Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1897, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Inspector Ashe Investigating Rob- bery of Ocean Mails. —_+-— LOSSES HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY Government Officials Preserve a Great Secrecy as to the Matter. —— SOME TIME —>—_—_—_ BEGAN AGO NEW YORK, July 31.—Chief Post Office Inspector Ashe, with assistants in this city and elsewhere, has been occupied for days past in learning the exact circumstances attending the last of a series of remarka- ble robberies of mail matter carried aboard the great ocewn steamsaips. The authori- ties admit that the mails have been rob- bed, and that an investigation is bethg held, but refuse to give particulars about the individual cases. They will not say how much property has been lost, but it is known that the thefts aggregate thousands of dollars. The offi- cers belleve now that their work on this side of the Atlantic is about completed, and that further investigations may have to be conducted in connection with officials of foreign governments. The first of the thefts occurred several months ago. and though thoroughly inves- tigated, has never been satisfactorily ex- ained. Later, additional complaints were received, and the inspectors finally became convinced that the foreign mails were be- ing systematically robbed on a large scale, s eighty packages of matter have been missed from a single steamship. Z ‘The mail stolen in that case was mostly in registered pouches, which had been seal- ed in the general office in this city and opened by the clerks aboard the vessel. ‘Another theft was that of a package of ‘irency sent from Germany to a city in this state. "These robberies are said to have been among the most daring ever attempted in the service. —_—._—_ © YOUNG MEN MURDERED. Mutilated Bodies Found by Little Girls at Railroad Crossing. SELIGMAN, Mo., July 31.—Near a rail- three miles north of here road crossing two little girls found the dead bodies of George Tucker and L. W. Harper, two young mcn wkoxe homes are said to have jeen near Hindsville, Ark. The skulls of both men show marks of violence. They are believed to have been beaten to death and robbed. SS THOMAS RSUCH DEAD. Professor of Languages of Baltimore Dies on Stenmship Paul. NEW YORK, July 31.—Thomas Gorsuch, a saloon passenger on the American liner St. Paul, which arrived this morning from Southampton, died when the steamship was one day at sea, on July 24. He was a professor of languages and a native of Baltimore, Md. For the last seven or elght years he lived in England. He was about sixty years old and had retired from bus- In December last he had an attack apoplexy. He had apparently recovered and had decided to return to Baltimore. ‘The professer’s niece, Miss Fannie Black of Baltimore, accompanied him in his re- turn trip. A stroke of cerebral apoplexy carried him off. The professor had no fam- fly. His body will be taken to Baltimore for burial. ——————— ELDER SAILS FOR ALASKA. 32S Passengers ‘Tons of Freight. PORTLAND. Oreg., July 31.—The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's steam- er Geo. W. Elder sailed for Dyea, Alaska, at 11 o'clock last night, with 38% passen- nearly all of whom are bound for jondyke. She carried 1,300 tons of her full capacity; 130 horses and ros and 73 dog: - long hundreds of people congre- +d m the vicinity of Ainsworth dock, re the Elder was moored, and at 7 o'clock it Was estimated that 10,090 were Carries and 1,300 gers, the on the river bank or on the bridges to bid Godspeed to the gold hunters. GOLD SEEKERS PROTEST. in Levying Duty at rin and Dyea. . July 31.—Prospective kers in the north are aroused over - action of the Canadian government in ecting duty at Victoria or Dyea on every miner's outfit from the United States. A mass meeting has been called by the merchants and outfitters in this city to ne plans for retaliatory action. The idea is that this action of the Victoria col- lector is not taken in the interests of col- lecting revenue, but to try to compel par- ties to buy their outfits in Victoria. The reretary of the Treasury will be memor- jalized and requested to withdraw his or- der making Dyea a subport of entry. {t Was so designated, it is claimed, for the purpose of permitting British steamers to land freight and passengers there. > GREAT FLOOD: Much Loss of Life and Damage to Property Reported. July 31.—The devastation the flocds in Silesia is wide- Nothing lke it has occurred in trict for a century. The loss al- dy reaches many millions of marks. It is estimated that a hundred persons have perished by drowring in Silesia and Bo- hemia. At Loebtan a town hall recently built and two other la structures nave col- lapsed. The rivers ar ul rising. At Isohl the people are leaving their houses. it is feared that the great Elizabeth bridge will be swept away. A large bridge at Lauffen has been torn dewn by tae mperor, who displays the greatest interest in the situation, is being kept closely advised all parts of the de- vVastated The Bor: urier say: The general opinion in official and commercial cire is that an agreement will be reached be tween England and Germany on the tariff. A tariff war is altogether out of the ques- There are too mary interesis a: on beh sides." CRITICISES THE CONFERENCE. James Gazette Thinks It Wi Make America More Aggressive. LONDON, July 31.—The St. James Ga- zette, referring to the forthcoming interna- tional conference on the sealing question, says: ij “The Americans will consider the confer- ence another climb-down for the British, end not unnaturally Mr. Sherman’s dis- Patch will be regarded as the direct cause. “The United States makes a quite unwar- rantable demand. We ignore it. Then the American State Department sends a men- acing and insulting dispatch. We promptly yield. It is the Venezuelan business and Cleveland message once again. And onee again it will confirm the Ameri political mind in the conviction that Jobn Bull always knuckles down when bullied and threatened. Our statesmen are preparing future disasters fer both coun- tries by carelessly encouraging this dan- gerous delusion.” —— Lead Mine in Heart of a City. JOPLIN, Mo., July 31.