Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1897, Page 1

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WASHINGTON, D. ©., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1897—TWELVE PAGES. approachable TWO CENTS. | THE WHITE METAL Commercial Rate Between Silver and Gold Now 36.6 to 1. TALK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT e He Sees Absolutely No Future De- mand for Silver. THE NATIONS WANT + GOLD “The bullion value of the American sil- ver dollar, ac-ording to yes = market price of silver, is just said Mr. Preston. the director of the mint, to a s today. the b commercial ratio be- tween silver and gold 36.6 to 1 instead of 16 to 1,° continued Mr. Preston. “In order » make our silver dollar equal to a gold ollar at this rate it would have to con- tain Sw fine grains of silver. If the alloy added the total would zrains. silver “dollar of today actually con- 41-4 fine grains, and with the alloy 2 grains. Between February 28, 1878, and Novem- ber 1, 180%, under the Bland-Allison and the Sherman acts, the United States gov- ernment has purchased 46,701 fine cunces of silver, for which we paid #64. At yesterday's market price th uid be worth $259,626,114, and ‘f it were sold at the present market price the loss to the government on the same Would be $24,584,157. Effect of Silver Purchases. “It would seem that it wovld have been @ good business play fer the government te have melted down its silver dollars lor ago ard sold them for bullion, pocketing the difference between the then market price and the existing rates. “The United States would have been a great deal better off today if it had gone into the purchase of silver. If we nly the one standard, the gold s:ancard, roney would be cheaper ané more plenti- ful. “Of course, while we are practically on the sing'e standard, at the same time we wing ice parity between silver existing ass ers desired such a record cates. ever, as to the law which governed the Ga real estate lo and such cert ary CERTIFICATES AS CLAIMS} POSSIBLE Opinion of the Attorney for the District Af- fecting Pending Assessments, - They Should Not Be Entered Upon Tax Certii cates — Improvements in Progress Not Assessable. Hereafter pending assessments will not be entered upon tax certificates furnished by against property. ~ the District as outstanding claims This is the gist of an opinion which has just been rendered by the attorney for the District upon the subject of tax certificates and what they should show in the matter of delinquent iaxes. ‘The opinion was called forth by a letter from the special a: ment clerk, who di- rected attention to the practice heretofore without authority in citing upon ‘ates a record of all outstanding ssments, and asked if the Commisston- ments entered upon and if so to make an order tax cert the certificat to that effect. A great deal of labor is necessary to ge of pending assessments, and as Commissioners did not believe they the operated as a lien upon the property until they were levied and the work completed, it would be unnecessary and inadvisable to make a record of them ypon the certifi- They were not quite certain, how- e, ard submitted the matter to the at- tcrney for the District, with instructions to furnish them with a legal opfnion upon the matier. This he did today, as follows: Provisions of Public A “Public act approved February 6, 187! provided that the collector of taxes, when called upon so to do, shall furnish a cer- t-ficate or statement under his hand and official seal of all taxes and assessments, general or special, that may be due at the time cf making such certiticates, and which may im any manner be a lien upon any ted in said District # * * ates, when furnished * * shali be a bar to the collection and re- covery from any subsequent purchaser vf any tax or assessment omitted from and which may be a lien upon the real estate mentioned in said certificate, and said Hen shall be discharged as to such subsequent purchaser, but shall not affect the liabilit of the person who owued the property at the time such tax was assessed tu pay the and gold, and it is the fear of further silver | Same ation that is the disturbing element. | When Japan recently adopted the gold jard she provided for silver coinage at atio of thirty-two and one-third to and many were inclined to think it s a dangerous experiment, but it would n So, from the fact that silver has ceclined to the point where the ratio ty-six and six-tenths to one. That is, » of gold will buy thirty-six and of silver.” account for the recent de- Mr. Preston was asked. Future for Silver. e in silver Ne “ “Simply the lack of demand for it. I see no future for silver whatever. Yesterday's market quotations made it fifty-six cents an ounce. It is my honest opinion that entered upon the tax record: “By act of May 13, 1892, the act of Feb- ruary 6, 1879 was amended so as io make it the duty of the assessor to furnish the certificate when required. “The act_of February 6, 1879, requires that the tax certificates shall show the tax, genera} and special, which at the date of the certificate may in any manner be a lien upon the reai estate described in the certificate. When It Becomes a Lien. “Until the asse: ent is compieted and it does not become a lien. It is not necessary, there- fore, to note the.fact upon the certificate that improvements are in progress which may affect the property subsequently with assessment. 