Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1897, Page 1

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The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has No. 18,841. WASHINGTON, D. ©. MONDAY, JULY 12, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. CLOSES WITH TODAY End of the Great 0. E. Convention at : San Francisco. MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER HELD Delegates Planning Sight-Seeing Expeditions About the Coast. SPEECHES BY EMINENT MEN SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.—With the meetings today in the Mechanics’ pavilion, the most successful Chri Endeavor convention ever held will be brought to a close. The program for the day and even- ing n interesting cae. Besides the early morning prayer meetings the Christian Endeavor missionary forse spoke at the morning service at the Mechanics’ pavilion and the evangelistic force was at Wood- ward's pavilion. In the afternoon the ju- nior Endeavorers will rally at the Me: les’ pavilion ané practice school of p cal Endeavor methols at Woodward pa- villon. At both pavilions special consecra- tion exercises will mark the close of all proceedings. Tuesday the v: majority of them ception, to whith t delegates or a great will aitend a public re y have been specially invited by a cominittce representing the citizens of Oakland. It is sted at least 10,000 will cross the ba: enjoy the hospitality of the Oaklande Many Excursions Planned. With the end of the convention in sight the thousands of visitors, delegates and others will take ad of the oppor- tunity and the ch: many places of ‘ state. Arrange: excursions 1D rates to visit the throughout the have been made for » Mount Hamilton, Yosemite, mountains. Stan- ford University and other interesting places en taking in the southern coun- try as part of cheir journey. The rush for tickets for these ‘side trips” was so great this morning that the clerks could not keep the crowd moving as rapidly as it gathered. the of excursion tickets began, and from that hour until evening there was not a At 7 am. minut rest for the ticket sellers. For the next three days the Yose route will have all the stages can carry, and during the last fev. Ps up by days excursioni to the valley in parties of In the railway company. Crowds at the Meeiings. While the r of persons admission at the big pavilions this ing w t quite so great on prev num Ss cceasions, still there were packed houses and the enthusiasm was as great as at any time since the ning of the con- vention. In fac as if every cne present dé his or her tisfaction with the way the gre convention of Endeavorers ever held been conduted. There s praise of "97, tification all had dat alifornia in general and o in particular and thankfulness perfect weather ¥ the entire meeting. ich has blessed Missionary Investmenis. Thomas Crouse of Baltimore spoke at Woodward's Pavilion on “Missionary Investme He sald in part: “This utilitarian age is likely to ask con- cerning any enterprise in which it is in- vited to invest, ‘Does it pay?’ This question is sometimes asked concerning missionary work in the spirit of selfishness and com- mercial policy. To this it may be sufti- as Dr. Pierson suggests, ‘It Ys to obey authority, especially when authority ts supreme.’ I want to lead minds of young people to think of the spiritual returns that shall come to them as they give thought, sympathy, prayer, money, personal service and sacri. fice to the divine work of world-wide evan- ‘lism. It will be found true in the highest and most blessed sense. ‘Give and it shall be given unto you.’ ” Rev. J. W. Chapman’s Address. Rev. J. Wilber Chapman of Philadelphia spoke on the subject of the “Outpouring of the Holy t “We certainly and the need is alwa: another pentecost, a prophecy of the coming of that which should meet the longing. The church needs tt. We behold people today utterly forgetting the place of the Holy Ghost in the c rch, a thods ving to all s f raisin the government of ubstituting man-made power r His power and direction, ts of methods for the pur- to carry on the work completely marking lemarkation between the 2 out pente be things, I say with- h needs another money changers shall * sanct when hypo- t out of the house of God iy Ghost shall be given th vicar of Christ, and whe cleansing and of power sh morning till night a -Golng. Speaking of the “tenth legion,” Amos R. Wells of Boston, in Mechanics’ Pavilion, had this to say: “Some men pray for a millennium and don’t give a mill teward its coming. En- deavorers, the chariot wheels of the millen- nium, are made of consecrated dollars. We take an Interest in missions, but we keep our money on interest. Why, Endeavorers, every year the United States’ pays twice as much for corsets to squecze the Ife out of folks as can be squeezed out for for- eign missions. “And now what depends upon the Le tenth he ch depends upon it Sun 5 upon it. The Chris nds on it. Look nine-tenths and of the teo much for you t «1 of a man with a sd litt 1 of I whittle it down to a fine point, t punch out the pith of the in rand draw that. man's soul the hote. Such a man might call too much, but surely no Christian avorer.” Is I have re t you ex Same stema: was Subject by Mr. Davis. > and Proportionate ing to the subject of Rev. John HL. who said in part: “Immense exertions are made every year in the eormmunity that I represent to raise the money necessary to support our foreign missic . all sorts of legitimate expe re resorted to, ahd then we fre« Now, if each one of your nine hun- thousand members could be induced two cents per week to this cause to giv for which Jesus Christ gave himself, we would have