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10 THE EVENING STAR.” TUESDAY, AUGUST. 10, 1897-12 P- GENERAL POLITICAL MIX-UP All Parties in North Carolina Divided on Some Issue. The Recent Troubles in the Po; Ranks Will Be Revived When int Committee Meets. Kpecial Corrsepondence of The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., August 8, 1897. Since the session of the legislature ended Inst March politics has until his week been a dead issue. Never was there so general an indispesition to even talk politics. But Senator Butler and his populists will, as has beer the case for several years past, fire the opening gun August 11, when the populist state committee is to meet here. Senator Butler’s paper makes the state- ment that this meeting is to be of marked importance. The populist party's life is at stake. The first thing to be decided is whether the two fectioas of it—the one which antagonized Senator Pritchard’s election and the one which co-operated with the republicans and secured {t—shall bury the hatchet and again unite. The most vehement asser- tions have been made by the majority pop- vl known as the “Butlerites,” that they never would recognize again the mi- ncrity populists, or “Pritchard populists,” @s they are termed. The latter have said that they, after securing Pritchard's re- election, were quite willing to again unite witn the majority and march along to- gether. But so well-known and zealous a Futlerite as Otko Wilson said within a few days past to a republican that the majorit did not intend to recognize either the mi- nerity populists or the republicans who co- operated with the latter. Yet Wilson has within a week made the equally positive declaration that rather than see the demo- crats win the populists would again fuse with the republicans Minority Populixts Denounced. The majerity populists have denourced in the plainest and bitterest terms those of the minority as all purchased, and have declared again and ag/n hat the very last one of them wou’ get a federal office. And, as a retort to this, the repub- ave said: “We wil look after our The republicans are also divided. There are the Pritchard faction and the Russell facticn. Gov. Russell is today, after having been in office only seven months, at oc with almost every leader of his party. governor ever occupied such a position Fere before. Pritchard and Russell have for many months been unfriendly. The negro vote is giving some trouble. ‘The anti-Russell negroes are declaring that they do the work and get no offices. That is really the sore spot; the begearly doling out of trifling places to the blick voter. A negro leader asserts that despite any decla- rations to the contrary by white republi- cans, the negro vote will be -far more jn- dependent that ever before. He points to the municipal elections last spring as proof of this, when many negroes voted with democrats. The old fight between Congressman Skin- ner and Senator Butler will, it seems, be fought cver. One of the two must be crush- ed. Skinner is just now the power with the republicans, as Senator Pritchard’s friend. It was asserted that Butler and Pritchard had made friends, but Butler de- nies this. Butler will make a speech at Newton August 14, and at this a keynote is apt to be sounded, as there is no claim that it is to be other than a pol:tical speech. Democrats Also Divided. The dissensions of the populists and re- publieans are more than matchod by those in the aemocratic ranks. The Bryan demo- rats more or less openly express their con- tempt for those who voted for McKinle: or for Palmer, or who did not vote at all. The latter return their scorn with interest. Party organization appears merety nomi- nal. The campaign of 18%, which was cai ried out on lines laid down by one man, wi @ conspicuous failure. The only way un- der heaven by which the two factions of democrats can get together is by absolute- ly ignoring national issues and making the fight on state lines. Last year word w passed that nothing must be safd to wound the feelings of any populists; that state politics must cut no figure, but that the fizht must be made on the free silver que: tion. The stock in trade of a large propor- tion of the weaker was abuse of President Cleveland. And the very populists it was sought to conciliate laughed at the lack of bone. The democrats have no “or- gan.” They have had one, but to judge from their talk the mass of their leaders, at least, are at odds with it. There is no central thought, no rallying point or cr: with the democrats. And they must have both before they can ever hope to win. The populists make no secret of their desire to continue to keep the balance of power. They are perfectly satisfied to have this. ——— INSOLVENT NATIONAL BANKS, ¥ Dividends Declared in Favor of Creditors. The controller of the currency has de- elared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows: A first dividend, 15 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Tyler, Texas, on claims proved amount- ing to $}49,225.41; first dividend, 12% per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Mer- chants’ National Bank of Ocala, Florida, on claims proved amounting to $117,223.64; second dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Sioux National Bank, Sioux City, lowa, makirg in all 30 per cent on claims proved amounting to $408,976.19; second dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the ere rs of the German National Bank of Louisville, Ky., making in all 50 ver cent on claims proved amounting to $2 43 second dividend, 15 per cent in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Niagara Falls, N. Y., making in all 35 per cent on elaims proved amounting to $94,400.20; second dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Columbia Na- tional Henk of Minneapolis, Minn., making iu all 30 per cent on claims proved amount- ing to $189,232.74; second dividend, 20 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Citi- zens’ National Bank of San Angelo, Texas, making in all 40 per cent on claims proved amou ng to $40,707.85: second dividend, 20 per cent, in favor of the creditors of th First National Bank of Ithaca, Mich., making in all 40 per cent on claims proved amounting to $50,223.03; second dividend, 2 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Florence National Bank, Florence, Ala., making tn all 50 per cent on claims ‘proved amounting to $36,117.03; second dividend, 5 ber cent, in favor of the creditors of the American National Bank of New Orleans, La, making in all 15 per cent on claims proved amounting