Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 4201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Hewspaper Company, 8. H. UFFMAD IN, Pres’t. ‘The Bvening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by car . on thefr own account, at 10 ccnis Der week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the ecunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Conada—postage prepaid-50 ecats per month. Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., @8 sec od-class mail matter.) © All mail sute-riptions must_be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,855. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. A LONG STEP: AHEAD Important Amendment to the Civil Service Rules. RESTRICTING POWER OF DISMISSAL Merit to Be the Sole Requisite of a Government Employe. MORE CLERKS ADMITTED President McKinley has promulgated the fellowing important amendment to civil wervice rule II: No removal shall be made from any po- Bition subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the depart- ment or other appointing officer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense.” He also amended rule III so as to include within the classified service the employes of all custom house offices, without regard to the number of employes. Hitherto the tlassification embraced customs offices where the number of employes was five or more. This order brings into the classified wervice sixty-five hitherto unclassified cus- tome offices. The President has also amended rule VI, making exceptions to examinations, so as te read as follows “Custom house service—One cashier In tach customs district, one chief or principal feputy or assistant collector in each cus- toms district, one princtpal deputy collector at each subport or station. “Internal revenue service—One employe in each Internal revenue district, who shall act as cashier or chief deputy or assistant Mector, as my be determined by the ‘asury Departn at; one deputy collector fm each Internal revenue district where the number of employes in the office of the col- lector exceeds four; one deputy collector in tach stamp (or branch) office. “Appointments to the positions named tn this rule In the custom house service and the internal revenue service shall be sub- t to an examination, to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not di proved by the commission. equ amination held by th: ftions of like grade. all be conducted by the commission in ac- -e with its regulct Safexaards Around the Clerks. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip, in speak- ing of the amendments, said: “These amendments to the civil service President has signed are t steps forward that have in the civil service regulations age of the original law. Up time nearly all the regula- med at throwing d the methed of en There has heen alme: ' cord: rules which the the most di been made since the p e@ been a gurrds aro the service. Ing locking toward the enforcement of the pirit of civil service refc within the rervice itself. Many prom i lee fer: wor hing that « pret h cause of zch complaint t je in the service could he disinissed or reduced without any flefinite charges being maue and without giving the person red any oppo tunity to a defense. That nas proved the st point in the whole civil § system. In the Post Office De- p steps were taken three age to remedy this defe: a ruling being made by Postmaster General Bissell to the ef- fect that there would he no dismissals from the carrier force, except upon wr ten charges and after the carr ; given an of rtunity to mak f It n believed that that ruling we ed the great good in the Femoved the carriers from fluences more than any oth. yut in force in re Department. 11 no more sent civil ¢ than to throw around removals as the removal of efficient per- isan reasons. The new ruling control of th the j guard aza sone for pa by non of the depar pensions may be effect and re van always be made, department is 1 is taken oms_ offic e ports, » five or -five ports “in the classified n of a deputy and al ports and of one ort or station.” Indorsed by the Commission. plan of the extension, which was formulated hy Secretary Gage and Assist- ant Secretary Vanderlfp, has the unquall- fied and hearty tndorsement of the civil service commission, who earnestly recom- mended to the President tts approval. In speaking of the amendment, President Procter of the commission said that the friends of civil service reform everywhere could congratulate themselves on this most important a -e of the cause. The com- mission in its last annual report had sald that government officers should have the power of removal for proper reagons. Neo Changes in the Commission. It is said on good authority that the President will make no changes in the civil service commissicn for a lorg time. He is satisfied with the way the com- mission is working and is not ready to make a ne The same authority expresses the ovinicn that it will also be a long time before there are any further alterations President has had time to 2 if he had desired. He will hardly give further con- sideration io the subject for a good while. Paymaster from the Minnes been ordered volis to the