Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1897, Page 1

SS === THE EVENING STAR. gee PUBLISHED DAILY BXCEVT SUNDAT, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peoney!vania Avenae, Cex. ith St, by n ‘ Co: a Sd rg re ae Kew York C&ce, 49 Petter Buildizg, ghee St hat The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cepts per week, or 44 cents Copies at the where in the Sheet Star, $1 per year, with el, £2.09. nt Wasb!ngtoo, D. C., natter.) ptions must be pald fn advance, tising made known on application. REPORTS ON MOTORS W.F. McFarland Rocite His Expe- riences With Them. HE REACHES A FAVORABLE FINDING Tabulated Statements of the Last Two Public Tests. DIFFICULTIES MANY YET MeFarland of the offleerof the of the District of who was verbally instructed June stigate and repcrt upen the per- of the air moio s Nos. 91 and 400, used on the line of ‘kington and Soldiers’ Ho: Railw submitted te the Engineer Commiss' three reports, under dates ef June 2%, 26 and 1sy7. Mr. McFarland says that both cars are of the same size, being the closed type, mounted on standard nished with hand brakes, and having a seating canacity-of thirty pers. Except ia the ma heating the . r and introducing moisture into the cylin- he on the said cars are the The motors are compound, each al cylinders, with double acting pistons, contro!led by piston valve: He ces the character of the mec! vhich the cars are Propelled and controlied, stating that the sed air, at an initial pressure from «0 pounds square inch, is red in seamless steel bottles, each hav- of one and one-fifth ct > placed under the seats under MeFurland, after describing the f the air, the number of ach and the manner of their fon with the propelling mecaanism, a full history of the way both cars ed on each trip he made upon them, s to report upon the re- ing, as follows, in re- in the floor and plat- a. ‘The Results. s far as speed, carrying capacity and freedom from derangement of machinery are concerned this car appears to me to be satisfactory over the route on which tt has been run. The consumption of air ts very large, not less than twice what is claimed as good practice by the builders, and limits the leneth of run, even under favorable circumstances, to not more than objectionable features. from the passengers’ point of view, are the fire pot ard stove pipe, which have been abolished in the later car; a vibration ¢ perfectly balanced crank dis! gines (not at all serious), and a disagree- able odor. probably caused by gases from re pot and burnt oil from the re- coils. The sound of the air ex- this car is in all re- er than that of No. 91, though tion of air is still excessive; fon it is but fair to call at- to the fact that the 8-foot wheel se on heth t » cars is by no means to the ves on which they are he flanges of the whgels grind heavily on nearly all these curves, absorh a large amount ef power. It vald mentioned that the steam = t available for heating % pounds, whereas that ted in a permanent plant is 300 is, giving a difference in temperature bout 99 F., and a probable gain in h of run of 10 per This car.” he says, “has made continu- rups of eight and eight and a half} on one change of air, as reported over the heaviest grades on the but carried ro passengers and rm: few stops. It climbed the grade at 6th street and Louisiana avenue at slow and would, in my opinion, have the curve at Sth street without i the wheel base been adapted taken this grade three 1, but carried no pas- as well maintained to ent. headway e top of th Question of Safety. Under the head of safety Mr. McFarland le the rupture of a ‘bottle’ under ure is not impossible, {t is certainly bable; the maximum pressure on will always occur at the charging with a steadily decreasing pressure a of the run. matter of laying pipes to carry a ler pressure from the central power & to the recharging points, there = ld be fous difficulty in making t perfectly safe under the pressure u would, of course, be quite neces- Ba > protect them from corrosion: should the pipes be laid as much as four feet below the surface, it is not probable t even in case of rupture any serious 1 result. An obje: seem to be the necessity aving a high pressure steam boiler at ¢ach recharging poin r the purpose of kK water. ive to conduits would tec power stations, at zines would probably have to ensing at a considerable of maintenance. opinion, the type of motor under eration mounted on a car having | wheel base adapted, as far as , to the tracks on which it with possibly a slightly larger eylinders, is suitable for the Some Plans Developed. & the compressor, Mr. MacFar- “The compressor used for experimental purposes is @ small four-step, belt-driven tr, with inter-coolers.and answers fairly for the purp intended. 1 fa power plant and by Superintendent "iington road, consists of a power station in the neighborhood nd H streets southwest, fitted pound condencing engines. This is chosen to permit the use of river water in the condensors and would tale the use of at least two lines one to the vicinity of 7th and B streets northwest. and ene to 13th and D streets northeast.” 2 e No. 13,834. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star matied to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in peraon or by letter. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 conts per month, Invariably in advance. Sub- scriders changing their address from one Post-office to another should Sive the last address as well as the Tew one. GOLD DEMOCRATS’ PLANS Party in Ohio to Meet at Columbus July 10. Chairman Holding Expresses Uncom- promising Hostility to the Candi- dacy of John R. McLean. Speclal Dispatch to The Evening Siar. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 3.—Plans of the Ohio gold democrats have been outlined by Chairman S. H. Holding of the state execu- tive committee as far as they are known at this time. The gold democrats meet in Columbus July 10 and the populists in Au- gust. The prevailing sentiment {s that neither party will place an independent ticket In the fleld, but to predict such a result is out of the question. Chairman S. H. Holding announces that he will not vote for any legislative candi- date who will not swear not to vote for John R. McLean. “For,” says Mr, Holi- ing, “McLean was born with @ silver spoon in his mouth and has no sympathy for the poor man. He thinks every. man has his price, and that he can buy him with money. He has been editing a republican newspaper so long that he is not a con- sistent democrat, and I think further that he is totally unqualified for the United Mr Holding is receiving a large number of letters from gold democrats throughout the state expressing varied opinions as to the advisability of placing an independent ticket iu the field. It is sald that there are at least 50,000 bolting democrats who might be placed in the category of gold demo- crats, but it 1s doubtful whether an inde- pendent ticket cculd command the support of all of these men. In case no ticket is placed in the field, the gold democrats would undoubtedly vote for Chapman, the regular party nominee, and then vote for republican legislators. The fect that the democratic conven- tion indorsed the whole of the Chicago platform has pleased the populists, and furthermore they have no question of Chapman’s free silver record. Therefore It is very probable that the old state organ- ization of this party will not be revived, but that the leaders will swallow their disappointment at not receiving recognition of the ticket. To predict, however, that such will be the case is out of the question, Rear Admiral Left the Brooklyn and Returned to London. SOUTHAMPTON, July 3.—Miss Ellen Mil- ler, the only daughter of Rear Admiral Miller, U.S.N., died in London this morn- ing. Miss Miller had been sick ever since she landed, and 1s believed to have con- tracted typhoid fever while on the passage across the Atlantic. The news of her death reached the ad- miral just as the United States cruiser Brooklyn, his flagship, was on the point of sailing for home. The admiral landed and took the first train for London. The Brooklyn will not sail today. The Government Informed. Secretary Sherman today received the following cablegram from the United States embassy at London: “Regret to report the death of Rear Ad- miral Miller's daughter this morning. (Signed) “REID.” This rews was at once communicated to Secretary Long, and it was followed soon by a cable message, in cipver, from the admiral hims: briefly announcing the event. Secretary Long at orce lirected that Admiral Miller be detached from the Brookiyn, now at Southampton, about to sail for New York, so that he may be ut liberty to come home with the remains of his child at his convenience. The young lady had been i with typhoid fever, and it was on that score expected that it might be necessary to relieve the admival from the operation of his orders to proceed to Honolulu to take command of the Pac'fic station. However, a Jay or two ago he reported that the condition of his daugh- ter had improved, and announced his in- tention of sailing on his flagship, the Brooklyn, for New York. ANDREWS ON BIME1 ALLISM. Professor at Brown University Be- Meves Progress is Being Made. DENVER, Col., July 8—The Rocky Mountain News prints the following tele- gram from Prof. Andrews of Brown Uni- versity in answer to a query as to his ob- servations while abroad of the growth of ‘bimetallic sentimert: “PROVIDENCE, R. L, July 2—Owing to. the manifest strength of the bimetallic in- terest in America, there is actually consid- erable prospect that France will agrce be- forehand to open her mints to silver. “If we reopen ours, even without such an agreement, France is certuin to follow the United States. In case France and the United States proceed, or either alone, Great Britain wili heartily co-operate to the fullest possible extent short of coining full tender silver at London. The India mints will reopen, the Bank of England will lay in a silver reserve and perhaps half sovereigns be withdrawr in favor of sil- ver certificates. Further than this Eng- land will not go. European bimetaliists nearly all think American initiative the sure way to international bimetailism. “EBEN B. ANDREW: —_——_—_ X-GOV. NS DYING. Former Chief Execative of Colorado and Prominent Ploneer. DENVER, Col., July 3—John Evans, for- mer governor of Colorado, and one of the leading public men of the west, is dying at his home in this city. He has been an in- valid for the past two years, during which time he as been confined to the house. A week ago he was taken with an attack of weakness that confined him to his bed, and has been rapidly sinking ever since. ‘The governor was eighty-three years old last March. He was born in Waynesville, Ind., March 9, 1814, and has always been | noted for a vigorous mentality, peti Nite ly Odd Actions of a Minister. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 8.