Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1896-—-TEN PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. RS. NALD, PSYCHOMETRIC READER Mini Test Mediua’-Mecting THURSDAY NIGUT, yographical Hall, G Ft. opposite pension office, ssuisted by Mie. Philips of Baltimore. se23-2c* Keep it well in mind that ‘I never disappoint. Don’t sit idly by with folded hands and expect trade to better itself. In- crease it by advertising. As an inex- pemive medium "use| my patent trp writer circulars. Can't tell them from real typewriting. Call and we'll talk about them at length. BYRON S. ADAMS, 512 11TH ST. Be23-14d SPECIAL NOTICE— "To whom It may concern: Notice is hereby given that my husband, William I. Schneider, has no power or authority to contract for me in any mat- ter whatsoever nor will I be bound by any con- tract, purchase or sale that he may make for me or upon my account or in relation to any of my property. MARY A. SCHNEIDER, 8e22-3t* 224 East Ca T ADVERTISE THAT T WILL NOT BE RESPO: sible for any bills contracted by mg son, J.C. obb, commonly called Joe Cobb, of Mount Pleas- He is now twenty-one yeats of age. CLARENC COBR. W, D. HADGER WISHES TO ANNOUNCE To HIS friends and patrous that he is now located at S11 14th st. nw. Repatring a specialty. sel9-1w* THERE STILL te feu sets, ing ef Led room ple and. y large pier ghtss House 1 excell carpets, mutiting. mantel crnameats, pletures, efe.; must be rounds for sal MENTAL WROt SN RAILINGS, ‘ates, Hinges and Escutcheons, Window ete. 3 property. No charge hes and estimates. Wrought Iron Gas Andirons, vrs, cte., ete. J. i. ‘Tile Shop, 520-522 13th ‘st. fel DR. N. WILLIS POMEROY Announces the removal of bis w. se15-3w* DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY installments. T. W. STUBBLEFIELD, D.D.8., ap2o-tt ‘Mertz bldg., 11th and F sts. A CORDIAL “WELCOME HOME” IS EXTENDED TO ALL OUR RETURNING FRIENDS AND PATRONS. It is our desire this coming winter to extend the sale of our fee among those who have hither- to not given it a trial. All we ask is a trial. A cordial and earnest invitation is extended to every one interested in securing the very best ice for every home use to visit our works, and there Bee every process employed in the production of “HYGIENIC ICE"—the only ice so wade of pure spring water In this city. Every intelligent per- son who bay thus visited our works has invari- ably preferred “Hygienic Ice" to any other. For this reason YOU are thus invited. ‘The works are at 15th and E sts. ne.—3 squares from the eastern terminus of the Columbia cable Failway and 4 squares frum the Metropolitan. THE HYGIENIC ICE Co., Utfice 1423 F st. new. THIs IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE FIRM OF Acker & Kenner, composed of Albert E. Acker and Harry W. Kenner, dolug a drug business at 142 Pa. ave. o.w., has been this day dissolved by “mutual consent. Mr. Albert E. Acker will continue the business at the old stand, and is authorized to settle up all the transactions of the late firm. ALBERT E. ACKER. sel2-3w HARRY W. KENNER. HAVE YOU VISITED. CLEVELAND PARK? Cal or send for booklet. Office, GIO 14th st. sel2 sell BICYCLING Fok HEALTH is best done on the “Colambia— che standard of the world for wheels. The greatness of the Columbia ts evidenced by the fact that other makers strive to make their wheels “just as good." POPE MFG. CO. J. Hart Brittain, Manager, 452 Pa. fei-tt te. We Preach “Purity” for we know that Obl Re- t sort ner ~all the * is pure to the om it has gain- ive—as a is the ir bave “1 athe house. Only $1 qt. Jes. Tharp, 812 F St. Led low prices, Upp, 421 rith St. ti sot-Lid Get Out of Tie Rut of buying yonr pafats and materials on credit. and sour business will soon be- gin to us find $t possible by working che Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th. Paints, Otis, Varnishes, Glass. et Let Us Have Your Ideas —if you wa Furniture er you. Onr f: are mod-rnly equipped skilied and experienced. ease T. W. Smith’s Lum Ast st. and Ind. ave. Not ‘‘Auction Bicycles,” BUT BICYCLES AT AUCTION PRICES. We have in stock some twenty-five or thirty men's $65 Bicycles, 1896 patterns, new every wey, and fully up-to-date Ia all respects, that ‘we are going to sell at the low price of THIRTY DOLLARS CASH. Fitted with either G. & J. or M. & W. “Quick Repair’ tires, and fully uaranteed by the makers. Bear in mind, these are not RAMBLERS, thouzsh we bave a very few slightly used Ladies’ Ramblers, "95 and 96 patterns, recently over- hauled and refinished, which we can give you bargains on. As sald above, there are not many of them, and the carly buyer gets the bargain. ‘Take a glance at the $30 Bicycles in our win- dow at 1325 14th nw. set-1f28 GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO. ‘The Independent Ice Co.’s yellow wagons deliver pure Kennebec Ice to all parts of the city and Mt. Pleasant—daily. Prompt service. Rea- sonable rates. OFFICES, 910 Pa. ave.—3108 Water st. ntel. a cane r Yd., 12 ——— Advice on the Sunday Leave Question. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Ster: While the great majority of his country- men are trying to save the land from threatened financial turmoil and commer- cial disaster, your correspondent, “Jus Civile” is wrestling with the mighty prob- lem how government clerks, when taking their arnual leave, may avoid being docked for Sundays. He admits that ke is not quite equal to the task, and requests those learned in the law to enlighten him. I am not a lawyer, but have no hesitation to give this advice: “Thank God for your job. ‘Jus,’ for in these hard times it is not to be sneezed at. And, if you den’t want to fer Sundays, take your vacation Ss at a time, from Monday to Satur- ‘Then your leave will em- <ks, instead of the one month out of the twelve which I believe the law contemplates.” No cha: - Hills et ux. 2 ap lot 2, bik. Frances B. Squier, 26, Columbia Helzht<; Morrison et_ux. to Abner P. Bigelow, sq. 105: $10. % oe to same, lot 56, sq. 210; $10. ze to Wm.” A. Mills, lot 16, sq. 237; $10. in T. Sinner et ux. to Frances E Plizger- inal lot 27, sy. 513; $10. ‘Talbert et ux. to Louis Melius, lot 22, Lind: $10. ington iteal Estate Company to District of Columbia, part original lots 18 and 20, sq. 101; $2,523. A, Young et ux. to Cecilia F, Young, lot West to Lester A. Barr and Franklin lot 51, sq. 724; $10. Lester A. Barr et ux. et al. to Mary H. West, lot 46, bik. 33, Columbia Heights; $10. glee Moxley to Geo. T. Sheldon, part oq. S17: 0. A. Lingoln Hough to Maria A. Hough, lots 1, 2, 3, bik. :S. Wesley Heights; $1. ‘Johu Sinclatr et ux. to Mary A. Kinney, lot 42, . 380; $10, “Som Wolf et al., trustees, to Mary C. Talbarz, part lot 6, Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains (Xo. ¥81 Frorida avenue northwest). INGALLS ON SILVER The Railroad President Speaks at Norfolk. HIS VIEW OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUE} He Champions the Cause of the Farmer. WHAT IT MEANS eee See M. E. Ingalls, president of the Chesa- peake and Ohio rcad, spoke at Norfolk last night before the Norfolk Sound Money League, in the Academy of Music, with an audience of about 2,000 people present. ‘The naval post band furnished music. The audience was respectful throughout, but it was clear that there were a good many silver men present from the frequent com- ments offered. When Mr. Ingalls spoke of Bryan and his garg he was sharply hissed. In the course of his speech Mr. Irgalls said: “There is one thing that Mr. Bryan may be thanked for, and that is he states the question fairly; he has not shirked it, and we have got no dodging this time among the politicians. The question to be settled by a jury of the people at this election is ‘Shall we establish the free coinage of sil- ver at the ratio of 16 to 1? The ratio 16 to 1 means that sixteen ounces of silver in such coinage shall have the same basis, the same value, as one ounce of gold. An ounce of silver upon that basis is worth $1.29, while I suppose there is not a school- bey in the land that does not know that he can go to market and buy it for sixty-five cents, and this free coinage law, if it pass, not only gives the right to our own citizens to take their silver to the mints, but it can be brought in, whether it is mined in Aus- tralia, Siberia, South America, Mexico or Colorado. Mr. Bryan tells you that free coinage will raise the price of silver from 65 cents to $1.29 per ounce. “Anybody of any commercial sense will tell you that is impossible. What is coin- age? It is simpiy the stamping of a piece of metal, giving its weight. In this country these people ask, after such a piece is stamped, that it shall also be made legal tender in peyment of debts, but the coin- age by the government can give no value except as between its own citizens. What makes the value of coin—gold and silver— is its commercial value, and you can no more fix in this country the value of silver, regardless of the world, than you can fix the value of apples or wheat or corn or anything else that is produced and used all over the world. Gold Enough. “They will tell you that for years gold and silver were nearly of the same value. That is true, because the production of both metals was limited, and the wants of commerce were large, but of late years gold has become the standard, and Its produc- tion largely increased, so that with the ' present system of credit it is amply suffi- cient for all commercial exchanges; and, further, the production of silver has in- creased enormously and out of proportion to the gold. Take the year 1873, because that is the favorite year of the populists, and the production of silver in the world Was 63,000,000 ounces, while the production of gold was 44),000 ounces, about one- twelfth as much gold produced as silver. Now, in 1895 the production of silver had increased to 176,000,000, while gold, which had increased beyond the expectations of everybody almost, had only increased to 9,800,000, In the year 1873 the production of gold was one-twelfth that of silver. while in 189 it was only one-eighteenth. And this production of silver, my friends. had been after it had been demonetized practically by all the leading nations of the world for twenty years; and if you produce 176,000,000 of silver with the lim- ited market it has had. how -much do you think can be produced if this gr country of ours should undertake to stamp all that was produced, and the value of it should be doubled by this process, as Mr. Bryan claims? Why, the production would be tripled and quadrupled. He sa‘d in his Madison Square speech that silver was found and not produced. By the same rea- son you may say thet iron and coal are found. Of course they are, but the ques- tion of their production depends upon well- known methods of mining, the cost of the same and the price which they will bring, and there is no limit to the amount that can be produced with the