3 an wit six months silver will fail to forty “In my opinion it is inadvisable that an ounce. There is ne demand for it| pending special assessments be noted on is not buying any, Japan is out of business, and there seems to be no demand for it in any country to any ex- teni, even for use as subsidiary coinag It is (rue that in the bazaars of India it is traded in as merchandise, but the famine and hard times in that country have re- duced the demand to a minimum. ne United States has done more to keep up the price of silver than any other country in the world, but we can’t keep it longer. The tendency has been downward since the passage of the Sherman act of 1800. Of course, there have temporary fluctuations, in which the has risen for a time, but the down- Ward movement soon set in again. Mexico felt the fall in silver several weeks ago, When the rates of London exchange went up. She has to settle in London on a gold be: and pay in ker silver at the current Fate of exchange. Other Nations Want the Gold Stand. ard. “Outside of the United States, all nations ant to go to the gold standard. Mexico Weuld do it today, if she could, and the time will come when Mexico will tall into line with the rest of the world. This talk of there not being enough gold for the we use is folly. The output of gold is steadily increasing. “I think that the world year wil be about $2- product for this »,000,000, The United | States will contribute about $60,000,000 to the ply. I my predictions of an increased werld’s output upon the fact that the supply has not fallen off in any country. On the contrary, it has steadily increased. The reports from trali: m South Africa and from Mexico indi- ate this. Of course, we are familiar with | erease in the United State: ere comes the Klondike now with still .es additions to the gold supply of the 1. The extent of the Klondike’s ou problematical, depending — large! imatic conditions. It will take a | r time for the Klondike to swell the because there are only about in the year when gold can be wash elieve this increased gold supply < its effect upon the decline in silver, h, as I said before, the ruling caus? is the lack of demand in the markets of the world for silver.” —- oe —___ DR. DAWSON’S REPORT. The like Region and the Routes to It. his report of the geological survey of sda, Dr. Dawson says: he chief mining has been done on creek, with its tributaries: Nugget and Canon gulches, and mile creek, especially on its new- iscovered tributary, Miller creek. The Gistrict is very difficult of access, the short- er, but more difficult; route being overland by trail, through the Chiicat Pass in the mo’ and thence by the Lewis river, the longer up the Yukon river. There is a smail miniug town at Forty-mile creek, © many of the miners make their head- ters hen they stay over a winter fn Owing to the time and ex- rse of getting into the country this is 1 to he the only profitable course to pur- It is estimated that a man can board if, living in his own tent or cabin, for day, and that it takes $100, including . for a man to provide himself ason. The working season 1s about the middie of May io the middle cf September.” o- dd Mention. Persoi Capt. Henry C. Ward, 16th Infantry, was at the War Department on business re- lating to its exhibit at the Nashville expo- sition. Assistant Engineer T. W. Kinkaid of the Terror is at 1514 30th street, on leave of absence. Lieutenant Lauchhetmer of the Marine Corps has returned to his duties in the “Navy Department after a short vacation in northern Pennsylvania. cmtit- John Tweedale, chief clerk of the “War Department, has gone to Lake Cham- plain te confer with Secretary Alger about routine matters requiring his personal at- voor Mr. Thompson is acting as ohief ler! | department promptly lax certificates. The purchaser of a piece of property will very likely know whether an improvement is being made, on a street or an afley abutting the property he pro- poses to purchase, which may Cail for a vial assessment, and will provide against ——— TWO MEN COMMISSIONED. A Complicated State of Afinirs Likely to Arise in Alaska. There is a complicated state of affaira existing in one of the commissionerskips to Alaska. The last sundry civil bill di- rected the President to appoint four com- missioners in and for the district of Alaska. One of these was for Circle City, another for Dyea, one for Unga and the other for St. Michael. There were already four there, holding office at Sitka, Wrangle,Una- laska, Juneau and Kadiak. It is in regard to the commissionership of St. Michael that the complication exists. William J. Jones of Port Townsend, Washington, was recommended for the place by his senator, and his appointment was made in short crder, as the department wished to be as speedy over the matter as possible under the existing circumstances. Soon after the appointment had been made notifica- ticn was received from the senator that his man had withdrawn. This was deem- ed sufficient and without more ado the appointed L. B. Shep- herd of Nebraska. In the meantime a letter was received from William J. Jones, who was supposed to have withdrawn, con- taining his bond and oath of office, much to the surprise and perplexity of the of- ficials. It was stated that the senator who had secured the appointment for Mr. Jones act- ed in good faith, and the department is ut- terly at sea to know where the trouble lies. Commissions have been, it is understood, to both appointees, and it is not known what the end will be. It is not considered that any blame rests cn the department whatever, as naturally there was a hurry to have the place filled at the present. If the two appointees meet, doubt an amusing interchange of co es and explanations, if not hostilltie: will result, although the climate of Alaska is not such as to warrant any hot-blooded arguments. Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan said today to The Star reporter: “After it had been heard that Mr. Jones had withdrawn; in view of the fact that navigation would close in a short time, it deemed best that the appointment be made immediately, so, as it was thought the information we had received was authentic, Mr. Shepherd's commission was forward- ed to him. His appointment was made out July 26; August 2 we received a letter from Mr. Jones containing his bond and oath of office, and stating he would ieave Port Townsend for his place next day. We do not know what action will be taken, as it will have to be decided which will get the place. It certainly cannot be‘filled by two men. We are not contemplating any trou- ble over the matter. No word has been re- ecived from Mr. Shepherd since his com- mission was forwarded. It would be Au- gust 15 or 20:before Mr. Jones could reach St. Michael, and of course Mr. Shepherd weuld not arrive there until much later. It is said that Senator Wilson is the man who backed Jones for the place, and that: after he had secured it charges of corrup- tion were made against him. He is a prom- ment lawyer of Port ‘Townzend. —— Resignation and Appointment. The Secretary of the Treasury today ac- cepted the resignation of Major Alexander Morgan, disbursing officer of the bureau of ergraving and printing, to take effect on the 15th instant. His successor will be an- nouneed in a few days. The Secretary has also appointed Mr. Bracicy, formerly chief clerk of the Treas- ury Department, @ special ipspector of cus- tems at New York. New Officially “Klondike.” It was officially decided yesterday after- noon by the geological survey that in the future the name of the river on which the gold fields are located should be spelled with an { Instead of y, as has been observed heretofore. The spelling has been more frequently Klondyke than Klondike, but the latter is now the correct way. ASSAULT Another Young Girl in a Dangerous Condition, POLICE HARE NO REPORT Indications Point to an Attempted Rape. PHYSICIAN'S STATEMENT ——— What may prove to be a repetition of the Carr case, with even more serious results, happened in Northeast Washington last night, and although the affair created the most intense excitement and attracted a large crewd, the police of the ninth pre- cinet are paying very little, if any, attes tion to it. The victim of what appears to have been a dastardly attempt at rape is Fannie Chappell, thirteen years old, daughter of Mr. Charles Chappell, who is one of the best known citizens of Northeast Wash- ington. He lives at No. 826 7th street, and it was in the yard in rear of his home that his pretty little daughter came near dying last night. She was in a critical condition all night, and while somewhat improved today, she is by no means out of danger. Ail night long she was delirious, and to- day she was not only in an extremely ner- vous state, but she had one spasm after another until she was so weak that the at- terding physician, Dr. G. C. Burton, could not make the examination necessary to tell to what extent she had been injured. It was about 10 o'clock when the most heartreinding screams of the child attrac attention, and in a few seconds there was a big and excited crowd of people in und about the yard. Miss Edith Chappell and a neighbor, Mrs. Myers, were first to reach the little girl, and they found her in a sad plight. She was screaming “murder’’ and “police,” and giving evidence of extreme excitement. The condition of her clothing aroused the suspicions of her rescuers. They naturally thought there had been a repetition of the Carr case, but without waiting for the ‘owd to see the child’s condition they hur- ried her into the house and soon had Dr. Burton at her side. Clothing Torn to Shreds. Fannie was found in the corner of the yard, near the back gate, her clothing hay- ing been literally torn in shreds. “Don't let him kill me,” she shrieked. “He'll get me.” His Own Daughter. When the affair happened the child's father was on H street only a short di: tance from the house looking for his daughter. He was conversing with Dr. Burton at the time, ind heard the child's screams, but did not imagine for an in- stant that his child was the sufierer who was endeavoring to attract assistar Following along with the others who were hastening to learn the cause of the out ery the father soon learned that his child was the victim. Both the fatner and do tor worked on the sufferer for seve hours and finally succeeded in restoring her to consciousne She was conseious only at intervals, however, and when asked how she managed to get in the condition in which she was found she became hyster- ical. So serious was her condition that ft was feared she would die. Her condition improved so much that the doctor was able to give the mother and father some er couragement before he left the patient’ bedside. Because of her exhausted condi- tion the doctor was unable to make much of an examination, but hoped he would be abie to do so this morning. He found, how- ever, that she cou!d not stand an examina- tion this morning, and he