to $513,027.77; third divi- dend, 15 per cent. in favor of the creditors ef the First National Bank of Garnett, Kansas, making in all per cent on claims proved amounting to $41,509.59; third dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Saginaw, Mich., making in all 60 per cent on claims proved amounting to $200,- 61691, and a fourth dividend, 10 per cent in favor of the creditors of the City Na- tonal Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, making in all 35 per cent on claims proved amount- ing to $480,409.46. eer More Medals of Honor. A medal of honor has been awarded to John C. Hunterson of Philadelphia, Pa. On the Peninsula, Va., about June 5, 1862, this soldier, then a private of Com- pany B, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, and on duty as cne of an escort of two to an en- Sneer officer, accompanied said officer in @ reconnoissance of the enemy’s position between the lines of the two armies. The Party was fired on by the enemy, the en- gineer’s horse was killed and the second member of the escort returned to the lines, but Huntersen voluntarily gave up his own arount to the engineer, who was thereby enabled to escape and save the valuable papers in his possession. A medal of honor has also been awarded to Robert S. rtson, Bass building, Fort Wayne, Ind. At Corbin’s Bridge, Va., May 8, 1864, this officer, then a first Heutenant, 03d New York Volunteers, and aide-de-camp to a ey officer, seeing a regiment break the rear, seized its colors, rode with them to the front in the face of the oJ- vancing enemy @nd rallied the retreating regiment. REGAINING LOST WEALTH Result of the Late Rise in Values of Secu- tities, The Figures Which Show the Gai Are Almost Appalling in From the .N. ¥. Correspondent of the Phila. Press. Last week's experience indicates that this country is rapidly regaining the wealth which was lost by reason of the apprehensions and real conditions which were caused by the election, and, in a con- siderable measure, by the administration of Mr. Cleveland. No one now pretends to say that the vast appreciation in the prices of all securities dealt in upon the exchange and of the prices of our breadstuffs is due to.the in- fluence of speculating capitalists. If specu- lation has taken places, as is reported to have been tne case in St. Louis, it is of a legitimate kind, since the speculators are not creating the market and utilizing their creation to their own profit. They have been buying wheat and finan- cial securities because they have seen the irresistible tendency which began to be perceptible as soon as it was apparent that be Senate would pass the Dingley tariff The figures representing the transactions both in wheat and in securities since the day the Dingley law went upon the statute beoks are unprecedénted in their magni- tude. They represent a volume of trans- actions which in detail are almost impossi- ble for the human mind to conceive. The figures approach the grandeur and enormity of those which are employed in describing the laws and movements of the celestial bodies. An ‘fea of the enormity of them can only be suggested by comparisons, as, for in- stance: The transactions in wheat de- signed for export for two days last week were so great that if this wheat were turned into flour and then made into bread it would sive six leaves of bread to every one of the 70,000,000 inhabitants of the United States. Tuen, too, last week upon our own ex- change 2,800,000 shares of stock were bought and $19,000,000 of bonds, and an approximately like amount represents the transactions upon the exchanges of the week immediately following the approval of the Dingley bill. The purchase of nearly $6,000,000 of rail- waysand industrial securities, and of near- ly $40,000,000 of-bonds since the passage of the tariff law, suggests figures so enormous that no one of the trusts or syndicates nor all of them acting in common purpose could be charged reasonabiy with having power to manipulate or force such transactions. Only the great body of investors, that considerable company of those who have permitted their money to lie idle for the past four ye and who now again have faith in American properties, could have so acted as to make this stupendous record. The feeling is that it is but the beginning. No longer do the prophets, or those who have had experience in other years, predict that a great and disastrous reaction is sure to follow these advancing movements. These men have been so greatly con- founded in their statements and predic- tions during the past four to five weeks that they are now certain that new and controlling influences, making for a great advancement of wealth and an unprece- dented development of the resources of the nation, are causing new conditions so that the situation today cannot be compared with any which was characteristic of other times when prices were advancing. It is even different from the condition which followed the resumption of specie payment in 1879. At least, the manifesta- tions of the coming of prosperity are in many respects different from those which accompanied the return of activity after Secretary Sherman announced that he was ready to redeem all government obligations in gold. One of the conditions which is said to be unprecedented is that in which the New York clearing house last week found itself. The clearings for the first week of August were discovered to have been larger than for any other week in the year 1897, with two exceptions, and, if this is not unprece- dented, as it probably is, it is so rare an ex- perience that none of the officers of the clearing house recall its occurrence in any other year. They say, also, that it is most remarka- ble, in that it is a most unusual circum- stance that for four weeks at a time usual- ly characterized by the greatest dullness of the year, that of midsummer and the dog star, the clearings have been greater each week than for the week before and very early reach the largest clearings for the most active business month of the year. Four weeks in July and the first week in August the baak clearings exceeded $1,000,- 000,000 a week, and there can be no doubt that these figures record not only the ac- tual coming of prosperity, but the justifica- tion of the hope that with the passage of a reasonable tariff law much of our business disturbance and paralysis would pass away. era ne ene CAMP AT WESLEY GROVE. E. Church South Holds Di- vine Service in Tents. The Southern Methodists of the Balti- more, East Baltimore and Washington dis- tricts have been tenting for the past ttn days