay Riders From the Coast. THE UNIFORM —__>——_. RANK ST. POUL, August 31.—An ideal north- western day, with just enough breeze to waft a welcome to the incoming thousands from the innumerable flags and banners that fluttered from every house and office building, was given for the opening of the week of the thirtieth encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. From sun- rise the evidence of the coming hosts be- came hourly more apparent, until the streets were crowded long before the noon hour, and the strains of martial music from bands and drum corps could be heard on every hand. With fifteen or more regular trains from all points of the compass, and thirty-three specials due during the morning, the union depot was the scene of the greatest ac- tivity. Complete street preparations had been made by the railroads for handling the crowds, and there was no jam, al- though the crowd was all the time very great. Commander-in-Chief }. N. Walker and staff were expected on an early train, and the local posts, accompanied by a band, were at the depot to greet the train, but it was delayed, and not till noon were the veterans able to welcome their chief. He was at once escorted to the Ryan Hotel, where national headquarters were at once established, becoming the center of Grand Army activities. BRYANS LEAVE LAKEWOOD. The Democratic Nominee Cheered at Chautaugzua. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., August 31—The Bryan party left Lakewood at 7:30 o'clock this morning on steam launch Celeron of this place. The trip with the exception of a stop at Bemus Point wes without inci- dent. At that place the crowds gathered about the dock and shook hands with the democratic nominee. Mrs. Bryan for about the first time during the entire trip did not get cut among the crowd and shake hands. Wher: this place was reached the dock was crowded to its capacity, and there were cheers and applause as the Loat approach- ed the landing. ACROSS THE CONTINENT. The Relay Riders Are Six Hours Be- hind the Schedule Time. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 31.—A Courier in the Examiner-Journal relay race reached Fort Steele, Wyo., at 4:28 this morning. Heavy rains at Laramie and Cheyenne give prospects of heavy roads and slow time. The relay from Creston to Rawlins, twenty-eight miles, was in four hours and one minute. The loss on sched- ule time to date is six hours in a total dis- tance of 1,161 miles. K. IFORM RANK. ‘The Advance Guard of the Order at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 31.—The advance guard of the Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank, who hold their great dem- onstration and encampment in Minneapolis this week, appeared early this morning in half a dozen divisions of the Minneapolis regiments. None of the delegations from the outside states will reach the clty be- fore late this afternoon, and the majority of them will arrive tomorrow morning. As each train appears it is met by details of the First Minnesota Regiment, who*es- cort the visitors to Camp Yale. where they are assigned their places in the big city of tents. The city is already in gala attire and crowded with visitors, attracted by the low rates, the encampments and the carni- val features arranged for every night this week by a citizens’ committee. a FORTUNATELY THE BRAKES HELD. Accident on the Pike's Peak Cog- Wheel Railroad. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., August 31.— The frst accident on the Pike’s Peak cog- wheel railroad since it was opened, five years ago, occurred yesterday, and but for the safety brakes used on all the cars of this line a train load of passengers would have been hurled down the mountain to destruction. Coming down the mountain the side bars on the driving wheels on both sides of the engine broke apart, rendering the compresssed-air brakes on the engines useless. Conductor Guyman applied the automatic brakes in the passenger coach and soon stopped that. The engineer and firemen were compelled to abandon the en- gine, which was beyond control, and it went down the 25 per cent grade at a ter- ritic speed for nearly half a mile, where it struck « curve, jumped the track and shot through the air for fully 150 feet, going clear over a boulder fifteen feet high upon the mountain side above the tracks. It ploughed immense holes in the mountain, and the tender and engine separated just as the engine exploded, hurling iron and steel in all directions. ‘The train was a special, carrying Man- ager Frederick Harrison and party of the London and Northwestern railway and Maj. S. K. Heeper of the Denver and Rio Grande road. —_———_ c To Begin Foot Ball Training. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 31.—The candidates for the University of Pennsylva- nia foot ball squad left today for Mecox, L. L, where they will begin training. There are thirty-three men in the party. George Woodruff accompanied the men, and will act as coach. The candidates 1 remain at Mecox untii September 24. —— Will Take Associated Press Reports. BOSTON, August 31--The Portland Ex- press, one of the most prominent and most widely circulated evening papers in Maine, and the Biddeford Journal, the leading evening paper of that city, today began re- ceiving the full leased wire service of the Associated Press, the day leased wire sys- tem being extended from Boston to Port- land via Biddeford. This is the first leased wire ever. maintained In the state of Maine for afternoon papers. ——>—__ The Terror Again Goes to Sea. NEW YORK, August 31.—The monitor Terror went to sea this morning to continue the testing of the pneumatic appliances of her Suns and carriages. ——— Carriage Builders Assign. AMESBURY, Mass. August 31.—Miller Brothers, carriage builders, have assigned. No statement of assets and liabilities has yet been given out. ee Another BecOmes Insane. LONDON, August 31.—It is reported that John Duff, another of the Irish political prisoners, has become dangerously insane. ——— eae The Dead Rus: Minister. LONDON, August 31.