Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1896—rEN. PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MRS. PHILLIPS OF BALTIMORE will give private sittings at 434 K st. nw. Tha y of this week. ao 1t* THOSE WH ELIEVE IN HONEST MONEY AND sound government and desire the election ot MeKinley and Hobart as [resident and Vice are reminded that Louis D. Wine, 916 " 1s the trersurer of the McKinley and Hobart Finance Committee of the District of Co- lumifa. In all presidential campaigns money is needed for legitimate purposes, especially in this one, as so much is required for the distribution of educational documents. Any contributions sent to Mr. Wine will be properly acknowledged and judiciously applied. se16-6t X FAMILY LEAVING THE CITY ARE DESTROUS of disposing of all thetr household furniture and Stensife: ail in perfect condit ; the furniture was made to order; will be sold cheap. Apply at 327 Gth st. se. House and ground for sale. eo sel2-7 ‘The ordivary circular won't do. 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Alfred Hurst, free silverite. was nomi- nated yesterday by the democrats of the second Iowa congressional district. THE SIXTH DISTRICT Prospects for the Convention at Rock- ville Tomorrow. - REPUBLICANS IN A DEADLOCK Mr. Hagner of Washington County is in the Lead. FREDERICK DISPUTE The republican congressional convention which meets tomorrow at Rockville is a subject of the greatest interest to repub- licans in this city, as well as the sixth Maryland district. The original conven- tion, which met at Oakland on the 9th, it will be remembered, adjourned for one “week to Rockville, after taking over six hundred ballots without succeeding !n nom- inating a candidate. At the same time, and while each county in the district was en- thusiastic In {ts support for a favorite son, there was little or no friction in the convention, and the best of feeling pre- vailed. It was simply a deadlock, and it was hoped that during the week between the recenvening of the convention some agreement could be reached for a practical- ly unanimous nomination. The candidates voted for at Oakland were State Senator Ravenscroft of Garrett, Col. George A. Pearre of Allegany, Mr. Alexander R. Hagner of Washington and Capt. John McDonald of Montgomery. Frederick coun- ty at first presented the name of Dr. Haff- ner of that county, but as through the withdrawal of one-half of the county’s del- egation from the convention Frederick was left with only three votes, his name was afterward withdrawn. The Motter delegates from Frederick, who withdrew from the convention and afterward re- turned, when they were refused recogni- tion, will probably appear again at Rock- ville and claim their seats. Mr. Cook, the chairman of the convention, has, how- ever, ruled against their admission, and it is unlikely that they will be seated. By Mr. Cook's ruling, also, thirteen votes are necessary to a nomination, and at Oak- land no candidate was able to secure more than eleven votes. It would appear, from information received from the different counties, that there has been Hittle or no change in the situation since the adjourn- ent last week, and that the convention tomorrow will find itself in the same dead- lock. Allegany {s still firm in its support of Col. Pearre, Washington still for Mr. Hagner, and Montgomery true to Capt. Mc- Donald. Garrett and the three votes from Frederick are likely to shift around be- tween the candidates for the present. Mr. Wellington is known to be favorable to the nomination of Mr. Hagner, and the fight, it ts generally supposed, will resolve itself Into a contest between Hagner and Pearre. Speaking fcr the Montgomery county delegation, Gen. Allen Rutherford, the lead- er of the delegation, said to a Star re- perter today that Montgomery's votes had been instructed for Capt. McDonald, had been cast for that gentleman at Oakland, and would be cast for him on the first ballot and the last ballot at the Rock- ville convention. He said that Capt. Me- Denald had given no intimation of a with- drawal from the fight and that the dele- gation at a meeting held since the ad- journment had decided to stick to him to the last. He professed the utmost con- fidence in the ultimate triumph of his can- didate. Montgomery county, he said, had never been recognized In the congressional district, and in all fairness it was now her turn. Gen. Rutherford stated that he would favor the admission of the Motter delegates from Frederick at Rockville, as he had at Oakland. He thought Chairman Cook's ruling refusing admission to the three Motter delegates from Frederick and at the same time holding that they were members of the convention by requiring thirteen votes for a nomination was a most peculiar one. Outside of the desire of each county to secure the nomination for its favorite son, he said that the Oak- land convention was a most harmonious one and that undoubtedly the continua- tion at Rockville would be of a like char- acter. FAVORS HAGNER. Senator-Elect Wellington's Position on the Nomination. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, September 16.—Senator- elect George L. Wellington was asked last night by The Star correspondent what he thought would be done at the sixth dis- trict republican conyent‘on, which will meet tomorrow at Rockville to nominate a candidate fcr the House of Representatives to succeed himself. He replied: “I am not at present saying anything for publication on tke subject. After the con- vention has made its nomination I shall be ready to express my views. The dele- gates know them now.” While Mr. Wellington would not say any- thing for publication, it is well known what views on the subject are, and what he and h's adherents will endeavor to accomplish at Rockville when the con- vention meets tcmorrow to take its #Juth lot. They will do all in their power to secure a majority of the delegates for Mr. Alexander R. Hagner of Washington coun- ty. On various cccasions the Senator-elect has given emphatic expression to his pref- erence for Mr Hagner, and no longer ago than Saturday last, in the presence of The Star correspondent, he told Mr. Hagner “to Keep up his courage and say nothing,” and he would certainly be the neminee. To many others he has made the same state- ment, and on both Monday and Tuesday, in conversation with various callers at head- ‘quarters, he has reiterated his prediction, with great confidence, that Hagner would be the candidate named at Rockville on Thursday. os All day yesterday Mr. Wellington was in conference with different republicans of prominence from the sixth district. Mr. Newton S. Cook of Hagerstown, chairman of the convention, was closeted with him for some time Tuesday evening, having been summoned from Hagerstown for that purpose. State Senator Ravenscroft of Garrett county, who is one of the candi- dates before the convention, was also here yesterday for several hours, and he, too, spent considerable time with the Senator- elect. These gentlemen all admitted that the subject of their talk was the sixth dis- trict nomination, but declined to state what was the result of their deliberations, and what program they had marked out for Thursday. Some of those who were here, however, did go so far as to outline what the Wel- lington people would try to do as a result of the conferences. The first effort that will be made in deference to the leader's wish will be to try as hard as possible to nominate Mr. Hagner. Before the conven- tion meets pressure will be brought to bear on certain of the delegates to secure the necessary votes for Hagner, and in case failure results, then a concentration will be attempted on State Senator Ravenscroft of Garrett. Senator Ravenscroft’s friends express great confidence in him as the probable nominee, and say that it will be impos- sible to get the votes necessary to give a majority to Mr. Hagner. Mr. Ravenscroft is Mr. Wellington’s second choice for the place. He has said so frequently, and if he cannot secure votes enough for his first choice, Mr. Hagner, he will use all his in- fluence for the Garrett county senator. FREDERICK SITUATION. The Sharp Fight Between Motter and Haffner. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 16.—The greatest interest naturally prevails in Fred- erick county as to the outcome of the sixth district republican congressional convention at Rockville Thursday. This is due not only in the desire of the republicans of the county to see @ man nominated who will prove generally acceptable to the voters of the party, but especially to the importance that is attached to the action of the con- vention as to the seating of the delegation from this county. On this depends very much for the people here. The forces of both the Motter and Haffner faction will present themselves, and the adjudication of allie wld Ps M49, - EXPLANATORY NOTE: bars, or lines of equal air Hines of equal temperature, areas of high and low barometer. ; i fila i i . ee i was THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are tso- pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High and “Low’’ show location of ‘Small arrows fly with the wind. GENERALLY FAIR. The Kind of Weather Predicted by the Official Bureau. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursda: For the District of Columbia, generally fair; variable winds. For Maryland and Virginia, generally fair, preceded by light showers on the coast; variable winds. Weather conditions and general forecast: The area of high pressure has moved from the north of Minnesota to the St. Lawrence valley, diminishing in magni- tude. A second righ area has moved from the north Pacific coast to Idaho. A storm of slight intensity has developed over Kansas. Rain has fallen in the middle Atlantic states, the Ohio, Missouri, the middie and upper Mississippi valleys. ‘The temperature has fallen in New Eng- land and the lower lake region, and has remained nearly stationary elsewhere. Generally fair weather may be expected in all districts east of the Ohio and lower Missiesipp! valleys, except showers in southern Florida. ‘The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported During the past twenty-four hours—St. Paul, 1.38; Huron, 1.72; Weldon, N.C., 2.1 Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 75; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 78; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 77; condition at in- ae gate Louse, 36; effluent gate house, Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 9:42 a.m. and 10:02 p.m. High tide, 2:46 a.m. and 3:32 Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:43 a.m. and 11:06 p.m. High tide, 3:51 a.m. and 4:38 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Sun rises, sets, 6:06. Moon sets, 1:18 a.m. The City Lights. All gas lamps lighted tonight by P.m.; extinguishing is begun at 6:07 a.m. Public aic lamps are lighted at 7:14 p.m. and extinguished at a.m. Range of the Thermometer, The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 65; 2 p.m., 74; maximum, 75; min- imum, 64. their respective claims is a matter that will have grave bearing upon the results. Mr. Motter will be on hand himself with his delegation, and Dr. Samuel T. Haffner will also be there in person. There has been no apparent change in the attitude of the two factions here since the adjournment of the convention at Oakland, and efforts at har- mony that have been made have ended in even a more positive attitude upon the part of the Motter people than heretofore. ‘We believe we are right,” they say. ‘We car- ried the county in the primaries; we had a majority of the districts in the county con- vention, and we shall ask for an honorable recognition of our rights. Col. John C. Motter when approached by a Star representative as to his present attl- tude in relation to the convention of Thurs- day said: “I shall attend the convention myself, and shall ask for the seating of my delegates. I expect to get the full six votes of Frederick county, and I believe I will be able to produce arguments that will be in- contestable as far as our right to thorough and complete recognition is concerned. I have prepared a ‘declaration of Frederick county’s rights,’ which will be presented to the convention in the form of a petition, signed by, hundreds of the republicans of the county, who were glad to attach their names to it, because, they said, they be- lieved it to be a fair, just and impartial ex- position of our side of the case. There is strong reason to believe that the Motter forces will vse every remedy in the power of the law to secure the seating of their delegates. Should they be refused the full eix votes to which they affirm they are entitled, they will then, it is understood, endeavor to compel, by process of man- damus, the seating of their delegates with the privilege accorded them at Oakland be- fore thelr withdrawal from the convention; that is, to three votes, or the half vote of the county. In that event Mr. Motter’s name may then be presented to the con- vention, or possibly that of Miiton G. Urner, or of the latter’s son, Mr. Hammond Urner. Should it be impossible to gain any votes in the convention for these, it is proba- ble that Mr. McDonald of Montgomery or Cel. Pearre of Allegany will receive the vote of Mr. Motter’s delegates. While not directly expressing himself on this point today, yet, Mr. Motter by his previous de larations has shown that he was in thoi ough accord with Mr. Urner in the latter's casting of the three Motter votes for Col. Pearre at Oakland when the issue was drawn as to their right to vote at all-after having left the convention hall. Sanguine as Mr. Motter and his friends are of gaining their point and ‘‘accomplish- ing the ends of justice,” as they put it, equally sanguine are the friends of Dr. Haffner. They claim that at a meeting of the county central committee here on Sat- urday last, called by Dr. Haffner, the full twenty-two districts of the county were represented. They sent several messages to Mr. Motter, thrqugh Mr. Hammond Urner, chairman of the Motter committee, offering to harmonize their differences by adopting Mr. Motter’s chairman as_ their own were he to drop his secretary, Mr. M. A. E. Biser. Each and all of these offers were ignored by Mr. Motter, because, as he claims, they came from a handful of twen- ty-two men, when the entire county com- mittee represents a quota of 330. In answer to the question of The Star correspondent as to whether he would meke a further effort to secure the nomi- nation for Congress at Rockville on Thurs- day, Dr. Haffner sald: ‘It depends entire- ly upon circumstances. I intend to go to Rockville on Thursday morning and after summing up the situation will then decide what is best to do. Had I received the six vetes of