Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1897, Page 2

2 — many more about a mile and a quarter out fn tho country and the leaders succeeded in keeping them out of town, having learned that the sheriff was there and had sworn in shout a hundred deputies. Nobody was working at the mines this morning, and it is thought no one will go back to work. Visiting rainers did not meet with loca! miners, but heid a conference. with mine operators. which was without result. Most of the miners later left the town. No vio- lence was attempted. Marching on Boge's Run Mines. WHEELING, W. Va., July 20.—The sirik- ers are marching with bands and banners to Boggs Run, where a few men are still at work. The miners view with favor the coming conference between Gov. Atkinson and Gompers, Sovereign and Ratchford at Charleston. The governor has already dis- countenanced the injunction {ssued by Judge Mason at Fairmont. A great effort is to be made to stop production in Ohio and Marshall counties. BULLETIN TO STRIKERS. Second Manifesto of the Lenders Presents 2 Hopeful View. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20.—Bulletin No. 2 from the headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America to the miners and mire laborers of the country says. in part: “We have greater confidence of vic- tory than ever. “The supply of coal on hand is still low, and would have been entirely consumed before this time were it not for a few sec- tions of West Virginia, southern Illinois and a portion of Kentucky, central and northeastern Pernsylvania (anthracite), where no effort as yet has been made to have them join our movement—which, when dene, will soon decide the contest. ‘The organized labor of the country, vithout respect to forms or past differ- are making our fight their fight, and thrown all available force, morally have and financially, into the movement. n western Pennsylvania 1,000 men have topped work since the last bulletin was ued. This makes a total of 21,000 men ow idle. In Ohio 28,000, or all, are idle. In Kentucky and Tennessee little change has occurred since the last bulletin was issued. About 4,000 miners are idle there. “Tne miners are congratulated on being peaceful, and are counseled to continue so. “In Indiana the supply of coal is almost shut off, and 8,000 miners are Idle. Fully ™ mine workers in Illinois have lata LATE NEWS BY WIR Philadelphia G. A. R. Disturbed Rumor Published in Richmond. {REFUSED 10 INVIE PICKETP'S MEN Story is Declared to Be Misrepre- sented---Trouble Over Funds. NO DISCOURTESY INTENDED oo ee PHILADELPHIA, July 29.—A dispatch from Philadelphia, published in Richmond, Va., to the effect that the Grand Army posts of this city had, by vote, refused to invite Pickett’s division to participate in a Grand Army festival to be held here next week, is declared by the local Grand Army officials to be wholly misleading, and its publication is greatly regretted. A prominent Grand Army officer said this afternoon that a few weeks ago delegates from the various posts in the city held a meeting to arrange for a three-day festival at Washington Park, near this city. ‘The revenue derived was to go to the central relief fund. At the meeting a delegate made a motion that Pickett’s division be invited. The Proposition was approved, but a discussion followed, and the question of the cost of entertaining the visitors was brought up. It was shown that a fitting entertainment would cost nearly $4,000. The local posts are ali preparing to at- terd the grand encampment at Buffalo, August 12 to 15, and the contention was made that it would be inexpedient to tax the posts with the entertainment of the southerners at this time. The question was then put to a vote, and nineteen delegates favored the invitation, down their tools. The suspension is prac- tically general. The only coal mined is in the southern field. Organizers believe tr: I will stop in a few days. ‘West Virginia has been the main battle- ground. The Fairmont district 1s com- pletely tied up, with 13,000 mine workers idle in the state. Indications point to a complete cessation of work before August = ———+.-— STEAM YACHT RACE AT CHICAGO. Pathfinder md Enquirér to Ran to Milwaukee and Return. THICAGO, July 29—The race for a $200 cup between the steam yachts Pathfinder and Enquirer from Chicago to Milwaukee started at ) this morning. The race aroused much interest, and the passent2r s Virginia and Christopher Colm- ame bus, which accompanied the racers, w crowded from stem to stern. The start made one mile from shore. The En- quirer obtained a slight lead, which was maintained for nearly seven miles of the course, when the Pathfinder gradually sled her. As the seven-mile ma assed the racers w neck and neck. owned by F. W. Morgan of Enquirer is the property of rs of Buffalo. finder Gives It Up. Ii, July 2.—The great eam yachts Pathfi victory for Pat WAUKEGAN, n the quirer has ended in th and E the Buffalo beat. The Pathfinder gave up the contest when off this point, and has turned back for Chicago. When the r: passed the bluffs here -y were rather indistinct, but were ma Soon something seemed thfinder, and after that ly. point in frent of th Enquirer, 1108's; finder, e11:10. Not this time was taken the Pathfinder put about, apparently giving up the ra many minutes after PROSP! of Canadinn Custom Officials Arouses Their Ire. VICTORIA, B. C., July 29.—There !s a crowd of i nant gold seckers in town. Action while thirteen voted against it. An in- formal discussion followed, and the result Was that the motion was withdrawn and the matter dropped. ————e LAND MAKES CORRECTION, Finds That an Island Belongs to Hawalian Group. LONDON, July 29.