present ap- pliances, and therefore you may as well at- tempt ‘to lift the earth as to attempt to j Keep the value of silver at $1.29 an ounce by free coinage when it is only 65 cents in the markets of the world. “If the overvaluation of silver of less than three per cent by Alexander Hamilton in 172 drove all the gold out of the coun- try; if the overvaluation of gold in 1834 of iess than five per cent drove all the silver cut of this country, how in God’s name are you going to keep them both here when silver is ss} cents on the doliar, and you pro- pose to value it in comparison with gold at 100 per cent? Why, no, they don’t ex- pect to do it. If they did, the populist gang who are in favor of it would not want it. What they want is a53-cent dollar,and if you listen to their speeches you will find that is what they say, in order that they may pay this great indebtedness that they talk atout. Farmer and Laborer. “It has been a struggle for the last five hundred years among the laboring men to get their rate of pay advanced, but by this @igantic conspiracy with one stroke of the pen you cut their wages in two, and how many years will {t take to get them back? Take the men who digs coal out of the earth; he toils down in the darkness for | bis peltry dollar and a half. Today it is as gcod as gold. You pay him in your depre- c.ated money and he has to pay more for bis house rent and more for his clothes and bread and meat. Who makes it up to him? How long will it take nim to get his wages raised? Take the poor sewing woman, who toils night und day for her paltry wages to get a bare subsistence, and takes her garments down to the store and receives her pay in your 53-cent dollar, who is to keep the wolf from her door and furnish bread and clothing for her and her little family when you have depreciated your standard? “They say that farmers are in favor of this. Why should they be? If the farmer sells his corn he will get his pay in this deprectated money; what he has to-pay will be paid out in the same, and the only dif- ference will be in the surplus. If he owes debts, and, as I said, cun find any way to pay them in this depreciated money, he may make something by it, but in the name of the honest farmer of this country I re- pudiate the charge; I deny that he is seek- ing some opportunity to repudiate his debts. “This whole scheme is an attempt to get into power by appealing to the ignorance and dishoresty of the country. Now, I might fear for it if I had not the most implicit faith In the integrity and intelli- gence of the American people. In every school district in this land, at every cross- road, in every church, on every doorstep, this question is going to be discussed, and I nave the most sublime faith that the Amer- ican people will never agree to debase their currency and turn back in the tide of civ- flization. We have been since 1836 on a gold standard. The whole scheme and ar- gument of some of the so-calied democrats and poptlists is that we are having hard times, and !f we will establish the free coin- age of silver we will have good times, Cause of Hard Times. “My friends, why shouldn't we kave hard times? If you had a partnership of five gentlemen, we will say five brothers, who were developing some property, if they had to have money to develop that property, and two of the partners should at all hours and times say that they expected to pay off what money they got for develop- ing that property in dollars worth fifty FREE TO ALL!! WATCHES, KNIV! RAZORS, PICTU! PIPES and other valuable articles in exchange for coupons with MAIL POUCH TOBACCO. (Sold by all dealers.) One coupon in each 5-cent (2-ounce) pac re UPONS EXPLAIN HOW TO SECURE THE ABOVE Packuges (now un sale) containing ne coupons will be accepted as cozpons— “2-oz."" empiy bag as one coupon. Send for filus- trated catalogue gi complete list and descrip- tion of all articles, also tells how to get chem. THE BL@CH BROS. TUBACCO CO., Wheeling, W- Va. my 25-m,W,f,tf THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANAIORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Bolld lines are 1so- bars, or lines cf eqval air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch, Dotted Hues are isotherms, cr lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. treas of high and low barometer. LIGHT FROSTS PREDICTED. They Will Occur Tomorrow Morning, uit the Day Will Be Warmer. For the District of Columbia and Mary- land, fair; clightly warmer Thursday, pre- ceded by light frosts Thyrsdsy morning; northerly winds, shifting to southerly. For Virginia, fair; warmer Thursday; ght frosts in western portion Thursday morning; northerly winds, becoming vari- able. Weather conditions and general forecast— ‘The barometer has risen rapidly over the districts east of ‘the Mississippi and fallen rapidly in the northwest; it is highest over the Ohio valley and low to the northeast of New England and over Montana. It is generally colder, except in the north- west. and frosts are reported this morning throughout the Ohio valley and lake re- gions. The weather is generally clear this morn- ing east of the Rocky mountains. Local showers are reported from Rocky mountain stations and from the south Atlantic and New England coast. Generally fair weather will prevail from New England southwestward to the gulf states, with slowly rising temperature Thursday, preceded by frosts in New Eng- land and the middle Atlantic states. ‘The following heavy precipitation, in The words “High” and “Low’’ show location of Small arrows fly with the wind. inches, was reported during the past twen- ty-four hours: Cape Henry, 1.48; Hatteras, Charleston, 1.66; Goldsboro, N. C., 1.50; Newberne, N. C., 1.58. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 69; condi- tien, 36. Receiving reserveir, temperature, 71; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 36. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 70; condition at in- fluent gate house, 26; effluent gaté house, 36. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 2:49 a.m. and 2:55 p.m.; high tide, 8:32 a.m. and 8:54 p, ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:26 a. 8:28 pm.; high tide, 9:06 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:49; sets, 5:55. Today—Moon Tomcrrow—Moon rises, The City Lights, All gas lamps are lighted tonight by 6:48 P.m.; extinguishing is begun at 5:13 a.m. Public arc lamps are lighted at 7:03 p.m. and extirguished at 4 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 48; 2 p.m., 57; maximum, 59; min- imum, 47. cents, do you suppose they would get the meney to develop that property? Do you suppose that any business can prosper where its credit is attacked day out and day in? There has rot been a day for the last three years that the air has not been full of stories that we were going to es- tablish the free coinage of silver, and the result has been that foreign capital was frightened; it did not come to us. What we had has been taken away, £0 far as they could get it. Men have hoarded their money; and they have been afraid to go into business, for it was uncertain what the result would be, and on top of this you have been short of revenues to pay the expenses of the government. Why have you been short? Because Senators, popu- lists, have held up the nation and said you shall not havé any legislation unless you give us the free coinage of silver. Why should you not have hard times un- der these circumstances? And, let me tell you, in my humble judgment, you will have bad times until you settle once for all that your credit shail remain untarnish- ec and be as good as gold.” — RAVAGED BY FLOOD AND FIRE, Appalling Destruction in the City of Kobe, Japan. The city of Kobe, Japan, was recently wiped out by a disastrous conflagration on August 26 and floods and storms and earth- quakes caused the loss of 2,50 lives and the destruction of millions of dollars’ worth of property in northern Japan. ‘The steamer Doric, from the orient, has brought news of a series of catastrophes that wave befallen the mikado’s realm that are unprecedented in its history. In Gifu prefecture 4,200 homes were blown down, and along the Haji-Gawa 400 persons lost their jives. The severest storm occurred on August 40. Along the isatsugawa 4 lives were lest. The great flood was preceded by seve earthquakes; then foliowed a downpour such as has never befcre been experienced on the islands. The European residents were panic-stricken and sought shelter on the high lands. The Minatogawa overflow- ed its banks at midnight of the 26th ulti- mo and the waters inundated streets and fields, sweepirg away 3) houses and drown- ing 20 persons at Kobe. After twelve hours’ work the broken embankments were repaired by sand bags. ‘To make the fate of Kobe worse, a fire broke out late in the evening and, ‘fanned by the high wind, spread over ‘the entire city. VOU Houses Destroyed. One thousand nine hundred blocks, in- cluding 2,260 houses and twelve go-downs, were destroyed totally and ten houses, two police boxcs, one fire brigade station, four temples and one theater. ‘The burnt area comprises ten streets. The total damage by tire was 1,000,000 yen. On September 1, in Rokugo district, a ter- rible series of earthquakes shook the coun- try. Nine ‘people were killed there and more than forty at Hataya, Senya, Taka- ashi, Yokohori, Yokozawa, Nagashida, Shimzu and Fujik, where the disaster was especially great. The hills at Senya crack- ed; tire broke out here and there; water gushed out on many places, and rumblings continue. At Obononai eleven fersons were killed. At Rokogu the people killed were more than twenty, and houses overturned about 1,000, A ferry boat at Hizuma capsized and twenty Japanese and whites Icst their lives. +06) THE COURTS. Equity Court No, 1—Judge Cox. Armes agt. Armes; rule to show cause. Cruit agt. Cruit; sales finally ratified. Lunacy of Dowden; order appointing com- mittee. Johnson agt. Johnson; order al- lowing petition to amend biil and limiting time to take testimony. Ferry & Company agt. Morton et al.; order fixing time for hearing upplication for injunction. Hughes agt. McMenamin; order of reference to auditor. Kent agt. Kent; order of refer- ence to examiner. Newmon agt. Newman; order vacating order of Octover 23, 1895. Smith agt. Geneste; order vacating pro confesso. Barnum agt. Geneste; do. Dud- ley agt. Wood et al.; order for production of infants in court. Leopold agt. Leopold; divorce a vin. mat. granted. Leonard agt. Whaley et al.; order dissolving restraining order and denying motion for receiver and injunction. In re Chas. L. Smith; decree authorizing change of name to Louis Bey- er, jr. Apple agt. Tennant et al.; order appointing Thos. B. Stahl receiver. Hen- drix agt. Nichols et al.; order modifying restraining order, Genying motion for re- ceiver and referring cause to auditor. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Jane Boyd; will filed. Estate of Sarah M. Green; do. In re Wallace A. Bartlett, guardian; order allowing expendi- ture of $30. Estate of Fendall E. Alex- ander; wiil filed. Estate of Kate Field; will partly proved. Estate of Dennis D. Hen- nessey; citation returned served. Estate of Mary J. D. C. Claudy; will partly proved. Probate Court—Judge Cox. Estate of John Murphy; will filed. Estate of Sarah M. Green; affidavit filed. Estate of Jno, D. Angell; petition for letters of administration filed. Estate of Robert M Murdy; answer of exccutor filed. In ce Chas. Walter, guardian; receipt filed. In re Chas. R. Kengla, guardian; order allow- ing subscription to certain certificate of Metropc¢tan Railroad Company. Estate of Timothy F. Green; release filed. Estate of Thomas Connors; account filed. ———_ Changed Hix Name. Judge Cox today granted the petition of Charles Louis Smith, filed several days ago, asking authority to change his name to Louis Beyer, jr. —_—-—_ Wants a Divorce. Rosie Smith today petitioned for divorce from Charles 8. Smith, the papers in the case being withheld from publication. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Opening of Linthicum Institute Early ein October. Work on the Union Station—Local Notes cf All Sorts From Across the Rock Creek. Linthicum Institute will,reopen for the season of 18% on Monday evening, Oc- tober 5, at 7 o'clock. This has been the usual time for the commencement of the schcol term, but this year it was expected that the institute would open some time later. Practically the same teachers and the same course of studies, will be pursued this year. On Monday evenings, there will be free-hand drawing, spelling, geography and shorthand; Tuesday evening, elocution, penmanship and bookkeeping; Wednesday evening, arithmetic, algebra and geometry and mechanical and architectural drawing; Thursday evening, penmanship and book- | keeping; Friday evening, chemistry and physics. The tuition of the school is free, and everything is furnished the scholars with- out charge, all that is required on the part jof the scholar being attendance and the habit of studying. The old puplis in at- tendance last year will not need application blanks for this year’s studies, but to all new scholars it is necessary to make out an application for admission. ‘These applica- tions will be made out almost every even- ing of the opening week, and the second week the school will start in for regular werk, This is one of the few institutions in the country where the scholars are fur- nished everything free, and is designed to furnish the working boys a chance for an education. The faculty Messrs. Jame: in mathematics; E. B. Hay, instructor in elo- cution, penmanship and bookkeeping; R. C. Ballinger, instructor in free-hand drawing, this year will consist H. ‘Taylor, instructor of spelling, geography and shorthand; Ed- ward L. Dent, instructor in mechanical and architectural drawing; Wilil: Hedrick, in- structor in chemistry and physics, and Na- than Weill and Frank J. W! el = pee J. Wissner, assist- Union Depot. The work on the new univn depot is being carried on at a rapid rate, and the brick work on the structure ts now almost com- pleted. The main bulk of brick has been laid, and men are now engaged in building an additional story, which will be half the size of the building, and which will front on Prospect avenue. The iron work has all been put i:. place, with the exception of the roof cf tne addition. The front of the building, with its massive stone center piece, is under the work of the stone carver, and rough lines of pretty ornamental work already appear from the uncut stone. At the rate the work on ihe building has been Pushed, it is expected that it will be ready fcr occupancy in a few months. The in- terior decorations will be very limited, and almost all of the outside work has been completed. Arlington Stock Yards. At the Arlington stock yards Monday con- siderable live stock was sold at fair prices. There were fifty-eight head of cattle put up, which sold at the following quotation: Rest, 3% and 4 cents per pound; good, 3 and 3 1-3 cents; medium, 2% and 3 cents; com- mon, 2 and 2% cents. There were 555 sheep and lambs placed on sale, going at the fol- lowing prices: Sheep, 2’and 3 cents per pound; lambs, 4 and 4% cents; calves, 4nd -4 cents. There were tea cows and calves Placed on sale, which went from $20 to $45 per head. The state of market was brisk for all kinds of stock. An Accident. There was an accident this morning about 8 o'clock at the corner of 35th and O streets, in which a conductor on the Metropolitan railroad was the victim. His name could not be learned, and he was taken care of by friends. There were two wagons stand- ing at the corner of 35th and O streets, the outside one belonging to the | Washington Brewing Company. A car w4s coming up the street, and, not seeing the wagon, the conductor stepped out on. the sideboard to collect some fares. He struck the wagon ard was bruised considerably by a col- lision. Notes. The Rev. Mr. R. S. Tharine of South Caro- lina ts staying with friends at 1515 29th street. Mr. J. T. Petty, auditor for the District, and his son J. Marshal Petty are at Front Royal, Va., on a visit. Miss Brown, who has been visiting at Langdon, as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Alderman, has returned home. Edward Shoo, a bicyclist, while riding on the Conduit road, collided with a team, and fractured one of the bones of his foot. Miss Daisy Louise Fox has opened up two studios in Washington, one at 1006 M street and the oer at 118 Maryland ave- nue northeast, i connection with the one she is conducting in Georgetown. ———__ Mahogany chiffonieres worth $38 are gc- ing for $25 at Moses’ furniture cale.