was forced to wait for a further improvement in her condition before he can attempt it. The Girl's Story. According to Fannie’s statement to her father she went out yesterday afternoon to visit a girl friend on H street, and later in the day she went out near Kendall Green blackberrying with several com- panions. The father of one of the girls accompanied them. Fannie said that when she returned to the city it was after sun- down, and she remained on the streets with her comparions before she started home. She remembers having gone through che Lack alley and entered the gate, but says she does not know what happened after- ward. The child is rather large for her age, and has a great many girl companions in the neighborhood. It is stated that when she left home she said i€ Was go- ing to visit a little girl named Carrick, and her mother told her to return in time for dinner. But instead of returning she ac- cepted the invitation to go biackberrying and spent a pleasant afternoon in the coun- uy. ° Dr. Burton, who attended her, could not tell the exact injuries received by Fannie, but he is satisfied that at least an attempt was made to outrage her. A few scratches on her face and the torn condition of her garments inaicated to the doctor’s mind that there had been a desperateestruggle. The condition of the chiid was such as to lead the doctor to the belief that can- tharides poisoning had been administered. This poison comes in both liquid and pow- dered form, and is a dangerous drug to be handied by any one other than a medical man. Because of the symptoms of poison the doctor has concluded to have a portion of the contents of her stomach analyzed by the District chemist. This will be done for the purpese of securing testimony in the event of apprehension of the culprit. It is stated that a young man wearing a bicycle costume and white shoes was seen to run from the alley by several persons attracted there by the screams of the girl. So far as could be ascertained, no one in the crowd went in pursuit of this young man, but all seemed curious to find out the damage that had been done. Among those who responded was Policeman Gleason of the ninth precinét, and he left the neigh- borhood after making a few inquiries con- cerning the injury to the victim. Later in the night the officer made a report of the affair to his superior officer, and subse- quently asked that the report be with- drawn. To a Star reporter the officer stated that he thought there was not much in the case. So far as he had been able to ascer- tain, the little girl had remained away from home later than usual, and was afraid of being corrected by her parents when she returned. For this reason, he said, he was told that she had started to enter by way of the back gate, and had taken off her clothing and gone to bed in the back yerd. The report he made at the station house, he said, had been canceled, and that the affair would not be reported to headquarters. If, however, he ascertains that a crime has been committed, he will make an investigation and do what he can to capture the guilty party. No Report Made. The affair created considerable excite- justice of the guilty party without the slightest delay, and no stone should be left unturned to accomplish this end. Concerning the suspicion that poison had been used and the girl drugged, Dr. Bur- ton said he suspected that the poison had been put on candy or in soda, but the child denied to her father that she had indulged in any of these luxuries. This afternoon Inspector Hollinberger was told of the af- fair and he detailed Detective Weedon to make a thorough investigation. So far as could be ascertained no report of the af- fair was made to headquarters by the pre- cinct officers. —_>_—_. COL. CHOPTANK’S VISITOR. He Relates the Horrible Experience of Old Bill Henshaw, His Guest. “You know them brazen sea sarpints, al- ligators and sich-like in the fountain in front of the new Congressional Library said Col. Choptank to The Star man today. He was assured that the appreciation of art and the aesthetic which lurked in the bosom of his auditor had made him fa- miliar with the specimens in question. “Well, call ’em works of art, if you will, but they sho’ly caused me a heap of trouble last night. You remember, there’s a pond of real water there and some deni- zens of the great deep,the same being cast in brass, and very natural-like, risin’ from the water and disportin’ themselves around on the brass rocks, promiscudus-like. I re- calls one great long snake, big around as my leg, with open mouth and horrid fangs, who rears his head from the middle of the pond. Well, it’s these same leviathans and others that figures in the trouble I'm re- latin’ of. “Now, there's a fellow in town from the Eastern Sho’, a mutual friend of Jedge Cherrystone’s and mine, old Bill Henshaw. Old Bill, who’s been on a spree down home for about three weeks, has come here to sober up. He's dreadfully afraid of the jim-jams, having had two or three memor- able experiences in that line and not hank- erin’ for another. He knows he can't sober up down home, so he just heads for Wash- ‘nton, "lowin’ he'd find me and the jedge, and divest his mind some and stave off them jim-jams. “He's stopping with a cousin of his up by the Capitol, and for two or three days the jedge and I have been showing him around. Last night he seemed kinder tremulous-like, so we took him out for a trolley ride, givin’ him a drink now and then, jest to keep steam up. “Weill, we got off the green cars about 10 o'clock last night at Ist and B streets, by the Library building. Old Bill said he felt a heap better, and, as his cousin’s house was only three or four blocks away, he reckoned we needn't go any further. So he went on up Ist street, in front of the new Library building, and the jedge and I started back to get a night-cap. “We hadn't gone far before we heard a succession of blood-curdlin’ shrieks and whoops from old Bill, ‘He’s got ‘em again,’ sez the jedge. ‘I've been with old Bill in his tantrums and I know ‘em.’ “We ran beck up Ist street, and there was cld Bill lyin’ on the pavement in a fit. He was havin’ one convulsion after an- other, and between fits emittin’ whoops that would have shamed a Comanche. It was the worst case of jim-jams I ever see. ““That’s what Gid it,” sez the jedge, poiniing to them brazen sea sarpints in the fountain. We had clean forgot all about them sarpints, or we never would have trusted old Bill to go past "em of a moon- light night. Well, we took him home, and worked with him all night, and this morn- ing he was able to explain things. “‘After you fellows left fhe last night,” he sez, ‘I was walkin’ along peaceable and quiet, when, first thing I’ know, this ag- gregation of snakes an’ things burs my somewhat overstrung and supersensi- tive gaze. The moon was shinin’ right on that biggest sarpint, an’ I sho'ly thought he was goin’ to jump right out’n the pond after me. By a superhuman effort I col- lected myself for a mement and tried to fight ‘em off. When I reached my hand into that pond, however, and felt the wet water, it was no use. I knew there wasn’t a creek nor a pond anywhere around that part of town, and that I sho'ly had 'em; so I just lets loose and goes into a fit. I tell you, boys, it was awful, with all them things startin’ out’n the pond after you at once.’ “I am a-goin’ to speak to the library people about them sarpints,” concluded Col. Choptank. “They ought to cover ‘em up at night, and not leave ‘em lyin’ around loose to frighten unwary people, who, like as not, have got all they can do to ‘keep an even keel without runnin’ up against such unwholesome surprises.”” —____-=.____ THE OHIO CAMPAI The President's Friends Do Not Be- HMeve He Will Participate. The reports from Ohioe that President Mc- Kinley is likely to enter the campaign in that state and make a stumping tour, speaking from the rear platform of a car, are not believed in Washington. In fact, elcee friends of the President say that he has no idea of going to the state to en- gege in the pending campaign. Nor did he think he would inake any speeches in the state this fall, excepting the acdress before his old regimental Association, the 23d Ohio. This reunion takes place at Fremont some time during September, and the President expects to visit that place, after he has returned from the cruise with Mr. Hanna on his yacht through the great lakes. Although the announcement has been made this week of his intended tour, his friends here do not think that he has changed his mind or altered his plans in this regard. soe ee HALE FISHERIES. Value of Their Products for the Last Fiseal Year. = A table prepared by the bureau of sta- tistics of the Treasury Department ex- hibits the products of the whale fisiieries taken by American vessels and fishermen and brought into the United States during the year ended June 30, 1897. These products are now brought into the United States at but four ports—Bruns- wick, Ga.; New Bedford, Mass.; New York and San Francisco. ‘Their value for the year was $702,400, of which the greater Part, $502,433, is recorded. as having been entered at the port of San Francisco. The New England ports are scarcely any longer to be considered as in the business, the bulk of whaling being done in the Pacific, where the vessels engaged, for the most part, carry the oil and whalebone to Hono- lulu, whence they are brought in other vessels to San Francisco. 4 Included in the list of whale’ products for the year are nine pounds of ambergris, two of which, entered at New Bedford, are valued at $950, and seven at the port of New York, $2,400. te si Maj. Pollock to Be Retired. Maj. Otis W. Pollock of the 24th Infantry, now on duty at Fort Clark, Texas, will be retired tomorrow on account of:age. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and entered the army in October, 1861, as first lieuten- ant of the 63d Ohio Infantry, and, subse- quently became a captain of volunteers, In February, 1866, he was comniissioned second lieutenant of the 14th Infantry, and was promoted the regular grades until he reached his present renk of major CLAIMS ARE SCARCE Everything Taken Within 150 Miles of Dawson City. PROSPECT OF DISTRESS AND DEATH Sad Story of Miners Who Perished Crossing the Range. GOLD AT THE MINT SAN FRANCISCO,Cal., August 6.