—According to the of- ficial colonial list, Great Britain has estab- lished a protectorate over Jarvis Island and the Phoenix group, comprising Phoe- nix, Birnie, Hull, Gardner and Sydney Is- lands, and over Washington (or New York) Island, and Palmyra and Johnson Islands. After the words “Johnson Island” is an asterisk, referring to a footnote, which reads as follows: “Since withdrawn and acknowledged to belong to Hawaii, on condition that the right to land a cable is conceded, if de- sired.” fhe asterisk, however, does not clearly indicate whether the footnote refers to the last-named island (Johnson) only, or to all. Sea AY RELEASE IRISH PRISONERS. Visit of Duke of York to Ireland to July S$ a result of the efforts of Mr. John Redmond, the Parnell- i it is probable that the govern- ment will soon release the five remaining Irish prisoners, Wilson, Burton, Dalton, Flanagan and Fetherstone, now undergo- ing sentences of penal! servitude for life in Portland prison. Sir Matthew White Ridley, the home sec- retary, has already promised to treat them as convicted under the dynamite act of ISS, which carries a maximum penalty of twenty isonment, instead of under the treason-felony act of 1848. De- ducting for “good conduct commutation,” the term of imprisonment would be fifteen years. All _the five have now entered the fif- teenth year of their imprisonment, and there trong hopes of a release befo! the expiration of the year, as the res mt of the special pressure brought to bear up- on the governor, supported by a large se tion of the pre: it is thought probable that the forthcom- ing visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Ireland will be signalized by the release Two hundred of them came from Seattle with their outfits to take the steamer Is- lender for Dyea. Arriving here they found that not a pouad of goeds wculd be al- lewed te enter the Klondyke district wi cut paying the regular Canadian duty. Scme of them decided upon payment of * duty here, but others are going with xpectation ef evading th officer is E toms officers are geing up on the Istander uceompanied by a force of constables who the mounted police now there the laws. INQUIRING ———_— ABOUT HAWAIL Japanese State Department Sending Out Inquiries to It« Agents. ANGEL! July 29.—The today says: While the majority of laugh at the idea of Japan going to ; with the United States over the an- ion of the Ha 1 Tslands, there is ng the fact that the inikado ard nisters are making inquiries and information concerniag the coun- which they have never heretofore ap- parently sidered of value. On the last steamer direct from Japan there came a message to a well-known Japanese in this city in the shape of a cir- cular of interrogations. ‘The document came from the state department of the im- perial sovernment. ver. Los Japanese of more or less promi- nence were seen regarding the document. Nene cf them would admit that it nad any particular significance at this time. reman Sealded to Dea CITY ISLAND, } July 29.—The steamer Maid of Kent, from New York for Greenwich, Conn., while off Sands Point, last nizht, in a rough sea, had her in- . jection pipe blown out and Fireman W1l- liam Higgins, aged twenty-two, of Green- Wich, Conn., was scalded to death. Cape Horn Pigeon Founders. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Juty 29.—A brief ssage has been received announcing the of the w x Cape Horn Pigeon in 2 sea during a furious sterm. the crew of eighteen saved, but 9 barrels ef sperm oil own with the vessel. Two thousand et bone had been shipped home a time before t The Cape Pigeon we J. and R. s of New Be am and James R. Keene's Domine Dead. LE <GT , July 29.—Domino, the famous rac tied at the farm of James R. Ke Yelock this morning of meningitis was taken ill y ay terinarians could not save nim. 3 foaled in 1801 id won about m Resigns Her School. ISCO, July 20.—Mrs. Nettie f the Mission Gram- ant to a portion of tendered her resignation to Je: ular meet- the the by ard of on at its ing. and it was promptly accepted. The charges ferred against her by President Barrington, and which were to be investi- ated by the board, vow fall to the ground, as their object has been attained by her voluntary retirement a Storms Destroy Spanish Vineyards. MADRID, Ju A dispatch from Par- celona says that severe storms have pre- vailed throughout Catalonia for the last few days with devastating effect ainong the vineyards. Out of 130,000 hectares of vire lands, scarcely five thousand have es- caped. In'the districts Tarragona and Go- rona at least 80,000 hectares of vine land have been seriously damaged. of all Irish political prisoners. ee PUGILISTIC TRUST FORMING. California Clubs Trying to Organize for Mutual Benefit. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29—The man- agers of three principal prize fight clubs are trying to agree upon a scheme which if carried out will practically give them a monopoly of the business in this city. The idea is to convince the supervisors that oniy a limited number of permits for fight- ing should be issued every month, and that stablished clubs, should have If this can be done, only two fights every month or three fights in two months will be pulled off, and the National, the Em- pire and Columbia clubs will alternate with events. If this pugilistic trust be fermed there will no longer be any rivalry in bidding for fighters, and large purses and percenteges will no longer be given. — WARSHIP MAINE IN COLLISION. Strikes Excursion Boat Chancellor in East River. NEW YORK, July 29.—The excursion boat Chancellor, with the T. J. Kelly Asso- ciation of Jersey City on board, was run into and badly damaged by the U. 8S. S. Maine in the East river today. The Chan- cellor was smashed on her port bow and for a long distance back, above the water line. She continued up the East river, but whether to the destination of the excursion or to a dock is not yet ascertained, and it hurt. The Maine passed the Battery about 12 o'clock, bound for the anchorage off Tompkinsville. The paint was scraped off her bow. No one on board the Chancellor was in- jured. In seeking to avoid the collision the Maine came in contact with a pier. On board the Maine no one could be found who would talk about the collision. — Mrs. Nack and Thorn Arraigned. NEW YORK, July Augusta Nack aud Martin Thorn, accused of the murder of William Guldensuppe, were arraigned to plead in the court of general sessions today. They both entered the plea of not guilty, and were remanded to the Tombs, pending the fixing of a date for their trial. ee Not Observed at Yale. NEW HAVBPN, Conn., July 29.