Frederick county at Oakland last week I wovld have been nominated before ten tallots had been cast. It was politics played by the friends of Mr. Hagner that cut my support in Frederick county down to three votes, when I was rightly en- titled to six. I have made a hard fight for the nemination, and if it should not come to Frederick county, then I favor Mr. Hag- rer, he being a Wellington man. Being a friend of Mr. Wellington myself, :t Is nat- ural for me to be on the side of that fol- lowing, and there being no other Welling- ton man in Frederick county my choice, as a matter, of course, would be Mr. Hagner of Washington count, G Mr. Motter will leave for Rockville this afternoon and will probably take with him two hundred of his following. MR. HAGNER CONFIDENT. He Will Be Nominated at Rockville. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 16.—The friends of Alex. R. Hagner of this town and county are confident in their belief and assertions that he will carry off the nomi- nation for Congress from the sixth district at the Rockville convention on Thursday. The Washington county delegation, it is asserted, will go there solidly in his be- half, as it did at Oakland, and stick by him to the last. Mr. Hagner himeelf takes the same view of the situation, and when approached last night on the subject by a Star representative spoke substantially as follows: “I am confident that my nomination will be made on Thureday next, when the con- vention reassembles. Having received twelve votes, only one short of the nomi- nation, at Oakland, at least a dozen times, I feel that the republicans of the sixth district will certainly not, after that, turn me down. I have made a fair and honor- atle contest from the beginning, and I be- ‘fieve the delegates will not continue a deadlock, but give me one more vote, mak- ing the necessary thirteen and the nomi- nation.” Mr. Hagner is strengthened in his belief by the numerous letters he has received from various parts of the congressional district and from his knowledge that a pe- Thin! tition in his behalf, signed by many in- fluential republicans, is in circulation in Montgomery county. ALLEGANY FOR PEARRE. No Break in the Eloquent Cumber- land Mai Lines, Special Dispatch to The Evering Star. CUMBERLAND, Sept. 16—Perhaps no congressional convention has created such interest as that which will be held at INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEME ATTORN' AUCTION S. BOARDING | BUSI CITY ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD, COUNTRY REAL ESTATE URSIONS. FINANCIAL, FOR EXCH, FOREIGN FOR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Offices) FOR KENT (Room: FOR RENT (Stables). FUR RENT FOR RENT FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) FOR SALE (Pianos). HORSES AND VEHICLES LOCAL MENTI MARRIAGES . LOST AND FOUN MEDICAL me MO.SEY WANTED AND TO LOAS OCEAN TRAVEL. PERSONAL, POTOMAC IVER BOATS: PROPOSALS .. PIANOS AND ORGANS. RAILROADS. (Bicycles)... CTouses) Pera ere Src aarti rer a eee i ea SUBURBAN PROPERTY, MMER RESORTS, UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Help)... WANTED (Houses)..... WANTED (Miscellaneous) WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations) Rockville,-Md., on next Thursday. The re- sult of the convention held at Oakland, Md., some days since for the purpose of nominating w candidate from the sixth con- gressional district was the most remark- able in the history of the state, so say the delegates who were in attendance. There is but one candidate, so far as the people of Allegany county are concerned, Col. George N. Pearre, and that he met with such favor at the Oakland con- vention causes the people of this section to believe that he will be the successful candidate. Col. Pearre was seen by a Star reporter this evening in reference to the outlook of | the coming convention, and while he had a hesitancy in giving anything to the news Papers at present, said: “The result of the coming convention is still quite uncertain, but I believe the indi- cations are more favorable to my nomina- tion than at any time since the fight begun. “The situation has been, and is,’ a pe- cullar one in the history of congressional ccnventions in the district. Each of the five counties went Into the convention with a ‘bona fide’ candidate, and the respective delegations are full of confidence in the success of their candidate. “It was an honest, straight fight of each ccunty for its favorite scn; the usual com- binations were, therefore, impossible. Wash- ington county is certainly not entitled to the nomination, having bad four terms of service and six nominations under Lewis E. McComas, while Allegany has had but one term of service, that which Senator G. L. Wellingtor. is now filling, since 1874, while neither Garrett or Montgomery coun- ties have had any representation at all. “This sentiment seems to pervade the delegates to the convention. I think it safe,” continued Col. Pearre, “to predict that the nomination will come to one of the tbree counties, Allegany, Garrett or Mont- gomery.”” In response to the probability of a .