Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3201 Fennsyivania Averue, Cor. 11th St., by i Co: ™ SE RAUrrManN Pree” New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star is served to subacribers In the city by earricrs, on their own account, at 10 ecnts or ai cents per montk. Copies at the ents each. By matl—anywhere fh the es or Conada—postage prepaid—50 ecnts mianth, terday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with 00. $3.00. * Office at Washington, D. C., tt s must be paid In advance. known on applicati OPPOSES A TROLLEY Application of B. and M. Transit Company Turned Down. AN OPINION BY ATTORNEY THOMAS The Charter of the Applicant Com- pany Discussed. = WIRES NOT AUTHORIZED Se ee The engineer department is carefully hing the efforts of overhead trolley ad- cates to secure the introduction of their i A short time ago the Balti- more and Washington Transit Company thought it saw an opening in the law which permitted the use of an overhead wire, and fertiwith applied to the Commissioners for permission to string a feed wire from the power house of the Brightwood Railroad Company along the Brightwood railroad to the District ine. The road, it is under- stood, claimed the right under the terms of its charter to use such a wire, and the Commissioners sent the case to Attorney ‘Thomas with instr-ctions to acquaint them, at once, with the legal status of the road With respect to its right to use such a wire. This the aitorney did today, holding that the charter of the company did not permit the company to use overhead wires for any purpose, and recommending the refusal of the application. The Attorney's Views. His opinion is substantially as follow: “I have carefully considered the applica- tion of the Baltimore and Washington ‘Transit Company of Maryland to string ed wires’ from the power house of tke Brightwood Railroad Company, along the Brigntwood railroad and the line of their read to the District lime, which, with in- dorsements thereon by Mr. Bradshaw, in- spector of streets, and Captain Burr, act- ing engineer commissioner, you referred to me for opinion whether the act of Con- gress approved June 5, 1896, authorizing the Baltimore and Washington Transit Compary of Maryland to enter the District, permits the ging of overhead wires for power purpeses by this company along the road of the Brightwood Railroad Company. Provisions of the Act. “The first section of the act of Congress above referred to defines the route ef the Baltimore and Washington Transit Com- pany in the District of Célumbia, while section 2 provides: . “That the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company and the Brightwood Rail- way Company shall have the power to make contracts or agreements that they may deem necessary to enable the said companies to run the cars of each or either company over the tracks of the other com- pany, and also to contract for and use the power of each or either company to propel the cars of the other.’ * * © “It is further provided in section 4 of Said act: “That the said Baltimore and Washing- ton Transit Company shall be empowered to construct, maintain, equip and operate a single or double track street railway over the said line, with all necessary buildings, switches, machinery, appliances, appur- and other devices necessary to he same by cable, electricity, com- torage battery or other mo- ve power, to be approved by the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia’ * ¢e Wires Not Authorized. “Tt is plain, I think, that the act of Con- gress of June 8, 189, does not authorize the stringing of overhead wires for any by the Baltimore and Washington Company along the route of the Brightwood Railway Company, but con- templ only the propulsion of the cars of the Ealtimore and Washington ‘Transit y over the route defined in section 1 of the act, by means of an overhead single trolley, and over the tracks of the Brightwood company under such trackage and power arrangements as It may be able to make with the Brightwood company. “ft results from what I have said that this application should be refused.” _ R. BELDEN’S CLAIM. by Honduran ops During the Rebellion. Mr. James F. Belden of Louisville, Ky., ras filed a claim for $20,000 indemnity for alleged bad treatment by Honduran troops during the recent revolution in that coun- try. From a memorial filed at the State Department by Belden’s attorneys it ap- pears that Belden, who is a locomotive en- gineer, formerly employed on a raflway in Hondvras, running to San Pedre, was, on April 30 last, ordered by the comandante of San Pedro to take a train of cars to a neighboring town. He objected and was informed if he did not obey he would be shot. ile says that the United States con- sular agent advised him to comply with the comandante’s directions. Belden did so, apd was left in charge of the train and arded by soldiers. The soidiers had been ordered to shoot him at the moment he made an atierapt to escape. On arother occasion Belden satd that the ergine could not draw a train leaded with soldiers because of a lack of power. The comanidante immediately ordered a guard to execute him, but fortunately a negro, who spoke Spanish, explained the matter, and a « ni i Belde that to him that it would be best to obey orders. During a visit to sulate he was guarded by soldiers, © ordered to shoot if he made any rt to get away. While on a third trip with troops the water in the boiler gave out and he asked permission to secure a The comandante told him that if he asked again for water he would be instantly shot. NO REPLY TO ELLIOTT. Not Connected With Any