—No at- tempt was made at the Yale observatory to observe the eclipse of the sun by the moon. Dr, W. L. Elkin, the observatory di- rector, did not consider the eclipse of suf- cient importance to make observations, in- asmuch as it was only partial here, and Valuabie only because It indicates the rela- tive positions of the sun and moon. Had plans been made tor observations they would not have been successful, as the clouds obscured the vision. —_.—_—. Invisible at Boston, BOSTON, July 20.—Rain fell here all the forenoon and ft was impossible to make any observations of the eclipse of the sun at Harvard observatory —_+——_. Policy Raid. Policy Detective Watson this afternoon conducted a raid in the second police pre- einect and placed under arrest Charles Davenport and Louis Davenport, said to be among the most dangerous violators of the policy law. The arrest, it is thought, was onthe. eatabliahient f thi establishment o! the was at 1011 11th street. A penne te and complete outfit for the conduct of the policy business was found, and will be used as evidence in court: The prisoners be given a hearing tomorrow in the will Police is yet to be learned whether any one was | THE EVENING STAR;-THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1897-12 PAGES. OBJECTION TO MINISTER MERRY. The Matter Being Considered by the State, Department. State Department officials are very reti- cent upon the subject of the objection which has been lodged against’ the recep- tion of Capt. W. L. Merry of San Francisco as United States minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador to succeed Mr. Lewis Baker. The matter is now engaging the attention of the officials, and it is ex- pected that within a few days such repre- sentations will be. made on our vart to the countries concerned as may induce them to abandon their objections as not well founded. It is gathered that the objection is pre- ferred by one of the three countries to which Mr. Merry is accredited, and that one of the other two has supported it alto- gether as a matter of courtesy toward a comrade in the league which forms the Greater Republic of Central America. The objection itself is understood to touch the man and not the policy of this government in appointing a minister to a combination of countries which does not include all of tke countries included in the greater re- public. It has teen suggested that the Matter is an outgrowth of the old Ezeta regime in Salvador. There is no foundation for the report that there is no appropriation ‘or the pay- ment of the salary of Minister Merry. He Was appointed minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador to succeei Mr. Baker, and not as minister to the Greater Republic of Central America, a confederation com- posed of Nicaragua, Guatemala and Hen- duras, as has been reported. ~ THE ASIATIC SQUADRON. A Number of Changes in the Vessels to He Made. A number of changes are to be made on the Asiatic station. The cruiser Yorktown and the gunboat Machias, which have been there about two years, are to be brought home this fall, and their places will be supplied by the gunboats Concord and Helena. The Yorktown will start for home October 1 next and the Machias will fol- low suit December 1. The Concord is now on the Alaskan station, where she went a few days ago as the relief of the Pinta. She. was in Puget sound when the news came down of the gold discoveries in the Klondyke. She started north with the greatest alacrity, and is probably already at Juneau. Navy Department officials fear that her crew will be demoralized by the gold fever, and numerous desertions are anticipated while she rethains at Alaskan ports. Her stay in that section of the world will be short, as she will be relieved before many weeks pass by the gunboat Wheeling, in order that she may not delay her cruise to the Chinese station. ‘The Wheeling will be put in commission for the first time at San Francisco on the 10th proximo, and soon after will start for Sitka. The Wheeling’s orders contemplate her stay north until next spring, and the Pinta. which is now being overhauled at San Francisco, will leave when completed to join her. Both ships will stay in Alaskan waters during the cold season, and when the Bering sea patrol fleet starts south in September one of the revenue cutters may be detached and directed to remain at Sitka. The Helena, which will relieve the Ma- chias on the Asiatic station, is now at the navy yard here. In a few days she will go to New York and be fitted out for a long stay in Chinese waters. She will make the trip by way of the Mediterranean and the Suez canal. —__—__-2-+____—_ WILL NOT FUSE AGA Alabama Populists and Republicans Wil Remain Apart. Dr. R. A. Moseley, for many years state chairman of the republican party of Ala- bama, and still one of the best-known lead- ers, said to a Star reporter today that there will never again be fusion between the pepulists and republicens of his state. The last attempt at fusion was a failure, ac- cerding to Dr, Moseley. “The republi- Dr. Moseley sald, “furnish 75 per cent of the votes and the money, and the pepulists want all the offices. We are go- ing to run on our own hook hereafter, and we stand a good snow of winning.” Dr. Moseley will be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor next year. He says that if there are four tick- ets in the field the republicans will stand a good chance of winning. His idea is that Yhe silver democrats, gold democrats, pop- ulists and republicans will each have a state ticket in the field. Dr. Moseley is immensely interested in the successful turning out of steel in Bir- mingham at a price