—Speak- ing of the Klondike output of gold, the chief clerk cf the mint said: “All the gold brought to this city from the Alaskan mines will not exceed $500,000, and all that has been taken this year and sent to other mirts of the country will not exceed $2,000, 000. The geld from that part of the coun- try is generally from 700 to 800 fine, and some of it runs to {W, the average being worth from $15 to $17 an ounce. Claims All Taken. J. C. Butler of the Pullman Car Company is in receipt of a letter from R. P. Taylor, a financial broker of Seattle. A few days ago Taylor received a letter from some men whom he had sent to the Klondike section last spring, in which they inform him that every claim within 1530 miles of Dawson City has been taken up, and that men are rushing all over the country looking for locations. He says starvation and hardship stare many of them in the face. Much Suffering Expected. Captain Niebaum of the Alaska Commer- cial Company, who has made a careful study of the situation, fears there will be a great deal of suffering in the mining re- gions this winter and next spring. He thinks the people going are far in excess of the supplies that have been forwarded. A letter from Hart Humber, a prospec- tor, dated Dawson City, June 18, just re- ceived, shows that the gold seekers need plenty of capital. After reaching Dawson and paying the heavy duty on his outfit, besides 30 cents a pound for getting it over Chilkoot pass, he will have to pay 25 cents @ pound to get it from Dawson to the dig- gings. TELLS A SAD STORY. Fearful Suffering Recounted in a Dead Miner's Diary. SEATTLE, Wash., August 6.—News has just reached here of the death, in last April, of Charles Blackstone, Geo. Botch- er and J. W. Malinque, miners, who went to Alaska in 1896 and were frozen to death in trying to make their way back to Seat- tle. They were last seen alive March 27. Friends from this city who went to Alaska to investigate found Blackstone's body, but no track of the other two could be found. The following statement was found on Blackstone's body: Saturday, April 4, 1897,—This is to cer- tify that Botcher froze to death on Tues- day night. J. W. Malinque died on Wed- nesday afternoon, being frozen badly. C. A. Blackstone had his nose, ears and four fingers on his right hand and two on his left nand frozen an inch back. The storm drove us on before it. It overtook us within an hour of the summit and drove us before it. “It drove everything we had over the cliff except blanket and moose hide, which we all crawled under. Supposed to have been forty degrees below zero. On Friday I started for salt water. I don’t know how I will get there without outfit. On Saturday afternoon I gathered up every- thing. Have enough grub for ten days, providing bad weather does not set in. Sport was blown over the cliff. I think I can hear him howl once in a while.” The bodies of Malinque and Botcher were never found. Gold Seekers Buy a Mixsionary Brix. OAKLAND, Cal., August 6—The brig Pitcairn, which was built and used as a missionary craft in the South seas, has been purchased from the Seventh Day Adventists by a syndicate of treasure seekers, who will at once fit her up for the voyage to Alaska. —— SHERMAN STARTS HOME. MR, His Trip Appears to Have Greatly Improved His Health, AMAGANSETT, L. L, August 6.—Secre- tary of State John Sherman, accompanied by his private secretary, left this place this morning for Washiugton at 7 o'clock. ‘The Secretary appeared in much _ better health than when he came here a little over a week ago. He had been stopping here with his daughter, Mrs. McCullom. eae ee ASK A MINISTER'S RELEASE, Dr. Chichester of Los Angeles Pres- bytery Wanted in Chicago. LOS ANGELES, Cal., August 6.—The presbytery of Los Angeles has been called to meet in special session on Friday, Au- gust 13, when their recent action in refus- ing to grant the request of Rev. W. J. Chichester for a dissolution of his pas- toral re‘ations with Emanuel Church will probably be rescinded if there is not too much opposition. The meeting has been called by continued requests of the presbytery of Chicago for a reconsideration of the matter, Dr. Chi- chester having been twice called to a / church in that city. et TRAVELERS HOMEWARD BOUND. Prominent People Sail From Liver- pool on Teutonic and Parisi LIVERPOOL, August 6—The White Star line steamer Teutonic, which sailed from here on Wednesday, had among her pas- sengers the bishops of Albany, Texas and Massachusetts, who were in attendance at the Lambeth conference; Messrs. W. A. E. Moore and Robert P. Pooley, United States ecnsuls at Durban and Sierra Leone, re- spectively, and Mr W. Seward Webb and Mrs. Webb. The Allan Line steamer Parisian, which sailed from this port for Moatreal yester- day, had among her passengers Lord Lis- ter, the famous surgeon and president of the Royal Society; Mr. Scott Keltie, the secretary of the Royal Geographicul So- clety, and the bishops of Quebec and Quap- pelle. The .atter were accompanied by their wives, a BRITANNIA WINS ,AGAIN AT COWES. The Metcor Shield Now the Property of Prince of Wales. COWES, Isle of Wight, August 6.—Brit- TESTING THE LIQUOR LAW| A.W. PURPLE WAVES >_——__ The Sober Quaker City in a Blaze of Bright Color. Suit Brought Affecting the One-Mile Limit Clause. Henry Sheehy Objects to Method of Measuring Distance Between Hi: ae BIG RACE REET INAUGURATED Place and Soldiers’ Home. ———s A petition for a writ of mandamus was filed this afternoon in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by Heary Sheehy against Messrs. J. Harrison John- son, James A. Bates and Samuel T. G. Morsell, composing the excise board of the Perfect Weather for the Opening Day -of the Meeting. cs THE District of Columbia. Mr. Sheehy asks that RESULTS IN DETAIL the excise board be required to show cause wee why it should not be compelled to further consider and act upon the application filed PHILADELPHIA, August 6.