—A rich lead mine has been struck on Main street, within a few blocks of the business center of town. H. D. Graves and Sam Vaughan, two miners who found it, took out, at the depth of seven feet, over a ton of ore. Machinery will be put In. and the mire will soon be in operation right in the heart of the city. St. - BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one, It is easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, Judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. SATURDAY, July 24, 1897. MONDAY, July 26, 1897. TUESDAY, July 27, 1997. WEDNESDAY, July 28, 1897. THURSDAY, July 29, 1897. FRIDAY, July 30, 1997...... Daily average. I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tresents only the number of copies of THE EVEN. ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, July 30, 1897—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. F. NEWBOLD, Supt. Circulation Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me _ this thirty-first day of July, A. D. 1897. JNO. C. ATHEY, Notary Public, D. C. MYSTERIOUS FRIEND DISCOVERED. Latest Development im the Alice Bar- rett Suicide Cane. BOSTON, Mass., July 31.—It has develop- ed that the mysterious man who figured in the stories told by Alice M. Barrett, whose body was found in the office of her em- ployers here a week ago, in relation to a lean of $800, is Capt. John Codman, brother of the girl's employer. Capt. Codman, however, positively denies the story, and says he got the information that he was named by Miss Barrett as her debtor from Fire Marshal Whitcomb. Capt. Codman said that he had known Alice two or three years. She had done considerable typewriting for him, and he had taken her to dinner at the Parker House several times. He also had given her a picture of himself. The young wo- man would never take pay for any type- writing, he said, and that was the reason he took her to dinner. He was greatly surprised that he was said to be the mysterious individual to whom Alice had loaned the $800, and laughed at the thought of it. He could not believe the girl told such a story. eee NO BUSINESS SESSION HELD. Delegates to Evangelist Convention at Pittsburg Take an Outing. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 31.—A boat ride on the Monongahela river took up the time of the delegates to the biennial convention of the Young People’s Alliance of the Evan- gelist Association this morning, and no business session was held. At the afternoon session, Rev. Theo. Gaebr of Cleveland read a paper on “The Mission of the Young People’s Alliance in Large Cities.” The rest of the se: with a discussion, led “ as of Cleveland an . L. H. Seager of Akron, Ohio, on “The Eest Methods of Work in Order to Carry Out the Aims of tne Organization.” =o TO GO INTO LIQUIDATION. First National of eville, N.C. Clones Its Doors. ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 31.—The First National Bank of this city did not open this morning. A notice was posted on the door stating that owing to the inability to collect and the stringency of the times, the bank will go into voluntary liquida- tion. The last statement, made on May showed loans and discounts, $308, over drafts, $10,323.24; deposits, capital stock. $100,000; surplus, A The three cther banks in the city opened as usual. No run has teen attempted and there is no excitement. ———— COL. JAMES F. GREGORY DEAD. 14, Engineer Officer in Charge of Im- provements on West Virginia Rivers. NNATI, Ohio, July 31.—Colonel James F. Gregory, United States engineer in charge of the improvement service of the Ohio river and tributaries, dropped dead today from heart disease. He was formerly on Sheridan's staff. A telegram received at the War Depart- ment today from Lieutenant Little at Cin- cinnati states that Major Jas. F. Gregory, corps of engineers, was found dead in bed at 8 o'clock this morning at Lane Semi- nary Hotel. Major Gregory was an engi- neer officer of high repute, and was at the time of his death in-charge of the river and harbor improvements upon the K nawha, Big and Little Sandy and other West Virginia rivers. He was formerly staticned in this city as engineer secretary of the light house board. Se TARIFF BRINGS RAISE IN WAGES. Farm Hands in Louisiuna Get an In- Incrense of 161-2 Per Cent. NEW ORLEANS, July 31.—Mr. Leon Godchau, the owner of seven plantations in Louis! a, and the largest producer in the United States, has telegraphed to the man- ager of his several places to advance the wages of all field laborers 16% per cent, the advance to begin August 1, in conse- quence, he says, of the passage of the Dingley tariff bill. In sugar circles the opinion is general that this advance will be conceded by all the planters to labor employed in sugar culture or manufacture. The skilled labor employed in the sugar houses or refineries are paid according to the price the sugar commands, and will get an increase ia wages of from 20 to 90 per cent, as com- pared with last y ae WARRANTS FOR RUSTLERS. Armed Party Start After the Wyom- ing Marauders. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 31.—A force of cowboys belorging to the Ogallalla Land Company round ups, started from Casper for Hole-in-the-Wall, accompanied by a number of sheriffs and other police officers. They are prepared to take all the cat‘le belorging to their employers out of the region infested by the rustlers. A party of citizens, well armed and mounted, eccompanied the party. A ques- ticn of county boundary having .arisen ecneerning last week's fight, Taylor, the rustler captured, wilt be held at Casper until the location of the figtt can be ac- curately determined. Attorney Bradley, Taylor's attorney, has telegraphed G>v- ernor Richards that another invasion equal to that @f four years ago was starting out. headed by stock commissioner George Prentice. ‘The sheriffs accompanying the party bave warrants for the rustlers said to be implicated in the Belle Fourche Bank hold up, for whom a reward of $2,500 is offered by the bank. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1897-24 PAGES. CLASH WITHSTRIKERS Deputy Sheriffs at De Armitt’s Mines Resist Marchers. OPEN FIGHT BARELY AVERTED One of the De Armitts Reasons With the Miners. PACIFIED WITH TOBACCO a PITTSBURG, Pa., July 31.—There has been a change in the state of the siege at the De Armitt mines, and a clash between the strikers and deputy sheriffs seems im- minent. The mines at Oak Hill and Sandy Creek are being operated by very few men. Most of the Oak Hill miners live at Tur- tle Creek, and the demonstrations of the strikers, camping in the Gospel tent, have intimidated them. At Sandy Creek about 20 per cent of the miners are working, but at the Plum Creek mine, which is now the object of much concern on the part of the sheriff and De Armitt, all the men are working. A representative ef the Assuciated Press was admitted to the inside of the Plum Creek mine, and he talked with about a dozen of the men while they were at work. Ali of the men spoken to said they had no sympathy with the strikers, and that they would not leave the mine unless they were driven out. Most of the men are armed, and declare that they will not be intimidat- ed. A large number of men got into the mines at Plum Creek before the marchers ar- rived. This being the last day of the month, it is the end of a pay period, and the men had gene into the mines two hours eerlier, so they cculd swell their account by a big day’s work. Deputy Pushed Aside. The marcters approached the mine by the Monroeville road. The mine property adjoins the Center school house in Plum township, and on the dividing line between the two properties the marchers were met by a deputy sheriff, who told them they could not go any further on the Monroc- ville road. The leaders of the strikers pushed him aside and marched on. Twenty or thirty other deputies hurried to the scene, and the strikers were brought to a standstill within twenty yards of the tres- tle. The men were very indignant, and for a moment it looked like there would be serious trouble. At this juncture Superintendent De Ar- mitt arrived on the scene, and told the strikers that his men had already entered the mines, and that a battle with the dap- uty sheriifs would be a very foolish action, in that it would surely result in large numbers being arrested, and would be the worst thing they could do for the strike. Strikers Then Withdrew. The strikers ther withdrew and went into camp behind the school house, but they continued to make demonstrations about the mine and a number of stones were thrown. The spectacle of loaded cars coming from the pit mouth agitated the strikers, and the deputy sheriffs estab- lished a new picket line, each man hold- ing a loaded revolver in his right hand while a reserve force of fifiy deputies w in the office armed with rifles. The strikers, worn out by the marching, then settled down. Samuel De Armitt went among them and distributed pipes and to- These were enjoyed, and many of ¢ men went to sleep. The news of the march to the Plum Creek mine reached Thomas De Armitt at Oak Hill, and, finding that the telephone wire bad been cut, he drove to Plum Creek, but found ali quiet and his brother dis- tributing the pipes and tobacco. During the excitement of the mornings one of the deputies had a fit and fell iu convulsions. This had much to do with ting affairs, as the strikers crowded around to assist him. This afternoon the strikers announced their intention of camping at the Center school house and remaining there until Monday, in order to see that the miners do not go back to work. President Dolan Elated. District President Dolan of the Mine Workers arrived in Pittsburg from the camp at De Armitt’s mines at 7 o'clock this morning to attend to some business, and at 10 “k returned to the mines. He is elated over the success of the movement to bring out the men of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co., and sa suit exceeds his brightest ant He claimed that the. corre: are on the ground are sending misleading reports on the situation. ‘The march was made on the Plum creek mines, he said, at an early hour, and with but few exceptions the diggers refused to work. ‘This mine was neglected yesterday, as the strikers devoted all their energies to the Sandy and Turtle creek mines. “The Sandy creek mine fs as silent as the grave,” said Mr. Dolan, “and yesterday but eleven men were at work {1 the mines at Turtle creek. I have just come from visit to the mines, and can state positively that net more than fifty men are at work in all the New York and Cleveland Gas Seal Company’s mines. There will rot be man at work on Monday. We are grceat- ly encouraged over our success, and the prospects of winning the big strike are brighter than at any time since it in- augurated. The close of the fourth week of the strike shows more miners idle in the country than at any time in ihe history of the coal industr; Ignore Sheriff's Proclamation. The strikers declare that no attention will be paid to Sheriff Lowry’s proclama- ticn; that they will remain where they arc, and will, if necessary, assemble thousands of men of all trades, who are in sympathy with the striking miners, and keep chem there until every employe of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company is forced, by shame, to lay down his pick and jof the ranks of the strikers. The strikers’ camp presents rather a pe- cuhar appearance, and reminds one of the camps that Coxey’s army pitched while marching to Washington, except that there is a different leoking class of men gathered about. ‘The people of Turtle creek are treating the miners very kindly, and great baskets of provisions are carried there for them. At all of the imeetings that have been held collections were taken up, with which. such provisions as are not donated are purchased. Altogether, the campers, many of them, are faring better now than.they have for many months in the past. RAILROAD BRIDGE BUR Striking Miners Say It Was Set on Fire by Their Enemies. WHEELING, W. Va., July 31.