Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by Ne Company, The Bveni Star Nei 5 Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Per week, or 44 cents per month, at the counter 2 cents each. Sy mail—anywhere in the United — o \—postage a eee acres ee ee Pigatorday Tepe tie $1 per year, with Berane fet Se at wanngton, D.C, olen cae ma ati 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Retes of advertising made known on application. The Eve ng Star. No 13,589. WASHINGTON, D. O., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1896—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find: it only in The Star. THEY ARE ALL MAD|THE OW10 siTuATION| WAY DOWN IN TEXAS Democratic Leaders Incensed at John * Boyd Thacher’s Letter. WiLL SURELY LOSE BRYAN THE STATE A Deal to Win the State Ticket and Legislature. CHARGED TO SENATOR HILL New York, according to the view of the democratic and silver managers today, 1s irretrievably lost to Bryan, and this feel- ing comes about over the letter of John Boyd Thacher, the democratic nominee for gcvernor, published in the New York pa- pers this morning. Probably one-third of the managers hope for the best, since the letter, but they look for the worst. Be- sides this feeling the majority of the lead- ers are mad—mad clean through—and dis- posed to look upon their fellow-democrats in the empire state as either the simplest- minded politicians on the face of the earth or treacherous to the national ticket. Few of the leaders will talk for publica- ticn about the letter today, but they admit that Mr. Thacher has placed the democrais in his state in a position that will make them the laughing stock of the country and lose them the respect of the party. Some think that the best thing which can be done is for the silver men to sacrifice the state to a dead certainty and maintain their principle by nominating an ind jent or silver democrat for governor. they think, would at least give them chance to stand on principle and to go down with flying cclors. It would be bet- ter to go down this way they think than to go down with the odium which will, it is asserted, attach to them if Thacher is supported. Senator Tillman Mad. Senator Tillman of South Carolina, who was here this morning conferring with the managers about his appointments to speak, was one of the maddest of the leaders. Speaking to a Star reporter of the situation in New York, as just developed by the let- ter of the democratic nominee, the fiery South Carolinian sai “It is a deal be- tween the Cleveland and Hill wings to be- tray the national ticket for the state ticket and the legisiature. The silver men evght to put out a candidate of their own for governor, either a democrat or an inde- pendent. Speaking of the campaign generally in the eastern states, Senator Tillman said that the trouble to contend with was treachery to the national ticket in various places. For that reason he did not have much hopes in the east. Senator Tillman is one of the few lead- ers to tack openly about the New York pre- dicament. The others feel he does, but they are keeping quiet. Senator Faulkner Was not in the city this morning, not hav- ing returned from his home, where he went Saturday night. Secretary Gardner refused to talk about the affair. Senator Stewart was red hot, and thought the Thacher let- ter had finished the business for Bryan in New York. Charged to Senator Hill. Senator Tillman's declaration of a deal to save the state and sacrifice Bryan ts re- garded as what 1s actually the situation in New York. Senator Hill's attitude, it is charged, has been preliminary to such a course, and it will be generally be!leved that his hand has figured in this more ex- tensively than appears on the surface. This aggravates the silver men more than ts imagined. They had recently grown tired of Hill's apparent indifference to the na- tional ticket, and they are said to have made the Senator aware of it. There would be no great surprise if something should break loose officially from Chicago or from here about Mr. Thacher. There are those who say that Serator Jones ought to declare himself on the matter. He ought not to let Bryan be butchered. They think that a si position on the matter from him would do good in other states. It is furthermore said that intimation be given Representative Sulzer or some of the other silver enthusiasts in New York they would quickly take ground which would repudiate Thacher and which would either force his resignation or force something else. Sulzer acquiesced in the nomination of Thacher, but nobody be- Neves he did it with good grace. He is now in a position to say “I told you so,” and to be more lauded than ever as the true leader of the silver forces in New York. There ts no telling what Sulzer will do, even {f he does not get an inti- mation from official sources as to the pesi- tion to assume. A Regular Throat-Cutting Match. Unless something is done in New York to restore harmony it Is believed that the fight there will develop into a regular throat-cutting match between the silver democrats and the followers of the ma- chine. The national ticket will not only be slaughtered, but democracy in the state will be practically exterminated, so far as this campaign is concerned. While the foregoing are the views of a majority of the democratic and silver man- agers here there are @ few who think tnat Mr. Thacher’s letter may aot Le so ser:ous as appears at first blush. They think that It is Intended to secure the gold vote of the state for the natioral ticket, and be- jieve that it will work all right. They do not take Into consideration, however, the things considered by the silver men— the hatred which will be felt for the ticket by the rabid silver men of the state, the distrust which wiil ensue on all sides, and the swapping field which will be opened to the republicans. There are those who say that Mr. Thach- er’s position does not differj materially from that of Secretary Hvke Smith, who has n praised for his stand. Mr. Smith still m: ms that ke is a gold man, but yYecommends that the Chicago ticket be Supported because of its regularity. Tne ‘dea that My. Thacher's letter is tn- tended to catch gold democrats is knocked put, the stiver men allege, by the position taken by the Albany Argus. That paper how comes out for Thacher, but continues {ts fight on Bryan. should an —————— STUPID SWISS POLICE. George F. Curtis Detained for a Criminal. LONDON, September 21.