Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. awe PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith 8t., by The Evening Star News Com SH UPFMANN, Pres New York Oice, 49 Potter Building. bers in the ir ty served to subse on their own account. at 10 ecnis cents per month. Copies at the By mafl—anywhere fn the tes or Conada—postage prepaid--50 cents Quintuple Sheet Star. $1 per year, with tage adied, $2.00. « Posi Office at Washington, D. C., cend-class matl matter.) TAN mail subs. ciptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. SHERMAN IS BACK The Venerable Secretary of State Again at His Desk. Qe SS BUSY TODAY RECEIVING CALLERS RUE LK What He Says About Japan and Hawaii. THE STATEMENTS DENIED Secretary Shermin was at his desk in the State Department today, looking great- ly improved fn health. He says that he expects to remain here until some time in the fall, when he may take some part in the Ohio campaign. He set to work imme- diately upon his errival here, and was busy all day, receiving persons calling on busi- and ng up for consideration some of the pending questions. He reiterates his denial of the often revived report that he Intends to resign. He is reluctant to talk about foreizn questions, but indicates that he has some radical v: which he only it is quite evident that he is not apprehensive s to the outcome of the Hawaiian and the Cuban questions. The = at Hawail. He denies the statement from San Fran- that Ministér Sewall had instructions islish a protectorate over Hawaii in nt the Senate failed to ratify the annexation treaty. When asked what the minister's action would be if some overt were committed by the Japanese the id in that event Minister Sew- - the American flag if he had ions to that effect. As to wall has such instructions ary Sherman did not eretary Sherman sald that the United ates would not guarantee the carrying the terms cf aroitration becween Ha- i and Japan if the decision of the arbi- ‘ators were against the form That was a matter between the countries in interest. the treaty of annexation d be- » tie arbitration is concluded thea the in part discloses. act itration failed, the Secretary explained. left the inference that the matier of Japan's ciaims against Hawaii might then be a special subjetf of legislation by Con- gress. Japan's Attitade Has retary Sherman is qucted as saying, in 1 interview on the train: “While I be- lieve tnat Japan is entirely Innocent of any intention of assuming toward us a belliger- ent or threatening attitude, it may be well to remark that her attitude, ne matter what it might be, would not affect our po- sition in the least. “We have always believed that we have more right to take a hand in the manage- ment of the Hawaiian government and in the government of other lands similarly situated than any other country. Hawaii is only about 2.4 miles from our shore Whatever course we see fit to pursue to- d her will pursued without regard to any other nation. We consider that we have a right to do this and we will insist upon maintaining our rights at any co: The Caban Question. He is quoted as saying with relation to the Cuban question: “Spain will lose Cuba. No Effect. That seems to me to be certain. She cannot continue the struggle. Already the conflict has ecst her more than $200,000,000. Her y is gone and she can get no more. hed the limit of Fer borrow She cannot pay back what already borrowed. only thing left for her to do- is her debts. We had to do er the revolutio! Having repu- hem she can begin anew, but she will have to begin without Cuba. “That country io dev ed. The in- gents have been fighting with only the re of ultimate success as their rewar: Hiated The Spanish soldiers have been battling for pay. This pay will stop and then the cerflict will stop. “Spain is in no condition to wage war arywhere. The burdens placed upon her people to sustain the struggle for retai ing Cuba have been vet heavy. Stopping t struggle, withdrawing her troops from Cut 1 repudiating her debts is her only way to recov Sooner or later she must de this “So fa~ we have done nothing to arouse the anger of the Spanish people We have gone on, minding our own bu: blind to thy stress of Cuba and d to the of our own people, who wanted government to interfere. Then Spain showed inclination to reject our representa- tive. I ht better of this and our ry s recelved. : $ ary Sherman denice today that-he horized tne tements as to Cuba 1 that he had declined to be intei on foreign questions. ee TO ABOLISH TWO OFF view Work of Special Azents May Be Per- formed by Consuls, Secretary Gage Is seriously considering the advisability of dispensing with the ser- vices of the special treasury agents at Pa i Colon, engaged in supervising = ment of gcods over the isthmus, transit from New York to San Fran- n Francisco to New York. ht at the Treasury Department s service, which has always been i important as a protection io the may be satisfactorily performed ted States consuiar officers. The Jomestic goods shipped from New San Francisco by way of the isth- ording to a statement just issued vureau of statistics for the fed June 30, 1807, was $3.0 x { soods from San Francisco to New $ To prevent substitutions tions of foreign dutiable merchan- the lots of goods in transit, he treasury has heretofore required the trans- shipment to be made under the supervision ef treasury officials. There are two of these—F rid W. Wintersmith, at Colo! and P. M. Bradley, at Panama. ‘They appoin uring the last administrat each a ual compen . Secreiary Gage believes that this ex- pense i= unnec: the service for which it is incurred can be readily per- formed the consular officers stationed at the