Department of the Government. The following statement in regard to the status of Mr. Henry W. Elliott was made by an official of the State Department: “No reply has been made to the letter on the seal question which Mr. Henry W. El- liott addressed recently to Judge Day and which Mr. Elliott gave to the press. He is not now, ncr has he been for several years past, connected with the Smithsonian in- stitution or any other department of the government. In 1890 he made a report on the seal islands as agent of the Treasury Department, but it was so full of imaccu- rate statements, betrayed such wanf of scientific knowledge, was so hostile to the interests of the United Staces and writ- ten in such a@ prejudiced spirit, that Sec- retary Blaine declined to send it to Con- gress or to allow {t to be printed. “From that date Mr. Elliott ceased to have any connection with the government, and he has lost n> opportunity to attack every step taken by it on the subject and to abuse all persons having any official relation to sealing matters. “When the case of the United States was epared for the Paris arbitration Messrs. E J. Phelps and J. C. Carter, the govern- ment counsel, decided that the Elliott re- rt should be and not included the documents attached to the case, but tril the position of the United States.” g Star. No. 13,866. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1897-TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable. A TIDE OF PROSPERITY|BAD FOR-LAKE TRADE How Business is Steadily Improving in All Lines. Reports Made to the Internal Revenue Bare: Show the Satisfactory Con- dition of Affairs in the West . Acting Commissioner Wilson of the in- ternal revenue bureau is in receipt of many favorable reports about the business condi- tions throughout the country, received tn the official communications from the col- lectors, deputy collectors and other ofticials of the internal revenue service in different Parts of the United States. These men, who have dealings with the tobacco manu- facturers, brewers and distillers, are In »o- sitions to feel the business pulse of the country with accuracy, it is sald; inasmuch as these branches of business are among the first to respond to good times or depres- sion. All reports tend to show that there is a steady and general increase of business in all lines, as Well as in the special branches mentioned above. Manufacturers are at work, merchants are stocking up and rail- roads report an increase in movement of freight. Prosperity in the Weht. Capt. Wilson has recently returned from an extensive trip through the west and brings a personal report confirmatory of the foregoing statement. He said that throughout Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas the signs of prosperity among the people are becoming daily more visible. At Omaha, one of the largest distilling firms in the west reported an increase of 30 per cent in their business last month. Capt. Wilson visited the great beef packing houses and found them all busy. One firm reported that their shipments averaged ferty-five car loads a day, and upon the day Capt. Wilson was there seventy car loads went out. The wheat, corn and oat crops in the western states are the largest they have had for years and prices are steadily rising. Beet Sugar Boom. A company was being organized in Omaha to put up a $600,000 beet sugur fac- tory, being encouraged to do this by the Protection afforded by American sugar growere by the new tariff law. In Call- fornia the sugar manufacturers have vol- untarily raised the price on sugar beets 2 cents a ton to be paid to the farmers. Coming" further east, Capt. Wilson found the same good times in Ohio. At Hamilton the firm that have been the leading mer- chants for thirty years reported that they did the largest business in their history in July. ————_+ e+___ COL. CHOPTANK ON GORMAN. = He Tells What the Eastern Shore Thinks of the Astute Marylander. “I've been down to the eastern sho’ since I saw you last,” said Colonel Choptank to The Star man today. “Indeed?” “Yes. You see, Old Bill Henshaw, after his experience with them brazen sarpints up at the new library building that I was tellin’ you of last week, was purty nigh completely broke up, so Jedge Cherrystone and I concluded I'd better take him home. I left him settin’ on his front po’ch with a mint julep on each side of nim, and old Eph’rum, his colored body-servant (they call ’em val-lays up here), makin’ him an- other.” - “How's Colonel?” “The pot is beginnin’ to bile. I expect we'll have a right peart campaign befo’ we git through. If it wasn’t for my want- in’ to be here, in case the President should send for me to come up to Lake Cham- plain to confer about my office, I'd be buck there at work now.” “What do they think of Senator Gorman’s reported retirement from the senatorial race, colonel?” “Well, they looks at it in diferent ways. There's some that thinks he is making a sacrifice of himself for the good of the party. Now, as a general thing, for what you might call a steady diet, ¥ don’t be- lieve in these here political ‘sacrifices, in immolating yo'self upon the altar of your party, so to speak. I take it as a safe bet at long odds, that the party can be de- pended upon to sacrifice you at the first opportunity without your goin’ around huntin’ for the Juggernaut to cast your- self under the wheels. But with Gorman it’s different. If he sacrifices himself it's because he discards a deuce to draw an ace, and he sho'ly knows what cyard is g That you can depend upon. e it that this man Gorman is a real thoroughbred, strayed by mistake into