—Advt. ——— Will Filed Today. The will of the late John Murphy, dated February 11, 1896, filed today, appoints his widow, Rose Murphy, executrix of the es- tate, and makes her sole beneficiary. “THE GRIP OF GOLD’|MR. THACHER’S MIX-UP Chairman Faulkner on Chairman Bab- cock Styling It a Forgery. 10 CIRCULATE BISMARCK'S LETTER Thinks West Virginia is Sure to Go for Bryan. HEADQUARTERS HERECLOSED There are indications that Chairman Bab- cock of the republican congressional com- mittee and Chairman Faulkner of the dem- ocratic committee are going to lock horns in a lengthy debate over the alleged forg- ery of an article which is sald to have appeared in the London Financial News two years ago. The silver managers, as has been stated in The Star, have been giv- ing the article, which they say is genuine, widespread notoriety, because it is a splen- did campaign document, from their point of view. It is an admission that the United States, should it adopt the free coinage of silver, would be able to force England to her position and would ruin Great Britain by taking away from her the trade of the eastern countries. Chairman Babcock, in an interview in The Star yesterday, pronounced the article a forgery. He sald the republican man- agers had a letter from the editor of the Financial News declaring that no such article ever appeared in that paper under date of March 10. Mr. Babcock charges that the date of the appearance of the article has now been changed to April 30, 18#4. Commenting today on the interview of Chairman Babcock, Chairman Faulkner sald: “We have never circulated any article en- titled the ‘Grip of Gold,’ and we have never said the article appeared under date of March 10. It is all very well to get the London Financial News to deny something which never appeared in its columns and which we do not say did appear there. We are confident, however, which we are circulating is bona fide. know it is genuine. Let the repuv! managers and Mr. Babcock get a denial of the article which appeared April 30. The clipping which we have shows its genuine- ness. It contains London advertisements on the back. When we see a denial of the editor of the paper we will then investigate, but there will be no denial. It is also well for the republicans to deny something which was not charged. Let them aeny what is charged.” West Virginia. Chairman Faulkner said he is much amused at statements appearing in the papers that West Virginia will go republi- can. “It is sure for Bryan,” he said. “Have the democrats made a poll of the state?” he was asked. He admitted that a poll had been made, and when asked the result said it shows democratic gains and the state certain tor Bryan. He declined to give figures, how- ever. He said he had never heard a re- publican claim the state by over 10,000 ma- jority until the statements recently appea! ing. that the article We Binmarck's Letter. Prince Bismarck’s letter to Governor Cul- berson of Texas, approving the free coin- age of silver, is to be made a campaign documert by the democratic and silver managers. In addition to its circulation in various other ways it is to be put in the democratic hand book. The managers em to be immensely pleased with th ietter. All the information received. at headquarters since the opening of the campaign has been that the Germans and Scandinavians were almost solidly opposed to Bryan. There is little doubt teat the number of letters received by democrats, populists and silver party appealing for German and Scandinavian hterat will run into the hundreds. invariably shown that unless someth could be done these votes would be against Bryan in every middle wes state. Thousands of documents rn printed in these languages und sent where they would do the m It is now believed that if it can be freely circulate German, will do more good among that class of voters than all the eches which could be sent out. The veneration in which s held by his former countrymen hing wonderful, and the silver ‘s count on this to iis fullest ex- tent. The letier of the prince i be printed in both German and English, there will be thousands of copies of it. The Minnesota Situation, John D. Smith of Minneapolis, who heads the list of fusion electors in M:nnesota, is in the city, and was at democratic head- quarters today. Mr. Smith has been can- vassing the state, an] says ne 1s sure Min- nesota will vole for Bryan. He says the farmers and laboring men are solidly for silver, but charges that they are being coereed in many ways. the laboring men are being forced to join McKinley clubs, and that the loans made by banks to farmers are being called in. Speakers in West Virginia. The democratic leaders here have ar- ranged for a trio of well-known campaign speakers to assist Mr. Bryan on his stump- ing tour through West Virginia. They will include Representative Benton McMillin of Tennessee, Jeff Chandler of California and Stilson Hutchins of New Hampshire. All of these speakers will not be present at the same time at each place where the candi- date speaks, but they will be shifted about so that one or more will