Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1896--TWELVE PAGES. BRYAN AND WATSON Notified of Their Nomination by the Populists, NO PLEDGE ASKED OF THE FORMER Not Even Asked to Indorse the Platform. WHY HE WAS SELECTED Senater Wm. V. Allen, chairman of the populist national convention, mailed to Wm. J. Bryar yesterday the following letter, officially notifying him of his nomination @ that i “Dear At a convention of the people's party held at St. Louis, from July 22 to 25 of th urrent year, uu were unanimously nominated for President of the United States to be voted for at the aproaching general lection. It was known at the time that you had been nominated by the demo. cratic party at its convention held at Chi- cago a few days before that time, and that you would in all probability accept the same in a formal manner. “Your nomination by the people's party was not, therefore, made with any thought that you were a populist or that you ac- cepted all the doctrines declared by the St. Louis platform. It was due largely to the fact that the money question is the over- shadowing political issue of the age and be- cause you have at all times been an un- swerving, able and fearless advocate of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold on terms of equality at the mints of the United States at the ratio of 16 to 1. “It was thought also that the observance of a patriotic duty required a union of all reform forces, and the convention took the liberty, without soliciting or consulting you, of placing your name before the people as its standard bearer. The convention in do- ing so we led by deep solicitude for the common weifare and acting on its own mo- tion, prompted alone by a desire to bring about the best attainable results. “So much has been said respecting the re- habilitatton of siiver by again placing it in eur coinage acts in the position it occupied when stealthily demonetized by the act of 1873, that it would be idle for us to discu: the question. You will observe by the clos- ing language of the St. Louis platform that the convention recognized the money ques- tion was the great issue of the day, and be- cause populists belleve that you are in ac- cord with them on this question you will re- ceive their ballots in November. Not Expected to Abandon Chicago Platform. “It has at no time been expected or is it now that you will avandon your adhesion to the Chicago platform nor that you will accept ali that is declared In the people's party platform, however gratifying the lat- ter would be to all popviists. It must be un ocd that the party does not abate one jot or tittle of loyalty to its principles. ve declared ourselves in favor of rtant reforms, in our judgment » the liberation of the people from end iniquitous indus ance with the precedent this method of notityin ion. We shall not s rding to other part, let of notification of the at has been so justty con- y our party it is neediess © you that you have the con- nd esteem of all. ¥. splendid known int and ‘or t on justly en- to a high rank among the great of the nation. ne event of your elec- now Seems certain, that you y into the executive the principles reform, to the end that th enjoy better industrial condi- that this can be anticipated undue has or disjoint the ntry, but that it wi done gradu- and in a way to infuse confidence and of better conditions for all. No Pledge Exacted. “The peop! no promise your pu a life nor "s party will exact from you farther than those made in ic utterances and exemplified in voted to the welfare of the race, it ask you to abandon the party of which you are an honored member. In your nomination our party has rigen above rere partisan surroundings to a high plane of patriotism, believing that a divisi forces would result in the election liam MeKin the foremost advocate of a deeply burdensome and unnatural taxa- tion and of the criminal policy of the sin- gle gold standard, resulting ultimately, if not in s manner checked, in the com- plete destruction and disintegration of our form ¢ f Wil- stracy It be regarded as a vin- dication of the rights of the people to gov- ern, a: tain no doubt that you will pi a worthy successor of the im- mortal mand Lincoln, and that life, like theirs, will illustrate and loftiness "of American hip. Your extensive and inti- ledge of public affairs ard the > office will impose, gained in a been devoted ‘to upholding > of the people, as well as your ht to the condition of cur coun- uur judgment highly qualified you about a change in a way that work injury to none and justice to will all, thus making our government, In fact as it is now in form only, a government cf, by and for the people. I have the honor to be your most obe- dient servant, “WM. VINCENT ALLEN, Chairman.” NOTIFICATION OF WATSON. Senator Butler Formally Tells Him of His Nowination. The following is the letter sent by Sena- tor Butler of North Carolina, the chair- man of the populist executive committee, to Mr. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia, § him of his nomination as can- didate for Vice President by the populist ational convention: , D. C., Sept. 15, 1896. Thomas E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.: ear Sir: Such fs our form of govern- ment that the citizens of the United States Must skape its course for good or evil through agency of political parties. When there is no political party that represents the principles of good zovernment, no party that stands for right and the in- terest of the laborer, wealth producer and all who strive to make an honest living, by fair and legitimate means, then it is im- possible for the majority of the voters to express their will at the ballot box. “When all the political parties stand for the selfish Interest and personal greed of money changers, corporations, trusts and monopolies, as’ does the republican party, under the leadership of John Sher- man, and the democratic party, under the leadership of Grover Cleveland, then the producirg masses are victims without an alternative. To withhold their votes will furnish them no relief, while to cast thelr votes for either party is to sanction their own spoliation, and td strengthen the bower that eppresses them. “This was the political situation in 1808, when stern necessity forced organized la” bor, the organized wealth producers, and others who belleve in good government, and were engaged in legitimate business interests, to meet and form a new political organization known as the people's party. This new political party, representing the principles of true republicanism as taught by Abraham Lincoln, and of true democ- Tacy as taught by Jefferson and Jackson, as if springing full-grown from the loins of the people, cast over one million votes, winning in five states within 1our months from the date of its birth. The Old Parties Faithless. “The democratic and