—A special dispatch from Vienna says that Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky died of heart disease. ST. PETERSBURG, August 31.—Follow- irg the death of Prince Lobanoff-Rostov- sky, the Russian minister for foreign af- fairs, the czar has summoned the deputy of the Russian minister for foreign affairs, M. Chichkine, to Kioff. Se Her Heart Was Broken. CHICAGO, August 31.—While weeping over the grave of her husband, in St. Bon- iface cemetery, Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Frankisce Alkohser fell dead acro. the mound THE GARBAGE PROBLEM A Dixon Crematory Probably Will Be Erect- ed on the Observatory Site: ‘The Report of the Health Officer on the Subject—Some of the Objections Urged. Now that the Commissioners have agreed upon a site for the new garbage crema- tory, there is a gocd deal of interest mani- fested In the kind of crematory the Com- missioners will approve. Unless something unforeseen happens the Dixon crematory will have the chance to show what it can do. The representatives of that company have never given up hope of locating here, even though the health officer, in a special report to the Commis- sioners, declared in specific terms against system. It was under date of July 1. that this report was made, and after detailing at considerable length the opera- tion of the crematory, the case was summed up as follows, as reasons why the system was not adapted for this city: ist. The free water collected with swill would find its way through the grate and seriously interfere with, if not extinguish, the lower fire. 2d. The small particles of ‘swill would pass between the grate bars in considerable quantities, and, being constantly soaked by water from above, would not be con- sumed by the lower fire, if such fire could be maintained. |. The swill resting upon the grate would be a solid mass, incombustible until it dried, which process would take a long time, as the flame would only attack the surface, and not eat its way through, as in Atlanta. 4th. The absence of the large amount of combustible material such as is found in the Atlanta garbage would necessitate the purchase of a much larger amount of fuel. While under the Atlanta system the fuel is everily mixed with the garbage, in Wash- ington it could only be applied at one end. This, too, would necessitate further in- crease in the amount of fuel used, the flame having to pass twenty-five feet to cover the garbage. Sth. Night soil would’ find its way through the grate too rapidly to be burn- ed, having no absorbent bed, as paper, etc., to retain it. For these reasons the Commissioners de- cided that it would not be in the interest ef the citizens to approve such a crematory. ‘This report of the health officer's was fol lowed by a protest from the Dixon people. They claimed that the Commissioners were bound to take their system, since it was specifically named in the specifications. The Commissioners, however, thought different- ly, and, after some further investigation, decided that the Smith system was the one of their choice, and ordered the contractor forthwith to put it up. But the contractor demurred, and won his point. He was wedded to the Brown system, and, notwith- standing the Commissioners’ position, that the Smith system was to be the first one erected, the Brown crematory was erected on the South Capitol street site. And the Smith system has not been heard of for months. And so matters ran along. The crematory at the foot of South Capitol street was found unable to do the work, and garbage was shipped down the river. Several times the Commissioners have made up their minds to compel the contractor to build another crematory, but somehow or other matters have never culminated. Recently they received a proposition from the Dixon crematory to put up one of its systems on trial, and made such a generous offer that the Commissioners once more took the matter up. It was developed today that to obviate the objection of Secretary Herbert to the observatory site, the Commissioners had considered another location in the im- mediate neighborhood. But the ground, it seems upon investigation, was part of the old canal, and Ifable to forfeiture at any time. So the Commissioners have gone to tho’ old site, in square 62, and it seems reasonably certain that a Dixon crematory will be erected here, but not completed and ready for business until after the 4th of March, when Secretary Herbert is not ex- pected to object to anything. ~~ + AT SEA GIRT. GUARDSMEN Wind Blowing Hard Acro: Jersey Rifle Range. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. SEA GIRT, N. J., August 31.—The de- tachment of District of Columbia National Gtardsmen, comprising the brigade, regi- mental and company teams and individual sharpshooiers, who are to represent Wash- ington in the sixth annual meet of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, arrived at the depot here Saturday evening last shortly after the scheduled hour. Immediately after alighting from the train the detachment was formed in line by Adjutant Vale and moved off in column of fours, under the command of Maj. Har- ries, along the well-known road to the vil- lage of tents The detachment presented a decided sol- dierly appearance and was loudly cheered by the Georgia and New Jersey riflemen, who had already taken up quarters here. Half an hour or more was devoted to assigning the men to tents and distribut- ing baggage, and then iine was again formed and the party proceeded to the mess hall for supper. Yesterday a majority of the riflemen visited Long Branch, Asbury Park and the other nearby resorts.. There were a large number of visitors in camp during the day, including Lieut. Evans of company B, 24 Battalion. Wind Blowing Hard Today. With the wind puffing hard enough to make even the old sharps feel a trifle un- certain, the sixth annual meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle Association opened this morning. The crowd at the firing point was fairly large, but not nearly as big as it is expected to be tomorrow, when the New Yorkers