at the end of the fiscal year a handsome surplus in our treasury. And our church authorities are beginning to realize the immense possibilities which are enfolded in His systematic idea, and tn our denominational papers, our ecclesia: tical courts, our religious services, the sub- Ject is being brought up with growing fre- quency and increasing favor, and those are Bigns of hope, not only because of the financial power it must give the church, but also because it brings us back to the scriptural method of giving.” COOLIE LABOR AND HAWAII Some New Tricks of the Sugar Trust Plainly Exposed. - The Cunning Hand of the Trust Visi- le in Efforts to Mislead Labor Organizations, Information just received in Washington from California indicates that the sugar trust, with characteristic cunning, 1s us- siduously endeavoring (through some of its disguised allies and agencies) to preju- dice labor organizations against Hawalian annexation, on the ground of the present employment of coolie labor in the islands. Aside from the fact that the supply of such labor in Hawai! must steadily dimin- ish and eventually cease altogether when the islands become subject to our laws ex- cluding coolie immigration and, in fact, all “contract laborers,” a flood of light is thrown upon the whole subject in a letter recently written to a prominent gentleman here by Mr. C. A. Spreckels of San Fran- cisco, general manager of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company and also interested in the sugar refining business in California, but at swords polats with Claus Spreckels and the sugar trust. This letter is primarily written as a reply to a recentiy published “interview,” given out by Henry T. Oxnard. “Mr. Oxnard,” writes Mr. Spreckels, ys he represents the beet sugar indus- try in the United States and that he is in Washington to secure protection.for that new acricultural occupation. It should be ascertained whether Mr. Oxnard represents the farmers who cultivate the sugar beets or the manufacturers who make the beets into sugar. Evidently he desires that It shall be generally believed that he rep- resents the farmers who raise the beets. He says that it would be wrong to annex the Hawaiian Islands and thereby bring the tillers of the soil in this country into competition with the coolie labor of the islands. I understand that this is the main objection he advances against annex- ation. But Mr, Oxnard is not frank with the public. He conceals the important fact that ninety-five per cent of the labor expended in cultivating sugar beets in California, where one of his sugar fac tories is located, ts performed by cool The labor commissioner of California, Mr. Fitzgerald, has just announced that he made a personal investigation of the is of California, amd he states that ninety-five per cent of the work is done by Coolies. At Chino, Cal. where Mr. Oxnard’s tory is located, Mr. Fitz- gerald says there are 1,000 coolies employ- ed in the beet fields, and that while Fe s there 100 more coolies were engaged. so states that at Chino 1 70 cents to $1 a day, sly prohibiting the competi- American labor. Japanese cvol- in great demand on all Cal- sugar beet ranches. They are brought into this country practi- ance of the contract labor law. tion of les are ifornia “ing they reach the harbors on the Pacific coast they make straight for the sugar beet farms, where evidently the are expected and where they immed receive employment. ‘Now, in the face of this fact, is the pub- not at liberty to sus vity of tement or avowal that he working in the interest of the American .rmers, whom he prom: agricultural verity if they will back him up in his ‘ ss for protection to the y. If he stated his argu- st annexation and said nt the California coolie labor to be brought into competition with Hawalian coolie labor, his objection would at least have the force of sincerity. Working for the Sugar Trust. “But if Mr. Oxnard does not represent the American farmer, whom does he represent? Perhaps it is the manufacturer of beet sugar. If that is the case, certainly -1t would be better to say so. He is a manu- facturer himself, being Interested in a fac- tory in Nebraska and one in’ California. Mr. Oxnard also emphatically asserts that the sugar beet factories are fighting the sugar trust, and undoubtedly he has suc- eceded In impressing this view of the mat- lie Mr. Oxnard’s ment fr that he did not w ter upon Ke class of people. The pub- lic, however, is beginning to see some light or this subj I have it on the authority of ex-Senytor Felton, who is a close friend oft Mr. Oxnard, and w Oxnard’s fight nst the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, that the sugar trust s just a little less than a one-half inte in every beet sug: United States, except the one at Alvarado, Cal., and the trust handles the product of that concern. But there is stiil better ev: dence that the sugar trust is largely inter- ested in the beet sugar factories in this country. Robert Oxnard of the Western Sugar Refinery at San F cently ed the bulk of the money tp build the b sugar factory at Chino, Cal. Mr. Se recently bought nt of the entire stock of the ¥ © beet sugar fac- tor: of this? We find Mr. also approves Mr. hat is the resul Oxnard not representing the American farmer, for sugar beets In ifornia are cultivated almost exclusively by coolies, but representing the manufacturers. He asserts that he ts not working in the in- terests of the sugar trust, yet the sugar erest in all the fac- s with perhaps The conclusion is vitable, that it is the sugar trust that 1s sking behind the “beet sugar farmer of the United States, and thus covertly re- sisting