posts at each side of the isthmus. A VETER Gen. Van H. Bukey Made the Bureau sraving Disbursing Officer. ary Gage today appointed Gen. i. Bukey of Parkersburg, W. WVa.. burong officer at the oureau of engrav- inz and printing in place of Mr. Daniel resigned. This appointment was under the elvil service rule allowing reinstatement of veterans without re- ty the period of severance from the Gen. Bukey has an exceptionally sr record. He enlisted as a private army in IS6! and passed through the ¥rade- of first Heutenant, captain, major, €nant colonel and colonel, ali in the « Virginia Infantry. At the close war he was brevetted for meritorious 865 Iss) he was engaged in the oil business, d in ISSO he was appointed cashier In the of the collector of internal revenue for the district: of West Virginia; served there until 18%. His administration was highly commend-d. Che Lveni gq Star. No. 13,864, WASHINGTON, D. ©., SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. Advertising is not an It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money, profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that 1s read regularly and thoroughly, by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. THE SEAL CONFERENCE General John W. Foster Back From His Mis- sion to England and Russia. He Says the Results of His Trip Were Very Satinfactory—Declines to Discuss Details. Gen. John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State and diplomat of world renown, re- turned to the capital today from his mis- sion to England and Russia. General Fos- ter, whose long experience in the diplo- matie service of his country and whose familiarity h the subject in hand gave him especial fitness for the undertaking, was commissioned by President McKinley last spring to visit the countries mentioned in the interests of a proposed international seal conference, to which Japan should also be a party., He left Washington last May. As an outcome*of his efforts, heretofore announced in The Star, the conference will be held at Washington next October, at which it is expected that The United States, England, Russia and Japan will de- cide upon a line of policy to be followed by each of the powers, which will prevent tne extermination of seal life in Alaskan waters. “The results of my trip were very satis- said General Foster to a Star re- today. “I was well received at St. Petersburg and London by the Russian an« English governments. In both cities I also conferrred with the Japanese minister. “I shall have to ask The Star, however, to excuse me at this time from going into details about the seal conference. I am withholding discussion of the matter, and do not wish to say anything beyond the general statement as to the satisfactory arrangen ents completed, and that the con- ference will be held. General Foster arrived in New York, with Mrs. Foster, yesterday. He was met by Mr. Hamlin, formerly assistant sec- retary of the treasury, and who is now a special agent of the State Department en- ged in investigations relating to the seal question. Genet Foster and Mr. Hamlin reached Washington this morning, and went di- rectly to the Arlington Hotel. Soon after breakfast they called at the State Depart- ment and met Secretary Sherman, who had come to Washington last night from his summer retreat on Long Island. General Foster and Secretary Sherman had a con- ference during the morning, and General Foster spent the entire forenoon at the de- partment. It is understcod that the conference which is to be held at Washington in Oc- tober will deal principally with new rules governing the killing of seals in northern waters. It is expected, however, that the scientific aspect of the question will be taken into consideration and reports from sclentists received. Later in the day Gen. Foster called upon Secretary Gage at the Treasury Department and the two held a long conversation, pre- sumably upon the financial outlook as af- fected by recent developments in Europe as learned by General Foster. The special counsel will leave Washington in a day or two to pay a visit to President McKin- ley and report to him, this being done at the instance of Secretary Sherman. SSS PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. I Offices Filled—A Number f{ Postmasters Named. The President has made the following ap- pointments: William L. Distin of Quincy, Ill, to be surveyor of Alaska, vice Gilbert B. Dray, declined. Joseph P. Skillman and Lyman B. Car- bart te be assistant appraisers of mer- chandise in the district of New York. Lewis Morris ladirgs of New York to be second secretary of the embassy of the United States at Rome, Italy. The Presicent has also appointed the fol- lewing postmasters: James W. Hughes, Birmingham, Ala.; Mary B. Griswold, Guilford, Conn.; Martin A. Gilson, Harvey; Ernest G. Howell, Ge- neva, and David R. Fish, Lawrencevil Lucuilus G. Knight, Montpelier; Huitt Nutter, Marinsville, and William D. Page, Fort Wayne, Ind. William Le Roy Roach, Muscatine, and John W. Palm, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Carl Pickert, C runna, Jonn W. Dexter, Croswell; William Three Jenney, Mount Clemens; Samuel’C. Kirk- bride, Clare, and Allen N. Armstrong, Cassopolis, Mich. John A. Henry, Jam ville, Minn. Peter C. Van Matre, Warren- burg; Jefferson Swanger, Milan, and Harry H. Mitchell, Clinton, Mo. Alfred L. Brand | Perce, and Wesley J. Cook, Blair, Neb. Chester A. Burt, Holmetta, N. J. Fred Bostwick, Pine Plains; Richard W. Box, Pulas! and George G. Bown, Fiarport, N. Y. Jonn J. Leedon, St. Paris; William R. Duvall, Circleville, and Thomas N. Sowers, Roseville, Ohio. George F. Wat- sen, El Rero, Oklahoma. John C. Hunter, Union, S. C. Blanton