—The Presbyterian ministers of Alameda coun- ty assembled at the Golden Gate Church to install one of their number as pastor, but after the installation sermon had been preached the minister refused to take the pplemental Reports. ‘There are two supplemental reports on further performances of car No. 400. In the these, dated June 26, Mr. MeFar- land, among other things, says: “Tnis car made the trip from 4th and T streets northeast to the Center Market, to Brookland, and back to the power house at 4th and T streets under the following con- ditions: Left 4th and T streets at 6:41 p.m., atrying twenty passenger: a ‘Ateen full stops, evenly distribu: route, between 4th and T stree: and Center Market, one of these stops’ being ce on the Louisiana avenue tangeit be- tween Sth and 6th streets; Center Market ae ed at 78 p.m.; twenty-five passengers on board in descending the 6th street “Left Center Market for return run at 4 p.Im., carrying twenty-one passe: de full stop at 6th and @ streets, and (Continued on Second Page.) office awaiting him. The Rev. Jas. Hunter, who was to have become pastor of the church, refuses to give a reason for his ac- tion. —_-——— Snow Storm at Ledville. LEADVILLE, Col., July 8.—The Fourth of July seascn was appropriately inaug- urated here this morning by a severe snow storm. At this hour a heavy snow is fall- ing and the ground 1s covered tv a depth of an inch. To Investigate a Life Association. BOSTON, Mass., July 3.—The Journal says, on the authority of District Atterncy Stevens: An investigation by the criminal prose- cuting officials relative to the management of the Massachusetts Benefit Life Associa- tion has been begun. If proof of crime committed by ex-officers can be obtained it will be placed before the grand- jury pos- sibly at the next term, beginning Tuesday. DISREGARD OF LAW Investigation of the Civil Service Re- sumed, POLITICS A FACTOR IN DISHISSALS Veterans Who Were Supplanted by Democrats. PRINTING OFFICE METHODS qe ‘The Senate committee on civil service and retrenchment resumed {ts hearings this morning ir tne Maltby building. Mr. Peter ©. *tain, who was on the stand when the comin:*tee adjourned last Satur- day, continued his testimony. He recited his war record, showing gallant service in the Union army. He said his service en- titled him to reinstatement under the law. His record in the office which he held in the bureau of engraving and printing was good. He said that when he was discharged from his position as superintendent of a di- vision in the bureau of engraving and print- ing he suggested that as no charges were made against him, ho should be allowed to fall back into the place from which he had been promoted. Chief Johnson of tho bu- reau had replied that such action would be “equivalent to appointing a republican, aud he could not do that.” Mr. Bain put in evidence a letter from Chief Johnson testifying to the satisfactory service he had rendered. Mr. Bain sald that the ex-Union soldiers who had been dis- missed in the bureau of engraving and printing numbered twenty. He said the men discharged were republicans and those appointed in their places were democrats. He told of cases where men who were ap- pointed as laborers were transferred upon the roils as machinists, which carried an increase of pay, being a promotion without examination. Mr. Bain held that the claim made by the civil service commission that the work of the bureau of engraving and printing was increased by civil service methods pecaese, ae St he ren ee ee a Was talae The civil serviee commission — ee appointees were not doing more work than Seenstty 6 ee the others. The increase in the output =e of the bureau was due entirely to improved MISS ELLEN MILLER DEAD- machinery, and not to the superior ability of civil service employes. Dismissals in Violation of Law. Mr. Wm. Wines was then sworn. He said he proposed to show that dismissals were made in the geological survey in vio- lation of the civil service law. No regard was paid to civil service regulations. “He said he had been a copyist in the geologi- cal survey and was dismissed in September about two years ago. Mr. Wines said he had been in the service about ten years. He read a letter from Maj. Powell, testi- fying in flattering language to his service. He also read a letter from Director Wol- cott of the survey referring to his record fu the bureau in the highest terms. He siid he had estimated that about 4,000 persons in Washington were dismissed un- der the Cleveland administration. Dismissed After Nine Days. Mr. S. P. Donovan then took the stand. He testified that he took the civil service examination last September for composi- tor in the government printing office. He passed and obtained the record of 94, which was considered very high. In De- cember he accepted a temporary appoints ment, in the government printing office and was assigned to the specifications diviston. In this division the work is of a technical and peculiarly hard character. He had been out of employment seven months and was probably a little slow in catching up his speed, but at the end of nine days he was dismissed. Mr. Donovan said he had been a printer for seventeen years and had been engaged upon fine book work in thi and other cities, and after passing a civil service examina- tion and reaching 94, he was very much surprised to be dismissed. The foreman of the division had told him he was sorry to see him go, as he was showing signs of rapid improvement in the technical work, but that it was Public Printer Benedict's orders. Mr. Donovan then went to see Mr. Benedict. He told him he was one of the unfortunates who had been discharged. Thereupon Mr. Benedict interrupted him and satd: “I don’t want to hear any tale of destitution. This is not a charitable insti- tution.” Mr. Donovan told him that it was bus!