at Wesley Grove, near Dorsey’s, Md., this being the twenty-fifth year of the as- sociation. Wesley Grove is in the center of a beau- tiful tract of wild woods, principally white cak, ard several springs furnish splendid water. Thus good shade and pure water are provided. In the center of the grove is the tabernacle, a rustic building capable of seating several thousand persons, where services are held each day, beginning with the early morning service at 7 o'clock, fol- lowed by an experience meeting at 9 and preaching at 11, 3 and 8 o'clock p.m. The several ministers of the Baltimore ccnference have conducted the meetings, among those preaching being the presid- ing elders, Rev. Drs. J. C. Hutchinson, J. H. Boyd and Isaac W. Canter, the latter formerly the pastor of Mt. Vernon Place Church, this city; Rev. J. W. Duffey, now pastor of Mt. Vernon Place Church; Rev. J. O. Knott, pastor of Epworth Church, this city, and Rev. Drs. J. H. Young and H. M. Whaling of Baltimore. Rev. E. E. Hoss of Nashville, Tenn., editor of the Christian Aavocate, the general organ of the M. K. Church, South, and one of the most promi- rent ministers in the denomination, was present during the early sessions and de- livered several able discourses. Bishop A. W. Wiison was also present for a short pn but was called south. @ young people are out in full fore and hold a 7 o'clock service each evening es a large tent upon one side of the grounds. Rev. E. V. Register of Leesburg, Va., has been in charge of their meetings. The tents are arranged in squares upon avenues bearing such distinetive Methodis- tic names £3 Asbury, Wesley and Soule. A large number of persons are tenting this year, and most of the tents are prettily ané tastefully decorated. Many persons gO out several weeks before the services com- mence, so-as to get the full enjoyment of the place. The hotel has been crowded each day, and is givirg satisfaction to these not so fortunate as to have friends with spare room in their tents. = The singing at all of the services has been better than usual, and has been led by Jasper M. Berry, jr.,.and Robert Ma- gruder. Often crowds throng the taberna- cle until late at night singing new and old hymns, “The Old Ship of Zion’. being a fax orlte. Wednesday night the camp will close, and unusually interesting exercises will be held. All present will give their testimony. on psoas the camp are looked after ¥ an executive committee of twenty-five, with Robert Magruder and Jasper M. Ber- ry, jr., of Baltimore president and secre- tary, respectively. Rev. J. H. Boyd, D. D., Albanus L. Johnson and L. Pierce Boteler are members of the committee from the District. 2 ‘The following are among the tenters an visitors from Washington: Rey. J. H. Boyd, D. D., and femily, Rev. J. W. Duffey and Miss Duffey, Rev. J. O. Knott. and Mrs. Knott, Rev. William H. Ramsey, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Esther Standley, Mrs: Hil, Mrs. Silas Moore, Silas E. Moore, Misses Besste and Nigste Moore, Mabel Burroughs, Irene Rodier, Edna Tompkins, J. T. Owen and family, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. R. A.’ Van Horn and family, Mrs. C. W. Guilford and family and Messrs. A. V. Gale, Fred G. The M. Nelson, Richard Willett, and Austin Jarvis, BIRTHPLACE OF ANARCHY | SCIENTISTS “AT «DETROIT Bite a Modern Propaganda of Force Had Its Origin | Prof, MoGill of Thid Ott’ Delivered a Eulogy in Spain. Since 1871 the Government Has M: tained a Relentless Warfare Against the Secret Societies. From the Philadelphia Press. The killitg of Canovas is the first com- pleted assassination in the five years’ reign of terror the anarchists have maintained in Spain. Anarchy exists in Spain under conditions differing from those in any other country of Europe, but at the same time is closely allied to the anarchy of France. From the first Spain has had the most advanced socialistic ideas, merging into anarchy and giving instant adherence to Malatesta’s theory of “propaganda by decd.” The first socialistic sections were founded at Madrid and Barcélonia in 1869, and the spread of socialistic principles was rapid. In 1870 a socialist revolutionary society was formed, and in the next year anarchist principles and methods were adopted. In 1871 the Spanish government began its fight against the movement, which had spread dangerously, and concerned nearly 20,000 Spanish internationalists by that time. In 1874 the Spanish Federation, the ararehist organization, was declared il- legal. From that day’ began the steady growth of present-day anarchism through- out the manufacturing centers of Spain. Socialists Rooted Out. Sixteen years ago Spanish anarchists shut out all weak-kneed socialists who had not broken with every form of government and organized society. From the birth of anarchy in Spain Bar- celona has been its home and cradle. It has been the scene of the most bloody dem- onstrations of the anarchists. Their trials and the execution of those convicted have taken place there, until now the authori- ties of the town are afraid to enrage the anarchists. The reign of terror of 1892 and 1893 prac- tically began with an attack by a mob on Xeres, with 64,000 inhabitants. Its plan was to free the occupants of the jail and loot the town. The anarchists descended on the town just as all the theaters were let out. Three anarchists were killed in the attack and riot that followed. Four ararchists were garroted for this. On the following day a religious proces- sion of Holy week at Cadiz was broken up by two bombs thrown into the crowd. Two months later Delboche and Ferrerie arcpped two bombs in the parliameat building and a plot to kill the baby king was discovered. Numerous minor attacks were made dur- ing the rest of the year, and an explosion at the house of Canovas was believed to be the work of anarchists. In April of 1893 word of an anarchist piot for an uprising at Xeres to avenge the executién of the four men garroted the previous spring was discovered.” Soldiers surrounded a farmhouse where the an- archists were plotting, and after a severe encounter the entire party was captured. Decuments showed that an insurrection had been ordered for the following day. Minor explosions followed. Two months later an explosion took place on the Plaza Oriental in front of the left wing of the royal palace, Second Attack on Canovas. Two weeks after that a second attempt was made to wreck Canovas’ residence. The explosion occurred at midnight. Three men were engaged in it, one of whom was killed. Suarez, a secord, was badly injur- ed and captured. Twenty-three arrests were