W. Burford, Leba- ron, Tenn. George J. Elam, Marlin, Texas. Richard S. Oakfard, Herrington, Kan. Colonel Distin, who is appointed surveyor general of Alaska, was originally a candi- date for the office of United States marshal for the southern district of Illinois, ana was referred to in the Quincy papers as the people’s choice” for that position. He has never before held public office. He is past department commander of the G. A. R. of Illinois, and was elected without an opposing vote. He takes a deep inter- est in the welfare of that organization. Colonel Distin :s an ardent republican, an activ? and zealous worker, and has ren- red the party valuable service. Under his leadership the republicans in 1804 elect- ed Joseph N. Carter supreme judge of the fourth judicial district by 4,000 majority in a district which had a natural demo- cratic plurality at that time exceeding 10,- 000 votes. Personal Mention. Capt. George F. Cook, 15th Infantry, sta- tioned at Denver, Col., is on a visit to his family, No. 1 Cook place, Georgetown, on leave of absence. Mr. E. O. Assmussen and Mr. Will Reed are spending the month of August at Aurora, W. Va. Mr. C. H. Bradt, after a visit to Weshing- ten, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, has re- turned to his home in Pittsburg. Mr. Harry B. Taylor and Mr. Henry B. Thompson are enjoying a pleasant trip through the state of New York. They will also visit Philadelphia and Atlantic City, after which, on their return home, they will go south. Surgeon Charles E. Banks of the United States marine hospital service left yester- day for Vineyard Haven to spend a month at “Cravencote,” his summer home. —___+e.____ Col. Kellogg Here on Leave. Col. Sanford C. Kellogg, military attache of the United States embassy at Paris, ar- rived yesterday on leave. His last service in Washington was as a member of the Chickamauga Park commission,upon which he performed most valuable work in con- nection with the establishment of the park. His maps of Chickamauga, executed under the authority of Congresss andthe Secre- tary of War, were the first we = intelligible maps of that intricate bat- tle. ———_-e-______ N Orders. Lieut. W. L. Rodgers has been placed in ccmmand of the torpedo boat Foote, and Ensign G. G. Mitchell also ordered to duty on that vessel. Ensign G. L. P. Stone has been made watch officer on the Monitor Puritan. THE OFFICE SEEKERS Ty Have Not All Left the City : Yet. WANTING FOR THE PRESIDENT’ S RETURN The Exccutive, However, Can Be Easily Reached. NEXT WINTER’S RECEPTIONS eee ee The impression may be had that the office seekers have disappeared from Wash- ington, now that ¢he President is out of tewn. That is a mistake. They are not much in evidence. but they are here still in considerable numbers. They are no longer at the hotels or the first-class, cen- trally located boarding houses. ‘To cheap and secluded quarters they have retired, and to many it is a blessing to de relieved of the necessity of keeping up appearances. Their presence is disclosed only by a pit!- ful wail now and then about the civil serv- ice law and a declaraticn in the name of the people that the future will look gloomy for the republican party if heroic patron- age treatment ts not speedily resorted to. The near-by country resorts and the cheap bearding places on back streets hold in Hiding a horde ready to rush into acifon as soon as the President returns. The President will find then that the starving- cut process has not worked. He has prob- ably calculated chat a six weeks’ wait, with him away, would tax t resources as well as the patience of his many torment- ors; but instead of that they have simply gone on short rations. Cleveland is the orly man who ever commanded office seek- ers to leave Washington. He told them that if they Cid not g9 home and_ stay there they would not zet znyihing. Many of them went and stiil found that they ¢id not get anything, but as a rule vy the time they discovered that going home did not work they were not so fixed financially as to come back, their friends not being will- ing to advance money for a second venture. Some only pretended to 50 home, and after being in hiding for several weeks without results appeared again and renewed the attack. Scme of these never did get home any more. President McKiniey does not order the office seekers around as did Cleve- land, and probably some of them will be worse off for it. He is suave, courteous and censiderate, even sympathetic, in his manner toward them, and grants them the privilege of remairing in Washington 2s long as they want to and of holding to their hopes until they are threadbare. A Cold-Blooded Card. Secretary Porter, who has a much less sympathetic nature than has the President, has adopted a rather cold-blooded way cf responding to letiers sent to the President by office seekers. It is at once calculated to relieve himself from letter writing dur- ing vacation, and also to discourage letters being sent directly to the President while at his present retreat. He has printed in blue letters on a little white card in sub- stance this: “Your letter to the President of recent gate has been received and has been re- ferred to the department having charge of the matter.” Even the signature of Mr. Porter as sec- retary to the President is printed on the card, and the expression “of recent date” saves the necessity of his having even to write in a date line. All that has to he done is to take one of these cards out of the yeck that has been printed and put it in an envelope with the address. It is like one of those buttons some persons wear on their coats with a printed legen, “Talked to death,” or, “Go tell