- ness and not charity about which he talked. He then related his experience to Mr. Benedict, and the public printer told him that he knew nothing of the case, but that the foreman had recommended him for dismissal, and that he must be dis- missed. The public printer remarked to him that he could hardly restrain from venting his indignation at the effrontery which Mr. Donovan had displayed in asking for work. Mr. Benedict had also asked him if he thought that because he had passed the civil service examination the public printer was compelled to employ him. Mr. Dono- van replied in the negative, but said he thought that having passed the examina- tion would give him a better chance for employment. Examination Amounted to Nothing. Mr. Benedict had thereupon informed him that he wanted him to understand that, as far as the public printer was concerned, a civil service examination did not amount to anything. “You have got to pass my examination,” Mr. Benedict had said, “and if you can’t do it you have got to get out.” Mr. Benedict had added that Mr. Dono- van had made a mistake in coming to see him. “Men work here for years,” Benedict had said, “and I n them. But I know you, now, sir.” ‘When he was discharged several of his companions had asked him what political influence he possessed, to which he replied that he had none, but had come in on the civil service examination. Thereupon they had laughed loud and long, and said tha! that accounted for his quick dismissal. ‘They had never seen a man fired out 80 promptly. It was easy enough for them, however, to understand the cause of it now. Mr. Donovan had then waited for a change of administration, and when it came in he asked his representative, with whom he had only a slight acquaintance, to recommend him for employment, as the civil service commission had informed him he was still eligible, and he knew he stood at the top of the list by reason of his good examination. The representative promised to put in a word for him, and he expected to soon get a place. About June 1 there were fifty appointments or more made in the government printing office, ‘among them some of his personal friends, who had pass- ed the civil service examination, but who had a very much lower rank than he had attained. They expressed surprise that he should not get an appointment, as they knew that he had passed higher, and their appointments had come all right. ‘hereupon he went to see Mr. Ricketts, the private secretary of the present public printer, and asked him why" he had not been appointed. Mr. Ricketts replied that they did not know Mr. Donovan, that no application was on file, and that there were i pers in case. Mr. gested that the civil service commission shculd have certified him for intment. Mr. Ricketts admitted that the commis- sion had certified him three times, but Bea neater mame 4 P| ROTH TOOK POISON|NEW YEAR'S The Committee Interested. At this statemerit ‘ot Mr. Donovan’s the committee manifested considerable interest. “It seems to me,” remarked Senator Pritchard, the chairmen, “that this would be @ proper case to be submitted to the clvil service commiszston.”* Senator Pritchard asked him if Mr. Ricketts had put the failure to appoint him upon any other ground than the one of his having no papers on file. Mr. Donovan said he had not, and the in- ference was that his failure to get the Place was because he was “not known” to the public printer. Private Secretary Ricketts had referred to the record of dis- missal which was against Mr. Donovan, but had admitted, laughingly, that he knew the charge of incompetency was all bosh. Senator Harris asked Mr. Donovan why he had not gone to the oivil service com- mission with his case. Mr. Donovan re- plied that he knew it would do no good. Others had gone to the commission with similar cases and had recetved no help. The fault was not with the commission, but with the civil service law, which was no good. The committee then adjourned until next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. eo —______ TO BH TRIED ON HUMAN TARGET. Rullet-Proof Cloth Saved a Dog's kite. CHICAGO, July 8.—Bullet-proof cloth saved the life of a dog. The dog was taken to the Chicago College of Dental Surgery to be shot at. The cloth invented by Casi- mir Zeglen, the monk, shielded the dog from the bullets, and the shaggy-conted lit- tle quadruped went away ab friskily as he came, notwithstanding the fact that two bullets of 44-caliber were fired at him at a distance of ten feet from a. long-barreled revolver, The first shot struck him exactly in a place to break his backbone. He cowered from the shot, but when untied wagged his tail and did not seem fm the leasf degree sore. At the second shot the dog yelped once, but was uninjured. Casimir Zeglen witnessed the shots, which were fired by Lieut. Stanilaus De Kowin Sernecki, the Austrian soldier, who is col- laborating with him in the perfection of the invention. This was the first living object on which the bullet-proof cloth waa tested, and Lieut. Sarnecki was so much elated that he hugged the dog with joy. Then he an- nounced that as soon as another piece of cloth, which was being made, was com- plete, it would be tied over thé breast of a living man and bullets fired at it. The living human target wil be shot at in the dissecting room of the Ciilcago Colleze of Dental Surgery in two-weeks. He is a German resident in the vieinity: of Stanis- laus Church, to which Brother Zeglen is at- tached. His name has not. beem revealed. He does not want to die,,LJeut. Sarneck! says, but he believes the cloth will preveat the bullets from oe him, and is will- ing to make the test. * "Already two presidents ef South Ameri- can republics have writtem for samples of the bullet-proof cloth and self-gneasurement blanks. ; ——— ete ADVANCE GUARD-AT 'FRSSCO. 