and Jerseymen are looked for in force, and tomorrow ought to be a busy jay. The company, regimental’ and carbine Watches are all to be disposed of, say .the authorities, but it will be quite surprising if the program Is carried out satisfactorily, so many are the teams and plentiful the opportunities for delay. | Washington's share of this morning’s practice. was fully up to expectations. In some places it was @ trifle better@than the prophets supposed {t would be. This afternoon work will be continued, mainly at five hundred yards. It seems to be settled that the Marathon match will be shot Wednesday and the Hilton trophy match Thursday. —— PAY FOR PLANS. Involving:.Comtractors on the Consunsers’ Brewery. Edward A. Oldham, trading as the Asso- ciated Trade and7Indtsttial Press, today sued Charles K4éstne? ‘and Frank A. Hecht of Illinois, trading U's Charles Kaest- ner & Co., claiming $3,250. The plaintiff says that the defendants are architects and builders of breweries, dis- tillerys, starch plants, etc., and alleges that he furnished them with information which enabled them to secure the adoption of plans prepared by them for the erection of a brewery plart near oRsslyn, Va. Upcn the motion of the plaintifi's attor- rey, Wharton E. Lester, an attachment was Issued against the defendants’ prop- erty here. the _-— Hurt at Fort Myer. While engaged in tearing down a building at Fort Myer this afternoon, James Nor- man, an old colored man, was precipitated about fifteen feet and was then struck by @ heavy beam. When picked up it was found that Norman’s left thigh was frac- tured. He was placed in the Fort Myer ambulance and taken to the Emergency Hospital, where the injury was looked after by Dr. West of the house staff. Norman resides at 1228 Collins street southwest, be- tween 12th and 13th, C and D streets. Sa Fell From a Fly Whecl. David E. Hammond, thirty-three years of age, fell from a fly wheel at the power house of the Potumac Electric Power Com- pany today and sustained a severe con- tvsion of the left side. He was removed to the Emergency Hospital in the seventh precinct patrol wagon and restored to con- sciousnees and treated surgically"by Dr. Withers. Hammond’s home is at 1027 Je! ferson street, Georgetown. ‘THOUGHT OF SUICIDE Dan Williams Wanted to Drown in the Mississippi. REQUEST FOR MONEY BETRAYED HIM Notice to Report in September Unmanned Him. STORY OF HIS LIFE Detective Boyd left St. Louis this morn- ing with Policeman Dan Williams, the alleged defaulting collector of Police Court fircs, and is expected here some time to- morrow afternoon. Officer Williams was always a great talker, and it is said he has-been doing some talking to reporters in St. Louis, telling them of his conduct here. It is said that he denies that there is anything wrong with his records prior to the Ist of May, when his accounts were last approved. It appears that when he telegraphed to his wife for assistance the latter called upon Chief Clerk Sylvester as a friend to advance him $20, and that his capture was the result of Chief Clerk Sylvester's clever detective work. In the first tele- gram sent here the officer said he was in distress and wanted $20 with which to re- turn home. Chief Clerk Sylvester then telegraphed him, using his wife’s initials to the t gram, and the fugitive responded, giving his address. Then it was that the chief of police there was given instructions which resulted in his arrest. The Probable Loss. The amount of the deficit will reach about $5,000, and perhaps a few hundred more, so it was said today, but the exact figures are not yet known. The officer's case has been called to the attention of the Commis- sioners in an official way, and his dismissal this afternoon or tomorrow will probably fullow: Thought of Drowning. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in Satur- day's issue, printed a story of Williams’ arrest and confession, and gives the fol- lowing account from Williams’ statements: “The fugitive is a shabbily dressed man, about forty-five years old. He has a wife and two children in Washington. His wite was very sick when he left home last Tues day, but he knew that to remain there longer meant arrest. He came direct to St. Louis, arriving here Thursday morning. He secured a boarding place at 94 Chest- nut street, and then began to wander aim- lessly about the city. ‘iwice he went to the Four Courts to surrender himseif, he says, and each time his nerve failed him at the door, and he turned away. Once he went to the river to drown himself, but his cour- age weakened at the last minute. Then he determined once more to go back to Wash- ington and face the music. He went to the Western Union telegraph office and wired home for money, saying in his telegram that he wantedeit to return home on. The message was intercepted by the authorities at Washington, and they repiied to it, first notifying the local police where Williams could probably be found. ‘The fugitive called at the telegraph office, and then fol- lowed his arrest. Drummer Boy Record. “Gambling on horse races caused Wil- liams’ downfall. His story is interesting, as he told it last night. He was born in Phil- adelphia. When President Lincoln issued his first call for volupteers at the outbreak of the war, Williams was but eleven years of age. He enlisted as drummer boy wkh the zlst New Jersey Regiment at Beverly. When his term of service expired he re- enlisted in the 23d Pennsylvania Regiment, and served the remainder of the war in the Army of the Potomac as a drummer in the 6th Army Corps. At the close of the war he settled tn Washington, where ne mar- ried later. “Eighteen years ago he became a mem- ber of the Washington police force. For ten years Le was a patrolman. ‘Then Maj. Moore became superintendent of police, and as Williams’ gecord was exceptionally good, that officia\transferred him to detail work at headquarters. Seven years ago Williams was appointed collector of tines for the Washington Police Court, which is now presided over by Judges Miller and Kimball. ‘Told to