—A special dis- patch from Berne, Switzerland, says that Mr. George F. Curtis, one of the assistant librarians of the Congress of the United States, residing at the Arno, Washington, D. C., has been arrested by two detectives at the hotel which he was stopping at in Grindewal, thirty-five miles from this city. He was thrown into jail at Interlaken, was searched, all his money and papers were seized, his baggage was ransacked and he was kept in prison until late at night, when a director of police arrived at Interlaken from Berne and Mr. Curtis was released. It appears that the outrage was the result of a piece of police stupidity, Mr. Curtis being mistaken for a criminal who was wanted by the Swiss police. In addition to his passport Mr. Curtis carried a circular letter of introduction from the Secretary of State of the United States. He has lodged a complaint against his treatment with the consui of the United States, who is now making a thorough investigation. Mr. McLean May Assume Personal Charge of the Democratic Campaign. Ambitious to Succeed Senator Sher- man—Whnt is Now Expected of Ex-Governor Foraker. The situation in Ohio continues to be a tepic of lively discussion. Upon the face of things the republicans appear to have the best of the argument..They carried the state in 1894 and last year by enormous majorities, and this year they are, or ought to be, strengthened by the fact that the party has gone to the state for its presidential candidate. But the democrats are hinting at some phenomenal changes Campbell, ate was is that supplanted the cry for protection, and sert that a partial poll shows a condition of affairs resembling much more closely tat of 1892 than that of last year. In 1892 the republicans barely squeezed General’ Harrison over Mr. Cleveland. A full vote was poyed by both parties. Last November Mr. ushnell for governor had but the democratic vote in the 69,000 short. the populists in 1892 polled only 14 votes, while last year they polled 5: Another point notei in sentiment since the cry for free silver through, with a plurality of only 1,072 for a plurality of 92,622 over Mr. votes. This year the democrats and the populists have fused, and out of this ar- rergement the Bryanites expect to benefit very. greatly. Free Silver Among the Farmers. This democratic hope is based partly upon the hold the free silver cry kas obtained in the agricultural portions of the state. The republicans themselves admit that the farmers of Ohio have shown a weakness for silver, but they belleve that this will dis- appear before the vigorous campaigning that has now been inaugurated. The sil- ver men maintain that instead of disap- pearing the sentiment will grow and be- come the firmer. McLean May Assume Charge. The democrats are also encouraged by the report that John R. McLean will take an active part in the fight, and may go to thefstate and direct operations in person. ‘The machinery of the democratic state committee is altogether in tne hands of Mr. McLean and his friends, and Mr. Mc- Lean is a man of large means and great ambition. He is likewise regarded as a shrewd politician. The belief is that he wants to succeed Mr. Sherman in the Sen- ete, and will strive to lay the foundations this year for the election of a democratic legislature next year. The next Ohio legis- lature will elect Mr. Sherman's successor. Mr. McLean has already impressed himseif upon the Ohio canipaign through the m dium of his newspaper, which is the only silver organ of any note in the middle states, but if he goes out and takes charge of matters in person the silver men will hail the move as a most encouraging sign of the times. Confidence as to the Towns. Ohio republicans writing about affairs at home speak guardedly as to the country, but with confidence as to the towns. The labor vote, they claim, is almost solidly for McKinley, and Hamilton county alone, in which Cincinnati is situated, is estimated to give twenty thousand majority for the republican ticket. Last November the re- publican plurality there was 11,667. A prominent local republican politician of Cincinnati has offered to bet that he can name three counties, Hamilton being one, where the labor vote is large, which will give the republican ticket fifty thousand majority. If there is a good basis for this confidence as to the labor vote, it will take a very large defection among: the repubii- can farmers to offset it. Expectations as to Foraker. Mr. Foraker is back from Europe, and his presence at home again is expected to give a marked impetus to republican work in the silver sections of the state. He is per- sonaliy the most popular of the buckeye leaders, ranking Mr. McKinley himself probably in that regard. SS FAMOUS CASE RECALLED. Death of Gaddesen, Who Figured in the Yarde-Buller Suit. LONDON, September 21.—The following dispatch from Badnaupin, Grand Duchy of Hesse, has been received at the London office of the Assoclated Press: “Cable all the world: Valentine Gaddesen died suddenly Sunday; heart disease. (Signed) ARDE-BULLER.” Valentine Gaddesen is the name of the real estate dealer of San Francisco who was made co-respondent in the suit for divorce recently brought by Walter Yarde- Buller, a brother of Baron Churston, against his wife, a daughter of the late Gen. R. W. Kirkham of San Francisco. The case against Gaddesen was dismissed, and he was allowed the costs, and the verdict rendered was that Mrs. Yarde-Buller was not guilty of cruelty and not guilty of in- fidelity, and that a decree of judicial sepa- ration be granted to Mrs. Yarde-Buller, with costs. gs READING ROAD TO BE SOLD. Judge Acheson Refuses to Enjoin Its Foreclosure. PHILADELPHIA, September 21.