Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR - PUREED DAILY ENOKET SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 Peansylvanin Avenoe, Our. 11th 8t., by The Evening Star N awapaper Company, 6 H KAUFFMANN, Pres’t New York ¢ bu Potter Buiding. + ta the Copies a all age prepall nts tar, $1 per sear, with at Washington, D. ¢. TF AU wail Kates of adver = - — Fatal Accident to Fast Train on Kansas Pacific Railroad. TWO KILLED, FIVE FATALLY INJURED Wreck Occurred About Daylight, Forty Miles East of Denver. —————— GINE UNDER WATER ea DENVER, Col., August The fast flyer on the Kan: Pacitie railway was wr ed about daylight this morning, about for- ty miles east of Denver. two trainmen were killed outright, five r ngers are said to be fatally injured i many others badly hurt. Phe killed: John A. Ward, engineer, 711 28th street, Denver. Ww. B. Kansas € ba; of Harrington, ty, Mo. The names of the injured passengers have net yet been learned. The wreck was caused by a washout. The heavy rai - night flooded the streani eut a portion of a si Comanche ereek between Byers and Siras- burg. ge master, and ‘Train Was o The train was on time, and w along at the u: d when approach- ing the point of accident. Without warning the engine plunged into ne. fellowed by the mail and bag- ears, and 6ther cars were piled about om, engine was completely unde! < the middle of the str r t Ward was under it. S ay, the fireman escaped death, but he is reported to be bad Instantly there fusion. The were ‘ulimans berihs and more * thrown fi or less hurt, but none s Byers. the nearest town to the -wreck, was five miles away, and the conductor hastened tc cover that di on foot. He arrived there at 5 0° and the rail- lo De notified of al d, aried for the scene uf the wreck. Aid to the Injured. Meantime all possible was being for the injived at the place of th But ‘ttle dita done ck. could formation be obtained after the first reports owing to the distance the wreck was from any telegraph office. Encineer Warl was one of the best known locomotive drivers in th Th orm s general in the plains re- feared that many railroad gone cut. train was due in Denver at 2.05 am. ee WELL-KNOWN TO THE POLICE. Sheldon of Denver Did in San Francisco. Geo 5 Time SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.—George Shel- don, who figured in yesterday's dispatch from Denver, is well known to San Fran- cisco police. On November 25, 1801, he w: ested by Detective Egan on two charges of petty larceny, and on a con- was sent to the house of correc- ‘or eight mon ne after the news of the tragedy hed police headyuarters a handsome woman, who gave her name as “Fle O'Erien,” visited the ce of t handed him the following her, “Billy ts do. George S' said that O'Brien wa: . but she i that he had ‘Brien aarters and port of his able to a wife, > bell 1 confounded him with a name- Was in this city some moni and was known a clever “crook.” her or not dead burglar en Was unab Fe laughingly e denied. ram ved 2KO Ww HOT AND DRY In Some Sections the Corn Crop in Barnt Up. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. The weekly re- port of United States Department of Agr: culture for the Kansas section issued to. day says: It has been a hot week all over the state, with temperatures pa: he 100 mzrk and hot winds over m state. In many counts, particu- in the middle Givision of the state. n crop has been greatly reduced and ne is entirely gone. “r county reports that the corn croy t a complete failur ing rain ve all but ruined nted drought o: S; com is now be- jure. y and a -Hotiest esi week of the ‘orn burned up Leyond recovery. a—Hot winds fer the last. three nave blasted all hor for a corn » central and southern part. ee WHISKY PEDDLER MURDERED. —_— ssunka Supposed to s. Alaska, July 31.—Per steamer Queen.—News has been received of the murder of an illicit whisky seller on Prince s Island, between Tolska and His bedy was found in his pin and ¢Mse by his slucp lay scuttled. It is thought that he was murdered for his money by the Indians. The Kake In- dian live in the vicinity and are the same tribe that a year cr two ago put to death @ woman for being a witch. _ +> MAYOR SCOTT OFF TO ALASKA. Resigned His Job at Springfieid to Become a Gold Hunter. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 3.—The steamer Noyo will suil tomorrow morning with l40 passengers for Dyea, Alaska. Of the passengers zlready booked ten are women who will make the journey over the Chiikoot Pass to the Klondyke goid fields. Two others are Mayor A. C. Scott of Springfield, 1J., and his son. Mayor Scott has resigned his office to seek a fortune in the frozen eorth. ——— KNIFE WOUND IN HIS HEART. Stephen Caspar Lives Twenty-Fou Hours Under Remarkable Conditions. EETHLEHEM, Pa., August 3.—The post mortem examination made on the body of Stephen Gaspar, the Hungarian, murdered by Andrew Smaydo, showed that Gaspar lived for more than twenty-four hours with @ wound three-eighths of an inch wide in his heart Smaydo’s knife went clean through one of his victim's ribs. In the left lung cay- ity there was a clot of blood weighing three pounds. e. | RAN INTO A WASHOUT ee = Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, .UGUST 3, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. DOES NOT WANT HAWAII Minister Murota Says Japan Would Not Take It as a Gift. Gives Reasons Why His Country Pre- fers the Present Status to Be Maintained. CITY OF MEXICO, August 3.