Report. “From that date until his departure from home Williams handled thousands of dol- lars in fines, which, under a law recently enacted by Congress, go to the treasury of the Police Relief Association. Williams did his duty faithfully, he says, until last spring. He hed the confidence of Maj. Moore and all other officials of the police department. He was a member of Abe Lincoln Post, No. 3, Grand Army, the larg- est organization of its kind in Washington, and two years ago he was elect@d com- mander of the vost. “Williams can’t explain just how his downfall began, but last winter he gam- bled some. He won and then lost, and when the races opened for the season at St. Asaph track near Washirgton, in May, he found that he was short several hun- dred dollars in his accounts with the Po- lice Relief Association. He began to play the races, but couldn’t win. Deeper and deeper he dived into the funds intrusted to him, in the mad hope of retrieving his losses, but luck was against him. He was $4,500 behind in his accounts, with no pros- pects of making good the deficiency.” a PROPOSED BATHING POOL, The Recommendation Maude by the Superintendent of the Bathing Beach. ‘There is a hitch in the matter of adapting the small tidal reservoir at the foot of 17th street for a bathing pool. It will be recall- ed that Congress appropriated $4, doing this work. Superintendent St after a conference with the Commissioners upon the matter, was requested to make a recommendation covering the expenditure of the money. This he accordingly did, The Star at the same time printing his rec- ommendation. Briefly, it was his idea to drain the small tidal reservoir at the foot of 17th street, and after grading the bot- tom and constructing walks and roads around it, open it as a new bathing beach. His recommendation was sent to the Sec- retary of War. By him it was referred to the chief of engineers,who reported against the proposition because it was too indefi- nite. Ang so the matter rests until the Com- r.issioners pass upon the new recommentia~ tion of Supi. Stevens, which was re: ntly submitted, and which it is believed will clear the si‘uation. He asks that the Sec- retary of War set aside and des gnate as the bathing beach the small tidal reser- voir at the foot of lith street, and that permission be given to close the wntrance to the same in order that the tides may be contrelled, and that the banks of the reser- voir be graded in accordance with the grade of the flats, the latter to be paid for by the general government. ae cetera Trips to Chapel Point. ‘The second of the trips of the steamer Samuel J. Pentz to Chapel Point will be made tomorrow. The steamer will leave the River View wharf, foot of 7th street, at 9:45 a.m. and Alexandria at 10:15 a.m., and will arrive at the Point in time to give the excursionists five hours of salt water bath- ing, crabbing and fishing. These trips are especially pleasant for family parties, and are largely patronized by fathers’ and mothers, who take their children with them for a day near the salt air. The steamer arrives home at 10 p.m., and the round trip of 120 miles costs but 25 cents. Those who do not care to be bothered with a lunch basket can get an excellent dinner at the Hotel Belleview for 50 cents, and other refreshments at city prices. ae Found His Missing Sister. This morning Mr Creeden, the Delaware postmaster who came here in search of his demented sister, found her in the Hope and Help Mission, where she had been cared for. She was a physical and mental wreck, and he was hardly able to recognize her. He took her home with him this afternoon. SEEING ANSON’S COLTS Big Growd at the- National Park This A Spirited Garey With Little Odds to Kithpr*side, is in Progress. a About 2,500 people“were at National Park this afternoon when the first game between the Chicagos and Washingtons started. Manager Anson sent Friend into the box, so Manager Schmelz selected Mercer as the opposition twirler. It was one, two, three order up to the fourth inning, both pitchers doing excep- tionally fine work, but one hit being made up to that inning, a bunt by Center Fielder Lange. The feature of the first inning was the striking out of Capt. Anson with a man on second base, The fielding of the men back of Mercer Was very clean and accurate, stopping, many hard-hit balls. Friend's pitching was very hard to solve for the Senators, most of them going out on easy chances to the infielders or strik- ing out. The afternoon was an ideal one for the Sport. A large crowd will, no doubt, be on hand at the commencement of the second game. ————— WHERE IS CAMPBELL? Democratic Prospects in the Buckeye State. Special Correspondenve of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 31, 1896. Not a word has been heard from ex-Gev. Campbell on the coinage question since the democratic national platform was adopted at Chicago, and a general desire Is ex- pressed to know where he stands and what his course will be in the campaign. At the democratic state convention he worked with the gold standard minority, but his declared purpcse was to prevent the elee- tion of John W. Bookwalter as s “dele- Sate-at-large to the national convention, for the reason that he had denounced the democratic party, and his election to this position by the democrats of the state would be @ virtual admission that Book- Walter's assertions were true. Mr. Camp- bell was not in the state convention of sound money democrats last week. In fact, there were but two delegates from his county (Butler) in the convention. How- ever, a telegram was read from ex-State Senator Joe McMaken, long one of Camp- bell’s political lieutenants, stating that he was unavoidably detained away, and that he was in the convention in Spirit and sympathy. ‘This leads to the belief that the ex-governor ts in sympathy with the gold standard faction of his party, but he will probably refuse to identify ’ himself with the “bolt” for fear of opposition from the free silver leaders in future years when all the present issues have been super- seded. Alleged