Brooklyn navy yard; umander U. Sabree, to com- mand the Wheeling; Lieut. F. HH. Le Favor, from Mare Island to the Wheel- Lieut. D. Peacock, from the Inde- pendence to the Wheeling; Ensigns E H. Darell, W. M. Cross, D. W. Todd and ¢ F. Hughes, to the Wheeling; Lieut. C. M. Knepper, to the ordnance bureau; Cadet R. W. Henderson, from the Lowa’ to the ‘Texas; Surgeon J. B. Gatewood, to Brussels and Berlin as a delegate to the medica! con- ventions. Distriet Committee Clerkship. Mr. Harry W. Barney of Mauston, Wis., has been appointed cierk of the House com- mittee on the District of Columbia, vice Mr. George b. Clementson, who has resigned to practice law. POLICY OF SUPPRESSION British Officials in India Arrest Native Agitators. Im Searching Houses of Suspects In- cendiary Literature and Arms Are Discovered—Owners Fled. LONDON, July 28.—A- dispatch from Bombay says that Gangadhar Tilak, a na- tive member of the legislative council, was arrested last evening on the charge of in- citing the natives to disaffection. He was formally arraigned in the Bombay police court this morning, after which the hear- ing was adjourned. Gangadhar Tilak has for a long time agi- tated indiscriminately against British rule. Of late he has been more than usually vir- ulent. He is a man of talent, a thorough fanatic, opposed to European ideas and in- novations, and he has been a leader in the recent outbreaks against the sanitary reg- ulations. Adopts Policy of Suppression. The uprising in the Swat valley has led the government to adopt the policy of sup- pression toward the native agitators, who in speeches and through the native press have for a long time been endeavoring to promote the spirit of revolt. In pursuance of this policy a number of arrests have already been made, and oth- ers are expected to follow. At Poona two well-known agitators, Sci- dar Balwantrao Natu and his brother, Hu- ropant Ramohunder Natu, have been ar- rested on charges of disloyalty. Found Arms Concealed. A number of houses have been searched, with the result that the police have found arms concealed, though the owners have departed for parts unknown. Eshoo Madow Bal, a partner of Gangad- har Tilak in publishing the newspaper Kesari, has heen arrested. The office has been searched, and a quantity of incrim- inating documents seized, together with an issue of the paper. Eshoo will be put on trial with Tilak. MORE TROOPS FOR CHITRAL. Active Measures Being Taken by British to Quell the Revolt. LONDON, July 28—A dispatch from Simla this morning says, that the govern- ment is taking all steps neces with the emergency in the though Fort Chakdar: pied an isolat- with two companies of the Punjab infantry and two guns son can hold its own. The roai between Mardan and Malakind is blocked with hestile tribesmen who have cut the telesraph wires. hree squadrons of Bengal lancers and ond Punjab infantry regiment have 1 for Marden. The seventh mountain y is cn the v ay to Melakand and the Kent regiment is held in readin Peshawar he Simla dispatch also in Holland ef the twenty fantry was ainong those ously during Monday Camp Malakana. — ED SHORTAGE IN Chitral. now cut off, occu- Position, it is believed that thirty-firs the garri- ys that Cap- fourth Pun; wounded seri- night's attack on ALLE ACCOUNTS. BIW Filed Against Chicago Building an CHICAGO, July 28.—According to a bill filed in the cireuit court, the Mechanics and Traders’ Savings, Loan and Building Association has an alleged shortage of £545,000. The bill also charges that officers of the association aided the secretary to use the building society as a feeder for the latter's business as a builder and con- tractor; that there are alleged “dummy ioans, and that a number of the borrowing stockholders are in default on their p: ments. The complainants ask the court to remove all the officers and appoint a temporary receiver to act as secretary, and to investigate the affairs of the i tion for the benefit of the stackholde: nd grant the relief asked for by the com- piainants. dt is charged that the society is hop: lessiy insolvent, and that its surplus a count of $239,000 exists only on paper. The complainants are Jacob Rouble, Join An- Gerson, Marion Brasheres, Charles H. Ap- plegate and others, all stockholders of the ociation. harles G. French, the secretary, cut of the city. The’ treasurer, Orr, is cashier of the Americ National Bank. He expressed great sur- prise that such a bill had been file sald that he really knew little of the work-, of the uassoctation, as he has veen urer only a few months, having suc- ded E, Keith, The affairs, Mr. Orr said, have been in the hands of French, who he is su is reputable and thoroughly businesslike in his methods. Mr. Orr believes that the condition of the association as tuld by the bill is exaggerated, and he declare that an investigation by the law that the changes are groundle: ——___ ENS FOR SMITHSONIAN. will prove SPE Schooner Wahlberg Reaches san Diexo With Cargo of Curtositics. SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 28.