3 ——, First Detachment of Endeaverers, 300 Strong, Reach the Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July &—The GSrst detachment of the Christian Endeavor hosts reached this icity late Jast--night: About 500 members of the saclety came in in three sections of the- regular eastern train. The first of the speolal trains will arrive Tuesday morning. Endeavyorers Passing Florence, Col. FLORENCE. Col., July $—During the past twenty-four hours thipty-five excur- sion trains have passed through this point over the Denver and Rip Grande. A ma- jerity of the trains made the Royal Gorge in daylight. This has been the greatest day in pas- senger business Im the history of the Rio Grande through the Arkansas Valley. The company is running its passenger trains in two and three sections. Freezing Weather on Pike’s Penk. Special Dispatch to Tbe Evening Star. PIKE’S PEAK SUMMIT, Col., July 3.— Many District of Columbia Christian En- deavorers are on Pike's Peak this morning. The temperature is 32 degrees. Have snow- balled each other. Our trip grows in inter- est and pleasure. ~ > MMS. Second Washington Party at Denver. DENVER, Col., July 3.—The second party of Washington Endeavoters arrived here on schedule time. All are well and had a delightful trip. Ail are delighted: with the hospitable reception accorded us here. W.T. > CALLS IT A ROMANCE. Mrs. Bradbury’s Cheerful View of Her Recent Elopement. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 3.—Mrs. Bradbury, the wife of @ Los Angeles mil- Honaire, who eloped with H. Russell Ward, now talks freely of her escapade. She and Ward have taken rooms tn a lodging hovse in the Tenderloin distriet,- and after cr- dering a meal from a. Rrench restaurant, she said: “You may cal} this either a love match or a scandal, I prefer to call it a ro- mance. Col. Bradbury was a kind husband, but I have happiness with Mr. Ward. He can support me, and I have no fear cf de- sertion.”” Mrs. Bradbury denies that she pawned all her jewels, but confesses to a shortage of ready money. She proposes to have a good time, and seems surprised that her capitalist husband has not pursued her. Mr. Ward prefers not to talk about his wife and children, who ate now abroad. —_-— COLONY OF RUSSIAN JEWS. Seek Homes on Government Lands in Calitornt: SAN FRANCISCO, Cai., July 3—The ad- vance guard of 4 Russian Jewish colony for California, consisting of thirty-five able-bodied men, under the guidance of Ephriam Deinard, the promoter pf the col- onization scheme, ieft Philadelphia last Sunday, and will arrive in this city today, having stopped on the way one day, be- cause they would not travel om the Sab- bath. These thirty-five men. represent a colony of 150 families, with about 1,200 souls, who are to settle on government lands in California. a Deinard is a semitic scholar aud a writer of some prominence, and’ hes telken a deep interest in the condition of hisspersecuted and oppressed co-religionists in Russia. =. oe a BETTER FOOB FOR THE POOR, — <8 California State Untversity Zo Inves- tigate Food Used by, Laborers. OAKLAND, Cal., July &—The food of San Francisco laborers is to be analyzed by the professcre at the State University. Professor M. E. Jaffe, the head of the dietetic department, has just decided that elaborate investigationg, shall be under- taken. Several hundred iles-of the wage-earning class will bé called upon to take part. er ‘When the statistics have all collect- ed and tabulated it is ex; ed poor fami- Mes will be able to live ch less expen- sively than they do now, @nd atthe same time on @ more healthful, it. —_-+—— $ Discontinued as a Depositers. ‘Tha Secretary of the Treasury hds @i- rected the disccntinuance: of the City Na- Bank of Catro, Ill, as a, depository of public moneys, js > é Narrow Escape From Death of a Man and Woman. DR. STEELE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Taken to Hospital and His Life Saved. ~ OTHER CASE MYSTERIOUS See Dr. Alfred Steele, whose profession calls him to exert his efforts to save life, made an attempt last night to end his own life, but ho did not succeed. He followed the example of his father, he says, although the latter succeeded in his effort. Three or four years ago, so the doctor says, his father committed suicide at a house on E street northwest between 9th and 10th streets, by taking chloral. The doctor is a young man, not yet thirty years old, and he is @ cripple. It is said that he has never had the use of one of his legs, and that he has always walked on crutches. Recently his eyesight has been failing him, and this, he says, caused him to seek rest In the grave. Just what he had taken when he was found in a semi-conscious condition is not known, but he had a bottle containing a mixture of morphine and strychnine, and had taken some of the contents of this bottle. Another bottle contained some chloral, but he Says he had not taken any of this drug. The affair happened on the street about 9 o'clock, and caused considerable excite- ment. In less than an hour after he tad taken the poison the police had him on the operating table in Garfield Hospital, and the stomach pump was relieving him of the poison. By this heroic treatment the poi- son was removed and the doctors have every reason to believe that the patient will recover. Dr. Steele lives at 1609 New Jersey avenue, with his mother, and has scores of friends In the neighborhood. He was always particularly kind to children, and his act last night brought sorrow to their hearts. Early in the evening he was about the house, and there was nothing about his actions to indicate that he was especially despondent. He left the house between 8 and 9 o'clock, and walked over to the drug store at 4th and Q streets. Drank the Poison. store he stopped on the and drank some of the returning home and go- he walked west, prob- ably intending to go to the house of a friend or to stop on a grass-covered lot and wait for the end.. But he was taken sick near the corner of 5th and O streets, and persons who saw him carried him into 1407 5th street and a physician was sum- moned. The patient hdd nothing to con- ceal, and he promptly said he had taken poison, for he had no desire to live longer. Word was sent to the second precinct po- lice station, aud ij few minutes the suf- terete creenibiiey ce om Hisway to the. hospital. Realizing the patient's se- rious condition, Driver Rhodes lost no time in reaching the hospital. The treatment given the would-be suicide had restored him to consciousness, and he pleaded with the driver to let him die. “Don't take re to the hcepital,” he plead- ed. “I don't want to live.’ “Why not?” the driver asked him. “Because my eyesight is failing,” he r sponded, “and everything seems blurred. Then the doctor proceeded to tell some- thing of his family history, among other things, telling of his father’s sad ending. When the hospital was reached the un- fertunate cripple had not changed his mind about wanting to die, but this did not at- fect the hospital doctors, for they soon ap- plied the stomach pump and relieved him ef the poison, which would scon have ac- complished the deadly work intended had it been left there. Genuine Surprise. The young doctor's act was a severe blow to his mother and friends, for it was in the nature of a genuine surprise to them. Although the doctor had been a cripple all his life he had a mother who was de- voted to him, and he never wanted for anything. This morning his condition had greatly improved, and the doctors could see no reason why he should not fully recove ‘The doctor attempted suicide once before. Another Case. An hour or more after the ambulance had made this run another emergency call was received. “A woman in Pierce street alley has taken poison,” was the complaint this time. “And,”" added the man who made.the com- plaint, “her mother thinks she is dying.” Driver Rhodes went to house No. 122 in the alley and found that a young colored weman named Maria Walker was ill. She was in convulsions and appeared as if her Jease on lie was a snort one. Dr. Merriam had been called there to see her and had given her something to relieve her suffer- ings. The driver thought the young wom- an had tried to accomplish what the doc- tor had failed in, but during her conscious moments he learned from Maria that she thought an aitempt had been made to end her life by putting poison in some beer. “Another girl put in the poison,” said. “I saw her do it.” “What color was the p2ison?” “I can’t tell the color, but I saw her sprinkle something in the beer.” She refused to give the giri’s name. At Frecdmen’s Hospital the stomach pump was applied and the contents of her stom- ach were removed. If there was any poison there the physicians did not discover it. Maria seemei to get better, and about 1 o'clock this morning she was taken home. Soon after daybreak she again became ill, and at times she was apparently uncon- scious. It became necessary for Mrs. Wal- ker to call in neighbors to assist her with the patient, who was violent at times. It appears that late last night a young col- ored man living in the alley “rushed the growler” and treated several of the females with whom he was on friendly terms. The “growler rushers’ in this section get enough beer for 5 cents to treat a whole family, so that the young men was able to treat Maria and several other friends. “As soon as I tasted the beer,” she said this morning, “I noticed that it was bitter, but had swallowed some of it before I could get the glass from my mouth.” Soon after she had swallowed the beer she was taken ill, and her mother says it ig the first time she was ever afflicted in this way. It was reported that another girl who had indulged in some of the beer pavement near by poison. Instead of ing to bed to die she —_>—__ JOY OVER ANNEXATION TREATY. Celebration at Honol Over Presi- dent McKinley's Message. VICTORIA, B. C., July 8.—At the time the Werlmoo, just arrived here, left Hono- iulv the Hawaiian capital had only receiy- ed’news that the United States annexation treaty had been sent to the Senate. The Honolulu Bulletin, in commenting editorial- on the matter, said that the ublici Seantcrs have forced the tion. tazne Promotions in the Pension Office and War : Department. Official List of Employes Who Will Draw Large Salaries From the Government Hereafter. The Department of the Interior today nade official announcement of a large num- ber of promotions in the pension office, to ‘date from July 1. In addition to these charges there have been about an equal number of reductions and thirty-three re- movals from the $1,300 roll. The promo- tions foliow: Pension office: Premotions—John W. Watson of California, clerk, $1,400, to prin- cipal examiner, $2,000; George L. Fox of Cennecticut and Thomas Landers of Texas, clerks, $1,400, to medical examiners, $1,800; Charles R. Cleaves of Maine, clerk, $1,600, to assistant chief, $1,800; Benjamin F. Chase of Kansas and John H. Wood of In- diana, clerks, $1,409, to assistant chiefs, $1,800; George Albertson of Iowa, J. Edgar Engle of Pennsylvania, Frederick W. Mitchell of New Yerk and T. Ray Willey of West Virginia, clerks, $1,600, to $1,800; Jeseph A. Scott of Iowa, Albert W. Roome of New York, clerks, $1,400, to $1,800; John H. Gause of Kansas, Eliasaph D. Godfrey of Iowa, Levi E. Johnsen of North Caro- lina, Rufus King of Maryland, John Mor- rison of Indiana, Richard C. Rynex of M scurl, Theodcre F. Sargent of Ohio, Sylv. ter T. F. Sterick of Ohio and Charles W. to Taylor of New York, clerks, $1,400, $1,600; David N. Mathewson of Pen yaenia, clerk, $1,200, to $1,600; Mays of Colorado, special