to Be Disgruntled. The gold standard democrats in Ohio are using telling argunient on free silver lead- ers, by showing that nearly all of them were disappointed applicants for office un- der Mr. Cleveland's second administration, with the chargé that their opposition to President Cleveland is one of personal re- venge rather than of principle. The chatr- man of the democratic state executive committee, and ‘the manager of the pre- cenvention campaign of the free silver forces which placed the democracy of this state in the hands of the free silver fac- tien, Daniel McConville, they assert, was the sixth auditor of the treasury under Mr. Cleveland's first_ administration, and wanted the place under his second. ' Gen. E, B. Finley of Bucyrus and John J. Lentz of this city, who have become leaders in the free silver movement, the gold mer also claim, were candidates for appoint- | ment in the Department of Justice under the present national administration, but failed to secure the desired ‘places.’ The Cincinnati Enquirer, the gold ‘men declare, Was the first newspaper to publish the Marla Halpin scandal in Mr. Cleveland's first campaign, and, naturafly, the editor, John R. McLean, was not permitted to have much to say in regard to the cistri- bution of the Ohio patronage. The En- quirer hes persistently opposed Mr. Clev land, and the sound money democrats charge that his advocacy of free silver | now is simply a joining of hands on his part with the strongest party in sight which 1s fighting the President on all points of his administration. It 1s a sin- gular fact that similar conditions can be shown to exist in the case of nearly every prominent democrat in the state who has become prominent in the free silver move- ment. Must Be S,000 Gold Democrats. Under the law of Ohio it will be neces- sary to secure a petition of at least 8,000 names of voters of the state, asking that the ticket nominated by the gold demo-! crats be placed on the Australian ballot, before the state supervisor can order it there. This applies to all new parties, the principle being that to be a party in the legal sense of the word, a political crgani- zation must comprise at least 1 per cent of the total vote of the state. This will apply also to the nationalist party, the off- sheot from the prohibitionist party at the rational convention at Pittsburg, which has put a state ticket in the field. The sound money democrats will have no trouble in getting the requisite number of signers to their petition, but there is room for doubt as to the nationalists. This week there will be a joint meeting of the democratic and populist state cen- tral committees here to arrange the details of the fusion. This will be a delicate mat- ter. The «emocrats will have to induce three candidates for elector to withdraw. ‘They have agreed to give the populists five places and there are now only two vacan- cies on their electoral ticket. No candidate can be forced io withdraw, and there may be trouble in securing the consent of can- didates to make sacrifice of themselves in the interest of fusion. The state executive committee that will have charge of the joint campaign of the democrats and populists in this state will probably be made up of botn democrats and populists. ae RAILROAD RATE WAR. Effect of the Decision of Judge Simonton Made Today. The injunction proceedings instituted be- fore Judge Simonton several weeks ago to restrain the Sea Board Air Line, th Southern Railway Company and all the other members" of the Southern States Freight Association;. from cutting below their rates which oprevailed on July 1: lest, in which #tentporary restraining or- der ‘was issued,‘weré this merning decided by the court ‘at Clfarlesion, S.C. Judz> S:monton reverSing* his former course. dissolving the ‘mjurction and dismissing the bill -—_-— OUTBREAK -AT MANILLA, A Spanish Wohxship Ordered to the nilippines, BERLIN, AugtSt 31.—An official dispatcn received here ftom’ Manilla, capital of the Philippine Islands, announces that a revo- lutionary outbreak has occurred there and that a state of siege: has been proclaimed. MADRID, August ‘81—The Spanish war- ship Isla de Cutsa hits. been crdered to pro- ceed to the Philippine Islands immediately. —_—_— Took Nenrly a Thousand Ballots. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala., August 31.—After | o7@ ballots, the democratic congressional | conveation of the fourth district adjourned at midnight Saturday to meet September 11 at Shelby Springs to resume balloting. The leaders were Plowman, Smith, 16; King, i. Twenty-seven nominating. = Ses Gold Deposited for Legal Tenders. NEW YORE, August 31—The total d: posits of gold at the subtreasury this morn- irg in exchange for legal tenders up to 11330 a.m. amounted to $3,000,000. J. P. Morgan & Co. deposited $1,500,000, Hanover Natioral Bank $500,000, Lazard Freres $500,000 and the Bank of Montreal $500,000. The total gold for import ordered thus far aggregates $18,250,000. THE VICEROY’S VISIT Li Hung Chang Will Occupy Apart- ments at the Arlington. PERFECT PRIVACY FOR THECELESTIALS An Entire Floor Will Be Devoted to Their Entertainment. PROBABLE €TATE RECEPTION ais ees Li Hung Chang will leave Philadelphia at 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon by a spe- cial train over the Pennsylvania railroad, and will arrive in Washington three hours later. He will be driven at once to the Ar- lington Hotel, where, together with his suite, he will be domiciled during his stay in Washington. The arrangements for his entertainment at the Arlington are now being made by Manager Frank V. Bennett, and probably in all his travels the Chinese viceroy will not have enjoyed as much pri- vacy and at the same time as much free- dom in a public hotel than that which he will experience in Washington. The construction of the Arlington permits of Li Hung Chang and his suite having an entire floor to themselves as completely ‘as though they were in a private house. The apartments to be occupied by them will be sixteen in number, and occupy the second