—The schooner Wahlberg, which sailed from this port on March 8 on a scientific expedition for the Smithsonfan Institution and Stanford Uni- versity, has arrived here. The Wahlberg brings back five tons of rare deep sea shells, four barrels of deep sea fish and many beautiful marine specimens. On her return up the coast the Wahl- berg stopped at Natividad, where she found four San Diegoans who had been left at Cedrosistan by the junk Hong Kong ¢ight months ago, and had been taken to Natividad by a schooner, with the expecta- tion of returning by another schooner to San Diego. The men were nearly famish- ed for want of water, and the timely arri- val of the Wahlberg probably saved thelr lives. They are ex-Sergt. Sanford, Private Connors of Company H, U. 8. A.; Jack Dampion and Bill Andrews, sailors. es DAVID McKINLEY’S WAR RECORD. Presented to the President by E. W. Spangicr of York, Pa. YORK, Pa., Juiy 28.—Through the cour- tesy of E. W. Spangler of this city Presi- dent McKinley is now in possession of the revolutionary war record of David McKin- ley, his great grandfather. David McKinley was a resident of this county during the revolution and served in a York county company. The rosters of the companies from this region are in the possession of Miss Carrie Hay, grand- daughter of Lieut. Col. John Hay. Through the efforts of Mr. Spangler President Mc- Kinley has been presented with that one containing the record of his ancestor. _——— WILL WEAR A. $20,000 CROWN. Mrs. Lease Selected for Queen of the Fall Festivities. TOPEKA, Kan., July 28.—Mrs. Mary E. Lease, the populist orator, has been select- ed as queen of the fall festivities—a harvest demonstration. Mrs. Lease is in Iowa on a lecturing tour. The committee having the matter in charge has asked her by telegraph to ac- cept the She will reign as queen for @ week wear a $20,000 crown. PLEDGES REDEEMED Chairman Babcock on the Work of the Republican Party. CITES PLATFORM AND PERFORMANCE Promises More When Congress Meets in December. THE FALL ELECTIONS “It will be observed that the republican party has lost no time in redeeming some of its pledges made in the last campaign,” sald Chairman Babcock of the republican congressional committee to a Star reporter today. “The promises to the people were made in good faith, not for political effect, and the President and the republican ma- jority in Congress have proceeded to their fulfillment in a prompt, business-like and effectual way. “It will be recalled that the republicans in their national convention at St. Louis, a little more than a year ago, said: “We renew and emphasize our allegiance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial independence and the foundation of American development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign products and encourages home industry; it puts the burden of reve- nue on foreign goods; it secures the Ameri- can market for the American producer: it upholds the American standard of wages for the American workingman; it puts the factory by the side of the farm and makes the American farmer less dependent on foreign demand and price; it diffuses gen- eral thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In its reasonable application it is just, fair and impartial, equally opposed to foreign control and do- mestic monopoly, to sectional discrimina- tion and ind{yidual favoritism.’ Benefit From the Tariff. “I hold that the policy outlined in that utterance has been enacted into law in the tariff hill just passed. In my opinion the new law will prove in the next few years to be the most beneficial tariff legislation ever enacted. It will come nearer com- bining the protection of American indus- tries and American farmers with the rais. ing of revenue for the government than any other bill. While it is difficult to figure with pencil and paper the effect of the law upon the revenues, it is my opinion that with the natural growth of business, the upbuilding ef industries and the increase of the pu ing ¢ ity of the people the new law will not only produce enough to furnish ample revenues of the govern- ment, but will leave a surplus. “Nine-tenths of the voters of the country, I believe, irrespective of party, will com: mend the new tariff. ‘The democratic vote in Congress on the bill do not represent the sentiment of the democrats throughout the country on the tariff question. There has been a Steady increase of protection sentiment throughout the west and south. “We are even now beginning to see the results of republican supremacy In govern- mental affairs. Higher prices for agricul- tural products are being quoted all through the west. Advices that I receive from business men indicate a rapidly increasing volume of business. In the case of my own firm in Wisconsin, engaged in the lum- ber business, our transactions for last month were larger than they have been during any month since The future bright for the republican party, which will reap the reward for having brought about the legislative conditions that make these materia! conditions possible. “It must be remembered, however, that there was another principal object ‘to be attained by the republican party as well as the revision of the tariff. The party pledged itself to the maintenance of sound money for the use of the people of the United States, The platform said in this respect: For Sound Money. “The republican party 1s unreservedly for sound money. It caused the ena: ment of the law providing for the resump- tion of specie payments in 1879; since then every doilar has been as good as gold. We are unalterably oppcsed to every measure salculated to debase our currency or im the credit of our country. We are there- fore opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to pro- mote, and until such agreement can be ob- tained the existing gold standard must preserved. All our silver and paper cur rency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United Stat and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present andard, the s| ard of the most en- lightened nations of the earth.’ “The President has moved with prompt- ness in the direction of fulfilling this pledge. He has already sent a commission abroad to negotiate with the principal pow- ers of the world for an international agiee- ment for the enlarged coinage of silver, the only system under which this govern- ment could open its mints to free silver coinage with safety and honor, “More than that, he has called for the authority to appoint a commission to re- vise the currency banking system of the country, and the republicans in the House have responded promptly. If it were not for the democratic drag upon the wheels of progress in the Senate, that commission would even now be assembling and prepar- ing for its work. Promises Carried Out. “The administration has carried out, as far as possible at this time, its promises made to the people in response for a de- mand for the annexation of Hawaii. A ma- jority of the people of the United States want to see those islands under the pro- tection of the United States, and the action which the President has taken in sending in the annexation treaty is good guarantee that the protection will be given in due time.” “When Congress convenes in December the remainder of the republican program will be put into effect. Thg party means business; it is not indulging in political clap-trap, nor the glittering generalities of democracy. “I ghink the first evidence of the appre- clation of the people of the United States of the efforts of the republicans will be given in the fall elections in Ohio. I look for the election of a republican legislature and the return of Mr. Hanna to the Sen- ate.” ————————-o+____ DISTRIBUTING THE TARIFF. Members of Congress Given 50,000 Copies for Circulation. The first copies of the tariff act in law form for circulation have been received at the document roome of the Senate and House. The law makes a pamphlet of 70 pages. The members of the House will have 25,000, the senators 10,000 and the Senate committee on finance 15,000 copies for distribution, making 50,000 in all to be circulated by Congress. : ———_-e+_. To Attend National Guardsmen. Capt. Edward E. Hardin, 7th Infantry, has been ordered to accompany the 65th Regiment, New York National Guard, on a tour of field service. Capt. J. C. F. Tilleon, 14th Infantry, has: been detailed to attend the encampment of the South Carolina state volunteer troops at Orangeburg, 8. C. CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY ARE NOT DEBATABLE To Receive Considerable Attention in the Next Session. Public men in Washington were gener- ally surprised when the announcement was made in the cable dispatches a few days since that the questfon of thé Clayton-Bul- wer_treaty had been raised’ in the Britieh parliament in connection with the propo- sal to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, and also were consequently Prepared for the response of the British government that the one question was not involved in the other. The satter is regarded here with all the greater interest because both subjects, the validity of the treaty and the anexa- tion of Hawaii, are under consideration by Congress, and both will in all probabil- ity receive attention during the next scs- sion. ‘The Senate committee on foreign relations, which has already reported upon the annexation treaty, has undertaken an investigation of the present status of the Clayton-Bulwer convention, and the gen- eral expectation, on account of the predi- lections of the members of the subcommit- tee having the question in charge, is that a report will be made favorable to the abrogation of the treaty. It is understood that a majority of the members of the committee consider that England has, by repeated acts in Central America, nullified the treaty. There is also a large element in the Sen- ate which regards the bien & as obnoxious to the Monroe doctrine. Others look upon it as liable in an indirect/way to have. through its reference to the Nicaragua canal, a bearing upon the Hawaiian ques- tion. Those of this class*do not admit that there is the remotest reference to Hawaii in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, but they claim that Hawaii and the proposed Isthmian canal, to which the treaty has ‘special refererce, are so closely related as to render the future bearing of this treaty upon the Hawaiian problem a matter ol interest. } It is understood that the committee will be prepared to report soon)after the con- | vening of Congress