—In the United States circuit court today Judge Acheson rendered an opinion refusing to grant the motion asked for by W. W. Kurtz and other bondholders of the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad Company to enjoin the managers of the company from executing the decree of the foreclosure sale of the Philadelphia and Reading rail- road property. ‘The complainant is the holder of ten first mortgage bonds of the Philadelphia, Reading and New England Company, guaranteed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, and sought to prevent the foreclosure sale, be- cause of the belief tnat he will lose his property if the road is sold. Judge Acne- son states that notwithstanding that the sale has been advertised for several weeks the bill was not filed until September 11, less than two weeks before the day of sale. The judge says: “With respect to the objections now made to the terms of the decree of sale I am not convinced that any one of them is well founded. At any rate, the complainant is in no position to raise these objections at this late day. No valid objection is perceived to the manner in which the trustees and the re- ceivers propose to sell the property and as- sets of the companies. “I am of the opinion that no good reason appears for staying the sale, and the mo- tion of the complainant that the defendants be enjoined from executing the decree of sale and that the sale be stayed is denied.” A like motion instituted by Samuel D. Rhodesa, another bondhoider, was similarly disposed of. aged Gov. Foraker’s Stumping Tour. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 21.—Chair- man Kurtz of the republican state com- mittee anrounced today that after Gov. Foraker’s speech at Jackson on the 26th and Dayton on the 29th, he will go west for a campaign tour of two or three weeks. It is now arranged for him to speak in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa,- but he will also visit a number of the other doubtful states in the middle west. Five Republican Congressmen From the Lone Star State Probable. ABSOLUTE FUSION OF THREE FORCES Encouraging Reports From Wis- consin Received. —_+___. NOTES FROM OTHER STATES The probability of the election of five republican ‘Congressmea from Texas and the possibility of the loss of the lone star commcnwealth to the democracy are caus- ing & great deal of satisfaction at republi- can congressional headquarters. One of the callers upon Chairman Bab- cock this morning was Mr. E. H. R. Green, chairman of the Texas republican state central committee. Mr. Green brought some very encouraging reports. He said the most striking feature of the Texas campaign, and the one which will operate to make matters very lively for the demo- cratic ticket, is the successful fusion which has been accomplished betwee1 the popu- lists, republicans and gold demoerats of the state. Keynote of the Campaign, The keynote of the campaign is the war being waged against what is known as the Austin ring. This is a combination of office-holding democrats at the state capi- tal that has become very obnoxious in state politics, Mr. Green says, and there is a general uprising against them. The fusion which began as a movement against the alleged democratic ring is be- ing extended to include the congressional and national tickets. There are more popu- lists in Texas, it is claimed, than there are free silver democrats. ‘The democratic con- vention contemptuously refus2d to affiliate with the populists, however, and the latter are inviting the republicans and gold dem- cerats to join them in wiping out the other fellows. It is said that the combination of the three forces will be absolute and har- monious. Effect of Mr. Bailey's Speech. Mr. E. C. Miles of Plano, Collen county, ‘Texas, writes the republican congressional committee as follows: “Representative Bailey of Texas spoke here on silver and from remarks made by the people who listened to him he made no votes and lost some that I know of. There is a strong counter current against the silver craze operating to the benefit of sound money. Bailey announced his purpose to go to the state of Kentucky, and if he pursues the same line of argument in that state that he gave here he will make more Mcixinley votes than Sewail did to the G. O. P. in Maine. Q From Wisconsin, The republican congressional ccmmittee is receiving a great deal of news from Wis consin, one of the states claimed by the democratic prophets. In the fourth con- gressional district of Wisconsin the sound meney democrats have determined to nom- irate no candidate in opposition to Theo- bold Otjen, and will support the congres- sional candidate without division. A ma- jority of the executive committee were in favor of indorsing Otjen’s candidacy, but objection was made, and it was concluded to make no nomination. The republican campaign in the home town of Chairman J. W. Babcock of the congressional committee was formally cpened a few days ago at Necedah, Wis. Althongh it is comparatively a small’ town, fully 1,000 persons, many of them from surrounding points, were in attendance, and a strong McKinley and Hobart Sound Money Club was organized. The earnest- ness with which the sound money demo- crats are pushing the anti-Bryan cause in Wisconsin is illustrated by the pro- of the annual meeting of the Kraus-Merkel Melting Company held in Milwaukee a few days ago. All the stock- holders of the company are democrats, but will vote for McKinley, and gave a check for $40) to add to the republican campaign ‘und. A Significant Test Vote. A significant test vote was taken at Rib Lake, Wis., a few days ago. In order to ascertain the political sentiment of the village tickets were printed and a ballot box was placed in the most convenient spot available. A total of 238 votes were cast out of a possible 400, and the result was 223 