floor from the center of the hotel on Ver- mont avenue to the end of the building around on I street. Vermont_ avenue. Ws — | Li Hang Parlor. | Parlor. | ‘Chang's | S¢ete-| ga, [Bed Room, | '57- Hallway. Dining a room. Attend. [ Attend- sate, | Aint | “tect | 3 ess 5} Suite. Suite. Suite. Bulte. | Suite. Butte. Suite. | The accompanying diagram will show their arrangement. The Use of the Rooms. In tne hallway there will be a door erected, or an attendant of the viceroy and a representative of the hotel will be stationed there. It will be abso- lutely impossible for any ene to pass this point except the members of the party and those properly accredited. The parlor at the junction of Vermont avenue and 1 street, a large, handsome apartment, as are the cthers, will be utilized as the viceroy’s salon, where he will receive pub- He officials. The adjoining parlor will be used for the reception of those on more intimate terms with the visitor. The large parior down stairs will be closed to the public and the elevator in it will be de- voted exclusively to the use of the Chinese ambassador. The dining room is an apart- ment about twenty feet square, lighted by large windows looking out on I street. Even the hotel servants will not have ac- cess to the suite of the viceroy. The apartments are the same as those used by President Cleveland when he came here for his second inauguration. A State Reception Probable. It is expected that Secretary Olney will extend to L! Hung Chang the same courte- sy that Secretary Gresham extended to the Spanish Infanta on the occasion of her visit here. It will be remembered that the 4iplomatic corps was invited to meet the infanta. IZ such is the case, the reception wiil take place in the three large parlors on the first floor fronting on Vermont avenue, where the infanta received the diplomats. These parlors have been the scene of many brilliant social events. They were inaugurated by the wedding reception and breakfast of Baron and Baroness Zed- witz, the latter being Miss Caldwell. Baron Zedwitz was the victim of the recent shock- ing yachting accident in England. The decorations on this occasion were the finest ever seen in Washington, and the presence of the entire diplomatic ‘corps in full uni- form made a scene memorable for its briliiancy. Secretary Blaine held his reception to the pan-American congress in these apartments, and the pan-American dinner was also given in them. Secretary Gresham gave all bis diplomatic breakfasts and dinners in the apartments. At the Chinese Ministry. Owing to the brevity of the viceroy’s stay in Washing the Chinese minister will not give him a public reception, but will entertain him privately at the Chinese le- gation. a THE ROCKVILLE FAIR. Everything in Rendiness for the Opening Tomerrow. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 31, 1896, There is great bustle and activity at the fair grounds of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society today, and vast num- bers of exhibits are arriving and being put in their proper places. The hotels are filled with exhibitors and horsemen, to say nothing of the numbers of persons who will assist in entertaining the crowds in the side shows, and with other attractions £0 familiar at country fairs. The buildings and grand stand have been draped with numerous American fiags, tastefully ar- ranged, and by opening time everything will be in apple-pie order for the reception of the coming crow: The races tomorrow will commence at 1 o'clock, and the interest in the bicycle con- tests promises to be as-great as that evinc- ed in the horse trials. There will be two wheel races. In the event for riders living in Montgomery county the entries are Lee Counselman of Bethesda, Wright Curti jr., of Sligo and Emmett Dove of Rockville. They are all good riders, and a close spurt is expected. : The other event is for riders from the District of Columbia, the entries being N. Z. Mell, Henry L. Greer, Gorge E. Smith, E. A. Hebard and J. H. Strickland. This will also v2 a good race. The horse races are both for county horses. The first for roadsters owned in the county will be contested by Free Silver, Alvin Hyatt, Martinsburg, Md.; Nellie, Geo. G. Bradiey, Potomac, Md.; Mamie C., John C. Clark, Burnt Mills, Md.; Jim Wilson, Jr.. T. W. and C. C. Waters, Brookeville, Md. The other race is for four-year-olds own- d in the county, and the entries are Sleepy Son, J. C. Dorsey, Brookeville, Md.; Eva, Chester Scheckeis, Woodfield, Md.; Gilbert Red, W. H. A, Wormley, Colesville; Mata- plan, Julian Walters, Derwood; Electrique, C. W. Fields, Rockville; Fannie Gaither, B, T. Milligan, Rockville. Both events are expected to be close, and there is much speculation on the result. A large crowd is expected from Washing- ton on the trains which leave at 9 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. Refused to Take the Cut. BEAVER FALLS, Pa. August meeting of the employes of the Rochester tumbler works was heid in Freedom yes- terday afternoon, and by an almost unan- imous vote it was decided not ti to accept a proposed. the twenty per cent redu — Mines Filling With Water. LEADVILLE, Col., August 31.