annexation. Annexation Would Aid Development. ‘Now, as a matter of fact, would the annexation of the Hawalian Islands inter- fere with the development of the beet sugar industry in this country? For the last twenty years the Hawaiian raw sugars have come into the United States free. Last year the beet sugar factories in Cali- fornia paid from 40 to 80 per cent in divi- dends. The free sugar from Hawail did not injure the business last year, while the tariff on raw sugars from other coun- tries was only 40 per cent ad valorem. It is now proposed to increase the tariff from about 8) cents a hundred, which is about the rate at present, to about $1.65 per hun- pounds. “Phe increased tariff will make the man- ufacture of beet sugar still more profitable. The farmer, however, I regret to say, will little benefit from the advance. He 's about % a ton for beets, making t $10 worth of sugar. But the great obstacle in the way of the development of the beet sugar industry is the determination of the sugar trust to prevent its growth. That monopoly is in the business of refining raw sugar, and its present attitude ts against an increase in the number or output of sugar beet fac- tories. It has made the threat in Cali- fornia that if another beet sugar factory is put up there it will erect an opposition one next to it. That means that it will kill the factory by ruinous competition. That threat en made, and it now retarding and will continue to retard the establish- ment of any factories. ve to put his money in a bi sugar factory, if he knows he is thereby inviting a struggle with the sugar trust? Who would yolun- tarily engage In such a contest? “To sum up, I will say that the labor in California employed in cultivating sugar beets is not American labor, but is coolie labor, so poorly paid that American labor cannot compete with it; that the factories are making enormous ‘proiits, even with the comparatively small protection afford- ed by the Wilson bill, and that they will make still targer profits under the proposed new tariff law, and, finally, that all the beet sugar factories in the United Stat with possibly one or two exceptions, aré partly owned or controlled by the sugar trust, and that this trust has determined to prevent the establishment of any more of these factories. < in the Unit ene or two exception fr NEARLY A DEADLOCK |MATTER OF GRAVE DOUBT) AT THE WHITE HOUSE Tariff Conferees Far From Reaching Agreement, CONSULTATION WITH DEMOCRATS Delay Threatened if Certain Rates Are Changed. LEADERS IN A QUANDARY The tariff conferees have struck some snags in their work. The minor maiters were easily adjusted, but on all important features there has been no agreement, and the outlook today was that several reports would have to be made before an adjust- ment could be reached. The House con- ferees are standing solidly by their bill, aud the Senate conferees are no less tena- cious. ‘The Senate conferees have laid before the House members the condition in the Sen- ate, where there is not an actual majority of the republicans, and where other than republican votes are necessary to pass the bill or adopt a conference report. They as- serted that In 1804 the democrats were in better shape in the Senate than the repub- licans are now, as they had an actual ma- jority, yet the House was finally compelled to accept the Senate bill in order to pass it. The members of the House are standing by their bill, nevertheless, and have told the senators that they cannot accept the Senate amendments on many important items. The more important features of the bill are not settled, and the conferees find trouble on items outside of sugar, wool, coal and lead. Lumber has been in dis- pute, and the House conferees have in- sisted that the House rates on white pine must be accepted, and they have heen sup- ported in this by Senator Burrows of Mich- igan. The House rate was $2, and the Sen- ate reduced it to $1. If the House Rate is Restored. The Senate conferees say that if the House rate is restored it will provoke a long discussion in the Senate, aud that no one can tell when the bill would get out of the Senate again. Straw matting, which the Senate put on the free list, 1s an item of contention. The House conferees have refused to accept even the rate which was originally report- ed in the Senate hill and stand for the House rate. Burlaps, cotton ties and other items which were placed on the free list by the Senate met with great hostility from the Hous ees, and so far nothing in the wa: offered by the Senate members has been accepted. The House conferees are also insisting upon higher compensatory duties on mann- factures of cotton on account of the duty of 20 per cent on raw cotion, The House members have maintained that the House bill has becn commended more than the Senate bill, end that the conference should get as ciose to it as possible. The Senate conferees, in addition to presenting the present political cemplexion of the Senate, have pointed out the difficulty that will cc- cur if several reports of partial agreements and disagreements are made. They have told the House members that it will lead to endless discussion, that they have no power to force a vote, and that there is not a ma- jority in the Senate to keep the Senate in session in case of a filibuster against the conference report. The noon recess of the conferees was devoted largely to a conference with indi- vidual senators, in which the House repre- sentatives in the conference participated. ‘these conferences developed the fact that the wool schedule had been under special consideration during the forenoon session and that the House men had shown a de- cided disposition