made. Suarez confessed to having been the author of the exploston on the Plaza Oriental. The only object of that explosion, he explained, was to frighten the bourgeoise and remind them of the ex- istence of anarchism. While the occupants of the Canovas residence escaped unharmed, the explo- sicn resulted in the death of one person, the fatal injuring of another and the cundirg of others at a place of amusc- ment nearby. Early in September a bomb was thrown at the mayor’s house in Villaneuva, Cata- Icnia, and the troops were called out. A riot at Santander followed on its heels. Two weeks later a bomb was thrown at Gen. Martinez Campos. Campos escaped with severe injuries, and is said to bear the marks still of the wound in his thigh. A soldier just behind Campos was killed by the bomb. In less than a month the world was startled by an explosion in the Licco, the principal theater of Barcelona, during a gala perfermance, at which were gathered the wealth and the fashion of the city. Two becmbs were hurled from a gallery. One exploded. The other failed. More tran thirty persons were killed. Salvador Franch boasted that he made the bembs and hurled them himself, and his only ere was that more people were not ed. In the last month of 1803 the Spanish gcvernment found thirty anarchists on iis bards fer connection with the bomb out- rage against Campos, fifteen for murder at the Liceo Theater and thirty noted anarchists for participating in the affair at_ Catalonia and Villaneuva. January of 1894 was only twenty-five days old when the civil governor of Bar- celona was shot at with a pistol and wounded in the face. A dynamite explo- sion occurred on the same day in the har- bor works and Spain knew the hand of the anarchist was raised against it. Bomb plosions, discoveries of anarch- ist laboratories and arrests of numerous anarchists, male and female, have been the pregram sirce. Fresh Outbrenks Again. The death penalty was meted out to Franch. In dealing with all crimes of an- archists the Sp&nish government has ad- ministered severe punishment. Explosions and bomb discoveries have be2a freque too frequent for the government to hesi- tate. Barcelona was acknowledged to be the headquarters of the movement, and while the executed anarchists and those captured usually claimed to have no connection one with the other, the police usualiy succeeded in tracing some- connection with the four men garroted for the Xeres invasion im 1892, or with Pallas or Franch, whom the anarchists regarded as martyrs. In June of last year Barcelona was ter- rorized once more by the resumption of activity. It was the feast day of Corpus Christi. At $ o'clock at night a bomb was thrown into a religious procession just as it was eatering the Church Santa Maria del Mar. Seven persons were killed and forty severely wounded. The bombs used were similar to those thrown by Franch at the Liceo Theater. ‘The motive was believed to be the inténse anarchistic hatred for religioa. almost with his last breath, cried, with religion.” Similar sentiments were uttered by Pallas, who tried to assassinate Campos. Whole- sale errests followed the Corpus Christi tragedy. Eight anarchists were condemned to death last fail. The attorney general asked that twenty-eight be condemned to death and fifty-six sentenced to penal ser- vitude for life. Five of these were shot in public May 4. 5 It is fair to believe that the killing of Canovas is the answer of the anarchists to this execution. Instead of usiag their nat- ural weapon—a bomb—the bullet, the same method by which the executed men were sent out of the world, was substituted. ——_+e0-___ Great Spelter Production. A preliminary statement of the sroduc- tion of spelter for the first six months of 1897, made by agent Kirchhoff, of the United States Geological Survey, shows @ total of 44,713 short tons. At this rate the year's aggregate will surpass that for any of the past five yedrs, except 1805. Of the six months, total 8,866 tons were pro- duced in the eastern states, 1,305 in the southern states, 16,668 in Illinois, 1,385 in Indiana, and 13,582 in Kansas. The east- ern states show a falling off in production of over 600 short tons, but the other sec- tions have increased materially over the first half of 1806. A partial statement of stocks shows on hand, at works, in transit or in agents’ hande, 8,741 net tons on July 1 last, against 3,461 in the .control of the same parties January 1, 1807. It matters little what it {s that you want —whether -a situat or a servant—a “want” ad. in will reach the person who can fill your need. Sa Prof. Colburn Tafkeéé of Improvident Civilization—A, Namtber of Other Interesting’ Papers Read. At the beginning of ,the session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Detroit yésterday Prof. Mc- Gili of ‘the Smithsonian Institution read @ memorial address ‘on 'the late Prof. Cope of Philadelphia, who at the time of his desth last April was president of the as-. sociation. The meeting then organized, with Prof. McGill in the chair. “Improvident Civilization” was the sub- ject of an address by Prof. Richard T. Colburn, chairman of the section of social and economic science. He sald of the con- treversy in respect to a bimetallic money standard: “When we speak of value, equivalency, wealth, risk, trust,. distrust, panic, pros- perity, we age dealing, not with concrete substances, like gold pieces, but with states of mind; yet these ideas lie at the founda- tion of commercial exchanges and mone- tary science. “Have any of you ever imagined what would happen if some modern Rosicru- cian should succeed in turning the de- basement cheaply into gold? No one can maintain that this is impossible. Sach a discovery would introduce into the world of commerce, and, indeed, into all fiscal relations of men, an appalling confusion. First. by a gereral rise of prices, and, sec- ond, by a dislocation of fixed payments of interest, salaries and otherwise. 