—The pumps in tae Bon Air and Penrose mincs, two of the largest properties in this dis- trict, have beeu stopped and the mines are rapidly filling with water. THE SILVER KNIGHT Senator Stewart Resents Statements About His Printers’ Wages. He Declares That Alexandria Cannot Be Brought Into the W: ston ‘Typographical Unton. Senator Stewart, the owner of the Silver Knight, came to Washington today, and, in talking with a Star reporter on the subject of the action of Columbia Typographical Union toward" the printers employed by him in Alexandria, Va., said: “The facts are these: The Silver Knight purchased the National Watchman, which had been doing its printing in Alexandria for a number of years, and I continued publication of the combined paper in Alex- andria, as it had been done before. The wages in Alexandria paid printers by the two dailies in that city for a day’s work is nine dollars per week, with pay for over time. The scale has been uniform for a number of years. The Silver Knight, as the Watchman had done before, has em- ployed only union printers, and has paid the union scale at that place, and there never has been one word of complaint or dissatisfaction from my printers-at any time since I took control of the Watch- man, but, on the contrary, these printers are very anxious that they should be let alone and be permitted to earn their own living, as they are now doing. “The Washington papers all use machines for the setting of their type, and employ very few compositors. I could save some thing like $0) per week if I did as they do, but in consideration of the fact that work is so scarce I refrained from buying ma- chines to set the type for the sole and only reason that I wisned tu give employment to these men and atiow them to earn their living, for if 1 discharge the.n by buying mechines they wll have uoth.ng to do and starvation m.gat be their apportionment.” “The Typographical Union of Washing- ton city is very pecunariy surrounded. The government prinung ofiice here em- ploying hunareds of people, is a fat job, and by raising union rates in Washington city the government is maae to pay very large wages for the labor which it receives; and, if 1 am rightly informed, the wages paid in Washington are about one-half larger than almost any other state in the Union. Of course, these papers who use machines, as they all do here, are not af- fected by this because the machines set the type. The goldbug party, republican and democratic goldbugs, have been very, anxious to harass the Silver Knight ir every way possible in order to create pre- Judice against it or against the cause it advocates. “This is all there is in this contention against the Silver Knight. If the Silver Knight should be forced into the Washing- ton Typographical Union, it, in self-de- fense, would have to buy a’ type-setting machine, which would not only not help the laboring men, but would be an absolute injury to some ten or twelve very worthy printers. So far, the Typographical Union of Washington as a body has been very friendly toward the Silver Knight, and has done nothing to aid or abet the conspiracy of the goldbugs against it. “A dispatch, the authenticlty of which is doubtful, pretending to emanate from the president of the International Union, says that Alexandria is going te be placed un- der the Washington unicn. This cannot be done without the consent and petition of the printers who live in Alexandria, and I doubt if there is one printer in the whole city who would sign such a petition. T: printers at Alexandria have received com- pensation acccrding to a scale of wages which was satisfactory to them, and for that reason they have refrained from es- tablishing a union in that city, altough the editor of the Silver Knight has advised such a course from the beginning. “I gave this advice on account of the mis- representation of the condition in Alex- andria. For all practical purposes the men have a union. The Silver Knight employ none but union men, but I am of the opin- ion that they ought to have a charter and proceed in the regular way, and that Alex- andria should not be placed under the jurisdiction of a foreign city any more than Baltimore or New York; that the printers of Alexandria are perfectly competent to govern their own affairs, and the Silver Knight is, has been, and always will be perfectly willing to submit to any arrange- ment that the printers of Alexandria may make.” It is understood that the compositors on the Silver Knight will at once take the necessary steps to secure a charter for a union, to be composed of union printers working in Alexandria. ——— LOCAL LEAD INCREASED. Washington Wheelmen Again De- feated Those From Baltimore. Thethird of the series of the inter-city es came off Saturday afternoon at the i Park cycle track in Baltimere, and as her tofore, the local team came off with all the honcrs. Billie Sims finished first, T. N. Mudd third and George S. Ball fifth, scor- rire. This makes the total score of the races: Washington, Baltimore, 25. The Washington riders also made good showing in all other events. Billie Sims won the other two amateur events on the pregram. Mudd, Hardy Pritchard, H. W. Clum and W. O. E. Woodward each se- cured places. Pritchard rode in especially gcod form. The summary: One-mile novice—C. E. Reckett, first: G. L Hicks, second; H. W. Clum of Washing- ton, third. Time, One-mile inter-city team races—William Sims, Washington, first; Clarence Knight, Laltimore, second; T. N. Mudd, Washing- ton, third; F. L. Meyers, Baltim fourth; George Ball, Was Robert French, Wash- Baltimore 9, Time, 2.45. ile handicap (professional)—J. L. Ives, scratch, first; W. W. Phelps, scratch, + ree M. F. Carter, scratch, third. Time, “Half-mile scratch (amateur)—W. F. Sims, first; W. G. Lecompte, second; H. Pritch: ard, third. Time, 1.08 1-5. One-miie professional (sp)—M. F. Car- ter, six points, first; J. M. White, five points, second; W. O. ‘Woodward and W. W. Phelps, tied for third, each getting three points. Time, 2.21 2-5. One-mile ‘amateur (2.30 class)—W. F. Sims, Washington, first; T, N. Mudd, Wash- ington, second; F. C.’ Meyer, Baitimore, third. Tirre, 3-5. are eee Hotel Arrivals, Raleigh—J. Scammell, L. P. Squire, G. Govler, J. D. Ringe and C. M. Hammond and wife, Ney York; W. I. Clark, Chicago, IL; B. Barnfétt, ‘JatKsonville, Fla.; C. W. Bassett, Bostbn, Mags.; S. M. Grubbs and ; wife, Litchid, “IL;"H. L. Wood, Rich- mord, Va.; If Goetcyins and wife, Colum- bus, Ga. .