—The first act cf violence since the mining strike was inaugurated was committed ut 3 o'clock this morning, when a small bridge on the Wheeling ana Lake Erie road, between the mining scttlements of Dillonvale and Long Run, was fired. Employes of the company saw the blaze and extinguished it, but not until the structure had been half destroyed, The rozd was blocked this morning, but will be opened by this evening. The affair caused much excitement throughout the valley, and the company is making preparations to guard its property more effectuaily. The strikers deny being implicated, and claim it was the work of their enemies. ————— STEAMER ALKI OVERDUE. Belief That Her Crew Have Descrtead for the Gold Fields, x PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.,: July 31.—In view of the fact that the steamer Alki, from Alaska, is past due, some credence is being placed in the statement of one of the steamer’s crew while the ship was here on the way north thirteen days ago. This man remarked -that it had been arranged by the entire crew to desert the Alki at Dyea and strike acioss the summit for the Yukon valley and the Klondyke. ——— “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers, ¥ TOOK MORPHINE AND DIED Sadie Tasker, be ident of the Division, Oomaits Suicide, ——— Quarreleq With a Man Said te Be a ty Cherk—Was a Beauti- y tuff Woman. * Sadie Tasker, an tnmate of a house of ill- fame in the “Division,” died this morning as a result“of adose of morphine, taken, presumably, wit! suicidal intent. The fatal drug had évidently been taken early last evening, and the unfortunate woman lin- gered through thé night, great pain, until about morning, when she died. The story of Sadie Tasker has been told again and again in every large city, and is probably as old as the existence of the class of women to which she belonged. Of the various men she. knew there was one te whom she was devotedly attached, but, as invariably happens, harsh words ofzen passed between them, and there was many @ quarrel based on the jealousy of one or the other. Yesterday afternoon she had a particularly bitter war of words with her lover. It was only a few hours later that she swallowed the drug, but the other in- mates of the place are unwilling ‘to believe that it was suicide, and insist that it was orly a coincidence, and that she took the morphine as a sedative and had no idea of her dangerous condition. Treasury Clerk Her Lover. Yesterday afternoon Sadie Tasker had the quarrel with her lover, wha {s said to be a clerk in the Treas: ry Department. At the close of it he threatened to tell the landlady that she had been drinking to excess, and then he started to leave. As he went down the stairs she called to him: ‘Are you going to leave me in this way? Den’t you dare, or you will have to take the consequences,” or words to that effect. Later she left the house, and when she returned it was clear that she had been drinking hard. The odor of whisky was strong upon her breath, and about 8 o'clock she was taken sick. It was thought that she was suffering from the effects of the liquor. She was put to bed, and the land- lady, who was considerably alarmed by the wcman’s groans, sat up with her, or with- in call, all through the night. Toward mcrning she fell into a deep sleep, but as she continued to groan heavily two mes- sages were sent for a physician, but ie failed to reach the house until all was over. Bought Morphine. Sadie Tasker was not a native of this city, but she had been in and about the “Division” for some considerable time. She formerly lived at a house kept by Lotta Stanton, but a week ago she took a room at the house of Della Ferguson, 328 13th street, and it was there that she died. It seems that yesterday afternoon she went to the Stantcn house. She had been drinx- ing then, and asked one of the women there to give her some of her morphine. The latter refused, but Sadie obtained posses- sion of the bottle, and, taking it to a neighboring drug store, had ft filled. It is not known when or’where she took the ecntents. When she xeturned to the Ferguson house she was in the best of spirits and gave Miss Ferguson a big Bottle of cologne that she had purchagéd a¥'a present for her. Hangdlsomest of Her Class. The dead woman was generally regarded as one of thé handsomest of her class In the city. She was thirty-two years of age, tall and with a; magnificent figure. Though naturally a blond; she had still further bleached hé? hafr and was quite a showy person. ee When still but 4 young girl she was mar- ried to a wealthy Philadelphian and had 7:30 o'clock this three childrgp. For some reason not known here her nian obtained a divorce, and she afterward came to this city and entered upon the lite of @ demi-mondaine. A telegrami wag sent this morning to the chief of poljy . in Philadelphia, as the wom- an’s mother, and, sisthr live either in that city or Camfen. (Latdr,in the morning the body was removéd to an undertaker's es- tablishment, and her trunk, containing her clothing and other effects, was taken to the first precinct Station house. Unless word is received from the woman’s family the land- lady of the ‘house where she died will see that the body has. decent burial. Drugaist Must Answer. Dr. L. W: Glazebrook, the deputy cor- oner of the. Distcict, at once started an