2 “The same thing would happen, more slcwly, if a vast deposit of gold were unearthed, and if, after xold was thus discredited by e practically inex- haustible stpply, the attempt were made to put silver in its place (the price of which would be enormously enhanced) this state of things would be liable in its turn to be upset by similar discoveries. “I am not sure but the after benefits to mankind, and especially to labor, of precipitating the necessity of inventing some more efficient tcol of exchanges, a scientific and more stable enumerator of values, would compensate for all the dis- aster it would temporarily cost. Shall we have to wait for such an accident for set- tlement of a moretary system? “Our present civilization is lopsided; its contour is not symmetrical; {t is not abreast of the krowledge of the time, and is not yielding to mankind nearly the amount of comfort and weil being it might be made to do. “From a great number of social ills, de- fects and shortcomings, due chiefly to this overlapping cf the childhood of the world upon its adult stages, I select a few of the more serious, which will require many ceaturies to correct themselves, in order to raise the inquiry among you whether ft is not within the ccmpass of human enceaver to accelerate a better state, not merely to gratify an altruistic impulse nor fulfillment of ethical ideals, but as a de- liberate choice of divergent policies.” As examples of the improvident tenden- cies of modern life, Prof. Colburn spoke of the wasie of warfare and armament, the decadence of races, pernicious competition, spendtbrift luxury,) the; blight of parasit- ism, the role of superstitions and the di- versity of languages. Prof. I. C. White of, Morgantown, W. Va., had prepared an interesting paper on “The Pittsburg Coal .Bed.” In his ab- sence, as he is in Russia, it was read by Prof. W. B. Fairfield. Prof. White crit- icised the United States geological survey for entertaining the theory that no voal bed can be certainly identified beyond the area of its continyoug outcrop, This, he claimed, gives a Ideal’ name to every iso- lated area, thus adding greatly to the bur- den of geological ndmefclature, a fault of geologists everywhere. (He urged a reform in the methods of wworkwhich lead to such undesirable results; Prof. William P. Mason, chairman of the section of chemistry, read a long address on “Expert Testiniony!” He co: that the cause ofj/the: universall. criticism of expert. tesjimony was ignor- ance on the part of the bar, and, at times, what is worse than ignorance on the part of the expert. Other. addresses befcre the sections were as follows: Prot. Carl Barus, before the section of physics, “Long Range Temperature and Pressure Variables in Physics;” Prof. W. J. McGee, before the section of anthropol- ogy, ‘The Science of Humanity;” Prof. W. W. Beman, before the section of mathe- matics and astrology, “A Chapter In the History of Mathematics.” Vice President Hoard, nominated by the council to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. Goode, delivered, by request of the council, an address before the section of zoology. Prof. George F. Atkinson, before the sec- tion of botany, “Experimental Morphol- ogy;” Prof. John Galbraith, before the sec- tion of mechanical science and engineer- ing, “Applied Mechanics.” The American Chemical Society, which holds its annual meeting in connection with the association, began its sessions this afternoon, in charge of W. W. Noyes of Perdue University. The following papers were rea ‘Contributions to the Chemistry of Didymium,” L. M. Dennis and E. M. Chamot; “The Action of Oxide of Manganese on Potassium Permangan- ate,” Chas. L. Reese; ‘The Action of Nitric Acid Upon Aluminum and the Formatfon of Aluminum Nitrate,” J. B. Stillman; “Or the Action of Nitrate Acid on Metals,” G. O. Higley; “On Two Polyemeric Series of Phosphorus-Nitrogen Compounds, and on the Stere Nitrogen,” “Some Compounds of Hydronitric’ Acid,” Dennis and C. H. Benedict. After the evening session there was a general reception of the members of the association in the High School building. JAPAN'S LAST PROTEST. Probable Tenor of Shermau's Reply. It is semi-officially announced that the reply of Secretary Sherman to the last Japanese protest against the annexation of Haweii will be brief and conciliatory in tone. This is accounted for by the fact that the State Department has taken note of the published pacific utterances of emi- nent Japanese statesmen, which, while un- official, are still of undoubted authenticity, all going to show that Japan has herself no designs upon the Islands, but seeks only to conserve her treaty rights. However, the basic tone of the note on this point will be the declaration by Secretary Fos- ter when he submitted to President Harrl- son the original treaty of annexation in 1398, which failed, owing mainly to the immediate change of administration. — ~ This statement was that, according to a recognized principle of international law, the obligations of treaties, even when some of their stipulations are.in terms perpetual, expire in case either of the contracting parties loses its existenee as an,independ- ent ctate. The foreign: treaties of the Ha- waiian Islands therefore terminate ,upon annexation, with ‘the eompetence of the government thereof to hold diplomatic re- lation; This srgument is to meet the Japanese objection “that they will by an- nexation lose cert wileges for Japan- ese subjects. which th¢y now enjoy under treaty with Hawai), caf der which Mada- The circumstance gascar passed undér French control may be cited to support fe position in this contention, and it €anbe shown that by th enforced termination of our treaty with the Malagassy gd0vermment the United States, which at the tithe had a paramount trade interest in » Suffered the loss of most favorable tariff rates upon our exports to that island.” ‘he second Japanese objection, that an- nexation would disturb the balance of Power in the Pacific, will be met by an e@aborstion of the argument that the Ha- only New L. M. The Seer wry waiian Islands have for so long a lod been under the influence of the United States and have by tradition © 80 closely affiliated with the republic that no scnsible change in icles or actualities of government may expected to result from _@ legal merging of the islands into the United States. AIDED BY THE PRESIDENT Miss Jennie Smith Finds.a Long Lost Brother. The Discovery Was Made Largely Through the Efforts of Mr. Mc- Kinley, am Old Friend. Through her friends, President McKinley and Rev. Dr. Mansfield, his former pastor at Canton, Ohio, Miss Jennie Smith of Baltimore will be reunited at Chicago to her brother, Dickinson B. Smith, who has been missing for twenty-six years. Thirty-seven years ago Jennie Smith lived in a ttle Ohio town with her pa- rents. She was attacked by a severe spi- nal trouble, which made her a cripple, as a result of which her younger brother, Dick- inson, soon became her imseparable com- panion. In 1871 young Smith caught the gold fe- ver and went west. Letters between sister and brother missed their destination, and in a short time they were completely lost to each other. Young Smith had gone to Sedgwick, Col., and there found what might