republican parties no longér represented the principles upon which they were founded. They had long since deserted the principles for which our ancestors left the old world, and which Were mide our inheritance through blood and sacrifice of our fathers in the revolutionary war, and had embraced t edious and oppressive methods so long pi the+ tru ticed under the monarchies and .despotisms of the old world. The enemies of good government, the enemies of the people's prosperity and the enemies of struggling humanity had dominated and controlled both these parties for twenty years. Both of these parties had long ceased to regard the interest of the masses, and became the agents through which corporations and trusts exploit the people; both of these par- ties have betrayed the people and have leg- islated in the interest of bankers, specu- lstors, bondholders and monopolists, thus enabling the favored few to absorb the mil- licns of property earned and created by the toiling masses. They have been the agencies for robbing the millions to make the few millionaires, and, worse than this, they have placed the welfare and. happi- ness of the whole nation in the hands of, and subject to, the confederated money Power of the world. The candidates of both of these parties for the past twenty years have been pledged to the gold standard, and have used the power of the government on the side of gold. No matter which party the people voted for their votes were cast for their enemies and to enslave themselves. No matter which party went into power, times grew harder and the wealth of the many concentrated into the hands of the ew. “Another party, an American party, was wanted. There was need for such a party {to keep alive the American spirit of 1776, to advocate and enforce the principles of the Declaration of Independence, to advo- cate the rights of American labor and American manhood, to restore prosperity to a suffering people, and to rescue a great and.rich nation from the quicksands of Lankruptcy and ruin. Thus the people’s party stands for the great principles of a republican fcrm of government as repre- sented by the forefathers and came into existence to restore the government to the people. First to Demand Free Silver. “The people's party was the first political organization in twenty-three years that made an honest demand for the free and unrestricted coinage of silver. Until the present year both old parties put into their platforms a demand for the restoration of silver, but coupled with it qualifying and ambiguous phrases that negatived the de- mand, and then rallied the voters of the west and south for silver and the narth- east for the gold standard on the same Platform. The people's party was the first political organization that declared against the surrender of the governmental func- tions of issuing paper money to national, state or private banks. The people’s party was the first political organization to make definite and specific what is meant by op- position to monopolies instead of indulging in giittering generalities. The people’s par- ty was the first political party to nominate candidates for President and Vice Presi- dent that were not goldbugs and did not receive goldbug support. It is the only erty now in existence which, with an un- divided membership and a solid front, is Gemanding legislation for the suppression of monopolies, and for the equal protection of all citizens against the encroachment of individual and corporate power. So suc- cessfully has it exposed the shortcomings of the two old parties, so vigorously ar- raigned them for the betrayal of the people, so vigorously has it taught the principles of trve democracy and true republicanism, that one of these old parties has been forced to retrace its erring steps and cast off, for the time being, at least, its base and treacherous leaders. “It was the people's party that brought the all-important and overshadowing ques- tion of financial reform to the front. It was the people's party that made it impos- ible for the old parties to longer keep in the background the real nat{onal issues, while they fought sham battles over the tariff and other minor local issues. The ‘ople’s party is the real force, the main- spring behind this great political revolu- tion. “It is the indomitable force that has driven the democratic party to make !ts patriotic declaration in the Chicago plat- torm, and is now the constant and | Strengthening force that holds them up to that declaration. If this patriotic and ele- vating Influence, as an organized force, Were removed, then inevitably the evil and blighting influences that have dominated and corrupted the democratic party in the past would creep into its councils and ontrol it again. Besides, there is a con- siderable minority of the democratic party who, for policy, are in a manner support- ing the action of the Chicago convention, yet who are radically opposed to Mr. Bryan and the principles which he repre- sents. These are the natural allies of the bolting plutocrats of the Indlanapolis con- vention, and will spare no effort to defeat the reforms which every principle of good government demands. Thus, the democratic party, so long de- bauched, and now divided; a party beset from without and within by the gold and monopoly democrats, who are plotting to again control it, cannot be relied upon to carry out these reforms of the peoples party, and to restore prosperity to the American people. ‘Therefore, there was never greater need for the continued ex- istence and vigorous growth of our party than now. Without it, the demozratic party, if in power, could not redeem its pledges. Without it the next national con- vention of the democratic party would repudiate the platform it has so recently adopted at Chicago, and Mr. Bryan would stand no more chance of becoming its nominee than would Thomas Jefferson if he were again on earth. Why Mr. Bryan Was Chosen. “In 1892 the democratic. politicians de- nounced the principles of the people's party. In 1896,these same men were forced to purge themselves of their modern false doctrines and return to the principles of Jefferson and Jackson. That party, in its national convention, nominated for the Presidency William J. Bryan, a man who Was ready to renounce the false gods of a corrupted republicanism. The people’s party, in its second national convention, held a few weeks later, put country above party and rose to a higher plane of pa- triotism than has ever been shown by any other party—it recognized in this young patriot of the west a man who stands, in the broadest and truest sense, for Amer- ican institutions and American principles— a man as worthy and as true as any one within our own ranks, and, besides, one who had already several millions of votes pledged to his support, and who, therefore, we could be sure of electing in the present contest. Thus