“‘black horse,” Col. Pearre sal “I do not think it probable that any man outside of those already mentioned will be taken up. The candidates now in the canvention made their fight in their respective counties, and one of them is en- titled to the nomination. I think the con- vention will come to a conclusion satisf: tory to all parties and conducive to the success of the party in the comnig cam- paign, and I fell confident thaf the nominee will be elected by a handsome majority; and you can say,” said Mr. Pearre to the reporter, “that whoever he may be he will have the undivided and loyal support of the party in Allegany county-=there are no divisions here at all. ates “In reference to the seating-of the Fred- erick county delegates, headed b§ Mr. Ur- ner, when they returned tothe convention and cast their votes with those of Allegany and Montgomery, it should/have given me the nomiration.” fv « Delegates in Bajtijuore. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 16.—The majority of the delegates t6 the republican sixth district congressional convention have stopped off in Baltimore today while en route for Rockville. ‘ The delegates have held '‘numberless con- ferences among themselves, and the leaders have been closted with Chairman Welling- ton, but the situation remains in doubt, and the members of the convention are very much at sea. ‘The Wellington men claim that Alexander H. Hagner of Hagerstown will be nominat- ed soon after the balloting ins. They say that Mr. Hagner only needs one vote to win, and that will be secured prior to the assembling of the delegates. The arti-Wellington crowd say Mr. Hag- ner’s nomination cannot be brought about by fair means. ——-___ Mahogany Chiffoniers, worth $38; sell for $23, at Moses’ furniture gale,—Advt. ————_—_ The prohibitionists of the nineteenth New York district yesterday nominated N. B. Powers for representative m Congress. uestion as to the A NEW DREIBUND Proposed to Unite England, Italy and the United States. INTERVENTION IN ARMENIA’S BEHALF - e° Powers Threaten Great Britain With Hostility. KNOTTY EASTERN QUESTION eee LONDON, September 16.—The St. James Gazette this afternoon publishes a leading editorial article headed “A New Triple Alliance.” 3 In the course of its remarks on the sub- ject the St. James Gazette points out the menacing tone of the continental semi- official press on the subject of Turkey, and says: “We are openly threatened with joint, hostile European action if we interfere (in Turkey) against the will of the powers. But there is one combination which Brit- ish statesmanship might effect. Two states which have little to gain from Russia could act with us and end the tension. The United States and Italy are both under- stood to be friendly to Russia. Neverthe- less, neither is yet too deeply involved to be able to assume an independent attitude under British inspiration. Why should not England, the United States and Italy form a new dreibund? Alone of the nations of the earth, the people of the United States can understand the impulse which would drive Englishmen to war in order to sup- press tyranny or rescue the oppressed. Plenty of Americans would regard with enthusiasm the spectacle of the Union Jack and the stars and stripes floating side by side in the Bosphorus to back up their joint demand.” Continuing, the St. James Gazette points out that Italy is ready to join England in this matter if Invited. The article con- cludes: “It might be expected that the Russian combination would go to pieces at the mere aspect of this genuine league of peace, and that the new dreibund migh lead to a fresh grouping of the powers and the delivery of Europe both from ‘Turkish misrule and the dangerous thralldom to Russia into which it is sin! 2 ‘The correspondent of the ‘Times at St. Petersburg, in bis dispatches published yes- terday and today, calls attention extremely anti-Erglish tone of press in Contrast w:th the unu ness displayed toward other “While Russophob: 's this corres- pendent, “is waning igland, Anglo- phobia 1s growing in as instance even the czar’s coldne: The correspondent further recalls that when, at the beginning of August, the late Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky ref: d to as- sist the bishop of the American Episcopal Church to convey an Anglo-American ad- dress to the czar in favor of the Armenians, the bishop obtained an audience through other influenc and that when the czar read the address he did not reply, but merely shook the bishop's hand. rhe Times’ Vienna correspondent notés a similar tone on the part of the leading Austrian organs, which accuse England of Machiavelian designs in Turkey. Se = IN DEFENSE OF MR. BELL. Ix Church Democrats Deny State- ments ax to Hin Speech, Among the side issues of the