precede or follow him, as the case may be. Thus, while Mr. nd Bryar. is at one place, another speaker will | be ahead of him at the next point on his itinerary, and will open the meeting an hour or’ more before Mr. Bryan arrives. The speaker that follows Mr. Bryan at a meeting will, after he is through, take the next train for the second point ahead on the route and be prepared to begin the speechmaking preparatory to the candi- date’s coming. The managers believe, by this means, that with these speakers great- er enthusiasm will be aroused, and good results attained. Branch Hendquarters Cloned. The local branch headquarters of the democratic national committee have been closed aid will not be reopened. The branch was opened at the beginning of the campaign with the idea of supplying liter- ature for democratic newspapers, but it has been found that this work could be more effectively done in Chicago than in Washington. The work will hereafter be done from that point under the direction of ex-Congressman Richardson of Tennes- see, as was originally intended it should be here. The democratic congressional com- mittee will continue its work here under the direction of Senator Faulkner. Mr. Bryan’s Itinerary. John T. McGraw, national committeeman for West Virginia, has announced Mr. Bryan's itinerary for that state. Mr. Bryaa will leave Washington over the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad at 8 o'clock on the morning of the 30th instant, and will reach Harper's Ferry at 9:40, remaining twenty minutes, and making an address from the train platform. He will reach Marginsburg at 10:30 and remain there one hour and fifteen minutes. At Cumberland he will step fifty-fiv minutes, reaching that place about 2 From Cumberland he goes to Keyser over the West Virginia Central, reaching that point at and remaining an hour and a half. He will spend the night at Graf- ten, making a speech there during the evening. Leaving Grafton at 6 on the morning of October 1, the first stop, which will be for an hovr and thirty minutes, will be made at Clarksburg at 10 o'clock. Parkersburg will be reached at 2:30, and an hour spent there. He will hold a night meetirg at Wheeling and will then pro- ceed to Charleston, st which place he will be due at 10 o'clock on the morning of October 2. After stopping for an hour and a half at Charleston he will proceed via the Chesapeake and Ohio on a special train to Huntington, which point he will reach at 1:30. After an hour and a half at Huntington he will take the regular train west on the Chesapeake and Ohio for St. Louis, where he is to address the ccrvention of democratic clubs on the 3d of October. These letters have | He alleges that | The Trouble His Letter Has Caused in the Tammany Oamp. and Hill Both Disgusted— Threats Which May Net Be Made Good. heehan Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 23.—The letter which John Boyd Thacher wrote to the chairman of the state committee accepting the nomination as candidate for governor has “mixed the children up” worse than Little Buttercup did in “Pinafore.” Mr. Thacher has been counted as firmly a gold- standard democrat as any democrat in this state. It was he who made the speech at the Saratoga convention in June which set the pace for the subsequent indorsement of the single gold standard in the platform. Now Mr. Thacher says he proposes to stand for the gold standard just as firmly as he did in June, but he’s guing to vote for Bryan and Sewall. ‘fhe sound money democrats who sent delegates to the Indianapolis convention will nominate a candidate of their own. Some of Mr. Thacher's friends thought he could “straddle” the question judiciousiy enough to secure the indorsement of th sound money men. They do not see ft in that light, and have laughed Mr. Thacher out of court. The Tammany men, headed by John C. Sheehan, were largely responsible at Buf- falo for the nomination of Mr. Thacher. The precise part which Senator Hill, who remained at home at Wolfert’s Roost, but within reach of Buffalo by long-distance telephone, had in the nomination of Mr. Thaeher ts not definitely known. Some of the experts say that Hill had a great deal to do with it, and that he selected Mr. Thacher beceuse he thought sound money democrats would indorse him. Now bo’ Mr. Hill and the Tammany men are very | much disgusted with what Mr. Thacher has done. He has declared so emphatically for gold that the Tammany men who drew the free silver platform are sick and tired of it, and he has declared so warmly for Bryan and Sewall that Mr. Hill is disgust- ed. The result is a pretty thorough condi- tion of demoralization all around. Mr. Shechan and His Threat. In addition to this, Mr. Sheehan, as the nominal leader of Tammany Hall, has been threatening to make trouble in the wig- wam, or rather for men who up to this year have always been prominent in the councils of the wigwam. He says that any man who does not give loyal support to Bryan and Sewall will be put upon his “lit- tle list." He will be remembered in the future, and will get no favors from the organization. Mr. Shechan makes it very emphatic. This doubtless reflects his senti- ments, but it is amusing to see Mr. Shee- han proscribing such men as ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant, ex-Recorder Frederick Smyth, District Attorney John R. Fellows, ex-Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy, John D. Crim- mins, ¢x-Governor