—In an in- terview on the Hawaiian-Japanese contro- versy, Yoshibuni Murota, Japanese minis- ter to Mexico, made the following state- ment: ‘There are many Japanese in Hawaii and they have rights which might be interfered with ir. the event of annexation. What if the United States respected these rights? In suck a case there might be no objection on the part of my government. However, Hawaii is now an independent country in the Pacific, ard Ja;an would prefer to have it kept independent. “Even if the United States should carry out their policy of non-interference in n or tern affairs, in case the should become a part of the Amer- nion, some contingency might arise fercing them to chai that policy of neu- tralit For instance, Hong Kong is an ortant British settlement, and if Amer- had any question with Great Britain, on of these islands might lead nt in colonial politics to an ex- pansion of the American domain far be- ycnd their present intentions. This is the reason w efer to have Hawaii wholly independen’ The minis 2id that all talk about an alliance between Japan and Spain agains United “No such s its modern rena’s- tates, through wh thrown open to the eonsider the United States in our mother country. f the United States were to make tof Hawaii to Japan, it would not epted. The Japanese have no ambi- i s 1 said, would to the United the coun Ww sance effort world. ae tion to annex H rather see the islands independent and free.” CLERKSHIP CHANGE, Take Agricultarz ntember 1 Col. G as assistant to the Secretary of Agricul- ture, will assume the position of chief clerk of the department, relieving Mr. MacCuatg, who has occupied that position for four and a half y Last May Mr. MacCuaig piaced his resignation in the nands of Sec- retary Wilson, never having believed that the place he occupied was a proper one to although it had tioa of the evil ser Wilson pre- iled upon Mr. X g to defer h rture in order that the new adminis n might have the benelit of his { of the depart- in “getting installed, and for that September 1 was fixed upon as the ace reason time for hange in the chief cler! ip. Mr. Macc) ®% will return to his home at Nebraska City, his family went five weeks ago. siderable interests in and near N ka City, to which he will devote his att>*ntion for the present an old and personal friend ef s Morton, who appointed him chief clerk of the Department of Agri- tration. culture early in his admi President: McKiniey No On It is said at the no special commi President MeKinle Has Appointed » Hawaii. y has awaii, as in a San Francis ch, and that any person rer If as such has no authority to do so. The in of the United States in that quarter of the Pa- cific are b ed to be entirely safe in the care of United States Minister Harold Sew- all, who is now on the ground. The San Fran o dispatch referred to s that “Major” Samuel A. Muhlhauser of Cl . who is about to irem 0 for Honoiuly, sented that of a special agent in re n dispute. He i the following stat “I will said on the oing in the capacity ation to the Ja as having m t steamer to Hono- lulu, under seale ructions from the gevernme My mission ts connected with the Japanese dispute. Japan as y comprehends the spirit’ of interna law, and it may be difficult to arbitraté with her. Our sovernment needs all the data pos: id tact and courtesy mu: of course, be exercised in dealing with the though I cannot see what claim y on Haw: While Ihave no Official knowle of the facts, I am pretty sure, from what heard in Washington just before leaving, Rear Admiral Miller h: from the government to protec interests in Hawaii. I belicy authority Americ: at Hon- ju, to protect the custom now there and to land United marines for that purpose, and if necessary to hoist the American flag over the custom house. He sill need ships to support him, and he will supported” by other ships if a crisis should arise. J understand there are ships here and at Portland or some other coast berts waiting orders. aa ——— War Department Changes. Changes in the civilian force of the War Department are announced as fellows: Ap- pointments of ex-Union soldiers by rein- statement under civil service rules—Joseph Blackwood of Pennsylvania, George 1. Graves of Vermont and L. Fayette Sykes of New York, clerks, $1,000, record and pea- sion office; Newell H. Stevens, Maryland, watchman, in the State, War and Navy building; Charles Brewster, Missouri, clerk, $1,000, neadquarters department of Platte; John Wilson, New Jersey, class 1, surgeon general's office. Original appointiaents—Will D. Hinckley, California, clerk, $1,00U, Pacific district of inspector general's office, San Francisco, borer, $660, and nia,charwoman, $240, , War and Navy Department building; Wm. R. Patterson, Te , laborer, $00, office chief of ordnance. Promotions—J. Wm. DeGrange, West Vir- ginia, from clerk $1,200 to $1,100, office chief of engineers; Geo. W. Scott, Nebraska, from nger to messenger, ot- flee » Alonzo W. Shunk, Pennsylvania, from class 1 to class 2, rec- ord and pension ofitce; Hugo Borbeck, New York, from class $1,000 to class 1, record and pension office; Thos. E. Sewell, Kan- sas, from class $1,000 to class 1, record and pension oifice. Resignations—Francis C. Huebner, Ohio, clerk, $1,000, office chief of engineers; Hor- ace D. Goodale, New York, class 1, ottice adjutant general; John D. Morgan, Wash- ington, and Henry T. B. Moy, ‘ilinots, class 2, record and pension office. o— As Military Professor. By direction of the President, Lieut. Geo. W. Cole, 7th Cavalry, has been detailed to duty as