—A more by him for a wholesale liquor license and | beautiful day could net have been acked measure or cause to be measured the dis- an that which formally inaugura tance between the nearest entrance to Mr. race mee re of Am Sheehy’s place of business and the nearest entrance to the Soldiers’ Home property by the shortest course of travel. Mr. Sheehy states in his petition that about July 13 last he filed with the excise boerd an application for a wholesale liquor © warm rays a cool north- of the win Wore tempered by . and of hum The bicycters were astir cre Was an almost lity. ly, notwith- leenee at No. 2058 Lith etree eae wor | standing that they were kept out of bed of 11th and V streets, and that he has com- | Re@rly all night by the “smoker” which plied with all the laws and regulations in| Was given at league headquarters in honor relation to the sale of Lquors in the Dis-| of the visitors. The vig arena, where 3 Application Reta Pipes, cigars and ciga. les were found ee such abundance, was simply jammed, not The excise board, continues the petl-| a0 inch of available space being left when toner, referred the application July 14 to a tow aninutes before ni wean the computing engineer of the District for | pan io tn ape eptidns lee ogris his report as to the distance between the | co tay Ge Ae Eoldiers' Home property and Mr, Sheches | #ht one that will never be forgotten by those who were fortunaie enough to par- Ucipate. uns in Larly Mornin, Early morning runs were taken t place of business. The computing engi neer, July 21, reported that the location is within one mile by air line measurement of the Soldiers’ Home property. The excise board, July 30, considered and rejected the application upon the sole ground, so it is | On, \e Nisting Wheeimen, especially those Stated, that the place of business is within | Wh® Could not get amv che arena. Unde one mile of the Soldiers’ Home property | the captaincy of C. \vaier, jr., about two by air line measurement. hundred riders siaricu iom league head- Mr. ‘Sheehy, continuing, says the rejec-| quarters at 6 o’ciock it a run down Broad tion of his application was based upcn an | s.reei io League asus navy yard and crroneous conclusion of law and that the | Peurose terry, acee-. wpe Ferry bridge distance between the Soldiers’ Home prop- | tv a pwitic Pascuasine, Pa. return erty and his place of business should iave | ing via \wouuauu a. ue and Chestnut been measured by the shoriest course of | suree. to broad sive, uence to Willow travel between the nearest entrance to his | Grove. Anvil tiinen. sour oul to Fair- place of business and the neacest entrance to the Soldiers’ Home grounds, or measured from the nearest entrance of his place of business to the nearest point on the bound- ary line to the Soldiers’ Home property by the shortest course of travel. beautiful Wis- due main phalanx, Capiain B. B. wy to Willow mount Park, and « SMmchOU Wve, W Une ieaders: Siarleu uu wa ferret: ‘nere were thousauus of pedalers on this Distance Disputed. a ‘ As tar ss Lite ee could reach on Mr. Sheehy further declares that the dis-] feu so: icyelers. 255 time the leaders tance between the two points, measured | of the run hau tac... Vid York re by the shortest course of travel, is more than one mile, and adds that it has been the uniform practice of the excise board to measure the distance, in such cases, by the shortest course of travel between the newest cntrance to each place. The board, distance of lour quarters, Lnere hud NOL yer rouds leading Seemed Lo na pa. ane wace die pullcemen, w som mz were ou moused Grov 0 bi city so ried ed the declares Mr. Sheehy, refused to measure the | Wilh regard lo sco. comple> distan<e, as requested, and rejected his ap. uy vy ald p. the visit plica‘ion on the sole ground that the pro- | ors Who Weie smettans See Doses place of business is within one inile , breach of law 40 gait. Soldiers’ Home property by air iim i e measurement. Mr. Sheehy, therefore, asks action by the court, as stated. He is rep. resented Attorneys Chas. Maurice Smith and E. E. Meredith, Judge McComas signed an order requiring the board to show cause, August 11, at 10 A ouniaen Notwithstanding thousands were pusomg thei way “iliow Grove on Wheels, the street cars and railroads were {also taxed to their uumest. wy Rail. thar io am., why the petting Awe The Willow Grove wack was a revela- should not be granted. mandaiaus | ¢:on to the visilork a ee suck a rave course ¥ constracted GERMANY: . with wood, iighuu.g iasi, as solid as = PROTEST, rock, and enurey surcvunded & . With a seating Capacity of neg flags futteed irom hundreds of staffs and the L. A. W. purple predominated everywhere, SCMMARIES OF 1 Entries Pleased With the Track and Fine Weath It Will Have No Effect on This Gov- ernamen: Action, The protest of the German government against the collection of countervailing duties under the provision of the Dingley act will have no effect. The contention that a duty added by this country to com- Pensate for export bounties paid by a for-| BICYCLE TRACK, WILLOW GROY eign country is in violation of the most | Pa» Augtst G—The racing cracks we favored nation clause in our treaty is ut- | avake early this moraing, and after a good terly untenable. The countervailing duties | Twbbing down took preliminary spins on apply to all imports from any nation on’ the track preparatory to the trial heats, which export bounties are paid. No dis- | Which were to be calicd at 9 o'clock ¢rimination is involved. and it cannot be| As early as 8 o'cluck the crowds begs contended that a nation not paying an | arriving, d when the fi hes ; i- export