far below what {t can be made for in any other section of the country. “They are making steel at Bir- mingham now at $12 a ton,” said Dr. Mose- ley, “and are confident they can reduce the ccst to less than this. 1 think this will make Alabama the steel and iron center of the world in a little time.” ee ——— AT GRAY GABLES. MR. GAGE The Secretary Makes a Social Call on Mr. Cleveland. A special to the New York World from Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., yesterday says: Secretary Gage was at Gray Gables for a few hours this afternoon. He came over from Marion with former Assistant Sec- 1etary of the Treasury Charles S. Hamlin, v-ith whom he fs visiting for a day or so. Banker Benedict's yacht Oreida brought them over from Marion, and after the cail was over conveyed them back. Nothing could be learned kere as to the particular reason for this call at this time except that It was purely of a social char- ae! Mr. Hamlin was desirous that Sec retary Gage should meet Mr. Cleveland while he was ir this section. PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM ABROAD New York Business Men See Treas- ury Officials About the New Law. Mr. C. C. Shayne, the president, and Mr. J. A. Heckman, the vice president of the merchants and manufacturers’ board of trade of New York city, had a consulta- tion with Assistant Secretary Howell of the treasury today in relation to the en- fortement by the customs authorities of the clause in the new tariff bill which pro- vides that no person coming from abroad shall be permitted to bring in free of duty wearing apparel, articles of personal adorn- ment, toilet articles and similar belongings of a value of more than $100. The visiiors teld Mr. Howell that the strict enforce- ment of the clause would meet with the universal approval of merchants every- where in this country, and recited many instances of the habit of the incoming passengers from Europe in the past of evading duties on personal belongings un- der the former law. ‘They made several suggestions with a view to aiding the treasury officials in the enforcement of the law, and were much pleased with the courtesy extended them by the treasury officials, Assistant Secretary Howell assured them that the law would be enforced with @ pur- pose to preserve the exact rights of the government and the people in the prem- ises. ——_——__- e+____ WANTED FOR A CABLE STATION. Why England Desires the Island of Palmyra, “Admiral Walker, who has given consider- able attention to the Pacific islands and the Hawaiian group especially, speaking of the British laim to Palmyra, says that the possession of that island means a cable station. Great Britain, he said, would’ not land a cable on any island unless she had absolute control of it. While an island of the Hawaiian grou; swer nearly every purpose for a cable sta- tion. ———__- e+ —___ WILL TAKE OFFICE MONDAY. The New Commissioner Immigration, Although Mr. Powderly is in the city he will not enter upon the discharge of the du- ties of the ‘office of commissioner general of immigration, to which he was a; last Tuesday, until next Monday, Coramaie stonor General Stump will continue to gerve until the close of the present week. ————_—_o+___ if you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you General of CHINESE PIRATES 3 ‘Treasary Department Promises the Protd&fiay of a Revenue Cutter— E: in ‘of the Gold Craze. e. 4 Advice& have reached the Treasury De- partment to the effect that Chinese pirates’ threaten to plunder American ships return- ing from Alaska Inden with gold taken from the Klondyke region. An appeal for federal “iid has been made by Mr. P. B. Wear of Chicago, president of the Alaskan Transportation Company, of which com- pany Mr. Eli Gage, son of the Secretary of the Treasury, is a member. The steam- ers of this Company will leave St. Michael's August 5 and 15 and September 15, and are expected to have cargoes of great value. A special convoy is asked for the steamer Portland, which is expected to bring down: about $2,000,000 in gold nug- gets. The owners of this treasure are fearful that some marine marauders will try to hold up the treasure ship and selzo her cargo of gold. To Assign a Revenue Cutter. The department has promised to assign one of the revenue cutters to this duty, and Mr. Wear has been informed that it is the desire of the. department to have all the cutters except the Bear leave the sea September 15, while the Bear ts to come back October 1. If the Portland leaves about September 15 she can be convoyed all the way down by the cutters Grant, Perry, Corwin and Rush. In the meantime the Treasury Depart- ment will exercise such vigilance as will protect American steamers and their car- foes and passengers. Officials along the coast, both American and British, will be advised to watch for evidences of piratical excursions, and it is likely, if the situation warrants it, that Minister Denby, in China, will be instructed to make inquiries in that country. Extent of the Gold Craze. The extent of the gold craze on the Pa- cific slope is well illustrated by a matter which has been brought to the attention of the Navy Department. The Moran Brothers of Seattle, Wash., who are building tor- pedo boat No. 8, have asked the depart- ment to grant them an extension of time en their contract in the matter of the com- pletion of the boat. They declare that the gold craze has caused all their workmen to quit, and the men have made or are mak- ing arrangements to leave for the Klon- dyke. The extension will be granted, but the department hopes that the vessel will be completed within a reasonable time. The Union Iron Works at San Francisco and Wolff & Sewicker at Portland, Ore., have naval vessels under construction, and the department officials are trusting that their completion will not be affected by the gold craze. qe RECENT NAVAL CHANGES. Appointments, New Stations Other Matters of Interest. Wm. A. Wallace has been appointed pay clerk for the New