have been a considerable fortune. His claim was jumped, however, and all his property stolen while he was absent, and he was obliged to leave Sedgwick to save his life. Meantime his sister and fam- fly had formed an intimate acquaintance with the family of William McKinley at Canton. Some time afterward Miss Smith heard that her brother had died, and she grieved deeply over his loss. He, too, was informed in some way that his sister was dead, Restored to Health. In 1879 Miss Smith attended a meeting of faith curists at Philadelphia. During its progress, although she had not moved for twenty years, she suddenly leaped from ker couch and began to run up and down the platform, completely restored to health. Then she began to preach, was appointed railroad evangelist by the Balti- more and Ohio railroad, and ever since has traveled over America in that capacity. She now lives in Baltimore with her sis- ter, Mrs. Annie Howell. At the last meeting held at Dr. Mans- field's church, before the departure of President McKinley for Washington, Miss Smith, as a special friend of the new chief magistrate, was present. Dr. Mansfield prevailed upon her to tell her strange story. ‘The President was deeply touched, and all present were so rnoved that he and Dr. Mansfield determined to have the story of her experience published in a number of paper: Three weeks later Dr. President McKinley received letters from Dickinson B. Smith, residing near San Francisco. In them he declared that he believed he had found his long-lost sister. Correspondence was epened, and last Mon-~ day Miss Smith said she was convinced that her brother had been found. She is now on her way to Chicago, and there her brother will meet her tomorrow. Mansfield and —_—_— ++. LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS. Mr. John Russell pung Took Possen- anion of His Office Today. Mr. John Russell Young, the librarian of Congress, has taken possession of his office in the new library building. Mr. Young has spent the greater part of his time hereto- fore at his residence, close to the library, where he has received 2 great many cail- ers, answered innumerable letters and at- tended to the never-ending detalis that have arisen daily in the reorganization of the Congressional Library. In addition to the vast official correspond- ence relating to the library Mr. Young has had a very heavy personal mail. It is said of him by those who know him that he is the mcst punctilious of men upon the point of replying to personal ietters, and that the humblest correspondent gets a courteous response to communications maae to Mr. Young. He has been busy con- stantly since he was confirmed in his of- "She work of preparing the books for re- moval from the uld library quarters is pro- gressing rapidly. It was said today that the close of this week will find about 27,000 books ticketed and ready for removal. eS eS NEAR THE MILLION MARK. Number of War Pensioners Now on the Rolls. The million mark has almost been reached in the pension roll of the United States. A statement has just been issued by Commissioner Evans, showing that at the beginning of the fiscal year the pen- sioners numbered just 983,528, an increase of 12,850 for the past year. During that year 50,101 new pet ns were granted and 8,971 persons were restored to the rolls. Old age and disease, however, are work- ing great inroads into the lists, for three were 31,960 deaths during the year. Other sources of loss were 1,074 from remarriage of widows; 1,545 orphans attained ma- jority; 2,683 failures to claim pensions, and 3,560 losses from unrecorded causes. See POLICE HAVE DOUBTS. Fear They Will Be Unable to Get / Prisoner Moore. J. H. Moore, under ar-est in Philadelphia, vho has been identified as the man who registered here at the Hotel Cochran in March, 1896, as J. H. Willetts, is badly wanted by the local officers, although it is feared they will not be able to get him. The grand jury is not in session now, and ex-Representative Grove L. Johrson, his atleged victim, is in California. It is doubtful, the police think, if the grand jury would return an indictment, even if the witnesses were here. The prisoner is known as 4 noted hotel sneak, and the police say he has done time in different parts of the country. He is known under the alias of Curtis, Lee and Coultcn, and each time he uses the in- itials “J. H.” He is sixty-one years old. Detectives Horne and Weedon are in charge of the case, and they will make every effort to have him brought here. —— Wants the Stock Returned. A bill in equity was today filed by Millard Metzger against Percy Metzger to compel the return of twenty shares of stock of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, said to have been loaned to the defendant as a col- lateral security for a promissory note. ‘The latter, so the bill declares, refuses to return the stock. — AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE,&c. ‘Today. Rateliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. —Sale of bicycles, on Tuesday, August 10, at 4:30 o'clock p.m, Tomorrow. “Cc. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st. nw.— ‘Trustees’ sale of dwelling on 84 st. near L n.e. on Wednesday, August Ti, at 5 o'clock p.m. Elon A. Woodward ‘and James White, trustees. ‘Thomas Dowling & Co., Aucts., 612 E st. n.w.— Sale of improved property on Congress Heights on Wednesday, August 11, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Duncanson Bros., Aucts., 9th and D sts. n.w.— Trustees’ sale of real estate on 14th st. extended near Spring road, on Wednesday, August 11, at 5 o'clock p.m. Corcoran Thom and Wm. 8. Dun- capson, trustees. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION, SALES. FUTURE DAYs. AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. DUNCANSON BEOS., AUCTIONEERS. STEERS’ SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE TRON FOCRIBENTH SUREWE-BKTENDED NEAR SPRIN AD. By virtue ofa certain deed of trast to us, dated RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & €O., AUCTIONEERS. Assignees’ sale of a large and well-as- sorted stock of Artistic Wall Paper, Fix- tures, etc., at January 10, 1896, and recorded January 31 1896, in ‘No. 2108, folio $4 et seq. land’ of the District of Columbi: the request of the party sccured thereby, undersigned trustees, will sell_at publi in front of the ises, on WEDNESDAY, TI ELEVENTH PAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following described land and premires, with the easements, rights, ways and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate and ly- Jn the county of Washington, in the District of CSumbia, namely: Lot tive @) 3, in the subdivision of the tract of land known as “Padsworth,” as per lat recorded in Liber Levy Court Carberry, folio Ba of the records of the ofice of the surveyor of the District of Columbia. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in ash, and the balance in tow equa installinents, payable in one and two years, with Interest at @ per cent pet annum. parable’ semi: annually from day of sale, secured by deed of trust upon the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A’ deposit of $500 will be required of the purchaser at the time of sale, All conveyancing, recording and notarial fees at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten days from day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell fee ese e-store of Tru- aon DOWN, € 00, AUTON man & Cornell, IMPROVED PROPERTY NEAR CONGRESS HEIGHTS AT AUCTIO! Ath d P On WEDNESDAY, AUGUST EL NTH, 1897, a n a. at HALF-PAST POUR O'CLOCK we will well, at public auction, in front of premises, lot 20 and part of jot 19 in Brooks’ subdivision of part of St. Elizabeth, and improved by a five-room frame dwelling. store and stable. ave. S.@. Terms: One-half cash, balance in two years. | By virtue of a deel of assignment given to us, Tuite intereat, and secured by a deed of trust upon | and daly recordad, we will sll. by public auc tian, the property, or all cash, at purchaser's option. on MONDAY. SINTEENTH. $100 deposit ‘required at the time of sale, and all ST, A.D. Inv, COMMENCING AT couveyancing and recording at purchaser's cost, the cntire stock of Artistic Terms to be complicd with in fifteen days, or the per, Fixtures, &c., ined therein, 10 perty will be resold at the risk and cost of the | which the attention of the trade and pri iuy> Ht ui-dts | ere is called. AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G sepa BR. HILTON JACKSON, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FRAME DWELLING ON| guo-agane et = eee THIRD STREET NEAR L STREET NORTH- EAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. By virtue of a decd of trust, dated the 12th of July, 1803, and daly recorded In Liber No, 184. at folio 95 et seq., one of the land records of the Dis- trict of Columbia, amd at the request of the party secured thereby, We will sell, at pu front of the premises, on WEDNESDA ELEVENTH, 1897, AT FIVE O'CLOCK "P.M... the following described lad and premises, stiuate in the city of Washineton, D. €. known as and being lot numbered thirty-one G1) In Patrick O"Don- oghne’s subdivision of square numbered seven hun- dred and ine (74H), as the same ix recorded in the surve: office of said city of Washington, D.C, H. B.. page 137, the improvements, consisting of a. fr ‘Terms in relation to deferred payments announced RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & ©0., AUCTIONEIE: S SALE OF VALUARLE . ESTATE IN THE CITY ¢ DISTRICT OF Cc ES NUMBI un- auction, in on day of sale, when $100 will be required as a DAY OF AD. deposit. 1, part ELON A. WooDwWARD, $y29-d8as MES WHITE. Trusteés. FUTURE DAYS. rd others. Recorded Aa gare se eae = eee said ‘Square five ¢ se RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & €O., AUCTION Wiha Holtes an, Arasice, ‘a the h b ~ A edt TRUSTER SALE OF TW ber Ty, fulio 141, of the Dis. FRAME DWELLIN tof Columbia, “This property is imp AND BARNS STREE! Under and ty virtue of two-story (2) brick dwelling, known as No. 9 Street northwest. sada folio 1 1895, and recorded ia On the same afternoon and immediirety after land ‘records of the District the above sale, pact of lot numbered one dd), in f the party 5 square numbered tive (3), being the same conveyed in front of tt by deed dated the 18th ay of August, AD. 1 ENTIE and recorded in Liber 729, ‘of the Jand cK I records of the District of « improved by = ), in Block numbered tw two-story (2) frame house, numbered 2007 1 rtreet min F. Lelghtoa and Ric northwest, recorded ‘sutdiy of a On th Marly nfter Brookland. as re the ai aceordiag to Of the District of Columbia, Daniel Subdivisions, folios 143 tain deed of trast for $1,2 Liberty German Building Assoclatio® e surveyor’s alfice of the Di itaprored hy a two-story 4th street noothwast ‘One-third of the mouths, w! paid, secured by decd ¢ all cash at option of trost on property sold. or chaser; $1¥0 down at time of sale. All converancing at’ cost of purchaser. Terms to be complied with in ten days from day alias CHARLES W. HANDY, ‘ NDY, c er annim f om aul@-co&ds Trustees. A deposit of two DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONE! ece to be paid at ti = pr canplied with within fi TRUSTEES’ SALE OF THREE ELEGANT NEW ¥ of stle, otherwise the tra BRICK HOUSES GF SIX ROOMS AND BATH | stfves the right to resell the property and cost of the defaulting purchaser, a days’ notice of suvh sale published in the city of Wai of Columbia. All conveyancing, etc., to be at the cost of the purchaser or pu chasers, CHAS. W. DARR. Trustive, Equity buliding, 319 4% st. n.w. EACH, NOS. 13 CAROLINA AVE! NEIGHBORHOOD Oi METROPOLITAN RAILRVAD POWER Ht a certain deed of trust, record . at folio 166 or five ©) "AND or sales in some ne 25 SOUTH Liber > records in front DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED 453: TU USIVE, UTAW corner of said lo ) and forty-tfi ND AVENI By virtue of a in Jenuary 2, 1894, and ised, in Lt Is, lund’ records of the Distiiet of Colui and northwes dredths (1: or of beginning. of South € . to plac request of party secured Terms of sa One-third h, alam in one | Undersigned, and two Sears, with interest at 'six per cent per | 0. front annum, payable semi-annually. $100 required at time of sale on each borffe and lot, and the pur- chaser allowed ten days from date of sale to com- plete the purchase. described land ard of Washington, in designated ax anc. t bered two (2), three aul0-d&ds Se eee = i Re ees ae om, sting RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & ©O,, AUCTIONEERS. | Noo 453 to 40S inclusive a a all TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VERY VALUABLE REAL > ian ESTATE. property in and ERICK HOUSE, NO. 111i SOUTH carortna | {2% i AVENUE SOUTHFAST. By virtue of a ‘ecrec of the Suprame Court of tuate in the elty t of Columbia, and of original lots “num- in reservation personal rticularly Flooring . Rip Saws @, the District of Columbia, passeé in Equity Cause 2, Variety No. 18404, ths undersigned, trustee, will offer for and Saw, sale, by public auction, in’ front of the respectiv od Lathe, premises, on SATURDAY, AUGUST FOURTEEN’ aw, ete A.D. 