for McKinley and 15 for Bryan. No electioneering was indulged in; the mea went quietly to the ballot box and then re- tired from the scene. The only attention paid to the contest was to sec that each Voter cast but one vote during the hours that the polls were open. Senator Vilas will begin speaking in favor of the nominees of the Indianapolis convention early next month, business en- gagements claiming his attention until th: time. G. D. Dick, vice president Republi- can League, eighth district of Wisconsin, writes: “We are making a thorough can- vass. Germans are coming to us in great numbers.” In Other States. At Monroé€ City, the banner democratic county of Missouri, a McKinley club of 100 members was organized last week. Two or more colored clubs are now being organized there. At Woolwine, Va., a republican club has just been organized with sixty members, which will be increased to 100 at the next meeting. At Thayer, Mo., a McKinley club of 140 was organized last week. A number of the members are democrats. A flourish- ing republican club has been organized at Newport News, Va., which is very active in the campaign. —___+e-___—__ DERVISHES FLED IN HASTE. —— The British Commander Offers Am- mesty to the Emir and His Followers. CAIRO, September 21.—The sirdar, Sir Herbert Kitchener, telegraphed today that the gunboats of the British expedition to Dongola returned from that place to Kerma yesterday afternoon. They report that they saw a few dervishes at Dongola, who fled when fire was opened upon thein. A party was landed from the gunboats, and a scout found that only the women and old men had been left in camp. No further trace of the enemy was to be seen. On the return journey the gunboats cap- tured several boats, one of which con- tained the dervish treasury records, money, etc. Sir Herbert Kitchener has sent to Wad Bishara, the defeated emir of Dongola, a message calling upon him to surrender, and offering pardon for himself 2nd followers. All the troops of the Anglo-Egyptian ex- pedition have now crcssed to the west bank of the Nile, except the cavalry and camel cor] aval Commander Colville of the river gunboat Tamal, who was wounded in the ent of Saturday, 1s doing well. Of the thirteen others who were wounded on board the Tamai, one, a British armorer, has died, but the rest are likely to ‘re- cover. Se Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, September 21—Arrived: Furnessia, Glasgow. GLASGOW, September 21. — Arrived: Samartian, Montreal. PREDICTED THE STORM The Weather Bureau Warned the Democratic Managers, ‘The Cool Weather and How Long It Will Last—Summer Has Prob- ably Gone for Good. : "The season of straw hats has passed, and, judging by the temperature today, fall has made its appearance in earnest. A few shirt-walsts and alpaca coats were to be seen on the streets, it is true, but their wearers looked rather uncomfortabie, and when they come to dress for dinner the chances are they will put on heavier cloth- ing. Summer went out like a lon, and if Sat- urday was really the last day of summer, it was a day that will not be soon forgot- ten. It started out with the thermometer at 76, and during the afternoon a maxi- mum of 94 was reached. Then came the storm. Down went the mercury as if it were on a toboggan slide, and cooler weather came on the wings of the wind. Through the north and west there has been considerable frost, but in every case timely warning was sent out by the weather bureau, and the damage was thus mini- 1aized as compared with what {it would oth- erwise have been. So far Washington has not been visited by a frost, but at an early hour this, morn- ing the official thermometer at the weather bureau went down to 46, a total fall of 48 degrees since the intense heat of Saturda; ‘rhe officials at the weather bureau are fee ing very well satisfied with the accuracy with which they predicted the drop in tem- perature here ‘and elsewhere, Saturday, hours before the time set for Mr. Bryan's speech, Professor Hazen sent a special bul- letin to the democratic managers in charge of the affair, advising them that a severe storm might be expected at 5 o'clock, or a little later. At 5 o’clock there seemed little chance of the prediction being fulfilled, and it seemed as though Mr. Bryan would not have to battle with the elements: It took but a few minutes, however, for the storm to gather, and when it came, it proved to be a storm of the first magnitude, as those who were caught in It can testify. Washington did not catch the worst of the drop in temperature, for a slight frost has been reported from Philadelphia, and the grape-growing section of New York suffered a touch of the blight, which has probabiy done a good deal of damage to the vines. At Winnipeg—well, Winnipeg always does try to beat the record for cold weather, and at an early hour this morning the mercury went down to 20, the coldest reported from anywhere this season. A Star reporter who caljed at the weather bureau late this afternoon was told that the conditions are rathér favorable for a slight rise tn temperature, but not such as would constitute a return of summer. To- morrow will be»warmer than today has been, but the maximum may not be reached before Wednesday. Thursday will be cooler again, for there is a cold wave chasing hard on the heels of the warm one, and a drop of ten degrees in the far northwest during the past twenty-four hours is ¢x- pected to make itself felt in this nefghbor- hood within the next few days. Generally fair weather is promised for tomorrow, but this afternoon there was a possibility of the wind veering from south te east, which would increase the likelihood of rain, es SS INDIANA’S GIFT, Silver Service and Library for Her Namesake in the Navy. NEW YORK, September 21.