York; George T. South- gate has ‘been appointed pay clerk for the Norfolk navy yard; Assistant Surgeon F. C. Thompson to the New York naval labo- ratory; Assistant Constructor D. H. Cox to the New. York navy yard; Assistant Pay- master E. W. Bonnafon, from the Pinta to the Independence; Assistant Paymaster J. Irwin to the Wheeling; Assistant Engineer S. E. Moses, from the Pinta*to the Mon- terey; Chief Engineer J. H. Perry, from the Monterey to Washington; Surgeon H. BE. . from the Cincinnati and two months’ Surgeon J. E. Gardner, from the rite to the Dolphin; Surgeon F. An- derson, from the Dolphin to the Yokahama Naval Hospital; Surgeon H. G. Beyer, from the Museum of Hygiene to the Amphitrite. These changes have been made on the Asiatic Station: Lieuts, F. H. Sherman, 8. M. Hughes, W. W. Buchanan and A. UC. Dieftenbach, from the Olympia to the Ma- chias; Ensign J. S. Doddrige, from the Olympia to the Boston; Lieut. Lucien Young, from the Boston to the Yorktown; Lieut. W. McLean and Ensign H. A. Pear- son, from the Boston to the Monocacy; Lieut. H. H. Barroll, from the Yorktown to the Boston: Lieut. S. Morgan and En- signs N. M. Taylor and W. P. Scott, from the Yorktown to the Olympia; Lieut. V. S. Nelson, from the Machias to the Olympia; Lieut. J. H. Rohrbacker and Ensign A. H. Scales and G. C. Day, from the Machias to the Yorktown; Lieut. W. D. Rose, from the Monocacy to the Yorktown; Licut, W. G. Miller, from the Monocacy to the Olympia; Ensign L. H. Everhart, from the Yorktown to the Boston. —— NICARAGUA CANAL COMMISSION. Preliminary Meeting at the War De- partment. Admiral Walker, U.S.N.; Capt. Carter, U.S.A., and Prof. Hatpt, the new Nica- ragua canal commission, held a preliminary meeting in the engineers’ office at the War Departrrent today. This was their first meeting, and altho.gh they have not re- ceived their commissions. they discussed at seme length future plans. Arrangements Fave been made for a room for the com- mission in the State Department, and there the commission will work for the present. All the previous reports made by the gov- ernment and also by the Nicaragua Mari- time Canal Company will be examined, ard the commission will endeavor to inform itself of such facts as may be obtained here. There is no present intention of visiting Nicaragua, but before a final re- port is made the commission will make a personal examination of the canal and its surroundings. —_-e—____ SUSPECTED VESSELS. Two at Wilmington, N. C., Thought to Be Intended for Filibustering. Acting on information recelved from Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister, the acting secretary of the treasury has sent instructions to the customs officers at Wil- mington, N. C., to investigate the cases of the brig Alexander Jones and the schooner John D. Long, suspected of fitting out at that port for a filibustering expedition to Cuba. If the Spanish minister's suspicions concerning these vessels are confirmed, ———_—- e. _____ THE TRI FAILED. An American Abrond Accused Him- self of Murder to Get Passage Home. A few days ago Ambassador Hay at Lon- don cable@ thé! State Department that one Henry Hafnlin“Evans had surrendered him- self to the British officers, and having con- fessed’that he had murdered a man named Arthur Terry fm New Orleans, requested to be sent back td the United States for trial. The Staté‘Deyurtment reported the matter to the goyerner of Louisiana, who caused an investigation to be made and found no trace of such_@ murder as confessed, not- withstanding Evans had told in detail of the exact place and time he committed the crime, Ambassador Hay has accordingly been notified that the man is not wanted. It is supposed that he was after a free passage to. the. United States, Designated as Orator, Assistant tary of the Interior De- partment, ;Webster Davis. has been chosen by President’ McKinley to be the orator at the Steubenville, Ohio, centennial He day. In suggesting him the President e- ferred to Mr. Davis as one of the greatest orators of the day, Vice President H bart and Secretary Alger will Mkely be present at the. centennial. Fes SER SUSU ee Secretary Long's Trip. EX-CONSUL WALLER’S CLAIMS. The State Department Has Not Co lered thie Concession. Touching the statement that Jno, L. Wal- ler is going to London to exploit his con- cession from the Madagascan government upon a decision of the State Department as to its validity, it is learned that the de- partment has not, up to this time, under- taken to pass upon the maiter. There has been some correspondence on the subject, but in the absence of any evidence that the French government, which now controls Madagascar, has denied any of Waller's clatmed rights to the concessions, the de- partment has not been able to take up the case. The general principle of interna- tional law is as stated in the letter of the department to Waller, a portion of which Was published, but much depends upon the conditions of the concession and the execu- tion of its provisions. Se THE WINNERS. Successfal Candidates Voted for by the Typos Yesterday. Although the verification of the tally lists of the ballots cast at the annual election yesterday for officers of Columbia Typo- graphical Union had not been made up to a late hour this afternoon, enough wes known to enable the judges to announce that the following were chosen to serve for the ensuing year: President, C. M. Robinson, who received 587 votes, as against 436 for S. J. Triplett, 84 for James H. Irwin, 78 for J. M. Kretter and 4 for Crarles E. Miller. Vice president, A. J. Arnold; secretary, William M. Garrett; treasurer, John J. Higgins sergeant-at-arms, J. W. Halford; docrkeep- er, J. L. Fechtig; trustee, Charles W. Otis; delegates to the Central Labor Union, Jar- vis B. Moulden, C. F. Sudworth, William E. Thompson and W. C. Watson. A fifth delegate is to be elected, but it will require the offictal count to determine whecher Lon A. Shimp or Alpheus Scholl has been the stccessful