your trou- bles to a policeman. It is as discouraging to correspondence as is the Gisplay of one of those buttons to conversation. After receiving one of those cards, the office seeker either stops writing altogether, or sends future letters to the White House, or to the department. It has happened, however, that some of thesa cerds have been a misfit, and that some have gone to persons whom the President himself would have responded to in a less abrupt and formal manner. Easy to Reach the President. The mail at the White House has been extremely heavy since the President has been away. It has been running between two hundred and two hundred and fifty letters a day. These letiers all come ad- dressed to the President and are opened by the executive clerks. A very few of them are such as to demand the immediate attention of the President in person. These are put in an executive envelope and sent to the President at his retreat. The rest are sent to the several departments or placed on file, where they may rest undis- turbed for heaven knows how long. Though miles lie between Washington and Lake Champlain, it takes practically no longer to communicate with him than it does when he 1s in his office at the White House. The only difference is that he is not accessible to as many persons. It may take unywhere from half an hour to an hour and a half to communicate with him when he fs in the next room. In as short @ time he can now be placed in direct com- munication with any member of his cabinet or other person in Washington with whom he may want to consult, and anything it is deemed desirable for him to know can be communicated to him almost instantly. Every day during office hours Mr. Mont- gomery, one of the executive clerks, who is a telegraph operator, has a telegraph in- strument at his side. Communication from this office can be had with any part of the country where the telegraph fs in use. If something were happening in any part of the country the President wanted to know about he would make inquiry through the White House, and that office would be Placed at once in communication with the lace _to be heard from, whether it were ey West or California. If a cabinet offi- cer wanted to talk with the President a few minutes would suffice for the tele- graph company to give the White House a clear wire to Lake Champlain, and the con; versation could be carried on through the operators in perfect security, the Secretary sitting near the instrument at one end and the President at the other, if so desired, and questions and answers could be passed back and forth with almost the promptness of direct conversation. Next Winter's Receptions. ‘While the executive house cleaning is in progress during the President’s absence, plans are being thought over for the offi- cial receptions of next winter, which will be the first of this administration. The Purpose is to devise some means of doing away with the tremendous crush at the doors which characterizes all of the card receptions at the White House. One of the first steos to be taken to this end will probably be to increase the number of re- ceptions, and to strictly limit the attend- ance to persons having cards. Usually one person having a card takes in a party. This will be done away with. The next thing to be done is' to provide a temporary entrance for receptions west of the portico, 8o that the guests may enter there and as- semble in the state dining room, passing from there through the red and blue par- lors, and, after shaking hands with the President, into the east room, and from there to their carriages without crossing the line of those just entering. To accom- plish this the front and rear porticos will probably be converted into cloak rooms by hanging them with heavy canvas curtains. THE PLUNGER IS. LAUNCHED Second of the Holland Type of Submerged g Torpedo Boats, New Vessel is Almost Identical With the Holland, but Remedies Some ~ of Latter’s Defects. BALTIMORE, Md., August 7.—The Plunger, a submarine terpedo boat of the Holland type, designed fer the United States navy, was successfully launched at the yards of the Columbian iron works at 12:10 p.m. today. The ceremonies were simple, consisting merely of the customary christening, and a few brief and im- promptu speeches. The Plunger is in almost every respect similar to the Holland, receatly completed at Elizabeth, N. J., but it is claimed for her that some of the iinor defects in the Elizabeth boat will be remedied when the new one is completed. Like 2 Big Cigar. The Plunger looks like a great red cigar, half submerged, as she lies on the surface, ready for her engines and armament, which, it is thought, will be in place and ready for trial early in the spring of next year. With a length of eighty-five feet and di- ameter of 1 feet she a displacement when floating light of 155 tons, and wken down to the load line, or with the super- structure awash, 167 tons. Two sets of motive power are provided, one for the afloat and awash condition, and one for the submerged condition. Twin quadruple expansion engines, with steam ftrnished from a water tube boiler, will operate twin screws when afloat or awash, and a seventy-hc power motor, fed from forty-eight chloride cells, will fur- nish the power when submerged. Carries Five Torpedoes. When ready for action she will carry five torpedoes, which will be expelled toward the hull of the vessel te be attacked by means of two expulsion tubes, operated by electricity. Her speed, when submerged in twenty feet of water, it is expected, will reach six knots an hour for cight hours. When she is upon or just beneath the surface she should be caj fifteen to sixteen knot operating the vessel is precisely similar to that employed in her sister ship, and has been fully described. SS -ALIXTO GARGEA‘S'SON. Y BE Probable Meaning of the Dispatch to Senor Conovas. HAVANA, August 7.