examiner, $1,300, tu clerk, $1,400; Miss Fanny Beall of Mary- land, William P. Brown of Indiana, Ben- jamin F. Carey of Ohio, Miss Forest M. Crosthwaite of North ‘Dakota, Joseph Dague of Indiana, John Donnell of Wiscon- sin, William L. Foulke of Illinois, Mrs. Lizzie P. Holloway of Indiana, James M. Holmes of Ohio, Henry J. Hunt of Pennsyl- vania, Augustus B. Kehrer of Pennsylva- nia, Reuben V. King of New York, Mel- bourne M. Lewis of Colorado, William W. Macy of Ohio, Miss rie Maher of the District of Columbia, Edgar H. Martin of Louisiana, Mrs. Lizzie M. Matteson of Illinois, Norris H. Merrill of Kansas, John Pool of North Carolina, Robert A. Ragan of Tennessee, Elizabeth H. Ripiey of Cennecticut and Leon Tur- ner of Texas, clerks, 1,200 to $1,400; Grant 8. Arnold of Pennsylvania, John T. Cam of Illinois, clerks, $1,000 to $1,400: James A. Davidson of New York, clerk, $1,200, to special examiner, $1,300; "Martin 8. Ragsdale of California, ‘clerk, $1,000, to special examiner, $1,300: Miss Annie An- drews of the District of Columbia, Robert A, Ballock of Maryland, John S. Bosworth of Iowa, Alexander C. Bromley of New York, Georg F. Burba of Kentucky, Mrs. Emily 8. M. Chisolm.of Mississippi, De- Witt C. Cook of New York, Charles 8. Davis of Wisconsin, Henry J. Decker of New York, Arthur 8. Dudley of Wisconsin, William H. Evans of Kansas, Edson J. Fitch of Indiana, Alva C. Garrott of Texas, Miss Myra T. Hillman of New Jersey, Geo. G. Hoover of Pennsylvania, Miss Blanche Huber of West Virginia, Joseph L. Irwin of Missouri, John H. Jamison of lowa, Jas. Lawler of the District of Columbia, Miss Katharine G. Leech of lowa, Stephen W. setts, Mrs. Kate Walker of California, clerks, $1,000 to $1,200; Miss Eulalie M. Colcord of Pennsylvania, Austin 8. Gilbert of Indiana, Erastus N. Hughes of Indiana, Miss Caledonia McCall of Florida, Grant F. Sims of Indiana, Albert G. Stockton of Kansas, copyists at $900 to clerks, $1,200: George W. Bogue of New York, Frederick J. Braendle of the District of Columbia, Paul Brodie of South Carolina, Miss Anna M. Burgoyne of New York, Mrs. E. Alice Camp of Idaho, Harvey V. Coiton of New York, Victor L. Dodge of Iowa, Joseph M. Dufour of California, Mitchell O. Dumas of Louisiana, John F. Freeman of Mis- souri, Charles M. Gilpin of Kentucky, Isaac G. Jaquette of Pennsylvania, Cyrus E. Lingo of Ohio, D. Stewart Mcintyre of Tennessee, John Q. Mercer of Pennsyl- yania, Abram Myers of Illinois, James L. Neill of Tennessee, Jared C. Nichols of the District of Columbia, Adelbert A. Taylor of Ohio, George Watkins of Pennsylvania, Jere Williams of Ohio, Edward 8. Wood of Mississippi, copyists at $900 to clerks at $1,400; Orville L. Ganbin of the District of Columbia, assistant messenger at $720 to messenger, $840. In the War Department. The following is a list of recent changes in the civilian force of the War Depart- ment: Reinstatement of ex-Union soldiers— Jeremiah C. Allen of Wisconsin, clerk, class two, office adjutant general; Charles L. Patten of Maine, clerk, class $1,000, record and pension office; Bela W. Beebe of Wisconsin, clerk, class $1,000, office Sec- retary War; Loreng Auber of District of Columbia, watchman, office surgeon gen- eral; John Anderson of Pennsylvania, watchman, office adjutant genera!; James Deyle of North Carolina, labor State, War and Navy Department building; Louls Koerth of District of Columbia, watchman, State? War and Navy Department building; Chas. McEntyre of Ohio, laborer, office rebeilion records. Appointments—Robert E. Lyle, Maryland, laborer, $660, office quartermaster general; Harvey A. Harding, Nebraska, proof read- er, $1,200, office chief engineers; C. Walker Turner, Alabama, laborer, $660, office com- missary general; Theodore Hanes, District of Columbia, laborer, $660, office Secretary War. Promotions—Albert U. Crosby, Iowa; Jas. L. Austin, Arkansas; Isaac N. Hammer, Tennessee; Stephen F. Hamilton, New Jer- sey, all from class $1,000 to class one, rec- ord and pension division; Marvin H. N: Michigan, copyist, $900, to indexer, $1,000, rebellion records office; Norman H. Camp, Iduho, Chas. M. Staley, Illinois, class $1,000, to class one; Herry Player, lowa, messen- ger, $840, to clerk, class $1,000; Wm. J. Brooks, Virginia; Wm. T. Miistead, Mary- land; George W. Graves, Maryland; Al- phenso W. Bogia, Delaware, all assistant messengers, $720, to messengers, $340, in the office Secretary Wat Resignations—Thomas Rathbone, Mary- land, class one, office chief of ordinance; Chas. F. Hathaway, Ohio; Augustus B.Tol- man, Massachusetts, class one, record and pension office. Appoiated a Stencgrapher. Mrs. I. H. Leopold has been appointed a stenographer at $1,200 per annum in the office of the first assistant postmaster gen- eral. Mrs. Leopold was formerly stenog- rapher and typewriter in the office of the public printer. ———-e. Changes in the Medical Corps. The following changes have been made in the stations of officers of the medical department of the army: Maj. L. M. Maus, from Washington, D. C., to Fort Hamilton, N. ¥., relieving Maj. P. R. Brown, who Ezra Woodruff, to Fort Trumbull, Conn.: Capt. Henry P. Birming- ham, from Fort Trumbull to Chicago, re- Heving Capt. Norton Strong, who is ordered Se ree ae eee eet et Leet, Wm. The Secretary of War has issued the fol- lowing order: “Under the authority conferred by sec- —_—_———_ PRESENTS|ATTITUDE OF JAPAN Current Report Regarding the Min- ister’s Intentions. PROTEST REGARDING ANNEEATION Maintenance of the Status Quo in Hawaii. A NOVEL PROPOSITION Ene ern There was a report today that the Jap- enese minister had asked his government to recall him on the grounds that during the negotiation of the Hawetian annexa- bon treaty the State