1897, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK 1 = purcliase the following described real estate, situate in the | to p paid in cash, and the balance in city of Washington and in the county in the Dis- | installments: parsble In swe aid taco trict ‘of Columbia, to wit: Lots numbered 18 and | {uetall's x yer ceutum per 19, in Rothwell’s recorded subdivision of original | erent at six per lots numbered nine and ten ( and 10) and part of of trast upon ‘the pro eleven (11), in square nine hundred and nine 491), together with all the impcovemeats, &c.;'to be rold in to parcels. ‘Terms on each piece as prescribed by the de- cree are: One-third of the purchase money to be one (1) and two (2) paid in cash, the balance years from date of sal. rred payments to be option of the purc be required of the purchaser a All conveyancing, recording and notari the purchaser's cost. Terms of sale piled with within ten das wise the trustees reserve the property, at the risk and cont of the pur s from day of sal right tor secured by deed of trast’ on the property #0 Sieh aries tard nea ee bearing interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per | G°fwlt Terme for persons! property ie anuum from the day of sale, secured by deed of ~ ALIS Bb. BROWN sold, ‘or all cash, 2t the ‘A deposit of $100 on each Trastees, trust on the ne ad yion «f the purchaser. piece requt: tthe of sale are not complied wit! day of sale, the trustee reserves the right to re- sell the property at the risk and cost of the de- faulting purchaser or purchasers, after 5 days’ ad- isement of such resal es, in rome news- paper published in Was! om, D.C. All convey- ancing, &e., at the purchaser's cost. JOSEPH A. REPETTI, Trustee, au3-d&ds BIT PA. ave. we. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G@ ST. OM PENNSYLVANIA TO BE SOLD FOR , ETO. that on MONDAY, AU- . 1897, AT TEN O'CLOCK -M., there will be ‘soid_at public auction, within the sales rooms of C. G. Sloan & 1407 G street RS. ME DWELLING AT NO. 220 4 NORTHWEST. md H, in squire tiv: ginning at the northwest 6 running east on Mo and a half (49g) fee feet; thence west to alley, erly'to place of beginning, together with the im provements thereon Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one noMhwest, Washington, C., to enforce Ken for | and two years, with st at Six per cent per storage Charges, etc., due ‘and unpaid on 49] annum, payable semi-annually. $200 required at packages of household goods, merchandise, etc.,| time of sale, and@®the purchaser allowed ten dayi stored with us by Pennsylvania Railroad Com | from date of sale to complete the pureiaxe ny and marked as follows: Morlan, Douglass, WILLIAM H. DUNCANSO: frond, ‘Boswell, Murphy, Swindell, Hunnicutt, Bond JAMES F. S0aG & Co., Lully, Shellenberger, Bolton, Meen, arri-] au9-d&ds ‘Trustees. son, Lee, Fanning, Ward, Parker, Blake, U. S. ame Aunuity Co. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS, 1407 G ST. By order of the Geo. W. Kuox Express Company, 1419 Pa. ave. Washington, D.C. au6-dts RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A FRAME HOUSE IN LIN- COLN, PE Cc. = ‘ By virtue of a deed of trust recorded in Liber "No. 2145, follo 151, et. seq., of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured, the undersigned trar- TRUSTEES SALE OF VALU- ABLE AND DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS ON 3d ST. NEAR H ST. NORTHEAST, tees will sell by public auction, within the sales WASHING- rooms of Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., 920 Peun. ave. co TUESDAY, SEVENTEENTH Da¥ “QF TON, D.C. UST, A.D. 1897, AT THREE O'CLOCK P.M., the follow By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated the . 1894, and duly recorded Sth day of Juve, A. D. 1! a ily recorded described real estate, situate in the counts of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to wit: Lots nine (¥) to sixteen (1 both inclusive, in square one (1), of Lincoln, D. C., together with the improvements, rights, etc. 8 Will be announced at time of sale. THURSDAY, ALGUST TWELFTH, i807, AT Gans one HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., ‘the following IN A. JOHNSON, - 2 2 au5-co&ds ‘Trustees. | described land and premises, with the casements, rights, ways and appurtenances thereunto b - ing, situate end lying in vity of Wasbingion, D. C, ‘It: ‘parts of lots numbered wineteen (9). ‘TCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS, BA’ FE, — = ‘TRUSTEE'S = OF TWO eae ON Stuesr, WEST WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘irtue a_decree of the of | Liber No. 12, folio 10, of the records tae’ District ‘ot Columbia. passed th juity Cause | office of the surveyor of the District of Colu No. 18404, the trustee, will offer for — feet six sale. by public auction, front of the re soul corner of said lot ‘on THURSDAY, AUGUST TW: , | nineteen running north on said street AD. 1897, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., | sixty-two « ith the excep- described real estate, situate in the which is not dey of Ww ton and im the county in the Dis- | included) to the northwest corner of sad lot twen- trict of Colu to wit: Part of lot one hundred | ty-two (22) bundred feet; thence and thirty-seven J , in a een to | south — > Georgetown, in aforesa! more - | above west ticular zscriped’ ap follows: eginning forthe bundred ( of beginning, sub- ‘same at ae a south from | ject to a rast five the northeast corner of said and running | ) feet, of and with southward on the west line of Green erpetust righ land five (30) feet; thence westwardly and parallel feet wide extending ‘With Dambarton street sixty (G0) feet; thence | the entire line of the Farallel with Green street thirty (80) | above to ce deginning, form' a sub. Tor tnirty GO) feet font on Green etrtet by sty | divielon of numbered seven hundred feet, deep, together with all the improvements, | and seventy eo ‘88 preacribed the decree are: One-third | (100) feet). separately. of the purciuse mosey to be paid in cath, toe bate | ‘terms of : One-fourth of the ance in one <1) and two (2) years from date of eo balance in one, two, sale; deferred payments te be securcd by deed of ree Ai @ deed of trust trust on the property sold. and bearing interest at upon the interest at 6 per cont per the rate of @ cent per annum from the | abnum, pa) purchasers of sale, secured by deed of trust one the prop- | may will be Te. ‘Ot. al) cash, at she option of ‘All’ con- a of required ot. sot the ‘terms ‘wale “any lot be 15 ‘from the dar ihe day ot ‘the to resell the property at te ale ert, “defaulting parehaser A FS advertisement oe ‘Even.