to hold on to the House rates. There was evident apprehension that if this contention was granted there would be difficulty in getting the Dill through the Senate, and it is not believed that the Senate apprehension was changed by the results of their inquiries. Conference With Democrats. ‘There was also a hurried conference be- tween the republican representatives of the Senate in the conference and the demo- cratic members of the finance committee in regard to the probable course of the democrats in case the articles which they were especially instrumental in having placed on the free list should be made duti- able. These articles include cotton bag- ging, gunny bags, burlaps, cotton tles, Paris green, floor matting, etc. The House is insisting upon their res- toration to the dutiable list, and some of the Senate conferees are inclined to yield because of the need of the revenue they would produce. The conference with the democrats was by no means reassuring. The republicans were told that if these changes should be made they—the demoerats—would be dis- pesed to insist upon a full explanation in committce and an elaborate debate in the Senate, which might indefinitely prolong the sesston. The result of the inquiry as to tne effect of a restoration of the House rate on white pine lumber was far from reassuring. The senators from the middie northwest are especially concerned in holding the Senate rate, and the conferees have been notified that any yielding on this question will sult in no Iitile delay. The problem is giv- ing the committee considerable concern. The advocates of a lower duty on cyanide of potassium feel confident from reports from the conference that the Senate rate of 12% per cent will be accepted. Almost at a Deadlock. The democrats of the tariff conference committee have been informed that they will probably be called into conference ‘Thursday or Friday. There is, however, some doubt about the bill being ready at that time. It is understood that the con- ference was almost. at a deadlock during this morning’s session. The senators are making a play to force the House to terms, and in order to do this are making a great display of firmness in small matters, so that they may have their way as to those of more importance, in return for their “reluctant” yielding when not so much is Oe eras considerable talk on the Sen- ide this morning of the “®tubborn- of the House, and it was intimated that the committee might have to report a disagreement. ‘This appears, however, to be nothing more than an attempt to intimi- date the House. The merely verbal amend- ments, which make up most of the 300, have been disposed cf, and today the con- ference 1s down to real business, and it is the time for the usual senatorial bluft. The Sugar Schedule. Whenever it is understood that the sugar schedule can be arranged in a form satis- factory to the Senate the agreement on the whole bill will progress rapidly, but today the senators are playing for posi- tion. After the morning session Senators Al- érich and Allison had an earnest confer- ence with Mr. Quay. Mr. Quay 1s insist- ing on the wool schedule being made sat- isfactory to the carpet men, and the Phila- delphia representatives of the carpet inter- ests are making a strong fight. The gen- eral impression is that.the Senate will have to yield something -on third-class wools. : The tax on bond trarsactions, &c., will probably stand, with some modification on account of the paragraph ‘having been drawn up hastily. Hides will probably re- main on the taxed list. Democratic conferees of the Senate were told early this morning to hold themselves in readiness to be called into conference at any time, possibly ths afternoon, but this was before the difficulties of today’s con- ference had developed. The Oause for Fall in Teftperature Not De- termined. Cool Wave .Came, However, and the Weather Man Says “I Told You So”—The Prediction. ‘Whether it is a fact that special prayers were offered up yesterday for lower tem- perature, as suggested by The Star of Sat- urday, or whether the weather bureau was unusually correct in its prognostications, the cool weather arrived on time, and was exceedingly grateful to the thousands who had long been awaiting its appearance. The weather man was not certain him- self, the day before, whether it would real- ly be cooler or not, so he told the reporter to let him down easy, with particular stress on the might, instead of will, in con- nection with the falling mercury. “The better the day the better the deed,” is an old and honored maxim, which seemed to be selected by the bureau for the change of temperature. “All things come to him who waits” is another maxim which they seemed to bear in mind. At 4 p.m. yesterday the thermometer reg- istered 75 degrees, which was a fall of more than 12 degrees from the temperature of the preceding days. At 8 p.m. the mer- cury had risen to only two degrees higher and stood pat at 77. Finding pleasure in well doing, the cool wave continued the Work of its mission, and went itself three better. At midnight the temperature was 74 degrees. The Downward Patch. The mercury continued to climb down the bulb by degrees, one or two at a time. At 4 a.m. it was 72 degrees. Getting tired of its labors in giving relief to the sweltering Washingtonians, the ambassador from Alaska took a few hours off, and “High” and “Low,” the dual Weylers of this part of the American continent, started on their campaign again. The effects of this were visible at noon, when the mercury sought its accustomed notch in fhe thermometer, set at 8&6 degrees. In the meantime the cool wave, like Gen. Gomez, waited for reinforcements