—Inquirics made in official circles here by the ecrrespondent of th2 Associated Press show. that-nothing is known of the report, telegraphed to the Spanish premier, Canovas Del Castillo, that “Callisto Garcia,” presumed te be the famous Cuban insurgent leader; Major General Calixto Garcia and another Cubin had escaped from the fortress of the Spanish penal setilementsyon ‘the Chaf- farine Islands, off the coast of Marocco. It is thought here that the Garcia re- ferred to in the dispatch sent to Madrid is Justo Garcia, the son of Calixto Garcia, who was arre last year in Spain, and who was subsequently sent to the Chaf- farin> Islands. In a skirmish on the heights of Grillo, this province, Major Domingo Delmonte, a British subject in the e oof the Cubans, was killed. He nephew of the prominent Aldam , and resided in New York. The Marquis Ahumada, the acting gov ernor general, has been confined to his bed by sickness for several days past. UNIVERSITY FOR F ORTA, ILL. Washington Corrington Beaueaths $1,000,000 for 'T Purpose. PEORIA, Ill, August 7.—It is announced that Washiigton Corrington, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizers of Peoria, has provided in his will for the establish- ment of a university at Peoria. Mr. Cor- rington endows the proposed institution with $1,000,000, placing the estate in the hands of trustees to be named by himseif. His instructions are that the estate is to be properly conserved until the interest accretions, together with the — principal, amount to $1,500,000, then the buildings are to be erected, the faculty engaged and the necessary adjuncts in the wa library and laboratory apparatus s — > — -— MAY AFFECT KANSAS CREDIT. y of ured. Judge Randolph Makes a Decision Likely to Cause a Stir. EMPORIA, Kan., August 7.—Judge W. A. Randolph of the district court has ren- dered a decision which is likely to cause a stir. . In the case of Mary Roberts against Elizabeth Biggers, the judge says that the holder of a note bearing eight per cent in- terest until due and ten per ceut interest, can demand only eight per cent after due. Judge Randolph seys the ten per cent is in the nature of a penalty, which is not in accordance with the statutes. FINDS GOLD AT HOME. Washington State Miners Satisfied With Their Own Diggings. SEATTLE, Wash., August 7.—G. B. Ben- ton has reached this city, with over $1,000 worth of gold nuggets, the result of ten days’ work on a Williams Creek placer claim, in the Swauk district, Kittitas county. One nugget was worth $260, an- other $120, others $50 and $60, and down to very small pieces. He has been working the cleim since January, and since ihat time has taken out $5,000. The: Swauk placers are old and well known, but have been worked only in a crude way. One man who owns a claim there‘ has been working it quietly for six years,” during. which time he has made about $50,000. Mr. Benton sunk a shaft one hundred amd three feet to bed rock before he made his find. ae pee the Klondike has no attractions ‘or him, ——_->—__ MORE STEAMERS FOR CULASKA. A Pacific Company Orders:Twe From the Cramps, SEATTLE, Wash., August=7._Manager G. H. Hamilton of the North Asperican Transportation and Trading Compgny an- nounces that his company hasletea con- tract to the Cramps for the construction of two 2,000-ion steel steamers. They will be the finest steamers on the Pacific coast, and will be exclusivel, on the Beattle-St. Michaci's ‘ran. te steamers will have accommodations for two hundred first-class and five hundred second-class passengers. eae . EARTHQUAKE. IN corgnano Vibrations Seem to Come;From the , Basalt Moumthin’ BASALT, Col., August. 7.—Distinct vi- brations of an earthquake were felt here about 1:40 a.m., the vibrations appearing to come from Basalt b able of covering } The method of j FIGHTS OCCUR DAILY Situation at Striking Miners’ Camp Growing Very Critical. JEALOUSY OF IMPORTED NEGROES Latter Are Armed and Terrorize the Whole Community. NO CALL FOR THE MILITIA as . PITTSBURG, Pa., August 7.—Pending de- velopments late in the day the mixers in the three camps besieging the De Armitt mine are resting. At no time during the strike has the situation been so critical, but no one who has been in the district every day since the commencement of the marches believes that the miners will be drawn into a fight. If troublé coes come it will not be between strikers and deputies, Lut between strikers and the negroes in the camp at Unity, who are employed on the new Pittsburg and Bessemer railroad. The deputies will be drawn in to quell the trou- ble, and a three-cornered fight is not im- probable. Every Tent a Spenkeasy. In the camp of the negrocs depraved men and women are together in tents and huts, every one of which is a speakea: They have terrorized the community for miles around, and shooting affrays are of almost daily occurrence. The strikers’ camp is of the negro from that ding there have been several brawls parties. The negro while the strikers have : Thomas B. De Armitt says he has outwit- ted the strikers and made a gain at his Plem Creek mine. He states there are now 317 men at work there. Mr. De Armitt de- nies the story that pay day has been de- ferred at Sandy and Plum Creek. The men will be paid today and Monday. The expected importation of negroes ‘rom Virginia for Oak Mill has not taken place as yet, but the strikers are Keeping a strict Icckout for them, and think they can be persuaded not to work when they do ar- rive. Coke Miners Refuse to Strike. An effort made