campaign none has attracted more attention in this vicinity than the question as to what Deputy Pension Commissioner Bel! said or did not say at the barbecue held at Cross- man’s Grove August 4. Jt was reported in this city last Friday that Rev. Robert Nourse was about to prepare an affidavit which wou'd be filed to support the charge against Deputy Commissioner Bell that he had in his speech assailed the administra- tion. Subsequently it was declared by some of the persons who had been present or claimed to have been present at the meet- ing in question that Mr. Nourse had con- fused statements made by Mr. Andrew Lipscomb with statements of Mr. Bell. Mr. Lipscomb, it was asserted by these persons, had made a speech in which he had not been at all tender in handling the adminis- tration. Now, however, it is said that Mr. Lipscomb was not present at the meeting at all, so this explanation is not considered satisfactory. Mr. Nourse has meanwhile had nothing to say about the matter until today, when, in an interview with a Star reporter, he Ge- nied absolutely that he had ever made the statement which caused the controversy. The Bryan and Sewall Club of Falls Church, however, has taken up the maticr seriously, and at a meeting last night a paper was prepared and signed which is intended to offset the affidavit supposed to have been made by Mr. Nourse and filed somewhere in the archives of the govern- ment. Mr. A. Davis, jr., secretary of the Falls Church club, stated to a Star reporter today that it was their belief that Mr. Nourse had made the statement referred to and had prepared the affidavit to be filed at the Interior Department. On acount of this belief the following paper was adopted by the club at its meeting last night: Wherecs there was published in The Evening Star of Washington, D. C., of the lith instant a statement purporting to have been made in the presence of a_num- ter of politicians in Washington, D. C., by the Rev. Robert Nourse, to the effect that the said Nourse declared he had heard Mr. H. C. Bell, deputy commissioner of ions, deliver a speech at a_ political ing in which he, the said Gell, bit- sailed the Presilent of the United therefore, we, the undersigned citi- zens of Falls Church, Va., and vicinity, desire to state that we were present zt the barbecue at Crossman’s Grove, near this city, on the 4th of August, 1896, and heard the specch of Mr. Bell (presumanly the one referred to by the Rev. Nourse, in view of the fact that the sa‘ ourse was present at the time and also heard the spzech), and we personally know that the statement of Mr. Nourse, if he had made the indicated statement, is unqualifiedly false, and we believe that the Rev. Nourse maliciously and willfully made the said statement tor the purpose, if possible, of injuring Mr. ell. We further state that there was rot one word uttered by Mr. Bell which sibly have been construed by man into the slightest reflection upon either the integrity, the honesty cr the patriotism of the President of ihe United States or any member of his administra- tion. Mr. Bell's statement was dev d:ed entirely to an economic, historic, scientific and practical illustration of the doctrine of the free coinage of silver and other cugnete subjects, as opposed to that of the single gold standard of money, and was entirely devoid of any personal attacks upon any- body, either democrat, republican, pepulist or otherwise. ‘This paper was signed last night by 112 persons in Falls Church, who were pres- ent at the meeting. It was being circulited today in Washington among persons here who attended the meeting in order to se- cure their signatures. Mr. Nourse’s Denial. Mr. Nourse today, in speaking to a Star reporter at Falls Church, expressed sur- prise at what has been published concern- ing himself and Mr. Bell. “It seems to me,” he said, “that my neighbors, whose names have been attach- ec to the resolution adopted by the Bryan and Sewall Club here last night owe it to themselves and certainly to me to have as- certained what truth there was in the re- pert that I had made a statement with re- gard to Commissioner Bell's having criti- cised President Cleveland in a publis speech. The facts in the matter are simply these: I met a gentleman in Washington one day last week, who told me he intended to prefer charges against Commissioner Bell for offensive partisanship. I asked him what Bell had been doing, and he replied that in making partisan speeches he had broken the civil service law under which he held his office. “I said I had heard him make a speech at the democratic barbecue at Falls Church, but that I did not remember very much of the speech, except that it was hifalutin at the beginning, and he got thirsty in the middle, stopping to drink a glass of water. Mr. Bell asked whether there was a re- publican present. No one responded. He put the question again in this form: ‘Is FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION Of the UNITED STATES PLATE GLASS INSURANCE ©O. OF PHILADELPHIA, State of Tennsylvania, On the 30th day of June, 1896, as required by act of Congress, approved July 29, 1802. $160,000 00 Copital etock.. Cupital stock paid up: Real estate. . Bonds and mortgages (iret lien on real ). Bills receivable and collateral loans, Due from glass sales... Premiums uncollected and ban’: deposits. Due from rents. Total assets. LIABILITIES. Due and accrued for ralaries, rents,&ee Cash capita Reserve pre Due for glans bilin. Agents’ commissions Unyald lesses. Net surplu Tetal Divid: mouths, 1 Dividends Current F. V. SMYTH, Secretary City of Philadeiphia, state of Pennsylvania: Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of September, 1806. gsealy JOHN DUNN, Ir., Notary Public. CONTINENTAL IN! Si w York, On the 30th day 1996, as required by act of Congress, approved July 29, 1892, Capital Stock. $1,000,000 00 Capital stock ‘pal 1,009,009 00 ASSETS. Cash on hand and in banks. Real estate Bonds and estate) Stocks and agents, Interest ai June 30, 1896. Total assets. Cash capital Unearne 7 Reserve for urpaid losses a Net surpli Total sods and expe 30, 1896 . Stat nd sworn to IN, THE CONDIT M. INSURANCE 66 +. on the 30th day of June, of Congress approved July 40.623 83 104,491 G3 160,120 29 and ancous items. Statement of dividends and expenses for six months ending June 30, 1896: Dividends Current “expenses WILGUS, Notary Public. pires May 8, 1897. G. T. HAVEMNER, ROOMS $ AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDi: (VEMBER WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHAN Real Estate & Stock Broker Direct WiresNew York and Chicago. Commission on W heat,1-16. Telephone 453. $e13-210 W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS. Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. Lapes Bune nana tS THALMANN & CO. Ge6-16u New York. there no republican present? I then replied, ‘I am a republican.’ He asked me if I wished to ask him a question. I said no, I did not wish to embarrass him. I deny that at any time I have made any statement or affidavit or done an: ing, publicly or privately, for the purpose of injuring Mr. Bell in any way whatsoever.” Series Cae Work Ordered. The Commissioners today ordered that catch-basins be constructed as follows: Four catch-basins at the intersection of Rhode Island avenue and the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Catch-basin at the intersection of 18th and N streets and at Isth street and Con- necticut avenue, and east side of Connecii- cut avenue south of N street Catch-basin on the south side of M street at the corner of the approach to the Aque- duct bridge, to be reconstructed: also that cateh-basin be consirucied on the north side of M street west of 35th street. That cement sidewalk be iaid in front of 911 and 913 G street northwest, under the ‘on of the permit system; estimated , $160.40. That 820 feet of pipe intercepting sewer be laid in Canal and N streets southeast, as shown on tracing on file in the engineer department. That two corners (27.05 linear feet each) of SxS special granite curbing cut to a radius of ten feet, be purchased in open market, to prevent delay on the work cf resurfacing 18th street from Massachusetts avenue to M street, That alley in rear of 144) P street north- west be repaired; cost of same to be paid from appropriation for current repairs to streets, avenues and alleys. That sewer be constructed in 10th sireet southeast, between M and N streets, under the provisions of iaw governing the assess- ment system, the work having been duly advertised, as required by law; estimated cost, $355, one-half to be assessed against lots 20, 21, 22 and 23, square 953, and lets 13 and 14, square 9 —>— Army Orders. Leaves of absence have been granied as follows: - Lieut. L. C. Andrews, 3d Cavalry, fifteen days’ extension; Lieut. James E. Nolan, 4th Cavalry,for three months; Lieut. Henry Jervey, Corps of Engineers, for four months; Lieut. Wm. V. Judson, Corps of Engineers, for forty-five days; Post Chap- lain Wm. H. Scott, one month's extension. The following transfers are made, to take effect October 1, 1896: Second Lieut. Samuel V. Ham, from the 24th Infantry to the 5th Infantry, Company C; Second Lieut. John A. Gurney, from the 5th Infantry to the 24th Infantry, Com- pany H. —______-2-+____—_ Rufus R. Thomas, a prominent Philadel- phia summer resident of Seal Harbor, Me., dropped dead of heart disease there yes- terday. He was sixty-nine years of age. T. J. Southard, a wealthy shipbuilder and @ member of the well-known firm of T. Southard & Sen, died at his home at Rich- mond, Me., yesterday afternoon. = = = FREE TO ALL!! ‘ATCHES, KNIVES, RAZORS, PICTURES, PIPES and other valuable articles in exchange for coupons with MAIL POUCH TOBACCO. (Sold by all dealers.) One in each B-cent (2-ounce) . COUPONS EXPLAIN LiOW TO HE ABOVE. 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