that corral of jackasses called the demo- cratic party. He can see further into the future than any of the rest of ‘em can into the past. Because why? Because history has shown that the democratic party can’t see far enough into the past to take warn- ing by the mistakes they have made. “But this thoroughbred, Gorman, sho’ly takes pity upca the simple-minded deri- zens of the corral in which he finds hisself and aims to lead them into a better pastur, if they will have it so. Now, I reckon that he is just about up to some deal having this end in view. He may be the man to unite the democratic party in the next presidential campaign, and if he passes out in this Maryland senatorial game it’s because he sees a jackpot in the presiden- tial deal. “For, as I says before, this Gorman has a far-reachin’ gaze into the future, and in addition to being a fine gentleman he is an astute politician and you don’t want to look for his making any breaks in that line.” politics on the eastern shore, ———-_-e—____— PUBLIC BATH HOUSES. Some Facts as to Their Conduct and Munagemeng Abroad. Some facts as to the conduct and man- agement of public bath houses in Europe are given in the current monthly bulletin of the department of labor. It shows that the movement to provide baths and wash- house facilities, which originated in Eng- land in 1842, has spread widely in Great Britain and on the continent, and has not yet spent its force. It notes that the estab- ishment of public washhouses in connec- tion with bathhouses gof the combined swimming and cleanliness type is not so common as in the early years of the move- ment. The success of the movement in Germany, in establighing workmen's baths of the shower-bath type, is cited as evi- Gence that the simpler and less expensive icrms can be most profitably introduced by American cities in their first attempts to provide working classes with adequate baths for cleansing and refreshment. The adoption of school shower baths has been general in towns and cities already well Frovided with swimming baths. ee Now a Government ‘Depository. The Secretary of the -Treasury- has desig- nated the Central National Bank of this city as a depository of public moneys, to take the place of the National Bark of the Republic, wnich ts about to go into volun- tary liquidation. The bank--has fur- nished secutity to. the a oa of $100,000 in United States 4 per cent bonds of 1925, ‘of. 5100900 on which a public balance be allowed. 8 ee Gevernment redemption, $172,270. —From internal revenue, $310,923; Shippers Growing Uneasy Over the Miners’ Strike Situation. NO MOVE TOWARD SETTLEMENT Strikers From Ohio March on the Boggs Run Mine. PREPARED TO STAY LONG PITTSBURG, Pa., August 10.—There is a growing feeling of apprehensfon among coal operators that the prolorging of the strike for a few more weeks will prove bad fur the lake shippers. It is cited that when the- miners will have returned to work there will be such a demand for coal for lake shipment that cars will not ke obtain- able to rush it through for shipment before lake insurance rates advance, which oc- curs near the time for rough weather on the lakes and greater risks of cargocs. At present lake freight rates are low, and vessels are moored at all the shipping, Points waiting for cargoes up. When coal again goes forward to the docks it is fear- ed the demand for vessels will be so great that time will be lost in taking on cargoes, because of the limitations at the docks to moor vessels while loading, aad at the up- per ports while unloading. Nothing Done to Settle Strike. Nothing has been done by the local op- erators looking to a settlement of the strike. They explain this by saying the miners’ demands are impossible of compli- ance, and until they are modified there is no use of talking about a settlement. Contracts are said to have been taken for all of this year at a low specific prize, waiving the customary clauses which make the price so much above the mining rate. Most of the lake coal contracts are said to have been made without this clause this year, and operators say that to jump the cost of mining to the point demanded by the miners, or any near approach to it, would mean that the sheriff would become an important person in their business. ‘They say they are doing nothing regarding the settlement of the strike, but trying to eee the uniformity agreement into opera- Agreement the Only Hope. They maintain that the adoption of this agreement offers the only hope of improve- ment in the condition of the miners or an enlargement of their earnings next year and following years, and any rate above G0 cents for the remainder of this year is impossible. There are no new developments in ‘the coal eperators’ arbitration movement. A meeting of the committee was to have been held last night, but so many of the members are out of town that it had to be postponed. Gen. John Little says he hopes to get the committee together this evening, but he was not certain if all would be in town. The object in holding the meeting is to discuss plans for furthe? steps in promo- tion of the cause. The committee will or- ganize and arrange to make a personal canvass among the operators who have signified their unwillingness to sign the uniformity agreement. They think that most of the opposition to the uniformity results from a misunderstanding of the provisions contained in the contract or an insufficient knowledge of its import. By many operators, especially the river coal men, the scheme is not considered feasible, and they hesitate joining the movement for that reason. No Signed Contracts