yesterday to cause coal miners in the coke region to strike failed. About forty strikers went from the Smock mines to Oliver, Fayette county, and made a demonstration. They asked the Oliver miners to strike, but the latter refused. Some of the workmen wished to drive the visitors away, but they made no move, and the strikers went away, promising to come back in added numbers. The man- agers of the mines called on the sheriff for protection from this threatened invasion. It is said the next pay of the Oliver mea will be te largest ever made there. ‘The miners of the Grinder mines of Capt. Hicks, at Leechburg, Pa., have struck. They ay their coal is’ screened before it is weighed, and that ft fs sold to fill contracts for operators whose men are on strike. A convention is called for Monday at Leech- burg. No Orders to the Militia, Concerning the many stories being circu- lated stating that the National Guard has orders to mobilize at Turtle Creek, Gen. John A. Wiley said: “Seven-eighths of the rumor is false, and the rest is very doubt- ful. The stories are absolutely without undation. No order of any kind has been and, moreover, none is contem- Copies of the uniformity agreement have been mailed by the commissioners and are row in the hands of every operator in the district. It is thought a large number of signatures have already been attached to the docu: time has been allowed the to think over the matter care- fully personal vi will be paid by the comunittee to those who still refuse to sign. MILITIA ORDERED OUT. r of Fairport, Ohio, Calls for Painesville Company. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 7.—Captain A. Burrows, Company M, 5th O. nesville, has wired Adjutant General Axiine that he has been ordered by the mayor of Fairport to report to him for duty at 1 p.m. It is evidently an ore strike. Rioting cn Ore Docks. COLUMBUS, August 7.—Special to Dispatch from Painesville, Ohio, say: The militia company left here about noon for Fairport, seven miles north. There is rioting on the ore docks. Sa THIRD CHALLENGE FOR ORLE the NS. Lieut. Boppa is the Last One Anxious to Fight the Prince. PARIS, August 7.—Lieut. Bevpa, the only surviving ¢fficer of the Fourteenth Battalion of General Dabarmida’s brigade of the unfortunate Italian expedition against Abyssinia, has challenged Prince Henry of Orleans in consequence of the latter's strixtures upon the conduct of the Italian soldiers in Africa. This is the third challenge received by the prince for ihe same cause. General Albertone and Lieut. Pina have prececent over Lieut. Boppa in the matter. General Dabarmida was one of the Ital- ian officers killed at the battle of Adowa, when some ten tho’ ud Italian troops, under General Baratieri, were killed. Gen- eral Albertone also commanded a brigade in that engagement, which was fought in the latter part of April, 1896, and aroused so much bitter feeling throughout Italy that for a time it was believed the throne was in danger. ——.__ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION. National Bank of the Republic to Close the 10th Instant. As advised by due notice in the local pa- Pers, during the past month, the share- holders of the National Bank of the Re- public will meet the 10th instant to vote on the subject of voluatary liquidation. As the parties who recently purchased a controlling interest in the bank own about seven-eighths of the stock, an] have decid- ed upon liquidation, the vote will be a mere matter of form, and liquidation will be- come a fact on and after August 10. It has been the earnest desire and hope of a large number of the customers of the bank that arrang>ments might be made to reorganize this old and esteemed institu- tion, and that it might continue right on at the old stand and under the old name, but too many obstacles have developed. The friends of the bank who were ready to offer their money and influence to Te- organize, were willing to give only a cer- tain figure for the stock, and made cer- tain stipulations which could not be met— the effort has been abandoned. Whether a new bank will be started later wpe ag ee er eee een Nattonal Bank of the Republic will not re- ceive any new business after Tuesday, the 10th, and depositors will be under the ne- cessity of opening accounts with other banks after that date, though their pres- ent deposits in the Bank of the Republic can remain any reasonable time, should they so desire, or may be checked out at PATENT ATTORNEYS WILSON WINS A HEAT An Important Order Issued by Commissioner Butterworth Today. A Register to Be Kept and How At- torucys Cam Have Their Names Placed Upon Commissioner of Patents Butterworth has issued an important order, providing for the registering of attorneys practicing be- fore the United States patent office, with a view to raising the character of such prac- titioners as a whole. This is the most im- Portant action for the purpose indicated that has ever been attempted by a com- missioner of patents, and it is in line with the policy Commissioner Butterworth has adopted of raising the tone of the patent bar to the highest extent possible. It is likely that Commissioner Butter- worth will at the next session of Congress ask legislation to authorize him to carry out to their fullest extent his ideas of im- proving and controlling the class of attor- neys that are allowed to practice before the United States patent office. The new rule issued by him follows: The Order Issued. Rule 17 of the rules of practice, approved June 18, 1897, is amended to reai as fol- lows: 17. An applicant, or an assignee of the entire interest, may prosecute his own case, but he is advised, unless familiar with such matters. to