next December. One of the po‘nts of doubt on the part of the committee is how the treaty is regarded by the ish government. It appears that generally acted in Cen- affairs as she would have been exnected to act if there had been no treaty, the English authorities have never given expression to any official sentiment as to the ccntinued effect of the agree- ment made letween Secretary Clayton and Sir Lytton Bulwer. eo PRESIDENTIAL AF John W. Dudicy Register of the Land . _ Office at Sitka. The President has made the following ap- pointments: State—Daniel Swiney of Ohio, consul at Cork, Ireland. ‘Treasury—Thomas Fitchie of New York, joner of immigraticn, port of New Warrer Sherwood and George W. Wanamaker of New York, assistant ap- prais merchand at New York; Frank J. amore, collector of customs, H. Maris, Brazos de Santiago, Tex. Francise of customs, Los Angeles, Cal Sapp, col: lector cf internal revenue for the fifth dis- trict of Kentucky; Samuel J. Roberts, col- lector of internal revenue for the seventh district of Kentuck Interior—Alvah Eastman, receiver of pub- lic moneys at St. Cloud, Minn.; Charles MeNichols, agent for the Indian. Colorado river agency in Arizona; W. Fox, register of the land office ton, N.M.:; Jay Lynch, agent for the In- dizns of the Yakima agency in Washing- ton; Stephen J. Loughran, receiver of pub- at Des Moines, Iowa; Gilbert B. va, surveyor general of the di John W. Dudley of Wash- i , register of the land office at Sit a; Roswell Shelly of Oregon, receiver of public moneys at Sitka, Alaska; Andrew J. Duncan of Ohie, Indian inspec- tor. Justice—Charles S. Johnson of Alaska, United States district judge for district of Alaska; Glen Miller of Utah, marshal for the district of POINTMENTS, Fairfield, Conn lector of custom W. Andre lic moneys Thwarted a Secret Kinley During the € There is an interesting story behind the appointment of C. E. Sapp to be internal revenue collector for the fifth Kentucky district. Mr. Sapp is president of the Ken- tucky branch of the A. P. A. It will be | remembered that just prior to Mr. Me- | Kinley’s nomination charges were made | against him by some of the A. P. A. peo- | ple and an attempt was made to use the order against him. The scheme is understood to have started in Illinois. Agents were sent to A. P. A. lodges in different parts of the country. An agent went to Mr. Sapp, president of the Kentucky branch of the A. P. A., to have him work up an anti-McKinley movement in Kentucky. yas a McKinley to Canton and disclosed the plans to injure the Oilo can- didate. He after: went to where and fought the an ment successfully. ‘The appointment cf Mr. Sapp is to be fought in the Senate if nis name is sent to that body this fall. There may not be open objection on the part of Kentucky republicans, but it has been broadly hinted that the democrats in the Senate might take charge of Mr. Sapp’s case when iis name is brought up. ent attacks on Senator Vest by thc A. P. A. caused sev- eral democrais to decide to fight the confir- mation of the most prominent A. P. A. man who might receive an appointment. The Kentucky democrats promise to take the matter before the Senate if others do me as Mr. Sapp is very objectionable to em. S. J. Roberts, who was appointed col- lector for the seventh Kentucky district, was a native of Canton and is an old-tfme friend of the President. ——_-o—______ RESIGNING THEIR PLACES. Government Employes Who Are Going to the Gold Fields. The government is in danger of losing the services of some of its employes on the Pacific coast. They have visions of sudden wealth and are throwing up their federal jobs in order to go to Alaska. Mr. Eckels, controller of the currency, received the following telegram last night from Mr._F. W. Hawkins; receiver of a failed national bank in Anacortes, Wash.: “Please accept my resignation as receiver by wire. The Alaska gold fever is over- whelming.” Controller Eckels wired-an acceptance of his resignation, and it is-supposed the erst- while receiver is already on his way to the Eldorado of the frozen north. 9 Pensions Granted. | Pensions have been granted as follows: District of Columbia—Joseph Con Glumer. Maryland—Peter. A. Bushey, Baltimore. Illinois and else- Mcikiniey move- ranged to send two agents of the Agricul- tural Department to to obtain in- formation The Negotiations With Hawaii Re- garding Annexation. RESPONSE 0 JAPANESE PROTESTS Matter Concerning only the Two Countries. TRYING TO AROUSE EUROPE It 1s probable that there will be no fur- ther extended correspondence between the State Department and the Japanese min- ister on the subject of Hawaiian annexa- tion. It is thought that the correspondence has been carried as far as it can legitimate- ly be, from the point of view of this gov- ernment. The position taken by the United States is that the annexation of Hawaii is @ matter which concerns only the two countries which are parties to the treaty, and that the consent or approval of no other government is necessary to the com- pletion of the transaction. This being the case, it is felt that for the State Depart- ment to enter further into an argument with the Japanese minister as to the merit of the case would be