was presented to us an opportunity to elect this year a man who would be the first friend of the people in the White House in twenty years, such a man as the people’s party had scarcely hoped to elect before 1900). If the democratic party had been true to the people and its own platform in its selection of a candidate for Vice President, we would not now have the honor of ad- dressing you, one of the worthlest. and most beloved sons of the people’s party, in this official capacity, for in that event the people's party would have nominated the whole democratic ticket by even a larger majority than it nominated Mr. Bryan. But such was not the case. It seems that the party was not able at one effort to purge itself of its modern heresies, cast off its plutocratic leaders, and at the same time it nominated Mr. Bryan give him a running mate who had carned in the arena of action, contending against the foes of the republic, the affection, con- fidence and trust of the masses of our people, as had Mr. Bryan himself. Why Watson Was Selected. “Had it nominated s mn for the vice presidency who was known to all America as a chieftain and a leader in defense of the toflers and producers of the land, one who, by the use of voice, pen and means, had endeared himself to the Amorican peo- ple—one with a past not obscured in silence suggestive of either ignorance or indiffer- ence to the struggle of the people with the money power—the cccasion of this commu- nication to your worthy self would not have occurred. The people's party, true to its principles and true to its teachings, nominated for the high office of Vice Presi- dent a man worthy to have headed the ticket, a man who represents what Mr. Bryan represents, and, therefore, presents to the people today in the persons of Bryan and Watson the best silver ticket in the field—a ticket more representative of Amer- fean interests than any other, a ticket that stands for just the opposite to that for which the republican ticket stands. “If the people win this fight for financial reform, it must be accomplished by the co- operation of the silver forces of all political parties. To secure such co-operation of the different parties it is necessary to have a co-operative ticket. Therefore, Bryan and Watson is not only the best silver tickat, bnt it is also the true co-operative ticket. “We have the honor, representing the sec- ond national convention of the. people's party, to formally notify you of your nomi- nation for Vice President of the United Ss and hope you will accept the high and carry our banner of ‘equal rights to all and special privileges to none’ to vic- tory against the combined minions of spe- cial privileges, aggregated capital and or- ganized greed. We have the honor to be, yours most respectfully, “MARION BUTLER, Bele erie ex-Officio for Notification Com- ittee.”” THE RESULT IN MAINE. Highest Expectations of the Republi- cans Surpassed. Election returns in Maine have surpassed the highest estimates made by republican managers. The Portland Evening Express estimates indicate that the state will give 48,000 plurality for Powers (rep.). Two hun- dred towns give Powers 52,950; Frank, 24,- 830. Republican plurality, 28,620. Indica- tions denote larger congressional plurality. Portlarfa’s vote complete gives Powers, for governor, a plurality of 1,937, a gain over 1892 of 1,451, Reed's plurality there is 2,330. Bath's pluraMy of 875 for Powers is the largest plurality ever given there. For Con- gtess, Dingley gained 254 over his 1892 plu- rality. This is the home of Arthur Sewall, democratic candidate for Vice President. All towns in Androscoggin county give Powers 5,012; Frank, 2,204; Ladd, 184; Bate- man, 352, and Clifford, 32.’ This is a repub- Ncan increase over 1892 of 1,280, and a dem- ccratic loss of 1,158, Powers has a total plurality in Bangor of S11, a gain of 447 over 1892. Aroostook county gives the republican ticket 4,000 pl'1- rality. Congressman Boutelle ran ahead of his ticket. The vote in the third district indicates that Congressman Milliken is re-elected by 12,000 plurality, a gain of about 1,700. Speaker Reed Tells What It Means. Speaker Reed was serenaded at Portland last night by the Lincoln Club and 5,000 people. He responded: “P told you long ago that Maine would make her own record; she has done so. I asked you when you were here last to give a large majority, and you did so. I do not think you did so because I asked you, for you have ideas of your own and know how to carry them out. One thing, perhaps, is to be regretted, you have helped to set- tle a little trouble among the Chicago democracy. The ticket has two, let us say, appendages. One of them has now disap- peared. Sewall's star sinks and Watson's rises. At least it seems so, but as neither of them were stars of the first magnitude, it may be a little uncertain. “What does this result mean? The west is said to be different from the east, but I have not found it so. Too many Maine men have gone west to bulld up the country for anybedy to say that. They will do as well as we have done. “I congratulate you on this great majori- ty. It was a victory which belongs to good men of both parties, and cannot fail to do gcod to the whole country.” Gov. Powers’ View. Governcr-elect Llewellyn Powers was seen last night and asked for an expression of his opinion on the result of the election. He said: “Maine has today declared, in no uncer- tain terms, against repudiation and dis- honesty as represented by free silver and a fifty-cent dollar. We ail knew that the pine tree state could be depended upon in the emergency to set the entire country a good example, but the extent to which her citizens have expressed their approval of sound money and the republican policy has even exceeded our expectations. “I think the result of today’s ballot is most significant. The campaign has been a short one, but the people of Maine have been greatly interested, and the majority with which our citizens have honored the republican ticket simply indicates that in November the democratic policy of injus- t-ce and inflation will receive a blow from which it will never recover.” Mr. Frank Thinks Differently. M. P. Frank, the democratic candidate for governor, gave out the following statement last night: “The democratic party of Maine had adopted a platform which proved to be in direct opposition to the Chicago platform on the currency issue, and nominated a candidate for governor upon that platform. After the national convention they were obliged to change their position and put in nomination another candidate. The repub- licans having a thorough organization, had meanwhile taken advantage of the situa- tion, committed substantially all their Voters to their policy on the currency ques- tion before the democrats were reorganized en new lines. “The disaffection created in the party by the change and