—Govemor Claude Matthews and about seventy-five prominent citizens of Indiana went on the United States battle ship Indiana, lying off Tcmpkinsville. S. I, today. They were welcomed by Captain Robley D. Evans, the ship’s commander, and a salute of thirteen guns was fired in their honor. The pur- pose of this delegation of westerners to the finest of the nation’s ships of war was to present to its officers the silver service and library that the citizens of Indiana h: provided for the craft, named in honor of the state they represent. Governor Matthews said in making the presentation: Gov. Matthews’ Remarks. “Capt. Evans: We are here today repre- senting the citizens of a great inland state, to greet you on the sea and to express to you in part the grateful recognition of an honor conferred upon the state, which justly holds ever loyal devotion. Indiana felt truly honored when this magnificent vessel and powerful engine of war was christened with her name, and yet with pardonable pride, we, citizens of Indiana, feel that she could wear upon her massive sides or float from her masthead no prouder Tame. “A great ship, a triumph of the ingenuity of man, should weil be coupled with a great state, whose greatness rests upon the generous gifts of God and their wise de- velopment and ennobling us by man. “You, sir, to whom as commander we bring this tribute of our people, so truly expressive of their culture, their generosity and their patriotism, we beg you to accept for the good ship Indiana, for the use of yourself, your officers and those who may worthily come after you to walk these decks beneath the flag of the free Ameri- can citizen, whether upon the land or upon the sea. “For this gift was prompted and en- couraged by the highest sense of patriotism, contributed as it was by toilers on the farm and in the workshop, by men in the professions, by citizens of every vocation, high and low, rich and poor, and last, but not least, by the children of our schools, where early are taught the lessons of a sublime devotion to country, a supreme reverence for its laws and tts flag. t “It may be appropriate to speak a brief werd on this occasion to you—whose mis- fortune it is not to have been a child of Indiana, and which you doubtless appre- clate—abovt the great statement ‘hail from,’ and in the achievements of which our hearts are filled with just and pardona- ble pride. Indiana, in the central part of that vast domain we call our common countrymen and today the center of popu- lation, is through soil and climate and position in the highway of pregress best located fer the highest physical and in- tellectual development. The pioneers, a sturdy, manly race of farmers, who first pierced the dense, umbrageous forests of Indiana, braving the dangers of a new and unknown country, and facing merciless foes, came with stout hearts and strong arms, the advance guard in the grand march of civilization to lay the foundation of an empire and rear their children in a noble, self-reliant manhood. What apa- thetic sublimity in the record of their humble lives. And could we but read in full the simple annals of earnest struggle, the daily sufferings and sacrifices, what a glory would encircle the memory of the men and women of that day. “Before closing it is just and proper that he who was the inspiration of the senti- ment which is now fulfflled today in the presentation’ of the silver service sould have that credit due—Mr, Chacles R. Wil- liams of Indianapolis. He gave unspar- irgly and untiringly of his time and la- bor. We all in the name pf the state re- joice in the success: which has crowned his earnest efforts. “In conclusion, Captain Evans, no smail gratification comes to us on this occasion that this presentation may be made to this ship while in command of one who has at all times and on all occasions shown a courageous devotion to his country and a lofty fidelity to duty. I beg you, in be- half of the people of Indiana, to accept this silver service as an expression of the appreciation of the honor bestowed upon their state.” TREASURY FINANCES Far From Favorable, Even in Com- parison With Last Year. RECEIPES BELOW WHAT THEYSHOULD BE Expenditures Stand $3,000,000 Higher Than a Year Ago. HOPE IN SILVER’S DEFEAT The treasury statements continue to be far from favorable, even in comparison with the moderate showing of last year. The receipts for the first twenty days of September have been only $16,656,314 against receipts in the same days of Sep- tember, 1895, of $18,380,517. There is a fall- ing off for the present month in both cus- toms and internal revenue, but the loss in customs is far the heavier. The fact that internal revenue holds its ground is due to the exhaustion of the supplies of whisky withdrawn from bond before the tariff leg- islation of 1894, rdther than to a real in- crease in consumption. The internal rev- enue receipts are still below what the would be under normal ‘ usiness condition: ‘The figures since the be; aning of the fiscal year, on July 1, ar- still .ess favorable than those for September. The total reccipts this year have been $71,2. against a total for the same period of last year of pipts this year nst_ similar re- ceipts last year of $39,571,500. This shrink- age of nearly 20 per cent would be repro- duced, probably, in the internal revenue figures, except for the reason above stated. The internal revenue receipts were $i SSS,194 for the eleven weeks ending Satu day, against $33,006,302 for the correspond- ing weeks of last year. The misc receipts this year are $5,109,300. cess of $1,400,000 above the amount of $i 108 attained last year is due in the main to several large deposits of seignior- age on the increased coinage of standard silver dollars. . Expenditures Running Higher. While receipts have thus fallen at an average rate of nearly half a million a week, expenditures stand more than $3,000,- 0 higher than last year. The total from July 1 to September 20 this year has been $94,651,144 against a total last year of $91,303,348. This increase 1s accounted for by the payment of about $5,000,000 for the sar bou The expenditures for pen- sions in September have thus far been about $2,400,000 less than last year. at the same date, but