candidate. ——— WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. Application Made by Attorneys in Be- half of Robert Ware. Attorneys Tracey L. Jeffords and Thomas L. Jones, on behalf of Robert Ware, this afternoon filed a petition for the discharge by habeas corpus of their client from jail, where he was sent by the Police Court Tuesday last in default of a fine of $50 upon a conviction of petit larceny. Ware, in his petition, claims that he was deprived in the Police Court of his right to trial by jury, not being, ne and his at- torneys swear, asked if he would waive such right. He did not waive such right, they declare, and it is also contended by Ware and his attorneys that although he noted excep- tions in the lower court to its rulings, pray- ing for a stay of proceedings, and ready and prepared to give a bond therefor, he was denied such remedy. They ask, therefore, that the writ of habeas corpus issue and that upon hearing Ware be discharged. ————— Cost Him Five Dollars. There was a study in yellow of much interest today in the Police Court, when Robert Jacobs, a small white boy, was arraigned for assaulting a Chinaman nemed Hing Lee. It appeared as though the whole of Chinatown was in court, and, as is customary with celestials, only one of the number admitted that he could speak the English language. Judge Mills, however, conducted a class in language, and with considerable diffi- culty drew forth the statement that Mon- day last Jacobs threw a piece of glass into the shop of Hing Lee. The glass struck the Chinaman and caused a deep gash. The boy declared that the giass was thrown by_a companio: “Both of us ran,” he continued, “and the policeman arrested me.” “Have you any witnesses?” asked the court. ‘0, sir.” “Five dollars fine.” ——-.— St. Josxeph’s Union. The St. Joseph's Unicn held an enthus- iastic meeting last evening in the parlors of St. Ann’s Asylum. Final arrangements were made and cemmittees appointed to take charge of the various booths, etc., at the garden party and bazaar to be given the week commencing August 16 at St. Aloysius grounds, North Capitol and I streets, for the purpose of furnishing and renovating the summer home recently purchased for the little ones of St. Ann's, by the St. Joseph's union. It was decided ‘to take out twenty more of the little ones rext week, beds having been secured through the generosity of the following, who sent cash donations: Mrs. M. E. Ailes, Mrs. Aiken, Miss Anna Doyle, Miss M. C. Fitzgerald, M. I. Weller, Geo. F. Harbin, Jno. P. V. Ritter, Jno. McLaughlin, Thos. Sheridan, J. H. Craigin, Wm. E. Dough- erty, Jas. Richardson, Henriette Schroeder, New York; Rudolph, West & Co., Butler and Clarridge, the Arlington Bottling Com- peny, Jas. V’hite, S. C. Palmer, Jas. Green, i. N. Runyen, Johnson & Morris, Jas. T. Clements, Daniel B. Clark, Russian lega- tion, Chas. Ruoff, Great Falls Ice Com- pany, G. H. Simms, Jno. Rudden, L. Drach & Co., Phila., Pa.; Louis Kulle, Bergen and Engel Brewing Company, Cranford Pay- ing Company, J. H. Cranford, Teresa Hunuka, Helen M. Rolle, Mamie Ryan, Mrs. J. Gowan, Mary Gillen, Sarah Maher, P. H. Maher of Albany, N. Y.; Jno. P. McKenna, Capt. A. J. Taylor, Jno. Fegan, Mary H. McCarthy, F. P. Madigan and Wm. G. Roe. — On His Way to Honolulu. Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, having hauled down his flag on board the cruiser Brook- lyn, off Tompkinsville, S. I., Tuesday after- noon, has started for San Francisco, ac- companied by Lieut. T. S. Rogers, his flag lteutenant. The admiral will be joined in Omaha by his flag secretary, Lieut. Philip Andrews, and will sail for Honolulu Au- gust 5. On arriving at Honolulu Admiral Miller will relfleve Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee of the command of the Pacific Station, and will hoist his flag on the Phil- adelphia, ————+2+____. Nothing Heard From Mr. Tracewell. Nothing has been heard at the Treasury Department from Mr. Robert J. Traceweil of Indiana, recently appointed controler of the treasury to succeed Judge Bowler, and it is rot known when he will assume the duties of that office. —————o+—__ Treasurer Roberts’ Trip. ‘Treasurer Roberts has gone to New York for a few days, and Assistant Treasurer Meline is acting treasurer. Mr. Roberts expects to return on Monday, and will bring Mrs. Roberts with him. —_——_—_e-______ Twenty-Four Cents for Conscience. Twenty-four cents were deposited in the United States treasury today, being a con- science contribution from an unknown re: ident of Taylorsville, Ill. New Maryland Postmasters. Fourth-class postmasters have been ap- pointed in Maryland as follows: Athel, S. A. Callaway; Fruitland, A. J. Dulany. —_——_——_—__e——___ Imposed Extreme Penalty. Judge Hagner, late this afternoon, sen- tenced John Adams to the New Jersey pen- itentlary for a term of eight years, the maximum penalty for the offense com- mitted, Adams having been convicted of assaulting James Bowman with intent to kill during a recent affray in South Wash- ington. President's Party at Bluff Point. WHITE HALL, N. Y., July 29.—President McKinley and party arrived at Bluff Point station about 6:50 o’clock this morning on a Delaware and Hudson special train. The presidential party was taken to the Hotel Champlain shortly after 7 o'clock. es Benham Guilty of Murder. BATAVIA, N. Y., July 29.—Howard C. Benham, a young banker of this place, was today found guilty of murder in the first ..|FINANCE AND. TRADE Higher Levels Gradually Being Reached in Stocks, SOME SEE-SAWING ATTEND ee Industrials Are Neglected Some- what for Low Railroad Shares. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS SS Speclal Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 29.