employ a competent attorne: as the value of patents depends largely on the skillful preparation of the specifi- cation and claims. The office cannot aid in the selection of an attorney. A register of attorneys wi'l be kept in this office, on which will be entered the names of all persons entitled to represent applicants before the patent office in the presentation and prosecution of applica- tiors for patent. She names of the fo! lowing persons will, upon their written re- quest, be entered upon this register: (a) Any person who, at the date of the approval of the present rules of practice, June 18, 1897, was engaged in the active prosecution as attorney or agent of ap- plications for patent before this office or had been so engaged at any time within five years prior thereto and is not dis- barred, or is or was during such period a member of a firm so engaged and not dis- barred, provided that such person shail, it required, furnish information as to one or more applications for pateat so prose- cuted by him. (b) Any attorney at law who is in good standing in eny court of reccrd in the United States or any of the states or ter- ritories thereof, and shall furnish a cer- tifleate of the clerk ‘of the United States, tate or territorial court, duly authenti- ed under the seal of the court, that he an attorrey in good standi (c) Any person who h; n regulariy recognized as an attorney or agent to rep- resent claimants before the Department of the Interior, or any bureau thereof, and is in good standing, provided that ‘such person shall furnt: a statement of the date of his admission to practice as such attorney or agent, and shall further show, if required by the commissioner, that he is possessed of the necessary qualifications to render applicants for patenis valuable service, and is otherwise competent to ad- vise and ass.st them in the presentation and prosecution of their applications before the Patent office. (a) Any perscn not an attorney-at-law who shall file a certificate from a judge of a United States, state or territorial court, duly authenticated under the seal of the court, that such person is of good moral character and of good repute and possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable im to render plicants for patents val- uable service, and is otherwise competent to advise and assist them in the presenta- tion and prosecution of their applications before the patent office. (e) Any firra which, at the date of the ; approval of the present rules of practice, w engaged in the active prosecution as attorneys or agents of applications for pat- ents before the patent office. or had been so er-gaged at any time within five years prior thereto, provided such firm or any member thereof is not disbarred, provided the nemes of the individuals composing the firm are stated, and provided also that such firm shall, if required, furnish information as to one or more applications prosecuted tefore the patent office by them. () Any firm not entitled to registration under the preceding sections, who shall show that the individuals composing the firm are each and all recognized as patent attorneys or agents, or are each and all entitled to he so recognized under the pre- ceding sections of this rule. The commissioner may demand addi- tional proof of qualifications, and reserves the right to decline to recognize any at- tcrney, agent or other person applying for registration under this rule. Any person or firm not registered and not e1 titled to be recognized under this rule as an attorney or agent to represent claim- ants generally may, upon a showing of cir- evmsiances which render it necessary or justifiable, be recognized by the commis- sie Tr tc prosecute as attorney or agent a certain specified application or applications, but this limited recognition shall not extend further than the application or applications named. After January 1, 1898, no person not registered in accordance with this rule wi! be permitted to prosecute applications be- fore the patent office. BENJ. BUTTERWORTH, ‘Commissioner. Approved: Signed) THOS. RYAN, Acting Secretary of the Interior. ee MUST BE EXAMINED. Treasury Stenographers and Type- ters’ Efficiency to Be Tested. In order to determine the individual capacity of the stenographers and type- writers in the Treasury Department, Sec- retary Gage has instructed Mr. De Land of his office to make an informal examination of all employes of those classes next week. There is a large number of such employes in the department, and it is said that very few of them perform their duties in a sat- isfactory manner. The proposed examina- tion is to determine the most efficient of the number, in order that they may be better known, in case their services are desired for special work. It is also proposed to make a general revision of the present system of promo-. tions in the Treasury Department, sim- plifying it in some respects, extending it in others, and introducing new features, with a view of securing more efficient clerks for the higher grades, and to improve and strengthen the service generally. The result of the recent competitive ex- amination for a chief law clerk of the office of the controller of the treasury will prob- ably be announced next week. Twenty- three persons were examined for this office, and the marking of their papers is a work of considerable magnitude, involving for one thing the marking of ‘answers to 900 legal questions. oe Death of Capt. Thibaut. Adjutant General Breck at the War. gallantly throughout the war in the volun- teers, and in January, 1867, was appointed second lieutenant, 6th Infantry. He reached the grade of captain in June, 1886. He was a native of Germany, but was appointed to the army from New York. | Popular Washington Amateur Quali- fies for Half-Mile Championship. FINE WEATHER AT WILLOW GROVE Everything Propitious for Final Events This Afternoon. RESULTS UP TO DATE ee ee eee PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 7.