the amount required before the end of the month will be substantially the same. Allowance for the sugar bounty would still leave the ordinary expenditures not far from the figures of last year, but the delayed payment for pensions must be added to the deficit to show the real condi- tion of the treasury today. The statement of the deficit for this year is $23,433,524 against $14,990,486 at the same date last year. This increase of $5,500,000 would be Swelled to nearly $11,000,000 by making al- lowance for the pension payments. The gross receipts for September at the present rate will not reach $25,000,000, The total last year was $27,549,678. There was a sur- plus in that month of $3,175,040, and there will probably be a surplus this month of about $1,000,000. This surplus will not be an indicaticn that the treasury is upon a self- supporting basis, because September is al- ways a month of small expenditures for in- terest and the ordinary departmental ser- vice. Receipts of $25,000,000 are at least $5,000,000 per month below a self-supporting average, and would indicate a deficit of $60,000,000 at the end of the year. Hope of Secretary Carlisle’s Advisers. The hope of the advisers of Secretary Carlisle is that there will be a revival of business activity and of gevernment re- ceipts if free silver receives a crushing de- feat at the polls in November. The in- crease in receipts will come mainly through the customs, and judges of trade condi- tions say that it will not be very acutely felt until January or Februagy, when goods for the spring season begin to come in. The present administration will probably come to an end with a deficit of $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 for the first eight months of the fiscal year. The change of trade con- ditions will then enable the new adminis. tration to claim the credit of increased re- ceipts and the reduction of the deficit dur- ing the remaining four months of the y;ar. This increase in receipts will hardly e¢mé early enough to obviate the nezessity for new legislation,-and may not come early enovgh to prevent another bond issue by the new administration. The present state of the gold reserve, with nearly $119,000,- 000 in sight and much more gold on the oceen cr in New York which is likely to reach the treasury, justifies the belief that the reserve will stand above $100,000,00) on March 4 next, if the country votes to ad- tere to the gold standard. January and February are usuatly months of gold ex- ports, however, and may leave the reserve where it will require action by the new ad- miristraticn to keep it intact. National Bank Note Circulation, The increase in the national bank note circulation continues to be one of the fac- tors which affect the circulating medium. The new notes issued last week were $1,- 579,750, and the notes canceled and de- stroyed were only $666,997. This leaves the net circulation outstanding at 389,296. The figures a week ago were $231,525,563, and on August 31 $220,526,449. There has thus been an increase of nearly $3,000,000 during September, and new notes are still being issued upon recent deposits of bonds. The increase in circulation during August was $3,583,084, and the increase during Sep- tember will apparently be about the same amount. Most of the bonds deposited to secure circulation belong to the new issue of 4 per cents, but a few are the 5 per cents of 1894, the old 4 per cents and the continued 2 per cents. The net circulation is now larger than at any time since Janu- ary, 1889, when it was $233,660,027 on the Ast of the month, and fell to $229,269,029 on February 1. The circulation of the national banks is $58,000,000 larger than on January 1, 1883, $24,000,000 larger than on January 1, 1804, $26,000,000 larger than on the same date in 1895, and $19,000,000 larger than on the same date in 1896. The fact that all classes of bonds are being employed to in- crease circulation, and that this material increase has not prevented heavy importa- tions of gold, is regarded as indicating the force of the pressure for currency caused by hoarding and by the movement of the crops. ———__- e- CAPT. McDONALD’S CAMPAIGN. It Has Been Formally Opened in the Sixth Maryland District. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., September 21. Capt. Jno. McDonald, the republican nomi- nee for Congress in the sixth district, open- ed his campaign Saturday evening at Quince Orchard, where the McKinley and Wellington Club, with a membership of 200 voters, raised a flag and held a mass meet- ing. Mr. John Bowen was general mana- ger, and Mr. Andrew Jenkins chairman of the committee of arrangements. Besides the members of the club, there was a large gathering of the people of the sixth elec- tion district. Capt. McDonald, Gen. Allan Rutherford, and Mr. O. F. Gray, a colored lawyer and orator of Ohio, discussed the issues of the campaign. PRINCE YTURBIDE AGGRIEVED Causes the Arrest of Mr. Alfred Henry Lewis, Charges Criminal Libel in a New York Publication—Mr. Lewis Released on Bail. Prince Augustin de Yturbide, who has figured in the courts to a considerable ex- tent of late, has once more come to the front. This time Prince Yturbide figures as complainant in a warrant charging Mr. Alfred Henry Lewis, the well-known jour- nalist, with criminai libel. The alleged libel was published in the New York Journal under date of Washing- ton, August 2. It was as follows: “If the latest rumor is to be believed, Prince Augustin Yturbide is by no means a hero to his valet. According to this ru- mor the latter, a stout, good-looking young Irishman, named Thomas Carney, today bumped the prince's imperial head against the floor et the prince's rooms, No. 1018 1ith street, the cause, it is alleged, being a paltry few hundred dollars back wages. turbide would have got off more easily had he not tried, it is stated, to punch Car- ney’s nose when he mentioned the matter of wages. But he did, and Carney, so the story goes, hiplocked the prince, threw