Received. No signed contracts have yet been re- ceived by the committee, but it is learned that two or three have put their names to the paper. D. B. Blackburn signed Sat- urday night, but still holds the contract in his possession. The-intention of the committee is to secure the signatures of the larger firms first, and after that it is thought the smaller operators will fall into line. The committee are not uneasy about securing signatures, however. They have several months to work up the matter, and by January 1 they expect to have the re- quired majority of all the operators in the district. The striking mirers encamped at Plum Creek clein: that a large desertion has taken place from the De Armitt mines, and the working force inf the pit is too smell to dig coal enough to supply the water works of the city of Pittsburg at Brilliant. The strikers have been praying that the diggers would join their ranks as soon as they were paid, and they are disappoint- ed because the men did not quit in a body. The officials of the New York and Cleve- Jand Gas Coal Company claim that there are 200 men in the mine, or the same num- ber that is usually there on the day fol- lowing a pay day. The output yesterday, although there was what was claimed to be a full force in the mine, was only four- teen cars of lump and fifteen cars of coal that had fallen through a 2 1-2-inch screen. For the first time since the seige began the company and the strikers agree as to the output. No Disorder on Pay Day. There was no disorder over the payment of the men, although both the strikers and deputies expected trouble. The amount paid was over $7,000. The diggers received from $25 to $46 each for a two weeks’ pay. A large number of the men when spoken to said they had little difficulty in earring $2.50 a day, ard they do not see how the strike can benefit them. The company dis- charged twenty-nine foreign workmen, and last night all of them took up quarters in the strikers’ camp. Thé striking miners are expected to reach Irwin from Turtle Creek tomorrow morning, and the operators are ready for them. At Export the farmers have notified the West- moreland company that they will not allow the strikers to come upon their lands, and will treat them as trespassers. They also stated that they will turn out and protect the company's property, if necessary. Mr. Dolan’s statement that the West- moreland Coal Company and the Penn Gas Coal Company were selling coal to De Ar- mitt was investigated today: At the freight depot it was learned that not a car load of coal has gone to any firm west this sum- mer. ‘The men seem still strong in their position against striking. It is claimed a number of Westmoreland Company miners have offered their serv- ices to the company as deputies when the strikers arrive. Deputies at Turtle Creek. Fifty deputy sheriffs were transferred from Plum Creek to Turtle Creek this morning to see that, order is preserved while the diggers at the Oak Hill mine are being paid. ss All but a few of the Oak Hill miners joined the strike ten days ago, and Super- intendent De Armitt says they will not ‘be a. ‘rhe. output of the Sandy Creek mines yesterday was two gondola cars ee are the ter from a correspondent in Birmingham, Ala., stating that agents are at work there securing negroes to take places of the striking -miners in thé north. The letter says that smallpox is prevaleit among the colored people in that section. and asks that the authorities be warned of the dan- ger of spreading the disease through the north by permitting the importation of negroes. . The operators here refuse to discuss the matter of importing men, but it is known that many are growing restive and are anxious to start their mines. The injunction secured against the min- ers’ officials at Bunola was served on President Dolan when he stepped from the train at that place last night, but he disre- garded it, and addressed a large meeting near the mine a short time later. This morning Judge Coilier extended the injunc- tien to make it. include fifteen additional defendants. A body of strikers marched to Canons- burg early this morning and are now en- camped near the mines, which are in operation. Operator Cook says if the strikers inter- fere in any way with his men he will have the entire party arrested. i Invasion of Ohio Miners. WHEELING, W. Va., August 10.~West Virginia soil was peacefully invaded by Ohio miners at 3 o’clock this morning. One hundred and twenty-seven miners from the Wheeling Creek region over the river marched through the city and reached the Boggs Run mines, just below Wheeling, at 4 o'clock. The Ohio men came for the purpose of closing down the Boggs Run mine, the only railroad mine in the Wheeling district now being operated. They announce they will stay until Boggs Run joins the strike, and today 200 more from Barton, Maynard and Pascoe, other mining communities in east- ern Ohio, are to join the Wheeling Creek men, now at Boggs Run. The men from the mining towns along the Wheeling and Lake Erie have also an- nounced their willingness to participate in this demonstration, which may last several days. With the West Virginia strikers gathering at Boggs Run, there are now about 400 men there. Bogsers Were Intimidated. In the face of this showing of force the 100 Boggs Run miners did not show front this morning. Eight or ten men came, but nobody had the courage to enter the mine. A meeting will probably be held today, but it will be a difficult matter to get the men at this plant out. The campers are being provisioned from the Wheeling min- ers’ aid store, and are prepared to make a long stay. WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS Two Fast Freight Trains Ditthed’on Jersey Central, Three Men Seriously Inju $50,000 Damage Done— Wreck in Four Months. PHILLIPSBURG, N. J., August 10.