compromising, in a measure at least, to the position of this government. It is probable therefore that the only re- sponse that will be made to Japan’s latest protest will be a polite and diplomatic an- nouncement that the United States does not regard the annexation of Hawali as a matter open to discussion with any fore! government. The attitude of this govern- ment has been made clear in the history of our relations with Hawaii, in the course of the administration in negotiating the an- nexation treaty without notice to any for- eign government or consultation with it, and by the correspondence which has so far taken place between the State Depart- ment and the Japanese minister. There is ncthing more to be said on the subject, and there are abundant reasons why the ad- ministration should decline to regard the matter as one open to discussion. © Protests. The first protest might be regarded as a formal matter, designed by the Japanese government to furnish a basis upon which Japan might build up a claim for special consideration for her subjects by =reaty with this government after annexation has been accomplished. The second protest, however, couched in language strong enough to be subject to misinterpretation by any one familiar with diplomatic us puts the matter in a more It is an unconditional prote i nexation and cc the informatio Japan will not recognize annexation. Japan's Work in Europe. However lightly State Department off- cials may dismiss the matter in public utterances, it is well understood that the terms of the second protest and the fact that Japan thought it necessary to make a second protest, warrants ¢ being given to the statements made in London and Paris that Japan is trying to induce other foreign powers to join ier in resisting an- nexation. When the annexation treaty was first an- nounced it was said at the Japanese ieza- tion here that the great powers of the world would not permit annexatioa to be completed until conditions attending it were made entirely satisfacio to all these governments having any interests it Hawaii. It was admitted also that Japan would like to possess Haw, i that knowing that the United States would not permit that, it was the desire of Ja that the independence of the islands be preserved. ‘Time for a Firm Stand. There being no doubt felt that the pro- test of Japan is more than perfunctory, and that an effort is being made to lead other governments to oppose armnexation, it is regarded as desirable to let the world know at once that we do not regard the question as one open to dis ion, before any other nation 1s brought into a contro- with us on the matter. If it is fully jerstood that the United States will not the question and cannot be shaken position, there will be litle encour- in its agement for any other government to in- terfere at the instigation of Japan. If, however, it is left to be an open ques- tion by a protracted argument on one side and then on the other, it may be inter- preted as an indication of weakness on the part-of the United States, and might in- spire the belicf that if there were enough parties to the protest this government would yield and permit # joint control of Hawali. The policy of the administration is fixed definitely, and there is felt to be no reason for permitting the impression to develop that it may be changed in any re- sect. —+e~. CHOPTANK’S VACATION. He ix Charmed With Washington as a Summer Resort. “Say, young fellow, if! you don’t stop writing pieces for the paper about me there will be trouble,” said Colonel Choptank to The Star man when he met him today. “Why, colonel, you don’t mind, do you?” “No, but I’m afraid the folks down on the eastern sho’ will read ‘em. You see, Jedge Cherrystone, with whom I am stop- ping, has sent his folks down on the east- ern sho’ for the summer, and they are with my people over at Oyster Point. That's one of them summer resorts. This town, though, is good enough for me as a sumuiner resort. “TI never could see why people wanted to run away to them little band boxes that they call hotels, at these summer resorts. Now, the jedge and I have gat a lurge, cool house. My room is big enough for a small family. The bed is so comfortable that I hate to leave it in the morning. We have the pick of the market and of a thousand truck formers who bring the best of their products here. We have ice and milk aud butter and the finest fruits in America. “Now, what are those people down at Oyster Point, and every other old point, a-doin'? Why, they are sleeping on beds that feel like a magnified corrugated wash- board; they are bunking in little rooms that would not be considered large enough for a linen closet by a Washington hcuse- keeper. They are living on tough country beef, eating the fruit that the far:hers can’t sell, get a little ice once in a while and are contracting good cases of dyspep- si “No, Washington is good enough for. me. When we want fresh air, an electric car furnishes it, and we have better prod- ucts of the country than you can get any- where in the country, The jedge ani I will continue to enjoy life at this queen of sum- mer resorts, and let the folks tight :usqui- toes and listen to the cheery music of the bull frogs down at Oyster Point, while we take in the music of the summer gardens. But don't let the folks down -at Oyster Point hear that.” con. ‘Whereabouts of the Warships. The Vesuvius, which has for several months past been engaged in patrolling the Florida coast to: guard against fillbustering expeditions, sailed yesterday: from Fort mdergo some repairs. “The Winnington bas ui taken her place at Jacksonville. _ ‘The Bancroft has arrived at Smyrna, , SUSPENDED THE ORDER Complications Arise Regarding the Control of Troops in Alexka, Consultation Beimeco the President and Secretary \ige.