investigation, and is determined at least to press thé case against the druggist for selling a deadly poison without a_physt- cian’s prescription, The bottle which she took t2 the druggist’s had on it only the label of a Philadelphia wholesale house. She asked for a quarter's worth of mor- phine, and he gave her twenty-tive grains of the stuff, and even failed to put -his own label on che bottle: Women of her sort are frequently addicted to the use of some sort of drug, an¢ it is said that a few drug- gists are very Jax in the matter of sup- plying them savith pretty. much anything they ask for. 3 Dr. ‘3lazebrook had a consultation with District Attorney Davis today. Mr. Davis said that the law against selling poisons in the District had never been enforced ‘as it should be, and that he would be only tceo glad tc make a test case of this. As a result of the consultation, Dr. Glazebrook has ordered an inquest to be held next Monday at 11 o'clock at the first precinct station. The District Attorney has ex- pressed his intention of being present, and if the facts are as they seem to be today the case wil probably be taken to the courts and vigorously pushed. ——__ DAZED, BUT NOT MUCH HURT. Chas, Buckey Falls Twenty-Eight Feet, Escaping With Few Braises. Chas. Buckey, fell twenty-eight feet in the post office’ building this afternoon, broke through two floors with a force suf- ficient to leave holes two feet square in the tiling, and a few minutes later calmly washed his hands at the Emergency Hos- pital, as if nothing had happened. Buckey is a steamfitter, living in Balti- more, and is a robust young man twenty years old. He was engaged at his work of putting in steam pipes in the sixth floor of the building, when he happened to step on a weak spot in the tiling, with which all the fioors in the structure are at present coy- ered. a In less than a second .he had broken through with ‘enough force to send him crashing through the floor below to the fourth floor, two stories lower. He was carried to the second floor, where he speed- ily revived,, and, €xpressed the wish that he mtght yot go to the hospital. Fearing some interpal igjury, however, and seeing that his fgce was badly cut and bruised, the ambulence; was sent for and Buckey taken to the Enjergency. Dr. Bahr,exaqined him, and found that his arms were badly scratched and bruised, while his fgce op, the left sige suffered to a much greatyr extent. After he had cleansed the scratches himself at the sink in the emergency, oom, using ordinary soap for that purpoge, Dg. Bahr dressed the injured members apd the cut on his face, and Buckey. departeg-for home, It was stgted;at the post office bullding that in all,probability Buckey had inad- yertently sJipped into a hole which had been made in the tiling for a pipe, and the accident aj to have been unavoidable. .Buckey hi .remembers nothing of his fall until. h@ foynd himself at the second story, and.gid_ngt at the time he was hav- ing his wounds attended to remember where he had peen working, except that it was in the post office building. Assistant Sceretary Howell Leaves. Assistant Secretary Howell of the Treas- ury Department left Washington this after- | noon for Atlantic City, N. J., for a short rest. He expects to return next: Monday. ‘The Spanish*Minister Leaves. - Senor Depuy de Lome, the Spanish min- ister here, left for Lenox, Mass., today to spend his vacation. 3 ~ : ‘Bids for'a New Lightship. for the building of a lightship for Over- falls shore, of Delaware bay, and for the rebuilding of the tender Holly, at Balti- more, 2 s apparently in| LONDON SEASONOVER Society People Hastening Away for the Holidays. INTEREST IN THE COWES REGATTA Mrs. Hay and Daughter Will Sail for Home Wednesday. FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP ——__-- LONDON, July 31.—With the Goodwood meeting over, with parliament on the eve of pr«rogation ard the Cowes regatta just begirning, the season of 1897 is absolutely ended; and with it Is ended also, apparently, a long run of good weather. The weather during the last fortnight has been very irregular; there have been severe thunder storms in many places throughout England, and violent bursts of rain with high winds, succeeded at inter- vals by stuffy, breezeless heat. ‘There 1s, however, promise of good weather for the August bank holiday, upon which so many depend for an outing at this season of the year. Today all the railway stations are crowded with excurstonists who are leav- ing town over the holidays. Crowds at Cowes. Cowes is crowded in anticipation of fiext week's regatta, when the prizes will be unusually munificent. On Monday the Au- rora will sail her maiden race with the Meteor, the Bona and the Britannia, under the auspices of the Royal London Yacht Club, which will probably prove the most interesting event of the season. The Duke of Leeds has been actively en- gaged in getting signatures to an address to the Emperor William on behalf of the yacht owners, who were entered for the Emperor's cup in the recent race to Heligo- land. But his action fs being quietly crit!