him and then beat a tattoo on the floor with the prince’s head, until the prince yeiled ‘Brough! Now the valet spreads the story tat he 1s going to sue the prince, and promises to tell a lot of interesting things if Yturbide does not pay. : Prince Yturbide is getting to be a pain- ful subject in Washington society. There is more than a whisper among the clubites that he had Leen sent te Coventry by the Army and Navy Club and by the Metro- politan Club for inattention to the ment of dues. Last year he became volved in @ quarrei with Colonel Robert Neville at the Metropolitan Club over hi prowess as a horseman. Yturbide ciaime: that he could do certain feats which Neville calmly told him were impossiie. A duel was threatened, hut anxious friends were never able to get the parties into the field. e “Later Yturbide was mentioned in con- nection with a lot of scurrilous letters which had been sent to Mrs. S. S. Howland, Mrs. Senator Wolcott and Mrs. Henry May. When called to account, Yturbide, it is said, promptly declared that they were written by Miss May Williams, an estimable young lady of good family,’ whose engagement with him had but recently been broken off, but Washington society took Miss Wil liams’ side of the controversy with start- ling unanimity. Mr. Lewis visited the Police Court and gave bonds in the sum of $4W) to secure his Mr. Beriah Wil- s the bond No date has been fixed for a hearing of the case. An amusing feature of the is the record of the arrest of Mr. Lewis at police headquarters. He was first asked his cupation, and the answer was “Journal The next question was, “Can you read and write?” The latter interrogatory seemed superfluous, but Mr. Lewis answered in the affirmative. ———.__ AT SILVER HEADQUARTERS. Mr. Stevens Ridicules Mr. Apsley's Statements About the Pacific Coast. Vice Chairman Stevens of the silver party was at silver headquarters today, af- ter an extended absence. He will stay here only a few days, and will leave for Chicago, where he will be the most of the time until the election. Mr. Stevens as- serts that the fight is in the middie west, and believes he can do more from Chicago than from this end of the line. Mr. Stevens received a number of visit- ors this morning. He conferred with Sen- ator Tillman and the democratic managers about the dates for speeches of the Caro- linian. The Senator will speak in Phila- delphia tonight, and will conclude his en- gagements in the state tomorrow. He is booked to speak at Kingston, N. C., on the 2th. There is a desire to have him in New Jersey, and he may go there. Mr. Stevens deciared that the interview of Vice Chairman Apsley of the republican congressional committee about the Pacific coasi states being for McKinley was “ab- surdly ridiculous.” He also laughed at the statements about Colorado having much McKinley senfiment in it. “About 1 be cast in Colorado,” said Mr. Bryan will get 150,000 and Me- Kinley will get about ”, This will give Bryan 125,000 majority in the state, and he will get every bit that much. There is the utmost harmony in the state as to the ticket of electors. All four par- ties are supporting the same ticket cf electors, and have fused on the same men for Congressmen. There are two state tickets in the field, but this will not affect the national ticket. It will aid it by bring- ing out a full vote. As to the other wesi- ern states, I will say that there is not a state west of the Missouri river that is doubtful. California will give Bryan from 10,000 to 49,000 majority. Washington will give him 10,000 and Oregon will go for him by from 10,000 to 20,000, Absolutely no headway is being made against silver any- where, and no headway can be made against it.” eS MR. BRYAN’S PLANS. Will Put in His Time Next the Middle West. It is sald on good authority that after he fills his dates in the east, Mr. Bryan will spend the remainder of his time speak- ing in what is regarded as the close states of the middle west. He will put practically all of the month of October in at this. The speech-maxing in the east is, it is understood, entirely at the wish of Mr. Bryan himself. He believes it will do good. Whether he thinks it will do good in the east is not known. He knows that his speeches are published verbatim, and he may think that what he says in the east will be more widely read in the west., In other words, the eastern speeches: are in- tended for western and southern consump- tion. It is hinted that Mr. Bryan might have abandoned his trip to Maine and Mas: chusetts had not Sewall and Ge Williams insisted on his going there. Taney insisted so strongly that he could not re- fuse. Month & es Senator Fa ers Birthda: Today was Senator Faulkner's birthday. He was pleasantly remembered by a quar- tet of the clerks of his office in the shape of a bouquet of sixteen white roses, with a solitary deep yellow bud as a center. On the card attached to the bouquet by a sil- ver cord was the following inscription: “Many happy returns of the day. With best wishes for your and the party’s suc- cess. A. B. Mitchell, M. T. Byrne, E. H. Talbert, F. B. Keefer,” and in the upper corner was a small silver bug carrying a silver coin marked “16 to 1.” ° To Make a Test. The Columbia Democratic Club will give an entertainment at 8 o'clock tonight at the Metropclitan Hotel. The entertainment will be for the purpose of testing the capa- bilities of the graphophone in politics. Se- lections from speeches of Mr. Bryan, as well as campaign songs, will be rendered by the machine. Senator Faulkner will be present. The exccutive committee of the club, Messrs. Watson Boyle, William Dick- son, Franklin Barrett, C. W. Handy and Wash. B. Naylor, are in charge of the en- tertainment, FIRE AND FIGHTING Five Lives Sacrificed at Lead- ville This Morning. BLOOD AND VIOLENCE ——— Attack on the Coronado and Emmett Mines. — FIREMEN AT TRE POST OF DUTY SHOT The Governor Appealed to for Troops. MILITIA SENT TO THE SCENE LEADVILLE, Col., September 21.