—Train wreckers have been at work again on the Central railroad of New Jersey, ard last night for the fourth time in as many menths their dastardly work accomplished the wreck of two fast freight trains, the blocking of the tracks until 5 o'clock this morning and the loss of at least $50,000. About 9:30 o'cleck last night'as train No. 418 was thundering along at fifty miles an hour on its way to New York with many cars of valuable merchandise the engine struck a pile of ties just west of White House. The obstruction was loosened by the awful crash and pushed aiong to a switch, where the ties caught. The engine left the track and landed down an embank- ment a ccrrplete wreck. Fourteen cars were also derailed, piled up in confusion and their contents scattered along the track. Engineer Shupp of Mauch Chunk remain- ed at his post and miraculously escaped with his life. Conductor Mattrass, also of Mauch Chunk, was riding on the tank of the engine and was seriously hurt. The fireman jumped. Before a flagman could be sent out to signal approaching trains, another fast freight, composed of cars loaded with fish ard peaches for the market in the Lehigh valley, came up and ran into the debris. ‘The engine and two cars of fish were de- molished. Engineer Strubble of Bayonne City and Conductor Moynaham of Junctare were badly injured. A watchman had been employed at White House to guard against the train wreckers’ attempts, but last Saturday he was sus- pended, the railroad officials evidently thinking the gang had left the district. ———.__ INDICTED FOR FORGERY. J. K. Andrews Accused of Obtaining $6,000 From Chicago Bank. CHICAGO, August 10.James K. An- drews, former treasurer of C. P. Kimball & Co., carriage manufacturers, is under indictment on three charges of forgery. His prosecutors are the officials of the Union Trust_ Company. Stephen W. Rawson, president of the bank, says that Andrews illegally secured $6,000 from that institution. Mr. Andrews has left the city and is supposed to be with his brother at Easton, Pa. EXPECT MORE CHINESE MURDERS. ‘Warning Notices Posted on Dend Walls in Chinatown, ’Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, August 10.— Warning notices, evidently directed against the Chinese Society for English Education, have been posted on the dead walls of Chinatown. Without being named, the so- ciety is pointed at as having levied black- mail from women of ill repute imported from China. * The poster says: “Lives have,been lost before for such HMttle things, and they may be lost again.” It ig.signed Mook Sing Society, and has caused considerable consternation. The police, who have torn down the notices, treat the matter serious- ly, and think that there will svoB be more murders in the Chinese quarter. THIRD RACE ‘ananve: ED. —— Fs wae Bredin Wins Two Out Races : With Kitgatriggs LONDON, August 10.—Thg third of the series of three races between Gharles E. Kilpatrick, the American, and B: C. Bre- din, the English runner, has been aban- doned. : The first race, 600 yard = run on July 1 at Rochdele. B; wom by four yards in Im inute 12 2-5 de ‘The second race wes run-at Stamford Bridge yesterday, and was won by Bredin three -yards in 1 minute 65 8-5 seconds. ie third race was to-have been at 1,000 ——__o—— = FOUR TORPEDO BOATS COMING. England Will Strengthea American Naval, Force in ters. A TEST CASE|MARYLAND OFFICES Welli: . 7 Answer of the Excise Board to the |’ Wellington Has 2s With Petition of Henry Sheehy. ee THE ONE- MILE LIMIT DEFINED . for Baltimore, Which M le Urges Hike! for Fight to a Finish. Air Line Measurement From Sol- diers’ Home Has Been the Rule. Senator Wellington had an interview with Secretary Gage this morning regarding Maryland offices. The senator arrived in the city yesterday afternoon. The interview was in the face of the fact that Secretary Gage has declared that the Maryland offices are entirely out of his hands, and that the appointments will be made by the President without interference from him. It fs understood, however, that the Marylarid senator wished to reach an understanding with the Secretary, to be followed by fresh efforts to have the Presi- dent appoint the men recommended by him. Senator Wellington has indorsed M. M. Higgins of Easton for the surveyorship of the port of Baltimore, and urged the claims of Mr. Higgins before Secretary Gage this morning. The indorsement of Mr. Higgins is said to mean a fight to the end between the senator and his friends and the opposi- tion, composed of four members of the House. It is said that he had announced his wiilingness to accept B. F. Parlett for the surveyorship if Dr. Tuck should be ap- pointed collector of internal revenue. The indorsement of Higgins now means that he will not accept Parlett, the candidate of the opposition, and that the matter will be fought out. -Mr. Higgins claims to be the original Me- Kinley man of the eastern shore. He and Mr. Parlett are from the same town. Senator Wellington said today that he knew that nothing would be done until the return of the President. It is said that the senator may conclude to pay a visit to the President at Lake Champlain. Senator Wellington will see Secretary Gage aga'n tomorrow. Then the senator will go to Deer Park, to remain there until the republican state convention at Ocean City. The senator thinks the state cam- paign will open actively in October. Senator