or gave its hard-worked in- surgents a much-needed rest. An Addition to the Stam. General Humidity had been added to the staff of “High” and “Low” this afternoon. The cool wave in the meantime had not been asleep. One of its most noted lieuten- ants, Wind Storm, flanked by Rain, has been added to its corps. The battle was short and brief, Gen. Humidity, “High” and “Low” and the whole heat army was routed by the army of the frozen nort The prediction by the weather bureau is for local rains this afternoon and evening, followed by probably fair weather and cooler temperature. —_—i = LECTED FOR ANNAPOLIS. s Appointment of Another Batch of Naval Cadets and Ajternates. The following appointments as cadets at the Unfted States Naval.Academy are an- nounced? H Caspar Goodrich, Pomffet, Conn., with Mason H. Sheffield, Mystic, Conn., as alter- nate; Harold Fernlin, Matquand, Mo., with Theo. D. Fisher, jr.,,Farmington, Mo., as alternate; J. V. Babcock, New Hampton, Iowa; John F. Green, Rocky Mount, N. €.; George J. Meyers, Council Bluffs, lowa, with John D. Gillmore, Red Oak, Iowa, as alternate; Thomas Ozburn, Murphysboro’, ., with Elijah P. Curtis, jr., Metropolis, iL, as alternate; Claude Brown, Talladga, Ala.; Victor Nusstaum, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Ernest J. King, Lorain, Qhio, with W. M. Whitney, Levering, Ohio, as alternate; D. 8. Kingrandall, Carmi, Il., with Frank C. Martin, Fairfield, Ill., as alternate; George H. Parkhurst, Hammonton, N. J., with Lewis S. Cox, jr., Atlantic City, N. J., as alternate; Fred. M. Eslick, Fayetteville, Tenn.; Russell Hastings, Willoughby, Ohio, with Frank Ulrich, Cleveland, Ohio, as alternate; S. M. Henry, Bolton, N. Y¥., with F. J. Cleary, Sandy Hill, N. Y., as alter- nate; George Gray, New York, N. Y., with Seymour Work, New York, as alternate; Frank A. Briggs, San Francisco, Cal., with Daniel J. Murphy, San Francisco, as alter- nate. —____e+._____ RETURN OF THE CINCINNATI, Whercabouts of Some of the Vessels of the Navy. The cruiser Cincinnati, which has been cruising in the Mediterranean for the past two years, arrived at Hampton Roads yes- terday. Orders were sent to her command- ing officer today to take the vessel to Tol- cheser Beach, near Baltimore, during the present week, for the purpose of taking the Maryland naval militia off on a cruise for drill and exercises. The battle ship Massachusetts has ar- rived at Boston. ¢ The Monadnock has sailed from Portland for Eureka, Cal. The Michigan has gone from Detroit to Mackinack. The Adams is at Esquimault and the Mo- nocacy is at Chinkiang. ‘The Boston has sailed from Nagasaki for Kobe. THE ANACOSTIA RIVER. Its Improvement Urged by the Secre- tary of the Navy. Senator McMillan, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, has received a communica- tion from the Secretary of the Navy stat- ing that “the interests of the navy require that substantial improvement of the Ana- costia river and the flats adjacent thereto be made at the earliest practicable date. The senior medical officer on duty at the Washington navy yard reports that dur- ing the past few years there has been an alarming increase in the number of cases of malarial disease among the officers and enlisted men on duty at the yard, “The representative of. the bureau of yards and docks at the yard has submit- ted the following recommendation, which has been concurred in by the bureau: “In making the proposed improvements of the Anacostia river it is very essential that the interests of this navy yard be tak- tn into consideration. [p is recommended that a channel be dredged from the mouth of the river to the Navy Yard bridge twen- ty-four feet deep at mean low water and 200 feet wide, with a basin in front of the yard 300° feet wide and of the same depth.” = ‘The report recommends the passage of the resolution providing for a survey end estimate .of the proposed” improvement. 2 HE WAS NOT INVITED. Siam’s Ruler Will Consequently Not Visit This Country. His imperiak majesty ;the King of Siam has abandonéd his -pri ed tour of the United States;and will $eturn to the Slam- ese capital ‘frox "8 jubilee by an- other route. effect has been received by the Secretary of State from the Siamese minister of foreign affairs, who added, however, that while his majesty would not_be abie to.extend his travels to the United States during the present year, he would endeavor tq so at another ume, ff he found it. It Is said that the main reason why the ruler of the land of the white elephant changed his plans was because of his failure to receive 4 formal invitation to visit ithis country from the government, i A Large Number of Callers, but Few Were Seen. CURRENCY MESSAGE NOT SENT IN The Expected Batch of Consular Appointments Delayed. NEW LIBRARY POSITIONS oe The rush to the White House continues without abatement. The crowd today was up to expectations, but the expectations of the crowd lacked much of realization. The President's time was occupied by cabinet members and congressmen, and the big majority of visitors went away without a word with him. No currency message left the White House for Congress today, as was an- nounced last week would be the case. The President is quoted as not being in a hurry about when he sends it in. The batch of consular and other nomina- tions which have been almost ready about three days were again delayed today to al- low the settlement of a few more cases. They are now scheduled for appearance in the Senate tomorrow. When it was made Public that this would be the last batch until after Congress closed there was a rush te add names. This tangled and con- fused things, and that accounts for the delay. Every congressman 1s anxious to get a constituent in the list. Library Appointments, Many applicants for positions in the new brary are beginning to haunt the White House. Some of them think the President will make these appointments, while others are anaious to secure his indorsement. All applicants are informed that their Pupers ure turned over to Librarian Young, and that he will determine these things. Looking After Constituents. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana had the satisfaction of securing from the President a promise to make A. L. Lawshe of In- diana deputy auditor for the Post Office Department. Senator Shoup of Idaho, on close trail of a place for a constituent from his state, had in interview with the chief executive. Representative Hull and Major 8. Ruby of lowa were admitted to the Presi- dent’s room. Major Ruby was at one time consul to Belfast and wants to again enter the consu ice. He learns that he cannot get the “Belfast consul- ship, as it is “engaged.” It is said that Captain Welsh of Florida wili get this con- suiship. : Secretary Long today introduced to the President Maj. Appleton, a Boston capit: ist, who is interested in the Panama cana. The President made an appointment with Maj. Appleton for a_ future conference. Shortly after this ex-Serator Warner Mii ler of New York, president of the Nic: raguan Canal Company, cailed upon the President. As the President was busy on arother matter, he also made an appoint- ment with Mr. Miller for another date, when they will go over the canal situation. New York Appointments. Secretary Bliss was also a cabinet caller, ard remained in conference with the Pre: ident some time. He is understood to have been talking with the Presidcut about New York appointments. Representative Ben- nett of New York was present part of the time during the conference. Senator Baker of Kansas saw the Pres- ident, and recommended the appointment of Iseac E. Lambert as district attorney for Kansas, to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of District Attorney Perry. Another nomination which will scon be made for Kansas will be that of persion agent at topeka. National Com- mitteeman Cyrus Leland is to be nominated to the pension agency within a few day: This will settle a bitter fight. Several other candidates had stronger G. A. R. backing than Mr. Leland, but his political backing was unusually strong. Col, Parker a Caller. Col. M. M. Parker, national committee- man, Saturday afternoon visited the White Fiouse, having received an invitation from the President. The interview was an ex- ceedingly pleasant one, and covered Dis- trict affairs to a large extent. It Is said that the President is giving consideration to a suggestion that Col. Parker would strict marshal to succeed It is said that the re- national committce intends to give its recommendation to Col. Parker. c. tor of Boston, who wanted a consulate in the West Indies, paid his last visit to the H. Kemp Sturgeon, the colored ora- White House today, and went away with the impression that the ccuntry was in bad shape. This impression was formed after he discovered that he would not get the position he wanted. He also believ: that if the administration doesn’t go slow Massachusetts may turn democratic. He is also of the opinion that’ he holds at least 8,000 votes in his hand. Sos DISCRIMINATION IN RATES. Informal Hearings Held by the In- terstate Commission. The interstate commerce commission Is giving informal hearings from time to time to witnesses in the case of the rall- roads charged with discriminations in rates on grain and grain products between Chi- cago and the seaboard. There is no imme- diate prospect of a decision in this case. The commission on July 21 will listen to oral arguments on wha: are known as the “car load and less than car load” cases, in- volving freight rates between St. Louis and points in Texas. It is claimed that there is too wide a difference between the rates charged for car loads and freignt which makes less than a car load. ° Personal Mention. Captain A. C. Sharpe, 22d Infantry, 1s at the Ebbitt House on leave of absence. Lieutenant C. D. Willcox of the artillery is at 1765 N street on leave of absence. Assistant Paymaster H. E. Biscoe of the Essex is at 813 2ist street for a few days. Assistant Secretary Spaulding has gone to New York on business connected with the immigration service. Mr. H. P. Gatley, clerk of Criminal Court No. 1, left Saturday evening for a month's trip through Ohio, New York and New England. Rev. George S. Duncan, Ph, D., pastor of the Eckington Presbyterian Church, left this afternoon for a five weeks’ sojourn at Chautauqua, N. Y. Lieutenan. Alfred T. Smith, 12th U. S. In- fantry, left Friday to join his regiment at Fort Niobrara, Neb. Mr, Forrest H. Riordan has gone for a few weeks’ stay at Colonial Beach. Rev. Thomas 8. Lee, rector of St. Mat- thew’s, is spending nis vacation at HRich- field Springs. eee Government Receipts. Government receipts—From customs,$479,- 42; internal revenue, $904,492; miscella- TWO CENTS. no rival as an advertising med- ium. FATAL RAILWAY WRECK Forty Killed and Sixty Injured in a Disas- ter in Denmark. Express Runs Into a Passenger Train at Gjentoften—The Victims Are Mostly Artisans, COPENHAGEN, July 12.—A terrible rail- way disaster took place about midnight at Gjentoften. The express from Belsingoer ran into a Passenger train standing at the station, wrecked eight carriages, killed forty per- sons and injured sixty others. Most of the victims are of the artisan class. The dead and injured have been conveyed in ambulance trains to this city. >- SH WHEAT CROP SHORT. Yield Will Be About Two Bushels Per Acre Below Normal. LONDON, July 12.