bounty is especially favored be ay | 2z7iving, and when the first heat was pul having to pay the countervailing duties, | ©? Of a good crowd was present. The day These additional duties are not now being | Was perfect for racing. A light breeze swept across the track from the northwest. actually collected, for the re: Delignted With Pruck and Weather. + “ason that they are conditional upon the amount of export All the riders were delighted with the weather and track, and everything was in bounty allowed by the countries from which the imports come. But all goods subject to these additional duties which have been imported since the bill went in- to effect are released, subject to payment | PYCper condition for fast time. “Johnn hereafter. The Treasury Department {s | Johnson, vo was injured on Wednesday fo the nies of es eguring information as | while treining on the track, was out thi export unty, - 1 _ i h 1 appear: tion “under which it is paid, te and as | PCTAInE trying his stffened legs, He appeat ed to be in rather bad shape, and there was j every evidence that he would not be able to.race. He proposes, however, using lin- iments until the last minute, and if there Ys the slightest chance of his making a a EVE) soon as this information is had, the coun- tervailing duties will be collected on all imports subject to them since the Dingley law went into effect. The negotiations authorized under the Dingley act for reciprocal allowances and | show he will enter in the mor reciprocity treaties will be conducted by | The first three men will qualif the State Department. It is expected, how- | mile handicap professional and the ‘two- ever, that some little time may elapse be- | mile handicap amateur and in all the other fore any agreements are entered into. It is probable that the first thing done under this authority will be with relation to wine, etc., affecting France, in return for con- cessions which that government will un- doubtedly make in order to secure the ad- vantages which the act permits to be ex- tended to such imports. The Formal Protest. The German government has again en- tered a forma! protest against the applica- races the first Uwo, with the exception of the quarter-mile champion=hip profession: in which only the winner of each heat will enter for the finals Two-Mile Handicap. The first event was the two-mile handi- cap, professional. ‘his was in six hea‘s, and in all there were about eighty entries, first three to qualify. First heat—F. J. Loughead, Sarnia, Ont., tion to German sugar of section 5 of the new won; W. E. Becker, Minne polis, tariff act, by which such sugar would be vos yards, aoa ; = J. = : Sen York, fifty yards, third. Time, 4.46 1- taxed with a higher duty than that from W. C Sanger was scratch man in ahe PER second heat of the two-mile race, with It is not denied, however, that the Ger- man sugar clearly comes within the provision of section 5 by reason of the pay- Arthur Lee on the fifty-yard line and H. R. Steenson, Dayton, tweniy-five yards, The pace was slow and the men rode in a ment of an export bounty, but the conten- | punch’ thicuciwat, AL ED Weibue, dle tion is made that the additional duty im- yards won; W C. 7 second; K. posed 1s in effect a discrimination arainst German sugar, which is incompatible both with the most favored nation rights that are secured to German productions by the treaties now in force, and also with the provisions of the Saratoga agreement of August 22, 1891. As to the first contention, the German charge d'affaires, M. Von Reichenau, in nis note to the Secretary of State, appears to revive the position taken in June, 1896, with respect to the du- ties leviable upon bountied sugars. The matter was then considered in connection with the discriminating tariff provisions of August 27, 1894, in relation to salt du- ties by the Attorney General, Mr. Olney, who held that, under that act, salt was legally dutiable. Mr. Von _Reichenau’s note refers gen- erally to treaties, but ft seems that his particular reference is to the treaty of May 1, 1828, between the United States and Prussia. It is observed by the State Department that it is still without any information from the German government on the point raised by Mr. Olney as to whether the treaty with Prussia is to be taken as effective with respect to other Newton, sixty yards, third. Time, Fred, Sims Gets Second Place. Tom Cooper had the tape in the thij heat and the neurest inen were J. A. Ne house, twenty-tive yards, and Dock Brown, fifty yards. For the first few laps the pace was fasi, but tney scon bunched and loaf@d until the finish, when the winner crossed two lengths ahead. Tom Cooper, scratch, won; Fred. Sims, Washington, one hundred yards, second; J. A. Newhouse, Buffalo, twenty-five yards, third. Time, 5.06 2-5. Arthur Gardiner of Chicago was scraion man in the fourth heat, with Starbuck the nearest at 40 yards. Arthur lost two yards at the crack of the pistol All hands went cut for bicod and a rapid pace was kept up until the finish. Gardiner won; L. W. Callahan, 50 yards, second; Barney Gid- field, 110 yards, third. Time, 4:41 2-5. Eddie Bald, scratch man, was excused in the fifth heat. Sam. Brock and Jay Eaton on the S5-yard mark, with Frank Butler at 1 yards. Butle> took the lead on the iast lap, but Eaton spurted from the tail end-and crossed the line an easy winner. F. C. Hoyt, 50 yards, secon’; Will Coburn, 7 yards, third. Time, 4:503-5, Johuny Johnson was unable to start in