the disorganized condition of the party enabled the republicans, with their thorough organization and the un- limited means at their command, while the democrats were without funds to pay even the absolutely necessary expenses of the campaign, to make the gains they have over their vote of 94. Considering the con- dition of the parties, the short time and limited means that democrats had, the re- sult is fully as good as could reasonably have been expected. Indeed, they have fought a gallant fight against adverse con- ditions and tremendous odds. In view of the above facts the result can have but lit- tle effect on the national contest.” How Chairman Manley Explains It. J. H. Manley, chairman of the republican state committee, said last evening: ‘The sweeping republican victory in Maine this day proves conclusively that, so far as Maine voters are concerned, the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 cannot be defended, and will never have the indorsement of the people of this state. “The vote shows no free silver votes among the republicans of the state. It Proves that the democratic party cannot be carried as a party to the indorsement of this financial heresy. Great credit should be given to those democrats throughout the state who rose above party and aided the republicans in winning this fight. A much larger number of democrats who could 1:ot support their party abstained from voting. Any attempt to ignore or belittle the effect of the decisive vote in Maine today by the leaders of the silver party will only make them ridiculous. The democratic party in Maine has not had for years so good or so effective an organization as it has had in this campaign, and it has had the prestige of having the candidate for Vice Presijent a resident of our state. “It has resorted to every effort and every device to cut down the republican majority of four years ago. It expected to do It; it openly boasted that it would do it, and row when it is overwhelmed with the indignant rebuke of the people, it attempts to say that it is just what it expected. The re- publicans frankly confess that the majority is much larger than they expected. Their own vote corresponds to the canvass, but they did not expect so many democrats to refrain from voting. It is victory greater and grander than the republican perty in Maine ever before won, and the country will soon understand it, and no amount of explaining or excusing will wipe out its effect. The contest was waged entirely upon national issues, and we fought in Maine, ‘not orly the September, but the No- vember contes* "” The Candidates. The successful candidate for governor is Llewellyn Powers of Houlton (republican). The nominees of the other parties were: Melvin P. Frank of Portland (democrat), Luther C. Bateman of Auburn (populist), Ammi 8. Ladd of Calais (prohibition), and Henry Clifford of Portland (gold democrat). Thomas B. Reed of Portland, from the first district; Nelson Dingley of Lewiston, from the second district; Seth L.. Milliken of Belfast, from the third district, and Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor, from the fourth district, who have for ‘years rep- resented Maine in the national House, are the Congressmen re-elected. ‘The candidates who opposed them were: First district, Edward N. Staples of Bid- deford (democrat); James E. Campion of pccand: Aaron Clark of Buxton (prohibi- jon). Second district—Atwood Levensaler of Thomaston (democrat); Charles E. Allen, Dresden (populist), and Edward R. Ogler, Camden (prohibition). Third district—Melvin 8. Holway of Au- gusta (democrat), Bradford F. Lancaster of Norridgewock (populist), and William 8. Thompson of Augusta (prohibition). Fourth district—Andrew J. Chase of Selee (democrat), Oliver T. D. Chapman of Ply- out (populist), and George M. Park of Breaque Tele (prohibition). JOY AT McKINLEY’S NOME, How the News of the Maine Election Was Received. A special dispatch sent last night from Canton, Ohio, to the Philadelphia Press says: Political interest in Canton tonight cen- ters in the Maine election. The telegraph offices are besieged with inquiries for news and “What have you rd from Maine?” is a common salutation the street. - The first news given read from the McKinley porch and was a noonday forecast of the press associations, indicating very heavy gfins for the repub- cans. The reception of the Harrison coun- ty delegation and the vaiges of the visitors united with those f hundreds of Canton- jans in cheering the news. ‘All day personal messSges came to Major McKinley from frignds_jn all sections of Maine, assuring hi fineine situation was most gratifying and thatthe victory would be as complete as he coyld desire. About the time the polls closed the spe- cial wire in the McKinley residence was connected with a press wire, and the Maine news copied. This was supplemented by a bulletin report, direct trom the east. Major McKinley'‘and: the few friends who dropped in during the evening sat in the library, watching the news as it came in. Some were read aloud by the major and some by his secretary. Now and then a bulletin would be handed one of the call- ers to be read. All of the news was promptly given to Mrs. McKinley, whose interest was as great as that of any one in the house. “That's good!” “Hurrah for Maine!’ “That’s a remarkable gain!” and similar expressions were made by one or another of the party as the bulletins were received, and there was an air of profound satisfac- tfon manifested in the gathering. Major McKinley, however, maintains his record for silence on this, as he has on every incident bearing on the campaign, so far as the interviews are concerned. The references of the correspondents to the re- sult as a signal victory for the republicans recelve from him only the most guarded and non-committal acquiescence. To the friends and associates of Major McKinley the Maine result is most pleas- ing, and is regarded as more significant than the victory in Vermont. It was thought in advance of the latter state’s election that if the silver sentiment. had the strength claimed, or anything approach- ing it, the fact could be traced in the vote of a state so distinctively agricultural. And this reasoning was more directly applicable to Maine, where substantially the same conditions exist, with the additional incentive of state pride in being the home of one of the candidates in the greater contest, of which the state election was but the pref- ace. With surprising republican gains under the conditions it ts claimed that republi- can success in November is as certain as a political event of the future can be. As the evening advanced and the extent of the victory became known the news re- ports to the McKinley home were sup- plemented with personal telegrams of a congratulatory nature, and the flood which followed the Vermont result bids fair to be