—The undertone of the local security market again indicated the presence of a considerable outside de- mand. Commission house buying was especially good, and stocks heretofore neglected found a good market on an ascending scale. Lon- don bought a fair amount of the favorite interrational issues, particularly Nashville. Ths total buying of the latter property exceeded 5,000 shares. Moderate profit taking in Atchison pre- ferred was directly traceable to foreign account, but this selling was the excep- tion, Secretary Gage's Boston speech was fa- vorably received in London, as well as lo- cally, and had much to do with the en- thusiasm at that center. Chesapeake and Ohio was unusually ac- tive under’ a conservative demand, whieh forced the price up to 20 without bringing out much stock. The annual statement of this road will be issued shortly, and will show an exceptionally healthy financial condition. The surplus account is expect- ed to be more than double that of a year bs Pacific was also favorably in- fluenced by a gratifying report of earnings. Burlington's June statement reflects an increase of $135,000 in the surplus, which, coupled with previous recorjs for twelve months, brings the surplus, after charges and sinking fund requirements, up to something more than $4,000,000. ‘This show- ing is equal to 5 per cent on the stock. The monthly increases from now on should be more favorable to the stock’s dividend pros- pects. The buying of General Electric, Southern preferred and Tennessee Coal and Iron was at times very liberal in volume, the activity being credited to the successful operators in the higher priced specialties. Michigan Central and Canada Southera are likely to develop or disclose some very favorable features in the near future. The grarger shares were steady during the early part of the session, but later were raided by traders upon the discovery that realizing sales had been in progress. In many instances the desire to take pro! its was marked. It is an encouraging fac- tor, however, that selling in one group is passed over without result in another. Thus while profits are being converted from the tape inty possession in one part of the room the new funds are being pledged to a new enterprise in another. The market is being moved up section by section toward a higher level. Once the ad- vance becomes uniform the original issues will be again taken up and a new height measured off for the general market to climb. This method is not new and is almost always employed in the development of such conditions as no st The industrial issue less of a fea- are ture than heretofore, and considerable irregularity is noticeable in that ment. Sugar fails to advance more few fractions, and has lost its ability to tain the advance. Realizing sales and scme extension of the short account are noticeable from time to time, notwithstand- ing the strength of the general market. properties are likely to absorb attention from now on. Increasing earrings are, after all, the safest argumerts on which to base stock purchases Good authorities estimate Saturday's gold shipments at something over $2,000,000, This outflow, like all other of recent date, will exert no special influence on the price of securities A few weeks more, and the gold movement will be headed toward and not away from the United States. The recognition of this fact explains the con- tirued buying of our securities. a es FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits... Wy BK Bg American Spirits, pid... 324 32% az American Sugar....... 139° 1393¢ 137 American Sugar, pfd... 11 11lq ML American Tobacco BX SB Sly American Cotton Wty 16% Atchison 4 14 old Baltimore Bay State Gas. Canada Southern Canada Pacific Chesapeake & Ohi €.,.C. C. & St. Loni Chicago, B. & Q: 5 icagoxNortwestern. Chicago Gas. - & St. Paul M. & St. Paul, pia Chicago, RI. & Pacite Chicago, St. Paul, Mut Consolidated G: Del. Lack. & W Delaware & Hudson,. Den. & Rio Grande, pfd. Erie. General Elec: Illinois Central Lake Shore.. Louisville & Nashville Metropolitan ‘Tracnon. Mahattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. National Lead Co. National Leaa Co., New Jersey Central New York Centrat Northern Pacitic Northern Pacitte, pi Ont. & Western. Pacitic Maul. Phila. & Keading, Puliman P. C. Go. Southern Ry., pfd. Phila. Traction . Texas Pacific... 7! Tenn. Coai & iron... Union Pacitic..... C.S. Leather, pfu. Wabash, pfd. Western Union Sliver... Laciede G Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lanston Mono- type, 25 at 16% Alter call—Mergenthaler Lino- Ope. 10 at 118%. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year bid. 30-year fund és, gold, 112 bid. 7a, 1901, currency, 113) bid. W currency, 112% bid. 3.658, funding, bid, 115" axked. Miseclaneous Donds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad cony. Gx, 18 bid. Metropolitan Ralir.ad certificates of indebtedness, A. 105 bid. Metropolitan Rallroad certificates of indebtedness, B, 108 bid, 110 asked. Colu Railroad 68, 117 bid, 120 asked. Washingt Company G8, series ‘A, 110 bid. W. Company 6s, series B, 111 bid. UL 5 Digit debenture imp., 100 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone ds, 103 bid. | American Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 did. American Se- curi¢y and Trust 5s, A .and ., 100 bid. Washing- ton Market Compan Ist és, 106 bid. Washington Market Compan imp. 68, '106 bid. Washingotm Market Company ext. 68, 106 bid. Masonie Hall cu } ADVANCES | 164 Washinztoh Market, 10 bid. Great bid, 125 asked. —_—~— Balthmore Markets. BALTIMORE, Jely 29. Feour firm, anchanged — ba xports, LAS turrets: {easier —xpot am HS bushels: exporis, 24—exports, none strong and | ver nehanged unchanged. — => Government Bonda, Quotations reported by Corson & Macar ney, bankers. Grain and Co Furnished by W. B_ Hibbs & Co., bankers and bro ew York nts Messrs. New York. stock W YORK, July 20.