—Sothing May Be Done tut Spring. Legal complicati sented themselves iia ve vent the detail of asonagpeis troops to Alaska i «+ in maintaining the peace in the Klendyke region. These complications presesies ciemselves when the subject was fivst hed, and have been the source of «= noyance to the Officials, who feel i 2 Jew-preserving body of men is esseniisi io the weill-being of the people who are theking to the gold country. No doub to be enter- tained of the pewer of the President to send a company of s«sidievs, but the ques- tion raised is just wii * which have pre- vened to pre- i UnitedStates Appters 1 awhority they will have after being 1. sed there. Can they be ordered out to quell cisiurbance without an order from the Frestarai? Cen a judge of @ court or @ mersial be clothed with authority to dispatch ine soliicrs to the scene of trouble? Eves if rite power rested with the governor Alor’, he is located &t Sitka, a great Usieiuce from the gold region, and by t+ Wwe his authority could be obtained, the tacn would be ; The question was ed by the ident and Secretary leer at the White Heuse last night this reernin: the result that the of a body of sold steamer leaving Se:itl+ celed. There will b- tunity to moye the season, by the ste: The matter is sti’) consideration, but pr that nothing will be «te ei sailing Augus n pending furth e ¢stabiish- ment of a military ; jn Alaska before next spring at the ex:licsi. ee —s MISSISSIPPI. Approved Before leaving Wesni » today Seere- tary Alger approve! revised allotments made by the Miss =<ij ji ever commtssion for the improvem- si f she Missi river. The commis«is 24 last made a serves ¢: which only $490,000 ing operations. W War Department t came veal t lary, upon the reconune siasion of Gen, Wil- son, chief of engiue-:« 1 to sanction them, on the groun: Hormen dredging were too ~ owas insisted that not less thai * should be di- verted to that wors 4 new one as to the 1 War Department, ou: . cepted ihe situation ‘ was held in New York on moath, at which ta- mendations were a: however, insisted <4.. iis ‘iest alle Were wight, and a bowing authority of the members recorded t1. in view and in the} sons which rey “he commission, bank rr al and and_ second $40,00 he sum of $763 distributed as fo tenders, $20; four ‘pile « barges, $12,000; bu ii for seventh district. 11 ting six dredges 21 18u8, $519,300, wed for Perc z and opera- until July 1, TRANSLATING 11 TARIEER BILL, WIL Be Distribu America Although the ta ation for less thar of American cepublie= hie < re, bution copies of the bill in f —English, French, Soauish on —and is busy sen) American couniric demand for them. for the law printed in this country, ané tie numerous orders for :1. Mr. Joseph Smiis bureau, has in pre, hardbooks and hop + for delivery within « are on Hawaii ani Aix-bx when the excitemen: region is so great ¢ inquiries about Alast bs the Bureau of Rey os. iv 1 vas been in oper- tour the bure, to the South thore is a lar; om languages in tor of the IWO Valuable .ve them ready Hon weeks, Th At this time, ‘he Klondyke ve been many the issuing of the handbook on Alaska will not. onty answer these ques!i ber give musi Valuable information = he entire’ ter~ ritory. The work o/ ng the « geographical nomeet=iur very satisfactorily, aid 1 will be ready by the i=: Work will be one 0: Ue in Valuable ever issucd will be especially Mr. Smith is great! creased interest taken ti ihe bureau since ee cutee in the adiainixtrecion, ready his good wo: is ing an effect. ee eae by the bu tes a dictiona e- 3 BINES UP, TO BE A Canadian Wome suspected of Poisoning Hee Menvand. The State Deparimeni tax issued a war- rant for the surrender io the Cenadian gov- ernment of Olive Adel! Sterneman, who is held at Rochester, N. y., on a charge of poisoning her husbar: The case has exci kreat Interest, not only in Canada, but in norshern New York as well. The woman ix <xid to have ad- ministered arsenic to her liusband in small daily doses until dexth <u-ued in Canadian territory, meanwhile 1+~i=.ing the efforts of the physician to have » removed to a hospital. An autopsy made by two count doctors failed to show any traces of poison, and the charge of 1. would not have been maintained sav+ he action of an insurance compan) it = a policy on Sternaman, which « “ad cher and an expert investigation to be made, with the result of revealing larze quantities of ar- senic in the body. The prisoner has made strenuous efforts, through hubeas corpus Proceedings, to prevent her removal to Canada for trial, aid some of the New York representatives have interested