military professor at. the Western Military Academy, Upper Alton, IIL, re- Heving Lieut. William A. Campbell, ‘22d Infantry, who is ordered to join his regi- ment. ———_+ e -______ Naval Movements. ‘The moniter Monadnock has arrived at Mare Island, Cal, and the torpedo boat Cushing sailed from New York yesterday for Newport. -d CUBA AND HAWAII The Case of the Former to Be Settled First. PRESIDENT ALIVE 10 THE SITUATION A Large Naval Force in the Pacific Desirable. es JAPAN’S KNOWN ATTITUDE The opinion expressed by Senator Morgan 1a an interview in The Star yesterday that the situetion of the Spanish in Cuba is be- coming erate is sustained by a number of circumstances. Moreover, it is certain that President McKinley is thoroughly alive to the situation, and that he is not gcing to disappoint those sympathizers with the Cubans who have been willing to trust the matter to his wisdom without try- ing to force his hand. As is well known, Senator Morgan is one of the most earnest advocates in the Senate of a vigorous for- eign policy, and he has done more probably than any other senator in efforts to bring about the recognition of the Cuban bellig- erency. A Wise Foreign Policy. Senator Morgan now expresses the most perfect confidence that President McKin- ley going to carry out a wise foreign policy, sufficiently vigorous and firm to do credit to the administration. It 1s known that since the adjournment of Con- to the ad- Fs and immediately prior jcurnment, Mr. Morgan has had two or three interviews with the President with and though he se interviews, it ts of Cuba, Hawali were quite fully y nothing al s known that the 1 the Alaska boundar cussed, and Mr. Morgan himself ts au- thority for the statement that his trip to Hawaii ts chiefly for the purpose of making a personal investigation of the condition of affairs on those islands. It may further be stated that t the com- ve Hawaiian ing ion of Congress,when qucstion comes up for conside ation by the nate, there will be a comp -ie co-opera- tion between the President and Mr. Mor- n in relation to the annexation treaty, se facts, together with the great inter- st and earnestness which Mr. Morgan has shown in these foreign questions, give a peculiar weight ificance to the ex- ions of in the President which -the Alabama senator m: In speaking of the President and his foreign Mr. Morgan expressly disclaimed of the President's plans. “IT think,” he said, “that the President does not disclose his intentions in such matters to any one. He keeps his own counsel, and is wisely silent about what he intends to do. But I do know that he is remarkably well informed on these ques- tions, not only as to generalities, but as to details. His knowledge of the Hawalian question extends to the most minute de- tails, and his silence seems to be that of a man who would think and act for himself, and who has confidence in himself.” Confidence Not Misplaced. There are reasons to believe that this confidence of Mr. Morgan in the Pre: dent's wisdom and fir is not mis- placed, and also that there ts no mistake as to the drift of affairs in the Cuban mat- ter. The association of the two ques Cuba and Hawaii—is due to the fact that they appear to be intimately related to each other at this time. It seems that the developments in the Hawaiian question render it important that the other matter should be settled speedil, it is thought rable, not in the spirit of menace nor in the belief that we are te have war with Japan about Hawaii, but on the contrary, prevent trouble, that we should hav eral Aimeri: avy ssels in the Pacific. At present our naval force in the Pacific is hmited in number and strength. It is desirable that a number of the vessels now in the Atlantic should be sent to the Pacific station, and this cannot be safely done while the Cuban troubles still exist. it is believed that Spain already so much weakened in her resources that she has no hope of conquering the Cuban revo- lutioni: and is disposed to resort to the des per: expedient of provoking direct conilict with the United States, acting un- der the theory that she could surrender the island to us with le loss of dignity and prestige than she would suffer from hav- ing to abandon it to the Cuban insurgents. No doubt is felt, therefore, that if a number of our naval vessels were trans- ferred from the Atlantic stations to the Pacific, Spain would hesitate no longer, but would at once commit some overt act with de ign of making a, brilliant dying gle. With this situation confronting Cuba, it is impossible to establish the which the administration regards as desirable in the Pacific. Both Spain and Japan are aware of this. To correct this condition is believed to be the purpose of the President, and it is expected that a course will be pursued in relation to the Cuban question which will bring it to an issue between Spain and the United States, so as to end the matter as speedily as pos- sible. After this is done our naval force in the Pacific can be so increased as to render it entirely probable that Japan will abandon any purpose she now may Mave of making trouble when the annexation treaty is ratified by the Senate. Why the Treaty Was Postponed. One of the important considerations in postponing action by the Senate on the annexation treaty was an appreciation of the fact that before this final action was taken it was wise, in order to guarantee peace, that there should be a strong naval force in the Paciiic bearing the American flag, and the design