-{ t Epbitt—C. Mocd, Newark, N. J.; J. J. Hemilton and P: Wdblsey, New York; W. E. Lean, Boston, Mags.; C. L. Woods, Rich- mend, Va. Oxford—A. P. Hanley, F. V. Tenbrook and H. C. Mawburg, Baltimore, Md.; L. W. Wallace, Chicago, Il. Normandie—J. Car Philadelphia, Pa. Arlington—H. W. Wood, Richmond, V Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Hammond, Pit:sburg, F. P. Hill and wife and W. Johnson, wark, N. J. Shoreham—M. J. Gasquet and W. S. Gtterrez, New York; R. N. Joyce, Bosto: Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Listman, Chi- cago, Il. Riggs—B. Rosenthal, Omaha, Neb.; G. C. Winters and G. J. Edwards, Boston, Mass. Willard’s—H. J. Buck and wife, Lansin, Mich.; P. C. Ackerman, New York; B. J. Smith and fe, Omaha, Neb.; P. Hien, Chicago, HL; W. E. Sackett, East Orange, N. J.; E. L. Hinckley, Boston, Mass. Johnsoa—S. R. Jenkins, Chicago; Martin C. Kolbe, Chicago; W. H. Thykamp, Fred- ericksburg, Va.; E. S. Mayer, New York; S. E. Hopman, Columbus, 8S. C.; G. F_ Abrainson, New York; C. S. Ross, Minne- apolis, Minn.; W. H. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga. —_~<__ Iturbide and His Valet. The warrant issued for the arrest of Prince Augustine Iturbide for alleged as- sault on Thomas I. Carney, his valet, has not yet been returned to the Police Court. It was expecied that the warrant would he returned teday, but for some reason the police had not served it, and the spec- tators, who expected to hear an interesting case, were disappointed. Carney says he will enter suit agairst the prince for $445 back wages. ing twelve points, to the Baltimore team’s™ FINANCE AND TRADE Continued Improvement in Specula- tive Sentiment, EFFECT OF GOLD IMPORTATIONS Sharp Advance in Sugar and Man- hattan Elevated. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 31.—The improv ment in speculative sentiment noted at the close of last week's trading was con- tinued this morning to the greater advance- ment of prices, The engagement of more than four millions additional gold for im- port, bringing the total amount up to near- ly $18,000,000, had a benefictal influence, checking a disposition to sell, which was conspicuous among traders during the open- ing hour. An importation of $5,000,000 gold by Ca- nadian banks was announced in connection with the return movement of the precious metal. The absence of evidences of artificiality in this movement has inspired confidence in its ability to relieve the money tension of a few days ago. Leading foreign houses continue to predict liberal shipments dur- ing the week, notwithstanding the fact London cables are opposed to this theory. Money on call fluctuated between 6 and 8 per cent, thereby facilitating the gold movement. An advance of 2% per cent in Manhattan was a conspicuous feature of the day's de- Velopments, the same interests active last week being well represented in the buying. The continuation of present dividends and the ever-present possibility of a consolida- tion are offered in justification of the re- cent advance. A sharp rise in Sugar was credited to the masterly manipulation from inside sources and needed no trade arguments to overceme the small opposition of room op- eraiors. The advance in American Toba>- co was merely another of the periodical movements for which this property has of late been noted. That the movement was deliberately undertaken is evidenced by the fact that the well informed were fully advised of the intention early in the day. The short interest in Western Union was ain active in liquidating outstanding as the result of rumors announc- ing that quiet buying for the larger in- terests hes been in progress for several days. The demand for securities from out- side sources has not assumed proportions equal to the task of throwing off the pro- sional domination of prices A slight tendency toward a stiffening in exchat ge rates and 8 per cent call money attracted some selling by the room during the afteraoon. Prices receded slightly from the high level of the morning, but no se- rious declines were recorded. The stocks reflecting the greatest percentage of gain for the day were forced to bear the brunt of the later attack on pric Lake Shore's statement for the June quar- ter, showing a surplus of $6: . as com- pared with $59,842 for a similar period one year ago, was announced during the day. The company reports cash on hand amount. ing to 31,620,048. Railroad returns from other sources were not more than fairly creditable, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, 2s ~eporte b Corson & Macartney, mbers York stock exchange. | Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway. Open. Mich. Low Close, erican Sugar. Wy 108%, 106i 208% S” 8 8S sO 9 ae ne 1B 18y 1414 “aK 4 Canada Pacific shed Chesapeake & Onio 1B 13% ©. C.-C. & St. Louis ae ons Chicago, B.& Qo. 002 OO Gly Chicago & Northwestern 95 85% Chicago 4 58ig 53% OR ig 55g FO SSR “BGG Is 142” 1aiig 148 150° 1B 150” 180 4% 127, 4 244 Mlinois Cental ised Laclide Gas sean 5 Lake Shore. iisy ie Voutaville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central Missouri Pacitte National Lead Co., Pd. New Jersey Central. w York Central prthern Pacific 3 an. Ont. & Western.) Paciic Mail ‘enn. Coal and Iron Union Pacific U.S. Leather, pfa- ‘abash, Pia. Wheeling & L. Erie. Wheeling& L. Erie,Prd. Western Union Tel Sliver Grain and Cotton Markets. Furn:shed by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 FP street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Open. “High Low. Close, Wheat—Sept. 56 Tih 6g BO Dee. Bi WL, 5-H, Corn—Sept. 20% 2k 208 Dee. % 22s. roy” 15% rt oat at G80 6.82 3.30 B20 - 372 3.72 Ribs—Sept- 307 3.07 Jan 4 340 BAS Month. Close. te 7.08 November. 704 Decembe 7.08 Janna 7412 2 Spring Da$3.25 rec mixed, exports, 21 bustiels: bushels.” Rye tirm No. BN receipts, stock, 43 choles timet xyorts, none; els: tame. continu . Badd, ed, $4.83 per 100 Ibs, Butter firm—fancy . Vials; de. imitation, 13a15; do. ladle, 1 firm fresh ew York, 60 pounds, pounds, flats, ‘9iga 10. “Whisky, $1.30a$1.31 finished goods in car loads; $1-31a$1 lots. a Had Heard of Her. From the San Francisco Times and Observer. ‘The lecturer inquired dramatically: “Can any one in this room tell me of @ perfect man?” There was a dead silence. “lias any one,” he continued, “heard of a perfect woman?” Then a patient-looking little woman in a black dress rose up at the back of the au- ditorium and answered “There was one. I'y but she’s dead now. band’s first wife.” often heard of her, She was my hus