—According to the Mark Lane Express, it is generally es- timated that the English wheat crop will show an average of twenty-eight bushels to the acre, which is about two bushels below the normal. The same authority, commenting on the reports that the Russian crops have been so seriously damaged during the last fort- night that the government is preparing to take exceptional measures for the relief of agricultural distress, says: his is a strange rumor to reach us in July, and we advise the public to be chary about accepting it. —_——— GEORGE V. N. LOTHROP DEAD. ENG He Was Prostrated by the Heat a Week Ago. DETROIT, Mich., July 12.—George V. N. Lothrop, ex-minister to Russia, died at 10 o'clock this morning at the Lothrop resi- dence, Fort strect west. He was stricken with heat prostration a week ago and had been in a comatose condition most of the time since. Mr. Lothrop died peacefully, surrounded by the members of his family, Capt. Hen- ry B. and Cyrus B. Lothrop, and his daug ter, Mrs. Wm. Prall, wife of Rev. Dr. Pr of this city. His other daughter, Baron Heune, is in £t. Petersburg. papain PRESIDENT ZELAYA CELEBRATES, Gives a Reception on Occasion of His Accession to Office MANAGUA, Nicaragua, via Galveston, Texas, Presiient Zelaya gave a su tion in honor of the fourth anniv. made him president of Ni and placed the liberals in power. Among the guests were Lewis Baker and John F. Baker, United States minister secretary of the United States legation, spectively, and all the foreign consuls cept the English. K The company included many foreigners and proninent Nicaraguans. > ACK AYA, BORNEO. Matsa’ y Burns the Government Sta- tion and Secures $10,000. ISLAND OF LABU Northwest Ceast of Borneo, July 12.—Matsalloy, the rebel leader, with sixty followers, attacked and burned the government station at Gaya at daybreak yesterday. He looted the town, sacked the treasury of about £2,000, imprisoned the officer in charge and others and killed a corporal of polic The British resident here has gone to Gaya with a small force of Dyaks. Sa PIGEONS FROM THE NORTH POLE. Four Wenry Carriers Light on Ship in North Sea. MANCHESTER, England, July 12.—The steamer Ragnihild as arrived here, bring- ing foar carrier pigeons, labeled north pole expeditioa. Two of the birds are numbered 65 and i96. No messages were attached to the pigeons. The captain of the Ragmihi! reports that they alighted on the stean ’ was in the Nor-h sca, ly quite exhausied, —— THE GRESS ABDUCTION CASE. Young Man Charged With Abducting Hin Sister From Adanta, NEW YORK, July 12.—The case of Mor- gan Gress of Atlanta, Ga., charged by his stepmother with having abducted his halt sister, May, was called in police court in Jersey City today, and went over until to- morrow on motion of counsel for the young man. May Gress was tsken yesterday from Garisen’s by her brother, and they were aboard the Southern express at J waiting to start for Auanta, Mrs. Gress, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Young, discoyered them and secured young Gress arrest. The elder Mr. Gress said that his wite came north with their daughter against his wishes and that an action for alienation ot affections would be brought agains: Dr. Van Buren Young. —— THOUT STREET Cars. ‘TACOMA W Breaking of a Flywheel Shuts Down Power Plant. TACOMA, Wash., July 12—By reason of the breaking of the connecting rod attach- ed to the governor the forty-ton fly wheel of a pair of Corliss compound engines of the Tacoma railway went to pieces com- pletely, wrecking the plant and building, causing damage to the extent of $20,000, The wreck means the total discontin- uance of all Tacoma’s street car tratlic for several days, perhaps weeks, excepting the Park and Edison lines. The power furnished by the plant to the city for lighting purposes will be discontinued tem- porarily. ———__ CHARLES G. CROCKER BETTER. His Brother Makes a Flying Trip to the Sick Bedside. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 12—The latest information from the summer home of Colone] Charles F. Crocker, where the Southern Pacific railway vice president lies prostrated from a stroke of apoplexy, is to the effect that Colonel Crocker is resting quietly, with favorable indications of recovery. In a flying trip from Ogden to the bed- side of his stricken brother at San Mateo W. H. Crocker beat the record established some years ago by the famous Villard special train. The distance from Ogden to this city is $33 miles. Mr. Crocker cov- ered it in twenty-three hours and twenty- two minutes. His time from Sacramento to this city was also remarkable, being one hour and fifty-three minutes, the dis- tance, eighty-six miles. ——>—__. NOTED BOND FORGER Z. T. Lewis Pleads Guilty and Gets Twenty Years. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 12—A Times- Star special from Urbana, Ohio, says that Z. T. Lewis, the famous boni fcrgér, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Hie frauc- ulent operatioas in bonds are said to have amounted to $250,000. SENTENCED. ON.TO WEST VIRGINIA Corcerted Efforts Paing Made to In- duce Miners There to Strike. BEST ORGANIZERS BEING SENT OUT Governor Atkinson Prepares for Trouble by Securing Arms. nee ne COAL GETTING SCARCER —— = PITTSBURG, Pa., July 12—On to West Virginia will be the cry this week of all the labor leaders interested in the coal miners’ strike. During the week the cleverest or- ganizers, labor orators and exhorters will be at work In the West Virginia diggings, spreading the doctrine of strike. Vice Pre: ident Carney of the Amalgamated Assocta- tion and Rey. Winston Green, who were ap- pointed organizers by the