is to have such a force there by the time the treaty is ratified. vapan will in three months ha‘e in com- mission the new battle ships which she contracted for immediately after her vic- tory over China, and she is also construct- ing two armored cruisers of a superior type. While in all official communications the Japanese disavow any hostile senti- ment toward the United States, it is known absolutely by American officials that the private utterances of the Japanese officials are unfriendly and hostile, and the opin- fon is entertained that the safe way to prevent serious confliet with Japan when the treaty of annexation is ratified is to be prepared to meet it. ————+-e. MR. POWDERLY the QUALIFIES, He Assumes Charge of the Immigra- - tion Bureau. Mr. Terrence V. Powderly of Pennsyl- vania, formerly master workman of the Knights of Labor, today took the pre- scribed oath and received his commission as commissioner general of immigration, succeeding Mr. Herman Stump of Mary- land. There were present Mr, A. W. Wright, formerly member of the executive board, Knighis of Labor, and several other friends of the commissioner general and officials of the Treasury Department. In answer to inquiries, Mr. Powderly said he had formulated no particular plans or policy for the administration of his office. He was, however, in favor of a strict and impartial interpretation of our immigration laws and believed that every proper effort should be made to keep out all undesira- ble class2s. To that end he would use means to prevent thelr embarking for this country, thus saving them the needless expense and hardships of the trip. JUDGE TRACEWELL WAITING Wanted Official Notification of His Appoint- ment as Controller, He Will Probably Soon Be Here and Assume the Duties of His Office. On the 26th ultimo Mr. Robert J. Trace- well of Indiana was appointed by the Pres- ident controller of the treasury to succeed Judge Bowler. Until this morning nothing had been heard at the Treasury Depart- ment from him, and the offictals began to wonder what the matter was. It now turns out, however, that Judge Tracewell has been ready to take charge of the office al- most from the day he was appointed and was merely awaiting official notification of his appointment. He had seen the an- nouncement in the newspapers, but was not entirely satisfied with that notification, He thought perhaps he would get a letter from the President, or, at least, the Secretary of the Treasury, announcing his appointment and fixing some date Zor him to qualify and assume the duties of his office. Most appointees are willing to accept the news- paper announcement of their selection, at least to the extent of initiating proceedings to enter office, but the new controller was apparently of a more retiring and less as- sertive disposition. Although he didn’t ex- actly doubt the press report of his appoint- ment, he thought he had better wait until he received official confirmation of it, and probably the reason he did not was the break in the White House routine caused by the President’s departure from the city. Evidently tiring of the expense, however, Judge Tracewell wired a friend in this city to ascertain, if p ble, when he might ex- pect to receive official notification of his appointment. This gentleman visited the Treasury Department on that business this morning, and was informed by Col. Br: ett, chief of the appointment diy sion, that the newspapers were right in the matter, and that tney were only awaiting Judge Tracewell’s arrival here to induct him into office. The friend wired the new controller to that effect, and he will Probably come on without further delay. The office of controller has been vacant since July 1, when Jule Bowler resigned and went on a trip to Europe. +e CHOPTANK A FISHIN’. He Angles for the Voraétoaw Bass and M Natives, “I've been up the river begs fishin’,” said Colonel Choptank today, wher The Star man asked him why his nose was so red. “You see, Jedge Cherrystone, with whom I am stopping, said he could give me finer fishin’ than we have on the Eastern Sho’, and I went up to see about it, “Hew did it turn out?” “I ain't got anything to say agin’ b fishin’. It is sho'ly a fine spo't. However, we struck a place calied Hancock, up here in Maryland, and fished all day Saturday. When we went in at night the°jedge told the landlord to get the hoat ready for early next mornir g. ““Why, you ain't goin’ to fishon a Sun- day?’ says the landlord. ‘Don’t you fear the Lord? We fear the Lord areund here?’ “The jedge said we'd go somewhere else, then, and called for our Dill. Well, the way that eld man robbed us was stan'lous. It was $5 a day for the boat and $5 a day apiece for board. “No worder you fear the Lord around Hancock,” said the jedge. ‘You've got good reason to be afraid of Him.’ “Then we went to another place and had some magnificent spo’t. I thought I knew what fishin’ was on the Eastern Sho’, but that bi fishin’ lays over all. I haven't got words to describe ft. Honestly, suh, to show you how absorbin’ a spo't it is, 1 was that bound up in it I forgot to take a drink all day, and for an Eastern Sho’ man yin’’a heap. urd a couple of stories on Grover, ind,”” continued the colonel. “He was river fishin’ when he was President wunst, and had a well-known character for his boatman. It seems that Grover took several pulls at the bottle and never of- fered the boatman any. Finally, after the old man couldn’t stand it any longer, he sez, ‘Mr. President, as your boatman, I am your ser nt. On the other hand, as Presi- dent of the United States, you are the ser- vant of the people, and, therefore, my ser- vant. In the latter capacity, you'll please pass me that bottle.” And he did it, too. When it came along dinner time the boat was lyin’ close to a wheat tield where the harvesters were at work. The house was nearby and a most appetizin’ odor ot farm dinner came floatin’ ‘long on the breeze. “I con't want anything out of this lunch basket,’ sez the President, sniftin’ the air; ‘I want s‘me dinner like thgse men are going to have.’ “The old boatman excused himself for a minute and went ashore and told the farmer's wife that the President of the United States was close by and wanted dinner. “I can’t help it if it's Queen Vickto'ry,’ sez the woman; ‘what with pesterin’ around with a lot of gormandizin’ field hands, and all, I can’t get dinner for a President. 1t he will take it in a basket like the rest of the men fclks, well and good.’ “That was just what was wanted, and the boatman took back a bustin’ big dinner ot string beans and bacon, and sich like. ‘The President eat it in the stern of the boat and swore he'd never had a better one.” ——___-e.._ More Medals of Honor. A medal of honor has been awarded Capt. Chas. McAnally, Soldiers’ Home, Virginia. At Spotsylvania, Va., May 12, 1964, this officer, then a lieutenant in the 69th Penn- sylvania Volunteers, in a hand-to-hand en- counter with the enemy, captured a flag, being wounded in the act, but continued on duty until he received a second wound, and in the official report of this battle he was mentioned for gallantry by his regi- mental cOmmander. ~ A medal has also been awatded Col. Smith H. Hastings. At Newby’s Cross Roads, Va., July 24, 1963, this officer, then @ captain, Sth Michigan Cavalry,’ com- manding a squadron in rear guard of a cavalry division, then retiring before the advance of a corps of infantry; was at- tacked by the enemy, and, orders having been given to abandon the gufis ‘of a sec- tion of field artillery, with the rear guard that were in imminent danger of capture, Captain Hastings disregarded the orders received, aided in repelling the attack and in saving the guns. ~ po ie Secretary Wilson's Vacation. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture left yesterday on =a three weeks’ vacation, accompanied by Miss Wil- Scn, who will spend the mosith of August at Spirit Lake, Iowa. Sec¥etary Wilson will spend a week in Towa, and then will make a trip through the northwest for the purpose: ony per investigating the agricultural con ions there, as recen' outlined in The Star. me ——e-____ Discharged for Leck of Funds.- The shortage of funds in the Department of Agriculture has cause@ the'-furlough for an indefinite period of twenty persons con- nected with the bureau of statistics and on the laborers’ roll and the discharge of half a dozen more. These ‘Charwce took effect Avgust 1, ares s Naval bee Ensign E. H. ‘Walson hes been omfered to gue cemtt relieving Ensign J; R. Y. Blakeley, who is ordered home and granted leave of absence until September L - VICTIM OF MORPHINE Druggists Wehrly Beleived to Have Taken an Overdose. —_ TAKEN TO HOSPIPAL IN A DYING STATE —————— Exhibited Peculiarities Lately Which Attracted Attention. REGRET OF HIS FRIENDS ae Dr. Thomas McAleer Wehrly, the well- known druggist, who has been in business in Northeast Washington for many years, was taken to Providence Hospital in the police ambulance about noon today in ap- parently a dying condition. Friends of the sick man thought he had suffered an at- tack of paralysis, but the doctors at the hospital soon found that he had taken an overdose of morphine. Whether the tak- ing of the drug was a deliberate attempt at suicide, or whether it was accidentally administered, is not known, but people who were well acquainted with him be- lieve he uyintentionally took an overdose | of the narcotic. Dr. Wehrly had been in the habit of tak- ing morphine, it is ‘believed, and, as al- ready stated, his friends are of the opinion he elther took too large a dose or too many doses in too short a time. His store 1s at the southwest corner of 3d and H streets ; northeast, but he was in business for a number of years on the opposite corner. He is a practical pharmacist, and said to be one of the best at the business in this city. During his younger days he was addict- ed to tke use of alcoholic stimulants, it is said, but in recent months he has shown symptoms of the morphine hanit. At times his actions have been so peculiar as to cause comment, and some of his cus- tomers believed his reasoning faculties were impaired. His Sad Experience. eighboring drug stores had profited by his sad experience, it is alleged, ‘and his business had been largely reduced in this way. The doctor slept in a room in the rear of his store, and in this room the police have found him cn two or three oc- casions early in the morning apparently under the influence of an intoxicant. Each time the store was brightly lighted, and this attracted the attention of ofhcers. Today between 11 and o'clock a cus- tomer who went in the store found the druggist in a stupor. This caused some uneasiness, and several neighbors were soon at hand to ascertain what was the matter. Mr. Louis Boulay, nephew of the drug- gist, Was among those who responded soon after the sick man was found. Two doctors were summoned, and they labored with the sick man until the arrival of the pol ambulance, but were unable to