Department had an- Swered in the negative a direct inquiry a¢ to whether such negotiations were in pro- gress. There would be apparently so little reason in stich @ course, however, that it is not believed that the minister contem- plates retiring from this country. Bo fat as the State Department and the foreign relations committee of the Senate know, there ts no friction between the represent tives of this country and the Japanese gov- ernment, or its minister at Washington, ard at the Japanese legation it has been repeatedly stated that there was no irrita- tion on the part of Japan toward the Unit- ed States. It is well understood that the formal pro- test against the annexation of Hawaii made by the Japanese minister on beh of his government cannot affect anything, and it is not to be supposed that there was any anticipation that it would. It is not to be supposed that Japan will attempt to enforce the protest. The reply of Secretary Sherman to this protest fully ta accord with the ideas of the mat- ter entertained by the members of the for- elgn relations committee and of others in Congress who are informed as to interna- ticnal matters. It is generally held as.a matter not sub- ject to dispute that treaties between two countries fail when one party to the treaty ceases to be an independent nation, and that only the rights that have grown up under the treaty must be recognized. It is not thought thet Japan can seriously con- tend for anything different. A New Proposition. The proposition that the maintenance of the status quo of Hawaii is essential to the good understanding of the powers which have interests in the Pacific, is an entirely new proposition, and one that is not believe will be pressed. Mr. Sherman's reply to this has the con- currence of the international authorities in Congress, and the sentiment in both houses would probably sustain it without a single yoice to the contrary. It is generally agreed that the sugger- tion that there might be interference by the powers to preserve the status quo in Hawaii would practically solidify the sen- Ument of Congress in favor of speedy en- “nexaiion. The only. opporition there is based on expediency, and a suggestion of foreign interference with Hawaii is suffi- cient to settle the question of expediency in favor of annexation. Secretary Sherman's Reply. Secretary Sherman's repfy was as fol- lows: ° DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, June 25, 1897. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge th¢ receipt of your note of the 19th instant, whereby you acquaint me with the views entertained by your government in regard to the proposed annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, and, under in- structicas from your government, you make a formal protest against annexation cn tre grounds: First—That the maintenance of the status quo of Hawaii is essential to the good understand?ng of the powers which have in- terests in the Pacific. Second—That the annexation of Hawait would tend to endanger certain rights of Japanese subjects in Hawaii under the treaties, constitution and laws of that country; and, ‘Third—That such annexation might lead to the postponement by Hawaii of the set- tlement of claims and liabilities already ex- isting in favor of Japan under treaty stipu- lations. This recital of the grounds of protest is of itself proof that your government has misapprehended the statements and as- surances ccntained in my note of the 16th instant, and, in its relation to the treaty question involved, strongly suggests confu- sion between the formal stipulations of treaties and the vested rights which the subjects of one country may other under treaty or the The principle of public law whereby the existing treaties of a state cease upon its incorporation into another state is well defined by Halleck, who says: “But the obligations of treaties, even where some of their stipulations are in terms perpetual, expire in case either of the contracting parties loses its existence as an independent state, or in case its in- ternal constitution is so changed as to render the treaty inapplicable to the new condition of things.”’—(Halleck’s Int. Law, Ch. 18, Sec. 85.) Precedents Cite: So also Wheaton, in the 275th section of his Elements in International Law. Both of the stated conditions necessarily attend the annexation of one state, or of its terri- tory, to another. Vattel went further, hold- ing in effect that even a partial loss of scvereignty, as in the case of alliance, causes the ancient treaties to fall if incom- patible with such alliance. This, however, is a refinement not necessary to examine here. The question concerns the abso- lute union of two states wnereby one ceases to exist and becomes merged In the body politic of the other. The history of Europe, of America, of the whole world, is full of examples, from remote periods to our own days, where independent states have ceased to be such through constrained or volun- tary absorption by another, with attendant extinction of their former treaties with other states. It needs no stipulation in a formal annexation treaty to work this re- sult, for it attends de facto annexation, however accomplished. The forcible in- corporation of Hanover into the Prusslan kingdom 1 stantly destroyed previous Han- cverian treaties. The admission of Texas, to statehood in our Union by joint resolu- tion extinguished the treaties of the inde- pendent republic of Texas. The recent French law declaring r to be a treaties to the ceded French What the Hawaiian treaty of annexation = is the extension of the treaties of necessarily extinguished tery to rep! =o ae the t rights may un- eoeee ee 4 continuous. To this ena.