Wellington this morning express- ed confidence in the nomination of Mar- burg as the republican candidate for may- or of Baltimore. COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT ee The excise board of the District of Co- lumbia this afternoon, through Attorneys 8. T. Thomas and A. B. Duvall, made a return of the rule to show cause, issued Friday last by Judge McComas, on the petition of Henry Sheehy, why it should not be compelied to issue a wholesale liquor license to Sheehy, whose place of business is at 2038 11th street. The cause is set for hearing tomorrow before Judge McComas. The board, in its return, says the applica- tion of Sheehy was rejected for want of jurisdiction, the proposed liquor location being within one mile of the Soldiers’ Home property. It is denied that the rejection was based upon an erroneous conclusion of law, or that the distance between the Soldiers’ Home property and Sheehy’s place of business should have been measured by the shortest course of travel between the nearest entrance to his place of business and the nearest entrance to the Soldiers’ Home property, or that it should have been measured from the nearest entrance to Sheehy’s place of business and the nearest point in the boundary line on the Soldiers’ Home property by the shortest course of travel. Furthermore, the board, so it states in the return, considers it immaterial that Sheehy'’s proposed liquor location is more than one mile from the Soldiers’ Home, measured by the shortest course of travel. Air-Line Measurement the Rule. The board denies that it has been the uniform practice of tne excise board to measure the distance between the Soldiers’ Home property and propoed liquor loca- tions by the shortest course of travel be- tween the nearest entrance to it. On the contrary, it is set forth, the practice has been with reference io the Soidiers’ Home Property to measure the distarce in a straight or air line; that the practice as to schools and churches has been to measure ANXIOUS FOR OFFICE. New Applications Filed at the Treas- ury Department. New applications for office at the Treas- ury Department are as follows: Thos. J. by the shortest course of travel, the act | Edelin, for coilector of customs at Alexan. of March 3, 1S, prescribing the method | dria, Va.; Thomas Boyd of Pittsburg, Pa. of computing the distance between liquor ani ‘ locaiiuns and schools ang WES for aee ‘ing architect of the treasury; The board explains that it declined to | D- W. Champayne, for inspector of build- measure the distance between Sheehy’s | Ings at Columbus, G: .; Fred. W. Frickett, proposed place of business and the Soldiers’ Home property by the shortest course of travel, und refused to entertain jurisdiction of his pplication because his place of business was within one mile of the Sol- diers’ Home property by a straight or air line measurement. An Opinion Cited. Continuing, the board takes occasion to state that in April, 1891, in response to a request from the Commissioners, the at- torney for the District advised that the act of Congress of February 28, 1891, should be regarded ‘“‘as embracirg all that terri- tory which is situated between the exterior or boundary line of the Soldiers’ Home property, and the line circumscribing the same, one mile distant therefrom, so that there shall be the distance of one mile be- tween the two lines throughout their ex- tent, and the territory embraced therein shall be held as territory within which no license for the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be granted by the Commissioners.” That opinion, which was approved by the Ccmmissioners, has ever since been acted upon by the excise board as the rule for computing the distance between the Soldiers’ Heme property and liquor loca- tions in the District, so the return states. That when the act of March 3, 1803, regu- lating the sale of intoxicating liquors in this District was passed, the act of Feb- ruary 28, 1891, as construed by the then Commissioners, constituting the excise board, excluded the sale of intoxicating liquors within the territory covered by a radii extending in all directions one mile from the Soldiers’ Home properiy. The Intention of Congress. It was not the intention of Congress, so the board declares, to enlarge or extend the liquor traffic in this District by reduc- ing the area of the prohibited territory sur- rounding the Soldiers’ Home property, but, cn the contrary, the act of February 29, 1891, is expressly referred to in the con- cluding section of the act of March 3, 183, and is preserved from modification or re- peal. In conclusion, the board says that the act of March 3, 1893, and the amendment thereof of May 11, 1894, do not operate to change or affect the method of comput- ing the distance under the act of February 28, 1891, prohibiting the granting of licenses to sell Hquor within one mile of the Sol- diers’ Home property. ——— EXPERT NOTE RAISER. for shipping commissioner at Galveston, Tex.; John P. Greeve, coloref, of Ohio, for register of the treasury; Walter J. Suthon, for surveyor of customs at New Orleans; L. G. Middaugh, for superintendent of con- struction at Kansas City, Mo.; John A. Munson, for collector of internal revenue of the twenty-first New York district; Geo. L. Meenley, for collector of customs at Tappahannock, Va.; Lee A. Phillips, for appraiser of merchandise at St. Louis; Will S. Steel, for reinstatement in the Philadelphia mint; R. C. Suydam, for as- sayer at Denver; C. J. Trenchord, for ship- ping commissioner at Astoria, Ore.; Madoc Thomas, for collector of internal revenue of the twelfth