do anything that would save the life which seemed to be passing away. When he reached Providence Hospital soon after 12 o'clock Dr. Wehriy’s con tion was very serious, and the doctors be- lieved he could live but, a short time, but they did what they could: for him. Native of Pennsylvania. The unfortunate man, who is fifty-one years old, was born in York, Pa., and has been in this city for thirty-seven years. For a long period ef years he has been a mcmber of thé American Pharmaceutical Association and only a short time ago he was elected a trustee of the National Col- lege of Pharma His father, who is an elderly man, kas been employed in the government printing office. Soon after coming here Dr. Wehrly was business manager for Dr. Daniel B. Clarke, when the latter was in the drug business at the corner of 4% street and Penn: avenue. When found in his store by the customer, Dr. Wehrly was unconscious, and he had not regained consciousness when he reach- ed the hospital. Were Not Surprised. Friends whe learned of the sad happen- ing were uot much surprised, but they ex- pressed the sincerest sympathy for the druggist and his rel: s. He had a room at his sister’s, No. 76 I street north- west, but he spent so little time there that he was not well known in the neightor- heod. But he was well und favorably known in the neighborhood of the siore, and in the eveat of his leath, many poor people will mourn his loss, for he was ex- ceptionally kind to them. “I've known Dr. Wehrly for many years,” said a druggist to a Star reporter, “and I knew him to be a capable man in every respect, except that he would indulge in liquor earlier in life, and I'm told that recently he has been using narcotics.” This druggist spoke of him in the high- est terms, and said he was confident he had not taken the drug with suicidal in- tent. It was his belief that he took the morphine to quiet his nerves, and the dose he took was too big for him. —__ Congress of Naval Architects, Naval Constructor D. W. Taylor, attach- ed to the construction bureau here, has submitted to the Navy Department a report upon the international congress of naval architects and marine engineers, which he attended as the delegate of the Navy De- partment early last month, in London. There were represented, besides Great Britain and the United States, the follow- ing countries: Argentine, Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, Spain and Sweden. Mr. Taylor says the congress brought together the leading naval architects and engineers of all Europe. As the representative of the Navy Department he was maée to féel that the officials and members of the institution of naval architects considered it a com- pliment that the department should be rep- resented at their congress, and were anx- ious to show their appreciation by acoord- ing him distinguished consideration and the most hospitable treatment. 5 oe Personal Mention. Lieutenant F. W. Winston, 5th Artillery, is in the city on sick leave of absence. Major Wm. P. Hall, assistant adjutant general, has taken his family to Narragan- sett for the summe: Professor S. M. Bly, principal of Van Buren public school, Anacostia, has re- turned from a visit to Watkins Glen and various other resorts. Commissioner Forman of the internal revenue bureau has gone to his home in East St. Louis, Ill., for two or three weeks. During his absence Depuy Commissioner Wilson, will be in charge of the office. ———— To Mark Examination Papers. Secretary Gage has appointed W. 8. Stet= son of the office of the auditor for the In- terior Department, J. Q. Kern of the office of the auditor for the War Department, and George R. Wales of the civil service commission a board to examine and mark the papers of the candidates who partici- pated in the competitive examination for the office of chief law clerk in the office of controller of the treasury. —_—__-o—_____. Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $144,430. Government receipts = From customs, $371,117; internal revenue, $204.349; miscellaneous, $125,420, JAPAN'S TREASURY LOW All Kinds of Improvements, China’s Indemnity Spent for War- ships—Biz Ice-Crushing Steam- ers for Viadivostock. TACOMA, Wash., August 3.—The steamer Olympia, from the orient, brings news that the Japanese government is seriously em- barrassed financially, owing to the rapid pace at which the nation has been going since the war with China. Civilization has necessitated increased ex- penditures in every direction, particularly in building railroads, telegraph lines, new government buildings, improving harbors and strengthening the army and nav: The treasury was not directly benefited by the big war indemnity paid by China, because it has been kept in England to pay for new warships and armament. Owing to the increased expenditures during the past year all the government's funds are exhausted. The Russian government has determined to Keep open during the winter the harbor of Viadivostock, Siberia, the terminus of the Trans-Siberia raitway. This harbor is clesed by ice from November to May, but the government has just sent to Vladi- vostock two immense ice-crushing steam- ers, like those used in keeping winter com- munications open between Denmark and Sweden. There is great need of rain in Corea, and the governor has sent priests to the moun- tains to petition the gods for showers. It certain large importations of grain will be nec to reserve ry, while usually Corea exports *hina and Japan. Se COMANCHE CHIEF KILLED. Parker Murdered and Rob- bed by Ontlaws in Oklahoma. PERRY, O. T., August 3.