them- selves in the case. ‘ -e--- Drowned in Lake Memptremagor. NEWPORT, Vt., July 2x—A row boat containing Mrs. J. Foller, hee seven-year- old son and her sister, Miss Chilson, all ot Springfield, was capsized in Luke Mem- Dhremagog, and while beth ladies were rescued, the boy ssvk tefore aid could reach him. "The accident which was caused by the ladies trying to change seats, about 500 fee: from shore, and the cries of all three fin«liy brought two men their aid. Both iscies were very much exhausted when breuxhi to shore. The take Ss Dele Scene for the body of the N tl The Evening Star is the only afternoon papev in Washington that receives the dispatches of tle” Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to pres —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—__ TO COLLECT REVENUE ——»—_- Canada Prepares to Get Benefit of Gold Discoveries, WILL INCREASE CUSTOMS POSTS Ministry Also Decides to Strengthen the Mounted Police Force. Sees Sees PLANS FOR TRANSPORTATION felipe OTTAWA, Ont., July 28.—At the meeting of the ministers last evening Miniszor Paterson was authorized to send two n customs officers to the Alaskan boun by the Islander, which sails for the ne tomorrow. The officers will be taken frc the Victoria custom house, and will be accompanied by a couple of provinelal po- lice. They will open stations, as outpc of Victoria, beyond the head of Lynn car Which ts in disputed territory, and at p: ent in the United States possessions, a: at Lake Tagish. There is a collector Fort Cudahy, on’ City, and these arrangements, bac! by a strong force of police, are con! a m of Communtentio The greatest question of all communication. is one of It is reported that a pack train exists for twenty of the eighty mti<s which will separate the coast fram first post to be established, at 60 degrecs of latitude, in undisputed British territ« If so, a narrow can be built thet would not where The cov be ould be 1 twice a over the mountaiys facing the cc tremendous 0! . would be overcome ause in winte < impossible to moun opt at the of life, and to & Bs wld be fatal. The mounted po- > increased fre t will bec and the dl. WW te tinned gulations ci- Police Poxts. A strong customs and police post will be ublished just north of the British « boundary ond the b anal will latatud. of the t 4 degrees of obi so be fa nar: a ance of seventy to eigh miles, abeut forty of which is over tains. This post, which will be the Chilkoot and White masse will command the southern entrant the whole territory, Mounted police will be established h fifty miles apart up to will be used to op h monthly n m: Will be « om the le:d of the Lynn canal to th i consent of the aut e States will be asked if diplomatic spondence to a modus vivendi unde will have ght of way ated territ mL mounte pst. Right of Way. ated in secu nigh the litt able ¢ No dificulty is the right of of dispu the road graph 1 id have to cross the head of Lynn canal, is now to res eithough that ter- os pe: in the S TO SELL CLAIMS, San Prinein ficult npitatinen Dealing W 20, Cal., are md It #it- Miners, Ju endeavoring italists who eptions on min claims int antry are not meeiing with much succ m th rs now here The men to realize they 7 thing in what th have aud posed to submit to mod Veyance even Unough noi force Value of the property is inv stl TO LABOR IN OLZEN NORTH. mine f Order of St, Anne Sisters Volunteer for Alaska, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 28.— si of the Order of Anne have «t- fered their services for ten years’ labor the frozen north, I by the superic have arrived in Sw e been gece r community. ancisco on their w north, and wet sailed for Michael's on the steamer Excelsior this ot- ternoon, but as it wa red that t vessel would be cro the officials of the Alaska Com» advised the s' Sto Walt over f ing of the Bertha, cither Satard: day next The two who go to the north ar y of the Cross, formerly M been engaged ok. Magda anton is 5: Miss Goul Sacred Heart, tive of Que LAKE STEAMER WR 0 Log Drift on Lake Huron, PORT HURON, Mich, July 28.—Th steamer Cambria of the Windsor, Detroit and Soo line, which left Detroit Tuesday noon with passengers for Sault Ste Mare, was wrecked this morning on Lake Hure three miles north of Sarnia. The v: ran into a drift of logs, which had broken away from a raft. Her paddles were broken and then her machinery beca’ disabled. The passengers were wild ¥. excitement, but at daylight this morning all were safely landed on the beach and are now at Sarnia. The Cambria lies on a sandy bottom cx- pesed to a high west sea and had com- menced to go to pieces before the last pas- senger was taken off. The Cambria was a the old-fashioned had been doing heavy business the px four years on the 20 between Deta and Sault Ste Marie via Georgian bay. ——— BIG BONUS FOR A BERTH. Scramble to Secure Passage on Steamer Excelstor for Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.—The depart- ure of the steamer Excelsior has been ret for 2 o'clock this afternoon. Capt. Hi¢- gins has determined not to remain any longer after that hour than is absolutely Cambria Rans passage, notwithstanding notice had becn ee Oe ee ee ti rH i EH H te fifty miles from Dawson .