Pennsylvania district; Henry C, Vortriede, collector of internal revenue of the tenth Ohio district; J. A. Willough- by, collector of internal’ revenue of the thirteenth Illinois district; IL S. Hunt of Oregon, for chief of the secret service; W. G. Phelps, for inspector of hulls at Grand Haven, Mich.; W. V. D. Ford, for assist- ant appraiser of merchandise at the port of New York; Emile Thomas, for appralser of merchandise at St, Louis; Chas. A. Seifert of Oakland, Cal., for inspector of drugs at San Francisco. a THE WAGE WORKERS. As a Whole They Have Risen in the Social Scale of Life. Comparative figures compiled by the de- partment of labor in the form of deduc- tions from the last census statistics, re- lating to workers at gainful occupations, point to the fact that persons at work, es- pecially females, have increased very much faster than the population at large. As a result the statement shows that the pro- pertion of workers relative to the total population and to the whole number of people ef the respective ages was consid- erably greater in 1890 than at the prece. ing census periods, and that this increased Proportion is apparent for each of the great classes of occupations, except agriculture, fisheries and mining. All this, the state- ment sets out, shows very cleirly the con- stantly increasing disinclination of cur pop- ulation to follcw agricultural pursuits, a tendency materially hastened, doubiless, by the wide application of machinery to the Processes of agriculture. Despite this dis- inciination and the recent evercrowding of manufacturing and commercial centers, the unalysis cemonstrates that the increased proportion of workers is found generally in the higher walks of business life and in those occupations which call fer skilled labor principally, rather than ir the lowest or more laborious fcrms of employment. ‘The conclusion is accordingly stated to be inevitable that the great body of workers , aS a whele, progressed, and has pe-- ceptibly risen in the social scale of life. ——-2.___ THE DISCRIMINATING TAX. AN He Has Altered the $2 Silver Certifi- cates to a 85 Note. A very expert note raiser is at work upon the new two-dollar silver certificate. Speci- mens of his handiwork have reached the Treasury Department, and have excited great interest among the secret service operatives. The notes are raised from twos to fives by a system of erasure and substitution of the marks of denomina- —_—_ ROUGH ON GOV. BLACK > W. H. Hale Indulges in Unsparing Criticism of New York's Governor, CALLS HIM A POLITICAL SPOILSMAN Does Not Like His Amendment of Civil Service Rules. neers SPEECH AT DETROIT i =e DETROIT, Mich., Aufust 10.—Mombers of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science were still arriving when today’s sessions began. Tne general council, after a morning session, adjourned until tonight, when it is expected that can- didates for offices and next place of mect- ing will be discussed. Today's general session was brief and occupied mainly in announcements, The botanical Branch met this morning and elected officers to fill vacancies, J. J. Davis of Racine, Wis. being named as president and A. F. Woods of Washington ‘ secretary. Permanent officers wil! be clect- ed later. Members of the American Chemical So- ciety are visiting the Detroit laboratories ana manufactories today. The programs of scientific addresses and discussions before the several sections of the association this afternoon were exten- sive, and for the most part largely attend- ed. Most of the papers read were by spe- a ts distinguished in their respective ines. Today's proceedings before the Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science wera enlivened by a criticism of Goy. Black by Wm. H. Hale, Ph.D, Brooklyn, before the section of social and economic science. Dr. Hale's subject was “Civil Service Reform.” He said in part: “Last year at Buffalo I presented to the association a discussion of the currency question, and jater I had the satisfaction to se that the people of the Uniied States, by an emphatic vote, adopted the view for waich I then contended. “At that very time a great political party, holding what I regarded as sound views on this question, was convened to nomirate a candidate for the office of gov- ernor of the state of New York and xe- lected for that office a young man “This man, Frank S. Black, an alien to the state by birth and a recent settler in it, was destined to fill the chief executive office, and to become the most bitter and formidable opponent that the merit system ever met. Evolation of the Merit System. “For scveral decades there has been grad- ually growing up in England and America a system of testing, by competitive exam- inations, the fitness of persons to be ap- pointed to public offices. Results have been | in the mair satisfactory to taxpayers and distasteful only to professional politicians, who look upon public offices as spoils and upon taxpayers as fit subjects to plunder. The system was adopted to a limited ex- tent by the state of New York in 1888, long before the advent of Black within our bor- ders, and steadily increased tn efticiency and in favor with the people. “Gov. Black s’gnalized his accession to office by embodying in his annual message to the legislature » recommendation that legislation be hrd which would authorize the appointment of employes in the civil service from the foot of the list first, which is evidently forbidden by the constitution. The legislature had not the temerity to carry out this audacious suggestion; but w near thé close of the session they passod @ bill, which