—News reached here from Altui, in the extreme southw ern portion of Oklahoma, that outlaws kill- ed Quannah Parker, chief of the Comanche Indians and one of the most noted Indians of the territory. Chief Parker was returning from Texas with 300 members of his tribe and was en- camped at the mouth of North Fork creek. The chief was engaged in a game of cards when he was killed by an outlaw and rob- bed of his money. Se ee NEGRO SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Quanna Complaint of Lawlessness in Baldwin County, Aln MOBILE, Ala., August 3.—Last Thurs: Ransom. Russell, a colored mill hand, was shot from amoush near Stockton, Baldwin county, Ala., ‘and ‘he alleges his assailant was a white man named Rome Taylor. Complaint was made to the justice of the peace of that’locality, and he took no no- tice of the crime, and Sheriff Booth was also notified, so it is claimed, but he ap- peared indifferent. Saturday the Christian Craft Company of this city, for whom the negro was working, brought a letter to the Government Has Spent Money Lavishly governor calling his attention to the law- nessness existing in that section of the ccuntry, saying there had been a great deal of it of late to their detriment. ——— LUCKY BALDW "S BIG MORTGAGE, His Property is Now Incambered for the Total of $2,420,000. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 3.—E. J. Baldwin,better known as “Lucky” Baldwin, the millionaire hotel man and race horse breeder, has executed a mortgage for $750,- 000 in favor of the Hibernia Loan Savings Society. ‘ The mortgage covers Mr. Raldwin’s en- tire estate, including his hotel, ranches and property of every nature and descrip- tion. It is above and exclusive of all pre- vious mortgages to the society, which in the aggregate reaches $2,421 Giz per cent. BRITISH LOSSES LIGHT. 000, bearing Six Thousand Tribesmen Were Re- pulsed in Relief of Chakdara. BOMBAY, August 3.—It is announced in a dispatch from Simla, the summer resi- dence of the British-Indian government, that the combined casualties of the garri- son of Fort Chakdara in the Chitral dis- trict, which was relieved yesterday, and the relieving force, under Gen. Blood, only amounted to Lieutenant Rattray wound- ed, seven native British soldiers killed and thirty-five wounded. The loss of the insurgent tribesmen who were besieging the place is not stated. Six thousand tribesmen with scaling ladders were preparing to attack the fort when they were attacked by the first British col- umn, under Col. Meiklejohn, and completely routed. ——————— TIRED OF LIFE AT THIRTEEN. George Young, a Mere Lad, Himscif at Akron, Ohio. AKRON, Ohio, August 3.—Geo. Young, thirteen-year-oid son of a respected family of this city, committed suicide this morn- ing by hanging himself with a rubber hose. The determination of the‘lad to end his life Hangs Was shown by the poshion in which the bcdy was found. ‘The hose was a small one used for filling bettles, and had stretched; but. the boy pulled up his feet and slowly strangled to death. No cause has been ascertained why he took his life. —__ WILL FLY NEXT SUNDAY. William Felts Has Texted His Aero- planes on Pike's Peak. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., August 3.— William B. Felts, who recently made the statement that he would fly from the sum- mit of Pike’s Peak to Cameron’s Cone and thence to Cclorado Springs, has made a thorough test of his aeroplanes and flying apparatus, The daring young man had some doubts as to how the altitude might affect the werking of his wing-like mech- anism, and to satisfy himself he took his aeroplanes to the summit of the mountain for a trial. The atmosphere was found to be of sufficient density to support Mr. Felts, and he declares that on Sunday he Bill be able to carry out his promiso to the letter. The air line distance from Pike's Peak summit to. Colorado Springs is thirteen miles, and the proposed trip is regarded as extremely hazardous. a REPLY TO THE SHERMAN NOTE. Mr. Curzon Says the Foreign Office is Preparing One. secretary for the foreign office, Mr. George N. Curzon, replying in ‘he house of com- mons today to a question pat by Sir Chas. W. Dilke, advanced radicai, as to whether publish Secretary Sterman’s dispatch of May 10, and any reply thereto, said papers preparation which were in wi the teh mentioned and the reply: to it, but, Mr. Curzon added, the gov- ernment did not think it desirable to lish the two dispatches alone, because must be published in conjunction with previous correspondence on the same THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Pertod can have The Star matied te them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering tt at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should STRIKE NEARLY WON Miners Are Gradually Getting De Armitt’s Men Away. ONLY EIGHT CARS LOADED YESTERDAY The Normal Output is From 120 to 140 Cars a Day. —— THE SITUATION ELSEWHERE PITTSBURG, Pa., August 3.