United Labor League last night, left for West Virginia this morning, and six others, whose names have not yet been announced, will follow to- night or Tuesday. Pittsburg’s quota of organizers will be Joined In West Virginia tomorrow or the next day by those from other parts of the United Stat There will be enough of them to. thoreughly cover the entire coal regions of the state. When they have fin- ished their work they will come to Penn- sylvania and the George's Creek district of Maryland. They will work among the mi rs of the New York and Cl nd Gas nd and Clear- ot settled be- al Co. and the Westmory id regions, if the strike is z fore that time. Have Hard Work Ahena. Whatever success they may have in the West Virginia, Maryland, Clearfield and Westmoreland fields the organizers, ac- cording to present indications, will have ard work in persuading the employes in the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com- Pany’s mine to strike. The officials a handicapped by the court's injunction nm straining them from going on the com- pany’s property. But this difficulty is ov shadowed by the apathy of the min themselve A visit to the mines deve the prevalence of a_wiliine t provided the Mine Workers’ Unio: antees them their wages for the are out. The feeling among the plified in the fatlure advertised meeti guar- time they miners is exem- to hold the much- fs at Beulah Church y terday afternoon. At the Plum © ndy Creek and Turtle Creek mi s knew nothing of the The miners said they would not under any cir HES, he » grievances, but some of them think were sold out when they struck three years ago. Attendance at Meetings Prohibited. Superintendent Thomas be Armit visited the different pits yesterday and kept on the lookout for a meting. It was freely stated that any miner caught attending a meeting or found talking with any of the labor leaders would be instantly discharg- ed. The three mines of the company put out 1,54) tons of coal per day. The coal is shipped to Pittsburg and points west. The company is trying to take care of all the orders it can get, attempting to buy ceal from neighboring mines, which are located on the eastern cr outside of the Pittsburg district. afield bituminous coal and what is known as the moun field, along the line of the Pennsylvania railroad between Johnstown and Altoona, began receiving crders today from the dealers of the Pittsburg district. The action of the United Min= Worke officials in deciding to make West ginia the battle ground of the sirike ed alarm among the local sh equently they wili pi orders at good round :igures rators in the Clearleld and mount gions in case the striking miners ar cessful in i to wnston of district in coal Vir- has cecal prodvetion in We and the George's creek distri yland. The latter has one of the heaviest outputs of any coal region in the Un Stetes, an supplied the eastern markets with the bulk of their coal during the strike of 184. Coke Ovens t The small coke operators of the Connells- ville region who own independent plants will, it is said, shut down majority of their ovens today and begin to load the raw coal for shipment. At the present price of bituminous coal there is more profit in it in the raw state than could be made by manufacturing it into coke. With bituminous coal advancing, and not much of the product on hand, there prom- ises to be exciting times in the coal mar- ket today. It is known tnat there are a number of 's short on smail orders, jand it is pro that a number of the smaller deaiers will unite in making one big purchase, and thus protect their trade. Small Visible Supply. The visible supply of coal is very small. There are about ten train loads of the Pittsburg product on the sidings of the Fert Wayne railroad between this city and Avance, on which the railroad company has an eagle eye. It was mined for the lake trade, but since held. Then there are 8,000,000 10 10,000,000 bushels on the flats and barges along the rivers. This might as well be in the mines, so far as satisty- ing the railroad demand is concerned. It will cost nearly as much to handle it as it aid to dig it, and if it 1s put on the market it will be ata very stiff price. ‘There are serious doubts, however, of the operators being able to put it on the mar- ket. The miners will watch the coal in the barges, and if an attempt is made to load it for the railroad trade the handlers will be induced to strike. In this the miners expect to be successful. COL. REND ON THE STRIKE. ut Down, is The Chicago Operator ix Hopefal of an Early Settlement. CHICAGO, July 12—Col. Wm. P. Rend, the millionaire Chicago coal operator, has returned from Pittsburg, where during the pest week he has been in conference with other coal mine operators and with the officials of the miners’ organization relative to a settlement. of the strike. Mr. Rend says there is no telling right now when the strike will end. It will be found out, he says, in the Pittsburg district. Whether or not it will spread to other fields of labor he cannot say, for a strike, like conflagration, sometimes, spreads to everything within reach, but he hopes for an early and peaceful settlement by arbitration. MAKING MILITARY PREPARATIONS. Gov. Atkinson of West Virginia Fears Troubic From th itrikers, WHEELING, W. Va., July 12—A great change has come over the miners of this state and the operators do not disguise their intention to keep the organizers from doing effective work here. Meetings were held at Thacker, Elkhorn and Bluefield last evening, but no definite action was taken, though sympathy for the strike was expressed. Governor Atkinson an@ Adjutant Genera) Appleton are preparing for trouble. With.