the governor prepared, pro- viding that examinations for merit should be held by the civil service commission, and should count only 5 per cent, and that examinations for fitnces should be held by persons holding the power of making appointments, and should also count 50 per cent, and that the total percentage of Fersons examined should be ascertained hy adding the results of both examinations. New Rules Spollamen’s Interest. “The rules when finally adopted had been so modified at Gov. Black’s suggestion as to assist spoilsmen to the full extent per- mitted by the constitution, if not more.” Referring to the relationship of civil serv- ice reform to the question of state and municipal ownership of quasi-public works, Dr. Hale said: “There are many obvious advantages in having a responsible government control and operate all franchises which use pub- lic highways and supply public necessi- It is well that the tomfort and con- venience of the people who are supplied by these monopolies be made the para- mount consideration, rather than the gain of a soulless and selfish corporation, Strikes and boycotts, the bane of street railway systems, would thus be averted or minimized. “I believe that this country is on the eve of a vast extension of municipal own- ership and control of systems io supply light, heat, transportation, etc. Perhaps there is danger of too sudden and explo- sive a movement in this direction. The Work Requires Skill “Work of this kind requires skill, integ-_ rity, industry and experience, which can only be secured by a careful selection of men for merit and fitness, and the best! men cannot be obtained without a some- tion. Both the new twos and the new fives have on their faces groups of female fig- ures and on their backs a pair of vig- rettes. The vignettes on the $2-note rep- resent Fulton and Morse and the $5 note aes Larhtfaed = orentsaan eget No attempt is made to cl ige the vignett: The bill-raiser confines his work can ak teration of the denominational marks. Two of these raised bills were recently received at the New York subtreasury in the ordi- nary course of business, and their true character was immediately discovered. ‘They were redeemed st the rate of $2 each. -o——_,__ Personal Mention. Lieut. H. O. Williams, 11th Infantry, is here for a few days on his way to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Capt. 8. C. Lemly and family ieft here today for Kennebunkport, Me, for a month’s stay. Lieut. Lauchheimer is act- ing judge advocate general of the navy. Mr. Victor E. Adler left this city last evening over the Baltimore and Ohio en route to Manitou §pi Col, for a month's sojourn at that delightful resort. Mr. Edwin P. Goodwin is enjoying the Ocean breezes at Cape May. iS ae ee A Veteran Reinstated. John Pestell, an old soldier, was rein- stated today as a watchman at the Treas- vry Department. He lost his place in 1804. « what stable tenure of office. To leave. these difficult and important public works a spoil to politici: would seriously im- pair their efficiency and would also confer upon party leaders a dangerous power of irresponsible and unlimited patronage. The system of reformed civil service, which! aims to secure, and, to a large extent, suc- ceeds in securing the best men for the performance of public duties, «affords the only economic and therefore the only prac- ticable solution of the problem of govern- mental administration of these natural monopolies for the public good.’ Formal Request for an Opinion From the Atterncy General, Attorney General McKenna today re- ceived the formal reqvest of Secretary Gage for an opinicn as to collecting an ad- ditional discriminating duty of 10 per cent, as provided by section 22 of the tariff law, on some Japanese tea received at Chicago. This tea was landed at Vancouver and transported over Canadian railways to Chicago. The opinion to be ¢elivered by the Attorney General will involve the ques- tion of collecting a Giscriminating duty of 10 per cent on all non-dutiable goods ceived through Canada which Gould come to this country direct. In view of the importance of the ques- tion, the Attorney Genéral said that the —__.>—_— ENGLAND’S PACIFIC CABLE. From Australia to British Colam- — bia Being Surveyed. ae VICTORIA, B. C., August 10.—H. Algeria, one.of the survey ships of her majesty’s navy, will soon arrive here to 3 forthcoming before the end of the week. take part in a survey for the Pacific cable. Secretary Gage is much interested in the | pare advices from Honolulu are to the question. He and Attorney General that H. M. 8. Penguin has completed Kenna talked over the matter tcday. elect Honolulu, and Oe @ survey from Australia to lu, the Algeria will make the survey from here SECRETARY SHERMAN ANNOYED. | to Honolulu. ——— It is also said that the admiralty is about He Disavows Authority for Recent | to make a survey of Clayoquet Sound, and mee ad rae TAS se oer Habe survey will be Secretary’ Shermans’ very much an- | mation Gorived Seow thee lanting piace noyed at the criticisms of London news- for the cable. papers in regard to the statements attrib- —_——.—_ uted to him in a recent interview in the CROWDED FOR ROOM. New York World. He disavows authority ne ome < for such statements, and says it would be | Lient. Disappointed foolish to hold. him responsible for all the Sine of His Exploring Ship. the LONDON, August 10.—A special @impatch from Brussels says that Lieutenant De Gerlache, the leader of the Belgian antarc- tic expedition, which ts to sail shortly for em the = to i much. disappointed owing te pe te Sede of See OB oe cate cepa ag on