—The strikers are slowly winning their points about the DeArmitt mines. They have alr tically closed the Sandy ( mines ond the Plum Creek men ai out in small bodies. The marchers claim they have succeeded in inducing those of the miners who live at Coalport, where the Plum Creek tipple is located, in joining the ranks. This re- duces the number of men in the mine } fifty. The Plum Creek miners living Center, near the pit mouth, entered the mine, some of them in the usual way, and others through an jing that was not guarded. There are 35) men near the mine, and as soon as possib! a large tent wilt be procured for them to sleep in. They have a brass band. This morning they re- ceived a wagon load of provisions. The success of the campers in bringing out the Coalport miners brightened the spirits ot the men, and made them more positive of victory WHI Visit Miners’ At 4 am. they Ieft camp coming Houses. and went to the main entrance of the mine, leaving the center pit mouth unguarded, through which most of the diggers at assed. At being impossible to induce the men to come to the meetings, the campers had a com- mittee to call at the houses of the miners to talk over the situation with the familie Good results are expected by the nmi lee, and a statement was made that in three days Plum Creek mine would be td The miners in begar the march camp near at 4 pit, mouth. the strikers point out the fact that men can dig but little coal. thre The Turtle Creek campers, numbering 2,- 0, divided into two bodies at 4 a.m. One party stopped at Newtown, and the other contirued up the read till they came to the pit mouth. They remained until 6 o'clock, when, being satisfied that but a few men entered the mine, they returned to camp, where a hearty breakfast was waiting. There is no scarcity of provisions. Lib- eral donations are being continuously re- ceived. Turtle Creek merchants are doing all they can to feed the men, but to satis- fy their hunger is not an easy task. The leaders are considering the question of thinning out the camp so it will not be a burden to their sympathizers. Strikers’ Wives in Camp. The men were pleasantly surprised about 9 o'clock this morning when a dozen of women, half of them with their children, walked into camp. They are the wives of miners, and when they said they had come to stay as long as their husbands and brethers were there, and would cook, they were given three cheers. They had read in the papers that the men were footsore and tired, and last night held a meeting at Willock. They raised money enough to bey transportation, and more will follow. The question of where to keep them at night at once presented itself, but the diffi- culty was solved by the Turtle Creek wo- men offering them lodging. President Dolan expressed himself as be- ing positive that the miners’ strike will be over in two weeks after De Armitt’s mines are closed. The total output of the Oak Hill mine yesterday was eight cars, and it will be less today, as fewer men are at werk. When running full the capacity is 14 to 140 cars. The new men are not at work now, Dolan having found a way to keep them out. These men, it is claimed, were Italian laborers on ‘the Pittsburg. Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad, and were promised twenty-five cents more a day. Dolen jiearned where they were boarding, and sent his men there to sleep. They induced the Italians to return to work on the railroad. Agreement Ready for Signatures, The “uniformity agreement,” which has been in preparaticn for a week past, is now ready for signatures. The last corr>c- tions were made late last night and the completed docu:nents were ready for the committee this morning. Those members of the committee who are coal producers will sign it, and at once start out to visit the owners or managers of the 141 mines which are named as necessary to be in- cluded within the compact to secure addi- Uonal signatures. Those who were appointed by the >on- vention of operators to put the document in proper form and to consult with attor- neys 2s to legal phrases of it. are confi- dent the compact will be acceptable and will be signed by the required % per ic of the owners or managers of mines, and that a better day dawns upon the coal in- dustry of the Pittsburg district, which means more orderly production and less contention between the operators and min=) ers. Some New Provisions. i The general purpose and provisions of the agreement are generally understood. The binding quality of its provisions upon those who give adhesion to it to perform what it provides for are new. This ts be- cause, after its submission to a number of the leading attorneys at the Allegheny county bar, it was decided that certain features required change in order that it might be binding in law. The changes sug- gested were made, and are substantially incorporated in the eleventh section of the paragraph, which provides that al! dis- putes arising shall be submitted to the commission. If the decision rendered by the commission is not satisfactory, an ap- peal can be taken and the matter placed in the hands of a board of arbitration for final settlement. The agreement shall then be filed in the county courts and thereafter the decisions shall have the same force and effect as a rule of court. The award will be final and conclusive upon all parties, and execution for the amount of such award and costs may issue forthwith for the collection cf the same. To Confer With the Strikers. It is hop*d to have the required number of signers in time to call them together some time within the present month to perfect arrangements to carry it into effect; @ meeting before the last of the month is not deemed probable. When this has been done the operators, as per the terms of the contract,will be ready to confer with the miners about the settlement of the strike, and to — a joint meeting operators agree on @ wage scale to go into effect concurrently = the uniformity agreement January 1,