- cised in the higher yachting circles and by leading members of the Prince of Wales set, who are diametrically opposed to the Kaiser and to all his acts. The Prince of Wales, however, has recon- sidered his determination not to race Britannia against Meteor this year: and she arrived at Cowes on Thursday in full racing rig. The Duke of Abruzzi's new Bona, the Duke of Sutherland’s Catania and Mr. Ogden Goelet’s Mayflower and other well-known yachts are in the roads. Several of Mr. Hulme’s horses, which have taken prizes in this country, were sold at auction at Tattersall’s on Monday. Ganymede brought 165 guineas,and Cracks- man and Marksman, sold as a pair,brought 30 guine Mr. Hulme has returned to ew York. Mrs. Hay and Daughter Coming Back. Mrs. John Hay, wife of the ambassador, and Miss Hay will sail for New York next Wednesday. Vanity Fair, reviewing the season, con- gratulates the country on its brilliancy, and gives a list of the season’s beauties, which, it says, no other country can rival. It adds that among the American girls Miss Goelet and Miss Hay, the ambassador's daughter, have been most successful, because of per- sonal charm and animation of manner. An English Girls Letter. In the same issue appears a letter from an English girl with reference to the news- paper agitation over the decadence of En- glish society. The writer say “The trouble les in the unwillingness of the poor members of the aristocracy to earn honest livings. It is so dreadful for the men to put themselves up for sale to the rich American girls who love to come here to excel English beauty and wealth. If this goes on all England will seon be own- ed by the Americans; for they are buying land as well as men. it is announced that during the coming parliamentary recess the liberal leaders will openly formulate a plan for home rule all around, in place of Mr. Gladstone's scheme. They are counting on the Irish support. Mr. John Redmond, however, sald: “I opposed the motion for ‘home rule all around’ in 18%, and wouid oppose it again now. It would never satisfy Irish national aspirations. Lesides, it is a mere dodge to evade the main question. The scheme in elf is outside the range of practical poli- ti Ireland's only hope now is to move boldly for a national parliament free from all outside control, as Parnell said.” New Honor for Actors. The Hungarian government has author- ized the state bank at Buda-Pesth to en- €rave on 1,000 fiorin notes portraits of the most noted singers and actors of Hungary. M. Faure's villa at Havre is situated in a hollow, and is overlooked by the Boulevard Maritime. A number of telescopes have been erected in the boulevard, and iarge erowds are paying half a franc apiece to see the president walking in his garden or seated in his chair on the lawn. The ex-Empress Eugenie, looking very well,has returned from a yachting trip. She spert two days here, and is now at her residence, Farnshorough Hill. ‘The crusade against the frock coat and stovepipe hat for summer gatherings like the Goodwood races, has received a set- back. This year the Prince of Wales ana the men of his party, instead of appearing in the low-crowned hat and morning coat, as they did last year, all wore black frock coats and high hats. Anent the Monetary Commission. The forthcoming issue of the National Review will contain a long article upon the success of the American bimetallic commission. The article confirms what has already been cabled on this subject by the correspondent of the Associated Press, and says: “It is now generally recognized by all ex- cept ostriches that Great Britain’s chief ecntribution will be the reopening of the indian mints, which all who appreciate the question must regard as a splendid sub- scription to the common pool.” The opera season at Covent Garden has resulted, it is said, in a handsome profit to the syndicate. Mr. Grau says he will have the de Reszkes and all the other maie sivgers next year, and possibly Tamagno. He expects also to have Melba, Eames, Calve and Nordica. He will return to New York in October to consult with the Met- ropolitan directors as to the New York season of 1898. Madame Sarah Bernhardt and Beerbohm Tree have effected an arrangement for theatrical reciprocity. In return for the use of Her Majesty's Theater, which Mr. Tree placed at the disposal of the French actress for a matinee performance of “La Dame Aux Camelias’ last Saturday, Madame Bernhardt has invited him to ap- pear in the Renaissance in Paris early next year. Mr. Tree will play “Hamlet,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Trilby” be- {cre the Parisians. Madame Bernhardt has also asked to be permitted to occupy the Lyceum, and a short season may be ar- ranged during Irving’s absence. Anglo-Chinese Tragedy. One of the attractions booked for the Gar- rick is a Chinese tragedy, the plot of which is said to be located in San Francisco. The principal characters will be played by Eng- ish actors, but genuine Mongolians will be drafted for minor parts. = Paut Dunbar, the negro poet, who owes to W. D. Howells his introduction to the public, is being lionized in London in most flattering fashion. The color line is. not drawn in sree society, Pon the colored Versifier belng the latest literary novelty, is much sought for receptions, garden parties and similar gatherings. His read- ings of his own verses have been highly praised by the press, nor are criticisms of the verses therrselves less friendly. ‘ BSN es - Chief Clerk Grecn Promoted. 4 Darius A Green, chief clerk of the bu- reau of construction and repair, Navy De- partment, has been promoted to the re- sponsible clerkship tn chafge of navy yard organization, while retaining him in his Present position. Mr. Green is a cliien of Medford, M=ss., and for eleven years was clerk to the naval coustructor at the Bos- ton yard. He was also associated for some and time with the Suffolk Savings Bank Commercial National Bank of Boston. THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS New Bules Adopted by the District Commis- sioners, Regulations Relating to C BE joy Keeping of the Records and Public Hearings. duct Following the orders for the government of the District building, which were printed heretofore in The Star, come the new orders for the conduct of public business in the building, printed today. They are in part as follows: The regular office hours chall be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except on Saturdays, when they are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.), with an al- lowable recess of thirty minutes between 12 m. and 1 p.m. Conduct of Employes. Tardiness in arrival, reading of newspa- pers or other unofficial reading matter, failure