—What veteran wheelmen unhesitatingly pro- nounce to be the most successful race meet ever held in this country will close this afternoon at Willow Grove. Yesterday races only served as an appetizer for the enthusiastic bicycler, and it was predicted by many of the riders who took part in those events that not only the state records, but national records as well, would be lowered. The day opened more auspiciously, if such a thing be possible, than yesterday. ‘There was just enough breeze to make life worth living, but not enough to retard the progress of the racers. ‘There were no small runs scheduled for this morning, the stellar attraction being the push to Willow Grove, which was on the program fer 5 o'clock. At that hour the condition of Broad street, the widest thoroughfare in the city, was almost in- describabie. As far as the e could reach this asphalted boulevard was one mass of humanity, mixed up with wheels of all de- scriptic So ughtly were the wheelmen massed about L. A. W. headquarters that it was almost impossible tor the captains of the various divisions to get the vast column in line. There had been no “smoker” at the headquarters Jast night, and this was partiy accountable for the increase over the crowd of yesterday. Wheelmen Were All There. ‘To gaze at the crowd, one would scarcely imagine there were any wheelmen in the country outside of this city. It was nearly 8:30 before the first division got under way, and it was almost an hour later be- fore the last phalanx got in motion. As the ride to Willow Grove consumes only abcut an hour, the first part of the parade must have reached the grounds before the tail end haa gotten away from league headquarters. The program for today was more attrac- tive than that of yesterday. Seven events were scheduled to be run off. This did not include a special race for a purse of $500 by_protessionals. The chief topic of conversation: among the racing men this morning was the re- markaple riding of F. J. Loughead, the Sarnia, Ontario, crack. This great rider started in three events, a total of six heats, winning five of the heats, including two finals, and finishing a close second to Mo- Farland in the final of the two-mile handi- cap. Struggle for Next Meet. ‘The surprise of yesterday was the be- lated booms of Saratoga and New York city for the next L. A. W. meet. After Omaha and Indianapolis had the field pra- tically to themselves for a week, the Sara- toga and New York people got together ané started the ball rolling in favor of their respective cities. The New Yorkers hustled manfully, but were unable to make muca progress, as the greater number of the delegates had already pledved their support to either Omaha or Indianapolis. The Omaha people are putting up a great fight, and while they are not making much noise, there is a strong undercurrent in favor of the hustling western cit A large mumber of L. A. W. boys called at the Omaha headquarters at the Lafayette Ho- tel last night and today and pledged their support for Omaha for 189s. They argue that it would be a great thing for the L. A. W. to meet in Omaha at the same time that the Trans-Mississippi and internation- al exposition was being held there. Indianapolis Also Hustling. The Indianapolis boys are also doing some tali hustling, and thousands of wheelmen are wearing huge buttons with “Indianap- olis “98,” printed upon them. The Indian- apolis people were on the ground before the Omaha hustlers, and while they are shout- ing loudly the other fellows are working quietly. RESULTS AT THE TRACK. Thousa few the Last Day's Trials Under a Scorching Sun. BICYCLE TRACK, WILLOW GROVE, Pa., August 7.—This morning’s sun beat down unmercifully upon thousands of spec- tators who came out to the track to see the last day’s trials. As early as 8 o'clock crowds began arriving at the park and a great number preferred to sit under the shade trees of the track rather than suf- fer in the fierce rays of the sun, which have fcll swirg during the morning on the stands. The crecks were out early for their prac- tice spirs, and showed up in fire form. There was a change in the program and the first event w.s the half-mile champion- ship, professional, run in four heats, first two to qualify. Cc. M. Bly, the well-known amateur from Northampton, Mass., met with an acci- Gent today which will prev him from competing in today’s races. He was tak- ing a spin on the track while some Iine- men were cleaning the big electric Nght glebes overhanging the track. The globe of one was lowered to a short distance from the track. Bly was going a good clip and failed to see the lamp. His head struck the globe and he was cut very badiy. He was removed to the Jewish Hospital. Half-Mile Champion: First heat—Half-mile championship. Tom Cooper, Detroit, Mich.,wen; Fred. J. Lough- head, Sarnia, Ont., second. Time, 1.07 3-5. Second heat—Arthur Gardiner, Chicago, won; Owen 8. Kimball, Louisville, Ky., sec- ond. Time, 1.12 2-5. Third heat—This was a close race between 0. L. Stevens and Earl Kiser. Stevens won in 1.06 4-5, Kiser a foot behind. Fourth heat—A. C. Mertens, St. Paul, won; Eddie Bald, Buffalo, second. Time, 1.08. This was a rattling good race. Less than ee, Seetes Sapeiaied she pian apn at De ‘ish. : One-Mile Handicap for Amateurs. Second event—One mile handicap, ama- teur; nine heats; first three in each heat to qualify. First heat—Fread Schade (scratch), with