duplicated. Populists Lost in Arkansas. Official returns have been recelved from seventy out of the seventy-five counties in Arkansas from the state election. Jones (dem.), for governor, receives a plurality of 51,370. His majority is 87,542. In 1894 the same counties voted as follows: Demo- cratic, 60,184; republican, 23,800; popullst, 23,826. There is a decided gain’ this year both for the democrats as well as the re- publican ticket. The populist loss amounts to about 8,000. tee. — MAD RUSH FOR WHEELS. A Bicycle Sale That Ended in Just Five Minutes. A panic, in which a loss of life was averted only by the discipline of the po- lice, occurred yesterday at the business opening of a new store In 6th avenue, New York. 1 The crush was in consequence of an im- pression that the firm would sell $100 bicy- cles at prices ranging from §8 to $15. This belief prevailed not only in that city, but half way over the country, a fact proved by telegrams from Boston and New Or- leans requesting that cheap bicycles be forwarded at once. The doors were to be opened at 9 a.m. Long before that hour, in fact, as early as 7 a.m., there was a crowd of thousands outside the store. As the time grew on the crowd increased to an alarming extent. In a little while 6th avenue became so crowded that it was only with the greatest difficulty that the street cars passed through. The crowd swarmed into 17th and 18th streets, blocking both thoroughfares completely. Then began a mad race through the building to find the bicycles, which were on the third floor. The crowd dashed up the stairs and besieged the elevator men to take them up. Men dashed women against the counters on either side of the aisles in the mad rush to be first. Captain Chap- man had been trying to stem that rush with his men. They held the first few; then the flood rolled in and over them. The bicycles were grouped in a raised inclosure about twenty feet square, sur- rounded by a light brass rail. A couple of clerks sat within the inclosure, ready to take orders. Those in the crowd were shouting and waving their arms in a bewildering way, and the clerks had taken only a half a dozen orders when a man seized a bicycle which another said he had claimed first. The first thereupon seized it by the front forks, the other by the rear wheel, and they began to tug. During the scrimmage two or three others claimed the same wheel, and seized it by the pedals and frame. Then all wrestled together. Intending buyers of wheels climbed upon the tables and counters, and when they saw four or five men struggling over the wheel they stamped and yelled in a fury. Then there were two or three sharp crashes and the tables went down under their loads of frantic men and women. At the same moment the bicycle was torn apart and one of the men crashed through a glass show- case, while a policeman was forced through the other end. The two fell together in a shower of glass. Three or four women screamed and faint- ed, and a man had a convulsion, and was carried into the harness room. The crashing of the counters and tables and the shrieks of the women threw the crowd into a momentary panic. From all sides arose wild cries of alarm. At that instant the tall form of Inspector Harley loomed up in the bicycle inclosure. Where he had come from and how he had got there no one seemed to know. There were forty policemen with him, and their presence reassured the crowd. Then the panicky feeling passed and the crowd made a rush forward, each one intent again on getting a bicycle by hook or crook. Inspector Harley placed a solid wall of policemen around the bicycle inclosure, and the wheels were carried away under police protection. Then signs were hung up an- nouncing that no more bicycles were to be sold for the day. The police dispersed the crowd slowly, and took charge of all en- trances and exits. After that there was no difficulty. The sale of wheels began at 9 a.m. and ended at 9:05. —_—_—_—_+-e+____. A Ratification Meeting and Barbecue. The McKinley and Hobart Republican Club was addressed last night by R. 8. Tharin, Dr. C. B. Purvis, Judge Weed and others. R. D. Ruffin presided. The rati- fication meeting and barbecue under the auspices of the club will be held tomorrow at Annapolis Junction. > The Three Friends at Fernandina. The Treasury Department is informed that the suspected fillbustering steamer Three Friends has; arrived at Fernandina, Fla., presumably from Key West. —_—__—_+e- 1 Political Information and, Statistics. Every one interested if politics can find fullest information upon past political events in The Evening Star Almanac. Ta- bles have been prepared with care, showing the vote by congressional districts in the last congressional ‘election, state election returns for 1892 and 1894,’ and the electoral votes from 1789 to 1892, with other valuable statistics. In addition, there is an interest- ing chapter upon the money of the United States. 25c. per copy. SS Measurement of Laces. It has been represented to the treasury officials that laces imported into this coun- try from Saint Gall, Switzerland, are in- voiced in aunes instead of meters, the legal measurement of that country, in al- leged violation of section 2837 of the Re- vised Statutes. It 1s reported, however, that the lace machines register only in aunes, and to make the proposed change would involve expensive and vexatious complications. The department has sus- pended the original order, pending further investigation. —____—_+-©- + ___» $15 parlor cabinets are $9@t Moses’ furni- ture sale.—Advt. OFF FOR HOME. the public was|14 Hung Chang Sailed From Van- couver Yesterday. Ii Hung Chang sailed from Vancouver, B. C., on the Empress of China for home yesterday. The viceroy arose early, hav- ing appointed 8 o’clock as the hour to be- gin to receive deputations, and from this time until noon he was occupied in giving audiences to the board of trade, the city council, the consuls of various countries resident at Vancouver and the lieutenant! governor of the province. if In reply to the board of trade address, which was formulated with a view to pro- mote trade between China and British Co- lumbia, he replied that no doubt an im- petus would be given to ihe timber trade between the two countries, as China would require much timber in the construction of railroads and other contemplated im- provements. In_ receiving the civic deputation his chief concern was to learn what remuner: tion the mayor and other officials received for their services. This question was asked with his customary naive frankness. The Meutenant governor of the province, as the representative of the queen, was received with distinction, and when he retired the viceroy accompanied him to the stairway of the saloon. s The Empress of China sailed at 2:30 p.m. in a fusillade of Chinese artillery, rockets and firecrackers, and the booming of can- non from H. M. 