—During a dock trial, such as is always made before the sailing of an ocean steamer, it was dis- covered today that the Normannia of the Hamburg-American line had broken her crankshaft. She was billed to sail at 10 a.m., but it will take about a week to re- pair the dam: ge. The passer gers will be sent to Europe on Saturday on the Columbia of the same line, is due tomorrow. The first-cabin % cared for by the com- pany ic different hotels, while the secord- cabin and steerage passengers will remain on the Normannia until the Columbia sails, — A WOMAN AT KLONDYRE. Mra. Tom Lipp;*s Impressions of the New Digg From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Mrs. Tom Lippy is the first woman who crossed the divide and went into the new Kiondyke camp. She is a little, lithe, brown- hairei woman, with honest brown eyes that h: e no fear in them. SI does not think she did anything remarks in fol- lowing her hu many men are afraid to go. Ss neatly now and in the latest style, and the only mark of her hard life is the tan, which it will take months to remove. She said today: “I was the first white woman on the creek and the only one in our camp. ‘There Was another one mile from us, Mrs. Berry. She was the only white woman I had to speak to while we were at camp. When we got to Eldorado creek we lived in a tent until Mr. Lippy got our log cabin built. It is twelve feet by eighteen, eight logs high, with mud and moss roof and m between the chinks, and has a door window. Mr. Lippy made the furnitu a rough bed, table and some stools, We had a stove—there are plenty of stoves in that country—and that was all we needed. The cabin was cozy and warm. I looked after the housekeeping and Mr. Lippy after the mining. “Everything we had to cat was canned. Things were canned that I never knew could be canned befoi Of course, we missed fresh food dreadfully, but we kept well and strong. We had no fresh milk or meats or fruits cr eges. Amusements? Well, nobody bother: about amusements. Every one was and kept busy all the time. Mining is hard 1 did my work—one doesnt It is genuine toil, d when Mr. Lippy finished he wanted to All men were about alike on that work. ick gold off the ground. nt. ‘The country is beautiful and quite warm in summer. In winter it is different, with the mercury away below zero. Still, I went out every day, but when snow was on the ground I didn’t go far from the cabin. Fashion? ‘Well, we were not entirely cut off from the hionalle world. People were coming in all the time. We got fash- ion papers, a few months old, to be sure, but still they kept us fairly up to time. One trader brought some shockingly old-tash- ioned cloaks to camp, but we wouldn't look at them. He had to sell them to Indian: I didn’t change my way of dressing par- ticularly. I dressed more warmiy to sutt the climate, and wore fur boots and a cap constantly during the cold weathe but in summer we dressed much as at home. “One of the peculiar features of the new camp is the lack of shooting, due to the fact that the Canadian government @ not permit men to carry fire Police rms. | disarm miners when they enter the district, so that there is not any of the lawle ness and crime which marked early placer mining in California. There is much gam- bling, and play is high.” 55 Production of Camph: From the Galveston News. In olden times camphor was chiefly pro- duced in Sumatra, Borneo and other parts of the East Indies and China, but now adays most of the crude camphor of com- merce comes from Formosa and Japan, mainly the latter, The camphor tree is an evergreen of singularly symmetrical proportions and sometimes resembles the linden. Its blos- som is 2 white flower, and it bears a berry. It attains a huge size and a gre age, some of the trees being fully fifteen feet in diameter and upward of 300 years old. Formosan camphor is unequal to the Jap- anese article in many ways, but this is-due largely to the fact that the Formosans, being savages, are unskilled in collecting and treating the gum. Japan's annual output, over and above that consumed at home, is about 5,000,000 pounds, of which about one-fourth comes to the United States and the remainder goes to Europe. Crude camphor is got by boiling the wood after it has been cut into chips. It has to be refined before use, and until recently this refinement was carried on in America and Europe exclusively; but the Japs have now learned how to do the work, and are exporting the refined as well as the crude article. ———_+0-— A Terrible Plant. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. The French used to tell the story of a famous botanist who discovered a wonder- ful flesh-eating plant that could eat great Association ds, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 260 bid. “Bank of the Republic, 200 1 Metropolitan, 277 bid, 310 asked. Central, 25 bid. Barmers: and Mechanics’, 175 bid, 195'axked. Second, 120 bid. Citizens’, 132 bid” Columbia, 125 bid) 135 Capital, 118 bid. West Eud, 104 bid, 107 Licco!n, 102 bid, 107 asked. Ohio, 90 ‘Safe Deposit and Trust Ccmpanies.—National Saf Deposit snd ‘rrust, SES) asked W shington Loan ard Trost, x118 bid, 124 asked. American Security ct ‘Trust, 143 bid! Washington Safe Deposit, 54 Railroad Stocks.—Capltal Traction, 54% bid, 56 asked. Metropolitan, 16% vid. Golam, GO hid. Gas ard Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, F124 Dd. Georgetown Gas, 43 bid. U.S Beet vaste sates Setsopolitan, 40 bids i, 56 bid. ‘Potomac, 67 bid, Arlington, 138 bid. Nat asked tional Union, 10% bid, 14 asked. 12 asked. 14 naked. 8, 3% bid, ake Grtonbis tities 8 b's Columbia, Riggs, 7 asked. bid. Liscotn esi bid” Cemmmential. ite Graphophone’ preferred, 16 bid. “Porumathe Gan pent wa ae - Fasametic Gun 1 a, ce ranereeaibaler es joints of meat. So wonderful was the dis- covery that the botanist kept the existence of the plant a secret, even from his own family. The absorption of his mind was, however, observed by his wife. One day she followed him into the conservatory, accompanied by an old school friend of her husband. When the pair entered they Saw, to their horror, the infatuated botan- ist tossing bleeding joints of raw meat into the huge leaves. They were at first petr!- fied with horror. Then the wife threw herself into the arms of her husband, = ging him to come away. Unfortunately she got too close to the plant.