Roswell P. Flower, Jas. J. Phelan and the scores, if not hundreds, of other prominent men who have been th backbone of Tammany Hall for, lo, these years, The question is beginnirg to arise, which is the larger and stronger element in e party in this city? If the men who have repudiated Bryan and Sewall aud the platform on which they stand, who have formerly been members of Tammany Hall and were the brains of the organization, were to join forces with the other wing of the party which has for years been arti- fammany and is now for sown] money, there would be such a cicaning out of Tammany Hall as it is now constituted that when Richard Croker gets back he wouldn't recognize it. But it is doubtful if these varioug elements can get together on any other proposition than the one j Which involves a fight against Bryan and Sewall. It is very doubtfal af John C. | Sheehan, althouga the nominal head of the Tammany organization now, will be able to make food his threat. He has no hold on the organization, or any power over it, except as he was nosted {1.to his present position by other men. More- j over, there Is strife against him among the regulars in the organization, and some believe that ke Is taking his present atti- tude for Bryan and Sewall simply because «| Henry D. Purroy, who 1s powerful in semi quarters and is ‘honestly for free s'lver, forced him to do it. If Mr. Purroy had j declared for free silver and nad indorsed (ae Chicago ticket and platform, while M Sheehan and his braves held out, Mr. P roy could have claimed regularit Sheehan would ha been c a have maintained a fight for princip! out the O. K. of the constituted au ties. with- hori- ti He is not familiar with that sort of fighting. Coming Bryan Demonstration. The Tammany organization is going to do the best it can to get up what seems a monster demonstration when Bryan is here on the 29th instant. Printed invitations Lave been sent out to all the district lead- ers by the bale, with instructions to dis- tribute them to all voters without regard to party. Each district leader has heen directed under penalty of losing his official yellow jacket to produce two aundred marching men to take part in a parade when Mr. Bryan gets here. As there are thirty-five assembly districts this will provide for a parade in which there are 7.000 men. Of course, there will be no end of shouting, and the Tammany men will try to persuade Mr. Bryan that this is a genuine outpouring on the part of his admirers. But the mixed-up condition cf things is evident when the question is raised, “What will John Boyd Thacher do on that night?” “Will he attend the meeting, and possibly make a speech?” If so, will he say that he repudiates the Chicago platform on which Mr. Bryan stands because he believes ‘t would be ruin to business interests and dishonor to the American people if the doctrine in it were put into effect, as he did say in | June?” There have been about a thousand stories of the successful sale of “gold bricks” in this state during the last two months. It would require a court of inquiry with au- thority “to send for persons and paper: and administer oaths to determine whether j Mr. Bryan, Mr. Hill, Tammany Hall, John Boyd Thacher or the state comm itee has been the most extensive purchaser. It has been a wholesal> business, according to popular report and belief. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS .. AUCTION SALES. ROARDING city ITEws. COUNTRY BUARD.. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. 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Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. Correspondents of BURG. THALMANN & ©O., Ge6-160 AN AKSC INVESTMENT. AND A handsome. prott itiful howe at ‘Cleveland P Call for a book! G10 14th st. Health of the City. The health of the city, as indicated by the death rate, continues about 2) per cent above the annual average. The deaths in the past week numbered 100, as compared ‘The death with 104 in the preceding w: rates were: For whites, 13 29.2, and for total population, 1 corresponding period of last year the total rate was A review of the diseases prevalent shows no material difference from the last report. Two deaths from diphtheria and two from whooping cough embrace the range of the contagious affections in fatal form. Typho- malarial aitacks caused three deaths and typhoid fever six. Three suicides occurred. Mortality among children under five years old remains at the normal. ‘A review of the meteorological conditions exhibits a mean barometer of 20.84, a mean temperature of the air of 74 degrees, and a mean relative humidity of ##, as against 78 by the last report. There were six cloudy days and one ciear day, with winds averag- ing six miles per hour, and rainfall of .6S of aninch. The thermometer went up to 4 de- grees on Saturday last and fell on the same day to 57 degrees, giving a range of thirty- seven degrees. Of diphtheria ten new cases were re- ported: four houses were released from quarantine, leaving nineteen in isolation. Of scarlet fever two new cases were re- ported; warning card removed from one house, and six remained piacarded. Mar- riages reported, 31, and births, 54. Charged With Vagrancy. Cavel Suxoa, Frank McGuire, Henry Wil- son, John F. Clark, John Hester and John Rollins, alias Elijah Holland, were in the Police Court today as vagrants. They were all sent to the workhouse for periods ranging from fifteen to sixty days.