8. Comus. ———- cee ——__ New Attitude of College Oarsmen. From the Philadelphia Times. A challenge has been received by the rowing authorities of the University of Pernsylvania from the Baltimore Athletic Club requesting that a race be arranged with the champion American eight, to be rowed next spring. There is no likelihood of its acceptance, however, since there is a strong feeling against the continuance of the practice of rowing athletig clubs and such organizations. ‘There® is no honor to be gained thereby and no benefit to be derived. The crew is likely to be overrun with challenges and invitations to row, which cannot be accepted, and some very unpleasant complications might per- haps arise. The athletic clubs are not amateur organizations of the same status as a college in the first place, and there is no obligation which Pennsylvania is bound to recognize. For this reason it is proba- ble that a resolution will be passed that all such invitations be decline --es——____ AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c Today. Thos. Dowling & Co., Aucts., 612 E st. n.w.—H st. n.e., dwellings Nos. 45 and 47. Sale Tuesday, September 15, at o'clock p.m. Alexander H, Bell and Geo. H. Plant, jr., trustees. Rateliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w.—Sale of high-grade bicycles on Tuesday, September 15, at 4:30 o'clock p.in. Tomorrow. Rateliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. —Pierce st. near Washington st., Anacostia, D. C., dwelling. Sale Wednesday, September 16, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Christian G. Lederer and H. I. Bergmann, trustees. ©. G. Sloan & Co., Ancts.—Sale of stock and good will of drug store, 14th and F sts. n.w., on Wed- nesday, September 16, at 12 o'clock noon. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Auct: Sale of entire contents of bicycle store, 603 E st. n.w., on Wed- nesday, September 16, at 10 o'clock a.m. A. Left- wich Sinclair, assignee. AUCTION SALE THIS AFTERNOON. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. (Successors to Rateliffe, Darr & Co.) Lovell Diamonds, Lovell Specials, Lovell Excel Bicycles High-Grade Standard Wheels, With Factory Guarantee, To be sold at our sales rooms, 920 Pa. Ave. N.W., on Tuesday Afters noon, September 15th, at 4:30 O’clock. Now on exhibi- tion. sel2-d&ds RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., Aucts. = FUTURE DAYS. SALE OF U. S. LAND.—PURSUANT TO SEC- tion 8749 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER | SIX- TEENTH, 1996, AT ONE O'CLOCK P.M., on the remises,” all the right, title and interest of the United States in and to all that certain lot or par- cel of ground known and described as lot eleven, in Block elx, In Howard University subdivision of ‘the farm of John A. Smith, in the District of Colum- Dia, together with the ‘building and improvements thereon, formerly owned by George $. Balloch. Terms of sale: Ten per cent of amount bid to be paid at time the property is struck off, and bal- Ance on delivery of deed. F. A. REEVE, Solicitor of the Treasury. 8e15,0c13,nol7,del-15 THOMAS DOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 612 E ct. aw. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY, KNOWN AS NOS. 45 AND 47 H STREET ORTHEAST, WASHINGTON, D.C. By virtue of a deed of trust, bearing date on the 23d day of May, A.D. 1895, and recorded in Liber 2006, folio 371, of the land’ records of the District of Columbia, find at the request of the party se- cured thereby, we will sell, at public auction, in front_of- the’ premises, “on’ TUBNDAY, "the. EIF- TEENTH DAY of SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1896, at HALF-PASY FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, all that lot of gicund in the elty of Washington, in the District of Columbia, known as lot numbered forty-vine 49) in Cabot's subdivision of square numbered six hundred and seventy-seven (671), according to the plat of sald subdivision, as the same appeats of record in the office of the surveyor for the District of Columbia in subdivision book marked N. K. at 274. Pifceme of sale: One-third cash, balance in two equal instaliments, payable in one and two years from day of sale, with interest payable semi-an- nually at the rate of six (6) per centum per annum, and secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A de- posit of two hundred (200) dollars will be required at the time of sale. Conveyancing and recording at cost of purchaser. If terms of gale are not com- plied with in ten days from day of sale the trustees Teserve the ae to resell at risk and cost of de- iting purchaser. faulting DurUBXANDER H. BELL, ‘Trustee, H. PLANT. See reustesy EH. iN ry ee, ARS 1429 . ave. LW. sel. 1E ABOVE SALB IS POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST, same peed BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. ISTEES’ SALE OF A_TWO-STORY BRICK TR OWELLING, NO. 414 NEW JERSEY AVENUB HEAST. By virtue of a deed of irust given to us, and duly recerded in Liber 1974, at folio 111 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columtita, and at the request of the party secured, we wil , at public auction. in front of the premises, on TURD. SEPTEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, A.D. 1896, AT i O'CLOOK P.M., the following de- estate, situate in the city of Wash- frgton, District of Column: Tot numbered seven- teen (17), in John Miller's subdivision of original lot numbered six (6), in square numbered six bua- dred and ninety-four (694), according to the plat of said subdivision, as the ‘same appears of record in the office @f the surveyor for the District of Columbia in subdivision book numbered 16, at 64. Piferms: One-third cash, balance in one and two «ers from date of sale, the deferred payments to Do secured by deed of trust on the Property sold, and to bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, or all cash, at the option of the pur- chaser. A deposit of $100 to be paid at the sue. Terms to be complied with In 15 days, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to rtise and resell the property at the ris feulting purcha chaser's cost. and cost of the de- All conveyancing at pur- JOSEPTL R. EDSON, CHARLES B, BAIL Tru sel5-tu,shdg AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. M. B. LATIMER & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1229 and 1231 G st. Storage Goods of Every Description snd General Household Furniture, in which are Spiendid Parlor and Chamber Pieces, ALSO. A NUMBER OF FIXE PAINTINGS AND EN- GRAVINGS, FINE SHOW CASES, RARE JAPANESE VASES, ELECTRICAL MADERIAL, A NUMBER OF OFFICE DESKS. ction rooms TOMORROW, WEDNES- DAY, SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH, ’ AT TEN O'CLOCK, it M. B. LATIMER & CO. TO WHOM IT MAY HOUR OF our auction ing collate : amount of policy cash, SLOAN & CO. AUCHONERES. ite, Darr & Co.) ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF THE ENTIRE CONTENTS « LE STORE, NO. 603 E STREET NORTHWEST, MPRISING WHEELS, TOOLS, FLX’ By virtue of a deed of’ assign and duly recorded, I will sell, on the above premi: TEENTH DAY OF SI (Successors to Rat es gb VEDNESDA BER, A.D. therein, to which the attention of the trade ard private’ buyers 1s called. Terms cash. sell-d&dbs A. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIOD 1407 G st. THE STOCK, FIXTURES AND GOOD WILL OF THE EBBITT HOUSE DRUG STORE, CORNER 14TH AND F STREETS, AT PUBLIC AUCTION. By direction of the owners we will scli at public auction within t ses on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH, 1896, ‘Cla stock, fixtures, gov « corner 14th and F sts. n.w., oue of fons in the city of Washington. ‘This sule offers an unusual opportunity to secure a good business. ‘The store contains uiodern fixtures in every way, also a splendid stock, and is worthy of attcution, ‘Terms: One-half cash, balance in six and twelve months, with satisfactorily indorsed notes secured by trust on stock and fixtures, or all cash; $500 (ash at time of sale. Store now open for éxiibl- tion. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., Aucts. seil-dts . JFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIC S juccessors to Ratcliffe, Darr & C9.) TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A FRAME HOUSE ON FIERCE STREET NEAR WASHINGTON STREET, ANACOSTIA, D.C. Ry virtue’ of two deeds of trust, recorded, ro- spectively in Liber No. 1 folio 141, and tn Liber No. 1817, folio 322 et seq., of ‘the land records for the’ District of Columtia, and at the st of the parties secured thereby, the nnder- d trustees will offer for sale, putsic ave ont of the premises, VEDAESDAY TH DAY of SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1896, at SL FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, ‘the following described real estate, situate in “the county of Washington, in the ‘District of Columbia, and kicwn and distin; and being lot numbered three hundred at mar (38a Meinl plan of “Unio . e recently *Ana- comtia,”” — tog With all the imprevements, rights, ete. Terms: One-third cash, the balance in ene and two years, with int day of sale at 6 per cent per annum, secured Ly deed of trust on the property, sold. or all + h, at the option of the purc haser. “A deposit of $100 required upon ceptance of bid. If the terms of sale are not coma- pled with in fifteen days from the day of sale the truste e Tight to resell the prope NOUTHEAST, By virtve of t ed in Libers of Colu on ‘tron: t Of the Distric 6 TY: t hird cash, balance in one amd two years, with interest at @ per cent per an- mum, payable semi-annually, $50 on each house required at time of sal: AC TL. JOHN: CHAS. FL BENJA sel5-d&ds 8. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. Successors to Ratchtfe, Darr & Co.) SALE OF A VERY DESIRABLE STORY AND TASEMEN’ viN. 7K HOUSE, NO. rtue of a de Xo, 1714, folio 4 of trust, dul; 232 et seq., on recorded in f the land for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the under- signed surviving trustee will offer for sale, by in front of mises, m FRI , EIGHTEENTH DAY OF + ‘D. 1896, AT HALF-PAST FOUR © following described real estate, Gunty of Washington, District of Columbia, Known and described us lot numbered seventeen ( Miller and Carusi, trustees’, subdivision of block pumbered tén (0), “Kalorama Helghits, per plat recorded in Liber € as nity, No. 8, folld 106, Of the records of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, and situate in the county of Washington, in said District, together with all the improvements, rights, &c. Terms: One-third two years, with int the balance in on sale al ix per cent per annum, payable se mually, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, oF all cash, at the option of the fg rte} of $300’ required upon acceptance of bid. If the i i terms of sale are not complied with in fifteen days from the day of sale the trustee reserves the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertise ment of such resale in some newspaper published in Washington, D. C. All conveyancing aod re- cording at the ‘purchaser's ¢ ne 4 SAMUEL CROSS, se7-d&ds Surviving Trustee. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. (Saccessors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE, KNOWN “AS PART OF “SPRINGVALE,” OF BAILEY'S PURCHASE. The undersigned,” as trustees, under a certain deed of trust bearing date March 10, 1892, and re- corded in Liber 1654, folio 357 et s of the land records of the District of Columbia, Raving on the 12th day of June, 1896, by virtue of the authority of said deed of trust, and after due public adver- tisement, as required by said decd of trust, sold, by auction, ‘certain real estate hereinafter described, and the purchaser at said sale having failed to comply with the terms of said sale, the under- signed trustees will, at the risk and’ cost of the defaulting purchaser, resell the sald real estate at public auction in front of the pre THURSDAY, SEVENTEENTH DAY SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1896, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P- the said real estate being in the county of Wa: ington, in the District of Columbia, and described by metes and bounds as follows: All that certain piece of parcel of iand and premises known and stinguished as and being part of a tract of land known as Springvale,” | or Bailey's pir- chase, and more fully described by metes and “bounds as follows: _ Beginning at a stcre on the west side of the Eastern Branch road At the southeast corner of the land hereby conveyed, and thence north 22 degrees, east twenty-four and 28-100 perches; thence north 15 degrees, east twelve and 48-100 perches; thence north 5 degrees, West twenty-thece 60-100 perches; thence north 91g degrees, east cighteen perches; thence north 27% degrees, east sixtecn 100 eas to the center of Smith's Branch; thence following ‘the center line of said branch north 56% degrecs, west twelve perches; thence north 69 west seven perches; thence north 81% degrees, west seven 36- 100 perches; thence Lorth 6344 degrees, west fifteen perches; thence morth 61% deerece, west twenty- eight perches; thence h 55%" degrees, west twenty-two 68-100 perche® to the center line of the track of the itimore and Potomac R.1.; thence with the center line of the track of said railroad south 56% degrees, west six perches; thence south 58% degrees, west six perches; the south 62% degrees, west six perches; thence south G3% degrees, West six perches; thence south 68 degrees, west slx perches; thence south 70% de- grees, west six perches, ‘to the Eastern Branch river; thence following the line of the rivet south 88 degrees, west ten perches; thence south 19 d: grees, west ten perches; thence south 2% degrees, east ‘elghteen perches; ‘thence south 4% degrees, west six perches; thence south 16% dezrecs, west six 40-100 perches; thence south 11% degrees, west seven 20-1 rches; thence south 22% degrees, West five 84-100 perches, to a stone and the bound: ary lire of one Mason’ ii boundary ne south 61% degrees, east one hundred nd twenty 12-100 perches, to sald stone on the west side of the Eastern Branch road and place of beginning, containing fifty-one and 52-100, (51 52- 100) acres, more or less, together with all the im: provements, rights, dc. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash (of which §1,500 must be paid to the truce. tees at the time of sale), and the b; equal installments, fn one and two y terest at 6 per cent per annum, ennually, the deferred payments by the notes of the purchaser, bearing date. th Jay of sale, and secured by deed of trust un th operty sold, or ail cas! ithin te at purchaser . W. WRIG GEORGE H. ight to resell rig! r 3u1T, | WRIGHT, | Trastecs. e08-d&de M401 1ith st. aw. rustecs reserve the | AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & ©0., AUCTIONEERS, Trustees’ Sale of Horses, Landaus, Broughams, Victorias, Coupelettes, Surreys, _ Cabriolettes, Side Bar Buggies, Car= riage and Coupe Har- ness, Robes, &c., &c. By virtue of a deed of trust, dated § 2, A.D. 1896, and duly recorded in one land records “of the District ptember € the ia, and . we shall t. on ‘T, AD, HALF-PAsT TEN following personal property, in schedule anuexed to said Two One Surrey, One Carriage Tiarues: Haden, ete. ete. Special attention should be given to the stock is in good condition and wo tertion of buyers. ‘Terms cash. HER, ‘Trustees, AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME COTTAGE ON JOLALT STREET, BETWEEN 18TH AND 14TH STREETS, BRC a ee By virtue of a certs d of trust, dated Feb- Tuary 6, 1892, and duly re ed in Liber No. 1656, at follo 189 et seq., one of the pd record f the District of Columbia, and at request of the eget thereby, we will weil, at putitte ance mm, in front 0 . on FRIDAY, SED TEMPER | TWEN . 18068, AT "POUR O'CLOCK P. followlnig described property, being lot tw ty Renjamin F. Leighton and i (20) in Wlock thirty-three 3) of rd it. Pairo, trus- @ tract of land’ called tees’, recorded subdivision « “Brovkland,”” as recorded {i of the Distri nity Subdivisions with the impro: fraine a years, with Su cured by deed of trust cash, at the option of ti huser. A deposit of $109 required at ti . All conveyanel and recording at pu cost. If terms of sale are not complied with in ten days from time of sule the trustees re the right t the risk and cost of defaulting pu: RICHARD E. PAO, 482 La. ave. HERBERT AL GILL, sel 4-A&ds 1319 F st. nw. RATCLIPFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. (Successors to Rateliffe, Darr & Co.) NORTH- y AND STREET NoRTHW LOT 6x ALS DESIRABLE TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT WELLING NO. 1436 Q > STREEP Tuis property will or deed of trust ticulars of which will be of sale. ALSO, ON THE SAME DAY, AT FIVE O°cls% t of lot improved by n dest story and ta residence, knows 1436 Q at. now. Terms of wale: On lots 31, 32, 106, subject to a deel of trust for cash. “A deposit of $500 up: yart lot in one 3, sa. 2 and ‘two yea a + secured property sold, or ail cash, at the the pureha A deposit. of Sw rv f mid. At the terms of in fifteen 4: A cont five days” newspaper ington, 1. nling at the purch ¥ order of the b RATCLIF DOWLING © SUTTON & CO. AUCTIONS Aucts. THOMA TRUSTE! IMPROVED PROPER EY ON THE F $y AND MARY- LAND AVE = ofa dof trust dated the 1803, aud duly recorded in 1 ‘ef the land rv in front of tis PEMRER TW + the 1 of lots in qu recorded In Liber B, f MBce of the sun improved by a ma Terms: One-third ca one and two yeurs, with B per rent, secured by a 8 option of the par -tassr- $100 dey at time of sale; all convesinemg and purchaser's cost! Terms of sale to Le within fifteen days from duy ¢ will resell the property at risk a ing purchaser. ALBERT ROLERT. PORTNER, ” 1104 Vermont av? sei2-d& Truster. M. B. LATIME! 1229. . AND 654 NAVY PLACE, EN oT AND 7TH AND G AND I STREETS SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a doeree of the Supreme Court of the ict of Columbia, passed the Ist day of § 1896, in equity cause No, 15 William “H. "Fuss et are -complal Elisabcth Bean et al. defendants, the w: appoluted by Raid decree yn in front of th ST ¢ 1LVTEMBER, Y that desirab aud 77 of J. D. Croissants subdivision of in square &78 of Washington, D. C., with the west 12 feet of Ic . beginning at s.w. corm ner of same, then fect, feet, thence south 52 feet and th e of beginning, in Olive re 878, subj werose, orth fromt of eaid lot 113; improved by two room brick buildings, 2 One-third purchase money in in one and two 5 with int cash, at option of purr Will be ir berw the right to resell at risk and g purchaser, Conveyancing and recording af cost of purchaser. THOMAS I. GARDNER, Trustee, 8010-d&ds 1518 S st. nw. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & 06 (Successors to Kaicliffe AUCTIONED Darr & Cu TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A THRE RY BRICK DW! NG, NO. 414 ELM STRE LB DROIT PARK. By virtue of a deed of trust, duly record in Liber No. 2056, at folio 29 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Columbia the request of the party secured th . under signed trustees Will offe R O'CLOCK PM, ing described real estate, sit of Washington, District. of nated as and being all of lot_numbe in A. B. Hines’ subdivision of parts numbered fourteen «14), in L : plat recorded in county ‘book No. §, pi of the Teeords of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, together with all ‘the improvem rights, ete." This property will be sold si however, to a prior deed of trust for $2,000. Tarn Of sale (over the trust). cakh. | A deposit of $200 required ‘upon acceptance of Terme to be complied with tn fifteen days from the day of sale. nveyancing and recording at the cost of the purchaser. « ORGE J_ EASTERDAY, RGE Y. WORTHINGTON, sel2-d&ds ‘Trustets, DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEED TRUSTEES’ SALE OF NO. 213 I STREET —TWO STORY BRICK DWEL! SIX ROUMSAND BATH. By virtue of a certain in front_of the premises, on N: TY FIRST DAY of SED AD. 1896, at SIX O'CLOCK P.M., lot thirty-« ) in square seven hundred and fixty-seven er with the improvements thereon. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with interest at @ per cent per an- hum, payable semf-annually, $100 required at time of eale. CHARLES F. BENJAMIN, WM. H. DUNCANSOX, sel2 ‘Trustcs, DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TWO ‘THREE-STORY NINE ROOMS EACH, TWELFTH STR SOU y virtae of two certain deeds of treet, recorded r number 2109, at folios 444 aud 4: nd records of the District of ( ty perty. pee CHARLES. F. BENTAMIN, WN. H. DUNCANSON, ‘Trustees.