—The Moody phase of the great miners’ strike has come. Five lives at least were sacrificed in fight- ing and the work of destruction at the Coronada and Emmett mines early this morning. Following is a list of the dead and ir- jured: Dead—Bert Meyer, James Benson. Poth were miners employed at the Coronada and killed by the explosion. y were ed only by means of papers on the Dying—Wm. O'Keefe, foreman of hose company No. 2, shot through the stomach, J. Higgins, miner, employed at the Coro- nada, shot eight times in the arms and stomach. John Mahoney, miner, shot through stomach. Injured—Frank Telle, Martin Scot were Coronada miners. Their wounds are not believed to be fatal. Mahoney, who was shot near the Emmett mine, claims he was there merely as a spectator. At least three of the party at the Emmett were seen to be hit with bullets, but they were car- ried away by their comrades. The strike began on the 20th of June, and therefore enters upon its fourth month to- day. It has paralyzed business, caused hunger and suffering in hundreds of fam- ilies, and has cut dewn the mineral output of the camp more than one-half. Last night's bloody battle is belleved to be the last desperate attempt of the radical ele- ment cf the strikers to force the stoppage of ali mines that are not paying the in- creased scale of wages demanded by the union. Many of the strikers have asserted al! aleng that they would “clean out the state,” and even government troops, if brought here, rather than see outside labor come to the camp. The mine managers, who at first refused to recognize the union, finally offered a compromise, but this was rejected, and all efforts by citizens and others to terminate the strike since then have failed. Quiet prevails now, and no further riot- ing is anticipated. It is generally believed that the mea who fired the Coronado shaft and who attacked the Emmett mine, but were there repulsed, have fled to the moun- tains, and will be seen no more. They are said to be miners from the Coeur d'Alene country, who were engaged in the riots there several years ago. It looks as if the backbone of the strike was broken, and the outbreak of violence was the final demonstration of the lawless element. Attack on the Coronado. The first attack was made upon the Coro- nado, which is in the city, being only half a dozen blocks from the post office and surrounded by dwellings. The Coronado shaft house was built on a large embank- ment inclosed by logs, and the machinery is fifty feet above the street level. A heavy plank barricade was erected around the machinery and shaft house when the mine resumed operations last month, and the house was well stocked with provisions, Winchesters and ammunition. Beyond as- saults on workingmen seen coming from the mine at divers times, no overt act of violence had been attempted against this mine, until 1 o'clock this morning, when a few bullets struck the barricade, and the men on guard prepared for action. It_was a night attack upon the proy There was no confusion, no crowds on the street. The first intimation which those down town received of the trouble was a number of shots. The shots came scattered at first, then faster and faster. All the streets west of the Coronaie were Geserted with the exception of three or four persons attracted by the shooting. Suddenly after twenty-five minutes of fir- ing a sheet of flame burst out, followed by a terrible detonation. The attacking party Were using dynamite. The firing then seem- ed to slacken slightly. Occasionally a bul- let went through the air, and then a sheet of flame from Sth or 9th streets. It was evident that an attack was being made to fire the property. East of the engine house are several tanks of fuel oil, and the at- tack was concentrated on this point. There was a sheet of flame and a sputtering as though of blazing powder. The engine room was in flames. A few moments later and the clang of the fire engines was heard coming up the street, Shot at the Firemen. When the hose cart reached the corner the hose was being unreeled and the mar- shal and his men were getting ready for action when three men appeared from around the corner and compelled the fire- men, with leveled rifles, to stop work. The men in the engine house were finally driven from their forts, but fought to the both last. As they ran over the high tresie work a dozen shots were fired. Jerry O'Keefe, foreman of hose No. 2, was turn- ing on the water when a bullet entered his side. He is dying in a hospital. An un- known man was taken to t Sth street dead, blown to pieces by dynamite. Another unknown man was mortally wounded by dynamite. John Mahoney, a miner at the Big Four, who was near the Emmett, was shot in the stomach. He died in the arms of his companions. One of the men who brought the report had his clothes nearly all torn off, but was not seriously hurt. By this time a large crowd had gathered; hundreds ready to assist, but held at bay by the rioters, who were concealed near the buildit.g. But presently, as the sheets of flame rolled over the buildings, it was ap- parent that unless there was timely action the buildings In the vicinity were doomed. The firemen rallied, for by this time hun- dreds of citizens, armed with rifles, ap- peared and guarded the fire department and volunteers. All attention devoted to saving the houses in the vicinizy, but in spite of every effort four dwellings on East Sth street were destroyed. At 3:30 a.m. an attack was made on the Emmett. There were over a hundred shots fired, but a telephone message from the mine states that the attack was repulsed and that no lives are known to have been lost and no damage to property resulted. Citizens Under Arms, The Coronado people heard of the com- ing of trouble last night, but the supposi- tion was that the attack was to be made at the Emmett. Soor after the destruction commenced many of the citizens responded quickly armed with rifles and shotguns, but they could do little in fighting the fire and dynamite. The first attack at the Coronado