of diligent employment during office hours, disability for any cause, or unau- thorized absence during office hours, by any employe, will be daily reported by the head of the office to the Commissioner in charge of the office or department in which the employe is engaged. All employes must attend strictly to their official duties, during office hours, and wear their coats or be otherwise suitably attired while so engaged. Absences. Employes will be allowed leave of ab- sence and sick leave during the year, as provided by law for the executive depart- ments of the general government. Any absence in excess of the allowance must be without pay. In case of absence due to illness, the absentee must submit a state- ment of the facts, accompanied by the in- dorsement of a reputable physician, or oth- er proof of illness. Heads of offices and departments will on the first of every month submit to the com- missioner in charge a statement of ab- sences and tardiness during the previous month. Records. Each of the departments and offices of the District of Columbia shall keep a fle and record of its letters received, serially numbered in numerical order, and showing the action taken in each case, and indexed; also a letter-sent file or letier-seni book similarly numbered and indexed. A copy of cach letter sent shall be filed with the letter received to which it relates. Every communication received in an office to whose business the communication does pot rertain, shall be promptly sent to the office having immediately in charge the business to ‘yhich it relates. Papers upon which reports by or informa- tion from any other branch of the District government are needful shall be referred therefor directly to such other department, and only submitted to the Commissioners when the case requires their action and is completed for their consideration. Every paper upon which action is ordered or taken by the Commissioners shall be filed, with a brief or copy of such action, in the office in which it was originally re- corded. Carrent Business. In all cases, when practicable, current business will he concluded on the day of its receipt, and if final action is necessarily deferred, the receipt of the communication will be at once acknowledged by the offi- cer or department to which it pertains, with a brief statement of the disposition made of it. All original papers cf every sort must be carefully preserved, and pass out of the custody of the officer in charge only upon a written order from one of the Commission- ers. No copies of papers will be furnish- ed except upon a written order of one of the Commissioners. Hearings by the Board. Times for public special hearings by the board upon important matters will be designated by the secretary upen applica- tion to him at jeast one day in advanc’ Applications for employment, com; «ints and requests for work must be made by letter or orally to the permit clerk on ihe first floor. Persons having business with any office must conduct it with the official m charge thereof. EE ALASKA’S BOUNDARY LINE. Enforced Delany While Awaiting the Senate's Action. Nothing can be done more than already has been dcne towards marking the bound- ary line between Alaska and the British possessions along the 14#1st meridian until the Senate passes upon the boundary treaty now before it. There is, however, no doubt of the location of the line along this meridian and most peonle in that lo- cality know where it is. The demarcation work was superintended by General Duf- tield, superintendent of the coast and geo- detic survey, on behalf of the United States. General Duffield has spent consid- erable time in Alaska. He expresses the opinion that a railroad vasily can be con- structed from Takin inlet to the Klofidyke gold fields, and believes that the enter- prise will be worth undertaking, because of the richness of the mines. “The gold,” said General Duffield in dis- cussing the question, “has been ground out of the quartz by the pressure of the glaciers, which lie and move along the courses of the streams, exerting a tremen- dous pressure. This force is present to more appreciable extent in Alaska than elsewhere, and I believe that as a conse- quence more placer gold will be found in that region tha, in any other part of the world.” General Dufficld thinks the go!d hunters on the American side of the line have made the mistake cf prospecting the large streams instead of the small ones. “When geld is precipitated,” he said, “it sinks. It does not float far down stream. It is therefore to be looked for along the small creeks and bout the headwaters of the larger triluiaries of the Yukon. There i: he added, “no reason why as rich finds may not be made on the Ameri- can side of the line as in the Klondyke district.” ————>-2+___ William Edwards and Lulu Edwards were today each sentenced to pay a fine of % for creating a disorderly scene at the corner of 11th and H streets northwest late last night. —————— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, July 81.—Fiour firm, unchanged— receipts, 5,880 barrels: exports. 338 barrels: sales, 1,800 barrels. Wheat quiet and lower—spot and huonth, | S2ia825q; August, S1%4u81%: September, SIYAS116; steamer No. 2 “red, TylgaT9%—rece ipts, 163.094 bushels; exports, 32,400. busbels: 1,390,629 busheis; sales,” 51,000 bushel: Wheat by sample, 7sa8¥ ex ales, 100,000 bushels” southern white corn, yellow, 36. Oats arm No. 2 white, 261927: mixed, 23tgn24—re- ceipts, 6,217 bushels; exports, 9,100 bushels: stock, 102,621 busiels, Rye 8 ro:g—No. 2 marby, diadile: Ne. 2 western, 45 sales—receipts, 1,860 bushels; ex: Kinm"ehoice timoths. #13 Soagitoo. Grain froititt —"‘cholce 7 $13. 00. | Gra! ts quiet, feeling easier, unchanged. Sagar or changed. Butter quiet, unchanged. Eggs firm, un- changed. Cheese > Unchanged. Whisky changed. stock, 736,480 Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, raents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York er Ws Eee S Low. | Close. e ith 17% ret 8. Stock, outhern 8 do. on grade, Slasd. Scpremocr, Staite” ctemer mized, Seni emer, steamer ‘mix em receipts, 131,734 bushels. orts, 299,060 bushel FINANCE AND TRADE Prices Opened Higher on Wall Street CHECKED BY LIQUIDATING SALES Comparisons of the Week's Changes in Various Stocks. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —__»— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 31.—Opening prices this morning were generally higher than those recorded at the close of ye rday's business. London’s holiday had a tend to restrict the volume of business, but dull- ness again prevented any material 4. clines, Some liguidation was in progress through- cut the morning, notably in St. Paul. The Granger shares, as a class, have attracted considerable profit-taking during week and close nearly 1 per cent to} than last Saturday. Rock Island has withstood these cpera- tions without a concession beyond the usua] commission. The earnings of this property, due early in the coming w r Kk, have served to hold the price steady, even in the presence of speculative liquidation. The coal shares close substantially higher than last week, although in today’s mar- ket selling in the interest of profits was ap- parent. Reading, first preferred, broke sharply during the final hour on sales of this character, but regained more than half of its loss under new buying. In the industrials the average 1s lower, a 5 per cent decline in Sugar for the period in questicn being the most noteworthy feature of that department. While the securities which were first to attract attention by reason of an improve demand are fractionally lower, an entirely new group closes the week at substantial advances. In Northern Pacific, for in- stance, the buying up to the clese of busi- ness was especially good, the week's gain in the preferred stock exceeding 3 per cent The Morgan and Hill factions are in practical harmony on the subject of the Management of this property, and earnings are certain to reflect this change in the relations of the larger interests. Chesapeake and Ohio is another excep- tion, a gain of 2 per cent having been recorded during the week solely because of improving merit, and a prosperous outiook for an active business season. The advance in Consolidated trifle over 10 per cent. and Gas is a epresents the presence of a strong financial interest in the market. Shares selling at a premium of 80 per cent are not selected for the cheap demonstrations of the professional trader. All things considered, the market has acted exceptionally well’ during the present week. The undertone has at all times been strorg and concessions inva- riabiy attracted new buying. Trade and crop reports have couraging, and there are no appare stacles in the way of further progre The loss of gold during the week has been frequently referred Lut this outflow is no argument agai th vancing ten | ency of prices. Firsc-class securities wi!l continue to improve, and the low-price issues will move up in sympathy with them The time for crop scares is now fully at hand and the occasional alarm in the ranks of the overcredulous wil Imake attractive prices for the shrewd and farsighted ‘The weekly bank statement reflects a lcss of something more than $1,500,000 in lawful money, the bulk of w is attrib uted to the gold shipments. An increase of SSy 4 TR STE OST 83 G57, (2 . (uN % v7, 0% 6 ye sty 2. BAN a amas be en- ob nearly $3,000,000 in the loans is an encour- aging feature of the report and indicates a continued demand for money in a: Wall street. A decrease of $1,641, serve is reported, but the total surplus still equal to the maintenance of chea; rates for money. The vclume of general business has bes: bitter distributed during the week than at any time during the year. Consequently vulnerable points in the market have been reduced to a m'nimum. oe 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, York stock exchan Messrs. Moore & Schiey Open. 13%, members New Correspondents, No. 80 Broadway. Nigh. 13% Low. 13% Close. 13y BY, Vs Mi tie American Spirits. American Spirits, p' American Sugar...” American Sugar, pfd. Awerican Tobacco, American Cotton Oil Atchison . Baltimore Bay State G Canada Southern Canada Pacific ci Chesapeake & O10. c. & St. Lows. chicago, B&Q... Chicago Nortnwesten Chicago Gas. Cc. M. 5 158% ig S3y Ea 188i ny & St. Pi ‘ago, St. Paul, M.&¢ Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack. & W Delaware & Hudsoi Ben. & Kio Grande, pra. Illinois Central Lake Shore. Louisville & Nashvitie Metropolitan Traction Mahattan Elevated Michigan Central Missouri Pacitie National Lead National Lead Co., pia New Jersey Central. New York Centrai Northern Paci Northern Pacific, pfd Ont. & Western Pacitic Mau... Phila. & Reading: Puliman P. €. Co ‘Southern Ry., pfd Phila. Traction . Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock type, 10 at 1%; 50 at 19. Atte Gun ‘Carriage, 102 at 70 cents; 25 at 70 70 cents, -Lanston Monotype, 7at 19. District of Colambia Bonds.—20-year frm Ss, 101 bid. 30-year fund 6s, geld, bid. Water xtock 7s, 1901, currcmey, 112% Li itr stock 7x, 1903, currency, M2ie ‘bid. 5.058, funding, currency, 116 \ asked. ous Bonds.—Metropolitan Rallroad Ss, 116% bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. ts, 1174, bid, 119 asked. Metropolitan Rallroud ‘certiticages of indebtedness, A, 108 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certiticates of indebtedness, B, 108 bid, 110 axked. Columbia Railroad €s, 117 ‘bid, 120 asked ington Gas Company Gs, series Electric Light debeutare tmip.. 100" bid. and Potomac 1 Ss, 103 bid. “American Ne- curity and Trost ds, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust Ss, A. and 'O., 100 bid. Wash- ington Marker Company ist 66, 106 bid. Wasting- i & é He ai si a £ ih